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Till: IMIKPKXDEXT. KITi'HOAI, WVEMHBII t'4, ItJJ. >■<—■* ' ' To The Press. In accord-nee with n aerie* <>f iyholh ,-iis pnwnl by the Georgia Pres* Aw ■.riot) in Court ntimi at Arnerien*. the I idersigTieil Committee were apjsiinled > take uli niyiwirt ab-ps fur the forma iii of a National, I'io-hs Association. I he Committee having received, through > icir Chairman, n number of favorable i -spouses hi the proposition to form sue! t i Association, from journalist* of several Utto* nnd territories, giving to the C’-om i titlee the wtanmnee of their hearty co- ; roirwnition in the movement, deem the •iijurt worthy of nn effort, mid the present >ll auspicious lllolnellt to begin the work, w e therefore issue n cull for a Cnti- Velitjou of journalist* throughout the Union to assemble at St. Lout*, Missouri, on Wednesday, the 2t!th, of November, 1 M 7.5, to organize a National Pres* Ass-sun tion. All papers in the United States nre re q-lcMted to iniike not iee of the plaee end] time, nml every journalist is respeetfully is tlieifed to attend. The Georgia I’ress will please do ti the favor hi keep a standing notice of the call, until the day of meeting. ItonKIIT L. RoDOKBS, Cary \V. Stylus, C. W. Hancock, T. M. Peeples, J. It. Reese. Committee. EDITOR S CORRESPONDENCE. Savannah, ()*., Novetnher 20,18711. My dear renders, though nhaent from my little sanctum, nml not having had the Opportunity of preparing any articles for thin issue, Imt leaving everything to he done by my foreman, I have been sojourn iug in the Forest City now for four days, straining eyes and ears listening mid watch ing for something great or something small to transpire that I might startle you with the n-port. On Monday and Tuesday the Great Eastern, so culled, paraded the streets with their blind of music and cages, fol lowed by their steam fife, (misnamed piano), uud though this one is of the poptt lons cities of (he South, with every facility for training ntnl educating the mind and refining the morals, the citizens are slill the subjects of excitemo nt,with a curiosity far in excess of (ho “bnek viiodsiucii. ■’ 1 Was utterly astonished to s*e the multitudes lead away by a little steam engine, trained to whistle; so 1 l.ave eotue to the conelusion at last that people raised-in cities arc people still. The Agricultural and Mechanical Asso ciation of Georgia is now holding its Third Annual Fair. On Monday all the arrangements for the exhibition was made. On Tuesday I learned that the attend- Mice was very small, and from every one in apywise connected with similar associ ation* in other counties, we heard it pro nounced a failure. Ho, on Wednesday, I oe term hied hi see for myself, that I might give you a true and unbiased statement. n 'ho. ten o’clock train carried myself nud s -ven or eight ladies ami three gentlemen. ! Oil our iirrivai we found some three or tour other ladies and quite a number, of gentlemen. The Judies, we leurned, v;ere nil or nearly nil members of the Memorial Association, who hud quite a i isplay of handy work, nml n table spread loaded with the most inviting food to supply visitors with lunch or full meals i-ll to he disposed of for the liem-tlt of their society, nt reasonable prices. As 1 am determined to he brief, I will 1 neither add to or detract, from the true j merits of the exhibition. The managers did all Hint was necessary, furnishing : every facility and convenience for the ex hibitors, especially in the house w here the ini'iiuteetiued articles anil fancy work was displayed. I think that part of the exlii- 1 hitjon quite a success. Mrs. \V. I’. Glower, of Thomas county, had her vast variety of preserves, pickles, \ jellies, jams and nectars; catsups, cordials, brandy poaches nml wines, very well hut j not so beautifully arranged and displayed us they were ut Thonntsville. Her w ines, (-(insist of fourteen different varieties cor dials, seven; syrups, five; nectars, preserves, thirty-live; canned fruits, two; brandy peaches, five; catsups, eleven;; jams, eight; pickles, twenty-five; jellies, 1 seventeen. There nre some other displays of some of the above named articles, and while they may be equal in quality, they fall go far short in quantity and variety that the Judges onniiot do otherwise than award the premium to Mrs. Glower. There are some horses for exhibition, and there will lie sonic racing and a con test by the military companies, all of which, we understand, will come off to morrow Why is it. with nil of these scenes and exciting contests, which nre chaste in their character, ami are so interesting, amusing and instructive, do not attract the masses. There ale various causes, but 1 hope the causer militating against the present exhi bition is only temporary, and will all be removed by the next annual exhibition, and I trust that the managers will not be discouraged, but in the future be even more persevering and determined to make their enterprise in the future a grand success. Now for the hindering causes: S The principal one is the great scarcity of l moiiey; again, the weather is cold and dis agreeable; another is, all or nearly all of j the Fair going people in the different sec tions of the State has had Fail- enough for one season; another great cause was that abomination of all abominations, tin- Grant Eastern Humbug, came, nud its immense pavilions were thronged with eager gazers and listeners at follies and vulgarisms, and ■ the money thus unwisely expended would in all probability have been expended at i the Fair Grounds. But then* is another j cause, nml av, rv serious one, viz..: the indifference manifested by the people of j the city, and I have no Hesitancy in saying that it jis not at all creditable to the citizens who withold their patronage and refuse to eticourage an out- rprise of such vital im portance to the city. Grand successes in enterprises like this are always beneficial, while failures are detrimental to a city. A number of country people decline at , tending tin- Fair because the citizen* are indifferent and will not attend. It may be that an Agricultural and Mechanical Asso ciation is too insignificant a thing to at tract the attention of the citizens of Hu vutinah; if so, the city authorities ought to pnri-lnise the Great Eastern for the special and perpetual amusement of her citizens. It possibly may he that the citizens are in delicate health, and fori that reason don’t attend. If so, Hiiviuinah should cease to boast of her heulthfuhiess. If the people are trai poor to attend, then , let Savannah never boast of wealth. If the beautiful articles displayed by the ladies of the Memorial Association won’t attract their attention and excite their liberality w hen the proceeds are to lie ap plied to the eoninii monition of the lost hoys in tlm ‘ lost cause,” just let them forget the heroes and the cause for which j they died. I do not In lievfi that the citizens of 8a vauunh are wanting ill liberality, for when ever aid to sufferers are invoked they liberally contribute. Ho, tin ir apparent indifference in attending the Fair is, and must lie, uttrihiitiible to other cimst s, and ns it is not our Fair nor out- business we will make no effort to ascertain. MONEY MATTERS are decidedly improving. Gotton is in j good demand witji an upward tendency. | Gold declined yesterday one per cent. This, however, is not favorable, us it. lias a tendency to reduce the price of cotton. The business of the city is much brisker than it has been for some days, but I seriously doubt its eonlinunoee. I have made several calls at the house of Messrs. Cliigliorn A- Gum uigham, anil everyone in the concern is tiuqy. I learn from Mr. Claghorn that they are still selling to their customers on time, and that their cus j toniers generally have dealt upright with I them. This speaks well for the country merchant, and it fa to he hoped that things will soon lie better and that the planters may yet he saved from emliarrasHnieiits. lam now writing at the disk of Gol. J. N. Eightfold, Commission Merchant, who is doiijg a very extensive business. He i sold this morning some 270 lades of cotton j and is now negotiating for the sale of thirty more. He is one of the most ener getic ami one of the best business men in the city. Ido w ish our people would con sign tin ir cotton to him, for I can assure them that they may rely upon him for the highest prices nud prompt returns. The dedication of the new Catholic Ca thedral on yesterday afternoon was attend eil by an immense crowd, variously esti mated from five thousand upward. The j ceremonies were solemn and impressive I have no doubt. I was nimble to get. within hearing distance of the speaker, j 1 and consequently can give no accurate I 1 account. , Now, renders, you must excuse me this ! week, and you shall have in the future something new and fresh. As one of the dangerous tendencies of the party in power, the Boston i’asl calls attention to the fact that the ‘‘national! administration assumes to regulate the currency, it Hecks to manage the telegraph, it earnestly desires to undertake the hank ing of the nation, and now there conies a special notification from Washington that Congress will consider the scheme of I loaning currency from the National Trons ' wry to individuals on mortgages of real i estate. It is not uni'easoualilu to suppose that a government, capable of all this can at will establish national shoe shops, iron mills, cotton factories and bakeries, or build canals and railroads at public expense j for the purpose of supplying work and wages.” If the business men of the mi- j tion, who warmed this serpent into life j are stung by it at lust, it will he but his tory repeating itself. Those who live by ! class legislation die by it at last. Not Ready for War. -A Washington special to the New York Post says; “The work of preparing for war will continue, hut therefis unimproved feeling to-day that : such a result will bo averted. Prominent friends of the Administration say that if : our navy was in a better condition there would be no hesitation in enfor ing our de liiiinds for justice from Hpuiu.” t “The President is represented assaying that we are in no condition to tight now, and that on the sea the Spaniards would have every advantage, and tie more than a match for our small naval fleet. ” United States vs. Gen. Jno. C. Vaughn.- Tii the U. S. Circuit Court, nt Knoxville,Tenn., Saturday last, the follow ing business was transacted: United States vs. Jno. C. Vaughn; con spiring to defraud the United States; Juror withdrawn, and trial discontinued in ! consequence of sickness of defendant and ease continued until next term. The Press ami Herald of Sunday says: "The illness of Gen. Vaughn was consid ered sufficiently grave yesterday morning to warrant telegraphing for the presence of Ins wife, who will probably reach I here on Tuesday, from her Georgia home. 1 East night,the symptoms were more favor able and the patient rested quietly. Ur. Frank A. Ramsey, his physician, was in eoustant attendance.'' Gen. Vaughn is a resident of this county ! having moved here from Tennessee. The Baltimore Gazette estimates the shrinkage in cotton since the openiug of the present season at twenty-five dollars per bale, which, estimating the crop at 4,000,000 hales, makes the enormous ag gregate of $100,000,000 for the shrinkage in this one item. Henry Antold, of Mattoon, Ills., pawned j his pocket-book, gun, the heafsteuk for ! his family's supper, and a jug of molasses, j for whiskey, to ouo Kellerman, a saloon keeper, and went home raviug with intox ication, doing damage to himself and family. Mrs. Arnold sued Kellerman and ! obtained judgment for $1,500. In a suit against the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the loss of a leg nn Effingham jury last week awarded the fair plaintiff $15,000. The jury, being com posed of married men, knew the value of such things, but the railroad company is disgusted. LATEST NEWS. TIIK IT BAN ([IESTION. THE SPANISH CABINET IN SESSION, Tlll :FAT B OF TIIK It EM V INING CREW OF TIIE VIIUIIAII S. :o:——• COMMCSirA TIGS ISTERTUPTRb. -—: o: ■ WHAT THE LONDON PAPERS HAY. THE ANNEXATION OF CUBA TO THE UNITED STATES. EECBifITIHO FOB IHE NAVY -N NEW V E Shipment of Arms for the Spanish Government. HONS TWKKII POtMl Ul lI.TY ON ALL TIIK COUNT*. TIIK Si-AXISH I AIIINKT. Madrid, November 18. The Spanish I Cabinet are unanimously in favor of a satisfactory and honorable settlement as to , the Virginias difficulty, but regard the j maintenance of the integrity of Spanish ! territory as essential. The Diurio Espnnol, the organ of the Alphonsoists, and a journal hostile to the present ministry, advises the Government ; to send Hinkles his passports. I TIIK REMAINDER OF THE VIROINIL'H CREW. Havana, November 18.—Of the Vir giniiiH crew not executed, four were con demned to the chain gang for life, three ■ to eight years imprisonment, eight to four ! years imprisonment, and three were set at liberty. ARRIVAL OF THE VIROINM'H. Havana, November 18. -The steamer : Virginias arrived here this afternoon, fly ing the Spanish colors. The Isabella la | Oatolieu anil another man-of-war were in advance, the Virginias following, and the i Tornado in the rear. INTERRUPTED COMMUNICATION. Havana, November 18. —Owing to the continuous cutting of the telegraph w ires i in the vicinity of Manzanillo, news from there to the 14th inst. hits just been re ceived by steamer, and from thence tele-. graphed here. The people were in aar of another attack from the Cuban forces who still encircle the town, anil have cut off all communication between the town and the j interior. Additional barricades have been | constructed, and some streets leading to wards the interior are completely ob structed. Reinforcements reached the city yesterday, anil the crews of a few gunboats in the harbor came ashore at night to do guard duty and assist in de fending the city in ease of another attack. A largi number of families have left the city, while Olliers, especially women mid children, are aboard the gunboats and other vessels lying in the harbor. TIIE LONDON TELEGRAPH ON THE ALI. 1 ABSORBING QUESTION. London, November 28. —The Daily' Teleyraph this morning, in a leading ar ticle on the Virginias affair, says: ‘•Con siderations of policy uud humanity would lend England to view favorably the annex ntion of Cuba to the United States. That the American Government will await the | reassembling of Congress before taking action in the Virginias matter, is an evi dence that its policy will not be governed i by the popular clamors. We do not de spair of a peaceful solution of the question. I 111 view of the difficulty the United States would experience in retaining possession I of Cuba it annexed, we would advise the j Government of that country to ueknowl 1 edge the belligerency of the insurgents, and ultimately guarantee the independence ; of the island, asking in return the abo- | j litiou of slavery.” THE LONDON DAILY NEWS ON THE VIKOINIIS QUESTION. London, November lit.—The London Daily Sen’s, on the Virginias outrage, hopes that England and America will act in concert. RECRUITING FOR THE NAVY. New York, November 18. Recruiting J for the navy is going on briskly here. HELP FOR TIIE WllalWS AND ORPHANS. New York, November 18. —The Charity Dramatic Association give a performance at the Academy of Music oil December 20, for the benefit of tlic w idows and orphans j of the victims of theVirgiuius massacre. ARMS FOR THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. New York, November 18.—This after noon the Havana mail steamer Wiiming | ton took out fourteen large eases contain ing several hundred Remington rifles for the Spanish Government. She also took a large quantity of provisions. BELLIGERENT RIGHTS. New York, November 19.—The Liberal Republican General Committee resolved tint the Cubans be entitled to belligerent rights, and making it obligatory ou nil , nations to arrest volunteer atrocities. Pa : tienee on the part of the United States | will soon be understood by the people as ; pusillanimity. The Tribune thinks all of the seventy of the V.rginius crew except eighteen are 1 dead. LATEST FROM HAVANA. New York, November 20.—The officers of the Mom Castle report that on tlieir arrival at Havana the vessel was boarded. While aboard the passengers were unmo lested, but were seized upon landing. Six of seventeen steerage passengers were ar rested but discharged after being searched. The Spanish officers explained that they were suspected of bearing dispatches. The persons for whom they w ere search ing came ou the City of New York. She was boarded upon arrival. The pusseu 1 gers were seized and searched, and six de clared guilty. Tbtee were women. Lx tensive correspondenc wus found secreted iilsait their person. Cue was a niece of Altßada, who had attracted attention dur ing the passage by her great beauty and brilliant conversational powers. The pris oners were confined in the cabin and their fate was unknown when the Moro Castle left. Bambettu, express agent, attempt ed to throw some papers out of a w indow, hut they fell short. He was at once con demned to death. Ry the extensive cor respomhnee which laid been seized many persons on the Island, hitherto unsuspect ed, were implicated, nud as the Moro Cas tle left Havana they were being shot w ith out mercy. It was estimated that about forty patriots on various portions of the island had met tl i< fat.. In the mean time the most extensive preparations for the reception of the Tornado were going forward in Havana. Her Captain and en gineers were Inuded to the skies, and tile admiration of tlieir heroism and valor was unlioumled. Huhsciiptions in their behalf met a generous response everywhere, nml paper* were circulated to the uiot distaut {■arts of the island. In the meantime, the General of Marines or Admiral, addressed the people, saying that the officers had only dime tlieir duty, anil desired no pub j lie demonstration. They were paid for it i by the nnvv, in whose service the glorious deeds lmd liern accomplished; Imt the people arid press took different ground* The heroes had accomplished ill- i achievement* i- 4-dialf of the people they belonged to the people -and the peo ple were determined they should not go unrewarded. OUR COMPLICATIONS WITH SPAIN. Washington, November 19. -The im pression is general in official anil other circle*here to-day that the Hiinih Gov ernment is disposed to make every effort to settle the impending difficulties, end gentlemen who hold intimate personal re lations with the President assert their lm lief that u war will not arise from the pres ent, complications, inasmuch ns Hitin. I through (’ostelnr, has given assurance* that all proper demands from this Gov ernment will he complied with. The en ergy and promptitude of Secretary Robe sou in presenting a lsild front by our navy have been a subject of much favorable comment here, and the fact that the ef ficiency of our naval service is being demonstrated so completely, is set forth as one of the reasons for the impression that war is not likely to result from the pending trouble*. A letter was received in this city to-day from General Longstreet, offering tie services of twenty-live thousand men to the Government should a necessity arise therefor. MIGNIFII ANT. Washington, November 20. The fol lowing significant paragraph is furnished from u reliable source : “Evidences uceuninhite that Cuban mat ter* will require much correspondence and delay. No complications need he feared, as flic Administration sees its way clear, and while a war will Is- avoided, Cuba will Is- free.” It is understood that Secretary Fish lms made an imperative demand upon Spain for the immediate restoration of property sequestrated from American citizens in Culm, as he desires to report to Congress that the stipulated restoration has been made. BURRIEL, THE BUTCHER. New York, November 20. The follow ing is an extract from a private letter re ceived from Cuba Monday : “On the Bth inst., at 5 p. in.. Captain General Jovellar telegraphed to Btirriel that the Spanish Minister at Washington advised him not to shoot any more men. The telegram was received by Burriel at Santiago de Cuba early on the Bth. On the 10th, he shot the fifty-seven men. O n. Jovellar says that he comprehended the necessity of saving the lives of these men, t>nt was over-ruled.” FINANCIERING New York, November 19. Ely J Blake advanced SBOO,OOO of the surplus of the Mercantile National Bank to the Domestic 8-wing Machine concern, wht-r. of Blake's partner in the Hewing Machine concern protested, and Blake resigned the Presi dency. the tweed case. New York, November 19. The Tweed jury rendered a verdict of guilty on all the counts. The de;. see took no exceptions to any except the general verdict on all counts. The defence waived arrest of judgment on the ground of want of juris diction, and that the act creating the hoard of audit was repealed by the act of 1878. The court replied that it was useless to waste time, as the court was convinced on these points. The defense remonstrated. Judge Davis replied that he lmd no inten tion to wound the feelings of counsel for defense. The defense said that answers by the prosecution to points made by the defense were humiliating, the prosecutor calling them trifling. TAX ON CHURCH AND SCHOOL PROPERTY. Trenton, N. J., November 19. —The Constitutional Convention has refused to exempt church and school property from taxation. THE ODD FELLOWS. Philadelphia, November 19.— The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows oppose the abolition of the Encampment branch order, nud the Grand Secretary was di rected to inform sister Grand Lodges of its action. small pox. Cleveland, November 19.— Ther are sixty small pox cases here, and the disease is increasing. A Chance, fcb Bismarck.— The steamer Frankfort, whose mails were seized a few days ago at Havana, is a German Lloyd vessel, sailing from New Orleans to Havre ! and Bremen, touching at Havana. The bats are so thick at Yorktown Va., that evening church services are interrupt ed by the minister dodging. Ceorr ; a Column. The small-pox prevails in Mueon. There is a nrgr< woman in Troupe ! county 118 years old. It is said that the lumber shipment from I Georgia lost year amounted to 290,401'. 948 feet. Tin* young lad i fe*. who was run over l by a ilriiv lust week in Savannah has since [ died. Wm. Thompson nml Mingo Norman | both colored made their escape from th<- jail ill Hinesville last week. The Supreme Court of the United State* i has refused the motion for u new I ■' in the ease of Milfon Malone, for the murder i of Phillips in Atlanta. A white girl eloped with n negro the other day in Augusta. It issaid they were to lie married by a colored justice of the peace in Hamburg'. The Singer Sewing Machine Company jof Savannah donated a sewing tmw-bine valued at oue hundred dollar*.to he raffled j at the F dr for the sufferer* in Bainhridge. Early County AVir* : The Tow n CVmn ! eil. at it*meeting on Monday night h-vi and ' II tax of one-fourth of one percent, to ru-et ! the current expenses of the town for the i present year. The liquor store of Capt W M T>- vid ! son of Savannah was entered on Sunday :u ip lit la-I by burglars. They succeeded in carrying off atwmt fiv- thousand cigars and some bottles of champagne. Hull. A. If S*eph- n* has renrhed Ae iriistn in route for Washington. He has ’ made an early sturt in ord r to lieeome ac customed to th<- colder weather of th- North before the opening of Congress. Captain David If. Dillon advertise* in •heSavannah |aqa-rs fur information enn , reining the wherenbimta of James Tapper, i a machinist and blacksmith. Any such inform tion will be acceptable to Capl.au ; Dillon. Hinesville (la A few days ago, ! while Mr. It. it. M. S o ppurd was regu lating his saw gin, his hand was aeeident : ally caught, and la-fore the giti could In stepped, u portion of one of his finger* was cut off, uud hi am terribly lacerated from the wrist to the elbow. The wound, although not dangerous, is exceedingly painful. The Brunswick Appeal relates that sev era! years ago a very wicked colored man professed conversion, and wan taken by liis pastor to be baptised in one of the i small creeks on the coast, which was tin usual place for baptising. It happened -hiring a season w lieu shrimp* were very j abundant. The minister hii-1 our friend went down into the water, and everything being ready, the words “I lmptizc thee,” -Ye., were uttered, hut nt the word “Sou," the colored man cried out: “Stop, ni*su. | stop, debt d—d shrimp, iln tickle me.” A curiosity ha* been exhumed in Au gusta. The Chraniiie says that ou Fri day last, while a colored man named Adam Nelson was digging up n large light wood stump, in wbat is known as I)• Laigh ’s swamp, about three mib s from tin- city, he suddenly perceived ill tli*'hole h had ! dug what w:i apparently a human hand. I Although far the moment almost para i ivzed by the discovery, he soon stooped j ilown and picked up the thing. Hi* first I impression was correct. It was moot ei r ! lainlv a human hand, but completely pet rified. and ns bard us adamant. After ga zing id I lie singular affair |cr h few miu ! ot s, Nelson came to the conclusion that i the body to which the hand belonged must |he buried under lls resinous ro.it* of the ■ huge .stump. H-- therefore set to work, , and in a short time had tire List portion of wfiat Was elsce a mig’ dy iL uarr-i o. tii forest on the surface on the ground. Wind all ohjeet then in- t his eager gaze 1 In tie- I bottom of the hole was lying, in a si in wht cramped position, the entire body oi j a man, with the - xr< ption of the hand j jir- vioasly found, the whole figure was ' petrified like tire hand, and had the ap ! pearance of a stone image. The skull was cleft in twain almost to the lurk, mid nt ar s by wsiH lying a heavy atone hatchet which hail evid idly been listed to do the deadly i work. The le-gio carefully raised the | figure from th- hole, and carried it. to gether with the lmlid and ludchet, to hi cabin mar the Savannah road. He says j he intends to sell them to same museum it j the authorities have no objection. The Grant Parish Horror. — From a reliable geutleman, who has just arrived iu the city ou the steamboat Ghtdiola, we glean the following late news iu relation j to the end and just deserts of one of the 1 wretches who waa implicated iu this brutal : affair : The stenmlioat GhtdioLt arrived at Col fix am Saturday evening, uud several of i I r officers and pass ng> rs went ashore, I and there they heard the particulars of i the crime, and further that one negro i m sn. whose name isn.l.l not he b urned, j but who was certainly implicated in the 1 affair, and was supposed to U the leader, j hod met his death by the bauds of the i justly enraged citizens of the parish. It is believed that among the citizens who succeeded iu hunting down this I wretch were many of them colored peo : pie, who deprecate i.i the strongest Lux ' ■'iLe 1 the inhuman act perpetrabal by li*-hi; outlaws. Before the death of the , negro who wits caught, he confessed his ! crime and gave the names of eleven others i who were eoneerned in the hellish treat ■ meat of the young lady. The citizens of the parish have i.o obj. - tion to the law | taking it* proper course, 1 hey only insist ing that this ease bo acted ou at once, and j without delay. The little child who was so brutally ' treated, together with the deceased young : lady, and who was left out on the road ; side in the chill air all night, it is thought will die.— St’tc Orleans I‘wat/ime, Vlth. Adulterated Teas. — There is a vig orous outcry in England just now about spurious tea. It has been discovered that the London bonded warehouses, at this moment, are running over w ith tea which “the heathen Chinee” lias adulterated with sand, iron tilings, and various deleterious coloring matter. Some of the journals are calling upon the government to destroy the spurious merchandise, and to taka striugent measures to prevent additional importations, otherwise the British con stitution will be seriously impaired—-or rather the constitutions of all that numer ous class of Her Majesty’s subjects who indulge in tea-drinking—while members of the medical profession are seeking to quiet uneasiness on the subject by argu ments to prove that sand and iron filings, after nil, are not necessarily fatal in the tea cup. A Havana letter gives the following ae- I count of the execution of the Virginius i prisoners at Santiago de Cuba: The four prisoners w ere shot at the place made fa | mous by previous executions, and in the ! usual manner, kneeling close to the slaugh ter-house wall. All marched to the spot with firmness, Bambettu and Ryan show ing marked courage, although the former was slightly affected toward the last. The | two others quite brok down before :;*ey were bandaged, but Bynu kept up to the, last, never flinched a moment, and died without fear or regret. Bambettn and Ryan were killed nt the first discharge. Arlington. Among the many bruti.lities of language attributed to the Lite Secretary Stanton, and made matters of praise among Lis ad mirers. none ever seine and to us more offen sive than hi', boast that he hud buried the Federal dead nt Arlington, in order that its owner—a woman too—should nev er lie able to claim her own. He utilized, as the phrase ia, the sentiment of rever ence for the resting-place of the ih ad by making it the mean* of cheating the liv ing. Mr. Htanton was a lawyer, and had the credit of being u good one. He knew what the Constitution provided. He hud sworn to obey it often enough. He knew no oue better—that there was no such thing a* “corruption of blood," and that no forfeiture, except during life, and th. t the life of the person attainted, hi and any effect. He km *. and those (the mind r is rapidly diminishing)’who admire him, know now. that the title of the United States to the Arlington estate is utterly worthless. The property never wo*Gen. Lee's. If there wasan old-fashined com mon law L-tircst ill it, it was divested by his death.. His wife was never ‘attainted. ” The thorough sympathy she no doubt ha-1 wish her heroic husband may !• a great clime in “loyal” estimation; hut it we never legally ascertained. Now she is dead, too—and luT husband long since, anil .St ntou. 100, an 1 the lawn ol Arling ton isstndd-'l vc it tl graves ,-nd to which burial place of the three is the sentiment of the Ann ricati J i epic, North arid ha.ulh. How attracted. To one who knows, or cares, where Htanton is luirii and, there are thousands who would gladly go ands e! u tear on tile secluded t--mti where Robert L. Lee sleeps, *nd where Mary Cnstis Let . the wife of ttjsiwisoni-—the mother of his children —bus just been laid, tenderly und reverently, beside him. —Baltimore Ga zette. ——- ■ Smith and Joliuson—How Ran Eival Stage Lines. In Utnli Ten lory there were two rival one mn by a man iirtmed Smith, mul another run by a man nmmd Johnson The competitiou wjw so great that at hist both limn* <-;irrietl people f<i uctliing. a id guve tiicui j r e > and 8 Smith oltereil tree rides andaßurlow kmte to cseli jtoisheriger. Johusoit olV* reii a boiled hliiit. Brnith saw that and went one better by giving a pound of Bologna sausage with the shill. Johnson adopted the sausjtge, and distributed gold-bunded canes ami eople* of Watts' tiyrans. Sin.' ruiiifd, and ottered nil oi Johnnon's prenu mm. with a litter of pups and a hunch ot tooth-piulxN t< ea.>h man. But Johnson took all the travel by [Living tin old debts ot each paasengc*r ajd and thug him a cem etery lot. Smith turned the tide lint *<i uttdv in Ins direction by giving each h i low u pair of mules, a chnuh p w and 1,500 aimres of stork in the Bacific railroad. Tiieii Johnson deb nmned upon his master stroke. He went to Brigham Young and got a special dispensation, and then ia oilcied to marry ail'tliie women who 101U* in his stages, to take all the men into partnership, and to give gum rings to all the babn-.s. Smith was broken np and hud to st 11 out and abandon the business. Johnson now has l,Tib wives, l.aK) part ners, and he is indebted to an India rub ber mail for six bushel* of guru rings. But he killed Smith, ami he is now happy*— [Uux Ad. k r. — A Child Bride.—While we were in the court house in Linn last week, ii.lt mua to the tv-rimony iu the ease of tii 8:..t vs. Lade, for alaiialoning' 1 i.S wife anu eliilderu, a little girl won iuti.slued us witness. In manner uud peneml appear iuoe si:, was ' imply 11 child, and we laul.y thonpi.t oiißht, oil ueeonut of her you!. , iuivo been spared the ordeal to which witnesses iu a court of j istiee aragen- a iy sabjecD'd. Tli first qisenfiou asked by tin attorney was; “Are you a married lady?” Our astouishnii nt can t>e le-tter imuir mod than described, when sin- promptly replied: “Yes, sir.” , “How long have you been married?” asked the lawyer. “About two years. ” “And how old are you now ?” “I will he thirteen in December.” In reply to other questions, she stated that she and her husband hud not lived together *itiee their marriage, nnd that she was induced to marry through tin tl)reals of her ither who had some mer cenury object iu view. After the adjournment of the court we sought and obtained an interview with the young lady and her mother iu order to as certain the particulars of thiaextraordin ny marriage. The maiden name ol thiscbild luide was Chriteinn Lode. Ble‘ wiv* l*>rn in this county Deceuila r 3, 18L0, i-ud was married to Sliehael Fronkewich (aged l!lj, .Tannary 1. 1872, being at the time of her mar.i. ge only a ft w days over eleven years of age 1 She stated to ns that, he; tatber. hv threat.- of punishment in c.-se of refusd, eomp-'ll-sl her ;o cousi-nt to this uutiiuely union, bidding h-*r under sever penalties to state to the justice that she was ever fourteen years old. ♦ A Royal Rescue. The Royal family of Portugal have been in trouble and danger, but came out with honor and general rejoicing. The trouble was that of a mother about the safety of her chil dren, and the danger was the blotting out of the constitutional dynasty, which is a guarantee of tin- independence, liberty and progress of Portugal. The facts are ; Queen Marie was at the sea-side with her two little princes, one being the heir pre sumptive to the Portuguese throne. Th princes were walking with their royal mother on the beach. They ran away from her, hi-vlike, towards the sea, and in their gambols w ere surprised by a wave which came reaching after them over the sands. It grasped the boys nml threw t aem into u hole beyovd their depth. They struggled to get back, but the hungry sea refused to loosen its grasp. The queer plunged in after them and snee-, ded in keeping tlieir beads above the wav*-s, but she found it impossible to return. There was likely to be a royal funeral. A jxior man who was a short distance off, seeing the danger of the three, ran to their ase -lstaiice, and succeeded iu bringing them all safely to laud. He did not know at the time whose lives he was saving, but found out when his Majesty, the King, conferred * upon him the Order of the Tower and sword, and granted him a pe cuniary pension. The King also present ed the Queen with the gold medal of dis tinction, ami premium granted to merit, philanthropy and generosity. It is not every mother who gets such an outward token of distinction for saving the lives of their own children. Senator Charles Sonnier, who, a year ago, was very unpopular in Massachusetts, and censured by the Legislature of the State ou account of his motion to st rike the names of battles from the regimental colors of the United States army, has, it is stated, regained all his former popularity. The man who moved the resolutions for his censure has been elected to stay at home, and tl, a defeat of Benst Butler for Governor is set down as a Sumner triumph. It is now predicted by the Senator’s friends that tie will be re-elected in 1875 b.V a large majority of the Massachusetts Legislature in spite of Butler’s plotting. La Honda Junction. Two baebelots, *n old one nml a young one, kept a *orf of sfof.- aiid rnnche ou a state route*‘-La Honda Junction, Cal.— and (here was no serving woman in their house. If waa not u tavern, but they ofteD entertained limiting and fi-hing parties, and sometimes ladies; and they li. gsu trt feel tile need of female help. At length they learned through the advertising columns of a Han Francisco paper that a young widow Italy, refined uud educated, wanted to take charge of a gi nth man's house in tlu- city or country, und desired n home. Ella Chuttillicr was the name she guve, and Sauatuan und Buyers, consulting over the matter, concluded she was tlieir woman. They finally engaged her, and liked her, and tlieir guests lik and her. and the Hansrann and Buyers runehe brightened up amazingly under the magic touch of the widow liuly. Bayers was a vary foolish young man mid could not stand pros]* rity. lie thought th- re was some mystery about their housekeeper, and became miserable ls-eause be could not fathom it. In hi effort* to dive into her secret history he managed to grossly insult Sirs. ( liattillier. She declined to have anything more to say to Say- re and told Haiisnuin of her troubles. Savers began to say hard nnd unwarrant able things about her. and she heard of the Bcaudul through various channels. -Sh filially made up her uiind to leave, ami to and Bailsman that before her depart ure she would mukeSnyi rs publicly retract or give him a horsewhipping. Buitsmiur tried to dissuade her fr, .in such measures, but she was fully resolved and could not be shaken. On the day of her departin' the suigc from IYscmlero drove up full ol passengers, and !lit' soon filled the store of Messrs. Sausmuu A Bayers. Mrs. Chatillier was there, ready to go, and Buyer* was there too, when there was a little drama of interest to those passengers. The beautiful woman, advancing to Buyers, thus ojx'iied the play ; “Mr. William Ravers, you have heaped indignities upon me ever since I have been here. Ido not cull them insults, because it is not in vonr power t insult me, but yon have tried to insult me, and y--n have maligned my character. I now demand that in tho presence of tilts- witnesses yon retract everything you have said, and apologize for your uiigentlemanly conduct." The spectators were keenly alive to the situa tion. Saver* got very red, turned on his heel, and in a contemptuous manner re ins. and to make the reparation. Mrs. Chatillier routinned: “Mr. Havers, my father is dead, my husband i* Oen-L ■ iid I have no big brother to figdit for me. I shall be obliged to give yon a borae w hipping if you don't make the retraction I have ih uu-ud-d.” Sayers said: “Oh. go off; what will folks think of yon. talking to me like tint ?" The play I .-‘(-a me exciting. Mrs. Ghattillier tralkt and out to ti.e stage and got the driver’s whip, came hack and com menced business. The passengers formed a ring, and would not let S -v-r, run. The woman used the whip-stoek with the lash wound tightly round it with one hand md held a eoekeil pistol in the other. The whip stock was gradually worn into -libers, and finally Sayers broke Hs way ■tiirough the crowd, crying us he run, “Don’t let her shoot me.” Thorp was tre mendous applause. Mrs. Chatillier nmv turned to Mr. Bailsman nnd said: “Yon l ave ever been a gentleman in your con duct towards me. I told yon some time -go that srtrue tiui** I would lot you know my true- name. It is Major Pauline (Juah nmn.” They lmd heard of the Major in other et-oes All ejaculated, us it were, with one breath—“ The Heout of the Onmber ’ “id !" There was a grand tableau. Major Pauline Cushman mounted the box with tl-.e <l,,ver uiul the stage drove off'. The iriver of that stage now flourishes anew silver-mounted whip bearing this inscrip tion; “Presented by Mujoi Pauline Cush man (the Scout of tin- Onnibi-riand) to H. D. Ingalls, in return for the on-- which she broke over the hack of William Sayers, September 2ti, 1873, for aspersing her reputation.” Bailsman ami Sayers dissolved partner ship. nnd each doeshir.on n housekeeping. No woman need apply.— Si. Louis Repub lican. Though Anns stems to have carried Mississippi for Governor, it is by no me ans certain that he will g.-t his seat. Many of tho best lawyers of the State share the opinion that tic proceedings were illegal, being in conflict with a provision of the State constitution, which they say does •lot authorize an election for State officer* before 1874, There is a strong party iu flic State who will use every lawful means to defeat the success of the ambitions o.'irpet-hugepr, and it is probable that th-' question will be taken to he courts for lee -iou. Powers, the present incumbent and the AHornev General are both opposed to him. and tl eti posi is wall gj-e (Lem g:.,e. advantages in a fight lieiore the courts. The whole affair wid doubtless r suit m a muddle, in which the President and tli .Attorney O- ueral of the United 8 ates w i 1 figure as prominently as they did iu tile Louisiana trouble. Th- Ur sident may have to exercise his excellent judgment in determining win. h is the lawful State Government. Mns. Lee's Last Visit to Arlington.— There are few modern incidents more full of simple pathos than the quiet visit which Mrs. Alary Custis Lee paid to her old homestead of Arlington about three weeks before her death. Aire. Lee had not put in words her heart’s longing ior the place endeared to her by so many bright associ ations. During the Gcn- rul’s lifetime she had not said a word about her confiscated estate, and after his death she did no more than consent that a modest petition should be sent np to Congress asking that the judgment which deprived her of her an cient home for no fault of her own, should at any rate be examined into, even if it could not lie revised. I* was thought she took this step for the good of her children, ami not because she had any personal feeling iu the matter. But when she felt the hand of death begin to tightened upon her, she painfully left the seclusion to which ten years of rheumatic fever had confined her, slowly and with sad interest revisited the old homestead and the scenes of her youth and womanhood; gazed upon that which she had loved so well and longed for in silence and resignation, and then went quietly back again to Lexington to die. It will add a pang to the sense of loss which her friends have for this gra cious lady, of such nobility of character and patience in affliction, to feel that to Ler other griefs was joined this am '-fling yearning for the old home she could not come back to—yearning not put in wolds nor suspected until expressed by that most pathetic leave- taking on the eve of death. —A colored philosopher thus unburdened himself on one of woman’s weuk -" > -' t ' >: “Jim, de men don’t make such fools of demselves about women as de women do about men. If women looks at de moon, dey see a man in it. If 1 dey hear a mouse nibbling, it’s a man; and dey all look under de bed fust thing at night to find ! man. Why, 1 nebber took nutter niv bed to find a woman; does you ?'