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<fkUahn?’:s dfnArprKfcnt. -• r iirr^pr^Tgrnrr -rzzszzi ; ~. <. o i.M, tnuil, Editor. RAUicDu :, KAY 0, ISM. ■ -- ' - r-- 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 %'• (/ilifi'i a l Pror id i 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. - 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. - ♦,# 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