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HOYT & Ca. Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1872. VOLUME Vm.?NO. 6. Charles Simmer's Reply to Speaker Blaine. "Washington, D. C, August 5,1872. Dear Sir :?I have seen the letter addressed to me by you through the public prints, and I notice especially that, while animadverting up? on my support of Horace Greeley, you say not one word in vindication of that compound of pretensions, known as Grantism, a contradic? tion to the Republicanism which you could instil anew in the Government. You are greatly concerned about the compa? ny I keep. To quiet your solicitude I beg leave to say th at in joining the Republicans who brought forward an original Abolitionist, I find myself and so many others devoted to the cause I have served always, that I had not missed you until you hastened to report absence, nor Lad I taken account'of the "Southern seces? sionists," who, as you aver, are now co-opera? ting with me in support of this original Aboli? tionist, except to rejoice that if among former .associates sprue likcL yourself hesitate, their, places are supplied in an unexpected quarter. You entirely misunderstand me when you in? troduce an incident of tho past, and build on it an argument why I should no - support Hor? ace Greeley. What has Preston Brooks to do with the Presidential election ? Never while a sufferer did anybody hear me speak of him in unkindness, and now for the lapse of more than half a generation, I will not unite with you in dragging him from the grave where he sleeps, to aggravate the passions of a political conflict, and arrest the longing for concord. And here is the essential difference between you and me at this juncture. I seize the opportunity to make the equal rights of all secure through peace and reconciliation, but this infinite boon yott would postpone. Seven years have passed since we laid aside our arms, but unhappily during all this period, there has been a hostile spirit towards each other, while the rights of colored fellow-citizens have been in perpetual question. Seven years' work, a natural period of human life, should not be spent, nor the spirit be changed with the body; it cannot af? ter seven years commence a new life, especially when those once our foes, repeat the saying, "Thy people shall be my people; thy God my ?God." I declare my preference for an original Abolitionist as President, and you seem to cre? ate a division, by crying out that Democrats will support him, to which I reply, so much the better; their support is the assurance that the cause he has so constantly guarded, whether of equal rights or reconciliation, is accepted by Democrats, and this is the pledge of a true Union. Beyond anything in our history, it is a victory of ideas, without which all other vic? tories must fail to intensify your allegation. You insist that I am ranged with Jefferson Da vis and Robert Toombs ; but pardon me, no? body knows how the former will vote, while Robert Toombs is boisterous against Horace Greeley, and with him are Stephens, Wise, and Mosby. This is all very poor, and I mention it only to exhibit the character of your attempt. In the same spirit you seek to avoid the real issue, by holding up the possibility of what you call a Democratic Administration; and you have the courage to assert, as within my knowl? edge, that in the election of Horace Greeley Congress is handed over to the control of the party who have positively denied the rights of the black man. You say, that I know this, Mr. Speaker. I know no such thing, and you should be suffi? ciently thoughtful not to assert it. I am en? tirely satisfied that a cauvass like the present, where the principles declared at Cincinnati are openly accepted on one side, and not contested on the other, must result in a larger number of Congressional Republicans sincerely devoted to the rights of the colored citizen, than ever before. The Democrats will be pledged as nev? er before to the ruling principle, that all men are equal before the law, and also, to the three Constitutional Amendments with the clause in each, empowering Congress to enforce the same by appropriate legislation. But besides Demo? crats, there will be Liberal Republicans pledged likewise; and also, your associates, who, I trust will not betray the cause. Senators and Representatives calling them? selves Repulicans have been latterly in large majority in both Houses, but the final measure of civil rights to which you refer, though urged by me almost daily, has failed to become a law, less I fear from Democratic opposition than from Republican lukewarmnes3 aud the want of support, in the Presidential chair. The great issue which the people are called to decfcle in November is on the President, and nobody knows better than yourself that the House of Representatives chosen at the same time will natnraily harmonize with him. ^So it has been in our history. Now harmony with peace free? ly involves what I most desire. With such a President; Congress will be changed for the first time since the war. The equal rights of all will have a declared representative at the head of the Government, whose presence thore will be of higher significance than that of any victor in war, being not only a testimony, but a constant motive power in this great cause of oppression. Whether open hostility or more subtle treach? ery will yield to the steady influence of such a representative, therefore, in looking to the President I look also to Congress, which will take character, in a large measure, from him. In choosing Horace Greeley we do the best we can for the whole Government, not only in the Executive but in the Legislative branch ; while we decline to support nepotism, repayment of personal gifts by official patronage, seizure of the war powers and indignities to the Black Republicans, so various in capacity, as exhibi? ted by the President and the rings by which he governs, none of which you can defend. You know well that the rings are already condemned by the American people. For my? self I say plainly and without hesitation that I prefer Horace Greeley with any Congress pos? sible on the Cincinnati platform, to President Grant, with his pretensions and his rings, a voto for whom involves the support of all his pre? tensions, with prolonged power in all the rings. There must be another influence and another example. The Administration, in all its parts, is impressed by the President. Let his soul be enlarged with the sentiments of justice and awakened by industry, and not only the two houses of Congress, but the whole country will feel the irresistible authority overspreading, pervading and permeating everywhere. There? fore in proportion as you are earnest for the rights of the colored citizen, and place them above all partisan triumph, you will be glad to support the candidate whose heart has always throbbed for humanity. The country needs such a motive power in the White House; it needs a generous foun? tain there; in one word, it needs somebody different to the present incumbent, aud nobody knows this better than Speaker Blaine. The personal charges you make upon me, I repel with the indignation of an honostman. I was a faithful supporter of the President, until somewhat tardily awakened by his painful con? duct on the Island of San Domingo, involving the seizure of war power, iu violation of the instructions, and indignity to the Black Repub? lic, in violation of international law, and when I remonstrated against these intolerable outra? ges, I was set upou by those acting in his bc Such is the origin of my opposition. I could not have done less without failure in that duty which is with me the rule of my life, nor can I doubt that when partisan sentiments are less active, you will regret the wrong you have done me. Meanwhile, I appeal confidently to the candid judgment of those who, amidst all pres? ent differences of opinion, unite in great ob? jects, far above party or President, to which my life is devoted. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHAS. SUMNER. To the Hon. Speaker Blaino. Gen. Banks, of Massachusetts, Declares for Greeley. j The following concise and dispassionate let? ter from Gen. N. P. Bonks will be perused with interest: Boston, July 31,1872. Mr Dear Sib : I have the honor to ac? knowledge by this note, in addition to our con? versation to-day, the receipt of your invitation to address the citizens of Lynn on Thursday evening in support of the re-election of Gen. Grant and the policy of his Administration. No invitation could have had greater weight with me from any part of the country nor from any portion of my fellow-citizens, and it gives me great pleasure to assure you that nothing could be added to your (suggestions as a represen? tative of the citizens of Lynn to induce me to accede to the request. Their kindness to me many years since is a continuing life remem? brance, and nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to renew my acquaintance with them. But I regret to say that I am not in accord with them in regard to the Presiden? tial canvass. Against my wishes and my per? sonal interests I am compelled to believe and to say that the perpetuation of the present pol? icy of the Government is not for the advantage of the country, and that it will not tend to establish its former peace and prosperity, nor to promote the interests of any class of its citi? zens. No personal feeling of any character enters into this judgment; it is i>n view of gen? eral principles and public interests alone that I adopt this conclusion. The unity of the masses of the people of all parties, sections, and races in support of the grand results of the war is indispensable to the permanent establish? ment of the common recognition of those re? Bults. It can be secured by no other means; we shall all be forced to this conclusion sooner or later. This united action upon this basis has been the hope of my life. I fervently de? sired it during the war and in the reconstruc? tion of the States subsequent to the war; I believe it is now tendered in good faith in the nomination of Mr. Greeley, and for one I can? not reject it. It was what I desired, and its consummation, although sudden and startling, docs not alarm me. My duty to myself and my country requires me to give him ray sup? port. I cannot advocate before your friends a different course which neither ray judgment nor my heart approves. It grieves me most deeply to separate myself in thought or act from any one of those with whom I have been so long associated, and to whom I am so greatly indebted, but I believe the result will justify my action, give fco the country that peace and prosperity which is the object of all our labors, and secure to every citizen the civil and political equality and free? dom which was won by the sacrifice of so many valued lives. Accept assurances of my lasting friendship and esteem, and believe me yours, &c, N. P. Banks. James S. Lewis, Chairman General Republi? can Committtee, Lynn, Mass. A Cheerful Home.?A single bitter word may disquiet an entire family for a whole day. One surly glance casts a gloom over the house? hold ; while a smile, like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the darkest and weariest house. Like unexpected flowers which spring up along our path, full of freshness, fragrance, and beauty, so do kind words, and gentle acts and sweet dispositions, make glad the homo where Eeace and blessings dwell. No matter how umble thejabode, if it be thufi garnished with grace, and sweetened with kindness and smiles, the heart will turn longing to it from all the tumults of the world, and home, if it be ever so homely, will be the dearest spot beneath the circuit of the sun. And the influences of home perpetuate them? selves. The gentle grace of the mother lives in the daughters long alter her head is pillowed in the dust of death; and fatherly kindness finds its echo in the nobility and courtesy of sons who come to wear his mantle and to fill his place ,* while, on the other hand, from an unhappy, misgoverned, and disordered home go forth persons who shall make other homes miserable, and perpetuate the sourness and sadness, the contenitons, and strifes, and rail? ings, which have made their own early lives so wretched and distorted. Toward the cheerful home the children gath? er "as clouds and as-.doves to their windows," while from the home which is the abode of dis? contentment, and strife, and trouble they fly forth as vultures to rend their prey. The class of men that disturb, and disorder, and distress the world are not those natured amid the hallowed influences of Christian homes; but rather those whose early life has been a scene of trouble and vexation?who have started wrong in the pilgrimage, and whose course is one of disaster to themselves and trouble to those around them. Feminine Tact.?San Francisco is blessed with a woman of the most remarkable resour? ces, perhaps* ?vor credited to the feminine gen? der. It is difficult to imagine any gigantic difficulty over which her expedients could not triumph at once, and with ease. Her daughter was engaged to be married to an estimable and eligible young man, and had her linen and plate all purchased and marked with the monogram of the twain. All the young lady's friends were apprized of her pros? pects, and were daily looking for the happy event. One day the young lady got married very quietly, and to another person than her long intended. Her friends wondered and sur? mised and joked her about making a mistake and marrying the wrong man. Both the young and old lady were uncommunicative and made no explanations whatever, and so the astonish- j mcut and gossip increased rather than dimin? ished. At length the whole mystery was solved, and this was the way of it. The first young man proved faithless, and broke off the match. The wedding and house-keeping things were all bought and marked, and it would not do to waste them. Now comes in the dear lady's economical spirit and pleasant fancy. She ac? tually puts Mrs. Toodles door-plate theory in practice, which theory has been regarded so outrageous, that it never fails to make a whole theatre full of people laugh, whenever they hear it mentioned. This California womau has demonstrated its entire practicability, for she started out to find a young man with the same initials as the faithless one, found him and married her daughter to him on the spot. We advise the young man to keep a sharp look out for his 'v'jncicrfn! mother-in-law. How Presidents are Made. All the powers of sovereignty in the United States rest with the sovereign people, and yet they do not elect their President or Vicc-Presi dent. They think they do, but the nearest ap? proach the people can make under the consti? tution to an election of these officers is in the election, State by State, of the agents by whom said officers are elected; and, taking the will of the majority of the people of the United States as the test whtch would determine the choice of their President and Vice-President, we see that it is only in the chapter of acci? dents that these officers are in reality the choice of the people?that a man may by the electo? ral colleges be elected President with a heavy majority of the popular vote of the Union against him, and that, worse yet, a man may be constitutionally chosen President by the electors for whom not one solitaiy vote has been cast by the people. The national constitution provides, in the election of President and Vice-President: Fiist, that each State, as the Legislature may direct, shall appoint a number of electors equal to %he whole number of senators and represen? tatives to which such State is entitled in Con? gress ; second, that these electors shall meet in their respective States (the electoral colleges,) and vote by ballot for President and Vice President ; third, that they shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for and of the num? ber of votes for each, and transmit said lists, signed and certified, to the president of the United States Senate; fourth, that this presid- j ing officer, in the presence of both houses of Congress, shall open these certificates, and that the electoral votes of the several States for I President shall be counted then and there, and ! the person haying the largest number of votes, if a majority or all the votes cast, shall be President. Otherwise from the three highest persons voted for by the electoral colleges the House of Representatives, by ballot, shall elect th? President, each State in these elections being limited to one vote. A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and majority of all. the States shall be necessary to a choice. Finally, when such election shall devolve upon the House, and it shall fail to make an election in the interval to the 4th of March next follow? ing, (and under existing arrangements these elections come before the House about the 12th 1 of February,) then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of death or other constitutional disability of the President. In the next place the person from the electo? ral colleges having the largest number of votes for Vice-President shall be Vice-President, if his vote be a majority of the whole vote far this officer cast by the electoral colleges.? Otherwise from the two highest persons on the li3t from said colleges the Senate shall choose the Vice-President. A quorum for this pur? pose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. Uuder this system of electing Presidential electors by the popular vote on a general ticket, we have had some strange results from time to time since 1S20. In the election of 1824, gen? erally known as our Presidential scrub race? between Jackson, Adams, Crawford and Clay? the electoral vote of the Union was thus divi? ded upon these men?for Jackson 99, for Ad? ams 84, for Crawford 41, for Clay 37. There being no election by the electors, the three highest persons voted for?Jackson, Adams and Crawford?went before the House for an election. The House by States, one vote for each State, on the first ballot elected Adams, who secured 13 States, against 7 for Jackson and 4 for Crawford. According to the voice of the people Jack? son should have been elected, for he had a pop? ular majority over Adams of 00,000. The choice of Adams, however, was a fair election by the House compared with what may be done in an election of President by that body. For instance, let us suppose that three candi? dates, as in 1824, are before the House for au election of one of them. Jodcs has one hun? dred any fifty electoral votes, Smith one hun? dred and twenty-five, and Brown forty. Smith and Jones are beyond the reach of a compro? mise, but Brown, of Delaware, with a half dozen of the little States to back him, is ac? ceptable as a last resort to the friends of Jones and Smith, of other small States, and so, with the votes of Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida and so on, till we make up the nineteen small? est States in population, Brown is elected, though the States electing him may represent less than one-third of the sovereign people of the United States. Schurz and the Young South.?One of the most impressive parts of Senator Schurz's late able speech was that in which he spoke of the rising generation at the South, who, having discarded the teachings of the old secessionists, are likely to form a new school of political thinkers and actors. His remarks, indeed, were so important that no apology is necessary for reproducing them. He said: "Southern society has been gradually under ?oing change. The old political leaders who rought on secession, and now stick to their old creeds, are dropping by the wayside. The young element, which has gone through the practical school of war, is coming to the front. They know that something has happened; they know that something has been decided; they know that this decision cannot be overthrown again, and that it would be foolish to squander their time in trying to do so; they know that they have cast efforts behind them, and that they have a lifo before them which can be made useful. They arc leaving in the rear their old leaders, who arc still groping among the ruins of the past, and they begin to staud upon their feet. They arc inclined to march forward and to develop the opportunities of the new order of things. They are capable of a new, hon? orable and patriotic ambition, for they feel that this is, after all, their country, and that their fortunes are bound up in the fortunes of this our common Republic. They want to be re? cognized as American citizens again in the fullness of an American citizen's rights. This is the Young South which is lifting up iUs head. It is not this class in which you find the forlorn dreamers who will speak of overturning all that has been accomplished by the war. They have consigned the old dreamers to the last ditch. It is not from this class that the miser? able wretches are recruited who, in Ku Klux garb, some time ago infested the country. The Young South is to make the late rebel States true members of the Union again, in the best meaning of the word. I speak with confidence of this, for I know it to be true. I have seen. many of them, and sounded well their leading spirits. They need only to be taken by the hand as friends to be led on in tho right direc? tion." ? Intense study of the Bible will keep any man from being vulgar in point of style. ? An item in a lawyer's bill to his client ran thus : To lying awake at night thinking over your case, forty dollars. ? Kalamazoo is a thriving Western town, it sent 46 criminals tojthcpenitentiary in a sin? gle month. The Cauiue Crisis?Shall the Dogs he Exter? minated I The following paragraph, now going the rounds of the papers, uncredited, is evidently a gross exaggeration in some of its figures: The dog census of the United States is put down at 21,000,000. At a moderate commuta? tion each animal costs $8 a year, making a to? tal of ?168,000,000. Of the number upwards of 100,000 go mad annually, and bite about 10,000 people. On the whole, the crop cannot be said to pay. In the census tables, so far as they have come to hand, dogs are not enumerated. According to the above estimate of the number of dogs in the United States, there would be one to every two inhabitants, counting men, women and children. A canine census taken at Squatter dom, Shantytown, or other of the densely pop? ulated hut districts on this island, would proba? bly give as high a proportion as that. But it cannot hold true for any considerable region or population, and certainly not the whole coun? try. The computation of the yearly cost of each animal is not too great, but two small, we should say. As to the number going mad an? nually, that may not be so much overstated ; nor the number of people bitten. On these points there is a lack of accurate statistics. But in the closing sentence of this alarming paragraph we entirely agree?"On the whole, the crop cannot be said to pay." It is, in fact the worst crop raised in this country, rattle? snakes not excluded, meaning by "worst" the average worthlessness of the race of curs and their habits of making night hideous, torturing the sick and nervous and inflicting bites whose virus, when it has once taken hold, causes the most terrible of maladies, incurable by all the present science of medicine and surgery. Our exchanges are teeming with accounts of hydro? phobia. The mad dog seems to be the scourge of the United States, as the man-eating tiger is of Singapore. "Five persons," says a Brook? lyn report, "were bitten yesterday (the 16th) I by dogs." Suppose, instead of dogs, the biters I had been rattlesnakes, or corbras?or other I venomous reptiles?imagine the consternation. I There can bo little doubt that a general hunt by all the brave spirits of Brooklyn would be bromptly organized and che snakes cleaned out with St. Patrick's thoroughness. It shocks the feelings and prejudices of all people to couple the "faithful servitor of man" with the most loathsome and repulsive of created things. But sentiment must make way for unpleasant I facts?and there is a demand that something should be done to check the frightful rav? ages of hydrophobia. Perhaps a discussion of the subject may stimulate science to find some euro for the disease after it has once manifested itself. At present there seems to be none that j can be relied on; nor is it wholly certain that 1 precautionary measures, such as burning or cutting out the bitten parts, even when doue at once and radically, will avert the malady. Until science can warrant a cure for hydropho? bia, the question of exterminating dogs off the face of this country remains a fair one for dis? cussion. In large cities .there is an ordinance requiring dogs to be muzzled in the hot months. But this regulation is not generally obeyed, I and whoa it is, Mr. Bergh says, and not with ! out force, that it is a dreadful cruelty to the ! dog, and might be expected to goad him to madness and bites. The dog perspires through his mouth, and to shut that up or impede the motion of lolling, might well abet the develop? ment of hydrophobia. And then the disease occurs in winter as well as summer. Several fatal cases of bites were reported in this city during the past spring and winter. If the jaws of all the dogs could be bouud up tight all the ! year round?except wheu fed?that of course would greatly diminish the number of deaths from hydrophobia. But there would be no use in having clogs thus muzzled, and for all the good that they could possibly be to mankind, they might as well be killed. That would be, in such circumstances, a kindness to the dogs, and an immense relief to all persons who do not own them. In brief, all remedies for hy? drophobia failing, and all dog laws being inef? fective, the extermination of the whole species is forced upon public consideration. There is much to be said for the dog. He is a compan? ion and a friend to his master?faithful among the faithless. He is useful for the protection of property, saving his owner some degree of vigilance and care, which, but for the dog, he would be compelled to exercise for himself.? Per contra, the dog is the terror of sheep-grow? ing regions. He hunts down and slaughters whole flocks. In parts of the South well adap? ted for grazing, papers report that the ravages j of the dogs make the wool business unprofita? ble. He is the pest of sick people at night, i with his uiiintermittcnt howling, and is a nuisance to all persons in his neighborhood, well or ill, oxcept his owner. And lastly, he is the propagator of that mysterious horror? the hydrophobia. When the pros and cons are weighed, and the balance is struck, we think the cxtcrininationists would have the best of the argument.?AT. Y. Journal of Commerce. Tttey Say.?"They say" is a nuisance. He is forever making mischief. Forever poking his nose into somebody's business. lorevcr villifying somebody's character. Forever doing ?omething mean. We suspect "They Say" has ruined about as many people as whiskey and the faro bank. "They Say" is a snake in the grass. Pro? fessing the warmest friendship to your face he vilely traduces you behind your back?not in the first person singular, be it remembered, for he is too crafty fir that, but he retails, with Aminidab Slcck-like sorrow, what other people say of you?in short what "They Say." "They Say" is a humbug. Tear off the hypocritical mask he wears and you shall see, very often, baseness and knavery of the black? est kind. Sometimes, we admit, "They Say" is weak-minded, and slanders people more through ignorance and thoughtlessncss than a wish to destroy li?cir gor>d name, but he is none the less a nuisance for that, and God help his victims in either case. A Curk for Whiskey Drinkers.?A correspondent of an exchange, who signs him? self "One who has Reformed," sends the fol? lowing : Captain Hall was the commander of the Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen into such habits of drunkenness that his most earnest efforts proved unavailing. At length he sought the advice of an eminent physician, who gave him a prescription which he followed faithfully for seven months. At the end of that time he had lost all desire for liquor, al? though he had many times been led captive by a most debasing appetite. The prescription, which he afterwards published, and by which so many other drunkards have been assisted to reform, is as follows : Sulphate of iron, five grains ; magnesia, ten grains; peppermint wa? ter, eleven drachms; spirits of nutmeg, one drachm ; twice a day. ? Mr. Greeley's capacity for the Presidency is the theme for an editorial in the Hartford Post. (Grant.) The capacity generally re? quired now-a-days of office-holders is the capa? ciousness of their pockets to hold the plunder they steal from the public.?N. Y. Herald. The Champion Diamond Robber? Born a Gen? tleman, Bred a Thief. The statement concerning young Harding, who stole the mail-bag from the New Rush (South Africa) post office, containing four or five hundred thousand dollars' worth of dia? monds besides a large amount of ready money and checks, has been given briefly heretofore. The following account of the young man is calculated to "point a moral:" The culprit is the younger son of a gentle? man residing in Surrey, England. "To keep the elder brother up in state," the younger was sacrificed. This particular Harding was a gen? tleman's son, and though primogeniture abso? lutely demanded that his father should not spoil the paternal estate by giving him any part of it or furnishing him the means of "get? ting on" in business out of its revenues, an ed? ucation suitable for a gentleman must be given to him. "When he left college young Harding was fitted to shine as a man of leisure, but not to succeed as a man of business. Indeed, it seem? that to go into business at all was never con? templated by him. His father plainly never said, How is this boy when grown to manhood to support himself? Whether Harding had no desire to enter the church or the army our meagre account does not inform us. But cer? tain it is that if his family had influence enough to procure him a position in either they failed to exert it, and permitted him to drift on pur? poseless. It will be thought by many readers that he should have become the architect of his own fortunes; that he should have struck out for himself, as the world owed him a living and should be compelled to pay its debt. This line of reasoning fails to take into considera? tion the peculiar social atmosphere in which this young man was born. His circumstances and his education were all against his doing anything for himself. Harding's idleness soon became intolerable to himself. He solicited permission, which was gladly granted we may be sure, to go to South Africa. Perhaps he had vague visions of making a fortune by digging diamonds.? Such a hope was proper enough in its way at a distance, but when he reached the spot it soon came to naught. Harding did nothing?could get nothing to do. He realized fully the Scrip? tural description of another person. "He could not dig, and to beg he was ashamed." But un? fortunately ho was not ashamed to steal. He filched ?100 from his room-mate, a Mr. Beau clerck, and left Cape Town for the diamond fields. While there he learned that a warrant was out for his arrest on a complaint for theft. What could he do ? He was standing in the vicinity of the post office, and the postmaster 1 and his assistant leaving the building before his eyes suggested a way of escape. A mail bag would surely contain one hundred pounds I It :s robbing Peter to pay Paul; but then Pe? ter, here meaning the public, can' better afford to lose the amount than Paul, and besides, no one will know the robber of the mail-bag?this was the illusion?while every one would hear of the thief of one hundred pounds when pro? duced iu court Harding reasoued quite speci? ously that he would, by pursuing such a course, keep his own body out of jail and save his fam? ily from the resulting disgrace. This "gentleman" robber appears to be a man in many respects of fine organization. No Hamlet is he. What his head commands his hands execute, and at the moment. He did not procrastinate. He did not even wait to see whether any one was watching him. He ad? vanced to the window of the post office, broke a pane of glass, opened the sash, and, without the slightest trepidation, took out the mail-bag, and having concealed it, walked off. He was not in error as to finding one hundred pounds ?he found more than a thousand when he opened the bag in his tent at Du Toll's Pan. But he found in the bag what he had not thought of. Two thousand three hundred and seventy-four diamonds of all weights, from eighty-nine carats down, and all degrees of brilliancy, were spread before his gaze. Meet? ing Mr. Beauclerck, Hardiug, after at first de? nying the theft, offered to settle the matter by paying ?200. This the former refused, as he wanted only his money. Harding counted out one hundred guineas, and this circumstance led to the suspicion which finally stamped him as the diamond robber. He worked on at Du Toit's Pan for some time, but finally left for Cape Town, after having concealed his dia? monds in the barrel of his gun. His arrest just before leaving in the Syria for England, and his bearing when arraigned?cool, without effrontery?have been described. This most remarkable robbery furnishes another reason, if one were needed, against the absurd system which educates a man for a position which it gives him no fair opportunity honestly to fill. A Woman's Vengeance.?There is in Ohio a gentlemanly woman, whose strength of mind might put many a mere man to tilush, and even make Miss Anthony herself meek. It was the building of a new railroad which dis? covered this extraordinary being, who is of an age passing the limits of uncertainty, and who possesses ingenuity of the most diabolical and unearthly kind. It was necessary that the road should pass through a part of her proper? ty, a proceeding to which she objected so vio? lently that the authorities could only assess the regular damages and assume the right of way, willy-nilly. The thunderous tornado of her wrath was aroused, but not until the trains be? gan to run did she commence active war.? Then, when a locomotive came up one day, it found a rail fence built across the road ana the venerable dame seated on top, in the center of the track, with determination and defiance blazing in her eyes. Would she get off? No, she wouldn't. The engineer aud the conduc? tor exhausted themselves iu threats and com? mands, but all in vain?like Napoleon at St. Helena, she sat firmly and surveyed the scene with vociferous disapprobation. The train must go on?there was nothing to be done but go on. Not until the engine began to make tho rails nV did the gentle lady hastcu from her perch, 1 as the train disappeared she executed a wild dance of rage on her desecra? ted land. Sonic time after that her genius, and the sweetness and light of her nature inspired her to oil the track before the advent of a long wood train. Of course the car-wheels spun about helplessly, and the train was indefinitely delayed, while madam, with folded arms, stood on a"lofty hill-top near, and, like the eagles of the republic, laughed out in scorn. What she will do next none can guess, and the railroad people, who have a deadly fear of her, are re? commended to say their prayers regularly when they approach that part of the road.?New York Tribune. ? The unsightly white hairs on horses caused by the wear of saddle or harness may be removed to make way for those of natural color, by applying lard at three or four differ? ent times and rubbing the same with the hand until it becomes quite hot. ? New York city boasts of nearly 7,500 bar rooms, and yet there were only three murders last Sunday. General Longstreet for Grecley. As a significant political event, the desertion of General Longstreet from the Grant party is noted among the most recent defections. Long street, it will be remembered, was one of the first after the close of the war to accept the new regime and acknowledge the altered state of affairs. In 1867 he was appointed to office in New Orleans by General Grant, and until within a few weeks has continued in the ser? vice of the government. On.the 28th of May a_letter appeared with his signature, announ? cing his resignation of the position of surveyor of customs m New Orleans. He detailed at length his reasons for taking the step, but said no word of breaking with General Grant.? Since then, however, to the astonishment of many of his friends, and^to the consternation of the administration party, he has come out strongly for Greeley, and renounced all allegi? ance to Grant. On his arrival in New York a few days ago, Gen. Longstreet was interviewed by a Herald reporter, and, in answer to a question concern? ing his declaration for Grant a few months since, said: "I was approached by two prominent sup? porters of Grant, and my opinion was asked relative to his re-election. I expressed myself favorable to it, and my name was used as a supporter of the administration; but I did not give any very cordial adhesion to it, as I was anxiously awaiting the result of the Cincinnati Convention, which I cordially favored. The result entirely satisfied me, and I had no hesi? tation in declaring for Mr. Greeley, because I believed it to be my duty and my right." "Did he meet your views as a candidate ?" "He did, and he was the only man brought before the Cincinnati Convention whom I would be willing to support. If any other candidate had been put up I would have re? mained silent, but Mr. Greeley possesses all the qualities which are necessary to insure suc? cess. He is amiable and forgiving, and his popularity with the Southern people is very great. The entire South, with the exception of one or perhaps two States, will go for him, and give him stronger majorities than any other candidate for President has received for years." "Do you think he will carry your own Stater "Think I 1 am sure he will carry it. I know Louisiana throughout and the disposi? tion of its people, and I am confident there is a spirit aroused that it will be impossible to contend with. The Greeley movement is strong, and is increasing in strength every day, while Grant is more certainly losing, and by the time November comes there will be no chance for the latter. The spirit of the South is completely aroused, and the Liberal move? ment has taken strong hold upon the hearts of the people. It is the result of honesty and in? dependence against nepotism, corruption and military despotism, and it cannot fail to be successful." "But the negro vote will be against you." "There you are mistaken. Pinchback is on our side; and let me tell you that he possesses the coolest brains and the shrewdest faculties of any public man in the State. I consider him one of the ablest politicians I have ever met, and I know that the men of his own color will flock to the standard he raises. Warrcoth and he are acting in thorough accord, and their united influence it will be impossible to over? throw. If I know anything of public affairs, I can say that Louisiana is certainly lost to Grant, and all the other States, except South Carolina, and probably Arkansas." General Longstreet says that if his health permits him he will take an active part in the campaign; but he has been poorly lately, aud is afraid to expose himself too much. Natural Curiosities in Kentucky. A correspondent in the mountains of Ken? tucky gives an account of a natural bridge which may rival the famous Natural Bridge of Virginia. In Carter county he says, "there is a great curiosity called the 'Natural Bridge' which well repaj'9 a visit to those attracted by strange and sublime scenery. It spans a stream called Little Carry, which falls into Little Sandy River. This bridge is two hundred and nineteen feet in the span, one hundred aud ninety-six feet high, twelve feet wide, and five feet thick in the middle and thirty feet at the ends, being arched underneath and level on the top. One hundred feet below it there is a cas? cade with a fall of sevehty-five feet, and two miles distant there is another cascade with a fall of two hundred feet. From the bottom of the ravine a spruce pine has grown up to the height of four feet above the ridge, making its entire height two hundred feet. The sides of the ravine are so rugged that, were it not for a natural stairway, a person on the top of the bridge wishing to get under it would have to walk two miles. It is interesting to compare the dimension of this bridge with those of the celebrated Natural Bridge of Virginia, which is niuety feet in the span, eighty feet wide, fifty feet thick, and two hundred and twenty feet high. "The bridge is not the only natural wonder of the neighborhood. In its vicinity are two streams known as Big Sinkeyand Little Sinkey, which emerge from the ground good-sized streams, and after a course of about two miles again disappear. There is also an artesian well which formerly threw up a jet about four feet high, of the size of a common barrel; but having been obstructed by stones and trunks of trees thrown into it by persons desirous of finding out its depths, it now only plays to the height of a foot above the level of the pool. Some years ago, in the month of August, the writer" encountered an enormous rattlesnake crossing the road near the bridge. In length he just reached across the road, and in thick? ness he seemed to measure iu the middle of tho body about as much as an ordinary churn. I tied my horse, got some good rocks, and tried my best on him; but my volley only caused him to make the woods ring with his rattles. So, not liking the look of his eye, I mounted my horse and made a Hank movement, leaving my hero in possession of the field. I told an old citizen what I had seen, and he said, 'sijrns of that snake have been found there for twenty years.' I suppose he lived in one of the large caves around the bridge." GRATIFYING.?The progrcssiveness of science is truly gratifying. We present the following delivery upon earthquakes and recommend it to the careful perusal of all scientists. We are of the same opinion with the distinguished authoress: A lady correspondent of the San Francisco Call, writing on earthquakes, thiuks that hete? rogeneous parallcxcs prismatically converging are not due to the silicious introductions of photospherical asteroids, but rather to parabol? ic stratifications of igneous zygema. ? No man can, for anv considerable period, wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which he may be. ? A druggist is not inappropriately termed thi- chief pill-er of society.