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)ctoiler— potted him lo the police ' and he , f was
p cousec- arrested. What this .will ull.aypjmit
however, to on trial remains to bejseajp. s; . ' -,,7
PIT fXXi' ' * ► ■ 4^ j *
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t.Li ernn^tit has^p^lay.l^^iff ffi^.ee-
tioa for its coalmines. the number of
death's from accidents HtttstterArine-s,
shows little decrease; indeed,'lusfe.ijear
there were more-deaths than' ttdj ejrear
since ltfiS.' Since' 1861% ‘ tbCrb' Rave
bet'n no less thin 15,900 lives Kftf itf the
English mines, an averirgd’ of''fferi?ly /
tlio-isaud a year. For so mVthy teis o,
coal so many lives are paid. 1,
mile in Great Britain is'fhhf'eVi-tyiiOQ
000 ions of coal cost a hnnirtn IrfJf n>
interval of three years. Same of
have thns been re-chosen three or four
told me himseli
times. Connt B-
that he had been Captain Regent three
times. It must be remembered, howev
er, that San Marino is a small republic.
The Regent? receive no pay—another
evidence that San Marino is no re pubic.,
at cisatlantic ideas, at any rate.
My readers are doubtless already iin
patient to know something of tin
which for thirteen hundred yen
defied the manifold elements of disor
der that has been fatal to so many dy
nasties and dismembered bo m.ur • i«r-
arm
* It is now a vrell understood fact
about which there can.be no difference"
iof bpiuicn, that the grand display in
lionpr of Grant were not spontaneous,
out were iu every instance the artificial
product of political maucs-uring, with a
itvish expenditure of money on the
part of his snobbish supporters and
corrupt followers and associates. Grant
n-sverwas.whatmight bo called aperson-
a!Iy popular man. He has no personal
-magnetism about oim, and can travel as
q: icily am'. -.i privately as any one if
Uachooses ■.». The great and prolong
ed Grant-sh >w—irony which the coun
try !s now haply having a rest—was a
lingo sham.ir-BeHeyiile (Ills.) Demo
crat.
A Walnut street clerk was db&P
•and asked the reason:
awfuBy slow about eretytSiHgJ’fl*
iiis cirij loyer. “You do ma'- ifihtsl
said thc’clerk. “Taermis one thtng
r am not 4 iw about.” ‘ : I should
delighted to heafyoti’name it,” ? jfecf
-toe proprietor. “Well" said tlfe'dc-f
slowly," ‘'nobody can get tired-
as I can.” A motion for « reeormleraV
tion of bis case*lias been referral to thr
.proper c< ni'aUtee.
“NeTorl I' will not touch another
drop if I die for it. I mean to leave
here aud to lead a new life under a new.
nemo.”
“If you really mean that, Wakely, 1
Can put yon in the way. to make a man
of yourself. 1 am going to Colorado.
Go with ma and I will pay your way
aud help you to make your own start
in life.” *
"If yon will do'that Mr Henderson,
yon will earn my, lifelong grautude.”
When John Byrd re-entered the house
he fowu.a his daughter Mary subbing as
if her heart would break.
• 'What have yon done, father?” she
sskod. “What have you done?”
“I have driven away that worthless
•Vagabond,” ho roughly replied, “and
: have ordored him never to darken my
doors again.
“You might-have given him another
chance. He is my husband, and he is
tfio father of my child.”
“He has bad chance enough. He
skill not be your husband much longer.
He shall torture you no more. I will
x *r-t- a divorce for yon.”
“I want ncialivoree,” sobbed Mary.
“know west you waatv..T« a*
f rtsbree and yon shall I-
‘•Josephine,'iyon-.hayo ' altogether too
uiapy cousins fora family that is fond
of'cild meat—ydn must look out for
another place.” “Oh, ifeflame, please”
“It's no use—I givhydfPwarning.”'
“Ail right, ma’am—I 1 take your warn
ing, ma’am sad' heaven' knows, ma’am
—it’s gLtd I’ll hs td.get out of this
hutUj'Ar -u-a’acif Thcre’3 not a living sonl
in" J -thl regrofi rh’a’am. except Ponto.”
“Except Phhto?'’ . Yes, ma’am, except
Panto. ThUsfeps that dog saves a lady
that lias dishes to wash”
use among them is tli -it of the Italian
government. They bed onc< s pi sons
coined, the equivalent in value of o ir
cent—my host at the inn gave me tw<
or three of them, hut they were n»:
.coined in the republic, Tk**ir-muni er
was very restricted and they are rarely
to be met with, except in' the collec'ions
of numismatists. If is certainly one of
the eccentricities which distinguish
'SaiT Marino from all oilier comwruiR'thar
it puts its litigati-ur or.t as sums fitmi-
;fr-s do their Washing hud trades exclu
sively • witli • the currency of foreign
Fulton
it he would
Lcting, pnb-
There whs* nothing to Irbnble ih m'
bat. the uncertainly "of thoir tenure and
the * fear’ that c-ncw'direction might be
frang.-j benefactor,-
; *n'btVtiov Mre.-Worsliain fo i
M'MBER 0;
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, lb, 1880.
ednVijn ^btM
REUNITED-
The frost of a neat house of modor-
sta prelention*, jnst outside of an Indiana
town was hasiily opened aR night was . , , ., , .
* , p driver, a rude rea-slmted fallow is seen
com’Dg on aud a man was Sbritft tio-
Icntly into the street, or rather, the
road.
The man who was ejected was young,
and might- have been handsome had it
not’been for tite dissipated appearance
of his features and the untidinewof hi*
dress. At-the moment he was evidently
intoxicated.” ' r *
Tho man who ejected him was an el
derly gentleman, whose face was red
with honest indignation, which also
showed itself in. his voice and his lan
guage; -
Albert Wakely was a lawyer of ability
and promise when lie married John
Byrd's daughter Mary, although he
bail already contracted a fondness for
drink.
This passion did not abate after his
marriage but grow upon him. nud at
tins tiirtk of his boy he had become no
better limn-a .loafer, sheltering hansel;
with his wife in the house cf his fath
er-in-law', to whom ill's family looked for
all the nccMsaries of life.
John Byrd was not tho man to en
dure his son-in-law’s worthlessness and
iiltroattnyut to his wife, and at last,
wheil Wakely camo crawling into flip
house after a prolonged absence and
debauch; h# opened the door and t x-
peilrfd him forcibly*
“Go oil,” ho exclaimed with his voice
full of angor. “Go elf, Albert Wakely,
and never darken mv door’s again! You
haro no longer a homo here, and you
shall uerrr set your foot in my Iiouh-
after this.”
Wlikely murmered somethiug about
wanting to see his wife.
She don’t wati’t to see you. ri-he is
no longer your wife. Gooff. Iaav!
Nobody li-.-nj cares trim: becomes of
you.’
Tho old man wont-back into tbc house
end closed and locked the door, while
tho yontig one stumbled up the r'uadj'
his hat over his eyes, add his facivities
apparently dazeaf
He thuswumieri-d on, never looking
Up, not glancing to tiie right or left,
stupid -and purposeless, until he rfflfch-
ml the bank of a stroanA
Ignoring the bridge, he would haY«-
Valk»d into the iratn if he had ii-.it
Ween seized and forcibly restrained by.a
mau who had noticed las strange ujovc-
inenta.
“What, Waki-lv, is this yon? What
ktq yod. doing?” Where are you go-
ieg-*”
“I don’t Tuiow," was the sleepy reply,
“Where um I?”
“Y-iU would now be in the water if I
had uot stopped you. You- have hern
druikiug, Wakely. Come, let me take
ySu homo.” ,
“H otuy!" HI* eficlaimrd. “I Lave no
home.”
In response to tho wondering ques
tion# of the other,he related, more luc
idly than might expected, the
story at bin eipplaion from John Byrd’s
house.
“That’s nothing,” said his friend.
“Gome to town with me, aud straighten
up, *nd it will all bo right in the morn
ing.”
“It will novor bo right, Mr. Hender
son,’-’ replied Wakt-.ly. “This _ is the
end'of it. I havs ';cen driven out and
I deserv; it, aud I will never set foot in
John Byrd’s house again. That is not
all. I will never drink another drop of
liquor as long, as . I ri-.v; so help mo
heaven!”
“Don’t be rash. It is a good thin"
that has passed throngh the cleft I seated with * fine pony dad a saddle,
becomes a a placid sir cam as it debauch- • For his own pArt, he seemed determin
es on a broad and fertile valley, a single j ed not to show his face at the Hiller
, rairie schooner” hns stopped, as its j ranrJ ' 1 *
Pr ividence, however, was disposed to
in conversation wi h an oil man: who j set aside this determination.
As he was returning one day from a
distant stock-farm his horse allied and
is c-vidcDtlf expostulating with him in
vain.
“It’s no use,” said Hie driver at iits£;
“I've gone as fur as yonr money
w'il justify, nndfurder, and here I mean
to quit. If you over expect to stop
anywhere this is as good n place as yon
will find. If yon want cither work or
help General Chance is iikely to giro it
to you.”
“Does he own this valley?” ar-kc-d the
old man.
“He owns ever so many acres of laud,
the S*n Benito silver mine aud more
borsev, cattle and sheep Uiau you kin
count. But h-*re come3 one of bis
ranchmen, and I wilpbifi'i yon over to
him.” The driver rxphurod the. circum
stances of l;is ••fri-ig'ii” to the ranch
man who requested the old man to ac
company iliw to “tho house,” and tho
Tatter patiently complied with tie re
quest landing by tiie hand a bright lit
tic boy.
They soon reached the house and
wore 'u-lmred into the presence of its
owner! a tail fine looking man With his
face covered by a heavy beard and his
eyes covered by a wale slouched bat,
who was sitting in a rawhide chair read .
he asked, ad-
“John Byrd,
iug a ne'vSfUjier and smoking a loin
pipe. He list-’d in fcil- nee and witli ap
parent indifference to the story the
ranchman to’d him.
“What is your name?’
Pies leg 1'ue old m:fn.
sir.”
"Where arc you from.”
"From Indiana;.’.’
“Ah! any family with ’ots?”
“My darghisr, Mrs Wur.-diam, and
he»- child.”
“Widow, I suppose?”
“Her husband :s dead, sir^'p-ati-intly.
replied Byrd, ulth&igji he resented the
lone of those inipfiries.
“First husband, or sect ml?.”
“Mr. Wott-thsm was her second hus
band. She had been married fo a
"drunken, wordy less vairubi'iid whom I
was com-peila-1 to drive away.”
“Quito right, Mr. Byrd—exactly
threw him near the Hiller ranch, drag
ging liim'for some distance by the stir
rup. He wks:carried into Mr. Byrd’s
honse.'wher^^ was discovered that hia
head and face was so badly cut an d
bruised that it would be necessary to
move his hair and beard.
When this operation had been per
formed Mrs. Worsham came into the
room for the purpose of helping t >
dress his wounds, aud fairly shrieked
when she saw him.
“Albert Wakely!” she exclaimed. “Is
it really you?”
“Yea, Mary, it is I,” quietly replied
General Charms. “If you are going to
do anything for mo, please do it with
out a tus.i.
Mary Worsham took care of him, and
lie encouraged her attendance. When
he was stronger he spoke to her more
freely.
“M iry, did you reaBy object to a di
vorce and to your second marriage?”
“Yes, Albert, I never loved any man
but tho father cf my child, iu spite of
his great fault, ai d I objected every
thin^ that could injure you. But you
ought not to blame father. He msani
bj act for the best.'’
“I don’t blaruo him. It was for tho
b-.-st. It made a u.au of mo, aud I am,
as I ought to be, deeply grateful to
him. Mary, that is a flue boy of ours.”
Within a moi/tli there was a wedding
on t. e San Benito estate which was
ir. ide such an occasion of rejoicing as to
to bo long r-membered iu that region.
Tne contract.ng parties were Walter
Oaaucc, as he was siiii determined to be
know! and Mary, widow ui Abram Wor-
iham.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE-
ORIGIN AND PURPOSE.
ITS
THOSE MUCK Y OuQ HfrRSE^£*ES3‘
’ thr
ribondv’’
It is of no coBse-
of him. Then a
J
riant, Wlms bccanic
“I d Ilk know.”
• Died, i snppesp.
qni-u ul what beeune
divorce fidlowed.”
“Yes, sir, I ins:sir'd upon a divorce
mgainst my datlghtar’s wish, and she
married Mr. Worsham, a wall-to-do
man. But bad luck fasiened -up in us
and never let co. Mr. Worsham died
insolvent; and otto reversn after another
swept away mv little property and I was
forced to come out here -to try to 1 egin
life again; It fefc'a liard task sir, for an
oldman.” ... f,
"I should say se; Toi oughttoha
remained among yonr frisnds. W’litt
lioy is that?”
“My grandson!” family rapfied Byrd,
who *as weary of this'style of ques
tioning.
"S- n of tha ragahou 1, or of Wo:-
sham?’
“Albert is the son of my daigh let's
first hu‘.h?.nd.”
“Ihave, taken a fancy to him. Yon
want a home, and I will tell you what
I will do. Give ms that boy and I will
eive yon n fine raueb. well stocked, with
everything veu need to make you com
fortable. Js it a bargain?”
“Do you expect me . to trade off mV
daughter’s child!” indignantly demand
ed Byrd.
“I forgot about b«tr. Of course alie
lias arrinterest in;him; Suppose you
ask her. She ought to be willing to ac-
c^jit a comfortable home for life, when
she knows the boy will be well provid
ed for.”
“I will bring her here, if yon wish.’.
“No, I dbnt ws at to see any women
folks. Ask her, r,nd bring as word.”
“I will ask her,” replied the old man;
if‘but I know well what her answer
will ho.”
John Byrd soon returned, and inform
ed General Chance that Mrs. Worsham
had refused to accept the offer, declar
ing that she hall rather dio than fo be
.parted from her boy.
"Yery well,” said . the gentleman—
That is ail I have to say. Yon may
go.” .
John Byrd sadly left tho house, and
its owner signed to the ranchman to re-
maim-
Mr. Whipps,” said he; “I wish that
you would follow that old man. Take
him and his family down to Hiller’s
ranch, which is vacant, and settle them
there. Supply them with stock, pro
visions and everything they need t<5
mane them comfortable, r.nd let me
know if money is needed
So John Byrd with bis little family,
greatly to thsir setprise, were settled 5
“I saw a funny sight in the st:
just. n.»w,”'said Mr. Patterson to his
u:iiffi Mi. Johnson, iu the Fifth Avo-
iiGi ib.tel barbershop, recently. “I
mrt an elegantly dvessed . la-.ly currytn;
in In V hand an oi l horseshoe covered
wi ll mud.' 1 presume she had ju»t
found it. anti was carrying it lioms for
good tuck.”
‘ Good luck,” replied Mr. Johnson;
• don’t talk to me about old horse shoes
and good lack. About a month ago my
wile and I wero returning :'ro\» oltnrc),
on.: Sunday, whan just m front of thu
new Common OutholicCathedral, inFif-
tiech street, a horse, which was being
driven irt a lively gait, throw a shoo,
and it went ringing along the pavement.
if? l
‘Go aud get that shoe,’ suit? my wife,
ana we will keep it for good luck.’ I
picked it up, utterly ruining one of my
glqv&ia'; doing so, .as.it was coveted
with juhd.. This I wafpgoing to wipe
off oa. tha'hurb, but my,wife cried out:
“Oh, don’t do that, for if yoa do you
will wipe’ out all your luck. SO I lugg-.
ed the old thing all the way hofie, and
over the door we bang it, mild and all.
The next niiiruing I went down to the
vtorc, wandering What my first streak of
good luck would lie. Before fright I
tm<Tu niiVnudsrstanding with my em-
[loyer—with whom I have been for sev
eral years—we both got hot, and the re
sult was that he gave me notice that af
ter the first of January next he wonld
dispense with my services. A few days
nf'.er my wife went to do a little shop
ping, and lost her pocket book contain
ing id! the money we irad been saving
a long time to spend for holiday pres
ents and amusements. In fact, for
about two weeks everything seemed to
go against me. and I was finally in hot
water ill the time. Finally I said to
my wife one day that I brttevbd that it
was that cursed old horseshoe that was
to ulsme for ad, and that I was bonnd
to take it down and. pnt it back in the
street, jnst wlhc-re I found it, and so I
did.
The very morning my employer sent
for me to come and see him in his pri
vate office. He said he bad been mista
ken m the matter about which he had
differed, apologized for what he had
said, hoped there pwonld be no ill-feel-'
ing about it, and wound up by engag
ing me for another-Year at an increased
salary. I went homo that night feeling
better natured thou I had for weeks.
I told my wife' of my good ihek, and
then she took a letter from her pocket, a'
leftKr which - she had that dny’received’
from her father, notifying; him that he
was going to sen® her a pbeek for §500
for a'Christinas present. In fact, I have
had‘only good Inck sinefi T threw away
that pi?! horseshoe,. They may bring
Inch to some folk?, bet Any wife and I
dont want any more horse shoe Hr oars,
yon bet!”'
-—0-0-3-
A' St! Annin’s wife, in reply to her
The “Monroe doctrine,” a* originally
promulgated by ibp'fifth President of
tho United States, wa3 one cf the most
generally applauded outgivings of that
able and honorable, though not bril
liant, statesman. Iu it he declared the
American policy of “neither eu tangling
ourselves in the broils of Europe, nor
suffering the powers of the Old World
to interfere with the affairs of the Now,”
and that “we consider any attempt on
their part to extend their system to any
portion of this hemisphere as d uigor-
ons to our peace and safety.” The lat
ter declaration occurs in President Mon
roe’s Seventh annual mossage, Decem
ber 2, 1323. After remarking that “in
the wars of the European powers, in
matters relating to themselves, wo have
never t.iksu any part, nor does it com
port-with 0iU‘!|)':)!ii:y to do so.” ho says:
“With the movements in this heni-
spere we are of-necessity more immedi
ately connected, by causes which must
be evident to all enlightened and impar
tial observers.” He proceeds; “With
tho existing colonies or dependencies of
any European power, we hive not in
terfered, and shall not inttrfere. But
with the governments who have declar
ed their independence and maintained
it, aud whose indepen louce we have on
greit consideration "and on ju st princi
ples acknowledged, wo could not view
any interposition for the purpose of op
pressing them, o’ - controlling in.any
oilier mariner their destiny, by any Eu
ropean power, in any other light than as
the manifestation of an unfriendly dis
position towards the United States.”
Till- is the substance of the “Monroe
doctrine” ns announced by its putative
author. It was meant as a waniing.to
the “Holy Alliance” of IiiiS3ia, Prussia,
Austria and Franco,„the object of which
was to propagate mouarchial institu
tions and lo suppress free government.
Iu his first annual message, D.•com
ber 2, 1315, President Polk said: “Tire
people of the United States cannot view
with indifference attempts of European
poweis to interfere with the independ
ent action of the nations on this conti-
uei.t.” Further oh he reiterates and
affirms "tho principle, avowed by Mr.
Monroe,” and states Ins “envoi d con
currence in its wisdom and sound poli
cy.” C.nceeding that “existing rights
of every European nation should be
respected,” lie urges a distinct an-
i.ouneemojt to fcno world, as the settled
policy of ti.is uatioa, that “no future
col ny or dominion shall with our con
rent be planted or established ou sny
part of the T^orth American continent.”
These views are repeated by President
Polk iu his own message of April, ISIS,
relative to current troubles to Yucatan.
Mr. Cull.cun, iu an elaborate speech
made during the debate npou the mRter
mtssage denied toe claim that the “Mon
roe doctrine was the “settled policy” of
the United States, and declared that'it
Was applicable only to the circumstances
existing in 1823. Senator Wescott, of
Florida, on the other hand strenuously
insisted upon the maintenance of the
doctrine, and alleged that President
Madison advanced, and that Congress
carried out, the same principle in 1311
ih tuking possession of East-’and West
Florida.
Evidently, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, that famous- doctrine, as originally
formulated, applied only to a case of for
eign interposition in the political af
fairs of this hemisphere contrary to the
free and real wifi of the government
with which they proposed toiniermed e.
Of course, an apparent consent might
be given niulec duress. It is not easy t.-
perceive how the project of M. do Leu-
saps infringes tho doctrine, unless it be
reasonably feared that the cempl tion
of his iutcrocsauic gang!-, which is far
from immiucerly. probaBle, might lead
to th« estebli.-dsmen'. of a Fi-r-uch colony
or proteotomt-: iu Panama.
Notwithstanding the Surry in Con
gress over this intcroceanic canal ques
tion, and the boiig.-rt-n! spirit manifest
ed by a portion of tiie press towards
De Lesseps project, we do uol appri-
hend that there will bo any necessity
for the application of the Monroe doc
trine as a means of preventing tiie pros
ecution of the proposed Panama ship-
canal. Accordiiig'to a Wushingto dis
patch, Senat.-T Gordon’s bit! now before
Congress provides thita commission
shall be appointed by the President,, by
to consist of four members—the first an
officer of tho Engiueer Corps,* who shall
be tire president of the commission; a
civil engineer of the navy, a civil engi
neer to b8 selected from the prominent
membrrsi of the profes^ioH kr civil iifr,
aud an officer of,Uic navy who shall act
as Secretary and disbursing ; offr-ier of
the commission. This commissi*
which Mr. A. G. Menocal will
dent; is to proceed atoncetoihr^ J
for the purpose of resnrveyihg both the
PanamaMad the Nicaragua canal routes;
with ft view to determine which is the report of a
most eligible, and to report to Congress' URDi ’ Irfiln
• v " - . * : .
sition of the Monro 3 dootrlne and a war
with France and tlie maritime powari
of Earopo. The United States, ia com
mon with the commercial woridj * de
sires a ship canal across the isthmus
that separates the Atlantic from the Pa
cific. We can hardly expect to havs
this great water-way all to ourselvef.
All that we have a right to demand is
that its neutrality shall be mutually
guaranteed, and that it shall
be open to tho ships of all nations
on equal terms. To secure this, we re
peat, it is not necessary to apply the
Monroe doctrine and thus bid defiance
to all nations. With our present ineffi
cient navy and heavy debt, this would
be neither a wise nor safe expedient. It
would bo much better to agree with M.
de Lesseps, to join in liis enterprise,
and, if we must have control, imitate
the example of tbc> great Eastern rail
road monopolies and buy him out.
EDITORS AND OLD AGE
The London Athenceum, ia its obitua
ry article ou William Hepworth Dixon,
endeavors to show that editors die
young, iik : ihe most of those whom the
gods love. This is 1 controverted by the
New York Times, which nrgnes, m
very strange way and from. exceptional
instances, that editors, have a tendency
to live forever. “Longevity aud jour
nalism,” it contends, ‘‘evidently go hand
in hand,” Joseph Gales, editor of tho
National Intelligencer, lived to-be seven
ty-four years old, and edited his nota
ble old paper for fifty-three years, His
father, another editor both iu England
and North Carolina, lived to be eighty-
one. Greeiy, in spite of his 1-aril work
and his vegetarianism,- lived to the age
of sixty-one, and was then killed, uot by
his editorial work, but by the strain of
his candidacy for the Presidency. Jas.
Gordon Bennett, who founded the New
York Herald, and certainly was the
Give of his duties to the press,- livfd to
be seventy-seven. Bryant was eighty-
four wheu he died. Delane, of the Lon
don Times, was sixty-two, and Do Yille-
niessanl, the founder of the Paris Figa
ro, was sixty-3even- Thnrlow is eighty-
three; Baldwin, of the Worcester Spy,
is seventy, and otorey. of the Chicago
Times, is sixty-one. It must not bo for
gotten, however, that Sam. Bodies died
at the age of fifty-two and Henry J.
Raymond art iim age of forty-nine; and
these two were more distinctly types of
tho high pressure modern system cf
conducting newspapers than any others
who can bo named. Still, the figures
above given would be significant if they
were not taken from exceptional cases.
Tho average duration of life of profes
sional men is allotted by statisticians to
b8 fifty years; the average of the lives
referred to above is sixty-eight years
and a half. This exceeds the average
lives of farmers, which are put at about
sixty-threo years.—Baltimore Su t.
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SAN MARINO-
The Mcxt Drx.-iGHT$crri Lttti.e Rhpub-
- -mo Outside op Faiet L.vxd.
The Republic proper stretches over.a
territory seventeon miles long and about
half that width, and has a population,
all told, of about 60,000 people, the
capital, where we were. Laving about
900-of fhem. They are governed bv a
Council of Sixty, which is a close corpo
ration, nominally composed of twenty
princes, twenty of the middle class, and
tweuty of the peasant class; but in point
of fact, as I. afterwards learned—and,
indeed, as might be inferred from the
fact that they themselves fill all vacan
cies, and the people had no more to do
with the choice of the members of their
Counoil than with onrmembers of our
Congrl-ar—all were nobles—and if yon
were to address one otherwise than “«o-
blissimo,” you had hotter not have ad
dressed him at all. I gathered that the
real distinction was that twenty were ta
ken from the lauded gentry, twenty
from the town gentry, and twenty pre-
miscrfcusly from any part of tho lerri
tory.
This Council, iudepoudeut of a’l hu
man control from above or below,
elects two executive officers, who are
called Captains Regent, it designates
all executive committees, imposes taxes
—in fact, conduct? the government.
When I asked if the people had no
elective franchise cf aiiy sorV* Count
B said, “No, none;” but they may
respectfully eddress fire Captain Regent-
by petition. Jf 1 had known him bet.er
I should probably have taken the liber
ty of saying to tho prine’e that tho priv
ileges of the people of San Marino re
minded me of those whicif the Miuis
ter Calonne proposed to yield to the
Assembly of Notables near the. close of
tho last century, and which were enn
ningly caricatured by the picture of :t
ministerial orator addressing a flock of
turkeyf as follows:
“Gentlemen, I h«ve eallel yon to
gether to ask you with what sauce you
wonld prefer to be eat n.”
“But wo do not prefer to be eaten,”
was the ungracious reply of the honor
able birds of freedom ?ir congress as
sembled.
‘You dodge the question was the re
tort of the imperturbable minister.
T?ie government of this so-called re*
pnblW, therefore* is simply a close cor
poration, vested with indeterminable
powers to fill all vacancies occasioned
bv death or otherwise. I«? council is
even less popular in its composition
than a hereditary legislature, because
no third power, like that of a sovereign,
to which the people have access, hat
anything to do with fitting the vacan
cies that ojcasionally occur in its ranks.
Two Executives or Cai»tuin Regents,
one for the town and one for the nival
districts, are chosen by the Council ev
ery six months—in April and October—
and may not be. effected for two consec-
not seem larg
never exceed
navy, postofiiee, education,
pfisoJUf, 'pbfie;*r diplohi -.trie ■ s£ n'bfe,* 3 !^)-
rbsAiitatfoif, ka*fceffiny£f-■tofo’XrWrfs
nne is raised out of'tliO'prbfita"'realized?
by the government from the" purchase
• S _ AAA iS.AA 1 . A i«
Of som^ 600,000 nor.mis of tob.ibca iu
the leaf, which it manufactures to sell
at a small advance; from the sale of
about 800 sacks of salt, and a trifling
stamp tax of 3 cents on notarial, judi
cial and o.bar legal documents. TLd
health of tha republic is looked after by
one pliysician and one surgeon employ
ed by the State who,are required to at
tend and prescribe for all who send for
tuem, but who are net exueelcd to re-
seiii the offer of a gratuity from those
who can afford so pay for their advice..
These fnneiionaries receive soma §590
each a year from the State. The judges
receive the same. San Marino lias uot
only never b«eu afflicted with a naw--
paper, but no printing press hi, ever
stood upon its terri'ory.
Killed for Witchcraft. —Wesley
Parker, who has jnst returned from a
trip through the Indian Territory, fur
nishes us with the.particulars of a most
Irntal murder that was committed hi^t
Friday eveniug on Mill Greek. The
victims were Gre^k Tom and a boy who
ivorkod for him at a mill. Greek Tom,
and the boy wero supposed to bo iu
league with tho devil and were knpwa'
throughout the country ns witches." It
is said that they heldmiduight carousal
with his Sat mio Majesty, and that mys
terious lights were sometimes seen at
the mill at all hours of the' night.- Oa
Saturday mnrilir.g CrCek' YdS end tho
boy wore found in the mill. The man’s
throat was cut from ear to ear and tfui
tongue torn out by the roots. -Tho '
boy was lying near Tom wi;b his brad 1
crushed iu. The murdered man apd
boy were highly esteemed by Ihe in
telligent citizens. It is the i r vailing
opinion that they met their fate at tho
hands of the superstition i fu'.I-blooCs.
who regarded them with awe as witches.
The man and boy had been warned, to
loive tl.e county s'enie months ago.--
Greek Tom was a hard working Indian, ••
who bv his industry bad accumulated ■
enough money tobnyn mill —Henning !
News.
A murderer in Chicago named Dlxotf,
waa arrested in that city a few Hn^s
ago for confessing a drim) while aslcapj'
It seems that a Mr. Miller had been
called to his door and shot dead .by
s lias unknown person, and under .cir-
cu instances that gave no cltU tb fho
perpetrator of the deed, A few ffighis
atlerwurds iu his room at hia .boarding
house, Dixon, while asleep, aro.ae* in
great fury, with .pistol In hand, and
awoKc his room mate by lds nbisC.'nnd
while ranting acknowledged thovt he
hud killed Miller. Hia.rqpm .male, re
A uumliqr of Irishmen l rrtd: c: m .
rnands in the armies bot'u of Gbili ams
Pern. The chief cffi-:er of tlf^-Peruvian
artitlcry is a Gob O’fiisrgan Jfiud, ac- \
cording to tha Gazelle, 1 ^bf Lima,Uhtj.
art- fives nisjars, thirteen captains, and
over Iwi -'core of ofiivcr3 of .ij.ferior'
grade, either Irish by birljt or. ffesccat,
figh.ing in Fie army of Ferr^. vybile the *
Irish clement iu the vietorions.forees of
the hos‘il • republic is even greater.
V? lias been asrert riaed by" careful
ftna!ysi*/th:it ’r. ia which fnUs'ia ti.wus
o’tea becaracs hcsr ly ehnrged_iti! li in-
j-irious properties, mid can only in rn-
rr.1 districts be regarded as thoroughly
pure drinking wafer.
..
There are sixty prison
county jail.