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VOLUME XXVII.
ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY MO
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^h7shelby (Ala.) Guide.
Alabama versus Georgia
. i „„ m >,arisons that ivc discover
the causes that pro-
“ er rfkrcnt results. This principle
“ ]! nature. Thus the farmer
|plic=t°‘ ‘ r0( j uc ts of two plats
7 c 0 ®!” 3 ? ,£ e same fertility, locality
(land « one 0 f w hicli has
1 coin'-' , t jj e 0 ther not, dis-
" “ihVor not it will pay to use
, .. ]!v the same process of
„ e discover the causes that
fete the P r0 S ress ?f civilization,
Kiuce the prosperity and Lless-
ferefcrcnce to the map of the
l®f Htatcs we find that Georgia and
■nimn arc situated in the same lati-
n iVe know these States to be m-
L,fi rt ! by the same people, who wor-
r l c Vimc God, who proiess the
me religion, who have the sameeus-
- an d manners, the same salubrious
Lie and fertile soil are possessed
f bvboth. and both are btates of
f common country. They both ad-
Uto the same government in the
leasanhKss. both lost lieav-
treasure and blood in that war,
"Hike, as Georgia was the tliea-
•nd battlefield of some of the most
quinary struggles that have ever
wished'material for the pen of the
Sherman's sentinels,-''' as the black-
1 walls and lonely chimneys of her
L mil country were appropriately
nued displavcd the wide extended
id universal destruction that marked
g course from Chickamauga to the
,i and will give him a character that
"ill when hi? virtues are forgotten, con-
, a ihim to his proper place along with
iirwmc destrover of the Pralitinate.
Alabama, i? true, suffered heavily by
iv.ir, hut her condition at the dawn of
( j,[ a material point of view, was fill*
riir to that of Georgia. So at the
-lusioii of the war we find these States
iturallv eiiual, but from circumstances
,'a local nature, Alabama in the van.
me then some eleven years have passed
would naturally suppose Alabama
he Still in the lead. Is such the case?
e blush to say no.
In Georgia the people arc enjoying the
sings that flow from a good govem-
i. The whole face of her country
s evidences of prosperity indicative of
healthy system. The laws are adniinis-
: red in the’ spirit in which they are enact-
for the good society. Her courts
to decide the questions that are pro-
led and agreeable to principles of
nr and correct logic; regardless of the
eneliisijr disadvantages that such decis-
n may bring to any particular -"party,
he consequence is the people are grow-
ig rich, taxes are light, the best men of
country occupy the positions of honor
I trust in her government. All those
istitutions which tend to elevate man-
iad arc in a flourishing condition. In
,ct Georgia presents a picture of jiros-
:riiy well calculated to excite our envy.
In Alabama we find the converse of
For the Courier.
Proem.
"Let them die.
Lot them die now, thy children! so thy heart
Shall wear theirbeantiful image all tmdimmed
Within it to the last.”—Mrs. Sonant.
“Our little baby boy Charles Wesley
was bom Dec. 20,1872, and died July
9,1873. For a short season a precious-
gift from God, and oh! what a pleasure
is gone from our home,—what a void is
left in our hearts! With calm resigna
tion wc give him up, yet it is a sweet
sad pleasure to keep his image ever be
fore us. Our daily prayer is that we
may join our three little angels in Heaven,
whenever our Heavenly Father shall
call us.” Annette B. Rush.
OUR THREE LITTLE ANGELS.
BY A FRIEND.
Our three little floicrcts are blooming above.
Transplanted by Death from our garden of Love;
They brought to our bower Hope’s beautiful
May-
How brief were the pleasures now faded away!
Our three little starlets are shining on high,
A beautiful triad above the blue sky;
Too fair was their light for this sin-shadowed
sphere;
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Thank God for the two little goms that are left!
“ Our three little angols” in neaven— oh, joy !
Thatccstacy theirs,—what blissful employ !
Thank God I am rich,—" three children in
Heaven1”
To Jcsu?, ray Saviour, all glory be given !
Sweet flowrcts, bright starlets, fair jewels, still
- mine,
TO Jesus my treasures I’ll gladly resign;
Secure are they evor, I would not retain —
Erelong I shall seo them — possess them again.
IDA DELZONS.
Chapter YII., . ;
McConnell stopped not to heed the
wild cheer of glad approval that arose
from his companions; but with a quick
ened pace lie hurried on. He felt a
glad relief, that quickened at every
step he placed between himself and the
den he had quitted forever.
It had been many miserable years
since he had felt such a manly purpose
warming his heart. It seemed as if he
were just wakened from a long and
indolent sleep—wakened from a dead
ness of life, a blankness of living, to a
fresh sight of the busy world. He
gasped great draughts of the evening
air, and his chest expanded with its
revivified manhood, and then he thought
with a shudder of the wretched depths
from|wliich he was crawling, the misery
of his associates, and the vile meanness
of his surroundings—and with this
shuddering thought came the sickening
nausea of the mean whiskey and vile
food with which his stomach was load
ed. The qualms of an outraged stom
ach were as torturing as the remorse of
an outraged conscience; and with the
iwo suddenly falling upon him he could
scarcely repress a groan.
Pat noticed his,halting steps, and he
store to be the case. The general !■*_■£!?£-
■pectof the country tells the tale of P a A ’ e not vcry , vcll father?”"'
ferpoverty and fortress. Her peop e „ Not * ve well -j> at , but better than
, hopele»ly in debt, and bo.h state j j deserve. f am s ick of my miserable
idmdindual bankruptcy seems inev-1 lif and thorough i v ashamed of my-
Taxes are so high in a great „ h „ answer( 3 * .
instances, that the people are
Jnal'le to pay them. The frequency
|iul extent of her tax sales discloses
■ fact that her revenue laws are work-
ng a sure and rapid system of confis-
ition.
Tlie barriers that protect her social
institutions are threatened to he broken
l'Hvn and swept away by the freshet in
[no social stream, brought about by the
waticism of the North.- The educa-
!°nil interest of the country is lan-
;uishing. and the people look forward
® fi* e tnture with tearful eyes and
tabling hearts. A largo number of
J Ecials are incompetent, both mor-
and mental ly, to discharge benefi-
v to society the great trust confided
■o them. Her judges are controlled in
[tecniing the legal questions that come
wore them, more by party feelings
naaly reason and law. A majority
' to General Assembly is composed
'! nitn "'ho in enacting laws, are in-
uence.1 more by the pay they receive
uch otlicers, than the good of the
wuntrv. The time that the law as-
■■?ns tliem fur the completion of tlicir
" ‘ns is intended in order to increase
^. amount of their unneserved wages.
Cet. le l )resont condition of the
if ftr? na * ur;i fi} r equal. The cause
‘ >ms difference is apparent to all—
E°.? ot n «d the aid of statesmen to
pvc-the problem.
|i„„ ul ^ a tl 10 Avhito man’s party is
to In JHnbama the ne-
[ a J. an - v - M hat Georgia is, Alabama
fn and must be.
m
Lost His Scalp.
od r!'/' Lar = e ,V! ! S attac ked and scalped
M'^ven I" v Mar i 1?ort Do(1 o e by a band
Crow,
blleHn i Q(M fam ?^ Little Crow who was
pw in 1861 m Minnesota.
1 feS t *' at M f - Large, who has been
Pne tor"" n . eai ! - v a11 b‘ s We, having
NUU, ' pepei in an early day of the
IG Minium ®tate, and from thence
tie dren l? 1 / 1 ’ i* 10 ' man "'ho killed
tlicithite - I f 111 -' ' u one ef his raids on
& n 011 settlers near the town of Hutch-
iu 1861 > and was
s .^ ls . Lfe threatened by Little
tkt time, i-j • ,° was xvith his father at
W, :ot ms death.
^' in ^odo i:n r t(J "^ ai l s:ui an< i stopped at
“titered the;. r ° m which point he recon-
good | ! “ rtoun ding country in search
i'errasm-s.,' 1 ! 1 ”' an< i "'bile out one day,
who ir e , ( , tn-'rori by this hand of Indians,
I “bed b v tvi 1 ’effalo hunt, and rccog-
t[em, b„ t ': ! ; tJ “ C ™"- Large ran from
his ]L "Y too slow on foot to escape;
tallied 33 broken in two places, and
then h t J! , e L erown of his head, and
^ ‘ffi, 011 the prairies to die.
’if® dm fitted up by a scouting party
fiisle? h H Ti takca « treftment.
bu ‘ bead Ls a fearful
, Cl ? r do<* A. )C a fo. n .S tirue heeling, if it
As
M
Oue of his eyes has become
"?atixi ( ,,,A S001 ! as } ie able to walk
on foot i,, a return home started him off
1 .l! 1 ':. “ ftan boiler
1 Ctar LS 8 a T threshing machine
Archer ij; ' 0 ’ on Thursday,
Ji'dlataAnJ ' vas tttstantly kifiedand
Ward C l° n , and Ge °rge W.
fi ve or pi‘T red that they lived but
Answer'Tm l ° W ° T fivC 0thel
self,” he answered.
The honest sadlicss of the tones
touched the boy even more than the
sickening misery depicted on liis face
had touched him.
“Was it the liquor, father, you
drank ?” lie said. “ Don’t you think
that maybe his liquor is poisoned ? It
seems to me that good liquor ought
not to make you so sick. I can see
every night when you come home that
you are not well, and that you are grow
ing worse. Don’t you think, father,
that yon ought to quit it?”
Pat asked this in such a kind, earnest
tone that McConnell could not reprove
him for what at another time he would
have resented as an impertinence.
“ Yes, Pat, it may be poisoned,” he
answered; “ all liquors are poisonous—
that is, when you drink too much of
them. And that is what is the matter
with me: I drink too much.”
“ Could you not quit it? Don’t you
think it would be well for you not to
drink any more ?” asked Pat.
“Yes, my hoy, I know it would be
best, and I will try. But, oh, Pat! I am
very sick 1” and McConnell s steps tot
tered under the sickening weight of
his surcharged brain.
“ Lean on me, father—lean on me 1
I can carry you until we get to the ca
noe,” said Pat, slipping his shoulder
under his father’s arm and offering to
bear him up.
“ No, Pat, wait a moment. Let me
lie down a while, I can’t walk really
I cannot walk.”
“ Bear up if yon can, father 1 It is
but a little ways to the canoe, and then
you can lay down in it and I can pad
dle it over. It won’t do for you to stop
here.”
“ Oh, no, let me down 1 I can go no
further,” said the man.
“ It’s only a few yards further. Please
hold up as long as you can. Lean your
weight on me. I can carry you. Only
don’t drop entirely down. It’ll never
do to stop here, father—I must get you
home.”
McConnell was too sick to answer,
and the heroic boy held him up, al
most dragging him along to the boat,
all forgetful of the pain of his wounded
arm, and anxious only to get his father
home. • , '
The canoe was a frail little craft, dug
out of a log, and rocked upon the water
like a cockle-shell. A long familiarity
with its frailty had inured Pat to its
danger; and without a fear he placed
liis now helpless charge in its bow, and
casting off the line, he took his place
in the stern with his paddle, and shoved
out into the stream’.
“ Lie as still as you can,” he caution-
now lay quiet in the bottom of the
canoe, while Pat paddled it out ihto
the stream. The labor was painful to
his arm, but he bravely bore it and said
nothing. He had reached the middle
of the stream, when from around a
bend in the river, scarcely a mile above,
the foamy prow of the Byffedo came
ploughing its way through the water.
The sudden sight filled the heart of
Tat with a chilling fear.
“ There comes the BuffaloP’ he cried.
“ We must make the land or the canoe
will be swamped 1 It wouldn’t float a
minute in the waves of that boat!”
“ That’s so, Pat!” cried McConnell,
partly sobered by the words of alarm
spoken by his son. “ Have you anoth
er paddle ? Let me help you!”
“ No, there is ro other paddle. You
just be still; I w ll run her myself! I
vrill quarter her down stream and land
in the branch. Wave your hat- at them
—maybe they will hold up a little,”
replied the boy, as he manfully bent
himself to his work.
McConnell tried to rise: but with a
piteous groan he sank back, weak and
helpless as a babe.
“ I don’t know what’s the matter,
Pat, but I cannot get up. I am as
i’ll shea not a weak as a child, and can’t help you
any,” he murmured.
“ Well, don’t by. Only be still, and
I will run her in. They wouldn’t stop
nohow. Little do they care if we were
swamped; it would be nothing to
them. I will ask them no favors.”
The bitterness of this thought, and
the breathing of its defiance, strength
ened the boy into a renewed vigor, and
his little canoe shot through the water
as if it shared something of the feeling
of danger and defiance.
On came the steamer, its black smoke
rolling up to the sky, and the deep
snort of its steam pipes shaking the
air. Nearer she came; the clank* of
her engines could be heard; the rush
ing of the water against her prow, and
now the trembling strokes of her pon
derous paddles against the water could
be felt. A tremulous swelling of the
water set the little dug-out to rocking,
and Pat felt that the danger was right
before him.
“Father,” he said, “we will be
swamped! I can swim; don’t mind me,
but you hold on to the'eanoe. Don’t
let it go. I can swim and draw it to
land. We are nearly there now. A
few more licks and we may make it;
but if we don’t, don’t for God’s sake* let
the canoe loose. It is your only chance.
Hadn’t you better tie the rope to your
arm now? you might forget ana let
loose if we do tarn over. There, that is
right, catch the rope and lay still.
She begins to rock already! The
swell is coming. Isn’t it grand! If
you was only on shore I would want
no better fun! There, hold on—hold
on! Good! she liked to went over.
Now here comes another! lean on the
upper side! hold, hold! ho—” But
before the word could be finished the
dug-out was washed under by a wave,
and the boy was struggling in the angry
water.
McConnell clung with a convulsive
energy to the canoe until it went
under, ant}, then, with’a half strangled
groan, he released his hold and pushed
it from him.' ' Tlie sousing Had* sobered
him, but he could not swim a stroke,
and was sinking out of sight when Pat
reached him.
“ Here, father 1 my hand! 'don’t poll
hard, but kick and hold up! catch
hold of the canoe again, it will bear
our weight Don’t try to get upon it,
ut only hold to it and kick—keep a
kicking; that’s right! kick, kick nke
the devil! Hold on to the canoe; it is
light and will float you out Hold on
and keep a kicking. Don’t catch me,
but hold on to tlie canoe!' It will bear
you up. Now, that’s right; don’t be
scared; keep ccol and kick. I’D tow'
you out Here we are, almost to land.
A few more kicks and you are safe.
Don’t try to touch bottom, but keep a
kicking!” And by his timely help,
liis brave words of encouragement, and
his presence of mind and good sense,
the boy saved the life of his father, and
succeeded in drawing him safely to the
bank.
“ Now you are safe! you can stand
on bottom now. You can climb up
the bank by the cane. And the canoe
is safe too 1 I will fasten it right here,
and we will get out of this puddle. A
pretty tight place, wasn’t it, father!”
said Pat, as he fastened his canoe and
climbed to the top of the bank.
“Oh, Pat, you are a noble boy—a
brave boy! You have saved my worth
less life!” cried McConneR, laying his
' e head of
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“And.;
eat have^
“ Same venison and bread.’
“Thaft poor fare F
“ Oh, no. Father Chalon does not
mind it He often cats wifh j^ ^'
and me, and be eats as heart; as
was at the Delzons’ table he was eat
ing,” answered Pat. “I wanted to get
home and have it cooked before they
come. Kattie will be too tired after
her walk.”
A brisk walk np the river bank
brought them to the hat, where their
dripping clothing was exchanged for
dry, and Pat aet Shoot preparing the
evening meaL He was as deft in the
matter as was the little Kathleen ; and
a. *- bad come, and the
the expected
ready with
1 civilim/nT-
ed his father; “ the canoe tipples badly tion.
to-dav. You iust be auiet and I can
to-day. You just be quiet
paddle it myself.” . ■ , *
“ I am so sick, Pat, that I will have
to vomit,” groaned. McConnell.
“ Can t you vomit in the canoe?. I m
afraid for you to lean over tlie gunwale.
You will turn it over,” said Pat.
“ No, I will not. You lean on the
other side. I will he as steady as'I
can.”
The experiment was a dangerousone,
and a severe paroxysm almost threw
the gunwale under water. McConnell,
however, had the caution, to counter
balance it in an instant; and with a
few ripples breaking oyer, its rim the
dug-out righted. The operation was a
relief to the sick man, and he could
' his
trembling hand upon the
son.
“ Well, I don’t know,” modestly an
swered Pat; “there wasn’t really much
danger when you come to think of it
We were in to it, to be sure, and there
was nothing left for us to do but to get
out of it toe best we could. But when -
a fellow makes up his mind to keep a
kicking, there ain’t much danger of
sinking 1” , ,
“I am proud of you, Fat I I only
wish that! was more worthy to be your
father 1” said McConnell, still fondly,
resting his hand upon the head of his'
son.
“ I am not ashamed of my father,
answered Pat -
“No,but you have cause to he. 1
am a reproach to my own, and a dis-
ace to my children! T was not worth,
e saving, Pat!” , ... .
“You are my lather, and that is
enough for me to know,” answered, the
boy, with a kindling eye. ‘Let ns go
on home. Do yon feel any better?
“Oh yes, the sousing quite.cured
me,” answered McCoMriL, “And do .
von know, my son, that this day s ex- - -Hold on,_
nerience ias cured me, too—of my
e<wadation I mean?” *' , ,
,,? I hope you will go to old Goibeau’a
no more,” said Pat
« And,that is what I mean, Fat 1
mean to reform my life, and to waste
it ho more in such a miserable dissipa-
“ That will be good news to. Father
Chalon,!’. answered the boy. ,
“ Father Chalon as a most excellent
man, and I have too long disregarded
his admonitions.”
“ Father Chalon has been very good
and to me.” . •
■'can never bless him enough
my neglected child-
“Father Chalon is good to eyeiy-
^‘^nd^you Boy that he is at the
H^Ss coming He will fetph.^t-
tio home, and he wishes to see you
about her. He will'egt supper-With
ns,” answered Pat
Chalon was radiant with
uleasaniriees. His smile, alws
kindlier still as' he caught the
ed glance of McConnell, and read
in that softened eye a nuh mnuor ;
tiiathehadnateeenbefewu -, •
! I am glad to find
evening r he. said,
lave stolen
E couldrittletyon
baiway, but sent
her away this morning. And she has
had suen a merry time I The roses will
glow on her cheeks a month from the
gladness—eh, won’t they, Kitty ?”
“You have been very kina tc
child, and I thank yon for your i
ness,” replied the fatter.' *.,
“Ml. Kitty is such a glad.little
creature that it is a gladness itself to
please her,” said the pnest “And Pat,
my Son ; how are you now? Does that
ugly bite on your arm trouble-you
much?” .
“ Not much. I hurt it a little this
evening crossing the river; bnt it will
soon be all right again,” answered Pat.
“How did you hurt it? Did yon
hurt it so bad?” eargerly asked Kath
leen. “ Let me see it IP .
“ No, Kattie, not so very badly,” an
swered Pat “The steamercaine down
as we were crossing, and the waves
swamped our canoe, and in the scuffle
I strained open the gash again. That
is all.”
“The canoe was .swamped, and you
in it? How did you get ont?” asked
Kathleen,-: in alarm.
“Oh, we swam out,” laughed Pat
“How else did you think we could
manage it?”
“And father, were yon in it too-?”
asked the child. 1
“Yes, Kittle, I was inrit toq^ and as
helpless as an infant; and pom Pat
had to help me out”
“ Which I was well able to do, see-
ingthatyou needed such little help.”
The adventure was then recounted
by McConnell, dwelling with i
ble pride upon the courage-of his acia,
and in naught extenuating his own.
unpleasant part in the matter.
“Yon have a manly sorif!
Father Chalon, after he had made ap
end of the story. “Yon should'be
proud of him and of his sister.”
“I am not in the least worth*
them!” said McConneB,witira chol
■vdoe;.' - :;-0....*.? ,, .. f .
“We must overcome that,” rep!
the priest
“ With .God’s help I intend to try I”
reverently answered the father.
d -His help will never foil!”
(2b be eonUnued.'i
which is i
ly exchanged heti
While the conditions of existence are
thaUheun-
be selected as the
the observance of
be remarkable as
ly alliance which
between the royal
f Russia and . England. Th e
' s never have been very,
though .their brief union
ower of Napoleon was
l and foDowed by an al-
t the Ottoman Turks. “
y of Russia and Engl
half a century diametri-
be decidedly over sanguine
to hazard the prediction that the ar
mies'of the two empires will never
- collision again, and it would
iiik.to-
royal
in delaying
an occurrence. All
ly be inferred from it, in
sense, is -that the relations of
and Russia are, at ~~“ 1
Hfppased to be on a perfectly
footing, and that there is
of a Russian
finding England anything but
3y agreeable residence,
match is said to be one of af-
on both sides. This is more
can be said of a good many royal
English and otherwise, that
he named.- The Grand Duchess
eis said to be liberally endowed
beauty and loveable disposition.
ie chronic melancholy of her fe-
the Czar, has found in the com-
ip of his daughter one of its
means of solace, and the ruler-of
te Russians will hardly be able to
without a sore pang, from the
who has but lately blossomed
into a charming woman.
There is every reason to suppose that
the Duke of Edinburg wiU prove to be
a-husband worthy of the daughter of
he Czar. Under his pop
ion of “the Sailor Prmce,” he has
ieen somewhat a favorite with his
British people.
.-His popularity Was rather dimmed
a few years ago by the reputation he
jot of bring a liltle “ mean” in pecun-
lionto pay for them—but,
who is riot likely to be am
than Duke of Saxe-Coburg
m may be rated a fault that leans" to
virtue’s ride.
There are, it is . ..
ct a.muen more brilliant ft
e princes of the royal family of
England than the chiefly ornamental
roles which they now fill. A certain
lass of political thinkers believe that
itish colonies will furnish royal her-
_iges for trie younger sons of Queen Vic
toria,. either as vice-roys, or holding a
— OTniilgr to 'that of the South
potentates in a confederate
irilliancy of the Russian match
‘And.
The preliminary trial of Mr. Heard,
on last Monday, m Dadeville, for the
trilling of Mr. Jennings, resulted in Mr.
Heard giving bail iu the ram of five
thousand dollars far bis appearance at
the foil term of the cucoit court
' The bridge over the Tallapoosa river,
on the line of the Savannah and Mem
phis Railroad, is pi
and the Head lA^ . _ _
from the past it would be safe to pre
dict its completion, so that trains can
pass over it, by this time next yean
Only one death in Montgomery last
weefc
A small girl, about six years old,
starved to death in the .’hospitable and
refined city of Montgomery.
The Marion Commonwealth saysj: “We
are glad to learn, as we do from several
forming friends from the country who
have called on us, that the crop pros
pects in our vicinity are improving.
Cotton has shown its recuperative na
ture by lately arousing np to new ~
and vitality, and with favorable wi
for the next mionth, will yet make a
tolerable crop. The worm has riot
dorie much „
neighborhood up to this date. The
pest will be iou^rt against, at every
step of its progress, as it ianow gener-
'ly believed that it can be exteimi-
tted in direct fair ^ pitched battle.”
Mr. Burk Yarbrough, formerly of
Ashville, died in Tyler, Texas a few
days since. ‘
Keipp’s Hotel, at Selma, has been
osed, aid will remain so uritil the first
of October.
The Birmingham News wants a good
printer. No “tramps” need apply.
Itis
ty, says the Montgomery'
'.that
on one occasion a young lawyer who
Was making hiB first effort before .him,
— * - the Wings of his
venth heaven and
ring for a still
struck
Lh/? mounted,
ginatlon to
tras seemingly _
iranrute __
his ruler on the desk two or three times
e&bffrttiiig to the nstanfobediiCMtar;
fou are already out
of this
go any,ingnerl
of the jurisdiction <
Ari Iowa editor Icalls our attention
vention at Des Moinea in thatlState,
dBon* of wluch. was'token, with
few
of this
„ inet ’may
, the-Qneenio ee*
tabljrii a semi-royal court under Prince
Alford at Ottawa, and another under
Prince Authur at Sidney or Melbourne.
We suspect that a scheme like this
would be somewhat hindeaed by the
same cause which has been acknowl
edged as the chief obstacle to the
Russian ralliance—the spread of dem
ocratic doctrines among the subjects of
Qaeeri Victoria.
The Courts at SL Petersburg had
some
of Britii
tant period reduce the
-buig to the ranks of a disinherited
prince. That and the creation of the
colonies into royal provinces represent
the two poles of speculation on such
matters. The truth probably lies
somewhere between them.
South Carolina Kn-Klux.
Washington, July 24.—A delegation
of prominent officials from South Caro
lina, consisting of Hon. W. D. Porter,
much Iks the
afibrd the
money, with a blind
ish leaders, respond
this-excursion, and the tick
took from the pockets of '“
right hundred
not tile greatest loss.
They spent for expenses and in loss
of time away from their duty, as much
more, making the Important sui
sixteen hundred dollars lost to’
Columbus, in order
might
put a few scarce dollars in their pock-
Bnt the loss is. not Jn time or
The following poem, heretofore un
published, was itritteri by Mrs. Nan-
netto S, Emerson,theauthor.of “Betsy
d .1 are Out,”.during tlie.trial of
_ tank Walworth,'suid withheld from
publication at the time.
Ty 'j A SollUnny. . .
of the f
congress at Vienna.
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a step has been
direction, find nil
ig international patent
ifluence of extravagance, a
mtracts, and the demonuization that
ways follows any interference with
the routine duties of life.
We ' believe the wonting people
should have holidays and recreation,
but the-moment these holidays take
more money and time than the people
can afford, that moment they trecome
unjust if not criminal, and those who
encourage them ore the enemies and
he black or . _
the colored people ore careless'of their
business contracts and improvident in
'* e expenditure of their little earnings.
3 to the first chaige we are not pre
pared to say, but this Atlanta excur
sion proves conclusively that two hun
dred of the colored working people of
tins town are so foolish ns to spend
sixteen hundred dollars for an excur
sion that was unwise, extravagant and
unnecessary.
It should be remembered that the
pay of a man or woman who haS to
labor is small at the best, and that it is
a duty which each working man owes
to.himself and fiunily to lay by for the
day when .there may be no work, or for
that old age which aU look forward to.
The colored people, to be respected as
they may be, must save a little of what
they make and try to become the o wn
ers of their own homes or farms, and
So have a direct interest in the land in
which they live.
But while they trifle away, their time
in false pleasure, and spend their
money .in sinful extravagance,, they-
can never, never succeed, and instead
of rising they will .so baek.. In this
.-we throw the blame where it
liefong^.-Vfa.iTito.'the self-constituted
leaders of the colored people* who, iu
i >rder’ to feather their own bests, lead
heir feDows and bring reproach riprin
11 people who trust them, but who'ate"
as ready to follow in the right as they
are'to be led into mistakes.- '
A Noble Reply.
The best temperance speech’ I ever
leard, fell from the lips of a woman.
!t happened this wise:
I was calling upon the family with
whom she passed a part of each
mer, and the conversation chanced to
turn upon the practice, so common in
' shionable circles of offering wine to
tiers: she remarked,
“ It is passed to me, but I always re
fuse it, and tell them the mother of our
four boyB musn’t touch it,—musn’t even
touch it”
Gen j. B. Kerihaw, R. W. Sims, S. A.
Durham, accompanied by Assistant Sec
retary Sawyer, of the treasury, this A.
M., waited on Attorney General Wil
liams, requesting all proceedings in
that State in reference to the outrages
of tiie Ku-Klux Klan, be suspended,
and urging the pardon of those already
confined in the Albany penitentiary.
They represent that as an organization
the Flan has ceased to exist in the
State, and that a lenient policy on the
part of the government will tend to re
store peace and order. Attorney Gen
eral Williams informed them that it
was the policy of the Government to
irosecute only aggravated cases, orders
and that as soon as the President was
satisfied that peaceable citizens would
’ ' ' *d in their property and life,
suspension of prosecution
would be desirable.
ition that
many Ku-Klux prisoners had been par
doned, and pardons wouldhe issued to
the others, the most aggraya
beings detained till the last
The delegation was much pleased
with assurances given by the Att—™
General.' The delegation will
~ t. Branch for an Interview wi
dent Grant.
Excursions are becoming a nuisance.
«_ ---julators are swindling dead
live off of the earnings of the
ir. The Columl
We underatand the excursion of col
ored citizens have returned from Atlan
ta. Two hundred, we believe, went,
and most of them will say that
had what is popularly called “a
time.” This excursion was not for a
- ~ - ’ob-
ve-
of womanhood; but I now stood before
her with downcast eyes and burning
checks, for I remembered when wine
had been offered me and I had not re
fused it. From the depth of my heart
I honored her,-and thanked God that
he had given her four boys.
A fresh tide of temperance seems
reepihg over the land, and no mother
n say that she is guiltless when her
sons foU a prey to the tempter, if she
ever-looked upon the winespaxklingin
its cup,—eventouched it,—even touched
it I recall a very pleasant little story
of one of these “four.”
He is in the employ of one of Bos
ton’s merchant princes, and is perhaps
best known for his passionate love of
flowers. He is never, during their sea
son, without a bouquet of choice flow
ers in his button-hole. His employer
noticed this, and chided him one day
for his extravagance.
Jamie looked him in the face and
said, pointing to his bunch of flowers,
“ This, sir, is my tobacco.”
The merchant turning upon his heel
with a vision of the greenbacks turned
to ashes on his own lips, and I donbt
not with a sudden thought of longer
draughts and deeper potations, re
marked, “James, you are a wise boy.”
As we contrast the filthy weed which
God never made so, with the fragrant
flowers, the expression of His own love
of the beautiful, we can but feel that
the son was worthy of the mother.
His breath had never been poisoned
by ’ tobacco, nor his brain fired with
alcohol, but instead, he hod, though
only a clerk, a bank account of which
any young man might be proud.
A teamster named Joe
on Woodbridge street, easl
horse in Genesee county a few days ago,
and, finding theanimal ugly and -ob
stinate, hermade preparations on Sun-
Arming himself with a heavy whi
and a club, Allen went into the "
* ’cloc
about ten 'o’clock on Sunday
and proceeded to business. T
hit at him as he tried to enter tile stall,
and. Allen stood bock and “ peeled” him
with the whip'.
The horse kicked and pawed for
awhile, and then sagged Uack,unn:
the halter, and came ont on the
LI and I killed liim ! * How avfol that I*. -
and bo white ic the.midst of its gore;
' bis eye* stir* from all shadowy places/
deep into my Heart,, to its core—
still reading, my heart's inmost core.
ert,ahbal‘11 shrink from their solemn-'appeal-
iog?
r shudder and tarn from th Jr pitiless glare?
e, loo, wh.3 pitiless ; he had no feeling; '
He was a traitor, * Yiper. a snare— •
A Wot to be wiped Iroia God’a world, bright and
! fair! - .
He, with his grace and his bold, heartier* beauty,
Tannting me still, with a smile in his eyes; .
T have but wrought ont a man's simple duty.
In ridding the world of a fiend in disguise—
Iu striking thwlight from those treacherous dyes.
Ah! Irat the ekrih it iha LorrTs and forever,
r was not missioned to guard it from strife;
I-ihu» not bidden thus madly to sever
The magical thread of » wild, throbbing life—
4 wonderful, genial, and warm-hearled Me.
bi-m&is-utaittiM
Mother-love answers. unswervhJg. di
'Child of my heart, may the Father forgive
thee;
Would I might bear all this burden of thine :
Mine is the crime; be the punishment mine.
Mine, for I know not each' word of bewailing
Wild words, and .weak words, and words of de
spair
Swept o'er thy heart; like the serpsnt still trailing
Its .Eden-lost gloom o’er-the sinless and fair.
Drawing the inn'oeert down to despair.”
Mother ! poor Mother! Together, together
The path Fate has lured os to go, we will tread ;
God knows our hearts and ou£ love for each .
other;
God be the judge between us and the dead—
Between us and. our enemy. Hush! he is dead
From the Pittsburgh Iron World. ~
The International Patent Congress.
The universal exposition at Vienna
affords a ■well chosen opportunity for
the assembling Of an international pat
ent congress to be held in that city
during the -present *month. The pro
cedure adopted by Austria towards the
exhibitors of irventions not -yet pat
ented in that empire, has called ’forth
loud expressions of disgust and brought
maledictions upon the heads of the
offl^als, fyom both visitors and exUdur
tors.
'Inventors; as a general tliing, are an
unhappy and unfortunate dais of per
sons,.yqt the exhibitors have been corn-
take out protoetion papers, aV
e and expense, for articles
piracy hv the conditions of the
but'it is to be hoped that
the manifold vexations endured may
bring forth good fruit in the congress
about to assemble. The author is pro-,
tected in his rights, and we see no
reason why the inventor should not be
protected also, not only at home but
abroad. The subject is one of para
mount importance, and if the congress
be well supported.much good may em-
enate from an interchange of ideas'.
' The high compliment paid to Ameri
can ingenuity and skill by the Empe
ror of Austria when inspecting the
American department at the exposition,
“beyond doubt the most noticeable
feature'in yoUr display of industry and
art is the constant evidence that the
She was a winning, graceful, beauti-
1 woman, bnt I had thought her a
Oman of the world, and myself much , , „ ,
er superior in* the', sterling qualities iS^oera are tiunking men, and that
about an inch 'from
he just escaped two feet in
tended to remove the top of his head.
By shouting and whipping he fright-
sned the horse back a few feet, and he
then got under the stairs, where for
about half on hour, or until his wife
could gather a crowd, ho was held
prisoner, having oil he could do to keep
the horse from dragging him out—
Detroit Free Press. I .A
*yonr labor seems inspired by constant
and active intelligence,” only goes to
show how deeply interested Americans
should feel in regard to the matter.
Since the close of the seventeenth
century, previous to which the leading
discovering and inventions of mankind
were owing to the Germans, the im
provement in and discovery of new
mechanical appliances are indebted
more to America than any other coun
try. It cannot be truthfully said that
national conceit leads us into this idea,
for the circumstances by which Ameri
ca has been surrounded as a new coun
try, coupled' with the tact that the com
bined intelligences of all nations arc
centred on this continent, have been
the leading causes of the development
of American ingenuity and skill. As
a writer says:
“ They had the steam engine over the
water, but it was a mere toy until
America leaped, from the foDy of work
ing one end of a beam by its own
weight, to the double cylinder. Close
upon this followed the steamboat.
They hud the first railroad track, but
the locomotive was a pretentious noth
ing until America, with a flash of illu
minating genius, turned the waste
steam into the smoke stack, instead of
condensing it with cold water. They
had their dial plate telegraphs, but they
were cumbersome, and comparatively
useless, until America discovered for
them the ‘ earth circuit,’ the single
wire system, and the Morse instrument
and alphabet In the wake of this
came subterranean cables.”
: To these might be added street rail
ways and other improvements belong
ing to mechanical science. In medical
science, we have not been wanting,
while the world owes us for nitro-gly-
cerine, without which the greatest tri
umphs of civil engineering were im
possibilities. In those attainments
which'are of the polish which come
with years, music, literature and the
fine arts, it is true that our original
paths ore not the most marked, bnt in
mehanical ingenuity and skill we hold
the front rank when it comes down to
the useful and the practical
We do not call attention to these
facts for the purpose of disparaging the
inventive: stall of' other <xpitne8,-.Bnt
for the pi
Aineri<
“if:
the author fc
law, and we see no
Professor Youmans, in the last Pop.
liar Science Monthly, furnishes some
nformation about sunstrokes with
which many, persons arc not likely to
be familiar.' He says it may be expe
rienced without exposure to the direct
rays of the sun; it attacks people in
hospitals, vessels, and often in the qight
men in bed who have retired in ap
parent health.
I Itiis produced by exposure to nrtifi-
cial heat, as in the laundry of a hotel.
Heat is the principal exciting cause,
but other conditions aid it, as ovei
crowding* and insufficient vchtilatior
and exhanstion produced by prolongs
exertion.
. Want of acclimatization is,a predis
posing cause; and spirit drinkers are
more liable to it than abstainers. '
A victim of sunstroke should be
taken immediately to the. shade, out
doors is better than in doors, bn account
of the ventilation ; the clothes should
iped. from the body, and the-
, , ick and chest should be con
tinually drenched with cdld water, un
til . there is perceptible diminution of
the temperature of the body. The pa
tient should-be encouraged to drink
freely.
To avoid sunstroke, the function of
the skin should be kept free by bathing;
hard labor in a highly heated atmos
phere should be shunned; the dress
worn should be light and loose fitting,
and the hat light and so made as to
permit a free circulation about the top
of the head.
Breaking Dishes.—We are glad to
learn that the Emperor of China has
issued a decree declaring that if the
chief officer of his household handles .
ishes so carelessly as to break them,
_e-shall be kiDed. We say we are
glad."of this, because we hope to have
the same regulation put into effect iu
tiiis country.. If itis, about two thous-
nd hired girls will he executed every
reek, and we-‘may reasonably hope
hat the destruction of orockeiy will be
becked- We have stopped it in our
onse by., having a tea-set made of
nroug^tiroh^mid painted white. When
4 new hired girl comes, she drops the
offee-pot upon the Door. Finding,
rith amazement , that it does not break,
he thumps it with a flatiron and drops
i ricks on it, aUd goes out and borrows
a sledge-hammer, and whacks it; and
then, perceiving that it is as good as
ever, she sits down in front of that cof
fee-pot and hursts into tears. Then she
dug, loads up with sugar, and
butter for her sick aunt, em-
three or four hemstitched hand-
:ercliiefs and any odd pillow-casesJhat
lying around, and starts for' the
earest intctiigence office. We would
.et take a million dollars for that tea-
teL—ilax Adder.
■; The royal authors of the world have
divinity which hedges
archs of the West has not prevented a
liberal and exact criticism of their lit
erary endeavors. It remains for an
Eastern prince to dare the dangers of
publication.
closely written up.
work will be given to the Western
World, which will thus have for once
a chance to see itself through perfectly
unaccustomed and unprejudiced spec
tacles. The book is certain to be a
pleasant one to the publisher, entertain-
ig or not
If his Majesty should cruelly refuse
to print his journal, we have the con
solation of knowing that we shall not
be altogether deprived of the pleasure
of reading what the Persian mind
thinks of England and the Continent
The Shah, emulating the greatness of
an editor, carries about with him his
own special correspondent in the per
son of a gentleman wearing the musical
name of Mahommcd Hassan Khan
Sanee-ed-Dowlab. .
patent right should not be
the same law. Inventors. shouli
protected.' The idea has been j
ly gaining ground, and it ougl
more g '
some sys-
patent right has
a desideratum.
t may be urged in opposition that
the inventor of a machine or. a process
in one country would, by a stight prior
ity of resignation, be enabled to em-
barass human progress, and.
would be unwise to take any measures
calculated to check the tide of inven
tion and improvement; but it must not
be forgotten that in the present state of
laws, any person possessing
:ommand of money can
while the f
money to tako o
lives in daily terror t
We are about to record one of the
most cowardly acts of which a human
being is capable. Last Thursday night,
just after tea, Mr. Walter McBride was
standing in the parlor of his‘residence,
in the Fowlston district of this county;
liis aunt was playing the piano, his wife
was reclining on a sofa, and a young
lady visitor was sitting near the center
table.
Just at this moment a would he as
sassin discharged the contents of a gun
through the window ofithe apartment,
several small shot striking Mr. McBride
in various places, and one taking effect
in the hack of the young lady’s head.
The burden of the charge struck in the
wall, and a. large bullet buried itself in
the door-facing.
So dose, was the assassin to his in
tended victim that the moss with winch
the gun was wadded fell burning upon
the parlor floor. The charge of the
weapon was composed of duck and
squirrel shot, with a bullet. Themanner
in which the gun was loaded proves the
assassin to be a negro, though no trace
of him^has been found up to this,
writing.
Mr. McBride is an enterprising, in
dustrious young man, a good citizen,
and is respected by Oil who know him.
That he will trace up the villain who'
itrated this, horrible crime, _ we
,, *“ , *‘ ’"*’■* dvnti.—TlninLrhlffJl _
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Fishing for Brains.—Howard Paul
says; pleasantly, in Chaff0^O .*-.
“ A distinguished physiok^t recent
ly announced that fish.dict was a great
supplier of phosphoric brain, power,
suits made very heavy draughts on
their intellectual resources— such as
lecturers before the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, newsboys, .writers of
theatrical advertisements and patent
medicines, and electric chain-band cer
tificates, and more especially-the au
thors of the libretto of. opera boufl'e—
should devour soles, live on.cod, anil
generally go in f
pd stewed
_ eir. .intellect _ I
the experiment is a
-wasters of my ac
quaintance who ate voraciously in the
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