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ATLAHTA. GEORGIA-
Wednesday* April 27, 1870.
Thovu Jefferson.
“The Richmond Enguirer of the 20lh instant,
thus refers to the birth of this great American
statesman, patriot, and philosopher :
Yesterday was the birthday ot Thomas Jeffer-
son author ol the Declaration of Independence,
President ol the United States, Governor ot
Virginia, founder ot our University, and author
0 r the bill guaranteeing religious freedom m hifl
native State. He was born at ShadweU, Alber-
marie county, 1743, and aled July 4th, 1^20. In
times like these when the most sacred provis
ions of the constitution are trampled under foot
Isy an irresponsible majority, and the most out
rageous acts of tyranny ere perpetrated in the
tacred name of liberty, it is peculiarly proper
that we should call attention, even though
briefly, to the anniversary of the birth of this
great apostle of constitutional freedom. Though
honored by his counlrymen as rarely Jails to
the lot even of the greatest and wisest of man
kind, it was not by reas m of the exalted posi
tions lie held alone that his name will be cher
ished in fresh remembrance while his country
Las a history, so tuucb as because his great in
tellect was able to comprehend and expound
to the world the true theory of a Republican
government.”
In these degenerate days, there are but few who
continue to worship at the political shrine of the
crest, the immortal, Jefferson, the first in
America to exponnd lire “ true theory ol Repub
lican government” Occasionally we come across
one of his ardent devotees, who are still out
spoken in praise of what he tsught, but sucb
we seldom see now tbet the "Republican
Party,” with its modern oligarchic doctrines
and practices, is in the ascendant. Just beneath
our sanctum sanctorum, is one, though not
" native and to the manor born,” who still cher
ishes the memory of the great statesman, and
lives still trusting the day will yet return when
the teachings of the departed patriot and pliil-
osopner will again restore to the United States
good government. It is indeed cheering to
listen to our friend’s enthusiastic demonstrations
in favor of the “Jcflersonian Creed,” and his
utterances oi the hope that is in him, that it
will yet prevail in the laud. ’Tis our friend
Muulen brink—who will pardon us for nainmg
him—to whom we refer. There exists no Vir
ginian whose admiration of the great Jefferson
excels his, nor but very few indeed of them, that
have devoted more ol their time in study of his
woiks than he. The hopes of our friend, based
upon the principle that
" Truth crushed to earth will rise again,”
will we trust ere long be realized. All honor to
the memory of Jefferson, and to those who
appreciate and would see practiced by this gov
eminent what he preached.
Georgia.
It seems from Washington reports ol the pro
ceedings of Congress, that the House of Repre
sentativea has determined to leave Georgia “ out
in the cold ” for yet a while longer, the “ Geor
gia question ” having been po3tponed, it is said,
to allow Butler time to visit Massachusetts.—
Well be it so; it is not in the power ot the
Georgia press, nor in her people, by uttering
complaints, to hasten the approaching end ol
reconstruction, whatever that may be, and they
must be content with the will of the masters ol
the situation. True, every material interest of
the State suflers by this delay, but what of that?
Congress cares nothing for it. In view of the
“ situation,” we have been asked what will the
Legislature do on Monday next ? This we can
uot answer, speaking for that body. But in our
judgment, it can do nothing till Congress defi
nitely acts upon the Georgia question. This
wan determined In the case ol Virginia, through
the opinion oi Attorney-General Hoar, when
that mate was similarly situated, and we think
it will bold good with Georgia now, as it did
with the present Legislature, at their adjourn
ment in February last.
Hrlblng Senator* on (lie Georgia Question
Wc sec it stated that Mr. Ramsdell, corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, was ex
amined by the Senate Judiciary Committee,
Tuesday, regarding the attempt to influence
corruption votes ol Senators against Bingham’s
amendment to the Georgia bill. He testified
that the matter was brought to his attention by
Joshua Hill, one of the Senator’s elect from
Georgia, who showed him papers which he
thought justified him in sending his paragraph,
in which the charge was originally made. The
statement was that Senator Carpenter, of Wis-
cousiu, had been approached with an ofier ol
♦10,000 worth of railroad bonds, provided be
would abandon liis support of the Bingham
amendment and come out iu opposition to it.—
The ofier was refused, according to the story,
and the party who was alleged to have made it
was called, and from him it was learned that
such an ofier had beeu proposed, but not direct
ly to Mr. Carpenter. It appeared that there was
al.-o uu attempt to get at Seuator Howe, through
his Bon-iu-law. Carpenter was uot present dur
ing the examination.
As this charge of attempt to bribe Senators is
now being investigated, we refrain from express
ing auy opinion upon it, save that, if the at
tempt was made, its exposure was imperatively
demaudedof those to whom it is alleged it was
made, to ioit: Senators Carpenter and Howe.—
W by they were not the firm parties to make the
exposure, the investigation now progressing will
■ u all probability Bhow. It it dors not, it will,
to say the least of it, be strange, and subject
th >i»c Senators to severe criticism for their con
cealment of the alleged fact.
Legend of the Cherokee Bose.
The ‘‘Cherokee Rose”—that beautiful flower
with which evety Georgian is lamiliar—hath to
it a legend which not very many of our younger
readers, we opine, have met with in their read
ings. It is thus told: “An Indian chief of the
Si mmole tribe was taken prisoner by his ene
mies, the Cherokees, and doomed to torture, but
tell so seriously ill that it became necessary to
wait tor his restoration to health before commit
ting him to the fire. And as he lay prostrated
by disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior,
the daughter of the latter, a young dark-faced
maid, was bis nurse. She tell in love with the
young clu<-ftain, and wishing to save his life,
urged tiim to escape: but he would not do so
unless she would flee with him. She consented.
Yet Letore they had gone lar, impelled by soft
regret at ieaving home, she asked, permission of
her lover to return, for the purpose of bearing
away some memento of it. So, retracing her
tootsteps, she broke a sprig Ironi the white rose
bush which climbed up the poles of her father’s
tent, and, preserving it during her Sight through
the wilderness, planted it by the door ot her new
home in the land ot the Seminoles. And trom
that day this beautiiu! flower has always been
known bit ween the capee of Florida and
throughout the Southern States by the name ol
the Cherokee rose.”
The legend is asbeautilnl as the rose itself.
Her. Jen© H. Campbell,
Wc find the following card from the Rev. Mr.
Campbell, in the index and Baptist, and have
transferred it to the columns of the Intelli
gencer with pleasure, and as an act ol justice
to a sound and devoted man ol God, who has
labored long and faithtnllyibr the prosperity ol
his Dative State, Georgia, and lor the promotion
ot tbe interest of the kingdom of Christ.
The people of Georgia, and more especially
the Baptists, should aid and encourage the Rev.
Jesse II. Campbell to go forward in the publi
cation of the proposed book. We trust the
Gcorgi i Baptist Convention now in session at
Newnan, will lend its influence and support to
Mr. Campbell, in this, his most worthy ob
ject:
Publication of my History.—A brother,
residing in a distant State, in a letter just re
ceived, says, “You may count me as subscribing
tor as many copies of your work as will come to
fifty dollars. How easily could tbe publication
be provided for, ii tbe Baptists of Georgia felt an
equal interest iu the history ot their fathers.—
The preparation oi the work has cost me years
ol labor, and, if it is published, the means must
be furnished by others. The best plan, as 1
conceive, would be for responsible brethren to
subscribe tor sucb number of copies as they
think they can be disposed of in their several
neighborhoods; or, like the brother mentioned
a v ove, for twenty, thirty, or “fitly dollars 7
worth. In tbe meantime, they can be procuring
subscribers who would take the book ofl their
hands as soon as it is published.
Inquiries have been made as to what will
probably be the price of the book. 1 hope to be
able to authorize brother Hornady to answer on
thiB point by tbe Convention at newnan. Till
then, I can only repeat what 1 said in a recent
article, “ The book will be tarnished to subscri
bers as low as it can be aflorded, and the money
will not be called tor till a sufficient number oi
subscribers are obtained” to justify its publica
tion.
A miction in my family forbids the hope of my
attending the Convention at Newnan. But I
shall be thankful to receive word irom that
meeting, “Go forward, and publish your book.
J H. Campbell.
Tliomasville, April 4,1870.
CroM Collection* of Internal Revenue.
A statement of the gross coll. ctions of inter
nal revenue since the organization ol the bu
reau, in 1863, shows the amount collected to
June 30,1809, to be $1,297,325,838 01. The re
ceipts of the present fiscal year, are estimated at
1175 000,000. Some idea can be formed from
this statement of the taxable virtue of tbe peo
ple of the Uuited States.
How much of net proceeds from this vast sum
reached the Treasury, we should like to know.
Probably not over the half .of it, if we are to
judge trom statements which we have seen of
expenses incurred in its collection. There is no
other nation upon earth that expends more for
the collection of its revenue than the United
States, and none trom its internal resources
that exacts more from its people.
Liberality ot Opinion.
The Utiitsrse,a paper published in New York,
publishes letters from two ot its prominent
female contributors, one of whom advocates a
system ot limited marriage contracts under
which men will take wives tor five or ten years,
having, as it were, a lease hold interest in them
only; and the other cries out against the vir
tuous woman who affects to regard herself iu
any respect better than tbe “ girl whose child
was born out of wedlock.” /
What a Universe, and what women 1 Verily
this is an age in which the more revolting a
thing is, still it will find advocates among tne
“ woman’s rights,” and “ free love” champions
of the North. “ Pity ’tis, ’tis true,”
A Grand Motive Power.
The following sensible views we take from
the Chattanooga Times. The grand motive
power to which that paper refers is at the com
mand of every merchant, manufacturer, and
business man of the laud. Why tbe advantages
which it offers to all, are embraced by so few of
them, is a mystery we will not attempt to solve,
but leave that ta9k to those of them who think
they save something, but who lose a vast deal
in rejecting the grand motive power by tbe
Judicious use of which they would soon place
themselves on the road to fortune. Says the
Times :
“ Of late years the attention of mechanics
and men of science has been turned to the dis
covery ot some power at once more powerful
and economical than steam. Attempts partially
successful have beeu made to use hot air, com
pressed cold air, etc., and, looking back at the
achievements of the past, and the rapid strides
which are being made in every branch of
science, we are not prepared to assert that per
fection has been attained. The merchant and
man ot business have but little Lime to devote
to the examination ot the principle involved in
the various schemes, and are mainly interested
in knowing what power will most rapidly ad
vance their pecuniary interests. We think there
can be no doubt on that point—tbe power of
tbe press, decidedly. The press is tbe great
motor that pushes men to success most economi
cally. Advertisement, not alone in the busy
season, but in the dull times—persistent and
enlightened advertisement—has never failed to
effect the purpose designed.”
Wonder* will Never Cease.
It is singular that the Maryville (Teon.) Re-
publican, tbe only newspaper in Tennessee
owned, and edited, and published by colored
men, says, “it will give thanks to nobody or
party lor blessings to the colored race secured
by the 15th Amendment, save to God Almighty
alone.” It further adds, as “ an unquestionable
fact,” that “ most of the colored people contem
plated in that change oi the Constitution, are as
much slaves to-day, to the Radical party, as ever
they were any kind of slaves in their fives be
fore. With veiy few exceptions the Radicals
would prefer the retain to the old slave system
at once unless they can be masters of the col-,
cred man’s vote,” while “ the Southern people,
or so-called rebels, are, without exception,thank
ful that this settled matter of slavery is dead
forever."
“ Who knows what a day may bring forth ?”
and who [does not feel that “ truth crushed to
earth, will rise again ?” <
How Wide the Diffotencc.
Commenting upon an article in the New
York Economist advocating a reduction of taxes,
the Nashville Union dk American says: “ In
England every dollar of taxation goes into the
public nreasury. In the United States only a
comparatively small proportion of the taxation
goes into the government treasury. Our tariff
and internal revenue laws are so contrived as to
iucrease the burdens upon consumers, three and
in some cases five times over and above the
amount actually received by the government
treasury. It is this difference that tells so fear
fully against American industry and places it at
an immense disadvantage as compared with that
of Great Britain. Yet we see that English
statesmen are constantly planning how to re
duce still iurther the burdens upon tax-payers.
Surely it is time for American statesmen to imi
tate their example."
How wide the difference, does tbe foregoing
show, between the statesmanship ot England
and the United States. Tbe one practicing
economy and laboring to relieve the people
from the burdens of taxation, the other extrava
gant and adding to, instead ot relieving the
people irom them ; the one exacting service from
its office-holders and paying them, according
to the service rendered, just compensation; the
other creating innumerable offices filled by par-
tizans, whose service is mainly of a party na
ture and whose pay is far beyond the actual
office service required of them, it being “spoils”
which tbe victors, in those modern days, claim
to be their due, and practice what they preach.
The contrast between the two nations in the
statesmanship of each is indeed great Tbe time
was when economy was tbe ruling principle
with the statesmen of the United States, and
British oppressive taxation seemed to check it
here. Now there is a change in which the po
sitions of the two nations stand reversed. It is
now the United States that taxes her people op
pressively, while Great Britain has reformed,
and is doing all she can to relieve her people
from oppressive taxation. The difference is in
deed a wide one, the results of which in the fu
ture, we shall not attempt now to predict.
Cheap Men.
During tbe latter part of the late war, some
body called General Grant’s attention to the
fact that one of bis Chief Quartermasters was
getting rich rather too rapidly at the expense of
the public. The reply of the General was short
and characteristic: “ That he bad never called
on tbe officer named for any amount of stores,
supplies and transportation, no matter how
large, that the order was not promptly and ful
ly filled; and that such a man was cheap even
if he stole a million or two.” That might do
tor war times, but if tbe President is running
that sort of a programme now, it will take more
than Secretary Boutwell’s financial skill to save
his administration trom serious disaster,
The following special dispatch from Wash
ington to the Beta Era, appeared in that paper
this morning:
Special Dlspach to the New Xra.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 20.—On the re-assemb
ling ot tbe Senate at half past seven last even
ing Mr. Schurz concluded his speech, and Mr
Trumbull took the floor and closed the debate
in an address of three hours and a half dura
tion, after which a vote was taken on Pomeroy’s
|ubetitute, which was agreed to; yeas 37, nays
A motion to postpone further cods'deration of
the bill indefinitely, was lost; yeas 23, nays 39.
The vote was then taken on Drake’s amend
ment as originally proposed, which was lost;
yeas 30, nays 31.
Mr. Drake then renewed his amendment,
omitting the part relative to the suspension oi
the writ of habeas corpus in municipalities,
which was adopted; yeas 32, nays 26.
A motion to add the words “ but nothing m
the act shall be construed to authorize a suspen
sion of the wnt of habe<is corpus," was rejected—
yeas 29, nays 30.
Au amendment authorizing the organization
oi the militia was adopted—nays 48, nays 9.
_ At 2:15 this morning, the bill was read a third
time in the Senate and passed —yeas 27, nays 25.
The Senate then adjourned.
In the House this moraine, the Georgia bill
was presented by the Secretary ol the Senate.
Mr. Butler asked a unanimous consent for its
immediate reference to the Committee on Re
construction.
Mr. Wood, of New York, objected, anu the
bill goes on the table for the present.
In the Chronicle oi this morning is the follow
ing editorial:
THE BINGHAM AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
As the result of the long debate io the Senate
on tbe Georgia bill, we have the complete de
feat of tbe Biogh&m-Farnaworth amendment;
but by the aid of Democratic votes, Georgia is
denied admission, and is remanded to military
government. While we can understand that
many of the Republican Senators, who voted
with the Democrats to remand Georgia, did so
because they conscientiously believed that the
safety of hec-loyal people demanded the protec
tion of military power, we deplore the action of
tbe Senate in this regard as unwise and unfortu
nate, both to tbe nation and the State, and un
just to the Republicans who have sanctioned tbe
policy of our party in the South.
While we can say that the Democratic Sena
tors have voted tor military satraps and all that,
it does not compensate tor the damage that will
be done to the Republican party iu going before
the North in the tall campaign, when we will be
held responsible for tbe refusal to admit Georgia.
<. The impression seems to be general that the
House will refuse to concur in the Senate
amendment, and that the probable result will be
a Committee of Conference.
I am assured that the agent of the Associated
Press will transmit the Georgia bill iu full or 1
would send it in this dispatch.
Venreance-Cowhide and Cold Lead.
In Texas, cowhides in business and commer
cial transactions are “legal tender.” Whether
in a financial sense such be the case in this
State or not that they often fall on “tender”
places, is a fact clearly demonstrated, and that
those tender places are the hacks of the sterner
sex and that they are applied by the fairer sex,
is also clearly shown. Nashville has lacked but
one thing for some time past ot being a metro
politan city, and that was a first class cowhiding
sensation. This she has at length achieved, and
wears her laurels to-day, plumiug herself in the
glories of Chicago, and knocking our sister city
of Murfreesboro clear ino the shade. As usual,
the cowhidist was a lady and the victim of her
lury a man. The grievances out of which the
affair grew have been for sometime developing,
and yesterday, in rather an aristocratic portion
of the city, the crisis came.
The parties to the tragedy, comedy, farce, or
whatever it might be termed, are a disciple
to tbe trowel and mortar and the wife of a
worthy son ol St. Crispin in the city. It came
about in this wise: Some time since the former
boarded with tbe latter. After boarding for a
number of weeks he left, for some cause, and
took up his quarters in another part of the city.
Atter his change of location, a number of mes
sages passed between the parlies. At length, as
is alleged, the gentleman sent her some mes
sage, or made some allusion, which she did not
like. All the fnries of injured woman were at
once aroused. Yesterday she went to the place
of business ot bis employer and learned
where the object of her auger was at work upon
a new building in the upper part of the city.
She at ODce purchased a new rawhide and, in
company with her husband, repaired to the
locality indicated. On reaching the place she
sent word tothe gentleman to come forth. He
sent her a reply that he could not come forth
just then and there.
“ Tell him that if he don’t come out to see
me, Til go in and see him,” was the indignant
answer.
On receiving this, he did not stand on the
order ot the goiDg but went. On reaching the
street, vixen, lightning and blazes were visible.
In fact there were several vixens, lightnings and
blazes flashing before the eyes of the man ot
mortar. All the fires of ^Etna, Vesuvius, Strom-
boli, and a number or other small-sized volca
noes were uncorked before him. Up went the
rawhide, and down came the same with a
thwack upon his shoulders, its stinging lash cut
ting across the phiz. Thwack, thwack, went
the lacerating thong of tbe rawhide, as the
keen blows were repeated, causing a goodly de
gree ot. writhing aDd smarting on various parts.
The tortured man could stand fire no
longer, but rushed frantically from tbe
scene, smarting and stinging. But tbe
trouble had not yet ended. As he turned to put
the building walls between bim and his visitor,
crack! bang 11 went tbe pistol of the husband,
who now appeared upon the scene, and two
balls went hissing past his retreating form.
This bad a tendency to accelerate his speed
which was kept up until he got the brick walls
between him and bis assailants. Brickbats and
things are claimed by some to have been used by
the threatened party, previous to the firing. Be
this as it may, the measure of the lady's revenge
was tell, although, as we learned she went
down the street saying “I’m not done with that
fellow yet.”
Whether the parties belligerent will say let us
have peace, or whether muscular hostilities be
resumed to-day, or whether the courts inter
vene and they fight it out on that line, remains
to be seen.
LATER.
Since writing the above, we iearo that the
husband and wife have been put under arrest.—
The lady was held in her own recognizance to
appear before the Recorder’s Court this morn
ing, and her husband was held in the snm of
#1,000 for his appearance beiore tbe same court.
He has also been required to give bond in the
sum of $1,000 under a State warrant for his ap
pearance beiore Justice Brien at 2 o’clock this
afternoon. The bonds in both cases were
promptly given. Before the two courts we pre
sume that the facts will be elicited.
Law and Justice.
In a recent debate on the Irish land bill in
the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone having
noticed that a member quoted the Welch
proverb, “A nation is stronger than a law,”
eniDhatically said: "Sir, 1 admit it; I admit
more—a nation is stronger than a parliament;
but I will add yet another saying—'there is
something else stronger than a nation, and that
something else is j ustice.” Later on he said:
“ The face of J usiice is like the face of the god
Janus. It is like the face of those lions, the
work of Landseer, which keep watch and ward
around the record oi our country’s greatness.—
She presents one tranquil and majestic counte
nance toward every point of the compass, and
every quarter ol the globe.”
This is all very fine in theory, but reduced to
practice, and “Justice” seems to be blind and
deaf also—else wby does tbe oppressor reign
and set justice aside, as he would a garment tor
which he had no use? “The tranquil and ma
jestic countenance” ■which Mr. Gladstone tells
us Justice presents “ toward every point of the
compass and every quarter ot the globe ” makes
but very little impression upon that government
which denies the application of a s'mgle attri
bute ot her’s to a people unable to resist the op
pressor. Justice in these degenerate days is a
myth.
Tbe La*i Scene* ot tbe Appomattox Sur
render.
John Eslen Cooke, in his new book “ Ham
mer and Rapier,” says :
The day passed, and the night—on the 10th
the army surrendered formally, stacked arms,
abandoned their columns, and dispersed to their
homes. The Federal commander had acted
throughout all with tbe -generosity ot a soldier
and the breeding of a gentleman. Not a cheer
was heard, not a band piayed in the Federal
army. When tar off a shout rose over the
woods, one of the Federal officers hastened to
apologize for it.
“ That is the rear-guard—those fellows did
none of the fighting,” lie said.
As to those who fought —the veteran Army
ot-the Potomac, tried in battle, in victory, iu
deleat, in all the hard fife ot the soldier—they
did not cheer when their old adversaries suiren
dered. They were silent, and saluted when a
ragged Confederate passed. Thev telt what
suireuder must be to the men of that army
which they had fought for four years—and not a
cheer or a brass band was heard.
Why humiliate their old enemies? Why
make more bitter their misfortune ?
On the 10th of April, 1865, the old soldiers of
the Army ot the Potomac stretched the hands
of comrades to the toe they had fought so long.
To-day they are ready to do a9 much, it the
civilians would only let them. There is a per
sonage more ferocious and implicable than the
fiercest s >ldier—it is the man who has staid at
home and never smelt gunpowder; who, while
the rest fought, clapped his hands, saying:
“ Fight on, my brave boys ! You are cover
ing yourselves with glory, and we are watching
you 1”
“ If the civilians had been at Appomattox,
they would have butchered or handcuffed the
men of Lee—would you uot, messieurs ? You
would certainly have split the air with every
brass band ot the army, and shouted ‘Hosannah’
at their humilition.
“ Well, see the difference between men who
fight and men who do not. The old soldiers ot
the Army of the Potomac kept quiet—when
Lee appeared at Gen. Grant’s headquarters,
every head was uDCOveied. Victory saluted
deleat.”
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Fatal Meat.
Four persons were killed by eatiug m at in
which there was trichina in Ballard county last
week. The stomach ot one ot them has been
sent to this city tor examination. ~ Tbe tacts of
the case are about as follows: The victims were
a German family by the name of Heydaker. It
seems a ham was purchased, ot which Mr and
Mrs. Heydaker and two ot the children ate con
siderable quantities in a law state. Soon atter,
Mr. Heydaker was taken sick, and Dr. J. S. Sea
was called in. The doctor did not at first dis
cover, anything alarming about the syntptotps,
bat tbe patient grew worse, until Wednesday
evening, when he died. In the meantime Mrs.
Heydaker became ill with similar symptoms.—
Drs. Jewett aud Smith wtre called in for con
sultation, but none of them were familiar with
the symptoms, nor could afford relief. On Fri
day Airs. Heydaker died, and on Saturday the
two little children who had eaten ot tbepoik
died a similar death to that which hau taken
away the father and mother.
Thus lour persons in all were poisoned by the
one fatal meal. The two children—a girl and
a boy—were aged respectively about seven and
two years old. One little girl of an intermedi
ate age—probably about five years ot age - who
did noteat the meat bad not been taken sick at
last accounts.
From all the circumstances attending the
deaths, the physicians are ot the opinion that
they were occasioned by trichina. The pork
which it is supposed contained the trichina was
raised in Ballard county and cured in the usual
manner.
WASHINGTON.
RECEPTION.
Washington, April 20.—The Ohio visitors to
tbe Capital paid their respects to the President
this morning. The reception took place in tbe
East room of the executive mansion, which was
filled with Ohioans, including, besides tbe visit
ing delegation, many citizens from that State
employed in the government departments.
DISPOSITION OF LEGAL TENDER CASES.
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the
withdrawal of two legal tender cases, and deci
ded not to rehear the arguments on the remain
ing one, namely: Hepburn vs. Griswold. The
decision thereon remains as heretofore made.
ADJOURNMENT.
Chief Justice Chase announced that the Su
preme Court would adjourn for this term on the
30tb of April. No arguments will be heard
after tbe 26th.
CHOLERA IN ITS CRADLE—15,000 DEATHS IN SIX
WEEKS.
Our Consul at Zanzibar reports 15,000 deaths
from cholera on that island within six Wieks
NEW YORK.
IMPORTS OF BONE AND SINEW.
New York, April 20.—The arrivals of emi
grants at this port yesterday was unprecedently
large, and the number passing through Castle
Garden is greater than on any one day since the
beginning of the year. The following named
steamers, all from Liverpool, brought each the
number of emigrants annexed: France 1,268,
City of Manchester, 912, City ot Washington
1,125, Colorado, 1,208, making a total ot 4 313.
The steamer Silesia, from Hamburg, hrought
620 emigrants who were landed last evening,
making the total number arriving at this port
yesterday 5,038.
THE NILLSON COMING.
Private lettertffrom Miss Christine Nillson an
nounce her intention to visit this country next
September on a protessionat tour, which will
embrace at least one hundred performances.
baptist education.
Papers were read in tbe National Baptist Con
vention to-day cn Baptist journals, and tbe es
tablishment ot a national organization for edu
cational purposes. The convention adjourned
until to-morrow.
A Notable Trotting Matcr—We copy
as follows from the Baltimore Sun ot the 16th:
“The most rem.irkablt trotting match perhaps
on record in Maryland took place on Monday,
between Mr. Thus. MetIrea, Jr’s sorrel mare,
‘Lady Alice,’ and Dr. Thos. B. Owings’ gray
gelding, ‘Beu Davis,’ the course being from
Elliott City to Frederick City and back, the dis
tance seventy miles and the slakes $200 aside.
The turnpike over which the race took place is
very billy, and on Monday was heavy. The
horses were harnessed to three hundred-pound
wagons, and driven by th» ir respective owners
They started from Elliott City at tweuly min
utes to 7 o’clock in the morning, and jogged tor
the first two miles, when the race commenced
in earnest. A heavy snow etrom prevailed at
the time, driving in their faces nearly.aU ih
way to Frederick. Both horses were in tine
condition and well matched, and the contest
was close and exciting. Only the Decessary
steps were made on the route lor refreshments,
the drivers, on reaching Frederick, stopping at
the hotel by prearrangement, to regi-ter their
names and returning to their work. The race
was won by‘Lady Alice’ in seven hour, and
fifteen minutes, beating her compttilor uy only
seventeen minutes. Neither h'.rse, it is alleged,
was in the slightest degree distressed by the
extraordinary tax upon its speed and endurance,
and it is stated, might easily h ive continued the
race to this city without exhibiting signs ot
fatigue. The result was so clo-e that the iriends
of the losing horse have still lailh iu their favor
ite, and another match is spoken of, ihe distance
to be the same and the stakes $500 a side.”
Cabinet Reconstruction.—There are more
rumors of a determination on the part of the
President to reconstruct his cabinet. The last
one comes through tbe New York Sun, which
says:
The cabinet is to be recous' ructi d a< a reason
ably early day. That is certam besond doabt.
All that can be regarded as determined upon is
the following:
Fish wilt leave the State D partmi nt and suc
ceed Motley as Minister oi En.ltnd, and Hoar
will resign his place as Attorney General. Mr.
Fish will not be succeeded by Gen. B. F. But
ler. President Grunt has never bad the slightest
intention of inviting Genual Batler into his
Cabinet. Reports Tothe coatiaiy so industri
ously circulated do Dot meet with the least cre
dence. There is not and cannot be any cordi
ality of feeling between the two men, and their
relations are not likely to become more intimate
now.
From Cuba —Eew York, April 19.—The Sun
says General Jordon has leit Cuba, on the road
to this country. It appears that previous to tbe
mission ot General Quesada to this country, the
President of the Cuoau Republic bad requested
information from his diplomatic representative
here as to the wisdom of sending h -re an au
thorized agent who could give, Irom his personal
knowledge, trustworthy detail i as to the status
of the Cuban Republic, and that Mr. Meralas
Learns, in reply, warmly urged the mission to
Washington of General Jordan, as a person
who was not unknown here, and whose state
ments would carry conviction.
General Jordan will probably arrive here in a
few days, and will disprove, by documentary
evidence, that he has abandoned tbe Caban
cause, and proved that the triumph of the cause
is now so certain that he would have been a
fool to do so.
General Ignacio Agramonte, who has been in
command in the Cuban ranks since tbe outbreak
of the revolution, whose patriotism is unques
tioned, and in whom his countrymen place en
tire reliance, has been appointed to the tempo
rary command in-chief, in the absence ot Gen.
Jordan.
Taro KrsACABE,of Achizen, Japan, who has
been for some years a student at Rn'g r- C<>’-
lege, New Jersey, died last week, ot consump
tion,’ in the 22d year ot his * ee. This \nimg
man, who was connected witli n >l*!e ianriilies iu
Japan, and authorized to were a s word, (a privi
lege ot rank) intended graduating at the ensuing
commencement and returning Lome immediate
ly after. He was a member of tbe senior scien
tific class, and stood at tbe head ot bis fellows.
The Sixteenth Amendment.
A Vast* TO THE I. M* A *
WASHINGTON.
Senator Drake’s sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution propcs's that the United States
shall “ protect each State against domestic vio
lence” whenever it shall be “ shown to the
President in sucb a manner as the Congress
may by law prescribe that such violence exists
in snch State.” Tbe bill has been referred to
the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, upon
which the New York Times, worn out, Republi
can though it is, with the “ amendment ” policy,
expresses the hope that the bill will be quietly
snuffed out by that committee. If we must have,
it says, “ a sixteenth amendment to talk about,
let it be something new, and not a rehash of
reconstruction. It every detail ol this kind is
to be made an amendment, we shall arrive at
least to tbe thirtieth, before finishing up wbat is
already practically ended. It is a sale rule to
legislate only on what requires legislation.—
There is certainly no current or imminent exi
gency which requires this amendment, and we
shall hardly need to credit the contrary protes
tations ol a Senator who thus out herods Herod,
and out-phillipizes Phillips. If the amendment
be tbe result of a retrospective glance,—as it
would seem to be from Mr. Drake’s allegation
that “the events of the last five years were suf
ficient to convince every one of its necessity,”
it occurs to us that this last is just what these
events do not show. They show rather that
“ domestic violence ” can be efficiently sup
pressed under powers already properly distribu
ted.”
The Times writes sensibly upon the subject.—
The “ amendment " mania, we trust, has had its
day in the North. It is a mere pretense that
“ domestic violence ” in the States, or in any
State, requires the provisions which are em
braced in Seuator Drake’s bill to be engrafted
upon the Constitution. The President possesses
now all the power that mav be required tasup
press “ domestic violence ” auvwhere within the
States and Territories of the Union. It is well
said by the same paDer, that “ we might as well
constiuct an amendment outright for conferring
on the President dictatorial powers, * whenever
it shall be shown ’ that somebody wants him to
exercise them, as to experiment with any such
elastic Presidential prerogative aajthis that Mr.
Drake proposes.”
"Lena, tbe Miser** Daughter.”
The attention of our readers is invited to the
well-written interesting story, with the above
title, which appears in thi9 morning’s issue oi
the Intelligencer. The moral it teaches is
one it would be well for all who may t ead it to
profit from.
New System ol Taxation.
Ben. Butler proposes a new systim of taxa
tion. His plan, it is said, is to abolish the pres
ent income tax, now so odious to the people
throughout all the land, and instead thereof to
tax invested capital, bonds of all descriptions,
loans, dividends of joint stock companies, mort
gages, legacies or bequests, and so forth, and to
raise revenue from stamps and upon liquors
and tobacco. The whole scope of the measure,
says the N. Y. Herald, is to tax tbe wealth and
tbe proceeds of wealth, as well as luxuries which
are not necessary, but which are rather injurious
to health. It is to relieve tbe poor and in
dustrious classes as much as possible from the
burdens of government and to make the rich
bear more of them. There is the stamp ol
bread and comprehensive 1 statesmanship in
General Butler’s new project of taxation and
tor raising revenue. It would certainly be a
popular one. It would no doubt raise a large
revenue at much less cost and with a great re
duction of the present revenue services. Gener
al Butler has got hold of a subject worthy of his
talents, and it is to be hoped he will press it
vigorously upon Congress.
The Confederate Cemetery at Marietta.
The decoration of the Confederate Cemetery
at Marietta will take place on Tuesday uext, the
26th instant. We learn from a Cobb county
friend, that the ceremonies ot the occasion will
be of a solemn and imposing character. Col.
James D. Waddell will deliver the address.
A better selection conld not be made. But for
engagements here on the same day, we should
certainly be one of his audience. The spirit is
in Colonel W. as well as the ability and pa
triotism, to do j ustice to the occasion.
The Legal Tender Cane.
In the United States Supreme Court, on
Wednesday, Chief Justice Chase stated the rea
son why a rehearing in the Hepburn-Griswold
case, in which the court heretofore decided that
the legal tender act is invalid as to contracts
made before its passage, was that none ot the
four Judges now on the bench who concurred
in the opinion in the case, desired to have the
case reheard, and under a rule of the court,
without consent of some of the Judges who con
curred in the decision of a case, it could not be
reheard. There is no case now before the court
involving the constitutionality of the legal ten
der law, and it will take more than a year to
bring up a new test case. The court will adjourn
on the 30th infant for the present term.
A Mob Barns a Desperado.
A notorious desperado and murderer, accounts
of whose villainy and cruel deeds of blood have
ottin been chronicled in the California and Ari
zona paper•>, has at last been overtaken by jus
tice, and a summary and fearful punishment
administered for his numerous crimes. He was
known as the “ Arizona Ruffian,” and feared by
everybody. A few years ago he robbed an old
San Francisco jeweler ot $20,000 worth ot jew
elry, after heating him nearly to death. The
police searched ior the villain for months, and
finally caught him at Fort Prescott, Arizona,
where he had just arrived from Mexico. He
was a tall, raw-boned individual, named John
Kelley. While confined at the fort, which is
situated od a rocky precipice, filty feet above a
9tream, he broke from his guard-house one
night, dashed past the sentinel,and leaped bold
ly over the cliff, escaping without injury. He
was next heard of at the Santa Rita mine in
Arizma, where he worked at blacksmithing and
tried io stab the Superintendent ot the mine, a
Mr. Grosvenor. Before leaving he took one of
the employees of the mines to his rooms, where
he opened his trunk and exhibited to him
eighteen pairs of tinman ears, which he said he
had cut from the heads of eighteen persons that
be had killed; and said he bad taken an oath to
increase the number to twenty-five ere he
stopped. Several months ago he brutally mur
dered a family of four persons near El Paso del
Norte lor the sake of a lew dollars. He was
finally captured at Arizona by some of the in
habitants, who quickly wreaked their vengeance
on him. He was taken into a wood some dis
tance from the city, where they tied ooe end of
a rope to the limb ot a tree, and to the other
fa-tened Kelley by the heels, so that his head
hang within a lew feet of the ground. They
then built a slow fire under him and allowed
him to remain suspended until death put an
end to his existence.
Ben. Butler Introduced to a Candid
Young Lady.—We were to-day sitting on the
whart here, wondering if the steamship Florida,
of Marshall O. Roberts’ irregular line for inva
lids would ever arrive from Mobile and take us
to Tampa Bay. Mrs Anderson, a vivacious
and interesting young widow from Louisville,
Kv., was one of our party. She had come to
Cedar Keys with Mr. Y ulee’s family. Mr. Sex
ton made a remark, while conversing with Mrs.
Anderson, that aronsed Mrs. A., or in other
words drew her out.
“ When I was iD Washingron recently,” said
Mr?. Anderson, “ a lfcdy friend ot mine w -s
walking in the capitol, accompanied by Chief
Justice Chase The young lady was about 19
years of age. Butler met Chase, and, alter
makiog a tew prefatory remarks, inquired, ad
dressing Chase:
“ W ou’t you introduce me to your fair friend ?”
“ Qsrtainly,” replied Chase, and thereupon he
introduced General Butler to the young lady,
who slightly nodded her head. Butler, evi
dently struck with her beauty, endeavored to
be very agreeable.
“That is a beautiful flower,” he remarked,
addressing the young lady, who held a lovely
japonica in one band; “ won’t you present it to
me?”
“ It is a j ipoDica and not a silver spoon,”
replied the young lady. With that she dropped
ihe flower on the pavement and put her little
loot upon it. Subsequently she burst, ont crying,
and apologized to Chief Justice Chase lor her
conduct, and said that she felt such a dreadful
repugnance for the man that she could not do
otherwise than as she did.”—Correspondence of
H. Y. Sun.
BY CORIOLA.
The uninitiated reader will he gratified to
learn tb it the mystt-rious initial letters, in the
caption ot this article, constitute neither part
nor parcel oi the cabalistic signs and symbols,
popularly supposed to cover the corporeal pres-
ence ot secret societies and leagues with a veil
of Cimmerian obscurity, which renders their
Protean disguises effectual, even before tbe po
tent spear of Ithnrid. And it cannot fail to in
terest him when he learns that these formidable
looking capitals are intended merely to desig
nate the Young Men’s Library Association, a
youthful aud flourishing institution, which al
ready sparkles and flashes in the municipal
crown of the Gate City, a literary solitaire ot
the purest ray serene.
On rainy days, especially, it is very pleasant
to saunter through the room ot the Asso
ciation, not for the purpose of critically
examining the treasures of precious truth,
and equally precious fiction, there enshrined,
but simply to neutralize the ennui of ele
gant leisure which is usually more decidedly
pronounced on rainy days than at other times.
On such occasions the studious idler may de
rive both pleasure and profit from a pertina
cious but desultory stare at everything that
comes within the range ot his vision.
A rapid glance at the ephemeral litera
ture, with which the tables are covered,
will very naturally, by the law of contrast, in
duce him to search atter something more sub
stantial. Journals of to-day are made for to day.
And the sceptered sway ot imperial Maga some
what abates the plenary powers of yore. It holds
its scattered possessions no longer per my et per
tout, but in severalty, and by the frailest of
tenures. It is a reliei to look upon the well-
filled shelves. Arranged with scholarly taste,
and by scholarly hands, the numerous volumes,
rising rank upon rank from floor to ceiling,
make a presence, pleasing to the eye, and radi
ant by contrast with the outer world. The
gathered wisdom of so many centuries still re
tains some ot its original lustre, and like a halo,
or glamour, or something, it circles and clusters
around these messengers of the mind.
The lighter works of fictiou are here in abun
dance, and their well-worn covers speak vol
umes. They possess a magnetic attraction for
the mass of readers. But standard novelists are
also represented. Scott, Dickens, Bulwer and
others of lesser note are here, but a greater than
either is absent. There is nothing here to re
mind us of the far-flashing genius which is to
be found throughout the broad scope and tenor
of Thackeray’s matchless characterizations.—
Nothing, save a stray volume or two of his fu
gitive sketches, which stand in about the same
ratio to his greater works that a lucifer match
doe3 to a flash of sheet lightning.
The poets have a corner here—a very quiet one
—their repose is seldom disturbed, it their fresh
appearance means anything, and a glance at the
more popular book9 seals the conviction. The
Library is rich in solid literature. Some of the
names on those musty volumes could scarcely
be mentioned without an accompan) iog essay.
And, speaking of essays,—here is a famous
quadrilateral,—Jeffrey, Sidney Smith, Carlyle
and Macaulay, all grouped together. We must
get out of this, or we shall forget our desultory
plan and find ourselves lost in these attractive
pages before we know it. We can pass skepti
cal David Hume very easily, but Lamartine,
Motley, and Macaulay again, rivet our glances
for some moments. Then comes Gibbon,
“ Sapping a solemn creed, with solemn sneer,
The lord of irony, that master spell."
Well, that is a voluminous commentary upon
Gibbon ; nothing could be Added to it. The
“ splendid but scattering intellect” of DeQuin-
cey is vividly suggested, as we pass the noted
works of the famous opium-eater. Now we
come to the speeches and writings of Burke,
Chatham, Phillips, Curran and Grattan—a libra
ry of genius and learning, of wit and eloquence.
We make a mental note of this upon the tablets
of memory aud underline it.
We have glanced over everything of interest,
but still we liDger. This quiet place, sur
rounded by stately-structured streets, possesses
a peculiar charm. Its associations excitejthose
laws of thought whieh blend together the near
and the distant, linking in the collocation ol
ideas, objects and fancies the most remote and
diverse. We may pause here, for as the artist
who transfers to canvas the results of a bird’s-
eye-view is not expected to exhibit tableaux de
genre, so neither can the sauntering idler in the
world ot letteis be expected to give a minute
description of bis cursory observations. One
visit tothe Hall of the Library Association will
certainly induce others, and once subjected to
the influences there cenlered; once brought
into communion with, the master-minds of every
age aud every countiy, who knows what seed
may be sown? Who can foresee the bright
and beautiful > fflorescence culminating at last
in something of nobler note? Aud just here,
we leave the Library and descend to the street
The Tabling of carriages, the sound of busy
hammers, and screaming locomotives—these
and a thousand other things, all remind us that
this is the Nineteenth Century of a practical
world. Books are behind us—the world is be
fore us, and we are ot the world.
NEW YORK.
LET LIGHT SHINE IN DARK PLACES.
New York, April 21.—In yesterday’s session
of the Baptist Educational Convention, Dr. Ca
rey, of Richmond, made a few remarks upon the
condition and prospects of education in the
South as effecting both races, and claimed that
it was tbe duty of Baptists to do all in their
power to establish schools and colleges aDd pro
mote enlightenmi nt.
Alter the evening session a paper was read
upon the necessity of ministers receiving a good
classical education.
lookout for a corker in gold.
Private dispatches Irom Washington say that
in view of the present large currency balance,
and of the reduced gold balance in the treasury,
atter the first proximo Secretary Boutwell may
remit his gold sales for May; but the amount of
the usual monthly sales is trifling in contrast to
the total balance which he will still have on
hand The report is probably set afloat tot
speculative purposes.
1,000 MOBE.
About 1,000 emitrrauts landed yesterday at
Castle Garden. They were almost entirely
German.
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON VINDICATED.
A petition has been signed by the female
teachers in our public schools, and presented to
the Board of Education, asking for the restora
tion of corporal punishment. The women de
clare that experience has taught that the rod
alone is effective to keep the unruly class of
boys in subjection.
APRIL SHOWERS.
The telegraph continues to report extraordi
nary high water throughout the region over
which the recent storm passed. It is still rain
ing in Maine and New Hampshire, and the
Merrimac is within a few inches of the height
reached in the great October freshet. Villages
aDd towns iu the Mohawk Valley are mandated,
and the whole valley is full ol water. Much
damage is apprehended. The loi3 from the
breaking of the lumber booms and the damage
to railroads by the rise of ttfte Chemung is in a
fair way to be repaired.
Tut Blue Ridge Railroad.—Colonel
Steers, tbe contractor, has already commenced
work on Dick’s Creek Tunnel, in Itabun county,
Ga , a few miles above Walhalla.
The Knoxville Whig has the following in
reference to this great enterprise:
Colonel Thomas Steers, of the Blue Ridge
Railroad, a gentleman well known in this city,
is stopping at the Lamar House.
The Colonel is the contractor for the building
ot the railroad from Walhalla, 8. C , its South
ern terminus, to the North Carolina line. The
contract calls for the completion of the line in
two years, and the well established business
talent and enterprise of Colonel Steers is suffi
cient assurance and guarantee that its stipula
tions will be completely and faithfully com
plied with. We feel justified in predicting that
the whole fine Irom Knoxville to Walhalla will
be constructed and in full operation in three
years from this time. The importance of this
road, forming, as it does, a link in tbe great
trunk line from Cincinnati and Louisville to
Charleston, and the Southern Atlantic seaboard,
cannot be overestimated.
A SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE—PROTEST OF DEMO
CRATIC MEMBERS.
Washington, April 21.—The Democrats of
the House yesterday made a severe but success
ful straggle to prevent the seating of another
minority candidate from Louisiana ; and, while
they failed to secure the seat to the Democratic
contestant, the whole matter was referred back
to the people. There was a great deal ot ex
citement over the result, and the House was the
scene of unusual turbulence. In the first place,
the House voted that the Radical claimaut
should have the seat, but it being whispered
around the hall that Sypher had been voted in
on the ground that he was a high tariff man,
and being recently from Pennsylvania, would
sustain that State in its demands tor increased
duties on iron, a Western Republican who had
voted for him moved a reconsideration, which
was carried, and the result was that Sypher was
put out iust as he was ready to be sworn in.
The Democratic members had already signed
a protest against it as follows:
The undersigned, members of the forty-first
Congress, respectfully ask to enter upon the
Journal of the House their earnest and solemn
protest against the admission ot J. H. Sypher to
a seat in this House trom the first district of
Louisiana. In their judgment, his admission is
an outrage on the country, as well as on the
rights of the electors of that district, who
elected hi9 competitor, Hon. Lewis St. Mar
tin, and a usurpation by this Congress, which
has, in effect, added to its own number by the
admission ot a person who was legally and over
whelmingly defeated Dy a majority of 12,327
out ot 19,209 votes cast at the election.
Fernando Wood,
C. A. Eldridge,
8. S. Cox,
J. B. Beck,
Euastus Wells,
A. G. Burr,
and others.
IN A HURRY.
No order is yet issued lor the payment of the
interest, but it will be commenced before the end
of April.
The Custom receipts ior last week were
$4,903,940.
NOT IN A HURRY.
Gen. Buth r, Chairman ot the Reconstruction
Committee, goes to Massachusetts to-morrow
night, and proposes that the amendment to the
Georgia bill be laid over ten days.
a forty-acre bureau.
L. H. Putnam,colored, of Brooklyn, addressed
the Committee on Freedman Affairs to-day on
the subject of his petition. Mr. Putnam sub
mitted a dratt ot a bill to establish a Bureau of
Homesteads and Relief, with a view to improve
ment of public lands in F'orida, in connection
with the development ol the resources oi the
Southern States.
STARVING INDIANS.
The report of affaire at Grand River Agency,
Dakota, tor March, states that there had arrived
at the agency,- 1,127 Indians, all in a starving
condition. Many had killed and eateu their
horses. The Agent sent them provisions to as
sist in getting them there, and on their arrival
clothing was issued. They conduct themselves
very well.
THE MAN WHO RUNS THE MACHINE.
At the instance of General Batler, nearly all
the members of the Reconstruction Committee
have promised not to act on the Georgia bill
until his return from Massachusetts, on the filth
ot May.
Mr. Kellogg, ot Louisiana, has been to the
Committee on Claims.
THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.
Govs. Austin, of Minnesota, and Fail child, of
Wisconsin, had a hearing before the Committee
on Commerce of the House and Senate, in be
half ot th© improvement of the Wisconsin and
F. x rivers, so as to give four feet water in Ihe
channel I eiween the Mississippi river and Lake
Michigan.
Gov. Harvey, of Kansas, was to make the ar
gument for the same, was unexpectedly called
away.
Gov. Morrell, of Iowa, will be here to-day for
the same purpose. Favorable action by Con
gress is anticipated.
At the Paris opera house the other night, the
inflammable scenery took tire. The managers
alarmed the tiremeD,who promptly turned their
hose on the fire. At the same time the manager
said: “ A fine for the first person who stirs Irom
his post! Five francs for each one who remains
still.” Nobody stirred. The ballet-dancers sto
ically allowed themselves to be deluged by the
water which poured from the scenery. If one
ot these poor creatures had taken flight, or a
single spectator in tbe house had guessed what
was going on behind the scenes, the result would
have been most disastrous and the victims nu
merous. The coolness and presence ot mind of
the manager prevented a terrible catastrophe.
The ballet-dancers earned their five francs brave
ly. It was remarked in the house, with some
surprise, that it raiued heavily on the stage, but
it was not lor a moment suspected tnat a fire
wasraging while the chorus and supernumer
aries were so calm and immovable. The act
was almost finished, and by the time it came to
a conclusion the fire was extinguished.
Some new and important facts have just
leaked out in connection with the divorce oh
tained by Mrs. McFarland in Indiana. When
the lady flad decided to invoke the law of a dis
tant State to get a divorce, a friend of one ol her
female counselors employed two private detec
tives to watch her husband, and, if necessary,
entrap bim into the perpetration of some act
which might be used to show that he was un
worthy to possess his wife. The job was given
to a United Statts detective and he selected men
who were then employed by a Collector ot In
ternal Revenue. McFarland was dogged by
these spies from place to place; they followed
him everywhere*, but they tailed to find aught
against his character, and they reported the tact
to their employer. When Mrs. McFarland’s
advisers heard ot the result ot the surveillance
to which her husband had been subjected, they
took steps to obtain the divorce without any
other testimony but her own. These spies are
to be put on the witness stand.
The Bloomington (IlliBO : s) Pantograph of the
16th says: ‘ On Wednesday afternoon last, dar
ing the prevalence ol a thunder-storm, which
passed m ar the city, a most singular phenomenon
was observed near the residence ot Mr. Macom-
her, foreman ot the PLcenix nursety. About
3 o’clock a large ball ol fire was observed mov
ing slowly along just above the surface ot the
earth in a horizontal direction. It was plainly
seen by Mrs. Hart and a eon of Mr. Macomber.
It moved so slowly that no trouble was experi
enced in observing a lull view ol it, and it ap
peared to be about the size ot ahalf-bushsl meas
ure. The most singular part of the occurrence
took place when this ball oi fire struck a small
out building. The instant it struck it exploded
with a loud noise tearing the building to atoms.”
Putnam’s Monthly.— We are also in receipt
of this monthly magazine ot literature, science,
and art. The contents are as follows:
Our Celtic Inheritance; The Tail of a Comet
—in two parts—I; Notus Ignoto; Pictures in tbe
Private Galleries ol New York - L Galleries of
Belmont and Blodgett; Pernicity People;
Madame Roland; A Musical Mv9tery; The Ap
proach of Age ; A Woman’s R’ght—Y.; The
Organ; Polyglots; The Academy of Design
and Art Education; The Great Gold Flurry;
Our Political Degeneracy and its Remedy ; A
French Chateau; Editorial Notes: Colonial
Literature—Newspaper Criticism—A Fashion
able Amusement-A Book to be Wri'ten—War
not Massacre—Degenerate Americans—Free
Reading Rooms—Over Legislation—Newspa
pers and the Theatre—Dost in the Throat—A
Defense ot Polygamy—False Wit—What to
Write, and How to Write—Habitations lor
Men; Literature at Home; Literature and Art
Abroad.
Lippincott’s Magazine.—The May num> er
of this popular magazine has been received.
We present our readers with it9 table of
contents:
Anthony Trollope’jj new story, Sir Harry Hot
spur of Humblehwaite, part 1; May, a poem,
by George N. Sears; the Echo of Appomattox
across the Atlantic, by Justin McCarthy; the
Virginia Tourist, illustrated, by Edward A. Pol
lard ; Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Henry T.
Tuckerraau; How I Found My Fate, bv Mrs.
W. A. Thompson; the Cross in Legend, Poetry
and Art, by Mrs. Mary A. Lloyd ; Eccentricity
as a Pursuit, by Walter E McCaun; the Com
ing Woman, by Miss Mary P. Wells; the Vicar
of Bullbampton (concluded,) illustrated, by
Anthony Trollope; Guesses and Queries, part
1, by N. S. Dodge; Ethramonia, a tale, by
Louise 8. Dorr ; Mary, a poem, by Ross Terry;
Widow Bedott in Philadelphia; Our Montny
Goisip; Literature of the Day.
A Good Riddance.
The New York Herald says: The Anti-
Slavery Society has gone out of existence, and
the world is well r d oi a noisy nuisance. This
society lays iisell down to the because of the
end of slavery, it was in txiatcnce aud clamor
ing ab ilition at the time when the folly of the
Southern men compelled the nat on, in order to
save itself, to destroy slavery. .Tueretore the
abolition screamers fancy they did it. just as the
fly on the wheel ot the wagon thought he was
nuking a splendid uproar and kicking up au
aw.ul dust.