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gndrpWiffritt 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. - •♦♦♦■ - 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. - -—— 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.