Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1877, Page 2

pJ ¢ THE CHICAGO TRIBUN : MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1877. « Instead of this, he heid with ten of Wia follower: cided upon will bo devel INTERNAL REVENUE. NO CHANGH IN BPIRITS AND TOUBACCO, Wasmivaron, Nov. 25.—The Commlsstoner. of Internal Revenue says, in bis annual revort, that, aftcr considerable attontian to, the ques- tlon of changing the rate of faxation'on spirits and tobaceo, he has come to the conclusion that theinterests of the Government and manufac- turcrs and dealers will be subserved by allow- ing the rtes of taxation to remaln undisturbed, nor would he recommend a change of law in respect to the tax on fruit hrnnd,!. Collections for the paat flscal year were 8118,- 870,007, and for the montha of Joly, August, Heptethber, and October of the present year 239,772,833, making a grand total, of $167,043,- 840 collected aince the beginning of the last flscal year, MATCIIES AND DANKERS. ‘The Commiasioner suys: * The subject of re- lieving banks and bankers from the payment of taxes now fmposed by law upon thelr capital and deposits, of relieving bank checks from tho impost of two ceuts cach now placed upon them, sndaldoof taking off the tax from mateh- es, hare recclved o considerable sharo of public attention. These taxes realized 88,630, 003 for the past Rscal year, npportioned as fol- lows: Amountof tax collected from capital and deposits of banks for the year ending May 81, 187 55,2001 vulue of stanps hnprinted o checks, 81,277,770; valuc of adlicslve etamps rold for chiccks, 011,508: smount of tax col- lected from matehies, £2,052,275. 1f $he financinl Interests of the (Governniont would warrant so great a reduction n its revenues, It seems to mo that, {n sclecting objects to be relieved from taxation, THESE WOULD COMMEND THEMSELVES BTROKOLY 1o tho Inw-tnaking power, If, however, fn view of afalling off uf receipts from customs, it is deemed Inexpedient to reduce the revenucs by £0 large an amount, it scems to ino that, if any reduction be ada from the above routree, that the law tuxing matehes could, with very grent propriety, he ropealed. This tax {8 kevied upon an article that enters into universal consump- tion, and moro than doubles the cost of the article taxed in the handsof the manufsctur ers, The taxable capital and deposits of bauks and bankers aro #774,077,200, and the tax is ons Lalf of 1per ceat on that amount. I appre- Tiend that 20 OMECT COULD BE BALECTED FOR TAXATION TIAT COULD MOIE EASILY NAAR TID BURDENS gmposed upon It than the eapital and deposits of Dbanks and bankers. The tax of 81,889,534 real- d from stamps upon checks is collected at a very tnconglderably cost to tha Government, and, ns it 1 realized from nearly 804,500,000 ot transuctions, It 18 not burdensoute or inconven- et to thoss who pay it NOTES AND NEWS, ABSIBTANT BEORETARY OF THE TREASURY. Svectal Dispatch to The Ohicago Tribune. Wasamnaron, D. C., Nov. 25.—It is stated, ; on authority that onght to be zood, that Col. ‘Russcll Hastings, Jr,. of Cleveland, 0., will woon reticve Mr, McCormick na Asslstant Scero- Aary of tae Treasury. The retirement of Gov. “McCormick is altogether voluntary, Tf he re- annins in the country {t Is expeeted that ho will esume his position ns Becretary of the Nattonal Committee, .Ifastings was Licutenant-Colonet 'of the Twenty-third Obio after President Hayes deftit. He was Mnrshal of the Northern Dis- rict of Olilo for awhile after tho War. ITis ap- ointment s rezarded a8 one of the best tho 'resfdent hus msde, SUMNER AND 1811, The excuso muade for Mr., Flsh in regard to is attack upon Sumner—that ho could not Dave kuown that the treatics he cited had been reported by Bumner to tho Senate—is Insuf- ficicnt, slnce, by the rules of the Benate, and one that I8 constautly uhserved, the records of cxceutive sesslons are rvegularly seut to the Tresident for s igformation.” Thls record showed, heyond doubt, the reporting of vach treaty by Simuer. It wos the grave injustice done’” Sumner's iemory by the atlack’of Mr, l"ls{lt thut moved the Senate to Its action tn the matter. rivate conference he programme de- ped to-morrow. BAMOA, “Ono of the principal chiefs of the Samonn Islunds has urrived hcro to seo whetber hie eany outan o econmercial treaty with the United Bt He 15 u nuuve of the Swinoan group, ls “educated, and speaks English well, s poopla deafre suen fricedly relations with the United Btates as will lead "to repress the atteinnts of sueverl torelrn powers to Interiere with thelr cotruierce uud the iuteral alfairs ot the fstands, Tt Weatern dscoctatid Dross, Wasuisuion, D. C,y Nov, 25.—Tho Ambassn- dor of the Sumoan Uovernment, M. K. Le Ma- wiea, with his associate, Jamea Guibirle Cos- mesuit, arrived here yesterday, and will have & confurency with thy Becretary of State, The objeet of the Ambussador {810 negotiato with the United Btates o treaty of friendehip and camerce, thius sceuring recognition us an fue depeudent nation, GuANo. The Government, undera genfral Jaw for tho profection uf discoverers of guano lslauds, huve recognized thors who havo taken possession of tho Morunt Cays, near the const of Jamalen. A cargo of guane from that place was recently biought to Laltimore. The depusit Is sald to be ri-h und abundant, The British have made a formal clulic for the possession of these Cays, alleging o former right of dhtovcra and thiy wiil become & subject of diploniacy between the Brivish aud United Btates Governments, THE GIRAFFE. How tho Anial Is Hdnted, London Maid, GirafTes, if not bard pressed, do not go at any Very great pace, 8o that before loug we were ywithin 100 yards of them. Even in the ardor of tho chase, It atruck moas s glorfous sight to -see these hugo beasts dashing along In front, <clattering over tho stones or bursting o passage throuzl opposing bushes, thelr long graceful nccks stretehod forward, somclimes bent al- wuost to the ground to- avoid horlzontal ‘branches, and thefr bushy black talls twisted ap. And low caslly and with how 1ittle exer- ton they acemed to got over the ground with that long awceplg atride of thelral Yet thoy weregolng at o great rate, dor I felt that my old nag was doing his be and 1could not now lesaen tho distance between ua by an Inch. 1 now saw that I, was about to anake a push, and, as the horso he.was riding was s;reuy fast, 1 knew that ho would press them into a much quicker pave and leave mo behind altogethers 8o, reluing lu at once, I Jumped off, and, takiu as steady an alm as my arm, tred with fogging, would ‘allow, fived ot a Iarge dark-colored cow that looked, to me, in sood condition, ‘The bullet elupped luudly, and I suw ber stagger, but, recovering immedi- ately, she went on, though slightly i the rear of the troop. _ At this mmoment < iy Iriend jumped oft close beljud them, and ave ainodir cow 8 shot. I wus now q ong way behjud but oy horse, though elowy, possessed ood ataylng powers) so thut Ly dlut of keepin: on & hard gallop and cuttime anzles when could, | sgaln crept up and gave my caw another rhot, quickly followed by a third, which bronght her to the ground with a crush, Bhe wus no: dead, however, for us [ ap- Pproached she raised ber lotty head ouce more snd gazed reproachtully ot mo with' her largo, soft, durk eyes. A pang of remorse went through me,and for an tostant I wished the shots unfired that Lad Jald_low this Leautiful and inoffensive creature, - But uow the eries of my Katirs and Stusares, followlug Hike fanished wolves on the blood spoor, broke upon my ear; &0, stitling the still small volce, 1 ugoin rals 1wy ritle and put an eud to the nlseries. of, my victhn, whose head, plerced with s two- ounce ball, fell with & thud upou the Krouud, uever to beralxedaguin, Leaving some of the boys to eut up the meat, Irods on with the rest to look for me friend, whon | feund beside snother prostrote girstle which he had killed u little further on, “As the oue [ bad shot wus the futter of the two, we leftthe Katlrs hers and went buck to mine. It was now lute; so, Dastily dividing tho boys into two partics, aod bidding them aleen by the two giralles redpect- vely, arvl cut them up ana bring fn the tmeat on the following day, we started for the wagous With uur guncarricra, who also carried & few of the tattest bits of micat. 1 may hers rewark that fv is didicult to fmagine enyting more tasty and succulent than a steag off g young glralle cow, wheu Lu good condition, though ¢ fl.’ be lh':t ";‘:l,”fl:' thy ‘l"-\ui;‘; wmawmcl:h hnv"s.: wavs euten some to do with thi eplulon. ——— A (Juarrelsome Sot, Wuahington (D, C.) Kiar, An exclted Louislaulun fu”the cloak-room in the Housg this worning wus deprecating the fuct thut Loulsiana held no prombueut’ position fo national politica. ‘This he attributed to the dissenslons among hes own people. % Why, sir gaid be, * | know them. T bave lived auony thew for forty years, and it Is wy judg- went i alt its peopls were tragiportéd Lo beaven todsy they would be in a quarrel be- oxw ight conceruing the distribution of seuts.” il MIBSISSIPPL,.| g.lllllllmw. POLITICAL. Analysis of the Vote on the Repeal of the Resump- tion Act. Social and Political Prob- lems in Missis- sippi. Her Only Choice at Present ls Between Despotism and Anarchy. Dr. Redfield on the Solid South-—Prest- dent Hayes in No Wise Re- sponsiblo for It. TITE REPEAL BILL, ANALYSIS OF THE YOTE OF FRIDAT, ‘The followlng Is a carcfully prepared annlyals of the vota taken on Friday last In the Houscof Representatives on the Ewlng bill for. the ro- peal of thoResumption act of 1870, It shows ihat whilo 103 Democrats voted for the ropeal, only 28 cast thelr votes In the ucgative; and also that while 23 Republicans favored there- peal, 03 wers opposed thereto? THESENT AND VOTIRG, Stales. Yeas, Nays. Forney, D, Garti, 'D. oitt, B, ALADAMA..., fHlerbert, D. Lizon, D. Shelly, D, Williaime, D. Cravens, D. ARRANSAS...[Gunter, I, I Stemons, D, OALIFORNIA.| Fager " Pacheco, Ry Fhcips, D. Tanders, . CONNECTIC'T| . iw-u, i Warnor, D, DELAWARE. | Willlama, D, | FLORIDA.... | Davideon, D, | Blebee, It, oni. Coo] o Felton, D, arrls, D. arteidge, D, Bmith, D, GEORGIA.., . Cannon, It Aldrich, R, toyd, i, Brontano, R, Barchard, 1. Henderson, It Lathrop, It Morzlson, D. Harrison, D, "uluu. . ays, TLLINOIS, ....|Knavp, D, glnrr(nh. 1i 5 pringor, D, Sparis b, plon, I, Townshend, D. Browne, It iiaker, It ICobby, D, Calkine, R, Fuller, D. INDIANA.....|llauna, R, Hunter, R, Hamilton, D, Robineon, R, \Vhi [Oliver, R, Dnrdick, It Sapp, Ih alvk. 1l i, Cumminge, 10WA..0 i nenrm.i.“xl. Prico, . Sampson, B T 18 e ) Tioone, D. Dlackbarn, D, 5 Caldwell, D Carlisle, D, y Clarke 'ECNTUCKY.. |Dunhamy, . SeKinzle, D, Tumer, D, Willis, D, <A, (Einm, D, |Gibson, D, LOUISIARA- - iiighetiacn, D, _|Loonard, it __° Frye . alo, MAINE.coeonee Lindaoy, R. Fowers, T Reed, It H“:;inli Kimmell, D. enicla, D, nAnm"" Rn;l‘flly D, sh, D, . tanks, R, L‘rn\m‘ n. MABSACTI'TS, i Io MICHIGAN 40 Kelghtley, R, [Mctiowan, R, Stone, It Williams, D, Willetts, R, MINNESOTA .|o [Pasnoll; . Chalme: ouker, anning, 1 [sinzleton, D, Hacknor, D, Cole, 1t Hiand, D, 1ttuer, R, (Crittenden, D, [Notcalfy, B. Clark, 1, MISSQURI ..., Franklin, D, Glover, D. Hatchor, D. Morgan, D, Hes, 1, o 1 Walsh, it T Wren, I NEBHASKA . | REVADA,. .1 * N, I'MPSHIRE NEW JERSEY|', '{i'"i"" R, ugley, R, hacon 1t Huker, Jt. erl, NEW YORK., 'vod, Willls, D, Willlams, R, tol 'l'ngll). N. CAROLINA Scales, D, stule, Throgden, e bb) D, Banoiug, I Cox, R. Dickey, D. . . [Dantord, 1, Ewing, D, Foster, it, Fiuley, D, Uszdeld, OIIO0 seness +o|Gardner B, AlcKiploy, Tt Junes, It [Monroe, 1t * |McMahoa, D, [Townsend, R, £ Ltice, D. ¥ - —_— e OREGON...... | J Willlams, B, Bayae, 1t. Campbell, R, Calllng, D. B h [Clymer, D, Evrett, R. Kollev, K. PENNBSYLY'A Kllhnnr.bll BeKe; Koilly. b Hil: n rght, b, tc, R, RUODE lsl.'ol lg:}:fl- M e ) e g PN . Cata, R, B.Acuum.lsuu. D, R, Handolph, R. Thornburgh, 1. Atkine, . Caldwell, D, Dibrell, M. Honwe, 1. Riddle, . Whitthorne, D. Young, . TENNRSSEE, chlelcher, D, TEXAS....eeoe Mille, 1 TLieagan, D. Throckmorton, D) Teniron, T, VERMONT ... tlendes, R, yoyco, R Cabell, D, Forgenaen, }, Dougiae, D. ¥ Gonde, 1, Iinnton, D, Marris, D, l’rhlnmurre‘. D, VIRGINTA .o e [Renma, W.VIRGINLA Maris, D, teou, . iimeg, D Tound, It. WwiscoNSIN [T By b, [ Williame . Total [T 120 106 I 29 28 0 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING, Arkaneas—Guiae, 1), . Colorado—No member—contest. Ueorgla—Candler, D.§ Stephens, D,; Dlount; D. Indiana—~Bicknoll, D, ; Evans, 1L 8exton, R. Joira—Stone, T, j;;uu;nng—g)nrmh,fil- 3 Eltis, D. . arylund—Swann, D, aesachneeita-Butier, T 3 Fleld, T Uinnesota—Strait, T, Missianppi—Money, D. Alssouri—Poliard, New York—nligs, D, . 3_Cox, I'lln".ioclll(: ‘{?: (lx{m;\)nm. tn, T.3§ send, t Veeder, 1, Ohio—~Keifer, It ; Neal, R.; Southard, D, Pennsylranid—Bridees, D, Malsh, 1.5 Rane dall, D.3 Smith, R.: Ward, R, SouiA Carolina—Alken, D, ; Smalls, R Teanessee—Rright, Do Wiaconein—Bouck, D, ; Caswoll, R.; Mazolton, L] Lyn‘de, D. MISSISSIPPI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROBLESS—TIH PREED- MAN A8 A FARM-UAND—TIE PRESENT FOLIT- ICAL CONDITION NOT I'RRMANENT—MISSIS- BIPFT WILL NOT UAVE A REPUDLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Correspondence af Cincinnatl Gasette. Duonicr's, Hinds Co,, Miss.,, Nov. 10.—1f this plantation {s o falr specinen, the colored American of Mississipp! {8 rather an unsatisfac- tory help. II there fs a delleato tool to smash, It fs smushed ; {f o blooded ox, his oyo s knock- D.; 3 Band; 'Ry lst’n' own- el out; and as for fine horscs, the planter shm- ply can’t lcave them to the frecdman at all. o must either care for them himself exelu- slvely, or hunt out some old house-sorvant or %u:\uhmln of slavery times, and Dbind Wm® by no end of bonds, socil, re- ligions, and fluancial, And oven theu lie must not get far away. My host has lately had threo fine wares killed by puro negligonce on the part of the *‘boys," and no end of eyes knocked out, horna knocked n!!l legs skinned, ml«thlevuu!eJ alf among the rest of his stock. Nothing but amule will stanit it. e won't eat more thon honeeds if ““nig? gives him a barrclfuly hy won't driuk tov much when ho's hot; he won't Ro any wore than so fast anyhow, and If the darky whips him he will get even betore night. CARELESS FREEDMEN, ‘Whether it Is the result of gencrations of slavery, or only the Inherent carclessness born ol tropleal pleniy, certain ft -1 that theso fel- loes seem to fec) no sort of rugumlblmyiur other folks’ property. Norare they very par- tieulur about thetr own. I rodo past a darky from an out township, the other day, who waa driving two yearling bulls,—~they couldn’t have been mure thun clehteen months old auyhow,—and.he, armed with a surderous gad, wiis making them keep up with n mounted trot- ter, gotng {n o lvely trot, And that had been kopt” up several miles. A lttlo oliead, an old Miasfeaipplan expostulated, telling bl he would Kill his cattle, to which be responded, punctunt. ing with blows: *Oh, nmy 11 stand [t, G—1 d—n 'c‘r;I. k'll"l'my’rc mine au® pald for. QGa-ha, ca-ha, Bue . B or did Iio stop 4l tho white man threatoned to awear out n warrant for his arrest. ‘Thu “boya" engaged fn digglng leave pola- toes enough on the ground to pay one well for gleaning, whild those who haul wood 'must bo comtnudy watchied to provent thelr stealing Ifrom jt, “ At first I thoughit this was oxcoption- al, but ull the plauters agres that this s tho best inanaged plantation fu the district, As to such things as pitchiorks, gxen, and corn-knives, it mukes e ‘ecringo’? to wntch the darkles working with them where thera I uny stock, If iny father or any of his nefgh- bors, that [ worked with when' a boy, had to deal’ with these fellows they would kill lint thelr cmployes in o month—knock thelr heuds Off fn i ruwo at such carelessness. ‘The sort of thiog which {s consldered regular down licre wouldn’t te tolerated two minutes in Indinua, BOCIABLE SOUTHELNERS, But this 8 nico country for a man who wants rest, aud lhas nothing " to do—ho will find so many ciover foilows to hielp bim do ft, At this scasdn there Is tuch spare time, and the plant- ers are glad toscoa Northern man, As faras 1 can observe, old Unton soldicrs scem to bo reforred, Under the genial nfluence of the ‘times oven the carpet-bagiers are forgiven. But thore ls ono cluss of erlininals for whom, there {s no forgivencss, either In the West or South, viz.: the wretches wholoaned thelr money to the Government during the War. I regret to ‘state that the Democrats of this country are about us hostile to the boudholders as are the Democrats of Obfo, 1 don't sce what can be donae to reconcilo the West and South, unless wo make u bontlre of the bonds and a Bt. Bac tholomew of the bondholders. Thesd men will know better thun to buy benas when the next War comes. 4 MISBISSIFRL POLITICS, Uf course every rewler knuwa that I am at tho tirst of the niatter yet, but there are a few polute un which wen Of all parties hers anpear tosgree. The first fa that tho present condi- tion cannot ‘last, The revolution of 1875, ue- comyplished at tho cost of so much hlood and labur, vbuusted the ‘victors; they virtually asd- mlt thut they canvot Keep up tie stralu, *It amuunted to un arnied gecuputiou, and st be o lemromry device, Nevertheless, they are savagely determined that thp negro shall never rule the State nyaln. Tho second point, as agreed by all moderato and camdll _people, s that the blacks are - proving~—n littie, ~ But they are {mproving, To mi {t appears that they are dividing fn two socletios; thuono {s rising stesdily, the othor sinlug into_ feurful dozradation. Hut on this polug I walt' further evideuce. Just now there i o great movement among them in favor of cumigrating 10 Kansas, and the few who know me are eager for my oplnioh on that State, Suine black tuen buve Just returned from thers with favurable reposts, and tho whole popula. tion 18 ln a great stato of excltenment about it. Anuther polnt that scems settled {s thut Mis- slasippl can never have o good government it tho party in poweris malntalned exclusively by white or largoly by colored votes, The tirst despotinn, the gecond svurchy, At pregent o white winority {8 ruling by determination aud superiorhravery, whichis, practically,despotism, Beforo 1875 u Wlack majority had st up a Goy- erntient which steadlly teaded to anurchy, It 13 worth whils to remémber that, In every ro- constructed Statp, the Republicans quarreled among themadlvts, and one faction began to oppress the other before the Democratsrevolted aud overthrew both. Itisa great mistake to suppode thie Republlean goverument of Mlssis- slppl * would beve done well cnough £ the bulldozers had let it plune.”” Tho Aues pnnsy bod suspended tho Constitution ecarly In 1873, but the nilstuke he made was in 'u\g)o-lnw ho. into the could get out of the wovernment an Senate before the tual breakup, which he must have known was coming, Now, I partles aro tu rematn 88 at present constltute here I8 zour alterustive for the future: If the luck . Republican purty 18 rowmstated, the white or Dewocratic party will resist s long as thery 18 hope; aud i it be possible to finally subduc them, they will abandon the Btate n i lm.l_n and it will relapse foto semb-barbartsm. 1 say Yif fually subdued,” but understand that this canuot be doue without an army from the North, A Federal ariy of 10,000 wou, stutlon- ed permanently fu this “State, would couble the majority to govern the minority, What would huppen in that case can custly ‘be judged from whut has happeved. Land lu'tlls scetion which 8old at £30 per were in 1806, sclls for 38 now, and taxes fu Jackson were 41g per cent in thy lmln&; of 75, Ecorea of ‘plantations were ubatidoned to the Stute by ‘the owners who would pot ur could not pay tho tuxes, But it i3 idle to bwope that the old party can bo restored, uuiess the Nutlunul Goveruwaont restoses it by furce of arws. Oa tho otber band, if thy present Government coutinues it will adiinisier matters tolorably well,uud give the Stute a pretty goud govern- ment; but it will deprive negroca of .d' litl- cul and muny civil rights, aud thus uullily the Constitution. The solution which mon of ull ymln’ bope: for {3 u beavy imulgration from he Nortu, 1f 30,000 Northern een settled hiere the whites would be fu 8 majority iy uearl; &l1 the counties; then the black could bave all bis rights, and dono_burt cither, There would be a vew division of parties, und probably not on race lioes. Bo, judeiug frowm wmy own recep- tlon, I mn focived w say to Northern n.wnl Come; especlally it umuvarried, for I dou' " scctlonal bate. ladies gut reconciled to thia country as casily a3 gentfemen, Bealdes, there are “tou many women In Misaissippl now. But supposo Northerners don't come, in splte of the fine onnortunities? Well, Minatsaippt won't haven republican form of covernment, that's all. With her present bopulation, our only chiofee 18 between nnarchy and desnatism, Despotisn lsalittle better than anarchy, but the diferenco s not great cnough to brag atout. Haxsox. TIIE SOLID SOUTH. VIEWS OF DR, REDPISLD. 1. V. R Chattanooga Letter ta Oineinnatl Commer- For whatoyer ovil thera {8 in the solid Sonth, now or heroafier, it {8 n matter that Prosident Iayes and his policy 1a in no wiso responslble for. He found it, but did not creato It Even South Carolina and Louisiana wore Democratle before ho *surrendered them.” The Republice ans could not have malntaincd themselves longer even w!th the whole army at thelr backs, And with the revelations of Republiean rascail- ty in Bouth Carolina it s n question if a surron- der to the Democrats was not productive of much good, even though it could not have been held to the Republican cause by reasonablo ex- ertlon. ‘Tho solid Bouth is the worlk of the Republican reconstruction polley, and the foremost ndvo- cates of that policy aro now foremost In thelr denunclation of Hayes as a creator of tho solld Soutn and an {nstrument of evll in ita hands! ‘The monstrons injustice of this {s apparent to all who are tharoughly acquainted with the con- ditlon of afalrs in this scetion when Hayes went in, Ilad any other Republican, or Demo- crat cither, for tint matter, been cleeted Preal dent, tho Bouth would havo still been solid, For whaterer evll thero is In it, the authors of the reconstruction pollcy can blatne themacives. Belng_somewhat_pcquainted with aflairs in the Southern States when [layes wont In, 1t makes mc nervous to hear so muck fault-finding in Washington with ho Presidonts He has dono the best he could, el I firmly helieve the best tor the country, I tremble when I think what would have beerd the result had the President attempted to bolater up the so-called Republican causo fn Louislana and_Bouth Carolina by the army. Thero would have been blood and outrnges bnyund‘uuthlug in the history of reconstruce ton. Asit is, thero s peaco in those States tho relatlon of the rnecs are better than af auy timo sinco the War, and the communitics recoverlug from the evils which so long afllicted them. So-called Republican rile was only a success In arousing race antagonisme, and caus- iner the doclle blacks to be butchered, Those who _cire —nothing _for — white Ehuu;d llclp" tho Prc:ldunt for' outhern policy upon he _ negro's - ac- count. { tell {ou he is better off under it than tha old way. know It. Whero there were formerly n dozen “outrages” thoreis ot ono now, The causo of complalnt baving boon re- moved, outrnges uaturally subside. There ls the maln thing, Tconfess £ ind_ratiier sea tha South soltdly Democeatle, ns now, South Caro- Iina nod Loutslana included, and race an- tagonisins ulluyed, than to sec thoso States Re- publlean and the blacks expused to the assaults of the infurfated whites. And fufurinted with cause, too. Republican rule in those States was such a mockery and cheat, and so destructive of all material Interests, that tho outrages upou the negroes wero not without excuse. ” Thero Is o llmit to human patience, and Southern pa- ticnee, with a negro on tap, Is soon reached. 80 for from creating the eolid South, and enlarging it, and adding to (ts power, the polley of Hayes, i he can carry it out, will soften the evil, nlthough it 18’ Leyond Presi- dentlat Jm““ to do away with it. He has softened it, allayed mce antagonism, and in- aplred national Ynlrlomm, whore bofore wis [ tho sultd Houth, with its hundred and odd Congressmen, ull Domocrats, and its 107 Electoral votes, il Democratlc, fa unpleasant to Conkling and Ben Wade, and those anti-llayes Republicans, they shiould re- member that the so-called polley of ‘the prescunt Admiuistration has not added s vototo tho strength which the South had when Hayes camu fu. Republicun reconstruction polley e inainly responsible, but not the lHuyes Administration. Huyes lins slinply done tha™ hest &a copld with hat ke found vn hand when s came in. e ap——— “MATERIALIZATION.” A Medlum Who Glves Out Spirit.Forms and Bucks Them In Again. Tho Medium and Laybreak of. London mives an aceount of a seanca which the Rev. Thomas Caoley nnd others have had with tho celebrated Dr. Monck, The account relates: “1 have just witucssed the mostimarvelons materfalization phenomenon I have ever hcard of or cun convelve, About balf-pust 0 o'clock this ovening Dst Donald, Kennedy, of Boston, U. 8, with Dr, Monck, ‘ealled upon me to as- company them to a hastlly-Improvised and tele. gram-arranged slttivg at “the louse of a fricud noar Londun, After somo alate-writing and other tests, hav- Ing half an hour still to spare, the two ladles of tho houso jolned us, and we sat for materiallzae tloy, The back reom, divided from tho front by folding doors (onc shut and a curtaln mrll{ covering the other), formed the cabinet, which was littlo needed; tor Dr. Monck, undercontrol of ‘Samuct,! was by tho light ot the lamp-~tlie writer nov.,l'mln 8 vard away from him—soen by all to bo the lvlng cate for the oxtrusion of spirit-forms from tho realin of miud into this world ol matters for standing forth thus plain- 1y before us, the psychic or soirit-forin was seen to crow out of his lelt side, First severul fuces, one‘after another, of urcat beauty appeared, and Innmazement we gaw, aud as [ was suffered to stand close up to the medium, even touching him, I saw most plainly, several times, o perfect faco'and forin of exquisite womanhood partially Issue from Dr. Mouck about the reclon of tho heart, ‘Then, after scveral attempts, o fulle formed figure, {n o nebulous condition at frst, but growing sollder a3 it isued from tho medi- un—ieft Dr. Monck and stood, a scparate in- dividuntty, two or three feet off, bound to him by a slendor attachmient us of gossanier, which, st my request, ‘Samucl,’ in control, Agvercnl with the medium’s left band; and thera stood embodled o splrit-fonn of unutterablo lovell- ness, robed ju - attiro apirit-spun, a mneshy wel work from no mortal loom, of a flcecinces In- finitable, faud of Lmufl.;umv.lon whiteuess truly Rllstening, “Rut Dr, Kennedy was now fovited to draw equally near me and realize more closcly with mo the marvel of the separate {dentity of tho spirit form from the edium, and 48 we stood louking with all our soul upon tho mighty fuct' of spirit birth from mortal man, Dr.” Monck, still ontranced, placed the loncly visltant trom the lnner world between us, and affording it the support each of an arm, we advanced with our sweet spirit companion sote stopa farther Into the rootn. Meanwhile, holding tho hand of the splrlt arm that rested oo mine, I felt the wrist, palm, flngzers, and fiuger-nails, It was o every respect a living hand, answerlog tomy touch, yielding to pressure, ‘.mvlng natural welght and substance, snd all things pertalning to humans Ity; but it wasdatp and stone-cold, and the thought pusscd through my mind, how, like steam, first invislble, cougrealod, is then secu ns cloudy vapor, which precipltated, tnay inally tako dolid form in lee, this gure at mysldehad, Dflammuwhfl aualagousprocess,when n:udcml vlsible and tupgible irom the vital urce, view- lcas and finpouderable, of the medium, being under chemistey, not yet understood, of the higher life, couzaled futo the nebulous condi- tlon (mtuumlgf’ the form’s first appearance, further to solldify futo the lovely creature wo luPportcd und wistfu]ly Leheld. *But not to theorize, 1 come now tothe climax of the night’s most wonderful phe- nomena; \hien the form at first retired, I was, as an extreme favor which might cost the medium great prostration, permittcd to accompauy jt, and draw near with it -luwl{ and cautiousl until I came close up to Dr. Monvk, as he, -dn entranced, stood forth full in view of all, walt- ing to receive buck unto bimself tho marvelous wou, phautasin, or emnavation that we must call angel or spirit. As it neared him the gossancr filament azain came loto vicw, its attonustin and_vanishing polnt belng, as before, tm\'n‘g tho heart, By meuns of the subtle cord, I no- tieed how the psychie izure seenicd to be suck- ed back into the budy of the medlum. For llke & waterspout ut sca—funncl-shaped—or sand column, such 88 [ have scen In Egypt, horlzon- tal Instéad of vertleal, the sdperior vitul power of Dr. Mouck scemed to absorb and draw in the aplrit-form, but.se cradually that I was enabled closcly to watch the processs for, lean- Iog against and Lolding the medfum, with left arm at bis back, and uy left ear and rhcu{ to Lis breast, bis hedrt beatiugln & most violent and alarming way, I saw bim receive back the lovely birth of the fnvisible spheres into his very person, abd a3 1 gazed for the Luat time on tho sweet face of thedlsintegratiug splrit within three or four fuches of the fcatures, 1 markea its fair aspect, eves, halr, and dellcute complex- fou, and kissed the dulvty hand, s, {o progress of sbsorption, it dissolved, aud saw the aneel foce dixappear sud fude, w3 1t was drawn, posl- tively, uto the bokow of the medigm, dnlng thus closely, with awe sad breathless uterest, did I, therefore, watch the departure of our augel fricud, and ‘through the lh'ln‘fif'ulu aud aveuue of the medium's very self, dif' Y, with feelloge indeseribable, wark the steps of her Progress to regaly, throu;ilh thoe Uviog organlsin sud body of Dr, Mouck, her bows o the vicw- less pphusea”! CANADA. Record of the Closing Proceedings of the Fishery Commis= sioners, Toxt of the Costly Document which it Took Nearly Five Months to Get Up. Protest of tho Amerlean Commlissioners Against the Astonlshing Decision. Purthor Accounts of tho of the Ocean.Bteamship Strathsay. Wreck Bpecial Digpatch to The Chicago Tridune, Haurax, Nov. 25.—The following s the record of the closlng proceedings of the Fish. ery Commission, sliting at Hallfax for thoe past five months® ™ ‘Theundersigned Commissldners. appointed nnder rn, 02 .n§“z.1 of the Trealy of Washincton' of the 8th of May, 1871, to determine, having re- gard to the prlvllc?nl acoorded by the United tates to the subjecia of hee Nritannic l!llulz, stated in Arte. 10and 21 of.sald treaty, the amount, §f any, compensation which, in " thelr apinton, ounh{ to bo pald by the Govern- ment of the United States to the Gavernment of her Dritannic Majcsty in_return for tho '\dvllefien accorded ta tho citizens of tho United Statea nnder Art, 18 of the nmumg. and having carefully and Immrllnll{ cxanined the mattora referred tothem according to jneiice and oquity, in contormity with tho solomn deciaration made and subscribed Ly them on the 16tn day of June, 1877, do award the snm of 85,500, 000 in gold ta bo pald by the (lov- .erninent of the United Ntates to the Govornment of her Britavnic Majesty In nccordance with the pro- .vislons of thasafd treaty, Signed at lialifax this twenty-third day of Novembar, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. P Maunice Drryossr, . To GALT. The United States Commissioner la of opinfon that the edvantages aceruing to Great Britain un- :der the Treaty of Washington are greater than the indvantages conferred upon tho United Stutes by .satd tredty, and he canoot, thercfore, concur fi ‘tha conelissions announced by tis colleagues, and ithe American Commisslonar “deeins it i ||nt{ tn tate, further, that ft.1s questionable whether It Is {competent for the Ioard to make an award umler ithe treaty, except with the unanimous consent of f1s membors, K. 1. Kerroaa, Judge Foster, Agent of tho United Btates Government, then sald: * Ihave no Instiuctions from the Government of the United Statos 08 to tho conreo (o be pursued ‘in the contingency of such a reault as has been an. mounced, bat, If I wero to accept in silenco the papar elgned by tho two Commis«loners, It might bo clalined -herenftor that, as Agent of the United 1 have acqalesced in treating It aa o valtd Auninst such nn inferenca It seoms my ‘duty Jo guard., T thereforo make this statcment, whicll I desiro to have placed npon record. Spectal Disoatch to Tha Chforan Iribmns, Orrawa, Nov. 25,~The ‘Goverminent bave passed an order in Council to stop the salo of crown lands in Ottawa County, on*® account of the valuable deposits of rhuaulmtuu dlscovercd thero recontly, Reporta from High Falls state that soveral iiow mines have been found, which will yleld 90 per cont. Dr, Meredith has just delivered on intercst- o address on *'The Recent Prison Congress ond Thelr Work," before the Literary and Scien- titie Bocioty. e advocated {ndefinite sen- toncea; that fs, that the Judge shall give the maximum scutence, and allow the prison-an- thorities, who have the opportunity of watch- {ng tho wan's reformation, to say wiien he shall be liborated. IIo reviewed the work of the Prisou Congresses, Internationat and Natfonal, held within thu 1ast seven years, and ‘contended that thoy had resulted fu an entife change In the criminal jurisprudence of every clvilized coun- try, QVEHJHP‘-\IL Tho questions of preventlve atid repressive meastires were (nll‘y discussed. ‘I'ie Exceutive ha interposed {n the case of the Casticton abortioniat, © Doe® Swith, found cullty of the murdor of Miss Wade, 11o'will b mprisoned forlife, = In the case of John Willlams, the Weston wife-murdorer, it has been decldod to allow the Jnw to take its courso, aud ho will bo banged at OO g . 13s Sioaoa ribun, Speriut Dispateh t0 The Chicug: une, Quanro, Nov, 26,—Thoe Bherilt of Blooming- tou, 111, has notiticd the potice bero to look out for a murderer named Kinsty, who {8 tmnplnfi through tho country, and who shot and robibes a companton named Albert Augler, on'the 3u or 8d of November Inst, Detective Joannet, of the Provincial Police, has left for Chicago, to look vut_for Bartloy, the alleged murderer ol Sergt, Dove, of tho va“}aflfllplallfum ll.hnr;c'n: Chicago Tribun ) Dispatch fo une, MoNTREAL, Nov. 25, Tha" following intelll- rance Lias been recelved from Lloyd’s azent at g&. Plerre, Miguulon, concerning the wreck of tho steninalilp” Stratlisav: * From Ienvl% Anti- corll till striking, they saw nothing. doneo fogz prevalled. Vessel struck at 2 p, m. Sature day. Passengers and crew wero saved, wqh part of the bn{;ms. They also succeeded’in eaving n small” portlon of flour. A lheav sca, making o clean sweep over tho vessel, drove hor farthor up on tho bar yesterday., she 1s on a sandy bottom, with no chance of gutting ofl.” Insurancce, s far as can bo ascertalued, aro: Toston Marlne, $17,000; Oront,, New York, $13,500; Pacific Central, Now York; $10,- 000; Royat Canudian, 85,0005 ‘hnun—At‘anllc. 84,200; Westarn, Toronto, $8,400; Mercantile Miuitual, $1,600. " Thao total recefpts of wheat at this port from Jan. 1 to Nov. 21 this year amounted to 7,100,103 bushels, agalnst 6,471,330 bushels dur- ing the mm_.\rlpondln;t porh.vd in 1878,~an in- crease of 834,772 bushels. ' THE FARM AND GARDEN. A Beotsman's Oplnlon=Thoy Have Lost Money-Twenty-tlve Years Ago—Au Aspar. agus-Bad—County Agricultural Roards— Hurinkage of Cortelioup In Foultry~Tho Vest Grape, From Our Own Correspondent. Citaxtraon, 11l Nov, 34,—Tho correspondent of tho Sevleman, who waa scnt to this country by that journal to fuvestigate tho cattle-trado and {ts probable future as regards its rendering tho growlng of cattle for beef unprofitable in Brittln, has roturned liome, aud Is now summing up his conclusions. Ilo is of the opinion tnat the Americans do not yet nosscas cnough good stock to render thomn formidable cotnpetitors with the stock-feeders of the Afother-Couuntry, but In tinio thoy will have tho cattle, the means, and the abllity to serfously reduce the profits of stock-ralalug on the lsland. The correspondent adinits that wo already posscss the pasturcs, the food, sud, to s limited exteut, the proper Rrade of stock, We are forcibly ro- minded of this by a shipment of 125 head of Bhort-Horn steers direct to Liver- pool from tho farm of John 8. Gillett, of Elkuart, Logun County, 0L, aud another lot of 108 srom Madison County, Kentucky. Once ca- tablish a trade and permanent lines of shipment, and we will pour the cattle into England insuch numbers that John Bull will bo astoulshed. It s only a question of profit, and, when that {3 ¢atablished on a firm baals, the busincss will be- gin in éarnest. + Thers{s 8 genoral complaint amoog stock- men that; for two or threo years, TUBY HAVE LOST MONEY } and they inslst that there 1s uothing to be made i1 feedlug cattle. Wao ara loath to bollove the statement, and thivk where woney has been lost it has beon through speculation, and not levitimato feeding. It léa fact that steak i3 selling in most of the towns of Central Iilinols at (roin 1235 10 15 cents per ud, rosst at 8,tu 10 cents, aud other partsin proportion. Chly tho poorer grades of beeves are bought by tho locuf butchers, Old cows, helfers, stag aud the rufuse llud their woy to tho tables ol the residents of smali citles, the shope of steaks aud roasts, Three to four cents per pound is the price pald the furmer; s0 that some one Tewl & bealthy profit. Farwers use more fresh meat than they did a few years ago. Then it could not always bo convenlently procured; now u meat-warkét exists fn nearly every bam- let of 8 dozen bouses. Twenty-tlve years ago the ooly fresh mneat usod fu our fumily in sum- mer was procured from a butcher who visited the house once a week; uud thls oue butchor supplicd the people of several townships. In wintgr a supply of fresh meat was kept frozen or packed in snow. BSalt beef aud pork, and oc- casluvally & salt whitetlsh, constituted tho dally food of tnoat furmers. Oucy 1o & while a chick- on was killed, but generally they went Lo mar- ket to helo swell the sales of the farm. The people are bealtbler now than thoy wers tnen, and are happler, too. Who wants to go back to thoso times of self-denlal, hard work, aud bard tinesi The day-laborer ot to-dsy has more real enjoyment sud omfort than thy wealthy had fu those days. AN AYPAKAQUE-BED. 1u localitice wher the ground bas pot frozeo, 80 that ft caunot be Nuw&lt 1s ot yet too Tate to plaut & bed ‘of caculent, Thery need be no extvnsive preparation for it Beleet n rich plece of ground, plow it deeply, and then oven trenchies with o plow, four or five aches deep, and four feet apart, Into this trench drap the nlanis—one year ol 18 the beat ane to banilla—~ane fout apart, taking care that the crawns are up, and_tho roots spread out Ina natural inanner, Cover with a hoe and level the @round, The aecond year after planting, 200 planta will supply n large family with all the usparagiis they ean use. The atuff palmed off upon people In citics Is pour at best; most of {t i cut under the soll,apd {t_Is tough eud stringy, It shoulil be broken off at tho surface, and, when 1t docs not break with n square frac ture, It {s not fit to use, Hotel-slewards have a dislike to the green article, but jt is the only part that can be eaten, We wers pleased to note that lost spring there was a lttle demand for the grecn bunches, A conting of manure should be applied annnaily as n top-dressing. 8ome teo yoars ago we planted a row of napara- pus-seed, about 200 feet long. 1t has since grown up with bluo grass, but still continues to Turnlsh an abundant and early supply for the table, without any care. Asparagus-aced (s slow to gerininate,” Tt should be sonked for neveral daye,. until it begios to spread, befora 1t 18 planted, - Fall {s tho bost tims to set the plants, ns they start so early in the lpfl"li that many of the buds will be broken oft in hand. ling, Set a lot. If not too late; but, If it Is, do not neglect 1t carly next spring. COUNTS AGRICULTURAL NOATDS, A recent issuc of the Prairis Farmer con- tained many excellent suzgestions upon the proper mauner of conductiug County Falrs, It 1858 'There scems to be & growing feeling against tho ntroduction of the yarfous sido-shows of more or less questionable morality, Horse-racing accord- ing ta the ralcs of the turf would seem to boa rincipal cause for dissatisfaction with many. sueclally Is the practice of allowing wheels-of- fortune, “tho sweat-cloth, And other of the low formn of gambling, severély denonnced. We have scen theeo In open and Hagrant operation at somo of the faies we hava visited this fall. To be suce cessful, fairs, whether county or State, muat bo o managed ns to weet the general approval of the people, clse they Buat nitlmatoly fatl for want of support, Tho object of fairs s to furnih at ono and the eainc tlme recreation and in- struction, _Fairs must. aleo bo solf-sup- rmlmr. One of the dutles of the loarde of Agricnlture of tho soveral Htates is o foster hy every legitimnte means tho welfare of tho lacal, the county, and district falr organizations, "l do thia in the mont perfect manncr, thoy slioutd be deawn os cloeely as possible toward the Boards of Agricnlture; novertlicices, tho tle In too many instancea 1a 'quito loossly deawn. Nearly overy important indnatry, and oll onr public bodies, now acknowledgo ‘the importance of moet- ing in atated conventlons tofix npon certaln cognato linea npplicable to tho fratcrnity at large. Why should not repregentatives of tho varions connty onganizations meet yearly In cunvontion, to take into cunsideration matters of general intorest, nnd todircuss thoso principals which are constantly changing' the ndaptabllity of cortaln means to agiven end, Take the [llinols Board of Agricul- turo, for instance, It meats the Amt Tucs l‘ in Janunry at the State-flonse at Rprinaflold. Why shonld not delegates from such county and district organizations us sce fit, mect at tho eameo place, nnd duelng the samo week, to discass mattors of szencral Interest? Thera in yot time enongh to ac- complish this. ~As 8 sucgestlon, wo may notico the niecessity af a moro general aniformity In mak- Ing up promium-lists. It i trae, in certaln dla- tricts particulor Intorents will roquire special prom- Inence, As a ruls, however, we think the sug. gestlon will nm’ll{. And certalnly a better under- standlng gencrally may bo arrived at. Tho cost to the societion represented will bo comparatively light. The good accomplished will pay the ex- penso many tlines over. We certaioly ngreo with tho above, especially the horse-racing part of it, and lope that soma unfformity of action may bo the result. SININKAGE OF CORN, 1t appears to bo u question with most farmers ns to which Is the best time to sell corn: when 1t in rat gathered, or to wait until spring, The price of new corn fs usually low, and an unduo amount of pounds 1is taken,—{rom soventy-five 1o elzhty pounds to the bushol, Regarding the umoutt of shrinkage, Messrs, I’ Itisser & Sous, illers and extenslve corn-buyers nt Ovarga, reeently made some careful - experlments with the following result: Ono bushel of ear-corn, weighing cighty pounds to tho bushel, after bo- o drled weighed sixty-four and ong-elghth pounds. This shows A shrinkage of almost 20 per cont, This shows that corn sold at 23 conts now 1s botter thau 30 conts after tho grain {s thoroughly dry, according to this cxperiment. There arc, however, certaln conditions to Lo token lnto consideration. Bome reasons now. corn {8 rlsuuo |If(m and shells readily whcn firat thered. 'This season it §s different, and it will : ?llunz time before It will be in o condition to shell. ROUP IN POULTRY, . Owing to the long-continued ralns, and so,| camparatively littlo attention belng paid to the comfort of poultry on most farms, o ab many of the fowls are now mflcring rom roup,—a discaso which usually attacks them after s damp spell, and which makes its pres- ence known by a swelling of the head, runnin; 8t the nose, ete. A medleal correspondent o tho New York Tribune, writing of a remcdy tor this discase; saya: Thotreatment of tho disease Involves the em- ]fluymenl of both medlcal and hyglenle remed| ngsmuch a8 provention s Letter thou curw, m tary pieasurcs arc of fur moro Importance than surgery, The quarters forthe fowls nast he as Itm;l\lnrllrhmr lll pomhlo.n i They l}wuld !iw"nlr_v, izhy, cheerfal, sunny. mpuosa is eapecially 1o b6 avolded, ‘THa fawls must bo protected fiom cold, mosl winds, snch prevall north of the latitade of New York In Seutember, October, and November, An soon as it {s discovored that any of the fowls show symptoms of the disease,—as wnifling, anoezing, anlpping, shaking the head, running at the eye or nostrll, rattitug in the throat, swelling of tho oyes or clieoks,~8 man must o on the lookout far roup, it ho livos north of tho fortieth arallol. Tho genersl sanitary condilion of tho owls wuet bo Jooked to, while fhose that are af- fected aro to bo treated thus: Pronaro a wolution of nuiphate of zinc—common white vitricl—of a atrength of ton or twalve prains to th¢ ounco of water. WHh a suall sponge wash the hoad, miouth, and throat with this eolution, With a amall wyringe injoct somo of the solation Into the cavornoun Jmulon of the beak (o roof of the mouth) and nostrilv. ‘Wanh oat the eyes carotully. and then anolnt the parts with 8 preparation of carbolle-acid and plyc erino; thle muy ho made with one pars of cryeial- Iine carbolic-ncid to ten parts glycurino, Ono or two applications like this will curaa fuwl, if it is kopt dry, warm, and cloan, and proporly Ted with soft, warin food, Juto which a st dash of cay- ennc fs mixed. The drinkiog-water of the fowl shonld hava a few drops of spleits of hartshorn In it, Tho treatment should s appliod promptly, When the roup gets bad In a flock, 18 ls hard to manage, and will givo o much trouble to get rid of it me tho chickens are worth. Foultry-kecpers wi)l And 1t caslor to provent the discass than to cura it, and more-profitable, TIUN BHAT GUAPE. ‘When Mr, Bull plauted the aced which grew the Concord grape-vine, he did what entitlcs bl to the overlasting gratitude of the Amerl- can people. For rnun wo_had beon eating the foxy Isabella, which is to-lay catocmed but Iit- tls “sbove the wild graps which grows in tho forest; and wo hod been trylug to do something with tho Catawba, without much success, as 1t would only bear an occasional bunch, except iu tavored localitics, We have had a run of many varleties sluve tho first Introduction of tuc Coucord, many of thew far superior o it in suamy. but not one its peer for general pro- uctivencss and popularity, Our markets are now well “supplied with grapes in thelr sesson, and sl reasooabls Brk-el. thanks to . tho Concord. it found overywhoro, and, as long as it Jasts, everybody eals it. Therc are_soine people, to bo sure, for whom molhing is good enongh; they would flnd fault, no doubt, {¢ Black ilam- burgs huug n clusters on ever{ Rgarden-fenco. For such peoplo the Coucor Acsses 10 charms; but we havo always noticed that these grumblers could got away with a very respcct- able quantity of the despised article. To all those who expect to plant Enp_u—vlnu another, Scason, we recowmend the Concord, Every farmer should have a hundred vines at Jeast; amd, when once planted, thoy require very littlo care, ‘Thoy bear almoat anywhere, even 1t Joft to run’on the ground, By all meanaplant some Coucords. RukaL Jg, - THE HASTINGS FAMILY, ‘The Old Scandal that Kopt Away the Royal ¥amlly irom the Norfolk-Hastings Nup- tals, 3 Rulc;’dufl tothe marrlage, tho other day, of the Duke of Norfolk to Lady Flors Hastings, the New York World sayss “Tho firet Marquis of i{astlogs was our old RBuvolutlonary fricnd, Lord Rawdon, who divid- ad with Turléton the honors, buch as they wero, Borulnas. 18 S5 e denri i B s as. ] ¥ t o o atber, N becamo Earl of Mofra, sod (i 1304 he mare ccamy Earl of ried Flora Campbell, Countess of Loudoun in her own rleht. Twelve years afterward ho wus creatod Marquls of numur. He died in 1636; hits oldest daughter, Lady ¥lora Hastings, wili o lauy of the bedebambortu the Duchess of Keut, tho motber of Queen Victorls, After her aceesalon to the Crown the young Queen, it was said, conceived & vertaln jealousy of Lady Flors, {n connection with thy atteutions puld her b obleman, Lord Elpbln- stoue, for whom, it always been rumored, the youthiul sove lfiu felt aregurd not recog- filhedul;v‘i 0 Roysl Marriage act of Great Brit- 4. 48 {t wa .mudum were provoked 88 to the couduct of v Flory, whruh led to declalve action on the part of the vouug Queen, and to a beprible sucial scaudat fu London. The fricuds of tho youny ludy wers {oteuscly exas- perated by tho ‘courst pursued by the Queen, audtho Ounglady Borset falrly broksdows aad died nmiu o sbawy sud sullirivg lutlicted on her by the notorlety of the whale nfTaty, her denth, In 185, an antopay demnnaf her_entire fnnovence, ond haturally omed the views taken by her lrmml and powertul famlly connect; the whole matier. Lady Flora's tho ccond Marquis of ilustings, niarricq gy aconews irey do Ruthyn in 1571, ool oq o 1844, leaving by her two sons and four dn..fl ters. Tho eldest son. who succeeded oy thing Marquis, lived only seven years after hiy Rrce: slon, and was succeeded by his younger brothey Henry-Wesford-Chatles-Plantagunct, fouret and last darquia, This young nobicman, bor - In 1842, dicd In 1808, Baving contrive] ' hig short 1ifo ta ‘ran through’{ his ms [ patrimony in 8 career of aplondid diesipatioy and reckless gambling quite unrivaled siney the dayaof the wicked Dike of Wharton, Fous ears beforo hig death the lnst Marquis m .ady Florence Paget, n daughter of the Mar uis of Anglesea, who, alter Appearing opg’ night at_ the opera as the afMiageeq bride of Mr. Henry Chaplin, the nOxLYlay drove to a shop in Oxfonl street, ed through it, came out In Vere strect, wot into another carrinre, and went 6 to become Mer. chioncssof Haatings. On tho death of tho fou Marquis ail hig titlcs except bis Scoteh hog, beenme gextinet or foll to abeyance, and hiy ige ter, Lnu{ Edith Maud Hastinge, sacceeded bigy as Counless of Loudonn, Baroncss of Loudoy, Farrinyean, and Mauchling in the pees of arnness yf After trated ERYep. whle. on ¢ Drottiey, grotlnnd. ]lln la?lfsha blfl:m&c also otreaux, Hungerfore astings, and (o b 8 in the peorage of L‘.mflnml. With em).':,l.. dinary cnergy she devoted herself to clesrn off the Incumbrancea left upon the groat famjly. cstates b) lmrn'mmlmrlrtbruuwr,mmbchmhq death in 1874 shic succeedad cotnpletely in doin this, ro that her _won, e presen Earl of Loudon, and tho brother “of the newly-made Duchess of Norfotk, entedd then upon the enjoyiont of a nobla proporty - put Into order by the skill, patience, and coys. age of hismother, At her death the Countesy of Loudouu, who had never act foot in the Courg, of Queen Victorla, cln\rgcd lier helrs to cut off her right hand and to bury it elenched undery column of white marble, ornamented by a cras,, ot an anula of lier soat of Donnington Park, 1y Derbysbire, which overlookn a long ranggof the rullway over which the Queen yearly travels storthward to DBalmoral, On the olumn sha ordered them to fuscribo the grim and menncing motto: ‘I bido my time.' 8o stern and super. Atitians & hatred, “belonping 1t would scem to othor times than ours, Leatifies ab least to the ;Iesnlu‘lln: and h{c:}r‘lonu Ilcmp?r of td}l:} bla'od which ows through the volos of yesterday's yo bride." v'e Jouig ORIME. SAVED BY A SCRATCIL. Ditpaleh to Cinctnnatt Enqurer, LrrvLe Ruck, Ark., Nov, 23.—To-day bytn appointed for the cxecution of Dick Roas for* the murder of Plto Jackson, shortly after sun. rise crowds from the country commencedar, riving In tho little town of Lonoke, and by 11 s, m. {uil 2,500 people assciablicd towee the majos. - ty of the law vindicated. o Sherlft King had ap. . pointed a guard of fifty men to attend the exe' cution and preserve order, and .this guan), armed with new needlo-guns and bayoneta Nxed, . mnrch;d 'f the j;lll. where o cordon'was formed * around the scaffold, keeplug the nuxs!n . nrde:lg crowd back' u‘pm:t thirty, m%ng: « aronnd. 3 . The hour for the exccutlon et PEr Ty T i ehfigwe‘fd?::fidv{::f opened, a lane mada through the erowd, and the prisoncer, accompanied by Sherill King, Deputy ' hompson, the clergyman, and several guards, - appeared and proceeded to the fiunnwu, about thirty yards distant. The prisoncr, though weak and . nervous, walked unsupported exe cept by the light touch of theoflicors upon cither arm, 4 ‘The Deputy-Shoriff bore In his hands a sharp hatchet, to bo uggd In cutting the rone to x#fi tho drop, The prisoner was nsslsted up the scafold by the Sheriff,.and when informed that hecould muke any rowarks ho chose, lie step- ped upon the drop and said, in a wea!'(. qaaver- '.l'llf, and tremuloua volce, and with much eio- ou : s k “*Gentlomen, I want you to take warnin, me here. 1amn u{u)or nigger, and I have lfill"m’l my fellow-man, L wlsh you all to toko n warne ing from my punishment, I acknowledgo- my - wrong. 1 fell into evil by drinking, keopine ba conmpany, and breaking the Sabbath, I pramised to reforin, but did not do it, and here 1 am.” Hero the prisoncr broke down, nud the cler tnan repeated bis remark fn loud tones, for the benent of the erowd. After ho bad ceascd, and , as 8herl? Kiog wns handling the noosc, the - telegraph operutor was scen to pass hurriedly througli the lno of guards, climb.the scaffold - statrs, and band the Sheril an open telegram, The 8heril dropped tho rope, eianced n moment at the paper, aud thon stepoing uvon the’ drop | in frout of t||u prisoner, while' the crowd pre. scrved the ntmost sllence, he read the followiog : dlspatch: 3 Exrourive Orrick, Lirris Rook; Ark., Nov,'s 22, 1877, —Sherlf King, Lonoks Counly—8int A zesplto af ten dsys s granted Dick Ross, accused - of murdor. Btop the exocution. W, Il Minuen, Governor of Arkansas, The silence was braken by the otficers con: * firntuluung the prisoner unen his new lease of fe. As 10 thocrowd, they were sadly disap- golnled—lhnt 1s, judping’ from appearances. fany of them had vomé o lonz way 1o seo the execution, and disllked very much to be depriv- ed of the savage plessure they expucted to ex- perlonen fu wituossing tha dylng throos of the our darkey. Ono Uranger remarked: ¢ Well, "Il be G—dd—d i I'd n kuow'd thls, you bet I' kept my young uns In the cotton-pateh to-lay.” Another proposed faintly to give Dick Ross threo cheers for his ton days niore, but tho proposat foll flat and Qid not mcot with .a response, as the cruwd, though not hloodthiraty, felt that it bad to certaln extent been cheated, and was in po aod for shouting, g ¥ ‘The prisoner showed” no cmotion whatever until he bad desconded from the scaffold, wnen he was observed to tremblo like a leaf, and for tho firat tne, He was marched back to the calabouse nad chatued, and, atter the Shertfl had thanked the guards for thelr sorvices and tho nssembly for its orderly behavior, the Rguards wero dismissed. h ‘I'he sudden roprievo naturally created con- siderable wonder, Judge Sibly, ono of the councl for tho prisoner, says that sinco the trinl (mportant testimony, palllating tho cgime of Itoss, has come juto Lhe posscasion of coune sol. Tlia they wisbed - to ‘introduce, and the Governor granted tea doys' timo for the pur pose. ? A DOMESTIO TRAGEDY. Bpeciai o Cincinngl! Gasetie, FovronviLie, 11k, Nuv, 91.—~A terribledo mestie tragedy occurred here to-day, and the affair causcs tho moat lutenseexcitement {u this scctlonof the Btate. The facts, aa far as ascer tained, are as follows: George Ambruster, & wealthy real-estate owner, efter an absence of several days from liome, lnddunll returned this afternoon, aud upon hils arrival at once procecd- ed tohis residence. Ila thought at first 1o one waa at home, but soon heard volcea coming from 8 bed-room 1o the uvper portlon of the house. He entercd the room, and the sight he thercbo hold no doubt cansed him to conimnit the bloody tragedy which to-night has 60 excited the com- munity, Ambruster's wife, who has always borne the higl character for refinement and Christian virtue, and Johin T, Richards, u wells known business man of* this place, wers found in bed tocether, Awmbrustor opened astand drawer and drew out a revolver, fired scversl shata at the guilty palr, the same taking desdiy effect, Richards iy g but shore tinie, snd Mre, Ambruster about two hours later. bruster has given bimsclf up to the proper au- nmrl;au, but 1§ 1s thought that his mind 1s de- ravged, WILL BELYNCHED. Special Dirpatch 1o The Chicago Tvituns, NasnviLLy, Tenn,, Nov.25.—A man suswering the description of Dill Roper, alias Jack Mc- Ghee, who badly assaulted Miss Betty Temple- ton, daughter of & Cumberlaud Presbyterian miaister at Columbla, appearod in Athens, Ala., this afternoon, having walked slxty-two wiles throuzh mud sad raln since 6 o’clock yesterdsy moruing, Mo s very much bedraggled snd fatigued. Ho was wantlug the physical strength to proceed miuch further, Persuua aro 1o Lo down from Columbla to-morrow niorniug to identify bim. 1t identified, he will swing be- fore tha sottlog sun to-morrow, Large crowds of scouts have bevw followlug sll the way down. Roper attempted to securs & norse at Prospect, slxtocn wiles north of Athcns, but was refused. fasiad st A, BTRANGE AFFRAY, Nxw Yomk, Nov. 3,—A quarrel occurred be tween George Dell, aged 17, and Jacob Mar- corth, sged 63, both of 517 East Thirtecoth strect, this afternoon, in which Marcorth used & hatchet on the young wmap, inflicting a scvere wound. Dell thereupon threw o ruzor at Mar- corth with such force that the blade of the weapon took elloct In tho latier's peck, severlog the a:lgulu velu and causiog slmost instaot death. Dell was arrested. Fricnds of the m:umu- clain that bo discovered his wotter in cd with Marcorth, und fnsistcd that the (Wo should be married, which Jed to the quarrel, | HAUSSMAN. * Nsw Yomx, Nor. 23.—Henry Haussman, whe shot his three children sud thon higelf, Nav L2, died to-dsy fa & huspltal, Am-