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SATUKDAY, JHYL 11, 187*.
CALL FORA DEMOCRATIC MKETIMU.
Tin* Dnanfinta t>l HrmiLi County arc
emno*l ly reqii.-taff to Biwt sit Hi" Ouflri
Hihibo in Qtullnuti on Hntnnlny, Hi" 7/>M*
tiiiit., tot Mir jhirjnr of orpuiixiliK tin
party for Mmi ii|n>r<w"liifl wunjHiipi, iiiml
Hectliig * K'* Ksecntifu Oommiltao.
J. U. tlBi.KCn,
4*luo'ninn Ki, (’onm'iU***.
O.i, JnlySfli, Ist i.
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THEY ALL CAME
anifwimtH dark cM of witnmse* m
rtoeqwj**! our ettluyo rily on ftitunlny
Inirt. Tin* plantation* wct itepo|t)ilafe*<l,
tli" little* lulls in ,ib-itr" I’lmXn worn
il.ts.sl ami left aitin.iit a tenant, an nr
■malum ]>roclaimc<i to tins warrior* iigniunt
tlio principk. micniy. to tlw chi<l mm
ni.slity of our country, niul tbo tror|
tnimUirmi into i-ervieo for tin. morn auri
ma rxmfliut. Tlik i ono* two (•onronrac,
(nnintswiiiKi " tiiink. at leant four tlioiin
and) ignorant Out blinded nun"
to Hh< "nil of Sam Griflni, Hi"
t'iuiirmMi of tbo Mxcciltteo Oonuntttae of
Hm|Biti)iiml party. 'l'beae iimsliicat"'!, mi
mi*)-. . Muff, ami oonftding crentmoa,are tlio
lost, mu.-nia iu Mi" iiiuiflif ofa taw "Ini'
Hum act'.iit. .!,think, fry Bellini* mutircb
with Homo object to ntfuin, horn" purport*
or tb'.iign to acismij.lirth. Wn cannot
Utink that mi n arc lulling Lolli wiaely ami
ii, mi-ally, who are ho reckhuH and forget
fill of their oounirj’a wmul nt* to hazard it,
to gratify Home morbid and tacitly auibi
lion, or lo obtain by Mu* Rjl.’liiice of
principal,Home |><tty ..flic..or iriHißniUem.l
|K*eilion. How dearly lnmglit mil;!. 1>"
tlie poailion, when tlin price to bo paid is
a quit claim to Un. cviifttlciico of Ida own
race. Tiro citing up of Biai.il mtar
Himo nml rctipwt and adeem of hi*
former friends. 'i’lietw white tamlern know
mid are lioitii.l to coufaw* Mint ip order to
retain their position* they me honml lo do
nets revolting to the morn rctiued aensi
bilitioa of their nature, unh’fiK they have
dwuletiisl and Iwuuirrlad every m nlinient
*| aelf rcapect mid reeki. fdy persist in
polttieid extriivigniiros mol nbiuirdilitn.
Fan ii lie that a man’s object k hmioi ft
Ido who socks to oocompUsh ft through
tho most ignorant and untrained irmt-ru
fiientulitiet V If so there must be a great
deficiency in judgment. Tho offices fhat.
these men hold arc tho ye words of their
conduct. Wlmt the services they have
the pnrty in vfdef toohUrin their
posUiorw, umT whut must Miey do and
perform itt older to retain timin’ ? Tlioy
lmvo liy some nsuuts, wo leave H toilfnir
own conscience Uf ik'tcrrnim*, iusinuated
•heirisclvcft info the graces nnd confidence
1 4 I his unethicufed class of citizens, nml by
th is supremacy so ndrmtly ohtuluud they
keep them in igmrnco of tfcok rights
and in a coualanf inditiraf strife with the
white race. This they haver dorm to gain
and fhta they tiiwst do to retain I heir Jom
lions. Don’t tficso mew know that the
UegrtHV) havo no blit) to look to for shelter,
food and i a intent but J*he white men of
tlie country, and can they consistently,
mid upon principle justify an act
prcjndmmi turrl ha umfous to tho interests
those whoa*? acts they inlhieme nnd
•ontrot. Tho logical ncqncnoo of their
kcU in miaguitling tfc must bob
them tqioti n flection fearful to contcni
fdtiie. Wo can not believe that airy tnun
w ho Hilvdcfitcs the pnssagM of the nnnatui
id, inijimt and unriglitpoti© i-'vil Rights
b|f c bv awdf A friend to the while race
hs to merit ils est‘cm'aM(l leaped. Know
ing that those men at. heart dv not dcf*in*
ft, wo inewtubly nmchtdo that they al’vo
rate it a political mcHsme at tlm sacri
fice of prindj.de.
But we alerted out ti> say sunn thing
HiHxutf iA\o Radical meeting on Hftturtlay.
tho objt-el of whict) wns ti appoint dele
gates to tho Congressional Nominatiuj?
♦huivention to moot nt Albany on the *22d
ii)Mt, to select a camiuluto. Two were
appointed, Mr. Hsm Griffin ami Mom-s
Knight. Aft or few senttcriug di*won
m'ctcnl tcmniki from two* negro fdhiwa,
iuo Wilson from Albtiny. uircx-lmrbcr, oi
mvtvt. poWlffK> complexion, was intrcfiftccd
and ftddreHSod the dark mass for oiw hour
*r more, most ot whivh we li.itcnvd*b> at
•natively,, and it itr*hto thv apeaker, ft
is due to truth to say that his speech w.o
amusing and not dovoid of interest. He
ricci Uuuiy llic Bitvlha tual gcm of his nice
in this Mention ot the comdvy, but he
■drttms to lmvo inhevilv.f the brilliiuicy
from his father, who he nays nivi a whit**
man uiel litH former master. That* he is
half while is nmnifest from personal ap
pearance nn<l dearly dcnionstruled m the
( mp*'i , iM-ity of the white halt over th*
black, oml we think in him there ur a bv
mg, moving Üb*Htrati*u of the superiority
of the white over the black race. The*
White Radicals hero buN'c the highest ovi
djnc*‘ of their mUimibmipcriavity over tlie
UitH*k rase, cviik*|H*l by the itdbicnce
they wield wer it, nml Ktill they persist in
Hie mlvotwcy of legal cuactnienU to *tlit
*?mti* natures dislinotively drawn lint s of
iWtaqmditv. (’an they in this ha sincere V
fl ia* their pwlgiuent not greatly at
ho dt ?
But th* Bpcakcr rcf*Tre*l pv gave* the
colored men miun: good Main buy advice,
viz: he twltuoiilsihcd theavto'fio honsstaiid
imlimti ions, jx'iuvftWß, law-abkling oi ti -
7< u*. but the advice and admonition* that
)i: Mceimsl' most twixbuiK ti? iuspiess upon
Mieir niituk ww to
reasoning tlrnt l>cm*crat.s might
•hi in and i?Hiw iMu to break rank a.
IU further otdhv<n*ed to render a I>cm6-
rr.dioiiegTu nib*aw and embiUcr the fts l-
Migsofthewh.de race aguinst hint.- He
end his friends well know that, if one ray
and r*:;iE')fl |Hudr tl* • the darkcoetl in!* I
iecti. ox Luo uegrovj* that they, i.ucdu* nt and
as they arc, will nt oucc nee the error of
Mieii w ay and abandon n eoiirau so )m : i-d
oim lo Micir inh reat. Wo In mil no more
of the I'peieium but our eoleroporary of
Hie /fe/va’/ee wiioae. pnlicnco and |iowera
of Oiiditraiice etceedwl ours waited nml
heard it all and from him wn learn that
Giiflin, and Hmith of Viddoabi, mude
sper.-liea Griffin . xprew ihg great friend
ship for the negro mid landing Whilely
Lvtlu* akitm for voting fur the Civil flights
bill, i olilicully H[-aking we think Giif
fin in Mill,wire, lull mondiy and religioiialy
la nking we think lu* it* deceiving the m>-
I'l.H’ii for pmpoaea <if an entirely wlflsh
nature. We do not, think Mint n full ae
.s.iint of the pr'ieecdilign of that vunt con
course of ignorant and misguided negr.iea
wuidd la* interesting or edifying lo our
readers and we will not attempt it.
TIME ENOUGH YET.
Aspirants, we are glad to my, if Micro la.
nity in or BectioiiiWeuctinpp iidonCynml
With true Deinoeratia emu • ney. ( r at
ends may he aeeorapliah.sl hy harmony
aud iiumniliiily of action; while Innnenrc
ivils my iuul aertaiuly will be the result,
of discord, hiekeriuga and confusion grow
ing out of supposed rigid*, and claims to
individual preferment. The trim Demo
crat iu the coining important content will
not kaik to self interest or be governed by
a. 11l li motive*, or conaiderntions, but in
honor, prefering one another. What In a
been done in the past, and by whom itwn
doiie, ia not the matter that Use people
should consider now. Hut what, ia to In
done; how it in to he done, and who in
the efficient add avnilnbln agent to accom
pliidi it. Tlicse arc the pri liniinmy con
siderations for tin. Democratic convention
Siam to meet. And when tin* plans are
drawn in the g nerid, nml specific outliner
of the object to lie attained; then in per
feet harmony the most efficient ngetit for
the masiniplinhmcnt of ttic object should
be selected. Yt'e cure not how much a man
may lmvo done fur his country, or Imw de
voted lie limy have been to principles and
lo party, and Imw anxious Ids friends may
lie to reward him for his fealty and aer
rices, if lie i.* not avsilidilc in this, to he
elonely contested ciUnp.igt), be and his
friends should, and if trim to their party
will prefer another. Wo have :ui enemy
to contend wilh,Mint in point of ( trciifdii is
l.y no n,oens ii s ; nilicm-t or oon tom pi able
hence, in oriler to suecess we must Jil'iWM’fit
an undivided front, n perfect mid com
pi, to orgaiiizidion; no time for lagging,
no lime for disaffection, but according to
gennino ltcmocratlc discipline every man
liphling in his place and at the polen nu
ll! the liutttc in fought and the victory will
be on in. We, Ukc other people, have our
fnvorila ii ftnrt wn would gladly set* iionoml
with the nice and with success, but ws
will not break rnfika if our favorites iuc
not profemd hy of hers, Imt will work earn
eatly and Keaion.sly for the nominee of the
Itcnmcmti.* party, regardinsa of pcrßonnl
objectioim. We have no otijeetion to nuy
compticui mini, but we want a competent
tuntl that in avniltdile. We clip from tin
Miieon '/W,-i,wp/i the tetter of 001. Tiioa.
iliirdcinnn, C’linirmiui Dem. Ex. Com.,
and give it iu full in this issuo cudoming
every word and nentonce.
THE LOSS OF THE STEA MEll
"VL YDE."
Tt i,. with deep' regret that we amwamee
tlio loi Mof the Klniuner Cl•/<!*, iu HajN'lo
►Sound, on Satuidiiv last, Jm.o*27th. This
Bout has been < ngagod for the pawl winter
in Ihe trade iHitwecn Darien ami tho land
in■*• of the river, and under the cnmmaml
of her wnirtcouM and efficient (*aptftin,
John D. Day, has be*ti of grx xifc Hcmee to
lKtlvtho morchiinUt of Darien uml their an
morons wufinmei**.
The upstilling of the tioat, from Otipk
Ihiy’n uecomit ptibliaiiod elwewliero, seems |
ti In tv# been oxrcasi.aK'd ly oiie of those;
midden squalls incih*nt. to this latitude al
the pr< sent season. We Cannot, forbear j
jnd haven word of ml vice. The Hats of
boats Ut which the ('lyde belongs, are safe j
nnd well udapl-cd to the up iiv r route,
but. are apt constructed b? meet the dan
gers of Vlib Bound navigation between
here and Bavanivab. Tho “Harden”
“Two Boys” and “(’lyde” lmvo all, witli in
a few years past, beau hist between Savan
nah and this place, tho two latter by stress
<*f weather. T'ho rescuo of the crew with
out low of life from no great, peril is ns
remarkable as tho catastrophe was sudden
and unexpected.
I'apt.iiu Day, upon leaving for Savan
imh, after his shipwreck and return t.<>
Darien, request* and um to acknowledge
through our columns, the kinduefta of
which he Imd been the recipient* at the
, hands of the citizens of Darien. It affords
us uloßVttrft to eiunply with his request,
and to IcHi'ff from Ins statement that our
goed people, as usual, have not been want
ing in kind offices to the Captain and his
crew in their mi. fortune.
We trust soon to see him in comtmind
of another nob!* boat ploughing the
waters of I lie Aitarrmlm. Ho enjoys tho
confidence of both merchants and ship
Imm's, here nml up tho river. Wo sympa
thitto di'only with t)*.' ('xqdain and iiis
crew in their pors*imd losses which were
heavy, and with tho owners of Ihe boat,
Messrs. Cotes Sie/.er A Cos., <{ Aueusta.
We ftiv informed that the brtaf. was vdued
at liiwf is a total boss, fli. ro being
no insurance." thirifiu Tnah<r (~k c/.V.
I\j*.i.ro by \ Hnaki;. We lt'nrn from a
letter from A then:-, that a heiutremling
scone cchvd ill Clark couuty, About
oight uiilos from Athens, on the '.*‘2d in
stant. On that day while Mr. A. L. Wi!
liamsou was plowing in liis ib id, ho turned
up a young tree that he had plated iu the
Cal’, lb: stooped to pick it np, when ho
beard ringing; noise under some brush
in a corn uof the fence. He pushed nsido
the brush and saw a huge rattlesanke.
H*i jcrkx and up a rail and commenced strik
ing at the savpent. I r nfortunately, how
ovor. lio got too near the snake, which
sprang at him and lniriril its fangs in the
calf of his l*q . Mr, Wiiliamson thadlv
killed the venomous reptile. Ono of his
employees mieluMl 1-im iilhutl that time*
ami found hi* leg graatkf swelled. He
| i'.iCTM'd him lmmu, and"gave him stimu
-1 suits fi e* Iv, butith no avail. TTio sth'ivr
died in a few minutes. Mr. Willisunson
was a Methodist minister, and nmuh cr>
li'cmod in tho community.
Tle snake, which caused Mr. Wilfinm
son's fh'alh, was ten foot long, with eigh
j teeu i attics and a buttou.
A malicious person says that cotton
sheets mid newspaja r sheets are. alike iu
the i*esjKHri that a greatni.tyv jitoplo lie in
Llin iiH KltO.tl H ADISO.Y.
Msiusox, Fi.a., July 7, 187*.
fkUfnr In'lejXfmtaiU:
Hinro I liud you have [isi.l so innrb re
gard to my rsniipiiiiiibi ns bi pnhlish them,
I am inclined by vanity or gratitude, to
continue our corrc|ioiidenee; and ill
deed, without eillu r of thesu motives, urn
gkwl of mi opportunity to write for Xam
not accustomed, generally H[H'idi lug, to ro
tain auytliihg that swells my lumt, mid
have hern, none with whom f can flvxily
converse. While thus employed, some
tedious hours will slip away, ami thereby
disburden myself of part of the day.
T,nt Thursday, in company with a
friend, 1 attended Uie cloiiing examination
of a ncliooi on Cherry Cake. At ten
o'clock Mr. Hunter Hope, the orator who
was to deliver tlio addri, not having put
in Ins app.-sninoo, and not desiring b.
consume any more time in waiting— the
examination opened with n declamation
by Miss H.illie llawkilm, wlio ri-cib-,1 in a
chair, sweet voice, Mic aul.jiait: “liifoand
its Changes." Mho dal remarkably well,
considering lier age, and cxhibibnl a tal
ent far above mediocrity.
The examination of tlio scholars in the
different studies petnned during tlio tenn
Was rigid and severe,reflecting groat credit
upon Mr. J. J,. Brooks, the efficient and
eminently competent teacher, fot his un
tiling slid niiceiisiiig efforta in tin* cause of
education; his pupils nnnihering thirty
one, won* all intelligent, and acquitted
themselves w ith great credit.
About 1 o’clock, a Mirnpbums repast wos
spread oti n long table, improvised for tlio
occasion, and laden with all the substan-
Mal i and and. lieacies obtainable in this part
of the country. Huoh n profusion of good
things, it has not hfton my ]*leaauro to see,
some tliiiig*i in the culinary science tr>o
nuhlime for youthful inU-llcctH, mysteries
into which tlioy miuit not ho initiated till
the years of serious maturity, and which arc
deferred until tho day of marriage, iu* the
supreme qualification for connubial life.
Dinner over, the exercises were resumed
until near .lark, when the awarding of tho
prizes took place, tho snccemful pupils,
I right here, I would Bay that in my mind's
„ye they were all sucensfui, lmt some dis
tinction bud to bo made, regarding the
distribution, after n lengthy consideration
between tho trustees and the teacher.
Misses Kellie IfawkiiiH, Lizzie McNair,
Emloeiu Henderson, Tcggio Wyche,
Masters Alonzo Blalock afid John Coffee
were chosen as Me- stioeesuefnl onco. lie
awarding of the prize* being ovi r, Mr
i I'roolts arose and in a happy and ph imiuit
! manner, commended tho scholars for
i their proficiency, mid hoped at
| another r'assembling of them tor, lie v,
he would find them as diligent an.l o
anxious to acquire knowledge, cloning his
remark* with hailfolt tluiuka I" tlio trua
le. H for llieir undivided aupport of him in
Uin duties. Huy we; liong wave Mr. I’..
Out of the many per.,>nge that were
present lteudlctoii, of the Valdosta 7uv
was there, and with that never to be
parted from licnver.
The /A (Vi de*’s notice of the llacc B.ifl
coldest on Iho 80tb 11H. for the ohaAipiun
ship of flic Slide, has f>eCn received no
doul/t, and perused wilh alt (Ho interest
usually exporiefieed, from the rtrlielen cm
iiialing 'from Ida fluent pen; therefore, it
ia mine"..sealy to say anything furlln r re
garding tho game. In l.his eoiuiection 1
would . r.ivc an iqvohvgy for not noticing
the affair, in detail, lu fore Ellenwoud 'got
liia vim- like gnvnp of it, pieautnilig after
hi., efforts nlftiiithing, there is not much
room left open for even a diminutivo “say
so."
I'hrc.nology is nil the go down here, the
general topics of eon venial ion is biua and
upon what the “Kililor of the Recorder,”
linn presented to tho enquiring min.’s the
working, the formation, tlio humps, and
tho outline of the cranium. There are
many who have suffered hy the iruts pre
dictions of our I'brenologint, our! because
his I. oturCit ufo given for oftr special de
tection, of vvluil benefit at this time, lam
unable lo say.
The crops are looking exceedingly well,
cotton more c'spediilly,tlu*|farmora|are con
fident of a largo and profitable harvest.
Wo have had some rain, but tlio last few
days have been clear and warm, and as X
Bay the prospects could hardly he hetfer.
The notice of a change in tho editorial
management of tho INV.KPBSHKNT lnuv
boon considerably commented upon, nml
; meets with favor by tho citizens hero.
1 feel elated at it, but why ? Cannot say,
! probably it is l*ot to retain compliments
' intended for you, until a future time. There
I are 25 subscribers that w ill bo obtained
j next.week in e,njaequcuco of tlio now de
parture !
Nothing more, will write ngaiuas usual.
For the present, adieu,
Neujsmiaii.
•* • ♦
miKTEKS.
We believe the masses look upon prin
ters as objects litUo above tlio brute —a
little* lower tliau mankind, it is expected
of him to tnko nonsense of all sorts aud
make sense of it. if a mistake should ap
pear iu the manuscript, (but which is more
like geese track a around a frog pound.)
Uie printer is supposed to know all the
whims tl i' author intended, mid supply
them accordingly. Tho printer must go
to church and enlogizo the sermon, even
if it were not equal to a pagn in tho old
Dutch ahnanaes for a matter of interest,
tie must go to the mayor’s court, and tell
all that there occurred, hut withal must
imt mention the names of tho parties ar
rested. Must drink with everybody, but
he must never g.-t drunk must “puff” all
sorts of liquors although lie is aware that
two drinks of some of them would send
him to the tomb of bis fathers. Must pay
his debts and give to every object of char
ity; yet if he asks for his dues from others
he must, submit to any abuse they may
choose to heap upon him. Everybody
that wants Ids name in the. Jaipur must bo
accommodated. 11" must write a lengthy
obituary on . very wretch that dies must
juiiise them to the innocence of saint;;
although lie knew tho individual to have
been tho greatest sinner unhung.
Brunswick ;s tsenbkd wiik, conn! vi'eit
money.
rORIiISN NOTES.
mr Mexico.
Santa Fn, July f J.~ (fen. Fred. >fycr3,
Ehi.,-1 of New Moxroo, is
dead.
The Indians arc raiding. Eight were
kill, and and four hundred horses taken.
KtIAMI I* NKW OIII.I'.ANB.
New <>m.KAB, duly it. A banker
named Wiidner. afb'r isvcnriiig eertiflea
tion from Uni lljlsirnian National Xiaiik,
raised tlroiii and fid. Ho hs.k with him
about (650,1X10 in eily 10 [>er cent, bonds
mid 7 p* r e< nt. gold bonds,
MOOT WITB INOIANH ON CANADIAN UIVEK.
Hr. Emus, .July 8. A letter was received
at Kanims, Mo., y.-i U r.lay from A. (k
Meyer ~ of Hodge (flty, Kan.uei, stating
that lii i ranch" on ('a nad inn river was at
tacked hy liidrma on June 27 and three
men killed. The Indians were .repulsed,
lioyvever, ami eleven of them killed in
three hours' light.
HAVANA.
Nkw Yomc, July B. A lettet from Ha
vaini dated the-itli says: Therein a great
deal of siekn.au* prevailing her'-. Many
fatal cases of small |sx and yellow fever
luivu occurred. Ihiblie places for vice in a
tiou lmvo lasin cnLddisiied tiiroiighout the
city, itnsiiiess is very dull. Only ats.ilt
fiOO boxes of sugar wore sold during the
week.
FIIANOE.
Faiuh, July 8. -The sitting of the Am
Hembly opened to-day amid intense excite
incut. The floor was completely filled
with deputies.
Lueicn Brun moved that the Assembly
regrets tlm snsjMinsi'Hi of the. Journal Ea
Union by the government. Thin motion
was rejected by 80 to 370. The left ab
stained from voting thereupon.
M, Paris, a member of theltight Centre,
moved the following: That the Assembly
resolve to energoticiilly uphold the septen
nial [towers con forma upon Marshal Mc-
Mahon, I’resident of the it, public, and
furthermore reserve tho question nubinit
te.l to the Committee on Constitutional
bills. Passed to the order Ilf the day.
General Bocissy, Minister of War and
Vice President of tho Council, annoumu'd
lluil Mm government identified itself witli
the motion, and the question was taken
and the motion of 51. Paris rejected, 331
to 308. Tho majority in this vote we
conq>osnd 'if tho three fractions of the
Jicft and eighty members of tho extreme
Bight. Kcv, nil deputies immediately moved
the order of the day, pure and simple,
which was adopted 339 to 315. Jt: i con
aidvrod that tlio hint vote leaves tlio door
open for Mm ministry to remain in power,
but tlio impression nt the cloao of tho sit
ting wos that nothing had been ttkxl aud
the nneeitainty wliieh has all along char
acterized the [lolitical situation isnnrelivcd,
IaOKOON, .July B.—A special dispatch
from Paris to Uie Pall Mall Oiizotte says
complete iimXnrstniiding tins been etTeeted
laitween Oiiraetta and liegitimista for it
eo.ilit.iou of the extreme Left and Bight.
A vote in tho Assembly to-day on Brim’s
irdcrp' ll; lion to Min suspension of Union
I,eft Coulee, is decided, hut it majority . f
the deputies belonging to that party w l
vote again I the minister. The authori
ties are making prejiaratioiiH to speedily
quell, any demoie traiiim of a liotoua
eiiaracter that may be made,
IV.nm, July 3. — It is reported lh.it B
n.qinrti.it Deputica iu the nsncmhiy will
aiq.port the Cabinet ill the important de
cision b. take place in tlio Clialnlars if it
wiii take anti Kepublioau ground*.
I’a run; July 9. Tin. U-publican j ur
nalj this morning consider that yesterday's
[■reeoedlngs of tho Aasemldy demonstrate
the pownh:*tles of that fifsly niul do
ekxrn that the dfe-' bition is the only run
.dy fdr the nnsi’tticd political situation,
ft i. probable !b,sl ::.-v. ral motim-i f, r!i -
solution of the A, M-uilffy will be iutfuduccd
in to day's tutting.
London, July 9.—Tlio Times’ Paris
eoreespondej.lt tclegruplw that SliicMuhon,
iu liia foi tlicoming message, will prnliably
t;tb 1 that lie would not accept tlie resign; -
tiou of then inistei.l localise they defended
bis [savers and he, wished to rave the eoun-
Iry from anew ministerial trisi.i. Xle will
ix quest, the assembly to hasten action on
financial measures nml thou adjourn for
r, ime months, and on reassembling proceed
to definitely organize hia powers.
SPAIN.
MalUiid, July 8. Oencral Scoltolln is
making ['reparations to renew tlie attack
upon tlio ('srlista. Hi th-ir attack upon
Tereltle, Hi.turdav last, their defeat was
So complete that they have left that see
tiou of the country nllogether. General
Morioncs has boon appoint.'.! Generalis
simo of tlio Bepubliean troo[is iu Navarro.
w.vsm NIITON.
Warihnotod. July 8. -Secretary Ilolic
son liaa rotnrneil to Waaliiugton. General
Kiiernum this morning directed General
Pope to rise the. Hixtit cavalry at his din
.-ration, to check tlio raids of warlike In
diana.
Messrs. Leopold, Crcswcll and Purvis,
who were appointed Commissioners to
wind up the affairs of tlm Freedman's
bank, lmvo accepted, and will qualify to
morrow.
VUE KUK LUX ACTE UXUONSTITU
TIOXAL.
Tho New Orleans llnl!rii,i says: “’l’lie
profound and righteous judgement, of that
eminent and respected jurist consult, Mr.
Justice Bradley, in tho ease of iho (.runt
Parish prisoners, has sen t a thrill of joy
aud gladness through tho hearts of our
long suffering pc >]do which it Inc* seldom
Isieu their good fortune to experience.
The four hundred negroes who have for
mouth, past thronged tlie Custom House
and obstructed tho entrance to tlio court
room, suddenly departed on hearing tho
decision of Judge Bnulley. An en
thuaiiisUc gentleman who was preaent dur
ing the reading of tlie msstcrly ojiinion.
exclaimed in the transports of delight, “A
Daniel eonio to judgemoui.” On the
street*, in tho club rooms, at tho saloons,
in llm family circles, tlio triumph of con
stitutional law and liberfv is the chief
topic of conversation. ,’.;d; driwUey ban
built liimr.elf a mommwnt mere enduring
than brass. And when It r lls, W s>ds,
aud Beekwilhs sliall have passed into a
merited oblivion, our children will lisp the
praises of the upright judge who dared to
do right in the dark daya of our country’s
[icril. Even in tho down-trodden and op
pressed Louisiana white men slill have
some constitutional rights which tho na
tion's wards are bound to respect,. Xu
these days of partisan decisions and cor
rupt judges it is refreshing to read the el
evated sentiments of such a man and jurist
as Judge Bradley. It argues well for the
future and inspires us with a cheering
hope that the [.alley days of the Ilepublic
may yet return.
- - *♦►
A correspondent wants to know if it is
true that the linin.an body has seven mil
lion pores. Tho Brooklyn Aiyns, after
poring over the question,'says: “They lest
. time we counted them there were seven
million nml nine; but we havo always had
an i.l. ; that those nine were nothing but
extras, spoiitnnorraslv generated ful the
purp. se .-f mi..leadi’.ig us.”
UEJf. GORDON AND “CARPETBAG"
SPENCER.
A True Aronint *>f Tkc Olfflcnlty.
Ah various account* of the difficulty lie- '
tween Geu. Gordon, tlm Kenator from
Geoj-gifl, and Hpcnccr, tlm earjaitbugger
who, through fraud and villainy, enjoy* !
tlm right to misrepresent our sister State
of Alabama in tlm Senate, have been go- j
ing the rounds of the newspaper press, a I
ll'irnbl re potter, learning that Gen. < tor-!
don had returned to liin home, called upon
him and gathered tho following statement
of facts in reference to it;
Gen. Gordon received a letter from
Hon. John Forsyth, of Mobile, requesting
biin to seo Mini tlm bill for tin* removal oi i
his disabilities be taken i.p and passed. I
Tiie bill had Ix en reported on favorably !
by the Committee, lmt under tho rules of 1
tho Kcnato cert Id not bo taken up except
by unanimous consent. Gen. (Jordon
called it up, not supposing that there
could t*o any ono who would object.
Gen. Gordon, who was sitting near
Hpc'ircr, said to him:
“Spencer, why is this; what objection
can yon have
He replied;
“XJ tn him, I linto him. Ho ha*
abused me iu tho column* of his paper,
eulting mo earpitlmgger, thief, black
guard etc., mid J intend to give him some
thing to hate mo for.”
The General replied, “S|iencer, I nrnnfi
tonislied at you; you certainly do not in
tend to bring a personal grievance into
the Senate of tlm Unit' and BUift-s and allow
your hatred of an individual to control
your vote. If I had a personal enemy,
similarly situated, I would take pleasnre
in Isiiug the first to rise and show him
that I was above such paltry viudicatiro
noss.”
Hpencor said, “that mny suit you, but it
is not my wny of dealing with no enemy.”
Tim Gem ini replied, ‘‘Well, Spencer,
we will net discuss tho matter. You and
X have different views, but 1 give you fair
notice that 1 intend to pus* this bill before
the flay is over.”
Xu l.jH* than half an hour afterwards,
amid tlm confusion and pushing and hur
ry to got bill* through, tho General got
Carpenter to recognize him, and Spencer,
who was either absent or not paying ut
; tention, failed to hear tlio bill called. It
was read, and Carpenter, tlio i'rcsidout
! [>ro. tain., said, “if flier., is no objection,
! tho bill will bo considered read tlm third
I time end p:, d.” Tim General then
I took it, carried it to the House, ))ad it on
| rolled and brought bock, and signed, and
! when it was announced, H[H)imer jumped
| to hi); fe. t and moved to liave it reconsid
[. red. Gen. Gordon at once offered to al
low him to be heard if ho would state
i puldidy his reasons for objecting; but
| Ga-pentor cut off fttrUmr debate by an
i nounciug that “it wan Uw* lato ns the bill
| had been enrolled and signed, aud had ol
; ready gone to tho President for Ida aigna
tnre. H[ieueer who by this time had
worked himself to fever beet. Raid;
“1 will go to tho President of the Uni
ted State:, and stop it then !"
Gen. Gordon said anil “o will I go to
the President” and at once, disappeared
following Spenei r, who rushing up to
whore tlm President was diguing hills anr
roundcl by the cabinet and a number t a
Suuafw!io had followed to ace tho fun.
he said;
“Mr. President, don’t sign the hill for
the relief of John Forsyth, for lie is a
sconndn h”
(Jen. Gordon, who a. ; ro full of laugh- j
ti ras Koaroeiy lo be able to control liim
self, said; “3lr. X’residi nt. it ia only a per
i*on;il npito, sign tho bill.”
Tho President hy thi timo comprehend
ed tho'sitiHition, looked np and rnuliug
Me silly, Raid, “gentlemen, save your- 1
selves fn; Lher trouble, the bill is signed.”
i'oor SvK iioer was wliippcd, and turn
ing fiercely on Gordon, iie said to him, ;
"X shull hold yon lo personal account,
sir, for this conduct. 1 have always trea
ted Rebels courteously but you can’t run.
over mo, if you did fight in the war.
The General, who was. in the best hu
mor imaginable aaid, “Spencer, calm
your troubled upirit, don't let us light be-1
fore tlio Ir .ident, oomo ontaide,” and .
left “tho nrt s nco” elosidy foil, w and by
K[H,ncor, who continu 'd to r. iterate his i
iletormiiuition t., bo revenged, but the j
General only replied, “Sjieuc<r, you are.
joking, T know you rue ia fun.”
“No, I am not ..ir, and yon w ill roe."
Whereupon Gen. Gordon told him, j
wilh a resolution wi i h ho iimlerst. ot,
“This thing he, gone fur enough, and if :
you really menu v. hat you say I assure
you, that you can hear from mo whenever
l am called on.”
This ended Hpcnccr sn.l ho went off,
saying a . lit) did so, “I am your enemy .
for lifo.”
This lost assertion, overwhelmed Gen.
Gordon, and it is doubtful whether his
nerves have yet recovered tho shock of be- ]
ing deprived of thin noble Senator's friend
ship. — AtUtnt'i llcrnhl.
THE NEW BANKRUPIi /-.lff'.
Tho principal points the new bankrupt
bill, which nt last advices only required
tlie 1 'resident'." signature to become a law.
are ns followers: Forty days are allowed
to elapse before a merchant or trader who
fail to pay his commercial paper is liable
to lie thrown into bankruptcy. The as
sent of one-fourth in number aud one-third
in value of tlio creditors is r. quirt'd to
throw a debtor into bankruptcy. This
provision relates back to tho first of De
cember. Proceedings my bo discontinued
whenever tho debtor pays those secured
debts which wore tho ground . f throwing
him into bankruptcy, or whenevr the con
sent of the court lx> obtained and a ma
jority of the creditors sliall ask for a dis
continuance of the proceedings. In order
to set aside hypothecated pledges or loans
on tho bankrupt's estate it must appear
that the party dealing with tho bankrupt
know that ho intended to perpetrate a
fraud on the bankrupt law, and that ho in
tended to go into bankruptcy. When a
lean is made to a bankrupt in good faith
and security taken with intention of aiding
him to pull through, it shall ho consider as
having actual value and tho security shall
not be invalidated by proceedings iu hauk
ruptcy. A voluntary bankrupt may have
hi* discharge if his estate pays thirty per
cent, of his debts, or provided ho obtains
the consent of tho same number of his
creditors as is necessary to throw him in
to bankruptcy. An involuntary bank
rupt can got his discharge if his conduct
is free from all fraud, and he is iuuoccnt
ot any violation or infringuicnt of the
bankrupt act Assignees are prohibited
from dividing fees with other persons en
gaged in the case. Composition by-cred
itors may be made with ihe assent of the
debtor, providing a majority of tho cred
itors join, where approved by tho court,
for r, lease and discharge of the debtor.
The fees and expenses are reduced ono
half until {Judges of tho .Supreme Court
I shall establish a permanent reduction and
simplify tho proceedings. All the acts of
the poisons connected w ith the execution
of tho law sliall be made public in the
shapo of full aud minute reports from the
clerk, assignee, the marshal, and the reg
ister. Original jurisdiction is conferred
upon the Territorial courts, with an appeal
to the Hu promo Court of the Territory.—
s,r (••! t *[/.
IN* w Haven Utter to N. V. Jit 1 iM. J
WHAT VALE EROEEESOIIE ,S',l H
CONCERNING TIIE COMEt
Considering the great interest felt nt the
prone tit time in everything pertaining to |
the comet, your correspondent called yes
terday on lnofi -bor New ton and Professor \
Ijynmn, of Yak* College, to get their
views im vientist*. The comet has been
the subject of much s[*cculation forscveral
week* jiust among the college professors,
find the professors aliove 111*1111x1 give their
views iu uticciiMt form in the following
stateruente:
PEOFBRWJB KBWION’h VIEW*.
This comet, ho far as he can judge, is
going to travel directly south, away from j
the North star. Xt will grow iu brightness !
for some ten daya After that the nucleus '
will go so near the sun' as probably to be '
invisible in tho strong twilight. Xt will j
pas* almost directly between us an.l the 1
sun, about tho lflili or 20th of July. At j
that lime the tail, if king enough, may
stretch out across our heaven*, though if
short or too diffuse it way not boat al!
visible. Xt is fairly within the [>Ofisibilities
that the earth will strike through the tail,
but the result would Is.- totally inapprecia
ble either in the fight or in any effect on
our weather. After passing the sun the
comet can be seen Xiy persons only in the
Southern hemisphere. It will be nearest
to 11s about tho 21st of July, being then
2C,000,000 of mile* from us. This motion
and tlioac distances are obtained from com
putations made by Dr. Tietjtn, of Berlin.
It ia possible that the olwervutions which
Dr. Tietjcn was able lo use were not sufli
eient to give an exact mbit. The comet 1
was then coming almost directly toward !
us, and very slight error* iu tho observe |
lions which he used would make large !
differences in the computed path of the :
comet when it turns from coming toward
n;; to go round tho sun. The comet last
night (Wednesday) was more brilliant
than heretofore, because of tho absence of
moonlight. If, has a bright, star-like nu
cleus, I,>ukig like a star through a speck
of fog. Tho comet’s lieod extends two
minute* toward the sun. the tail aud head
shading into each other insensibly. For
a week at least the comet will lie growing
in brilliancy if we have clear weather.
PROP. I.TWAN'S STATEMENT.
Cogga's comet bab lieen for a month past
1 coming. For two weeks past it has been
I visible to the naked eve. Now it has so
| increased iu brilliancy that it is v isible iu
[ moonlight. It is going for ten or fifteen
: days to ineris'so in brilliancy. Its np[KU
ent path But is toward the sun that is,
it strikes i Jhietwecn us and the sun. The
probnbflitjPs that the tail will l*e quite t,
j conspien' A object. Much depends, how
ever, on In" amount of matter in the
i comet oi to tho extant of the tail. The
nucleus of the comet will, probably, be so
near the sun (X can not speak exactly
without looking nt references) that the
lead will be invisible this is, Mint it will
disappear la taw the northwestern hori
zon ns it in going so near the sun. The
nearest it will approach the earth will leave
it about the same distance from ns ns Ve
nus when at inferior conjunction. After
it disappears from the northern hemis
phere it will be visible in ihe southern
hemisphere, its motion being directly
south from the I Vie star. As to tlie ta.il
reaching us, it is more than probable that
we shall not perceive the visitor, although,
of course, no one can at the present time
say wh< tlier the sweep oi tbo tail sliall
touch the earth or not. Even if the tail j
did touch flic earth, the touch would like- ,
ly he r> diffuse s < to lie scarcely percepti- !
hie. 'Jim shooting-liars ale associated
with coroeta*, and are probably the debris ;
of comets, aa was eKpecially illustrated :
with Bela’s comet and tiie meteoric
shower of November 27, 1872. Those |
showers were simply portions of Bela’s
comet. Professor Wright, or our college, 1
has started an idea that the nut,-or* are
flaked off from the comet hy tho sun,
pretty much as if a lump of coal wore
thrown into a furnace and pieces snapped j
off. The study of this comet will Ire iikely
to throw a good deal ot light upon tlie i
theory of the constitution of comets, just i
as Doiiati’s comet in 1858 did much to
ward attracting tiie attention of the world
to the subject then and since.
b ESC ERA TE EIGHT FOR LIFE.
A scene, such as lias prehaps never be
fore been recorded in the annals of crimi
nal jin tiee, took place 011 the 12th of June,
at tho eastern railway depot of Stettin, in
Pomerania. A Prussian gendarme was es
corting a female prisoner, n petite blonde
of about thirty, whose face expressed the
most profound grief. The bystander*
looked svmpntki/.iugly nt lu r, until they ■
heard that she was tho convicted mur
deress, Frederica liothmann, of Trietwees
who, four months ago, had killed her
husband, iu order to marry her pamaout.
and who was on her way to Naugaid, tlie
the place designated for her execution.
Just as the gendarme told her to cut* r tho
car, she broke away from him, and, with
the.speed of despair, ran out of the depot.
The gendarme, followed hy a large crowd
of men, .started in pursuit.nml, after a race
of a few minutes,overtook|her near an Open
woodshed, lie seized her arm, but with
a powerful Wow she knocked him down,
seized his revolver and sword, and ran
into the woodshed. The gendarme was
immediately after her again, lint she I
threatened to shoot him, and then lie |
called upon tho men who had followed
him, to assist him iu securing her. But!
the woman loudly shouted to them not to 1
come near her or she would tiro on thorn.
Tho wild expression of her eyes plainly i
indicated that she was in dead earnest, ;
and so they kept at a respectful distance, j
Finally the gendarme sent for the military |
guard at the depot,, and when the four j
hclmeted grenadiers had arrived, a joint
attack was made upon tho escaped mur
deress. Khe fought desperately, blit the
revolver was wrested from her baud, she
crying all the while in a shrill voice, “Kill
me right away, you blood-lit unds! Kill mo
now! I want to die now!” Finally a blow
with the butt-end of a musk# knocked:
her senseless. She was then Bound w ith j
a strong rope, and carried back to tlie de-;
[iot. The police had meanwhile been in
formed of tho extraordinary occurrence; j
tho gendarme who had allowed her to ca
nape, and who had not had tho courage to
re-arrest her single-handed, was placed
under arrest, and tlio woman, who began
to rave wildly as soon as she had re-awoke
ta nseiousnoss, was conveyed to the city
jail. Hhe was followed by a mob of men
and boya yelling, "Kill her! Outlier to
pieces!”
—
Mr. John Smith, of Hickory Grove,
York county, S. C., tolls ft remarilable
story. Before the war he owned one blind- \
red ami twenty negroes, and lip to this ;
day th ro negroes are living nnd working j
with him, not ono having left after the j
surrender. They express themselves as
satisfied, and say tin y don’t want to live j
any where else. This shite of things is ;
creditable to the good sense of the negnx-.-*, j
nnd shows that Mr. Smith is a kind and j
good master.
The newspapers are still publishing the
Yew York Umpkic's paragraph headed ;
“Nellie is Nobody in England.” It is not J
at all strange that she is nobody in Eng- j
land. A few years ago her father was no i
body anywhere. \ . j
sou TO Ell S ('<> El 3 PSE A Xj> s6 VTtl KUX
HKllEMrttUfr.
It Mr. William H. Ant4r. the Inrgeat real c*atat
owner on thin in lend, <*ohl have tho veil ot the
fntnre liftwl, ami tho “aituathm.” **y
thirty ji ara hence, hfw<uUl taud appalled to
hnd that his property dim worth only half an
uiui-h an it ia *uppoM<l to Ikx now. Bat not only
would th hi be art, but a groat pnp<*rtion of bis
wealth being below Union Squarn, vaat nnmhti
f propUt, in propGrtiou, would traflaf ftu’ more
than lit? would, for there in nothing more certain
in the Book of Fate thaw this —the aitiuUion am*
tinucl, thirty yearn luuce, at thirty ytara ayo,
t/Mion Sqtutrt wifi 1* u mmtrh of TViHk (%•
Of course ih* jHxr blind hatawlio, for ten year#
pant, haui been fat tilling on tne ruin of tbo
South “can’t net it,” ami would regard .‘teh pro*
do tiou of the future t New York with cwmrc tu*
diffcmxeo, asHontetning too ahnur! to merit no
tice. and yet it need* no syl.iline myateriaa i>r
prophetn iUHpirt.tr.un t< wairunt It* truth—
lioeda nothing, in abort, nave a coiuprc-henaion of
the/ac/A iiivdYol, to (Winonairate to any rational
mind tho unavoidable tux well an absolute truth*
predicted. We are no prophut, or ton of a pro
phet, or believer in B|ffTml providence* of any
kind, but we do not iindurutand caww and efecL
ami ha\iug ixi* ambjuct a apocial stndy for
maity year*, we fonooi. Just aa we know night fob
l<rw a day, or death fuUoWH life, that the covmm
wjiitinned thirty year* hence and tho mart
follow, and Union bquare bucomu a suburb of
New York City.
Any ono that baa been in the tropic* and wit
ueaHud the tjf rc4* of thu destruction or so-called
abolition of negro lalmr may eatdly understand
the future of New York. The* citrus of tropical
America, Vera Cruz, Panama. Kingston, Port an
I’rinoc, Ac., were, oue hundred years ago. th*
centre* of cununerae, aud when New York, Baltb
more, Pliiiddelphh, Ac., could hardly be aaid to
have any foreign t-omimvee, tho >rmer were
o\ertk*wig wilh wealth and proßuerity. Now
these eiti* h are the home* of bate and owl*; vast
*tru. tmcH, warchonaes, chuirhca, Ac., are left
to crumble into dust; even the idle aunl nudes*
negroes, in their A Mean tendencies, abandon
them and week the eouutry dintrkh. where they
ciu* gather from the teeming woil plant* ami
frnitvi to live upon, and the grand aua beautiful
cittee, one#* the centre of commerce,are now aban-
doned waxte*.
The British addition policy in America—A pol
icy that whs designed to abolish aud ruin our
Democratic inntitut ions—hun transformed tho
great tropical centre of the continent into a des
olation so horrible, that, iu comparison, mere
African savagery were almost a bhssing. What
we in our times cal) commerce— that in, exchange
of the natural products of the soil— never existed
i until the discovery of America and the intr<Hluc
tiem of negroe s from Africa. Each race, or rather
each species of bumau kind, ha* it centre of
j life as absolutely ns plant* nnd animals, and
wHhout negro la*tsr the predactn of the tropio
I and tit .pi* - .hi region* of tioa continent are, in tho
I nature *>i thin) *, iincOHuibi©, and as that labor,
: without the care anu guidance of the white man.
!ii just :* naturally impossible, of course aud of
cc ity there can be no cornnurcc when that
lulsir is destroyed, or, as the fools and "lunatic*
jof the day say, when ’‘slavery” is aboliahcd. But
| when negro ialxor, under the British pdicy, was
| ilcHtroyud in the troph s, commerce wa* rapidly
| txansU n>d to the United Htctcs, and thoegn
j New York City was no* in the natural ehamici of
that commerce, KtYcral accidental circumstance*
gave it this direction, and alnmat mouopolizing
| s' for forty vciirs past. New York became the seat
i aud centre of trade tiie most wonderful and tho
! most productive rfer known to human e-xperi
uuc. But amazixrg madness, when the agent*
, and tools of Eiijjand had so perverted the reason
1 and del amdied oven the instinct* of the Northern
; people that they sought possenahm of the gv
crniuent to carry out the ihiiish policy and de
stroy negro laboi in the Bohtlx well as in the
! tropics New York men hants and bankers came
: forward and gave the very money they liad made
from negro labor to thelnnsih** to make war on
the Month, and thus to rain the vital sonreus of
their own prosperity l uf course they were ig
norant, dcc ivrd and utterly deluded by tlxo
Abolition lunatic*, and only really d©aired to pul
! down aercHKioh; but. no mat hr, the end i tho
Bine met uin of New York. The bankruptcy
■H*d collui sc, whose oroteiitioUM shadow now
rush* on tue Sit th, wfltmnko short work of “ro
- comdructirMi” and curpet-bsg rebberius In tho
Mouth, and the latter, rising up lik* a giant re
rt Fhedy viii Ixecomea scene of industry, order,
; (iiexgy and prosperity anparallcd in all liistory.
The M tat oh will take ' : haxg oi the poor, demor
alised r.cgr ix&; f hore nnst reform w ill be driven
out into ttro >rorth or knot ked <u the bead at
once, and the great mass, providexl with comfor
tablo hmes, w ill be ct to work Again, not oulv
in the States south of the l'otoinac, bat in all
tropical America, and while N w York, Ac., are
left high and dry, the grand centre* of commerce
end cmHzffitnn will lo on the Oulf (’(*ast, where
G(ai ami Nature ami the fitnejc* of thing* ordain
they should be. The great West need* the cot*
ton, Kiigar. coffee, A*e., of the tropigs, nnd tho
latter m < i tin beef a**l c<>‘ ii aiicT brtadhtuffs of
thf fonnir, and there is the mighty rfsrer fash
urtied by the ham! of Mwl to rutitc them, xml
the sole key of the f-mire is Just this—will th©
Htnpid rich axou” of tlie East stand still xml
permit thinga to drift to this final aohvtkm, ami
their paper wealth to turn to ashes ia theiir
handH f AVifl York lkty-lsook.
A DA V OFCAMjALTiES.
Tho amtivemiry of Amoricnfi imlopcn
deuce Ime not only become a day of im*
tional importance, but furnishe-s each yey
coiumna of crimen and dfemtors for tlm
b#iieflt of tho patroufi of the public press.
Tbo loss by lives resulting from tho care
less use of gunpovdtj Hpprtiximiacs mill
ions of dollars each venr, and we regret to
way that the holiday just passed has proved
no exo-ption to the rule.
At Toledo, Ohio, about twenty-five
thousand dollars’ worth of real estate w*os
destroyed, the diminutive fire-eraeker
taking the place of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow ns
the primary cause. During the afternoon
of tho Fourth a very destructive fire oo
eurred in Alleghany City, Pennsylvania.
A square nnd a half of buildings, princi
pally dwellings, were totally destroyed.
It was thought at erne time the whole
upper part of the city would be destroyed,
its the supply of water wjis limited and a
very higli wind prevailed, carrying the
sparks in all directions, and setting fire to
houses two or three squares away; but
with the united efforts of the Pittsburg
and Alleghany City fire departments tho
dame* were brought under control. Over
one hundred houses in all were destroyed,
leaving many families homeless. The loss
cannot be estimated. The fire originated
in a carpenter shop, it is supposed by fire
crackers thrown in by boya.
Cincinnati enjoyed six alarms daring
the same day, all calling the engines bm
burning roofs ignited by fire crackers care
lessly handled. In the afternoon ft young ‘
girl was fatally burned, Iter clothing
having been set on fire iu the Barne man
ner.
Wo have not space to give further
details of the disastrous results of the freo
use of dangerous toys iu all parts of tho
country, but the above is sufficient to con
vince us that until a stringent law is uni
versally enforced against this senseless
custom, that Uie roll of casualties will grow
more extended each succeeding year.—
Snr, Ail-Hup.
DEN. LEE HY AN ENGLISHMAN.
Col. Chas. C. Chesney, of the British
army, concludes an essay on the military
biography of Gen. Robert E. Lee, with
the following eloquent tribute:
The day will come when the evil pas
sioDs of the groat civil strife will sleep in
oblivion, and North and South do justice
to each other’s motives jind forget each
other’s wrongs. Then history will speak
with clear voice of the deeds done on
either side, and the citizens of the whole
Union do justice to the memories of the
dead, aud place above idl others the name
of the great chief of whom we have just
written. In strategy mighty, in battle
terrible, in adversity as in prosperity a
hero indeed, with the simple devotion to
duty and the rare purity of the ideal
Christian knight, he joined all the kingly
qualities of a leader of men. It is a won
drous future, indeed, that lies before
America, but in her annals of years to
come as in those of the past there will bo
found few names that can rival in unsul
lied lustre that of tlie heroic defender cf
his native Virginia—Robert Edward Lee.
A Vermont debating club is now strug
gling with question, “AVhicb eats tho
moosfc chickens—ministers or owls V’