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HOYT & CO., Proprietc Correspondence Cliarlcslon Daily Neios. GRANT AS A REFORME] A Talk with Judge Orr?The Present a Future of the State. Anderson, S. C, July 3 In accordance wi;h the instructions of t News, I have this morning called upon ex-G< James L. Orr, at his pleasant country hoc situated about a mile from this village, and < tained from him an expression of his opini concerning the present condition of affairs South Carolina, and his views as to the b method of attempting the much-needed ref mation in those affairs. Judge Orr receiv me with courtesy and cordiality, assured me his high respect for the journal which I h the honor to represent, and expressed his pla ure at the opportunity of placing his views 1 fore the whole people of South Caroli through such a medium. The conversati that ensued continued for perhaps an hoi the Judge conversing rapidly, intelligently a forcibly, and with an appearance of perf< candor and frankness, and the dialogue, so i as it was upon matters of public interest, w about as follows: Correspondent. I have observed that sic your return from the Philadelphia Conventi you have been speaking in various places up the political prospects in this State, and ( claring in favor of a thorough reform in t State administration. What do you propose a plan for accomplishing that reform, and wh elements of probable success are there in t proposition ? Judge Orr. Well, sir, it is evident that a; reform to be accomplished in our State affa; must be accomplished by the Republican pari Your papers acknowledge that, and with t immense Republican majority in this State is a self-evident proposition. The masses tl compose that Republican majority are the a ored people of the State, and their devotion the Republican party is not to be altered arguments as to the comparative correctness the principles of the two parties. Such arg ments are in the main above their c?mprehe sion, and if it could be logically proved (.' mind you, I don't think it could) that the tc ets of the Democratic party were better th those' of the Republican, the colored mas: would still cling to the latter party, through sentiment which, having its origin in gratitu to jhe Republican party for its benefits co ferred, has now grown to an instinct of dev tion to that party. Correspondent. Yes, sir; and it is precise by reason of that blind, unreasoning adhcsii of the colored people that the bad men of yo parly, who have swarmed to this State, ha been able, by shouting the shibboleth of E publicanism, to mount upon the votes of t colored masses to positions of power, and to t control of the funds of the State, where th have shown their gratitude by plundering ali the whites and the blacks. 1 Judge Orr. Yes, sir; but the colored mass are still disposed to favor honesty in the a ministration of affairs rather than rascality, b cause they have had no share of the plundt but have, on the contrary, had to endure the share of the loss?because the burden of e orbitance iu taxation and profligacy in go ernment must eventually be borne by the po laborers. Correspondent. Then the colored people a perfectly willing that their rulers should honest, but they must be Republicans; and, between an honest Democrat and a dishorn Republican, they would be apt to support t latter? Judge Orr. Well, yes. The rulers and lea ? ers of the colored people must be Republicai What they want now moro than anything el is honest Republican leaders. Their choice leaders has hitherto been confined to the "a pet-baggers," because they were the only m Srofessing Republicanism who possessed a; egree of intelligence and education. Correspondent. Aud their intelligence a' education has been, iu most cases, extreme limited. Judge Orr. Yes, but still superior to that the great bulk of the colored people who wc just released from slavery, and had been wit out any means of education. Now the tir has come when the white men of this Sta native South Carolinians, should resume th< natural leadership in the affairs of their ov State, and this they can only do by einbrach Republicanism and putting themselves at tl head of the Republican colored masses. Correspondent. What do you mean by er bracing Republicanism ? Accepting the non nation of Greeley, a life-long Republican, ai the platform of the Liberal Republican Co vention ? They have already done that. Judge Orr. No, they must accept the non nees and platform of the Regular Republic: Convention at Philadelphia. Nothing else rScognized or will be recognized as being E publican by the colored people of this Stai There can be no more sacrifice of principle Democrats voting for Grant than in their v ting for Greeley. Both are Republicans, ai they renounce their Democracy in voting i either. Correspondent. Then you think that t' Democrats, having struck their flag and got farasGreelev toward the Republican rani might as well surrender altogether and go 1 Grant and the eutire animal'/ Judge Orr. Yes. It is not as though t contest in this State were upon abstract -qu< tions of political economy or between Dem cratic and Republican principles. The Dem crats of South Carolina have shown thei selves willing to accept the fundamental pri ciples of Republicanism. All they want no so far as the State is concerned, is an hom and economical administration of affairs, a there is no man in this country more anxic for this consummation than President Grs himself. The present condition of affairs South Carolina and Louisiana is a terril burden for the Republican party in the coi try to carry, and they are determined to pur the party of such dishonesty. Correspondent. "When the devil was sii the devil a saiut would be; when the devil i well, the d?1 a saint was he." Judge Orr. What did you say, sir ? Correspondent. Nothing, sir, I am listen! to you. Judge Orr. I was saying that the leadi Republicans at the North have been shock and astounded to hear of the robberies perj trated by Republican officials in this Sta Some of them asked me in Washington if the horrible stories about the frauds iu Soi Carolina were true, and when I had to t them that they were, they threw up their har and exclaimed, "Oh, that will never do. 1 must make sonic movement for reform do there at once." Some of them told mo tl when the frauds in the Southern States uu< the reconstructed governments were first ported, it looked as though the discovery woi swamp the Republican party, but fortunate the frauds of the Tammany Ring came to li< about that time, diverted attention and sa\ the party. Correspondent. Theu, iu the movement >rs. A here, you are in full accord with Presid< i Grant aud the Republican leaders of 1 i. I North? Judge Orr. Yes, sir; aud now the wh ud ] men ot the State ought to go into the nio1 ment. They should attend the primary me ings, address the blacks to show them the ab lute community of interests between the t he races as long as they are both residents of t )v. same State, and equally dependent for succ ie, upon its prosperity, and open their eyes to 1 >b- enormous robberies that have been perpetral on by the scoundrels now in power, in Correspondent. Yes, sir; but can not they 2St all this without embracing Grantism, whi >r- they look upon as having contributed to a v< ed large extent to the very evils they now seek of reform ? The white vote in October would ad just as effective for reform, whether in Nove is- ber it was cast for Greeley or Grant. ?e- Judge Orr. They cannot gain the cent ua of the-minds of the colored people unl ess tii on absolutely and in good. faith accept regu ir. Republicanism. It is not their votes that c ad cause needs so much as their influence in let jet ing the colored people to vote. We ask t ar white men of this State to take up Grant. as the sake of State reform, in which they hav< direct and personal interest, and give up Gn ce ley and h/s promises of National reform, on which (if such a thing be necessary at all) th on can have only a remote or secondary intere le- There is no middle course, and they have ? he to swallow Grant if they want to secure refoi as at home. at Correspondent. Well, it ought at least lie console tnem that Greeley is sure of his eh tion with or without the vote of South Care ly na, and in all the estimates for the conii .rs Presidential canvass this State is conceded ;y. Grant, and still his defeat shown to be pre! be certain. it Judge Orr. I do not admit that; but we w at all know better about it after the election. )1- the meantime, what remains for us to do is to attend the primary, township and county cc by ventions, and see to it that a sufficient numl of of honest men, black and white, are sent to t u- State convention to insure the nomination n- honest men. This ought to be done at out is, for the rascals that we seek to defeat are i n- ready in the field, using all their power, plu in der and patronage to get that convention fill es in their favor, while our organization is or a just begun. io Correspondent. What white men, belongi n- to this State, can you mention who are wi o- you in this new movement ? Judge Orr. In this part of the State the ly are a good many. In Abbeville County the >n are Dr. Limbecker, Mr. McCasland, Mr. Ti ar rant, the Tolberts, Jacob Miller. At Abbevi ve Court House, Mr. McKeller. At Greenwoc e- Mr. R. E. Hill, Bobt. Jones, T.*B. Milford, ae P. Dupree, W. D. Mars, W. H. Taggart a lie James Martin. In Greenville there is Capta 3y Mims Sullivan, Mr. A. Biythe, Mr. W. '. ke Watson aud others. Here in Anderson, the are Messrs. J. S. Murray, J. C. Featherst es and Warren Wilkes. In Pickens there a d- Colonel Si D. Goodlet and Mr. C. L. Hollin{ e- worth. There are a good many others in the jr, and other counties whose names I cannot thh ir of, and there are others who have written to i e- to ask about the new movement, but have n v- yet committed themselves in its favor. I or sides my recent speeches in Columbia and A beville upon this subject, I am going to spe re at Greenville to-morrow, the 4th; at Andcrsc be on Saturday, the 6th; at Walhalla, on Tui as day, the 9th, and at Pickens on Tuesday, t >st 23d. By the way, in your telegraphic report be my speech at Columbia, and in your editor remarks upon it, you have done me an inji d- tice, unintentional, I suppose, iu making it a js. pear that while refuting the charges of nepoth se against Grant I made similar charges agaii of the former rulers and statesmen of South Ci ir- olina. What I meant to say was, not tt sn those gentlemen had appointed relatives ly office, but that certain favored families, whi seemed to have a large share in controlling t id affairs of the State, appeared to always ha ly plenty of their members in official p?sitioi The Hayne family, for instance, I think, selde of had less than twelve or fifteen of its brand re in positions of power and trust, h- Correspondent. What about the gift-takin ae Judge Orr. Well, a part of what I said u ;e, on that subject was said as a joke. Wbcr .ir said that, when in Washington, I had receiv rn a present I referred to the time, many yet ig ago, when, being speaker of the House of Re ie resentatives, I had been presented with a gc pencil by the boys employed in the House a- pages. ii- Correspondent Whom do you propose id Governor upon the reformed Republican tic n-'?et ? Judge Orr. Oh, I don't know. There s i- half a dozen good men who might be name in with either of whom I should bo satisfied, is do not want it?would not have it?nor a e- other official position on the face of the eai c. to which I could bo elected or appointed, in have held office ever since I was a boy, anc o- am tired of it. I would resign my judges!: id to-morrow, if I had any other way to supp< or my family. And that is something that rs give me strength in the convention. I can s lie to them: "There is no office under the sun tt as you can give me, or that I will take. I ha :s, no desire for office, no selfish interest to st or serve, no choice of candidates between horn men, and all that I want is to sec a reform lie our State Government." There is Judge is- W. Melton, who would make a good Govern o- or C. D. Melton, of Columbia, or I would ha o- no objection to J udge Graham, or eveu to Jud n- Willard. n- Correspondent. Who are the other can w, dates for nomination ? sat Judge Orr. There arc a good many of the id Frank Moses, Dr. Neaglo, Governor Scott a us John Patterson appear to be the moat pror nt nent. I don't know that Patterson's chain in amount to much, aud, as to the triangular e:e )lc lest between Scott, Mo?es and N eagle, 11 n- told that Scott means to play oil' the other t ge against each other and slip in between. Ncaj says he has got $100,000 to spend for the orE :k, aud Parker says he has got $50,000 to pay ;ot his re-election. Moses appears to have used all his ammunition already. Correspondent. Suppose that your frier ng are defeated in the convention, and a straigi out liiug candidate nominated?what arc y ng going to do about it ? ed Judge Orr. That is one question which >e- must decline to answer. I am sure that tc. will go into that convention with so.respcc all hie a number of delegates pledged to rcl'or ,th that if the Convention do not by its acti ell promise reform, we could organize a power ids bolt, but I do not threaten a bolt. Sometlii Vc equally effective would be done, however, si xn that you may rely upon. President Gra lat whether ho is rc-clccteu or not next Novemb ler will not go out of office until next March, re- Correspondent. Who are named for I lid other S .ate officials ? ly, J udge Orr. For Lieutenant Governor, I h.* ;ht ? heard of Ransier, Nash and Delany. ForS cd j retary of State, Cardozo and F. H. Frost, I Williarnsburg. For Comptroller General, R< for ben Tomlitison and Neagle, if he. enn't get! Me I Governorship. For Treasurer, Parker. I ANDERSON C. H., S. U., T ;nt Attorney General, Judge Melton, Chamber!? :he and Whipper. For Superintendent of Edu< tion, Jillson and Henry Sparnick, of Aik< ite There are a host more of them, but these i re- the most prominent ones I can think of. ?t- Correspondent. Is there anything new so- State finances ? wo Judge Orr. Nothing that I have heard. 1 Jae fairs appear to be at their worst, but that, ess course, all the readers of the News are famiL ;he with. I only wish that the great mass of c ted colored people who cannot read could have impressed upon them as well. The instituti do for the deaf and dumb and the blind at Spi ich tanburg has just been closed, and the inma jry sent home because they can get no money fr< to the treasury. The penitentiary and luna be asylum have to resort to all sorts of shifts m- feed their inmates. The public schools i shut up and tho teachers discharged unpaid, rol It is threatened that the quarantine along c iey coast will have to be abandoned for want lar funds. I have not received a cent of pay : >ur nine months, and most of the State olnci id- whose pay is due quarterly are in the sai ;he condition. Meanwhile the State debt has be for increased at least twelve million dollars, a s a between four and five million dollara have be se- collected in taxes during the past four yea in That is to say, the Columbia thieves have h cy an income during four years of at least sixte st. million dollars, and now they say thcty have: jot got a dollar in the treasury. And what ha rin they to show for it ? Not a single public i: provement. Not one mile of railroad or can to not one dollar's worth of legitimate cxpeni jc- ture on the State House?nothing at all exec ili- a few acres of swamp lands and sand hi ng bought by the land commissioner at from t to to ten times its value, and which are now goi tty begging for purchase at eight years' time a six per cent, interest. Bah! It makes me si ill to think of it. In So it did me, and I left, to Matters are very quiet in Anderson. The >n- is but little political excitement, and a mc >er conspicuous absence of irritation or bad fe he ing Detween the two races than, perhaps, of! any other district of the State. Frank Mo; ie, made a speech here last Monday night und al- the auspices of what Tom Mackey calls 1 in- abortion?the United Order of Indepeude ed I Brethren, othcrwsie known as Scott's Ku Kli ily r Moses had but a small audience, hardly a j colored men from the country and a good ma white gentlemen attracted by curiosity. He v? evidently disappointed and made a very mi speech. The only enthusiasm manifested the meeting was when one of the audien called for three cheers for Judge Orr. T cheers were given with a will and the speat was sadly disconcerted, for it is understood ti the same degree of affection exists betwe Moses and Orr that his Satanic mn;2sty is pc ularly supposed to entertain for holy water. The crops in this neighborhood are report as in excellent condition and as being mo promising thau at any former season. The has been an abundance of rain here late Last night there was a brisk shower, whi lasted an hour or more and was accompani by a heavy wind?almost a tornado?which i flicted some damage to the crops and blew doi a colored church at Bclton. In Abbeville County political affairs appe to be more lively. There the United Brethr flourish largely, and excited political mcetin are held in different parts of the county alm< nightly. Every effort is made to array t black men in hostility against the whites, few nights ago one office-holder, whose m< prominent exploit since he deserted from t Confederate army was robbing the coun treasurer's safe, made a rabid Radical spec about rebels, slavery and Ku Klux, whi Frank Moses, who listened to it, declared ma his blood curdle iu his veins, and which m: therefore, be assumed to have been a pret ugly speech. The speakers are mostly co temptible hounds who impose almost incrc< bly upon the ignorauce of their colored au( tors. One sample lie will very aptly illnstri the absurd notions with which they fill t heads of tho negroes. One of the speake a member of the late Legislature, gravely i formed his audience that at the last session offered a bill in the Legislature to establish t price of bacon at ten cents instead of fifte cents per pound, and that this bill would ha become a law, and the negroes would have c their bacon for ten cents a pound, if it had i been for the opposition of the rival candid; :p- f for re-election, who had voted against it 1 ild I cause ho thought ten cents was too low. ] promised, however, if he were sent back to t House that he would next winter fix the li so as to bring bacon down to ten cents, and 1 audience promised to send him there. Picket. .th LI ire ire ir lle >d, J. nd Lin H. ire on Lre ra? se ni? ne lOt le b ak >n, 2s he of ial is ip sni ist ir lat to ch he .ve as. >m ICS ;pi cd irs as :k ire :d, 3 i ii up m ill ay mt vve ib est in S. or, ive Ige ai m nd ni CCd m im wo gle ce, for up ids ht ou L I wc ta? in, ion ful ng .nd ut, cr, the ive ec of D?? the Beautiful Sketch.?The character of t Indian, the majesty of the forest in which lives, free from all restraints of civilizatic naturally inspire the mind with poetic conce tions, when pondering on his race and dcstii At least an effect seems to have been produc on Mr. Bancroft, our Minister at London, wc may judge from the following beautiful i scription which he has given of the Indi mother and her babe: "How helpless the Indian babe, born withe shelter, amiust storms and ice; but fear naj ing for him. God has placed near him a gu: dian angel, that can triumph over the scverit of nature; the sentinel of maternity is by ] sido, and so long as his mother breathes ho safe. The squaw loves her child with instin ive passion, and if she does not manifest it lovely caresses, her tenderness is real, wake: and constant. No savage mother ever trust her babe to a hireling nurse, nor ever put aw her own child to suckle that of another. 1 the cradle consisting of light wood, and ga ornamented with the quills of the porcupii and beads, and rattles, the nursling is firn attached, and carefully wrapped in furs; a the infant thus swathed, its back to the mol cr's back, is borne as the topmost burden, eye cheerfully flashing light, now accompar ing with tears the waitings which the plainti melodies of the carrier cannot hush. Or wh the squaw toils in the field, she hangs her chi as Spring docs her blossoms, on the hough ol tree, that it may he rocked by the breer.es fr< the land of souls, and soothed to sleep by t lullaby of the birds. Does the mother die, t nursling?such is Indian compassion?sha her grave." Death from a Singular Caf-se.?T Columbus Sun, of Saturday, relates the folio ing: A gentleman told us yesterday the ovcrs< of tho Wright River plantation met his dea strangely a few days ago. As he was enteri his house, a favorite dog, iu the joy of meeti him, leaped upon him and otherwise signili his delight at seeing his master. While ga holing, one of the paws of the animal scratch the owner's arm above the wrist. In a shi time the arm began to swell, and mortificati and death eusucd. The tear of the flesh v very slight?hardly noticeable. ? "You cruel man," cried Mrs. Jelliki "*my tears have no effect on you af. all."' "\V or 1 drop 'em. then." said the brutal Jellikius. HURSDAY MUKiN?NU-, JUl .re Lf of ar ur on ir :es >m tic to tre ur of for :rs ne en ud en rs. ad en l't ve m d, li fis ,V0 ? ck xe re 3l in ICS er iis nt ay ny as Id at ce be or at en P ed re re ly. ch ed n vn ar en )St be A >st he From tlie Greenville Mountaineer. Greeley and Grant. I propose, Messrs. Editors, to institute a co parison between these two candidates for 1 Presidency. Greeley is admitted to be a man of tru and one who has never deceived his friends ti S c, ch de Vt ty n li li tc he rs, n be be en ve ,ot lOt ite te? le he iw lia he he mf p a if le (in ut h tr? ies iis is :t bv till cd ay ro ily ?C, ily od ;h its ly vc ile Id, a >m he he res he w ;er th "g "P od in ed >rt on ?as foes. Grant was convicted of lying by whole of President Johnson's Cabinet! Ii matter of record. In his explanation about i cepting the temporary appointment of Sec tary of the War Department, he openly avo his treachery, base treachery, to his chief Such conduct would have dishonored a priv; gentleman in any society. Greeley has always been a sober man. Gn was a disgraced drunkard before the war, a had to resign his commission in the army keep from being cashiered! Greeley has shown himself by his speed and writings to be a man of talents and .'.bili Grant has never written anything that evinc the least ability, aud he has never been able make a speech at all I During the war he c played no military genius whatever, and af sacrificing one hundred and twenty thousa men, twice General Lee's whole force, he c< quered only by au overwhelming force still 1 under his command. Greeley is in favor of the constitutioi rights of the States being respected, and v sacredly guard and respect them. Gra throughout his whole administration, has c! regarded the rights of the Southern States, a trampled them in the dust I Greeley is a civilian and a statesman, a will appeal to the civil authorities for the < forcement of the laws. Grant is a success military chieftain, confesses in his inaugu that he "has no policy," or, in other words, no statesman ; and he has set all laws at d< ance for the last four years, and governed I South by military force I He has filled I country with his troops, suspended the writ Habeas Corpus; had innocent men arrested the hour of midnight, without warrant, a hurled off to jail! All this done in time profound peace, when the civil authorities wi abundantly able to enforce the law 1 Greeley is admitted by all to be an lion man, governed by principles, and if eleel President, will appoint none but honest mcr office. Grant has taken bribes I under I name of gifts I of hundreds of thousands dollars, and appointed the giverh to the hi* est offices in the government! His first Sec tary of the Treasury made him a present fifty thousand dollars, and was appointed office! His Secretary of the Navy and Sec tary of State did the same tiling. Many oth might be named. Lord Bacon, "the wis< greatest of men," was disgraced and impend for taking gifts whilst Lord Chancellor, thou in every instance he decided the law correct For this taking of gifts from parties in Cot England's great poet pronounced him 1 basest of mankind! Grant has been surroui ed by official rogues and defaulters from 1 time he went into office. He has proteel them ! If Greeley is elected, it will strike terror h the ranks of the roguish official carpet-bagg< scalawags and traitors in South Caroii They will flee the State with their ill-got gains, as rat3 leave a burning house. But Grant is re-elected, they will go on stcali till there is nothing left in the State to ste His bayonets will protect them, and the negr will be told again if they don't vote for tht they will be thrown back into slavery! Greeley was in favor of amnesty at the cl of the war, and wished "the North and Soi to shake hands over the grave of slaver Grant and his partizans have denied to i wisest aud best men in the Southern States I right of holding office ever since the war clos till it was forced out of them by the uomij tion of Greeley. Greeley was for peace after the surrendet Lee, and magnanimity on the part of the c< querors. Grant hypocritically cried out " us havo peace," whilst he was marching standing armies over the country, coinmitti outrages on peaceful citizens, and stirring strife and rebellion ! All the issues on which Greeley opposed 1 South for the last thirty years, aro dead a buried. There is now no antagonism betwf him and us. But the issues which separate from Grant are living issues, and will couth to live as long as he remains iu the Presideu If Greeley is elected, he will restore I government to Republican principles and c< stitutional rights, and put down corruption n dishonesty, If Grant is elected, he will o tiuue his military despotism, and play the rant on a grand scale. If Greeley is elected, he will live at tho s of government, aud attend to his high and sponsible trusts. But Grant will, if re-elect take up his abode at some watering place the summer season, and trot his fast horses, he has been doing for some years past, Icavi all the duties of President to be discharged subalterns, or be neglected entirely. Greeley will not do, it is hoped, as Graut) done?appoint all of his own and wife's k dred to fat offices, without regard to their ness or competency. General Washington a Mr. Jefferson thought this sort of uepoti infamous, and refused to appoint their re tions. Grant had no such notions of hoi and propriety about him. Now, can' any true-hearted Southern m with intellect above that of an idiot, hesit which to choose, unless he is looking to Gn or the Radical party for office, and disrega the true interest of his oppressed and ruii country ? Greeley is an honest man, a man ability and principle, the friend of the Sou and the friend of the Constitution and rights of the States. Grant takes bribes! ] around him a corrupt and emboldened set rogues, scoundrels and defaulters, whom he tains in office, and has sustained by his ha nets the rotten regime now ruling in Soi Carolina, which has robbed and squandc fifteen or twenty millions of public inonc and increased our taxes five-fold ! Four ye of Grant's administration has brought all th evils upon us. Do we not wish a chanj Can we survive four years longer under th burdens ? If there is any gratitude in the breast o colored man, and he has intelligence cuougl know that Greeley has done more for his cm; cipation and right of suffrage than any otl man in America, lie will choose him in prel ence to Grant, who, up to the war, was a Dc oerat, and a pro-slavery man, voting for Bu anau for President of the United Stai Should the colored people now repudiate tli old friend Greeley, and take up Grant, the ponent of their emancipation, ii will sin says Judge Davis, that they are unlit to ex? cise the right of suffrage. I am sure tl would not do so, but for the malign influci of the carpet-baggers and oiTu-e-scckcrs i office-holders. B. F. PERRY ? Little girls believe in a man in the uk ?young ladies in a man in the honey moon ? A Jancsville, Wisconsin, girl frightei her serenaders away by falling out of the iv ' dow. jY i?, L? tz. ra? the th, or the is a ac re >W8 I? atc int ,nd to bes ty. jed to lis? ter .nd in? ert; rial nil nt, Iis .nd .nd jn ful ral is efi the the of at nd of ?re est ted i to the of rh rc of to re ers st ied igh iy. lit, the id :he ted a to its, nr.. ten n at oes :ni ose ath i the the e na of 3u 'let his up the md ;en us me cy the on md an ty eat re ed in , as ing by lias in fit tiid sm da nor an ate int rds ied i of th, the lias of re yo Jth red jys, ars esc ;c? use f n l to an lier ler 'in eh les. icir op )W, ;er jey nee md ied iu Pokiug Fun at a Railroad. Mr. Derrick Dodd writes as follows to t Washington Capital about the branch railro between Baltimore and the Capital: But about this railroad. Of course 1 want abolished, as every one does. The reckless -\ locity with which the trains are run betwe here and Baltimore is absolutely frightful, was delighted years ago when this road w established, because I thought we had got i of the old rickety and dangerously fast sty coaches, but the speed they are beginning run the trains at now on this road is worse y Now, every one knows that Baltimore is fo; miles from Washington if it is an iuch, a three days and a half is plenty quick enou for the trip, but the managers have already duced the schedule time to thrse days and ft hours, and what with making the engine fi too hot, and racing with cows along the roj and all that, the conductors are even cutti that time down. Why, it was only the other day on the do trip we happened to spy Sims' old mule ab< two miles out of town. What should the re< less wretch of an engineer do but clap on f steam and race every foot of the way into t district? We didn't exactly pass the mu but we caught up with him twice, and ca; into the depot neck and neck?and which v puffing the most, the mule or the engine, y couldn't have told to save your life. Now, was all very exciting, and all that, I know, 1 I hadn't purchased an accident ticket, an* don't believe the other four passengers hi either. This is all wrong, Mr. Editor, wroug. And then on another occasion, I rememb we came within a hair's breadth of havinj very serious accident. The engineer had g ten off to snowball a chipmunk, and the cc ductor was minding a young widow's baby her?the result was that the train happened get on a down grade and wo started off at terrific rate, every bit of four miles an hour should think. We were just half a mile abc the Annapolis junction, and the first thing knew, there being no one to whistle and wa up the switch-tender, we were turned off ii the Annapolis road and went down the wro track at full speed. Imagine our consternati when just at this moment we heard the whisl not half a mile ahead of us, of the Annapc up train. We were paralyzed with ten Here were two trains on the same track i proaching each other at the dizzy speed j mentioned. Evidently our time had con In a few short hours*the engines would me and then?destruction ! With great presei of mind, a minister on board organized a pn er-meeting. Pale but calm the doomed oa of passengers sat, and though with the v< shadow of death upon them, raised their voi in a parting hymn. "Send for the baggage-master," said a you man with a sad smile. "Why ?" was asked. "Because we are all about to pass in i checks.* Everybody wept. From the rear platfo we could see the miserable engineer 6traini every nerve to catch up, but he had tight bo on and didn't gain anything to speak of. At this moment a ray of hope dawned uj us. I had just finished writing my will on I back of a visiting card when I observed a you lady in the act of detaching her bustle. PI ing the article?which was composed of I newspapers and a hair mattress?under 1 arm, the heroine march through the car. 1 followed her anxiously. She climbed upon the tender and then o1 the engine. It was very interesting and thr ing to see her climbing over the wheels a brass things on the way to the cowcatcher, reminded me of a country girl getting ovei wire fence. Bui; never mind about that n< Let me see where I was. Oh! yes?on 1 cow-catcher. Holding on by the cross-b with one baud, the noble maiden tied the b tie on the sharp prow with the other. You can guess the result. In the course the afternoon the collision came on?proteci by the bustle, the engine received a gen bump, and we were saved I I took up a collection for the woman on 1 spot. I always take up collections on such < casions, always. Ana what's more, I ne forget to give the object interested somethi nice out of it, never There is nothing me about me. I suppose you have noticed i clothes ? A Remarkable Max.?There Is a m who has been living in Atlanta, Ga., since first settlement; is sixty-two years of age; 1 not been confined to his bed ono day from si ness in forty years ; has never been iutoxi ted ; never won or lost a dollar at cards; ne had a fight or carried concealed weapons ; ni er served on a jury; has never sued any one beeu sued. He was in company with Capt. James ? derson when the present location of Marie was selected, and helped to cut and carry po to build the first cabin there; it was th named Nubbiuvillo; was with the engine when the first lino for a railroad from Chat hoochce river to Atlanta was run; went Marietta on the first train that passed over I Chattahoochce bridge; went through the tt ncl at Tunnel Hill on the first train that pa cd through it; saw tho first bar of iron li down ; the first engine and passenger car tl came to Atlanta, lie was at a gander pull: in the then woods about where General Ai tcll's residence now stands, and saw Cou John Thrasher pull the gander's head c ms been in the employ of one railroad co pany twenty-seven years; became of age the 20th of September, and voted for Wik Lumnkin for Governor in October, and 1 oteu the Democratic ticket ever since; 1 served as Clerk of the Superior Court, Pc master, Alderman and Mayor; was on Str Mountain in 1S*J(5, in company with Hon. Clayton, and has visited it annually c since. Who is ho? If he is the man we imagine, his sons are tcady and industrious, and his daughters utclligcut and beautiful.?Atlanta Comtititti Be Always Sticking in a Tuee.?"Ja lien ye hae naething else to do, be ye sticki a tree; it will be growing when you j sleeping." The above death-bed injunction of the < Scott to his son, is well worthy the attenti and acceptance of all sons of modern days, closely followed, it could not do otherwise ill ad to many a paying investment, for ev< l'c in the right place is a thing of value, a put there in an "odd spell," it may be re ned as having been obtained at next to cost. And since each year added to its age uses its size, and, consequently, its val the insignificant outlay necessary to obtain, a place it into position, may be counted so mi pital, put out at compound interest.?j (ingc. ? The man who had a cloud upon his bi has lately been mist. ? Why is John Bigger's boy larger than .? -o "r>--?? v,?'o n Urrla 'Ritrrrpr VVJJUUIVLCj VJ-ll.-JL^w. tx. he ad ;it re en I ras rid ige to et. rty nd gb rc >ur res ad, mg wn jut ik ull he ile, me fas ou it )Ut rJI ad, aU er, ?a ot >n for to a ,1 ?ve we ike ito j mg ion de, >lis or. ip ust le! (et, ico SS jry ccs ?ng A Big Menagerie Wrecked. iur rm ing ots >on Lhc mg ac 300 aer Wo ver ilL md It r a )W. the ars us of ted tie die oc ver ing ;an my A correspondent of the New York Sun, wri? ting from New Haven, July 3, says: John Robinson's circus met with an almosl irretrievable disaster on the New York and New Haven Railroad early this morning. The j cages containing the wild beasts, the tents, and all the paraphernalia had been shipped from Bridgeport on a freight train to this city. A passenger car for the accommodation of the performers, drivers and attendants, was attach? ed to the rear of the train. As the train was passing under a roadway bridge, two miles West of the city, the bridge fell. The falling timbers first struck the plat? form cars, on which were the cages. Twelve of the latter were smashed, and six of the lat? ter were swept off in an instant, strewing the track for several hundred feet with their brok? en fragments. The caged brutes thus suddenly freed from their imprisonment broke loose in every direc? tion. The monkeys were the first cut, followed quickly by two young lions and a wild cat. A valuable tiger, three striped kangaroos, and several other animals, were crashed and in? stantly killed. Most of the eagles, of which there was a valuable collection, flew away, as also did several of the smaller birds. The train was promptly stopped, and it was ascertained that four of the circus drivers had sustained severe injuries. Mr. G. N. Robinson, the treasurer of the company, had a narrow es? cape. He was asleep in the ticket wagon which was smashed into splinters, scattering the money in every direction, but he escapee without a scratch. The loss to the companj is estimated at $50,000. The rear car and its inmates escaped unin? jured. The spectacle at the instant of the overturning of the cages was at once ludicrous and alarming. The monkeys, chattering and screaming, scampered up to the side of the broken bridges, and seemed to enjoy the fun! The tigers, Blondin and Dick, after lapping up the blood of several of their less fortunate companions, sprang across the ditch, and disap? peared. The near, crippled, limped off up the track, scaring the engineer and fireman nearlj out of their wits. The conductor, chased by t hyena, saved his life by climbing a telegrapr, pole at a critical moment. The wolves dined off the smaller members o: the happy family, and then disappeared in the same direction as the tigers, ana, it is feared after more prey. One of the large rattlesnake was cut in two, but his companions, a danger ous boa constrictor and two smaller snakes were last seen shooting off in the grass towards this city. As it is known that several of the most dan? gerous and blood thirsty members of the men? agerie are loose, the utmost consternation reig*? here. To-night a large party armed with gum and revolvers, are scouring within a circuit o: five miles of the scene of the accident looking for the truants. tan its lias ck ca ver BV lor k.n tta les i en ers ta to die m 5s aid lat Ing ns sin 'ff; ni on ;on las lias ist A Louisville Romance.?Society circle; were treated to a startling sensation yesterday afternoon. It was to the effect that a beautifu and accomplished young lady and a well knowr young gentleman of this city had been secretl] married some time ago, and the facts had jus become known. Last night the affair was th< universal theme of conversation. The facts ii this real romance of life are as follows: For some time past Mr. Russell Hancock son of Gen. W. 5. Hancock, and at presem connected with the firm of S. T. Suit & Co. Main Street, has been paying his addresses t< Miss Lizzie, daughter of Nicholas Gwynn Esq., a well-known Main Street merchant, whe lives on Fourth Street, between Broadway anc York. It seems that for some reason Mr Gwynn objected to the attentions of Mr. Han cock, and preparations were made to send th( young lady abroad for two years. Two ytjan is an eternity to young lovers, and they deter mined that their happiness should not thus b< destroyed. On the 30th of A pri 1 hist the young couple very quietly went to Jefferson ville anc were married by the Rev. Dr. Hutchinson After the ceremony, the young lady returnee to her father's house and has remained then until yesterday afternoon. The avowed intention of the young people was to keep the marriage a secret until the ok folks became reconciled to the union, when th< marriage would be made public, and the young man would claim his bride. But marriage & well as murder, will out. One of the parties ii the secret imparted it in confidence to a friend and that friend did likewise. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hancock, finding that the secret was known, aud would ii all probability reach the cars of his father-in law, wrote that gentleman &?noto giving ful particulars of the case. Before clispatc'aing the note, however, he sent for his wife, and the young couple were registered at the Louisville Hotel last night. Up to 12 o'clock to-day Mr. Gwynn had noi rcph'cd to the note, but the probabilities an that he will give the voun" folks his blessing Don't Depend on Father.?Stand uj here, young man, and let us talk to you. Yoi have trusted alone to the contcuts of you; father's purse, or his fair fame for your influ ence or success in business. Think you tha "father" has attained eminence in his profes sion but bv unwearied industry'? or that In has amassed a fortune honestly without energy or activity? You should know that the facul ty requisite for the acquiring of fame or for tuuo is essential to, nay inseparable from, tin attaining of cither of these. Suppose "father' has the "rocks" in abundance, if you neve: earned anything for him, you have no nion business with these rocks than the goslin ha; with a tortoise ! And if he allows you to med die with them until you have gained them bj >nc ! your own industry, he perpetrates untold mis A. j chief. And if the old man is lavish of lib ver I cash towards you while he is allowing you t( while away your time, you'd better leave them all yes, run away, sooner than be imbecile, oi all something worse, through so corrupt an influ on. once. Sooner or later you must learn to relj on your own resources, or you will not be any? body. ck, ing ire old ion If lan cry md ck no iu uc, md ich Er ow his Fiturr ix Tin Cans.?The Boston Journa of ChcmiMry says: The impression prevail; among those who use freely fruits which an put up in tin cans, that they are injured there by, and this impression is in many cases cor rcct. We have long contended that all pre served fruits and vegetables should be stored it glass, and that no metal of any kind should b< brought in contact wjth them.* All fruits con tain more or less of vegetable acids, and other that arc highly eorrosive are often formed bi fermentation, and the metallic vessels arc con sidcrably acted upon. The cans are held to gether by solder, an alloy into which lead enter largely. This metal is easily corroded by veg etable acids, and poisonous salts are formed Undoubtedly, many persons are greatly injurec by eating tomatoes, peaches, etc., which hav< been placed in tin cans, and we advise all oui friends who contemplate putting up fruits the present summet to use only glass jars for the purpose.