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feWURDAY, AUGUST 2, 187-1.
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CfCMOORATiC NOMINEES
fOll CONGRESS,
lion. W. E. Kmitli,
OF DOUGHERTY
FOR hTATH SENATOR,
Col. .JitM. Mol>unnll,
OF THOMAS,
THE EXTINCTION OF THE AFRICAN
RACE IN AMERICA,
The UMtldble Consequences of Emtnci
pat) oil Enforced Citizenship Civil
tights- Enactment and Unna
total Claims to Social Equal
ity and Privileges,
flint tliere is ft distinction in the etlino
login*! stiitns of the two races, no ronn pos-
Mwactl of reasonable intellectual endow
irtViMH or ©lvlnWy etaotfoftal ocuaabilitiea
raft tlmfW! or controvert’. Upon the qtU-*
tio&of natnfal c-qnniify no honest, well iu
formod mun will ussuu/e the affirmative
and hazard his re|mtntion in deliate.
Then, if there is a distinctive difference,
where is the superiority ? What doe* his
tory teach ns ? What linve we learned
from experience and observation ? Are
we informed of any period in the world’s
history of enneiiNsiou nial Ethiopian equal
ity as nation* or Individuals ? If they
were originally the equal of the white race,
why is it that Afriea is not now the proud
eqniil or proud rival of European nations,
in all the arts, literature and science ?
Why does she not rival the white race in
commerce, agriculture and mechanism ?
1>) they not trend the same carpeted
earth ? And is it not wanned by the same
sun and moistened by the same genial
tains. Why is it, if equal, that they, like
Site white mail, have not utilized the earth
Mid seas, and subjugated the elements to
ffieir complete control? Why mo the
seas not dotted with their ponderous uud
majestic ships, freighted with the com
mores of their own and other coun
tries ? Ilus the mind of the native
African wi wondered through tho track
lem space in sttiTSfl of hew worlds? Hue
lie ever grasped ill lii* mind the blazing !
worlds that dot the fair fields of Ether? j
Hu* he computed their respective ills- j
tam es from each otln-r nnd learned the (
force* by which they are held ill fin ir
spheres ? Docs he know, or lias lie ever
known that they have allotted sphere* in
which to move, or lias ho ever had any ;
conception of tho speed aud regularity J
-with wfhieh the various systems move
in their respective orbits ? Has tho Goil
of the Cniveiwe ever revctsh-il to them his
will or hi* word, or even liis existoiiee?
Did the Saviour of the world, during liis
life or ministry, visit and instruct the Ethe- i
opeun ? Did tho native African ever in
wmt a letter, a figure, or write, or print a j
word ? DhYHo ever invent even tho sim
jilest piece of work- for hi* own eonveni
euco and comfort ?-' Have they as a nation
oirw people, in t?ie World’s grand Cathe
dra! touched one chord 1 that harmoniously
swelled the grand chorus of anm-rscl pro
gress and prosperity ? If not, why not, if
tbu equal of the white race ? Have not all
of those grand mid sublime discoveries ;
Mid’wonderful works resulted from the !
whito man, exercise of n God like reu
kM, his research, investigation and indom- !
liable energy nut! perseverance. Where
i* the fir-t evidence in nature or rcvelu
tienof ttie negroes equality with the
white race t It in’t Imi found, it doesn't
exist even in the conscience of Hie wildest
fanatic. The lines of distinction was
drown hy the God of nature, nmbfhtvwliite
man endowed with a superiority Hint he
bus and always will maintain until God’s
decrees-irflnfl he revoked, and loso their
eternahdnrution and force; and until (foil
shall absolve hnnmdf from the oath he took
in reference to the immutability of his
laws. And every effort to make the blnek
race the equal of the white iu the face of
these decrees and in violation of heaven’s
statutes, with which both races are
stamped, must inevitably result to the
prejudice, and injury, ol the less favored of
heaven muV weafter of earth. AVo lnvve
said and now repeat", that, flic passage and
enforcement' of the Civil Bights Bill by
the Congress oft ho United States will
prove nu-. i<xtiAgtti*hiug element of the
African race irr this country. The w hite
man Ims a -God-Uko jealousy of his honor,
and he will destroy if need lie, with tire,
every conflicting element. And to ac
complish this there will lift on tie' part of
the whito race universal unanimity. The
lines will lie drawn at once, and there will
be no division of the white race. And
(he poor deluded negro w ill he abandoned
by his present, deceitful leaders, mid left
to sufler’Uic consequences of his pervert
edfaiM' infatuated ideas of Civil Bights
and social tsjnidity. A war of races will ns
certainly follow the passage of the Civil
Bights hill as effect follows cause. The
black ruuo is composed of different mate
rial—his l'esli, blood and bone is not con
ponnded of the same ingredients, differ
ing in his .rgnuivstion nifd : temperament
from the white race. His secretions are
different, partaking more of the nature of
the lower order of auimabqheuce the mits
kynrnt disagreeable odor that pervade
hi* system This is the white mans
heeitage, and. tin- white race will never sub
mit to rtny law that eontmvenes the de
crees of Heaven, ami degrades the God
like whito race to an equality with the
brute-like black nice. Congress may pirns
ndaw deidaring eipcri privileges to both
races, tint'there isn't meu enough in the
world to enforce it in America, luul when
rile effort is in.ule woe bo unto the poor
deluded ni-gm-
Hie dhti'f propose to take from the ne
gro a single right lie now possesses, not
witLotaailWg the high evidumw of' his iu
... . • _ • 'i
rapacity to exercise them. Bwt we lrave j
no fears in asserting that any further legal;
uliactuionts in the encouragement of his
already infatuated mind and native brutal
carnalities will result disuStrioitsly to his
ruco in this country.- Would that they
could be led to'SCe the error of their ways
mid the dangers to which they arc exjios
ed. Would tint Hm stupid creatures
could ace the villainies of the white vil
lains that have misled and are now mis
leading them.
DEMOCRACY
like a tulle wave is sweeping every thing j
liefore it. Wherever the Civil Kiglits
Hill has been made u test in elections, -
North or riontli, the white rasa ha* lifted
his majestic head and stamps with his own j
seal of condemnation the Radical effort to
degrade him to a brutal equality. The j
opposition to this gmnd scheme of villainy
is swelling it* ranks and lengthening its
lines; mastering into service every day
regiments, brigades, divisions and even
armies with bunners armed anil equipt
in defense of their own fair heritage. The
.South has endured much and the Repub
lican party has rejoiced at her humiliation,
lint the practical workings of the oppres
sive hiws have had a tendency to weaken
the Republicans, as some grew more Radi
cal, others became more Conservative, and
hence among themselves they have split
and have grown weak aud lire growing
weaker, and now the Civil Rights Rill is
the straw that has completely broken the
camel’s back, and is forming a great white
mini's parly that will override all opposi
tion and control this government. We re
ceive daily intelligence of prominent Re
publicans taking bold and decisive stands
witli tlio Democratic party against the ini
quitous bill. With tb* hosts of secessions
to the Democratic party which is almost
equal iu numbers to the combined radical
force who can doubt, but that the revolu
tion will result in great Democratic victories
and in a complete union of the conserva
tive element of the North and tho Demo
erotic party, and a successful overthrow of
tile infamous thieves anil cliques that have
cursed and drained and impoverished our
country.
D. F. LUKE.
The Sheriff of Thomas comity, elected
some t .vo years ago, bus published a cir
cular iu vindication, as he suya, of his po
litical integrity. He is answering an nr
tielo which appealed iu tho lost issue of
tho Tlioinasville hnler/rrifi 1 , in which lie is
; represented by tho editor, upon iuforma
j tion, as having taken a manly stand in op
| position to Whiteley mid the Civil Bights
Bill. Luke sitys tlie circulation of this re
port reflects upon liis political Integrity.
I Aik) in vindication of liis Integrity he says:
j “1 claim hi be tui honest, true and faitli
! fill Republican, and in the future, ns in
the past, expect fir devote all my energies
in working for tho prosperity of tho party. ”
Judging from this, one would readily con
clude that injustico had l-Cen done him
in the information received at tho fitrler
jirisn office. 11l the Hanie paragraph speak
! ing of the baneful influence of tlie Civil
Bights Bill, ho calls upon his friends
j thnsly, Tlepulilicnii friends: “This is file
, wedge with which our opponent* hope to
i split us. It is fraught with distinction am!
■ its passage *s a htw Cali only result ill tire
, most direful consequences to the party:’’
| And further lie says.'
“I am opposed to this iniquitio i* incus
! ure. and opposed to any one who en
| dorses it. In making this announce
ment, I do not fuel that I have renounced
j any of tlie tenets of my faith, but on the
contrary. lam a better Republican than
ever, and feel assured that the honest, un
prejudiced and thinking men, of the party,
both white and colored, will sustain me in
the assertion. ,
“In conclusion, I would appeal to my
colored friends to turn a deaf ear to those
who would excite their perjudiee, they
seek to defeat vimr party. Heed them
not and these side issues will soon be bur
ied in the grave of oblivion, never to
threaten the harmony and i-*ce of our
party again. Then arouse yourself; lay
aside evrything tlmt deters you from do
ing your duty;J‘ay your taxes, and come
up Manfully to the polls and rotrfor thorn
trltOM you i-.-soir to In’ true to you und to the
vital iutei'esfe at stake. ”
What does Unite mean by telling liis
friends (hat this i* a weilgo that their op
ponents hope to split their party with.
| Win ise wedge is it Air. Luke? Who made
;it ? What party propose*- to pass it into
u law with, as yon say, all its baneful in
tfuenees am} iniquitous consequences ?
tauT it the pet child of the party? You
say you are ow honest and faithful mem
ber of, and slw-sys expects to be. How
, eau yow lie an-honest and faithful nn-m
--| her of a pnrty tlmt advocates principle*
that yon say eve Baneful nnd iniquitous,
and that you emi t support it or any one
that endorses it ? Now, if the principles
of the party are iniquitous, liow canyon
lie an honest man and continue your meta*
Unship ? Tn other words, how can you Be
; mi hrau-st and faithful member of a pnrty
and abhor and deuoiineo it* principles 'J
U|**u the hypothesis we presume that
there is honor among thieves. Whiteley
1 endorses it, are yon going to vote for him?
If not, why not toll your colored friends
uot to vote for liiitl ? Why do you tell
them that it is a wedge to split their party,
ami til pay their taxes and couio to tlie
| j Mills and vote for those that will 1 pivteet
their right* ? Who do you meatl' By
those that w ill protect their right* ? Is
it Whiteley, the advocate of Ihe measure
Hint you denounce as iniquitous and will
not as their friend support ? Will you ml- 1
vise theta'to support a mail that advocates
a measure that-you sav will be ruinous to
their in tomato- ? Then, Luke, who must
they vote for ? Von-have no otlu-r candi
date for Congress.- Wo presume you want 1
the iiegriH-s tu pay-their taws and vote for
ftmith, who wields au iniquitous Republi
can wedge to split an iuiquitims Republi
can party with, of which yun are *u- hon
est, faithful member. Don’t ileal ill
metaphors any longer with the negroes,
they don’t understand them. But if you
are au honest man. ti ll them id-plain lan
guage to vote ugaiust Whiteley and the ,
milieus nnd iniquitous Civil Rights HilL
Vow, I,uke, if you will come down here
we will prepare a circular for you that will
galvhiize you for a while and muke you
appear somewhat decent.
THE FORREST CITY.
It was onr lmppy lot to spend the early
part of the present week in Haviuihsfi, the
city so appropriately named above. We
were there in the Interest of onr paper,
and though we received but little encour
agement, we can’t find it in onr heart to
complain. Times have been hard; the
country people's extravagance and the
disasters to their crops huvo thrown them
behind, and as a consequence, Huvnnnah
merchants have suffered- Rat, notwith
standing, Ha van null merchants arc live
men, ns their immense houses packed and
jawed fri/ln garret to cellur will demon
strate. Judging from tho largo and well
assorted stocks of goods already received
and the daily arrival of largo and heavily
freighted vessels, u stranger would never
believe that there had been a panic in
j Georgia. Among tlie prominent dry
j goods merchants that wo visited were
Messrs. DeWitt, Morgan & Cos., Orff,
| Watkins <fc Cos. and Henry Lntbrop A Go.
I These arc Worthy gentlemen, excellent
j urercfmntH, and with fheif Immense stocks
of goods their houses will rank among the
most prominent in the .South.
Tlie li/ost prominent wholesale grocery
merchants are Claghorn A Cunningham,
W. H. Htark k Cos. nnd Solomon Broth
era. These are houses rivaling with any
in the South aud from them the best of
of good* enit he Vwnght on the best of
I Serins. We would suggest to our country
1 merchants that it would bo to their iuter
| eat to purchase their supplies from such
houses as we have named above. In speak
ing of these houses wo have no intention
of disparaging any other liousesordetruct
lig from any other merchants, but we
| speak of them ns they are in their reapec
; tive lines of business, ns wo believe the
! moat promieneut merchants in tho city.
: For this we receive no reward or compen
sation. We do this not for the ante of the
gentlemen mentioned, But for the sake of
the city of Savannah, to ithow that she is
entitled to a prominent position among
tho cities of tho South. If Georgia would
concentrate her capital at, Savannah and
build it up and make it n great Honthcru
Emporium; a commercial mart, sending
out and inviting directly the commerce of
the European world. Georgia with her
great city would bo n great State.
FOR CONGRESS* AND THE STATE
SENATE.
At our mask head will bo found tlie
names of W. E. Smith of Dougherty, for
Congress and Col. James McDonald, of
Thomas for State Senate. ’With pride wo
present these two Gentlemen as the Dem
ocratic standard bearers in the two Dis
trict*. More worthy mid justly popular
men could not have been selected, men of
cleaner social mid political records could
not he found. They are men truly de
voted to the cause, men of energy and
persevorenoe, wide awake to the impor
tance of success iu the race, fully apprised
of the evil consequences of defeat. The
dark cloud that hits lowered over us for
ycura, venting its wrath from time to time
is becoming, attenuated and glimmering
rays from the star of hope are peeping
through its interstieies, stiinimilaling our
leaders and encouraging every follower to
give on the whole armour, and light the
buttle with confidence Until the enemies
ranks arc depleted mid put to flight and a
grand victory is won ami our Runners in
! triumph Hunting iu the breeze, and the
marshall musie o', victory and con
quest shall ride upon every wind of heaven
\to cvrey cottage homo in our loved Dis
trict. And tho last vestige of Radical
gloom shall have been dispelled nnd tlie
whole political zodiac from the burizou to
tho zenith, shall be clear and bright as
a cloudless sky. Wo have everything to
encourage us, perfect harmony in our
ranks, disseution and discord in the ranks
of tho enemy, with daily desertions of
thier leaders.
Armed with truth and gentleness, raesoii
; nnd pclaunaion, we cun win uud save the.
| poor black people befor tlie day appointed
i tor buttle.
—
WHAT WILL THEY DO.
The poor negroes are being deserted by
< their white ooth-iigues that have nursed
and deceived them so long, while there
was a hope for position tlirough negro
votes,jtliu Scalawags never deserted them;
but now when it becomes a question of
race awl no hope their chosen
leaders drop them and will not accept the
nomination. This allows clear liy that
the leaders have given it up that the negro
vote can’t wiu' Joseph has ignored the ne
gro,- can’t swallow the Civil Rights Rill.
It even nauseates the stomach of Sheriff’
- Luke, honest as lie is and as true a Re
publican us lie has been, and us loud us he
lias been of tho American citizen, of Afri
can odor, the negro equality is too hitter a
pill, and he can’t even support Whiteley,
because Whiteley endorses it. Now, oni
on and men your leaders have got you into
trouble and deserted you; now listen to
! the admouitiou of your true friends that
will make you no promises that they will
not fulfill, hut in your proper shpore wilt
, respect you and protect you iu idl your
■ ignis; they huvo tarnished you homes for
your families; tln-y huvo given you em
ployment by which you could support
them, they will continue to do so it you
will prove to he their friends uml not their
enemies. Were they- to withhold from
you these blessings, w here would you get
shelters, food and raiment for yourselves
aud families ? Do you- know ot a Radical
that eau furnish you a home, ranch lew
your entire race. Black man, stop anil re
lied, don’t risk your all upon this issue.
We tell you iu your proper sphere the
white men of the South will respect mid
protect you, und we warm you tlmt au of- ■
fort to get beyond your legitimate sphere
will be exceedingly hazardous.
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT MEETING
At a meeting of the Democrats of Quit-1
man District, Brooks county, held at tho j
Cottrt House, ou lust Saturday, 22d iust,, ■
Mr. T. A. White was chosen as chairman, ■
and l. A. Altbritton elected Secretary.
On motion of Air. H. M. Mclntosh, Cap- i
taiu J. H. Hunter explained the business
of tho meeting to lie the appointment of
delegates from Quitman district to meet
with those appointed by other districts ill
thi* county on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember next, to select a Democratic can
didate to represent Brooks county in the
Legislature. Cupt. Hunter then made a
motion that the ctinir appoint a committee
of five to report names of suitable persons
tat delegates and to suggest Other business
for the meeting.
The committee wag appointed nnd con
sisted of J. H. Hunter, \V, J. Winters, H.
T. Kingsbury, J. M. Bhcarer and W. A.
McNeil.
The eommittee reported the names of ,T.
C. Hpell, Jerry Wilson, A. Willaford, E.
R. Harden, D. R. Creech.
The committee also reported the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Jtemlreil, That these gentlemen lie ap
pointed to represent this district in the.
county Contention without nrtv ifisfmc
tions, and that we will give the nominee of
that Convention our hearty support who
ever lie may be.
T. A. WHITE, Chairman.
I. A. Ai.rnmiTroN, Secretary.
Quitman, Aug. 22, 1874.-
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FIRESIDE FRIEND,
We hate before us a copy of this valua
ble journal, piitlished at Chicago. It is
ntie of the best, witli perhaps, the largest,
eireiilatioU of apy weekly fiterary journal
in the North West. It iii neutral in polities
aud religion, devoted to news, rotnunoe,
literature, arts, sciences arid general infor
mation. We met with Mr. King, while
in Savannah, who is the authorized agent
and Klin has traveled through the South
ern States for three years in the intercat of
the paper; we find him a genial compan
ion, with all the elements of n gentleman.
He Inal heard from his youth up the ex
ag,-rated reports of Southern cruelty to
tlie negro race, and believed as a large ma
jority of Northern men do who never
traveled South, and as a matter of course
he came South with a deep m uted preju
dice against the Southern people and ill
favor of What he thought an oppressed
| race, But during liis sojourn of three
, years he has become acquainted with South
ern character and the negro character,
and with tlie information thus uequirod
his prejudice have passed away. He is as
much opposed to the Civil Bights Bill as
i any Southern man, and wo believe that
the whole Northwest, with the same iufor
| Illation, would be of like opinion. We take
pleasure in reconimendfuti Mr King us u
worthy gentleman and the journal he rep
resents as one of the highest rank.
Expensive Cotton Raisin?.
The New York Uinoncotl tool Commer
cial Chronicle, of the 25th ult,, hit* the fol
lowing item :
The good old Book tells ns Hint “the
destruction of tlie poor is their poverty.”
Never won this truth more forcibly illus
trated than in the history of the Southern
planter since the war. A case in point is
before us now. We are not at liberty to
give either the names or the place, hut we
will vouch for the accuracy of the inci
dent. The planter in question, culled up
on his factor for an advance, but the pres
1 cut condition of the money market iu that
| neighborhood, and tlie uncertainties sur
! toundiug the future nr6 such, that the fuc
; tor was nimble to hespoud, and eveu re
fused to “accept” fbV the planter, although
! ho had paid up every dollar lie owed lust
year, and was i-steeWi and a man of sterling
integrity. Thus repelled, wo nest discov
er our poor applicant- knowing he had
many hungry mouths to till —in search of
a “grocery denier” liis last hope; one
who would be induced to furnish bins tbe
Imcon needed by liis family. When our
informant met him lie hud at length ob
tained the accommodation needed, but
what terms! Bacon at llq* point was
worth 10u., per pound, cosh; this planter
i* to have it billed to him at 12je., and to
the account so rendered per cent, interest
i* to be added, and a note given, due Nov.
Ist., secured by mortgage r.u*l crop lit *.
As we make it up this Snutbrru farmer has
satisfied the hunger of Ins fatally by pay
ing Hilcrcst at the rati; of about 45 per
cent. Surely the destruction of tin
poor is their poverty !
Nor is this an isolated Case;- it is flic re
sult, which is ivuite general, of going into
debt for mules und tools and food, paying
soveuty dollars a ton, with exorbitant jfi*
terest, for manure, while wasting domestic
fertilizers, aud i-.1l for the purpose of culti
vating ouo hundred acres of land, where,
if ho hod cultivated only ton, thoroughly
and economically, lu- would more likely
than not have seen red nearly as much pro
dnoe, and certainly have realized a neat
profit instead of a loss. One would feel
like scolding at such improvidence, if it
were uot that one’s sympathy was thor
oughly aroused.
The Amkhicax Boron. -No other
: country ever produced such an article.
He can lie distinguished anyw here bv the
qualities that are enameled ou his scound
! rally conntenance. Ho is so cowardly,
- cruel, cunning and vicious tlmt one does a
great wrong to i-nll him beastly. He is ft
1 bully, ever imposing upon and abusing
the weak, and shrinking before tho res
olute and strong. He Begins life Bv i*<ib
| Bing his father. If ho'-lilt’s one to Know’,
i anti beating his mother, nnd he ends it ns
a New York ahlcrtuun or judge. There
!is no place where the rough is found in
j such perfection, if l mav use such a word,
its in New Yink. He abounds everywhere
i in our blessed lalitlof free institutions, es
! pecially about our cities, But nowhere
I such a specimen as in New Y'ork. Some
| years ago he was produced on the stagi
under the name of Mose, the fireman,
i But Mose, unfortunately for himself, vol
unteered in the Beginning of the late
war, and appeared at the first Bull Run
as * zouave. The pensive public were
disgusted to (emu that it* favorite Mose
ran away like the poll-tun, as lie is, nt the
first lire, and Could not Be rallied, or
stopped even. He disappeared from hu
man view and human favor.
Weddings in Borneo.-
On the wedding-day the bride mid
Bridegroom are brought from opposite
ends of thevilliage to the spot where the
ceremony is to Be performed. They are
made to sit on two liars of iron, t hat bless
ings as lasting, aud health ns vigorous
may attend the pair. A cigar and bctul
leaf, prepared with the areca nut, are next
put into the hands of the bride and bride
groom. One of the priests tlieu waves
two fowls over the heads of the couple,
and in a long address to tho Supreme Be
ing, Cklfs down blessings upon the pair,
and implores that lienee and happiness
may attend the union. After the heads
of the affianced have been knocked
against each other three or four times, the
Bridegroom puts the prepared siri leaf aud
the cigar into the month of the Bride,
While she does the same to hint whom
she thus utkuonledges as her husband.
Old Sam Gilbert’s Glass Eye.
Bung ti llw a story told him by a man out
; Woftt, which has an air of truth about it
aud i ciirimiN:
“Old Bam Gilbert wa the alyefrt one,”
j Maya the orator, “Old Haul had lost one
i eye, he had, but he’d got a gin** one ft"t j
ill which would not eree anything, iii
course, but which looked just as mit ral as |
I life, and had a guxe ns steady ns t* peddler,
i Well. Old Sam used to sport a good deal,
and sometimes he’d git hard up, and then j
j the dodge that old rnss played to raise
j the wiua was anmjdm’ He’d just go out !
I to some town where lie wasn’t known, and j
I he’d pick udt some likely mau for a muss, j
I and keep pidrin' on him in a mild kind of
Ia way until the stranger’d get mad and
pitch into Old Sam to take satisfaction
<mt of hit skin. Well, Old Hunt was j
some on a rustle, himslf, and he’d always:
lay about lively and dually clinch, aud'
he and the other follow would roll about
o il tlie ground, and gouge and pull and
swear like thunder. Tin tk Old Ham’s dodge
would come in. He’d always manage to
get out his glass eye some way and slip it
! in his pocket in the row, while they rolled
| about, afld as hoou as he'd done that he’d
begin to holler, and then the crowd would
; separate m. Then Old Ham would lie:
back and yell, and moan, and say as how
the other fellow had destroyed him by i
i gougin’ his eye out, en* half the time th*
other fellow'll really think he bad; and if
he disputed it, it didn’t make no differ
ence, for there was the eye gone ! Then
Old Ham would either bring suit an’ git;
big damages, or he’d compromise the mat
ter an git a pile as big ! I’ve known a good
i many slmrp men in my day, but Old Hum
j was just about the thriftiest cuss I ever
| struck anywhere.”
A Gambling Dodge.
A Parisian medical man was sent for the
! other day to see a patient, who was in bed.
| Having prescribed, he promised to call on
j the following evening. lie did so, and in
I the sick man’s room found several other
I persons silting ut a table playing cards, as
i they said to amuse their invalid friend,
j The table whs covered with gold.
“I am much better this evening, doc
| tor,” said the pretended sick man, and af
j ter some few other remarks, added: “You
have a lucky counteancc, doctor; I wish
I you would play a few games for me.”
“tVitfr all my heart, replied the doc
! tor, and on the patient giving him ten
! napoleons he seated himself at table, nnd
; in a short time won HM) napoleons, which
he handed over to patient saying that he
! had several times thought of proposing to
go halves with him.
“Nothing would have given me greater
pleasure,' replied the other; “but wimt is
j deferred is not lost; do me the pleasure to
i come at the same hour to-morrow evening,
; and you shall meet the same party.”
The doctor did so, and for tw o or three
sueeftsaive nights, ami after being allowed
fat first to win, was ultimately a loser of
j 23,05)0. On tlLe fourth night he returned,
| hoping to retrieve his losses, when he
| found the bird flown, tho apartment bnv
| iug only been taken for a week.
A Great Natural Curiosity.
For tho past day or two there has been
I in this city a colored man who presents in
1 himself a queer physiological freak. He
is thirty-four years of age. thick set, of
j medium height, of fair intelligence, aud
! was born in Manchester, England. He
! gains a livelihood by exhibiting himself
|to physicians. His abdomen is uutur*Uj
; full, at will, without the use of his hit fids,
jhe gives it a wave-like motion ntul it
! gradually sinks in as being wound up, nn
j til apparently rests close against the back
] bone, and he presents the appearance of a
man with no abdomen, and in the
j same manner he rolls it out to its original
hrm. He then drops from under his
ribs a duplicate set of ribs, with a
| breast bone, when the original ribs and
: the duplicates can bo hit and counted,
! and the whole front of the body is, as it
were, iron-clkd. Or, at will, bo appear
ently drops his heart from iT3 natural posi
i tion some twelve inches, puts it buck and
sends it to the right side of the body op
posite its natural position, puts it back
and sends it to the lower part of tho body
on the right side, thus putting iu four dif
ferent positions.
During the.se changes the sound of the
heart cun he distinctly heard in either of
these new positions, and not where they
usually are heard. It seems to be nec
essary however, that after each change it
; should go back where it belongs before
j being sr lit to anew quarter. He also has
the power to stop the beating of his heart
at will from live to ten seconds ut a time,
the pulse stopping at the same time. He
seems also to have consitkerable strength,
easily bending by a bfciw Oti the arm a
j heavy iron eaue w hich he carries. Sever
al of our prominent physicians have, ex
amined him, from one of whom wo have
j obtained these facts, and pronounce him
j to be the greatest curiosity in physiology
! they have ever seen or heard of.—Provi
! tlcncs Daily Jtmmal,
National Financial Mattees. IIWi
! iuyton Augnal 22. A rumor has prevailed
{ here that Secretary Bristow contemplated
: making a second call for the retirement
lof additional live-twenty bonds. To-day
|he said that it was not his policy to make
| such calls in the middle of the month.
He said that no such onll would Be made
I untill at lonst tlie Ist of September. The
\ papers and data to lie embraced in the <V
! maud ou tlie Pacific Railroad companies
| for five per cent, of their gross earnings,
;os required by repent legislation, have
1 bon pri-pured, and will be turned nv.'r to
j him on Monday. The demand wdl be
I made at once thereafter. The Secretary,
liu a letter, calls tho attention of custom
j others to so much of the net of June, 1874.
| revising and consolidating the statutes of
I the United States, in force Doceuibei 1.
| IS7J, as relates to the assessment nnd
: collection of duties ou imports, and es
i pecially to the repealing clauses of the
i act. In its character, as an iuterprotn
; tion and legislative construction of acts
I in force December 1, 18711, it is not man
datory, as against any duly authorized
construction prevailing previous to tin
date of it* enactment. In tho absence of
such authorized construction, holding ad
versely, either of the courts or of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, its interpretation
must lie complied with after June 22,
1874. Its requirements are absolute law,
to lie enforced upon nil importations with
out provision for time elapsing or for the
date of being put on shipboard, at any
foreign port, or nuy other condition or
resolution whatever.
The latest mail advices from Europe in
regard to the crop prospect* there are
not so good as the last preceding reports.
Though the French crop is a good aver
age one, still the hopes that it might Be
classed among the rich crops will not bo
j realized. Rve and barley will yield good
quality, But rather limited quautity.
Complaints about oats have, in conse
quence of the heat, Become more intense
in certain parts. From \h'una, the
official bulletins say the continued- July
heat lias done harm only in a eompura
| tively small part of the Empire, But was
| pretty damaging to barley, oats, and feed,
i Rye and wheat look well, and corn is also
! looking well.
A Ten-Thousand-Dollar Gill.
On a certain day, on a Pennsylvania
railroad, a liclle of a thriving Pennsylvania j
town, the daughter ot a weltliy lumber I
merchant, aim traveling iu the him train j
with a shrewd old citizen of her native
town ami an agreeable yonng gentleman
from tiie Weat, who tell* the atory:
The latter had Been talking to the Belle;
Bat, a* night drew on, and the young
lady grew drowsy, be gave his Seat to
her and placed himself boride the some
what cynical Pennsylvanian. The latter
begun the conversation By pointing to a
high mountain past which they were
whnling, ami said:
“You see that mountain? Six or eight
years ago it was covered w ith as flue a
forest as ever grewi, and was worth ten
thousand dollars and upward. Now,
Without a tfee, Covered with stumps, tin
land is scarcely worth a continental.
The net produce of that mountain is over
there in that seat,” nnd he pointed to the
recumlient Bello, “That is fny calcu
lation. It lias just absorbed all of that
lumber, which her father owned, to raise
and educate the girl, to pay for her
clothes and jewelry, bring her out in
society, aud maintain her there. Some
of you young men, if yon were given
your choice between the mountain yonder
as it now stand and the net produce on
that seat, would take the net produce;!
hut, as for me, give me the stumps!"
A SWELL AT TilK Gallows. —The first
Earl of Holland was a great dandy, who I
played a prominent and not altogether re- '
putable part in the history of his time. ;
lie was u favorite at thecourt* of James I. i
nnd Charles I.; But when the civil war
Broke out, he at first sided with the Parli
meut against the King. In an unlm-kly
time, he went over to the royalist side,
look up arms against the Commonwealth,
was defeated, made prisoner, put to trial,
and duly saiiteueed to lose his head. He
appeared upon the scaffold in a white 1
satin vest, and cap trimmed with silver
laces. His costly garments wore tho law
ful perquisites of tho executioner, to
whom the Earl said, ns he approached the
; Block: Here, my friend, let my Body and
my clothes alone: there is ten pounds for
thee; that is Better than my clothes. I am
sure. And when you take up niv head, j
'do not take off my cap.” Then laying
his neck on thp Block, lie added: “Stay
while I give the sign.” After a brief
prayer In- stretched out his hand, saying,
“Now !” The word ,W 1 hardly left his
lids When the ax Ml, ami the head was
1 severed from the body at a single stroke.
Gentlemen’s Weppim* ('ohttmu. —lt
being now considered more fashionable to
have the marriage ceremony take place in
the niorniii. or afternoon, tlie correct
costume for the bridegroom to wear is a
double-breasted blue superfine cloth
fr-iek coat, cHher plain or braided, ami
with silk breast-facing; a white double
breasted waistcoat to show above the turn
over of the coat tape), and silver-grey or
lavender trousers; a dark blue satin scarf,
tie-1 into a sailor’s knot, nnd lavender
colored gloves. AYhcn the ceremony
takes place in the evening, or is made a
full-dress otcasiop, (now vt ry rare among
fashionable cireli k. ) tho bridegroom
•ihfmkl wetar i ordinary evening dress
suit, viz.; plain black drew coat, with
frock hqt Is rolling low to the waist scam,
black dress vest, neatly embroidered witli
a rolling collar, and opening so as to show
three studs; or a white Mnrscil s dress vest
can lie substituted with good taste, and
black doeskin trousers, with a lndf inch
silk braid laid on flat over the side seem;
white cambric tie, with hemstitched cuds,
aud with gloves.
-
Emit Ani.ei:s.—A correspoudenl wri
ting front an unfashionable summer resort
says: “A little company of New York hi
’ dies, accompanied with their husbands,
are enjoying a fishing excursion litre. The
appearance of the ladies when equipped
for business is quite picturesque. They
wear fishing suits that Bear a remote re
.Hcnililaiicc to Bathing suits, mid they go
through all parts of the stream with the
utmost intrepidity. A fishing suit for a
lady eonr.ista of a sort Of frock dress, a
pair of I Aooiucr trousers, fastened tight at
the ankle, a common straw- hat worth
about fifty ei-iits, and a pair of Brogan
shoes with course woollen stockings. The
ladies fish only with worms, nnd, after a
little experience, they eau put a worm on
a hook without calling it a nasty tiling, or
making any other disparaging reimiik.
They carry trout basket* of the regulation
pattern slung over the left shoulder, and
they stumble and straggeriup aud down
streuinjwith all the freedom that Mis*
Anthony could desire for her sex. Occa
sionally they get a duelling, but this does
not seriously disturb them. They merely
say, ‘A olu ll,’ and go Oir fishing us if
nothing had happened.”
Men Who Didn't Fiuht. Wnsyinghm,
Auipift 22. - The threatened (?) duel Be
tween ('-01. Mosßv, of Confederate guerilla
fame, und Cupt. O. 1). Payne, of Warren
tou, Vo., which was to have been fought
yesterday and wins prevented by the con
venient interference of tlie authorities lu re,
may now be declared off’. They have
Both Been put under Bonds; and those
who believe in “the Code” recognize the
Bonds as sacred ns the Code itself. Mos-
By’s friends claim that he was determined
to light. When the news was commu
nicated to him that Payne had accepted
liis challenge, and had named rifles as tin
weapons anil forty paces as the distance he
scut through liis friend u note to his ad
versary requesting that the distance be
reduced from forty to ten paces. Proba
bly this was pure Bravado. Prior to leav
ing home he ostentatiously made nil ar
rangements, as if anticipating the worst,
and bidding his wife and children nn
elaborate farewell. Payne made an equal
show of bravery, real or bogus. Ho was
on the ground first selected nt the ap
pointed hour, but from which Mosbv was
prevented reaching on ncoount of his ar
rest Both men are said to have fought
duels, aud are considered excellent shots.
It is rumored that, after the bondsmen
are. discharge from tho securities, an ar
rangement may he effected by which the
meeting may take place at no distant day.
The greater probability is however, that a
convenient arrest would again Be managed.
♦.-
The A fee- riov for a Mother. —A sing
ular and affecting trait, is recorded of the
bison when yonng. Whenever a eow
bison falls by the hand of the hunter,
and happens to have a calf, tlie helpless
creature, instead of attempting to escape,
stays by its fallen dam, with many expres
sions of strong affection. The mother
being secured, the hunter makes no at
tempt ou the calf, beeauso this is unnec
essary. but proceeds to cut up the carcass;
and then, laying it on his horse, he re
turns home, foltowesl by the young one.
which thus instinctively accompanies the
remains of its parent. A hunter once
rode into the town of Cincinnati, between
tlie Miami's, followed iu this manner by
three calves, all of which had just lost
their darns.
Brooklyn does not know which to worry
about first, scandal or the daily leak of 22,-
000 galkiis at t.ke storage reservoirs.
[From the Loui.xvillc *
Wkat the Beecher-Tilton Busiue*
Teaches.
We have never read, and never expect
to read, Beecher's defense. It is not
necessary to read it to decide upon hi*
guilt or innocence. There me very much
| Better data to judge from that the mere
substance of Beecher’s words. When a
; man occupying the positon of Beecher is
j accused of n specific crime as Beechef
I was, and takes two mouths and nine col
i limns of a newsiHqier to explain his iuno*
I ceuce, we may read Ins explanation, if we
will, as a matter of curiosity, but we will
! hardly need it to enable ue to come to a
couclusion. But the truth is it is of very
ittle consequence whether Beecher is in
-1 liocent or guilty of the particular offense
! laid to his cliargo in this instance. The
i investigation is equally damaging to him
iiu any event. A man is known by the
; company he keeps, and Beecher's Iru-nds
are fatal to him. If tlie charge against
Ueeolier is true, of course there is an end
| to the argument; hut suppose it is false.
It must not be forgotetn that it is urged
by men with whom, up ton very recent
date, Beecher maintained the most inti*
mute relations; whom who were ids con
fidents in his tumbles; whom he speaks
of nnd addresses by their Christian
names as his bosom friends. What must
be the real diameter of the men who
would trump up such a false charge 1
Will any one Believe that such a mau as
Beecher could live on terms of such close
intimacy with these people for yenrs, aud
not discover their retd character ? Then
look at the character of everybody who
knows anything übout the affair, or is
connected with it iu any way. The men
are all liars, and the women arc all
wantons. One of the sisters of Beecher,
we are told, acknowledges liis guilt, Vint
defends it ou the grouud of “advanced
social views," which seems to lie a part of
the religion of Plymouth Church. Tho
plain English of these “advanced social
views,” however, is simply that the
woman who holds them has more impudence
than the most of her class, and attempt
to thrust herself into decent society. The
very lawyers called into the case are a lot
of disreputable shysters, and even the ac
cession of Ben Butler to their number
brought no additional discredit upon
them. *
The first tiling that the lb-eclirr-Tilton
business teaches is that Hemy Ward
Beecher is not a saint, and that Plymouth
Church is we don’t like to say what.
Then when we remember hew all theso
pious people used to Be shocked at ns
poor sinners in the South; how their cleri
cal down never entered his pulpit with
out launching forth some foul-mouthed
abuse of ns; how they prayed God for
onr extermination; how they scut forth
their emissaries armed and eqnipjied to
give effect to their prayers; and when wo
see now that, after all, they were not
greatly better than their neighbors, wo
ale consoled us we deduce the second
lesson, that the Bible is out Billingsgate,
nor the crack ol Sharpe's title the voice
of the gospel.
But in addition to the parties imme
diately interested iu it, this delectable
scandal has called to the front a goodly
number of what wo suppose may lie called
tlie representative woman of tlie North,
or perhaps more properly of New Eng
land. At least the principal disciples of
their school seem to be found iu that
section. These brilliant sisters have been
accustomed to think and apeak with a
great dial of cout- mpt of our retiring
.Southern women, who have not spirit
enough to mount the rostrum and de
railing their ‘ rights" from the tyrant man.
! But a view ul ihe strong-minded female*
| iu the strong light of the Beecher scandal
i quite reconciles ns to the reproach; and
we conclude that the Bi echei-Tiiton busi
ness tcacl.es, among-other things, thuf
our Southern women have lost nothing by
confining themselves to the sphere of
: private life.
Thet'e is still another pond of view,
.Ton which it is perhaps proper to taken
look at this Bccchei-Tiiton business while
we are examining it. I'lymont-h Church
is in Brooklyn, but it is eminently a Ne*r
England concern. Its pastor comes of a
great Nt-w England family of preachers;
its people are for the most part New Eng
land emigres; and its principles are
especially and emphatically tho out
growth of New England morals. New
England Inis long been held up to tho
voihl by itself as the pattern of excel
lence aud an example for imitation; but
: when wo find it giving ns Beecher as su
apostle, Butler as a patriot, Woodhnll
as a type of womanhood, a-1 it Plymouth
j Church as an assemblage of tlie saints, we
are inclined to demur, and inquire if the
Beecher-Tilton business doesn’t also teacli
that the puritan piety of godlv Nt-w Eng
land is not the genuine article after nil,
I but only sounding brass and a tinkling
j cymbal.
There is a remarkable fact connected
, with this Brooklyn scandal (o which
i wo have noticed allusion ill sa-Ccral of OtSr
, contemporaries, and that is that not a
1 single Democrat Ims been mixed up with
it iu any way. The actors, without ex
ception, are Radical Republicans, and this
circumstance, properly Considered, is
probably not the least valuable of the
lessons which the Beecher-Tilton bnsinesn
teaches.
And now to sum up, in conclusion, wo
would say that what the Beecher-Tilton
business teaches is:" to avoid sensational
religion iu the pulpit, “advanced views’’’
in the social circle, “woman's right*" in
onr governmental theories, New Engluml
ethics iu general, and Radical politics in
particular.
A White Wife, or Death.
Intelligence reached this city yesterday
of an extraordinary lynching affair in the
eastern portion of CnrroU county, near
Maple Creek, last Saturday. A segro, of
notoriously had character, hail boasted
that ho intended to have a certain worthy
white girl for his wife. Ha was reportetl
to the gill’s father as having said that he
intended to marry the girl or kill her.—
The father calk'd on the negro to know
alio tit the threats. They were admitted;
whereupon the outraged parent adminis
tered to him a terrible beating. This si
outraged the ila-ky desperado that he
swore vengeance on both futher and
daughter. The better to execute liis ven
geuanee, he secreted himself, well armed,
near the father’s spring, w aiting his chance
to execute hisjliluody threat*. Before he
laid an opportunity to do so, information
of liis lying in ambush was conveyed to the
father, who procured the assistance of
some friends anil succeeded in capturing
the would-be assassin. That night a party
of masked men took possession of him,
aud when lie was next seen he had “died
kicking ut the United States.” The trag
edy occurred iu one of the strongest Rad
ical districts in Carroll county. The fa
ther of the young lady is Radical, and
the general speculation as to the identity
of the masked parties is that they were al
so Radicals. —Nashville Union.
The general assembly of the Catholic as
soeiation at Mayence has declared modern
civilization incompatible with the ehnreh.
A high-toned American abroad writes an
indignant letter because a United States
consul iu Ireland received him iu his shirt
sleeves.