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J. C. UALL.AIIKIL, Editor.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1874.
UUNGRF.SS ADJOURNED.
"Notw iiliKtikixlitig tlio many billathnt was
Wutris laced, tile iwated and niiiniifti'tl do
-4 sites, the unprecedented anxiety and so
licitude on thf j .lilt or tlit; constituency of
aiic country the long -aoiwioii has cloned
luni comparatively-n (thing nenomplishcil.
‘The iniquitous Civil Rights Dill, the cliild
of fanaticism ’lias acci>m|iilted lint object
uJf its chief Niifqairterti. Jt was neverin-
V aided by its advocate* to l Maximo h law,
Iml wan originated and partially npported
tor tlu, purposed jwolititHtl agitation and j
to oontvol tlm oidorod political element iu
tiro j*|g , mK4>ig detitiou* iti tlio Hotltll.
The political stnitegem wan to provoke
fewmniNiitic opposition and tliereliy nlie
•uoto the feelings of the Ailaek run: against
tthcvfhito and e fleet a compldto unity of
Vtotion on tlio part of Ilia negroen with tlio
Republican Jairry. But we can eoDclrn
fiotialy beliwvo that in tlio minds of the
-wisest and most coneientiona .colored poo
t|U) the desired effect in far from being ut
■taiued, but that the contrary effect will lie
‘the happy reault. The colored people can
not fail to nee that it was not the Demo
cratic party that defeated the pannage of
the bill, for they very woH know that the
lit publiean party canid liavo paused the
drill if It had been a ((briefly party measure.
The black men will bo told all over Hie
•country that it won defeated by the Uemo
cratn. While it is true that the Demo
cratio party wan nuanimonn in opposition
to the bill, to say that it defeated it is giv
ing to the party a reward of merit to which
it is not entitled, for it would have been
impossible for the Democrats to defeat it
a I the Republican party bad been a unit.
3t is uow a duty that wo owe the colored
ftvooplu to reason with them mid disabuse
■their minds on thin subject and prevent
their being further led estray. For far
ther in formation iu reference to dole
'groasiomU short coinings and inofficienoes
wve give onr renders the sutijohnsl article
from the Now York Snu:
THK IMILUIIK OVOONOBEM.
After h continuous aeration of nearly
4<ven month* (Joligreae itt about to ndjourn
vithont having necompliaheil nljy "'to of
the object* which were most urgently de
manded when itcnine togotlmr. Since the
let of Dooemlwr the whole time him hern
tM|UMU(lerx(t in aultadlenH giillhle, mul in
firoving the utter ineompetncy of the Ile
iinMtmti majority to ileal with the pro
blem* which have vexed the pnhlio tniml
vbiring thin pwrioll of‘fruitless agitation.
Congress esiue together while the effects
oof the timmciiil crisis were still fresh mill
Borely felt .There wasiwery for relief from
severy part of the Union, finii it was prncti
s-nlile ami easy of attainment, with the
jeast souinl statesmanship. .Instead of
becking to restore confidence null revive
I<ninea* hy discreet legislation, qimrkery
‘W an substituted for plain remedies and
-Glinted discussion for eflieient action.
From the start a radical conflict of opin
ion upon what may he called the vital
-v nesitoll of the day, was
*i>re Repnltheaim of the East and West.
They were separated hy a great gulf, such
nn is seen to divide the plutforms of the
.Republicans which assembled n fmv
-days ago in Indiana, Illinois, and Yer
nnont. At first the President was broadly
on the aide of the inflationists, and went
.ho far to proptn v a baiof raessago npprov
.lngtheorigiiml biH. Suddenly lie changed
‘front udi.r fke manipulation of tiie bonil-
Jholilers sud present-givers of Philadelphia,
cw hair the Executive pendulum ssvupg over
•Vi the other extreme.
Mr. Jones of Nevada, silting‘in n pur
• chased wait, became the oraelo of the
White House, instead of Mr. Morton, who
?hnd hitherto shaped .the poll ay of its in
•cwmbent. Ho that to make confusion
aeNti ooufoundod, the President and the
majority in Congress, divided into factions
'both claiming to represent‘the sentiment
-rtf the same party, find themselves front I
rtkg in Opposite directions, with a tinkered
• ismiproiuiso hanging up like Mahomet's
■ Collin, as tiie result of a-prolonged contro
•vorsy, nml which in fact ropreaents no
iprineiplc that either side advocated when
they parted company. So much for tlio cur
rency question.
Next in consequence and public intercut
was cheap transportation. That was to be
fait through without delay, no matter what
rise might be postponed. Asa net result
•wo have the report of a special committee
■of the Senate, whitih travelled the country
over at the piihlio exprtise, proposing
various wind projects at a cost of two
3i nnd red millions, apparently designed to
diarntis tho sgrieultml interest with imwv
burdens, and to open up afield for corrup
tion, compared with which Credit Molii-
Tier would boos a mite to a mountain.
Add a areas of printed speeches made to
order, and thh is wlmt was done for cheap
transportation.
Civil service reform, after having served
•ass plank in the last Presidential platform,
and as a delusion and snare for those ex
•oelleut reformers who delight almost ns
much in the name as they do in the sub
stance, was slaughtered in the House with i
none so poor ss to do it reverence. And
•as if to consult the eternal fitness of things,
Mr. Butler was chosen for executioner.
The much vaunted “Indian pence policy
■of the President" shared a similar fate.
For four years it engaged the sympathy of
philanthropic minds, in -spite of constant
•discoveries of rascality and rapacity. As
long as the Commissioners held their
-places hope still clung to t his organized
system of plunder. They held on until j
foriteamnoe Ceased te he a virtue; but at
last the Secretary of the Interior contrived ;
tv> force them out and clear the way for
til! greater frauds. Mr. Delano has suo
■eettded in removing the hist obstaeie to
•his venality, ami his tools on the ludi.-iu
(Committee ImVe-gome the length of oshihl
>ing the good name of Commissioners, who j
gave their service and influence without
Jee or reward.
At the ontsfit there was a seeming rage
for economy. The House cut dwtvti sain- I
■ries, reduced appropriations, and nppliod
dhe retrenching use with vigatr. That en-i
Ahuaiusm soon (lieil out, and wins followed ,
hy reaction w hich Ims ended by creating |
new and unnecessary offices, restoring in ;
May the high pay which was repealed in
in March, and in undoing all Unit was
done in the first paroxysm of pretended
rod notion. The Benate ignored all the
stpacious reforms, and then the House re
created under the lead of Mr. Garfield
from every position which it had originally
Assumed.
The salary bill was repealed hy nior.il
■coercion and sotoly Iron) the fear of indig
sisnt constituenccs. Very few sin core
ft vdvi w. re cost on that side, and since
hheii insidious efforts -save wade to revive
(he frauking privilege and othsi.iittsd'H
which furmed pai lof the corrupt System
that the jieoplo demanded should be *Wi pt
away.
I Ho, too, of the moieties. That cnncca
sion was Mttortcd from a reluctant Oon
] press, and only yielded partially after a
j determined resistance at every step in the
i Senate. The Bullhorn contracts were
swept away because tin y were too rank
mid-offensive for toleration.
In aliolishingfhe Washington Ring Gov
eriililent, which the country, without re
gard to party, demanded, tin- majority
I condoned the crimes and corruption, and
I with bated breath described the most dar
| ing frauds.as “mistakes. ”
Not one solid or honest reform Inis been
| adopted. The appropriations have been
[ diminished for effect, w ith the intention of
supplying deficiencies at the next session,
which will be a carnival of corruption. All
the great jobs have been postponed untill
then. The Bonute has initiated ono for
the Northed I’itcifie., by which the cost of
surveys involving threo-qnartors of a mil
lion, and required by law to tie made by
tlio company, is to be assumed by the
Treasury. This is the entering wedge for
a depletion of miHions by other roads
having an eifially good claim to similar
treatment.
Such are the results of this lung session,
without referring to the various investiga
tions which the corruption of Che lb-publi
can party hits compelled. This is the record
upon which it will have to go to the country,
and there can be little doubt of (lie popu
lar verdict in Hie approaching elections.
Ho far from having furnished relief or
I having in any way contributed to bring
back conlbhiuoo and credit, the whole
course of Congress Ims been to make the
situation more difficult, to augment flic
embarrassments, and to disappoint every
just or reasonable expectation. It is clear
that this Congress is unworthy of favor or
respect, and that the only road left to re
form is to elect anew House of iteprosen
tnviua, which will have the honesty to car
ry out in good faith the will of the peo
ple.
[l-'rem flic Atchison Champion, Jane U. J
CHAINED IN A CELLAR.
A ll tilNvi<r Crime In KLa*■.
On vesterdav afternoon one of the most
‘diabolical and fiendish cases of cruel mal
treatment that has ever been our duty to
record, was discovered in Northwest Atch
ison, near the comer of Independence hv
aiiuo mid Division street. About one
year ago, as the neighbors sny, a man by
the name of A. W. Fulle, moved into the
house, a cottage one mul a half stories
high, brought with him some very good
furniture, proceeded to establish himself
to nil appearances permanently. The man
was described as being about forty or for
ty-f!ve years of age, of rather small stat
ute, and to all appearances quite unassum
ing. The women in tlio neighborhood
evinced a friendly feclingtownrd the fam
ily, mid went -ever to call on his daughter,
a young lady about twenty years of age.
They were met ill the most polite manner,
and told that he was living there with one
daughter,whoso mind was not very strong,
mid who wuHsuhjccUo epileptic tils when
ever a stranger came into the house, mid
lie know it would bo unpleasant for them
to sec her. Of course this satisfied the de
sire of the Indies who came to cull, but it
■ did not in the .least allijy -their curiosity.
Afterward a‘w oman in the neighborhood
went to Iho house when the man was
away and conversed with tlio young wo
man. Hlio seemed reticent, but showing
no signs of epileptic tits, as her father had
represented.
This was early in January; nnd it
proved not only the first visitor who got
inside the house, but it was undoubtedly
tlio last. All winter long the man ap
peared to have nothing to do, and was
continually seen around his bouse. All
this was regarded very suspiciously, and
occasionally, at night, a sort of frightful
cry was heard from the house, it became
a sort of eronio rumor that ho was in the
habit of abusing his daughter, and that it
was this cause alone that led her in this
mental condtion. Ho strong had tlio ru fc
mors become that Marshal Grail was in-1
formed of them, and for several days lie j
had the house “shadowed,” or closely
watched until yesterday afternoon, when I
tlm man not being seen around all day it!
was determined to at least to sen the
cause, and accompanied by an ullioer lie
entered tlio house.
The girl slated Unit her father had gone
to Kansas City for work, and would not
return for a number of days. After look
ing about the house for a time tho officer
proceeded to explore a cellar into which
the girl forbade him going.
Lighting a lamp tho officers proceeded
to the cellar and there found one of tho
saddest and most sickening sights that
could be imagined. In one comer, upon
a filthy, dii'tyjfpallet, lay a half naked wo
man, chained with an ir. n band around
her ankle to a staple in the wall. The
first question showed tho half-crazed men
tal condition in which the poor woman
was, mid the cause which produced her
horrible confinement in this miserable
hole. Hut one little aperture permitted
ventilation, and tho hole'had a sickening,
deathly smell, that was caused hy non-ven
tilation and the dirty, filthy Surroundings.
<>n a box, in a dirty old yellow dish was
some filthy looking mint and stale bread.
The chain was taken off her leg by tho use
of a small iron bar and file, and tho poor
woman stood on her feet.
For one year she had thus been con
fined, and never once saw the light. Tho
girl said tlio woman was her stop-mother
and was crazy; but tiro quiet manner in
which the woman aerial would tend to dis
sipate tho story, or, if it was so, tho npor
ratiou of tiie mind must have boon very
slight. Tho Jjmor woman, nearly dead
from the excitement, was taken by the
neighbors, kindly washed, dressed and
cared for, tiuil by the change would hard
ly ho known, She is a tolerably fair look
ing woman, and doaon't bear tlio nppettr
aueo of harming an infant. Her husband
has disappeared along with the daughter,
and an attempt will be made to arrest the
parties.
Tins Fortv-Third Cushhess Rivalling
tub Ftinrr-HiaMNii. This Cougress is de
veloping, in the closing days of the ses
sion, a disposition to defy the Voice of tlio
press and tlio people, and it now seems
certain that appointments in tho Civil
Service will be given back to the politici
ans, nnd that the franking privilege will be
enforced for use in the fall canvass. These
two acta will serve to recompense the self
sacrifice of Congress in repealing the sal
ary grab,—AVer York Times.
During tho trial of a recent ease in
Louisville a witness persisted in testifying
to what his wife told him. To this, of
course, the attorneys objected, ami it was
ruled out by the judge, lie would pro
ceed to tell “shunt how it vns," when the
I attorney would sing out “How do you
i know that ?" “My vife tolo uie,” was the
answer. This was repented several times,
j Presently the judge, becoming unable to
contain himself longer, said: “Suppose
I your wife wore to tell you that the heavens
had fallen, what would \ou think?”
j “Yell, I dink dey was down.”
i ‘f't'll ■, tent of ;iue currency
11 ILL AS SIGNED 11V THE
PRESIDENT.
.Section 1. The act entitled “An act to
| provide a national currency, secured by a
pledge of .United Hiatus bonds, and to pro
vide for tlm circulation and redemption
thereof, approved Juno !). IW.f,” shall be
hereafter known us tlio nation net.
Bee. 2. That section fit of tlio national
bank act be no amended that tint several
associations therein provided for shall not
! hereafter lie required to keep on hand any
| amount of money whatever by reason of
| the amount of tlieirrespectiYOcirciilatinns;
but the moneys required by said section
■ to be kept nt all times on hand shall be do
; tcriniiicd by the amount of deposits in all
respects as provided for in the said section.
Bee. ,'t. That every association organ
ized or to bo organized under the provis
ions of the said act, and of the several nets
amendatory thereof, shall atoll times keep
and have no deposit in tlio treasury of tlio
United Hbites, in lawful money of the
United hi lutes, a snm equal to five per con
turn of its circulation, to bo held and used
for tlio redemption of such circulation,!
which sum shall be counted, us a part of its
lawful reserve as provided in section 2 of
this act; and when the circulating notes of
any such associations, asse.ted or unas
sorted. shall lie prosentod for redemption
in sums of 81,000 or nnv multiple thereof
to the Treasurer of the Htates, the
same shall be redeemed iu United States
notes. All notes so redeemed shall be
charged by the Treasurer of tho United
■States to tiierespective associations issuing
the same, and lie shall notify them sever
ally on the first day of each month or of
tem-r, nt liis discretion, of the amount of
sneli redemptions, and whenever such re
demptions for liny hssoeiution shall
amount to the snm of 8500 such associa
tion so notified shall forthwith deposit
with the Treasurer of the United Stntesa
sum in United Htates notes equal to the
nyiount of its circulating notes so re
deemed; mid all notes of national banks
worn, defaced, mutilated, or Otherwise un
tit for circulation, shall, when received by
any Assistant Treasurer or at any designa
ted depository of the United States, be
forwarded to tho Treasurer of the United
States for redemption, as provided herein;
and when such redemptions have been so
reinbursed, the circulation notes so re
deemed shall bo forwarded to the respec
tive, associations by which they were is
sued ; but if any such notes are worn, mu
tilated, defaced or rendered otherwise un
fit for use, they shall be forwarded to tho
Comptroller of the Currency, anil destroy
ed and replaced as now provided by law.
Provided, that each of said associations
shall rcinburso to the Treasury the
charges for transportation and the costs
for assorting such notes, mid the associa
tions hereafter organized shall also sever
ally reinbnrse to tho Treasury tho cost of
engraving such plates as shall be ordered
by ouch association respectively, mid the
amount assessed upon ouch association
shall bo in proproportion to the circula
tion redeemed, mid be charged to the fund
on deposit with the Treasurer; and, pro
vided further, that so much of section 32
of said National Dank imt requiring or per
mitting the. redemption of its circulating
notes elsewhere than at its own counter,
except us provided for in this section, is
hereby repealed.
Hoc. 1. That any association organized
under this act, or any of the acts of which
this is an amendment, desiring to with
draw its emails ting notes, in whole or in
part, may, upon tho deposit of lawful
money with the Treasurer of tho United
Stiitos. in sums of not loss than ‘■s9,ooo,
take up the bonds which said association
Ims on deposit with the Treasurer for the
security of such circulating notes, which
bonds shall be assigned to tlio bank in the
maimer specified in tho 19th section of tho
National Bank net; uml tho outstanding
notes of said association, to an amount
equal to tho legal tender notes deposited,
shall bo redeemed at the Treasury of the
United States and destroyed, as now pro
vided by law; provided tlmt tlio amount
of tlio bonds on deposit for circulation
shall not lie reduced below $50,000.
Seo. 5. That the Comptroller of the
Currency shall, under such rules and reg- ’
illations as the Secretary of the Treasury j
may proscribe, oouse tho charter members j
of the association to lie printed upon nil j
national notes which may bo hereafter is- ;
sued by him.
See. 0. Tlmt tho amount of United j
Htates notes outstanding-mid to he issued
as a part of the cireiflaiing medium, shall j
not exceed the sum of $982,000,000, which
said sum shall appear in each monthly
statement of the public debt, mnl no part
thereof shall ho held or used as a reserve.
Hoc. 7. That bo much of the act enti
tled “An act to provide for the redemp
tion of tho three per centum temporary
loan certificates and for an inereascof na
tional bank notes” ns provides that no cir
culation shall bo withdrawn under the pro
visions of scctiou fi of said act until after
the $54,000,000 granted in section 1 of
said act shall have taken up, is hereby re
pealed; and it shall bo tlio duty of the
Comptroller of the Currency, under tho
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
to proceed forthwith, and he is hereby an
thorized ami required, from time to time,
as application shall bo duly made therefor,
and until the full amount of tho $54. 000,-
000 shall bo withdrawn, to make a requisi
tion on each of the national banks de
scribed in said section, and in tho man
ner therein provided, organized in States
having an excess of circulation, to with
draw and return so much of this circula
tion as by said act may bo apportioned to
be withdrawn from them, or in lieu thereof
to deposit in the Treasury of the United
Stales law fill money sufficient to redeem
such circulation, and upon the return of
the circulation required, or the deposit of
lawful luouey as herein provided, a pro
portionate amount of the bonds held to se
cure the-oii'enlution of such association as
shall make snob return or deposit shall bo
surrendered to it.
See. 8. That upon the failure of tho na
tional banks upon which requisitions for
circulation shall bo made, or of any of
them, t<> return the amount required, or to
deposit in the Treasury lawful money to
redeem tho circulation required within 30
days, tho Comptroller of the Currency
aha 1 at once sell, as provided in section
49 of tho National Currency not, approved
June, 3, 1804, bonds held to secure the re
demption of the circulation of the associa
tion or associations which shall so fail, to
an amount sufficient to redeem the circu
lation required of such association or as
sociations wliieli shall so fail, to an amount
sufficient to redeem tho circulation re
quired of such association or associations,
ami with the proceeds which shall bo de
posited in the Treasury of the United
States so ranch of the. circulation of said
association or associations shall be re
deemed as will equal the amount required
and not returned; and if there bo any ex
cess of proceeds over the amount required
for such redemption it shall be returned to
the association or associations w hose bonds
shall have been sold; and it shall bo the
duty of tho Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer,
designated depositories, and National
Hank depositories of tho United States,
who shall lie kept informed by the Comp
troller of the Currency of such Associa
tions as diall fail to return circulation as
■ required, to nsyoft and return to tire
Treasurer for redemption the notes of
(inch associations as shall come iuto (lmir
hands until the amount required shall lie
redeemed, and in like giunner to assort
nnd return to tho Treasury for redemption
the notes of such national banks as have
failed or gone into voluntary liquidation
for the purpose of winding up their affairs,
of such asslmll hereaft.-r so tail or go into
liquidation.
Bee. !>. That from and after the passage
of this not it sliull be law ful for the Comp
troller of the Currency, and ho is hereby
ordered to issue circulating notes withont
delay us applications therefor are made,
not to exceed the sum of 855,000,000, to
associations organized or to be organized
in those States and Territories having less
than their proportion of circulation under
un apportionment made on tho basis of
population nnd of wealth, as shown by tho
returns of the census of 1870, r.ud every
association hereafter organized shall ho
subject to and governed by the rules, re
strictions nnd limitations, and possess the
rights, privileges nnd franchises now or
hereafter to bo proscribed by law as na
tional blinking associations, with tho snuio
poser to amend, alter, nnd repeal pro
vided by the National Dank net, provided
that tho whole amount, of circulation with
drawn and removed from tho bunks tran
sacting business shall not exceed $55,-
000,000, and that such circulation shall lie
withdrawn and redeemed as shall lie nec
essary to supply tho circulation previously
issued to the banks in those States having
loss than their apportionment; and pro
vided further that not more than 830,000,-
000 shall be withdrawn and redeemed as
herein contemplated during tho fiscal year
ending June 80, 1875.
The title of the bill ia nmonded to read
ns follows: “An Act to fix tho amount of
United States notes, provide for the re
distribution of the National Hank Cur
rency, and for other purposes. ”
The report is signed by all tho mem
bers of the committee.
THE JEWS AS MERCHANTS AND
MONEY-L ENVERS
Tn one instance only liavo the Jews eon
sented to elmngo their habits of life, and
in that we discover anew the marks of their
perpetual sufferings. From active and
successful husbandmen and tillers of the
soil they have been transformed into mer
chants and money-lenders. They seem to
have wholly lost that love for nature nnd
that agricultural skill that lundePliidestiiie
a land of plenty. In Babylon and Persia,
under a comparatively gentle rule, they
were rather farmers than traders. Even
late in tho Homan period, and probably
until near tlio sixth contiirv, they were
chiefly mi agricultural people. Tho Tal
mud aboauds iu allusions to the cultiva
tion of fields mid gardens, of oil, wine,
and wheat, fruit and flowers. Its nice anil
varied riiles of conduct relate chiefly to the
people of rural districts rather than of
cities. When tho great schools of Baby
lon mid l’uinbeditlm were flourishing, mid
the vivid intellect of the Israelites was ex
panding iuto a literature of commentators
ami professors, tlie race was marked by an
intense love for the Oriental lands they
cultivated. But when the universal perse
cution fell upon them, when tlu-y were
liutcd from Babylonia and Persia, mid be
gan that remarkable series of wanderings
■from city to city, and from realm to realm,
that has lasted for more than a thousand
yean, tlie manners of the race changed.
They became a nation of traders. Indus
try, thrift, learning, and rare acuteness
they never lost, but;they were never again
to>bccntuo tillers of the soil. They were
forced to snatch opportunities of gain
from the midst of their wanderings. They
became tho most acute and untiring of;
traders. Their wares and their profits j
wore sneli as could Is; easily handled and j
secured. They supplied tho barbarous'
princes of Germany with tho most costly
drugs nnd spices of the east. They dealt I
in jewels that they could easily conceal or
swallow, nnd in Oriental clothes that were
of prieeleej value. They were the most
active slave-traders of tho middle ages, |
and the church v.iiuly heaped its mnlcdic- ;
tiouson the Jow who should dare to pur-i
chase Christian slaves. Tlieir capital iu j
money probably grew from age to ago. j
They were the common money-lenders of
the early period. The Jews seem to have
concentrated the w ealth of the middle ages
among themselves; they lent their money
at mi enormous interest, and upon ample
security; they accumulated immense for
tunes, which they were obi: "oil to hide
from their persecutors iu an aspect of ex
treme poverty. But their homo was never ■
again to be amid the soft landscapes of
Babylonia and Persia; and crowded togetli- i
er in u miserable Ghetto, living apart no j
cursed and forsaken iu the walled, forti- ■
lied, and secure cities of western Europe. 1
they counted their secret gains, and some
times displayed in their obscure dwellings
u suspicious ami Oriental splendor. Tlieir
daughters were clad iu tlie rich silks of
Persia, and shone w ith the gold and gems
of tho east. — Ex.
♦ —■ ——.
INTERESTING TO MER HANTS.
A correspondent writes to tlio Journal
of Commerce and asks;
In many of tho Htates, tho State law j
exempts to the debtor a large amount of
real and personal property. If a note is
drawn payable, “waiving all exemption or
stay laws,’ can a bankrupt under such a
note avail himself of the law tho same
thought the note had no such clause? , ,
This question is answered in tho nega
tive. The Journal it has at hand a pre
cisely similar ease decided by Mr. Waite,
tiie new Chief Justice of the United States,
in the Circuit Court at Richmond, Friday, j
June 6th. It appears that on the 31st of
January, 1873, Joseph Solomon, now a
bankrupt, executed a note to Glazebrook!
& Thomas, at, Richmond, Virginia, for the
payment to them or their order of the sum
of $234,60 at sixty days after date, with
tho words added, “l hereby waive the
benefit of the homestead exemption as to
this debt.” Glazebrook ft Thomas endor
sed the note over to Gibson it Crilly. lie
was adjudged a bankrupt on his own peti
tion, and the assignee set off to him his
homestead oxpernptiou under tho laws of
Virginia, without regard to this waiver.
Gibson A Crilly therefore filed their peti
tion in the District Court to set aside this
set-off as it applied to the payment of
their debt, in ease the remainder of the
estate should bo insufficient for this pur
pose. The District Court held that tlio
act authorizing a waiver was unconstitu
tional, could not bo enforced. It was
then appealed to the Circuit. This Court,
Justice Waite presiding, held thatalthough
the exemption was in tlio State Constitu
tion, yet as the act of the Legislature au
thorized any person to waive such exemp
tion, lie could do it, and this clause.in the
note was sufficient for that purpose. The
Court declined to consider tho question
whether tho waiver could ho enforced in
the Courts without the act of the Legisla
ture; but wo think the principle is estab
lished without it. Where a privilege, or
right to claim, is conferred, we think that
it may, unless otherwise restricted, he
waived by the person interested, and that
an agreement to this effect may lie enforced
w ithout the special authority of the Legis
lature, if there is uyiiiiug on the other side
I<j prohibit it.
"CIVIL ILK HITS" ON THE RAM
PARE.
The Montogomery State Journal gives a
[ long account of what it calls “tho most
j disgraceful and disgusting scene we ever
I witnessed,” which occurred in tlmt city
lon Tuesday. Cue negro woman of loose
character, had sued for a warrant against
another for threatening her life, nnd the
jnstico ordered tlie offender to give a
bond or go to jail. Bile resisted mid
fought the officers and tho justice in his
office—“biting, striking and kicking,
breaking chairs, tables, liook-cases and
everything.” Tlie officer who held to her
most resolutely would not strike her, and
every time he would get her so that he
could hold her, other negro street-walkers
-would pitch in and release her. Tho office
was filled with negroes who would not
help tho officers, though the reporter of
the Journal says that he and others begged
tho colored men to carry her out, but they
would not ruovo.” On the contrary', they
continually encouraged her by telling the
officers they must not hit her. They did
j not finally overpower her until one of the
! officers “had the flesh torn from Ilia face
and was as bloody as a butcher.” The
Journal says: “The conduct of some of
the colored men wan very bud, even refus
ing to help when called upon, and pre
venting Andrew Mitchell, a colored con
stable from the country, from assisting to
take her.”
Buell is the spirit of insolence that lias
been engendered by the agitation of the
i so-called Civil Bights bill, and which, if
| better councils do not prevail among the
I blacks, is likely at any time, nnd in.any
I Southern community, to lend to serious
j consequences. If the negroes will reflect
j they will readily be convinced that
no good can come to tlieir race by follow
ing the councils of those evil-mimlcd per
sons white or black, who seek, under false
pretenses, and for their own selfish pur
poses, to destroy the kindly and confiden
tial relations between the races,theeontin
j ned existence of which is the best security
i they can have for tlieir fntnro peace and
I happiness, and without which not only
! the visionary privileges which they are
' taught to claim and the rights which they
now enjoy would bo valueless and of un
ortuin tenure. — Sar. Neir.
FRANKNEBS IN LOVE.
One <*f the most essential things in all
love-affairs is entire and perfect frankness,
j Both parties should be frituk; true to
| themselves, nnd truthful to each other.
: How many uneasy, troubled, anxious
| minds; how many breaking nnd bow many
| broken hearts there aro to-day, in w hich
! content and happiness might have reigned
i supreme, but for a want of frankness I A
I little concealment of existing love, a little
| covering up of a doubt orsnspicion, which
a moment’s explanation would have re
moved; a little affected but unfelt partial
ity for a third person; n little cold disdain
put on for effect ; a little uct of any kind
done merely to torment and see bow much
trno love would put up with; causes like
these have est ranged those who might oth
erwise have remained friends for life, con
nected by tho closest tie which can bind
human beings together. liepciitiuice
comes, inevitably, for all these things; but
it often comes too late, and only when the
evil produced is incurable. In love, ns in
anything else, truth is tlm strongest of all
things; and frankness is but anot her name
for truth. Then, lie always frank. You
arc less likely to bo deceived yourself w hen
von never try to deceive others. Frank
ness is like tlm light of a clear day, in
which everything may be plainly per
ceived. Never |irt with your lover for
a single day or night with any unexplained
mystery lingering between yon to obstruct j
the course of true love. Be frank.
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THE WORLD LIVING BEYOND ITS
MEANS.
Nearly every nation in the world is ei j
tlmr a borrower or lender, and tlie, start
ling declaration is made by the London
Daily Trh'tjraph that the.world, “regarded
iu the muss, is living beyond its moans.”
During the ten years ending with 1872, |
while England reduced her debt 8175,- j
000,000 and Holland hers by $30,000,000, i
there was an increase, in some eases ex- i
oeedingly large, iu the debts of tho Uni- j
ted States, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, {
Tnrkey. Austro-Hungarian, Egypt, Brazil, j
Portugal and Pern, to say nothing of other
nations which are comparatively small
debtors. France' has gone deepest, in
creafiilisr her liabilities by about $2,500,-
000,(KH) in tho decade. Tho editor of I
“Fenn on tlie Funds” a well-know book
of reference iu England, estimates the to
tal increase in tho aggregate of national
debts for the years from 18C2 to 1872 2* ■
nearly slo,ooo,ooo,ooo,white an additional
sum of $6,000,000,000 istinmted to have
been raised for joint stock companies.
The figured necessary to express tlm total
volume of the of world’s indebtedness,
pnbiio and private, would represent a sum
almost incomprehensible.
A SLIGHTED CLASS.
Yon send your Imy on an errand, nnd
being in haste, anxiously await his return,
i Five times out of six he is gone much
longer than you think is necessary; ac
cordingly you reprimand him for playing
by tho way. Y'ot the boy is not at all to
blame, very likely; for it is a lamentable
truth that children are systematically sligh
ted by clerks and shop-keepers. When a
hoy enters a store, “in a hurry” invaria
bly, he finds clerks all busy with eustom
j ers, and resigns himself to wait his turn;
but, just as he is stepping up to make
| known his errand, a young lady sweeps in,
! For some reason or other the young clerk
not see the boy, and immediately begins
■ to deal out his civilties to said young lady.
! If the boy does not make a general statu
! pedo. tread on the poodle’s tail, knock
little children down, step on the lady’s
■ train, tearing it half oft, he waits until the
final, “Is there nothing more I can have
j the pleasure of showing yon ?" Then tho
familiar, “What do you want, youngster ?”
! sounds on his car. Perhaps he mopes
' home, knowing he is too late for supper.
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The Cost or Living in Arizona.—Ari
j zona is a moderately cheap country to live
in; that is, cheap as to style and quality,
i Flour is only S2O, bacon 30 cents per
i pound, ham 32 cents, beans 10 ocuts per
pound, coffee sl, sugar 35 cents, beef 30
j cents, pork 35 cents per pound, mutton
115 cents, venison and antelope 20 cents,
| potatoes 5 cents per pound, beets, turnips,
| onions nnd cabbage 5 cents per pound,
I lumber Slid per M, board in tie worst
| kind of hotels is only $lO to sl2 per week,
with hay bed gratis. But then wages are
j fair. Blacksmiths get $5 per day and
board; carpenters, $8 nnd board; cooks,
! S3O per month and board; herders, SSO to
SOO per month, board included; common
laborers, $4. So your readers seo wo go
on a scale commensurate with the gran
deur of our country.— Stiinl Louis Repub
lican.
Among the candidates for admission to
i West Point is one named Sauermilch,
| from Pennsylvania. Should ho graduate
j he may do for frontier service, but he can
i never represent the crenja of the army.
[From New York 81111. J
TIIE KING SAFE 111 UULAKY.
CLEAR PROOF AGAINST YVHITLEY
AND NETTLESHIP.
Tlio Foul Con|.lrar>' Hatched by Secret
Servlet Detective?-—Harlngton’* Cou
ncotfon with tho [,leutoi H.
Washington, June 21.—Tlie joint select
committee bus been industriously at work
for several days on the Harrington safe
burglary. They have thoroughly sifted
tho foul conspiracy, and are satisfied on
the following points:
First, that the plot was hatched by I. C.
Nettleship, by and with tho knowledge
and approval; of Col. Wuitoly, Chief of
the Secret Service.
Second, that the object won to implicuto
Columbus Alexander and interfere witli
tho investigation of tho District affairs or
dered by Congress. LT3
r.Thoy w ill make a report ;to tho Senate
and the House to-morrow night or Tues
day morning, which will cover those
points, and recommend that a copy of the
testimony bo referred to the Secretary of
the Treasury for such action as the case
deserves, ami a copy to the Department of
Justice with directions to proceed judi
cially against all concerned iu this outrage.
The proof is as clear us daylight against
both Nettleship and Whitley. The testi
mony given by Mike Hayes has been sub
stantiated in every particular. Nettleship
was compelled to substantiate nil his ma
terial statements upon cross examination.
Ho admitted the correspondence between
himself and Hayes by telepraph and mail
while tlie latter was in Canada. He ad
mitted that the letters and telegrams pro
duced by Hayes we're genuine, anil that ho
hud written ami sent, them over tho vari
ous aliases. But the roost important testi
mony against Nettleship was that of two
experts in handwriting, who swore posi
tively that the anonymous letter received
by Harrington informing him that the
burglary was to take plaeo was in the
band writing of Nettleship. Of course this
is conclusive so far as,this precious scoun
drel is concerned.
As to Whitley’s knowelge of the lmsi
! ness tho proof is equally conclusive.
I Hayes, in his testimony; said that he was
j sent for by Whitley and ordered to rejxirt
1 to Nettleship in Washington at the Mctro
j politan Hotel; that he came here and not
' finding Nettleship at the hotel he tele
graphed to Whitley informing him that
Nettleship was not on hand line inquiring
what further he should do. Whitley
swore that he bail never reeieved any tel
grnm from Hayes, and that he had no
knowledge of one lining received from
him at his office. Now tho telegram from
lbiyes to Whitley has liecn produced from
the telegraph office in this city, and. wlmt
is still worse for Whitley the records of
the office in the committee, show that this
telegram was delivered to Whitley anil
receipted for by him iuilivi/Luuliy.. There
is other equally strong evisfenee implicat
ing Whitley, and Is-feiie to morrow night
the committee will be in possession of
still mere testimony. The uonnevtaiiu be
tween Nettleship and llsrrisigtwii has also
been clearly tiaeeiL uinl* no doubt what
ever exist in the minds of the eomylieitly
of Harrington and ether District ofiiciitls
with these scoundrels iu the conspiracy.
LETTER FKt/.Y SENATOR EAR
TENTER.
New Yokk, Juno 24.—Senator Carpen
ter published a long letter here this morn
ing in regard Ur Use so-called C'aipeaJter
gag law, and suv* an arenrato statement in
regard to this matter will satisfy every
journalist w(k> reports the truth, anil will
diminish the force of vituperation uttered
by those of the profession who do ret.
The law of libel is no more nufavomblo to
the press than the statue against larceny is
unfriendly to the people. Cue are the
people's thieves and the other Kars. Hut
neither is a terror to honest men, ami this
bill is no more injurious to publishers than
every law must be which looks to the im
partial administration of justice. He
knows no reason why the District of Co
lumbia shall bo excepted from the opera
tion of the general law, or why the mer
chant should object to the courts of that
district while making no objection to Fed
eral courts in ether Territories and States.
He says it is a fundamental principle in
the jurisprudence of all enlightened coun
tries that every trial ought to take place as
near as possible to tho place where the
cause of action arose, not only for conve
nience of the witnesses, but to secure a
jury in the vicinity. In cases out of com
mercial transactions and in other mere
transitory actions this principle cannot al
ways bo observed. In many of tho Wes
tern States, important branches of business
are Conducted by resident agents; for in
stance, the Pennsylvania railroad Company
might loaso and operate a railroad in Wis
consin or in Idaho. A party injured upon
sncli road ought to have suit to try the lia
bility of the company where wrong was
committed and where the witness resided,
and ought not to be compelled to go to
Pennsylvania to recover for injury received
in Idaho, or New York, where a capitalist
chooses to do business.
Cl VIL RIGHTS IN A HARDER SHOP.
That was a good reply which a colored
barber in this city gave to a delegation of
colored men wlio called upon him for the
purpose of claiming the right to be shaved
“the same as n white man.” “Sir,” said
the spokesman of the delegation, “we de
maud tho right to be shaved here.”
“It can’t be done,” answered tho col
ored barber.
Then tlio spokesman came down with a
pertinent thrust, saying, “Ain’t onrmoney
as good as anybody’s ?” And the colored
barber answered thus; “Yes, just as good,
but there is not enough of it.”
That covered the case exactly. It was
an answer worthy of a philosopher. The
darkey’s money is as good as anybody’s to
the barber, but there is not enough of it
to compensate him fur tho loss of his white
custom.
The barber, in telling me this circum
stance, said: “lam a colored man and
have to work for a living, nnd the minute
I commenced shaving darkies, that min
ute every one of my white customers would
leave me. The biggest Radical in town
would quit mo just like the Democrats.
It's contrary to the nature of a white man
to mix that way with the negroes; and,
what’s more, they won’t do it. Y'oit can’t
get a white man in this town to shave in a
shop where negroes are shaved; I wouldn’t
either, if I was them; and I’m not going
to break up my business to accommodate
a few swell-head niggers, who want to put
on all the style of white men.”
Now, when colored men will not admit
their colored brethren to the enjoyment of
equal rights in the barber-shop, how are
we to expect white men to do it ?—Chatta
nooga Cor. Cincinnati Comtnercfiil.
A New Castle, Delaware, woman has
been tolerably thrifty since her marriage.
During the twenty-four years of her con
nubial joys she has added a dariing hopeful,
yearly, to her blossoming household. She
has now twenty-three, and don’t expect to
do better than shp has dope m the years
tu tuare.
To the Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic Patty.
Macon, May 18, 1874.
Desiring, above all tilings, unity of no
tion by the Democrats of Georgia in our
approaching elections, and knowing tho
grout importance of harmony in our rankH,
I have determined, with a view to these
desirable ends, to call together thu Execu
tive Committee of the party on the first
Wednesday in July in Atlanta, for consul
tation. Uutill then it is desired that no
action looking to nomination of candidates
will be taken by the party. Gentlemen of
tlio Convention, the interest of the people
demand your attention,
Taomah Haudemak, Jr.,
Chairman Dcm. Ex. Com.
Tho Present Democratic Executive Com
mittee in Georgia.
Tlio State Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Georgia consists of the following
gentlemen:
Hon. Thos. Hardeman, Chairman.
State at large—Col. J. L. Harris, Bruns
wick; Hon. Warren Aiken, of Bartow;'.
Hon. Nelson Tift, of Dougherty; Hon. J.
111. Christie, of Clarke.
First District —Hon. J. C. Nieliolls, of
I Fierce; Hon. James 11. Hunter, of Brooks.
Second District —Hon. Herbert Fielder.
! of Randolph; lion. T. M. Furlow, ol Sum
ter.
Third District—Hon. E. 11. Worrell,?
jof Talbot; Major J. C. Wooten, of Cosw v
eta.
Fourth District—Col. J. S. Boynton.
I of Spalding: Hon. T. G. Lawson, of I\it
: nnm.
Fifth District—Hon. Augustus Reese,
|of Morgan; Hon. James B. Jones, of
- Burke.
Sixth District —Col. Thos. Morri.i, of
; Franklin; Col. J. Estes, of Hall.
Seventh District—Col. I. W. Avery, of
Fulton; lion. L. N. Trammell, of Wliit
, field.
! ' Tlio committee w.as appointed under
j resolutions of the last Convention of tho
) party that assembled iu Georgia the 24th
j of July, 1872.
Here is the resolution:
"Rosolrtul, That this committee recom
mend that the Prwsuli nt of the Convention?
, appoint an Executive committee of tho
I Democratic party of the State, to servo tin-
I til the meeting of the next State Conven
-1 tiou, iiu-A to. consist of two members? for
j each Coiigzessioinil District as now exixt
| inf, and four for the State at large, which
j committee shall have power to elect uc
; chairman outsuhrof its own body.”
Card from the Chairman of th& Dtnro
craiu Ex-utive Committee.
Macon, Jnne-4, 187’4_
Editor# Trfuyvaph £ Mrssn*yrrr I sea
some of my friends doubt *y authority tiro.
; call a meeting of the Eicon trie Committew
jof the DeniocraUß- party. If they will
j refer to the proceedings of the convention
j creating the committee, tlieir doubts will
| vanish. Otliers übjf-ct to the time think
i ing candidates shwaltl he placed in the?
1 field immediately. Upon conference w ith
! some of tlie committee I learned tlmt itt
! was more prnLildc I wonld secure iu
quorum at the time appointed than nt am
earlier day.
Again it was Uiorrght that a short, nodi vie
campaign would lie more effective than m
long, tedious one during the summer
months. The executive committee whoe
desire while advocating tlie cause of n.
aspirant for the offices and honors of tho
j party to so shape theii action and that of
; tlie party as to give no cause of offense tn
any one. Hence they thought that simple
' justice required that the call should be
j made, so that all parties those present and
those absent on dnty, should at least be
! placed njxm ail equal fi oting. This will
! prevent schisms and jealousies, and was
| necessary for the harmony and prosperity
of the party.
1 hope this simple explanation will con
vince all onr friends of the wisdom id onr
action for wo are looking only to the suc
cess of our cause and the welfare of tho
State.
Tiros. Hardeman, Jn.,
Chairman Executive Committee.
REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA.
There is n bine outlook for llie Repub
lican party in both these States. In Illi
nois tiie party has been demoralized by
its lenders, and the leaders are now de
moralized by the party. Having been
told by their Senators and Congressnii n
that tho stagnation of business is due to
a lack of currency, many of their voteni
will now drift away to the party which
promises to give them more currency.
With what face can Logan and Oglesby
entreat them to stand by tho party when
the party itself has gone back on Logan
and (Iglesby ? Then the financial crisis,
which is still grinding its dreary grist
everywhere, will grind hard against them,
for panics always tell against the party in
power.
The long list of exposures of official
corruption has produced disgust and loath
ing in the public mind, and this too, will
send in a dismal account of stny-nt-homes
on election day—enough f-o topple over
many a Congressman who no IT fauceis
himself safe. In Indiana the same causes
will operate upon a constituency so even’/
divided that there is no margin to como
and go. The farmers’ movement in both
States means business, and in both will
make a desperate push for the Legislature.
It will be a distracting conflict, in tlio
midst of wbiifii tlio Democratic party, en
couraged by recent successes in New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Oregon 7 wifi
pat in an appearance, in all probability,
with a hard money platform; and, if tho
inflationists are divided, will have largo ;
odds in their favors.
Walking 1,000 Miles in 1,000 Hours-
A Feat that will Cost a Life. —Spring-
JU'lil, Mats., June 18.—Hugh Donahue,
who is attempting on Hampden Turk' tho
feat of walking a thousand miles in a thous
and hours, wifi finish his eight hundredth
mile at twelve o’clock to-night. His walk
ing is at last beginning to toll on him. His
cheeks mo sunken, and probably not on
ounce of superfluous flesh remains upon
his body. Ho finds it difficult to keep
awake while walking in the night, and fell
sound asleep while ou his two o’clock
round last night. He has grown very ner
vous and irritable, his vexation and rago
when crossed amounting sometimes almost
to mania. At other times ho has been de
spondent because tho gale money has fal
len so far below his expectations. His
pulse was down to seveuty-qne this fore
noon, and his physician says that the tre
mendous effort he is making has developed
heart disease, to which it seems lic'hns
been subject before, and that sooner or la
ter he will drop dead, as the result of his
thousand mile walk. The physician still
thinks, however, that his strength will
hold out until Saturday, the 27th, when
his walk will be completed. In other
words, he will probably perform the feat,
but will do it at the expense of liis life.
Dr. T. N. Hopkins, of Thomasville, has
the writing desk used by Gen. Washing
ton, during his visit to Savannah.