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TUI?CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT-DRIVING TWENTY-SIX NEOkpES OUT Of THE LEGISLATURE. WHEW! (JET OUT DARKEY, YOU SMELL HAD. ©attaltcr’js SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1874. .. . G \ I.I.AIIKK, Kdilor. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES FOH CONGRESS, I *n. W. 12. Smith, OH DOUGHERTY. FOH STATE SENATOR, +t ' Col. Mol)onnl(l, OF THOMAS. H EOR H F.PIIKSK NT ATI VK, Oa.pt. 11. G. Turner. i. ■■■.■■. Newspaper Law. 1. Any iieraon who takes a paper regu larly from the pout-office- whether directed to hi* name or another's, or whether he has subscribed or not —it ntpmtihte for the jMMMSrtf. a. ft a jn-rnon orders hla paper discoli tititiod, ho intuit pay nil arrearages, or the publisher mny Continue to send it until payment ia mmlo null collect the whole amount, whither the paper in taken from the otHoe "r not a The Courts have decided that refnnng to take newspapers nml poritaHcaln from the post-office, removing nml leaving thorn uiiotdlod for, in priinn /licit ovidouco of in tentional fraud. U WILLIS WATKINB. \Jie propeirt thin out to the colored men nsillustrative of tile character of the friendship to your raoo of Willis Watkins, yonreandldato for the Senate id the com iug election. Colored men, have you so little self respect, so little regard for your o.iti moo, so ignorantof your own rights,so wanting in priile of diameter, and proper 1 iontmenl, ns to elevate to position the an who, by Ilia Legislative acts, declared ,iHI uuWorthy and not. eutjtled to hold ni ce, and \iy Ida vote drives you out of the Jjudatura to,which you were fairly and ..gaily elected. This identical Willis, who i /w.appottU to the hlaek people of the 7'U Senatorial District for their votes to elect, him hi fill a position out of which, aim similar positions he drove and help to drive, twenty -six or more of your.race, de claring them ineligible ns delegates. o.VVigi lm in favor of the Civil Rights hill then? Hasn’t ho boon opposed to it ever ijiyce 1 t 110 doelartvl one y(uek before his nomination that lie was opposed to it. Declared after his nomination tlml ho ae efcptod it to keep a negro out of the Legis lature. That declaration is in strict con formity with his acta iu the Legislature in 1800; voting tho negro ineligible to seats. Dliick men, how can you repose confidence iu such a nnui ? Ho stands recorded upon •the journals of the Legislature as the ene my of your political rights. And, now, with. Henlawag impudence, he appeals to you to put him in a position that he dyi nies the riglit to you to hold on account of your htco and color. Now, wo would sug gest to tbu white peoplu that they prevo this fact to the Mack people, that they mny not bo deceived, there are enough block men that can understand those attempted frauds, there are enough of them possessed of principle enuogh to condemn the motive of Uieae Scalawag office-seekers, when they learn them and as soon os they are oon viuoed of tbciT error, they will turu their hooka ou teem and denounce them. Tho j Mack people are not to hlouio, they are misguided and misdireetoiL They are honest iu tliia and it is tho duty of every white man to reason with them, and if possible, o xroct their errors. PUBLIC SPEAKING. On Hnturday the 12th int., Hod. 11. 11. Vhrtdey, in pursuance to an appointment previously unuounccd, delivered his speech to qnite a large, mixed nudieuee in the Court House. One hour, or ueurly that hagth of time at the oomiueucement, was devoted to a recital of tho numerous Leg islutive wonders he bad performed during the period of liis representation of tho people of this District. One of which was, sod one for which ho seemed to claim lunch credit, and doubtless felt, for haviug performed this almost miraculous feat, that the people were ingratoa for not deifying him and falling down and wor shiping at liis shrine; and that was re lieving one or two huudred citizens of the District from political disabilities. This was a representative set of his passed bv the ltepublicuu jMirty in Congress—but the gentleman carefully uvoidod, telling who aud what purty imposed these disa bilities upon the people. Cnn it lie possi ble that Whiteley is Ass enough tti l)o --lieve that ho' can * impress it upon the minds, even of the uninformed colored people, that tin: Kudioai party did a righte ous net by iin|xmiiig upon these citizens these disuhilities, nml then did a praise worthy and coiuuienduhleuct for which the party is to In: sustained, and him deified and to-elected to Congress ? If Mr. Whiteloy will admit that it was wrong for the Radical party to iiuposo tho disuhili ties ii|iou prominent Hoiithcm citizens, then lie is entitled to that credit due to a servant who performs his duty mid noth ing more. It is not our purjKise to an swer his argument, as we will show that it was done effectually. Another glorious piece of legislation of his, for which he thinks lie ought to he deified, wns obtaining an appropriation to iiave the Apalaeliacola, Chattahoochee, Flint and Ocklochonee rivers surveyed snd for the removal of all the obstructions, he expects at the next session to ohtaiu an ad ditional appropriation of 850,000. Another matter of wonderful impor tance, when ho entered Congress there was only thirty-seven post offices in the Dis trict, now there is seventy.seven or eigtit, paying double tho number of Post masters and mail carries, distributing more than double the amount of money in the District. And further ho said when 1m ontered C'.ingress there was only about five thous and dollars of the Government patronage distributed in this District, now it is eigh teen or twenty thousand, and mostly paid to native Georgians, and this, doubtless, he thinks, ought to immortalize him os a Legislator. Can it hcpossihle tlmt ho is so simple as lo tliiuk, that the intelligent white peo ple of the district, don't know the ob ject of the croution of these of* lic.es, and the increase of salaries, and the inerossed distribution of the pub lic money. Every knows that it was done to increase VanHuinhor of Budicals, and give them position upon which to feed and clothe themselves.— These are the miraculous, wonder work ings of the lladical representative, White ley, in Congress, and for which he thinks he ought to he re-elected. After devoting about one hour in self-glorifying, he coni mcnocd a discussion as lie denominated it, of the merits of the Civil Uights bill, in which labored effort, lie endeavored to show that the creation of equal rights, did not in any dgrcc, effect the social relation of the races. That it did not necessarily cre ate mixed schools, or plnco the two races in the same cur on the liailrouds, or on the same Heals in theatres and other places of amusement. Equal comforts and equal facilities, furnished by proprietors, will be a sufficient compliance with the spirit of the act, tlmt ou account of race the pro prietors may separate them. Notwith standing the letter of the law is, that there shall be no distinction made on account of race or Without attempting to ar gue the question, suppose a black man gets iii the car provided for the white race, can the conductor put him out? If so, upon wiiat groiimlß? If lie has payed his fare and is behaving himself, wouldn't the ex pelling him be on account of race and col or, and tlmt lieiug the only distinctive ground, wouldn't it be a violation of the letter of the law? Tho same rule will ap ply in every other respect. After exhaus ting himself in making a complete failure, he surrendered tho stand to Col. Seward, who, by previous arrangement, was to reply to him, And in ten minutes, Col. S,, by the power and tho simplicity of liis logic, had cveu the dullest negro’s mind convinced of the fallacy of Wliiteley's ar gument, and to use a communism to the intellectual mind, there was not of White ley "a greasy spot to be found.” Wo don’t propose to give Col. Sewards line of argu ment, it will at onoo occur to every intelli gent mind, liis scathing, withering, sar castic, donounciations, of Whitely, Wade and Griffin’s mercinnry motives that aotnntod them in the abandonment of their own race, or their effort to degrade it, as lie pointed the finger of Room in their faces is beyond all discription; none but hardened sinners and political apostates could have endured it. He denounced, not only their acts as base, but their mo tives as corrupt, and at tho overwhelming truthfulness of his assertions, they could but smile. Aud, when he told Griffin that he knew him whou a boy, and now he would' gladly take him buck to his home, and on his knees, baptise him with a weep ing mother's tears, jsmred out for her lost aud fallen son. And that only provoked a sickly siniiuonhis fuee, which, at the time, rosombled s dish of tainted pork. Col. S. made a good impression upon tho colored people ami with the intelligent ones it will be lasting. LETTER FROM COL. JAB. L. SEWARD. Thomajtvim,*, Oa., 1 Sept. 15th, 1874. f Ehh rr ftltlejterulent: That we nmy preserve unity in our ranks mid lie just to each other, will you allow me to say that you and others have not understood Milton 0. Huiitli. Wbeu Mr. Hinith, Mr. Carson and Col. Cutler, wore elected to the Constitutional Conven tion of 18(>8, I pleased upon Mr. Hmilti to ho a candidate, and contributed to the bringing out Obrson and Cnlter, with a view of I icing represented by white per sons, that, I thought, would endeavor to give us a good constitution. Mr. Smith was also a candidate and elected to the legislature afterwards, with the pnr]M>se, if possible, of having sound laws and preventing the mischief that might he dono by laid men. I submit to the judgement of sound thinking men, now, that the days of abuse and persecution are passing away, to say whether or not Mr. Smith did not do good service to the State —1 think he did. Ho voted against the bogus hoods, and got up a public meeting at Thomasvillo and had resolutions passed protesting against the bonds of the Brunswick audQtlbnny Rail road. Mr. Smith and his lamented brother, Payton I’. Smith; wore the pioneers of Methodism in Southern Georgia, und con tributed to build up that denomination more than all the others of their brethren. Mr. Smith may huvo erred—who of tw bus not ? Ho is a man of large benevolence, and large charity, and his demeanor is now, ns% believe, that of a Christian minis ter, trying to walk worthy of his vocation. His son Joseph is a yonng man 4>f go<id morals and fine promise, and though lie came very near being tempted to bike a wrong position; he is entitled to our kiud ness and respoet. The meeting at. Hold Spring Church, in my opinion, acted in haste and unadvised ly, which, perhaps, provoked an article in your pn|>er, which von will allow me to ex press tho opinion was rather revere. J. L. Hew aui>. Our first article was written immediately after the convention tfiat nominated Mr. Joaeph Smith, as the candidate of the I helical party for Hie Senate. Not doubt ing, but that lie was an aspirant to the po sition, and tlint he would ococpt the nomi nation. Believing, in fact, that he was au aspirant mid that there would lie no ques tion ns to his acceptance, os a public journ alist, we felt it our duty to attack him as the leader, and to woakeu and subvert him in the effort to organise his forces. Upon the presumption that ho would accept tho nomination aud advocate tho infnmoua doctrines of tho party who had selected him as its standard bearer. Therefore we denounced tho principles of the party, and his conduct as base, groveling and eon timiptable. Wo denounced the causes that produced these deplorable results, and the influences that had been brought to bear tqiou the young iimus mind, and coutrolcd his notion. This ooutroliug nnd influential spirit, wo believed from Thomas county testimony to be his father, who has been re garded as a lladical of tho deepest dye, and we felt it our duty to break down or weak en as much as possible, that dangerous in fluence, and our readers will remember how we attacked it, and from the above state of facts will iiuderutandKand appre ciate our motive. It was not to injure either the father or the son in tlioir private relations, but in their iniquitous political effort to degrade our race, aud to entail ruin iqwm the poor ignorant negro race, tlmt wo made war upon them. After our article was published and bail gone forth, wo saw Mr. Joseph .Smith's' non-neeoptnnoo of the nomination. But from that wo could not learn on which side he stood of tho only prominent iiwuo nom, agitating the public mind. If in his notice declining the uomiiiatioui he Imd frankly published his utter detestation of the prin ples, as pernicious to the mind of every right thinking man, revolting to cniicas sian pride and dignity, abliorent to every principle of honor, manhood and inteHj* geuce, then it would have given us a pleasure, approximating ineffable delight, to have slated, that we hail been misled nnd had dono the young man injustice; that he was not our enemy, but our friend. The letter from Col. Seward, aud what ho and others tell us in private conversa tion, places both father and son in a very different light, politically, from the facts aa generally understood and believed in re lation to their political tenants, and if it is true that- they do not endorse the Civil Bights bill with itscomcomitant evils and social equality, and will not support the party whose measure it is. Then our article was mistimed, misdirected, uncalled for and unjust And upon tlmt contingency wo will with pride, stele that our opinion was made up, and our article based upon a state of facts that did tho parties injustice. Not denying, however, but that under the facts as presented to our mind, we did our duty as a journalist, and if they do exist, as we at first understood them, we will neither retract nor modify the severely of our language. For we have declared war in good fait h against social equality and the civil rights bill, and we are determined, if wo have to do it atone, to fight it under the block flog to the end, neither giving nor asking quarters. When we say fight we mean politically, using every honorable means to snrprise, and at the ballot box whip the enemy, and wo wont every aoMier in our ranks to show bis hand, aud be drilled in our step and munnel of arms. Truth.is the principle for which we propose to fight. Truth is pur fortress. Truth is our weapon of offense and de fense. And with truth's own inherent electric force nud power, wo propose to send it like thunderbolts into tho enemies camps; leaving not cue stone on another of the temple erected to the father of lies and Radicalism. And should it so hsppeu that any of our professed brethren should be worshiping in that temple and teaching tho doctrines of Social Equality, they noed not expect to escape the fearful concussion of onr ex idling cMlossel shells. They need not expect to come out witli singed eye-brows and seared and tattered gar ments from these sinks of iniquity, these cesspools of filth and corruption, this tem ple of lies, with the view, or tho hojic of intimidating us while we arc thus armo4i and munitioned with truth in its sublime infinitude, gcnuiucly orthodox in religion and Democracy, for with its sharpness, like a two-edged sword, we will (lefeqjpmr position, and with the infinitude ink its irresistahle crushing power, we will throw it into the enemies camp. It isn’t the place lor our frieuds, we don't expect them to lie there, and it (here is any over there, we will give them one week to come out from among them, at the end of which time, we will open up a fresh fire and continue it nntil the Radical fortress shall crumble to dust and the dust be blown away. THE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON. Our people ore all fully ali re to the im portance of the occasion; we lore pence, we waut pence, and we are all at work to prevent any discord and troubles between the races. Every effort is being made by the best men of the country, to convince and reconcile the colored people, that their interests arc identified with the people of the South, and this, there would bo no trouble to accomplish, if they were left to themselves and to reasfm, hut those efforts are subverted by tho multiplied lies that are poured into their ears by wicked, de signing men, and Office seekers, utterly, regardless of the future welfare of the vic tims of their frauds and deceptions. We are delighted to lea re, that tho whole heart erf tho districts. Congressional and Senatorial, and each couuty is fired with zeal and animation, and all feci confident of tho success of our ticket. Our oouctry is safe beyond all question and we feel that with the majority that Brooks and Colqnitt will give, that our Senatorial oaudidate will come out with flying colors. Aud we do earnestly hope that in Thomas oounty there will not a lagard bo fonnd, but that with a zeal worthy of patriots, with a zeal commensurate with the importance of tho oocason; all true men will work to so A MODEL RADICAL—ONE-EYED JERRY, THE JAIL BIRD, LISTENING TO WHITELEY SPEAK. "Who took yon out of jail ?” “Dat Democrat lawyer over dar; but, I golly, boss, it didn't do me any harm, I’se too pood a Bailic.il for dat, I stole agin and got right back.” “Well done, gov si and faithful servant, prove your faith by your works aud ye shall be rewarded with Civil Bights aud Social Equality.” cure the election of Capt. Wo. M. Ham mond to the popular branch of the Legis lature. To miss this would be one of Thomas county's BOdest misfortunes, and wo sincerely hope the people will realize it in anticipation and avert the evil. To speak to my many readers in Thomas county, through this medium of the merits of Capt. Hammond, would be a work of supererogation. He is known to ali, and ills talent properly appreciated. Work Thomas county, work; yon hsVe our heart's best wishes. Your day-star is ris ing, don't let it go down behind a cloud or in darkness, hut be absorbed in tho brighter light of n still greater luminary. Frees on to victory, gain it and you will never lose it. DUE TO WHITELEY. It is due to Major Whiteley to state that in his speech on Saturday last that lie gave the colored people some good advice. He advised them to live peaceably and be law-abiding citizens. There was nothing in his speech that could be construed as encouraging, disorderly, or riotous con duct. But one piece of advice he gave is worthy of notice, liecanse of its cmitempta bility, and that was, “don’t listen to the reason and argument of Democrat*." It is very patent to bis mind, that if the black people listen to Democratic reasoning, that they will soon be convinced of the corrup tion of the Radical party, and will at once abandon it. Wo wish our people, would impress it on the mind of the colored peo ple, that the only fear the ltodicul leaders have is that they will listen to reason and learn the truth. If we can only impress the minds of the black people with the troth, they will cense to act with Rio Radi cal and will utterly detest those w ho have and still continue to deceive them. Treatment or Prisoners. —A eorres pendent of the London Times, writing from within the Curliat lines, graphically doscirbes the manner in which the (/artists treat their captives. From motives of pure humanity the correspondent festeml the lines in order to aid the sick ed, but no sooner had he made snoe than he was seized and for six months immured iu that Bastile, which is as bad as the Black Hole of Calcutta, and uothlhg but a constitution endowed with an incredible power of resistance brought him out alive. Imagine yourself, says ho, sleeping for two months on freezing tiles in tho depth of winter, without even an qvercoat to cover yon, nud rising in the morning with every joint made stiff by cold and rheumatism. At the end of thnl time a little straw was distributed to the prisoners—so little, indeed, that all one could do out of his lot was to improvise a pillow. The food, too, was as bail as ft could be, and so limited in qnantity that it barely sufficed to support life. Twice a day was the wretched pittance served out, consisting of half nn ounce of common chick peas, with a few spoonfuls of hot, salty water and a piece of Mack iiread nbont the sizo of your fist, which to the bite felt like a lump of baked clay. Such, for months, was the sustenance accorded the nnfortunatea. The prison lieing liter ally invaded by myriads of lice, fleas, hugs and ants, it was necessrry, in order to se onrenny sleep at night, to keep one’s ear plugged with chewed paper to prevent the tormentors from entering by that portal. THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES. The contest in New Orleans is not be tween the races, but between the honest and upright citizens on the one side, and the thieves, robliers and wholesale plun derers on the other. The good people of Louisiana have sub mitted to the usurpations and oppressions of the Kellogg Government until forbear aDce has ceased to he a virtue, and now the crowning act of the many outrages in the seizure of the fire-arms, tielonging to pri vate citizens, is sufficient to exasperate that high spirited and honorable people to a resistance of any such violations of their constitutional rights. Now, the question is, will President Grunt protect the citi zens in their constitutional guarantees ? Or will be give aid to the lawless and reck less usurper 7 If the citizens have rights and the State officials disregard them, wfiy will not the President, if he interferes at all, send troops to maintain law ami protect the rights of citizens ? Or, why will he not, satisfied as he must be, of Kellogg’s usurpations, let the citizens depose him and regulate their own inter nal affairs. The President appears to acknowledge bis own incapacity to control the affairs tn the South, or he is endeavoring to shirk the ros]x>nsibility by placing all the troops under the department of law, and subjecting them to the orders of At torney-General Williams, who is known to be an extreme Radical and a bitter, un compromising enemy of the South. There fore, Louisiana noed cherish no hope of, but may confidently expect, that limit oppressors will bo sustained in tho most extreme measures by the law department at Washington. Below wo give the ad dress of the people of New Orleans to the colored people of the State, which shows dearly that there is no trouble between tho races: * To the Coloreil People 1/ the St<tte of Lou itiaua. In t'.e-grand movement now on foot against the enormities of the rule of Kel logg’s usurpation rest assured that 110 harm is meant towards yon, your property or your rights; pursue yonr usual avocations and you will not be molested; we war against thieves, plunderers and spoilers of States, who are involving yonr race and ours in common ruin; the rights of the colored as well as of the white race we are determined to uphold and defend. [Signed] D. If Penn, Lieut. Gap., acting Gov. and Comman der -iu-Chicl of Louisiana State militia. The people seem to have responded with ulacrity to the advice given them bv nr. one of the speakers at the Canal streiJMfctyig, nnd by three p. in. armed at the intersec tion <>f on the south side. Washington, September IT—Details from New Orleans arc not obtainable to night, but it may be said that the people have possession of the city; they have poaemion of the city lire telegraph and city hall; there is one company of United States troops there hut they remain at the custom house. Details are impossible to-night. TOE NEW ORLEANS TROUBLE. Washtnoton, September H.— Advices from New Orleans show that Gov. Kellogg refused to see the committee upon the ground that there were armed men in various parts of tho city. Judge Man assured, Kellogg’s aid who was the go be tween, that liis delegation had no knowl edge of each armed men. It is known, however, that Gov. Kellogg has made ap plications in a constitutional form for C rotor lion against the shadows of which e is afraid. A PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY. New Orleans, September 14.— The Picayune publishes an address signed by fifty persons and business firms, calling 11 jneeting at the Clay Statue at eleven •’clock a. m., on Monday, to consider tli# matter of the seizure of private fire arms by the State authorities. It is understood that messengers to-day notified the white leagues to attend, as it is intended to make a demonstration in force. A Bio Foot.— Bruce, we call him, not long since kept a general store in the northern part of the State. A tall coun tryman stalked into his establishment one day with his feet encased in moccasins and planting one of-them on a barrel, asked Bruce if he could fit him with a pair of IHHItS. “Certainly !” said the latter, and after glancing at the foot proceeded to pull down a 00$ labeled “assorted brogans, 11 to 13:” selected a pair of the former size, he handed it to the countryman with the polite request, “try that one.” The elevens were tried but to no pur pose; the combined palling of*a dozen horses wouldn’t get these boots on liis feet. Twelves were next tried, but with no bettor success. With an air of assu rance Bruce handed him the thirteens, but they shared the fate of the others. The countryman looked blank—Bruce puzzled—but he was equal to the emer gency. Quickly turning the box over so as to empty its contents on the floor, ho smilingly handed the case to the astonish ed customer, with the request: “Here, put on a pair of thin socks and try on the box!"— Ex. (From onr lialtimore Correspondent.J Bautmok*, Sept. 14, ig74/ EKtor G'lUnher's Independent. Major—Having contemplated for mmo time sending you an occasional letter from Baltimore ; knowing that the people of Georgia and especially those of Quitman, (whose interests your paper so fully and so ably represents,) would appreciate a few lines from vour sister State, Marx land 'Hie twelfth of SeptemW, ,°d„y neve? to be forgotten in our State, and especially in our monumental City, was celebrated with more than usual pomp on its last re currence. Saturday being the day oif which we were called upon to celebrate the anniversary of Uie battle of North Point, in which the Valor of Americans was s<r ully tested and by WbteL we were saved from British tyranny, seemed to be a day set apart, as the elements appeared to joil shown Mi ?! U ' C T**' sun shown brightly in the early morning, but bv the time the hoary beaded old veterans, (I wgh to write yon, they were ▼try few > wore marching through ourstreets, wiring the old cockade and bearing the tattered bat tiattle nugj the sun seemed to hide himself, and a black cloud hung between him and leirafirroft,reminding your corropr.ondrnt that, while we who live, rejoice-in the vic tories or achievements of tho post, at the same time, should not forget those who reward 6 or gone to their The few old defenders still surviving, after having been driven through the park were laken to Hall s .Springs where Mr. Bishop entertained them with a good dinner. Tho re-nnion was one .which to look upon would afford any one the utmost pleasure save female ernssders. * The Fire Department, in command of Lhief Engineer Spilman, made tl.e grand est display ever before witnessed of the kind in onr eity. Your correspondent wes standing in company with the Mayor, as it passed in review, and heard “old father Joshua (Ygnsaut) say this is an institu tion of which we are justly prond. - Democrats are making things lively in the Stale and particularly in the city the contest being between Messrs. Swann and MoClaine. Yt ard meetings are b iug night ly held, (Sunday excepted.) we mast have one day to recruit onr breath aud talk the matter over more calmly. General Wm. 11. Hayward, the honest Magistrate for the past twenty years and who, by the way, is a poetical contributor to your gnllant Independent, is loudly spoken of as the next Mayor of our city. He will be the right mii> in the right place. Business in Baltimore seems to lie stir ing up again and we buve a fair prospect of a lively fall. I will, with the assistance of Gen liny ward, keep yon posted on such matters its transpire here and mny interest your read ers from time to time. For the present “adieu.” Diamond. Bull Battles in Texas. A correspondent among the great cattle herds in Texas writes to the Galveston Nerrt : In case of a severe winter, when grass is seant, a pnejk of wolves single out some ohl bull, that has fought his last fight, and been deserted by his herd long ogo, which they follow find vorrv day aud night until he is at Hist pulled down. Like the buffaloes, which formerly roamed over this country, these bulls arc coifstantly fighting for the mastery of the herds, and cows have a hearty contempt for the fellow that is not ready at all times to present an undaunted front. With their immense frames and terrible horns, a pair of Texas bulls make a bad fight. Short horn Dur ham bulls have been in trod need by mew who thought to improve the stock; but they have no slnMfcit all—and one ia oc casionally seen feeding in solitude. In rounding up cattle npon the prairie, tho driver witnesses a great many of theso fights. P a dozen distinct herds are brought together; and the “lords” take occasion to plume themselves, and mean dering around, with deep roars, pay their respects to the gentle sex, and glanoe de fiance at each other. Young aspirants for honors are equally as demonstrative; and outcasts thus brought into contact with victors in former contests are punish ed for their seeming temerity; old scores are revived; hostilities begin"; and soon a dozen fights are going on in different portions of the large herd. The first symptoms of an accepted challenge ate telegraphed over the herd by prolonged and shrill roars. Instantly, all the bulls in the immediate vicinity, not engaged, rush to the spot, and caper about the two adversaries, in a way they would seem incapable of—all the while bellowing—and undoubtedly taking sides, and urging on the two central fingers. About twenty feet apart they stand, tossing up dirt with hoof and horn, untd suddenly, with lower ed head, they spring at each other, and their fore heads meet with a dull thud. They rebound, and a second aDd third time rally, when comes the sullen strain head to bead and horn to horn. Every nerve and muscle are exerted to the utmost; and no livipg thing can long endure such fearful tension. Presently one will prove tho weaker, or slip a foot, and for the moment be thrown off his guard; but the slightest advantage is not lost to those watchfnl, glaring eyes of liis antagonist, who throws his last energies into a mighty plung for ward, which turns s neck, and tlie long, raking wound in the flank follows. It is not good to bo too near then, for horse and rider might be over turned. Nothing will stop a vanquished bull in his headlong flight; and blind witli rage and agony, he runs faraway upon the prairie. Many lose their lives fighting. If not gored in a vital part, the wounds are flyblown directly, of ten causing death.