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GALLAHERS INDEPENDENT, IHJBbnHBO EVERY fIATVItBAY AT QUITMAN, UA m J. C. GALLAHER, TRRNH OK JCUCMPtIORi TWO DOLL A ICS per Ann* iw i Atloimy. Fra* tho S. Y. Sunday Mwottrv.) THE FORLORN HOPE. HT #OB. . UAIHIKB, JB. “What’s tiii bct won!, Bryco Gold vloat TANARUS" aakod the tall, soldierly looking vdd man, as the guide abruptly ruined in hi* panting mustang, and lua]ed to the ground bwride the slowly moving train. '•How u the sign t" ••The sign is easy read, boss; it lays too tdenty an' thick ter a feller to mistake. M we don't smell powder burnt an' taste •wbat TUpokoca is made ot afore another nun, I’U eat my hat •'Then yon think that they meau to at %wck m r “No I don't—l know it. 80 give Die Wrd to whip up. We must hev water fer tlie stock- an' its tibur, not hafe a mile •ahead. You'll go into camp—coral the wagons—git grub es usual; an’ then rig up a place f<-r the wimmeu critters iu u Wagon; aorter stuff the sides wid licddin’ —bat you know. I’ll take a ride ’round ng'hi. Taint likely tlie varmiuts ’ll re.sk an o|ien attack —thar best call is a night dash -but its (test to be on the safe side.” It was an emigrant train bourn! for Ore gon. Tl.ua for they Inal not been molest ed by the Indians, l>artly owing to their livu strength, jau tly boeatue their guide, ltryoe (hikklwt, wna ably MOOU<led by Capture Hammers' y, a retired of'oer, who had lieen elected “boss” of tlie tmin, mid who kept his meu thoroughly tipou the alert, so that surprise was almost im )Minsible. Two days l*fore liryee Gold dust told tlie emigrants that a dilKcnlt bit of ground lay before tliem; a wide “slough,” or wet prairie bottom, nearly a score miles iu width, and beyond (Ids a very difficult hill He said that he knew of another trail, a few miles longer, but which ci hi Id be traversed iu little more than half the time it would take to (Mill through the slough. He offered to lend them by this trail if they should desire it. Hut lie warueil them that tliey were in a laid bit of ludiau country, and would be far more liable to an attack when off the tnaiu trail. The emigrauts laughed at this, and so Brvce turned aside from the regu lar route. That same' afternoon Golddust found fresh “sign," ami was soon convinced that a war party of Arapahoes were lying in ambush at the narrow defile the train would have to pass through in order to re gain the trail tliey had deviated from. This resolution was soon taken. He would Diake a wide detour, keeping upon such as would oblige the Indians to make an open attack. Thus it is that wo Jiud the wagon train so fur from the law ton track. It was quite dark by the time tlie corral was formed. The train had halted beside a broad, shallow stream. The wagons were drawn end to end, forming a hall cir cle, with the river bank, here some two yards above the level of the stream, form- j mg the cord to the arc. Iu this selection j the genius ol the soldier shone out—not; that of a scout. One versed in Indian : wiles would have preferred corraliug the I wagons out upon the open prairie where there was no cover to conceal the approach j of au enemy, even at the risk of suffering | from want of water. And so Golddust ex- j pressed himself when lie returned, but it I was to late too attempt nny change. The > Arapahoes were close at hand, anil beyond I a doubt intended an attack before morn ing. "It'll l>c no child’s piny, hut I reckon • m kin whip ’em, of we keep 000 l an’ •oake ov.ry pellet tell," said Bryoo. The evening meal was hastily dispatched, though few of the emigrants had much of •u •pjietito, and then the wo men and children were stowed nwny in the wagons provided for them, the axles of which had lieen protected by I adding wiflieieut to check u rille ball. Then the fires were extinguished, and, rifle in hands, the emigrants took their stations to await what the night had in store for thorn. The sky was clear and unclouded, and j the nearly full moon had already ariaon. i Whether this last fact was a blessing or j otherwise was an open question to the j emigrants, for if if served to betray the j enemy in ease they attempted a surprise, | ttwouhliikewi.se furnish sufficient light; by which the death-dealing bullet or the : scarcely less to lie dreadisl arrow could !>e j directed with almost the certainty of one ( at midday. It trns nearly midnight before anything I ■was seen of the enemy. Then the keen, j restless eye of Oolddnst detected a creep 1 i’lg figure gradually nearing the corral. — j He knew that this was a spy sent by the Jkmpahoes to discover, if possible, wheth-, <er the pale-faces were upon the alert. ; Knowing that were he permitted to reach the wagons, the spy could not. help but team the truth, and tints give tlio alarm, Bryce only waited until he was sure of his j ■nark, and then final. With a horrible 1 aji rick of agony, the spy tore and bit the ground in bis death struggles. The death shriek was drowned hy the wiki, thrilling war cry of tho ArajmhpeH, and the prairie seemed fairly alive with warriors as they rushed forward, doubt lens counting ujion crushing the pale-fiuies at a single blow. Hut iu this they were doomed to disappointment. They were ruet by a deliberate volley that fairly stag gered them, covering the prairie with dead aud dying, sending the warriors howling back beyond range. ■Don’t t’nr yonr shirts, boys,” cried J’fyee Gohldiist. as a lond, triumphant phoer went np from the emigrants.— •"You’ll need all the breath yon kin git afore day. This is ou’y a flash in the pan to what’s bound to come. Next time the varmints ’ll be in dead airnest. 80 look to yonr weeping, an’ don’t holler too aoon." Nearly an hour dragged slowly by with out any event occurring to break the pain ful suspense, though ini occasional signal could be heard upon the prairie beyond. But then one of the men stationed at the upper end of the half circle called to tiolddust: ‘‘lean see something block on the river —and there’s another —two —a dozen !" ‘‘An’ byar the varmints come in front! Sock it to ’urn, boys ! It’* life or death now ! ’ cried Bryce, as theiArapahoes sprang up from the prairie grass and charged boldly upon the corral. As before, n dazzling line of flame shot along the entire length of the barricade, and so deadly was its effect that the dcs petate rush was momentarily checked. Only momentorily, though. The next moment there came a simultaneous shock against the wogons, as the Indians gained this shelter. Then the enemies were se parated by only a few feet, and for a few, fast, fleeting seconds there was a pause. It was broken, however, by a pistol shot from the corral, and as an Indian uttered VOL. 11. j his diath shriek, his companions strove ! desperately to reach the barricade. Did j they reveal tlieir presence to the keen eyed beseiged, a bullet WHS speedily sent | upon it deadly mission. Did they at tempt to crawl 1)0110111)1 or over the wag ons, they were met by pistol shots, knife thrusts, or blows from clubbed rifle*. Nor were tlie defenders unscathed. More than one still and ghastly form encum bered the interior of tlie corral, while hero and there writhed oue in mortal agony, shrieking aloud, but with fust-weakeuing accents, the names of his loved ones—of those who were even then, ]>ereliance, praying to heaven for his safety, that he j might puss that terrific ordeal unharmed. And tlieu, to aild to tlie horror of the moment, a number of dusky forms began elamberiiig uu the river liaiik. But Gold dust was ou tlie alert, for he knew that the dark objects discovered in the river were logs, and half a dozen men led by him beat down the Arapahoes as fast as they lauded. For a brief space it was a wild, horrible melee—desperate and bio.sly iu the extreme. The report of firearmsthe occasional ringing of steel against steel as two foemen met in close combat—the confused trampling to and fro—tlio shrill yell of rage or of dentil ag ony— the defiant shouts and some oaths —the. affrighted screams of tlie snorting animals, or (lie will of some terrified in fant, all combined in one fearful chorus. Then there conic a long-drawn, quaver ing cry, and like magic tho savages van ished, like hoar-frost before tho sun’s warm breath. But there followed no ox ultaut shout from the emigrants. As they glanced fearfully around upon tlm forms of their dead mid dying comrades, their hearts were rent with mingled anguish | and foreboding. They saw but too plain I ly that another such costly triumph would ! be equivocal to defeat. “Thar's on’y one show for us, boss,” said Golddust, quietly to Hammersley.— j “Wo must send n runner to the gov’ment ; train. It ain’t much tnore’n passed the . slough, I reckon, an’ if we kin git word | with ’em they'd send enough blmeouts to corral tliese Injun imps right quick. I “But where shall wo find the runner? 'lt would be almost Certain death for one to attempt passing out from here,” gloom ily responded Ilammcrsley. j “I kin do't. I don't b’lievo the imps ’ll ; try ns again iu this way. They’ll wait for day. Ef you kin hold out through to ; morrer, I'll hev the sojers here by dark, 't eny rate. Now lis’eti.” The scout’s plan was simple in its details. Ho was to don the head gear and clothing of one of tlie fallen Arapahoes, paint his face, aud thus, creeping into the river, pass up it until lieyoud view of those upon the prairie. Though it would be easier to go down stream, he did not think it prudent, us the Indians would naturally keep a close j look-out in that direction, foi this very ' reason. Laws than half an hour was occupied by Bryce in preparing for immediate depar ture for his desperate venture, and then j lie glided cautiously along beneath the i brush iu the edge of the water. He Site- ; eessfully reached the point he had set in his miml ns the place where he would cross the river, mid crawled up the bank. ! Ho almost bit his tongue in two trying to 1 choke down a bitter curse at his care- ' lessness. He found himself within arms j length of a brawny Anapnhoe, who was ; eyeing him suspiciously. The savage uttered a few guttural sounds, and then paused, as if for a reply. It came soon. Bryce sprang forward and clutched ins throat with an iron grip; there was a brief lmt furious struggle. Then the brawny limbs gradually relaxed. But Golddust wus determined to run no unnecessary risks, and pressed his long knife to the hilt iu the Indian’s breast. All around him was still. The struggle had not hern hard, and with a lightened heart, the scout glided on; when at a safe j distance he broke into a steady, loping run, nor did he slacken his pace until day dawn, Three hours later lie was making his report to tho officers in charge of the government train. The forethought of Hammersley had furnished Bryce with a hastily written note, and his story was not doubted. Ten minutes later he was riding baek at! tho hem! of two score boys in bine, who gladly welcomed the chance of a scrimmage with the redskins. Leaving the river, they heard the sounds of tiling, and ad vanced at full gallop. Never was arrival more opportune. The emigrants were hard pressed. The Arapnhoos were gain ing the day. But at the impetuous charge they broke and fled in dismay to be slaughtered like sheep. It was a black day in the annals of the tribe, scarce a single brave ever returned to his people to tell the bloody tale. The emigrants joined the government train, and traveled under its wing for many miles, not leaving it until they could [join a largo train; then their combined force defied an attack, and their dcstina -1 tion was reached without further trouble with the prairie hornets. JFrom the Sunday Telegram.] BEECHERISM IN BALTIMORE. A West-End Matrimonial Scandal—Hus band Kinds the Door Iss-ked—Pecu liar Position of a Minister | Baltimore is becoming popular for fast ministers of the gospel, aud ere long will contend for the palm of superiority with renowned Brooklyn. Scarcely had the Huston disgrace died out, when up turns a minister in the west-end who has not only disgraced his calling, hut forever blasted the reputation of a hitherto highly respectable family. The preacher in question is married and father of several interesting children. Among the mem bers of liia congregation is a well known commission merchant, who, Tilton-like placed all confidence iu the wolf in sheep’s clothing. It was no unusual thing for the minister to call at tho house of the mer chant’s as often as four times each week, , principally during afternoons, his visits ! being for the purpose of conversing with the wifo of the merchant upon religions ■ matters. The wife appeared to ho an I enthusiast upon religion, und seemed to never tire in hearing lier minister explain [ what appeared to her, to be mysteries of i the Bible. At times ideas would pop into I her head, and if in doubt concerning their i true meaning, a note would he dispatched | to the minister with “please call thisuftcr j noon. I have a question to ask you, one ! that has bothered me greatly to-day.” i The husband entertained the highest res ! pect for the minister never once doubting | the sincerity of his heart, but on the eoii j trary encouraged his visit to the house. QUITMAN, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1874. "It was so kind in the minister to call and see iwulamo when husband was at the office engrossed in tlguros and large profits.” But our minister has preached Ids licit sermon in that once peaceful fam ily. He has ruined tlie wife, blasted tlio love of the husband, and placed the uuuiu of the family iu disgrace. No names will be given at present as we have every aastiranoc that the clerical villain will lie cited l>eforo a sound conference in a very short time, aud that his priucqad accuser w ill be the woman whom he has so foully betrayed, she having resolved to place lier shame before the world iu order that, other females may eseiqie the “Honeyed words” of the vile seducer, Tlio female in question is of that easy, confiding dis position which folk au easy prey to tlie blandishments and soft words of such ex ports iu seduction as the preacher iu ques tion has proven himself to be. He so wrought ujHin her feelings that she scarce ly knew how oc when she fell, but having fallen she was assured that no sin had been commit ted, and her seducer actually had the “cheek” to tell her that God re cognised such actions as holy. On Tuesday night last the minister took tea with tlio lady and husband, tlie latter having requested the presence of the minister on the occasion as he, tlie ! Husband, intended that night to start on I a business trip to New York. Twenty I minutes before eleven o’clock was ' the time tlie train loft Clnuies-steet | depot, and in order to reach that point in time the husband intended to leave home at half-past nine o'clock, hut becoming j interested ill conversation with the minis : ter, it was ten o'clock before lie started. , Expecting to be absent two weeks lie | took an affectionate leave of Ins wife, and wus escorted to the street car l)v the minis ter, who stated, after giving the “Good bye," that lie was then homeward bound. Upon leaching Oharles-street depot tlie husband found that his watch wns not in oilier, anil that he lmd missed the train. Ho returned to his home, ami with his night key quietly entered his dwelling.— Upon reaching his bed-chamber he found the door locked, and in an instant there after a voice coming from the room assur ed him that his wife was not alone. After considerable hesitation and fumbling about the lock, the wife opened the door and ap peared greatly shocked when the husband questioned her concerning the presence of a strange man in tlie bcd-clnnuber. Of course, she cried and said that her husband [ w ould kill her with such a cruel accusation, hut when the husband passed into tho ad joining room and discovered the minister arranging his toilet, the wife had nothing more to say. The husband did not, ns he should have done, killed the false minis ter upon the spot, but quietly ordered him to leave tlio house, iu tho meantime telling his w ife that for the ; resent she might oc cupy the house, but that lie would take up his abode at a hotel until certain legal transactions shall have been adjusted. On Thursday ifftcrnootl the wife furnish ed her husband with a written confession of her shame, and expressed her willing m ss, if necessary, to appear before a com mittee of the clmreh and lay bare nil facts in tho case. In the meantime, the vile wretch who has caused all the trouble, is rusticating upon a farm near Frederick, Md., he having given out to his congrega tion that his health compels him to vacate the altar for a lew months. The facia iu tlio above distressing case have not been given from street rumors, but were given by the husband himself to a friend, and ufterwurds obtained by tho reporter of the Telegram, Old Mrs. Boyce's Alliances. A remarkable instance of the inconven ient consequences that limy attend the setting up of a qnasimutriraoniul relation between a wealthy widow lady of seventy two, ami a French gentleman of forty, | was furnished ill the court of Vice-Chau- j cellor Jlalins iu London recently, in the j suit of “The Credit Foncier of England 1 vs. Boyce.” Mrs. Boyce, it appears, hud tieeu twice married, and was u widow with something like £IOO,OB0 —represent- ed hy Government stock—standing in lier name at the Bunk of England, when she put herself, then (in 1800) seventy-tow years of age, under the protection of a French gentleman some thirty years lier junior. Tho ceremonial consisted, ac cording to the venerable defendant, iu her having a ring placed on her finger by her brother-in-law, a clergyman, now dcceas i od, aud being by him formally consigned to the care, of Monsieur Gautier. From that time siie appears to have lived abroad | with the gentleman, who lmd promised to ; protect lier from the Irish relations whose ■ importunity had induced lier to form tlio determination of spending the residue of her life out of England, and to have been known as Madame Gautier. The Bank of England hearing that tlio lady, whom they believed to be a widow, had contract ed a matrimonial alliance, declined to pay lier dividends or allow lier to deal with the [ fund standing to her credit until it should i be clearly known whcthcrjslie was really j married. In these circumstances the holy I was compelled to borrow money for the j means of subsistence, although entitled to : ail income of £3,(XX) a year, and the court j was now asked by the Credit Foncier of , England, from which she had obtained loans, for an order on tlic bank compelling them to transfer to them the sums she had borrowed. His Honor said the bank were quite right to act, cautiously in cases of suspicion, but as Mrs. Boyce had solemn ly declared that she was not married to Mosienr Gautier, was still a widow, there was no reason why they should not treat her as an unmarried woman, notwithstand ing the fact that M. Gautior, acting under the advice of M. Jules Favre, had declin ed to make a declaration that lie was not the husband of the lady who was called Madame Gautier. Thankful Gikl. —The Truckee Repub lican tells the following nice anecdote of the sweet simplicity of one of its girls: A Miss in town, who reads the papers, re cently perused an account of Professor Denton’s lectures in Ban Francisco on the subject of the "Antiquity of Man.” Tho j Miss was very much interested in that I portion of the lecture which describes j man as having been a million years or so 1 ago nothing more than a cannibal, “bom | naked in tho world, and in appearance ! hut little above a wild beast. ” After 1 reading this vivid description of our fore [ fathers to her mother, slio exclaimed; “How thankfull 1 am, mn, that I was 'not born a cannibal—aud naked 1 How awful it would have been !” - j When a colored man gets too lazy even j to steal watermelons, a vigilance cominit [ tec waltzes him ouf of the country. Swift Punishment of a Negro Murderer in Augusta. On Saturday night, tlio 15th inst In Au ! gusta, t’npt. A. F. lint lor, local agent of | the South Oarolian Railroad, was return ing home, in company with his wife, ou a street, cor, At the corner of Marbury street, when they were in tlio act of leav ing the ear Unpt B. pushed an intoxicat. ed negro wi o was sitting on tho steps ob structing the passage, with liis hand, tell ing him to get up. Gabriel aud Michael Muller, both negroes, were together, one sitting ou the steps and the other standing ou tho platform of the oar. Gabriel push ed Mrs. Butler back as she was in the net of R ing assisted out, and Michael pulled out a pistol aud shot Capt. Butler over the left temple, tho ball pcnctrutiug the brain. The negroes ran after shooting but were pursued and captured by the police. Michael was slightly wounded iu the face before being arrested. Capt. Butler was one of the best citi zens of Augusta, and intense excitement prevailed. His wound was fatal and he expired at 10 o’clock, Saturday night. Very soon after it was known that Capt. Butler was dead, a large mini her of citi zens, several hundred, assembled, pro ceeded to the jail mid demanded that the two negroes he turned over to them. When they received them they proceeded to the parade ground and organized a court. Witnesses, who saw the killing, swore to the facts ns stated above. Sen tence of death was passed ou Michael Muller, Gabriel was returned to the jail to stand his trial for being nil accomplice in tlie nmdrer. Michael was shot with j muskets in the hands of tho citizens, as many us two hundred shots having been tired. This happened at 3 o’clock on Sun- | day morning, only a lew hours after ho killed Capt. Butler, The fact that the citizens condemned Michael to suffer death and returned Ga briel to jail shows that they were not an infuriated mob. Great deliberation mark ed their movements. We have no doubt but that they deemed it a solemn duty to society, to kill this willful murderer, as an atonement for the offense and as a warn ing to his race, that they could not reckless ly take the life of a white man without having summary punishment mooted out to them. It is best in almost every instance to give a criminal the right of trial by jury. I But sometimes tlie circumstances of the case demand prompter action. In this tho negro Michael Muller fully deserved the fate ho met at the hands of an out raged community. Monroe Aduertiscr. Going to Funerals. Mrs. Harkins stopped in yesterday ns she was on her way home from the fu neral. She said the corpse didn’t look a bit natural, and slio was almost sorry she went. Mrs. Harkins makes it a business to attend fujjovnls, and wlmt sin, says can bo relied on. As soon as she hears that any one is likely to die, she pays them a visit, mid if death ensues and she can get a chance to “sit lip with tho corpse, ” she is there ou time, and she never leaves until she has seen the grave filled up. And Mrs. High is another. She doesn't take the least interest in the spring styles j or neighborhood scandals, but let any one j die and she is all attention. She wants j to know wlmt they died of, whether they j were prepared; whether they mentioned anything about her us they went off; whether they kicked around or died quiet ly; und if they requested to be buried in nliito or black. Then she visits the house of mourning. As she enters by the hack way nho commences to get her monrning look on, and by tho time she gets through to the front room one would think she had lost five children at once. “How very natural seems as if ho was sleeping," she whispers, as she bends over the dead. Then she takes oft’ her bonnet and us- , sumes charge of the house, sending word to her family that they must get along without her as heat they can until she has performed her duty. And Mrs. Johkins is another. If any one dies without her having heard that they were likely to go she can’t forgive herself for a month. On tho day of the funeral she sends her children away, has Johkins bike his dinner to tho shop, and she puts on black and attends. Blie com mences to shed tears when she leaves home, and only ends when she returns. Bln: always secures the best seat in the best hack, is the first one at the grave, remembers all about the sermon. And five years from that day she can tell who cried and who didn’t whether tho corpse looked natural or otherwise; how many carriages were opt, and infact, all about it. Once when I was down with fever the old ghoul heard that I was going to dio. She came over on tho gallop, and as she sat down hy tho bed she said to my wife: “Of course you’ll have a block velvet | caffiu, trimed with silver nails, aud real lace around the inside. Then she wanted to know if I was pro pared; if I wanted to request my wife not to marry again; if I had ever cheated any body and wanted to ask their forgiveness, and slio promised me, one of the largest funeral processions of the season; she was awfully disappointed when I began to mend, and she said to one of her friends: “It's another o’ them cases where ho was so wicked he couldn’t die I”— M. Quad, in Our Fireside Friend. • ■ Beecher. The lost links in the chuin of evidence against Hepry Ward Beecher have been supplied in a long statement from the “nmtiiul friend,” Moulton. ThedocnmoDt fills two dozen closely printed columns, coiihiins all the letters that liavo passed j between the principles in this scandal i during the past four years, and utterly i demolishes the flimsy fabric of Beecher’s i defence. Though all those years Moulton i was the confidant of both parties, and he [ labored with untiring zeal to hash up the I scandal, for the sake of the community at j large as well as for the innocent children !on whoso heads the shame must recoil. | To him did Beecher write: Many, many friends has God raised up i to me; but to no one of them has He over given the opportunity and the wisdom so to serve me as you have. My trust in ' you is implicit. This trust appears to have remained lin [ diminished until a couple weeks ago, i when it was found that, if Moulton spoke ; at all. lie would speak the truth. Then, l for the first time, Mr. Beecher discovered I that his dearest friend was a blackmailer 1 | The charge is too ridiculous for a serious ' thought. Moulton could pay Beecher's ! salary without missing it out of his own i income. But Flymuuth Church declares !it does not care what Moulton says—that j ho is unworthy of belief anyhow; mid it proposes to add ten thousand a year to its [ pastor's salary. But it is only a fe\V week’s since that pastor himself, seeking to conciliate Moulton, publicly pro nounced him to be tlie noblest friend that ever bleued any man on mirth. Ply mouth congregation may choose to disre gard evidence and smother doubt; tho impartial voice of the country proclaims that such u “vindication" is the clearest proof of a consciousness of guilt.—-A’. V. Irish World Cuba. After six years of guerilla warfure, the Cuban insurgents do not seem to have lost mi inch of ground, while the Spanish authorities grow unmistakably weaker from mouth to month. Cuba has always been a Spanish colony, peopled by whites, negroes, and a mixed race the last being tho product of the intermixture of the others. The colored element was held in slavery down to the year IS<>B, w hen a party of native abolitionists in the central provinces of the island organized u vig orous insurrection, proclaiming the free dom of the slaves, mid raising the Mag of mi independent republic. During the six eventful years that, have since elapsed, Spain has almost exhausted herself in try ing to crush out the insurrection, but without avail. According to the statistics furnished by Gen. Sickles, late United States Minister at Madrid, upwards of one hundred thousand Spanish soldiers have been reported as “killed, wounded, or missing” during those six years. A fearful holocaust; yet the insurgents are as active to-day ns ever before, while the Spanish administration in the island can scarcely raise recruits even hv conscrip tion. For some time hack those eon scripted for military service could purchase exemption for a thousand dollars, lmt a recent decree by the Governor restricts this privilege, and every man ou which the lot falls to join the cavalry or colored militia, must march unless he can find an eligible substitute. Such stern measures are an unfailing evidence of weakness. Of course, the insurgents Imvo not been recognized ns belligerents by any foreign power, hut they have a strong body of sympathizers in the United States, and it is extremely improbable that they will ever be subdued. For this condition of affairs, and for the loss of her last Western colony that is likely to result from it, Spain has only herself—or, rather, her Bourbon sovereigns—to blame, A states man of any ordinary politieal prescience could readily have foreseen that the abolition of slavery in the'United States would necessarily react on Cuba; and a sense of expediency, if not of justice, would have impelled a solution of tlie difficulty, at. :e peaceable and magnani mous. ihit t, 1 ■ traditions of the Spanish throne were opposed to any such action. The guidon opportunity was lost and the Cubans revolted—with what result, so far, we have seen. —lrish 1 YwU. A Bucket of Whitewash. New Yowl. August 28.—The Beecher Investigating Committee have submitted their report. They conclude: First. That Beeelier did not commit adultery with Mrs. Tilton at anytime or place whatever. Beeond. That Beecher has never com mitted any unchaste or improper act with Mis, Tilton, nor made any unchaste or im proper remark, proffer or solieibitiou to her of any kind or inscription whatever. Third. If this were a question of errors of judgment on the part of Mr. Beecher, it would be easy to criticize, especially in tho light of recent events. In such criticism, oven to tho extent of regrets and censure, we are sure no man would join more sin cerely than Mr. Beecher himself. Fourth. We find nothing whatever in the evidence that should impair the per fect confidence of Plymouth Church, or the world, in the Christian character and integrity of Henry Ward Beecher, and now let tile jieace of God, that passeth all understanding, rest and abide with Ply mouth Church, aud her beloved and omi rnent pastor, so much and so long ulilicted. Hunky W. Sage, Augustus Stokes, Hknky M. Cleveland, Hoiiace B. Claflin, John Winslow, B. Y. White. Damage from a Comet. In recent years we have seen a goodly number of celestial vagrants known as comets, wandering through the starry spaces, and at each successive arrival some dyspeptic genius has always started np to demonstrate that “this one” must infalli bly collide with the earth and demolish things generally. Up to the present, however, in spito of sneli frequent fore shadowing of disaster, our old globe spins along as ritual. No comet lias bumped against us, that wo have any record of. Coseqnently having had no actual experi ence in the matter, astronomers find it difficult to conjecture what amount of damage, precisely, a collision would entail upon us. Lust week however, a rough guess at the mysteiy was made, under somewhat curious, if not amusing, circum stances. The city of Buffalo, N. Y., con tains a branch of the Bt. George’s society whose members are wont to have an annu al excursion. This year they went across the border to hauiilton, Ontario, which is British territory, and there they received a fitting welcome and a dinner. Of course there was tho ordinary glorification of “common origin, and “ties of blood,” and “English civilization;” but the sum mit of the ridiculous was not reached until the Mayor of Hamilton assured his visi tors that their visit would be a fresh bond of international union 1 Mr. Bryan, presi dent of the society, responded. Having spoken of Victoria as “the model ruler of the world,” and insisted on the neod of fraternal peace between England und i America, he wound up with: j Well do I remember the sentiments : pronounced by the lute Charles Dickons, j the gifted son of England at the banquet [ given to him at Delmonieo’s, iu New York: , “Better a comet stiko tho earth than that | tho present brotherly relation between | Groat Britain and tho United States should [ ever be severed.” And I heartily say amen, (Great applause.) From this conclusion, discovered by I Dickens aud endorsed by Bryan, one can i gauge pretty fairly the amount of damage j that would ensue if wo caromed agqinst a oomet. And probably they are right in stating it would he better a comet should strike the earth than that England and America should come to blows. It would, perhaps, be considerably better for Eu gluud.lWs/i 1 Yurid. "Koprophagan.” Among the first champions to spring to Beecher’s rescue, nt, the outbreak of the scandal, was fho New York daily 11’,„■/,/, and in its first fierce onslaught upon his accusers, it hurled rock-splitting epithets at tilton. At last ft exhausted itself by calling him a “Koprophagnn I" The term ought to demolish an ordinary breastwork, or sink a limn-of-war; yet it did not an nihilate Tilton, On tlie contrary, it evoked Hureastie smilos in all directions, and it wns proposed to give tlie nutlior a leather medal, and some playfully enquired when the classic World would lie printed wholly iu groek, Now, tho World profes ses to lie mi intensely moral sheet, though its morality is of the kid gloved and high ly perfume ! pattern—not for common use, 8o it returns to the charge and defends its bantling a-; follows; It would lie very easy to find a strictly ■Saxon equivalent for the sonorous Hellen istic compound which has so started our cotitempourics. And probably if a respec table private citizen were to find himself suddenly face to face with the necessity of kicking one of these koprophngous persons out of doors, ho might be tempted into accompanying tlio action with short Saxon instead of sounding Greek. But the offence itself has not been common among men of English blood or American breeding. Tho sound-hearted, self-res pecting, staight bitting race of which we come lias not bred many Tiltons. It is hotter, oil the whole, to use anew Greek word a lien we are forced to speak of this new nn-Amoricun crime. From this it would nt first sight erom that the Greeks must be very bad people, and that "we” (tho American people) might be equally bod only for tho infusion of English blood iu our veins. A little reflection, however, will exhibit things in a different light, for the reader will observe that the “crime” ahiilod to is not tluit which is charged to Beecher hut mere ly the publishing of tho story. Had Til ton kept silence argues the’ World, he would have acted like a “sound-hearted, self-respecting man of English blood;” lmt having exposed the shame, he is a Greek and a “koprophagnn !” This last term, plainly translated, menus "dirt eater;" but the sensitive World shrinks from using the English word, because, according to its theory, a mail of sound Saxon instinct would never kick up a fuss over such an enormity ! The effort to vindicate Henry Ward Beecher is certainly bringing io light some very curious ethics. -Irish World. — Many persons suppose that A. T- Stewart lias reached a point in his busi ness career where his trade is kept tip by his immense stock of goods and tlie wide reputation of his establishment. Nothing could well lie further from the facts in tile case. His advertising bill generally ag gregate about 8500,000 per year. That is and always Ims been the secret of his gn at success. A Curious fact has been recently stated, that an Italian vessel set sail not long ago from Macao with 633 Coolies on board, destined for tho guano diggings in South America. After a few hours at sea the Coolies suspected their destinations, rose upon the crew, and setfire to the s hip. The crow fled to the boats, but there were 8,000 packs of fireworks on board, which were set on fire, and blew the 633 Coolies to atoms. This was lietter, it may be supposed, than (lying in tho guano dig gings. The Coolies were destined to a very had form of slavery; and it is a strik ing fact that they perished by a product of their own ingenious industry. Thin could not have been tho fate with Afri cans bound for the laud of slavery, be cause they were nover known to display l tho ingenuity of invention, and would not [ have been blown up hy their own fire works. • -•■• Aspersion, Detraction, Defamation, Blan der, Calumny. If I speak slightly of my neighbor, mid insinuate anything against the purity of his principles, or the rectitude of his con duct, I asperse him. If he ho a charitable man, aud I ascribe his charities to a selfish motive, or otherwise take uway tho merit of his conduct I am guilty of detraction. If I publish anything openly that injures his reputation I am a detainer. If I communicate to others tho reports that are in circulation to his disadvantage I am a slanderer. If I fabricate anything myself and spread it abroad, .1 am a culminator.— lt. (Jrttbb. The tongue of the slanderer is a devour ing fire, which tarnishes whatever it touch es; which exercises its fury on tho good grain, equally ns on the chaff, on tho pro fane as on tlio sacred, wliicn wherever it passes, leaves only desolation. — Massillon. Wliat a world of gossip would be pre vented if it was only remembered that a person who tells you of the faults of others intends to tell others of your faults. Dr. South says: “The tale-bearer nml tlio t:il,i hearer should be Imuged up both together the former hy the tongue, the latter hy the ear.” There woijld not he so ninny open mouths if there were not so many open i ars. Middle-aged young ladies aro looking up in the matrimonial market. It is be coming quite the fashion in England for men to marry women older than them selves. Thus the brilliant wifo of the brilliant Beoretary for India, the Marquis of Salisbury, is several years his senior, and now tho Earl of Pembroke the great est “eatoli" in England who is twenty-four is to bo married to lady Gertrude Talbot, who is thirty-four. Lord Pembroke is the son of tlio late well-known Sidney Herbert, and inherited vust estates of both his uncle and father. Ho is the greatest property-owner in and mound Donblin, and has at least £IOO,OOO a year. Lord Pembroke’s mother, Lady Herbert of Lea, who is welt known ns an author joined the communion of tho church of Home soon after hor husband’s death. —♦ In ancient days, tho people., of Grimsby, England, formed an admirable notion of wisdom required for corporation honors.— The burgesses assembled at thechureh, and selected three of themselves as candidates for the mayoralty. The candidates were conducted, with a bunch of hay tied to each of their backs, to the common pound, n which they were placed, blindfolded, with a calf; and he who<e bunch of hay was first eaten by the calf was thereupon I declared mayor for the ensuing year. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, A Woman of metal—A belle. Fifty ladies of South',jridge, M.i smoke. Sparking Sunday hight is played oul itt Chicago. “The light that lies ill Woman’s eyes' A said to bo hclladoim. A fashionable lady says hot hUalttllfi is the latest thing out. An Oshkosh Judge got font: liar* of soap for a marriage fee. A hidranoe to marrirge—Tho gov, ,a* moot lax ou nmtchesi A Bong Branch Irtdv bathes in t stockings and kid gloves. Homo ladies nso paint as fiddler- do roaiu it aids them in drawing a bo*. Tlie greatest, object of curiosity to 4 woman is the dress of another woman. The old-fashioned woman’s crusail- \ tioy’s head aud a tine-toothed comb, Jenkins thinks lie Will ho married ■„ since ho bus got tile refusal of u ltuiy‘4 hand. The cmpreßs of Austria possess,-,- t waist which only measures sixteeu in, lit. (Confidential), “Sweet Auburn,” a lovely village , f California, has had half a dozen lovelon) suicides this season. The two tilings that ij Woman will •', .) wild” over, are, usually, anew dress pat tern aud a toothache, Why does an engine resemble a Jroi.ujj ladv ? Because it has a train behind ai,,f pulls in tho nir (lmir), Olio of the survivors of the I’iltsburq. deluge says he is all right, lie him sun and his In,Use und lost liis wife, NO, 18. As soon as a young woman gets steady employment, she stops fainting away at tlio sight ul' a mouse. The >State of Florida furnishes the reff-r' for every cedar lead-pencil made, whelm r' it lie American or foreign made, What shall it profit a man though h,* dance with every girl at the picnic and hrr wife finds it out the next day ? The only Duke at Saratoga this font Is a knock-kneed old chap eighty-two year* old, and the girls can’t love him, A Duluth woman had managed l.* crowd eighteen rings on her fingers wlien> a stroke of lighthing took her off. A Detroit husband is in trouble for' whipping liis wife because tlie baby di.f not take a first-class prize at a baby show, A Delaware girl puts on great airs f oause she ligs been the cause of five mi eidos among tlio young men iu her neigh borhood. “My notion of a wife nt forty,” sniff Douglas Jcrold, “is that a man shell!,l I aide to change her, like a bank note, lor t\ a twenties.” The Si turdtiy liemew thinks i is n.j take for women to bo umhitious. it is greater mistake for the lteciew to think so. ,Susie T,il,erty of La Crosse has thiite tv lovers, and everyone of them cxclaiu, , “Give me Liberty or give me death ! And site’s a red-heudod girl at that. An lowa womun who put vitriol on I• t seal;) to removo tlio dandruff, says it u. the daudruJFest experiment she ever ti j. ,L A Philadelphia girl called a young map a thief, and when requested by flic iilolHer' of the accused to prove the barge, sail! he hud stolen several kisses from her. A young woman who wns recently "the reigning belle of Boone county, Ky., t„ w gets “tight” in tho streets of her native village. “And so yon go to Europe every smn-- mer ? Are yon never seasick ?” “Oh, no- Pa thinks the steamers are so dangerous,, lie always takes us hy the land route." It was “darling George” when a bridal couple left Omaha; it was “dear George”’ at Chicago; at Detroit it was “George?' and when they reached Niagara Full if was, “Bay, you.” Let ns hear no more about broken! hearts. A Now York physician positiv, ly asserts that no woman ever died fi. n such an affliction. It is liver complain* thoy mistake for a severed heart A correspondent explains that married men have their huir cut short during tlio vacation because they do not, in the ab sence of their wives, need it to deaden tho blows of the rolling-pin. It is averred that the reason American girls refuse to enter domestic Bervicu i that they object to anything approaching 1 low menial work —what they want being | hymeneal. Caution to young men. Because yotf find a young lady playing the piano in tlio parlor, it is no sign that lier mother is not at tho corner grocery running in debt lor a peek of potatoes. There’s a ten-tliousnnd-dollnr South Jersy heiress who lias so many lovers sit ting on tho fence, waiting for her to come out nights, that site lias given lier culint fortune to endow a lunatic asylum. When a Tennessee husband will horse whip his wife for washing potatoes in his Bnnday plug-hnt, it is time to inquire whether this generation of men isn't getting to be too confounded high toned for tlio age of the country. Ono of the most vexutious things in tlio world is to have your wife’s nuclo kicked in the stomach hy n horse, will you 000, and then deliberately get w ell. Tiie other day a man in Texas was (hiti ed out of the church for calling owls “noc turnal marauders.” They said they would nut allow such awful profanity in their church. A peddler calling on an old lady to di. - pose of some goods inquired of her if she could tell him of any road to which no peddler lmd traveled. “Yes," replied ale “1 know of one, uud that’s the road to heaven. ” “I’m not in mourning,” said a young, lady frankly to a querist, "but as the widows are gitting all the offers nowadays, we poor girls have to resort to artiliee.” In London churches they are giving no tice that “live minutes after the bells eeaso to ring all pews are free.” A Cincinnati physician was absurd, enough to take some of his own niedicaue. The coroner’s fee was $lO. An establishment for the manufactory of small amis will bo located iu the City of Mexico by an American Arm. The old papal town of Avington,Franco, is preparing to celebrate the 500th mini' versary of tile great poet Petrarch. The Louisville baby who delivered a lec ture on “Etiquette,” recently, has writteu ! a book on the same subject. In Turkey, when any man is the author of notorious falsehoods, they blaqken tli* i whole flout of hu, house.