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VOLUME I. THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY. JUNK 21, 1 873- p.bliihrd Weekly at $4 00 per Annum in Advance. Single Cupiee S cent.. [From the Flew York World.] President Grant at New Orleans vs. Gen eral Grant at Vicksburg. The long chaos in Louisiana at last is resolving to order serene as thut which reigned in Warsaw. The imperial rescript went out from Washington that there should be quiet, and quiet is accordingly. The reluctant subjects who sought to reu der uneasy the seat of Casey's tool are re minded that he is hacked by the vast power of Casey’s brother-in-law. and so the slum bers of Kellogg are no longer broken by the dread of what a malcontent people may do to restore order and law. Grant’s oars are no longer vexed by cries of distress from his favored satrap on the Gulf, and I having issued a proclamation of warning, ia more free to enjoy his fast horses and ; the society of Tom Murphy at Long I Branch. When Grant became the silent, j though active partner in the scheme to setj up Kellogg in Louisiana the sole capital i which he brought into the concern was bay onets, aud it is on the actual or threatened i use of these that he has from first to last relied to carry the venture through to sue- i cess. He has turned aside from the beaten I path marked out by law and precedent, slid has made judicial usurpation, backed . by military force superior to both. "When Grant appointed his brother-in law, Cnaey, to Ire Collector of the Port of; New Orleans, the Custom House ring, I with Casey at its head, deemed all the political power and patronage of the State ; its lawful property. But Warmoth, the , Prince of knaves and of carpet-baggers, stood between them and their prize. Tal-1 on ted. versatile, unscrupulous, ho held; the political destinies of the State with n grasp which it seemed that nothing could , break or loosen. Two such ambitious spirits as Casey and Warmoth could not long remain in the same organization, and j Casey, bucked bv the Federal patronage and the friendship of Grunt, proved too strong for Warmoth in the regular Repub lican party. The latter was driven out, but carried with him sufficient strength to secure victory to the coalition formed during the Presidential campaign bv a fu sion of his own followers with the Demo cratic-Conservative party of the Stab*. Casey was ignominiously defeated; a ma j irity of the votes in the Htate were east for' the Greeley electors, the fusion or Conservative candidates for Governor and a majority of the Legislature. Warmoth was secure of a seat in the United States ISonate, and brother-in-law Casey hud noth ibg Smt chagrin for hi., pains. His vault lug ambition had over-leaped itself and ■alien on tJolhor side. Grant and Grant's Ba roily required that Casey beset up again Hud lus wounds healed. Warmoth, too, Hiust be punished for another reason—he Rad committed the grievous sin of help \ig to carry the State for Greeley. The election which resulted so disastrously to j the New Orleans Custom House has been : fully investigated and ventilated by all parties, and nobody with a reputation at j stake can be found to question its fair- j ness, llut the Custom House purtv, look ing to Grant for support and countenance, j pretended to fear that fraud van about, to be perpetrated by Warmoth s returning board, and tiled a bill in Dirndl's court for the prevention of fraud and the perpetu ation of testimony. As though it were a necessary means to prevent this merely al leged and only intend o ' l fraud, Warmoth, then Governor of the State, was unseated, and Piuchhack made Governor in his stead, by decree of DurelL This action K States Judge is pronounced strong' .partisans of the le’mefe'y Yt in itigated usurpa rant furnished with alacrity carry it out. Grant is not u e has lawyers to advise him. well kli'-fv that Durell’s de cision was illegal, mild nobody pretends „hat he has been a tool of Dtorell in this business. lie has a large discretion as to when and how the army shall bo em ployed, but the troops to carry out Durell’s usurpation were promised to Casey on the day before that Judge issued his order to the Marshal for the seizure of the S ate House, and they arrived all Use way from | Florida on the day after. lor leas than . the shadow of the shade of such a usurpu- '■ tion President Johnson would have been in peached, convicted and deposed, unless aueflt lawless effrontery had cowed the pub lic mind as the n ml of the Republican party is co-"- -d. The issn .ce f.f the proclamation by the President thre -toning the opponents of Kellogg with fu army and navy is the last act in this dreary drama, for the Louisi ana ,-ioont •!> s have never proposed re sistant' to h power of the General Gov ernment. Hi is summary solution settles, IHBI question 'or the present. There is Louisiana, but it is tho eoid ob- Etracih Y apathy paralyzing all the po "litical, nklMriaCv “<* commercial fur|:- tiexs ‘f society. From the more- fortu nately ' eonstrueted Southern States we hear . i aew industries, new commerce, and isc eas exertion to raise the great, staple vhi< h makes the chief item in our exports. From Louisiana we hear of noth ing but stagnation and sulien despair. The cost to the nation of this cheek upon the industry ef one of the most productive States of ih< Union and the attendant damage to the market for Eastern manu factures mtd Western grain is yet to be computed; but one thing is certain, viz.: that great pecuniary loss has been inflicted upon Louisiana and upon the rest of the country, and is chargeable to President Grant Large amounts of private capital have been withdrawn from New Orleans within a few months, and the money cen tres of the country refrain from sending their goods to that once proflitablo field for investment Just as anew era of rail roads and commerce is dawning upon Mexi co and Central America, and just as the West is finding anew market there for its products, and a better field from which to draw a class of imports which it hugely consumes, the mouths of the Mississippi are given over to a den of negro toll-keep ers, who, by taxes on property and com merce, by misgovernment of every sort, will bar that magnificent channel to its proper commerce as effectually as did the guns and batteries of Vicksburg during the war. President Grant at New Orleans is cancelling the work of General Grant at Vicksburg. A Springfield woman has invented a dinner pot in which four articles can be cooked at once without interfering with g each other, THE INDEPENDENT. [From tb<* Sava mm h Advertiser ami Bepblioau.] THE BRITISH BARK “MONARCH.’’ THE WRECK OFFCCMIIKUI.ADISI.AXn. Full I.Ut of Tile I,out and Saved. From Darien we have the particulars of the loss of the British bark “Monarch,” which occurred on Sunday, the Ist inst. The vessel sailed from Doboy on Friday, the 30th of May, with a cargo of timber, cleared bv Messrs. Ebbing, Bellas & Cos., and was* bound for Newcastle on Tyne, England: In consequence of strong easterly winds, which prevailed ou Saturday night, the vessel was driven ou the breakers on St, Andrew’s bar, where in spite of the almost superhuman efforts of her Captuin and crew, she beeume a wreck. About 4 a m. Sunday she parted her fore chain cable, wheii the mizzenmast was cut away, the vessel riding at star -1 beard anchor until 3 a. m, when that part i ed. Some sail was then rigged on the stump of the foremast to try and reach the vessel off land. Meantime, the long-boat and pinnace were launched, into which the men’s effects, ship's papers, etc,, were put, ill order to be in readiness to make for the shore before night came on, as the vessel was fast drifting toward the breakers. The Captain’s wife iuul three men were then put into the long boat, as it was feared a rush would be made for the Wits when the vessel struck and the bout filled. At this juncture, lines were thrown to those in the boat, and two men got on board. The steward remained, trying to fasten a rope around the Captain’s wife, but witli nut success, when the Captain jumped from the rail into the sea to endeavor to save his wife, and in the endeavor both were lost, the steward, with great difficulty get ting on board. About this time the chief officer, carpenter, and four men, got into the pinnace, and were urged to go to the rescue of the people in the bout, also the Captain’s wife who was seen clinging to the oars; but instead they made for the land. At this time it come on very dark, and nothing more \qs seen of the Captain, liis wife or tile mate and boat’s crew. About three a, m. the rudder wen', tilling purt of the deck with it, and a very heavy sea on which was making clean breach over ship and through the cabin, the ship being then expected to break up every moment. At daylight, the w lather moderating, sig nals of distress were made, and though several vessels hove in sight none seemed to take any notice. About four p. m., the crew commenced making a raft with deals which were launched overboard. J ust as this was done they saw two boats coming from shore, which proved to be pilots from St. Andrew’s bur from whom those on board the vessel made inquiry if they had seen or heard anything of the mate and boat’s crew, to which they replied that they Inal heard of the wreck of three boats having been blown ashore. The steamer E. A. Souda then came along side and was given the ship's lianser to try and pull her off, but without success, when the nine men who li-ijj romaiimd on board shipwemon the'steumer to' Brunswick, where they were kindly treated by the Mayor and authorities, and sent here yes terday. The names of those supposed to be lost are: Captain Thoams and wife; Morris .Tories, chief officer; Wm. Peters, carpenter. George Smith, Alex. Williams, Eugene Pobbe, Owen Strickland. Those saved are: Robert Roberts, second officer; E. Desbonne, steward; Jus, MoMinn, John Ward, John Guiyrout, John Canoran, Win, Powers, John Parsons, John Eck muu. A Twelve-Mile Tunnel Through the Rocky Mountains. The Newt, of Denver, Colorado, makes pqblie the following story: A scheme is now on foot for running a tunnel through the Rocky Mountains. This may seem a prodigious enterprise at first to the casual reader, but the persons who ha .e the matter in hand are sanguine of the most complete success. For some time past gentlemen have been investigat ing this matter, and they have arrived at the conclusion that the projects feasible in every particular. The ideafiS to tunnel the mountains from a point about, one mile below Black Hawk to the Middle Paik, in a northwesterly direction. The tun nel to be run will, it is presumed, cut many rich veins of gold and silver, and thus a great mining interest be developed. Money for the prosecution of the work is furnished by English capitalists^who arc sanguine of the ultimate success of the enterprise. Home idea of the magnitude of the task may be gathered from the fact that the tunnel, if completed, will be twelve miles in length. It is intended to make it large enough to bo used for railway purposes, and so, if a rood is ever to be constructed to thJhliddle Park it will find its most Suivenie™route 1 through the tnn neL It will bo called the Sierra Make Tunnel Company, and the incorporation papers for its organization have already been filed. 'A Never Saw a Yonng Man. An old man who lives near St. Helena, California, in a wild solitude, has a very pretty daughter, aged 19, who hail proba bly never seen a young man till her father took her to San Francisco the other day to see the town. She was dressed up prettily, for the first time in her life, and her silks and ribbons and the gay sights almost turned her head. Put what most interested her was that hitherto unknown being—the young man. Every time she saw one she would fix her eyes earnestly on him, and she actually made several attempts to get away from the old man, that she might cultivate the acquaintance, of these young gentlemen, so that he finally caught her and led her by the hand. After ho got her on the boat for Yallejo, on the homeward trip, he felt pretty safe and concluded to take a drink. He took several, and in his absence the i daughter made the acquaintance of two I eprightl+ young men on the boat, and she j was so fascinated with male society that i she made arrangemnts to forsake her old father and go with them. She successfully gave her father the slip when they left the boat for the cars, and the infatuated girl was stowed between them in a smoking car. But her father found her and whirled her out of the car in the liveliest manner, and kept his hands on her till they reached home. He will not dare expose, her to such peril again, and the poor girl is destined to close con finement out of the world of young men unless she runs away. There are 3,000 members of the United Friends of Temperance in the State of Georgia. QUITMAN, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 2), The Fashions. The present fashion of arranging ladies’ hair with the profusion of coils, puffs and frieses, is exceedingly detrimental to the natural growth of that “crowning glory.” The head is overheated with false hair and the weight of the coiffure, which comes upon one spot on the top or crown of the head drugs the hair out, and causes the roiiud bald spot so frequently seen when ladies ure eu dishabille. The large number of hair pins necessary to fasten the orna mental hair in a manner to give it a natu ral effect arc also injurious to the scalp, breaking of the hair when they are pushed in, and getting tangled in its meshes. So when withdrawn each one will have asniirl attached. In the fashionable mode of hair dressing, the natural growth is an insig nificant part, sometimes more iu the way than otherwise, for all the show it makes in the greet pyramid that is heaped up in such Insurance; it is, therefore, neglected atid left iu a mostcareless condition. None would ever suppose that long hairs were the growth of years, observing how, in many instances, thev are tangled and ruth lessly pulled out tinless women have a large coil of natural hair they ignore it en tirely, aud strive to hide what little they possess bv rolling it in u small knot, on the liuck of their heads to be covered by the false switches. The state of the majority of the ladies’ hair at the present time is truly lamentable. The front lockß are broken and burnt, off with crimping and curling with hotirous. The bald spot on top is fast, widening its circle; the sctdpy head which is “never seen,” is left undis turbed hvshampooning, and the hair, which should ne silky from brushing, aud free from snarls, receives no attention save the rough handling necessary to tuck it out of sight— y. V. Commercial. It may be fashionable in New York for ladies to wear “ornamentalcoils, puffs and frames, ” but not so in the, South. \Vc are confident thut the ladies in this country have more sense than to cany suoli bur dens oil their heads ns they do wear if it was not the natural growth. We haven’t analyzed auy of the large packages to as certain if there was more than one prop erty. It is true that lniir didn’t use to grow so luxuriantly, but we attribute it all to changes in the season, and suppose that the last two or three years were good hair crop years. It is true we have had some little trouble in solving the question as to how the bundle is disposed of at night so that the head might reach the pillow, and we have never arrived at auy satisfactory conclusion, but will believe they arc natural until one is dissected aud the artificial ingredients discovered. Wc would suggest, however, if it be natural, that some ingredient be used to check nature a little, as its growth must cause in convenience. If principally artificial, us the Commercial says, wo would suggest sujdie kind of firtilizer,to assist nature. If nature is insufficient, nature and art, when conbined, if combined at ail, is too much, I and wo hope that somebody or somebody else will, for the sake of comfort, modify the extremes. A Wonderful Clock. A German in Cincinnati has invented a wonderful clock, which, though much smaller than the celebrated one at Stras bourg, is, from its description, much more complicated. We soo, in a glass case,a three story, steeple-shaped clock, four feet wide at the first story and nine feet high. The movement is placed in the first story, on four delicate columns, within which swings the pendulum. The second story consists of two tower-like pieces, on the doors of which there are two pictures that repre sents boyhood and curly manhood. A tower crowns, as third story, the ingenious structure. A cock, a-s a symbol of watch fulness, stands on the (op, directly over the portal. When the clock marks the first quarter the door of the left piece of the second story opens, and a child Issues from the back-ground, comes forward to a little bell, gives one blow and disappears. At the second quarter a youth appears, strikes the bell twice, and then disappears; ut the third there comes a man in his prime; at the fourth we have a tottering old man, leaning on a staff, who strikes the bell four times. .Each time the door closes of itself. When the hours are full the door of the right piece of the second story opens, aud Death, as a skeleton, scythe iu hand, ap pears, and marks the hour by striking a bell. But it is at the twelfth hour that wc have the grand spectacle in the repre sentation of the day of judgment. Then when Death lias struck three blowß on t.he top of the little bell, the cock on the top of the tower suddenly flaps his wings and crows iu a shrill tone; and after Death has marked the twelfth hour with his hammer the cock crows again twice. Immediately throe angels, who stand as guardians iu a central position/ raise their trumpets in their right hands, (in the left they hold swords), and blow a blast to each of the four quarters of the earth. At the last blast the door of the tower opens, and the resurrected children of the earth appear while the destroying angel sinks out of sight. Then suddenly Christ de scends, surrounded by angels. On his left is an angel who holds the scales of justice, on the right another carries the Book of Life, which opens to show the alpha and omega—the beginning and the end. Christ waves his hand, and instantly the good among the resurrected ure sepa rated from the wicked, the former going to the right, and the latter to the left. The archangel, Michael, salutes the good, while on the other side stands the devil, radiant with fiendish delight—he can hardly wait for the final sentence of those who fall to him, but, in obedience to the commannd of the central figure, he withdraws. The figure of Christ raises its hand again, with a throating mien, and the ac cursed sink down to the realms of his Sa tanic Majesty. Then Christ blesses the chosen few that draw near to him. Finally, we hear a cheerful chime of bells, during which Christ rises, surrounded by his an gels until he disappears and the portal closes. A complete drama 13 here represented without the aid of a human hand. The movements are steady, calm and noiseless, with the exception of Christ and the move ments of Lucifer, who darts across the scene with lightning rapidity. Of course, the peculiar action of these two figures is . intentional on the part of the artist, and i adds greatly to the effect. TROUBLE ON THE BORDER. - Capture* of the Mexican Indian Chief Koittda. A St. Eotiis dispatch says: Dr. D. H. Williams, who has resided in Chihuahua two joars, has arrived here. Dr Williams confirms the capture of the Mexican Indian Chief Sosaila. It was be lieved he was imnediatelv shot. Dr. Wil liams thinks there is no serious complaint over McKenzie's incursion after the Kiok npoos. Williams, however, thinks tire* Mexicans will use McKenzie’s exploit ns a precedent and follow Mnnsuder into the United States territory. This will eventu ally lead to trouble and plunge the frontier into war. Such n result would, however, be hailed by many as desirable,as it would lead the carving out of another fnt slice from the sick man on theSouthem border. However, there are efforts being made bv some of the lending oil the Mexi can side of the Rio Urande which may lead to negotiation for the annexation of more Mexican territory in order to strenthen the boundary line, and by which Mexico will be enabled to pay her debts. The ter ritory covetted for t his purpose embraces the States of Nueva Leon, Cohuhulia, Chi huahua. the north end of Durango, Ho liora and Lower California, known as the Mexican frontier States. This would shorten the boundary line one half the present meandering of the Rio Grande, and leave a frontier that could lie much more easily protected by both nationalities, which it is almost impossible to do with the present, boundaries. It would be a rust, territory, with fine arable and mineril lands, and pasturage which are now nearly worthless to the Mexican people. Louis Napoleon and Poor Carlotta. In the review ofa recent German work, Samarow’s “For Sceptre and Crown,” an extract is given describing a singular in terview between Louis Napoleon aud the Empress Charlotte'of Mexico, who had left her husband struggling for his crown, and had come to Paris to seek succor from the Emperor. Titus fur her purpose had been unsuccessful] Napoleon had deter mined to leave Maximilian to ilia fato. The unfortunate lidy had tried every re source of passionate entreaty in order to change his mind. But, nil in vain. “She awaited, however, a visit from tho man whose hands could, she imagined, save her husband from the abyss of ruin and blood into whieh lie was fust sinking, in order to make one last desperate appeal. Wiien Napoleon arrived in the ante-room of the Empress, she advanced toward him to the threshold. General Almonte withdrew back into the ante-elianber, and the Em peror of France and tie already almost widowed Empress of Mexico were left alone. The Emperor iissed the hand of tlje Empress, and, after regretting that at, a previous interview lie had been unable to yield to her wishes, endeavored to persuade In r to join-with him in efforts to induce Mrfiflranian to'retrn“hofijc,'since the pro ject for the establishing an imperial throne in Mexico tad now been proved hi be hopeless. To such suggestions the Empress turned ajdcof ear. Tho honor | of her husband was engaged, and he would sacrifice liis life to his honor. Nothing else but, armed help from France, or money, could save her husband and his honor, and his lioror was the honor of France, since Francs had thrust him into his present perilous position. ‘Sire,’said she, with heartfelt bit gentle voice, ‘par don tho wife who sneaks for the honor and life of her husband. If I, in niy zeal, have allow ed mysrlf to lie carried on to too bold defence ofthe cause which to me is the highest and holiest, it could not have been otherwise Sire, I beseech you, for the sake of eternal mercy, have com passion. Give us yet a year’s protection; or give us gold, if tie blood of France is precious to you.’ And with an indescrib ably beseeciiinglool of anguish she looked at this man, from wliose mouth the word of hope might he sojhded, which she might carry on the wings* love and joy to her husband pining afar, in order to restore bis despairing soul with new strength. With cold tone replied Napoleon; ‘Mad ame, the. greatest ilffvice one can render ladies in serious noment.s is complete truth and candor, (t would boa crime toward your Majesty if I were to offer to vou hopes whieh (fluid not be realized. My resolves are mil tortile, like the neces sity which has dictated them. I have no'thing more left for Mexico —not a man, not a diltnr.’ Then tho fea tures of the Empnss became convulsed in horrible fashion; (lie white of her eyes became of the color of blood; her glances bad a flaming phosphorescent glow; her lips parted wide bick from her splendid white teeth. With arms outstreelied she stepped toward the Emperor, and, driving forth her words between the puntings of her heaving breast she cried witli a voice which? sounded ini re than human: ‘Yea, it i?4&tie—the pic,dire of my dreams, the horirble phantasy cf my nights! There he stands before n.iaxil hr the beaker of blood —that demon ovlfell -the murderer of my family! Murder dvr husband, smiling devil! Murder me, tYY grandchild of Louis Philippe—of that King who snatched thee from misery and stved thee from the scaf fold!’ The Empemr retreated slowly to the door, as before tin apparition ofa specter. The Empress remained standing, anil, stretching out herliand, cried again, while her features became still more disfigured, and her eyes morefiildly glaring: ‘Begone, damned mun! but take with thee my curse, —the curso whi(h God hurled at the head of the first murderer. Thy throne shall fall into ruins; flumes shall destroy thy house; and when thou hast been cast down to the dust from whieh thou emerged, sinking in shame and impotence, then shall tlie Angel of Vengeance cry to thy despairing soul in mournful tones the names, Maximilian and Charlotte.’” A Mother Killed bv Her Daughter. —At Brighton, N. Y., a married woman by the name of Camay;, has been fully com mitted on the charge of causing the death of her mother Rosa Cannitty. A post mortem showed fatal wounds on the head, finger marks on the throat and biuises generally on various parts of the body. SaystheSt. Louis Democrat'. “Mr. Stone of this city, and (everal other excursional Congressmen lost their watches and pock et-books at New Orleans. There were so many back-pay members on the trip that we are only surprised that come of the I rolling stock is not hissing.” [From tliu Decornli (Iowa) Ventilator.) HORRIBLE. An lowa Child Confined for T* Year* In n llox Thrrk and a Half Feet Lung mid TvnnlyjTwo Indies Wide. The good old universal doctrine that all will be saved may be a good thing to live by, and may do to die by, but we some times think there ought-to lie a “lake of fire and brimstone,” and a regular fire eating, fork-tailed devil, whose busi ness it should bo to snatch bald-headed such recreants and brutes iu human form as we are about to describe: It seems that therisjives iu Washington township, this county, a man named Wertzer, u Gorman (not a Bohemian, as the papers have it), who lias a wife, a good farm, and is surrounded by all the comforts of life, apparently; and it also appears that this man ami woman had a foolish child, a girl ten years old, who, ten years ago, was known in the neighbor hood. All at onee the child was missed by the neighbors, and finally she was for gotten by ull of them save one Mrs. John Stoffos. Mrs. S. has kept her in mind for ten years, and upon inquiry about her a few days ago, and getting an evasive an swer, her suspicious were urotised, and she made an affidavit before the proper authorities, sufficiently strong enough to compel legal investigation of the ease. Sheriff Thompson accordingly called on the family, and made inquiry regarding the missing child. After some hesitancy the father led the officer to uu up-stairs apartment, and pointed to a rudo box three feet and a linlf long by twenty-two inches wide, which contained a human being, a girl now twenty years old, wal lowing iu her filth, and a sight which beg gared descrip'tion. Suffice it to say, the officer returned, and the Insane Commissoners. consisting of Dr. Coleman, Hon. G. R. WiUetj, and S. E. Tubbs, Clerk of the District Court, repaired jo the house of Wertzer to ex amine into the case. The report of the Commissioners has been made, hut wo learn that the girl is not insane, or does not exhibit sufficient signs of insanity to place her in an asylum—thus the Insane Commissioners have no jurisdic tion in the eusc. The girl is described as a poor, little, helpless, crippled-up thing—her lower limbs being half bent, and her arms like wise crooked; she has laid in her little box on her face, in a doubled-up condi tion, until sho appears more like an ani mal than a human being. The appearance of the child indicates that she was first jammed into the little box, and covered up or nailed up, until she had grown ill-shaped —in fact, until she became a frightful de formity, and then the inhuman parents were ashamed to let people see her, anil so they kept her in a filthy little pen or box for ten years. These are the indications presented by tho appearance of the child und her cage. ipbe hums* mind cannot contemplate tho sufferin'Jo! misery this human being has eiidurnu—%he long, cold winters she passed in that miserable den—the starva tion and privations she has suffered, and tho wicked, demon-like and outrageous treatment generally which appearances in dicate she has received. These facts, and the inferences drawn, are given us by a description of the child and her place of abode, by the Sheriff of the county, and a prominent physician of our city, who saw for themselves and know whereof they affirm. This report will cause the matter to be taken up by the Brand Jury, and human ity demands of them a verdict that will be a lesson in moral depravity and human barbarity, and a warning to human devils, that a great sin can not go unpunished, even in Wimiesheik county. The entire German population of the county feel aggrieved, and their sense of honor and humanity is shocked at the de velopment of this barbarians conduct on the part of a German family. Saving Life at Fires. The ferial ladders for saving life at fires, of which a description was published by us last week, were again exhibited yester day in the City Hall Park before delega tions from the Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore, anil Hartford Fire Departments. Tho experiments were conducted by a dozen [licked men of the New York De partment, and were, ns on the previous occasion, performed with ‘celerity und agility, While the large ladder was ex hibiting a mishap occurred whieh, but for the prompt action of an engineer, might have resulted disastrously to a number of persons. A line of hose hud been car ried up the ladder, and a fireman, standing on one of the topmost rungs (120 feet from the ground), wus directing the stream of water over the surrounding trees. The pressure from the engine kept increasing, until finally the suction became so intense that the hose began to wriggle like a snake and, heightening each moment, threatened to snap the ladder in two. Everybody present, noticing the escape bending back wards, stood from under und the ladder would doubtless have tobhled over in a few seconds more had not a fireman dashed into the crowd and, drawing his knife, plunged it into the hose and thus allowed the water to escape. The ladder, lightened of its severe strain, righted immediataly, and no more experiments were made with it after that. — N. V. World. Here is wliat a correspondent of the Boston Globe has to say of the Vienna girls: “In fact under twenty-five there are no ugly ones; while for every third young lady one meets, one’s heart jumps down into his boots. They are mostly fair, with the clearest of complexions, beautiful hair and killing eyes; and the remarks apply equally to tlie servants. I have been in many capitals, but I never was so com pletely prostrated by appeuranee as I am here. ” Young men who contemplate matrimony with the expectation of “living with the old man,” had better steer clearof Newton county. A worthy farmer who has several lovely daughters was asked by one of these ‘home hunters’ “if Miss Mary marries will she still live at your home to make your life bright and "happy?” He skinned one eye at the young man, and replied: “No, sir! YVheu one of my gals swarms she must hunthcr own hive.” The editors of Kansas are about to make a visit to Lincoln, Neb., and the citizens of the latter place are making preparations to give them a formal reception at the , penitentiary. [From tlio Washington Republican, .Time 12.) MRS. LEE AT ARLINGTON. An Interview With a t'i>rrea|,(indent— Her ('laintM Again** tile Unlti-d State* Govillinil nt. Mrs. Lee, widow of the late General Robert E. Let*, is a great-granddaughter of the wife of George Washington, mid a daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, whom Washington adopted at the ago of six months. Mrs. Lee is appar ently about sixty years of age. She is a lady whose noble character and Christian graces render her an object of reverence to all who meet her. Her mind is richly stored with the recollections of the patri otic, cultivated and distinguished persons who will ever be prominent iu our national history as among our Government’s wisest statesmen, and some of whom were her own nearest kinsmen. The home of her youth and married life, Arlington, was 'built, by her father, George Washington Parke Custis. To this charming place she was carried when only one mouth old, anil all the associa tions of her life centre in and cling to this spot. Among the classical localities which our Government claims as its property Arlington is one of the first, and is almost equal to Mount Vernon in its historical memories. Here were entertained all the statesmen and men of letters prominent iu our early history. Here ull distinguished foreigners were invited iu the name of American hospitality, aud year after year, as a summer restored her beauties to the yards and gardens and fields of this noble estate, which included iu its limits eleven hundred acres, all American visitors were made free guests to enjoy the cool re treats, anil free to examine the instructive relics, books and papers there preserved. Open-handed hospitality reigned at Ar lington. In 1833 Mary Custis married Robert E. Lee. Her father, George Wash ington Parke Custis, dying in 1857, gave to Mrs. Lee, by his will, the entire Arling ton estate, The terms of the w ill vested the property in her absolutely. Beyond the simple duties of an executor, General Lee had no control of the property, and never, either before or since, assumed or attempted to assume a single right of ownership. This important statement of a fact was made bv Mrs. Lee at the house of her aunt, Mrs. Fitzhugh, in Alexandria, on the lOtli instant. It would be very interesting to repeat all the conversation of that in terview in usual form of an interview, hut that would he a violation of her wishes anil displeasing to Mrs. Lee. Mrs. General Lee has for many years been a great sufferer from inflammatory rheu matism, aud quite unable to move without assistance; but in her age and affliction she has a noble and dignified countenance. Her features much resemble those of Mur thu Washington. With her sail yet firm expression of face and eyes, beautiful and sparkling with the uncommon intelligence which marks her conversation.; with her almost,snowy hair,, fine. soft, and jai wales and curls, framing her full forehead, and covered by her plain widow’s cap, she sits before one a grand and lovely picture,com bining within itself milch of tlic history und glory of the immortal past with the modern events of our history. No one can see tliis much sufferinghidy, and hear her accounts of her old home, and not feel convinced that on the day our Government shall have remunerated the mistress of Arlington forits loss and made that settlement with her which is esteemed just and legal by all who fully understand the circumstances of her absolute owner ship of the estate, it will add to its repute for just and honorable dealing. From Mrs. Lee herself, it was definitely ascertained thut not only was Arlington her unqualified bequest from her father, but that Gen. Lee never participated in any ownership or control, always refusing (from scruples not unfrequeut with gentle men in regard to wives estates), to arbi trate important matters relating to it, and from the termination of the war to the date of his death he constantly avoided any authority, control, right or independence relative to the estate, and refused to act concerning it in any way. When Mrs. Lee’s father died he made in liis will an obligation that all the slaves belonging to the estate should bo set free after tho expiration of five years. The time of their manumission came on in 1863, and right iu tho very height of the war. General Robert E. Lee, as the ex ecutor of the w ill, summoned these slaves together at a convenient point within his lines, and gave them tlicir free papers ami passes through the Confederate lines to go whither they would. Concerning these two great and impor tant facts we have reason to think the community generally have not been quite familiar. They certainly have an impor tant bearing upon the case. Mrs. Lee does not ask to have the estate restored to her. It lias become a national cemetery, and as such she presumes with other citi zens it will ever remain, but she does ex pect a reasonable remuneration for the ground. There are eleven hundred acres in all, and some two hundred acres of the estate are occupied as a soldiers’ cemetery. The land at the time of its literal occupation by the Government could not have been worth less than two hundred dollars per acre. Since that time its value, for vari ous reasons, has rapidly appreciated. At the time of its nominal purchase by the Government for the faintest sort ofa song, under the operation of a tax sale, there were several of Mrs. Lee’s friends ready to make the purchase for her, or to pay the taxes. They were not allowed an op portunity to do either, and Mrs. Lee is now hardly more serious in calling in ques tion the validity of the present title of the Government to the land than even high legal authority within the lines of the Gov ernment itself. Neither does Mrs. Lee regard questions as to the validity of the title at all settled. To her mind her property has simply been seized, confiscated in short, aud without the slightest remuneration being granted to her. Injustice has been done, and she believes a just and generous Government, sustained by an enlightened public opinion, w ill repair the wrong. The pure und lofty womanhood, and the true nature of Mrs. Lee’s character, was revealed in the farther fact that she con versed upon the whole matter without one single expression or shade of bitterness. Of the Fresident and his administration she spoke in the sincerest termS of respect, and seemed entirely ealm and patient in the reflection that at the proper time the right would prevail. Like her great hus band, she ‘ ‘recognizes no necessity for the state of things” that existed when the late , war commenced, and now she rccogffifl NUMBER 7. no necessity for any other state of things than that of profound peace, amity and concord between the North anil the South. The very pleasant visit terminated with kindly expressions of good will, and emer ging from the residence of Mrs. Fitzlmgh, the last golden rays of declining day were falling over the venerable Christ Church, nearly opposite—tlie church where Wash ington worshipped, and where, from the oarly days of the Republic till the present time, “Pence v n earth and good will to men” has been taught. Mrs. Lee leaves Alexandria to-day for a sojourn of several weeks ut the Hot Springs, Bath county, Virginia. The Vienna Exposition. Under date of May 20tli Bayard Taylor writes that within the exhibition building the work still goes on, but iu many de partment* there ure signs of its approach ing end. He says: In tho United States *ll is activity, spaces are allotted, 1 sixes .distributed., aud the skeleton form of the disblay daunt last"' be traced. I think the work will be for the most purt finished within u fortnight, so that we shall not be much Indited Eng land and France. [The United States de partment was opened June 5.] We shall have the Wet exhibition we have ever made, except in art. We shull occupy twice ns much space us in Paris, and show ft much greater variety of objects. Swit zerland is still the only country in com plete order. England and France, by hard work, have nearly finished their por tions of the main aisles, but their trans cripts ure cumbered with unopened boxes. The same may lie said of Italy, Holland and Germuny. In the eastern wing, Aus tria and Hungary take the lead, in both but little more is neepsarv to be done. The gorgeous jev. elry and Bohemian crys tal of Austria balance in bright effect tho iinoomparable porcelnin and pottery of England at The other end. Pausing before a display of Bohemian crystal, I happened to notice a large printed card, headed “U. H. A. Customers. " The first name on the list was “Sir Hamilton Fish!” Of the Eastern nations, counting Russia as one, Greece and Tunis are just finishing their work, while Turkey, Persia, Japun and Egypt will each require about eight or ten days more. VASTNESS OF THE SHOW. The first characteristic which strikes a visitor is the vußt scule upon whieh the show hits been arranged. Yet, although the main Imildnig is nearly double the length of that in Hyde Park, it produces nothing like the effect. Owing to tho comparative lowness of the wings and the great height of the show frames and tem ples and pyramids which fill them the eye finds no vista. Your aching feet tell yon the distances you traverse, but your vision is constantly checked, bewildered and de ceived. Even the rotunda, which gains by its vast spun nearly all which it loses by its squatty character, is deformed by tho strange, irregular, inharmonious [files of productions cumbering its floor. Scarcely one of the transepts is visible from its Junction with the wing to its extronfity. On tlie other liaml the space la-tween tho cases is so ample thut 50,000 persons might circulate within the building with out much jostling. Machinery having its own hall, agriculture its dozen special pa vilions, and art its detached temple, tlie internal arangement of which is greatly simplified, and will be found sufficiently practical. While America anil Western Europe are at least as well represented as on former occasions, all Europe east of a line drawn from the Rhine to the Mediter ranean, with Egypt, tlie Orient and Asia, make tlicir best and most varied display. This will be the main point of distinction between the present aud all tho former “world’s fairs.” [From the Gwinnett Herald.] An Infuriated Swarm of Bees After a Child. Mr. Tyler Brand, who lives near Logans ville, has a httgc number of “bee stands” in his orchimr, near liis residence. One day last week his children were playing near the, hives. It is supposed that they commenced lighting the bees, and the bees commenced stinging the children. They immediately ran off, leaving the youngest, a child about two years old. ’flio cries of the child attracted the atten tion of its mother, who was at the house sick; she immediately ran to its relief. By the time she got there the bees wera thoroughly infuriated,uuil the whole swarm was pouring out of the gum, until neurly every bee had left it. She seized the child and ran, to the house, the bees following, stinging tho child. When she arrived at tho house, being very feeble, she fainted, and a neighbor lady, who happened to bo on a visit there, fearing that the child would bo stung to death, picked it up und started toward the woods. The bees seemed determined not to let the child escape, and followed her, sting ing her so severely that she had to drop the child, when the bees covered it, con tinuing to sting. By this time Mr. Brand, who was working in a field near by, heard the cries of the children, and came to their relief. He found the bees still hov ering about the child, und, our informant states, had to rub them off with his hands. He then took tho child to the house, and went to work to relieve its intense buffer- Ile pulled out a largo number of tho stings, and washed it with brandy. It had been stung all over the face and head, and even in its month and under its tongue. With tho kindly assistance of some of the neighbors, who came over as soon as they heard of it, the sufferings of the child and its mother were considerably re lieved, und both of them will get over it without any serious consequences. Treating.—A teetotal orator recently delivered himself as follows: “Now, boys, if you want to be generous and treat each other, why not select some other place be side the liquor shop? Suppose, os you go past the post-office, you say, ‘I suy, my dear fellow, come in and take some stamps.’ The stamps will cost you no more than drinks all round. Or go to the haberdasher’s and say, ‘Boys, come in and take a box of collars. ’ Walk up to a gro cer’s, free and generous, and say, ‘What kind of coffee will you have?’ Why not treat to groceries by the pound, as well as liquor by the glass? Or take your com rades to the cutler’s, and say, ‘l’ll stand a good pocket-knife all round. ’ ” A Kentucky wagoner finds from hie ac count books that in tifijfty .tears’ journey ing over the turnpike between MaysviUe and Trfc-tendon ha paid $26,000 toll, which as he -hravtlv on hie