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VOL, IV...?KO. 45
,,^y A^jr !E rr Y .
The Labor Problem.
Tho negroes of tho South, stimulated thoro
. to by their ultra radical allies of thc Northj
ebbw symptoms of alarm in consequence of
the threatened competition by laborers from
China. A pretentious humanitarian demand
lias been set up on behalf of thc negroes that
they shall be treated in all respects ns the
V? bi to man's peers, his equals in the field, tho
.workshop, tho political arena, and thc social
.circle. To a largo oxtont this demand bas
tboon enforced through ooorsivc legislation and
the still moro cocrsivo bayonet, against thc
protest of an unwilling people. For a year
or so, ? Sambo regarded himself as master
of tho Southern situation. Ho had
been* oalled from the corn-field, tho stable or
the pantry to take his scat in tho legislative
halls, abd perform tho highest functions of
exooutivc authority over those whom formerly
he served in every menial capacity. In truth,
VHe regnrded himself as tho brno and sinew of
t'the land, and tho phrase "poor white trash,"
.wbioh he so freely and contemptuously ap
plied in his days of bondage, became enlarged
in its significance so as to embrace every white
man, woman and child within thc limits of
tho State, and bia uso of it was no loss con
temptuous than it was before. An agrarian
.pirit penctratod through tho thickness of his
cranium. Thc wealth of tho land be regard
ed !>s thc product of his toil, und he deter
mined that it should bc parodied out, and
he would cultivate thc rich plantations in fu
ture, if st all, for hi? own behoof and boho
flt.
Hut this dream of his is now interrupted
Tho ooming man from Asia meets him face
to face. Leaving the old civilization of cen
turies behind him, tho Asiatic conics to our
?hores-as tho Africans carno and thc Euro
peans oome--to better an unsatisfactory con
dition. This, bo it remembered, is "thc lund
of tho froe."-''the home of the exile"-there
is room for all, and all are welcome. Truly
it may be said, ns thc "New York Herald"
a few days sinco did say, the Kcptiblioun who
refuses to extend tho hand of encouragement
.nd welcome to his brother from China, is
"illogical and inconsistent." If this bo 80, us
far as the wbhcllepublican is concerned, bow
much more emphatically is it so with regard
tot -io black. Against a Otiuouseiuu prejudice,
which existed with scarcely a shadow of a
chango lor ages, ho bas becu insolently per
sistent In his demand for equality und frater
nity ; and if bo, a semi-barbarian, and ju*t
"released from thc thraldom of .slavery, be fit
to meet tho white man, with his centuries nf
civilization, on equal terms, bow much belter
flitted for that proud position is tho patient
.ad industrious representative of a oivibution
#bieh dates baok far beyond tho Christian
.Ml
China was a land of cnligbtment when Eu
rope was tho homo of tho rude barbarian, and
if Europe has since then passed her in tho
Taco, it is because the ultimate capacity of the
Asisti?, like that of the African, bas a defi
nite limit, especially when confined within
the boundaries of his nativo land. Ho wants
' room for oxpansion. He comes hero for thc
enjoyment of a larger liberty than is posaiblo
la tho overcrowded country in which ho hap
pened to be born, and ho is certainly entitled,
OB the Booro of humanity, if not of christian
ity, to nil tho courtesies and privileges cxtcn
ded to now oomcrs from other sections. If
tho whito man is willing to welcome tho
Asiatio, surely the negro should bo.
Ho is not yet so fur removed from thc
house of bondagoos tobo warranted inputting
on insolent, aggressive and proscriptive airs,
lu." opposition lo thc Chincso in California
Is confined; os tho "Horuld" says, to "tho
Our worshipping radioais." Tho spirit of
^opposition {* ^8od on *?*
American, Know-Nothing, rum*.'..T' s,ub*
Iboloth :
To saints of Heaven is empire given,
. And wo alone aro saints.
They want thc country for thcmsolvcs, and
6o not wish ovon C?losfiala ta como in with
thom and enjoy it. Tho prioo and profits of
labor they olaim as thoir oxolusivo right, and
they, consequently, raise a selfish, defiant and
proscriptive bund againstnny ono whoso wants
aro simpler, whoso domands aro moro roason
rilildy.aod whoso natural rights to tho soil aro
Just os great as theirs.
We-toke it for granted that tho over ruling
caro of Providence, ou exhibited in tho histo
ry of this continent from tho time of its dis
oovory to tho prcsoht doy? will not now bo
tbrhod asido by tho impotent' ondcavors of
Bimbo and his radical allies. Tho Asinti?
will oomo in, os tho African hos, to aharo the
fetal-of fatness reserved for tho oidor nations
of tho' globo aino? tho maroh of tl tn o boogan.
Tho garner is full > thoro is wino upon tho
lees, and-ino cattle on a thousand bills and
* ?ilaicsS?yifo tho glories of a largo and bono
flcont oVvfeiion in ?thog d timo coming." i
\tkio Orkan? Tima.
The Cry for "Organisation" Comet from the
Capital
Our friend of tho "Pheonix" thinks tho
Democratic put ty of this Stato is in nu organ
ized working condition. Wo know but littlo
as regards tho status of Democracy outside of
I Edgefiold, but tins wo do know, thut in this
District thcro is not tho slightest pr?tention
to organization on thc part of tho Democratic
party, nor has thcro been for months past.
I Wo regret that such is thc case, and hopo
our leaders will take steps at on carly day to
wards perfecting a real lire, cnergctio, hard
working Democratic organization. It cnn,
and should be done forthwith.
A Columbia correspondent of the "Ander
son Intelligencer," (despite thc assertions of
the "Phoenix") culls for "organization" and
a rally around tho Democratic banner, and
pays: "It can bc beard duily in all parts of
our State that tho Democrats will carry the
Legisla turo at thc next clcctiou iu 1870.
Wc sa)' so by all means. Wo must triumph
in 1870. Wc must elect our men, but our
saying PO will not make it so. Our success
depends upon tho orgauization of our party,
und tho collection of t li o men and material for
thc groat struggle at the ballot box in 1870.
Our adversaries arc evidently wide awake, and
in the lust twenty days numbers of their lend
ers from all parts of thc State have been seen
ut our capital. Some important change is
going on in their ranks. It is thought by
many that the Union League is disappearing
before the Grand Army of thc Republic. Thc
Radicals arc undoubtedly making preparations
fur the campaign of'70. They arc in power,
and like vultures av?, feasting upon thc very
vitals of our oppressed State. What can wc
do? Dravo men, honest men, want to know
what can be done to ward off ibo dangers
which surround them. Everything is con
tained in thc word, work. Leaders of thc
Democracy must get to their work before it is
too lato. Let our committees be formed j let
our banners Pout ut every cross-road j let tho
heavens ring Willi thc songs of peace, dem
ocracy and purity ; let our documents be prin
ted and circulated, and Jct thc roll of tho
Democrats number thousands.
If tho work of organization is thoroughly
carried on, and moro action and less talk,
there will be no doubt as to thc triumph of
the Democratic party in 1870.
Infidel Colleges.
The cause of religion has a subject of re
joicing in the fact that throughout the whole
Ohristinn world, institutions ol'learning ure
established, for educating the youth. In our
country every Christian denomination has a
college tinder its entire control. Tho avowed
objectoftbe.se denominational institutions it
to instill tho Christian religion in thc youth
of our country, livery body knows thhf, aud
every budy expects tho Riblo to bo expound
ed in these institutions. All of those denom
inational semi naries have sectarian pnrposcs tc
accomplish, but still thcro is no ill-feeling
porduccd by them. Thc supporters of one
delight in tho prosperity of nil of thc others,
But where arc tho infidel colleges? Who,
knows of .such a place? Where is it located '/
Who is its president? If thcro is sueh a
place in tho world I never heard of it. There
is not snob nn institution in America, except
Girard Collcgo bo olaimcd ns infidel. Whj
is this, arc thoro no infidels in our country i
! Yes, there arc many. Every littlo country
village can boast of hoing tho homo of some
one, who scoffs nt thc Bible, and slicers at God's
pooplc-laughs nt their inconsistencies, and
delight*, to magnify their faults. Those infi
dels reproach mitiistcrs of tho Cospel ns igno
rant, and professed christians as stupidly oro
dohnts. Dut where ls tho ovidonco of wis
dom being tho peculiar possession of infidels
Has this class of society done anything, bul
laugh and snoot* to dispel tho darkness wind
it declares so loudly surrounds tho ohristian
world. JNot ono tiling. They cannot do any
tiling ^'l?y nr0 powot'leasi. They have tho
will and tho moans DUU ?<T control^ neither.
Infidels have no confidonoo in oao? other.
Tboy cannot trust oaoh other sufJioiontly to
porntit cadi other. They cannot trust oaoh
other sufficiently to pormitoaoh other to bati
dlo tho brick and mortar, proourod by oontri
buted funds, whioh would bo nocessary to
build tho walls of an ordinary sohool houso.
Infidels ridioulo christians for many ?noon
sistcnoicsj for a want of ontorpriso j for igno
rnnoo. Dut who is inconsistent in fact ?
Who can name tho sohool supported by infi
dels ? Who oan glvo tho namo, of any in
stitution of any kind, or oharaotor, dovisod
and maintained by infidols? Is it a rail road
if to whoro is it ? Is it anything useful o,
ornamental?^' Professed ohr?atianr noV em?;
build chumbos and I support thom, but tho;
build and} supper^ tj?hool-hoosos,colleges, an<
.institutions, of .learning generally. Jf^tfo^nfl
dd father desires'to oducato his oh il droit,, h
is dependent on ohrlstuns ?fora?l'l?ro\m<j?i
sites to meet such desire. ? .
, This dato of things Jf*oves that'' ob inti? ? it.;
is light and liberty, and that infidelity is
darkness and ?lnvcry. If tho benign influen
ces of christianity were suddenly withdrawn,
moral and intellectual darkness would shroud
: thc world in hopeless gloom.
PAYMENT OP TAXES.-It will bc remem
bered that tho citizens of Columbia held a
meeting some weeks ago, to institute a con
certed resistance to the payment of the Stato
tax. Chancellor Carroll and F. NV. Fielding,
Esq., wore chosen as counsel totako tho mat
ter through tho Courts.
This effort to nulify thc law has proved a
failure. A correspondent of thc Charleston
Courier, writing from Columbia, says that
Chancellor Carroll is understood to believe
that thc Courts would sustaiu tho act, and
that tho only remedy for unjust taxation is
that provided by thc act itself. This remedy
consists in making personal application to thc
State Audicor, through thc County Auditor,
for au abatement of thc tax. Chancellor
Carroll has taken this course to get a reduc
tion of his own tax, which fuel clearly eviden
ces what his opinion is.
It is vain, then, to hopo for a reduction, ex
cept through personal application. When
thc man who was selected to contest payment,
is unwilling to risk a trial before thc Courts,
others would act Wisoly by following his ex
ample. Sucli u course docs not imply u sanc
tion of the justness or legality of the tax law.
li merely in ideates that the tax-payer sub
mits to a power which bc cannot resist, and
pays his black mai i-not because he approve?
of it, but only to save ftither expense. And
this is probably thc wiser course for thc ma
jority of our people. Those who have plenty
of money to throw away iu a hopclcts cause,
may carn tho gratitude of posterity by figh
ting the tax to tho last ditch. Hut poormcu
had better "stand and deliver," before thc
demand is increased twenty percent.
A TALK, WITH OLD HUN WADI:-HR IS
IN FAVOR or Cil IN ESK IMMIGRATION*.-A
correspondent of thc "Cincinnati Coinmcr
cial" has bot n interviewing ex-Senator Wadi
I since his return from California, with the fol
lowing result ;
"?Ur. Wade, what were your impression;
respecting thc Chinese V'
"I think thc more wc havo of thom tin
better. All accounts of those who havo ont'
ployed thom conour iu conceding to then
habits of honesty, industry and temperance.'
"Why, then, do the laws of the Pacific
States discriminate against thom V
"it i:: tho old story of political opposition
of precisely the same character as that whicl
on this side has opposed tho "nigger." Titi
Democratic politician:: havo passed laws ii
.California discriminating against these pee
plc to please tho Irish, who, with other un
skillfull laborers, fear tho competition of thea
Chiirfl.se."
"Arc not their habits repulsive to our pee
pler
"On thc contrary, they arc extremely neal
performing their frequent ablutions wit'
great caro. Tho' arc docile, honest, and nt
vcr known to got intoxicated. An old fricn
of ours, with his wifo, who have long bee
residents of California, carno with us on th
return trp. They left their housohold nu
children iu thc caro of two Chinese servant;
who had been with thom ten years, and fcl
entire confidence in them. They assured u
that in tho employment of this people was t
bo found tho solution of tho vexed qucstio
about domestic help."
"But do you renlly think it would bo at
visablo to admit them to citizenship in thi
country ?"
"I don't know that they desire to becom
kitisohsi They risk to bo proteotcd cquall
with others by tho laws, and ho permitted t
testify in oourts of justico. But if thoy ar
as represented-honest, temperate and ind m
trious-why should wo rcfuso to admit thee
to citizonship ?"
"They oro roared in monarohiai traditions/
"No moro so than thousands from Europe
to whom wo nialT no suoh objootion. Stil
I find a great many wiiO ?re in favor of cr
oouraging their emigration to this countrj
who oro opposed to making them citizens."
Wis bnvo boen reliably informed (soys til
Columbia Pheonix,) thot Talbot, ohargc
with boing ono of tho murderers of B. F. Kai
dolph, in Abbovillo county, eomo monti
sinco, mado his escapo from tho penitential
yostovday aftornooo, whero he has boon ir
prisoned somo timo awaiting his trial
---?? ? -V
AT a negro riot ou tho night of tito 5th,
Mobile, Ala., thrco negroes were killed on
right, and four polioo offioctq, five nogro
and thvoo white inon tfero irounded. Let
have poaoo^"
Ocn. N. B. Forrest is making rap
progroas in tho construction of tho Mempl
and Selma-'railroad,'
Dip mond Catting.
Tho art requires that tho outler should
have an extraordinary skill for working tho
stones, of which tho smallest often do not
reach tho size of a pin head-so small that it
takes hundreds of them to Weigh a carat !
Nothing equals in this respect tho skillfulness
of the workers of Holland, and one is quite
confounded when ho sees stones of such
small dimensions out into twenty-four faces,
perfectly equal and regular. This is not,
however, tho only difficulty tho diamond cut
ter has to surmount ; it is tho cleaner who lias
to make choice of thc form to bo given to
each particular stone. It is bc who must de
cide, after n minute examination, how each
particular diamond ought to bo cut, whether
a brilliantor a roso ; he determines the choice
by an endeavor to loso as little matter as pos.
siblc. Dut this is not all. It is necessary
that he should recognize at thc first glance in
what way it is convenient to attack thc stone;
which is not an easy matter, for if bis meas
ures have not been well taken, it injy perhaps
occur that twenty-three faces having becu al
ready cut, thc twenty-fourth would require to
bo cut on au imperfect part of thc stone ; and
so it is fouud impossible to continue.
Thc cutters and polishers arc often thrown
out by finding unexpected flaws in thc Btonoj
as they proceed with their work. Thc color,
too, often changes; PO that sometimes it is
quito impossible to tell bow a diamond may
turn out ; and, os in thc ease of thc Koh-i
noor, ono portion of thc stone may sometimes
i prove to bo n great deal harder than another
part ; and if, while cutting, the diamond be
allowed to rcmaintoo long on the schyff be
fore hoing taken off to cool, it might melt
the lend in which it is set, and so, by changing
its position, do very serious injury to thc stone.
In cutting thc Koh-i-noor, it was necessary
at times to increase thc revolution of thc schyff
to three thousand per minute, in consequence
of the extraordinary hardness of some por
tions of that mo't valuable gem.
[ Chamber's Journal.
Importance of Sloop.
Thc law of lifo moat frequently violated by
students is thc demand for timely ano suffi,
oient sleep. Thu mind uses up th4 muol.tiuo
ry of tho body when awuko, in proportion tc
j the rapidity and energy of its wording, nt c
the reservoir ia Ulled up again in sleep. Hen
ry Kirke White shortened his lifo, uot witl
ti dagger or opium, but by an alarm clock
ile did not require to rest when bo should
und obeyed tho suuimous ul" bis villainous clod
when bc should have slept. Ile died in 18
OG, aged twenty-one. Probably bc liligi)
have been alive to day. "Hut I can sit ui
all night," says tho youthful student, "evct
after it hearty supper, and feel uo bad offeots
I rally again iu tweuty-fuur hours." 0
course you do. Ho would bc a feeble youug
? ter who could not endure dissipation for
timo. This is thc advantage Of youth and ;
good constitution. If you must expose youl
self in this way for a sufficiently worthy mo
tive, do it liko a mau, and bear it. Ovci
punctilious men, who live according to th
time-piece and balances, arc not thc highes
type of mon. Dut tho everlasting fact rc
mains, that Nature will enforce her laws. 1
you deprive yoursolf of timely and suffioieii
sleep prepare to pay thc penalty wheu tho da
of reokouing oome. Thc stories ubou
Wesley,. Lord Brougham, Napoleon aud othoi
who slept only four or six hours iu twonty
four, havo dono much harm. They aro gcu
orally not really true, for thoao short slccpei
almost invariably take many naps in tho da)
tinto. If not they aro exceedingly regular i
their other babita, and lose no time in wake
fulness in bcd. It is wiso to take regulo
sleep onottgh to koop tho nervous systot
steady and strong. .
Almost as injurious as late hours at nigli
is tho proetioo of rising too early in tho mo
tiing. Tho boat alarm-clock is sunlight. Th
oyes should not bo wearied by artificial ligl
in tho morning. If thoy must bear this o:
posuro, let it bo just provious to tho repose i
night.-Prof. Ifavcn.
Tho New York Herald, under tho hoai
ing "Not dead Yet," editorially says :
Andy Johnson's return to tho Unite
States Se?alo, in viow of tho result in Tenne
sec, is almost certain. This is not tho lea
satisfactory result of tho contest in that Stat
Andy is a bold, positivo oxponont of that ola
of political ideas that is least agreeable to tl
blutant Kadictd rulers Ho has tho ono'grar
virtue that ho.wlll not bo put down, and thor
foto, discussion in tho Sonato will bo tho lc
monotonous for his prcsonuc. Ho liss
Union record that no man can impenoh. I
is a Southern Sonator not open to tho oarpc
b?g objeotion nor assailable on tbq Coppe
head sreor. Ho is genuino in all sonaos, a
solutoWfearfcss and honest, and will "mal
Romo howl" from his placo in tho Sena
with muoh better offeot than ho ovor did
his messages- He is the first President sin
John Quinoy Adams whose politioal vitali
[ has not boen exhausted by the Prcsidonoy.
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CURIOUS FACTS AHOUT WATER.-Tho ex
tent to which water mingles with bodies, np
parcnlly tho most solid, is very wonderful.
Thc glittering opal, which beauty wcnrB aa
an oruamcntv is only flint and water. 0|
CTcry twelvo hundred tons of earth which *
landlord has in his estate, four hundred ar<
water. Tho snow-capped sommit? of oui
highest mountains have many million tons o
water in a solidified form. In ovcry plaster ol
Paris statue, which sn Italian carries througl
our street for cale, there is one pound of wa.
ter to four pounds of chalk. Tho air W(
breathe contains five groins of water to caoli
cubic foot of its bulk. Tho potatoes and tur
nips which arc boiled for our dinner have, it:
their raw state, tho one seventy-five per cent,
and thc other ninety per cent, of water.
If a man weighing one hundred nnd fortj
pounds, were squeezed in a hydraulic press
sereu ty pounds of water would run out, th(
balance being solid matter, A tuan is, chem
?cally speaking, forty-five pounds of carnot
and other clements, with nitrogen diffused
through live and a hah'pailfuls of water. It
plants we find water thus mingling no les:
wonder fully. A sunflower evaporates ono nnc
? quarter pints of water a day, and a cabbage
about thc same quantity. A wheat plant ex
huies, in one hundred and seventy-live days,
about one hundred thousand grains of
water.
The sup of plants is thc medium througl
which this mass of fluid is conveyed. It
foi ms a delicate pump, up which the waterj
particle.'; run with thc rapidity of a swift stroan
Hy the action of tho sop, various propcrtict
may be accumulated to the growing plant
Timber in France is, for instanoc, dyed bj
various colors mixed with waler, and sprink
led over the roots of thc trco. Dahlias art
also colored by a similar process.
A GLOOMY PROPHECY.-Tho "Ilickmai
(Ky.) Courier" aunounccs tho death of Mis;
Susan C. Godscy, known as thc sleepin]
wonder. The fact is well authenticated tba
Miss G. had been, for twelve years' prcviou
to her death, in a state of coma, or sleep.
This disposition to constant sleep was prc
doced by a severe attack of chill and fevei
since winch time she only woke nt interval!
once or twice a day, remaining awake for bu
a few minutes. Ou tho day of her death sh
made one or two predictions, which arc give
by thc "Courier" for what they arc worth.
One was that the sun would be totally eclipse
on the 7th of August, a fact of which sh
could not have had aiiy knowledge, as lu
friends assert. Another was that "?hc su
would never shine as bright after that day,
( which will indicate that thc end of tho worl
is speedily approaching, Whether a oonstat
sloeper is better qualified to prcdiot futut
events than a wide ?wake piupboi, i? ? pul?
we will not pretend to decide.
--m> . ?
COOLIK.-Tho "New York Tribune" d
covers oauso for grave apprehension, if n<
positive alarm, in tho arrangements ben
made lo import Mr. Chinaman into this com
try. It goes on to argue that tboy aro ?
effeminate race, with no perception of tl
solemnities of a Christian's oath, with a reli
ion that inspires melancholy and suicide, wi
uo sclf-rospeot, sly, tricky, aud, in ?ll respeol
utterly unfitted for oontaot with a freo asi
ciatiou with ? Christian nation. But tl
great rub-thc placo whoro it hits hard?
with the "Tribune"-is expressed in tho f<
lowing paragraph :
"A groat many of the Chin ese will bo takt
into tho valleys of tho South to work upi
ootton aud sugar estates, whero they may ?
place tho Afriosn. Thc mines of tho Paoil
and Rocky Mountain States will ob.sovb ot
Ci?. They will, to some oxtont, do tho wo
of tho Irishman with mattook and barro
Just treatment ought to bo secured for thc
by spocial and woll-oonsidorcd provisions
law. They aro horcditary and lifo long n
nors. Ages of boudagc have sapped t
foundations of oharaotor, and omauoulst
their manhood. Brought hither by sliip-loat
and cast ashore on remoto plantations or i
mured in distant minas, thcybocoinO tho os
prey of a race that too lately could bo st
mai i /.ed as a nation of slavodrivcrs."
t?r Morgan Ilamiltou, of Toxas, owns t
Ho says : Tho Republican party is as doad
day in Texas as it is in Kontuoky. It lu
in tho lace of thc formidable combination *
gani/.ed against it, buta Botry proapootin.A
immcdiato fotuto, but tficri it had a futu
which now it has not. I havo no stomach
further work in tho o?ntost.. It ha? boon fr
tho start a hopcloas contest."
JHr* Writs of ejootmont wore rocor
sorved on the negro squatters occupying
eabius'on Taylor's farm; piar Nbrf?rk, V
hoi thoshoviff wfts informed bv tho nogt
j that thoy did not rooognizo tho civil I?
?nd could only bo ejected by the uilitary1.
THE RELEASE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS .
DETAINED IN BRITISH PRISONS.-A oorre?
pondent writes as follows from London, ?Ttt?jt
22, in rcspcot to the effort for tho release of
' thc Fenian paisoncra : . , " c,.
j Mr. Paul Bagley, a Missionary, had tl m
i tervicw with thc Earl of Clarendon a fow d?yS
. ?go, at the Foroign office, ?nd laid before
[ bim a petition for th J release of the American
[ Fenian prisoners, signed by twenty-nine merni
hers of Parliament, together with the originel
document bc brought with him from Wash,
ington some months since, and other papers,
Lord Clarendon was disposed to find fault
with thc Fenian meetings in ouroountry, ?nd
also with the condtot of some of tho p'risonorej
that have bcon released Ho stated that he had
released some of our mon for Mr. licvordy
Johnson, just before ho went away, and seem
ed surprised at tho Hst presented to him..
Ile really did not seem to now that so many
of our men wert in their prisons. Ile stated
that thc Homo Office was tho proper place to
present tho Parliamentary petition, bat thats
bc would forward it there. Tho interview
may bc regarded as encouraging,, inasmuoh
aa it has brought before the Government the
wish of so many members of Congress ?nd
members of Parliament for tho release of tW
prisoners. I am not ?ble to send you ? copy
of tho Parliamentary potition nt this time,'
but thc following is a list of our prisoners*,
given to Mr. Bagley by tho Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, just before he left : Native--John
McCnfferty, John MoCluro and E. Shore.
Naturalized--Thomas E. Burke, R. O. 8V
Burke, Vt. Halpin, C. U. O'Connor, ?nd there
may bc others.
CURA AND THE UNITED STATES.-It is
asserted by thc "New York Sun," as a matter
no longer a secret, that Secretory Fish h?s
sent out to Madrid by General Sickles, United
States minister to Spain, tho following propo
sitions for tho separation of Spain ?nd Cub? t
1. Spain shall recognize the independence of
Cuba under thc government of Cespcdos. . 2<
Cuba shall pay to Spain an indomnity for the!
resignation of thc rights hitherto exercised,
by thc mother country. Tho amount of this
indemnity to bc specified in the treaty. ,
Thc indemnity, whether fixed at ono hundred'
millions, fifty millions, or twenty-fivo millions
of dollars, to be in bouds of tho Cuban Got.*
cr?ment, payable with interest at tho expira
tion of a convenient period.- 4. These bonds
to bc guaranteed by tho Unitod States. 5.
An armistice tobe proclaimed between the
patriots and Spanish troops iu Cuba, immo-,
diatcly upou tho execution of tho treaty. The
island is to bc cvaouatcd by tho Spanish,
forces as soou as tho troaty is ratified by the.
reprcsontntives of theTJuban people, ?nd |h?
guaranty of the bonds approved by the Con*
grcss of the United States. 6. If these terms
arc not ?t onoo accepted by the Spanish Gov
ernment, tho United States will without far
ther delay rocognize the indopendenoo of
Cuba. This arrangement, it is assorted, hai
bcon rando aftor consultation with Sonor Rob
erts, the Spanish Minister, and wilt be acoep*
tod by Serrano. On tho other hand, it is
contended that thc Coban Revolutionists wil!
not oonsont to these terms, ?nd that the Uni
ted States Congress will refuse to guaraatoq
the Cuban bonds.
mr The suit of J. B, Brown against Col.
D. J. Young, involving the titln to tho Gov
ern mont property at Harper's Ferry, valued
at several millions of dollars, is on tri?! m
Parkersburg. Chiof Justioe Chaso on th
bench. IL Stautoo appears for tho plaintif!
and llou. B.-Sroith and TI. Blackburn foi
tho Uuiiod States.
jSiT A young girl named Daily, about fi
tocu years of ago, was raped in Bonton Count]
Indiana, several days ago, and died from th
offcots of hor injuries. Tho man, whose nam
our cxehncgo docs hot givo, subsequently HU
oided, by taking poison, upon Loaring of tl
doath of tho poor girl ho had craolly outra*
od.
-?-~?m? ? -i -
jfcST Nows from Montana, from Demoora
io sources, give tho Democracy n majority
2,000, in tlio clcotiori for dolcgate. J,
Cavanaugh was tho Democratic candids
and is tho iucumbont of tho position*
?67-5,000 immigrants landed nt New Y<
in tho.mopth of July, making 100,000 for
year thus far. This is 85,000 moro tl
wero landod up to the same timo last yoat
jarDonPiatt says he was "a Bun*
Domoorol" bofoiothc \w. Prentico obsei
.that ho did not ncglcot to carry his peot?
odor with him over to tho radical cat?$
jfcW Monday night lost, a fire in Fnyt
viilo, N. <)., destroyed tho store and. c?^t
owned by W. G. Matthews ; tho C?
.Bank building, ?nd two small voodoo %
inga on tho 0|ipo.Vito>ido of th? stroof. 2
on Mr. Matthows'store and contouta $lyd
. insured for ?8,000. Los?, on h*to!i feulW
?5,000 or $6,000. No Inisrance,