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EnImuner's Ltter to Speaker Blain et
Dear Sir: I have seen the letter
addrnse'l to me by you throu-h the
public prints, and I notico especially
that while animadverting upon my
suppoet of Horace Grecley you say
not one word in vindication of that
compound of pretentions known as
Grantism in contradistinction to Re.
publicanism which you would install
anew in the government. You are
greatly concerned about the company
I keep. and to quiet your solicitude,
I beg leave to say that in joining the
Republicans who brought forward an
origmnal abolitionist, I found myself
with so many ot hers devoted to "the
cause I have served that I had not
missed you until you hastened to re.
port absence; nor hadl I taken ac
count of the Southern secessionist,
who as you aver are now co-operating
with ine in supfort of this original
abolitioniet, exoept to rejoice that if
-a1n' former associates some like
yoursolf besitate, their places are sup.
plied in in unexpeeled quarter.
You entirely misunderstand me
when you introduce an incident of the
past, orid build on it an argument
why I should not support Iorace
Greeley. What has Pieston Brook,
to do with t'h3 Presidtnt.iaml election ?
Never, while a sufferer, did any one
hear trio speak of him in unkindne-s,
and now, after the lapse of more than
-half a generation, T will not unite
with you in dragging him 'from the
grave where he sleep.', to aggravate
the passivns of .politicai conflict and
nrrcst the longing fou concord ; and
here ii the essential difference be-.
tween you and mte at this jnn-ttAre.
I scizo the opportunity to iako .the
egud rights of all men through peace
and re conciliation, but this infinite
boon you wtould postpone.. Seven
years have paz.'ed since we laid aside
our arms, but unhappily, -during all
this period there has been a hostile
spiriL towards cach o'her, while the
rights of colored fellow citizens have
'been in perpetual question, Seven
years mark a natural period of
human life ; should not the ipirit be
changed with the bodys Can we not
after seven years commence a new
life, o.poeially when these once our
'foes repeat the sanlog, "Thy people
shall be my people and thy God my
God." I declare my preference for
an original abolitionist as President,
and y, u seek to create a divi.ion by
crying out that Democrats will sup'
Jirt h-i) -to which I reply eo much
the better. Their support Is the as
surance that the cause he has so cona
stantly guarded, whether of equal
rights or reconciliation, is accepted
by Democrats, and this is the judge of
a true niion beyond anything in our
history. It is a victory of ideas
without which all other victories must
fail. To intensify your allegation, you
insist that I am ranged with Jeff'erson
D~avis and Robt. Toomnbs, but pardon
mie, nobody knows bow the former
will vote, while Robert Tlonmbs Is
boistrous against [borace Grecley and
with him nre Stephens, WVise and
Mesby. This is all very poor, and
I monition it only to exhibit the chiar
actor of your attempt. In the same
spirit youi seek to avoid the real issue
by holding up the possibility of what
you call a Democratic Ad ministrn
tion, and you have the courage to
assert, as within my knowledge, that
by theO election of Ihorace G reeley,
Congress is banded over to the con
trol of thme party wvho have positively
den ied the rights of the black man.
You say that I know this. Mr.
Speaker I kowi no such thing, and
youi should be suflicietly thouimghtftul
not to assert it. I anm entirely satis
fied that a canivass like thme present,
whero the principles declared at Cin..
etunnati are opently necepted Otn one
sidle, and not contested on theo other,
must result in a larger number of
Congressiotnal Representatives sint
cerely devoted to the rights of the
colorod citizens than ever before.
The Democrats will be pledged as
never before to the ruling princlple
that all meni are eqnal before the law,
and also to thte threeo cnstitutional
amenidmtent., with the clause in eacht
empowering Congress to enforce the
same b~y approptlate legislation, lie.
sidles the l)emnocrats there will be
Liberal Republicans pledged likewise,
and also your pecutliar associates who,
I trust, will not betray thme cause.
Senators and Representatives, call
ing themselves Re publicans, have been
latterly ini a large majority in both
houses, but the final measure of civil
rights to which you refer though urg
ed by me almiost daily, has failed to
become a law, less I fear from Deo
era tio opposition than Republican
lukewarmness and the want of sup
pert in the P'resident.
T he great issue which the people are
e.,led to upon decide in November is
on the PrsMdn+, ardn.obodya. k,.m...
better than yourself that the House of
Repretentatives chosen at the same
time will naturally harmonize with
him, so it has been in our history.
Now hirmony with Horace Greeley
involves what I moet desire. With
such a President Congress will be
changed. For the flist time since the
war the equal rights of all will have a
declared representative at the head of
the government whose presence there
will be of a higher significance than
that of auy victor in war, being not
only a tebtimony but a constant mo.
Live power ini this greatenuse. Oppo
sition, Whethet- open hostility or more
subtle treachery, will yield to the
steady influence of such a represeita
tive. Therefore in looking to the
President I look also to Congress
which will take its cbaracter in a c
large measure from him. l choosiig
Horace Greeley we do the best we can
for the government, not only in the
executive but in the legislative
branch, while we decline to support
nepoti.m, paymen't of personal gifts
by official patronage, seizure of the
war powers, indignity to the black re
jublic, also the various incapacities
xhiibited by the President and the
rings by which he governs, none of
wbich can you defend. You know
hmt the Rings are already condemned
by the American people. For my.
<elf, I say plainly and without besita- 1
Lion, that I prefer Horace Greeley, v
ivith any Congress possible on the li
C'ineinnati platform, to President I
Lrant, with his pretensions and his t
Rings, a vote for whoim involves the
mupport of all his pretensions with
prolonged power in all the Rings. i
Ibere must be another influence and E
mother example. The Administra. f
ion in all its parts is imprcssed by a
he li esident. Let his soul be enlurg- a
-d with the sentimnent of justice.and h
luickened by industry, not only tihe
'wo Houses of Congress, but the
vhule country, will feel the ir esistia
de authority overspreading, pervad.
ng and permeating everywhere. r
rherefore, in proportion as you are
arnest for the rights of the colored
-itizens and place them above all par
izan triumph, )ou will be glad to
upport the candidate whose heart lims
mdways throbbed for hunmnity. '[he
ountry needs such a motive power in
t
lie %VWhite House ; it needs it gonter
>usfountain there. In one word, it
f
aeeds somebody different from the
present incum bent, and nobody knows 'j
this botter than Speaker Blaine.
The personal imputation you make
ipon me, I repel with the indignation
>f an honest man. I was a fAithfuil
mtpporter of the President until sotle
what tardily awakened by his painful
onduct in the Island of San Domingot
involving neizure of the war power in
violation of the Constitution aind in.
Iignity to the black repu'lio in viola
ioni of the international law, and
wben I remonstrated against these in.
tolerable outrages, I was set upon by N
those acting in his behalf. Such is
the origin of my cpposition. I could
lot have done less without failure, in I
.hat duty which is with le the rule of
lifeI nor can I doubt that when par
Lisan sentiments ate less active, you
will regret the wrong you have done r
me. Me-inwhile, I appeal confidently
to the candid judgment of those who
amidst all present diflerenecs of opn I
Ion unlitO in tile great object far above 1
party or President, to whichimy life is
devoted.
I am sir', yone' obedie~nt servant,
[Signedj Ciias. SUSIn,~l
Interesting Reclic.
In one of the rooms of the Yoing
Men's Library Association a gentlec
:nan, formerly a military telegraph.
operator, lias depodited a telegraph'
instrument whieb was inl active service
from 1862 to tile surrender. W~hat a
record i t has borne of "unsucessfttli
Dr snccessful war !'' It was eapturredi
at Biradetown, Ky., October 4th1, 1 8(2,
and was used in the following battles:
Mufesbr, December 30th and
3 1st, 1862 ; bombardment of Chiatta
nlooga, Septenmbe~r lst, 1863 ;Chicka
mlangai, September 19.h and 20thl,
1863 ; Resaca, May 14th, 1864 ;
Kennesaw, June 2lst, 1864 ; Atlanta,
July 28thI, 1 864 ; Jorae~boro,' A Ilgust
3 Lt, I1864 ; with \V heeler on his
MeMinnvillo raid with Thoddy at
Deccatur, Ala., on retreat from t
Tennessee ; with A rmstrong in N orth
Misbsisippi ; with Forrest at Tupelo,
Miss. ; at the battle of fenton, North a
Carolina, and the surrnder at
Greensboro', N. O.--A flanla Su, j
Pnlmetto 1npef.
The Savannah News says :"Wei
alluded some weeks since to a pro.
posed experiment in making paper
f'rom Palmetto leaves, and stated that
several hales of leaven had been takenI
to Philadelphia for that purpose. We
now have beore us a specimen of<
paper which is the result of the ex.,
p~erimienit. It is of good texture and
v'ery strong ; the color is a little<
dingy, but tis, of course, can be
remedied. It is contemplamed ereet-- I
ing a mill in Barriens County for the 1
manufacture of the paper, and a com-]
pany will be formed with a capital of
*60,000."
One hundred girls in the St. Louis
Normal School wear oalico dresses and
chignon.
News About the Crops.
BLACKVILLIC, (S. C,) July 31
arops are failing very fast on aceount
f drought and rust. Some are a)
nost ruined ; others will not make
more than what they promised to do
,wo weeks ago, and the prospect is
very gloomy with all. If I can get
rain in a few days the loss may not
)e over one-third. I hear complaints
rom all parts of this county and
)rangeburg, and I greatly fear farm
rs wi.l make a failure.
OnANGvaRG, (S. C.,) August 3.
Pho excessive dry and hot weather
ina caused much shedding of forms
ind fruit. Early cotton has made
I1 it can make this year; late cotton has
jot suffered as much, yet I do believe
t will be as productive as the early
otton.
'tOIh WORM IN ST. PAUL'S iARtsI.
Truitworthy advices received from
't. I'aul's Parish, Colloton County,
eport tha appearance of the eaterpil
ar upon two plantations in that
anrish. On the White Point planta
ion, of Col. James Legare, several
pcimons have been d ienovered, and
Iso upon a plantation of Mr. James
'ihng near by.
HE OvERFI.OWN PLANTING D:STRICT OF
ALAlIAPIA.
The Mobile Register of Wednesday
As a letter from one of tho sufferers,
Ah ich says t he best crop since the war
lab been swept awuny-not a hill of it
eft. The condition of the people is
errible. They were in doot on last
car's o(perations, nd they are now
ositively without re.ources of any
ind, and fm!teeni or tixteen tiontls
iust elaise before relief co come
rom another crop. li s.ys thous
nds of them are without bread
nd mnust starve if they cannot get
blp.
*-IJC CATIMRPlMI.All IN 1.otUISANA.
The New Orlenns Picayune, of
Vcdn'sdaiy, has netuly a column of
xtracts ftomn itj country exchanges
egarding crop prospects and es.
etially with refurence to the appear.
100e of the caterpillar. The Vermil
ionville Advocata, of the 27th uit.,
otes their arrival, ond so does the St.
Mieph's Journal of the same date.
'he Weslt Baton Rouge &ugar Plan
er, of the same date, saya their rava
es conitinue ih that parish, and many
ariers predict they will sweep the
ields . by t he middle of this month.
'he Madison larish Journal tells the
ame story., as do the Couchatta
'ituus and tcouchatta Citien, which
ast named paper says it muay he safe.
y calculated thit the notton fields
vill be laid bare by the firt of Sep.
ember.
'rHE IIEA-T IN OhditdrAl
-The Macon Telegraph- of Mnday,
ays :. "The heat of the sun for the
ast week or two in Middle Georgia
as been very severe. Under it, all
'egetation has been iora or less
ilighted; Many of the trods have
hed their leaves-grass and dhrub
>cry has been blasted, and blado fod.
Ier In the field scorched out of half
ta value into a dull) reddish brown
olor. It has alW done a great deal
f damage to cotton-forcing It to
Irop leaf and fruit to a very consid
table extent. ''he showe' of FI'riday
n blacon gave us considerable relief,
>ut by Saturday evening the sun was
mot as ever."
APPEAttANcP. O1' fhlu WoRtiL
The Macoin Telegra ph says :"We
yore informed yesterday by a gentle
nan who plants in Mi tebellI County,
bnd wh1ose stateneht can he itup1icit&
y relied upon, that the caterpillar
vas to lie found thinly soattered over
Limuost 'very field of cotton that he
mmnd seen or heard from In Mitchell
.nd b~ougherty counties, arnd one or
wo adjacent thereto. lie says there
.rc not any five neres on his place
romi wicih filty or lncre eouldl not be
>icked, and they are steadily Wveb
ing up. II is opinion is that by the
atter part of Auigust they will be
Lndnr full headway, and will prove
orribly destructive to the erops,"
itly lint llca11(6
'1'o Woman who is indifferent to 1:er
ooks is no true woman. God meant
vomian to be attractive, to look well,
oplease, and it is one of lier duties
o carry out thIs ibtenition of her
naker. BUt that dre~a is to do all,
mnd to sufhice, is more than we can be
trought, to believe. Just I eoause we
ho love to see gi.ls look well, as well
us to live to somino purpose. we would
irgo upon them south a course of re-nd
ng an~d study ais will eonfer, such na
io miodiste can aupply. A well
mnown anther once wrote a pretty era
ay on the powor of eitenition to
eauty-that it :ubsoltutely chiseled the
eatures; that he had seen many a
lumisy nose and pair of thick lips so
nodifled by thought awakened and
etive sentiment as to be unro.
rognizable. And he put it on the
ground that so we often see people,
iomely and unattractive in youth,
>loom in middle life into a softened
lndian summer of good looks and
nellow tones.
A farmer had a calf so oontrary, he
maid, that ho "had to pull his oars off
to make bimi suek, and pull his tail off
to make him lot go."
The North Caroliin Electioti-Is It a
)eluge.
The election in North Carolina ap
pears, fortunately, to have passed off
peacefully, so far at least as is known
ip to the present time. The result
is yet in doubt, although the indica.
tions point to an incrcased conserva
tive vote over that of 1870, when the
democratio candidate for Attorney
General was elected by nearly five
thousand majority. The counties
where the heaviest negro vote is poll
ed, and ishere facilities exist for
frauds such as have been charged as
in contemplation, have not yet bee t
heard from. At the same time, some (
of the strongest conservative counties
are still wanting, and with the meagre
returns at hand it is unsafe to hazard
a prediction as to the result. it I
seelus incredible that the administr -
tion republicans can have suffer d
defeat in a State where every advao
tage has been on their side 1 whore
they have concentrated gigantic efforts I
t> ensure success; where they hav'O
held majorities every since the close
of the war, with a single exception,
varjing from nine to twenty-thred r
thousaud. Yet, as we have said,
thero appears to ha.v3 been a steady t
increase thus far in the conservatives I
majorities over the vote of 1870, and
hence it is not improbable that the
State may have declared itself in ad- I
vance in favor of the reform move
ment in Noveml e -
If thisshould prove to be the case v
it will no doubt he regarded general- <
ly as settling the Presidential con <
test. Indeed. the republicans, by the
vigor and bitterness of their cenvasq,
have signifi.d their ecnviction that a
defeat in North Carolina at this time t
would render their ultimate success (
hopeless. Senator Wilson himself i
has admitted in his speeches that the 1
election of the republican State tick- t
et was essential to the cause of Presi- I
dent 0rant ; that wititout it there q
would be little hope for the adminis- t
tration. l.jdcr these cireumstanoes, I
and in view of the fact that the whole t
machinery of the election, the entire
foderal andstate patronage, the courts, I
the military, the police and the Uni- (
ted States mar.-hals were in the u
hando of the republicans, we cannot s
think that the administration has
been overthrown. To credit such a d
calamity would be to believe that the t
Presidential election is destined to m
be a deluge, sweeping away the exist. p
ing powes and mn ah1ing a complete r
revolution in the government. Ir, I
however, the result should be as fore. n
shadowed from the general tono of t
our dispatuhes, it will be due to the
unfortunate policy of the political in a
beeles who suirround and control '
President Gaant ; due to the refusal t
of the administration republicano in i
Congress t) allow the country to re- <
turn to peace ; due to their attempt
to crush the white citizens of the
Southern States under the heel of
military power and negro rule ; due to
the incendiary appeals of Boutwell
and others to the passions of the negro
race I (due to the unforttinatw foreign
policy of Secretary Fish ; duo to the
financial biunders of the Secretary of
the Treasury, who has forced our
credit. in Europe, depleted the country
of gold, and kept up imaginary balan
ees In the national Tlreasury by ficti
tious returns --N. Y". Hlerad.
A well-attended meeting of theo
"P'rogressive liepublicans'' was held
at lion ard's llall, last Monday oeh-n
ing, with M. R. Delany presiding, and
di. 13. Muishington, Jr., Secretary, at
which the following ticket was put
in nomnihatiotn :For Governor, A. .
Willard ifor Lieutenant Governor,
J1. Uruee flowvard, colored ; for Sees
rotary of 8taite, 10. J. Adams, eel.
cored ; for Attorney General, C;. D.
Melton ; for Adjitant Inspector Gen
ctral, J. N. Ilayne, colored ; for State
Treasurer, 10'. L. Cardoso, eolored ;
for Comptroller General, RI. Tomulin
fton ; for Superintende~nt of dluont ion,
M. A. Warren, colored.-Cha~rleston
Necws.
hkath of Copt, Iiiltoft.
Prom a private source (saysa the
Chronicle & Sentinel, of the 2.1,) we
learn of the prevalenico of a rumor at
TIhiomnson, of the death of the note
rious Capts a lamilton, who will be ren
m,nhered a the lender of a band of
robbers, hor-so thieves and munrdere'rs
convicted of their crimes in Mcl~nfile
county, A t the time of his death
hltamilton was undergoing a sentence
of deat~h ifamilton was undergoing a
sentence to the penitentia-y for ten
3ears hard labor on the Air Line Rtail
road,
The DevIl vs. IF. I. iloses, Jr.
Some men speak rather harshly, bte
to the point. hlear what a friend of
ours remarked upon the gtubernatorial
eontest, a few gdays since. W hen
speaking of the candidates, their fit..
ness and probable success, ho made
this characteristic remark :"I'd
rather vote for the devil himself, with
a forkcdd tail, eon feet, spouting
hell-fire, for Governor, than for
Franklin J. Moses, Jr.--Abberille Mie
All Right.
How many of us but use the ex
iresion a dosen tine a weck, and
lave it stick In the thrdat, tit least
lia of thetn 1 It is coming to he
)ypooritical appendage of business
kud social intercourse.
A sponger goes behind the counter
muts ol a dime's worth of tobacco or
shoese, with an excuse that he wants
t "sample," and the grooery inan
ys, "that's all right."
A customer returns a pair of shoes
o the dry goods mno soiled and injur.
id after half a day's wear, grunting
hey are two small," and the mor
hiant says, "that's all right."
A church member puts his namt
Iown for $25 to pay the preacher,
md when called on, gives only $10.
vith the remark, that "times are too
iard," and the parson says, "that's
AI right."
A loafer makes a regular practiec
f coming into a printing office, and
oegging a copy of the paper, stating
hat 'he just wants to read it," the
dition is short, and the editor groans
rith ghastly politeness, "that's all
igh t.'"
An extravagant debtor tells a pa
ient creditor every time he meets
iii that he intends to pay the no
ount "to-morrow, certain," and the
loor man turns off with "that's all
ight..'
And so it goes. It is all wrong,
nd we say it's all right, and by our
ant of spirit and independence en
ourage lilness, stinginess, and every
ther sin under the sun.
Dr. Bratton.
Dr. B. is safe in Canada, and in
ends that lie will not return to South
hfrolina, but that the British govern
ent will demand that the bonl
r-hich he was forced by the lawless no.
ion of the United States to give for
is appearance before the United
tates Courts-shall be surrendered
o them with heavy damages to Dr.
Iratton for the violence he has sus.
ained.
It In a little mnitipd In the British
ion, just now io dibturb the siesta of
rant at Long Branch, in this why
nder such uncomfortable Circui.
tan ces.
The Supreme Court, it is said, has
eelared the Ku Klux Law unconsti
utional, and their decision has been
ithheld Until after the eloetion, for
arty purposes, as it will effect 0 rant's
r-election. This action of t-c
Iritish government will break up this
iceo little arrangement and proecipi
ate ani adjudication of the question.
The easiest way for Grant to get
ut of it, is to put his hand in the
'reasury-he is accustoned to that
ake $100,000 of the tak payier
ioney, pay Dr. Bratton, and kenp
own the howling of the disagreoablo
Id Lion.
Moral-When a tman doce whng
here is no end to the trouble which
onies out of it.
2d. Never put such a thunderhead
ack into power, if you can pn.nibly
reavent it.- Charlesto-a Reptblicdn.
It is tlme that the Grant papern
hould dry up their cry that IlorAec
Leoeley is Rupp'rted by the knight
rrants of the past. A few of themi
who would not vote for Granit are i
ilbany-thie balatice nre nil G:rant
non. If any one don't believe this,
et them go iinto the up-country of
Soutth Carolina, or North Carolina;
nid they will find these poor prison.
~rs, all wearing a Graint-collar; in the
hape of att indictment, the thumb.
Crew of' which collar is to be applied
fter the ele3t ion5 if the victim does
lot vote aright.
The Ku Klux made many dIrant
rotes, but let one wearing tihis Celia:
>resent hitmself upati lBoston com.
nmon, ant. enen the shtue of Fidward
Overett would shout for GJreeley andI
ivil libety.-Charleston R.puiblicana
CuV'aroiolnng Uomec to Roost.
John C. Ilarris, the unwvorthyv na
ive of Edgelield, who lias coveret
iimself with such lasting infamiy as at
mnemy of his own race attd people
as been arrested by Federal officiah
Jmat the instamice, we believe, of Corn
niszioner Booser, TIhe charge againsi
ium, if we mistake not, is perjury.
l'his man's curses are coming hiomi
~o roost. Ho is an object of pity.
Any white man who, in true and triec
>ld Edkenfild, turns against his ract
mnd his people, Ineurs an ignomina
which rendlers himin an object, of th<
rofound ent pity.-Edgefield A dyer
,aer.
Thme Richmnond tlispatchm of Mondaj
tates that a very large politleal meet
og was held at 8alem, Fauqulei
sounty, Va., on the Manassas road
>m Saturday lnst, whore addreee
were delivered by several pronmineni
prominent gentlemen in favor o
3reeley, and by Gen. John S. Mosby
Igainst Mr. Greehey. Gen. Mosbj
mnnounoed himself for Grant as m
shoice of evils, and he denounced
both the Philadelphia and Cineinnati
rlatforms.
Boston has a "shirt and pants'
lan'cing ball, where gentlemen appeal
with eAwanamm.
A Specinen of Grant's Government In
North Curolina.
We met in the city yesterday, Mr.
R. Blumenbuirg, of Wa-hington City,
who was oi hIs wavy homeo after an
effective Consotvative canVass in Ifali
fax county, North Carolina. 1l1 was
accompanied by llov. J. W. Green
and Rev. John lIieks, two Conserva.
tivo colored speakers, who co-operated
with him in furtherance of the lIe.
form cause in that section. We are
informed that when it became appar
ent that Mr. liumenburg and his
colored preachors wero beginning to
make a decided impression on the no..
groes and to change many of them from
Grant to Greeley, one Laikie, Post.
master at Weldon, a sneaking and
low carpet bagger, sent inforiation to
Raleigh that he was bribing and in
timidating the negroes, which was the
occasion of half dozen marshals being
sent to arrest hima and tako him in
irons to Raleigh, Mr. Blumenbuirg
took counsel with his friends in W'el*
don as to what lie should do in the
premises ; and thoughi they well know
he was innocent of the lying accusa
tions of Larkie, they advised him to
prevent a disturbance aid save him
,elf from prison by leaving the State.
Mr. Blumenburg got on tho train at
Weldon yesterday morning, and ob
served as he did so that three or four
United States marshals were on it too
on thbe lookout for him. lie drew his
six shooter and directed his colored
companions to draw thoirs too-and
the marshals suddenly became searce.
And so Mr. Bluienberg left ; not
however, before his good work had
been effoeted.-Pet. Index.
A Colored Hn KinX Sernpe in ramiden.
The Camden Journal of the Ist
says:
On the 15th insfant near Enalish'i
Mill-i in 1his conmy, one Harry M-llie,
a co!ored man, was visited latL at nigh.t
by certain parties, who knocked t the
door of his houso anil a'ked if in, was in,
but. not waliting for an aiswer, burst
ope0si the door, iini rushing in to the
iniber of ,ift ien Or twen y, 'ell 11pon
tie struggling Harrv and threw him to
the ground, after which they slipped a
bag or cap over his had ad (] t.I it
tight. aouuind his 1nek. 'I'ey tlen ied
his hanls and feet, and carried him i a
long dista nee in he woo-is, whi uil *v
liially deposied hiii lipon the gronil,
and t a kiigt sticks heat lim untd t Iibv
thought. ihe was deadi, (It (if a picc- of
his ear, and untying him lIeft himi
there.
A frwr soni hotura lie recovered sufi
cjiI ly to drag hims, If hiome wiero lie
lls been lying in bed ever since.
He his told severil peirots thi It he
recognited the pa rtien who bent him,
by thu cap slipping off while the .ating
was adniuistered, :nd that, every one of
them Was a negro, though th-re was
one who was lighter in color than the
rest and he, said I larry. might have
been white, but I don't th.ik so.
thc cuseof the beating was alleged
to have been that 11,arr.-Y hewitc hed hisI
dauighter-in-law, who hI; Litely died.
F-'or fenr lest Ri(acal sceptics iay
d isbelie ve th is, we have for Olt-d om'
aelvis with abundant proof whieb shall
be forthcoming if ieediled. Ceiient is
tiniettssary.
A Terriblec Net.
Whitt a set of Radicals there must
have been in thle Republican parttty!
for, aceording t, the Long Branchi
organs, all w ho have left (Grant aro
not only "soreheads," but rogues, or
rascalIs, or worse.
Pleasanton, eneC the gallaitt, glori
ouis GJeneral leasanton, who won lan
rels in the war, is a "liar i'' Schurz is
nothing but an ountcast,"' a "foreign
renegade ;i"Sumner ls a "cras.y main :"
Trumbull1 selectedl for Legal emi
nenee as chairman of the Senate Ju
diciary Committee, is only a "rhetori
cal ass;"' Kilpatrick, thie raid Geoner
al1 who earriedl terror over the Po
tomac into rebel ranks, is "a v'aua
bond ; and,9-worse, Fenton, elected
Senator, is a "thief"-and so forthI,
Only the put'e are tiow left in the
Long Biranch Republican part y-suehi
as1) Chandler of Mich., ConklIing of
N. Y., Morton of lad., and Muirphiy
& C.--the (o--ton numnerous to
muention.-Ballo. (G'zetc.
TIhec Fninine In Persill,
Many barrowing facts have been
given of the late dreadful faino ini
Persia, but one iintance-is no0w rela
ted so intensely horrible as almost to
surpass all belief, although seriously
mentioned In the Levant, Times, in
the Persian cIty of Flamatani, two
famnishing women, aided by seven
others, stole three children and ate
them. They wore arrested anid the
bones of the (lead children found par
tially concealed undler their clothes.
The Orand Visior eandemned the two
women t~o the gibbit and their enm.
panions in guilt to be starved to death
in prison. A t the end of the week,
five of these seven wretekes were found
dead in the prison, after having de
voured the other two.
In Paris, Texas, the other day, the
proprietor of' a hotel set a trap to
catch a barn said thief. The en
ter prise yielded a gray fox on one
night. and a big ba.*k re,'o on .
o lier
('it 'tum too Short."
The distanceo between my post and
Santa Fe Was over Ih-eo hundred
miles, ailn to facilitate matters [ was
ordered to survey a new and shorter
routo-eutting (off about seventy
miles, A company numbering eighty
men, was detailed for tihe purpose i
andt as the course led partly through
a wooded region, a considerable scuad
was required to act as axemen.
Three or four lively black-and tan
terriers aecompanied the command,
affolo-ling no little amuseoent by their
activity in sna ppmipg upI) nntiwIrv gopli
ers, rats, imlice, tid other vermin
Tho aborigiies, who frequently lion
nred ii with their presence, claiming
to be "good Indian, me," wore exces
sively pleased at those performances
On a certain o(caSionl one stalwart
hellow, Who spoke a few words o'
English said to ie:
"Nantanlih, hiea p, gond dog.'
"Yes," I replied, "they are gcod
logs."
"Cut 'um car, cut 'um tail, mako
'un good dog ?I?
"Certainly ; it. is beennuso their cars
ind tails are trinmned that they got
Aroinil o lively.'
''Aoughii ! me got a good dog ; cut
'umI tail P"
Yes, bring your dog, I'll have hint
Ixed for you."
Next tiy my Navaj, frinnd appear.
w ith a ill, 'laik, Indian fiee,
-porting a long tail and e:irs to cora
resl 0 id . U it rol Ii ng ihii pretcious'
plauaripedI fromi hais bluanla t, he signi
led a desire to hive the J0bh done
wi(hout delay ; -0 I called two ieni,
111n bado onte hold the dog while th u
tlicr docked Ilis; tail wi:ii an axe.
l'his did nott suit the redl skini wh1o re
'used to tiust his favorite to the
adts of a s wago white miiani :11d pre
'erred to pet frmii thill olerit ion him-.
tiIf. I therefore orderel otie of tile
uien to hohIlie thd's tail over a con
r'enient log, while the other held his
lead and loropaws. All being ready
lpt Indian steiz -1 dit lixe, but insteal
Af usinig it as aiy other person wonliI
iave done, lie swig the bIhide hiighL
lhovo his head with botI hands, Is it
the oljiet to be separated reliiirmtl
hlis whole Strength1. dJust then the
soldier who lield the tail gave it a
muddon pull, while the ole at the
:11 Ite a corresponding lpush,
Down cane tlie keen we'apol dividing
ie iiunfortinuato "purp" jiusi foreward
if the hiniiid quarters, to the infiiito
lisgist of the lIdian, who picel ip
.ii. di-joiitei halves, threw his blal
ct over his shtoulders wi(h indesCri).
ible ditgpnity, and exclaimed in guttu
-al faccets
"'gh ! 1--11 ! Ih n ! Cut 'um1
too short."-- Orel /an,/ M/ont/ly.
lillitll Sh le (nrl.
''he Special Tern of the Unitect
tate Clienit Ciurt. for the trial f'
eiriiinal (K Klux) cases, oriered to
be lidkI at Cohia on first Moni'ay
in A tigi-t, was oalled Monday tt tho
Nickera n Iotel. Ihis lIItnor .Judege
Bryan was prmsnt, but 110 Cien ib
Juedge being present, the J rors in at
tendalice we.-ec disiharged, and ali or
dler made coititiuing the reengni.
zan11CCS Of parties butind over until thd
Novenier Term.
An order' was made dhohc~arging
Wmn. 11. Trv-zvanit from his recogni
In the ease of Jlos. Crosby, charged
with innirder untder the eiifiireenit
act, an ordter was mnade t hat he bo
adminittedu to ba ii before (Iiiited Sr t ae
(domiiiossio lo ihoO'er in Lhi 'tu in of
$8,000) for is aippearvanlce at, thie
Novcemb er TForm, andi he aft erwards
entered in to rectigniizainee in obe
dionce to tho order.- ('aro/in ian,
'1hw Maire Ii of Civillzilni
Twenty years ago the Fiji grottp
was inhiabitedt by a race of camiihals:.
Cri pples, sick and aged peopile were
strangled. Wh len a cief o r tonii dieCs
his wives and slav-es were slain, antd
clhild ren were shaiin by the ir paren tts,
sla ves by thir I masteCr5, and1( common11
pet'ople by) thieir chief, wit hout any
dlanger fromn law or ptuli i op~liin
Murdler wvas hioniorabhIe, was frerp9 ent ,
andi no'ivarsal d istru t previl ied.
N otI half the peopl d iled by natralI
eathI. To-tday thorei is a reguila r
weekly newspaper ca Ilhe thle lijt
Governmient (Gazetto, thle or-gan of II bs
Ma lje'sly K intg Ka1 boban , king of t he
Cani ,ibt1tal sls. JThe latest isru tn
contains a proclamation for a 'Jay of'
thanksgivinig andt prai o in that ''it
hla- pleasedi Almoighity Goid to delivter
F j i froni thie peiis and d isa sters at
tendaint upjonthe vii isitait(ion of hur
ritcanie, and( temipestuious we:.t hier at
this present see.onl;'' a.l (lie dlay
r~e t a palLras a hlidayicini. Thllink wha6:t
Fiji may b~e in fifty years at the priesa
out rate of progr-ess.
Captain Daniiet Z'eigle*t an agedl
and I ospected cit iken of Oranget ur
Couty3, edicit on the 29;h of Ju ily, at,
thie aidvanced age of seventy nighti
years, le was a soldier <f tin war'
of 1812, aind was a fa iirbill anrd devod
ted se n to his State.
.\ swe-et "girl gtuaduanto" of a Ms
sachusel Is school recently toild an ex
amoiner that "ej-op was the sin thor ef
the L,:.tin fales, e-vcredi wiih ha.i r,