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RATES OF ADYKKTISiatCr . 1 una oqure, one week SI a Qua SaitTt. twn 4 ' " " ...... ......... m W One Square, one awu.. .......... ....... 2 s One Square, three months.. 'IN One Square, six months. mm0 jj eo 1 1.KWS OF SUBSCRIPTION THE DAILY JOITKXAIj s mailed to b rribers at Eioht Dollars per annum ; Foun D ulaRS fur si i months; Skvextt-vive Cent Additional Squares at proportional rates. A Squire la equal to txh solid iavxiof ad WKKKIjY JOritNAL at Two Dol r in ii ii in : O.vs 1.I l AK for six month. VOL. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1874. HO. 13. vertlalDjtype. -Cash, Invariably inadranoe. siilifi iptioii received to the Weekly lor a f,sri sii montiif. THE WILMINGTON JOUBNL ENGELHARD & SAUNDERS, Kditors and Proprietors. 0 WH'OI ALL LBTTKRS ON BU9IHKSS MU91 nk ADDBE9SKD. 1 1 WL 1f llrtiflimrtlriifim i&My- w 4 IKK S1MTK Ii.XI VKItSITV. The Raleigh Crescent in concluding floipital article upon tins once useful institution says: 1,-t, then, the University be revived at an early day. Let all of the friends of a liberal edneatiou rally to its sup port. I.:v aide your prejudices and C1-eeds :i:id come up to the help f tli ist- who would lift from the dust tl.e hrit::i column, and place it upon its firm pedestal again. For eight years in the newspapers of the State we have st d forth in advocacy of the eaily revival of learning at Chapel Hill. hit hopeful hearts gather about the venerated and ruined old University. Let a new life be placed withiu; let au excellent f teulty bo chosen, with some popular and eloquent man at its head muii' ii of the State who eau, with Vdice and pen, stir the people's heart sj'.ii? Vance or Davis (him of the Cape Fear, we mean, ) and then will old men rejoice and mothers shall be glad, and the maidens of our land with songs shall bring freh garlands with which to aJ.un the brow of the Old Uuiver a tv - that was dead but is alive again. .ot a iirv. All the prisoners arrested by Kel logg's emissaries in Grant Parish, Louisiana, charged with participating iu the troubles there, have been put ..a trial. Only one prisoner was actu ullv tried, and a verdict of not guilty heiug rendered as to him, all the others were discharged by the Judge. Jt set -ins, however, although they were discharged by the Judge, that the prisoners were, on motion of the Dis trict Attorney, again remanded into custody. Whether the re-committal was upon other charges than those specified in the indictmentnpon which they have just been tried, or whether in Louisiana the District Attorney has a higher power than the Judge does not tppear. In these days it may be tiuly said that what the law is "is what no fellow can find out." TROI Itl r. I C A.TIP. The Radical camp seems just now to be somewhat in confusion, and a se rious question promises, ere long, to be "Have we a Radical party among ns ?" It is a sure sign that its condition is a desperate one when the press of the Radical party refuse to endorse its conduct of public affairs, and openly criticize and condemn its most promi ueut men. If there be one man more prominent than another as a trnly representative man of the Radical party and of its pricciples so-called, that man is Gen eral Butler, commonly called the Beast, and yot not one leading Radical paper north of Philadelphia has failed to denounce General Butler, not even excepting the New York Times, a pa per that claims, aud rightly claims, doubtless, to be the especial oigan of President Grant aud the administra tion. And yet, strange as it may seam, this man Butler is the chosen ally of President Grant and the dis penser of federal patronage iu the State of Massachusetts, whose people are eveu now gnashing their teeth in the impoteney of their rage at the ap pointment of Simmons by the Presi dent and his confirmation by the Sen ate as Collector of the Port of Boston. The N'tw York Event iu W makes t)old to sav without the slightest at- tetiipt to conceal its ill opinion of the i anti 0f Indiana and their mode of ex ilian, that ( leneral Butler must be emi- ; presvion is. to u&y the least of it, lieutly qualified for a keeper of the Ad taiuietration's conscience, "deeming t untie not inconsistent with hi? other offices of representation in Con gress, Attorney for Jayne aud Special Assistant of the Attorney-General." The Boston Adrfi-tixcr is unsparing ia its denunciation, not only t" Prfesi- eut ( Jraut and General Butler, but j of the mrJe in which the party con ducts its afs'aifj generally. Its latest attack A upon it Jarty friends in the United Slates Senate. It says; Senator Stewart of Nevada was ap pointed chairman of the committee to investigate the affairs cf the District "f Columbia, on Friday last, before tie body of Mr. Suniner could have re iclied" the rotunda of the Capitol. Vesterily the journal was "corrected," so as to make it appear that Mr. Stew art was apjjointed a member of the committee, after .stormy session of the committee in which the chairman ship of Mr. Stewart was repudiated. The appointment is, under any tir -uiiistatires, one not lit to be made. Mr. Stewart is one of the Senatois to he investigated. With the Governor id other officer of the District, he is interested in the real estate specula tions of the ring in the Co;iuecticnt nvenue district, which the board of works, by a judicious improvement, auade highly profitable for them. The iiotise of wonderful architecture which Mr Stewart erected find inhabits is f'opulaily known in Washington as 'tne honest miner's camp," in refer ence U, the Senator's success in float ing the st-k i,f the Kmiua mine in tugland. I'nder these circumstances " is little short or an iusult to those tuei...lers of the committee who are iu vor of a strict inquiry into the f airs of the District, that one who is Pj'pu.ariy believed to be in the. ring -non id be nlacpil Tl iioi'ti In will " " c- II v l -f swains to be seen efe fcii.,lj be divisions But that ; t 111 a party j r-p1 ' t,i unload a Credit Mo fraud, a Sanborn fraud, a asnnituu (,'ity (,tM, Senator fraud, a Liouisiana Butler, president Carpenter. Cakes Schuyler Colfav, aud thousands U oth is onwht in if- . atJ.Y one. cuiipnae A faithful brother in a Fairfield, omieetient) church recently prayed je absent members "who were T nate on bedsof sickness and chairs wellness." Consider'! nave yet attained unto the dignity of thatVldlU-, ifc 81" to lear iuiss tielle Murrav. vh h injr ths few Worn -n ml.n ung R8 ueputv clerk nf th C.l f v "-MUL -barVea rt aiVC01?Dty IUiuoi8' ia ""geu with embezzlement, and her "iai is m progress at Bloomington. 4tr.i : ! ' ' V ,rom 11 v8ng-won, the Conservafive party to put in Domi- mtl i i.e a liaud iusJi3P- nation a man who is not only popular, k ne inquiry and tin- report. l)pt js well qnalified for the position. ;-w oug a party can hold together i Jn casting about for such a person, the 'fc'ieh evident discord i-i ita mn. ! name of Colonel Stephen D. Pool, of F.N EH A K IU c I, AWN. The Augusta Chronicle and Senti nel is delighted at "the gratifying in telligence that the President has nomi nated General Lafayette McLaws to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the First Collection District of Georgia. This will be most acceptable intelli gence to the people of Georgia. General McLaws is a good man one who has the respect and esteem of all who know biiu, aud the President could not have made a more popular appointment. The position is a lucra tive one, but, for General McLaws' sake, we wish it were twice as lucra tive as it alieady is." Till: DK.noCHACY. The Democracy is beginning to be stir itself. In New Hampshire our first victory of the year was handsomely wou adding a heavy increase to the popular vote and carrying the Legis lature by a good working majority. In Connecticut the lines are already drawn and the parties in battle array, and before many weeks we expect to hear the shouts of our aecond victory. In Oregon too, our friends have taken the field, the Democratic Convention of that State having met ou Thursday and nominated a full State ticket. Swinging around the circle, we rind that our friends on the Gulf coast also are stripping for the conflict. From Alabama we hear the notes of prepar ation and they have au earnest honest sound. A plan of thorough organiza tion has been perfected and a stirring address issued by the State Executive Committee. It says: "The Conservative party, desiring to receive the votes of all men entitled by the law to the ballot, is composed, both in its constituent lody and its leadership of white men. The Radical party is made up of a constituency chiefly of negroes, while the whites in its ranks, in seeking office from the negroes, represent their ideas, senti ments and wishes, and tend in their machinations to arouse the passions and to confirm the prejudices of their African patrons, for the purpose of ef fecting their .unworthy and mercenary objects. The distinguishing difference between the two parties can be re duced, consequently, to a single prop osition. Should the Conservative par ty succeed in the next election, we shall have in Alabama a government pledged to protect the interests of all, white and black, On the other hand, should the Radical party succeed, whether with pretended white or mixed tickets, the primary inspirations of the gov ernment of the State will be derived, beyond dispute, from a controlling ne gro constituency." Swinging around again until we reach Indiana, we find the good work still going on. The Democratic State Central Committee has issued a call for a State Convention to make nomi nations for the coming canvass in that State. The address of the committee has the ring of the true metal. It says: "The democratic party cf Indiana, claiming fellowship with, and desiring the co-operation of all good men with out regard to past party affiliations, who view the present condition of our political affairs as imperatively de mending reform, and who are disposed earnestly to labor :or the overthrow of a corrupt party, and a profligate ad ministration, most cordially invite all such to unite with it in council and iu action. In these times of official corruption and political misrule, it becomes, more than ever, the duty of all good citizens to require a strict adherence to, and faithful compliance with, the princi ples upon which our political institu tions rest." The similarity between the seuti- ments of the Democracy of Alabama worthy of remark, and shotis a unity of action and harmony of design, that augur well of success. The concluding remark of the Indi ana address contains the gis.t of the whole m .tter in a nut shell. The country demands reforms, and as our ; Indiana friends say: "There is no hope of securing these reforms through the agency of the party in power. We therefore call upon all good people to ciset with us in convention, ana to act wiin us i iuo ' polls, in behalf of these measures, and to aul in staying tne progress ui cui ruption and misrule." And truer words were never uttered. The Hillsboro llei-ordn' speaks of the nomination of Colonel Pool aa the Conservative candidate for the office of Superintendent of Public Instnic t:ou in very handsome terms. It says: The Wilmington Journal suggests the name of Col. S. D. Pool as a suit able noi.ir;ee for this office. If, by education, fitting him exactly for such a po itiou : if, by laborious energy zealous to accomplish all the purposes of his office; if, by a spotless character commanding the respect of all with whom he is brought in contact, a man bofeoies the proper recipient of official honor, the Col. Pool should be put forward prominently ps the cheve of the people. Partv services aliso demand recogni tion, and few in the State have labored move faithfully in the cause than CoL Pool. We Lsje his claim will receive favorable consideration. The Weldon News in referente to the same gentleman says : "Next August, there will be an elec t inn for SiiTiprinrendent of Public In struction and it should be the aim of "r Mrf'W and Den4, occurs to ns as in every respect wunuj w rrh. Wilmintrfnn JorTRlffAIi was the first to nominate him and the press throughout State has endorsed the step taken by the Jotjknal,. Colonel Pool's attainments are such as to eminently qualify him for the of fice and his long and earnest services in behalf cf the Conservative party en title him to consideration. The posi tion of Superintendent pf Public In- ! fitruction is a responsible one apd no i one should be nominated who .cannot fill it creditably. We most sincerely trust Colonel Pool will be our candi date and heartily recommend him as a man "good and true' English railway directors are aft thick in the new Parliament as Nation al bank directors are in Congress. There are fifty-two railway directors in the House of Lords and one hund red and twenty-four in the House of Commons, pajucg a total of one hundred and seventy-sis. A !.:( It -V AMD AUKS. From recent revelations it seems pretty evident that Mississippi owes her present unfortunate condition much more to one of her own degene rate sous, by adoption, than to the son-in-law of Benjamin Butler, who is now her Governor. In the late election, it was Hobsou's choiee, the devil and the deep s a, for the people at large. Be tween Alcorn Hiid Ames it was a choice between Dick Turpiu and Jack Shep perd, aud if anything the latter was preferable to the former. It appears that Alcorn, in one of his canvasses, proclaimed as follows: "I have got this Democratic stag by the horns, andl intend to hold it down till the ne groes kick every particle of wind out of it." The result was, says a correspond of the Louisville Oruricr- Journal, that "while Alcorn made a fierce, brilliant and bitter, cauvass, Ames was elected by 15,000 or 20,000 votes. To his own party the latter was persuasive aud promising; to the Democracy kind and cojeiliatory. Though the Democratic stag was, as a general thing, up and in horns against him, as it had been against Alcorn in 18G9, Ames was too wiry to kick the breath out of it, And herein is a moral for politicians an oeware now you nanu'e your pedal extremities, for the kicker of to-day may be the kickee of to-mor row. Jt'IHJK 1IVNU9I. The Conservative press of the State is just now commenting with much favor, and very properly too, upon a re cent dissenting opinion filed by Judge Bynum iu a case that went up from Johnston county to the last term of the Supreme Court. The question before the Court was one directly involving the right of cjuusel to conduct their cases accord ing to their own best judgment and not at the dictation of the Court. In his opinion, Judge Bynum says: Three prisoners are on trial for their lives, and making several defences. Many witnesses are examined and the testimony is conflicting. The evidence is closed, aud the argument about to begin. Just then, without any previ ous warning, the Judge announces to the prisoners' counsel, "you shall have only an hour and a half for your ad dress to the jury." And without time or opportunity to rearrange and con dense the argument within the limit, even if it were possible, and against the will of counsel, the trial is rushed through, with unprecedented haste, and the prisoners convicted ! The judicial annals of our State, it is believed, afford no other instance of such an exercise of power. It is with out precedent here. On the contrary it is within the memory of many than an eminent counsel in this State, con fessedly spoke against time, to save the life of the accused, by the expira tion of the term of the court. State vs. Spier, 1 Dev. 461. If there could be an occasion for the interference of the court, that was one, for the term could not be extended to the end of the trial, as now. Yet the Judge dared not to stop the counsel, and the legislature sanctioned the conduct of the Judge, for shortly thereafter, and in conse quence of this very case, it passed an act, enabling the Judge, in capital cane onlt, to extend the term from day to day, until the trial is fin ished. Rec. Code, eh. 31, Sec. 10. Thus we have the legisla tive construction of the force and extent of that humane provision of the Constitution in favor of life. It can not be that we are called upon to f ur nisn the authority of precedents to sanction the instincts of our nature i common with the brutes, the right of self-defence, but if so, we have only to open our eyes to the living history around us. From the time of Emkine, who first fixed the rights of counsel, of juries, and of the accused, upon their proper foundations, the criminal annals of England and America, furnish scarcely a precedent, where twice the time allotted here was not required wisely consumed by counsel in the le gitimate defence of the aejme.'. I am, therefore,of opinion that there was error, and that the prisoners are entitled to a venire de novo A queer story is told of KingKoffee. After the defeat of his favorite gene ral, he convokfld au assembly of his Fetishes at the oojjrtpf Coomassje.and invited them to consult the sabred oracles and tell him what line of con duct he ought to pursue in regard to the English invaders. At first they refused to comply with the royal re quest, but afterwards consented on re ceiving the King's rojal promise that their lives should be saved no matter ' what might be the result of their con sultation with the gods. Two rams were inirqdiictid in the temple, one of which was black and the othej- white, and they were encouraged to buck e-ich other in mottul combat. The re sult was that the black ram was killed by his white antagonist. The Fetishes then declared that everything looked black on the prospects of King Koffee, except the streets of his capital, Coo massie, which were red with blood. The King, interpreting te oracle to mean that he should be defeated by the English, forthwith sent an em bassy to Sir Garnet suing for peace. TIip New York Tribune has intelli gence Luat Stcietaiy Richardson has withheld from the House all informa tion relative to an ewl application for a contract under what is known as the Sanborn-contract law. We say this is extraordinary ; yet it is exactly in con sonance with ail 'jpI tjie nefarious pro ceedings under the lawef May 8, J872. It is clear that the act was passi-d for the benefit of the Butler-Sanborn Ring. IXr, Butler was then the advocate, as he is now the afifender. of that fruitful scheme; Sanborn was the oniy ssan who made much out of the jobs ex cept those with whom he divided. Now it is asserted that the first appli cant for a contract under the law pf 1872 was pnt off until the Sanborn party weie given the contracts ; and then the legal limit of the number of contractors had been reached. The Secretary said, a few weeks ago, that he had sent to Congress all documents bearing on this business. But he did not send the papers in the case of the first application under the law. Why not?" ' As evidence of the importance of the produce interest, the following figures giye tha aggregate sales in New York City last year: Butter, f0,000,000; cheese, $15,000,000; wheat, $24,000, 000; flour, $26,000,000; corn, $26,000, 000; petroleum, $10,000,000; cut meats, $12,000,000. Total, one hundred and forty-three million dollars, for pro duce, not staple crops. P.otct ttiifr Southern euport f roui leiiww terer. AW aslnngtou telegram to the New York Tribune says : llepresentative Bromberg's bill to establish a national quarantine system is oo;xsed by mem bers ou the ground that it would in terfere with the State quarantine es- A. 11-1 -m V -ir-v . - taDiibiiment. air. liromberg replies to tms objection that tais would not necessarily be the case, for the State officials could enforce any local regu lations after the government officers had examined the vessel. In reply to the objection that it is not a legitimate function of the general government to look after the health of the people, the author of the bill refers to the fact that in 18G5, when the rinderpest prevailed m iauaua, uougress prom bi tea tne transportation of cattle except under such regulations as the President might prescribe. If it is competent for Congress to legi late for the health of the cattle of the country, he thinks there can be no question as to its power to make regu lations to guard the health of citizens lue clnei object ol tne bill is to pro tect the Southern seaports from the introduction of yellow fever. Local quarantines have been found to be in efficient. They are almost always en forced too late, because the local au thorities hesitate to admit the dauger that exists for fear of injuring busi ness by creating alarm among the peo ple, and when they are enforced they do not protect Southern cities from the introduction of the disease by per sons who have landed on other parts of the coast and enter them by rail. A I.oC nible-Whoao is It At William Ord way's boading house, North Creek, Warren county, New York, fifty-seven miles north of Sara toga Springs, on the Audirondac rail road, is an octavo Bible, brought from the South during the war, with the family record in the fore part, with the following among the registers of deaths: 'Our father, Benjamin Bradfoid Reynolds, died September 9, 1841, at six o'clock; aged 4.5 years, 11 months and 13 days.' The bible was brought North, it is said, by Charles Lincoln. Mr. Ord way will freely give it to the owner upon application. Hern nd toe the Cotton Tax. The Atlanta Herald has the follow ing special from Washington giving an account of the action taken at the meeting of the Southern Congressmen recently held in Washington City : The Cotton States members nave held a meeting to perfect some bill for the refundment of the cotton tax, upon which all the Southern members could unite. In pursuance of the resolution to that effect, Colonel Lamar, of Mis sissippi, the Chairman of the meeting. appointed the following committee to draft a bill and present it to an ad journed meeting Tuesday night, to-wit: Cook, of Georgia; Bright, of Tennes see; 1 lames, ox Arkansas; Ashe, of North Carolina: McKee.of Mississippi; Sheldon, of Louisiana; White, of Ala bama; Wallape, of South Carolina; Pur man, of Florida and Hancock, of Texas. The sub-committee will prob ably adopt the bill introduced by Mr. White, but it is undrstxd to be drawn by Mr. Stephens. This bill seems to guard the interests of the cotton planter with less complicated machinery than any other bill yet in troduced. In Ilia Native JHurble. Says the Richmond "Enquirer: For nearly eighteen months the plaster model of Valentine's splendid work of art, the recumbent figue of Gen. Lee, has been in the artist s studio awaiting some definite action in regard to se curing the marble. Negotiations for botn Italian and ermont marble have been opened, but no result arrived at. Yesterday, however, Mr. C. Burberi, an experienced Bohemian carver, reached this city, and at the request of Mr. Valentine and a member of the Enquirer staff, made a thorough test of a piece of Loudnn county (Virginia) marble. Both under tne cuisel ana tne drill it worked beautifully, showing an absorbing surfaca under tLp strongest light and closing regularly around the shoulder of the instrument , without the slightest disposition to chip. The new army bill reduces the cav alry to nine regiments, now ten ; artil lery to four, now rive ; infant y to wenty, now twenty-five. This will make the army twenty-five thousand imtpa of thirty-three thousand strong. Any officpr may resign, apd shall be entitled one year's pay, besides what may be due him at the date of resignation; officers declared unfit for duty are to be reported by command ing officers aud mustered out, and officers of thirty years'. service may be retired. The reduction is to be effect ed by January 1st, 1875. Judge Brown, of Baltimore, has given a decision in a sewing machine suit that may be interesting" to thous ands who are laboring to jjay for their machines by instalments. A Miss Barker bought a sewing machine on the instalment plgn, signing a contract by whipli she agreed po pay a certain sum per month lor t hp use I of the ma chine, an4 the company agreed to exe cute a bill of saXi when the whole price had beeu-received. The instal ments were promptly handed ovi r by Miss Barker until only live dollars re mained due. She was prevented from paying this by sickness, aud the com pany sued out a writ of replevin. A justice of the peace decided in favor of the defendant but Judge Brown, of the City't!o(rt, pvesedthe judgment, and ruled that the cumpany tj us enti tled to the machine and to all the money paid on it. The Lrgislature of New York is fol lowing the course of several of the States, and is considering an act com pelling parents and guardians to send to school thw cilcjren under their nharce. But it proposes to to tuch further than any other State, or in fact any other country has done toward making the compulsory system of edu cation a practical scheme, by an enact ment which has nu paf ajlsl in he his tory of legislation. The bill provides that if any parent or guardian shall be unable to buy the text books required by the child "in attending school, such - ... . ' 1 1 A LI booKs snail be luruisneu ai puouc ex pense; and frtLer, jf any such per sons are nuable to furnish their chil dren with suitable clothing to enable them with decency to attend the pub lic school for fourteen weeks in each vear. th trustees of the sphopl shall furnish sueh children with one suit of clothing for each child, the same to be paid for cut of the poor fund. For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits and General Debility, in their various forms, Fekro-Phosporatkd Elixir of Camsata made by Caswell, Harard & Gp., New York, and sold by all druggists is the' best ' tonio. As a stimulant' tonic for patients recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal. If taken during the season it prevents fever and ague and other in termittent feyer'r 4W Horn Foreign Cjn'ie r That America KM i hundred' religion, bnt onlT one gra He might Ua aUl it b M a tbousaurtlentifrlces, but only one that beaoii flen the teeth, without iujurmg them, viz: gOKOUont. Itaisinjr Texa Cattle. From a very interesting letter on the ranches of Texas, by C. C. F., in the Baltimore American, we make the following extracts: We started yesterday morning from Rock port, for a trip over the Texas prairies, having as companions of our journey. Judges Barton and Dunlap, and District Attorneys Crane and Mc Campbell, who, having just closed court at Rockport, were traveling on their circuit to Sau Patricio. There were also iu our party Messrs. Cole man, Mathias and George W. Fulton, our destination for the day being the ranche of the first named gentleman, some thirty miles distant. The first miles of our route were across a chap paral plain, not very picturesque or inviting to the eye, though the abun dance of game would have charmed the senses of a sportsman. We finally reached the open prairie, and here had a fine opportunity of viewing "cattle on the range," and it was evident not only from the great number of the ani mals, but from their gaunt appearance, that these out door pastures are im mensely overstocked. The spring grass could get no start, and was nip ped off as fast as it put forth its green sprouts. Allthough it was mid-day. the cattle were dilligently searching for food, which is not the case in a well-conditioned pasture. When ten miles from Rockport we reached the gate of the cattle- farm in charge of our friend Coleman, as the head of the firm of Co'eman, Mathais & Fulton. Within this enclosure, the gate of which we entered, is by far the largest enclosed field iu Texas, the number of acres being 125,000 On the south side it is bounded by Neuces and Corpus Christi bays, and on the coast by Puerto and Copana bays, and on the north by Chnltepin river. The amount of fencing required to com plete the enclosure was twenty-five miles, fifty miles being bounded by the water courses. Iu other words, the boundary of this pasture is seventy-five miles fifty miles of water and twenty-five milts of board fence. Some idea of the extent of this field may be judged from the fact that from the entrance tate to Mr. Coleman's house or ranche, the distance is twenty miles. The improved appearance of the cat. tie as compared with those "on the range'' was too marked to escape the attention of the most inexperienced observer. They looked sleek and com fortable, and those that were not ly ing down were standing in the water of the pond to escape the hoof fly, which is said to be very aunoyinsr at this time of the year. The number of cattle in this enclosure at the present time is 25,000 head, which is regarded as very near its full complement. Five acres to the animal is the estimated limit to keep them iu good condition throughout the year, and anything be yond that is regarded as overstocking. Uuring our drive across the pasture animals weie encountered in great numbers, and could be seen browsing in the distance, but in such a vat en closure, the horizon being to the eye its bonndary in every direction, no es timate could be made of the number. They were all. however, large and well conditioned, nothing of the "scala wag" order being admitted. They had but little of the wild characteristics with which Texas cattle have been credited, many of them scarcely deign ing to look at us as our carriages pass ed within ten feet of them. Indeed, these Texas cattle seemed to be very amiable and well behaved animals, their immense expanded horns only making the difference, and giving them a wild appearance. The proprietors of this immense pasture do not make the breeding of cattle any special part of of their bns ness, though from seven to ten thous and calves are annually added to their stock. They prefer to buy cattle rather than raise them, us an abundance of herds can be purchased at the aver age of five dollars per head, including beeves, cows and calves. These they place in their pastures to fatten and improve their condition, and to await the steamers for shipping to New Or leans. Instead of raising the calves that thus co ni j) into their possession, they Khip their yearlings to New Or leans, where they command from $8 to 17 per head, ae-cording to condition ; and as three calves ot no more to ship than o le beef, the profits to the shipper are f uily equal. Beside the number of cattle now held in the pas ttire, 25,0(X), they still have on the rarge many more of brands which they have purchased. Parties of "cow boys" are out gathering these at so much per head, which is a very diffi cult work. A drove of some five hun dred head of these roving cattle were brought in this morning. Tnis firm have also another pasture of o()00 acres within two miles of Rockport. This is a kind of storage pasture, where they drive their picked cattle preparatory to shipping. Iu seasons of drought it is very com mon for thousands of these animals f on the range"' to die for want of water. Among j,he owners of the herds tHis turned loose, there has i ever been any conibined movement for their comfort ; but they have been al 'qwed to live or die, as'tye case might be. What is everybody's business is no body's biisinesn, and the vast bodies of water that fall during the rainy sea son is allowed to find its way to the Gulf, while a trifling expense would effect its storage in reservoirs scatt -red over the prairw s. The pasturage sys tem is a icady producing its fruits, in harmonizing ti e business ; and this firm have paid great atteution to the water supply thvH- stack," and have bce.i so sijcccssful i the formation of lakes, that they have no fear of drought ; whiM the cattle do not have to go any great distance for water. One lake that we passed, at the head of which is a stroncr dam lined with stone, is over two miles iu length, the depth of the water ranging from five to eight fpet. Ir.ey have constructed two other dams in distant parts of the pasturage, though not so large' as this one. The water question is regarded a? one of great importance. It is a gingular fact that the accu'mula'ion of wafer even ia pwheis on fcba" jicairis of Texas, always remains sweet and prr-. Hence the s"urage of winter rains for summer use is entirely feasible, and is being done in all the pastnrages, while the animals "on the range" have to look out for themselves and stick to the few water courses, whiph soon be come so crowded iu ticje of drouth, that they are almost starved " " ' At 4 o'clock we came jn sight of Col. Coleman's ranobe, the first sign3 of life visible being a wind-mill which he has elected on the banks of the Chnl tepin river to pump up water for the purpose of irrigating his fields. He lias several hundred acres here under cultivation, The land ou which the ranche is located is, however, by no means level prairie, but rather rolling land, jhe river being about forty feet lower than ' the embankment upon which this Wind-mill is located. The dew which falls in this country during the night supplies in some measure the absence of rain in summer, the grqund, this rqring bejng fruite mucky from the effects qf tli0 $evf dn ring the past clear moonlight night. It is n bad hen that feeds at house and lays at another's. your From the A'-heville Expositor. GREAT EXCITEMENT. BALD 3XOU2VT.VIIV : The Scenes Connected with the Recent Volcanic Indications. The People Sing, Pray and Preach. BUSINESS ABANDONED ! The People Ue Everything- in t o tu rn ou a. nd Await (he Kesult. Near the Volcanic Regions, t McDowell Co., March 12, 1874. Editor Expositor : For the last twenty days the greatest excitement has prevailed, to a distance of ten miles around the vicinity of Bald Mountain. This mountain is situated between Crooked Creek, in McDow 11 county, and Broad River the mountain also extending in Kutherford county that portion of the range within McDowell is more generally called Stone Moun tain. The first signs of alai-m in this locality were witnessed on the 10th day of February, about 1 o'clock iu the evening. This consisted in what the people call a "terrible lumberiDg," the earth seeming to "quiver" to a fright ful extent. Some parties describe it as terrible thunder, gradually dying away iu the distance ; others describe the noise as the roaring of heavy artil lery in the distance. And ou the 12th of February, two gentlemen were on the highest point of Bald Mountain, at what is known as Harris' View which is said to be next to Mt. Mitchell in height. On that day these gentlemen heard this strange noise. One of the gentlemen says, it first reminded him of the failing of heavy timber, and presented a strange combination of sounds and impress ions. Parties living on the mountain sides, and at the foot, heard the same all think that the noise was within the mountain. One man says when he was on one side of the mountain, the terrible noiso was in the direction of the mountain and when on the oppo site side, the same indications were observed. All fel satisfied that the noifo proceeds alone from this moun tain. But on the 22d of February, the noise had reached such a point as to become perfectly terrible. Among the persons living on this mountain are Mr. Camp, Johnston Elliott, Noah El liott, Widow Nanny, George Morgan, James Gilbert and others. From a statement of all these parties, and per haps fifty others, the mouutaiu was ac tually "shaking," the moving was like the entire mountain was giving away, the table-ware in the houses, the fur niture all rocked and jolted with fright ful force. One man riding on horse back, his horse became fearfully fright ened. It is said that the cattle have become alarmed and wandered from their usual range. Such was the alarm, that about 12 o'clock at night, on the 22d, the peo ple for miles around began to assem ble at a man's house by the name of Camp. And Camp having gonp to the wood pile for wood, became so alarmed that he fell upon his knees and began to pray aloud. Very soon the terrible "quaking" of the moun tain was such that the great crowd now assembled engaged in prayer. At daybreak ou Monday morning of the 23th nit., George Logan, a colored Baptist preacher, was sent for in great haste. And so impatient were they of his arrival, that a portion of the crowd met him on the road, beseeching him to come and pray and preach. The people thus assembled remained in these devotions for three days, when they moved a short 'distance to a va cant house, the property of Harris El liott. About the third day Billy Lo gan, a white man and Baptist pi'eacher, was sent for, who aaie immediately. On the Sd day of March, Rev. J. M. Lumly, the Methodist Minister in charge of the Broad River Mission, was importuned to attend and preach, who promptly complied with the re quest. From an eye witness, the enes are described as most strange and extra ordinary. The people came flocking in crowds of from fifteen to twenty, including men, women and children, all presenting the most terrible state of fear, despair and penitence. On the day Mr. Lumly preached, the house was literally packed, the preacher barely having room to stand ; so great was the rush to hear, that many rushed up the side of the walls and crowded on the joists above only a portion of the upper story having a floor. The portion having the floor was filled, thus forming a sort of gallery. And many not being able to enter the house, crowded their heads iu the door and all around the house, mani festing the most intense interest. When the call was made for mourners, the people rushed from all parts of the house, and from outside of the house with almost frantic yells, and fell npon fhe floor, and upon each other, all praj'ing ancj supplicating in the most heartfelt and agoiiii.ir.g manner ever witnessed pn arth. These exercises continued inces santly for 1 1 days aud nights with but little iutpinissiu. During most of this period of 111 days the mountain had continued at intervals to present the same alarming impressions. But haviug prayed, shouted, sung aud agonized for this long period, they separated with the promise that all would remain and die if necessary. As I write, the excitement is not so great, but all a'rg ' fearfully apprehen sive, of some terrible calamity. hrwnii tlie (Scripture. The Rev. Henry W. Foote, pastor of the King'3 Chapel, who conducted the funeral services for Mr. Sumner at Boston yesterday, read, iu addition to the usual service of the chapi 1, some remarkably apposite selections from the Scriptures, among wh:ph were the following; (Geueral Biuler was an auditor, stud ye trust' that Le was edified ) "I have not sat with yaiu persons, either wil J eq ir wjih dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of ev.l doers, and will not sit w th the wicked. I will wash mine hands iu innocence. Gather not my soul wit'i siuners, nor my life with bloody men in whose hands is mischief , and their right hand is full of bribas. "And now be bo!'. 1 am gray haired, and t have walked before yon fronj my ohildhood until this day. Behold, here I am, witness against me, before the Lord, and before his Anointed. What ox have I taken ? or whost ass have I takeu? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith?"' Mr. Gladstone, relieved of the cares of office, intends betaking himself to the Holy Land, and on his return will devote himself to literature, and more particularly to the translation of clas sifsjjl poetry. In the last tyrentyrseven years, 21, 602, conyicts b,ave b.een sent to the pen itentiary at Albany, N. Y. Of these, 21,057 have acknowledged that pre vious to their conviction they were ad dicted to drunkenness. AFTER YEARSJDF WAITING. "I shall see you to-night, Mrs. Kath lane." "At the Grangers! Yes, I shall be there. I hope it won't be a crush." "Why ? I rather like a crush." "Oh! A crush makes me feel vi cious." Rupert Thornbury smiled as he looked down at the speaker. Some thing had evidently put her out. "Are yon often viciously disposed Mrs. Kathlane! It is news to me." "I wish you would not call me that Rupert. Mrs. Kathlane! You do it on purpose, and I don't like it." The last words were spoken like a petulant child; and there was a cloud on the face which looked up for a mo ment irom tne soft, vividly colored wools which the white and slender fin gers were knitting into some incom prenensiuie - iancyworK. a very beautiful women little Mrs. Kathlane; and no one in the wide world was more thoroughly convinced of the fact than llupert Thornbury. She was slight and small of figure girlish-looking still, despite her four and twenty years. Xo other woman would have dared, with her complex ion, to wear the colors she did; often in defiance of ordinary rules. She wore, this morning, a deep royal pur- pie aress, witu purple bands in tier dark hair, and looked, as no other wo man could have looked charmmer. Her hair drooped over her forehead in lustrous waves, aud was fastened be hind with a high, golden comb. Her face was almost marvelous in its per- lect lorm and brilliant covering; and her great dark eyes, with their lashes were enough of themselves to turn an ordinarj' man's head. "i uou t iiKe it, sue said again. glancing at her companion, who was abstractedly tangliug the bright woolp, apparently lost m thought, "and I shall be seriously angry with you if you persist m oeing so iormai. a or its formal after you have known me since I was a little child, to speak as though we were strangers." "I'll not call you so a'gain, Millicent. Only " Mr. Thornbury paused. "Only what ?" returned the imperi ous little ladv giving him another searching glance. "Things have changed a great deal since you were a child, Millicent. You are a woman now, wealthy, courted, flattered; and I but it is no good talking of these things. I must be going. Will you promise me the first waltz to-night"" "Certainly- I hope you appreciate my kindness. I waltz verj rarely, you know." "I do appreciate it; and now I must go down to that 'lupil old office,' as you pall it, and make up for lost time. Good morning, Millicent don't forget your promise," and then he was gone. (ione, and unconscious, as he walked swiftly down the street, that Millicent Kathlane's dark eyes were lookingafter him, and that, when she turned back to her work, a soft sigh fluttered from her beautiful lips, and a shadow cloud ed her faee. He had known her, as she said, since she was a little child; aud he a strong, rude lad, had loved the flower-faced little Millicent dearly; and when, at the age of eighteen, he had been sent away from his home to qualify him self to play a part in the world, news came to him that Millicent, "hia little Milly," was married. It wna her father's wish, the gossips said. Mr. Kathlane, the suitor, was i.nmensely wealthy, and having been fascinated by Millicent's beauty, her parents had used all their influence with her; and at the end she was married. Millicent, now Mrs. Kathlane, wpnt away to her husband's hpm.e: and Rupert Thorn bury wearily went ou with his dull, distasteful labor, with not even the old boyish dream to lighten his task. Six years more passed slowly by, making many changes in the affairs of both. Mr. Kathlane died snddsnly after two or thre'j yeai-s or married life, and Miliicent went abroad with some friends. She had been back nearly a year now, and he had settled down to a town life. During this periad the old childish friendship jar Rupert Thorn bury had been warmly renewed ; and Rupert had discovered that charming as she was in her childhood and girl hood, now that she was a woman she was infinitely more so. During this year, life had grown a deal blighter to Mr. Thornbury; he was prospering, slowly and steadily, and gained many friei,-vs. Anxious mammas looked lipon him with favor, and miny bright eyes gave him bc witching glances hitherto iu vain. His whole heart and he knew it was still with Miliioent Kathlane; but her marriage had raised her, both us to wealth aud jKjsition, so far above himself, that he did not, except at some fond, delusive moment, dare to aspire to her. He was only a city man, plodding on in his close . city office with his three or foiif e.lerU? under hi in. "How beautiful she is!" he fionght as he walked aw.ty from the house. "Jiifct the same little Miily at heart too, as iu the ilessr old days. Aud her ghinpea --uh4 if J dare to believe them! seem as true ;o me as they were then. But what would the wor!d Kay ?"' That night saw him at Mrs. Gran gel's a fashionable woman, with some fashionable daughters, one of whom, Cornelia, had made a dead, sti hi Mr. Thoinbury. He. stood in the lighted iims, watching eagerly for Millicent; but it was not until very late that he arrived. As she emu; down the long rooms moving as cosily and grace fully as though uhe hu.l been, from earliest childhood, accustomed to reign U society a murmur of admiration followed her. She was dressed iu a trailing rube of pale, silvery blue, with an overdrtss of soft white lace; her beaut fnl neck and arms were bare, s'.vc for the r ornauiuuts of fretted gold ; Jjer fce was untouched by pajut or powder, and hor vivid coloring made her betiu ty s?eui almost uu arth'y as compared with some of the inauee 'faces arouud her. Her bla -k hair, elabi rateiy dressed, vas fastened hf-ra and there withdopiug sprays of scarlet flow er, and at her bosom, looping her overdres-, and in her jeweled i.ouqnet ier, the scarlet buds glowed at.d burnt d. "Is she not lovely?"' That was a question which every one felt f.ould be answered, L,ut iij the" sftjrmative. And many au envious heart was hid.len un der the umiling faes which greeted h. r. "There is Mrs. Kathlane, Mr.Thorn- bnrv," said Cornelia Granger, a tall, pale, ill-natured girl, to whom Rupeit had been saying civil nothings for tb last few minntss, and wh,p. was furious ly jealous of Mrs. lvathlane in her heart of hearts. "You gentlemen are wild about her I believe. Red arid blue what excruciating taste ! I won der her maid does not teach te: bet ter." . "Everyone has not your critical eyes, ftiiss Granger," said Rupert, laughing. "I thought her dress charm ing." "Of caorse." Miss Cornelia was not an amiable girl, as we have said, and at that moment her tember was pinching her rather sourly. "Perhaps you make one of those who arewild irwi oyer her, Mr. Thornbury ?" "It would be of no use to me. I ex pect, if I were," replied Rupert, in his candor. "Well, I suppose not as sheis soon to be married again." "Married again," he uttered. "So report rnns,"said Miss Granger, toying with her fan. "To whom? I had not heard of it." "To Mr. Worthington a cousin of her late husband, you know." "I know him," cried Rupert, feeling he knew not how. "Dick Worthing ton is not worthy of her. It would be desecration." She may not think so. It is said there was a great deal of intimacy be fore Mr. Kathlane died. She married him simply for his money that is well known and the handsome cousin used to be a frequent visitor. There was a deal of gossip about it a; the time, and but there's Dick "Worthington now. Look how her color rises when she Bpeaks to him." "Are you quite certain your informa tion is correct, Miss Granger?" The pale eyes glanced at him again end then looked away. "About the encrcsement? Ouite snre Mr. Thombery. At least, the world is sure of it. I am neither more nor less wi'ethanit. Mr. Thornbury did not change color at tne news, . r seem, in real ty, to feel much surprise. He stood laughing and chatting with the young lady for a iew moments on dinerent subjects. and then, excusing himself, sauntered across the room to where Mrs. Kath lane sat, surrounded by an admiring group, oi wnom lticnard Worthington was one. "It is my waltz," said Mr. Thorn bury, as she looked up and greeted him with one of her brightest smiles. "Or are you too tired? "Tired?" She laughed a little silvery laugh as she rose. "I am never tired of dancing. Richard, I will leave my flowers and fan with you as a hostage." it was notning, tnis leaving with him her fan and flowers it was like a thousand other little coquettish ways which she had, bnt Rupert, thinking oh, so bitterly ! of what had just ueen toia mm, tancied tnat lie saw something deeper than her usual litrht coquetry in the glance she gave the handsome young fellow, and groaned iu spirit. It seemed a full confirmation of what he had heard. 'One, two, three. One. tvo. three. You are shockingly out of step. Ru pert !" said she, after the first turn. "What is the matter? You look as stern as if you had seen a ghost." i naye, n said, almost crnmly "the ghost of a dead hone:" and she. half frightened at his tone, looked up at him questionably. Bnt in another moment he smileel back at her. and she was reasvured. "Don't talk nonsense. RuDert. There, you are dancing beautifully now. What were yon and that odious Cornelia i ranger talkiDg about so long y "Odious, do you call her ?" "Well. I do, Rupert. I think her so: she has not a spark of good feeling in ner. JJon t you so and tell, now." "Do you think she ia beantitul. Mil- licant?" "No, I dun't. Take care !" They whirled licrhtlv throusht the dance, Rupert almost startling Milii oent by his nnwonted gaiety, laughing aud chatting like any one but his grave self; and she, the color deepening in her cheeks, the light in her eyes grow ing momentarily brighter, looked like a veritable "danoe-sprite," so airily did she float thjough the rooms. "Uow beautifully they waltz !" Even Cornelia Granger involuntarily spoke in admiration, nd a slender youth near her gave it as his opinion that "lhistledown couldn t be liehter than Mrs. Kathlane in a waits." "Are you tired ?' said Rupeit. look ing down t the beautiful face; and Mulioent, for answer, said she could keep on forever. Aud so they danced on and on, until Rupert saw the bright color ladiug away and the sensitive mouth becrir.nincr to droop a little at the corners. "You are tired," he said, and then, before she could answer, he whirled her through the low epeu window into the ooJ, i'resh air on the balcony. -Tha-ks," she said. "I believe I was a little faint. Will you get my cloak" And then, until her cloak came, she sat quiet, like a tired child, with her head resting wearily on the railing. "The next ehuiee but one is Rich ard's," she saiel, as he wrapped the a ft white cloajj around her tenderly. "I must not slight him. But we will stay out here until then, unless you wish Jo go back iu which case I will not keep you with me." "1 shall not elancc again to-night," he answered, "unless it is with you." "1 am engaged for every one of them, I am at raid, i could have been engaged three or four times eiver," she aeldcd, laughing; "I am corry, Rupert, but- " "No matter," ho interrupteel her, al most rudely. "I must get usi el to it, I suppose. ' He was standing before her, looking down at her, and the, in her pretty, impel 10113 way, laid her hand on his arm. "You are cross to-night," sho said. "Sit here beside me and toll me what it is that troubles you." He h;&j(tied a momtnt, and then with a reckless eleterniiuatiou to elis close everything, and afterwards leave her forever, lie told her the story of his long love for herho tuld her in a tierce, hurd way, which almost fright ened her, and yet made her reverence aiid admire hint more, perhaps, than she had done before. I have loved you, Millicent, I love you now, more than you cau imagine, and I have to!d you because because you are so lar removed from me m every way. I feared you AOttJd think n.e iuef eenary ! I ci;r-l Oh, Milli cent! lleaY?" vuly knows how I have loved yo.u, how 1 have longed to tell you au 1 ye t have not had the courage. Xow it is too -late, either for harm or go V I shall pray for your happiness lays. with the man whom you have ctiQseu." "What do yon mean, Rupeit?" The profound wouder in her voiee made him hesitate. I have Inard of vour engagement to Mr. Wortbiugiou." "Who told yoii tbziY' lis t iq the same moment Richard Worthington stepped through the low window and. came toward them. "I have te?n searching for you every where," he sa d, lurghing in his boy ish, goa l-uatured way. "It's my dance most respect d cousin Millieut." Anl she was forced to so. without another word to the man beside her. "Have you and Mr. Thornbury been epiarreling?" said Richard, who, to do him justice, was entirely &Moeen.t of any thoughts of Mss lahlane, or any one else as wife. "He looked as blaok as a thunder-cloud, and you are pale." "I was a little faint after th.0 waltz," sho answed. "Don't tease me, Dick," and so Richard desisted f.om his inquires. Meanwhile, Rupert Thornbury, left alone with only his own thoughts for company, sat aa utterly and entirely wretched aa a man cau feel but once in his lifetime.- - Iuside the rooms the music kept untiringly on ; the gay dancers floated past the - windows - . - . .. If 2 Outside here, in the darkness, a man sat alone, struggling bravely to lift the" cross and bear it uncomplainingly. How long he sat there he knew not, but at last he roused himself, and xd3e to his feet "I must go back," he said. "Cornelia Grancer will hav delicate bit of firossin if she seen m here." So he went in and showed himsplf - auu Bua a zew woras ro Alias uranger, and strolled about he knew not whither j .1 talkincr to one. talkinor to nnnthnr - andpiesently found himself np stairs near the library. lne library door was aiar. and as he entered, a little fimire all in mIvatv blue and soft white lace, with scarlet buds growing and burning here and there, turned and advanced a step to wards him. There were tears in f ha great black eyes, and the red lips were iremoiing use a grieved cnild s. -was it untrue, Millicent?" "Every word of it. Dick i Oh. Rupert !" ' He clasped her hands almost rudely, "You are not engaged?" Only a look answered him. Vfn caught her to him, pouring forth all the sweet love-vows that he had sensi- i tively refrained from before, and Milli cent vphimwi ,t , ! .i.n esent whispered that she never should be engaged, unless it was to him. A pity but Miss Cornelia Granger had chanced to look into the library. After waiting so many years ! Bound to Vet a. Kubmrribrr Any Way. He was once out on a jaunt in mid dle North Carolina, sticking to every farmer until he got his name and money, and so it happened that he came to a house where death had call ed afew hours before. The farmer's wife was laid out, and the husband and his children were grieving over their loss when the editor knocked at the door. "What's up?" inquired the editor, as he saw the farmer's solemn counten ance before him. "My wife is dead;" replied the farmer. "Is that so?" mused the editor, a little disappointed. "Did she die easy?" "Dropped oft like a lamb." "Did she say anything?" "Not a word just went right to sleep like." "I didn't know," continued the edi tor, a sad look on hia far-a "Kiit ml. . - - , .suu 1TUM she might have requested you to sub- scribe for the , which you know is the best paper in the country. If you want it I'll take your name right in, and under the circumstances I won't charge a cent for the obitnwv notice!" The farmer hune off a while, hnt before the editor went away he had two additional dollars in his pocket, and had written out an obituary notice for publication in the next issue. which the bereaved husband nra nounced "a mighty smart piece." was it woodson? THE MASKKO Riritcsi.AUS. The History of the I'mifiiro Campbell and Tracy in Key West. Ket West. Fla.. March 2. On tha 18th of January last two men calling themselves Sandy Campbell and Billv Tracy, arrived here from New York and pretended to be lookinsr for work as laborers. They took board iu a res pectable boarding house ai.d saunter ed around town for two or three davs but got no work to snit them.-. On the fifth day after their arrival they had a tight with some of the other boarders and were arrested and committed on a charge of assault with intent to kill. I he next day after their commit ment they hireel a boy to get their baggage away from their boarding house and hide it. The boy stole the baggage and secreteel it, but was ar rested, and in it the police found an outfit for burglars, a large sectional jimmy about five feet long being one of the instruments. The police thought the men had come down here to rob some of the paymasters' safes; but about this time the atten tion of the officers was attracted by the trial of the masked robbers in your State, and learning that one or two of them had escaped, the police thought these fellows, Campbell and Tracy, might be the t wo. Chief of Police Marshall therefore telegraphed to New York, and receiv ed a reply that Campbell at least was one of the men who had escaped, and the chief was requested to hold him. But about this time the prisoner broke jail and escaped. Bloodhounds were put on their track, and within twenty four hours they were found in the swamps. A desperate fight followed, in which several of the officers were slightly hurt, but the desperadoes were at length captured and hand cuffed. Campbell smash eel his hand cuff's over a stump, and the office is had more trouble with him, but finally he was lodged in jail, and is chained to the floor of his cell, awaiting the ar rival of the New York detectives. Tra cy having proved to the satisfaction of the court that he was not one of the masked robbers and the police of your city having disowned him, he is to be tried here. I HiilHliMK Bishop Haven. A correspondent of Zion's Herald, over the signature of John Brown, ia evidently a convert of Bishop Haven. He boldly comes to the defense of Haven, and corroborates his state ments about ne-gro beauty. Here is a specimen of his letter, which we give to show our readt ra that the views of Bishop Haven are seconded by others: " The press of the Methodist Epis copal Church South has howled yes, literally howled with rage, becanse Bishop Haven has set lie fore the world, in his own graphic style, what he has seen. And yet, ' tinted Ve nuses ornot, the fact still reniainstha the most beautiful women iu the cities of -the South are those who have more or less of negro blood in their veins. Go into any one of a half-doaen con gregations that we have visited within the last few days, and you may see men and women both who possess all the qualities of manly and womanly beauty. There are those who have little or no white blood who are by nr means unattractive in form or feature ; but tho most beautiful are those with full, lustrous dark yes, glossy, wavy hair, complexious just tinged with a . ich Italian brown, and forma that are faultless" The writer, John Brown, and his leader, Haven, intend to convince the world, if possible, that negro women are the prettiest things in the world. Ia all their travels, they have not found -an ugly negro in all the South. To their eyes they are perfect beauties. It is a remarkable fact that they seem to be max eoncerned about the beauty of the negroes than their piety. lialcigh Christian Advocate. The Democracy of the Ohio Legis lature, having a good working major ity, propose U redistrict that State a such a manner as will give them m voice in Congress in proportion to their strength. As it now stands, the Dem- ocrais nave oniy nve out ox nineteen ... WUgionsiucUf Aytp tt i4oeeej , www Z An4- limAI wwklfii- C