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6fttfahrc’s Jndcprmlrnt. J. V. GALLVIII.K, Editor. SATURDAY, HIKE 6, 1874. THE TRUE CAUSE. Hard titui.i, scarcity of money is still the erv I* it nut the offset of n bad cause? Certainly it is not tb* rwidlt of ju dicious ami discreet management. llut sit tee the war indisevert nml injudicious management, with few* few isolated excep tions, ia applicable to the entire Son thorn people. The chief study of tho discreet •aan, in how tteincrvusu his income and damibkh Ida- expcnditurea. And, the few isolated exceptions in the Smith that baae-atriotly adhered to this principal of practice are- standing open a firm financial basin, and from them you hoar no cry of bard times, nenreity of money. What are the causes of hard times f We propose to enurmertite n few of them, and demonstrate the truth of their existence: <>ne prineipul cause that effects Hie gener ality is, there are too many consumers and Hot enough producers. Thousands emn neutly capable of producing havo nlmu doaed these persuits and run frantically wiki inta- speculations, the nmteries of which they had no capacity to solve, and the result m prejudicial to them and the general interest of tho country. Many have still continued to produce, and have toiled and labored faithfully, and in plant ing and harvesting they did well, so far as the quantity and quality of the produce was •onoerned. With tho labor and laborers re wards for the last nine years, if the proper economy had been exercised, tho country would have been prosperous and happy. By facts and figures, we propose to demon strate the truth of the assertion. Tho people have lost sight of economy, and havo grown recklessly extrnvigant, and for illustration, within the scope of territory now enriarnevd iu the counties of Brooks and Lowndes, twenty years ago, when the taxablelproperly wns at least four times what it is now, there wns within those bounds ten, (not exceeding twelve) stores, averag ing iu their Halos annually, not exceeding six thousand dollars. Then the planters raised their own pro vision and stock, manufactured at home their every-day clothes and shoes, and ma nipulated their own fertilizers, Now, within the same limits there are between seventy-five and one hundred stores, many of which, each, told last year more than tho entire number in the same bounds twenty years ago. Now, there is no stock and hut little provision raised, no slot lies, no shoes made at home, no fertil isers saved; hut all must bo bought,, bought, bought. What bus augmented these expendntares ? Is itsn increased necessity? Or,is it n grow ing extravagance ? Certainly not the | former, for our circumstances render econ omy more essential now tlinn then. Then ladies and gentlemen’s siloes, were bought and worn with pride, costing one dollar and twenty-five cents per pair. Then, eight yards of calico made a largo lady a full Sunday 'dress. Then, tho store ac count of a family of half dozen was from fifty to one hundred dollars. Now,ladies must have nice little bootees worth six dollars for Sunday, and they uuuit go every day on. Now calicoea havo bocomo obsolete, and goods of finer textures, and much more costly must bo purchased, and tho little lady’s dress must be so iufinted and bal looned as to require from eighteen to twenty-two yards. Now mou wear boots costing from oiglit to twelve dollars, instead of the dollar and twenty-five cents, lined and bound shoes. Now, they pnrohoso all thoir clothing, Sunday and every-day wear. Now, the store account of a family of half dozen, cangu from four to six hundred, and in some instances one thousand dollars. At least one I’m Sal which is expended for what might be produced at home, one fourth being sufficient for all the essential articles, and at least one fourth is expend ed for non essentials. All of which money thus needlessly and recklessly expended, goes to other countries, leaving the cur rency, so far os we arc concerned, fear fully contracted, and the country disas trously inflated with non essential articles, such as aouhl be dispensed with, without even insuring as inconvenience, much less n loss. The boy that gave sit ho had for a whistle, soon discovered his folly. Aud isn't it astonisbiug that men of nge and experience who have boou patchasing whistles for uiuo years, giving all they j had and promising more, have not dis covered the folly and error of their way* V With this presentation of facts we think the scarcity of money in this part of the country is no longer problematical. To remedy the evil we mukt Wwrtttvot os to noneaaentials,purchase only absolute neces sities, and soon our country, with the same amount of labor and the same amount of produce in value will bo inflated with currency and the now borrowers w 11 be the then lenders, and the now debtors will be the then creditors. The country cun never prosper white the planters are dependent upon the merchants. And until the plan ters are solvent and independent, mer chandising will bo hazardous. The banker or factor that furnishes the merchant with money, demands, and must have a large i percent, aud to this the merchant adds his large profits and the planter has to pay it | all,or as much- 03 his income w ill meet, aud ; this heavy per oent will always be in ex- ' ('ess of his income, planters purchasing ; supplies on time, paid last year fifty per i mm. more than 'ca6h purchasers paid in this town; We give to our readers those j few ulcus as to the ueoessity of a more rigid economy and sent ruction of expendi tures. Tennyson says that Miller is the greatest tmerieuu lH>et and Miller says Tennyson 1 i the greatest In Hh poet. A m. n> couldn't improve on that if iiu sat up alt night -- let* cit Free pre. s. VISIT TO FLORIDA. We lmd neither tiaio nor space in our last issue.to give as full account of affairs in Madison as we desired. While iu Mad ison we visited our friend Lllenwood, of the Rmxtmblr, who is certainly a man of rare genius, w ith but tho oaaiutuoce of a little boy, lie gets his pu)>or out regularly, and a good country paper it is. His edi torials arc always well written and upon well selected subjects. Aside from his ed itorial duties, he devotes, or, lias devoted a great deal of his time to the study of Phrenology, and every week, lectures at one or more places iu Middle Florida. We learned that his lectures arc well received, and that the chart which he gives, upon comparison, agrees almost perfectly with charts given by some of the learned pro- fessors of the science. We think his office is yielding him and his little family a com fortable living, and we liojie he may prove worthy of, and receive a still larger pat ronage. We find in the Radical camps there arc some troubles. Some of the Republicans, ns they call themselves, make some pre tentions to decency nml honor, indeed, as citizens, they act honorably and gentle manly, and socially, they ate highly respec ted by the citizens. But poor old Tidwell, who by liis npostacy, Ims acquired nn im mortality of infuiny, and is totally aban doned, und shuned on all occasions by the white Republicans, and by all tho ititali gent negroes who make uny pretensions to honesty. His effort to have the Post Mas ter at that place, (who is on excellent man and good officer) removed, we think,will prove abortive. Although, lie had succeeded in getting a negro appointed, who we are informal, aua’t read,. *ud could not give bond, and the right thinking Republicans and the eitizvnegenerally, are making ev ery effort to have the appointment re voked, und they are very hopeful it will he done. Tills chances for stealing is not very good now, he iN elosely watched by Democrats and Republicans, und the Re publicans of Madison know so. well how the tiling haajieeii done, and how anxious Tid is to repent tho act, that they know exactly what points to gnard. Tid on his way to Jacksonville on Monday of last week, stopped at Live Oak. and after sup ing with his social equals, the negroes, he dragged his ox-like form into the cor, and in ecstucies of delight, he spent the re mainder of tho night with negroes, male and female. In this we think Tid did wrong but in one respect, and that wrong consisted in tho imposition of liis old infamous body of death and corruption upon the social equality System with freed American citizens. At Live Oak, wo spent one day with the ever genial and social Tom Jenkins, the hotel keeper, whore wo fared sumptuously. During the day we visited the Turpentine Distillery of Messrs. 'Wise & Harvey, j which is located in the snberbs of the town. This, we think, for the amount in vested, is the best paying institution in Middle Florida. Major Wise is a live bus- j ness man, and ho intends increasing his business next fall. Wo hope to see some of our enterprising men engage soon in this lucrative business. Letter from Madison. Madison, Fla,, June 1, 1871. Editor Independent: Iu conformity with your request I sit myself down to give you a synopsis of a few events that seemingly agitates onr quiet town just now, and awakens consid erable interest among us all. Though difficult to conceive of duller times, than we are now slowly and lazily passing through. Whilst everyone en gaged in planting is hard at work—plow ing and cutting away grass—tho stagnation iu trade continues with no immediate prospect for tv change for tho better. There is a disposition on the purt of a few young ladies, assisted by some gentlemen, to entertain our community and the pub lic in general, to a Miisioal and Dramatic entertainment. The concert will consist of sacred and seculiar music, it is given for tho ostensible benefit of the several churches hero. 1 have no doubt but it will be a decided success. Those interested will meet to-night for organization and business, it is proposed to give the concert ut an early day. However, this affair will not coufliet with the musical entertainment, to he giv en uudur the uuspices of Miss belle Haua nnui, <;/( passant, it is concluded to repeat llus affair iu Tallahassee the following night succeeding the performance hero, in duo time 1 will give fall particulars, as to date Am., allowing ample time to those inclined.to attend from your charm ing town. Last Sunday, our community was pain fully .shocked at the announcement of the demise of Mrs. Thus. L. \\ hitlock, whose death occurred on Saturday evening. She was a most estimable woman, a devout Christian, a kind and affectionate wife and mother, loved aud beloved by ail who knew her. “Ah! it is sad when cue thus link'd departs The ceremony ut the grave was very im pressive, Rev. Mr. Tyner delivered an elo quent and touchingtributo to her memory. While there wore many whoso eyes were dimmed with tears, grief-stricken eh deter u sobbed aloud the anguish of the heart, “how terrible is death” Though eaiiu on the bottom of her God, Tuir spiiTt! rest hi r now. If it he, that the spirits of departed friends hover near us w liild on earth, and draw closer iu hours of woe. If so, let it uot be denied to the suffering father and children to hear again the dear accents of flic “loved and lost,” May not their sil ver pinions fan the buruiug brow of sor rowing mortality,aud the echo of Heaven’s own melody murmur sweetly, peace, peace ! aud joy for evermore, i Iu my next, Mr. Editor, will give fur | ther news. For the present, adieu. Njsuemiaa. —— -• . Albany is preparing for a Granger's bionic oa the UHh und. LATEST NEWS. Washington News and Notes. NOTES IN BRIEF FROM ALL AROUND mm—nnrftTfiiT WabutwoTOH, June 3. —The Senate has up a hill to authorize the officers of the United States steamer Monocracy to nc cept medals from tho King of Siam. Washington, June B.—The Senate to day passed the consular nml diplomatic, and pension appropriation l>ill, and then discussed, without action, the question of cheap transportation. The Senate passed the bill to amend the charter of the Freedman’s Savings nml Trust Company, it provides that within ten days after its enactment tho Comptroller of the currency shall appoint three commissioners, wiio, under Ins direction mid the control of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall take pos session of the Imnk and all assets of the bank and its brandies, and proceed to wind up all tho business of said bank ami branches nml pay into the United States Treasury all moneys realized therefrom. The Comptroller of the Currency is to declare and pay dividends ns resuits may justify. The Commissioners are to receive a salary of three thousand dollars per an num and give bonds of $25,000 each, It is provided, however, that, if, in the pro gress of winding tip; the Commissioners and Comptroller of tho Currency shall at any time be of opinion that the bank can resume under its old charter, the Secre tary of the Treasury may turn it over to a Hoard of Trustees, who shall then resume their present powers. In the House, the bill extending to the third of March, 1875, the time for pre senting claims to Southern Claims Com missioners came up for action. It was amended by providing for two additional Commissioners. An amendment ogured by Cobb, of North Carolina, to extend the jurisdiction to claims for the occupa tion of buildings and grounds in tho South ern States by the army or navy of the United States wns rejected by a tie vote. 11l to 111, anil another amendment, of fered by Cobb, that service in the Conled erflte army or militia shall not be taken as conclusive proof of disloyalty, was also re jected. The bill was then recommitted to the Committee on War Claims. The rest of the session was given to the bill for deepening the month of the Mississippi. No action. The Senate, in Executive session to day, confirmed the nomination of John F. Green, to be Appraiser of Merchandise at Charleston, S. C. The committee of the New York Pro duce Exchange, which left New York last night for the purpose of urging a Recipro city treaty with Canada, had interviews to-day with the President and Secretary Fish, and were very favorably impressed with the reception of their views by these officials. Gen. Bristow will probably enter upon his duties us Secretary ol the Treasury on Friday. Washinoton, June 4.— The Senate passed bills removing the political disa bilities of Fitzliugli Lee and Van R. Mor gan of Virginia. The House passed the bill to deepen the channel at the mouth of the Missis sippi river. It authorizes the Secretary of War to advertise for proposals to do the work by dredding or otherwise, and to contract with the lowest responsible bid der at rates not exceeding 8150,000 for j twenty feet iu depth anil two hundred feet in width, or 815,000 a month ftr maintaining that depth. AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS. Atlanta Juno 3. —Tho Cotton States’ Agricnlt rid Congress met here to-day, Hon. David E. Butler of Georgia, presid ing. Delegatee are in attendance from all tho cotton States except Louisiana. A resolution urging the United State Con gress to adopt the policy reccommended by tlio Senate Committee on Transporta tion was adopted unanimously. A reso- 1 lntion to meworalize the State Legisla tures to adopt a uniform system of crop and agricultural statistics was adopted. Direct trade is tho special order for to morrow. NEW YORK NOTES. New YonK, Juno 4.—Amdng the Vice Presidents of the brewers' Convention are Louis Lang Fernandina Fla., Geo. Auer and Jacob Sawyer, Columbia, H. C., aud DUvid 8. Tungeling, Richmond, Va. An Erie freight train on the Erie Rond collided with a wagon, killing four. At a meeting of tho Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company, Pres ident Orton’s report and the resolutions appended declaring a dividend, wore adopted. THE OAIiI.ISTH. Madrid, Juno 4. —General Salamanca, commanding a force of Republicans at San Vincente, Tarragona, reports that a,OOO Coriists attacked him yesterday and were repulsed with a loss of seventy killed and wounded. Salamanca lost thirty kdled and wounded. The Coriists have occupied Rosas, a seaport town twenty seven miles northeast of Geroua. Rascon goes as Minister to ouo of tho South American Republics. THE FORK. Rome, June 4.— The Pope is again ill. The fever from which he was lately suf fering returned last night, aud was very heavy. The physicians iu attendance upon his Holiness are alarmed at his con dition. French politics. London, June 2. --The Timex says at tempts at an alliance between the Centres of the Assembly will probably fail. The Right objects to a .recognition of the Re public, which tho Left Centre considers indispensable. FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, June 4.—The official count showed that Weston, Democrat, lacked a few votes of a majority, when he was elected by the Legislature. THE CAUL DUS. London, June So— Dispatches from San Sebastian report the town . has been at tacked by the Carlists in force and is in n critical situation. Mou-of-war have been sent to protect the foreign residents, and reinforcements for the garrison are hasten ing from the interior. riUNTEu’s STRIKE. Evansville, Lnd., June 3.—The com positors in the Courier office struck work to day. because the proprietors refused to discharge a compositor who would not pay an assessment to send n delegate to the National Typographical Union at St. Louis. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN. Paris, June 3, —lt is reported on good authority that Serrano will soon order a general election in Spain,, and if the Mon archists are iu the majority ho w ill propose the enthronement of the Prince of tho As turias under his own regency. RAILROAD STRIKE. Chicaoo, June H. —The brakesmen on the Chicago aud Alton Railroad are on a .-.trike at, IJloomiugton, Men have been cant to supply their places. FOREIGN POST A OH. Havana, June 8.--Tli payment of for eign postage in specie has been required since yesterday, A IT AIKS m FRANCE. Paris, Juno 8 —Tho debate on the electoral bill will bo continued to-morrow, when Leilrn Hollin will speak against the measure. Bryssmi, in his soeech to-day, solemnly warranted the chniflber that the adoption of the bill would lead to a reso lution or a plebiseitnm. Gam bet ta at Auxerro to-day denounced the plebiseitnm as false" hi principle and a lying homage to national sovereignty. THE I>ATtK ASP BLOODY ORIVCINft. CmciNAiTl, June 3.—At N-icholusville, Kentucky, yesterday. Harding A. Masters was shot anil killed by W. H. Soplier, son of J. H. Bopher. Alsiut noon another . tragedy occurred twelve miles south of Nicholnsville. Orsnville Bmitli, aged 60, I killed his nephew, Wra. Hughes, and I thou shot himself. Smith is mortally wounded- AMEMOAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Detboit, June 3,—Tho American medi cal association commenced fts annual sessson t-o-dny. A large number of mem bers were present. Dr. Toner, of Wash ington, the President, made an addresß interesting particularly to the profession. A resolution was adopted, calling oil Con gress to establish a Sanitary Bnronn. THE OLD WOIILP’S POLITICS. London, May 30.—Renters telegrams announce that Germany is working di plomatically to Hnuulthe treaty of neutral ity with Luxemburg. This announcement being hostile to Germany, causes comment here, in view of Reuter’s former friendly relations with Wolff’s Berlin official bu reau. international law. Brussels, May 30k* A congress of Euro pean powers meets here on the 15th of jnly next, for the purpose of considering the subject of international law during war. prolongation proposed. Paris, May 30.*r-A section of tho As sembly has resolved to propose a prolon gation of that body till 1879. crsniNo’a receition. Madrid, May SO.—Caleb Cushing, the ! American Minister, is to lie received of ficially to-day by Marshal Serrano. I DIXIE DOOLITTLE LOST AT SEA. Utica, May 30.-- Intelligence was receiv ed in tliis to’.ty this morning that lion. .Charles H. Doolittle, Judge of the Su preme Court of tills district, was lost over board from the Abyssinia, on the 21st inst. Judge Doolittle was at the time of the accident on his way to Europe for a short vacation for the restoration of liis health. The Abyssinia is a Oiinarder, and she sailed from New York city on the 20th instant, arriving to.day at Queenstown, from which place the news was sent. Judge Doolittle was one of the ablest and purest men on the bench of this State. |He was a sound lawyer and a man of in tegrity. Ho wns e’ecteil Judge in 1809. Hu was not fur from fifty-five years of age. His wife was a daughter of a former dis tinguished citizen of Rochester, Mr. Eben Sherman, long since deceased. He was elected to the Supreme Court of this State (Fifth District) on the Republican ticket, and his term would nave expired Decem ber-81, 1877. His death leaves another vacancy to be filled by the Governor. He was a relative of Edwin H. Doolittle, of the law firm of Doolittle, Davis <fc Lyon, New York. THE BROKEN DAM ON MILL RIVER. ProofW of It** Bifid Contruction, amt of the C'ul|mhi Ilf y of n Owner*. Northampton, Mass., May 30. —the ia qnest of the Mill River disaster was re sumed this morning. Joel Hayden, son of the Into ex-Lieut. Governor Hayden and a member of the firm of Hayden Gore & Cos. testified that lie bad no personal knowledge of the condition of the dam. He had known of his father getting np in : the night to drive to the reservoir, a tfis tauce of five miles; but he lmd no jiersonnl knowledge of his fsther’s reason for so 1 doing and thought his father on had more fear for the safety of this dam than for any other, and presumed that he visited it as ho would visit the well just across the roud, to guard against fire. Mr. Bassett, the contractor, was re called. The questioner and the jury j having visited the dam yesterday, pot such searching questions to the witness that he was compelled to adroit the truth of idl the charges made against the dam, nnd that even the vngno specifications were not ailheared to. He admitted that lie himself and his partner lmd entered on the worh in tlio belief that the dam might give way even if built according to the specifica tions. He had realized that if it did, j property and lives would be endangered, and yet he had accepted the bargain and hail not protested ugainst it. Had it not been for the extra expense made by the change of the pipe they would have made about SB,OOO the whole amount received from the job being less than $24,000. He did not know why conscience should have prevented them; if the dam had to be built they might as well build it ns any body. "!,i *.♦- Tliomasyillo Kuiti-jrrise: “The notorious O. B. Davis, who recently married the daughter of Mr. W. V. Watts, a citizen of this county, was captured at the house of Watts, on' Monday night last, pinioned and safely lodged in jail iu this city by Sheriff I). F. Luke assisted by City Mar shal John Spnirand two young men named Ingram, one of whom lives with Mr. Watts and the other just returned from a ‘wild goosecliasa’ led him through Florida by Davis, who not onlv won the affections of Mss Watts, but by good address grew popular with these you tig men and others who made his acquaintance. The vigilant officers re for red to made an attempt a short time ago, just, after his marriage with Miss Watts, to capture Davis, but lie gave them the dodge and went into Florida. His return to this county on Monday night was signified to the officers by pre vious engagement and by great activity and courage they seized him iu bed about 3 o’clock on Thursday morning and after a severe struggle bound him securely. He is a young man, well built, very muscular and courageous. Sheriff Luke tad Mar shal Spair deserves much credit for the promptness and courage exhibited iff ar resting this desperado and bigamist, and we are sure it will lie accorded to them by all who know the dangerous character of the culprit. Bather than go to trial and allow his former wife, in Berrien comity, to be sent for, as a witness lie plead guilty yesterday evening to the charge of big amy. — ProGrbssite On autism. —On the 4th of March, 186i>, when Grant was first inaugu rated as Prerident, the total unrnber of civil officeholders —and uncivil ones, too— of the Federal Government was 57,605. On the Ist of March, 1874, after five years Grantism, this horde of officeholders and leeches on the body pohfic Bad increased to 86, 060, an addition of 29,055 during his time. This is progress with a ven geance, and emplities the boasted civil service reform roost wofullv—as the tax ridden people know but too 'Veil. The Colored Mob at Memphis. Memphis was disgraced by the unruly couSuet of a portion of her colored popu lation on decoration day, ami the tele graphic report sent from there furnishes a very neat argument against civil riglrfs just at the present time. From published reports of the proceedings of the decora tion at the National Cemetery,- the affair waa the moirf disgraceful ever witnessed, and the scenes enacted by drunken ne groes were a disgrace to tho occasion. There were probably not more than a dozen-white persons present, nnd Tom Hwari, colored president of the pall bear ers, had taken charge of the ceremonies in the cemetery, which is situated some five j miles out on the Louisville railroad. When the various colored societies" nr- i rived there they found a number of re freshment stands erected, where lunches were offered for sale. Tom Swan detailed a portion of his crowd, armed With HUM*' kets, to break them np; which was carried out by threatening to shoot the owners, one or two of whom saved their lives by fie a ing to th woods, while a crowd of ne groes seieed Upon und appropriated to their own use all the edibles. After other indiscriminate robberies and outrages, the crowd proceeded to the orator’s stand, where Ed. Shaw, tho col ored wlairf master, harangued on civil rights, and was loudlv applauded. He was followed by General Bmith, collector of the port, who made a brief address ap propriate to the occasion. These dis graceful scenes have produced considera ble excitement, nftil it is probable that the ringleaders wifi be arrestad for their aete. —Sacannah A theft iter-Republican. Political Movements Among Wester a Congreesihcn. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Coimviercemyu: There is home talk of an alliance offen sive and defensive on the part of n few young Western Congressmen, for the avowed purpose of patriotism, but for the real object of catching the vote of the granger element nnd wielding it as n po litical power at the next election, and aimed at the succession to the Presidency. There are about twenty of the young Western Congressmen enlisted so fur. The programme under which they enlist is about ns bombastic as they can get it. They propose to fight the National banks; to advocate inflation of the currency by means of that mueb-talked-of interchange able and introconvertible bond; ieginin lation with regard to water routes to the seaboard as recommended by the Heiiate Select Committee on Transportation; that all corporations, especially railroads, shall be made to recognize the authority of tUe States under which they nfk created; that the government shall construct one or more freight railroads to tlio West from the Atlantic seaboard, and run them; au amendment to the Constitution of the United States against granting any speeiul franchise to any person or corporation whatever; election of the President, Vice President and Sena‘.ora directly by the people. 4-. Cannibalism on the Plains.—Writhing i ton, May 25.—-The agent at Los Pinos Indian Agency, 001., reports to the Com missioner of Indian Affairs the circum -1 stances by which live men lost their lives | lately while on tho Ute IndiniAeservation. i One of a party of six, on airiving at the i agency, was questioned ns to what hail be ! come of his companions. He said that ‘ they had probably died from hunger null ! cold, since they left him to his fate when I his feet were frozen. After closer investi gation, there being suspicious cireuni | stances, the man, whose name is Packer, | confessed, under oath, that one after aii i other of these live persons had been killed | and eaten, nnd that he liimself lmd killed i ti e last remaining l.iau, only about twenty miles from the agency. He expected only 'the first two victims, of whom lie spoke as | having dk'd of starvation. He said that : they ate Hie dead bodies before beginning I to-killone another. Packer has been turned over to tbe civil magistrate, who will in vestigate tlie uffair l>y a regular inquest, and he will bo proceeded against in ac cordouce with the law.—JV. Y. 1 YurUl. ——,. A Baaf Man's Mistake. Old Mr. Collsmer, one of the members of our church, is extremely deaf. Last Sun day the clergyman, during his sermon, had occasion to introduce a quotation, and, ns it was quite long, he brought the j volume with him, nrwl when the time came Ire picked up tire book and begau to read it. We nlways sing the Old Hundred Doxology after sermon ut out church, and 1 Mr. Collamer, seeing the pastor with the ! book, thought the timo had come, so, | while tho minister was readiug, he opened j his hymn-hook at the place. Just ns the clergyman laid the volume down, the man ! sitting next to Mr. Collamer began to! yawn, aud Mr. Collamer, thinking he was j about to sing, immediately broke out iuto Old Hundred at the top of his voice. As the clergyman was just begifiiiiug "Sec ondly,” ami as, of course, there was ■ perfect silence m the church. the effeet'Of Mr. Collamer’s vociferation was very start ling. But the good old man didn't notice that anything was the matter, so he kept right on and sang tho entire verse through. When he concluded he observed that everybody else seemed to be quiet, except ing a few who were laughing; so he leaned over and said out load to the man who yawned, “What’s the matter with this con gregation anyhow ? Why don't they go home?” The man turned scarlet, and the perspiration broke out all over him for he felt that the eyes of the congregation were upon him, and he knew that lie would have to yell to make "Mr. Collamer hear. So ho touched his lips with his huger us a sign for the okl mnu to keep quiet. But Mr. Collamer misunderstood the motion. “Going to sing another hymn, hey? All right!” and he began to fumble bis hymn book again. Then the sexton sailed up the aisle, and explained matters out load, to Mr. Collamer, and that gentleman snlvsided, while tho minister proceeded with his discourse. The elders hare written Mr. Collamer a note requesting him in tho future not to join iu the sacred harmony. The effect is too apparent upon the ribald boys in the gallery.—Mur Adder. Civil Rights. —An incident occurred yesterday at the Express office in Chatta nooga, which shows the idea our colored brethren have of tho Civil Rights Bill. An old African woman asked the money clerk if lie had u package for her. He in quired her name and replied in the nega tive without looking over his book. ‘ ‘Why don’t you look aud see 2” inquired the Af rican indignantly. “Oh/’ be replied, “I know without looking.” “Well, yon kin put on dein sassy airs now, hat in a few days dere’ll he a law passed that I kin go behind dat counter and look for my self. Den I won’t bo beholden to you at all Times. Washington Territory’s first brick resi dence is completed. It is not so near to any other building as to require a liu roof for protection, flour fixes. ' To the Executive Committee ofthe Demo cratic Party. Macon, May 18, 1874. Desiring, nbovo all things, unity of ac tion by the Democrats of Georgia in onr approaching elections, nml knowing the great importance of harmony in our ranks, I have determined, With a view to these desirable ends, to call together the Execu tive Committee of the party on the first Wednesday in July in Atlanta, for consul tation. Untill then it is desired Unit no action looking to nomination of candidates will be taken by the party. Gentlemen of ! the Convention, the interest of the people ! iTfemuiid your attention. Yaomas Hardeman, Jr., Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. The Present Democratic Executive Com mittee in Georgia. The State Democratic Executive Cqm i mittee of Georgia consists of the following j gentlemen: | Hon. Thus. Hardeman,- Chairman, j State at large—Col. J. L. Harris,Bruns wick; Hon. Warren Aiken, of Bartow; : Hon. Nelson Tift, of Dougherty; Hon. J. ; j H. Christie, of Clarke, i First District- 1 -Hon. J. C. Nieholls, of Fierce; Hon. James H-. Hunter, of Brooks. I Second District—Hon. Herbert Fielder, i of Randolph; Hon. T. M. Furlow, of Suffi- 1 fcr. ‘ Third District—Hon. E. H. Worrell, I iof Talbot; Major J. C. Wooten, of Cow - j eta. Fourth District—Col. ,T. S. Boynton, | of Spalding: Hon. 1. G. Lawson, of Pot j nanv. Fifth District— Hon. Augustus Reet-e, iof Morgan'? Hob. James B. Jones, of Burke. Sixth District —Col. Tims. Morris, of (Franklin; Col. J. Estes, of Hull. Seventh District —Col. I. TV. Averv, of Fulton; Him. L. N. Trammell, of Whit- I Held. The committee was appointed Under resolutions iff the last Convention of tin party that assembled in Georgia the 21th of July, 1872. Here is the resolution: “Rem!red, That this committee recom mend that the President of the Convention appoint an Executive committee of the Democratic party of the State, to serve un til the meeting of the m-vt State Conven tion, nnd to consist of t-.Vo members for each Congressional District as Anir exist ing, and four for the State at large, which committee shall have power to elect a chairman outside of its own body.”—Al tunin Herald. ■■■■*►"♦♦- A Curious Will. Among original wills may certainly be i reckoned that of Daniel Martinctt, an of i fleer in the East India Company’s service. ! Dying very poor, this singular fellow be queathed his debts to the Governor qf Bengal, who generously accepted the | equivocal legacy. We hardly know whether to admire more the sangfroid i of tho testator or the honbomio of the legatee. The principal dispositions which constitute the will are as follows; “I, the undersigned Daniel Murtinett, being perfectly sound iu mind, though weak in body, declare that I make my will in manner following: “1. 1 recommend my soul to God, and I hope to obtain of Him pardon for all my sins. ‘-‘2. As to this miserable body; ns it has seen enough of the pomps of this lower world, all that I desire is that it may be ! put away in au old green chest I have, to i avoid all expense; for, having lived the life 1 of a prodigal, I would faiu ilie the death of a niggard. “3. My linrial is to cost nothing: I won the amount of its expenses from the under - taker at a game of billiards wo had to-: gother, iu the presence of Messrs. Thomas j Monice und William Parkes, at the house ' of the said William Parkes, iu February • last. “4. T request that the Rev. Henry But- j ler will read over my body the prayers i usual at burials, and, moreover, that be will preach a sermon on the first Sunday ' after my death, taking for his text these wolds of Solomon, ‘All is vanity.' In consideration of this service I bequeath to him all my kypoeriay—he needs it to lo an honest man, as times go. “5. I bequeath to the Governor of Ben gal, Henry Vunsittart, the office of paying any sum or sums which it may be found at iy death that I owe to any person in needy circumstances: the whole cannot amount to more than 300 rupees. “(>. I give my bible and prayer-book to the Rev. Henry Butler; and my sabre to Captain Knox, because I sincerely believe he lias not only tho skill but the courage ; to use it. “I have been, during my life, an object ; of ridicule to a fashionable gentleman, (id Use Witt of Irks sarcasms. It is possi i We my conduct may have been somewhat [ extraordinary; I hope to be able to forgive ) him. “As I have nothing to leave to my rela-' ! turns in my native country, neither have | i I anything to say to them- However, f . they have uot troubled themselves much ! about me for some time: only I wish them ; all very good health, and I hope that my , brothers and sisters may make u more | prosperous journey through life than I have.” New Explanation of the Aurora. Mr. J. A. Reeves, in the “English Me i chtmic,” offers an engenious theory of the aurora borealis, as follows: 1. A large quantity of light from tho sun falls upon tin: upper portions of the earth’s atmos phere, so far north that although it is re-1 fnicted and bent toward the earth, yet it does not impinge upon it, but passes cu, 1 illuminating the atmosphere over a vast j region beyond. 2. Oth(frays, which fall ! upon tins atmosphere rather more south- ; ward, after being refracted, do reach the , : earth’s surface, but as that surface in the 1 ixdnr regions consists of masses of ice and j j surer, the light is immediately reflected j into the upper portions of the atmos phere, and comes in contact with the ray of light before mentioned, thus i sufficiently illuminating the vaporons mat- j ter suspended in the atmosphere, to be come visible in the form of the anrora. , 3. The shooting appearances of the anrora I j are produced by tho rays of light coutinu | ing to cross and rccross each- other, conse-; I quent on the evcrvaryiug destiny and | changed position of the parts of the at mosphere through which the light is re-1 ‘ fracted, as well as the constant ehsnge of angular positions of the reflecting surfaces I of ice and snow, by the revolution of the earth on its axis. 4. The various hues j which tho aurora assumes are a proof that tbe light composing it is refraetetl. The theory will hold good also for the aurora anstmis. Norwood’s Speech.— The chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, telegraphs an order for 10,000 copies of Norwood s great speech on Civil Rights. He says “it is the best ever spo ken on the subject, and will do us more good than anything else." Increaso of the Rational Debt Wntfar Grant’s Second Administration. The Treasury Department seems to feel uneasy. The Secretary is aware of the necessity to apologize for his management of the national finances, nnd he sent out yesterday through the Associated Press Agency n lame excuse for the increase ol the debt during the present fiscal year. He does it, tow, four Weeks -before the close of the year, next first of July, and in this he imitates the practice of self-con-' scions rogues who crave pardon before they are charged with crime. In tho dis patch which no authorized to be tele graphed alt over tho country, be wye ‘hat there will be a reduction of the public debt for the month of May of betweelk three and four million dollars, but that the passage in Congress of the Deficiency Bill must.necessitate such heavy payments during June that no further reduction is possible before the beginning of the new fiscal year in July. This is all the excuse - he hss to offer, and it is a most lstue one/ | indeed. He does uot tell the people whether the debt has in any way been in-- i seueri during the eleven months since July,- 1873, because lie can not, since it bos ac tually incieuscd, and to a quite conaidera i ble amount, La the figures derived from of j ficial sources prove most conclusively. On ! the first day of October, 1873, before the i NafiouarTreasury began to feel the-influ ence of the panic caused by contMctioff \ of the currency—to the extent of a penny, the debt was stated to be $2,138,793,898.- I On the Ist of May last tlie Secretary pub' lisbed bis regular monthly statement for April, and gave the total of the debt on j that day at $2,149,725,277, which showed iid iuereuso since Oetolier of $10,981,379. i Granted that the month of May brought an income sufficient to pay off four Or five millions, there is still left so increase dur ing the year of Dearly seven millions: But this alone does not tell the whole ptory, which appears in a far more damaging light by the testimony of Henry L/ ! I hi ires, of Sfcssaehusetts. This gentle' man is the chairman of the House Com- I mittee on Ways and Means of Congress, ! and occupies, as such, a position that gives greater authority to his words than is possessed by any doctoted statement of I the Treaaury Department. In a speech he made in Congress on the 7t(i of May, lie .bade the astounding declaration that the Treasury was virtually effipfy; that, under the law, the sum of $21,990,000 ought to lmvc been paid into tbe sibling fund for the redemption- of tfiis debt, but that uot a dollar of it had yet been so paVI. Last Tuesday Mr. Dawes again spoke ou the subject, and was glad to say that the roveuues had been better thaw was expected, and that it would be possi j ble at'the end of May to tvrrl' between three and four million dollars into tlio ; sinking fund in payment of tho debt. This last re in arte of Mr. Dawes explains tin a dot the claim put forth by fhc Secretary' I of having reduced the debt between three and four millions this month, since tho two statements agree precisely iu amount-, We call, therefore, anticipate what that Treasury statement on Hie Ist of Juno should be, if it were made iu accordance with the truth. Deducting fonr millions from tlie amount of the debt ns last given, there remains as the total the sum of $2,145,725,277; to this must be added • $17,900,000, which the Treasury still iiwb'f ; under the law to the sinking fund, and wo have an aggregate of the debt of $2,163,- 025,277, being an increase since the Ist of October, 1873, to the enormous amount of-$24,831,379; or the rate $3,228,922 per mouth, during n period of eight months. l As the Secretary says himself, no redile' tion need be expected in June, because i the large payments under the Deficiency Bill will muttue; besides. May is always | the heaviest month for Interns! Revenuir receipts, all the special taxes being siniul - taiieouely due at that time, and n falling ! off is regularly noticed- in June: Hence' the result will bo that with tbe five mil-- lions outgo for deficiencies and the revc-- unes barely sufficient to meet current ex ’ 1 lenses, tlie debt by the Ist of July will' lugainbavo increased to tbe amount of i about $2,180,000,000. On the Ist off i March, 1873, at the beginning of Gruntfir second term, the official debt statement 'gave it at $2,141,000,000 in round num bers, showing a total increase in sixteen mouths of $41,000,000, which is precisely what it lias cost the conntry to maintain Graut in office for that time, or nt tlie rata" of aliotit 82,560,000 every month. From July, 1874, Grant has yet thirty-two mouths of his present term, and at this rate per month this individual will have cost the people by March, 1877, nn addi tional $81,020,000, and $122,880,000 fuff his whole second term. We shonl<! think that nt such a cost Grant will be found too' expensive an incumbrance to be continued where lie is. But ns lie ouu’t be touched just now, his Secretary of the Treasury,- who permits such squandering, nnd wlto is directly responsible for this outrageofis mismanagement of the finances, should be" i kicked out of the Department without much ado. -The people are tired of being” ! run deeper into debt every day by their - Government, of being taxed into bank' rnptcy to support drones, and then, by an unscrupulous abuse of the veto power/ denied all opportunity of obtaining some sensible improvement of tbe currency. The threat is now gone forth that, even if the I two conference committees of Congrese i should unite upon some measure to allevi i ate the stringency of money now depress -1 ing all pursuits, Grant will again veto it in the interest of monopoly. Such an act will be the last straw on the camel’s back, and patience will cease to be a virtue.— X. Y. Sunday Mercury. Civil Right* Wifi* theeleetive franchise,- otrr colored fellow-citizens seem to have grown unuatt nlly thirsty, ever wanting whisky, beer or soda. It is astonishing how they like soda; legally they estimate a glass of dirty aerated water as worth SIUOO, especially if they do not get it. Lately our colored brethren have crusaded on the soda water, beer ant i whisky men with far more effect than the Western woman did. Thus was it when the beer-jerker tft ltedwitz’s lager beer saloon perceived a gorgeously dressed gentleman, white, ac companied by two of our African citizens, standing at the counter, he delayed quite a while before he interviewed the trio. ' “Beer,” emphatically and avrthoritar tivelv demanded the white man, as speak er. “I am sorry to refuse you, sir,” replied the waiter, “but if yon notice, yon will sew we only sell beer to gentleman. As yot* cannot class yourself as sash, we must, perforce refuse you. And what do you want, gentlemen T Y fuming to the Ethi opians. The Etiopians were- confused, blushed perceptibly through afl their obscurity, and mildly suggested that they could not in decency drink unless their friend drank with them.and that unless this was granted they would find it necessary to carry their patronage to another saloon. As this request was refused, the threw slunk away to try their little game on an other saloon.— N. 0. Picayune. Ho Less than four thousand and sixty two immigrants, the largest number any day this year, arrived at Hew York on Monday, the majority of whom were Irkfit and German, * C*