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B. H. MILL.
i r having anew on 1 fully. Mr. H*e
j .iem' left-r in which his (Mr. Hill*) j
•v.etty wfiH questioned. eolntm to the!
in.nl again in an article of four or live
ii .l'imin* under the nipt ion "Of the Vn-!
ri.ten HihUit) of tbi Hampton l'oa 1 l °m
ii-sion.” Thu public regret
itcwspiqier waroiVsnnw going on between
.' k> giiiut*. of whose intellects tin ,
I, .iplo of Georgia are proud, anil who*,
honor they would guard ns n wicred thing
iart whom, reputation uto voracity tin y
would preserve fr.'irl spot or blemish.
•ves th' leK*. the people are dividing and
• dling into this ranks of their chosen
■ mmpior n t fully justifying the con
, Ilf* Of . : ti.;r, blit rather by excusing
t'.iefr champion and Condemning hi* oppo
nent. T M ' causes that brought about thj*
mipleaM ni eoutrovirry were frivilon* and
childish, ami thei.nl t#onktng>o#-old pent
iip animosities and the development of
the growl'u .<f many; years, of reciprocal
jealosies and envies. The immediate
pnivneatir.il, we do not think, j'V-tifte* such
bitter perfineiil eHminationM iml reerind
witious. The r. putution of these gentle
men belong to fire citizen* of Georgia,
end right thinking men will not sustain
either upon ehght provocation and from
: .‘tiling* ef (i stri ’tly personal nature in
his aHSunlt* upon tho eharaeter of the
, alter. Wind Mr. Hill may have said to,or
lioiie in eoiirieetion ivitli Mr. Davie and |
.them in bringing about the Hampton
itoad* Giuemisenm and whatever jicvsoind
honor,j he may now claim aa a reward ol
his efficiency in that, matter, if untrue it is i
a mere matter of iiiTogahCO or vanity in
him'and hi claiming these honors he doe* ’
mitliing to the prejudice of Mi. yteplien*,
nor doe* ho pluck the wreath of honor
from his brow. Whr.t Mr. Hill raid he
did is a mutter anseeplalde of proof, ami
in hi* last article we think he clearly vindi
cate* tho truth Of Id* assertion, Mr.
Stephens alleges that Mr. Hill's state
meats arc not true. If he is not prepared ,
to sustain his allegations by competent
proof he will lie placed in a most unenvia
ble position. We can not believe that
Mr. Hill would hazard bis reputation for
truth in these iipsertions in reference •<’
hi* action* if t-heir falsity could bo cstab
iishcd, and after reading Ml'. Hi!!’* last at
dele incredulous indeed, must bo tho mind
1 but cun doubt tho truthfulness of hn
tutement*. and all will readily conclude
(Hat Mr. Htephens'lias asstitned a weighty
responsibility to successfully traverse the
truth of thorn. If, however, lie is pre
pared to do it and does succeed, then w
b.re ready to agree with Mr. Tocinlis that
“Ben” ought to have died'when lie dosed
his notes on the 'situation and made a eel
tain speech, the name by winch It is known
wO have forgotten. \V hope that there
is some way ly which tile veracity of both
these gentlemen cun lie shielded from n
-and that the citizens of Georgia
Hi.iV not only boast of their talent*, but
•bo proud oT their honor.
ATLANTIC AKD**GUIF RAILROAD.
Oiu friend of tin) TliomiiKviUe I'ntcr
[iriia thinks wo hip very much excited
about h branch from Qnit|unu to Monti
itillb. Wo deny any exoitehieiit or selfish
motive# in the matter, but were looking
exelnmvely to the interests of the Itoad.
We did tint say Quitman would be bene
fited, nor, do we believe that she would
tm, but on the Contrary believe that mueli
trade which she now enjoys would be di
verted from her; but w'u wo looking to
the general good. We did say, and now
repeat that it would he of great advantage
to the lload, to the citizens of Middle
Florida amt to the city of Savannah. Our
proposition to use the iron on tin 1 Live
Oak Branch to build the branch to Monti
cello, was a mere suggestion, depending
•iphn the Contingencies of the impractica
bility of continuing the Live Oak braneli,
which we think will not pay after tin'
Jacksonville & Jeanp rood is completed.
This i# a matter that the efficient officers
will be peVfecfly capable of determining.
But, wo fear our friend is a little selfish
and •would rather, if the road is not built
from Thomnsville to Monticdh) that il
should be ns far removed as possible
Wad" not believe, to >r are we sel
fish enough to believe, IjiiiS, a connection
between Quitman and Montieello would
be of more advantage to Middle Florida
than connection between Thomnsville
and Montieello. By eouneciiag at Quit-
Unaii its communication .with Savannah,
ilt*> market for its products, is more direct,
l>y ciiint-cting with Thoron-villo it has u
more direct line to the markets where it
obtain* its supji'ies. Nov, the question is
which is most profiitnble to Middle Florida
to have n direct line to the market for its
produce, or u direct line for the transpor
tation of its supplies. AVe think the eoti
so-e.tiou here would lie better for Middle
Florida. and the best iuterest of the road,
i -r by the increase of distance by way of ,
Vhoinasvillc would make Savannah equally
: s accessible by wav of Jacksonville, and
% rtainlv have a tendency to make .leek
's nvide n considerable cotton uutrt to tile
prejudice of Savannah.
TttMtt Cauamity.— Kinf/glon. X }*..
Matf I -There was a terrible calamity at
t.e village of Bhawaguak. on the Wallkill
' dl. y Railroad, thirty utiles from this
< ty, last evening. As the day hands em
ployed in a large paper mill were leaving
tee shop, just before six o'clock, the large
rotary boiler exploded, nearly demolish
ing (he building, and burying in the ruins
I any of the laborers. Seven were taken
e.ittWl, and three were fatally injured.
Those killed were terribly mangled. The
jorec of the explosion was terrific. Tin
1 ; dlcr, weighiug five tons, was t hrown fiOO
feet. There was intense excitement in
the village, and the crowd threatened to
! 'tell M. D. Tn.titer, the superintendent
ic the mill, who. it is eiuinaed, was guilty
i or’iciea! negligence in tuitjg a con
dcnjutal and rotten boiler. ,
ffh-cm 0 N. Y. (Sunday Mercury.]
.moieties i iM.Ntan:.
A Bill In the Houso That Will Cripple
tim Sanborn litteißtfj.
The Pnifi iMfl K W*jr f ft m!
FnuUlilifiK Frfiiifli ** IH* lirvinwr
A H* pi •#'!• 11 %'•
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tVASinsKViHN. May 2. A MU repenting j
inoii ties in the ci.stoui* semen mu re
ported from the Way* end Means Coui
mittee in the House to-day. it provides
that the proceeds of all tines, penalties
and forfeitures shall be paid into the
T'rensufy of the United Si ate*. In suits
other that! criminal, the attorney icpre
> seating the Government, whenever in ids
■ lieliet any busines*, book or paper of the
duleuiient or elainiant will tend to prove
! any allegation made by the United Slates,
I may make a written motion particularly
j desiring such doeurnmils, and setting forth
the allegation which he expects to prove.
Thereupon the Court shall issue a notice
to tho defendant or claimant to prod tee
i tin- hook or paper m the court at a day
i and hour to lie specified in the notice,
which, together with a copy of said mo-
I tion, shall lie served formally on the do
fondant or claimant by the United State*
i Marshal. The party thus ordered must
I produce the book, giv^. satisfactory leas
1 son for not doing ho, or allow the matter
in question to bo considered a* in ovi
deuce. The Hecretury of the Treasury
must annually report the cost and manner
of collecting such revenue a* was involved
in the Hull born contract*. Whoever shall
detect smuggling shall he paid by tins
.Secretary, not exceeding one-half the ml
proofed* of the Halo of the seized good*.
Anybody not an officer who shall furnish
information of revenue frauds, shell be
“reasonably paid,” the amount not to ex-1
Cued live tiioiwui.il dollars, tho presiding
judge advising the .Secretary of the value
of tiie information. Officers arc not. al
lowed any moieties, except in cases of de
tected smuggling, under a penalty of Hue :
and imprisonment. The hill fixe* the
method of foreign invoice* and import*
: tion in, to geucrulitii-a, and tit-great length.
!it prohibits the seizure of other goods
l iiau those uel.utilly embraced in the Ir.md.
TUt? manner of couihirting revenue suit*
| against merchant*) is fully prescribed, with
-an mill to prevent persecutions or black
mail.ng. J Involute officers, special agent*
j and district attorneys am prohibited from
| settling or compound! n£ Cases. bait* for
the recovery of penalties or forfeitures
, must be begun, il nt all, within two year,-
| alter the dereliction, provided the puttie*
i have not been out of the county, or the
I property been concealed. The bill is
; looked upon a* likely to puss.
sun nirrriiKM. inoionant.
There was a breeze when Mr. Luttreli
naked leave to make a personal explana
tion, and Mr. Cobb stopped him by ob
jecting.
“Then I take this occasion to any, 1 ’ con
tinued Mr. Lnttrell, as he held up a copy
jot the Washington /Ay > a//,, m , a govern
ment organ, ”(11111 rhe man who wrote
tli;s article committed a base falsehood,
and I am responsible for that declaration.”
The article to which 110 referred gives a
Version of the proceedings before the
Rost-office Committee on the charge,
nnide by him, of irregularity of mail con
tract*. It speaks of hi in making •‘inco
herent complaints'' and of mentioning
I Ceil. MeKitibou and afterward .r.ibstitut
; ing other charge* with MeKibbon’s name
! omitted. ‘' Tin-, manner of dealing with
! public matters,” the article states, “has
arouaed a strong feeling against Mr. Lut
trcll, and an effort will he mini to show up
dr. Luttreli in the li 'lit of a reekles; ami
irresponsible slanderer, without regard to
the dignity of his office. ”
A lull rvpoited from the Committee oti
Patents, authorizing an applicu'ion for
the extension of too patent, of John M.
Marsh for a trimming at aehment to sew
ing machines gave rise to a, good deal of
discussion, opposition being made on the
ground that ii was in the interest of the
sewiiig-’mtehiiie combination. This was
strenuously denied by members of the
Committee on Patents. T’itutliy the hill
was passed by 116; nays, So.
The Committee on Public Lands will
report adversely on Mr. Page’s bill pro
posing to restore to public domain the
lands heretofore granted, hut not yet
patented, to the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company. Thu Interior Depart
ment inf'-r us the committee that the
grant has not, as assum 'd bv the bill,
been forfeited, but that the railroad com
pany have yet 11 margin of time within
w hich jo comply with the conditions of
the charter in regard to the construction
of certain specified portions of their road:
Tin'. KAxnouN .1 vyxis iraj’OKf.
The Ways and Moans Committee held
a session last 11’ght mid finished its reports
on the Sanborn atnl Jayne investigations,
which will be submitted to the House of
Representatives on Monday. The com
mittee has not modified or changed the
original report 011 the S'tuhorn mutter, al
though cmisidendil 1 evidence has been
taken since it. was draw n up. The com-:
niittee have received from Judge Davis a ;
statement similar to that recently pub- .
halted in New York, winch seems to have
been considered proper, owing to 11 sup
posed or alleged incorrect report of Her- ■
man's testimony biTATd HiA committee.
Poisonous Fly Papers.
Fly papers of different sorts are now
’ sold in immense quantities, and are posi
tively stated to be perfectly limmli ss to
animal life of 11 higher order than insect
posts. That the claim of harinlrssucsti
thus made is not, however, trustworthy,
appears from a statement in one of the
London technical journals in which the
writer says that lie took four sheets of such
paper at random, mid digested t hem with
dilute hydrochloric tn-id, until 11 pulpy
mass v.as obtained and washed with d.lute
water until the tiltersd (laid amounted to
about four pints, and this was evaporated
Until only eight mince* remained and sul
phide of hydrogen was passed into it for
two hours. During tins time a copious
precipitate of sulphide of arsenic was
thrown down, and the beaker containing
the thtid was therefore set aside in a warm
place, to insure its complete separation.
The precipitate was eolieetad on a iilter.
washed and dissolved iu dilute solution of
: amiuonia, from which it was reeipitated
by hydrochloric acid. The pure sulphide
of arsenic wms til.ally collected upon a lil
ter. and weighed; the average quantity of
arsenious acid found in each sheet was
l.sfi graius -quite enough to-destroy a hu
man life.
The Miwsissirt’i lielta. IJ*. nhim/toit
Min/ ft. The House Committee on Hail
ways and Canals to-day considered the
subject of the iniprovemcut of the mouth
the Mississippi, but came to no conclusion
thereon.
The Irish members of the" House of
Commons are ti port- <1 to have anew griev
ance. Some of the Home Hulers want to
be presented at court, and it seems that
people iu high quarters object to tlmir ap
pearance there. It certainly scemS odd
that or e-cameml Home Hulers should seek
to enter wittiiu court precincts at all.
fP'f>r*j tbf riiw'ajf'i Tribtinr.]
FIHA-idtAb MISMANAGEMENT.
V\ *ml (he Aim-rif-uu l*mplr Puy for Tlirlr
Wlil-llr.
The Meiv York jlfSih/ calls attention to
the financial management of the affairs of:
the United Slates end that of (treat
Britian. The British government, for the I
year I 7t-5, estimut * its expenditures t
€75,000,000, or s.'!:5,000,0(K). The Eng
lish government', however, includes in thi* I
a surplus revenue to apply on the public
debt. The ncftml exjieudittiroH will be
about £73.000,000* Taking, however,
the whole of the estimate, and conipfiritig
it witli that of the Heeretiiry of the Treas
ury, ive tind that the American Secretary
linked for &H!1,000,000 to meet expendi
ture*. or only 814,000,000 less than that of i
Great liiitian. Tliere has been some idle :
talk iu CongUHs about reducing expendi-,
tines, but the appropriations including I
future deficiency bills, will probably equal |
j the si century's ei.tiumte. The British •
i charge for interest on the public debt is,!
; #120,000,000; Unit of the United States, j
, 898,000,1100, Deducting these sum* from
' the aiinuul expenditure for 1874 5, we ■
. have flu- United States expending for or
] diunry nlVairs 5*421,000.000, and Great
, iJl'ituiu (5231,000,000. Jjeaving out the j
| intercut on the national debt. Great, Britain ;
1 expends $13,000,000 a year more than the ;
j United States. ( Hho has an army about 1
i four time* ns great an that of the United
States, and a navy which is the finest in
: the world, while we have hut a skeleton
! establishment. She maintains govern
ments in the various quarter* of the globe,
supports an immense and costly royal es-
tablishment, and ha* a civil pension lint i
which is unknown to our system. The ;
taxation of England is simple. She pro
duce* one-third of her revenue from a
tariff on a few articles, another third from
tlie tax on domestic spirits, and tho bal
ance from stamps and other direct tuxe*.
We have an immense and very costly lev
emus system, and extraordinary rate* of
taxation, and produce less revenue. The
marked diffenuieo between the two sys
tem.- is that taxation in Great Britain i* to
| produce revenue, while taxation iu the
I United States is to prevent revenue and
' restrict production. But tho render will
readily understand that there must tie
-om.s radical defect or mismanagement
i Kiiuiewbere when the ordinary nnmi.il ox
! peuditiires of tho government of the
; United States, without an army or navy,
equal* that of tho government of Great
1 Britain.
The Pulpit and the Love of Wealth.
Our age is specially distinguished it* mi
; extravagantly ambition* acquisitive one.
| In no age of the world was ever the love of
| wealth more absorbing, nor were men
j ever more desirous to obtain it. Perhaps
! (ura-half the evil* of social life remilt. from
I the excessive indulgence of this over-nms
| terilig passion. It blinds the eyes to
i moral good, it sops the principles of virtue
land honesty, il throws a veil of discontent
; over the simpler and purer enjoyments of
; life or blots them altogether out of
! view, it induces a tliousaud vanities, it, fos
! ti rs a world of sin, it is a* unwise a* it is
, unßiitisfactory, for it makes men forget
their trued interest*—tlmir sllcginnee to
| God, their duly to their fellow-men, mid
j the general well-being of the society to
which they belong. All the light eujoy
jjuieut and best happiness of life are dislo
; cut and uud peivi-rteo by- it. Tl ifiailil Imrtlly
I lie inferred, from the Lx or indifferent
I way in which the pulpit ordinarily regard:,
it, that the uncurbed love and pursuit of
; wealth, for it.* own suite, was ilcmmnred
in the strongest manner by the Divine Au
; ihur of ('hnstiai.it v.
The enterprises of business 11ml tltepur
: suits of conniuuvo offer n noble field for
i energy aud action; lmt why should they
be followed to the exclusion of every
’other? The interests of a happy and
healthy existence must be nnnicioUK nr.d
varied, yet how often are all others ex
cluded by the all consuming usurpation of
these ! Hnpposo the pulpit were to insti
tute a universal protest, a kind of united
crusade, against this monstrous and grow -
■ iug evil; suppose it wore to point, out stu
diously and clearly at w hat a sacrifice such
a condition ot things is maintained; stip
:• were perristi utiy to impress upon
; I hose who hud obtained a competency in
business, instead of going on adding gold
to gold, house to house, field to field, the
desirability of giving themselves to other
objects and pursuits, and of allowing the
hundreds of others comparatively indigent
tlie means of nh’niuing a subsistence.
If the pulpit were to do this vigorously
amt energetically, its advocacy might go
far ultimately to refuse anew element and
motive in society; to induce anew set of|
principles for its government and guid
ance; to reveal a fresh and wider horizon
in the economy of life. Of course its in- 1
Unonee at first would bo relatively smuJl.
There would lie a world of prejudice and
predilection tube removed; there would be
numerous cases in which the man of bust-;
ness would belied to his occupation by
attachun nts more or less itl.selei.it .-.
But supposing the pulpit were only faith-!
till to lls mission, supposing it was effective
only on a moiety of the eases presenting!
no real obstacle to such a course, whul an
enormous measure of good might be
brought about! To many tho very idea
Would be anew one -a sort of revelation:
presented to them with the force of a de
sirable possibility* for the first time.--Ami- 1
(ton t ( ' ..eA r/y.
A Rich Copper Mine in Alabama.
The Carmlton Tint?s says: On List
Monday there passed through this place
oil their way to the terminus of the rail
road, four two-horse wagons, loaded witli
i copper ore, taken from a mine in the up
i per part of Randolph county, Alabama,
which is said to pive every evidence of
being im'xhaus'ible. and also very rich,
from the best information we can get
upon the subject, these mines are, as wv
have stated above, in tho upper part of
Randolph county, or where it joins Cle
burne, m the vicinity of what is known as
Cold ridge, which place is about twenty
miles from this point, and about five or
six from the line of tills eonuty.
■The present works are upon the land of
a gentleman by the man ' of Dick Woods,
who before commencing operations, took
specimens of the ore to Baltimore and had
it assayed. There it was* pronounced
very rich not surpassed by Cornwall,
England. Mr. Woods, upon bis return
home, being without' means to work the
mines properly, .managed, we learn, to
get capital advanced to him in Atlanta,
upon the prospective promise of themines.
We have not been able to learn the force
he has at work, lint tho parties driving
the teams through here on last Monday,
state that Mr. W. wants to get about
twenty more wagons, and with that num
ber, that lie could lutrdiy move the ore
from the mines as fast as it was gotten out,
ami they also stated that a hand could get
out a ton per day. so we infer from this,
that he Ims a pretty respectable force at
Work.
Tho ore is said to be worth one hundred
dollars per ton, and to be very accessible
as if lies near the surface.
The meeting of the Georgia TVe-s As
sociation has been postponed until the
RUli of may. ,
Lookout Mountain.
Most p.-rworm in this country or in Eu
rope win* have heard of Lookout Moun
tain since “the war” have also been told
of the “battle above the clouds.” It was
my fortene to scale the remarkable pali
sade at u time when tlio blond plateau
which runs along its summit was literally
enshrouded iu fromidable mists. The
rain was failing in torrents n*, with two
companions, J galloped through the, little 1
town at the foot of the mountain; but ere
wo hud scaled the winding road, the
shower was over, and a brisk wind began
to stir the mist*. Wo could see little but
the ledge* along whose, side* the route run,
hut a* wo arrived nearly at the summit,
tlie mist curtain was lifted for an instant,
and revealed to ns a delicious expanse of
valley, with sunlight smiles here uud there I
chasing away tho ruin’s tear*. Then we
were sliroiiuded in again, and our horses,;
appereutiy inspired by the gloomy grand
eur of the occasion, rattled furiously along
the hard roods, over which tlie bough*
hung uncomfortable near our heads. The
red sandy clay nourishes enormous pines,
w hose roots have here and there been dis
turbed by the Handidunc boulders, and
| stretched out their fibers in a desperate
: grasp; alone the pathways great, blocks of
! stone, carved by the storms and polished
iby the wind*, arc scattered. Wc galloped
; nearly to the massive perpendicular wall
j which arises directly out ol the valley,
! and di-dainfnlly frtavns down upon the
Tennessee, spuilfedfu'3m its base fourteen
hundred feet below: and tethering oar
horses, upproaehed to the very edge.
There we seemed shut off from all the
world Now and then a hum tho valley—
-1 the faint, growl of a locomotive or the
, rolling of wheels came faintly up; we heard
tin* cow-bell* and the bleating of tlie sheep
i on the hillsides belaud us; and just a* we
were trying to imagine how '‘the battle”
must have, the wind came swe-piug away
the mist curtain,, and we beheld tie:
I whole ! Kibrunt King: “Southern Mouit
tain ttntniju's;’ SwiftntT s .l/.iy.
Something for the Unmarried to lb;ad,
The Cleveland L>thj‘‘r, in an elaborate;
article head and, “Wlrnt kind of a man is
attractive to woman ?' thus sen-ibly an
swers the question.
The answer can be given in a few
words. God ha* so made tlie sexes that
women) life children, cling to men; lean
upon them for protection, care and love;
look up to them a* though they were sit-1
perior in mind anil body. They make
them the suns of their system, sml they
and their children revolve around them.
Men me god* if they only knew it, and
women limning incense at their shine.*.
Women, therefore, who have good mimla
and porn hearts, want nu n to lean upon.
Think of Their reverencing a drunk.u and, a
liar, a fool, a libertine !
If a inun Mould have a ivomnn to do him 1
homage, lie must be manly in every seme; j
a true gentleman, not after tlie Cbestor
fitld school, but polite because hi* ft dart t*
full of kindness to all; one who treats her
with respect, even deference, because slid
is a woman; v.ho never de.*eend.* to say
silly tiling* to her who bring* her tip to
iu* level, if hi* mind is übove le i's; who
is m.ver anxious to pleas her, but always
anxious to do right; who has no time to he
frivolous with her; always dignified in
speech and iu OCt; who never spends too
much upon her, mv. r yield* to tempta
tion, even if she puts it m hi* way ; who is :
ambitious to make his mark in the world, :
whether tdie eutSoilr.lgi:'* him or not; who
;* never familiar with her to the extent of
being an adopted.froth: 1 ? or cousin; win,
is not over-careful about drear,; always
considerate, but always keeping bis place
a* a man, the head, and la Vi!' losing hie
seli-reapeet.
Bneli deportment, with nol.h prim-ip
a good mind, energy ami industry, will
win any woman iu the Lind who is worth :
tho winning.
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Tint Ri.vekvfx—Thu internal revenue
receipts for the month past are $5,505,000
as against 67,505,000 tor the month of
April of 1873. The total i* eeipt* fur the
fiscal year to dale are $81,851,58.3. The
special taxes and license on whiskey,
which are now coining in, have contribu
ted to swell the total for this month. ,
600,000 have been realized during the;
year from the settlement of ease* in court
brought under the legacy and succession
tax provisions which was repealed in 1870.
The customs receipts up to to-day for the ■
month of April arc 812.713,125 iu euin;
and 8101,043 in currency The receipts 1
for this month yet to come iu will bring!
the total fur the month up to about $14,-
000,000, The total customs receipt* for ,
the fiscal year to date are $107,050,07,8 ;
coin, and $1,025,814 currency.
A Xforo PitrsiTHNO Ovrit nn: Horst;,
A late Washington dispatol. says: “There
was little done in either House to-day out
side of routine business. When the
House went into Uommitteo of the Whole
on the Indian appropriation bill Speaker
Blaine called Mr. Rainy, of South C:u>-
lina. to the chair. This is the first time
in the history of the g ivermuont that a
colored limn has occupied the .Speakers
chair in tiie House of Representatives. A
number of white members 011 the door
were speaking in favor of civil rights for
the Indians.’*
Gun. Gordon. -R-dfieM, a correspon
dent of the Ciiwttmali Commercial, writ
ing from Chattanooga, Tenth, thus speaks
ot Georgia's favorite young Senator:
Over in Georgia the papers are easting
about early in the day lor Presidential
timber, i'hev have hit upon Gordon, tin*
young Senator from that State, as a good
selection for Vice President.
Imying this aside as too premature to
‘talk about, it is certain that Gordon tins
astonished his enemies, and his irieuds
also, by the leading part he has taken at
Washington. The point made against
him in the Senatorial election was that he
v a not ana iof sufficient ability to ‘ loom
up among the big ones” and draw atten
tion to our “noble old State.” lint he
has come out strong at all points, and gut
iuto a path that may lead somewhere.
Grant Dkct-i.nes a Timu> Term: A
Washington special to the Richmond DU
patch say: A Brooklyn Congressmen, who
was at the White House yesterday with a
dumber of friends, made some allusion to
the colossal picture of President Grant on
horseback presented to him bv some of
his Louisiana friends, and the President
said, “Airs Grant and myself have often
been puzzled as to wlmt disposition should
be made of it after retiring from public j
life, it being so very largo no ordinary i
room will contain it.”
To tliis, by way of a little humor, the
Congressman responded by suggesting
that there might be another four years’
service as President fall to his lot. “Ob,”
said President Grant, “that would be an
inflation of my term of office, and as I
have taken occasion to pronounce against
inflation the suggestion would also, for.
consistency, have to be vetoed.”
This is taken iu connection with other
circumstances may be regarded as at least
a slight indication that the President has
no desire whatever to remain in public life ;
after this term, even if his re-election
could be deemed possible.
rFrotn tlie Baltimore Knnday Telegram.] j
The Last Mania.
Can there bo anything in the condition
of the atmosphere to impel men to self-'
destrutiou ? Do those seasons of fire*, ,
Hood*, crimes and suicide*, wo frequently j
experience, eOmo and go by any natural,
law '! It almost seems so. A great fire in
some locality startles ns and then with
terrible frequency come report* of confla
gratiinis from every section of the country, j
Then we are shocked with the report of
Koine ghastly crime, uud, Indore its details
have been fairly received, bloody spots
seem to sprout up over the whole face of
country. One ocean disaster tread* upon
the heel of another with horrible fre
quency', and the fountain* of the great
deep si cm periodically to break forth in
successive inundations throughout the j
land. Just now suicide appears to be the
mania or epidemic. Whether they follow
etieh other from that kind of hitman .sym
pathy which is observed on a smaller scale
when one coughs in church, thereby sig
nalling a* it were fully half of the congre
gation to repeat, or whether there is a cer
tain condition of the atmosphere which
conduces to such a terrible aberration, it
is hard to decide.
( Vrtniii it is we seem of late to have
fallen into this epidemic or into a line of
strange co-iheiifences. Poison in New
York is repeated in Baltimore, as was the
ease a few days ago, thOngL in tin* Balti
more cases ti c victims were r, -om dby
prompt medical assistance before tlie drugs
could accomplish their dreadful missions.
The gluiitly story of the suicide in the
Tartu,r House, Boston, where the keen ra
zor was tlie chosen instrument, was re
pented in Biltiniorea day or two ago. in
the eiv tof Mr. Schmidt the mystery is a
terrible one. A man of jovial, generous,
happy disposition, poasessihg the friend
ship and esteem of a host of acquaintun
; ec*; in comfortable circumstances, with
[ out n family depending upon him to make
the threat of povevtv appalling, npd with
j u good business miller his control, takes
| bis own life in the very presence of a dc
; voted friend. And takes it, too, in.* ruan
; tier so de.-peraie and horrible. With a
| sharp razor ho eats his throat from ear to
ear in open daylight in hi* public store.
, One may imagine a man brooding over
1 real or fancied trouble in some secluded
place, arid reconciling himself with death
rather than a lift; of anticipated want,
j trouble of sorrow. Giro call luriey how a
j depressed mind nniy give it.elf up to tlie
! gloomiest anticipations, so absorb itself in
its sorrow.* or disappointments in a liilie
time iipartiin nt a* to drive itself to tin
1 rockh s met* of despair. But the snrround
. iug* of Mr. fciehmidt were exactly the re
: vriw' of tho-.,. w hich would allure a man to
; self destruction. Yet tho onslaught lie
i made upon hi.* existence was as desperate
and successful us if he had hod hours of
! gloomy meditation to work himself ton
fevi r of frenzy and to clinch a settled d.:-
! termination w ith a resolute act.
iijt* iruiuds apd tlie world will adjngle
, him insane, and so, doubt less, be was, lor
: we can not imagine that any man in ps
-! .session of healthy faculties would take his
. own life ildentioually. t was Mason in
sane who o]iened the fountain* of bis
'-heart iu Boston, and so were the many
others whose sad fates or experiences tin
. pres* has chronicled of lute, lint i* it
not rclfi irkable that such a character of
insanity sl ould visit so many at otrejiartie
, ul.-irp iv 1 and almost siuinUiiii >ottslvV Did
Mm on‘s iT.se, ‘ o horrible to nil the world
possess a ghastly fascination for Schmidt ?
; Did it aaagest die in .inn of create the irn
' “r.iri' in h‘* disevdeed brnin ? Or ws*
' the Charles , treat tailor suddenly inspired
jus with an original bleu or impulse at fin
, uionu nt he committed the act, just a* the
j New Yolk broker was when lie locked
ihiuvi’f up and twice drew the razor
: ucrora hi* throat V If so, was not that iui
; pulse phi-nont nal ?
. Tiii* is a mystery we confess ourselves
I unable to fathom. In this subject tlie
1 small*, nc iu; .pine, might find food for
I investigation, for it s.-.-ms strange that
these senscn* of snioide*, conflagrations,
ie., should come and go with such mys
terious rcgulaity. To discovcraiid analyze
such lihno.-phi rio eonditious or iniluenees
would be a great achievement, mid to b,
able to detect their approach or presence
might in time l>e made an useful part <d
the signal services, so far at least as pre
dicting tlie lire urea, though it may not he
particularly available to prevent or prepar
fur suicides.
Governor Eonper to the Kcproes.
i Upon the. adjournment of the Virginia
Legislature the negro members called in a
1 body to take leave of Governor Kemper.
The Governor made them 11 speech full of
good advice, from which we take this per
j tiuent extract:
Let me tell yon another thing. Yon
: have no right to have a pariirio of unkind
ness rankling in your hearts against any
body on account of the past. You ought
to
QriT LOOKING BACK,
find go forward with the work of yotir own
redemption. You owe no thanks to any
party or any class of men for yonr freedom,
in 1801. while the war was going on. the
United States Congress resolved that they
had no purpose to set you tree, that they
.
| the Union, but not to interfere with shi
very in the States. The Northern people
repented this over and over again. Late
in 18(t-. Mr. Lincoln issued his proclama
tion iuvitiugthe Southern people to come
I buck, and promising that slavery should
he protected if they came back, but wurn
; in" them that, the emancipation proclama
tion would issue if they didn't lav down
their arms. They refused to do that, and
-then the proclamation came as a war
measure, and not from any love for you.
You owe it to the Providence of God and
nothing else. It is time for you to stop
following after anybody, and to stop striv
ing against anybody on account of the
past. They will bo
YOVK ITttKXPS IN THE LONG FETTLE
who net by you justly and without ilattery.
None etui ever be as valuable to you as
friends as the people amongst whom you
live. Nothing cau ever do you half ns
much good as to make friends of the white
people iu whoso midst you live.
UnAamnel War Deeds.
The Atlanta llcrultt says the United
Slides Senate has passed a very impor
tant bill, declaring the validity of all un
stamped war deeds. The law, as passed,
is a modification of the measure introduced
by Senator Gordon.
The following is the full text of the law
which passed on the “4th. and which has
got to be acted on by tlie House:
That no instrument, document, writing,
or paper of any description, required by
law to be stamped, made, signed, or issued
within the States of Virginia, West Vir
ginia, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tex
as, prior to tho Ist day of July, 18iio,
shall be deemed or held as invalid and of
no effect by reason of the failure to im
pose thereon the stamp or stamps required
by law, but the rights of a purchaser in
good faith prior to the passage of this act
sir'll uot be affected by anything herein
contained.
Y/hat Forr;st Thinks have Beer.
Gen. N. 11. Forrest* of Tennesee, lias j
l>een miking to a newspaper reporter about
1 tlie military operation , ol the war, and on
being asked if he thought it would have
been possible for tho Huuth to succeed un
der any circumstances, replied: There
were some turning points iu the war winch,
I think, had fliey been properly managed,
would have made the struggle u sueeesi.
The two greatest disasters were the failure
of Gen. Beauregard to follow up the vie-;
tiny at Shiloh, and of Gen. llragg to fol
low up the victory at C'hickamuu ;a. I
IfHik upon them as the decisive late of our
country. I think if we had followed up
those victories the South would now ha\ e
been an iiirtejieudent nation.
At Chickamangn, on Sunday, the rout
iof the Federal army was complete. Mon
day morning I drove tlie Federal pickets ;
into the town of Chattanooga, when tlie,
enemy was entirely disorganized, with the
exception of a few brigades. If General
Bragg had followed up his victory on Sun
day night, he could have captured the en
tire army with little or no resistance.
With the captured horses lie could have
mounted 2i).tKk) men, including his own
cavalry, with w hich we could have recap
tnred Nashville and the State of Tennesee,
an,! could have taken the whole of Ken
tncky, and perhaps Cincinnati, before'
the enemy could have gotten reinforce
ments to check us. Had this been done,
the lmekbone of the war would have been
broken, and settled iu our fa
it,-porter—But do you think it was pos
sible lorGeu. Bragg to have accompli-In and
tliirt iu the face of the difficulties by which
lie was surrounded, and iu the face of
such a large army ?
General—l tliiuk it could lmve been
1 done hud the pursuit been kept up on
Sunday night. The Federal troop* were
completely panic-stricken, and were hud
' died together among their wagon* and
I cattle, and other places, and were in no
mood to fight. I think it wits one of the
greatest disasters in failing to push on at
that tight.
The Party of the Future.
The leading Republican papers of the
country are outspoken in their criticism;
of the short-eomiiigs of the Federal Ail
. milustration. The IT mocrutic triumph in
; Conueetieiii is attributed to apathy and
disaffection iu the Republican ranks caused
by mismanagement ut Washington. “Cor
ruptions in the collection And disburse
ments of the revt nu-', the appointment of
. iueflh:ießt*nd unworthy men to office, amt
the general management of affairs can
have mi other effect, in the opinion of the
Boston (ilftbn, than to overwhelm in ruin
; the jiaxty that is resjiou.-ilile for them.”
Much papers as the Baltimore Ain- rir-m,
New York L'wiii/e/ PtSa Bostou AttriTliXKT,
| and others of equalJU'omiueliCe and infill
eu -e with the IF],nl iie.ui party, a cspC-ikir-g
plainly mi l emphatically of the incapacity,
jobbery, dishonesty at and demoralizatii n ol
, file party managers at Washington ami iu
; Uongri-sx, IT.a defeat iu Connecticut is
1 attiibutod a a rebuke to the Administta
i tion and Butler. It is intended for the
Republican party w hich ha.- grown corrupt
and venal from unlimited power, and-tlie
i license and laxity attendant and insepara
ble from long continuance in office. The
servant* have become the master of ti.e
people in tin Republican p.uty, and the
people have lost and are losing confidence
m them. The result in Uonuectii ut mt.s.
giy r -newed hi p title Democratic par y.
j The Kepuhlieau' Jiaity hak tuifilu-d it*
! wick :d m: and the people, are in a
state of transition, having become di.s
, gusted with ti,e iui apAelty uud dishonesty
~t their leud.-ra. - ‘ k utl.
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Greasing Enggius aud Waffons.
Gri :-ing hgggiea uud vagoiis is of more
i importance than some imugu.e. Many a
wiieel i* ruined by oiling too plentifully.
. A well-made wheel will endure constant
wear from tan. to twenty years, if emu is
taken to use the right kmd and proper
amount of oil; but it this mutter is not at
tended to, the w in el ujli Lai use 1 up 111 five
,or six years, or it may tie sooner. Lard
should never be us< don a wagon, for it .
will peuctrata the hub. and wotk its way
around the tenons of the spokes and spoil
the. wheel. Castor oil is a good material
for use on i.oi ad s j ist oil enough
shotfiii be npp to a spmd{e to give it a
light coating ; fins is better than more,
for the surplus put on will work out at the
ends, amt be forei and by the shoulders and
nut into the hub, around the o Aside of
the, boxes. To oil the axletree, first wipe I
the spindles clean with turpentine, if it!
d.a su't wipe w.t iout it. On a buggy or
carriage, wipe and clean oil’ the buck and'
front enils of the hues, all 1 then apply a
very small quantity of castor oil, or more
especially pr<-, area lubricator, i.e.ir the
s louiuer’o poin*.
A Tex of Dead Chinamen.— Tne aver
age American contemplates iu stupid la
- mint the tenacious faith of the dis
ciple of Confucius iu lire religious neces
sity that wherever dtaih may oveitake
them their dust mast hi -■ ut buck to tli
Flowery Kingdom to rest iu the bosom of
Mother Earth. Possibly, itisasiily super
stition, but our “Heu; lieu Chinee” fcllow -
beilies live up to it ever so much more
cons stmitly than we live up to our supers; -
firms. Ti e Oiiilamnie from Portland,a i. w
days ago, brought down over a ton oi mor
tal remains of Mongolians who bad shuf
fled off their ffiorod coils i., Oregon. Ties
queer cargo is to be reshipped from this
port to China. The fact that so thrifty a
people ns tlie Chinese should incur the
great expense they do for such a purpo. e,
proves the strong hold which the custom
tins upon them. The mere preparation of
the laidies to be shipped costs thiu each;
and when the expenses of packing, freight,
u shipment, etc., is added, it must amount
to about as much as an industrious China
man, living upon tlie moat economical
principles, can save in a year.—*S'<m Fran
cisco Chronicle.
♦•*-
Another Canadian Jo:y.—The conclu
sion of a libel suit in Stratford, t ana la, is
tuns described iu one of the local papers:
“The jury retired, and after an absence of
four liourscame iuto the court and banded
bis Lordship a written verdict of 'Guilty
of libel without malice.’ His Lordship
explained to them that this verdict was
equal to a verdict of not guilty. The fore
man replied that they were unanimous in
their verdict. They were then risked to
make their verdict iu the usual way, of
•guilty’or 'not guilty.’ They again re
turned with the same verdict, llis Lord
ship refused to accept it, and the jury again
retired, and after a furtaer absence of
two hours came into court, and said they
could not agree on any other verdict.
They w ere tlrtn discharged. Bail was ac
cepted for the defendant’s appearance at
next Assizes.”
Ex-Senator Pomeroy’s trial is again the
subject of conversation in Kansas. It is
said now that it will begin some time in
June, but a general impression prevails
that it will never begin at all.
“What large chickens these art” Land-lady:
“Yes chickens arc larger than they used to be.
Ten yearf ago we comd’nt pretend’ to get chick -
- pi large as these.'’ Boarder, with ar- innocent
air: "N->, 1 suppose r.ot: these* nmst have grown
a good deal in that tune." !. a milady }u**ks as
tlraigh she had bceu rnisuneUrstood.
SC K APS.
Hate no one; ha e their vices, not
themselves. " f < >
Those who give not till they die, show
tiint they would not then, it they could
keep it auy longer,
How to In come partiallv acquainted
with the “Ruleof Three”—Live with your
wife, mother, and mothei-iu-law.
Grace is A modest girl and r'fuses to
wear low dresses, “ Mamma,” al e re
marks to her maternal, “that is more than
I can Imre. ”
Cobbett’s wife caught him by the
grace with which she used lier washtub.
bhe never was known to use it after the
wedding.
There are only $24 CO in the Philadel
) phiii Centennial movement, towurd the
10,000,000 found for which the programme
culls.
A young lady’s excuse for not taking
supper at a recent douatiou was that she
dideu’t want to run the risk of iujuriug her
j corset.
A fellow riding in a Chicago street car
-aid he wouldn't stop smoking, but he did
stop smoking wheuu woman pointed a re
! volver at his eye.
Fifty pounds of bullets were sold by one
man m t huttuuooga the other duy, as hi
gleuniugs Irom the Chiekamauga battle
held.
In a recent trial iu Baltimore it was shown
that patent medieme uieu eau get altauuae
certitlcates of the wonderful virtues of their
medicines for fifty cents per heud.
A Terre Haute man has been compelled
to a.*k the protection of the courts against
three widows, who have each made up
their Bunds to marry him.
Almost every one will be surprised tv
le.afn tnat SI,OOO, were collected at the
Washington monument last year. It pays
the saiiiry of the assoeiation’s treasurer.
Are blacksmiths, who make a living
by forging, or carpeuters, who do a little
eounter-iiuing, are worse than men who
sell iron and steel for a living V
A land agent in Colorado remarked to
an inquiring emigrant that all that was
needed to make the place a paradise was a
comfortable climate, water and good soci
ety. “That is all that is lacking iu hell,”
was the reply.
“Why,” aaked.n governess of her little
charge, 'duwejr. v Cod to givi us our
daily bread '! Y> hv ooii't we uok for four
days, in' tlie days, or a week V “We Want
it fresh,” replied the ingenious child.
A Vermont preacher who asked hiacon
■giega'iou to pray for the editor of the local
Ii; p, r, has had a bill sent to him for tli.r
teen years’ sub-cripti til to that paper and
three hundred dollars’ worth of religious
’ notices.
Therei re 5,0( 5 nude artist and 790 male
sculptor* in England apd Wales, no Jess
than 02 of the iortner and 1C of the latter
being over 75 years of age. The female
: “painters, artiste,’”number 1,064, of whom
lis have ri ached 7(1 years.
A cockney tourist met with a Scotch
’ le.h- going barefoot toward Glasgow,
"lous-i; said he, “I should like t> know
if all the people iu this part go barefooted. ”
"I'.u t of 'nn do. and the rest of ’em mind
1 their own be.sines,” was tlie reply.
Aunonmnent to tho memory of French
soldiers who fell ill tho war with Prussia
lias been , ixcUd lit Bourges. It liesrs
t:,i* iuseriptiim. “The sword of France,
broken in viliatit hands, will bo forged
am w l-y their descendants.”
An lowa man who was called a fraud has
r- iom red thirteen cents damage*. Wlv-ii
a jury pronounces 1 but a man luck* but
, tuirteeii cents of being a fraud, the court
| ought to instruct the sheriff to keep an
eve on him.
A In Irwale man has been taking cod
liver oil for four years to cure the consump
tion. and Ims just found out that he never
had any consumption. He is the rnadest
’ man iu America, and his children haven’t
said “boo” iu a week.
Litt'e girl--“Mamma, I don’t think the
people who make dolls are very pious
people.” Mamma-—“Why not, my
child ?” Little girl—“ Because yon cau
m ver make them kneel. I always have
to lay my doll down on her stomach to Hay
her prayers."
Good talkers are becoming rare nowa
days, but are occasionally to be met with.
O: one whose conversation is very enter
taining but rather disconnected, a witty
lady once rf marked, “Gh, yes. lie’s very
clever, but lie talks like a book in which
tin r: are h aves occasionally missing."
A young lady of lowa recently said
; “some m< n are always talking about pat
ronizing tin ir ow n town—always harping
on that duty and tin ygo abroad to get
married while here we all stand waiting !
Ido hope that some of these men who
marry women elsewhere will get cheated?”
Sun Francisco is, shortly to witness rn
exhibition on a grand scale of the electric
light, which, it is said, will be so intense
as to be visible, for a distance of 200 miles.
The machine for the purpose bus been im
ported from Europe, and it will be run by
a steam engine of four-liorse power.
He was a quaint old fisherman. One
day along toward dusk, he was fishing iu
a trout str, am, and, 11s he flung bis fly
over the water, it was suddenly snapped by
a large bat. The strange looking thing
dangled and flapped its wings at the end
of the line. The fisherman’s companion
called out, “Say Sam, got • anything ?”
“Ye-ns," looking at the bat on his hook.
“AVhat is it V” “1 dnnno, unless it’s
a cherubim 1”
The Convict Lease in the Cocbt.—The
violence committed on the person of tlnv
wife of the employee of the Central Rai!-
roael, at Midville, by the escaped convict,
from this county, is about to give rise to a
most novel and interesting proceeding in
the State Courts. It is currently reported
on the streets that she intends to enter
suit- for damages against Messrs. Riddle,
Smith and Taylor, the lessees of the con
victs. The suit will be either an action on
the case for consequential damages, or an
action of tr* spass "pi et arm is” for the il
legal act of the servant committed by the
reason of the negligence. —Sandersrille
Gazette.
A ease has just been decicded by the
United States Circuit Court at St. Louis
establishing a principle that when a mer
chant sends a circular by mail offering to
sell an article at a stated price, be is bound
to fill an order at that price when it comes
by due course of mail, unless the circular
contains a reservation or a limit as to time,
etc. In fluctuating articles under this
rule merchants must have a care about
sending such circulars.
Bot'Thf.rn Pension. —The House Judiciary
Committee have agreed to a bill repealing afl
laws which prevent pensioners iu tin- South from
obtaining tl,- moneys due them from the govern
ment. Under existing laws persons born on the ,
rolls of tin* pension omce previous to tlie rebell
ion ha\e been debutred from payment when it
was apparent that they sympathized with robed
ion. i