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(fkUaftfr’j; Independent. SATI . )AY. MAY 2, 1874. AIIKANBAB. Um.lt li I. April Brooka, *bo claim* to b|Vt lu?n fiiwtul Governor in 1872 took tbo oath of ofltcti aiamt U o'clock to-day be fore Chief Justice McClure, and witliiu lire min utes from that time took the forcible poaaeaaiou of the iJoveruor. efface suit ejected Oov. Waxier by force. BinroßY or rite o*s*. About one year ago Brooka commenced an it in the Circuit Court of f'llla.ki county for the other of Governor. About the aatne time tbe Attorney General commenced auit againattbe Govirnor (Baxter) by quo wanvnto in the Hoprsme ( out t. Tltat court rendered a detiiaabm that the _ court! of tbe State bad no power over a contented elec tion for the offteo of Gmunwr. and it tn (ten erallv rcnurded tliai tbe matter U aettlcd, ao fir a* tbe court* were ooneemud. The beaisls ture in 1878 openeu the return* and declared that Baiter waa oleotqd. can* vr a Sr Mtnmaui. Xothmg more waa thoulht of tbe matter par ticularly until a few day. ago, wliou the attorneys of Governor Baxter dinured that the case in tot CurouitCourt be taken upon demurrer with a view of (liaiKiaing of the *arae. An nudoratand llig wa* thou had that the domorrer aliuuld be submitted and argued next week. auviHTxou mx* or assksox or ooussvx. On Monday, during the abaei.ee of the Judge* VJ| lUah ad Compton, the Attorneys of Uw , 8a.v0., .dr. Whipple (the attorney of Mr. Brooka) arose and stated tliatit Itatl been agreed between hiinaolf (Bid tbe counsel of Gov. Baxter that demurrer l/J the Jurisdiction of the court Ahould be submittid. This, although in the ab •enee ufGovennn llax ter* attorney*, waa thought nothing of at the thn(. JrOOEKKYT Of OtSTf.B IHttg, Yesterday niorriing, about 11 o'clock, when there were hut few in the Court-room and neith er the Governor'* counsel present, the judge (Whvloek) aunonneed his decisslon, oyeiruUug the demurrer; and, none of Baxter's counsel be ing pres'out to answer, jihad over, or ltmve for an . .. 1, *. low a.wn i ,ri t ttf minti-r Wts ituGlCfl. A I|/S l auis woe —• I 1 tpptisl, a jutlgmutut of ourter wa# tMUed. rontimJt FOHURKHION YJUUN or TIIK OFFICE. A writ was placed in the hand# of the Hfiwilf, and in Uvomiimtca of that tiu an urrftcd hand, htiatltnl by JoM*pb Brook*, were in t-bf* Governor'* office, 4&KUU*dut£ ;Hito*Hini. Tht* Governor do oiimtd; whereupon forcihli* po#*F*hion waa taken, and guard* placed at all the „euiranet i a to the of fice. THF. ARMORY BROkKN OPEN. I the nwHWitem© General Uattersot*, who to Act as Brookr Adjutant General, brute in the door of the armory in the mmo baiidin#, and took po**t*ioii of about one him* drod atanda of arma, Adjutant General Htmii#, of General Baxter© itMtf, refilling to give* up tin key*. FORCIBLE EJECTMENT OF OOVEIIKOR BAXTER. Although Kumutiuiod by armed um, Governor Baxter rdfuaed w >*' ajtftal except by force. Borne of Mr. Brooks* men took hold of him ami hd him out. Hinoe that time Brooka ban had poasseaaioo of the State House. Governor Bax lei haaoatahilahi and hi lurndquaiUir* at tit. John’# College. GREAT xxcrxiim FBBVAILIJfCI. It i* reported that the Htate House will Iw ta-, ken poaaesiou *f to-night. The greatest excite ment prevaila throughout the city. OC)\&ttXo| BAXTER TO PRESIDENT GRANT. The following dikp&tbh waa aelit by the Gov ernor to the Preaideut: Little Hike, April 15. To the President of the United No tvs; I have hens tttrfoed by public rumor that in the State Circuit Court for thin county, in u long pending cuho brought by Joseph Brooka f< r tin office of thivmikor of this State, a demurrer to tin eopuplttini wa** uvhi-ruled and iimmuialq jinlg rasift of ouster a&aitat me given. .Tldn was dom in the abaeueo or counsel Tor me, and without notice. immediately thereafter the circuit judge adjourned his court. The claimant haw ta ken pu**e**ion of the State building* and ejected me lv force. 1 ftfopoae to take measure* immediately to resume possession oi State property and to maintain my authority us the rightful Governor of the Htate. Armed men. acting under this revolutionary movement, are now in charge of tbo gqvormnynt uriuory and caiiltol Buillmgh* X deem ii fflv duty to conumi nicatc thin Htate of nfftiir* to the President. J trust the revolutionary act# may he settled with out blood dud, and 1* respectfully ask the nun port of the General Government in lav effort# to maintain the rurhtful government of the Htate of Arkansan. aut’ hat tlio commander of the United States Arse in* ,*s thi*j><i*t be directed to HUHtaiii me in that diction. I respectfully rcijuent a re ply to this coinrnunicat ion at an early moment.! v 3 ELISHA BAXTER, Govumor of Arkauaa#. MARTIAL LAW TO HE PECLAIIEI).- Little Hoc k, April 15. 9,;. n. -Governor Baxter ha# taken of the Ht. John'# College, which place he i# making hi* headquarter*. Brook# ha* iH*s#e#Bion of the Htate House, which is hea\ilv guarded. It i* rumored that Gov. B ixier will declare martial law and make an on ward movement on the State House to-night or to-morrow, Tiie general sentiment of the people is favorable to Baxter. BROOKS STILL IN TIIE STATE HOUSE. Little Book, April 16— There i* but little change in the gubernational muddle. Urook# hold# the Htate House, which is #ur“Ounded by < anued men, about one hundred in alt They have ! f true camu*u. GOVERNOR BAXTER’S K&ADQVARTKBS. Baxter’s lieadtiuarter* are still at Ht. John’s College, in the suDerbs of the city. He is pre paring to retake the Htate House. STATE ARMS fc( THE fUE UNITKIJ STATE* AMBKNAL. About 1,500 stand of arms belonging to tbe State are in the Arsenal. Both Baxterand Brooks have made a demand for them; but the demand* are refused. MEN COWING ON EVERT TRAIN. Men are pouring in on every train. The city i* rather quiet. ORDERS SENT FROM WASHINGTON BY THE SECRE TARY OF WAR. Wasuinotok, April 16.*—Telogmphio dispatches were sent this afternoon by t-ho Secretary of War to the comMiamling officer at Litttle Kook, in •tmcting him to take no stons whatever to interfere iu the pending troubles in that place, unless Huch action h<HK>me necessary for the preservation of the public peace. PROCLAMATION BY OOV. BAXTER. Little Hock, April 10.—. About dark this even ing Gov. Baxter iasuvd t ho following proclama tion, declaring martial law iu this (Pulaski) county: PUOCIwAMATIONS Wherra*, An armed reliellion exists in the county of Pulaski Against the State government, and it becomes necessary to employ aH the force at my disposal to suppress it; t her (fore, by the authority vested in me by lA*\ 1 hereby proclaim the existence of matrial law within th* said-eoim tv, and command all persona capable of military (futy to aseiat in the putting down said rebel lion. During the time that martial law shall thus prevail, ©Terr infringement of the right of peace able and well disposed persons will be severely punished, by whomsoever it may be committed. Tlfe utmost respect shall l* paid bv all persons io’tfiuaens not in arms, and Uiei property and ; that of tln? General Government. In testimony j whereof, I. Klisha Baxter, Goveimov of tlie State i of Arkansas, do hereunto set my hand, the pri- J vate seal of said States lieing now not accessible j to the Governor of the State. Done at lattie Hock this 15th dav of April. A 1). 1874. ELISHA BAXTEH, Govcnor of Arkansas and Oommander-in-Chicf. PROCLAMATION BV MR. BROOKS. Little Kock ; April 26, 4 p. mt—There is but little Changes in affairs. Gov. Baxter still oecu- ! pies St. John's College, and ia making prepara tions to sustain himself. Mr. Brooks holds the j State House with two pieces of artillery aud about UK)men, armed with improved muskets. He has issued a proclamation reciting the u.l - corrupt moans ue<i bv Mr. Baxter, lii ap peal h) and aupixirt bv the court,, .lid that be i m po.HCK.iou or tlu- Executive office. where tie propoHc. remaining till fairly ousted by due civil ; process, the state norse SVBOUSDItI>. Simultaneously with tbe issuance, of this proe lamatiim, the Governor ntarehed from St. John’s Collage with his force of übout two hundred noon down into the heart of the -eitv and took tut his headquarters nt the Arrthony House. He placed guards all alone the principal streets, completely surrotuidittg the State House with a cordon of seutiucls. HVJJTIA ABtUVIKO HI SVSIIY TB.UN. Several companies of ni&litia have arrived from the outside counties, and every tram makes additions. B,v to-morrow th Governor's force, from presents indications, will nuntb.tr ’2,0110. There are about one hundred to oue hundred and fifty nieu at the Stale Huuse, well armed and with two cannons. TELEOBAPH OWICE SEIZED. A few minutes ago Gov. Baxter's force* took j possession of the telegraph office, placing sonti- ! oels at the door with iustructious to permit n. • lispiitehes to Is. sent or delivered wtth'tuf the rolls, at ef tin '.f. r in charge. ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. Gov, Baxter has Jnat issued a proclamation to ! the people of the Htate reciting the fact* in the case, stating that it is his intention to retake the Htate building and establish hi* authority, aud calling on the people to respond to hi* aid. TIIK TUAMF or SENTINEL*. Mr. Brooks lias sentinel* on the fupiare in front of the Htate House. Beyond the If amp of senti nels to be met on all the street corner*, every thing i* quiet. The Mayor baa ordered all the saloons closed. UNITEII STATE* TROOFS BROIfGHT OV’f. Little Boca. April 17.- During the warlike movements of last night. Colonel Hose, Com niandaut of the United Htate* Arsenal, brought a company dowu, stationing them at the corner of Main and Fourth streets, and sent word to each that while he la<l no order* to interfere in be half of either party, he was directed to prevent bloodshed. The company returned to the Arse nal at daylight this morning, their appearing to he no immediate danger. OOVKHNOR BAXTER'* LINE* CONTRACTU). Govoruor Baxter has contracted hi* lines to the vicinity of the Anthony House, ami is now pro ceeding &# hgflrtre to exorcise the duties of Gov ernor, making the Anthony House the Capitol for the time being. MAIL* NOT DELIVERED. This morning both the private secretaries of Brooks and Baxter applied at the Boat < Iffloo for mail matter addressed to the Governor of Arkan sas. The Postmaster declined to deliver to either party, and telegraphed to Washington for in struction*, JUDGE WHTTOCJK’* PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY. This morning Judge Why lock sent a note to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, stating that he had been advi*e<l by the sheriff that it would be unsafe for him to come to the Circuit Court room, on Markham street, and requesting the Clerk to bring tbe record* up to the Htate-hoiiie. Gov. Baxters attorney* were also notified. These gentlemen declined to pas* through Brookp* guard into the State-house, where tiie Cottnty■’(;U-rV* office is located, to attend the i-ourt. The Judge then moved to tbe Criminal j Court-room, just opposite, but the counsel did not attend that place* Judge Whvtock then overruled the matter to set aside the judgment in ihe Brooks-Bax ter case, and sustained the m<- tion to correct tbe record so as to show that the demurrer was submitted without the know ledge of j Baxter or bis attorney*. MEETING or THE BAB. The bar held a meeting to-day and passed severe resolutions against Whipple, Brooks’ at torney, for his lion-professional conduct, and also against tin? court for its action in the absence of the Governor’s counsel. GENERA*. DoqiUtUY APPOINTED MILITARY GOVERNOR. During the morning General T. P. Dockery was appointed Military Governor of the city, and issued the following order: “He.mkb AitTKHH Military Government, i “City of Little Bock, Friday, April 17,1871. | (“General Order No. I.J “The commander-in-chief of the militia of the .State of Arkansas has appointed me Military Governor of the city of Little Hock, All male citi/.eus between the ages of eighteen and fortN five are hereby ordered imrtiedintely to report for duty at these headquarters, ut the southeast corner of Markham and Keott streets. Failure • f prompt compliance with the requirements of this order is not expected from patriotic citizen*, and the consequence of such failure must rest with those who omit to Comply. Taos. P. Dockery, ‘‘Brigadier Goueral and Military'■'Gosernor of Little ltock.*’ Hince the issuance of this order the people have been rapidly enrolling. ARDlthH* HY LBAinNf* CITIZENS. Tho following address, signed by nearly all the fading citizen* of Little Rock, wnalsaued to-day: “ To the people oj the Stole of Aukciumis: The recent occurrence hero in the attempt to dfrqdaco Baxter and install Brooks as Governor of the. Htate is a matter of bo hcHouh a moment a# to require, in bur opinion, a few words from us. From the disposition heretofore made of the content between Brooks ami Baxter for the office of OoToriWH' by the court of hint resort, vve lmd supposed that- question was mttlcd, unless the next Legislature should undertake to tu t upon it, and prevent Baxter, legal Governor of tho Htate, acting as such Governor, in a time of peace, whou tho country was quiet, by a movement wholly in violation of law and of a revolutionary character, Governor Baxter was ejected from and Mr. Brook* was forcibly put into possession of #uch office, and is now atteiopiug to exercise the functions an£ duties of the same. Governor Baxter is determined to put himself in possession of Hin li office and to hold tbe same, and has so proclaimed to you. In tin* wo fully indorse Governor Baxter; and we call upon you, whose iutereid* are our interests, to coiue to the aid of Gov. Baxter in this movement. “Our ail is involved in this. If Gov. Baxter is kept out of office in this mamior, then there is sn cud of peace and prosperity in this State, and iu their stead wr ure to have disorder, bloodshed and ruiu. After a most deliberate review of the whole situation wesee no alternative but to sus tain Gov. Baxter in this trial, cost what it may. We urge you to rally at once to the capital and aid in tbe maintenance of Gov. Baxter lit power ami authority.” IIROOK* FORTIFYINO TUB CAPITOL. Gov. Baxter is still at the Anthony House, with a guard stationed around the hotel. Mr. Brook* is at tho Htato-honao surrounded by r large number of armed men, mostly colored. He is fortifying the place, apparently preparing for & siege. MKN ENIIOLI.INO RAPIDLY. Brooks’ force* have not apparently been aug mented by any considerable number. Baxter* are enrolling men rapidly and tho public feeling is generally in hi* favor. OUN.STOKES SKIZBP. Baxter's forces have taken possession of the different gun stores ami the arms ami ammuni tion in them. OKl'Kßrt FROM POSTMASTER CREHWKIX. Postmaster General Oreswell, in response to tbs telegram of the postmaster ut lujttle Rock, re- Ceived to-rkiy, instructed hitn as follows: “Let ters iwhlrrßH to ‘Gov. Baxter, of Arkansas,’ should be delivered to Baxter. Letters addressed to ‘Gov. Brooks,’ or to ‘Mr. Brooks, Governor of Arkansas/ should he delivered to Brooks. You will retain all conimuuicutinwg addressed to the ‘Governor of Arkansas’ until further orders.” APPOINTMENTS BY THE RIVALS. Gens. B. C. Newton and T# J. Churchill have been appointed Major (generals by Gov. Baxter, and directed to take charge of his malitir. .Mr* Brooks lias commissioned a number of persons to raise regiments and companies in his interest. STATIONS OF THE MILITARY. The city at Bo'clock presents the appearance of & military camp. Gov. Baxter s picket* are out in all the principal streets, and no one is permit ted to pass without permission. He still holds the telegraph office. The State house is sur rounded with a heavy oliaiu of sentinels by Brooks. A company ot United States troops oc cupy a position at the court-house on the cor ner of Main and Fourth streets, ami another company is at the corner of Center and Third streets, with instructions to interfere with no one, but to prevent blood-shed. ativaEaiE ooetut luccoun wn iuno ii. Imi BOOK, Auk., April 18. Gov. Baxter this morning applied.itt writing to N W. (’ox. Clerk of the Supreme Court, whose office is in the State-house, tq supply him with a transcript of the records of the courts in the ease of Brooks vs. McClure, wherein the court decides hi favor ;of Baxter. The clerk replied by stating that | Chief Juaticu McClure, the only dissenting judge ; oil the occasion, who had sWoru Brooks in, hail the original, and a transcript could nut be fur i rushed the Governor. THE OOVEIt.NOK S SAVE 11HOKK.V OPEN. ! Mr. Curry has been a clerk in the Secretary of , State’a office for tin past eighteen mouths. The | Secretary of State is absent. Ills regular deputy, * General Krank Strong, who is also Governor j Baxter’s Attorney General, ia with the Governor. The State-house party broke open the safe aud I obtained- the seal of State. j KE-ENEOKCKMENIti AIHUVKI) EOB.THK UOVEHNOS. I Litti.k Bock, April 18- Three hundred men i from Pitta Hlutf, 1,500 from Washington, 100 j from Butcsviile, and 50 from Saline county re-en forced the Governor's troops this morning. The i 300 front Pino Bluff are nearly all colored men. They came lit with colors dying and band playing. | The Governor is now holding a consultation with . his generals. His intentions are to surround the I State-house and to shut off its supplies. BAXTER SAID TO LACK JVUnMI NT. The dispatch fhrther states that Baxter is not a -man of nerve, judgment, deeision or expedients, ’ : and Bourbon Democratic councils arc apparent j i in every movement, while he is distracted hv ili- | viiled interests and the withdrawal of his former i Conservative and Ucpublican friends. BHOOKS A HAN OP IRON NKRVP, Mr. Brooks, on the other hand, is a matt of iron i nerve, aud fearless in the position in which the court lias placed hint, lie is frilly prepared for any emergency, the State-house being jammed fun of armed men who have rushed’ to his sup port. He says he is equal to any emergency, even | to putting down and uttdi’lv routing the* armed | rebellion to the authority of the State. But in ; obedience to iustructious from Hie United States ; authorities, he has refrained from any movement I calculated to result iu riot and’ bloodshed, or ; | from bringing about a collision between the ! State and Federal forces, and i waiting develop ments. Re confidently relies on tbe people for a verdict iu favor of lav. stul justice. [From the New York Herald.) Cremation- To Burn or Not to Burn. Wean in k qiiHUilary jcutt nowii to the projHir (lUpomtl of the deed. Heretofore the matter Ima been decided by the religi ouh Hontuiii Dt of tiie community, and thorn* who have left uh have been put to rest in Greenwood under the daisies; but now the practical saline of utility asserts itself and demands that a man shall practise economy while living and be economized when dead. Sir Henry Thompson Ims written a paper which hua set all the male couteuW of society by tbe ears. He thinks it a very grove mutter to bury people, and siißKeststhe possibilit y of disirosing of the dead in such a way as to render the Chin ehn Islands entirely unnecessary. With u nicety more mathematical then sentiment al lie gives the exact number of pounds of rich compost into which the animal dead of Loudon may he resolved, and tells ns with unsurpassed pathos that we have lost an incalculable amount of money by not converting the millions who have gone into fertilizing material. Just think of the delights of changing our mothers*in-law and ail our poor family relations into valuable bone dust I It is an opportunity too good anil far too profita ble to be lost. In tbe near future some fanciful speculator may get up a comer on human cinders and earn a living by lim ing the dead. We have heard of a French man who has been so fascinated by this new movement that be has bequeathed his body to the chemists, declaring that, since ha has given light to the world by his words for twenty years, it is no more than fair that his remains should be con verted into gas thut he may continue to give light after death. When vnu look at the matter from an economic standpoint only, disabusing your mind of all foolish sentiment, this view of the subject is quite worthy of the age we live in. It is a pity that the suggestion is not American; but we can easily avenge ourselves for having more reverence for the dead than the rest of the world by taking possession of the market. We cun pay a higher price for bodies than those -dull Englishmen, who are not uccUHtomed to making money by the ream, us we do. Before long, doubtless, we shall establish agencies, semi-real estate agencies, since the ashes are to be used to enrich the soil, where we cun sell all our incinerated friends aud relations. It in delightful reflection thut, one’ usefulness in not to end with death; tlrnt some of us will be worth more money dead tlmn uliro. Instead of vanishing when t)io breath is gone we shall risqipear, con verted into California potatoes, or pippin apples, or rye. A great, deal of discrimina tion will be necessary just here. Since humanity is no longer to be wasted in sen timental graveyards, but used in a com mon sense way, and changed into kind of sublimated compost, wo must not neglect the chemists, magic art. We are made up of sueli various ingredients that we must be used for very different purposes. The t .pers, for instance, after having been reduced to tho proper consistency, should be distributed over the vine-growing sec tions of our country, that they may add to the bouquet of our native wines. Then the topers of to-day could sit in sweet fel lowship with their boon companions of the olden time, and find enjoyment in the fact that, they too, will be sipped in tlic apple jack of the future. The gourmands would have the satisfaction of knowing that they will give a heretofore unknown flavor and richness to the food of the next genera tion, while the dyspeptics would enjoy a sweet revenge uu all healthy digestions by transmitting their peculiar tendencies to the crops that grew from their remains. These facts arc so important that they must not be lost sight of. Since our pur suits iu life are very different, the use to be made of us after death must bo equally various. One man after being properly baked, would be invaluable for a potato patch or a hop bed, while another would be beyond price to start early vegetables with. Let us be discrimi nating in this matter, and not be so capti vated by our discovery as to rush headlong into errors easily avoided by a calm judgment. Analogy suggests tho first experiments to he made. We have been very careful to follow it ill the advice we have already given, and willingly leave the variety of combinations which may be made by mixing the incinerated bodies of men of'different tastes and temperaments to the slow process of actual trial. It is quite evident however, that our Fifth avenue belles should be carefully preserved and sprinkled with a sparing hand over the beds of lilies, carnations and roses. The rouges in the Penitentiary could be used for a growth of wormwood, mid the rogues out of the Penitentiary, together with the corrupt politicians of the time, for a marvellous crop of snnkeroot and other roots and herbs. Iu the Vienna Exposition this matter was practically exemplified. On one of the mysterious shelves was a bottle marked No. 111, containing three and three-quarter pounds of fertilizing umto iral the gross result of an Italian gentle man who Inal evidently never been in such reduced circumstances before. The entire cost of putting him into a glass case was just two shillings and fourpeuce, English money. This of itself is an item of suffi cient importance to carry conviction to any sane man. It only takes three hours and about half a cord of wood to put a millionaire into a very small glass bottle. The only difficult to bo apprehended is the inevitable utcrei Si of family jars. However, after death, it will bo always possible to put a stopper iu, Which, during life, is sometimes difficult. A mooting of cremutionists recently held in this city n series of resolutions was adopted recommending the formation of a society whose members shall bequeath their bodies to a chemist’s retort. Their arguments were interesting, if not con vincing. One gentleman, after iutimatiug that he was not born at his present weight which he declared to be two hundred and fifty pounds asked the conundrum, “Where did all this bulk come from ?” No one seemed able to conceive, aud so he answered tlie question himself by assert, iug that he was made up mostly of earth air, water and tire. He then asserted that it is entirely unfair to grow to such pro portions without getting a receipt in full and payiug the bill at death. He proposed to square the account by having his body reduced to the afor-mentioned constituent elements, to lie hereafter converted into turnips, fresh eggs, dandelions and roast beef, whereby the tbinest of the thin may become the fittest of the fat. Such disinterestedness is seldom seen, and, once seen should bo encouraged. Oue word of warning before the fires are lighted. We have intimated that different classes of men will be used in the culture of very different varieties of vege tables. We now suggest that those who expect to be converted into potatoes, pencil blossoms, turnips and cabbages form a potato league, a turnip league, aud a peach blossom league, for tbe protection of their own remains aud for the pur pose of controlling tbe ash market. If this is not attended to at once some shrewd Wall street broker will sell short and bring them to ruin. It might be well to establish club bone factories and so keep the monopoly iu their own hands. There may bent first some slight prejtl dice in the public mind, but when we henr the cremation hat of prices quoted by the Stock Exchange advantage will become apparent. We may yet be able to pay the public debt, with the ashes of our hospitals anil poorhoußcs. By all meaua try the experiment. Let our first citizens open a subscription list for the erection of the necessary buildings aud furnaces. The dead could be driveu in the evening, and by morning they could be displayed in the window, each in his own jar, properly labelled, with sums and price per pound. Within six months we should huve at least a dozen patent ovens in which the human form divine could be reduced to a fertilizer retaining in the ai es most of the muscu lar, nervous aud, j .isibly, vital forces of the original. Let us have no delays. The dead are being uselessly buried every day. We ure also losing money, and we are also losing a crop of vegetables that have a decidedly human flavor. Begin with any one's body but ours. SPIRITUALISM. Miss Plortac. Cooks, Ihe Wouderfal Lon. dun Nrdluni. Spiritualism appears to Is* going through a critical test now by the scientists of Lon don. The medium through whom the ex periments are mostly being made is a young lady of about eighteen years of age—Miss Florence Cooke. She is not a public medium, but the manifestations which tuke place in her presence are of such a startling character that it has lieen quite impossible to confine the exhibitions of them to her family aud friends only. Many persons of distinction and celebrity have witnessed the same at her own house. In seeing the phenomena, the first con dition is tying Mis* Cooke firmly in a cabi net and sealing the knots. There is then a curtain dropped over the door between her and those present, which, of course, places her in tho durk, while those in the room are ill the light. In a short spoee of time there comes from the cabinet u fe male figure, draped in white, with a white veil fulling over the head, but not cover ing the face. The feet are naked. Who walks around the room, speaking to all; says her name is Kate King; allows per sons to feel of her dress, and shake hands with her, w hich are as tangible to the touch as any other row material thing on earth. The size and form of the figure is much like the medium, Mias Cooke, which fact raised many skeptical doubts in the minds of those who witness the mantiestatious, thinking it might be Miss Cooke, w ho hud freed herself fnsu tho cords and dressed for the play. However, in every instance after Katie had returned to the cabinet, they had raised the curtain and found Miss Cooke in a state of trance or unconscious ness, securely tied and sealed as when they hail left her. Here was a case for Professor Crookes and Varley to test the physical force question. Miss Cooke very readily yield herself for them to experi ment on the phenomena. I w ill give their | experiences as Professor Crookes gave '■ them to rue. Ho took Miss Cooke first to ! his own house, that he might be sure of all hersonrrouudiugs. He then improvised Ia dark cabinet with a curtain door. They i placed tho medium inside and securely j tied her. Professor Varley then placed a : gold plate on the inside of ouch wrist, to which were attached insulated wires lead | ing out into the room to a very sensitive electrometer. They tried every motion of her hands and arms, and the placing of her arms together to see tho different forces of elactrici-y produced in tho different positions. Professor Crookes observed her all tho time, while Professor Varley had his eyes on the electrometer. After thoroughly learning ihe effect produced by each move ment of hers, they placed the eurtuiu be fore her, leaving her in the dark. Boon the figure culling herself Katie made her appearance, the electrometer not showing the least movement. She suid: What do you want me to do with all these wires V” r rhey told her nothing-—only to come into the room and make such motions with her hands and arms us her medium had done. Katie at once threw her hands around in a lively manner, which did not effect the currents of electricity in the slightest de gree. Then Katie asked Prof. Crookes to bring a lighted caudle ami to hold it to her face, and to see if she looked like Miss Cooke. He tried it, and found she had fair eomplexiou and light hair, while Miss Cooke is quite dark, with dark huir. Professor Crookes says that, as far as human tests ure concerned, nothing could be more conclusive than that there was a genuine phenomenon outside of the eon scious aid of the nridiuw. On the disappearance of Katie into the cabinet, they at once raised the curtain and found Miss Cooke iu the same condi tion as when they had shut her in, only iu an unconscious state or trance. More than this, Mrs. Cooke says she undressed Miss Cooke after she came out of the cabinet, and there was nothing about her that could by any possilnlitv have furnished the drapery and veil for Katie herself. Mr. Wallace, the great naturalist, is bringing out un article in the Furtuightty Review, recougnizing the facts of spirituulism. and stating corroborating proof of its being an unseen intelligence, and is what that intelligence says it is—the spirits of our departed fri ns Ho much for the labors of the English scientists. We may soou expect to see paragraphs iu the scientific journals on pyschic force, together with mechuuical uppliaums and inventions. Bi-AvEitv A mono tbe Indians. —A Wash ington correspondent says: The bill for the relief of the blacks now resident in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, which | is now before the Senate Committee on lu dian Affairs, was drafted at the Interior I Department. When the Choctaw and Clnchkasaws were transferred from Missis sippi to the Indian Territory they car ried with them quite a number of negroes and their descendants were held in slavery by the Indaius until lfififi, when they were freed by the government. The Indaius theu convenauted with the government to t Xtend to the hlueks among them all the rights and privilages, including the right of sufferago, which they themselves enjoyed. But, although eight years have since elapsed, the Choctaws aud Chicka saws have declined to fulfill their agree ment iu this respect. The bill before the Indian committee, which will be formully reported, puts the negroes on the same footing as the Indians as to all rights and privileges enjoyed by the latter. The former slaves of the Creeks, Semminoles aud Cherokees hnve had equal rights and privileges voluntarily bestowed upon them by those tribes. The Mount Sterling Stmlim l published this interesting fact concerning the vener able but still handsome editor of the Paris Kentuckian: “Craddock is happy in the possession of a coverlet that was w oven more than a hundred years ago. He is certain that it is that old, for he was cour ting the young lady when she made it, aud helped to fill the bobbins it was woven with.” Kansas lawyers are fined for profanity and contempt of court when they under take to quote T.atilt to the judges. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JAKh. HUNTER ATT ORN E Y AT LAW, QUITMAN, BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA. 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