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THE POsTOFFICE i In GERMANY.
Woman's Curiosity Renders Her In.
eligible as POstmistress., - =.


From the, New York World, June25.
"The irrepressible conflict of fopposing and
enduring forces" between men and women
has been so far such aene-sided affair in
America and even in England-which Sir
Charles Dixie bas baptized the lesser Britain
That 1t is really comforting TO find that in one
Ieutonic land at least the male sex means
to show realf fight. Tacitus tellsus thanin an
cient Germany women were held in high
honorfor their wisdom and insight as to af,
fairs of State. In modern Germany this is
obviously not the case. The Imperial Par
lament Of Germany has just tabled pro-
position for making women eligible to en-
p'oyment in the postofice. The general
ground Of objection to this measure, which
would hardly be regarded as an innovation
on this side of the Atlantic, seems TO have
been that women if brought into public life
would lose all their private charms, and
hence be sacrificed to the commonwealth.
But the Director General of the German
Postoffiee, Herr Stephen, put his objections
in still more aggressive and offensive
shape, He refused to let women get into
the postofiice because, he said, sssuch was
their curiosity that the secrecy of letters
would cease to be respected ~
This we must say, seems to us a little
UNJUST. We believe in our own order, and
are glad, as we have said, to see men any
where stand up resolutely when women at
tempt to monopolize all the privileges of
both sexes. What is sauce for the gander
we think should be sauce for the goose.
Bat when Herr Stephen attempts to make
it out that curiosity is an exclusively femi-
nine foible, he compels us to remember that
England once had a Sir James Graham to
violate her postoflice, and the United States
Seward to violate ours. Herr Stephen
should not injuTe a good cause by ex-
travagance and want of candor. Even
the devil should have his due. Something
must be pardoned, however, to the irrita-
ton naturally aroused in the breast of a
man by the arrogance and contempt with
which the emancipators Of women habitu-
ally treat his sex. The strong minded
among women habitually handle men with
out gloves, and they must not be surprised
if the worm once in while turns upon and
rends them. But while we applaud and
admonish our Teutonic champion, we
earnestly recommend him not to risk him.
self iu America. If he does he may de-
pend upon it that the sisterhood will show
him no mercy. Like his namesake, the
protorsartyr of Christianity, he may expect
TO be remorselessly stoned.
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j. G. CAwooD,
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

A Thomas Warden cat perambulates the
streets of Woodbury..
Cut their heads off before their tails and
You'll be saved this trouble.
The mercury stood at 100 in the shade
at Chattanooga on the I'd inst.
A sure remedy for mad dogs-cut their
tails off just behind the ears.-Woodbury
Press.
East Tennessee University is to have a
$4,000 addition to the present college
edifce.
The county court of Knox have reduced
the tax on billiard tables from $50 TO So
nobody chalked.
B. II. Wray, who shot himself and
brotber-in-law John A. Wilson died there
on the 1stinst.
At Brownsville Monday night Robert
Howell fired two shots at Hook Taylor
colored-nobody hurt.
Cannon comfy has organized "StocB
Club" with Maj. NJ. B. Kittrell as Presi
dent, and II. r. Height, Secretary.
w. Sizer, ofNew York, has purchased
the East Tennessee Zinc Works, at Messy
Creek for $4,000. The personal property
brought over $4,000.
On the 2Gth ult., Capt. ]. w. Page of Can
non county killed crane measuring i've
feet and seven inches between wings and
four feet seven inches high.
A petition for the incorporation of th'
sDeutscher Bruder Bund," a charitable
social and singing society, has been fled il
the Second Chancery Court at Memphis.
The Knoxville Chronicle of the I'd inst
saws: "Jesse Williams, of Concord, thresh
ed and cleaned from one acre forty bushel
and four pounds of prime white wheat; G
w. Prater, of Ebenezer, from eight acres
three hundred and twenty bushels"
The Chattanooga Herald learns from
gentleman from Upper East Tennessee tha
the crops are remarkably good, especial
the wheat and corn. Farmers are bus
threshing their wheat. The yield in som
cases is enormous.
Miss Gertrude Smith, formerly of Knox
vile, but at present residing in Atlanta
won gold medal for distinguished scholar
ship at the commencement exercises OF th
Wesleyan Female Institute at StauntoI
Va. She also won great applause for he
splendid singing at concert given by th
ladies of the Institute.
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DETAILS are just reaching this country
in relation to the late general and unparal-
leled inundation in Italy. The loss thus
far ascertained is set down at 20,O00,000
francs. This is considered to be rather
under than over the mark. For miles add
ed to miles, in all directions, from com
mon rain centre, the country was flooded,
and over forty thousand people saved
their lives with difficulty from the rising
waters of the rivers. At several points the
Po overfowed its banks, and caused the
disasters referred to. At Mezzano, the
river first rose above its banks, and subse-
quently at other points. With commenda-
bic alacrity the authorities performed their
duty to the sufferers. King Victor En-
manuel has subscribed 10000 francs the
Minister of the Interior 5000, and large
number of the rich landed proprietors in
the country contiguous to the scenes of the
occurrences, contributed generously to aid
the unfortunate sufferers who we're driven
from their homes and despoiled of all they
possessed. ~.
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WASHINGTON.
An Indian PowWoH.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-When the Apache
delegation visited the President to-day they
were accompanied by Secretary Delano,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Walker,
and Gen. Howard. The Indians expressed
desire to live at peace with the whites,
and said they want horses, shops, farms,
and to be educated at schools. Santa, one
of the Chiefs, asked for a suit OF clothes
like the Presidents, and cane, pistol, a
sword and horse to ride, 30 as to show
his consequence at home.
Gen. Sheridan in dispatches to theEW
Department relative to Indian depredations
in certain portions of Texas, recommends
decided action against the authors, striking at
the root of evil instead of attempting TO
guard the whole Texan border.
OF on Another FrOlic.
President Grant left on the tonight train
for Long Branch.
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LOUISVILLE.
Two Men killed by lightning,

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 3.-Irvine Bell,
foreman, and John Lee, laborer, at the
gravel pits near the head of Shelby street,
were struck by lightning this afternoon,
Bell was instantly killed, and Lee died in
five minutes. Their clothing and shoes
were torn to pieces, but there was no mark
on their persons, except that Bells face
neck and breast were much discolored
almost hlack
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FRANCE.
A Triumvirase Moosed.

PARIS, July 3.-Among the questions
which are discussed in the Assembly, the
contingency of the resignation of Theirs
and the appointment of Triumvirate to
be composed of Marshal McMahon, Gen.
L. Admirault, and Duke de Broglie, in his
place, is again mooted. The party of the
Left are now unanimous in their support
Of Thiers. They have had an interview
with the President, and on their receiving a
promise of their assistance he made a brief
speech, in which he distinctly stated he
would not in any event resign. Thiers also
announced he was fully aware of the in
trigues of the Right, and remarked that the
Left may implicitly rely On him to defend
with frmness and all in his power the inter
ests of the Republic. G
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STONE MOUNTAIN, about nineteen miles
east of Atlanta, Ga, is one of the greatest
natural euriosities in the Southern States.
1t is composed exclusively of granite, said
to be much finer in appearance than the
Illinois granite. Since the war the noun
tain has been converted into quarry, and
the stone is in great demand. A large capi-
tai has been invested in working it, and
some Of the finest building material in the
country brought to light. Carloads are dis
patched daily to New Orleans, Mobile,
Augusta and Macon, and even to points as
far north as Memphis, Louisville, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis.
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ourBoys and a Man Drowned.

HUDSON, N. Y, July 3.-Four boys,
aged from 10 to II years, named respec-
lively Kennedy, Martin, Leonard and Birn-
ingham, while bathing in the Hudson river
near the city this afternoon got beyond
tEeir depth and were drowned before as
sistance could reach them. In searching
for the bodies man named James Collins
was also drowned. All the bodies except
that of Collins have been recovered.
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A usQUoTATIoN from Hamlet is Just
now going the rounds of the Grant. organs.
1t runs thus: ga tanner will lass you eight
year." 1t is curious that none of them has
had the enterprise to give the immediate
context. Hamlets next question is, "Why
he more than another?" And the grave
digger made answer: "Why, sir, his hide is
so tanned with his trade that he viii keep
out aoater good while. That's just what
Grant does. He keeps out water all the
while.
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SPAIN,
The Gem of the Antilles.

MADRID, July S.-The Epoca, a news
paper of this city, commenting on an article
recently published in the London Tsnes,ad-
yising Spain to cede the Island of Cuba to
The United States, energetically scorns the
idea of Spain parting with any of her colon
ial possessions.
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Too Hot for Shad.

ROCHESTER, July 3.-The State shad
propagating establishment on the Hudson
was broken up this morning on account of
the intense heat. Seth Green sent West
ward to-day twenty-five thousand shad to
be put in the head waters of the Mississip-
pi as an experiment. at the request of Spen-
Ger G. Baird, United States Commissioner
of Fisheries.
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A FORT WAYNE man has pocket knife
which belongs to Wilkie Collins, and has a
history. It was made in Sheffield. Collins
bought L and had his name engraved on it.
He lost it at Tours, France. The finder
committed a murder with it. Collins
chanced to be in attendance at the trial and
recovered the knife. He lost it again at
Bath, England, and the finder committed
suicide with It. Collins again recovered the
knife, but lost it the third time. This time
it was found in Fort Wayne. The gentle
man who picked it up claimed to be a great
admirer of the marvellous and wrote to him,
receiving in reply letter detailing the above
facts.
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FOREIGN.
GREAT BRITAIN.
disasters at sea-as Lives Lost.

Disasters at Sea-2S Lives Lost.
LONDON, July 3.-The steamship Lap.
wing, running between Liverpool and Rot
terdam collided with an unknown vesse
off the Isle Of Wight last night. Twenty
one lives lost. Fa -
The ship Omaha which left Liverpool
Feb. 26, for Calcutta, was wrecked on !
Sanguir Isle in Hoogley river. Seven q
the crew were drowned.
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WAR has been terrible scourge to Paris.
The late census taken in that city proves
that the population has decreased 100000,
and that there are &C, 900 vacant apartments
in the city. The value of real estate is
twenty per cent. less than before the war.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-04

TIE Joliet (ll.) Signal says: There are
least two hundred Republicans in Joliet
who will vote for Greeley and Brown. In
the other towns ofth county at least one
third of The Republican voters will do the
same thing. q
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ITALY.
want Local seIf.Gcyernmen..

ROME, July 3.-The journals of to-day
reproduce letter. from the Archbishop of
Naples advising the clergy in his jurisdic-
tion to use their utmost efforts to persuade
their parishioners totake part in the admi-
nistratlve elections Of the country.
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A Maniac Mother.

GENEVA LAKE, Wis, July 3.-Mrs.
Louis Wicks, living in Springfield of this
county, killed her child and then cut her
own throat last night. No particulars
niunn
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ONE of our exchanges says Secretary
Robson takes Rye for his summering." /"
Grants preferences are understood to lead
TO Bourbon.
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THE Memphis appeal publishes a COM
munication urging Gen. Joseph A. Mabry,
of knoxville, for Congressman from the
State at large.
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IT is stated thatone-seyenth of the whole
area of the State of Arkansas has been sold
for taxes. That is one result of Radical
rule.
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CUBA.
The Fate of the Fannie.

HAVANA, July 2.-The two schooners
seen off Cayo Romano which were snppos-
ed to be receiving the cargo from the steam
er Fannie, were wrecking an English bark.
1t is now positively known that the Fannie
landed nothing previous to landing her
cargo at Hdrradura. According to the dec
laration Of the prisoners, the landing place of
the Fannie was the worst on that part of the
Island between Sague DeLsmo and Puero
De Ceballas. The troops killed the guide
of the expedition and their situation was
then unpleasant. The whole vicinity OF
the scene is wilderness.
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TUE Cincinnati Commercial is told that
IL. D., in The case of Grant, means Late
Leather Dealer.
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COTTON is firm in New York with a
good demand at 251c. for middling.
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A Spanish Reverse.

The united forces Of DIS and
Magin Gomez attacked Spanish convoy,
killing and wounding nearly all. The sur
vivors escaped into the woods. This en-
gagement was the most successful for the
Cubans of any during the revolution, the
Spanish losing fifty in killed and wounded.
The convoy had charge of party of sick
soldiers who embarrassed the movements
of the defense. The Cubans numbered
one thousand and the Spaniards two hun
dred,
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A brute named Besancon, of Lasallevine,
Indiana, ordered of blacksmith, a few
days ago, an iron collar chain, with which
to restrict the liberty of six-year-old boy.
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Two Bows burned 10 Death.

NORWICH, Conn.,, July ga tenement
house in Central Village was destroyed by
fire last night and two French boys burnt
to death
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LOngfeIIOW


will run tomorrow in the Jersey Jockey
club mile heat race; best in5.
The TrOtting Of Toledo.
TOLEDO, o., July 3.-The weather has
been decidedly cooler to-day than yester
day and the attendance at Quickstep Park
was considerably larger. The main feature
in to-day's programme was a race for
horses that had never beaten 2:27, purse
81 500, $3.50 to the first, $3.50 to the Sc
cond, $3.50 to the third and $3.50 to the
fourth. Twelve entries, six started. Won
by Mohawk, Jr., of Springfield, Ohio, who
took the second, third and fourth heats.
Time 2:9131, 2:31!!, 2::334aa 2:334aa. Derby, of Bufia-
10, second; Western Boy, of Detroit, third;
Ripon bay, of Kalamazoo, Mich, fourth.
Derby took the first heat in 2:30s.
In the race for 2:44 horses, there were
six entries; all started; purse $500, di-
vided as above; won by Wade Hampton, of
Baltimore, taking the I'd, 4th and 9TH heats.
Time-2:42ia, 2:8S, 2:41!. st. Vincent, Of
Warren, Pa, I'd; Lady Suffolk, Adrian,
Mich, Sd; Lizzie D, of Detroit, 4th. Lady
Suffolk won the first heat in 2:42.
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NOTHING is talked of at Newport but
pedigree and blue blood.
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THE TURF.



NEW YORK, July 3.-rhe local sporting
fraternity were greatly surprised and disap-
pointed over the defeat of Bassett by Long
fellow yesterday. Many betting men are
said to have lost heavily over yesterdays re-
suit.
Yesterday at Long Branch.
LONG BRANCH, n. j., July 3.-First
race to-day a steeple chase, gentlemen
riders, three miles, was won by Duffy
time, S:41a. Astronomer and Jim Lisdale
threw their riders and did not save their
distance. ----.--,...
: Selling race II miles, Chivalry i, Lord
Byron 2, Rounder 3-time, 2:l4RR. .......
Monmouth Oak-1a miles for three year
olds tillies, Belmont's Woodbine and Vic
toris one and two, Elsie three, Jury four
time, 2:42. .....-...............
Mansion House stakes four year olds %
miles, Monarchist one, Frank Ross two.
No others ran-time, 4:473a. ......
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
last evening at 74ii for both issues.
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GOLD is dull in New York at 1850
11sa. !.
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On to baltimore.

MEMPHIS, July 3.-A large number of
delegates TO the Baltimore Convention from
West Tennessee, Arkansas and North NJ is
sissippi, leave here tomorrow.
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prisoner ; next, that these words were first
spoken by himself, and only rereated by
me, and he would then have understood
that did not repeat his words because I
considered them UNSUITABLE, as the prison
er's exaggerations in a single direction
could not warrant that the whole complaint
should be dismissed with the assertion cit
is al lies and nonsense!'
Frederiksted the both June 1872.
Yours respectfully
@ SARATIW
, 1872-07-03
To THE EDITOR OF THE "AvIs."
G. SARAUW

Sir,
The report OF the Proceedings of the CO.
lonial Council IN your paper Of goth inst
IN which there is an account Of the perform
ance carried on in Council, in consequence
OF an Interpolation of Mr.. Anthon's con-
corning my letter to you of 23rl March
last, affords to the Public of this Island,
and, hope to the Public in the Mother
Country also, ali apt illustration OF the
manner in which the Government of st.
CroIX investigate any matter that may be
brought to their notice, in which the con-
duct OF their subOrdinatcs mi9ht probably
be called in question. The object with
which Mr.. Anthon made the Interpolation
IS quite p~erceptible, and tae pretty little
piece Of comedy, or rather bro5d farce, act
ed IN the Council, would be amusing, were
1t not that 1t has its serious side, yea, even
a melancholy side also, and plainly shews
our people, how things are manage bv the
present Superior Authority, That our Vice
Governor should in reply to a @estion
from the Chairman, asking him whether
it is legal that a Prisoner should sleen
with the iron collar around his neck, say,
that he could not well enter into minutin. is
bad enough; but when he further adds,
that the Government had not demanded the
declaration from the Police Master for Gov
cmment's sake, but had only asked it, in
consequence Of Mr., Anthon's Interpolation,
it IS enough plainly to convince any one
That we have a Government which does not
care to examine into amy alleged Irregular
ity, or to shew the Public that they arc the
Hatura! protection OF he weak.
The first thing that strikes one on read
inc over the Declaration from the Pc ice
Master, is, WHO conducted this inVestiga-
tlou ? not an independent, nor a disinterest-
ed party, but the same Official 2eh0, IN his
coPacay Of Police Muster, IS 0Lso Chai7maH.
ghe Prison Commission, aud as he himself
says, is chiefly responsible for the treatment
Wnlch the Prisoners receive IN Jail. And,
on the other hand, whom were the Prison
er examined by why, this same official,
who as Police Master would have the con
troll OF them during their period Of impris-
onment. Now, let me ask any one, with
an impartial, (not an oHiciaD mind,-what
else could, or would, the Prisoners saw,
under such an Investigation, but what they
did say Is that in estiaation calculated
to satisfy the Public, however much the
Superior Authority, and the Officials, may
be satisfied? | particularly begged in my
letter that Governor Billie would appoint
a Commission of independent, DISTINGUISHED
mrn-how could the official who examined
the Prisoners be diSinterested, and without
bias !
1t amused me to read the remarks of the
officials in Council, on this Prison affair
Captain Raupach eTen went the length of
saying that "an attach had been made on a
high %oficial' probably had it been made
on a low official, the matter would not
have caused such a stir) Why, Ihave
read, and re-read my letter to you, and all
, 1872-07-03

written in the Danish Language
Mr.. Editor
The acting Policemaster In Christiansted,
Auditeur Jurs, has on the 23rd April last
in a report to his Superior, the Head-Po-
licemaster, Vicegovernor Stakemann. stated
that in the course of a private conversat on
with him concerning an article published
in the St. Croix Avis for the 27th of March
last, relative to the treat ment of a prisoner
in the Jail of st. Croix-I had stated
that so many lies and so much nonsense
are published in the Avis; and the Vice
governor has given that statement publicity
by causing the PoiicemaStcr's letter to be
read in the Colonial Council, thereby render
ing the insertion of the same in the Proceed
ings necessary In the face of such an
action | for my part consider it sufficient
to declare that the Pojicemaster's report
OF my conversation is incorrect, as [
have already done in the Council.
On the other hand | must admit that
you, Mr.. Editor, have a right to claim a
more circum&tancial explanation, and as
you have now il your paper of 26th inst.
expressed the expectation that more light
will be thrown on The contents Of the re-
ported conversation, | Shall hereby comply
with your request
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, 1872-07-03

executed at this OtGJa
with neatness and deS
patch.