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“WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION."
LlgMK XX1Y-
'| E loint Cranitft
j ci i Editor ana Proprietor.
D' VI>E "r VDY, Associate Editor.
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ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24, 1869.
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S llTRDAY MORNING, Dec. 18
fpoy THE ACTION OF GEORGIA
L,;c THE XVTH AMENDMENT.”
{Ex.
IlYhaUn inspiring text for action does
!«b)M statement furnish to Georgians !
e question of’ reseating the negroes, ul-
liar a fiercely contested one, now becomes
J more thrilling interest on account of the
Itianil complexion it has assumed.
rorgii will decide whether the XVth
odmoat will become a part of the Con-
litmion of the States. She stands the last
ilirirt before the sweeping tide of cen-
liiidimi and consequent despotism. She
■ the "old guard” cf (beStato sovereignty
Iiririao, and up >u her nerve depends the
Kte of that doctrine.
| Will she prove true to the trust ? Will
e rear Iter crest defiant, and challenge
he enemies of liberty to do their worst, or
til! she. crouched and crawling, acknowl-
lige throagh fear what her judgment de-
U’e counsel that she maintain her integ
er, by steadily refusing to accept any such
liaipromisc as her masters now offer.
Shi should spurn the amendment, if for
jithiug else, tor reason of the method by
Ihirh the Republic in party attempt to in-
ire its passage. They have failed to con-'
liuee u< by argument, and now attempt to
litre; us by 1 wee—they essay throagh
ur '■’> obtain whst through judgment they
Maid mt.
" b -‘ rc is the Georgian that will sacrifice
his honor through the influence of the base
ntire they appeal to ?
file Democrats of the North, who have
tseted us—:h« Dorn icrats of the West
-".hose sturdy friends of the South—the
ocr-ts of the whole Union, the cham-
P‘ : ils liberty, call upon us to stand firm.
h id we falter ? Will the ctnpiro State
Bietray her friends in the exigency that is
(thrust upon her ?
s, we are in the Thermopylae of
jf-ty ■ Vi ill we meet the advancing
i with dauntless and lofty recklessness,
f" 15 ,hc old Spartan spirit frozen in our
COAL TRADE.
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«e have received from Col. Ilulbert a
circular inviting us to be present at a meet-
l3 S o, coal owners, miners and Railroad
|“' a > users of goal.
The Convention is called for the pur-
P®e o. providing measures by which the
w ‘ necessary for consumers, in the vari-
ctn cities of the State can be supplied at
reasonable rates
The circular contains some Taiuable in
flation, and shows that in the past
J«»r the amount of coal passed over the W.
• ‘“head, has been an increase of 160
' nt °' tr l he year before, and that sev-
undreu thousands of dollars have
wood * ^ tbe U5e °f instead of
glad that a step has been made
; ^dweetiou. Let the Railroad, pro-
«il wdU* ^ W,eS of trans P ortat ion, and
11 e used almost entirely, and many
°' ***• »«d yearly to the
inUr ': rU "-^hat Ilulbert- has a private
p ro Certam coal “tnes, aed that he
ttiea ly ‘S-s’nndisement by this move-
■Meul- * , Clre DOt ^* 3 > if ire can
m,. lt !" auJ at reduced rates, it
hap]* tJ U3 who “ a kes money. Per-
»f rtn? e erthatnulbert9ll0 “>a m ake
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° publishcd “me issues hack
Sn>p!i n cpert tUredre ? CClinS8 Up ° D th ‘ tel ®-
Z °P e f*tors at this point.
cf tbcu,Te by r° , themjustice > tb V a re both
“beat re!d" j ® Wels ° f men - We are
oursd,- ? a C °“ fess thH wo fe « asleep
saw no tel WC Buppose ‘bat when we
b was the “a‘be paper wc dreamed
We tend S ph ‘ Sts fanlt ’
Scntlcmep Cr Y°n the amentfe honorable,
THE AVOSfAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
The people of the South who are so
much engrossed with other affairs, have
not noticed with much acuteness this grow
ing movement in the North.
The troth of the matter is, onr women
have been too busy since the war, replen
ishing their wardrobes, that were depleted
by the war,to reflect upon such .nonsense—
believing very truly that a tasty bonnet, a , UUL<,rln£S ana ln ®
love of a dress, or a captivating gaiter, are 6 aQ elernaa
far better mediums through which to get
control of the men, than an eternal bicker-
ink at the ballot-box would be.
Senee they have not become very ujnelr
excited about tho matter. But at. the North
there isa teirible crusile in this direction.
Women of all kinds are engaged in it.
There are scraggy old viiagbs who threat
en the men, and broomstick them inti sub
mission—there are rosy lipped girls who
entreat the men,i-.n'd kiss them- into har
mony—there are pbos women who pray to
the men, and convert them to the truth —
there are coquettish little witches who flirt
the men, anl draw them into the scheme—
and there are loquacious old ladies,(like Hen
ry Ward Beecher) who talk to the men and
love them into obeyance.
And all of these worn en, b a h u ly and
pretty, both male female, work all the time
with an ominous vigor, for the possession of
that one thing needful, the everlasting bal
lot.
Tho untiring efforts are that the revolu
tion is gaining ground—the women in all
sections are being waked by the clatter
and many men, hoping to step the clatter,
are giving their acquiesceco to the abomi
nation.
The crusaders work with snch immacu
late skill and such a devlishly aente knowl
edge of the weaknesses and foibles of mon,
that we are becoming seriously alarmed
Their inviting the ecsceptable gourmand
Horace Greeley to a recherche little break
fast where they alternately fondled and fed
him, caressed and stuffed him, when they
poured honey alike upon his buckwheats
and feelings, is an example of the alarming
ingenuity with which their man traps aru
set—and Greeley is one man of a thousand
to resist such manifold appeals.
We candidly believe that there is no use
opposing, for if the women want the ballot
they are going to have it. And there’s
an end of it, We deem it the duty of south
ern insa to fight tho mive nent in the fol
lowing way—viz—drown the desire for the
ballot by a perfect flood of dear little bon
nets, aad sink the suffrage movement, fer-
soothein a mountain of laces andribbons,eve
ry inch of which must be brighter th ia
those disported by th»t -‘odious Mrs
Smith.”
Dress a worn in in finer paraphenalia
than her neighbors wear, and yon smother
with ocstacy her desire for everything else.
Unless some such sagacious steps are tak
en, women will take to voting soon, and in
stead of raising babies, will go to raising the
devil, and instead of ro eking eradle3, will
set to rocking this legend government,
which by the way we believe some slanderer
once styled the “cradle of liberty.” We are
opposed to onr wives voting—we prefe •
that she attends to the little responsibilities
at home, rather than worry with tho larger
responsibilities of the government. We
are opposed to her attending mass meet
ings, cancnssing with strange men, or mak
ing p ublic speeches, and wc should protest
severely against her mnning with torchlight
processions.
When women attempt to vote they leave
that high and holy shrine, npon which
worshipping man has placed them,and when
they join in tho rough tnrmiils of tho elec
tion day, they throw from them that tender
de'icacy, the strongest protection, that hen
eficieot God has given them.
Terrills Explosion.—About eleven
o’clock yesterday morning, our city was
startled by a terrible concession that shook
the houses, rattling the doors and windows,
and sounding like heavy artillery It was
occasioned by the bursting of the boiler at
the steam mill of Wadeworth, Williams &
Co., near the Rolling Mill.
At the time of the explosion Mr. S. Tom
Rhndy, the engineer, and Frank, a son of
James Dnke, were in the engine room. This
was literally torn to pieces, hardly two
planks being left together. Both of Mr.
Rhndy’s legs were broken below tbe knees,
and since we learn that one of them has
been amputated. He was otherwise un
injured. Frank Dnke was severely hurt
in the stomach, and now lies in a very criti
cal condition.
The main part of the mil! is a wreck, 5 be
ing completely shattered, the walls-'burst
ont, and tbe second story, with its contents,
fell down to tbe first floor. A negro boy,
Charles, was tbe only person in tbe mill
room. Ho was blown out throagh the door
and to tbe distance of twenty feetj and,
strange to say, was not hart.
Messrs. J. R. Noble and Leins Hall were
in the basement, and not injured at all.—
About six feet of the boiler was blown over
Noble’s store, strikin ' on the gable end of
it, and tearing down that end of tbe build
ing. The bead of the boiler was thrown
some 200 yards, and lit in tbe street near
Frank Rawls’ residence. Some hot brick
were thrown through the window of Mr.
Colelongh’s residence, breaking the window
to pieces, but doing no other material dam
age. Little Benny Eve was slightly hurt,
and a mule and two oxen were badly scald-
cd.
We have mentioned above all the casual-
ties that we could see or here of, though it
is truly wonderful that so few persons were
hurt in such a scattering of fragments. The
boiler, we are told, was an old one, and the
proprietors contemplated its removal at an
oarly day. _
Cupid at Work.—We learn that there
are a good many marriage* on the tapis in
our city. Some of the very .tuffist of our
old roosters are reported as being “victims
of the tender.” We advise all concerned
togoinandwin—tbinknotbuighalfso com*
fortable.
AN EDITOR’S LIFE.
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Verily this life of oura is a ’ strange one.
A constant rush—an increasing whirl of
excitement—a passionate, feverish existence
—a kind ot sky-rocket, cumetio life—a con
stant tread-mill action of the brain—the
grinding out forever of new ideas, and new
adaptations of ideas—the patching up of old
doctrines and the evolutions of novel tea-
routine of news hunting
—reviewing things literary and political;—
answering charges, bandying badinage,
resenting insults—denouncing crimes, and
lauding merit—floating briefly npon a tri-
ttmph-crested wave of prosperity, straggling
fiercely with turbulent storm seas, and anon
wallowing crippled, in tbe trough of dis
comfiture, acid now carried by a high tide of
fortune to fictory again. These are the
ont jutting points of an editor’s life.
It is the hardest life in tbe world, and the
hardest feature of it is that there is no ie3t
for the mind of tho editor. No matter how
wearied he may be, how sick he may be,
how heart-sore he may be, he must drag
to his sanctum and rack his tortured brain
for ideas and articles. There is but one
maxim to guide him, “the paper lintel be fill
ed;” day after day the tired brain must
work, prge after page must be thrown
off from the aching head, and there
can be no rest or respite. If his child, or
his wife, or his mother dies, he cannot
stop and nurse his grief, bat mast choke
down his agony, quiet tho outcries of his
bursting heart, and from the brain that
is paralyzed with sorrow, lie most throw
off in profusion squibs, jokes, paragraphs,
and leaders for the public to mate merry
over.
No one who has not experienced this can
realize the agony aiising from the binding
down and controlling the elastic, moody and
volatile mind—how difficult it is to make it
a machine warranted to work at any and
all times, and with unvarying regularity.
But this same life is the most fascinating
in the world. It is filled with such a glo
rious excitement, such a high revelry—it is
like living npon some mountain height above
the tame warm air of earth, where the cold,
bracing winds of the skies whistle past yon,
and wake yonr whole system to a high
strung ecstacy—the whole river of life is
dashed with rare old Avine. It is a great
gambling mark, so full of adventures and
endeavors, so crowded with close succeed
ing triumphs and defeats.
Every article that the editor writes is
a throw of the dice that will bring honor or
defeat, and he watches with eagerness the
decision of the Fates—in a day it is decid
ed—if favorable, with renewed hope he
pashes another venture forward—if other
wise, nerved by defeat, he steadily makes
another trial, and thus it-cocsj his life rose-
colored with excitement and hims<'lf sus
tained by passion.
We know of no stronger attachment than
that the editor feels for the children of his
genius, as with fear and trembling, lie sends
them ont to the world. He strikes a new
idea—joyful over the discovery, he dresses
it in gorgeons raiment, and starts it out on
its mission. Ere a week has gone by it
comes back to him throagh an exchange; af
ter that it frequently revisits his sanctnm,
each time however, with some of ita holi
day clothing gone—each exchange tears off
something and condenses it, till at last the
forlorn little fellow comes back naked and
thin, with not a garment, the bare idea;
bat the father still smiles and loves it, for
he knows his child.
Verily this is a strange life of ours.
ALA. AND CHATTANOOGA R. R.
This road, formerly called the Wills Val
ley R. R. i? completed to Newton, 90
miles from Chattanooga, and a point 41
miles from Gadsden, and the cars arc now
making regular trips between tht.se points.
This materially changes the routes of trov
es. For instance, people of Gadsden and
vicinity .desiring to go to Montgomery, now
toko the cars at Newton, and go by way of
Chattanooga which is 90 miles farther from
Montgomery than Gadsden. Our Decatur
road is now needed so as to bring the Wills
Valley trade this way.
Musical Soiree.—We attended a de
lightful Musical entertainment at the Fe
male college last Thursday Night,under the
directions of Misses Hansel and^ Armstrong.
The choruses sung by the pupils of the
.school and the solos and ducts by Mr. Frey-
er of Marietta and Miss Aarmstrong,on the
Piano and violin, were among the most en
tertaining that we have ever heard on any
similar occasion.
Miss Armstrong has rare Musical talent
and fine capacity for teaching. We are
informed that their prospects for the next
term—which will commence in the latter
part of January—are good.
Emigrat.on.—The emigration from this
section has about stoppoi. We suppose tbe
canse is that all the people have emigrated.
Weather.—We are afraid to record any
thing'specific about tho weather, because it
is so fickle that by the time onr paper is ont
’twill have changed. But in general terms
we hesitate not to denounce it as slimy flop
py. and nasty.
Educational:—We have received a cir
color from the-Univer3ity High School sitna
ted at Athens Georgia, setting forth the
advantages it presents as an educational
point. It is the gymnasium in which a boy
is trained for the University and as such is
invalnable to these in tending a collegiate
edneation.
We earnestly commend it to parents and
young men in this sectibn. The advantag
es it presents are unsurpassed by anysimilar
institution in tbe South. Send for a circnla-
What’s the Matter ? The Atlanta
Era has not visited our office in nbont ten
days. ‘ What's tbe difficulty Brother Bard?
On! Music is the God of Love.—One
of the most fortunate things that man can
enjoy is boarding at the boose with a very
pretty young lady.
The inmates cf the Choice House realized
the truth; of the above assertion, on Tues
day night while listening to the exquisite
music doled ont by the serenaders who, at
tended by ' the charming graces and loveli
ness of Miss- , tickled deliciously the
tympanum ci every man woman and child,
that obtains sustenance from tbe well filled
tables of the above named Hotel.
We were charmed with the music and
pray that the diamond eyes and peachy
cheeks of Miss “Horae Again” may induce
frequent repetitions of the treat.
Personal.—We are rejoiced to sec our long
tried and faithful friend, F. Marion Ezzell,
again in Rome; and the best cf it is, he comes
not alone, but brings his charming wife with
him.. He married Miss W. R. Sherwood of
Macon, on the 15th inst. May many years
of unalloyed happiness be theirs.
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Good.—The Hartford (Conn.) Times
has a clear conception of tbe Georgia status.
It concludes a forcible argument in our fa
vor thus :
“We trust that the people of Georgia will
nnite like men, and never accept any snch
act of despotism ; but remain unrepresent
ed, if need be, till tbe people of thi% coun
try come to their senses, and send men to
Congress who will regard tbe'r oaths, obey
the Constitution,and cease the work of tear
ing fiee government to prices.”
Mrs. Oates Burlesque Troupe is dealing-
delight to the theatre going people of Atlan
ta at about th: rate of one dollar per
deal.
Dr. Hape, says the Era, the dentist who
went “up in a balloon, Sir” from Atlanta
has returned to that city after having dis
ported in the placid ether for some seven
ty-four miles. He is reported to be Euffer
ing “from the effects of severe mental ten
sion ” Unhappy nape! Plaster him and pnt
him to bed.
“A Gross Indignation to South Car
olina Senators.”—Under this beading
the Radical paper in Richmond, Virginia,
says :
“A gross outrage was perpetrated on the
6th inst. at Clover Hill station, on (he
Danville railroad, by the authorities of that
road, by ejecting from the cars three col
ored State Senators from South Carolina,
and treating them to indignities. United
States Senators Sawyer and Robertson and
several members of Congress, from South
Carolina, on their way to Congress, were
accompanied by three State Senators of the
same State, highly respectable colored men,
all bright mnlattoes. These latter purchas
ed first class tickets at Columbia, and rode
in a fiist class car through the reconstruct
ed States of South, and North Carolina,
without molestation ; But wlien they reach
ed the Virginia line their tronbles began.
At Danville they were ordered ont of the
first-class ear, but refused to leave it. There
was a good deal of excitement, and no effort,
was at once made to eject them. On reach
ing Clover Hill station however two of
them happened to get out to obtain refresh
ments, and when they would have entered
again were refused admittance, and forced
to take their places in a common car. Tbe
third, Senator Wright, was then ordered
out, bnt persisted in retaining his seat. At
Clover station, however, by order of Presi
dent Bnford, our informant says, he was
forcibly and roughly ejected, amid great
confusion and excitement, and much to the
indignation of the Sonth Carolina Senators
and members. It is said there was a lively
time on board the train.”
Bullock.—The Courier-Journal is after
Rnfos, with a red-hot poker, thus :
“He is Georgia’s enemy. He ever seeks
her injury. He baselv slanders her. He
stick s not at falsehood inhis attempts to crash
her into a condition of subservience to his
own uses. It isn’t a very safe business that
he is thus pursuing. Perhaps ho had better
try to discern this truth before a flash of
lightning reveals it to him ”
A Tribute to the South.—Horace
Greeley in the New York Tribune that
speaks of the Sonth.
“The Sonth has two noble characteristics
which left to their natural working in socie
ty, are enough in themselves to lift commu
nities from any depth of disaster and Eet
them on the highway of renown. She has
a brave way of looking facts full in the face,
admitting tbe trntb, comprehending the
extent of a disaster as a preliminary to
fresh enterprises. This she honestly came
by through the blood of the men who two
hundred years ago felled the original oaks
and pines on the banks of the Potomae,the
James, tbe Roanoke, and the Savannah.
Second, tbe crowning occupation to wbieh
every good Southerner aspires, the noblest,
purest, most honest and permanent vocation
for man is in bis opinion that ot a tiller of
tbe soil. Give these as premises in any
society, and no disaster can prove irretriev
able.”
Beecher on Jeff. Davis’s Surety.—
Mr. Beecher was teaching ns the great
Chris tain duty of doing good for evil and
of fall forgivnesi of oar enemies, when one
of the members of the church asked “If
according to that rale, so great an enemy
as Jeff. Davis should be forgiven ?” “Yes,”
Mr. Beecher promptly replied, “and tbe
magnanimity of such an act of forgivness
on the part of onr Government would speak
moretruinpet-tcngucd in behalf of its great
ness and power than would or conld the
hanging of ten thousand snch malefac
tors; and I honor Mr. Horace Grecly for
acting np to the promptings of his large
Christian heart in becoming one of Davis’s
bondsmeD, .ond if it had been neccssaiy, or
if I had been asked to do so, I, too, would
have become one of his sureties.”—Letter
in Nine York Tribune.
Grant Perpetrates A Joke.—Grant
perpetrated a joke to-day. L. A. Reavis,
of St. Louis, the “great Capitol mover,” as
he is termed, was presented to the Presi
dent by Snmner. Reavis told Grant he
was working to more the Capitol to St. Lonis
“Well,” said Ulysses, “I hope you won’t
move’daring my term,” whereupon Reavis
and Snmner both laughed.
It is stated that Mr. Flake of the Ga'ves-
ton Bulletin has been shot at twenty-one
times in three years. It is only fair to tho
cmineat target to say that ho has never had
a flake peeled off, and has not a bullet in
him.
For the Dispatch.
. t* bat the iVomen W ant.
Messrs. Editors,—A daily reader of yonr
paper, I am frequently struck with various
articles denonnang the extravagant style
of dress now indulged in by my own sex.
A recent correspondent spoke like a man-
tua-maierot tbe “mountains of silk and
velvet” which should deter tho young mon
from selecting among ns “better-halves”—
that is,if yonr vanitydoes not too far exceed
yonr judgment to grant ns this adjective. I
do not deny that these “monntains of silk
andvelvet” do look very formidable, bnt a
man’s ability to accomplish depends entire
ly upon who has them on.
Mentalists tell ns that the three great
sources of knowledge are Eternal Observa
tion, Original Suggestion, and Compaiison
I do not wish to deprive these three great
principles by reducing them to the level of
the toilet, bnt since their use is to affect
men’s lives, yon will pardon the license.
Nuw, with men—so far as woman’s dress is
concerned only the first principle holds
good. For instance: Sam Saval), standing
on the corner, sees Patty Practical coming
det^t the street in a black satin petticoat
worn udder a sky-bine top-skirt, a jaunty
velveteen (he thought velvet) jacket, a
bonnet to match exactly, and a dozen little
‘ airy nothings,” which in the toilet vocabu
lary have “a local habitation and a name.”
He, having heretofore been struck with the
cherub sweetness of her rosy cheeks and
the intelligent expression of her eye,gravely
takes out his purse, looks at it, then at her,
and strangely remarking to himself “I can’t
see it,” walks off wondering where she got
it, and resolving never to look at Miss Pat
ty again with any other than a friendly
contemplation. So much for his eternal ob
servation.
Now to apply the second principle to us ”
Twenty years ago that satin was a pearly
white and the bridal attire of Mro. Practi
cal. Time had changed its parity to a
shade of yellow which rendered the gar
ment unfit for nse, and only valuable as a
memento.
“What a pity,” observed her mother one
day s.fter her yearly account of her yonng
days, her marriage, &c., “What a picy that
handsome material is o no nse.”
“No nse!" exclaimed Patty. “[ can have
it dyed for seventy-five cents and then with
the old blue silk consin Kitty gave me I
can make a dress that wiU set Sam Savall
crazy. (It did.) Ont of the scraps I’ll
make a bonnet to match, trimmed with tbe
lace in the neck of yonr dress. All I’ll
have to get will be my gloves and cloak.
Velveteen is only two dollars a yard; two
yards will make it; and 1 can get very good
gloves for a dollar a pair.” On inquiry
she found by comparison of price- (and here
the third principle is developed j that the
cheapest velveteen was down at—’s, and
two renmamsmade the jacket. The skirt-
braid came off an old sacque her mother had
during the war, when skirt-braid was snch
a fashionable trimming. So ly her origi
inal suggestion and comparison (be suit was
trade, which when embellished with her
pretty face and figure, looked, to nse Sam’s
own expression, “stunning.”
The suit done, she wust go shopping
though she had nothing to bay; hat Sam’s
office was on street just above Main,
ana lie WU mvraja uu lb*, vuiuci nc n ao,
bat when he saw her his heart sank into
his boots, while ber’s rose to her month,and
he, uttering the sentimenst we have ex
pressed, walked away,to the regret of Patty
who to tell the troth, expected him to join
her. Women are, comparatively speaking,
a little vain.
This was the mountain of silk and velvet
that made Sam Savall’s relentless resolu
tion ; this was tbe ungenerous result of her
ingenuity ; this the encouragement we wo
men have to be economical. Men shonld
make inquiries before they form resolutions,
for I tell yon that by comparison with Miss
Purse Proud you would find some of ns—
Patty for instance—not at, “bnt below cost”
Any enterprising young man with a mod
erate salary will find an ingenious woman
a cheap investment,while we may congratu
late ourselves if we do not find on the oppo-
itc side more formidable objections than
the men would discover in the “mountains
of silk and velvet.”
The protracted straggle of blockade c ays
throagh which wc have passed have taught
ns all the by-ways of dry goods, and a bias
has made yon many a ciavat that a straight
never would have accomplished. Anut
Betty’s “scrap bag” would set np a milliner’s
shop—two or three if they grow so beauti
fully less and smaller by degrees. Tne best
hat 1 ever had was made often cents worth
of letter paper, in astonishing imitation of
Mrs. Costly’s French chip from New
York.
I agree with you in denouncing extrava
gancc, while I maintain that it is every wo
man’s dnty to make the best appearance for
her means, and if she didn't nobody woo'd
find fanlt sooner than the men.
Self-vindication is an enticing topic, and
I trespass upon yonr attention. Pardon,
as it is after all consideration for yonrselves,
since it is a point given np, that next to an
old maid a bachelor is the most miserable of
created beings. Injured Ingenuity.
We indignantly deny that we have ever
said anything abont the “monntains of silk
and velvet" worn by the ladies, or even so
mnch as hinted that they are not angelic.
The Confederate Cemetery at MaJ
rietta, Ga.—I have now closed my work
here for tbe year, having exhausted the
appropriations of $2,000 made by the State,
and $2,000 more gained by onr concerts
last Winter. With this amount I removed
from the battle fields of North Georgia dur
ing the past Summer 1,127 bodies, besides
having a great deal of work done in the way
of improving the various sections, by walks
and drives, making stone gutters and turf
ing the graves, etc.
It now remains for the people of Geor
gia to say whether this work shall be eon-
tinned until the last soldier who gave his
life for datv’s sake, and now lies scattered
over the field of corn and wheat and by
lonely road-sides, shall receive what his
country owes him—a banal in consecrated
ground.
Respectfully, Mary J. Green .
Trustee “Georgia Memorial Association."
Marietta, Deo. 8th, 1869.
Some one in Georgia has started a story
to the effect that a proposition has been
made that, if Congress will not further in
terfere with the State, the negroes will be
restored to the Legislature and tbe Fif
teenth Amendment ratified. It does not
appear to bo certain that any one possess
ing position or influcncebas made any such
suggestion, bnt the rumor of it has aroused
the indignation of the Democratic press in
Georgia, as well it may. The tree people
of Georgia or any other State will never be
guilty of trafficking their rights^ in this
manner, and they are prepared to suffer
any usurpation or persecution which force
may attempt rather than yield honor.—
Ftmeroy.
SNOW FLAKES.
Oat of tho bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud folds of her garments shaken
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over tha harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
Even as onr dondj fancies take
Snddenlj shape in some divine expression,
Even as thexrouled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.
This is the poem of the air.
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the ^secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field. H. W. Loaorauiow.
INKLIftGS OF EDITORIAL WIT.
Eugenie considers the Snez canal the
most striking passage in Egyptian history.
—N. Y. Post.
Patti has invented a new necklace. Her
husband’s arms ?—queries the Boston Post.
The New Yrrk World says the Com
mon Council of that city is directing its
lagging energies to unimproved sidewalks.
A Now York paper lias a leader entitled
“The Negro as a fact.” “And the Chick
en as an Adjunct” s; ould follow.—Detroit
Free Press.
A Southern paper announces that “noth
ing bnt red neckties are now worn,” which
the Boston Advertiser thinks mnst be a
rather cool costume for this season, even at
the South.
Washington will raise five hundred
thousand dollars to HU the scheme for the
removal of the capital. A good many Con
gressmen will be ready to assist in remov
ing that capital.—Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Kallerly, tbe giantess, who weighs
700 pounds,‘and tho skeleton man have got
m rried, and have taken up winter quarters
at Indianapolis. She has better winter
quarters than he has by several hundred
pounds.—Pomeroy.
It is said that nothing will so completely
remove sadness and disquietude as the
presence of flowers and the music of birds.
We should think Harriet Beecher Stowe
would open a canary factory, and buy a
hut Loose.—II.
Paris has an electrician child, which
emitted sparks on being touched. We knew
a girl once that permitted sparks. She was
an electricnss.
Chicago is forming a sporting clnb, to
which only gentlemen are admitted. Its
members are residents of adjoining cities
there not being the required number in
town.—lb.
Speaking of Butler losing two overcoats
on a sleeping car, a country paper asked
who the other one belonged to ? To
some other passenger of coarse. Ask us
some hard questions.—lb.
In view of the proposed home for fallen
women, to be built at Louisville, Ky.,
quite a number of girls are engaged in fal
ling, to be ready when the boose is open
Commodore Vanderbilt’s statute was re
cently nnveiled in New York city. Per
sons who have looked , into hia uilmJ
stock transactions threaten to travail him.
—Any. Ccnst.
Very Particular. —Farragut wants
his name pronounced Farragow. How
about cntyeic fiddle strings ?—Columbus
Sun.
Yes, and how abont that greedy-#!!* bus
iness about the prize money at New Or
leans, when a bottle of bad Porter was un
corked.—Anynsta Constitutionalist.
Brick Pomeroy says Gen. Grant brought
on thanksgiving day a week earlier than
nsnal in order to get sober before Congress
meets.
Editing is like the itch—when once you
take it. there is no recovery. We speak
from experience as to the first disease; as to
the other, we judge by observation.— Grif
fin Star.
Gen. Grant has instructed his door-keep
er to say to all visitors while be is preparing
his message. “Not at home.” There is no
hyporisy in that, however.. He is’nt at
all at home in preparing a President’s mes
sage.—Prentice.
STATE NEWS.
.* he News reports a Ladies’ Memorial As
csoiation Fair going on in Savannah.
The Georgia Railroad receints for No
vember were $137,900, or 43.000 greater
than last year, or $135,000 greater for the
quarter.
The Southern Recorder says an attempt
was made on the night of tho 6th to bnrn
McCombs old hotel. The incendiary es
caped unknown.
The Federal Union says that a high
school is to be opened in the old buildings
of the Oglethorpe University, in Midway.
The Atlanta Constitution reports the
killing, on Wednesday night, of an old ne
gro man, Marcns Hale, who was shot ^y
some unknown perron through a crack in
the door.
Mr. Carter Langford caught four beav
ers weighing sixty-three pounds, last Sat
urday, in the Chattahoochee river, near
West Point
The mnnicipal etection in Columbus pass
ed off quietly on the 11th, resulting in the
re-election of Mcllhenny to the Mayoralty,
and the old Board of Aldermen with the
exception of three.
Five gin houses were horned in Burke
county last week.
A company has been formed in Ham
burg, on the Sonth Carolina side of the
river opposite Angnsta, for she mannfoctnrc
of ice.
The editor of a South Georgia paper
has interviewed an intelligent gentleman
from tho West, who stated that the Geor
gians' in Arkansas are generally dissatisfied
and would retnrn if they could.
The Sonth Georgia (M. E.) Conference
has elected the following delegates to the
General Conference which meets next May
at Memphis, Tennessee:
Clerical Delegates—Dr. L. Pierce, Sam
uel Anthony, Dr. J. Evans, Dr. E. H. My
ers, and one to elect. Lay Delegates—
Gen. A. H. Colqnitt, Judge Jackson, of
Macon, Dr. Green, Col. J. .Tones, Dr. Lov-
itt
Odds and Ends.
A Nevada ranchman proposes to herd
2,000,000 hens and snpply all the East
with eggs.
Gold, in large quantities, has been dis
covered in Lapland.
A Chinaman has bought a through tick
et from New York to Hong Kong.
A wedding followed six hours from the
introduction, in St. Paul, last week.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reported for the TrI-Wcefcty Conner.
ro elected to Congress,from: Virginia.
A sharp contest occurred over Morton’s
amendment that Georgia’s readmission be
preceded by the adoption of the 14th and 15th
amendments.
The Georgia biii comes np to-morrow as
unfinished business.
House.—A bill was introduced to repeal
ton per cent ot the tax on her circulation of
State Banks.
The census bill passed.
Mnngen read an argument fovoring the re
pudiation of the National debt.
The following was resolved, that any. prop
osition, direct or indirect, to repudiate the
debt is unworthy the honor and good nirrm
of the nation, and this House, without dis
tinction of party, zealously condemns any
such proposition. Adopted, yeas 123, nays 1.
Adjourned to Monday.
Washington, Dec. 17.—House.—Foreign
Committee postponed Cuba till after the hol
idays.
Roux, Deo. 17.—Council so for foiled to
frame a commission to regulate relations be
tween churches and State.
No uneasiness regarding the Pope’s health.
Election committee considering compensa
tion for contest, and Louisiana contests not
considered till after recess.
Senate.—Discussing the Atlantic cable-
The Democrats will remain to adjonrn-
ment in order to prevent the Georgia horror,
as they call it, passing a slim, house.
PAKis.Dec. 17.—In the corps of Deputies
Estancelin expressed homage for the Orleans
Princes, and regretted their continued ban
ishment. Farcade protested. Estancelin re
sponded, bnt was called to order.
New Yoke, Dec. 17.—A special to the
Herald says the Insurgents have reoccupied
Mogatta. and are in force in the neighboring
monntains. Yolmasedo writes that ho must
have reinforcements—one third of his men
are sick. Marino infantry lost thirty-two
men from vomiting in one day.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Revenue to-day
353,000.
The Star says Stanton succeeds Grier.
General Sherman endorses a report of out
rages upon Indians; that a citizen may mur
der an Indian with impunity, bnt if the In
dian retaliates, war results and the United
States must bear the expense.
The President nominated Amos T. Aker-
man Attorney General for Georgia, L. L.
Wibry, Circuit Judge for Cth Judicial district
vice Zcman withdrawn.
Senate.—Without action on tbe cable bill
the Georgia bill was resumed.
Motion of Williams, the adoption of the 14th
Constitutional Amendment, was stricken from
Morton’s amendment, so that the adoption of
the 15th Amendment is now the only pre
requisite,
The Senate will probably continue in ses
sion until the bill is disposed of.
Wasdington, Dec. 18.—The Senate ad
jonrned at half past one o’clock, alter having
passed the Georgia bilL Vote 40 to 9. The
only changes made are the adoption of the
15th amendment as a preliminary to the re-
storotion and retention of seats by those who
claim that they served the Confederacy under
duress. The title_of tbe bill, os amended, is
to read promote instead of perfect the recon
struction of Georgia, thus the arguments
showed that farther license had been pTen
Congress in controlling the action of Geor
gia as a State.
WasniNCTon, Dec. 20.—The Treasury
holds one hundred and eight millions of gold,
including thirty-eight millions of gold certifi
cates.
Bontwell directs the omission of Tuesday
and Friday’s sale of Gold this week. This
order does not effect the sale of gold on
Thursday, nor the purchase of bonds as ad
vertised.
Florida delegates appeal to the President
for troops to support the State government.
The delegation included the Adjntant Gener
al, Secretary of State and a State Senator—
all negroes.
Tennessee Constitution carried by a large
majority.
The Senate is discussing Custom Houses.
House.—Regular call Georgia bill, on the
Speaker's table. An attempt was made to
pass it without reference to the Committee.
The Reconstruction Committee heard Bol
lock and Tift on the Georgia discussion—
mostly personals, and somewhat bitter.
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Three hundred
Chinese, under contract for three years, will
reach New Orleans abont the 10th.
New York. Dec. 20.—Gnnboats departed.
Philadelphia} Dec. 20.—The Ram Tri
umph has gone to sea. It is rumored that she
is in the Caban interest, and is after the gun
boat which left New York Saturday,
Washington, Dec. 20.—Revenue six hun
dred and forty-two thousand dollars.
Tennessee delegation, except Senator Fow
ler and Representive Hawkins, are engaged
in preparing a protest against the legality of
the Tennessee election,' and praying Con
gress to set it aside.
A private dispatch from Paris says
the expatriation of tho Jews from Russia has
commenced.
The President has nominated Stanton rice
Grier; and Wells R. Bice Surrejer of Cus
toms, Selma, Ala.
The Spanish correspondence published is
very voluminous, bnt no new facts.
The Supreme Court decides, Chase, Fields,
and Miller dissenting, that where a State
Legislature grants a Franchise to a corpora
tion, and in consideration of the corporation
establishing tho enterprise contemplated, ex
empts corporations property from taxation—
a contract is created between the corporation
and State which no subsequent legislature, o T
change ot State constitution can impair.
Trumbull from the Judiciary committee
reported a joint resolution declaring Virginia
entitled to representation in Congress.
A hill has been introduced for the adjust
ment of tho French spoliation claims.
In Executive session Stan tion was confirm
ed by a vote of 46 to 11.
House bill distributing the number and
rank of government employees in the several
States and territories—passed.
Tha Georgia bill was taken up. The vote
will be taken at 3 o’clock to-morrow. Sev
eral amendments were proposed, all of which
Butler, who championed the bill, opposed, on
the grounds that while the bill was not in all
respects satisfactory, amendments wonld only
cause delay. Bingham will oppose tho hill
An extra session for debate only will he
held.
Butler stated that the committee postponed
the Virginia bill because they had not suffi
cient-evidence.
'Farnsworth moved to suspend the roles
and pass a resolution that Virginia is enti -
tied to representation.
House refused to suspend rules, by a
vote of 66 to 103.
The Speaker decides that the Georgia hill
is open to amendments, and that the motion
to postpone will he entertained.
Biek’s amendments require the day for the
reassembling of the Legislature not to he less
than thirty, nor more than sixty days after
the Governor’s proclamation ordering an elec
tion to fill vacancies, and inserting the word
voluntary in lien of direct physical force in
the oath, decloring it had not engaged in the
rebellion.
Wittmore introduced a bill calling the Vir
ginia Legislaiore together—imposing the tost
oath, .and' seats those having the next high
est vote, where the majority candidates are
ineligible.
Executive .session of four hours, mainly
occupied in the discussion of the President's
refusal to send the documents called for by
the Judiciary Committee. *
It is stated on gopd authority that the Ala
bama claims negotiations will be reopened in
Washington.
Rone, Dec. 20.—Cardinal Mathew takes a
message from the Pope to Napoleon.
Albany, Dec. 29.—Shepard Flour Compa-
pony failed $100,000.
Richmond, Dec, 20.—Gen. Canby has or
dered that the 1 per cent of interest due Jan
uary 1st, 1869, on State coupon bonds, and 1
per cent on registered bonds, shall be paid on
the first proximo.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 20.—General Assem
bly adjourned this morning until January
10th.
New Orleans, Dee. 20.—Houston Tele
graph reports returns from 119 counties.—
Davis’. majority 620 only;—7 comities to
hear from.
Legislature—Senate 23; Republicans 14;
Conservatives 3. House 36 Republicans; 45
Conservatives—nine to hear from.
Gen. Reynolds has ordered an election in
Nararo ana Milam counties, which did. not
vote at the general'eleetion.
Savannah, Dec. 20.—The United States
Flag Ship Screven, Rear Admiral Poor, of
the North Atlantic squadron arrived offTibee
Bay; officers and crew of the Cuban Privateer
Steamer, Lillian, who were captured by the
Spanish authorities, with that steamer and
released They were brought from Nassau
by the United States steamer Powhatton to
Key .West, and transferred}to-the Srceven, by
which steamer they were brought to this
point. The steam tag Christiana bronght
them to the city yesterday afternoon. This
morning the rity council held a meeting and
appropriated a sum of money to send the re
leased Cubans to their homes. Most of them
are from the Northern States,
Keeping Fruit.
The following rales for keeping fruits
1. As the flavor of fruit is so easily at;
fected by heterogenous odors, it is highly
desirable that the apple and pear room
shonld be distinct.
2. The walls and the floors shonld be an
nually washed with a solntion of quick litqg,
3. The room shonld be perfectly diy, kept
at as uniform a temperature as practicable,
and be well ventilated, bnt there shonld
not be a thorough draught.
4. The utmost care shonld be taken in
gathering the frnit, which shonld be hand
led as little as possible.
5. For present nse the frnit shonld be well
ripened; bnt if for long keeping, it is better,
especially with, pears, that it shonld not ar
rive at complete maturity. This point, how
ever, requires considerable judgment.
6. No imperfect frnit shonld be stored
with that which is sound; and every more
or less decayed specimen shonld be imme
diately removed
7. If placed on shelves, the frnit should
not lie more than two deep, and no straw
shonld be used.
8. Where especially clear and beautiful
specimens are wanted, they may be packed
carefully in dry bran,or in layers of perfect
ly dry cotton wool, either in closed boxes or
in large garden pots. Scentless sawdust
will answer the same purpose, t at pine
sawdust is apt to communicate an unpleas
ant taste.
9. With care early apples may be kept
till Christmas, whilo many kinds may be
preserved in perfection to a second year.
On the 22nd, the Agricultural Execu
tive Committee met and resolved: At the
next fair to have no test of speed daring
the fair except by a single horse against
time ; that Randolph is the Banner Comi
ty for 1869; that tho office of the society
is notan agency to sell implements, bnt it
will receive gifts to make a museum ; that
the Secretary get material statistics abont
the State for publication by the next annu
al meeting. Resolved, That Dr. Stephen
son's letter, Major Cooper’s catalogue and
description of minerals, the artiele of Mr.
Lnmsden on hedgeplants, tbe letter of Mr.
LeHardy to Mr. Howard on immigration
labor, eto., Mr. Hatton’s letter, on direct
intercourse between the Sonth and Europe
be published.
Resolved, That the thanks of the socie
ty are dne Major Copper, Dr. Stephenson,
C. W. Howard, Superintendent Halbert
aad others, for’ contributions of interesting
ores and minerals to the cabinet of the So
ciety.
Ben. C. Yancey, President.
D. W. Lewis, Secretary.
Effect of the Fifteenth Amend
ment.—A Washington letter says there, is
considerable discussion among Republican
Senators in regard to the effect the adoption
of the fifteenth amondmeDt will have in the
construction of the fourteenth, recently
adopted The fonrteenth, it will be recol
lected, gives the States the right to regu
late suffrage, bnt provides that if any por
tion of the population is excluded from the
right of suffrage, that that class shall be de-
ducted.from the number entitled torepr.sen-
tation. In other words, the number of mem
bers in Congress to which a State shall be
entitled shall be based npon tbe number of
tbe class entitled to vote by the laws of tbe
State. The fifteenth amendment confers the
right of franchise upon all. races and colors
regardless of State laws, and in this respect
is in direct opposition to the fourteenth
amendment, already adopted. The ques
tion is, can a portion of the Constitution be
repealed by tbe adoption of an amendment?
Some very able men think not. At any
rate, it seems to be conceded that the fif
teenth amendment, if it can repeal, repeal*
the whole fourteenth amendment, and with
it the disability clause, which has rendered
it so onerous and objectionable.