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THR EXTREMES OF TWO PAR
TIES.


The New York SaB pronounces it q
cowartlly act on the part of President
Hayes TO postpone the calling of Con.
gress until October. The Sun is clear
ly against local self-government, peace
and general prosperity, for had Con
ress been assembled at once fierce
antagonisms, coming from such
men as Blaine, Packard and Cham
erlain, would have found immediate
vent, and bitter hatreds would
have thus been engendered and
perpctuated. The most serious dam
age would have resulted TO the country,
and especially 10 the South. Local
governments would have been left on
insecure ground, and would probably
have gone down before the attacks of
these bad men. Hayes has been wise,
and those people at the South who
take the political course of the San
rs their guide are enemies to their
race ard themselves. That paper
would have the evil reign Of
Grant perpetuAted. Il would even Sc
cnre his nomination for tho presidency
in 1850, that his empire may be re.es-
tablished and bayonet rule again take
possession Of the South. Hence the
Bourbons, not satisfied with the stIife
anc blood OF the past indorss the Sun
and condemn the STATESMAN. The
one would keep mp enmity, encourage
war, make the civil subserve tho Mill
tary power, substitute corruption for
>eisil sersica reform BON practically put
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An Awful Pile.

The Sheik of Islam has recently sent
delegation Of doctors Of the law to
the Sheriff of Mecca, direct descend.
ant of the Prophet, for the purpose OF
demanding funds to he applied in the
defense of the Islam faith 1t is custom.
airy, on these solemn occasions, for
the Sheriff to assemble the College OF
the Elders, charged with the guard OF
the Prophets tomb, which will decide
upon the appropriate sum to be fur
nlshed to t, Sultan from the treasure
OF Islam in order to aid him in tine war
against Russia. This treasure is formed
from those annual offerings nf the pill
grims which are accumulated in the
kasbah OF Mecca. These sepulchres
which serve AS oGertory chests, are
placed within the court of the Mosque.
Each pilgrim daily casts into one OF
these a coin as offering, which consti-
tutes the aims prescribed 10y the Koran
as one OF the essential elements of the
merit of the pilgrimage which every
Mussulman should make at least once
On his lifetime to the tomb OF the Pro-
phet. Accordingly every year about
one hundred thousand pilgrims come
to Mecca, who sojourn there a month,
consequently sum of three million Of
francs are annually received in these
offsrtoFy chests. Every pilgrim depos.
its in fact an Offering, varying in
amount according TO his means; but
which on the average may be estimated
at equivalent to five francs at least for
every day. Considering that there are
rich Mussulmans, whose offerings attain
even the amount OF 100, 600 francs
during their pilgrimage, it results here
by that the Sheriff of Mecca received
on the average the value of $1,000 900
OF francs in annual offering. One OF the
oHertory chests was opened during the
period OF the Russo Turkish war in
1928. Several large sums were with
drawn, but it was afterwards again
closed. A second chest was opened in
1854, during the Crimean war, but the
third has not been opened since 14i5,
during period OF zow 462 years. In
asmuch as the annual eoncoursc OF Dill
grims has rarely fallen below one hun
dred thousand, it is coBjectured that,
with most liberal allowances. the ac-
cumuiatiops OF money IN the last named
offertory chest cannot be less than ESQ.,
COO, 600 francs, and it is fully believed
that the total amount Of the treasure of
Islam win exceed GOO, 600, 900 francs
aud even attain much higher sum-
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IA Romance of the Pcerage.

Out of the latest British social trag-
edy ut lenge, of which a correspon-
dent of the World recently gave au &C
count, the following curious history
has come to light: "There lived at
Brighton mary years ago fisherman
named Suter or Souter. His cottage
was picture of ncatness and his gar
den was admired by the aristocratic
visitors at that watering place. The
chief attraction of his cottage was the
preseRce of two handsome young girls
one, stepdaughter called familiar
ly Nelly Holmes, and his own daugh-
ter, bearing, of course, his own name
Suter. Nelly, the oldest, pos, essed a
wonderful power in attracting the at
tentions of the other sex. She is said
to have been witty, vivacious, refined
and educated above her natural sphere
of life. When her beauty was at its
prime the Hon. Horace Pitt, consid-
| cred to be the handsomest and fastest
man in London, came down on u visit
70 Brighton. lie, like the rest, ad-
mired the fishcrman's daughter, and,
wearied perhaps of the artificial airs of
the court ladies, he wooed and married
| Nelly Holmes. 1t is said that when she
married him she had no idea that he
was the heir to a famous peeraGe. Lord
Rivers, the father OF her husband, fell
into delicate state of health, and
Horace had by that time become
| wearied of his wIGe's free manners, and
| thought that she would be no orna-
ment to the British peerage. He
sought and obtained divorce from
her In the Scottish law courts, but he
should have known that Scottish de-
cree had no validity in England.
| When Lord Rivers entered the House
| OF Lords he found there an appeal to
his peers en- the part of Nelly Holmes,
demanding to be put in possession OF
all her rights and privileges as Lady
Rivers. She won her suit, and fire.
quently occupied her seat as the iegiti-
mate wife of Lord Rivers. At her
| death she willed away between ESQ.,
600 and $40, 900, and amang her he
quests WAS one of $4,000 to cher niece"
Harriet Richards on. This is the $4,000
so recently referred To before the coro-
| ner In the case at Pengc. Harriet
| Richardson, afterwards the late Mrs.
| StauntOn, was one of three daughters
of Nelly Holiness" sister, Miss Surer,
by her marriage with a private coach
man named Richardson. One married
Mr. Howard, and, in conjunction with
Mr.. R"dcnhsve, cpdeavored to prove
that she had a child who was heir to
the earld"m of Wicklow; another is
Mrs. Casabianca. The three girls used
TO live near Windsor with their aunt.
Lady Rivers, nee "Nelly Holmes" who
was so we'll known az a daring rider to
hounds. The late Mrs. S.aunton was
always regarded as somewhat wanting
in shrewdness. The money which she
possessed was derived from legacy
from her aunt, Lady Rivers, who di-
vided her property between her sister
and the daughters.
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IT is probable that Gen. Ed. c. Wal
thall, Bragg's personal and soldierly
favorite-of all men most beloved of
that sturdy old Roman-wiIl be the
next chief magistrate of Mississippi.
Walthall has devoted himself, with
singular fidelity, since 1865, to the
practice of his profession. He has
made not a little money and lives in
pr.ncely splendor. He spares nothing
in furnishing his table or library or
stable. He is certainly the most grace
full gentleman and admirable scholar
of his time in the State, and has won
the fame of the foremost lawyer OF
the commonwealth. He is forty-two
or three years of age, and having no
children, and a wife of singular at
trsctiyeness and varied requirements,
we do not see how 1t will be possible
for the people to honor soldier, jurist
and faultless woman and not find in
these two the perfect representations OF
every moral and intellectual excellence
that are most honored by the people
A representative woman should be the
wife of each chief magistrate of eacl
State. Texas has been singularly for
tunate, when choosing Governors, tt
find their wives eminentiy worthy O
the highest social position, and If Gen
Walthall be chosen to execute the law
of Mississippi, his wife will adorn thu
place to which she may be elevated
like her husband, with singular felici
tousness.
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THE Memphis and Little Rock road,
1875 miles long, extends across level
plain, and now that entertainments have
been substituted for culverts and
bridges, it is the straightest and safest
road in the South. It Is part Of
shorter route East than that through
st. Louis. To Louisville it Is $50 miles
shorter; to Cincinnati, sixty-three
miles shorter; to Baltimore, 20 miles
shorter; to Washington, ITO miles
shorter; to New York, liz miles
shorter. These facts entitle the Little
Rock road and its connections to
fix rates of freight and travel
from Little Rock East. But the
Iron Mountain Railroad Company OBJ
jects, seeking to augment these rates
The Little Rock and Louisville and
Chattanooga lines refuse to yield the
point, and now the Iron Mountain
Company refuses to ''prorate" or re
ceive the tickets or through freight OF
the Memphis and Little Rock line.
Great inconvenience is confessed by
the people OF Texas especially, and
Louisville and Cincinnati and Memphis
are absolutely shorn of all connection
with Texas.
Freight and passengers from the
South are forced. through Cairo or St.
Louis and the Iron Mountain compa-
ny undertakes to destroy its little ri
val by which the swamp is bridged
from Little Rock to Memphis. The
policy is surely unwise. 1t compels
Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville, Mem
phis and Knoxville, AMI their railway
systems seeking access to the wealth
OF Texas, to construct road from some
point on the Memphis and Little Rock
road, through the richest district of
Arkansas, to Jefferson and Shreveport.
Will not representatives. of the South
ern and central cities designated,
impelled by facts here defined,
make a vigorous fight in Congress
for the extension of Tom SCOTS
road to the Mississippi at Memphis
st. Louis places an incandescent coal
on the terrapin's back which will car
ny Congress, as fable tells this animal
did the world, on its broad back.
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outer darkness, donned for an ludefi-
mite length of time, would appear alb
surd to this peculiarly intelligent ma
ton. Their rules on this head are ex-
tremely precise, each shade and style
of mourning beng severely regulated.
\ widow must wear mourning for two
years. She must wear black wooden
stuffs, with collar, cuffs and veil of
Grape, for one year; she must not
ereper or friZ her hair, and she must
wear a cap in the house during that
period. At the end of one year she
can wear black silk, trimmed with
black lace; this not very oppressive
costume is de rigyeuF for six months.
During the following six months all
shades of violet, gray and lilac are
permissible, after which, her two
years mourning having expired, she
can dress as she pleases. The mourn
ing for parent or child is to be
worn for one year; six months of
Grape and bombaZine, three months OF
black silk and lace and three months
OF grays and puppies. For a
grand parent the rule is six
months, and for brother or
sister four months, the halt OF
VIII. CHI period only is to be passed
in black stuiT and Grape. In deep
mourning it is not considered proper
to wear kid gloves, cloth gloves being
considered appropriate; nor is an orna-
ment, even of dulled jet or Of Berlin.
iron, admissible. When the head of
family dies the servants are pu: III
mourning as well as the relatives. Each
servant receives from the heirs two
complete toilets, one for everyday wear
and one for Sundays. Children under
twelve years Of age are never put III
mourning. Abstcntlon from society
or worldly pleasures is marked 10y the
duration of the deep mourning only
that is To say, for one year after the
death OF husband or wife, SIX months
after that Of n child or parent, etc. 1t
might seem, To our exaggerated Ameri-
can notions of mourning formalities,
from the above rules, that the French
lacked affection as signally in all rela-
tons of life as they do in the marital
one. Such, however, is not the case.
The tie between parent and child is u
peculiarly close and touching one
among them. Not lack of affection,
but a plentitude of sense has dictated
the French rules as regards mourning.
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ALBERT GAILATIN BROWN, who tel
graphed to the party-leaders at Jack
son, Mississippi, in 1860 81, from
Washington, that they must 'precipi-
tste revolution" and not suffer the
people to think, Is urged to become a
candidate for gubernatorial honors in
Mississippi. Brown is great man, as
ambitious as Lucifer, and better fitted
for revolutionary period than
for this age Of returning reason and
peace. When he looks backward, con.
templating the follies he has done, and
want of wisdom and forecast that made
his prophecies the mauudering OF
idiocy and rawlings of insanity, he
should be somewhat modest in thrust
ing himself before the people who were
misled by his harangues, mistakiag,
the psrty-leader for the wise statesman.
But Brown was honest as he was am
bilious. He believed honestly, when
Democracy was thrust out OF power by
the election of Lincoln, that little
6lood-letting would be promotive of
the moral health of the country. Brown
was wholly at fault, and If he be re-
stored to an office he once filed with
distinguished ability he may illustrate
IN his official acts and papers the value
of lessons in statecraft impaired by
events of the last seventeen years.
Brown is not Bourbon, We believe.
He has not lived with his eyes shut.
lie is not the victim Of sectional hates
and pnjudices. He does not weep
that the African god has been thrust
from its pedestal in every temple in
which parties chant their doxologies.
Brown has advanced, We are told, with
the growing years of the country. If
this be true he may serve well the CON-
monweslth which has suffered infinite
ly st the hands of carpet,bAggrs and
OF knayes invested with Office by the
bayonet and ignarant suffrage.
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Hon. w. d. KELLY, of Pennsylva-
MIA, whose specially IN Congress has
been the currency question, declares
that the coinage of silver dollars was
prohibited III a bill of measureless
length, supposed by him and Congress
to constitute system of regulations
for the mint. The act was fraud
upon Congress and the country, and
is now operating most ruinously upon
the country's prosperity. But, poor
Kelly! After he has sworn most We
hemently that he didn't know that the
bill which degraded silver contained
the clause robbing it OF its value as
legal tender, it appears that Kelly did
make a speech in the House advocat-
pg the hhd P RsGapss We cdodddRn Hadh sHe
two standards of value;" one gold, the
other silver, and both fluctuating in
value. Kelly must como forward to
the footlights and expluin. He is in
very awkward fix, and we are sorry
about it. This self-same Kelly has
made the best speeches that have been
pronounced in Congress on the curren-
cy question. Jones, of Nevada, the
senator of silver mines - the gilded
alone rivaled Kelly; and
Jones's argument loses force because
he is the impersonation of the
big bonanza, and Kelly's speeches
are now bereft of significance because
he contradicts himself. We believe in
silver. 1t will suit farming popula-
lions. 1t jingles beautifully in fell
lows pockets. 1t is burdensome in
town and in big transactions, but if
made the equivalent of gold it will
hle away into the country and gold will
take the town. The country, like In-
dia, as gold is absorbed by it, will be
"the grave of the worlds silver" 1t
IS only necessary to coin it and make
it legal-tender at the custom house
and elsewhere, and the demand will
exceed the supply, and silver and
gold will bless the country by thei-
and abundance.
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Lees SURRENDERED Dramatic Ac-
count by an Eye.W illness.

] remcmber-and it was recalled to
me to night IN conversation when the
name of Gen. Grant came mp in the
course of conVersation--the wonderful
scene that transpIred in that little placr
in Virginia on the sixteenth of April,
tSG5. 1t was late in the afternoon
when it became known that Gen. Lee
had sent tor Gen. Grant to surrender
to him. 1t was between two and three
o'clock when we met in the little room
in the house where the surrender OF
Lees army took place. know there
IS a belief that the surrender took place
uader an apple tree, where Grant and
Lee met and exchanged few words
The surrender took place in the left
hand room of that old fashioned double
house. The house had a large
piazza which ran along the whole
length of it. 1t was one of those
ordinary Virginia houses with a
plssageway running through the
ceBtre of 1t. In that little room, where
the meeting took place, sat two young
men-One q great-grandson of Chief
Justice Marshall, Of the Supreme Court,
reducing TO writing the terms of the
surrender on behalf of Robert L. Lee;
the other man with dusky counte
nance, a great-nephGw of that celebrated
cinef Red Jacket, acting under Gen.
Grant. The two were reducing to
writing the terms of the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia to the
Army OF the Potomac. Gathered
around the room were several officers,
of whom | was one.
At some distance apart set two men,
one the most remarkable man of bis
day and generation. The larger and
O,ier of the two was most striking in
his appearance. His hair was white as
the driven snow. There was not
sPeck upon his coat; not spot uTou
those gauntlets that he wore, which
were as brightsn6 fair as a lady's glove.
That was Robert Z. Lee. The other
was Ulysses 5. Grant, whose appearance
contrasted strangely with that of Lee.
His boots were nearly covered with
mud; one button of his coat-that il,
the buttOn-hole-wss not where il
should have been-it had clearly gone
astray; and he wore no swerd, while
Lee was fully and fAultlessly equipped.
The conversation was not rapid by any
means Everybody felt the oseEpower-
ing influence OF the scene. All present
tels they were witnessing the proceed
ings between the two chief actors IN
enc OF Che most remarkable Transactions
OF this nineteenth century. The words
that passed between Grant aad Lee
were few Gen. Grant, endeavoring
to apologize for not being fully equip
ped, aud noticing the faaltless appear
ance Of Lee, while the secretaries we're
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busy, said: Gen. Lse, l have no
sword; ! have been riding all night"
And Lee, with all that GOODNESS Of
manner and all the pride-almost
haughtipesS-which, after all, became
him wonderfully well, never made any
reply, but in a cold, formal manner,
bowed! And Gen. Grant, in the en-
deavor TO take away the awkwardness
of the scene, said: Il don't always
wear q sword, because sword is very
inconvcnient thing" That was re
markable thing for him TO say, consid
ering that he was IN the presence of
one who was about to surrender his
sword. Lee only bowed again. An
other, trying TO relieve the awkward
ness of the occasion, inquired: Gen.
Lee, what became OF the white horse
you rode in Mexico. tie might not be
dead yet; he was not so DID," Gen.
Lee bowed coldly, and replied, 81 lett
him at the VIII House, on the
Pamunkey river, and have not seen
him since" There was one moment
when there was whispered converse
ton between Grant and Lee, which no
body IN the room heard.
The surrender took the form of cor
rcspondeuCe. The letters were all
signed in due form by the chief actors,
in the preser ce of each othcr. Finally,
when the terms of the surrender had
all been arranged and the surrender
made, Lee arose, cold and proud, and
bowed IL every person IL the room on
our side. | remember each one of us
thought that he had been specially
bowed to. And then he went out and
passed down The little square in from
Of the house, and hestrodc that gray
horse that carried him all over Virgil
MIA, and when he hal gone away we
learned what that whispered cnnvcrsa-
ton IN been about. Gen. Grant
called his officers about him, and said
"You 60 10 the. Twenty fourth, and
you to he + fth," and sp on, .ilaming
the corps, land ask every man who
has three rations t6 turn over two OF
tlem. G0to the commissar e and 90 tC
the quartermas'ers, t.; Gen Lees
amy is on the point OF Starvation
Al d %, 600 ratiOus were carried to the
Army of Mort herp Virginia.
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THE Patron Of Hus5dRdry, Of Ten
nessee, advises farmers against selling
their cotton seed to oil mills for nine
and ten dollars per ton when they
would as readily command thirty five
dollars. We give this Item simply to
show the farmers of Texas what loss
they sustain each year by not having
oil mills. The crop this year will
reach 200, 900 bales, and from this
there will be obtained $40, 900, 900
pounds of seed. There could be real
lied from this product alone nearly
$15, 1000, 900. Not more than one-tenth
of the seed would. be consumed in
planting, showing that the farmers
loss on this item alone will reach over
$13, 900, 900.
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into effect, while the other would have
peace and prosperity, constitutional
government and civil supremacy. The
extremists of both parties endorse the
Sun, while patriots condemn it. and
one must prevail and again plunge the
country into ruin, remanding the
South to bayone. rule, and Texas to
the tender mercies of Davis, or the
other must prevail in maintaining
peace and order against band whose
experience has taught them to live
upon the very vitaIs of q nation.
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Political Notes.

Secretary-at-law Evarts does not de
sire to drive MS into Il war with Mexi-
CO. lie believes that paper and ink
have their victories, NJ less renowned
than those of powder and lead.
Stanley Matthew's denies that he
''ever made Il bargain with anybody,
about anything, at any time, connected
with Louisiana affairs, and all asscr-
lions to the contrary are pure inven-
tons"
The gold lunatics who demand that
the quotations of "the old silver dol
lal" be published are probably too SUI
persillyous to appreciate the informa-
ton that the silver dollar is not in ex
istence, and consequently cannot be
quoted. What we want is chance to
quote it.
Pcndlcton's chance to he the Demo
cratic candidate for United States Sen
ator from Ohio are increasing. The
term of Stanley Matthews expires in
March. 1873 lie is said to have he
come quite unpopular with his party,
and there is strong probability that
Garfield will succeed in securing the
Republican support in the Legislature.
If, however, as is confidently ex-
pected, the Democrats elect major
lty of that body, the successor of Mr..
Matthews will be Democrat.
The St. Louis Republican thinks the
Republican papers that are so impatient
about the trial of the Chisholm muir
derers in Mississippi may find their ar
dor cooled by rejecting that Republi-
can Pennsylvania took fifteen years to
hunt down and hang the first Mollie
Mcguire. At the same time the peo-
pie of Mississippi will do well to re-
member that Pennsylvania did hunt
down and hang dozen of the Mollies
in the end. The truth is, both sides
may learn something from the Penn
sYlvania case--
Mr.. David A. Wells, a wel-kaown
aud very prolific writer upon political
economy, says that if silver dollars are
reissued they will certainly go to par
with gold, but it is more than likely
that he mistakes the fact, for, though
the two will stand at par, the chances
are that gold will drop quite as much
as silver will rise. A silver dollar will
buy just as much then as a gold dollar
will, but the probability is that neither
gold nor silver dollar will buy as
much then as a gold dollar will now.
However, if their value, determined by
their purchasing power, correspond in
the markets of the world with what it
was In 1873, the result aimed at will
have been reached and our true money
standard once more resained.