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- tviuilXCJTOX. Ci. : 3: FINAL HOTICE. THE ckssities OF BtTSI- xmfskAkly keqcibk that these Oatt be drickm from the listsurdess pay rnenU are made at once. Wis issue jxtftiteiy the last which will be sen' to 9ub$criler8 in arrears. AcctunU are sent to those oh 8ub tcripiion U due within the pr' and wJy partcf next month. Iti?obehoped Shot prompt payments will made and prevent any stoppag in the paper, for in future, papers will topped at the date of the expiration subscription. We hope ourfrienSnM respond to our request. The Prtr9f Centralisation The celebrd naturalist, Cuvier, in a remarkable psaj delivered half a century ago before -he French Academy, asserted that whdf the field of the natural sciences Is unlimted and inexhaustible, the field of he moral sciences, including that of gov ernment, seems absolutely exhausted. No progress, no discoveries have been made aince the day of Plato, in the art of govern ing men. The English historian, Buckle, takes the same view, and a careful obser vation of the events of our day seems to confirm it. We fondly imagined that the founders of our Republic had left us a perfect work which might endure forever. For more than ten J years the party in power have tried to change and disfigure it until it can scarcely be recognized. Their object is to substitute for the beautiful and elastic sys tem which combined the sovereignty of the States with their united action through the Federal government, a centralized government like that established in France by Louis XIV, confirmed by the Republic, strengthened by Napoleon, and which has continued to curse that country until the present day. The effort of the enlightened moderate French republicans is to shake off the incubus of this centralization, while that of so-called Republicans in this country is to introduce it and saddle it upon us forever. Upon this subject the Courier des Elats Unis publishes an article so timely and sensible that we translate below a few ex tracts. While the views of that paper upon French politics are thoroughly sound and conservative, they are no less so upon American politics. It is conducted with remarkable ability, and it has always been just and sympathetic towards the South. Speaking of Mr. Blaine's late speech at Augusta, Maine, the Courier says : Mr. Blaine's thesis is that the doctrine of State sovereignty is a fallacy which the American people must renounce in order to enter fully into the career of centraliza tion. Mr. Blaine narrows down the ques tion and says, " How can you expect the American government to be respected when defending the rights of American citizens abroad, if it does not possess the right of protecting a citizen at home upon the pretext that by doing so it would en eroach upon the State government !" This is evidently a specious paradox, which it would be puerile to answer. But it traces exactly the liue of division between the Republican and the Demo cratic party. This is precisely the question between the theory of the local and that of the Federal government. The main thing to know is where the one commences and the other ends ; and this is not the problem of the United States alone, it is that of every couutry. The clear and positive fact, and this is the meaning of Mr. Blaine's speech, is that the American Republicans aim precisely, and with a tenacity daily exhibited by new encroachments, to do here what the most enlightened spirits endeavor to undo in France ; that is, to concentrate all the threads of the administration in one single hand ; to make of the free and equ al re public a docile instrument, obeying, even In the least details of political, administra tive and social life, the watchword issued I rem Washington ; in one word, to forge for the profit of a clique, a party, an impe rious, exclusive and domineering oli garchy, a sword, whose hilt shall be in the White House, and its point everywhere. Such is, in one word, the Regime which General Grant's administration tends to impose upon the country, and has already imposed upon it progressively, day after day, and not without success. And it is because such are the doctrines and prac tice of the Republican party, that we have always been, and always intend to remain, Democrats. It would matter but very little to us that one of the candidates were named Grant and the other Greeley, if these names represented merely two per sonages, for neither of whom we ieel any heart-yearnings ; but in the fact that Mr. Greeley is the representative of the party which inclines most to local inde pendence and to what may be called ad ministrative decentralization, is found the sole cause of our adhesion to the platforms And candidates proclaimed at Cincinnati and Baltimore. It would be easy to demonstrate that if centralization is the normal condition of nonaxchial and oligarchic governments, in which authority emanates from one central point, it is for this very cause hostile to popular governments, especially by placing in one single hand the disposition of public offices, which becomes an engine of cor ruption.' After showing the enormous burden im posed upon the Southern States, deprived ot the management of their own affairs by the carpet-baggers sent and supported by the Grant Administration, the Courier concludes: " There is no medium between a com plete reform or ruin. The South must be restored to herself or fall into savagery. She must resume her rank among the prosperous States of tho Union or sink to the condition of San Domingo. Once more, the principal, if not the only cause of this situation is in the fatal influence of Badical politics; that is to say, the nepo tism and systematic corruption which have entrusted all the public offices to unworthy and incapable hands. Hence the vassa lage of the State Legislatures, elected at the dictation of the Federal party, with the only purpose, not of protecting the interests placed under their guardianship, but of perpetuating the power which created them. Such is the sad truth evolved from the Impartial observation of the facts which we have witnessed since the war; a truth proclaimed not only by the univer sal voice of the Southern press, but ac knoffledged to-day by all the sincere and independent men of the North. The Liberal party wish to put an end to this state of things. The supporters of General Grant's re-election wish to perpetuate it. Choose ye between them !" ". ' Pere Ilyncinthe and tJb Widow. M. Hyacinthe is one of that class of men, fortunate or unfortunate, who become " fathers " without first being husbands; in a word, be is or was a Priest of the Roman Catholic Church. A few years ago he became dissatified with ome of the dog mas of that Church, and in consequence thereof pursued a course tbatjdeprived him of the odor of orthodoxy, if not ol sanctity, he had previously enjoyed. Subsequently, as a sensational preacher and an eloquent one, he has occupied a conspicuous place in the eyes of the travelling and newspaper world. But the latest performance of M. Hya cinthe has, perhaps, attracted the greatest attention. There is, however, no scandal in it, at least, wj iuo dcvuiai world. Of course there is a woman in the case. Ana wnen we ten um lcaui-u she was a widow, an Ohio widow, they will not be surprise 1 at anything the elo quent divine may have done. To make a long story short, M. Hyacinthe has married the widow. Of course he has renounced his vow of perpetual celibacy, a vow that from his eighteenth to his forty-fifth year, he has kept with a fidelity for wheh he formally " gives glory " to Heaven ! And yet the divine Hyacinthe is not happy ! He trembles lest some sordid, unsympathetic soul may think that the bright eyes and rounded form of one American daughter had more to do with the change in his theological sentiments than the dry arguments of a thousand Ro man Fathers. We know not how this may be, nor do we care. In neither event are we prepared to blame the reverend father very much. Like the rest of us he is flesh and blood ; then, too, he is a Frenchman, and his name is Ilyacinthe. To us it seems the holy father only followed the instinct of his nature brought to a high state ot cultivation, when he became a double Hya cinthe. In fact Pere Ilyacinthe was obliged to marry. Nor is he the first man that has been troubled about this thing of marrjing; nor for that matter, if we may be pardoned for the bull, is the reverend father the first woman that has given anxious days and sleepless nights to the matrimonial question. Indeed it is said that when a man gets marrying on the brain his case is incurable. The disease is one that res pects neither age nor sex nor previous con dition. If, however, there be auy one nation more addicted to it than any other, it is the nation to which the elo quent preacher belongs; so that when we remember that the fair charmer was a widow, young and beautiful, and so pru dent and discreet withal as to keep alive a policy of insurance on the life of her first husband even though living separate from him, the fragrant Ilyacinthe may well be pardoned for preferring her charms to those of celibacy. But our lovely Ilyacinthe did not inarry the widow solely for love. lie is an eccle siastic as well as a man and must there fore act from duty as well as the dictates of warm flesh aud blood. Fortunate man ! As soon as it became a duty to con sole the widow it was an easy thiug for the single Pere to become a double Hy acinthe and we doubt not that in due time the clusters around the parent tem will be many and beautiful aud bril liant. Phlegmatic men may, however, be par doned for doubting whether love, rather than duty, does not possess the soul of a bridegroom who devoutly thanks a kind Providence for "throwing into his path iu the darkest hour of his life, the sublime devotion" of a bright, plump widow ! In spite ot all his assertions, we are inclined to think that the joy of the man rather than the sense of duty of the priest, is now stirring the depths of the Holy Father's soul. Even in America we doubt not that men have married from a sense of duty to themselves, especially. But we do not propose to write a dissertation on matri mony. It is tho same old story, with slight variations. ' ' But the Holy Father is now all right in the sweet consciousness of having done his duty to his country, to himself, to his neighbor and to the widow, and it is said there is no feeling more grateful or more soothing, or more satisfying, than the con sciousness of duty well done. The widow, too, we doubt not, is happy at last. We infer that hitherto the lines have not fallen to her in pleasant places. Born in Ohio, reared a protestant, she became a catholic, married, and separated fiom her husband. With two pledges of his affection, a daughter and a policy of life insurance, she then lived for years iu Europe, seeking unsuc cessfully to add to her resource by acting as a newspaper correspondent. Her hus band died, the policy was paid, and she returned to the faith of her fathers and renounced Catholicism. During some of these terrible days she and the gushing Hyacinthe met and the result thus far is that she has become once more a catholic and he once more a layman, at least enough so to cause her to putasideher widow's weeds and him to doff his cassock. And they two have become one. The reverend father is now rushing vig orously into print to prove the propiiety of the important step he has just taken. We think none the less of him for marrying or for not marrying. In either case, in the classic slang of the day, he pays his money and he may take his choic. We scarcely think, however, that it is quite iu good taste for an exultant bridegroom to be taking the whole work) juo his confidence in the ecstacy of his young honeymoon. Nor do we care whether or not the reverend bridegroom will be able to reconcile to himself or to the world his seeming inconsistency in claiming to be a Priest of a Church that forbids its Priests to marry. This is none of our business. It is a matter for bis conscience and not ours. Our onlyj-egret is that he has seen fit to obtrude his private matters before the public in such a way as to require com ment. Senator Wilson. The pious fraud" whose name heads tliis article, daily comes to grief. Forget ful of the old adage that men of hig eoit " ought to have long memories," he has become so entangled in a net-work of lies, that escape ie utterly impossible. If he has a particle of shame in hjs composition, his. feelings as he stands esnose4to Jfts aze of 1 the world in the pillory of public opinion, must prompt him to call upon the moun tains to fall upon him and hide his shame. Poor Wil-ion ! No one pities him now. Possibly had it not been for his hypocriti cal puritanical assumption of piity and h s sanctimonious;ways, even he might, have fouad a good Samaritan to care for him in his distress. But as it is, every passer by gives him a,kick. The latest we have'seen is the following from the Mtbile IlegMer: Henry Wilson alias Jeremiah Colbath is the champion Oblivionist. He forgets any and everything he doesn't want to re member, Know-Nothingism and all. But here comes the Cincinnati Enquirer, avow ing that it bus in its possession a letter from Wilson to Mr. Vespasian miis, editor of the American Oraan. dated "Senate Chamber, February 19, 1855, in which oc curs this remarkable passage : EJI fully recognize the doctrine of State Rights in its application to slavery, as well as to any other matter of public concern. The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 m the main, I think, correctly set forth that doctrine. : ' ' , , Poor Colbath Wilson ! He is surely "all things to all men," in the vague hope of fooling some men. 44 Everything by turn3 and nothing long," he will go on so until November 5th at midnight. Then he will be on the auction block, warranted to take the stand and solemnly swear he never did belong to the dead Radical party. " Our army swore terribly in Flanders," said my Uncle Toby; but it couldn't swear like your political deadbeat. Still They Conic ! The Fresidential campaign does not seem to be progressing according to the wishes of our Radical friends. Desertions from their ranks continue to be of daily occurrence in spite of everything their newspapers can do or say. And strange to say, the men who have left Grant and joined the Greeley allies are tho most dis tinguished men the Radical parly has hitherto numbered in its ranks. It would, indeed, be strange if that party could spare such men as Greeley, Gratz Drown, Sumner, Schurz, Trumbull, Banks, I'almcr, Curtin, McLurc, Tipton, Koejner, Averill, and the host of oilier leaders who have abandoned it, and yet retain its original power and influence with the people. An effort has recently been made to create the impression that the Greeley movement had received its death-blow, but unfortunately for the Radicals in this case, as in many others, the proof does not sus tain their allegations. During the last ten days our friends seem everywhere to have been inspired with new hope. In Pennsy 1 vauia and the great States of the North west that will have to bear the brunt of the fight, signs of renewed zeal and increased activity are everywhere apparent. The people are turning out to hear the speeches of our canvassers in larger numbers than were ever before known, and with an enthusiasm hitherto unprecedented. Our friends there are now in the thick of the fight in their local campaigns, and are bearing themselves bravely, knowing that victory now ensures victory in November The Radical Frees begins at last to real ize the true condition of affairs. Tlie de fections from their ranks can no longer be denied or concealed. Heretofore as soon as it was known that a distinguished niem berof that party had announced his purpose to support Mr. Greeley for the Presidency, he at ones became a target for all the slan der and abuse that tho y'lcst imagination could conceive, no matter wbt might have been the character or length of his services, All that is now charged, however, and it has at last become possible, in Radical esteem, for a Republican to vote for Mr. Greeley without deserving a place in the rogues galfery. The Baltimore Aineican, an abie though bitter and unscrupulous Radical sheet, re fers thus geniiy to latest desertions from its ranks. j We regret to notice a little cropping out ; of Greeleyism iu a city so pre-eminently ! patriotic and loyal as Pittsburg. Two j distinguished Uepa.hllpa.il leaders, the Hon. j J. K. Moorhead and the iion. Thomas M. , Marshall, have gone over to tho Fusiciosts ! and have taken with them a small fojlow ing. Mr. Marshall has labored long and effectively in the Republican rauks, and his defection now is a matter of surprise to his old political friends. Mr. Moorhead can be spared much more easily. It seems very odd, boss-eyer. that these two gentle men should be striking hands with the Freetraders in Pennsylvania und doing what they can to defeat the Protectionist j candidates for Congress. A few isreeks ago Messrs. Marshall anel Moorhead would had been denounced as utterly unworthy of confidence or respect, and as men, without character or influence. The change in the ltadiizl mode of deal ing with their disaffected partisans, is, Jo say the least of it, very significant. Iinr Cotton's Wort Jl. THE PRICES OF COTTON YORK. IX SEW The New York Journal of Commerce has prepared froui the official record at the New York Cotton Exchange the highest aud lowest price of middling upland at that port for each week of the year, which will be found extremely valuable for refer ence, and should be carefully preserved : Highest and Lowest Vrice of Middling Upland Cotton al JVeio York During EtL&h Week of the Yc.r, Ending Aug. 31, 1ST2 lliyh eet. ...207; ..2i; Raw est. 22)i' 2-2.V 23 33 23 23 V 2-u; 23 24 25 20 'i 2 V 2-5 -' 26 20 21 22 21 21 I 21 si.; Week end. Ssp 8 'VI Sep 13 Sep 22 Sep 2J Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct 2fl Oct 27 Nor 5...,. Nov 10, ... . Not 17 Not 24 Dec 1 Dec Dec 15 Des 22 Dec?9 Jan 57 2. . , est. 1 Week etiut, ' Cit. .,..22?; ;u - - " s ...2&X ....S5t ....23 .. .23,' . . .23 ?4 ...24 ...25 V . . .26' ...'.27?; ....26 ....2BV ...2V ...25 ...21JW' ....22K ,.,28 21 V ...,2j ....22 ....22 19,Mcli872 20'Alchl5... 19',' Meh2'2.., lSMcli VJ... WKApr 5.... ....li); ..21 ....20-,' 20 V ....1878 .....I83 ...,18M 19, V ....19 ....20j,' ....20tf ....20 ....20J ....22 V ....-. ... n 23 X ....23tf ....23?i . . . . 19J, 'Apr 12 19', 18 Apr2G. 4 (II izj 18 May 3.... 18 May 10.... 18 i' May 17.... Isd'Ma'i.... Vt jMaySl.;,, 19 :Jun 7.... 19i!Junl4. .. 19;,'Jun21 20 Jun2S 20 I Jul 5 21; Jul 12 21 I Jul 19 2iLJul 20.... 82 iAug Jan it..,. Jan 19.... Jan 26.... Feb 2.... Feb 9 Feb 1.... Feb23.... Men 1..., Aug Aug 16. . Aug 23... Aug 30... 22 22 The same paper also publishes the fol lowing table, giving the highest and lowest prices of Middling Upland at that port for each year since 1825 : Highest and Loicp t Prices of Middling Upland Cotton in Each fj" tte Years yarned, at the City of New York, Highest Lowest Highest Lowext l'ear 1825 1826 1827 1S28 18r9 1830 1831.... ( 132..,, J833..... 1834 JS35...., 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 iIIg". price. 27 ....14 ....12 ....13 ....U .. 13 ..-.J2 .... IS ....20 ....20 ... 17 . . . . 12 '.".".'.IS . ... 10 ..,..! 9 & 9 .... 9 .... 9 price Year price. price. 13 1849 11 ti 9 1850 14 11 8 1851 14 8 9 1852 10 8 8 1853 11 10 8 1854 10 8 7 1855 11 7 1 856 12 9 9 11857 15 13 JO IJ8J58...'.. ....!; Q 15 1853,,.... "..12 11 12 18W J l 10 7 1861 s$ 11 9 1862 68 fc) 11 1863 88 54 8 186i 1 90 72 9 1865 1 22 43 7 1866, 52 S2 S 1867., 26 15 rt 1868 iU Hi 5 18K9 35 43 0 1870 25 15 1 1871 21 14 5 1872 to Sep 1 27 V, 1& isS;:::; - ;;; 1847... ...12 Final Annrd of ISie 'I'ri ! i A.-M tr.-ilion ni 2cna. The following is the text of the filial award of the Geneva Arbitrators : Whereas, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Treaty of Washington, it is preferable to adopt the form of adjudica tion of a sum in gross rather than refer the subject of compensation for further discus sion aud deliberation to the Board of As sessors provided in art icle 10 of the Treaty of Washington, the Tribunal of Arbitni-. tion using the authority conferred on its members by aiticle 7 of the treaty by a majority cf four voices awards to the United States of America the sum of fifteen mil lions five hundied thousand dollars in gold as the indemnify to be paid by Great Brit- am to inn use or uie American covern- ment for satisfaction to all claims referred f - to the consideration of the arbitrating tri bunal. Conformably to the provisions contained in article 7 of the treaty, and in accord ance with the terms of article .11 of -the treaty, the tribunal declares that all Claims which have been referred to it fcir adjudication are hereby fully,' perfectly and finally settled. . , The Court I'm therm ore declares that each and every one of the said claims, whether the same may or may not have been presented to notice or laid before the tribunal, shall henceforth be considered and treated as settled aud barred. In testimony whereof the present decision j and award has been made in uuphcafe ! aud sicrncd by the arbitrators, who have given assent thereto; the whole being in exact conformity with the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, j Made and concluded at tho Hotel de Ville, J Geneva, Switzerland, September the j fourteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sev- cnty-tw'o. , j CHARLES Fi: AXC1S ADAMS. ! COUNT SCLOPIS, 1 JACOB STAEMFLI, BARON-D' ITAJUBA. j If it be true, as aUot-ed, that the claims of British subjects against the United , States Government will exceed the ' amount above specified, President Grant i and Secretary Fish will not have much cause to congratulate themselves uyion their slcill a;id succcess in diplomacy! James oilou litmiet t"s WiH. The will of tlio late James Gordon Ben nett was filed in the Surrogate's cfiice Fri day. After providing fjr the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, the testa tor bequeaths to his wife, provided she accepts the same in lieu of dow er, ho use and occupation o-f his house, stable, and appuitenances, at Fifth avenue and Thirty-eighth street, during her natural life or widowhood, and also an annuity equal to one-half of the :et annual rental cf Lis leal estate, except the Herald building, if she she will not accept this bequest in iieu of her dower, the will limits her share iu the estate to her dower. To hL sou, James Gordon Bennett, jr., tho testator bequeaths the Herald building, with the good will. slock iu trade, &c, of the Herald and the Metropolitan Printing Olliee. The re mainder of his raal e state goes to his d&mih- ter, Jeannette Dennett, on i aire of 2'. Meanwhile his ittaining the j son, James ! Gordon Bennett, jr., ' ho is made the so'e trusteeand executor cf the will, is to have 1 charge of this poition cf the estate, to let S in such manner as to him shall seem expe- ; dient, for any term not exceeding tlir; e years, the rents to be applied by him to the payment of taxes, assessments, ttc, i upon the estate, in payment of the annuity-: to his wife, and the ie?iehie to go to the i daughter. On the ueei-ase or second mar riage of the v.-;;.i iv., her por.ion ti'the cs- , tate is to be divid.-.t son and daughter. Ti the daughter's than; sol ? and separate use, shall he made id h.-r receipt, subs-Tihed bv iUuSJy between the e will provides that h -. he. for her or n aud that paj ments u.-onaily and on her .jr own baud. The i.t'L. and the wit- will is dated June nesses fi i.j t ? i o 1 1 Guibraith, of No. V2 i West Thirty-sixth stive.', and John Town send, 01 iSo. ' l.eii-L.teii uveiiue. Jiii-Hl:r I"sri-J-sy in eHKC'iSpc I-c llsat Sever "3oJs 5"ors;o.tl Cnilli- Ice that never melrs is stated, jn a cave iu P. :cn found, i: :i i V coam-y 1 011 Hie iarm 01 Alr-sor . eb! , Sue 1 i lb by accident; i &c. A party found the cav on one i f the swelteihi-r d:t"- ci last A; ust, and it may be ; delight;'!-; f r we ri :i aiir -;o weather a-; of ii: proccieding sumo ;.; ;ujl ; 57 ; ' i thaf they w ere that tuVh s -o-l.oi .f; i..' result 1 1 live cave, a letter li-ijs :! .1 b. th- astonishment, the wh cave fVfcU:OiV ;I y Ixh stalagmite.1' tl:r l-w- of UlU-1 lor of .e most. U-u. ' ;.a ,:.!' i.. th:-'y j.'u-.-u ; 1 1 :e Lf-il i.l. Hoklimr up their L j-., the beautiful tight witl 1 pivaieil abto';(.-!i- . 1 meiil, auu uno:i i nearer approach th -v found the stalagmites to resemblo the hard est, elearest .1. 1 as the touch of the ioe-kiii;; himself. l;; e )oinir !y (his time chilled tinough with the cold 1, ess of the place, ec'j of' the .r:ent3;"iiieu broke e h a lump of this Strang;1 v, o:. r-n-l tf -ij d to return. He fore reaching t:;e n-.u'hof the cavern, their hands were" so ei;l!h d they e-oui 1 scarcely hold th,- stiMTiue sui- J stance, and upon reaching the outer air they laid it down i-pon the j-round, thhik : ing it would seon aeipdre th. t. !:n; r.-tu e i of the atmosphere. After resting fifteen or : twent; inmates, they started for Air. Vv ebb -js re&.unc.o, e;u-:i carrj ing, as best he might, his lump of rock Leo, it 7 I ku-cv of no other n::rne by whie-h to call' it. Arriving; at the house, they placed the crystal on a tabje and yyaked patiently to see if it would melt, or even turn warmer. After waiting some half hour and finding Vint if C-tJIl I'rtf A?T-'(1 ire tot ia'1 n.-. of the party suggested that they should tiy it in a pitcher of water. This wa3 done, and to f ifeii' infinite astonishment the glass pitcher iu which j : was placed v.v.s eouired on the out?!de with moisture riciiir to that preduced by ice. Not being vet satisfied, they concluded to drink of its contents, and the quetitiou now was as to who should give the first trhd. Jir. Wilson at length said as he was t he youngest and coiise quently the stoutest, he would try it, and he thereupon elrank a hearty draught, and decjaied it equal to the best ice water. The other two goufleiuon a.so dtank of the water, and 3ir. JJraheai acsiae-.l t!;e wri ter of this that il was tya d to the Lest ice water. At dinner they tried It in luiik, and it soon ixw-d-j ifis. Webb's excellent buitti milk as eoid ahioit a.? ke itself. It pro duced the same efiecfc upon l,e butter as ice, and still retained itsorigiual frigidity. A number of persons have since visited this wonderful cave and carried c.lY por tions of this rock, whicu thev are usiufor all the pm-pos.es of ice, and it sustniiis no (;atea Al-y U' allowJI1S ail claims un diuiiuution in bulk 01 hi.-ss r,f r-,,!,.. der ten thousand dollars to be taken con- Stranee and imnrobable -ia -V tli mnv ' improbable c.o 'U this mav seem, yet it can bo certified to bv numbers of our best citizens. Dr. Black 23 rising it ia his practice. Thomas French and Col. Waggoner, hotel keepers in Linden, csad it in their hotels during couit week, to the astonishment of their guests. Snccimors will be sent to our State geologist for an alysation. xf any doubts the above plain statement of simple facts, they are referred to Hon. T. M. Brash'-ar, Hon. G. H. Nix on, John A. Pitts, Major John L. Webb, Joseph Wilson, Thomas French, Captain Easley, professor in the academy, and a number of others of the most reliable men in our county."' "Pa, aie ycu sinr'g-'owteg''' '-No, : Frank. What makes you think so'?"' "Because the top of your head is coming ' through your hair." A would-be suicide In Maine is going to j sue the apothecary who sold him arrow- ! root instead of arsenic, forobtainiDg money under false pretences. At a recent party, where epiestions were ! asked; and facetious, if not felicitous an- i swers were expected, a coal dealer asked ! what legal authority was Uie fayorfce w ith I his trade. One aiuwered f 'Coke."' '.'Right,'-' . sum me coal ueater. Another suggested "Blackstone." "Good, too," said the i-ues-tioner. Then a harel faced man in the corner piped out, "Littleton." Whereupon the coal dealer sat down without saying anything. l-'roin tho Washington Patriot. Southern Claims Coniiiiissioii. Tiic A Political lacriine How It Works (ross Violation? ot".. JUixv- rsiulf lre(tccl iiixi Claimants IJIftelt JLiHts" Arbitrary leision '1'Iie whole Concern Devlsea t Secure Uie f2e-cIectton of tirant; , t - ' ? - The'Sonthern Claims Commission twas established under an act of March 3, 1871 . i The object cf tha bill, as alleged iir the bill rfseif providing for tin L-oiirrrassion, was ' to pay loyal citizens of the United' States residing in the insurrectionary States lor stores and supplies -furnished the Federal army during the war. Trere was nothing j specially? Tiiagnaninioirs in this piece of legislation. It was merely the expression on the part of Government of an intention j to pay-ns honest debts. - :-ni , c en. The Southern Claims Commission cou ! sisling of A. O. Al(!is,jJ.; B: Howell, aud Orange Ferri3, appointed' . by President I Grant , was orgauized accordingly, anil i went la wo; k. - 't heir. -first official notice to I claimants; wub , issued March 20, 1S71, ami sets forth that "on the 10th day of April next they will begin the examination-of and the hearing Of testimony and other ; evidence.'7 .-- i : . .-.j ! The method of procedure was, as stated i under the revised rules and regulations of ! i he Commission issued June 1, .1871, for i the claimant to !o with the Commission a statement of ins , claim, together with an ! oath that lie had alwiys been a loyal adhe rent of ti e Government of - the - Uuited States and a list.- of: witnesses, relied upon to prove the - acts alleged in the petition. The witnesses in each case were to be ex amined before the Commission at Wnsh iu ton, -hut, whciever, in consequence of tie smallnets of the claim, the poverty of the claimant, the remcteness of the witnes- l ses. or their inability from any cause to i attend before the Commissioners, or for any other good reason, it is desiied that j tho testimony of the claimant or witnesses : be taken at or near their places of resi i dence, a written application must be li'.ed i with the clerk of the Commissioners." i Tiic testimony, whether taken by a special commissioner at tli3 home of the claimant or before the Cominiss'on at Washington, I was examined by the Commissioners, who repoite 1 in favor of fallowing or disallowing each particular claim. With this the du ties if the Commissioners ceased, and Co-jgrets might, or might not, make the i appropriation to pay the claims favorably reported. A circular of the Commission, issued ! August 1, 1871, ordered that in all claims less than GJ.UU ), tha testimony might be : taken at the residence cf the claimant, by a special commissioner, but that in all . claims exceeding that amount, the claimant must come to Washiugtoa and bring his ' witress with him for a hearing. The special commissioneii were appointed by the Southern Claims Commission, at a per : diem of three dollars and twenty certs fbr each folio of cue hundred words. North Carolina v.:s UK-re any other State, ha ihly favored than ncr in all nve special commissioners, whie-i was inc number aliened in any other re than the Suite, viz: Joir.i A-jimr, iaytteviaer--sepn uixon, Hookeiton ; ..Henry Al., , Fgitchaid, 7. Char lotte; Llmore W. Woods, Chapel 11:11, aud K. R. Pendleton, WoiviI!e. Pi.der this ruling, there were filed with the Southern Claims Commission, up to the time of their first and only report on the 1-ith December, .1371, 10,l)0u claim's. Of these claims, 8;SG0 weie tor less thau '",000 each. The Commission reported further that they had examined and passed upon o'c'J claims, and that 2oG were en tii'tly 1 ejected, and that "JiM were allowed hl'whole or in part. : ' " Taking North Carolina again as the fail est example to fclow the proceedings of .tbii Comuuftsioii, w e find the following to be the reside of the icport, viz : f.!;.vt:i.:-: KKioirrs. . Amount .Amount allowed. :?!5 is !o 1,0: . ii'i; i'.K) $2,5LK aiiiit-d. WilKrlm Pe!c..;V lijui v O. ljaahlue... r-u V.lliiii . AikIr-w: .Uihii o. A-.iau;s..,. . M:l!il:i:l llowlC". . . . . .Sum total.! !vV." (XI 27 1 l) . ' ita o . l,'Ji5 01 oil ('') . ',-! li 50 i'M'avoi:ai;i.e liKroirrs. .Tu i. T. I'hi'.'cr c-taims S 1:C0 0i) lvtaf!';y l';:o!nin-:i 9m iKi X. JI. Muit.'l o.y. (K) It. T. Moiri-! .: 1,125 00 .'kj1i,'S A. 1'liOtliS . .. . 4.S.S (K l ii:el e'oiu'h CSil 5') r ors;;; A. Ho'.T 132 ( 0 fartlia Joms lj-J-l m A. M. NelyKii 768 (;( ."M. 1'. Sfonc. . c i : 716 25 .liillKS lliAVOl' SJlCt 25 A'liiiTMin ri loTlll. . . ; V. Ulil'urU I'ijcliiii-cli .") v-.ifrcso Ov-.-rUau'i ........ r-!S oo Ar-tliur -I. iliil J. '.... ..2.1J( I .tvM II. i ai-i ?: r on 't'hcr-'is Wi.'i.'lhU' riij 00 C. Mmvui'l 1MI CO -):no( M. i;. s: i.v oo V. it. i:, liii.tt... :;i:r,!) T. T. Iial I.. a . 0!( S:i!!i:iol Plliirf-f..' 0".5 f.O lnorco V. A!clii.-uii 1,011 "ill Kiiris I'. !. y. o,ooo 00 sn:-i tot:il r2l,r,(!:' co To sum up the ;i-3nli, in North Carolina v,.; ii:.d that the Cci Uiiihsh n hai taken iiii.il ac!i(;n on lhi:tv elaiins in all. amouut- i!:: in the .ingiciiale to 'L,ir7.0O; that it h.'ts wholly i ejected twenl v-fbiir of these e-iauns, amounting to J,:',U.S ; that it has repout-u lavorabiU on six chums, amount ing to tr-V-.'.",(.5, but has cut them down to Slv,r.'M : which is all that has In-.-n award ed to North Carejina cl mauls. In other wi;iU--, oi ly ;) jter cent, of the chums j p.ivsHl upon lu.y j been recommended for payment," and these have been cut down more 111 lii 50 p-;r cent. In short, that only one doliaf' has been alloweel out e f sixteen claimed, or, there are sixteen chances to ! one against the elahuant. This is "l ather a discouraging view of the picttne for claimants : but this is not all. Uo to this date September, 1S72 some what over lSjOOef claims have been filed. Now, if tlio Commission is able to dispose of .'SO ca;es in ouo year, it will take them ! just thirty-one years and twelve days to i clec.r their docket and finish up the tmsi I ness now in hand. It is not surprising, , therefore, to learn that the Commission ers, er some of them at least, have made arrangements for a permanent residence i in Wasiiii2,'io,;.. The act of Congress allowed f he cjaim j ants' testimony to be taken at homo, wheie ihe amount claimed did not exceed ten thousand de;ll irs. We have already seen that thv5 .Commission fixed this limit at ; three thousand de.llars. This arbitrary ruiing had the effect of causing very many claimants who had just edaims, largely in ; excess of three thousand dollars, and who were not -bie to oear the erreiiFe or tlr . . . I 7 - - ;, r , ing tneir v;ituessws to vVashington, U cut down their claim, thus sacrijicin-.' their lights fr the sake of a hearing. Mark what followed. After it was supposed that the greattv pari o the claims 'weie filed, and their report had been iiiai3, the Com missioners issue another general order, vement to the residence of the claimant. This ingenious device rendereel it apparent that this Cojiiinijqners had much more than saved the amount' cf fhefr'fie thou sand dollar salary to the Government,' and justly entitles them to the reputation of -shurp practitioners" in tin fullest sense of that expression. Continuing to illustrate with North Car olina, we Ijful that, in this Stale, which has a larger area of square miles thau New York, there has been only one special commissioner allowed west of a liue run ning North and South through the centre of the State. There is no railroad piercing this mountain region, and these people, a majority of whom remained loyal, and w here most of the claims accrued, had to drag themselves and their witnesses an average of 'dn& hundred -r.nd - fifty miles over execrable roads to get to the special comrnissipuer at Charlotte. The mountain eel s being all poor and theiv claims small, the commiscioners werp abje to save a large amount to the Government by plac ing the nearest special commissioner ber yond their reach, and thus to display again their economy and skill. 0 It is also worth while to note the rigor of the examination to which claimants and witnesses a.e subjected.- In the first place, there are fifty-efeht prhifed rules to be observed by the Special ,cbmmjssfonei' in taking testimony. The Supreme Court of the United States has laid down for itgelf thirty-three rules cf practice. Claimants themselves and their witnesses are literally immersed and overwhelmed with interrog atories. There are 71 series of questions, the shortest containing 2 and the longest 23 interrogatories. Following the usual rules of averaging, there will be 897 ques tions to be asked by the special commis sioner! But; hi -fact, theie are a great many mora to be asked,. fcr the special f-pmtnuslo-a' is 'Imperatively instructed to t-Mk other aiid further questions." If - the special l commissioner' fails to do his full jdi-ty ia this regard; No. 19 of Lis instruc tions declares 4lixt "whenever the repUa- Lions in taking testimony are riot strictly followed, the neglect operates to the preju dice of the claim." As .might be expected, relationship has now become an "element" bin this country, as will be seen from inter- I rogatory No. :;0, which is as follows, viz: i , 0. .Had youjany near relatives any husband, son, brother or nephew in the Confederate army : If yea, state his name, jWhcther he is now living and where he re; sides. Did you furnish him with any mil itary equipments, any clothing, or any litoueyy Did yoif contribute in any way to aid or support bum while in the rebel .service:-,, v:i,:;,; .. ; . Each of these 'quesi ions under No. Co -must be fully answered." After having selected the most comnlex method they could devise, and instructed i -the special commissioner to complicate it j as much more as migh! lie in his power, ! the honorable commissioners proceed to observe that "claimants must bear in mind j that a neglect to observe these directions works to the prejudice .of the claimant, and j i may aeieat the cairn." . It is not at all sur prising uiat xmiler the "rules and regula tions" North Carolina claimants have re ceived only 0 per ct, of. the. amount claimed. But suppose the claimant to have suc ceeded in rumiing the gauntlet of interro gatones, he 1-xts siill. the -'black lists" to pas3 through. The Government "organ," published at Washington, has this to say about "blade lists" in its issue of Tuesday, December 12, 1871 : "The Commissioners o.' Southern Claims are holdirg back their expected repoit. tj Congress for a day or two longer tor the purpose of going once again through their schedule of allowances to see, by comparison v,;ith certain "black lists" in their possession, if any claimants have slipped through into the sunshine of acceptance who ought to have been left out in the coldness of rejection." These "black lists" are obtained in this wise: The names and residences if claimants are published and sent to all tho postmas ters in the State, and postmasters are or dered to post them in a cocspicuous place. Now, if by this means Captain John Smith, of Sandy Level, ascertains that Jonathan Jones, of Turkey Hill, "has. a claim," it is in the power of Captain Smith to defeat the claim of Mr. Jones, should he be dis posed to do so, through either prejudice or interest, iir. Jones may have had his claim established by the testimony of credible witnesses, but a "confidential note'' from Captain Smith to the Commis sioners will knock it in the head. Xeither can Mr. Smith erer know how or by what means he failed to get pay for that hun dred bushels cf corn that Stone-man got from his wife while he was in an East TenneSee4Jnion regiment. Captain Smith may communicate --confidentially" with the Commissioners in perfect security. Mr. Jones will never know he did it, for the Commissioners may be relied upon to observe the third rule of Administration arithmetic. . . ( It is not the purpose of your conespon dent to make any note or comment on these proceedings. It might be shown that the Southern Claims Commission is a powerful instrument in the hariels of the Administration. Those individuals who purchased Government bonds during the war in exchange lor the alino&t worthless paper of State banks, and who liave already been paid (in gold) interest fully the amount they invested, are opposed to seeing any of the funds of the Govern ment applied to the payment cf Southern claims. As these are the persons who now control all departments ot the Govern ment, their wishes must be implicitly obeyed. The Southern Claims Commis sion ijs not remiss in performing its obliga tions. It can show the gold-bond men that they hive no cause for alarm, as Southern claimants are paid only six per eeid. cf the amount claimed, which is barely enough to keep them in heart and hope until afttr the next Presidential elec tion. Meanwhile. Southern i laim.-ints have been try log to console themse.ves aud gather some crumbs cf conifoit from the encomiums whiedi the Commission have lavished generally upon --their sacii lice aud sutioiiugs, their steadfast courage, a id patrh.-lie devotion to the Urnon." How long Southern Ioy;d claimants will continue to he deluded by these cheap blandish ments and to support the present Adminis tration in hopes ef getting thejr pay is not J c.utaniJy known. l,;ut this much is cji ; tain, and thai is, that some of them who j think a busht-j of corn jnvettetl jn theFed I eral army, equal to a dollar note of a wild I e.tl bank invested in gedl-bearing 1'nited States bonds, are beginning to kick. They litre pi'orand don't like to pay taxes for ! the benefit of tho wi J-eat banker's bunds j and receive no pay for their own property. i hey will kick higher after a liltlo while, and more of them together. STATU NEWS. Collon 17 cents. in Raleigh oa Saturday. Wake Forest ('.' ,1'ege oncnetl yesterday. Mr. John L. Skinner, of Oxford, has emigrated to Coleuado. Ex-Gov. Holden has gone into the ced lection of claims business. The Greeley anil Brown Club at Gold:- boro is iu full blast. The Goldsboro' Bai k w ill bo open'about October 1st. Rakiigh has a t.quch-pf the jialeigh w ife beating fever, Capt. Swift (Jallovvay, Greeley Llector f r the 2d district, has entered on a vigor ous campaign. The regular passenger and mail train 011 the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad will here after run through to Sanforel on the Ral eigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad. It is reported that J. II. Headen, of Chatham, will be appointed by tho Radi cals i-!ector in the 0th District to supply the vacancy caused Thomas M. Ai:?o. by the resignation of The. Sf .if esvihrt IiifrJlitenrw enr.e ' I nvrm " ......j .ivv..v.'.VJ .fctJ. . J iLl . . . ft 1 s 0 luuuauiiic n-tgs, oeaiiug upon inem 1 the names of Greeley end Brown, have ! been raised at I-TooeSville ':and Mt. Mon- 1 roe, iu this county. fn..'.l l.l -ir . , -";r::rV',r"r:' : c .-aJs- -'.U U,B i sonot ex-Shernl W. H. Cullom, of John ston co;imy, recently shot a black fish in ! Neuse river, that weilied 0 pounds, j I llO Tlhl- "Otoilnil a I tnA ... .1 . 1 . . 1 I " w " 7 . 1 rest long. Youna Waiter is cevd at tb . iuii. . , . - The Statesville Intelligencer says : On Friday morning a personal difficulty oc curred in'iYonFcJ the Jimonton House, in this place, between' Mr.i t. Brevard Mc Dowell and B. Dake, editor qf the American, in which the latter was decently pommeled, Mr. McDowell using both a caneand his fist upon hfm. The Baleh-h Neirs says : We had the pleasure of meeting yesterday, Evelyn I, Denison, late of Ccshain Tark, Hampshire, and of Loudon, England, who has been m this State for some time cn a prospecting tour. Mr. Denison ha? just returned here from Asheville, Buncombe countj-, havin" contracted for the purchase of 75,000 acres land n Madison and Jackson counties for stock rais.ug and general farming husbaiic ry, as' is 'pracl cul in Lmdand and Scou land. P n.an ?cou The Raleigh Xeics says: We were shown yesterday by Messrs. Leach Bros., a boll from which the cotton bad been picked, containing lifu&tiij ceils, sections, pr Jocks, ail of which contained cotton of the usual ejuantily and staple. The usual number of "cells in a boll of cotton ranges from three to five, and though this may be a freak of nature, yet Mr. B. B. Nicholson, of Halifax, from whose farm the boll was faken, ia of the oppion tliat from the seed of .his :Qt.pu he jyijj orjginae a new va riety, more prolific than, any heretofore intioduced. The stalk of cotton was large, and every boll on it was the same. We hope that in a few jcars the reputation of Nicholson's extra proline will exceed that cf "Six Oaks," "Peeler," or any other man. y Meals Hotel, 2-j. cents at' the Rutherfordtcn t Uvv, L.. Branson has purchased J. Jones book business in Ilaleigh. A. . six: murder cises before Rutherford Court next week. Five persons were immersed and joined the Itutherf'ordton liaptist Church on the Mil. Henry T. Jordan, Esq., of Person coun ty, member of the last Legislature, is a candidate for Chief Clerk of the -House. Mr. A. J. McN air has been associated with Mr. I. Godwin, in the mercantile business at Shoe Heel. Stephen Lassiter, recently elected Rep resentative from Lenoir count v, died cn the Kith hist. - .. " t Two fine horses belonging to Col. B. F. Little, of Kichmond county, were killed by iightuing on Saturday of last week. :The Lonisburar Courier savs Mai. II. A. London's speech at Louisburgis geneially spejken of as one of the best heard in that section in an age. The Hohesonian complains very much of the carelessness and neglect of his duties by the colored Grant Postmaster at that place. , Mr. John D. Corthan a well known citi zen of Wilson county was beaten unm r cifully bad while on his way home leas Wednesday night. The 'Newborn Times learns that the Bodie's Island Light House will be lit up for the first time on or about the 1st ot October. j Miss BeUie Cobb, of Nashville, recently j returneel from a visit to Baltimore, has the I small pox. - There is a young panic in and i around Nashville, in consequence thereof. An election is to be held in Fayetteville oh the 1 prox. to take the sense ot the peo ple on the proposition to subscribe $75,000 to the capital stock of the Fayetteville and Florence Railroad. The llobesonian says : The Lee Cornet Band of this town has reorganized for the Fall and Winter campaign, anei Mr. Thos. J. Johnson has been unanimously re-elected as instructor. : The Wilson Ledger says : We were in formed by Mr. James D. Barnes a few days since that he made on one acre of land '0 bales of No. 1 hay. This should impress upon the minds of the farmers what one acre of land is worth iu bay by proper at tention, the o() bales of hay diel not cost him to exced $20. The llobesonian learns tha' a new Ma sonic Lodge has been established, under dispensation, at Lumberton, Kobeson county- The officers are : 11. McMillan, We rs'aipful Mastei: N. C. Giaham, Senior Warden; A. G. Johnson, Junior Warden. An effort H beiug made to raise funds to build an academy and Lodge room at that place. The Pee Dee Herald says: Col. San ford, Chief Engineer, in making an experi mental suivey for the Air Line Road, from Raleigh to Augusta, has had his headquar ters near this place with his engineering fojco for more than a week. He was in town Saturday and speaks pietty conli dently of the construction of that Koid, so that there seems a veiy fair probability of three Railroads uniting at this point at no very distant day. The llobesonian says : Sheriff McMillan advertises to be sold to the highest bidder, on the 7th elay of December text, '110 tracts of land in this county, levictl onto satisfy elemands for taxes. The new constitution gives every man a homestead, but the enormous taxation pro vided for bv that instrument will soon take it away. At the rate of three hundred a year the homesteads of Robeson will soon pass out of the hands of the present own ers. A 'ittle more thau 12 mouths ago, one Ben Rether, colored, was killed iu the Scullieton region in Robeson county. The outlaw gang directed their suspicions to a number of young gentlemen of high respec tability, and a bill was sent to before the grand jury charging them with the murder. j The grand jury failed to find, whereupo. I .Iml" lfopl :i or their arrest, fbey fled and llussel out lawed them. Recently, Solicitor Cantwell rejeated the attempt to get a true bill found against then;. He also failed. And now, the Hohemninvi says, that reoent de velopments prove the oung men to have ! been enti'ely innocent, there being strong I suspicion that the luurdor was committed ! by another colored man, with whom de- ceased hyd recently qtiai relied. I Tho Rale'gT Sentinel closes a very inle:- i esting description of the ball at Kittre-lls, ' l.tst week, with tiro 1'jllowiug iueident: ! There were a inimber of incidents w hich J aie well worth chronicling, but. spae must b3 consulted. T he follow ing will beartell , ing. Dr. ('eorge VV. lilacknall, the worthy proprietor of the Yarborough House, U the ' hero of it. The Doctor cupir-d a house - n "ar Ihe springy S(-im little di-trinco from , the hotel, :md in w hie i several ladies were ( also lodged. );i Thursday night, some j time before the ball closed, the Doctor j sought hli pillow, but before falling com i p'.etely into the arms of Morpheus he heard I the savage bull dog, belonging to a negro I living near by, making a ricise as if attack ; ing some one, so up he sprang, taking: time only to encase his feet in a pair of j No. 10 slippers, and sailed out to the res- I cue. While the Doctor was out. the bid ies rooming in the house came down accom rauied by their beaux and stopped in the broad, w (ill-lighted passage for a conversa tion. The Doctor came up with the dog but soon found to bU honor that be had "caught a 'iartar," for tho dog went for him in 5tj je and he had to turn and seek safety in ignominious flight. The house was the Doctor's obj. livc point. Two high fences prevented any attempt at a flank movement. Despite the inconve nience of the long garment, of the color of our next President's old but, the Doc t r reached the house just about five feet ahead of the dog. Into the passage, he bolted and with the single expression, "good lord," he shot like a motor into his room, and was heard to fall heavily on his bed. Wo say for the Doctor's credit he had the presence of mind when he entered the passage to shake out the graceful folds of the garment in which ho was attired, which he had gathered up to prevent any impediment to speed. The surpiise of the party in tho passage can better be im r.a v.. agined than exnressed. United states oenaior nansoni' sought to' cover bis em- Uiina&Miieni, oy a succession ol those i courtly bows for which ho is i.ofl Dr. C. J. Gee made some few rather 1 ... 1 ' Coiie,ent Vemar'siu regard to atmospheric rr,aur.a n..i,;t r?i...j H-..A, .1 -., ""'v ii. j iuiiiiiilt ijaicneior preserved a strict yet eloquent silence and v-.j uupnoiu-ij' oiiuou. nanus with 'v.ien eral Rausom. The Geneial was the first to recover his self-possession and tbmnoi, had a good joke on Messrs. Ransom, Gee and Batchelor, but they persist in say In that the joke is on the Doctor. The reader can draw his own conclusion. The llobesonian says : At the Spring Term of our Superior Court the grand jury returned fifteen indiciments against cue Dune. Chavis, a Scnflletown mulatto, for retailing whiskey without license aud a capias lor his arrest was soon afterwards issued and placed ia the hands of the Sheriff of the county. As soon as Chavis lr ai.Leu uy inc&ner- ltT he arme(1 bimself for resis!tance and eoois up u-s apouei .witu , the Lovrey oat law's. In this way he "managed to escape capture until VVednesday morning last, when Arch'd McCallum, a braye and dar ing young man who had been appointed by the obeiil''a special deputy for theptirpose. came upon him at his own house iu aeuflkr town, where, alone and without assistance,' he effected the arrest of this desperate villain. When Mr. McCallum made his appear ance Chavis leveled his gun upon him, and threatened to shoot him if he advauced; but the bold and intrepid young man pre sented his repeater", -and. rushing- upen hmi, compelled him to lay down his sinl nis tact the other t wo gentlemen eilected a re -reai. ' The. 'next u-orning, bright and early, Dr. Blacknail told several that tin ar.d beg for mercy. Mr. iMcCaliuin thn drove the desperado before him a distance of eight or nine miles toLunibeitou, whcie he was immediately committed to jiil i await his trTal. This Dune. ChavLs is an c.ld ft'end,-r against the laws ef the country, and a i10 toriously desperate character, but we thii;l he is now in a position to atone l'.n- oii of his crimes. A. HXI1T. DEVIL. WISCONSIN' WOMAN l'oIJ-ON.s JU:i; I-A.NP, im.DTiEN AND J-KVKl.'A I. hick NKie'iinoiLs a uoi: RIKLK MAMA, 1:1 On a farm in Triinbelle, l'iei . e.im, Wisconsin, about live miles fmi.i l he viil lage, have lived for eijht years Chaujnw S. Lamb; Charlotte, his second wii,-, twenty years younger; two sons and ;i djughter. Tiitnbelle is nearly oppoviii. Red Wing, MinnesiH, ami about s iv miles from St. Paul. The husband ua . industrious, and the family was nua h o speeted, Mrs. Lamb being c:iispieii.;:.s i, , kindness in sickness and activity i-i In-, j, enterprises. Mi. Lamb di-d suddenly jn September, 1S71, of a fcii-yul.ir mal.idv, and was found a corp.se iu the fi Id. ,v-t i,-,' time after his eleath, from heart iis,euM', the afilicted husband called it, si a frequent visitor at the house of .'u. 11. G. Carr, in Triinbelle, delighting in Mis, Can's society, and udniiihig Mr. fa. r ,. On one occasion she told Mis. Cam hit she had been told by a fortune-; i i! -r :;t Red Wing that she was soon to h:se :i i!,..tI friend, and that she (Mrs. Lamb) v s.l.l eventually many the husband of ih- 4i,.;. . friend. Mis. Carr was not h.'ppy with this cheerful prospect, and told Mi..", .!i-: that she was not going to die. M.(. seepieiitlv te-ld her husband and. cideil to let il pass. Some days lil'tei v. ; Mrs. Carr took tea with Jlrs. Lainli. and observed that the tea was very bitter. M.o arose to pour it back into the vessel i? v ;(i poured from, and Mrs. Lamb sudd.-niv seizeel the cup and threw its rentents i-n't of the window. Mrs. Carr. after letmnin home, had violent pains in the stoimich! and nearly died, but ihuAly jeewveit i. That closed their acquaintance v. ith Tdis. Lamb. Last spring Mrs. Iamb discovered that her children were ailing, and p:v.Ik-tcd a calamity in her family, it cane, ih-r son Orin, aged thirteen, ciiiuc ::i .n lav and ate of some bread and milk. Ji was bitter, but she said she had put iium!),.;,!.' in it for him. He died in hiif sr.i hour. Yoiutg Seais, h's ci m.au'o , who had tasted eif it, gotoll' v, ;th a sickue,a. q ;i,. mother's next anxiety was lor ihe heahh of her ehuighlcr. Precisely one nioi.i'u al ter the son's death Sarah had convuish.' movements of the anus, legs, und thioat, as the Eon lnid had, and Sarah died. Mif. I.amb becaiiii! a visitor in 1 he fa ic ily f a near neighbor nanied Jus. Oil man. Mis. Oilman disliked her an 1 Krs. Lamb udinited Mr. Ottniau cvceediugly. Mrs, Lamb gave .Mrs. Ottman some -f her bitters one day in August. She vomited and became better, but a phjsiciau who was ealleil had left, some povd:is. Mr.--. Lamb nursed her ami gave her to.;M. Convulsions of limbs and thioat and i speedy eleath followed. Mrs. Lamb's next victim was Mr. Royal Garland, a resident of an adj jining imi n, who employed her to cook for him. This man, it is staled, had once offered to mar ry her. She gave hi:n a special cu o: ;.-a. one elay, and within an hour he tus dead. The horrible facts against this creatine had now gathered sufficient force to mmiM'; the Rip Van Wh.kles who secne-d t- h.i. settled in that community. G.ul.iml d'n-d on the 15th of August. On the rje;; li Lamb was arrested. On the 5lh in.-t;ii. a preliminary examination was held, j in formal trial will takj; place iq Novei-ihe;-. The analyses of the stomachs of her posed victim reveal unmistakabl i tru-es j' strychnine in the cases of Guland, Ottman, and her two children. S., f.u none have been found in her hiisl.ind's stomach, and she says they won't find any. Though sjow to trace the guilt f this wo man, her neighbors ate now e.-.ciied enough to hang her. iieiw she looks. She is desciibed as about thirty-six ;,ars old, of medium height, heavy bodied, and of a masculine appearance, vi!h a slight beard perceptible on her chin. Il.-r hair is dark; eyes gray, small ami keen, jl.-r complexion is sallow, she has a m-edhr.: and low forehead, an-1 the 1 e.vej- p n! of her face i.s heavy an-) p:(j --(iu-r. f . I - ? i - is known of her nisi h; lisiory. second wife an inmate! ef Mr. fiuin' S and If f it- d heej, of his fami'l, the d-:ith "i ma him, wnui-j rt,io;ieii iu 1 1 ; t ; 4 suddenly, a- d':-I a ji-unc; wom.Ui t. w ;tu he afterward l e.one jiiei,tiv', :-nti bef,u, his marriage, wiih the f.u ! j it. of t his .-.ken h. Ms Jaiuli appear.! to b:? dei:t.t o! ma ternal instincts, ciihuti', i.f d:i.-.:! mil. She is kept well guatded iu ja;l. ( AMi'AK.N i.vi i;iiU(;r. r. i.iitKie.1. i-itosi'i;-is r tAu. A liuouii Slrt'iilii ol I '.vao l.il .-r.il Kcf::!l(:;iiis ' ; lit 11 1 Mmini-i Arousin- lo i;t. Wut-li (o;ih:ll IIopi'M ol' (iie I.il,-r;ils f I!y Tcle-rapli to 1 1 it? Trihtin- ( (iI.l'.MIil S. Sept. l: m ai 11c wasn 1 oy ail means sin-ii a sntj faction to tho Grant people :i tl.-.-y would j have people believe. 'Before the result in I that State the e.i!iv-.i; on -u . .....i- nei inaminaie, ami euner in in Miprenu confidence or utter hopelessness not nv great efforts were put forth to tmu Dm- :..,!..! : . ... 1 scale. Now, however, there ij a .!;;iTi j There are movements and rumors I'm . j meiit'-, aud sending in furiou li.iste J'. r j the counselors of the party. Whether A ; to be ascjibed to the resuit ol' the v.i-..; system practiced by the Liberal inaim-eu, who woik in excellent .irit with tl:e Democrats, or the reflex of the enthusiasm awakened by Senator Schurz, it i.; atlmit ted on every hand that Refoim is to-day stronger than siuco tho Cincinnati Conven tion. This is not a vague generality. Facts of the most incontioveilihle Kind, come up to support it. Aj a tecln.eu, lake the following accurate Y.nd verbal inl transcript from local records of the strengi h of the Liberals in various counties i'.ol sjmciahy in the need of lefjin:. First, l;d:iug the State by Congtess Disiricts Cincinnati, embracing two dis'.i Lis and Hamilton county presents a solid .!.'. a' '1,500 Reitublicans as good as pledge 1 to Reform. In the Hid Di-:iikf, 'ihitlc' county records 500. Warren :.V,' jyeb-i L'imi. i crtuni.t .inn- . .i 1 .'-;: '? 11;.. Villi (Toledo) District, Lucas courdv. 5;-', Ottawa, 150; Henry, 100; Fulton, 15c: Williams, "iUO; Wood, libO; total, i:',- Xth District, fneca county, "J'Ki: S.o. ky, 150; Hancock, 100; Erie, :b'; Iiur-.:,. 1,500; total, 2,:JU0: XUth (Columbus) Di--trict, Fi.inklin county, 00t;; Coshocton and Licking, .'100; Muskingham, :'.; totai. LL'OO; XXth (Cleveland) Dii'rict, Cuva hoga county, 2,". 0(1. Now thes figuivg are held rividjs-dnv. ;; to the ascertained facts. Son e t f '.he J. uifonned io!iticians iu the Stale ii-uiv . it 5,0C 0 majority in Hamilton county, but the above list, which is iutended as an average exhibit of pretty much every coun ty in the Slate, is based solely cn the as certaincd strength of the two w ings of tho Republican party. Counting on these fig ures and recalling the ("rant majority as 40,000 in 1SC0, and the Hayes inaj ji itv ef considerably less than half iu ls70, you have the exact basis of the Literal hope and trust; but there arc ninny naiades.-' circumstances aiding the canvass here, and the people are coming marely ibrw r.rd c the contest zx they i:evor did biorc A; thoilgh there Is no Other' ground' th-:i tin results of steady work" and careful cai'iva-.-;-ing, the air is filled with augui'ies .-f t'w cess, and all, who sympathize with Reibrui give vojee to a iiujefiqblti coidilenc;: which perplexes and annoys the ad.ciiaiy exceedingly since tney im-l settled them selves into glorification over what they call the decisive action of Maine. The Lancaster (Pa.) Volkufnuud is another staunch German paper that refus' -' to swallow Hajtraiift and'hf? ringy. '
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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