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J. C. GAI.L.AIIEII, Editor.
SATURDAY, AUGUBT 8, 1874.
'■ mrnmmmmmmmltmmmmmmmmmmamm ————
NOT SEVERE ENOUGH.
,Tust as we reached the foot of the stej)*
til,it led to our office we were met by gen
tleniHii who very positively told us that lie
wnuteit nwto stop hin tlmt lie didn't
like the politic* of the paper us well ** he
n*'-d to, that it won not nevero enough on
W.ule nml Griffin. We Wniil the gentle
men and nil other aulmefilier* to the Into
PTsVtxt to and inti net ly nnfietatsud that thin
paper, to the beat of lta ahility, will adto
e*te the principles of the Democratic par
ly, aud lubor faithfully for the election of
Democratic nominee*; will also war against
Radicalism to the utmost of its ability;
e*l*Miig it* liitleou* deformities wherever
it may outcrop, faithfully chronicalfftg
ev.ry act of corruption; no mutter when,
where, or by whom committed, What
decent Democrat expects more? If any
of the patrons of this paper expect* u* to
dial in vindictive personalities lo gratify
their wliftna, or to *atiikt their miilignnnt
dexires, or gratify tluir vulgar tastes they
hod just a* well do what Mr. J. did, settle
the matter at once nml discontinue their
patronage to this paper. If any of our
patrons have unv personal malice at Wado
nud Griffin let them go face to face with
them aud like bravo men settle it. Not
seek to substitute ns us a vicarious sacrifice
to adjust their personal difficulties. If we
have n personal difficully with either or
Isitli of these men wc w ill meet them face
to face, boldly, fearlessly, like a brave
man, not through this or uuy other jour
nal, aud settle it as a personal matter. We
w ill not seek for a third party upon whose
shoulders to transfer our difficulty. But
when ever Mr. Wade's or Mr. Griffin's of
ficial acts, or any other man's public acts
are vulnerable to criticism und merits de
nunciation, we will not go hack on our
former record, but will hold them up to
public contempt aud wo think we can do
it in lnngnngo that will not shock the mor
al sensibilities of the most refined. Those
who cannot submit to this standard of re
finement had better do like Mr. J., order
a discontinuance. If to be a Democrat we
have to deal in course vulgarism or dis
courteous personal invectives in the future
■.va will nut couie to tlmt standard. If
Democracy is correct in principle it can be
sustained by logic und reason, and in its
advocacy nothing but respectful and cour
teous language need be employed und this
course we intend'to pursiie,nndvulgar minds
may look for food to satisfy tlicir appetites
in some other quarter. This one has dis
continued his patronage beastise we arc
not "severeenough.” Between forty and
fifty have added their names to our list be
oanso we have modified the severity of our
language, and more than one hundred of
,our old subscribers verbally and by let
ter have expressed their approval of our
course, and we uro satisfied that all right
thinking men will. Our ex-subscriber
thinks that a Democratic paper should
never expose the official acts of a 1 >emo
cratie official; no matter how erroneous
they tuny be. According to liis rule a
Democrat should be sustained in an act
(list a Radical ought to be denounced
tor. < hir purpose is to advocate right and
condemn wrong, and it is just what we
have been doing uml because we don’t
make an invidious distinction, Mr. J.
chanced in his cheeks and we have lost a
übacriher. Democrats would place them j
■ Ives in a very awkward position if they
denounced official acts in Radicals bh wrong
,nd justify nnd sustain acts in Democratic
ffioiftls equally as reprehensible.
Now, wo say to oiwr readers privately,
oid we don’t waut them to say anything!
.bout it, a genuine Democrat will not sns
tain a wrong muter any circumstances and
to justify a wrong act is Radicalism itself.
H. I. KIMBALL.
This notorious bond thief, though re
contended and'endorsed by a large num
ber of the citizen* of Atlanta-, in the face of
the startling criminal facta Immglit to
light and published by the bond commit
tee duly appointed by the Legislature to
investigate the Bullock and Kimli,ill frauds
aud swindles. The committee was com
posed of men of intelligence and' honor,
whose investigation was free from preju
dice nnd whose report of facts clearly show
an impartial investigation, and not .villi
standing the frauds und villainies patent j
upon the black record, Atlanta endorses
the villain. But fortunately Atlanta is not.!
entirely nppustatined. There is owe daily
journal. The Daily jVVicey that baa the man
ly courage to denounce the thief and hold
up to the com tempt of the world all who !
endorse him. Aside from this bold and !
manly dewnneiation wf viNaiuy, we take
pleasure iu saving tbut flic Atlanta -Vries is
one of the ablest edited journals iu the
State, with a clean Democratic record, and
as a news journal not surpassed by any.
We think the editors true reward of merit
for this bold a lid manly posit n sse is an im
mense patronage that should Ire unhesi
tatingly bestowed by the peopled Georgia.
PiATinn Ghost run a Lark. Not far
from Westminster Abbey there is uu old
rn-veyard, where lost week, some wag up
I “anal at night wrapped lip in a sheet. It
ecMme rumored in a moment that a gliost
id been seen there, and shout 5.000 peo
ple gat'iered around the graveyard on the
following night to see it The apparition
ppeared again; hundreds fainted with
fear; there were shrieks and fiiglits. The
ailice nn-ested the yonag m** in the
sheet, who said it was “only n lark." The
: lacistrate, in lsurtS*g him over to good
behavior, expressed his amazement that so
many credulous people existed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, era* of the prin
■■ipal Democratic papers of tire West make
.lie following aunonneement: The West
a ! South will take a hand in the next
, '-'residential canvass, nud their candidate
>t he a specie reaumptionist; but, ou the
o 'trnry, will favor the payment of the
i elded debt iu greenbacks, and nconsidera
• increase of the circulating medium,
'be money power of New York has chosen
,at f’resutettt and gaiaod its last victo
ry -
|" DU TING 601/1H CAROLINA. "
! fountjr Triikuilr*, lUtiko, nnd (irnnl
!Vrwpprri Pliml, l fh- < ‘tlnml
i It-igy lo hr <.m Ilia t l Ihr
Whiles to hr Mold Owl*
July 18.—(liiV. II o*l* A I)HM
; eonipleteil his financial armngeiuents, pre
liminary to the Republican Htuto Conven
tion for the ensuing election m Octolier.
The control of the county treasuries has
becu secured, anil they are held well iu
hand. The certificates of Btnts indebted
lies* are ready to be sold to absorb tin- next
tax levy in advance. The Bunk of the
I Clint,-, which was ill tin- hands of I‘nflVr, a
! carpet-Imgger, is scarcely worth contend
mg fur, but it is understood to have been
>ai ranged tlmt it too shall pass from the
I enemy and be turned over to Moses's
friend Neagle by older ol the aoooiulUO-
I dating J dge (indium. Being ready for
i the great auction, the initial steps to legst
ize the sale have been token by the call for
the meeting of State Central Committee of
j the Republican party on the ‘27th rust,, iu
I Columbia. This body will call the Con
| veutiou. Moses has complete control of
all the wire-pullers, and they no doubt
have already received tlu ir fees iu some
\ shape.
The disaffected carpet-bagger is still
: swearing tlmt il Moses is elected, Presi
j dent til out will turn him not and put a
j Democrat iu his place instancing Texas
and Arkansas ns plecedents, Chamberlin
1 Inis gone to the Springs ili gusted with the
ingratitude of negro republics. Sawyer m
still held up iiy tiie knowing men ss the
especial cm uy uf President (kraut to take
charge of this satrapy and restore it to or
der. But Henator Robertson says that the
ex-Haubomite is to go to Vienna to rumi
nate over the frailties of Minister day; tlmt
he and other Senator* have signed tbe up
; plicutiou, and that it will pass muster.
WHAT MONEY CAN PO.
1 There is no doubt that many colored
men would like to please the Great Fa
ther at Long Branch und vote for some
other tliuli Moses, hut the difficulty is that
Moses can command more money than any
other limn. (iuv. Scott certainly made
enough money while Governor to make a
i manly fight, but after making one speech
as a candidate ill uu out-of-the-way coun
try negro sehoolliouse ho quetly stole
away from the State, declining to continue
I iu the canvass.
Thu Federal appointees are making a
! feint of carrying out the wishes of the
; President The Union Herald newspaper
of Columbia, whose purchase for #12,000
out of State funds brought trouble upon
iiis Excellency at Orangeburg Court, was
sold to Attorney-General Melton a few
days ago us trustee. For whom, lias been
a matter of much speculation. Some suid
Chaimberlaiu, and some said I’uffer, the
receiver of the Bunk of the State. But
! Senator Swails, who presides over the
Senate, says pointedly iu ins Williamsburg
1 p ipt r Collector Worthington went to Co
lumbia, and the next day the Union Her
ald was bought. Tills is only a feint; for
as Muses says his constituents don’t read
the papers.
Since the purchase the Union Herald
lias been di awing the distinction between
the raspoiMibility of hia Excellency and of
Ids Caoiuet for the present troubles laying
ail the blame on the former, nnd exculpa
ting the latter. But if the Treasurer
would tell all he knows, and the Attorney-
Genernl shape the prosecution thereon.
His Excellency would need a pardon to
keep him from enjoying the benefit of
the appropriation for the Pcaiteutiary.
THE COLORED CI.EIIOT
have called a moral and religious com veil
tiou of their body to meet in Columbia on
the 1 Uli of August, “to take into consider
ation Um condition of the State and the
Republican party.” Gov. Moses will
repeat his stolen lecture ou Religion und
present to cneh yn-mber an altar for his 1
church, or a silver (plated) service with
a little c ish to go into the contribution
boxes, and they will be satisfied. Thus ;
His i.xeelienoy will get their support for j
i liis renominutioii. In the meantime the'
laymen, disregarding this flank movement
of the clergy upon their "s/wlia opium” |
are fighting for their selected portions in
the most approved style.
The canvass opened generally along the
whole line on the 4th of July. The de
bate in Georgetown was a sample. Senator |
Jones, a Canadian negro, better known as j
Civil Rights Jones, because of Ins assn
ranee, championed Moses as the great
reformer, whose “persecution" was dos- !
oribed iu terms too blasphemous to be I
repealed. His opponent. Mr. Bowley, of
similur genealogy answered that ' Jones,
was as corrupt as Moses; his public and
private record was ‘black as tile liighes of
lie'll,’ and Hint .Touch and Moses should
lsith sink together." Jones replied that
Bowley as tin- Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and means of the House of!
Representatives, made $50,000 at tin- last
session of the Legislature, even black
mailing iiis Excellency for 82.500 of his|
812,000 contingent fund before be would -
report the same, and that he had invested
Ins gains in numerous houses and lots in <
Columbia. In the debate, when words
became unavailing, pistols and clubs were
produced, and then tile sheriff interfered,
rut: whites
look on passively at this scramble for 1
their estates, hoping tlmt something may '
turn up to their advantage. Grant says if \
Moses is nominated a Democrat shall
lie elected or become Governor in some
way. Moses says if he is not nominated’
he will, by virtue of his office appoint |
Democrats to the offices of Commissioners :
of Election so that they may have things
their own wav. Accordingly he has nlren t
dy given a premonition by removing all
the incumbents. He lias not filled the ;
vacancies, nml will not until after the con
vention. To the white people it looks
like “heads 1 win, tails yon lose.’' Their
delivernneo-soems to Is? at hand. But
i all are not sa.vgnine of so easy a deliverance
i and some are preparing, when the auction
sale is effected in October, to bid in their
property. They can do it. as $5 a vote
will be Sufficient aud should be considered
a moderate r.vwow.
Six PsjaooNN Killed by Dioutnino nt
\Voot>Fom CorsTY, Etc. /<’* Wort,
AV, Jtety 25.—Six persons were killed bv
Hgbtniag iu Woodford county lost Wight
about ten o’clock. Five of them' were
white persons near Mortonsville south of
Versailles, viz: Mr. Monday and w ife mid
Mr. Blank wife and daughter. The sixth ,
was a colored man at the first toll-gate this
side of Versailles, The lightning also ]
struck in several places in this vicinity;!
i among the rest, Hon. G. TV. Craddock's
residence in South Frankfort, where how
ever, but Uittle i jam age was (lone; and
Mr. Stone's barn tnree miles Berth on the
Owen turnpike, which took fire therefrom
ami was consumed.— Courier-Journal.
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Wri-vThainkiiOatii.is. \ contemporary snva:
1 “X tVruisli former told as tlmt his cattle wen
so gentle amt kind that they followed him all ovi r
the farm, amf in passiaga hsvsta. k they would
often call him. upon which lie ohliEiuglv gave
each one a lock of hay.” The 0 aits referred to are
not uncommon amo eg domestieuU-d animals. We
were visiting a famly Waqweek iu the county re
fered to. aim traving oi-easion to cross a field
"here an "X was grazing when lie followed us to
the gat* with an eager expression, and tilting ttie
gate off ils hinges, lie took after us at full
speed. So doubt he would have called when we
trussed a haystack: hat the folks were waiting dii -
ner for us. and we ismldti’t stop. So we left our -
v eont tail and a portion of our pants on the gentle
vesture's liorue. nud went into the house.
QUEER PHASEOE INSANT Y.
A young man named John A Kerr, who
has recently been a clerk in Dr. Crctliers'
drug store on East Broad street, was taken
; to the city prison ami locked up in a cra
zy condition. Dr. Crctliers reeeuth
! bought Hie slove, at which time Kerr was
clerking there, ami being recommended,
lie was retained. The doctor soon notic
!ed that lie whs drinking ton much, and
) accordingly lohl him (list he would have
lo quit drinking or leave the store. He
agreed to quit drinking, lmt owing to
former excessive indulgence, the id tip made
him very nervous and irritable. Dr.
Cretlideis soon noticed that his action,
were strange, and induced him to go nut
to Ht. Francis Hospital Inst Saturday,
where lie remained until night before last,
win nhe escaped with a hospital suit on
and Atnie down town und broke into the
store yesterday morning.
Wliew tlie proprietor came around he
was Imwy cleaning the windows and doing
other work about the store. When asked
; how he got there lie replied that he bad
been given the back door key the night
! before, and the Doctor had taken the front
door key. They two went into conversa
! lion, during which the Doctor discovered
! that Kerr’s mind was very much unbnlnc
-d. Kerr stated that he had 83,000,lK)()
iu bank, but hud no cheek to secure it.
Being dressed in hospital gsrb, lie was in
i diced to go into a back room ami put on
other elotiiiug. Dr. Kiusiuau was called,
and, after some conversation, p.ononneed
; Kerr insane. Nat Smith was sent for, and
made Kerr believe that there was a conph
of friends in the station house who could
I assist in getting his money. On arriving
ut the prison Nat told him to hide inn
; cell until lie brought out liis friends. He
! was soon under leek nml key, but showed
no resistance whatever. An examination
j will lie held us soon as possible, though it
;is to lie hoped that u few days’ eonfine
! ment, with kind treatr.ient, will restore
liis reason, Ohio Slate Journal.
THE < 'ON I'ICTS.
Last Sunday morning Mr. W. ('. Rid
! dii', one of the lessees of the convicts now
at work iu Washington county lost twelve,
who escaped from him at once. The cir
cumstunces of the escape, as far us at pre
sent known are ns follows: Mr. Riddle
had his convicts confined in a strong gin
house surronded with a stockade. The
| night watch was a man named Hylvanus
Knight. He also had a negro trustee who
was also a convict named Tyro. This Tyro
was a traitor, and in some way, ori Hatur
i day night furnished the convicts with the
means of cutting their chains. Before
j day .Sunday morning after arranging their
' plans, a bucket of water wavs suddenly
! dashed into Knight's face, aud lio was
overpowered. While lie was held down,
twelve of the men got out, before the
alarm was given. Mr. Riddle will use
every effort to capture them, and lias al
ready offered a reward of SSO, for every
one that is returned. One of our detec
tives yesterday went to the Priudpnl Ivpe
| per of the penitentiary, ami got from him
the names of those who were sent from
this county. Mr. Brown thinks tlmt the
! rewards offered will secure most if lint all
of them. Mr, Kiddle had shout twenty
one convicts, so tlmt this escape leavs him
some eight or nine mor e.~Ex.
(I.eiiUKtonfKv.) (burnt tv. ]
j SPRINO-OUNg AND FRANCHISE.
A short time ago while an unrepentant
Demoert was making the rounds of his
barnyard in this county he discovered n
gentleman of color fast by the foot iu u
spring trap.
Here the colord people may see at once
a most diabolical violation on the Fifteenth
amendment.
It is pYopwrly assumed that the trap was
set for American citizens of African des
cent, and that the proceeding is a plain
am) cruel distinction on account of ruc>
ami color.
It is well known that wrcral traps have
been set for the express purpose of reduc
ing the colored vote in this city, nml hast
year the Radical vote was actually reduced
one, by means of a springqptn. While
a conspicuous colored gentliuuu was en
deavoring to acquire some chickens, a
spring-gun sent this supporter of the Radi
cal ticket to kingdom come. N
We lire inclined to agree with onr col
ored fellow-eitzens in tiiinkingihis a gross 1
violation of tlicir rights and privileges,
nod a moment aimed expressly ut them on
account of color,
Iu fact, Democrats unblushing!)' admit
tlmt they do not expect to catch a white
man iti their traps.
Furthermore, we nrentnlossto know by
what right white men claim the privilege
of protecting smoke-houses nml chicken
coops, white the Freedman's Bank has
been allowed to openly rob right and left
aud has been protected in its raids into
other people’s cash boxes by the dominant
party ami the Administrations?
The Radicals rob the negroes with per
fect safety and chuckle while they rattle
the cash in t heir pockets, und it is a cry
ing shuttle tlmt w hen the negroes under
take to rob somebody, to get even, they
should find elm-gnus and spring-trap ready
to catch them, by the foot like u rat, or i
kill them outright.
Can nothing be done to punish the un
repented rrbles, who make so gross a dis
tinction on account of race, color and pre
vious condition of servitude
A BATTLE ON THE BONDER.
Washington, Arc,. 1. Tho War De
partment has received a report of tho ex
pedition under the command of Captain
Bates, which left Camp Brown, Wyoming
Territory, July 1, for the purpose of ptiu
isliing the Indians who had keen commit
ting depredations iu that and the neigh
boring valleys. After several days’ march
ing lie reached the Indian village at Owl
Creek Mountains, which consisted of one
hundred aud twelve lodges iu a deep ra
vine. The Indians opened a sharp lire,
but without damage, and the troops quick
ly drove them down through a gully,
w here they w ere crow ded so closely that
the pursuers hud a splendid xlrnnee at;
them. There were counted after the fight
seventeen dead bodies almost in one heap.
THE HinmjNO OF REDSKINS.
In about twenty minutes, or ball an
hour at farthest, there was not a live 1
Indian in the village, excepting the chil
dren, who lmd been left in the lodges.
The India Us who escaped had reached the
rocks- above, where they opened on the j
troops killing two men and muiuding
three. The resnlt of the fight was 25 In
dians known to be killed, aud about 100
wounded. Had the Shoshones who ac
companied the expedition kept quiet iu
the first instance, ami given the emumnn
(k-r an oportunity to reconnoitre;
the ground thoroughly so ns
to take possession of the commanding
points, or had they followed Liewte.
Young, who received the orders correctly
nnd attempted to lead them to the attack, i
Ctpt. Bates thinks not half a dozen would
h ive escaped.
ONLY HALF A LESSON TAUGHT.
Owing to the bad con duet of Ids Indinn
allies first nnd cowardice afterward, lie
thinks the troops only did about half as
was intended. The -Shoshones betrayed
the troop# ami deserted them in the tight.
1. HDD H O US MIS TA Kh.
Thr KtiTwnar of a Pm* Wage Oct* M
Y oung I,<.ver Into Trouble.
A handsome young mutt stepped off of
the train at Milan few days ago and
! while the engine Was letting off a few
; whiffs of extra steals, concluded to send a
1 young lady living dose by a pineapple, by
! way of keeping his image fresh iu her
i memory. He had rather a weakness for
j this young lady, and therefore rather
particular in selecting the finest pineapple
sn 1 wrapping it up iu the finest paper.
While bending over n table "grubbing
I up” something nice to pit in his note to
' accompany the present, he failed to uotiee
that a traveling drummer had laid a pack
' age upon the table, very similar in appear
| nnce to liis pineapple. In nn unlucky
! moment he got hold of the drimimcr's
package, and innocently dispatched it
with his billet-doux to the fair charmer,
and again took his seat in the train, wear
ing a smile of satisfaction beneath bis
mustache. But his smile was sad when
the mother of the yoang lady entered the
car about fifteen minutes later with' a pair
of soiled linen breeches flying, pemiut like
from her baud. Her eye fell at once
upon the offender. Klio wanted him to
know that her duughter was not to be in
sulted in any such u. manner, and that lie
had better explain himself without delay.
The drummer here put in an appear
! nnce, anil comprehending the situation,
j disgorged the pineapple from his curpet
. satchel, which he had as innocently mis
taken for liis own bundle.
A light broke in on all parties, and a
general laugh broke out. The young
lady got her pineapple and tho train roll
ed awny, bearing a young man happy that
: tin- mistake lmd been so fortunately cx
| plained.
CUD’AGO.
Chicago, July 29.— 1n pursuance of a
j call issued some three weeks since by Gy
rus H. McCormick, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic Htate Central Committee, that
j body convened this morning nt 10 o’clock
jat the ,Sherman House, Chicago. The at
! tendance was full. Mr. McCormick de
| livered nn address in which he stated that
in view of the approaching election bar
-1 tnony of action was necessary, in order to
i wrest the Government from the present
I unscrupulous party leaders. He reviewed
the progress made by the. party, aud ex
-1 pressed confidence in the result of the
' coming contest. The meeting adjourned
; till 2:80, when the following call was pre
j sell ted:
To the Democracy, Lihcrale, anil all other
) ornaments of the Republican party:
The Democratic State Central Commit-
I tee, in pursnaneeof the jmwvr vested in it
! by the Democratic Htate Convention, here
|by gives notice, that a State convention
will be P/eld i Springfield, ou Wednesday,
' 28th August, IH?4, at 12 o’clock. All vo
! ter# of the Htate are invited to join iu
(ending delegates to that convention who
desire to promote the follow ing purposes:
First The restoration of gold and sil
ver the basis of the currency of tho
i country; the speedy resumption of specie
payments, nnd payment of nil the National
indebtedness iu the money recognized by
the civilized world.
tiieoud- Free commerce.
Third -Individual liberty nud opposi
tion to pre-emptory lauds.
Fourth Rigid restriction of the tiov
eanmentv, both Htate and national, to the
leg'tininte domain of political power, l>y
excluding them from all executive nml leg
islative intermeddling with tho affairs of
society, whereby monopolies are fostered,
privileged classes aggrandized, nnd indi
vidual freedom unnecessarily und oppres
sively restrained.
Fifth—The right nnd duly of State to
protect its citizens from extortion and mi
jnst discrimination by chartered monopo
lies.
The committee, believing that the oppo
sition to Republican wisrule can harmoni
ously unite npo# tbff foregoing principles,
earnestly solicit* the free co-operation of
all, regardless of past political utfiliation, in
an earnest effort to place the State and
national governments in the hands of men
who are actuated by tiie principles above
enunciated. Each county, except Cook,
is entitled to send one delegate for every
500 votes east iu that county for all Presi
dential candidates at the Presidential elec
tion of 1872, Each Senatorial District of
Cook county wil(.lie entitled to send eight
delegates in a separate delegation.
The call is signed by the committee
and endorsed by a number of persons who
have formerly noted with the Republican
party, among whom are, A. C. Hessiug
and Herman Paster, of the Illinois Stoats
Zeitung. The names of ,T. S. Doolittle
and A. S. Mutteson, of tho Times, also pa
pear.
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The Cotton Oatfjivii.lab,—Judge Va
coit, of Albany, says the News, has been
studying the nature and habits of the
cotton caterpillar and thinks that by the
co-operation of the planters its ravage
may iu a great degree, lie prevented. He
says flint there are three crops of the
eati-rf-dTir nuiinsKy, succeeding each other
with an interval of tibout six weeks. The
first crop does little or no damage, except
producing another nud larger crop. This
second crop is act very destructive, but
reproduces so abundantly as to, scatter
millions of the third crop throughout the
laud. The third crop came on last year
in the early part of August, ami from
Mitchell county, North between tho Flint
aud Chattahoochee, covering the country
the moth flying from fifty to sixty miles.
The remedy he suggests is for the planters
ail to destroy the first and second crops
with Paris greeen or other poison, wherever
they may be found hero nml there web
bing in the fields. He thinks that this
may bo done at a small outlay for the
poison, whereas, if the planter wait forthe
third crop tho cost, of the poison and the
Work of distributing it are very heavy.
Romania in Marianna, Florida—A
Man Kills Hts I!rothkr-in -Law. —Au
thentic intelligence leaches us, says the
Columbus Sun and Enquirer, of a bloody
tragedy which occurred at Marianna, Fla.,
last Saturday. Charles Niekols, aged
some twenty-two years, was killed by E.
W. Mooring, who entered a back door and
w ith a double-barrel gun fired the fatal
shot. Mooring several years ago married
Niekols’ sister, against the opposition of
her family, since which a fend lias existed
among the opposing elements.
Niekols was shot while at his desk, and
died four hours after. Mooring also en
deavored to kill Niekols’ father, but could 1
not fiud Lira as he wasbelihad a door in tho
store. Mooring endeavored to kill the
latter three years ago. Mooring bad been
di-inkimg heavily for several days. He is
claimed to-be insane. He is a lawyer, and
a man of wealth. After shooting Niekols.
Mooring wanted to kill his wife's sister,
when he was arrested.
THE NEW POSTAL LA W.
The new postal luw, over which Con
gress wrangled last winter, and which went
into effect July 1. JH74, piovides that
newspapers may go free through the mails
j within the cotta tie* in which they are
printed, in whole or in part, and published,
one copy being sent to each actual sub
scriber. The term “printed, in whole or
!in part," is, of course, intended to cover
the patent outsides of the weekly country
papers, and the words “uetmdsuliscribers”
are, as is apparent Rota the Context, used
synonymously with “regular subscribers.”
When newspapers are sent elsewhere than
to regular subscribers within the county
of publication, the prescribed rate of post
age is at the rate of ofte cent for each two
ounces or fractional part thereof.
To eouftne the benefits of the law to the
prescribed limits, the act providesjtliat the
Postmaster General, when iu his judg
ment it shall be necessary, may prescribe
the form of an affidavit to be made by the
publisher or news-agent, or by the em
ploye charged with tiie matter, declaring
that he will not send, or knowingly permit
to be sent, through mails, any newspaper
or periodical, except to regular subseriliers
I within the county, without prepayment
of jHistuge thero on. Tiie refusal to mnke
such affidavit, and thesubsequent deposit
ing of any newspapers iu the mails for
transmission constitute, a misdemeanor,
for which the offender, on conviction, may
lie fined a thousand dollars. A similar
fine, with the additional penulty of im
prisonment for oue year, may be imposed
on nny person who shall wilßully mnd any
matter without prepayment of postage as
above indicated.
The act of 1873, revising ami consoli
dating the jsistal laws fixed the weight
: limit of each package of mailable matter
;of class three at twelve ounces, and the
postage nt two cents per two onnees or
i friction thereof. The new law fixes the
weight limit on each package at four
' pounds, aud reduces tho postage to one
cent for each two onnees or fraction tbere
! of. The enumeration of mailable matter
j of the third class remains the same as an
tler the old law, nnd includes nil pam
phlets. occasional publications, transient
newspapers, magazines, handbills, pos
ters. unhealed circulars, prospectuses,
book*, book manuscripts, proof-sheets,
corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, en
gravings, blanks, flexible patterns, sam
ples of merchandise, sample-cards, phono
graphic pajHir, totter envelopes, postal en
velopes, wrappers, curds, plain ami or
namental paper, photographic representa
tions of different types, seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots and all other articles not
above the prescribed weight, and which
from their form and nature are not liable
to destroy, injure or deface other mail
matter.
- The new law further provides that on
and after January 1. 1875, all newspapers
and periodical publication or news agency,
aud addressed to regular subscribers or
news Agents, shall be subjected to prepaid
postage ut the rate of two cents a pound
and fraction thereof on newspapers and
periodicals issued weekly and oftener; and
three cents per pound or fraction thereof
when they are issued less frequently than
; once a week. This postage is to he pre
paid by affixing a specially devised ad
hesive stamp to the package or pack con
taining the matter, or by such Other means
iis the PostmssterGcner.il may, from time
to time, provide by regulation,
j The law not only denounces a penalty
against tho party who deposits matter in
the mail in violation of its provisions, but
it declares that if any postmaster or post
office official shall, knowingly, permit any
such unlawfully deposited matter to lie
mailed, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and may be subjected to a
tine of oue thousand dollars and imprison
ment for one year.
CAUTION COXtViTs l\>T THE USE
OE PARIS GREEN.
Those who use Paris green for the ex
termination of tie' potato beetle, should
lieur in mind that it is most dangerous
and deadly poison, and they cannot be
too careful lest it prove fatal to “larger
game” than the bugs. All packages of
the substance should lie plainly marked
poison. There is great danger in the
making of this green for the potato bug,
1 owing to the fine dust which arises in the
process, which is inhaled, and also vapidly
absorbed by tho pores of the skin, especi
ally if the person using it should be In a
?t.-ite of perspiration. To guard against
this, the hands and face (particularly the
nostrils) should be protected as much as
possible, and should be carefully washed
after working with it, or with any of the
preparations of which it is an ingredient.
As it penetrates nnd poisons wood, gets
into the seams and crevices of articles
made of metal and even iuto earthenware
that is nt all porous, it is important that all
household utensils, or anything in barn or
stable (which cattle or horses could have
access to) iu which tho article may have
been, mixed, or from which it has been
used, should be carefully set aside, and j
never again used for any other pm pose. ,
Malignant sores are not unfrequently
{ caused by scratching the skin when itching
or irritated from handling the green. As
nu antidote for the poison, the free use of
milk as a beverage is recommended, but
hydrated proxide of iron is better. Sores
caused by the green should be well cover
ed with this, as with an ordinary salve,
and a teaspoonful in a wine-glass of water
should be taken twice a day, internally,
■ while working with the green. This rem
i edv oil) be obtained from nay druggist or
! chemist.
Shortly Embarrassed - A correspond- 1
out from Lagrange, Ky., tells the follow
ing.- Last Saturday evening a runaway
couple presented themselves nt the clerk's
office nnd desired to be unite and in the holy
bonds of wedlock. The citizens turned
out en mass to witness theeeremony. which
was performed by Rev. A Cook on the
! platform in front of the office. The bride
was very much embarrassed, nnd when
tho officiating clergyman propounded the
usual question. “Wilt thou take this
gentleman to be they lawful husband, to
love, honor ?” etc., she was so completely
overcome by her feelings tlmt she could
neither nod nor wink an assent. A sym
pathetic young man who had climbed up
in n tree near the platform, to relieve her
of the embarrassment, yelled in a sten
torian voiee. “Say yes r’ Thus prompted,
she managed to answer tiie imixtrtant
question, ud the ceremony proceeded
without further interruption.
-
The Detroit Free Pres* tells of a man
who sat down to one of the eating stands
in the market aud called for seventy-five
cents worth of “the best in the house.”
It was handed to him, and it made peo
ple's eyes hang out to see him eat. He
was about half an hour at it, und when be
got up remarked that ho had forgotten bis
pocket book. The woman grabbed a
butcher knife and started for him, but in
stead of running away he laid his hand os
her shoulder and whispered: “Be culm,
aud above all, don’t excite me, 3ly fit
comes on regularly every day nt this hour,
and then I get wild, kick, bite, yell and
tip over things. I feel it eoming now.
. If there’s policeman iu the market go and
get him, nnd let him take me to the sta
tion right away before I kill someone !”
She inn to get an officer, and the man rua
the other way.
BURIED A LITE.
Two years start) k fumily in Marseille* 1
married their daughter, who had just
turued sixteen, to a young man in Salon. ,
a town not fur from their reaidence. Af
ter tiie wediliug festivities tiie bridal puir
set out for Salon, which they made their
home. Iu the usual course of time a child
mude its appearance The mother seemed
in a fair way of recovery when suddenly
a Violent hemorrhage supervened, A ,
physician could not be immediately pro
cured. The loss of blood hud produoed a
swoon. \\ hen the doctor did ut last come
he could ouly declare that the putieut had
passed away beyond professional skill.
These incidents occurred iu August.
The weather was unusually sultry, even
for that two nth and latitude. Tue medi
cal man engaged the family to have the
body interred as speedily as possible. Six
hours after her death the yunug mother |
was laid in her grave.
Recently the windower acquainted his
motlrer-m law and her family that he pro
posed to marry again. Bhe insisted that j
her daughter's body should be delivered ;
to her to be balded at Marseilles. He con
sented. The mothe-iu-hiw came over to
Salon to Htipcrintemlpersonally the elim
ination. When the door of the family vault
at Salon was opened a heartrending sight
was seeu. Her daughter’s corpse lay in
the middle of tiie vutfH. The coffin's top
had been wrenched off; top and coffin lay
on one side of the vault floor.- 'The floor j
of the vault was strewn with tbs hair of
i the corpse, the grave clothes were torn to >
shreds, the hands half eaten. The unhap
py young mother had been buried alive,
had recovered conscionsue** in the vault,
had burst the coffin lid, had made super
human efforts to escapo from her fearful,
prison or to attract attention to her. All of
them had failed, and she had died of terror, !
of exhaustion, of despair—a living death, j
whose seconds seemed centuries.
The mother has been a raving maniac
j ever since.
A Catholic View op the Berchbb In
famy.—The Baltimore Catholic Mirror of
August Ist., says: “The Catholic finds no
consolation nor eanse for self cougratula
: tion in the scandals which occur among
Christian ministers aud people outside of
the Church. It is true some of them are
chargeable to a defective theology, but
more are chargeable to hnnan frailty; not
misled by wrong religion, but violating all
the fundamental principles of religion.
! That this or that preacher senudnlizi the
community isnoth.Dgto us; it makes them
worse, but makes us no better. If loud
mouthed advocates of ‘moral ideas' and
'higher law’ in Brooklyn choose to re-cn
act the melancholy drama of Anselmo and
Lothario, we can only deplore a great pub
lic scandal. .Sometimes we are driven to
show up iil deeds defensively, lmt we are
only disposed to show up tiie evil works of
our religious opponents when showing
tlicir unfitness for reformers.
♦ •
Cur ino Homesickness.— An eminent
French physician claims to have discovered
that fiddling will cure nervousness, and
tlmt a trumpet solo will cure catalepsy. I
have not yet tasted the accuracy of these
statements, but I know a man who is learn
ing to play tiie accordeon who Ims so com
pletely cured everybody iu his neighbor
hood of homesickness tlmt they are j>er
feetly willing to remain awny from h*mie
for any length of time while tho aecordeou
fiend is practicing. He is also curing the
house rents in the vicinity liy driving them
down. I have also known singing to re
lieve acute attacks of rhenmatisin. Old
Jones who used to live near me, was dis
turbed one night bv a glee club which
was serenading lii-s daughter. He suffer
ed a great deaf from rheumatism, hut he
managed to hobble to the front window
with bis gnu, ami white he was leaning out
t > take aim at the man who sang buss, lie
lost his balance ami tumbled out on the
pavement. He never suffered again from
the rheumatism. He was buried on the
following Sunday. —Max Adder.
MARRIED MEN AND ST. PETER.
Once upon a time there were two
friends who were greatly attached to each
other, aud who a greed Ithnt which ever
of them died first should appear Vo the
other and tell him how matters went in
the other world. They were both married
men, and the first who died fnifilled his
promise, and appeared to Ids friend.
“How do you get ou ?" asked the lat- j
ter.
“Famously," replied theghoat. “When
I presented myself at the gate above, Bt.
I'etcr said to me: ‘What has been thy
life ?’ ‘Honor,' I replied, ‘I am a poor
man; I was married—’ 'Hay no more,'
said his lx'linens; 'pass in yon have gone
through purgatory, mid now you may
enter into glory !’ ”
Then the apparition vanished, leaving
hie friend gteutly satisfied und consoted.
Iu process of time liis wife died, and be
married again. When the hour arrived !
that he was carried out of his house, feet
foremost, be presented himself m high,
spirits to Ht. Peter.
"What has been thy life ?” asked the
saint.
“I was married twice,” replied the new
comer, confidently taking a step iu ad
vance.
“Back, gossip, hack !” cried St. Peter, j
locking the gate in his face; "there is uo !
room in heaven for born idiots. ,Y
“I Oots Nuff Mit Such FormrsnSEKs." \
—lt is pleasant to become a parent; twice J
os-pleasant, perhaps, to be blessed with !
twins; but when it comes to triplets, we !
are a little dubious. Now there dwells in
Jefferson county, Wisconsin, a German j
who, a few years ago, was presented by
his wife with a son. Hans said to her; j
“Katrina, dat ish goot.”
A couple of years later the good wife |
placed before his astonished eye* a pair of j
twins.
“Wtll,” said Hans, “dat vash better ash
der odder times; I trinks more ash ten
glasses of peer on dat. ”
But the g'ssi woman next time gave
birth to triplets, and that made him j
“spboke mit his mout a liddle."
“Mein Cott, Katrina ! vat is de matter j
od you ? Petter you shtop dis business, j
fore der come more ash a village full. I
gobs nuff mit such foolishuess.”
No later returns have been received.
♦ •
Never try to poison a young heart.
Never tell it of all life’s sorrows and crimes l
before experience has come with its cruel
teacliiug. Too soon we all must learn
that goodness dwells not in every man!
and that there is treachery and duplicity
in many a heart; but let those fresh i
enough, pure enough, sweet enough to |
believe in angels, keep their faith as long
as possible. let them be happy, too. I
Never darken their lives with sad revela
tions. We are none of us free from care
too long. If *ll meD are not models of
innoeenee, what good will it do the boy
to know it ? If all men are not faithful
lovers and husbands why force the truth
upon a loving girl ? The very knowledge
of crime sometimes sullies the soul. The
longer one is kept ignorant of it, the more
litely is that one to be permanently good ;
a id innocent.
JOURNALISM TWO THOUSAND
YEARS AGO.
The first Roman journal, over 2000 years
ago, appeared once a year. The ncWit
was written on white tablets and attached
to the residences of the citizens. A news
boy's new year’s address came with every
number, probable. There wasn't much
quarreling among editors in those days, os
a year was altogether too long a time to
wait in order to reply to an attack from a
contemporary. News must have become
rather stale, as a general thing, before it
reached subscribers. The first Roman pa
per was known by the title of Auuiales
Minimi, and the editor was the Pontlfet
Maximus. Editors, ever since that day,
have been struggling to get np a panto fix
somebody, althongh we got that np with
out a struggle. Old “Pont" must have
hod an easy time of it, taking a whole
year to get up oue paper. As the circtl*
lutor hung the papers np on subscriber
houses he was called a paper hanger, nnd
paper bunging has been a regular business
ever since. "Hung that paper I" was al
most as common nu exclamation then as
bow, among irascible people. Everybody
couldn't afford to take the Anniules Mux
nni, of course, and it mnst have been a cu
rious sight to see poor neighbors gather iu
front of a rich man's hoaae to rend tbs
latest news, some of it not more than ten
or twelve mouths old. We can imagioe a
neighbor's boy coming to borrow the pa
per and taking it away on a wheelbarrow*
“Please sir," soys a servant, "my master*
Quint#! Aurelia* Boggs, wants to borrow
your paper a couple of months—bring it
right back. Another borrows it to baDg
on his house oue day when bis wife has a
tea party. Style, yon know. If it was
hung wrong end up it wouldn't make
much difference in some families.
But the increasing thirst for knowledge
and the curiosty of the people, together
with • the preasure upon onr advertising
columns," of course, rendered a daily nec
essary, before a great muny numbers of
| the Anniales Maximi had been issued.
The name of this journal was the Acta
Populi Itomani Diurna. It either appear
ed on tublets hung out in public, or the
contents were written with red chalk on tho
! walls of the homes. Think of the editor
going around at night with a lantern, step
ladder and piece of chalk writing up his
paper on subscriber’s houses. If sub
scribers didn't pay np any more promptly
than they do now he muat have had a
heavy chalk against some of them.
Stealing papers couldn't have been
practiced to any great extent then, al
though a man might have anutched off a
chipboard or two containing an item he
particularly desired. It would have been
difficult for a man to keep s year's file of
that dally, unless he had his house newly
covered every dav. Alexander H. Ste
phens wonld have iind a sorry time editing
in those days. It would have required oil
(he bouses in Rome for Aleck to write one
l of his editorials or.— Cincinnati Saturday
Niyhl.
THE SLAVERY AND ANTI-SLA
VERY LEADERS.
In recalling the great giants of the sla
-1 very and anti-slavery quarrel who prepar
ed und put on the stage the war drama in
which that quarrel ended, one cannot fail
to be struck with the difference iu their
i fate. John Brown was hanged on tho
soil of the .State where he struck the first
blow for freedom. Mr. Lincoln, the first
anti-slavery President, died by an asaas
sin’s bnllet, which, yet, was scarcely more
pitiless than the biography that afterwards
tore bis good name to tatter*. Preston
King it is said committed suicide. Ger
ritt Smith is .aid to have lost his reason.
Jim Lane died hy his own hand, the vio
' tim of a remorse w hich even his fierce,
iron nature could not endure. ll*'race
Greeley died in defeat and delirium,
amidst the execrations of the party which
he had bnilded. Mr. Beecher still lives,
but only to look upon the ghastly irag
lm-nts m a reputation Which was the great
est of all—tofu to pieces by his own friend,
whom', in tnva, has ground into dxst
under his heavy heel. Mr. Sumner died
under the eondVnmntion of his party, hav
ing lived (he hist two years ol bis life nn
-1 der the condemnation of his own Htiite.
Fremont lives under the bnn of outlawry
. of a French corrrf before which he refuses
ito appear to answer charges of fraud. So
ranch forthe tragic fate of the aotislaverv
! leaders. Turning to the South to look
1 after their great antagonists on the other
1 side, we find that Mason, Slidell, Soule,
Brooks, Wigfull and Keitt have died peace
fully on the beds; Stephens- has lived to
return to Congress; and Toombs, Hunter,
Wise and Davis lives to see the wreek nnd
ruin of so ninny of their old antagonists..
Slavery came out of the contest defeated,
and anti-slavery came out of it triumph
ant; yet the smitten South contains few nt
no graves of self-slain or dishonored lead
era, while the victorious North is marked
with many a dark spot where nn anti-sln
vory companion has fallen.— St. Louise Hie
Republican.
ESQUIMAIX WIPE CA TCIIING.
The marriage ceremony of the Esqui
mau* is performed curiously. When a
boy kills a bear, it is considered sufficient
proof of fete ability to maintain a fnmity; he
is therefore told to go and catch a w ife.
Watching his opportunity at niglrt, he
pounces on a victim and attempts to carry
ber off. She however struggles and shrieks
until she has collected around her a group
of sympathizers. Bhc then turns upon her
captor, and bites and scratches until he is
compelled to release her, then she darts
into the crowd nnd attempts to
The expectant bridegroom follows her,
but not unmolested. All the old women
take scotirnges of dried seal-skin and flagel
late him nnmercifully as he passes, making
at the same time every effort to arrest him
in his course. If despite these little impe
diments to matrimonial bliss, he should
catch his victim, the biting and scratching
scene is renewed, nnd in all probability ho
is compelled to release her, aud the cnass
with its attendant discomforts is resumed.
Should he overcome all obstacles, the
third capture proves effectual, and the vic
tim, ceasing her struggles, is led away
amid the acclamations andrejoicings of the
assembled multitude.
How to Pull Teeth. —A peculiar dental
operation has jnst come nnder OUT obser
vation, A certain citizen had nn upper
tooth which was loose and troublesome, so*
be resolved to extract it by fastening a
string to it; but after a trial, finding the
operation parafnl, he hadn’t the grit to
grin nnd bear it. He thonght if tho tooth
could be extracted by some sudden mode,
tiie pain wonld be bnt transient; and after
mature deliberation he hit trpon an inge
nious pfan to jerk it out in a jiffy. Pro
curing a heavy flat iron be tied it to the
other end of the cord attached to his tooth,
then shutting both eyes he let the iron
“drop,” which descended plumb centre on
his pet corn. After hopping about the
room, wildly, on one foot, groaning for
very anguish of spirit and reciting choice
passages from profaDe history, he finally
calmed down sufficiently to hurl the flat
iron over the fence, and swathe his sore
toe in camphor and cotton. But he pulled
the tooth, and with it a piece of gum the
size of a beefsteak. And the man lived.