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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15,1874.
“X . i.iI.LAIII.R, Editor.
THE THIRD TERM
Why is thin question so cnrlynmT earn
estly agitated by the journals of both polit
iciil ? One hff of I’fwMtßl
Gnat's second term him not yet expired,
end the whole Button is oonvulsed as t<
whether be slwll be tfrdfrted mid hold tin
ofßee a third term. T* the whole imtioii
so delightiil with GtUnt’s present and ptisi
Administration that it will not bo satisfied
with any other incumbent > If he is the
choice uf all sections and parties, race* ami
colors, tU question i* evidently prema
ture. Are there not. millions of casualties
that may interpose within tins next two
ands half years to prevent liis bring the
choice of any section or party ? He is
rich and avaricious worship* the Clod of
Mammon and may he n<d, ere his term
expires, hear ainiatcrions whispering, thou
fool, this night thy ward shall be required
of thee. Or may he not be lifting up bis
eyes with uuotk* rich man of Biblical
Historical renown, fruitlessly crying for
ltelp, lieing hi torment for his vindietice
oppression of the Southern people.—
Should tMs be his unhappy lot hit appeals
will doubtless be answered by good old
Abraham by sending copies of liis gnawers
to the appeals of oppressed, down trodden
nml outraged Louisiana and Bouth Caroli
na. If the time had arrived for agitating
the question of political preferment,
what portion of Grunt's record 'could 1;
Urged in his favor ? 4fe has executed to
the letter the moat wicked and oppressive
laws that ever cursed r*y Nation, enacted
l>y Sectionals and embittered partisan
legislators, without any regurd to tlieir
Constitutionality.
The party that elected Mm and sustain
ed him has grown so corrupt that the con
servative element ha* grown into startling
proportions, even iu the North, until it
requires no very aceuto observer to sen that
with the extreme lliuliesl party he hasn’t
the ghost of chance. With the Conserva
tive Wing then is Ids only hope, and for
that he i* fishing, with that alone* his
chances would bo hopeless.
tfo Mr. (front thinks that in order to se
cure his nomination for the third term
there must he anew political move inau
gurated. Here is liis statement to a liber
al Republican of the West. He said •‘Unit
the country had manifestly Imd enough of
the rule of the Republican party; that the
party lmd fulfilled its mission and out
lived its usefulness, and that tlm people,
tired of the corruptions and demoraliza
tions of the Republican party in Congress,
nud tired of its extreme seetiohul meas
ures. were ready and anxious for n change.
Next, iu the course of the conversation, the
President suggested that if the liberal Re
publican party would take the lead in
nominating him upon the platform we
have indicated he hud no- doubt of the
enecoss ul the move. ” He very well knows
that, the liberals unaided could not elect
him, but his object is to secure the non.ion
t ton from liberals anil by that menus will win
• •ver the Democracy ami by the consolida
tion defeat the strait 01 t Republican oun
ilidste. He further stated that Ihe !ibe:n’
Republicans were a “respectable body of
independent men, that their principles
w ere acceptable to the people, nud Hint in
moving fur his re-electicu iu opposition
to the regular Republican party they
would flint bring over the Democratic
party, and that in the next place all the
Kouthern States would support the move
ment; and, again, the moneyed interests
of the country, desirous of avoiding any
dangerous charges or experiments in onr
financial system, w ill surpporth new party
which, while aiming to displace the Ke
ptibitams, will support the President for
buother term a* the national standard
bearer of this aew organization. The
President also submitted' that the execu
tive patronage would prove an element of!
considerable weight in this new party nn-!
delinking, and that, with all Ihe forces to
bock it which ho had indicated, defeat
would bo impossible and success certain.
“Furthermore, wo are informed Hint ;
when these high contracting parties sepa
rated, it was with the promise ou the one
part that the Liberal Republicans, so far
us directly represented iu tliin conference,
will move iu behalf of General Giant for
third term, and with n promise on liis
part that, to strengthen' tlie movement,
the President wSI veto the civil rights bill
if panned at tilts coaxing session of Con-I
gross; will insist upon civil service reform,
notwithstanding the objections of this
Congress; will urge a universal amnesty in
his next annual message, and to the ex
tent of his porwer and resources w ill dam
out the carpet baggers and prove himself
a true friend of the South and of South
ern rights under tho cenvtitivtion.”
Tint would be a very good arrangement
for Ulysses. But be will find that the
South will never eonvoiidnte w ith any par
ty to elect him, we don’t cave hoiv much
he does now to relieve the South, it is too
late, he has done too much to oppress us
and we will not so readily forget and for-
I ive, and we are not so credulous to be
lieve Gen. Grant, w o remember his prom
ises at Appomattox. We have no doubt
that Gen. Grant is willing to sell out, but
we don’t think the Demnerau rare to pur
chase him. We have plenty of men w ith
more brains and cleaner records. We
lmve ample strength to win the race with
a straight out, Democrat and that is the
line we ought to fight on, ignoring all con
solidations but respectfully inviting all who
oppose the corruption of tlie Radical party
* co-op|M!rute w ith ns. If he does all that
lie promises in his bid for the candidacy
for a third term it is no more thou bis du
ty, and if an honest man ami governed bv
prineijdc be will do it. But if be does it
to secure his uotniinttiou alone be is cer
tainly not worthy of etmfidonoe, but, the
contempt of the whole South which he luxs
fully enjoyed for six years. We do not W
lmve the report that Gov. Smith or Mr.
!. H. Hill would favor his nomination for
bird term under any circumstance*. The
wople have uuipte time to reflect upon tire
•object.
OUR CANDIDATES
before the Nominating Convention will be
ejpecteti to their positions
in reference to the amendment to the Con
stitution, which was passed by the last
Legislature *d must be past by the one to
be elected this fall before It ran foiwe be
fore tlrq l*?pj fat ratification. This
ihii'nU*iert, it |iMnl'tm) ratified, wiH set
j tie The qweation as to tlie payment of the
1 frandulently and iftegally issiied Bonds by
i Gov. Bullock in tho year 1871 and '72
Here iy. the.renrtitdmeiW-: -
"Neither the General Assembly, nor any
i other power iu this Slate, shall have power
| to pay, or recognize a* legal, the bonds of j
ore-railroad company upon which the un
called endorsement of tji.e Btyte was made
; \iy He- lot* Governor Bulfoek, anil wliieh
endorsement is declared illegal, fftndnlcnt
or void by tlie Legislatures, either iu the
year 1871. 1872, and tire present General
Assembly.'!’ ' •
Will the nominating Conventions recog
nize the claims of any aspirants who will
not openly avqwipj ii|>|fKAilli>f ditkrtmend
ment and pledge himself to advocate its
passage? Tlie people have the right to de
mand this of Mjy ( mim wdiqr.proposes to
| serve llicnfimU l(<(#*HftiVg capacity as a
! condition precedent to his nomination.—
I There never was a time when it was more
I important to demand pVdges friirfi Iti'pVq
-I'ientativea. There never was a time when
|it was more inqsittaijt to select men of
honor, free from the taint of bribery. By
i selecting men of talent and honor with
| these pledges aud with, ilgkc.nmmitioii on
Ihispm tdtitlie people tnronghout the Stale
to win the race Is all that is necessary to
settle the question forever and relieve tho
minds uf the tax payers'. This is one of
the most important questions to the black
men, their interests are involved and the
white neopltj tjhoukl udvisy theij* /and in
struct, Mu rti. v ■* ’f"'*
THE CIVIL*RIGHTS BILL
will prove a blessing, not in its passage
into a law, for that will never be, or, if
! passed by the Congress, the force of pop-
I ulnr sentiment will compel the President
to veto it. The fi'nrfiil cqusejjproncfis that
must necessarily result from the passage of
this iniquitous bill is nlready foreshadow
ed ill Mississippi, Arkansas uqd Tennessee? i
and should- itUjtiiss iftiif become n liiw it '
will never be recognised by the white raci
al* binding, nml can never be enforced.
The Hnnth submitted to the abolition of I
slavery, but tho distinction between tlie {
j races still exist, and always will be recog
nized. Heaven drew the line? qf distinc- <
tioQ and derived their eternal existence,
and man can never obliterate them. We !
hope for the sake of the black race tlmt,;
the agitation of the vexed question may
never be revived by Congress, and tlmt the
bill be consigned with all the iniquities to :
- the archives of its originator from whcue),
j it may never be exlmhied, arid that it may i
| remain with nil liis errors and faults in i
| eternal forgetfulness. It has given new
impetus to Democracy, uud iaaopiwting
the -white race sif. ali aaotmas tiigethbr in
indissoluble covenants to sustain a white
! man’s government, The, Democracy,
wherever -heard from, is sweeping the
whole country like a mighty eyehole,, vis
iting the'iniquities of Radicals on their
! own vilo heads. The poor negro don't
know what lie wants, but wicked men are !
i prompting him to demand a light that
; God has denied him, that, he limy be blot- '■
1 ted oft of the face of the earth. Tlie pas- j
sago of the Civil Rights bill will result in j
a war of races, the almost entire extinction
of the block race nml volujitury slavery for 1
the remainder. They will seek homesand |
employment, and find them not.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES., ,
North Carolina—lo,ooo majority, seven
Congressmen out of eight elected.
Kentucky A complete triumph over
50,000 majority. . ...
Tennessee gave an immense Democratic
majority.
DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Tali.okajs, Ga., August 13, 1874.
At a meeting of the citizens of Tallokaa
District for the purpose of selecting dele
gfttes to the different oonyen,t(ojiSi • Qij
motion, Mr. JiteMi Reddick was called to
tho chair, and 8. D. Edmondson, Score- j
tnry. , \
On motion, the chairman appointed a
committee of five to select delegates to the
Senatorial convention.
The committee reported and appointed j
the following gentlemen: Mr.
Jessy Dodd, John A. fuller and John
Strickland.
On motion the chair appointed another
committee of live to select delegate" to the
Quitman convention!, the second Tuesday
in September. The committee reported
the following gentlemen ns delegates;
Jacob Roddick, It. 1). llrow n, J. ill. Hal
lings, J. M. Williams and Win. 11. Goiter.
On motion of 4ns. M. Williams the Dis
trict instructed the delegates to- cast their
votes for Capt. H. G. Turner for Repre
sentative. , ' '
Ou motion, the delegates to the Senate- :
rial convention was instructed to rote for
Col. James McDonaid for Senator.
It was moved and seconded that the pro
ceedings of this meeting be published in
Oai.i.ahKit's Indkl'kmiknt and the Quit
man Kejmrter.
On motion the meeting adjourned. ‘
S. D. EDMOK DSON, Secretary.
Snakes on the Increase in Florida What
a Correspondent Says.
Editor ImfcfteHileuf:
On the 31st of July, n negro living in
Patterson Hammock, mar No. 5 ou the P.
A ft. B. H., kitted three very k\rgt* rattle
snakea, and on the same day Mr. W. H.
Morris killed ten, all of which were very
ttnn, and ou the same day Mr. W. P?Coyle
killed sixty in his own cotton patch: some
of their heads would not go in a quart.
, txicke-t. All were killed in the smm
neighborhood, and they my if it hail been
( i good day for Huukiug, they would have
I killed more. But most people ssy they
j did a good business for a late start. We
; hope they will take au curly start next
; time. Yours truly,
T;%j. ■ ’ •’ On* Who Knows.
•
JPKoei tho Balttul'iro Ossctti-.]
Brooklyn home like.
In spite of every resolution to the i-on?
trnry, we find ourselves anew attracted by,
so lop mi sx ported pi rase (if horrid revela
tion in the Brooklyn Imsiness-every one
confirming the only view we. have cured to
take uf it: tlmt tlie whole organization, of
which those sCHUiJfds and shames ere Ihe
genuine fruit social, clerical, literary, in
radically disc aged, nml always has been.
Omjb vf the New York papers, the other
.day sfiiftmted either, by a sense of justice
of t/re spirit of mischief, published wn
tiling like a • chronology of the perform
ances of Beecher's eirureh since he Ims
lmd charge uf it, from the day of Kossuth’s
reception, with the Marseillaise hlood
! chant played on tlie organ, down through
alKits bbiirpe’s rifle, anti slavery senna
| tions, until to-day, In the light of Hie
, present, it is rending which has infinite
eonaolatlofi for those of us who always de
; tested and never scrupled to denounce tlie
wjmle monstrosity—-miscalled Brooklyn
iTVingregalionsliSni. tVe had forgotten,
j till reminded by tins record, that ou one
; occusion a fugitive negress stute by Bee
j elier's aide, either in the pulpit or on the
piaMoi'Sn--We bell* Ve they iiieim the same
thing—uml when a iWlbwfription was raised
to help her escape, how wile euthpsinstio
parishioner tore, the wedding ring „fropi
her buiui iqidjthrew itiii tile plate <lf jynqy
■ boX, and Mr. BeeeUur.put it on. the ne
’ griieVfinger, uTid called it the • “lilessed
ring of freedom;" nud liqw all cheered and
their'feet in ecstasy; and how
i the multi ied'woman, having got rid of
i their emblem of her plighted faith, fell
tint) she was, "trey,”-too. This is but one
of a ee/jt>* of repulsive exhibitions, the
recalling of which has turned our, mijid
for-u moifii nt from the train of thought
which Mis hist revelation Ims suggested.
: The lust and dreariest manifestation of nil,
and one quite worthy a passing comment,
is what is termed “Mrs. Tilton’s cross-ex
amination,” being tho voluntary history
lit ’her domestic woes. It is so obviously
given to the world in the interest of Ihe
licensed party so clearly designed to blow
to fever heat the prejudice against Tilton—
that we receive it with deep distrust,
Then, too, its rhetoric for these folks
are all rhetorical—is terribly exaggerated
—so much so us to inspire doubt us to
what is genuine feeling uml wlmt is not.
Take for example that which seems to
have struck deeply into the sensibilities
of New York and ancillary Brooklyn the
description of the poor woman going in
tho rain “with water-proof on” to the
Grepnwood Uemetery. and lying down
between her childrens graves, und the
Hupi'rintemlent "bowing down” before.
All this may be genuine and truthful, but I
it bus a dramatic uir which does not im
press us’ If this woman had been taught
that' tl/cro was such n thing as “law” in
the land, she would -if her story bo true
■ —instead of going to Greenwood, have;
gone to a lawyer or justice of the peace,
and compelled this alleged brute of alms- j
band—editor of a prosperous free love,
abolition, radical newspaper -to provide
for her. And her excuse for it all is the
fascination which slio says he had over
her, find for aught that appears to the
contrary, has yet. People used to the i
ordinary relations of domestic life—the
! pure mutually elevating intercourse of
husband and wife, and parent and child
! for there are children here, and not a few
of them, dead or alive will shoulder at one
i moment nnd smile at the next, in reading
I tlie description—indeed, almost a subjec
; five analysis- which this wife nnd mother
1 gives (if her ran feelings nml tho specifi
cation of some of her wrongs. “I Wish
yon to understand,’' she says, “that to n
{-very large extent 1 take the blame upon
myself of the indifference my husband has
! shown to me in all my life. At first I
j understood very well that I was not to
; have the attention that many wives have,
j I realized that his talent nnd genius must
not be narrowed down to myself. That 1
made him understand also. To a very
large extent 1 attribute to that the later
sorrows of my life. I gave him to under
stand tlmt . wlmt might be regarded as
neglect under other circumstances would
not be regarded by me as neglect in him
owing to his business and to hi* desire to
make a myiie for himself nnd to rise before j
the world.”
Here we have a woman still professing
her reverence for what is called the “tab
cut and genius” of n man whose conduct,
if we may trust her description of it, has
been infamous, and the Brooklyn world
accepts it us genuine ! We have no pa
tience with such stuff. “1 always
thought," she adds, “that if Theodore
lmd more business he would have less
time for sentiment: and romance I” We
have said this tragady lias its grotesque
aspects. As for example, one may be ex
cused for a smile at the photograph given
of “Theodore's” habits ami attitude,
when finder the eliess q/ffalms. We give
;it without comniftfit. “At oue period,"
says Mrs. Tiltouj "my husband was ab
i sorbed in dices to such a degree Hurt he
would sometimes be up all night. 1 ImVe
known him stnud up at night ready Im
bed engaged in a problem of chess, aud to
be found in,tlmt condition in tlie morning
without having gone to bed !’
But we forbear—hardly having left owt
selves room to point the moral of these
revelations, assuming then to lie- to any
extent truthful. They are, as We have
often said, typical. That there are iu
Brooklyn homes us pure und happy as
any. of the world, no one , will qispnte.
lint they are quiet mid' secluded ones
not those where what. are. called “fnlent
and genius," "God-gifted” -for this, we
arc gravely told, “Theodore” Means—and
.“sentiment und romance” predominate.
They are not the homes that take their
gospel-teaching from flash orators like
Beecher, or their morality and literature
from the hulcpcin/rnt, Gahlen .1 u-\ or
l hrintinn Union. Tret ns of the 'border
Southland be grateful that the springs
where onr children drink are free from
sneh prHiuMou.
v —-
: , THE LAXGTAf iE OF FHSifES.
There is something truly romantic in the
of the grand ora sea. Its voice
comes to us > unified notes, as if trying
tg burst from itself, now with a huge roar
and again dying away up the long line of
white sand in a low, murmuring sigh,
which seems to sav until its fel
low comes thundering on, bringing now
tidings from the “dark tinfathoiffedeaves,”
I and throwing its tears of spmy a? your
feet. But these are not the sounds that
come up from the sea. Musical notes are
often heard that in olden time were cred
ited to the “siren’s lmrp.” They come to
us in low. sweet notes, burdened with a
hidden meaning, swelling ou each rise,
and finally bursting from the deep in a
ehnrus of rich sounds and harmouies.
The** peculiar marine serenades were
for years regarded witlr superstitions a\v
by the toilers of the sea. I\v some they
x Mr eve taken hj -> of good U vc.k, aifd y
; others, of the old -nehoot and Mnrryntt
clans, as the songs of tlie vast crews of the
: dead who roamed the sea in their phall
i'tom crafts that appeared to the living com
rades at dark muiuiwp and >fi weird form,
au ominou* foreboding -of s[>eody iil-for
tiiMK nnA so These Ktrange note* were
traced to diflcroiit i-vigois, until some curi
ous individual threw Irit blame uf all the
disturbance upon the fish family, and then
it became known that they, having
tuouth*, spok*- after their fashion, und so
our sirens and mermaids passed away.
Their fair foriua are no longer seen ru
| clining ou the aunty shore. Their sweet
voices have In-efr superseded by the croak
of tue unoffending INacrtt, ami the well
known lines.
| “In gulf enchanted, Where the irlfen sings,
And rornt riatfii lie bare,”
have lost their romance, Alas, for the ad
| vaneo of time, us with every throb our old
und well-loved legends slip away, und dis-
I upjietti in the dim distance of the past.
A noted fish vocalist is- found iu the
ficiir'K*, which was noted for the
\ powers of it* voeniorgiirr*. Pliny embalm
ed it ill verse as the kif>g of tisiies. am)
| Ovid und Ossian have also sung its praise
!in song. Seleuqus stated, with all good
- faith, that it was tho only fish .that ever
! slept, and -T-buii lientowed upon it the
honor of being thp lawt Vrehived bv its fel
| lows. WiAidi-rful tales arc foki of its
pogers of lntonstidn, nml although it was
iu great demand for tlie table, the men
j were Joth tb take it. ill consequence of the
Wails tptd moans it gave teat to When cap
tured. At other tioiet. When free, its
- voice rose frimi the sea clear as n bell, and
ravislfing in the shreetwess of its racWsly.
| Tbivwiill RnoWsHgin-nards ary noted tar
ami wide for tlie sourials they pro
duce, nud aw yet I He' fieenlhl'T ' rheehwfiism
i lias not ilts-n deiooatrat*ib At
, times ffie sound is not uiipW-wwot, siwl st
I oflierii it resembles ls! barking of a dog or
the gr**ing to t#o rough substances.
This rw*y tas tke esse in some s|ieeMs, but
X have held a fish found in the sonthern
; waters, arid sribalsr to onr pwrrb, in iav
liwisl, ami listened to tire sound", and they
aeeßi'ed to M*' produced by a movement ol
the jnws c/t throiat *s the lipa and mouth
protAdilig at every sound it tittered; but
it is not Unlikely that they are produced
by grinding the teeth with a quick aio
tiou in trying to escape. On the Jersey
coast the Ptiimohit piMtti is called the
i pig or hog fisfi, on account of its contin
ual barking, as it is drawn in by the net
mid in almost ever section of the country
-we find these loealkwna all tending to
! represent the vocal tastes of the finny po
i pnlation.
In the days of old Rome, the murnns,
: or sea eels, were supposed to have a regu
i lar language, “low nml sweet, says nn old
! writer, and “with an intonation! sc fasci
nating that few could resist its influence,”
anil it is said that the Emperor Augustus
pretended to understand their words. It
is well known, however, that he did de
; vote much of liis time to the cultivation
! of these creatures, not for a hyliothesis of
lniigunge, tint because they were highly es-
I teemed in a gastronoinis point of view
:In fact, so far was this earned that some
epicures would only rat those that bail
; been fntttcnrd on human flesh.
Strange sounds are often beard also
j arising from tlie waters of onr coasts, that
would bo apt to astonish tlie superstitions ;
i listener if lie were not acquainted with the
unoffending cause of all the disturbance.
Sometimes it rises into the air like the
bang of a huge drum, nud again seems to ,
, steal over the waves with a lmv ( mnnnm
; ing wail; and if you were to place your ear
to the surface, the strange sounds would
appear to come from five or six different
places. Seamen are often startled by the'
i “boom, boom" that steals, bv ex the ves
sel, seeming to tig,-it- ears mufi; like the
.drum of some long lost crew than the
1 voice of an iusigniflesut mMubor of the
family of fishes. For such it is, and w ell
known as the bearded drum-fish. But
how it produce* the queer musical notes
is a something that it would be well for
onr “fish commission” to discover this
summer on the Bound.
Still another faithful satelito of Euterpe
is found in the noisy inaigrc. it makes a
strange co<iing moan, ntroinpanlcd by a
sharp croak tlmt can be herd at n depth of
one hundred, and fifty feet. The fish
attains a length of about six feet, and
weighs forty pounds. Wlmt the sounds
arc for we know not, lint tm the principle*
that nil things are for some (mrticnlar pur
pose they must have a tW'tttring. That
the imperfect voice of the fish is used to
express discontent and pain ( fnvrej no
doubt, us in numerous experiments on a
fish found in the Gulf of Mexicocafleff the
grunt, I found that tho voice Was Used
nml modulated im with other animals.
When touched with the knife the grunts
that it gave vent to fairly rose to a shriek,
and when dying its moans and sobs were
almost disagreeably human.
I shall never forget the first ope of these
veritable porkers that I caught. Thinking
that uiy bait needed replenishing, f hauled
in and found nicely hooked a grunt, and
no sooner had l placed him in the bout
than he commenced a series of grunts and
sob* that bid fair to take me by storm.
Non be would make’s low noise, and grad
ually swell the “melody,” and finally
hurt at me such a blast of entreaties, all of
which were produced without a struggle
tlmt my better nature was aroused, nml I
made baste to toss him buck? snd.ua he dis
appeared he uttered a sqifeak which to
gether with the splash, sounded to me like
a bona fide “thank you,” and I have no
doubt but wlint it was.
Baron Humboldt mentions an occur
rence which lie witnessed in the South
Sen; "About seven o’clock iu tlie evening
the sailors were, terrified by an extraor
dinary noise iu the air like the beating of
(aroborines, followed "bv sounds that
seemed to come from the ship, nnd resem
bled the escape of air from boiling liquid."
Many other instances could be called ftp
to prove that fishes use their voCal organs
to some purpose, but the above only serve
to show Hint they have a well-defined
voice, nml that it is capable of modulation.
—Neic York Times
[Correspondence of tlio Courier-Journal.)
A [TENNESSEE PEO DIG V.
An Infant, Plre Day*hid. In “A flrr Alio
ViMff,” Prophrflei tht- Drilrartlon
Of f*ltt*l>ui'K—THc Owl
of Their Ifrad* Wills
Vlmih* Or or A**”
Nher I* re*
dwl ion
Ci.ARKKS'Vti.i.F., Tenn , July 31. 1374.
For several weeks past fuiniirs of a great
wonder existing near Johusonville, in this
State, have been circulated freely about
our streets. The papers of West Tennes
see and of Nashville have given it a pass
ing notice; but what lias been published
has Keen gathered from travelers who have
chanced to pass that point. To-day we
met with a gentleman who had visited the
house which contains this wmiderfnl lusus
naturae, and who furnishes ns with the
following information which he assures ns
is true to the letter. A man named Ahern
resides about four miles from Johnsonville,
oh the Tennessee river. Ho is a man of
moderate means, yet industrious and hon
est. He has a famiiy of five children, all
bright and intelligent, and perfectly form
ed.
IirKTH or THK CHIMJ.
On 8 turdiiy, tlie 11th of July last, ntu.
other child- a girl—was added to bis
household, which possessed no peculiar
murks or attractions, with the exception of
a heavy suit of Imir, os likeh end course
us that, of un Indian. Bite also lms twenty
; well formed teeth, eonrusllng of four incis
ors, two cuspidate", and four hienspides,
each in tlie Ifriter and upper jsw Itis'
usual in iufuuts to show the it first teeth
between tlie fourth and eighth mouths,
w hile the hienspides do not make tlieir ap
pearuuqe before the second year. In this
case, however, these teeth are all well
formed and ns firmly sot iu the uloeolnr
process as is the ease in adults; in fact, u
perfect set of adult teeth, with the excep
tion of the molars. A small double log
tenement, with a stack chimney, and a
small double porch in front, situated in a
beautiful growth of natural forest trees, on
the buuk ol the Tennessee river, is the !
birth-place of this most remarkable freak
nt nature ever known to nn rial man. The
child prospers finely, as all children do 1
when tbeir jrareut* are active and full of ;
health and vigor; and the neighborhood
for miles around are going to und from the
house of Ahern to witness this modern
prodigy. Many bare congratulated the
parents by suggesting the pecuniary value
of such a wonderful child. Some have
; mentioned the "Siamese twins,” the
“double-headed child," the •'sleeping
beauty,” the latter creating no little in
terest in this State a few years since, and
i have urged upon the parents to write to
Burnum, who, they feel confident, will
i aoon have them on the high road to for
tune. A great state cl excitement rages
1 abont that lucidity, and the father of the
| girl is almost ruined by the constant flow
ut visitors, many of whom have remained
to their meals, and lmve. in consequence,
j made a considerable sized hole iu the gen
tleman's larder.
THK I'HKIiICTION ABOUT PITTSBURG.
But the most wonderful part of this pe
culiar creature remains to be told. On
‘ Thursday, the ltith of July, while the
Child seemed to be asleep iu tier crib aud
u silence prevailed in the room, a noise
was heard to proceed from Hie crib, which
resembled tlie voice of a grown woman,
j The only words to tie distinguished were.
! “July 25, !W, and 27.” Everylwaly in the
- room rushed to the bedside to catch the
sound, when the child, with its eyes closed,
said in a clear and distinct contralto tone
of voice, "A furious storm will come July
26, 20. anil 27 —but not yet." At the ch.se
of this little speech the room was utmost
depopulated, some running to their neigh
bors. six miles off, almost out of breath,
vowing that the child was a supernatural
creature, and that judgment day was
bound to be close about, while those who
remained were almost frantic with fright
Several spiritualistic mediums were
sent for, und after arriving upon the spot
they used all the powers known to the art
to draw from the child some spiritual man
ifestations. Their schemes proved abor
tive, and they were forced, after many con
jurations and sleight-of liand performan
ces, to forego the attempt, acknowledging
to the company in attendance that it far
surpassed anything seen, heard or read of
men. Nothing in A. Jackson Davis'books,
or ill "The Clock Struck One,” by Wat
son, or even in the “Banner of Light,”
could in any way compare with
THIS NEW-BORN PBECUBSOI:- OF THE MII.LI-N
• MUM.
The child spoke but little after this, aud
would not notice questions or tho crowd
that surrounded her bedside. But on the
2fith of July, in the night, the voice came
from the body, with but a slight move
ment of the lips, and said: “The storm
rages.” This created a great deal of satis
faction among the unbelievers in miracles,
some of whom Teniarked: "The stars are j
shining brightly; in fact, not a cloud can
be seen.” Little did they know uf that.
Terrible storm tlmt was t arrying ou its bos
om thousands of dollars* of property and
hundreds of lives in the cities of Pittsburg
and Alleghany. .
A PROI’nEST VET TO BE FL I.ril.l.E]l.
No further mention is made of any word
uttered by the child until on the, morning
of the 29t1l of July, abont half-past nine
o’clock. An old negro, named Isaac Halli
burton, who has always been foremost on
electioneering occasions, hart dropped in
with some new comers to view the 'gri st
wonder." While standing by the eriii,
looking at the child, she suddenly looked
tip into his face, und, iu a clear, distinct
voice, said: “Woe to yon and your race
on the (Ith of August next; look well to
your households; stay close to your homes,
for a storm will rage far worse than the
one just passed, which will wipe nil negro
stragglers from the face of tlie earth. Take
heed, colored people, and respect this
Warning.” Isaac’s eyes begun to dilate
when the first word was uttered, und onr
informant states that, bad the child just
uttered one word more, he believes firmly
the Degree's eyes would lmve burst from
tlieir sockets. The negro sloped and has
not Is'en heard of since. The gentleman
who saif all this- with his own eyes is w illing
to make an affidit as to its truthfulness.—
He left there shortly after this manifesta
tion. The fume of this child is spreading
all over the land. Scientific men are com- j
ing from a distance to visit it. The child !
is hearty, goes to the breast willingly, nnd
if it lives will doubtless tie visited by peo
ple from all sectiofis of the world.
♦ •
ir.l/r IX ARKANSAS.
Memphis, August 11. - A special to f) e
Appeal from Helena, Arkansas, received
at 8:30 this morning, says: At 11 o’clock
last night, three ladies and two gentlemen
arrived here from Agustin in a skill' and
report tlmt there was considerable fight
ing lab- yesterday evening. Thecommun
der of tlie post, whose name we did not
learn, dispatched a scout of twenty-five
men on the road to Cold-water station, on |
the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, i
and captured a picket of twenty negroes,
who were stationed about twenty miles
from the town, and brought them iu as
prisoners and disarmed them. One of
them, as they were being put into the
Court House yard, tried to Brake his es
cape, when he was tired upon and killed,
and in the melee which ensued another
negro was wounded, but not mortally.
Later in the evening a larger body of ne
groes advanced from the south and made
an attack, driving in the white skirmish
ers to the Court House, where the main
body of the whites were stationed. ' A
charge was made by the whites and the
negroes were repulsed w ith a loss of several
killed and wounded. The fighting was
going on when our informants left, and
were fired upon as they crossed over to
Ship Island.
Later. —A second dispatch from Helena
says that Major Horn Chalmers, of Her
nando, has just arrived here for the pur
pose of chartering a boat to take men to
the assistance of the whites in Austin. He
says a courier from Major Woodson, at
Austin, reached Hernando to-day, stating
that the town was snrrutroded by about
one thousand negroes, and asking for
help. About two hnndred white men from
Hernando nnd vicinity will be here at two
o’clock, and, iu company with volunteers
from this city, will start at 4 o’clock far
Austin. Dr. Smith, who is the unfortu
uate cause of the trouble there, reached
1 here last trljjlit. Some three weeks since
Jjo junoaitucked in the streets of Afistin
by iwiregfio, and, drawing u pistol, fired at
the negro,—but missed him and killed a
bttlt negro girl standing tiy, which eios
' peruteil the in grues to such n extent that
they collected a.mob and took Dr. Bmith
to the woods to hang him, and *hey would
hnve done so, lint for the entreaties of
Major Hoedson and tho Doctor's wife.
Hinee. that time Dr. Smith lias been u
voluntary inmate of tbejajlto prevent
being mobbed Until lust Friday, when
some friends cauie and carried him to Her
nando. Ou learning this, the negroes col
lected in large numbers and notified the
Mayor tliut unless be was brought back
and put in the jail, they would burn the
town.
TO VliH *'HE WING.
Old BlodgCr was a man of some note in
Salisbury. He bad much business to at- 1
tend to away from home. One year he
was elected a member of the Isiurd of se
lectmen, and therefore he bad a great
many important committee meetings to
attend, wliieh kept him out very lute at
nights. At lust he told bis wife they were
committee meetings. On such occasions
Blodger did not come home to sup with
bis family, but Mrs. Blodger was in the
habit or leaving a cold bite for him on a
shelf in the pantry. Boiled cahWge and
pork was Blodger's favorite cold lunch;
and though he did not deserve such favors,
yet bis wife tried to please him. More
than once had she accused him of coming
home drunk, arid slie declared that he
; never came home from his late meetings
perfectly soliyr. Blodger stoutly denied
tito nhAird insinuation.
One fright Blodger cum* home later and
i drunker tliun nsmd. He stumbled into
the kitchen, nnd called to his wife in an
! adjoining bedroom, demanding in thick
j uncertain tones, to know if she had set out
any biled pork and cabbage for him. Bhc
replied to him, rather sharply, that he’d
find it where slie always left it for him.
Blodger stumbled into the pantry, and
'found a broad dj*h containing a gelatin-
I on* compound, wbieb lie speedily attacked.
But the cabbage wouldn’t be masticated.
He got a piece in lus month, and the
more he chewed the tonglier it grew. He
worked awhile, nnd the cal ed out:
“Bah-ab—pohoo-ho ?-wongh ! Hay (hie)
Molly ! Wha' kind o’ cabbage, for (hie)
mitey’snake, d’ye (hie) call this ? I might’s
well try to chaw thunder !”
Mis. Blodger was out of bed id an in
stant, and with a lighted cnudle she en
tered the pantry.
“Simon Blodger ! aren’t you n pattern
man ? My caps aud your own dickies, thHt
1 left in starch over night! Now I know
you are drunk !”
Blodger was confounded/ He was
caught in ftaifrimtedelict", nnd for the sake
of peace in the family bedmpped his com
mittee meetings thenceforth.
HRKlllTEli DA its 'soli Tllß SOUTH
No true lover of his country can con
template the condition of the Southern
whites without tin- keenest commiseration.
A proud and powerful race, which once
swayed tlie destiuies of the Republic, still
lies, nearly a decade nfter the close of the
war, in certain sections, in almost com
plete political subjection to thermic nnd
untutored men who once tilled tlieir fields
and picked tln-ir cotton. In the over
throw of the rebel cause great fortunes were
swept away; nml men who had counted
their negroes by hundreds became as poor
as the poorest of them, nml sometimes
were fain to acknowledge Uicir former
slaves ns their employers. The whole edi
fice of since po.nor tliat had grow ntbnu ll
u height, fell in one crash, nnd the ruins
vet climber the ground. And nine years
of peace seem, after all, to have done little
in the work of recnjieratioii and growth.
The political rule of the ignorant blacks
is still almost unbroken.
But there is a sunnier side of this dark
picture. In many respects the future of
tin* South was never so promising us it is
to-day. At the clttse of tile war her people
accepted the situation with n frankness
whii h required no small effort, for it is
the beaten man who finds it hardest to
forgive and forget; the victor can afford to
Im magnanimous. Rut long before the
ex-Confcderates ceased to feel the smart of
defeat, a few of their late antagonists, led
by Oreelev nnd Chase, had stretched out
to them the light hand of fellowship.
Wlmt was then considered an aetof political
suicide has now become one of the favor
ite postures of the politicians, nnd the
number of people has supprisingly dimin
ished who would be willing to admit) as
the War Governor of Pennsylvaiuia did
the other day, tliat tliev would not have (
been sorry to see a judicious use of tlie
rope when the conflict ended. So far lias
this feeling melted away that the Union
veterans bailed w ith delight at one of their
recent meetings a proposal that, nextyear,
the close of the first decade of lienee
should be celebrated by s reunion of the
Bine and Gray of a more friendly character
than those to which they had been nccus-
touied; and this lias been followed by
stray propositions that an effort should
be made to gather ns many as possible of
both armies at the Centennial. So that
the sOB which rises on our bundreth birth
day bids fair to behold a wholly united
people.
The remedy for her political evils lies
in the bands of the South herself, for no
one else ean help her. The common
school means death to carpet-bug govern
ments; and, if tho people will but bide
tlieir time, the slow, steady work of educa
tion mid enlightenment will render black
and white equally tit for the duties of citi
zenship, and divide between them the
honors nud the responsibilities which the
one now refuses to share with the other.
The twaddle about a third term ought not
to ilevert them for a moment from the
serious task they have in hand. Appeals
to a stolid President or a benighted Con
gress must be equally fruitless. The
work is liefore you, brother of the South I
—From the New York Tribune.
ax aLmosFFATAL BITE.
A countryman by the name of Hornby
arrived in the city yesterday, fr—m Haber
sham county, amt gave ns the following
account of ah almost fatal ease, from the
effects of U dog bite. He left borne for
Atlanta Sunday morning, with a wagon
load of country prod ce. His wife and
three children were with him; also, one of
his dogs, Sunday evening the dog began
to act very strange, and finally commenced
foaming at the mouth, which at once con
vinced Air, Horuhy that the dog was mad.
and he went to his wagon, got a gnn and
shot the dog; but the shot did not at once
kill Irim, and being already mad, ami in
furiates! by the pain of the wound, be
made a savage charge on Mr. Hornby, bat
he turned him off with his gnn. The dog
then made for one of the children standing
by, and before Mr. Hornby could get to
it,
KAVAQEMF ‘.RASPED ITT
by the dress and bote it to the ground,
slightly bit it on the right arm.
Just them Air. Hornby dealt the dog a
fearful blow on the nead and kilted it.
The child did not at first seem hurt at ail,
but its mother discovered blor>d on its
dress and undressed it, when the wound
ou the aria w'aS seen Some herbs which
Mr. llornhy had with him were imme
diately appHed, but in V&w minutes the
eliild showed signs of extreme pain and
begun Cryifig. Mrs. Hornby
HECOSIE KBAKTIC WITH JfKAKS,
and her husband says he feared fora while
that she would tone her mind, home whis
ky nnd more herbs were applied to tlie
wound, und a small piece of flesh was cut
out w here the bite was. The ehtld in a
few moments became very sick, wad be
gan to grow very weak, buf sujue whisky
was forced dmvfi its throat and it revived.
It was forced to drink more whisky, and
final fully recovered, and half hour after it
was bitten it was completely well. This is
one of the few cases tlmt do not result fa
tally from hydrophobia, and a* this and
next month will lie wlmt are known aa the
“dogdays,” persons should Be. very care
ful to keep their children out of reach of
the reach of these mad brate*— AlLmla
AVir*. >• •f’*
S WISB HA RHIA HE L A HIS.
The Swiss government finds it necessary
to issue a special proclamation; bringing
to the notice of all eitizens, and especially
of tlie cantonal administrations, (he full
bearing of that part of the revised con
stitution which deals with the law of mar
riage. There hove been already, it is
stuted, numerous appeals made to the
central authority under this article, which
prescribe that no impediment whatever,-
founded on religions considerations, -or o it
supposed want of means, is to be pat in
(the way ol those "about to marry,,and
"high forbids any government, tta*or fae
!of any kind on the ceremony. It also
confers on the- wife a shore of "her bus
band’s settlement rights in his pariVh and
canton; and, imitating the Scotch law, it
legitimatizes children horn before wed
, lock. Lastly, it renders legally recogni
zable marriage contracted by Swiss persona
anywhere, if it be valid according to the
Irx loci. As certain eantonial governments
have hitherto refnsed to recognise sny
saeli marriages when celebrated without
previous sanction from the authorities of
at least the husband’s canton; while others
have required caution money from those
who hud no neal projx-rty, and continue to
exact it even since tlie constitution passed;
again, a few object to acknowledging
mixed marriages except under special
ecclesiastical sanction; they are warned
that all such obstructions are illegal, ad
vised Hint any deposits of money received
since the 2tlth of May, when the constitu
tion came into force, should Ire restored,
and further are informed that a special
law is being prepared designed to carry
nut the intentions of the constitutional aet
in fail detail. As the first decided inter
ference of the central gorvenment with
cantouial practices under its new powers,
this proclamation has made a considerable
sensation in certain parts of Switzerland.
Exchange.
117/. 1 T A SORTHLRX LAD Y
THIS KS OF SOCIAL
EQUALITY.
We copy the following remarks of "Bea
nie Beecli," an intelligent Washington
correspondent of the Repository <tnti
Tnm*nript, published at Oananduigna,
New York:
No political question interested ns ao
milch as the passage of the civil right*
bill. Although Republicans in principle,
we cannot tolerate a measure that even the
great philanthropist, Sumner, advocated.
To force one chess into companionship
with those who are perfectly repugnant to
them, not from prejudice, but from ree-,
sons we shall name, us simply overreaching
the demands of justice.
Why do not the masacs of our country’*
poor raise a hue and cry because they nre
not admitted, to receptions, balls, parties
and weddings, and in every private and
public place tolerated, withtout restric
tion in their dirt and debris, their ignor
ance and unfitness for such places ?
To legislate white people out of the Inst
birth-right of freedom, and to cram the
colored race with favors they cannot ap
preciate, is intolerable.
We could swallow all the bill without
choking if our schools could have escaped
tyranny. In many parts of the country
the question of mixed schools would
amount to little hut here in the South,
where a large proportion of the inhabi
tants nre colored, it would work serious
results.
We -are Sooth with big hearts of sym
pathy for tile poor, abused blacks. Two
venrs of dealing with a moo who don't
knee# what truth is, and wlio had sooner
steal tbs* Work,- and in whom there ia no
depend-ncc, makes us shrink from having
onr children educated with the ignorant,
unprincipled dregs of society. A colored
jiersou will solemnly promise yon over
laid over a thing, without ever wtewdrug
to do ss he says. Be willdewouscu (heft,
pray ad ring, attd riiowf a ttA rising from
las knees stent the ->ety first thing he etui
lay his baadv on.
its a race, they need missionaries among
them to educate them to a sense of bower.
They need a religion that will have power
enough to make them trust-worthy. Wo
have, since coming here, had trowMa and
anxiety enough from these eye servants tar
lost 11s a lifetime. , , .
When this lace are civilized by sdnen
tion, and can respect (heir word, and tiot
steal all their eyes behold, it wilt bo tin**
enough to compel white children to aorso
under their influence in mixed schools.
Returning from the city recently, wedrovo
through Howardtown, where the colored
people number seven to four whites. Jk
person who has any nose at all, would bn
obliged to hold it in passing these peopla,
whose repulsive odor cannot be scrubbed,
out. We should pity sensible white chil
dren who were obliged to be crowded-up
in a school room with a race God newt
designed they should amalgamate with.
We should not deprive those people of
one single right. We are glad they are
free. We crave the boon of freedom 100.
To-day they have more rights and better
privileges in the District of Columbia
than poor respectable white people, la
the eastern part of the District they have
large imposing school buildings with
every modern apparatus and school fix
tures. Wo blush to tell you that sixty
white children are crowded up in a mis
erable dilapidated school that’s a disgrace
to this government, and we cannot get
even enough to repair the building that
the government owns, while the colored
people's ckihlien must be provided with
every modern facility for an education.
These two build logs are within > mile and
a half of each other.
Go where yon will, in the street, on tfe
sidewalk, do colored people condescend to
give half the sidewalk ? Never. So dis
respectful are they over one’s rights that
rules have beeD j.ted up along the high
way, with the penalties for breaking them,
if persons fail to keep their own ride of
the street. After all thfe trouble, we are
often obliged to stop our horses and
scream at the top of out voice for that
darkey with his dilapidated cart and don
key to give us a piece of the highway.
Sambo will roll b>s eyes at us very much
as if he thought he wasjmighty eoudscend
ing. Bessikßeecb.
The Ijondon theatre goers are not "Led
Astray worth u cent. It doesu't pay.