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Ait Earnest and Patriotic Letter. Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees has written a let ter on the political situation, in which he ex presses a strong confidence in the ultimate sue cess of the Eeform movement, and warmly eu . logizes the Liberal Republicans for their reso? lute bearing in the present contest. We give ? the letter entire knowing that his earnest and manly utterances will find a responsive chord in the breasts of all patriotic citizens who favor reconciliation and reform: Terre Haute, Ind., Ootober 17,1872. Mr Dear Sir: It was my intention to be present at the meeting in Indianapolis on the night of the 16th, and regret that I was pre? vented by a professional engagement. What? ever may have been thought of the movement in which we are engaged when it commenced last May, there can be no doubt now as to our duty. What was then a crude and discordant beginning has since matured into a cause fraught with the best principles for which men ever contended. We must go forward until the cause triumphs, or confess that error is stronger than truth, and that corruption wins more than honesty. I have bo more doubt that the polit cal elements which have co-operated this sam? mer against the re-election of General Grant will ultimately govern this country than I have' that I now live, and write these lines. Their j Srfect success may not come this year; other ttles may have to be fought in order to drive a strong and vicious party from power, but all this will not dishearten earnest men, who. though they hesitated at first, finally embraced this cause, and determined after careful ' thought that it was good enough to live or'die with. Mr. Greeley is merely one man among millions engaged in it; no more. He may be elected or defeated, but the cause will survive, ?and go forward. It has in it the elements of enduring vitality, and it will not be buried by the falling leaves of this autumn. It repre? sents all the cardinal ideas of free government It proclaims the supremacy of the civil author? ities over the sinister and menacing usurpa? tions of a military Administration. It asserts the sacredness of ;hat great instrument of Lu - man liberty,- the wirt of habeas corpus, and declares that it must be upheld beyond he reach of aspiring tyrants who would striko it down; It pronounces in favor of the Jefferso niau doctrine of local self government, and against that concentration of the powers of the people and the States in the hands of the Federal Government which was denounced by the fathers of the republic as the certain prelude to a monarchy. It advocates the right of each State to control its own domestic affairs, subject to the Constitution of the United States, with outlet or hindrance from martial law, carpet? bag robbers, and official thieves imported from distant regions and sustained by the bayonets of the Federal Administration. It is in favor of releasing the people of the South from a seven-years bondage of prescriptive laws, test oaths, and military domination, by which they have been excluded from the government .of themselves and turned over, bound band and foot, to organized and official piracy and plun? der. It is opposed to that system of govern? ment by which States have been bankrupt, tax? es multiplied a hundred fold, fraudulent debts created almost beyond computation, and all this and more done to enrich the lawless lead? ers of a corrupt and cruel party. It rises above the low doctrine of hate and inscribes universal amnesty on its banner, heraldinj; in the- dawn of a better and more peaceful day than this destracted country has known for the last twelve weary and bitter years; a day of entire reconciliation and complete American brotherhood. It appeals in this as in all 3lse to the higher and purer instincts of mankind and to the recognized and accepted truth; of God. Our cause has also greater aims in view, .which will give it life and victory in the future. It has declared undying hostility to a system of civil service by which, it is confessed in an offi? cial investigation friendly to the Administra? tion, that one-fourth of the tax collected from the laboring masses is lost or stolen before it reaches the National Treasury; a system in which, defalcation, peculation, and robbery are ao frequent and of such common occurrence that the best argument that can be made in favor continuing the present Administration in power was made by General Butler in his Wes? tern campaign: that the official thieves are now full, and being gorged may not steal much more. The cause in which we are struggling and in which we will continue to work ia in? deed the cause of reform and purification. It strikes, at a new and marvellous dynasty of corruption in which the lust of private gain has broken out with a violence and a contempt of morality not hitherto known amongst the nations of the earth for the last 200 years. The President himself has grown suddenly and enormously rich, and according to the highest Republican testimony, he has done so upon the barter and exchange of official patronage for pay, while all his kindred, immediate and re? mote, lineal and collateral, by blood and mar? riage, are quartered on the public treasury and fattening on its contents. The world has sel .dom beheld a spectacle so disgusting and revol? ting since the most shameless and venal periods of the Roman empire. And if this Adminis? tration is continued in power four years more it will grow in evil, and our cause will grow in importance and gather strength with time. Already the honorable leadership of the Repub? lican party has been driven from the support of Grant's Administration by its own debauch-, eries and wanton violation of the laws of the country as well as the laws of propriety. Al? ready the nauies of Sumner, and Grceley, and Brown, and Trumbull, and Schurz, and Koer ner, and Palmer, and Farnswqrth, and Banks, and Austin Blair, and Cassius M. Clay, and Julian, and Brinkerhoff, and Fenton, and Grow, and hundreds more of the ablest and the purest! of tbeirparty are enrolled in the cause of re? form. Time- will only swell the column as the necessity for a thorough and sweeping reforma tion becomes plain to even the slowest and j most faltering comprehensions. The political future, therefore, does not look dark to me. If I am asked why we have suffered defeat in the recent elections, the answer is easy and obvious. The first thing to be encountered by a reform movement is ancient and honest preju? dice; and this sort of prejudice, though it may be* founded in but little reason, is nevertheless entitled to the respect of the wise and the pru? dent When Mr. Greeley was nominated it was a violent shock to the long entertained prejudices of a large portion of the Democrat- j fc party, and however just and noble the cause undoubtedly was, yet I feared from the first that there was not sufficient time in which to overcome those prejudices by the weight of ar? gument The general result has justified my apprehensions. So far as my own District is concerned a sixty days' canvass, although the bardest and most active of" my life, was not long enough this year. Over fifteen hundred friends staying at home on the day of election, not in concert or from hostility to me, but from a mixture of overweening confidence that suc? cess would never forsake me, and an apathetic indifference to the general result, accomplished what my enemies have tried ten years in vain to do, and what they all admit they themselves could hot have done. But the success or defeat of individuals is of but small moment, and so far as I am concerned I rejoice at the prospect 0* the life now before me. j I ought, perhaps, to add a word in regard to the conduct of the Liberal Republicans in the i canvass. They have acted nobly and kept, per | feet faith. It is true that the prejudices of the past prevented the great leaders of the Repub? lican party from influencing as many of their I former supporters as they will be able to do j \ hereafter. It takes time to reconcile even nat urally agreeing elements in the political world,. in both line old political parties. Morton, Cam- j eron, Chandler and Butler can not long con-1 tinue to lead the honest Republican masses j against the earnest warnings and protests of such men as Horace Greeley, Lyman Trum bull, Carl Schurz, and others equally eminent, whose unsullied lives give weight to their opin? ions. This movemant therefore must grow in the ranks of the.-E-epublican party as well as in our own, or -every.rule of human influence will tail in this instance. Hie election or Mr. Hend ricks is a source of great gratification to me personally. His -position is a very com? manding one, and in it he will add new honors to his name and be a tower of strength to the cause of reform and good government in the future. In that cause and for the purposes set forth above, I am with you and him and all co laborers to the end. Very truly yours, D. W. VOORHEES. 1 Sweden and Norway* By the recent death of Charles XV., King of Sweden, his brother Oscar wast elevated to [ the throne. The new King earned the reputa-' tion of an intelligent, virtuous Prince, when. ? off the imperial seat, and will doubtless leave the purple robe of supreme command spotless to his -successor. King Oscar rnles over two nations. His sceptre stretches over two king? doms. He is the head ef Sweden and Norway, which are united under a hereditary and con? stitutional monarchy. The succession to the throne is limited to the male line of the royal family. Females are positively, prohibited from meddling with governmental affairs in Ulis part of Europe. The ruler of Sweden and Norway cannot exercise his choice as to the matter of religious belief. That is fixed and determined by law, as it is in England, and other European countries. The. King of Nor? way and Sweden must be a Lutheran; that is indispensable as loyalty to the occupant of the throne. In the interpretation and administra? tion of the laws, the King is assisted by a roy? al council of ten eminent citizens. This coun? cil embraces three privy counsellors, and the ministers of justice, war, marine, finance, reli? gion, foreign and internal affairs. The diet, or parliament, is composed of four chambers, rep? resenting four estates?the nobles, clergy, burghers and peasants, each of which has its own hall of assembly, and conducts its delibe? rations without regard to the others. The regular sessions of the diet occur once in three years, but it may be called together oftener if necessary. The sessions usually extend over a j period of three or four months. The King has the power of absolute veto of all legislative acts, but this is counter-balanced by the right of each chamber to appoint boards of control and supervision, the duties of which are to keep a careful eye upon the proceedings of the Supreme Courts of justice, regulate the nation? al banks, the liberty of the press, the public debt, the public treasury, and in short nearly every department of domestic government. Owing, to the inconvenience of this system in ; some respects, several important changes were made in 1866, and this Diet now more nearly resembles the British Parliament of Lords and Commons. None but believers in the Luthe? ran faith can hold office in Sweden, and citi? zens who abandon this form of worship and j adopt another, are punished by the forfeiture of certain privileges in the Kingdom. Sweden maintains a standing army of 100,000 men un? der a peculiar system. Most of the soldiers are supported and maintained at the cost of the landed proprietors, and reside on their es? tates, in dwellings provided for them by said proprietors. In return for this maintenance, the soldiers, in time of peace, serve in the ca? pacity of farm laborers, except during the an? nual drill season of four weeks. The balance of the army is composed of volunteers, who serve, for six years, and besides this ever}7 Swede between the ages of twenty and twenty five id obliged to join the National Guard. One hundred and seventy -one vessels constitute the Swedish navy, which is officered by appointees of the crown, and considered quite efficient. The local administration of Norway is based upon a constitution adopted in 1814. The leg? islative chamber of the kingdom holds trienni? al sessions. It is composed of members chosen [ by the freehold voters of the several districts?? ; every male Norwegian who has attained the I-age of twenty-five years, and owns property to the amount of $150, being entitled to the right of suffrage. The Legislature assesses all the taxes, which are collected by royal officers, and the laws enacted by it must be ratified by the King. If, however, any law is passed by the Legislature three times, it becomes valid with? out the assent of the crown. Norway and Sweden are united so far as the Sovereign, for? eign policy and diplomacy are concerned ; but outside oi these the former is an independent State, with the exclusive control of its own affairs. The King is commauder-in-chief of the Norwegian army and navy, but he cannot increase or diminish either without the consent of the Council of State, which consists of Nor? wegians only. No foreign troops can be brought into Norway except in time of war, nor can native troops be sent out of the coun? try unless in a similar emergency. There are certain State rights held sacred in Norway. These they will not allow even the King to'vio? late. The constitution of Norway looks to the total extinction of class privileges in that State. It provides that no one can be confirm? ed independent of the tenure of office, and no one can be raised to the rank of noble. With the death of the last representative of the fif-! teen noble families now existing?the members of which were born previous to 1821?every form of hereditary aristocracy will cease, and every man stand upon his individual record in the community. There is but a small army and navy maintained by Norway, and the peo? ple are not taxed to keep up a military force. These ate the nations over which King Os | car is called to preside. Much attention has been paid to popular education in both couu tries, and the people are intelligent and peace? ful. They are attached to the ruling family, and will second all efforts put forth by the new morarch to improve the condition of his king? dom. If peace continues to prevail in this part of Europe, the advance of Sweden and Norway will be rapid in all matters that relate to art, manufactures and agriculture. The people have caught the progressive spirit of the I age, and are moving in the right direction with j stendy steps. King Oscar mounts the throne at an auspicious moment, and his name maybe associated with the golden age in the history ' of Sweden and Norway.?Philadelphia Age. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Sewanee, Tejtn., Oct. 10,1872. Mr. Editor: Autumn now Bilently broods over our "rock-ribbed" mountain, and bears in its train the dreamy, cloudless days of Indian Summer. The forest is tinged with soft hues of the brown and red?the passing gentle' breezes chant the requiem of departed summer, while All nature is gradually assuming the sad aspects of bleakness and decay. Such premo ( nidons are not without their admirers, among the poetical aud imaginative, on account of their intrinsic beauty, and especially among the students, since they awaken the fond an? ticipation of a return to homes and loved ones. There has transpired little of interest to ruffle the usual quiet of the mountain since I last wrote. With few exceptions our visitors nave returned to theii homes, and the monoto? nous routine of college life is seldom relieved by entertainment or excitement. The most re- j cent item of interest has been an address de-1 livered by Gen. A. H. Jackson, of Savannah, I j before the three Literary Societies of the Uni- j versity. His subject was "The Hour," and the I address, though lengthy, engaged the attention of his appreciative audience to its close. After giving a synopsis of our country's pristine glory and power, he contrasted it with its pres? ent degeneracy and disunion?showing that although now a unitecl, and apparently a free nation, the rancorous; hate between the two sections engendered by the late war has not entirely assuaged. He then showed the neces-f sity for, and the means of, a radical change in the present administration of the government ?assuring the students that party-spirit, igno rance and corruption must yield in the end to intelligence, honesty and probity, the three great bulwarks of a republican government Next, in a glowing strain, he defined the true standard of honor and glory, viewing these passions in the light of both pagan and Chris? tian institutions, and illustrating by living ex? ample how tamely the modern standard com? pares with that of ancient Greece and Borne. In referring to those who have won for them? selves immortal glory and honor, he said the women of the South stand first in the lists: that they were the guardian spirits of zeal and patriotism for the Lost Cause, were the last to acknowledge the subjugation of our armies, and now, when strong men look appalled at the state of our yet bleeding country, the women of the South boldly exhort them to press onward in the cause of justice and right* and by their actions and deeds to reclaim their cherished country from the thraldom of cor? ruption aud ignorance. Among his concluding remarks, he urged his young countrymen before him to be true to themselves, their country, and their God; that the late war, sad and de? structive as it was, has been a visitation Upon the country which will in the end revert to the nation's benefit; and that the dark clouds of despondency and corruption that now over? shadow the land will eventually be dispelled by the patriotic efforts of the Republic's rising sons, and once more this great country will take its former proud, position among the na? tions of the world. The General's style of delivery was univer? sally admired, and his frequent bursts of elo? quence were received with great applause. Another note of interest has been the match for championship between the two base ball clubs?the "Sewanees" and the "Hardees." The former were victorious, as they have uni? formly been during the year, and thus detract? ing much from the usual interest attached to , this game. Last year base ball was a mania with the students, bit this year, in consequence of withholding* the former holiday from the \ University' students, the popularity of the game has vastly declined. Nor is it to be re? gretted that its prosperity is on the wane, but rather to be desired that jt will ere long be en? tirely superseded by games less exciting and deleterious. I scarcely think it will -be ques I tioned that the amount of physical develop- j mcnt produced by the game will compensate | ! for its corresponding enervating influences up (on the mental faculties. A practical applica-; J tion of this theory in the class room has proven j that those who excel in base ball do not take a high rank in their classes. Passing to a more moral organization, let us briefly speak of "St. Mark's Guild." This is an association composed of the communicants and well-disposed members of all the denomi? nations represented here. Its object is three? fold: 1, Mutual sympathy and religions ad? vancement among the members. 2, An aim to elevate the moral tone of the students. 3, An endeavor to extend a knowledge of Christiani? ty among the inhabitants of the surrounding vallies. In its labors here, the Guild is per? forming a good and effective work?educating, in fact, the youth who arc deprived for a great part of all kinds of instruction, and combining all teaching with Biblical knowledge and illus? tration. This brotherhood meets semi-monthly, and is under the direct influence and control of the University Chaplain and the Bishop of the Diocese. Lastly, among the associations, the "E. Q. B. Club" remains to be mentioned. This Club is composed principally of the faculty, and re? ceives its name from the initial letters of the University motto, "Ecce Quam Bonum." Its object is similar to that of the societies among the students, but of course its aspirations are of a higher standard of excellence. More properly speaking it is a club of "free and easy" members, who meet weekly to savagely criticize each other upon whatever subject is presented for discussion, after which they ad i journ and enjoy a choice selection of edibles at I the expense of the member at whose ^ouse the I meeting is held. The Club is of invaluable 1 service to the students. A member is selected j very frequently to lecture to the societies, and ' they, with the public generally, arc always cn tertained and edified by some engrossing sub? ject Those gownsmen of whom I spoke, in my last have at length made their debut before the public of Sewanee, and are strutting about, vieing with the Professors in dignity and sig? nificance. It is the Oxford cap and gown that they wear, which is the only description I can give of them. The former bears a striking re? semblance to a hod with a tassel attached to a button on top, while the latter is a loose species of black drapery reaching just below the knees, and.when the wind is blowing gives the owner the appearance of undertaking an aerial fight. Still, it is of the greatest importance to attain this distinction, as it exempts the wearer from almost all restrictions, and gives him a stand? ing here second only to that of the Professors. In conclusion, I must not fail to mention the numerous acccessions to the register this term. This is the most flattering evidence of the prosperity of the University, and assures us that it only needs to be known in order to be patronized by whom it purposes to be a Uni? versity of the South. JAPHET. The People and t?e Plunderers.?-The revelations contained in the letter of ex-Audi? tor Gary would startle any other people than this. In the.law-.abiding States of .hew Eng? land, rascality like that which has reigned for years in South Carolina would have provoked lynching or revolution. Here, however, the 'tax-paying minority jog quietly along, and cannot, it seems, be provoked into taking any 6tep whatever for their own protection. Now and then there is a hub-bub and a meeting or two, and that is the end of it. Yet they may one day pluck up the courage to fight the Bing in the courts, and a better time than the present could not be found. Auditor Gary does not mince words. He accuses Governor Scott of blackmailing the Blue Ridge Railroad, and of admitting that the money to be collected by taxation "would not be applied to the purpose for which it was lev? ied." These are terrible charges to bring against the chief executive ?fficer of a State. Is Governor Scott able- and ready to refute them ? Auditor Gary says that he was offered "ten thousand dollars in cash" to drop the proceedings to test the validity of the Blue Ridge scrip, and that he was subsequently of? fered $25,000, in scrip for the same purpose He also says that lie was offered $20,000, in cash, to. levy a special tax to pay the interest on the entire debt, or to resign his office, so that bis successor might make the desired levy. These offers appear to have been made by State officials; but, whether they were or not, Auditor Gary owes it to himself, to publish the names of the shameless mea who attempted to bribe a public officer. It will then be seen whether there is no law on the statute book which will reach the rascals. Auditor Gary believes that his removal from office is a part of a deep laid plot to swindle the people out of millions of money by levy? ing immediately a tax of twenty-six mills on the dollar; and he pledges his hearty co-opera? tion in any determined effort that may be made to prevent a continuance of the frauds which have impoverished and disgraced the State.? That such an effort was not made last spring is the fault of (be tax-payers, who refused to con? tribute the small sum needed for costs and counsel fees. It is not too late. There is the Blue Ridge scrip to nail in its coffin. There are the fraudulent bonds to detect and disavow. There are thousands of doubtful claims which require a rigid scrutiny. In any proceedings which may De taken Mr. Gary will prove a val? uable ally. And for what he has already done he deserves the thanks of the people.?Charles? ton News. Newspapers.?Their value is by no means appreciated, but the rapidity with which people are,waking up to their necessity and useful? ness is one of the significant signs of the times. Few families are now content with a single I newspaper. The thirst for knowledge is not easily satiated, and books, thongh useful?yea, absolutely necessary in their place, fail to meet the demands of youth or age. The village newspaper is eagerly sought and its contents ; as eagerly devoured: 'Then comes the demand for the county news. Next to the political , come the literary and then the scientific jour? nals. -Lastly, a'nd above all, come the moral and religious journals.. The variety is deman? ded to satisfy the cravings of the active mind. Newspapers arc also valuable ? to material I prosperity. They advertise the village, county ! or locality. They spread before the reader a map on which may be traced character, design, progress. If a stranger calls at a hotel, he first inquires for the village newspaper; if a friend comes irQm a distance, the very next thing after a family greeting, he inquires for your village or county newspaper, and you feel dis? comfited if you are unable to find a late copy, and confounded if you are compelled to say you do not take it The newspaper is just as necessary to fit a man for his true position in life as food or raiment. Show us a ragged, barefoot boy rather than an ignorant one. His head will cover bis feet in after life if he is well supplied with newspapers. Show us the child that is eager for newspapers. He will make the man of mark in after life if you gratify that (jesire for knowledge. Other things eing equal it is a rule that never fails. Give the cnildren newspapers. The Immodest Fashionb.?There are some features in the dress of the present day which every modest wife should shrink from showing upon herself, every careful mother Bhould pro? hibit in her daughters?things that instead of pleasing the pure senses are a direct or covert appeal to sensuality, and can have no other purpose?ornaments that are arranged so as to attract the eye to portions of the person that should be passed over by the modest gaze ; a style that gives a character to the walk like that of the lascivious dances of the East; dis? tortions of limbs and figure that are injurious to health, aud which can have no other rccom-1 j mendation than that they suggest certain ideas as to the female form that are agreeable to the animal called man, looking as an animal on woman. The second French. Empire, appeal? ing as it did systematically to everything that was impure aud base in a man, has infected the fashion of dress to an unusual degree; and yery many follow the fashions without think? ing of anything about them. But it should be borne in mind that ornamental dress is always designed to be effective in some direction. It produces some effect upon the spectators, it has some appreciable influence upon the wear? ers. Women cannot wear an impure style of dress, especially one that has in it an clement of coarse sensuality, without an injury to their own perfect purity and refinement, which 'every mother must watch over in her daugh? ters, and evcrv wife guard religiously in her? self. To the Citizens of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C, October 21,1872. For the information of the public and for the purpose of warning the tax-payers of this State against a scheme which has been gotten np by certain State officials, by which certain men are to make a large amount of money by defrauding the people, I wish to address to you a few words. A little more than one year ago I was appointed to the position of Auditor of State, and since that time I have endeavored to do my duty in that connection to the "best of my: judgment.'How far I have succeeded re? mains for the people to decide. The hrs t ac? tion, which, out of my regular.course of duties, I deemed ? it incumbent upon me to take, was the prevention of the circulation of the Blue Ridge scrip. This, I was repeatedly told hy the Governor, some one was going to do; but after waiting until almost top late, I learned that'the action of the Governor was simply for the purpose of forcing John"J. Patterson:- the President of the company, to pay certain clairds which he held against the road, in the shape of a note of the company, which he procured in a way not likely to add to the reputation of an honest man. Waiting, as I have heretofore said, until almost too late, for some one to take this matter into the courts, ! finally instituted the necessary proceeding, with the sanction of the Governor. After proceedings had beerf commenced and the usual necessary induce? ments been offered his Excellency, an effort was made by himself and others interested, to induce me to withdraw the suit. $10,000 in cash was offered me by one party the day that the case came into court; and an indirect offer of $25,000 in scrip was subsequently made by another party, in case I would consent to with? draw the suit. This I, of course, refused; and the matter has been a bone of contention be? tween us ever since. An effort was made soon after the adjourn? ment of the Legislature, and continued for some two or three months, to induce me to levy a special tax to pay the interest upon the en? tire bonded debt of the State, lecral and illegal, to be collected immediately. This I refused, although an inducement of $20,000 in cash was offered me, to either levy the tax or resign my position for the purpose of allowing Dr. Neagle to make the levy; and, at the same time, I was informed that Go v. Scott had promised Dr. Neagle to remove me, in case I refused to make the levy. I again declined to comply with their wishes. Now, a second effort has been made to force me to levy a tax to pay the interest upon the fraudulent debt of tue State, and to include a levy of three mills upon the dollar to redeem $450,000 of the Blue Ridge scrip?one-quarter of the entire issue?which has, by decision of his Honor Judge A. J. Wi Hard, of the Supreme Court, been decided unconstitutional and in? valid. Now, while I deem it the duty of every good citizen to pay all just and lawful taxes, I do not consider it his duty to pay every tax that may be imj^ed by unscrupulous men, who chance to be in power. Nor do I consider it the duty of any officer who, through the force of circumstances, happens to be the appointee of such men, to blindly follow their dictation, without regard to right or wrong. So thinking, and acting as I consider it the duty of a good officer aud an honest man, I have again refused to comply with their wishes; and I have this day received an order removing me from office. It is but just to myself to add, that I was in? formed by his Excellency the Governor that I might retain the office, provided I would make the levy. His Excellency, while insisting upon the levy of these taxes, informed me that he knew the money, if collected, would not be applied to the purpose for which it was levied, but that that was none of our business; that it was our duty to levy the tax!; and he based his argument upon the ground that many outstand? ing claims were now held against the State (of which he is the possessor to the amount of $40,000, as he himself informed me,) and that the Treasurer would have no funds to pay them. His only other argument was, that he had pub? licly pledged his word to Henry Clews & Co. that the tax would be levied, and that, should .it not be, he would stand before the people in the light of inconsistency. This scheme is, as I have said, no new move? ment; but while Auditor of the State, I succeed? ed in preventing its consummation. Being no longer in such position, I am powerless to pro? tect your interests, and I now leave it to you to say, shall this plot be carried out, and you be subjected to pay this enormous tax, amount? ing to twenty mills for State, and, in this Coun? ty, five and one-half mills for County?two and one-half times the tax of last year? or will you unite in a determined effort to prevent the. con? tinuance of the frauds which have impoverish? ed the people and disgraced the State? To bring such an effort to a successful issue, I pledge for my own' part, my most hearty co? operation. EDWIN F. GARY, Late State Auditor. The Latest No'telty rx Suicide.?One of | the most distressing; affairs we have ever been called upon to notice took place in Tallahassee, a few days ago. Mrs. A. >V. Pace, wife of a popular ard successful Jacksonville merchant, and daughter of Mr. George Damon, a promi? nent merchant in Tallahassee, seemed to be suffering from somo mental derangement, and thinking a change of scene and surroundings might cure her ine?pient malady, her husband took her to her parents and friends in Talla? hassee on Wednesday last That night, soon after her arrival at her father's house, she called the family around her and prayed and exhorted them to prepare for a great and sad calamity. None had any idea that she was contemplating anything like self-destruction. The next morning early her father went out to procure a bottle of wine for her, and soon after his departure she took a kerosene lamp or can, and saturating herself from head to foot, put a match to it, and in a moment was enveloped in the flames. Her husband and others, hearing her .shrieks, ran to her rescue, and throwing a bucket of water over her, en? deavored to extinguish the flames. This prov? ed unavailing, and her husband, seizing a blanket, threw it around her, and finally suc? ceeded in putting out the flames, but not until the poor victim was bnrned to such an extent that she died in a few hours, after the most intense suffering. ? Mrs. Pace was quite young, and had been married only aboat three or four years. Two years ago she was the happy wife of a devoted husband, whose success in business bad placed him in comfortable circumstances. We have not learned the cause which led to this distres? sing calamity.?Florida Exchange. ? A Wife asked her husband for a new dress. He replied : "Times are hard, my dear I ?so hard 1 can hardly keep my nose above water." Whereupon she retorted: "You can keep your nose above water easy enough if you I have a mind to, but the trouble is you keep it i too much above brandy." ? Wait for others to advance your interests, and you will wait till they are not worth ad? vancing. All Aboriginal Politician. by max adeler. During the recent visit of a party of Indians to the East, one of the number, Squatting Bear, was. observed to behave himself in a very remarkable and mysterious manner. He sepa? rated himself from his companions upou one occasion for several hours, and was then seen returning, dragging a huge Saratoga trunk be? hind him through the streets with a string. When he reached his lodgings with the trunk, . the Other Indiana wpi-p pny^pd fipfftf.,of *hj?m believed the trunk to beaniodel for a new. kind of a wigwam with'1a Mansard roof, whiieothers conceived the idea that it was a patent bath? tub of some peculiar sort, and that Squatting Bear, in a moment of mental aberration, baa been seized with an inexplicable and unprece? dented desire to wash himself. The souls,of .the savages burned with fiery indignation as they contemplated the possibility^6'ftne adop? tion of this revolutionary, enervating and de? moralizing practice of the pale-faces by the noble red man. But when they questioned Squatting Bear and remonstrated with him, that incomprehensible brave merely placed his copper-colored finger upon his burnt-umber nose and winked Bolenflnly with his right eye. The trunk was carried through to the wig? wam of Squatting Bear unopened, (at the ex? pense of Uncle Sam,) and within the preci ncts of his home it was hidden finally from view, and was Soon entirely forgotten. In the tribe, the brave who killed the largest number of enemies in any given year and se? cured the usual trophies of victory, was enti? tled to occupy the position of chief. Squatting Bear was known to have ardent aspirations for the office, and he worked hard to win it. For a while after his return he was always foremost in every fight; and when the scalps were counted around the camp-fire, he invariably had secured the greatest number. Gradually, however, certain of the braves were impressed with the notion that Squatting^ trophies some-, times did not bear a very correct proportion to the ferocity of the contest or to the number of the slain. Several times, after a brief skirmish in which ten or fifteen men were killed, Squat? ting would come sidling home with as many scalps as there were dead men, while, at the same time,-the other warriors would together have nearly as many more. The braves thought it was queer, but they did not give the subject very serious attention until after the massacre of a certain band of emigrants which passed close by the camp of the tribe. There were just twenty persons in the company, and after the butchery several Indians took tbe trouble to count the bodies, and to keep tally with a butcher-knife upon the side of a chip. That night, when the scalps were numbered, each brave bad one or two apiece, but Squatting Bear handed out ex? actly forty-seven of the most beautiful bunches of human hair that ever were seen west of the Mississippi. The braves looked cross-eyed at each other and cleared their throats. Two of the number stole out to the battle-field for the purpose of counting the bodies again, and of ascertaining if this bad been a managerie with a few double-headed persons in the party. Yes, there lay exactly twenty corpses; and to make matters worse, one of them was a bald headed man, who, for additional security to his scalp, bad run a skate strap over his head and buckled it under his chin. When they returned, the entire camp devoted itself to meditation and calculation. Twenty men killed and forty-seven scalps in the pos? session of a single brave, without counting those secured by other participants in the con? test I The more the warriors pondered over this fact, the more perplexing it became. A brave, while eating his supper and reflecting upon the problem, would suddenly imagine he saw his way clear, and he would stop, with his mouth full of baked dog, and fix his eyes upon the wall and think desperately hard. But the solution invariably eluded him. Then all of ?them would glide behind their wigwams and perform abstruse mathematical calculations upon their finger and they would get sticks and jam the poii a into the sand, and do hard sums out of their aboriginal arithmetic. And they would tear around through the Indian rule of three, and struggle through their own kind of vulgar fractions, and wrestle with something that they believed to be a multipli? cation table. But in vain. Forty-seven scalps off twenty heads I It seemed impossible. They tried it with algebra, and let the num? ber of beads equal x, and the number of scalps equal y, aud then they multiplied x into y and subs true ted every letter in the alphabet in suc? cession from the result until their brains reeled, but still rhe'niystery remained unsolved. At last a secret council-was held, and it was determined, that Squatting Bear must have some powerful and wonderful charm which enabled him to perform such miracles, and all hands agreed to investigate the matter upon the first opportunity. So the next week there was another fight, in which four persons were killed, and that night Squatting actually had the audacity to rush out one hundred and eigh? ty-seven scalps, and to ask those benighted savages, sitting around that fire, to believe that , he had snatched all that hair from those four heads. It was too much?much too much; they seized him and drove a white oak stake through his bosom to hold him still, and then they pro? ceeded to his wigwam to ascertain how that scalp business was conducted by the Bear fam? ily. They burst open the Saratoga trunk the first thing, and therein they found fifteen hun? dred wigs and a keg of red paint, purchased by the disgraceful aboriginal while in Phila? delphia. That concluded his career. They buried him at once iu the Saratoga trunk, and the wigs with him, and ever since that time they have elected annually a committee on scalps, whose business it is to examine every hirsute trophy with a double-barrelled gun microscope of nine hundred diameters. "I've Got Mad."?The Detroit Free Press relates an incident which occurred on the re? turn of an excursion party from that city. Soon after the boat left Toledo the steward was approached by an excited individual, who ask? ed him if he was the captain. The steward replied in the negative, at the same time giving his rank. "Have you the power to put a man out of. the cabin ?" inquired the stranger. "Well, yes, if he's disorderly I have," replied the steward. "Well, sir, look in here and see them, will you?" said the stranger, leading said official round to the door. The steward looked upon the motley group and replied that he saw nothing out of the way. "You don't, eh ? Don't you see a man iu there embracing a woman ?" "Well, yes," replied the steward, "but what of that ? Hasn't a fellow a right to embrace his wife?" "That's what I want you to run him out for," replied the stranger, dan? cing around; "that's my wife, and I've stood it so long that Fve got mad!" ? Why is the bridegroom worth more than the bride*? Because she is given away and ho is sold.