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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tues i ay Morning:, February 27. 1872. Tn? Bule or Arina to tko Frenen. The resolution introduced into the Senate by Mr. Sumner, demanding an investigation into the sale of arms by tbe War Department to the agents of the French Government, dining the Franco-Prussian war, hus excited much interest in Congress and discussion through the press ot the oountry. Tho re? solution is supported by Sumner, Carl Schurz, Trumbull and other lesser lights of the auti-Grant Republican faction, and by the Democrats, of course. Morton, of Indiana, and Roscoe Coukling, of New York, assumed their usual role of henchmen to Grant, and endeavored to defend the Administration from the al? leged violation of good faith and tho neutrality laws, and to defeat the inves? tigation. They raised the party lash, and Conkling even went so far as to threaten Schurz and Sumner with a cri? minal proseontion, for "conspiring with the agent, of a foreign Government against the United States." But it was all to no purpose. Schurz treated tho threat with the defiant scorn and deri? sion it merited. Ho delivered, on Tues? day, what reporters term the "mightiest speech of the session, or of many pre-' ceding sessions." The rising fumo of the yoong Missouri Senator attracted an immense concourse of spectators to tho Senate Chamber. Many distinguished statesmen and public men, not members of the Senate, were upon the floor, and tho galleries were crowded with ladies and men-foreign Ministers, their wives, ?Seo. In the words of the reporter of the TForW: "Whoever of intellectual oini nence, high public and social station, and womanly worth and charm, could unite to inspiro nn orator and lend u kind of enchantment to the scene of his endeavor, was not lacking on this memo? rable occasion. Tho very attitude of Sohurz proclaimed his intention to at? tack, instead of to defend himself against, his adversaries. It was the posture of one of' those fiery German students, represented with one foot for? ward and a rapier in his hand.1' Says the same reporter: "The opening of his speech was like the legend-men?, mena, tekel upJiarsin written of old on the wall at Belshaz? zar's feast, for it branded the motives and phrophesied with words of fire the issue of the attempt of the Republican Senators who aro trying to ward off all investigation into the abuses of Gen. Grant's administration. It sounded like a trumpet, and stung Conkling, Morton, and their associates, like an adder. Tho Senator from Indiana, (Morton,) hu said, had set out to provo, yesterday, that there bad been no illegal sales of arma to France, becanso (alluding to tho course of Senators Schurz and Sumner at this crisis) there was no way out of the ranks of tho regular Administration party that did not lead into the Demo? cratic party. Tho Seuutor from Now York (Coukling) had likewise essayed to show that mob sales by the Government were not facts to bo investigated, be? cause there was a senatorial cabal op? posed to tho corruption, which has thrived nuder tho rule of tho Adminis? tration. But Senator Schurz mada it vory plain that it was this samo cabal which had nipped tho Santo Domingo job in the bud, which had forced inves? tigation of tho abuses nuder tho Now York Custom House system, and which was now about to compel tho adoption of the resolution before the Seuato de? spite everything that Administration Senators oould do or say." Morton and Conkling had denied and endeavored to prove that tho War De? partment had sold no arms to ageuts of the French Government, knowing them to bo such. Tho Government, they | claimed, hud traded with Romiugton & Co., and an ogeut of theirs, without any knowledge or suspicion that tho con? tracting party was in anywise eouuected with tho French Government. This statement Schurz showed to bo utterly false; tho most crushing testimony he adduced being that of Jules LcCesne, who swore, at tho recent trial of M. Place, in France, for mal-practices ns ageut of the Government in tho United States, duriug thu lato war, that tho French Government had, previous lo its purchases from the Remington's, dealt di? rectly with the United States, which de? livered thc arms directly on board the vessels. In another place ho quotes from the testimony of the samo witness: "There was no expense beyond tho per contuge allowed to Romington, since we had treated directly willi the Federal Govern? ment of the United Slates, which delivered these arms, froe of charge, on board tho vessels." But beside the violation of good faith towards Germany, thus made manifest, it is furthermore clearly esta? blished, that our own Government was cheated out of over $4,000,000 in tho little illicit trade that was carried ou. As usual, thu Radical officials converted a negotiation, ostensibly conducted in the interests of tho public, into a privat job for their own enrichment. Tho amount paid by France for thu guns waa $4,000,000 greeter than the records of the War Department show to have beeu received. Tho close of Soburz's grand onslaught is as follows: "An attempt had boon made to sup? press this iuvestigatiou by crackiug the party whip, but those who made that attempt grievously mistook tho time uud tho spirit ol thu people. Tho people could be uo longer deceived by misrepre? sentations of the motives of those who wore figktiug against corruption. When I motives were oalled in question, they kuew that tho motives of the henchmen of power were at least as opou to suspi? cion us the motives of those who op? posed them. Lat mo tull those gentle? men, said he, that we knew the road to the patronage just ns well as others did, if we had chosen to walk it. Tho crack of the party whip has lost its power in these times. Mere parly cunt lies stale and nauseating upou the stomach of the people. If yon think that tho move? ment now spreading all over this laud is a mero plot of politicians, you will soon discover your mistake. It is a reaction against the easy political morals aud tho spirit of jobbery which havo beeu de? veloped iu times of war and great po? litical excitement. It is au earnest up? rising for honest aud pure government. You oauuot repress it by party disci? pline-you cannot kill it with penal statutes. It may be a mere commotion to-day; undertake to resist it and you will find it a greut moral and political revolution to-morrow. Whatever others may do, ho said, I have taken my lot. It is to this cause that my heart is devoted, and with this cause I will stand or fall."_ Ia no InvcKllgullon to bu mailt ? A year ago, tho Comptroller-General, J. L. Neagle, reported tho publio debi to the Qeneral Assembly to bo $7,005, 90S.9H. We aro told now by Govcruoi Scott and Treasurer Parker that thc total indebtedness of tho Stato amount! to within a fraction of $12,000,000, ant iu this estimate, it is said, they aro nov confirmed by Mr. Comptrollcr-Gcueru Neagle, who, but a short while since, ex pressed his utter inability to give uu^ accurate statement of it. A Radical ia vestigating committee tells us that tin obligations of the State uggregato som S29.000.O0O. One thing is ut least eor tain, that under the direcliou of th Stato Financial Bourd, the America: Bank Note Company had over ?20,000, 000 worth of State bonds printed. Th natural inference is, either that tho Stat debt approximates those figures, or tho the Financial Board contemplated it soon reaching there, by some fraudulen or illegal manipulations of theirs. Bo tako tho smallest figures-$12,000,000 reportcd by the Financial Board then selves, und add to that the $990,00 whioh the (Won tells us has been bot rowed in New York, and for whic $3,000,000 more of State bonds ai pledged as collateral secuiily, there n mains over $5,000,00) of State bone issued and the proceeds expended i ono year. Will tho Legislature adj our without investigating thia maller? ] there u possibility the remotest, that ? much money could havo beeu honest! or loyally expended iu ono year-in fae of tho fact, too, that a tax of niuo mil! on Hie dollar was loriad last spring, fo State purposes alone? A tax of niu mills on tho dollar should realize ov< $1,000,000. Is that not enough, in fi Bonsoicuce, to grease tho wheels of g vern mont for a twul ve- month, 'jveu wit Radical extravagance? It is plain, beyond all sort of quostioi that the parties who have authority issue Stato bonds have perpetrated gigantic swindle upon the people South Carolina; and wo ask of KUI members of the Legislature as may ha had no baud iu it, if they are content return homo to their constituencies wit ont having taken any steps to even e poso tho guilty parties. Think of nearly $7,000,000, according to t figuras of the Governor and Trcnsur themselves, f(plundered in one yet Wo call tho attention of ovary color man, who may have educatiou enon to read this article, aud who feels a pi per interest in tho futuro welfare of I race, to ponder upon those fae Though tho white people of South Cai linn may bo nnablo to check these gr< thefts and fruuds, do you supposa tl tho bettor element at the North will matu always listless and indifferent our wrongs? They will not, aud woo to your newly-acquirod rights, when til aro forced by your lethargy or crimii complicity to tuko uction iu tho matt You placed these swindlers iu pow and if yon do not removo and puni but continue to sustain and prot them, upon you will finally full tho j retribution for their crimes. --.-???? BEGINNING TO THINK.-Tho Wushii ton correspondent of tho Now Y< Herald has this remark: '.If England dara not go to war w us from tho danger shu would exp herself to from Ireland, still loss dare go to war with England, knowing li easily she could fan the discontent of South into a now rebellion, which, w tho aiil of England, might defy ull i power to subdue." Minority Representation. The resolution proposing en amend? ment to the Constitution of the State, providing for minority representation, came up for consideration in the Senate on Saturday, and waa rejected. We did not hear the debate, except a part of the speech of the Senator from Kershaw, Gardozo-who strongly urged the adop? tion of tho resolution-but feel free to assert, from tho very nature of the ques? tion, that tho only plea that could have boen urged against tho engruftiug of such a wholesome provision upon tho organic law of the State was, as Cardo/.o charged, thc sham, unjust, puerile anti contemptible whine, that the Democrats j would not accord such justice to tho Re? publicano, if they (tho Democrats) were I a majority iu South Carolina. In the first place, there is ono instance known to us-aud, doubtless, theru are others of which wo have not beard-that De? mocrats, while in tho ascendancy, have so altered their electiou laws. Wo refer to the town in Pennsylvania-the name of which, at thia moment, escapes us where Senator Buckalow, a distinguished member of tho Democratic party of that State, lives, and through whose counsel and urgent advice the principio of mi? nority representation was put in opera? tion, aud the Republicans, who previous? ly had no voice in tho management of municipal affairs, elected over a third of tho aldermen, lu the second place, it is unquestionably true, that the absolute rule of a baro numerical majority is con? trary alike to tho professed principles of tho Republican und of tho Democratic party. It is, indeed, in direct repug? nance to a freo Republican form of go? vernment, which buses its authority upon tho consent of tho governed, as ours claims to do. There is no sensible reason that can bo assigned why fifty-one votes out of a hundred in u community should have absolute, unconditional and despotic rule over the remaining forfyuiuo, who are, in all probability, as worthy and in? telligent us tho fifty-one, aud pnrhups more so. The thing is so plain, that it cannot bo made plainer. It will hold good, aud provo beneficia! evorywhoro in all countries, States and communities, Rut there is a special demand, a necessi? ty, indeed, for tho adoption of miuoritj j representation in South Carolina. It other Slateo and communities, diversity of political doctrinos and beliefs alone gives rise to different party organize tions. Each represents n fair share o: tho property and intelligence of th? country. In this State, however, w< fiud nine-tenths of tho proporty and tin bulk of the intelligence, or education, a any rate, represented by ouo party, ant that party in tho minority. What is tin consequence? Twist and distort tb? matter as our opponents may, it i manifest to any ono who has the bruin and inclination to reflect n moment that the property-holders-tho tax-pay era-aro without representation. Th great grievance of which the Americai colonies complained, autl which led t tho revolution and our indepcudenc from tho Government of Great Britain was tmuliou without representation Tho down-trodden people of South Cu roliuti aro now suffering from this wrong that stirred the patriotic hearts of ou common ancestors, North aud South, b resist such oppression with their biota aud engage in a terrible war with th mightiest nation thou on tho globo. J makes not a particle of difference ho tho evil is brought about-whether b au actual denial of representation, t was tho casu with our fore-fathers, t through thu workings cf universal au unqualified suffrage, which effectual! deprives us of that right now. Miuorit representation should go hand and gloi with universal suffrage, or else tho Int ti breeds greater evil than that which it designed to remedy. Equal rights 1 all mcu, boastfully cry Republicans, tho graud motto of our glorious part Yet they refuse to grant tho ouly moai by which evon nu approach to cqti rights can bo attained in this State. -. ? In bia argument defending tho Adir nistration from tho eli arge of selling ari: to Franco, Mr. Morton contended th tho Government lind not mado tho r leged sale; that if it did, neither tl Prosident nor tho Secretary of War w responsible for it, and lastly, that t! arms were of a discarded pattern and u sorvieeablo. Tho plea of tho India Senator is a good deal like that put by tho woman accused by her neighb of borrowing an article of domestic uti ty and failing to return it. lu the iii place, she said, sho never borrowed t kettle; in tho second, it was crack when shu got it, and, in the third, it w whole when sho returned it. -.--4 ?+ ?. , A basket of fully ripe strawberru grown in tho opon air, was picked fn t ho garden of Mrs. Ronmillat, in Charil ton, on l'Jth February. Irwin's Ilftll, DoCastro, to-night. The Kate of Taxation lu Nvvr York. The ring organ would deludo our peo? ple, or rather our nututored legislators, with the idea that our taxe? are not BO burdonsome, after all. We frequently see in the columns of that queer journal, so-called comparison between tho rate of taxation at the North nud in South Caro? lina, by which wo aro urged to believe that we have been singularly fortunate in tho wisdom and economy of tho pro Beut regime. Yesterday, we bad tho pleasure of meeting an intelligent and wealthy citizeu of Syracuse, New York, and who owns property in Now York oity also. He tolls us thut taxation ?H unusually high in that Stale, as they have to make provision for paying what is called tho war debt. The rate of taxa? tion, be says, is about tho same us it is here, but property is not assessed for moro thau from ouo-third to one-half its value. Houses which bc owns in Syra? cuse, and can sell for $2,500 or 83,000, ure assessed at $700; so that, where wo pay 825 or $30 for luxes, he pays $7. In New York city, a house which ho can readily dispose of fur ?20,000, is assumed ut $8,000. lu other words, allowiug that the rate per cent, of taxation bo thu same iu South Carolina as in New York, we would still pay from two lo three Minos as much as citizens of that State, on account of the different mode of as? sessment. I. K t; IS t, ATI V K l*lt UC BK Ul \* OS. MONDAY, FKHKUAHY 2(5, 1872. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 M., Presideut Hausier in tin Chair. Mr. Arnim introduced a bill lo pru? ville for vaccination in this ?State. Mr. Nash-Resolution to prohibit the introduct ion ol accounts dui tug the last two daya of thu session. Adopted. The {Speaker of the House attended j in the Senate, and the following Act was ratilied: An Act to charter the State Savings und Insurance Dank of Ander? son. The following bills were passed, and ordered to be returned to the House of Representatives: Hills to amend an Act. entitled "Au Act to regit hilo the fees of Probate Judges, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justices and Magistrates, and other of licui.H herein mentioned; to incorporate the Citizens' Building and Loan Asso? ciation of Charleston; to reuew the char? ter of Marion Lodge, No. 2, I. ?. O. F.. of Charlot ton; to authorize ami oropower W. C. Garity, P. W. To wies and D. H. 'fowles to estublish and build a wharf at Martin's Point, Wad mala w Island. Tho report of tho Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, on a bill to author? ize and require tho County Commission? ers of York to chango the location of the Armstroug Ford Road, in said Cotiuty, was laid ou tho table. A bill to charter, in this State, the Raleigh aud Augusta Air-Lino Railroad Company of North Carolina, and to do clare its powers, was indefinitely post? poned. Sundry bills on tho calendar wero iakeu up, read tho second tim??, and or? dered to bo engrossed. The following appointments by tho Governor wore cou (ir med :n executive session: Trial Justices-Charles Cole? man, Colletou County; C. Smith, Ma? rion County. At il P. M., the Senate adjourned i:util to-morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho liou.se met ut 12 M., Speaker Moses in tho (mair. Tho uutluished business of February 21 was taken lip,aud tho enacting clause of a bill to tuako jury certificates pre? ferred claims on Ibu several County Treasurers, was stricken out. A number of standing committees sub? mitted reports, whieh were laid over. Mr. J? rvy introduced a bill to incorpo? rate Ibo Sullivan's Inland Ferry Compa? ny, and to modify the charier of the Mount Pleasant Ferry Company, und for other purposes. Mr. A. L. Singleton-A bill to incor? porate thc Sumter Joint Lund Stock and Loan Association of Sumter. A memorial from th? American Wo? man's Suffrage Association of Philadel? phia, was read and referred to a special joint committee. Resolution, by Mr. Hedges, to take up from the table tho metropolitan police bill, was adopted, and tho same placed upon tho calendar. Tho following billa wore passed: To incorporate tho Columbia Artificial Stone and Cement Company; to reuow and amend the charter of the town of Wil liamston; to authorizo tho County Com? missioners to examine tho books and other pupers in tho offices of County Auditors and Treasurers. A number of bills upon the calendar wore read tho second time. At half-past 3 o'clock, tho House took a recess until 7 P. M. Tho House failed to get a quorum this evening, and adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. A London vicar proposes nu itinerat? ing church to catch tho neglected masses. A larg? furniture van, wilb a belfry and other Uttings, holding thirty or forty persons, is to pass from street to street, gathering a congregation and holding worship in ono place, outrunners preced? ing it to invite attendance, und then pass on to repeat thesemein another locality ; and so from hour to hour, Ulled and emptied, reaching a great number who will not como to chapels nor to Bible rooms. . . A person pointed out to a cooper a mau who had a profusion of rings on his fingers. "Ali, master," said tho artizan, so many is a sure sign of weak? noss, when so many hoops ure used." r.oo al Items. -. ? ? MAIL AHUANOEMKNTB.-Tha Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens -1.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 0.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. CITT MAITEUS.-Tho price of single, copies of tho PHONIX is five cents. DeCustro, whoso reputation as an illusionist and magician is well known, opeus a seties of entertainments in Irwin's Hull, tIiis evening. He numbers among his tricks the celebrated decapi? tation fcut and the suspension act. A despatch from Naples says thut the Americana held a fete in honor of Sher? man, ut Pompeii. There is a certain kiud of "/ete" that could be enthusiasti? cally held over him down this way. i The Bergers, ns was anticipated, played to u crowded bouso, lust night every inch of standing beiug taken up. The established reputation of this com? pany was fully kept np. Sol SmitL HUSSHII improves (if such a thing is pos Hible) with nge. Wc promise our friend) iu thc up-country au entertainment sud ! as they have Heidorn, if ever, witnessed They perform hero nguiu on Monda] next, thu 1th prox. Dou't fail to hear DeCastro, in hi wonderful ventriloquism, to-night. Mr. lt. Tozer, of this city, has nc quired au extensivo reputation as i builder of steam engines, having beet awarded modula at fairs in our owi State, us well as in Georgie. Tho nea machine which propels tho PlICEM' presses WUR built iu hiH shoji. Th Yorkvillo Enquirer thus speaks ?. f nu other specimen of his work: TOZER'S ENGINES.-We have replueei our old steam engine, which had bee) in constant uso for several years, with new oue, manufactured by Richard Tc zor. of tho "City Machine Woiks," Cc lumbla, S. C. Mr. Tozer has acquire* much celebrity as a builder of steam en gi uns, and in the one which he has j uti constructed for tho Enquirer, wkijli i tho first of that particular style as yet i operation, he has excelled all of his prc vious efforts. Aud, asido from its chic poiuts of excellence over other enginei which can bo best explained to those ir tereuted by au inspection of the one i our office, it is really an ornament to th room, and appears an much iu its prope place as ono of the printing presses bi ?ide it. Mr. Tozer builds stationary engine; of any desired capacity, and also au iu proved portable engine, which is attract ing considerable attention in various sec tiona of tho Union-North and Soutl It is specially adapted to driving cotto gins, threshing machines, and uuy olio farming machinery where power is r< quired, and can bo easily drawn b horses from one plantation to auothui As our people awaken to tho important of improved machinery for eondttctiu tho operations of the farm, wo shall loo to the rapid iutroduction of this engin na a great auxiliary to tho economizin of time and labor, aud hopo tho time not distant when, at least, ouo may I found in every neighborhood of iii State. This engine has taken tho pr. milltn nt three annual fairs of the Soot Carolina Agricultural mid Mechanic Society, aud also tho premium ut tl Industrial Association of Georgia, i Savannah, last November, in compel tion with two engines ol Northern tu nu fact ure. PiUEiilXANA.-There is only oue goc .substitute for tho endearments of sister, und that is tho endearments some other fellow's Bister. The courteous man is tho bore's d light. Permanent headquarters-the shot dc rs. Cash advances-attontious toward rich widow. Some persons only call a man tin friend as nu excuse for taking liberti with him. Marriage enlarges tho scene of bu pi ness or misery; the marriage of lu is pleasant, tho murringo of intere easy; and a mnrriago where both mo happy. When a maa has no design but speak plain truth, ho may say u gn deal in a very narrow compass. Oh! the blessings" of a home wh old and yoting mix kindly-the you unawed, tho old nnchilled-in un servod communion. Whou Grant & Co. sold those guns Franeo, they hud no idea that when tl weut off they would recoil so. The Boston Post explains tho wh proposition whou it says: "After Southern State has been cheated, r bod and oppressed until tho carpet-1 scoundrels are obliged to run aw thou their victims aro called Ku K and placed under martial law." George Elliot says: "There aro n who dou't mind being kicked blue, they can only get talked abon'." Secure your seats early for DcCasti entertainment, to-night. DcCnstro has arrived, and will ?pp to-night. Heart Hungry. By Maria J. West? moreland, New York : G. W. Carleton & Co., publishers. MDCCOLXXII. We have received from tho authoress, a neatly-bound copy of the above work, dedicated to Owen Meredith. Mrs. Westmoreland is a Southerner-a resi? dent of Atlanta, Ga. The story is well told; but to avoid (he charge of parti? sanship as to its merits, we copy the fol? lowing complimentary notice from the Baltimore Gazette: v'It is a touching ami wcl?-lold story of Southern life, by an educated South? ern woman. If, as it appears to be, it is her first literury venture, it bears pro? mise of even better things hereafter. As it is, it will well repuy perusal, as show? ing not only power in tho depicting of sorrowful and tragio Keenes und inci? dents, but a delicate perception of the lights and Bhades of character." The book Bhouldbo found iu tho libra? ry of overy Southern family. LIST OF NEW ADVEUTISEMENTS. D. B. Miller-Notice. K. J. Norwood-Notice. Meeting Columbia Lodge. Mooting Truo Brotherhood Lodge. M\KE HOME ATTUACTIVE.-Nothing adds muru to tho handsome, appearance of a house outside, aud to its cheerfulness inside, than good clear window glaBS, and bright-colored ornamental glues at the sides andover tho tops ot the doora. The tirst It-is in all the bricht warm light of tho sun, while tho latter admits the light at tbe same time that it shuts off thu view of prying eyes. The hcBt French and American glass, both plain and ornamental, us well aa doors, uutdice, blinds, balusters, newels, mani ula, &?., ure to be had <<f Mr. P. P. T?ALE, NO. ??0 Hayue street, Che i leeton. H. C. F20J THE HISTORY OK A NATIONAL HEMF.DY.-Here is the history of the moot celebrated teulc ot the age in a nut-shell. In 1800, it wan an? i?an), ed that a certain combinai ion of vege? table ingredients, with a pure diffusive stiniu hitit, was working wonders in tho cure of chronic dyspepsia, nervous dehilily, liver complaint, periodical levers, rheumatism and constitutional weakness. The unpretending name given to tho specific was PLANTATION I?ITTEUH. The statement attracted the atten? tion ol invalids everywhere. The new remedy received a fair trial, and tho resulta more than continued all that had been unid in its praise. Thenceforward it waa a grand success. The hu hues columns of the preiss spread the glorious news far and wi le, and the mar? tyrs to indigestion, hiliousuesa, physical pros? tration anti premature decay, as if hy com? mon consent, sought relief from the now vegetable restorative. They found tehat (hey nought. From that limo to ?he present, the increase in the demand tor Plantation bitters Ima been one of the moat striking events in this ago. Bi/- For Comdin, Bronchitis and Consump? tion, in its carly stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's Gobion Medical Discovery. Feb 22 $3 HOTEL AKUIVALS, February 20 -Nickerton House-lt J Donaldson. Cheraw; Win Ferry and wife, Peudleton; L J Jones, Newherry; F A Connor, Cokoabury; T A Anderson, St Louie; E S J Hayes, wife and two children. Lexington; P A Andrews,Tenn: E E Dickson, Clarendon; W J Akers, M and C II It; P U Hant s, Mocksville: H Hiss, baltimore; M G llavoiis, Mobile; W GiviiiB, Cleveland; WM Kau kine, Canandaigua; II J Trumbull, 8 C; Dr Pratt, Charleston; N T Graves and wife, Syracuse; P N Dulin, Memphis; J L Beck? man, Fla; M J Gill, Greensboro. S. J. Bestor, an eccentric gentleman of Hartford, regularly stumps all letters held for postacre iu that city, attaching to the envelope a printed statement of the fact. Tho responses ho hus received would fill a large volume. A resident of Elizabeth, New Jersey, writes that Marcus L. Ward becamo Governor of that State through that course. A Bos? ton burglar says: "Bestor, you're a gentleman; I am-uo matter what; but I got a lettei you stamped just in time to dodgo the beaks and be off. Here's n stamp, and, if I ever happen in Hartford in a professional way, I shan't crack your bio, if I kuows myself." "Do you allow any reduction to min? isters?" said a young lady to a salesman iu a well known sewing machine agency on Washington slroot, Boston, the other day, where ?ho had beeu trying to drive a bargain. "Oh, yts, always. Are you a minister's wile?" "Oh, no, I'm not married," said the ludy, blushing. "Daughter, theu?" "No." Tho sales? man looked puzzled. "I'm engaged to a theological student." The reduction was made. WOMEN WASTING TO Go TO JAPAN. It is stated that tho representativo ol Jupau iu the United States, desires to send Iii teen American ladies to his coun? try to teach the English language and ordiuury branches of education. Nearly 400 applications, mainly from ladies who aro omployed in the department, have already beeu rccoived. Tho pay is and $1,500per annum in gold, for three years, expense to Japan .aud return. Aladyliviug near Fort Smith, Ark., hearing oue of her hogs squealing in a field recently, ran out and found the porker in the fatal embrace of a blaok bear. Sho ran into tho house, but not to shut herself np. Seizing a double barreled shot gnu, ?ho wont close to the beur as ho was diniug off tho hog, and shot him dead. Tho weight of the bear was found to be 287 pounds. A Methodist organ claims for its church tho recommendation of taking peoplo "toward heaven cheaper than they can go in any other denomination." Mauy of tho respectable traveling public, however, would scorn to go "second chum" ut reduced rates, and prefer the "palace car" system evon in religion. An exchango says: "If all tho Radi? cal thieves and plunderers were convict? ed, there would not bo penitentiaries enough in tho country lo hold them." But then, tho nblo-bodied among thom could be put to building penitentiaries enough to hold tho remainder. London was first lighted with gas on the 28th of Ji unary, 1807. by a Ciernan named Winsor. Sir Walter S?f?c ob? serves in his diary, in 1800: "There is n madman iu London who is trying to light the eily with smoke."