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. (TaUaHfc’s Judcpcndcut.
J. CALLAHKU, Editor.
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874.
CALL FOB A DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Tim Democrat* <rf Brooks County are
earnestly niqiKwlol to meet ut the tJcmrl
Uoune in Quitinun on Saturday, Uio 25th
ImL, for the |ir)ue uf organizing tin
(■arty l>r the •jqrroaoblng campaign, mnl
electing • iii'ii Executive Committee.
J. B. CIIKEOII,
Chairman Kx. Committee.
Quitman, (la., Julyßth, 1874.
DEMOCRATIC CON V ENTION.
Am it m oonoulcd by almost every county
in the District that Albany is tho moot siii
lulde plane tor tlio Convention Ui bohcld.
The Chairman of the Dcm. Ex. OMn., hits
published tho following request:
••The several eonuties of the District are
rq muted to w ild ilelegi.le* to sjt iu I '<>ll
veutioii, at Albany, ntl'i o'clock m., oh
Tlmrsiluy, tbe’iuth of Angst next, to nom
junto a oomlidate for Qougress, iunl to
transact any other appropriate busiuet*-
JoiinT. Ci.auk,
Chm'n Dem. Colli Zd Con. Dis.
Cntblwirt, July 18, 1871."
lie it remeiyluireil that .this j:t the day
for the meeting of tho Cltizeus, called by
the Chairman of the Kx. Com. of thin
county,'for the i>nr|M)e of organizing nad
electing a now Korn live (loniinittee.
'This will lie a suitable time to np|K)iht
■ leleKates to the Albany Convention, it
will xo|>ereeile tho necessity of calling an
other moeting, anil the work can bo done
now just as well tin at another time.
H I. KIMBALL'S DEFENCE A FI
NANCIAL STRATEOEM THE
BONDHOLDERS LAST
RESORT.
In his letter to the ( /irontele Si Sentinel
he saya:
‘•'r|i„ eharges whloli are made against
my character are generally of that vague,
indefinite kind, founded only on lalief
without evidence, and upon surmise witli
out knowledge, and are, therefore, very
difficult to answer specifically; but in tins
• hearing" I shall endeavor to meet with
tliu plain facia every eliargo against my
character that hns com nto my knowledge
from auy res|Miuiblo sourue anil witli
this I have done."
As to the vagueness and iiidefiniteiiess
of the charges against Mr. Kimball, and as
to whether they are has al “upon belief
without evidence anil upon surmise with
out knowledge” is a question for the peo
ple to iletcrmiue and not to lie satisfactori
ly settled and finally hushed been use Mr.
K., after two or three years of exile and
Voluntary refugeeilig in etheroonnlries irn
luediately after charges were preferred
have assumed an unprecedented boldness
iu returning to the Slate and impudently
assorting that the evidence to sustain the
ohargo* aro “vague and indefinite.” The
first charge that lie attempts to answer is
that *Hhc nlrnrgn that snoh railroads as the
Brunawiok and Allamy, tho Cartersville
and Van Wert, and the Marietta and North
Oeorgiti, aro 'reckless and extravagant
wildcat railrooil enterprises, 1 is not sup
ported by the fact," It is wholly imma
terial whether these roads were ris kless,
extravagant enterprises or not. Mr. K. is
not responsible for that. Tho Legislature
is resiamsiblo for its acts iu making appro
priations to such enterprises and does not
effect Mr. K. And, if as he says iu the
fifth paragraph of his letter, that ho is
charged with manipulating the Legisla
ture, it is no charge whether it lie a ltmli
and or lhimoemtio Legislature for which lie
could lie held criminally responsible. If
ho could no manipulate a legislature its to
induce it to make appropriations to build
a railroad to thu moon he wonlil not lie
criminally liable. Bo it is wholy immate
rial what the people say aliont uianipnlat
wig the legislature. It is not what was
(Line in procuring the State’s aid, but it is
how it was abused uftur obtaining it, that
constitutes the oriiuiuality. It is the wick
ed manipulation of and conspiracy with
Gov. Ibillock in issuing the bonds contrary
to the net umde mid provided, and the
sale ami hypothecation of them, and the
fraudulent appropriation of the proceeds
of the saliw Umt constitutes tho charges
against Mr. Kimball, and it is that alone
that he should make tire issue upon. Is
he guilty or not guilty is the question that
the public propounds to liitu upon his ar
raignment? If he never noted as agent
for tho aide, or hypothecation of the
bonds, mid never sold of hypothecated any
of the bonds, never received any of the
proceeds of tho sales, ir hypothecation of
the same, tin i he is innocent. Or oven
if he sold or hypothecated any, or all of
tlie bonds in good faith wild received the
lu.ns'y and applied it us directed bv tlie
net, Un abe is ipi innocent, mail. Anil the
illegal amt fradideiit issuance of the bends
\rj llor. Bollock is notultrilnitaliie to him.
nor is be criminally responsible.
The questions for Mr. Kimball to an
swer is not ns to the merit of the enter
prises, or ,|ho acts, of thu Legislature ~he
is not re.sjionsible for them, nor for the
set of Oyv„ Bulloe in issuing them, unless
he conspired with him with criminal in
tentions.
The questions for him to answer are did
you, sw agent for tlie State of Georgia re
ceive any of the bonds? If so, what did
you do with them ? Did you sell or by
potbcoalc any, or all of them ? If so. \vh it
did you do with tho proceeds? Now, i'
Air. Kimball can give satisfactory answer!
to these qnintions and present a clean and
spotless record, public sentiment will
change in his favor ami the charges will
lie forgotten.
Mr. Kimball flatly denies the asserti. i
of the investigating committee, found on
jsige 153 of their report and which is in
the following words:
“Mr. Kuuliall received of the Fomtl
National Hank, the currency bonds hel<
Hy that house, and instead of returuiiij |
tiliem to tim Bvate aa c.iljix ltd, as lie was
directed to do hv his tel tor iif iuNtriielion j
fromtiovernor Buttock, tub* found on'
page 125 of our printed testimony, hej
hypothecated 8120.000 with J. I’.oorimui, j
Juhustou mki Company. and Sob. ooo with
t. G. Jolisoii, Isith president of ‘Fulton
Itauk of Brooklyn,' ami received on both
liypotlieeulious mOIK .V nil bis private aft
oi ill lit.
“Both of these perl un are at fault, and
have no ono to blame but tliemsolvea, for
Mr. KflntiaH’s authority to represent the
Stnti! iu making tliia loan, they would
have fq|iml Hint lie won instnieteil to re
turn these 1 Kinds to the Htate, ns they had
bem conceded or retired by tlie issniince
of gold ipiWtm-bc*. Indeed, Mr. Jobns
saw Bollock m letter of instraHion, but
failed to read it. See teslittiony of Jonhs,
pages 123 slid 124.”
Ja it reasonable to suppose that a com
liiiltec of geiiUemcn appointed by tlie
(legislature would luiKard their reputation
for veraelty by giving publicity to such a
statement as the above without snfHoient
evidence 7 If the National Bunk did not
deliver the blinds to Mr. Kimball, to Whom
iliil they deliver them ? If Mr. Kimball
did not hypothecate $120,000 with J.
Boorman Johnston A Cos., mid $50,000 with
A. 0 Joiiiis, President of Fultini Bank of
Brooklyn. Who did it 7 Who else was
lulling agent for tho State 7 And how did
said parties' get in possession of the Isolds
to tho amounts above specified ? These
parties must have stated to the committee
Unit they negotiated for the Isimls w itli
Mr. Kimball and that ho received on both
j hypothecations unpiey on hiy private ne
| count, or that committee of honornble gen-
I tleiticn never would have said so. Maid
bonds were deposited iu thu National
■ Bank oml how could Mr. Kimball liypotli-
I cento them with said,parties without draw
ing, them from the Bank where they were
(lejsi.iled, and how could he draw them
from the bank without thu executive au
thority of the Stalo of Georgia 7 Who
Imd that authority 7 No one lint 11. I.
Kimball slid here it is:
“Kxwutivu Drpaiitmknt, I
“Ati.anta, Ga., Mnreli 10, 1871. f
“Onmiitnn, Thai If. I. Kimball, Esq.,
of the county of Fulton, be, and ho is
hereby, npppointed an agent for and in
beliitlf of Ibis Htate, to audit the aeeounta
of tlie Mtuto with Messrs. Henry Clews
ami Company, up to and ineliuliiig the
17th day of Mnreli, instant. Mr. Kim
ball, agent ns aforesaid, is hereby author
ized to audit such amounts for cummin
riona and brokerage, in addition to tlie
legal rates of interest, as may bo reasona
ble and just.
“If desired by Massrs. Glows and
Company, or if by Mr. Kimball deemed
doffiable for the Mtute, he, as agent as a- j
luivttuid, is anthrized < Hikes ell trans
fers of the State’s ai ..it and agency,
and negotiate such loans ns will best pro
mote tim finaiieial interest of thu Btntc.
lie will also cause the currently bonds,
now held by the Fourth National Bank
mid hy Messrs. Clew and Company, to
lie mneeleil, and return nil to the treasury,
keeping each act separate, slid notifying
the executive office of the character, imui
her and amount* of Isimls us canceled.
“Given under my hand and seal Of this
department, at the espitol, in Atlanta, the
day mid year above written.
(.Signed) “UejpttH B. BomajOK.
“By tlie Governor:
"11. C. CousoN, Secretary Executive
Department. ”
Tlie bonds specified in tlie last, clause of
tho second paragraph of tlie Executive
(lower of attorney are tho very bonds now
in the hands of J. Boorman Johnston A
C|p,, ami A. G. Johns. President of “Ful
ton Batik of Brooklyn. Now, Mr Kimball
was directed by Gov. Bullock to have tlie
bonds in the National Bank canceled and
returned to the Treasurer of thu Stato of
Georgia. But Mr. Kinilmll ' sets at defi
ance the Executive mandate and hypothe
cates the Isimls aud receives tho money on
his private account. These bonds were in
tlie National Bank, how did Mr. Kimball
get possession of them to hypothecate
them with the parties above named ? This
is one of thu charges against Mr. Kimball
that cannot be regarded ns vague or indefi
nite ami sustained by proof that ho cannot
gainsay.
Wore the parlies negotiating for these
Isolds innocent aud free from any fraudu
lent design ? Certainly not, for as business
men they would certainly look to Kimball s
authority to negotiate the bonds and all
the authority he hud was to cancel them
and return them to the Htate Treasurer,
and in the face of that positive order they
negotiated for the bonds and charged
them to Kimball’s private account, and
now say they were innocent purchasers
mid that Georgia ought to pay them, aud
Kimball says the charge is vogue anil in
definite.
Whether or not the charges made against
Mr. K is thought now by him to ho vague
ami indefinite, it is very certain that when
I lie I legislature began to invest igate his
eomlilct in referenee to the bond question,
they were to him then of sufficient impor
tance tooxoilohia fears and precipitate his
thght-from the State. Jtnt now the botul-
I udders’ need is assisbinee to manipulate
sett shell Georgians mid feel the warm
throbiug pulse of the best citizens of the
Slate, colored we presume, for they gave
hint a warm H'eeption in February last.
The spurious hond holders, it will be ro
ii embored, m ale an effort th ough Col
Kneed to have the State to agree to pay
these bonds or a part of them and faileii
signally, and now in eonjnetion with Kim
bal! they propose to establish his inno
eoueo by laying the Milne somewhere else
nnd make it appear that they were inno
cent purchasers and get Kimball to ma
nipulate the new Tlegislature into a pay
ment of. the bonds, tint they will fail in
llmt. The people of Georgia are going to
elect a Legislature that won’t manipulate
worth a cent.
THE BEECHER SCANDAL.
We have endeavored to keep out of otir
Columns even an ultusiou to the Plymouth
Church controversy, but this week we
have determined to let our readers know
what the controversy is about, and on the
llrst page we give one or two articles that
wit* fully acquaint our readers with the i
•rigin end progress of this unpleasant !
•ontroversy. It is ehnritnbfe, if possible, j
v i to consti ue finds as to timl a way of cs- j
■ape from moral obliquity, even for those !
most apparently gfdtv We regret ; n
this instance from the fact* os published
that it Is difficult to oxhomorerute either !
of the accused, or believe tlie accuser free
from blume; and as we cannot acquit the
licensed, we must from the testimony of j
the accused himself, believe that lie i*'
gnljtyoftt higher crime than either. If
he was ooiignizairt of the fad that Mr.
Beecher hod been for fifteen years at
tempting to seduce his wife uftd per
mitted it to contiiio without resenting the
itisitlt and shielding her virtue he is moral
ly guilty of tly,- crime, if it ever euulmi
listed, and if as he says H culminated in
1858, nhie yeiira after the first attempt
was niiulu, and he coiigni/jint of the fact
aud premitted the illicit nnion to contin
ue such a loathsome being is unworthy
of belief or credit on oath. Wo know
noting of tlie guilt or innnetureo of the
accused, lint wo do know from tho sceus
. ers testimony that hu is a laiso ouutumpt
i able man.
rnOTKCTIQit Ob 1 COMMON LAW
incurs.
The address of the Ilepnblican Congres
sioual Committee appeals to the jh:o
ple to send only lle|mbUcans back to Con
gress on the ground that “tho Fourteenth
Amendment to tlie Constitution.is not yet
enforced hy appropriate legislation.''
“Millions of American citizens” suy
ltadjeul leaders, “lire denied oven the
common liiw rights of locomotion because
they are lilock. If such wrongs aro to bo
redressed tlio Bepiililieiui pqrty alone can
do it.” Of course this means that tlie
Republican party will secure these “com
mon law rights" to tho black people by
Congressional legislation.
It e.luuiees that just at this particular
moment wo have some judicial interpreta
tion of the powers of Congress over this
very mutter, nnd it nmy be worth while to
pause a moment to see what this promiso
toseeurc tlie light of locomotion to mil
lions of American citizens amounts to.
Mr. Justice. Bradlev has recently ren
dered an opinion in tho United Hiatus
Circuit Court in I xmisiana, in the ease of
the United .States vs. Cruikshntik and oth
ers, iu which he has reviewed tho powers
of Congress over tlie comprehensive array
of subjects which are popularly classified
ns civil rights. With regard to these
"common law rights,” Mr. Justice Brad
ley remarks that it is the duty of each
particular Htate to protect and enforce
them. That when any of these rights and
privileges are sc.'ured in tho Constitution
of the United Htutes only by a declaration
that the State shall not violate or abridge
them, it is at oneo understood that they
are not created or conferred by the Cim
slitiitioii, but that tho Constitution only
guarantees that they shall not be impaired
by the Htate, or tlio United Htutes, as tho
ease may be. The filltlllmeutof this guar
anty by the United Htutes is the only duty
with which the government is charged.
The ntlirrnativo enforcement of the rights
and privileges themselves belongs to the
Htate government as u part of its residuary
sovereignty. Ho says Justice Bradley, hut
the Republican address declares that it is
tlie purpose of a Republican Congress to
tuke this matter iu hand without regard to
tlie residuary sovereignty of tlie Hinton.
Let us sue how thu Republican leaders
propose to take Congressional action lose
euro these "common law rights” to the
colored people: “The Fourteenth AI ee IS 1
incut to the Constitution is not yet en
forced by appropriate legislation, " and
"tho Republican party alone can doit.”
If auy regard is to lai hail for the Consti
tution anil for tho decisions of our highest
tribunals, we are reuily to concede that
the Republican party can alone do it in
tlie maimer proposed. Certainly no other
party would have tho temerity to do it, nnd
few leaders of any party would have the
faco to propose to ilo it. To do justice to
| the framers of the uildress we ore compell
ied to discredit either their knowledge of
the law or their sincerity. As they are
the. representatives of a party of high
sincerity. As they aro tho representatives
of a party of high moral ideas we would
be inclined to save their sincerity by tho
sacrifice of their intelligence if it were not
for the obtrusive fact that the millions of
American citizens who are denied tlio
I "common law rights’’ of locomotion be
! cause they uro black, are for the same rea
son easily liegnilod into bestowing their
millions of votes upon loudmouthed
friends. Tho very lights referred to aro
rights not conferred by tho Constitution,
but are common law rights enjoyed every
one. Tho Fourteenth Amendment do
ctors that no State shall make or enforve
any law which shall abridge tho privileges
or immunities of citizens of thu Uuiteil
States, and gives Congress power to en
: force this prohibition by appropriate leg-
I islutinn. lint no one but the most blinded
! Radical ever thought that this provision
| gave Congress power to legislate on tho
whole subject of those common law rights
and to control thorn by original proceed -
I ings in the United States Courts. Tho
[ Republican address says to tho colored
i voters that tlie Republican party will legis
late directly on these common law rights,
which the Fourteenth Amendment says
no State shall abridge, and that if any per
son does attempt to deny them they
l shall lie hauled up iu the United States
j Courts. That is wlmt they mean to say,
j and that is just what they cannot do, and
! what they probably have no idea they can
do. If they should pass such a law, Mr,
Justice Bradley may have occasion to re
peat from the Supreme Bench what -hu lias
recently said iu the Circuit Court in Louis
iana: “There can be no constitutional
legislation of Oongreess for directly en
forcing the privileges and immuuitos of
the United States by original proceed
ings in tlie Court of tlio United States,
where the only constitutional guaranty of
l such privileges and immunities is, that
|no Htate shall pass any law to abridge
them. Courier-Journal.
ritoi'lTAliU! tiesi ness rot! Women. -
One of the most protltable as well as in
teresting kiuds of business for a woman is
the care of bees, in a recent agricultural
report it is stated that one lady bought
four hives for ten dollars, and in five years
she was offered oue thousand five hund
red dollars for her stock, and refused it
as not enough. In addition to ttiis in
ere as of her capital, in one of these five
vems she sold twenty two hives and four i
hundred and twontv pounds of honey. It
is also stated that in live years one mail,
from six colonies of bees to start with,
cleared eight thousand pounds of honey |
and fifty four colonies.
When properly instructed, almost any
woman in Ihe city, as easily as in the
! country, can manage lavs, and make more
■ profit than in any other method demand
ing so little time and labor. Hut in the
modes ordinarily practiced, few can make ,
any great profit in this employment.
It is hoped a time is at hand when every i
woman w ill Is- trained to some empoy- i
ment by which she eon secure to herself j
independent home nnd means to siq -
port a family, iu ease she does not marry,
>r is left a widow, with herself and f.uui’y
to support. American Wortmu's Hunc.
TIIE BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL.
Mr. Francis D. Moulton, of Brooklyn, i
in rcajKinse to thu invitation of the l
Beecher investigiiting committee, up- j
pcared before that committee on Monday
evening aud made the following state-,
ineiit. '
‘•Gi'uUciuen of the Committee: I appear
before you, at your invitation, to make a
statement which Lhavoreuil to Mr. Til tew i
and to Mr. Bei cher, width both deem
honorable, and in the fairWcss and propri- 1
oty of which, so far as I am concerned,
they both concur: The parties in this ease
are jK-risimd friends of •mine, in whose
behalf I have endeavored to not fts the
umpire unit (mucelouker for tlie last four
years, witli a conscientious regard for all
the interest* involved. I regret for your
sivkos the responsibility imiiosed on ftw of
appearing here to-niglik If I say any
thing I must slunk the truth.
“I do not believe Hint tlio simple curi
osity of the world at large, or even of this :
committee!, ought to be gratified through j
any recitation by me of the fact* which i
are iw confidence, through my relations to :
tho parties which I am aware hs tlie chosen j
arbitrator, have once Ijoew settled honora
bly between the parties, and would never
liavo beeu revived ooeept on aecinint of
recent attacks, both in and out of Ply
mouth Church, made upon the character
of Tbeodote Tilton, to which he thought
a reply necossuryz If the present issue is
to be settled it must lie, in my opinion,
by tho parties themselves Cither together
or separately, ljefwe your committee, each
taking tho rosponeiUlity of his own utter-
ance.
“As I am fully conversant with the facts
aftd evidences, I Shall, as between the
parties, if necessary, ilccih'it my doty
Pi state the truth, in order to final settlement
and that tho world may bo well informed
before (u-onouncing its judgment with
reference to either. I therefore suggest
to yon that the parties first lie heard; that
if then you deem it necessary that I
should iqqieur before you I will do so, Pi
speak tlio truth, tlie whole truth, uml
nothing but tho truth. I hold Pi night,
as I have held liithcrPi, the opinion, that
lloeclmr should frankly stale that ho had
committed air offense against Mr. Tilton,
for which it was necessary to apologize,
and for which he did apologize m the lan
guage of tlie letter, part of which has la in
quoted; that he should have stated frankly
that he deemed it necessary for Mr. Tilton
to have made the defense against Dr.
Leonard Bacon which lie did make, and
that he (Mr. Beecher) should refuse to be
a party to tho reopening of tliia painful
subject,
“If he had made this statement ho
would have stated no more than the truth,
nnd it would liaue saved him and you the
responsibility of n further inquiry. It is
better now that the committee should not
report; ami in place of a report ilr.
Beecher himself should make tho state
Incut which I have suggested; or that, if
tlio oouimitteo does report, the ro|iort
should be a recommendation to Mr. Beech
er to make such a stateinent.”
Mr. MoulPui's interview with the coin
uuttoo was very brief, and, dci tilling to
answer any question until tile occasion re
ferred to in the above document hud ar
rived, ho retired.
[Brooklyn Argas.l
Tho complications of this unhappy
scandal aro rapidly widening, and’ one of
tho latest developments is a break-tip in
Mr. Tilton’s family. It is now established,
beyond tho shadow of a,doubt, that Mr.
Tilton was not aware of tlio existence of
an investigating committee in l’iymoiitli
Church until after. Airs. TiUon had ap
peared before the committee to give her
testimony, Mr. Tittow writes, in tho let'
ter which whs published in the Aryin
yesterday, that his first api>oarancc before
tlio committee wa mode on Friday, July
10 at which time the appointment of such
a committee bad not yet been made known
to tlio fmblMi, ft* members sot, a* Mr.
Tilton says, in “ private capacity.” At
ono of the earlier sessions of tlio commit
tee, therefore, Mrs. Tilton appeared ami
gave her evidence, not only before hor
husband had been summoned, but nlso
before he had been apprised of the ap
pointment of such a coolant tee.
Fact No. I.—lt further appeals that
when Mrs. Tilton appeared before tlio Com
mittee, her testimony was taken in a man
ner unusual in proee'edings of this char
acter. She answered only leading ques
tions. There is tho highest authority for
stating that all this qUcttti’ofis which she
did answer were put to her in advance by
Mr. Beecher’s counsel.
Fact-No. 2. -Still farther, it appears
that after tho publication of Mr. Tilton’s
letter, addressed to Dr, Bacon, Mrs Tilton
left her home, in Livifigston street. Mr.
Tilton nml his children continued to oc
cupy the house, and he receives his friends
there. Mrs.Tilton is now sojourning in a
family of Mr. Beecher’s friends. It is not
understood that a forma! separation hns
taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Tilton;
but only one inference can li drawn from
the course the lady has seen fit to adopt,
and that is, that her lot is cast, for tlio
present at least, with those who arc wholly
antagonistic to Mr. Tilton.
Fact, No. -For ail of- tlio foregoing
statements we liavo authority which can
not iio gain said. Mis. Tilton’s appear
ance before tho riymouth Church Com
mittee is understood to have been brought
about in this way: Mrs,-Tilton is on in
timate terms of friendship Witli tlio O. ’s,
who are well known attendants at ITy
irronth Church mid anient admirers of
Air. Beecher. Occasionally' they took a
carriage drive together ill Prospect Park,
and it wqp pn one of, jtljcsp, pleasant air
ings that ono of tlio (VIM is raid to liavo
introduced tlio euVjtVjt Jo Tilton.
Would not she go before tlio committee
and say something that would relievo Mr.
Beecher from tlio difficulties which beset
him ? Mrs. Tilton promised compliance.
It is statoil oil excellent authority that tho
next step was to introduce a prominent
lawyer to Mrs. Tilton,, by whom her
reminiscences were reduced to proper
form. Her appearance before tho com
mit too followed with what immediate
results is given more particularly else
where. The I In-, i/d to-day* gives currency
to a rumor that Mrs. Victoria Woodhiill,
who is now in California, lmd sent to Mr.
Tilton a dispatch, in which she offered to
come to Brooklyn and give testimony for
liis vindication boforo the Investigating
Committee. This statement is erroneous.
It is well known among Mr. Tilton's
friends that it is now tlie third year since j
lie has exchanged any communication j
with Mrs. Woodhiill or aiiv member of
her family, directly or indirectly. We
state this fact on tlie best, authority.
On eat Feat of a Female rF,oE.si kian.
Yesterday evening a girl named llieh
ard’s successfully concluded at Stapleton,
near Bristol, the feat of walking 1,000 con
secutive hoars. When she commenced,
on the 18th of May, an application was
made to the magistrates to interfere, but it
wits unsuccessful, outlie ground that the
young woman was a free agent. It was
stated that she undertook the task iu or
der that tier father should wiu a wager
of "PoO. — Lonr/im jtnjw, JmmdO.
Watrrmeli ns are five cents apiece now in
Florida, and folks dress lather loose atioiit
the waist. Urvulclttit .1
WASHINGTON.
Washxnoton. July io.—There is dis- !
tnrbuuce ot good ieeling betal-H'l) United j
State* 'Treasurer Spinner and certpin other
official* of the Treasury Department, all
, growing out of *ls ged interfereriae with.
1 the'maiiagiuneul oiln* joffice. Mr. Spin
| uer will not tamely submit to this inter-,
, fdrence from' any quarter. When the!
I Uommiti'e on Approprhitkuis prop<wte<l to j
! reduce the m-tuber of his clerks, he wrote
ito Mr. Garfield that he knew the needs !
of his office better than the committee |
did. He said ho <o dd not get along with
fewer clerks, anil threatened to resign if;
i his force was reduced. Asa result/ there j
wu* no reduction in the Treasurer'* office.
His latest annoyance and grievance is that
lie hu* been interfered with in the nppoint
; ment of certain clerks in the new redetnp- j
lion agency which has been attached Pi
! his bureau, lie will however, await the
! return of Secretary Bristow, and fight the j
1 1 tattle ont with him. Mr. Spinner con- ;
i tends that he, of all other*, should have I
! the designation of all clerks, because he is
| held directly responsible for any loasea (
! that may occur iu his effloe. He points ;
:pj the fact of the discovery of a 8500
counterfeit bill by one of the counters !
yesterday. If it had not been detected, (
he wonlil have been held responsible; Kin) !
he does not propose to have clerks put
uiHiu Mm not of his own selection, nnd
thus run the risk of lose. He is determined
to make a square issue with Mr. Hrispjw !
that ho must have tho appointment of his
! own employes, and not vest the appoint
i mrnt in three or four men who act ts a
! civil service lioaril and know nothing of
his office. Ho far as the civil servieo rules
| aro.concerned, he insiets that Congress by
I its action virtually ffbohshed the system,
and that there is no reason why the Trea
sury Department should still attempt to
i enforce it.
voert-orrux uchikush htao.nat.
There is n stagnation in nearly all the
business of the I’ost-offico Department, ex
cept that relating to mere routine and
j mutp-rs of detail. There arc a nnmlicr of
; cases awaiting the decision of the l’ost
i master General, but Mr. Marshall declines
jto act upon auy eases except such as the
1 public business imperatively demands.
'Tlio reason of this is that his tenure of
i office is limited to sixty days, or until Mr.
Jewell shall arrive from RttMia and assume
the duties of (he office; and he does not
i cafe to decide questions now which may
: not be approved by the new Postmaster
' (Icneral, and which arc consequently liable
! to be overruled in a very short time.
I The FmsT SrAT Between Qi ef.n Vic
anii tiie “Litter Tahtkji.” It appem-H
, that the queen, in going ont driving, the
first time the Duchess of Edinburgh ac
companied her, placed, as usual, the Prin
cess of Wales besides In r on tlie back seat,
so that the duchess and her spouse were
forced to sit opposite with their backs to
the horses, which was ull very well for tho
duke, lie being a’mnn and in liia mother’s
carriugo, but tlie proud and potted daugh
ter of the Czar of all the Ben ias had mi
idea of being made to yield the first place
to any ono. On her return front the drive,
therefore, she informed Queen Victoria
that siic had never occupied a front seat in
a carriage before and that she would not
submit to be placed there again. The
queen reminded the irate duchess that the
Princess of Wales, as the wife of the heir
to the Crown and the future queen of Eng
land, was, of course, entitled to preced
cnee over the wife of her second son, and
that, moreover, the Princess Beatrice, ns
an unmarried English princess, still under j
the immediate protection of tlio queen, I
was also entitled to take precedence over
any of the other - fersuV members of the
royal family. “Remember that lam the
daughter of the greatest sovereign on earth,
of the Czar of Russia,"cried the indignant
young lady. To this the queen responded,
"I nr know ledge no earthly sovereign as
my superior." So there the matter rests,
and the Ihiebess of Edinburgh was not
present at the queen’s last drawiDg-room,
tosensibly on account of illness.
JOSH BILLINGS' SA TINGS.
A critic in tlie London Si<ectntor divests
"Josh Billings” of his bad spelling, and
finds him an American Montaigne. And
indeed, many of the sayings appear t.o ns
very good. The wit and sense of tlrcni is,
perhaps, better than thu humor. We
quote a lew of them:
“Time is money, nml many people pay
their debts with it.”
“ !gmm*wee i* the wst-warse ©f preju
dfee.”
“Wit without sens* w razor Without a
handle.”
“People of good sense arc those whoso
opinions agree with ours.”
“Face all things;even adversity hr po
lite to a man’s fnoc. ”
“Passion id ways lowers a great man, bnt
sometimes elevates n little one.”
“Stylo is everything fn n sin*ter, wnd a
little of it will not hurt a saint. ”
“Men now-days arc divided into slow
Christians and wide-awake sinners.”
“Most people are like eggs, too fnW of
themselves to hold anything else.”
“It is little trouble to a graven image to
be patient, even in fly-time.”
“Health is a loan at call.”
“Manner is a great deal more attractive
than matter—especially in a monkey.”
“Adversity to a man is like tramiug to
a pugilist. It reduces him to his fighting
weight.”
“Did yon over hear a rich man sing?”
“Mice fatten slow in a church. They
can’t live on roligou, any more than min
isters call. ”
“Fashion cheat the eccentric with the
claptrap of freedom, and makes them servo
her iu the habiliments of tlio harlequin. ”
BALE I 'HORSES.
The society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals put forth the following rules
for the treatment of bulky horses which
: will bear reproduction:
1. Pat the horse upon the nook; exnm
| ine the harness carefully, first on one side
j and then on the other, speaking eneourag
| ingly while doing so; then jump into the
| wagon and give the word go; generally he
I w ill obey.
2. A teamster in Maine says he can start
the worst balky horse by taking him out of
I the shafts and making him go round in a
I eirclo till he is giddy. If the first dance of
! this sort doesn't cure him, the second will.
3. To cure a balky horse simply place
yotirhand over the horse’suose and shut off
his wind until he wants to go, and then
let him go.
4. The brain of the horse seems to enter
-1 tain but one idea at a time; therefore con
tinued whipping only confirms liis stnb
! born resolve. If you can by any means
I given him a now subject to think of, you
I will generally have no trouble in starting
him. A simple remedy is to take a cou
; pie of turns of stout twine around the fore
leg, just below the knee, tight enough for
tlie horse to feel, and tie iu a bow knot.
At the first check he will go dancing off,
and after going a short distance you can
get out and remove the string to prevent
injury to the tendon in your further drive.
5. 'lake the tail of the horse between the :
hind lee's, aud tie it by a cord to the sad
dle-girth.
l>. Tie a string around the horse’s ear i
close b> his head
THE SEN AXD THE EA R Til
If the recent conocuous of the sun’s
distances are finally established by the
transit observations of 1874, this will
really indicate that the sun is a spheroid
850,800 miles across, and that in mere
matter of bulk it la so vast that a million
and a quarter of earths would barely suf
fice to make up its vulnme. A much
more satisfactory and philosophic con
ception of "the hotne rule” of tlie uni
verse is secured, if e start is made : n idea
from thin grand centre stand point rather
than, in accordance with tho more usnal
practice, from the earth. Th< Bourse of
activity aud power is- an orb nearly ono
mi ikon of miles across; and the pigmy
earth, whisk is dependent upon iiiat
source for light, warmth, life aud all
change and movement of whatever kind,
is emqiendod in space one hundred aud
eight diameters of that central orb way,
j aud is of one million and a quarter times
; smaller dimensions than the sphere from
! which it receives these endowments.
There Is certainly more for the human
, intellect to seize when the fact is stated iu
; this way, than there is when the sun is
: spoken of as a sphere ninetv-twq rnijlious
I of miles from the earth, and as large again
' as the m<x>n’s orbit.
It is n suggestive and noteworthy feature
in tho economy of nature, that in the one
instance which comes within the experi
ence of man, the great sonree of impulse,
energy, and power, is six hundred times
larger than the entire cluster of subordi
nate worlds that are Ut, warmed, and
organized from that source. Such, in the
marvellous scheme, is the ratio of power
to result of active determining can.cc to
passive accoraphsluaent-—six hundred fokl
to one. Fire eddies, thousands of miles
across aud fiome-toiigries ono hundred
thousand miles high, whirl and leap iu the
! sun in order that soft winds may breathe,
' gentle rains fall, verdant plants grow; and
i endless generations of animals succeed
each other and rnu through the appointed
. round of sentient being on tho islet worlds
that have been scattered through space,
each at tlie appropriate span of remoteness
that (its it to the end secured.— Edinburgh
i Hrrteir.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
A striking illustration of the mutual love
that exists between Christ and n true dis
ciple, as drawn by a masterly hand.
Xenophon, the historian, tells ns, in the
1 Cyrolopnslia, that when Cyrus tho Great,
| on his march of conquest approached the
borders of Armenia, Tygrnnes fled with all
his family, determined not to be exposed
to the tyranny of such a monster ns he had
heard Cyrus to be. The conqueror was
too shnrp for him; no intereepte‘4 his
tight across the mountains, raptured the
king and all hia retinue. To shew his
! magnanimity, Cyrus offered to allow Ty
-1 granes to pass sentence on each one o! his
own officers ns they were brought before
the court. Ho could not induce him to
1 open liia Ups until the queen Was present
ed. Then Tygran s, leaping to his feet,
said, "Oh ! king, I wonlil die rather than
she should ho enslaved. ” Cyrus, admir
ing his conjugal fidelity, dismissed them,
hiring Tygrsncs that he might enjoy all
of his royal prerogatives, if he would be
come mul remain his faithful ally.
When they had withdrawn trom the
presence of Cyrus, each of the courtiers
Inal some word of praise to bestow upon
the Persian conqueror. One admired the
majesty of liis person; another the mag
nanimity of his sonT, until they lmd f) ex
hausted their cnoomimna, when Tygrnnes,
noticing that the Queen hail not even ex
pressed any gratitude for their restoration
to their dominions, said {> lief: “Ami
what dost thou think, Oh ! Armenian
Queen, of Cyrus ?
bhe replied, “I did not see him.”
"Whom, then, didst thou see ?”
“I saw only him, who said, “I would
rather die, than that she should be en
slaved I”
Is it not a forcible illustration of Jesus’
love for bis people; Not only was Christ
willing to die, but actually did shed his
blood on Calvary, that his people might
not be enslaved by sin. And as soon as
the sinner can appreciate this love ajid re
idize it* fullness, freshness, unselfishness,
lie cannot see auy other object. No crea
ted being, no imaginary gratification,
nothing whatever can attract him from the
Cross and from his zeal, love, adoration
and desire to please that Saviour, that first
loved him and gave liimaclf for him.—:
Southern Christi>in Advocate.
“Moving” a Pkeachicr - A Comstock
tor tells the fdfcrwing story of how he “put
his foot in it" a day or two sizee when
ootning over from California by rail A
gentleman who occupied the same seat
with him in the car coriiptninnl bitterly of
the heat in Sacramento, and was kmd in
his praise of the cool air of the mown tains.
He again and again recurred to the heat
aftd fmswjmtoes of Sacramento. Ho had
suffered terrifdy there from both. The
heat was frightful, nabearablc,- and the
mosquitoes swarmed in myriads. In Sac
ramento there was no rest, day or night.
Our Comstocker at last said: -“A man
living iu Sacramento wants a place some
where outside as a summer residence.”
“Very true,” said the stranger, “but
wlioro could ho find a place—where could
lie go to better himself ?” “Well,” said
the Comstocker, “from your description,
I should think, as a change from Sacra
mento, he’d be very comfortable in hell 1”
“Sir !’’ said the stranger, and, gathering
up liis traps, he moved to tlie further end
of tho car. Turning to the man in the
next seat our Comstocker said:—“l
thought that mail was some stranger who
liad been stopping in Sacramento, but I
guess he must be a resident of the town,
as he seemed a good deal offended at what
I said.” “Why, didn’t you know who
you were talking to ? He is the Itev. Dr.
Polyglot, the great Baptist preacher ?"
“Tlie thunder you say !” cried tho Uom
stockcr; then added* “Well, Imoved him,
didn’t 1?" i'iryinia Oity t (Xep.) EtUer
prise.
IT WASN'T A JOKE.
I happened to call at Magrnder’s the
other morning, on my way down town,
aud as I knew them well, 1 entered tlie
side door without knocking. I was shock
ed to find Mr. Magruder prostrate on
the floor, while Mrs. Magruder sat on his
chest, nnd rumbled among his hair, as Bhe
bumped his head on the boards, and
scolded him vigorously. They rose when
I came iu, and Magruder, as he wiped the
blood from his nose, tried to pretend that
it was only a joke. Bnt Mrs. Magruder
interrupted him: “Joke ? Joke ? I
should think not! I was giving him a dres
sing-down. He wanted to have family
prayers before breakfast, and I was de
termined to have them afterward, and as
lie threw the Bible at me, and hit Mary
Jane with the hymn-book. I soused down j
on him. If I can’t rule this house, I’ll
know the reason why. Pick up them
Scriptures, and have prayers! Yon hear
me, Magruder! It’s more trouble regulatin’
the piety of this family than runnin’ a
smv-mill. Mary Jane, give your ’pa that
hymn-book. Mur Adder.
The gnats and mosquitoes are so thick
in Arizona that there's no loom lor siuuil
i*x. /a nice Globe.
A DURHAM SUPERSTITION.
A late correapondeut of A’liss w.d Que
ries gives this singular account ul a curi
ous bit of folk-lore which prevails iu borne
parts of Durham: “An old lady flicud of
mine was jokingly remarking that she
had once beeu chained with causing the
death of a baby. 1 asked how so 7 She
replied that a poor neighbor woman,
haviqg just beeu delivered of a baby, she
was sent for, Woudcring very roßch why
she was wanted; she went, nnd when she
arrived at the house, was very much sur<
prised at finding the house full of women
each having a gloss of spirit to drink.
•Oh, nothing,’ sho replied. ‘Oh, deaf,
Vmt yon must,’ was the hearty repousc.
So rather than offend the poor people site
took a glass of spirit, and remaining a
short time with the strange assembly,
contrived to hide her glass of spirit and
leave the place, glad to got away from
such a gathering. A short time after
wnrds she culled to see the poor woman
who bad been confined, and was met with
looks rather shy aud queer. Aa sho
could not understand this, she asked,
‘Whatever is the matter, my good wo
man 7’ ‘Oh I Mrs. H,, you should no her
done so, yoh bev kill’t wy bonny bairn.’
•Whatever do you mean, toy good wo
man 7' she asked. ’Oh I Mrs. H., yon
left your gloss of spirit Yoh did no drink
it, bo my bonny bairn died. Yoh hey
kill’t my bonny bairn.’ On making fur-
I tlier inquiries, she learnt that each one
who goes into a house on the occnsion of
; a birth must drink a glass of spirit, else
■ the child will not live.”
THE ~REPRIEVK.
I bad long wished to be the bearer of
! life to some condemned oelL My wish
| was granted me. It was on Tuesday tiiat
; a poor sentenced criminal was to be liang
! ed. He was within one day of the fatal
drop. But on Monday, all unexpectedly
I was summoned to take him hie life! I
iiad obtained reprieve for that man— a
forfeited life. This, as I have raid, is wluit
' 1 have long wished for. Ho wonderful a
privilege mis it to be m a position to give
! life.’
My first thought Was, “Where is tho
1 train tlrat Sna bear me swiftly enough to
I the coll?" I dreamed not of delay. Do-
Iny ajqieared cruel; until, at tlie very
: threshold of the prison, i bethought mo
thus: “How can I tell him ? The news will
kill him. The man will die if I tell him,
so great will be the revulsion. He has
died, so to speck. He is dead in law; ami
he is already in tho bitterness of death. ”
S*, with life in my hand, I stand before
tho victim iw bis cell. His face is wan;
hi* knees feeble. His vacant eyes have
. no tears, but are red; and look as if, with •
f dry, hot grief they had burned down
inter their sockets. Melancholy picturel
She who owned him ns her husband had
just been carried out from the hist sep
aration—still, and seemingly * corpse, un
conscious of tle strange hist kiss which a
, murderer bad impressed u her lips. The
! expectant orphans, afte r their wretched
farewell, were crying over the yet motion
less form of their mother.
“My poor man, cun y >u read?”
“Yes,” was the reply.
But fearing to break tlie royal pardofi
[ to him too suddenly, I added:
* “Would you like your life?”
“Sir,” he responds, do not trifle wit!*
• me.”
“But life it sweet, is it not?”
. “Sir.” I would rather you would not
j speak to me. ”
“Bnt would you not like me to pro
! cure your life?”
I “It is of no use, sir: *’m justly con
j demened. I’m dead in An.”
“But the qneert coitltl give yon your
j life.”
He looks inquiringly at me, but is sileliL
“Can yon read this?”
And now those hot eyes are directed
down upon the paper. As ho intently
’ reads, putting my turns around his should
i era, I say:
"There, my poor tel!*, v; Shore is your
’ life!”
No sooner lind I uttered The words than
ihe dropped down at my feet. There ho
lay, as it were, dead! It was more thaw
I he could bear.
What! when a man to whom a reprieve
! is announced, gmntmg hi* a few more
short years of natural Itfe, falls down S3
dead, may not a sinner, who finds lie is
not to be lost, but that on believing he is
saved—he has Christ, and heaven, and
everlasting life —I say, may rtot he weep ?
yea, cry —cry for joy ? J, I). Smith.
A TEXAS ROMANCE.
Nearty thirty years ago, when wliat was
known as tho Texw* lever prevailed not
the cattle disease which has amde so much
mischief, but a fever for emigration—a
number of wealthy geath men i* Troirp
county, Ga., believing that (he State
would eventoiflly home of n
fwrgte popnlnthW, orgsmied a land com}>a-'
ny fuid made np a fund fo t buying laud
there. They sent out an agent named
Barrington, who # s recaßei before ho
uad completed the bnsiness he had under
aken, and afterward a second agent Was
dispatched to finish the work. The sec
ond agent, who was entrusted with a large
amount of money, Imre a reputation of
unquestioned integrity, but shortly after
Iris departure ngly rumors got into circu
lation about him, the members of the com
pany gradually arrived at the conclusion
that their confidence had l>een misplaced.
Finally, us they never heard from him
again, the contemplated purchase was
dropped. Veiy recently a gentleman from
Georgia happened to bo looking over tlio
Texas hind records, when he found that
forty-eight thousand acres of valuable
land had been entered in the name of the
Georgia company, that being tho same
land which Mr. Harrington had bargained
for originally, and which the socondngent
had bought and paid for, thus carrying out
in good fuith the use of the company. Of
course the land has gained greatly in value,
and tho -shareholders, such of them as an:
alive, will receive a profit on their invest
ment. It is thought that the gentleman
who was supposed to have absconded with
the money intrusted to him, and who was
so many years remembered only as a de
faulter, was murdered by tho hind pirates
who in those days abounded in Texas,
and were noted for their desperate crimes.
—Jefferson ( Terns) Moil.
Stephens and Toombs.
The following card is just published:
“Likebiy Halo, Cteawpomm lle, Ga.,
“July 17, 1874.
‘"Upon full, mutual explanations, in a
personal interview, touching tho
matters involved in their late personal
differences (and with tho details of which
the public have little concern,) the under
signed adopt this method of simply an
nouncing to all who haYc taken an interest
in tho subject, that the recent quite noto
rious alienation between them, arising
from misapprehensions or misundCrstand
ings, of whatever character, on either or
both sides, no longer exists; and that tho
cordial friendship which had for nearly
forty years bound them together by a tie
as strong as brotherly attachment, until
this short interruption, is perfectly restor
ed.
“Alexander 11. Siemens,
“11 Toimts.”