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SUBSCRIPTION KATES- One cony, on year . ......$ 2 00 Tea copies, one Tear........... ...... 17 SO Twenty comes, one year.................... 30 00 An additional copy, freo of charge, to tho sctter-np or a club oi ten or twenty. At we are compelled, by law to pay postage in adrance on papers tent outside of Ohio ooonty, we are forced to require payment on subscriptions in adrance. All papers will be promptly stacped at the expiration oi tne time enbacnuealcr. All letters on business must be addressed to Jko. P. BiREKTT Jt Co., Pabliihrrs . For the Hartford rtcrald. SOMEBODY'S DARLIVU. BY ALEX. II. CUMMIXS. Beneath the cold drifting snow a female was found, tier cold, wrinkled face bearing traces of past beauty. A orfAcra Paper. She was somebody's darling, That poor ehrieveled thing, "With Aughtlmt thin tatters To keep out the sting , Or the cold, biting blast, Which swept down the street, And pierced to the bone Her uncovered feet. - She was somebody's darling, That low, bending form, fc That totteringly crept $f - Through the wint'ijrstorm, With' a step that jMyuftry With the bonlenHFSf And a heart that vras weary Of this life's span of tears. She was somebody's darling, That lithe little form, As she lay quietly sleeping 'Mid the wild, sweeping storm, With the thin, silvery tresses, Shielding her brow, From the chilly caresses Of the fast falling snow. She was somebody's darling, In the long years ago, "When her eyes sparkled brightly, And her brow was of enow, When her Jong silken tresses, In a beauteous fold. Fell over her shoulders Like a shower of gold. 'She was somebody's darling, Then leave her not there, But "lift her up tenderly, With love and with care," And 'think not of her poverty, As love it debars, Then sokebodt will bless you, High up 'mid the stars. THE FA1TITX GUEST, OB A Klgfat ofDnB(;cr. There was something I forget what to take grandfather And. grand mother away from homo one day in October of the year I lived with them in Burn's Hollow. It may have been a funeral or some religious meeting, for they both drove off dressed in their best, in the gig, with old Ajax bar neseed to it, and after I hid tucked in grandma's iron gray silk skirt and Tan back to the house for grandpa's spect acles and had seen the gig vanish in the distance I felt lonely. Burn's 'Hollow was a lonesome place, at all "times, and the handsome rambling mansion, which might have sheltered a regiment, had a ghostly air about it when one walked through the upper rooms alone. There were but two servants in the kitchen, Hannah Oaks and the Irish lad, Anthony. I heard them laughing merrily together, for, though Hannah was an old woman, she was full of fun, and in five minutes tho door opened, and Hannah came in with the tray. "Please, miss", said she as she set it down, "may I run over to Maplcton to-night? My sister's daughter had a boy last night, they say, and I want to ee it naturally it's the first I've over had of grand niece or nephew." "Who brought the news?" I asked. "Anthony, miss," saidf Hannah. "He met George that's my niece's husband when he was ou$ after the cowrstraying as she always is, and told him to 'tell Hannah rtie's a grand aunt.'" "You may go," I said, "but don't stay late. Grandpa and grandma niav be away all night, and I feel nervous, j To bo sure there is Anthony, but I never rely on him. Be certain not to stay late." I repeated this injunction with a sort of fright stealing over me : a presentment of evil, I might say and something prompted me to add, "Be back by nine" whj-, I cannot say; but I felt as if, at nine, I should be in some peculiar danger. Hannah promised, and, after doing all that I required, went away, and I heard her heavy shoes on the garden walk, .outside. Early as it was, I had dropped the curtains and lighted the wax candles on tho mantel, nncl f sat long over my tea, finding a certain companionship in it, as women of all ages will. I sat thus a long time, and was star led from my reverie by a rap at the door a timid sort of rap so that I knew at once that it was neither a member of the house nor an intimate friend. I waited, expecting Anthony to answer the door, but finding he did not, went to it myself. It had grown quite dark, and tho moon rose late that night. At first I could only make out a crouching figure at the bottom of the porch. But when I fpoke, it advanced, and by the light ot the hall lamp 1 saw a black man. had always had a sort of fear of a neg. ro. and instinctively shrunk away, but ns'I did so he spok.' in a hueky-vhisp- THE VOL. 1. cr : "This is Massa Morton's, isn't it?" "Yes," I replied, "but grandfather is out." As I retreated he advanced. "Please, miss," he said, "Judge B. sent me here. . He said massa 'ud help me on. Let me stay here anight,miss. I's trabblcd five days siuce I left him. Hidin' like. ,I's awful hungry, 'pears like I'd drop, and ole massa's artcr me. For the lub of heaben, miss, let me hide somewhere's, and gib .me jes a crust. . Massa Judge promise Massa Morton 'ud help me an it's kept me up. Missus will, I know. I knew that grandfather had given succor to some of these poor, wretches before; but I felt that I might be do ing wrong by admitting a stranger in his absence. Caution and pity struggled within me. At last 1 said: " You have a note from the Judge, I suppose, sir?" "I had some wrilin' on a paper," said the man, "but Ps lost it, de night it rained so. Ah! miss, I'a tellin the truff Judge sent me, sure as I's a sin ner, i s been helped along so tar, ana 'pears like I mus' get to Canady. Can't go 'back noways. "Wile's dare, and de young "uns. Got clear a year ago.. Miss, Fll prav for you ebery day ov my life ef you'll jes' be so good to mo Tank-you, miss. For somehow, when he spoke of wife and children, I had stepped back and let him in. It was the back hall door to which the rap had come, and the kitchen was close at hand. I led him thither: When I saw how worn he was, how wretched, how his eyes glistencned, and how under his rough blue shirt his heart, beat so that you could count the pulses, I forgot my caution. I brought out cold meat and bread, drew a mug of cider, and spread them on the table. The negro ate voraciously, as only n starving man could eat, and I left him to find Anthony, to whom I intended to give directions for his lodging throughout the night. To my surprise, Anthony was no where about the house or garden. m . Hannah must have taken him with her across the lonely road to Mapleton. It was natural, but I felt angry. Yet I longed for Hannah's return, and listened very anxiously until the clock struck nine. Then, instead of her footstep?, I heard the patter of raindrops and the rumbling of thund er, and looking out saw that a heavy storm was coming on. Now, certainly, grandpa and grand ma would not come, and Hannah, waiting for the storm to pass, would not be here for hours. However, my fear of the negro was quite gone, and I felt a certain pride in conducting my? self bravely under these trying circum stances. Accordingly I went up stairs, found in the attic sundry pillows and bolsters, mid carried them kitchenward. "Here," I said, "make yourself a bed on the settee yonder, and be easy for the night. No one will follow you in eucIi a terrible storm as this, and, no doubt, grandpa will assist you when he returns home. Good night." "Good night, and God blcss.syou, miss"," still speaking in a very husky whisper. And so I left him. But I did not go up stairs to my bed-room. I intended for thatnisrbt to remain dressed and to sit up in grandpa's arm-chair, with candles and a book for company. Therefore J locked the door, took the most com- fortablo position, aud, opening a vol ume, composed myself to read. Beading, I fell asleep. How long I slept I can not tell. I was awakened by a low sound like the prying of a chisel. At first it mixed with my last dream so completely that I took no heed of it, but at last I understood that some one was at work upon the lock of the door. I sat perfectly motionless, the blood curdling in my veins, and still chip, chip, chip went the horrible little ins trument, until at last I knew whence the sounds came. Back of the sitting-room was grand pa's study. There, in a grca't old. fashioned chair, were stored the family silver, grandpa's jewelry, and sundry sums of money and valuable papers. The safe itself stood in a closet in a rc cess, and at the closet the thief was now at work. Tho thief ah, without doubt the negro I had fed and sheltered. Perhaps the next act would be to murder me if I listened. The storm was still raging; but though the road was lonely, better that than this hou.-c with such horrible company. I could HARTFORfiWRALD; ' COME, THE HERALD OF A XOrsT HAHTFOUD, OHIO not save my grandfather's property, but! could save my own life. I crept across the room and into the hall, and to the door. There, softly as I could, J unfastened the bars -aud bolts, but, alas 1 one was above ray reach.. I waited and listened. Thin I moved a hall chair io the spot and climbed upon it. In dding'sd -X struck my shoulder against the door frame. It tfasjbut a slight' noi?e,-biHXftjiflt' moment the chip of the chisel stopped, I heanl-rn; gliding foot,, and horror of horrors' a man came from tlie s'tudy, sprang- toward nej-and clutched: me with bjjtji Jands, holding m' annVas, In a vicewhilc he'hissed in my ckft- "You'd tell, wouldyour You'd call help? -You might better have slept, you had; for you see you've got to pay for waking. Fd rather hev let a chick like you off ; but you know me now, and I can't let you live." I stared in his face withliorror, min gled with an"awful surprise ; for now that it was close to me I saw, not the negro, but cur own hired man, Anthony Anthony, whom I. had sup posed to bCjKjpHes.Taway with Han nah. He was little more than a youth, and I had given him many a present and alwaj-s treated him well. I plead with him kindly, 1 "Anthony"; I never- did you any harm. 1 am young, d am a girl. Don't kill me, Anthony. Take lie money. Don't kill me, for poor grand ma's sake." "You'd tell on me," said Anthony, doggedly. "Likely I'd be caught. No, I've got to kill you." As he spoke he took his hands from my shoulders and clutched my throat fiercely. i. I hatl time to utter one suffocatitfe. shriek rtberi .was strangling, avinS with sparks in my eyes, and a sound of roaring waters iii mv ears, and then wbat-had-spruug.on my assas sin, with the swift silence of a leopard? What had clutched me from him, and stood overhim with something glitter ing above his heart? The mist cleared away the blurred mists that had gath ered over my eyes. As sight returned I saw the negro with his- foot 'upon Anthony's breast. The fugitive whom I had housed and fed had saved mv life. Then ten minutes after ten min utes in which but for that poor slave's presence I would have been hurried out of life the rattle of wheels and the tartly' feet of old Ajax? we heard wi th out, and -my graiuUparcnts-wero with me. ' S ; It is needless to say that wc were not ungrateful to our preserver; need less also tell of Anthony's punishment. It came out during his trial that he had long contemplated the roblwry ; that the absence of my grandparents appearing to afford anopportunjty, ho hatl decoyed Hannah away with a lie, and hid in the study. Ho knew noth ing of the negroe's presence in the house, and, being naturally supersti tious, had. actually fancied my pro tector n creature from the other world, and submitted without a struggle. Long ago so wc heard the slave, a slave no longer, met his wife and chil dren beyond danger; and now that the bonds are broken for all in this free land, doubtless his fears are over, and he sits beside his humble Canadian hearth when even-tides come on. Morton's Pet Measure. Senator Morton introduced his pet measure into the Senate yesterday, lookiug to the election of the. president of the United States by a direct vote of the people. As long as there was no direct vote of the people. As long as there was no danger of any weaken ing of Itadical domination Morton did not sec any danger in the present mode of counting the electoral vote. Under the twenty-second joint rule of Con gress it is provided that both houses of Congress shall count the vote in joint session. Upon any objection being raised to a vote the houses separate and vote upon the objection, which if sus tained by a majority of cither house, tho vote objected to is thrown out. Under this rule it will be seen that the election of a president might possibly be thrown into the House of Repre sentatives. As the present House is Democratic and a President is to be elected next year, the wily Morton wants to provide, if ixssible, against such an awful calamity as the defeat of (mutism through a rule adopted by the Radicals themselves to keep the Southern States in a condition of vas salage. It is not likely that the Dem ocrats . will further " Morton s new 'plan ." ( 'ourirr-hnrml. WORLD, THE NEWSJJKJLLL ATlQJfS,LUMnERIXG COUNTS, KY A sro nttcmpt to Itnpc rt I.Ittlc C'liIItl atJIcmlcrwoiw-Uc; Is.Fol Imvrri'iiiul EscapesHut la Cnp- rfvanavil!eUJournai''1ut1i ull One of those nameless crimes, which nbw and then shock a community, was attempted at Henderson, Sunday night, but by a fortunate accident was prevented. A 'litt5igirl not quite twelve years old, .'named Katie Hack, daughter of George Hack, a merchant, who has a store on Upper Elm street, who . was returning & herTather's home from a neighbor's, about a square and a half distant. It .was quite dark, and as there were no gas lamps be tween the two points,'. thes way was lonely and dark, and.-tliero were few frequenters. When alio had gone half way she was suddenly seized by a burly negro named Rcubin Clore, who quickly. 5 f5 , Tnnusi;.A HANDKEncniEP rjrro unn Toupprcss hcrjpries; and dragged her back into a vacant lot a few paces off, where -he attempted to accomplish Jiislmen- we selling- their virtuor honor, nenuisn aesircs. iiappuy tor tnc un fortunate jblrild, some other persons chanced' to- pass Tliat"way, .and the ruffian, fearing that her struggles and half-suppressed cries might attract at tention, ran away and left her bruised and almost senseless with fright and excitement "S!io. informed jKerjpr cnts immediately of thejnitrage, and told who the "fiend nvas.-p Search wasJsvho Jiavpj-cjcrvedTto themselves the t o. ::. .n,l l,n.SV,.l.jRv. iT,.l fouud. It appear? aiovy. that he went. l i rt' . ? n1!!.1 i t down to the George Roberts, which was moored in a place almost inacces sible, and came to this city at 10:30 o'clock Sunday night. Yesterday morning he engaged passage on the Grey Eagle for Louisville, and had his baggage stored away. Early in the morning a telegram came with a description of the man, and the polico began a search for him. At daylight Mr. Wm. Whitehead, of Henderson, left that place on, liorscr- back' and 'rbde-to thiscity. -crossing the high sloughs, with a stern deter mination to catch the ruffian. When he arrived in this city HIS BOOTS WEHE FROZEN TO HIS 8TIRRUrS by the water taken in crossing the sl6ughs. Upon arriving, Mr. Whitehead and officer Eaul!startcd,ouL uponnJresh search, and wSund'up 'at tlie river, where -1110 GreyE-igle was preparing to leave TrteylookedoVcr heiboat, but could not find their man. Not despairing, they still waited and watched, and just as the hist bell rang, and thcTbbat wa about read' to 'start, officer Paul .saw the negro CnAWLFrtOMUNDERTHE BOir.EKS,'-- . and both jumped aboard, and in an Qthpr minute JiowascapturedJ " apt.j Pcnn was informed of the situation, and; at, their request he landodjthcm two miles above the city, on the Ken tucky s"rde, whence, the,thrce walked o Henderson, the prisoner's hands' be ing pinioned to prevent hini escaping. Capt. Pennyjfurthcrniorc, would mak.fi no charge for the transfer. WEcn the prisoners arrived at Hen derson, they all went into the grocery of Mr. Hack, the child's father, on the pretense of getting a drink; Neither of the men had said a word to Clore of the charge against him. When they entered the store, the little girl was within, and as soon asthe negro saw her, he exclaimed coaxingly; "It wasn't me, Kate, was it?" The child identified him at once. The store was crowded with people, and the excitement began to rage, and A TREE AND A KOPE were freely suggested, but the men in charge hurried him quickly away and lodged him in jail. Tho excitement among the German citizens were in tense, and it was fcard that an effort would be made to lynch him that night. Wo received the following special, however, which indicated oth erwise. "There seems to be little excitement prevailing over the rape cac at pres ent. The prisoner is confined in the county jail, awaiting the execution of the law. Officer evans says thero is no fear of them mobbing liihi to-niglit." Officer Paul and Mr. Whitehead re turned to this city in the afternoon, and the latter will return to Hender son" this morning. It was a fortunate arrest, and both deserve much credit. j'oinaic irane "iirumincrs have made their appearance at the West. They arc piquaint audacious; and hun T.1 A t .1 .. . dreds of business men are not return ing to their 'fatniliej as early in the evening as iv-ual. AT MY BACK." DECEMBER 15, For tho Hartford IfcralJ. TiieXove tifMoacT'is-tho Root or tj J - S " All S,?4I VlnHW th'ahext of Ihc Rev. Dr. Coleman at Mt. Carmel Church, on the 1st Sunday in December, 1875, for a sermon delivered to a very respectable congregation. lie co'nsidercd the sub ject, 1st in its effect upon society, 2d in its effect upon the body politic, 3d in its effect upon the moral and relig ious condition of the different churches. e&uuifhat tRo love of money is the root not of o;ie evil, not of several evils but of all eviL? ; society felt its effects from the highest to tlie lowest and through all its different grades ; that the question of the present day was, not whether a man or woman was virtuous, honest, sober, truthful, reli able, but, have they got money ? He porp-ayed society as being in g condir tion thaj pll thc moral obligations of the, 'human family to each loth er aro forgotten; jlndjnoney seemed, to be, the only thing to live for. Men and wo- intcgrity and their very souls for money. The inordinate lofcPbf money is growing to bo.nm evu,, jUaei strom thatwill cngulfnand s wallop up every virtue which ought tole attachetTlo society. In politics the love of money has overcome patriotism, love of coun- rtry; every, wnsidcration- thatrought"td" operate upon the ramus of a people 5r"Lli rlj't i. power- of self government, and through the-opcratiorrjof .the passion-of .ayarica our power or scit government was tan passing away. Through the influence of money used in elections, instead of having men in office of morality, in tegrity and honesty, men aro elected whq have money to spend to buy tho people's votes, and who, when elected, turn upon the people and replenish their pockets by robbing of the very people who elected them. Our love of money is a leprosy, a putrifying sore ,upon theliodyTpolitic ititall'iB legisla rtive' ju&C'aUnnd mLmttermldepirt ments, and had become a fearful na tional evil. In the courts of justice a man of money could go unwhipped of justice, and the poor scamp would havo to suffer the righteous indignation of an offended law. It its effect upon the religious world it has tho same blighting influence. Thc man or woman to be a christian hasStotboI'hbnestJ jir&idiis,itrulthfulV,. industrious and religious. Without thiaj it iai farce? NAnyinoxdinateflove ot money will tlestroy all these ; it holds him or her from an. attendance upon, the house of God ittkeeps'him orhcr awayfronxwtheT church .meetingjvith holds their means from the support of thej gospel' and from charitable' purs poses; tncir mono is inai it. uikcs money tomako money?; they are seryj inoN'h o mammon 'of-rmrigKtcousness. , The Rcverend,.Doctor wound up his senuun jjj. giving suin tsuuuu auiue,i by administering some kind rebukes, andyour bumblecorresp)nent though? af tlie time that if all those who pro fessed to bo, nreachers.of the posdcI wouiu comoinc anu organize inem selves into an. army of warriors and carry the warintoiAfricaaiul arduso the people up to wage war upon the corrupting influences of' money, that society, church and State might see, and lie saved from tho fate of. tho cities of ancient times, in a moral pointof view. Society,, morally and political ly, has become a seething mass of cor ruption. The Doctor's sermon was such as is characteristic of him, spoken in langu age that all could understand ; his rea soning was cogent, his diction bold and uncompromising; his positions were clear and positive, and when he was done with them no ouo doubted their correctness. Such sermons would be well at Plymouth'church, Brooklyn, or in New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Louisville, in fact they would be well in-evcry church building, street corner and road side in our land. Your cor respondent has endeavored to give only an outline. If Bruce and Spencer lose their seats in tho Senate, as is likelv. " 1 :T J? .7? - 1 i i " . a. m we.. - -.: eimrges ui corruption aim unuery are pushed against them, it will make quite a gap in "the Republican major? itics. Counting also tho rejection of Pinckback, the Senate would stand:. Republicans, 38; opposition, 32. And as Democrats would .be returned from" Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama,' and.twoqr.threc nominally Republican senators can not Iks counted on to vote with-"the- Radical;-there 'is ajfine chance for a tic in the Senafc. Courier-Journal. 1875. NO; 50. HORACE GREELEY'S BIRTHPLACE. A Project to- RemoT thr OIU Ilon.sc to the C'cntennlel Ground. Correspondence Boston Herald. Con cord, N., H"., Xov. 27. A project is on foot, which, if it Is made to Buccocd, will make New Harap-, shire's headquarters at tho Philadel phia Ccntcnniel Exhibition a spot of national interest. It-,B proposed to purchase and remove thero tho house in which. Borneo Greeley was born This house now stands on the old Greeley farm n Amherst,- nbquj .fiveM miles from Manchester.. It is, very old-fashioned, ojdc framed, story-and-a-half building', J5Qx40- with 7 foot stud,- .and contains 'four rooms. , The occupant is.an aged roan, named Wm. -Brown, and has lived on the place nearly half a century. He was a friend of the great journalist, and did him great service in tho days of ex treme poverty, when his sudden de parture saved him from" imprisonment for debt. The old farm is of but little value, but of lato years has proved a source of profit through the conversion of apple trees into' canes for relic hun ters. Though in 1844 Brown was ready, as a good Millerite, to ascend to heaven and leavehis earthly goods, and has prepared himself for the srial trip several times since, now at the advanc ed age of eighty-four, when nature has arranged for him to ascend in the regu lar way, he clings with obstinacy to the thing3 of this life. He wants $2,000 for the old house, which is bare ly worth a quarter of that amount. The State Centennial Commission are ready to build him a new one in place of the old one, but more than that their funds will not allow. A Colon j-of Madmen. The town of Glhcel, situated In the province of Antwerp, ha3 been for six centuries an abode of madmen, and tradition even takes the storv back eleven centuries. There are 11.0C0 people in the place, and they have charge of 1,300 "lunatics from abroad, who arc boarded around in the fami lies, and treated with great considera tion. The children from youth are familiarized with the business, and all the people know how to manago those committed ,lo ,tlicir carp. The inhab itants arc all, so to. speak,; engaged in the surveillance, of the lunatics. .One of the greatest social punishments that can.be inflicted upon fi family Is to de-. clarc that it is .unfit, to Receive such, boarders. Tlie lunatics aro disposed of among the, inhabitants according to their wealth or stations, wealthy pa tients being gent into the better, fami lies, and poor ones to the poorer., Of course the very immoral or dangerous lunatics arc; not. thus disposed of. The cures average, from sixty to seventy? fiveto the handrcd. Ghecl is divided into four district?, each with; its ovcr seer, and physician., 7Largc sums of money are' spent in the plata by the patients, and families generally are always desirous of havfng one or more lunatics on their hands. As the United . States has extra dition treaties which include forgery and embezzlement, with GreatBritain, France, Germany, Austria,. Italy, Nor way, Sweden, the Swiss Confederation, and Belgium, it will not be safe for Tweed to travel about any of those countries. He has, howcv.ay open for' him, Portugal, Denmark, Holland, Russia, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Cuba, . Porto Rico, St. John, St. Croix, Houth America, China, and. Japan. In these countries he can not be touched. If he left New York on a. -vessel, as is sur mised, he doubtless went to South America to call on Don Pedro, of Brazil. Courier-Journal. A, grange brother being asked by a sister whv he had not attended regnJ larly at his grange, said that ho did notsee that it was paying hiill. "Well," said she, "you should remember that a grange is like a farm, and tho mem bers aro as laborers they get pay in exact accordance with, the work they do." Mr. A. E. Wil.sos', the senior part ner of Gen. Jno. M. Harlan, lias been appointed Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department at Washington, to succeed Avery who has just been convicted of complicity in the whisky ring at bt. Loni'. Mr. Wilson is a native of Ken tueky nnd bears a fine reputation. A Detroit paper says the farmers in the interior of Michigan owe the mer chants over 55.000.OCO. 0ns square, one lnsertioD..w.S 1 CO On squmr,aeh MitioWrtertUru-, ( Ut One siiurF,one jear...,...... Jo "oo Ono-foarth colnmn Jjer jer..... S) DO One-tklrd'oolttina", ptfjeri-i-J..- 'fO W Onc.haiealumnrpaf j,nr ... , j.t Ono eoIumn,on jsar--, .. 'jj" Forshorter timeat proportionate ral On. ir.,1, .r, . qnrterly freruf ekargw J'or rarlbrprt, J"' P. BsnKr.TT.fc Co., PaMliaeM, Tlie MUntCow of the Tlilrtt Term Tho following is an extract from a Washington corrrapondent to the Ctu- j cago Journal : There is, howover, a scheme oa ibof. - with the. object of conferring con tinned- -honor upon President Grant, whfch.I must regard as fairly entitled, to,th?,. candid, consideration' .of the - .rurblio. The scheme, or .rather suggestion, here , referred to, grew out of thefact, which t will not be denied, that General Grant, . In accepting the Presidency, made. a great pecuuiary. sacrifice . .. . T.wo; plain; in connection herewith . have, been .canvassed., Qa8-3&ro L posed, amendment ta thj Cqcjtiletjon. This is,, in .short,; the ,sugga6tleR,-9f,?iK j new article totiMttita Irony pro viding that every M-Prreidrafj of the United States sh.all be, upon his retirOv meat from office, -except by impeaclf-''-mcnt, a Senator of the United State -wVLarge for life. Another plan is to specially provide! for President Grant, without waitinj:' 1 for- a general provision on the subject. This plan is simply to declare the'Iaw. that ex-President Grant shall bo Gen- -eralissimo. of the army. It Is a propo sition, in a word, to place him again at the hcad'of 'our'army, by the creaiToa of a new office, made expressly Whim r during his lifetime, and withonfaf ail interfering with the pay and emora ' m'enta of the present General- and ' Lieutenant-General. This proposed" plan would be in almost exact; analogy' of what was done hi the case of Wash ington, who, after his retirement and war was threatened whh Prance, was declared Generalissimo, and actually held that office for some timCj though never exercising its functions in tho field. Such are the proposed projects' as to President Grant' as I get them here; They are nor, of "course, talked abon on the streets' or in the salooas and public clnb rooms ; buf those who aro able 'to go -behind the scenes' and 'get at' the inside of 'things--the-open Fjccrets of this political metropolis--know;tbn these things are being constantly halt ed about by the initiated, and are like-" Iy soon to take shape and come beforo' the public. 3 J. W. HEsnwiof .WsiMngteiv county, has 'been appointed Statsf Treasurer of Georgian ; ' ,v.. Tho New, York Herald f sees ".in-the, present House of Ipiresentatives ".the. forerunner, the John-the-Baptis of tho coming democratic dispensation.' . New'Ufch'mond, W&tWirgihia, is 8hipping'wnlnut loloXbndon;'whcrc better prices are obtained than hi tins - ' r t - - - Mrs Lowric, .the converted actresi is. cpndudtmg revival .meetings at Port Jarvis, 2faY.?dn- tho- regukr. old camp meeting style. - i i :l f... ". The Democratic State Convention, for the Stato offTexas,Jas. been called to meef in Galveston on Januiry, 5th, 1875. The prospects arc that ,Goy. Cose will be nominated ibr re-election, Tha Constitutional Convention have at, last closed their labors, and havo draft ed a document that Js superior in many respects to the Constitutiona o any ;of her sister States. Tfce Grange and Oar YoangMca. The efforts, of tho' Patrons of Hus bandry to elevate tho calling of tho farmer and put it upon an equality with other pursuits, are being crowned with signal, success, and aro doing a great deaf towards making our young; men satisfied with the vocation of; tho farmer. The old idea that a.farmer must be ignorant, uncouth aud un informed, is rapidly taking leave of tho public mind. We number somcof tha leading minds of the State among ,tbo farmers, some of the strongest and best thinkers, some of the truest and broad est statesmen. Hera is great ehcour-: agement for our farmer boys. Wo hope our farmers, arid especially our young men, will show a disposition to distinguish themselves in some other 'way than by being a village loafer or a han'ner-on at groceries, and U is fust here that the teachings and associations in tho Grange come in arid direct aright the laudablo ambition of bur youth. It throws its protecting' arms around and about our young mcn'who aro members, and encourages them in their" efforts to lead sober, industrious, and upright lives. This is some of tho good work that evory wcll-conductc.l Grange is accomplishing, and the fruits are daily becoming more and more manifest. iamifr'a TTii'ficafor. 9 4