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Newspaper Page Text•m# O.Htiet and $0mmemal DO. | lent. InSOLIDATED APRIL lO, 1870. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. FOR THE WEEKLY. . ..*2 80 FOR THE TRI-WEEKLY. |ct paid strictly in advanc®, th# pr.ee o Ykeklt Courier will be $250 » “ d p copj will be fur- r Courier ' i-Werklt $5 00. ub« of five or more, ’rea. Franciscoans claim that a new ^ of their city will show that it Fpopulation of 300,000. he king of the Cannibal islands re ly proclaimed that a son and heir -been born to him. The new-comer led to be a girl, but his majesty ■there was no going behind the re- V and that girl must be a boy as fas she lives.—Boston Post. ■here is not a candidatial drought in [43d Senatorial District. The fol- are named through the Dalton vrprise as suitable candidates from ^ district to the Constitutional Con- Ition : W. K. Moure, L. N. Trammell, k. w. Johnson, Dickerson Taliaferro, |[. Carter, J. .C. Fa.in and 1Y. C. tareri,.. !Ot ths - * k nd atO leered ] IRS.! laeMohon has been called the mas- of contemporary politics, Thiers jfox, Gambetta the lion, and M. j Simon the cat.—Exchange. nd Bradley should be called the— “companions are odious,” and hd be intolerably so to any animal kve Bradley likened unto it. We- | pardon of the Animal Kingdom- Iver thinking of such a thing. he national election in the last three pdential struggles, according to the fne Almanac, displayed the following It : Tta.d. strength. Dem. Total. - 4.033 295 4 284.265 S.t.1,136 L 3 597.070 2.831079 6,13! 149 L 3,015.o7l 2.7O0 6M o,7/4.684 tom which it will be seen that ! democratic party, like Guppy at theffenst, is “ a growing wisibly.” Ine of the ])ioneers of Georgia jour- jm has gone to bis long home J. H. Christy, of the Athens Watch- finished his take” of life on the ult. Heaven grant that he may “set a clear proof”! In early life .egan the “Art preservative of all arts.” He lacked ten years of having lived his three-score and ten. He will be sully missed from the profession that he so long adorned. After life’s fitful fever, may he sleep in peace. NEWS-CREAM. Synopsis of Telegrams. ,t the Gainesville Convention to nom a Congressional successor to Ben in the Ninth District, the following emeu were put in nomination before sonvention : Hon. Hiram P. Bell, of lyth county; Hon. David E. Butler, tlorgan; Hon. Jasper N. Dorsey, of 1; and Joel E. Billups, of MorgaD. he end of 26th ballot the various idates had received their highest , as follows : eton, 21st ballot 28 il, Tth ballot 321 ups, 13th ballot 20J Jarsey. 18th ballot 14 Butler, 4th ballot 6 Sifter the 27th ballot, Hon. Allen D. t iller of Hall was put in nomination. Weir D. Boyd having been put in nonbination, theie were beside him but Mother candidates before the Conven tion on the 59th ballot—the others having been withdrawn. The result of this bal- lot-was as follows: BeB —■451 flEetou W i Boyd 3 Bell’s nomination was then made unan us. lispatches are pouring in upon Con- feamen from their constituents; mer- ints favor the counting of the vote and luse! acquiescence and peace ; politi- agitation and war if necessary, ■rckanls represent that business is aa- jutely paralyzed. In the House, Poppleton having clairn- ithat a duplicate return from Vermont Id been properly made to Kerry, de luded that Vermont go before the omraission. In discussing this, the fembers went wild with excitement. D being on their feet at the same time, Kt some standing on their desks. The See officer—as a warning to disorderly ■tubers—paraded over the house. At I 1’. M., Vermont was counted for laves. Eor. Hayes left Columbus for Wasli- rton at noon on the first inst. It is generally thought that the seven th t shuttle cock game will be finished 1 to-morrow night. |A bill in reference to vacancies in the Bee of President and vice-President has Bsed the House. The bill provides that {case of such vacancy in the Presiden- al office it shall be filled by the Presi- nt of the Senate, if there be one ; oi le Speaker of the House, if there be Be; or by the Secretary of State in office at time the vacancy happened. The bill, 3 the Senate, was referred to the com mittee on privileges and elections. [Hayes’ policy toward Louisiana and puth Carolina it is said—and understood i be said by Hayes’ authority—will be jeh as Louisianians and South Caroli- ans desire, f The indications are that the decision of be High Jointers will be quietly sub- nitted to, though the rumbling of an un- feer-current of dissatisfaction is still heard knd there may yet be a volcanic eruption pf the hot lava of iudiguation. South Carolina for Hayes—same old seven-eight decision. In his speech before the Commission, “dge Black said,for one he “took no pride 1 being an American citizen. He felt graded and befitted. When they came ask for a slight recognition of their gilts, he felt that they might as well put their prayers to Jupiter, Mars or olio. He closed his remarks with the betation, The mills of the gods grind alowlf But they grind «xc«edingly fine. CITY GOVERNMENT. Proceedings of the City Council. Home, Ga., February 12,1877. Regular meeting: Present, Hon. T. W. Alexander, Mayor, presiding; Aldermen, W. F. Ayer, F. Woodruff, R. S. Norton and J. C. Rawlins. The minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed. petitions. The petition of ladies residing in lower part of the city that the storage of guano in that part of the city be prohibited was referred to the Board of Health. The petition of M. A. Nevin to rent, lease or purchase a piece of ground 10 by 40 feet in rear of the Hook and Ladder truck house was declined. The petition of Bartow Iron Company for the appointment of two policemen to serve’ in and around the Rolling Mill property, said policemen to be paid by the company, was granted. The petition of citizens that a guard be established in the lower part of the city was referred to the Police Committee. The petition of citizens tor a donation of S100 to the Chamber of Commerce to help pay for pamphelts published by the Chamber was disallowed. The petition of Mrs. Mary Shropshire for expenses incurred in taking care of a sick woman was referred to the Mayor with power to aet. The Street Committee, to whom was re ferred the account of the Rome Gas Light Company for damages to the amount of S99.50, recommended that the company be allowed §25.00 in full of their claim. The report and recommendation was adopted. ACCOUNTS ALLOWED. King Brothers S21 00 F. Shauklin 257 47 A. E. Ross 93 40 Berrys & Co 6 40 R. A. JokiSton 2 45 C. J. Warrjer 1 80 R. J. Wilkerson 8 58 W. A. Mocney & Co - 2 47 J. N. Wimpee- 9 60 Council adjourned. J. F. Shanklix Clerk of Council. Turnbull vs. Rucker. llwly Scene In a Convention. At the Gainesville Convention, the other day, to nominate a successor to Ben Hill in the Ninth, Hon. Jim Turnbnll, of Banks, in speaking against the independent candidate, Speer, in particular, an independents in general, said, according to the Atlanta Constitu tion : I will tell the gentleman from Clarke (Rucker) that I understand the case. He is the man who unfurled and flung to the breeze the banner of indepen dent candidacy in this district. He signed at the head of the fist the call upon Mr. Speer to become an indepen dent candidate. If he did not, it is a forgery! Rucker—Mr. Chairman, I desire to state here and now, that all statements intended to characterize me as an in dependent, or as being here in tne in terest of an independent candidate, are deliberate and malicious lies ! Turnbull—(Bunging at Rucker, and getting a finger in his collar.) Do you mean to say that I fie? Friends interrupted and separated the belligerents. Bailey Thomas put himself at Rucker’s side, and Rucker begged Thomas to slip a pistol tut- (R’s) pocket, vowing that he would be careful in using it. Thomas wisely re frained from shovit ; ’heaforesaid bun into the aforesaid pocaet. During this militia .scrimmage there was great excitement, and yells of •Fight!” from the school-butter dele gates in the rear of the house. Rucker ttien took the floor upon a personal explana'ioo apologizing lor bis language, but reiterating the state ments he had made. Turnbull—Do you mean that for me? Rucker—I do. Turnbull—(Making for Rucker)— ou have got that to take back, you ly ing puppy ! Rucker.—Yes; and I will make you swallow that outside this hall! There was more bulldozing and pass ing of complimen.s, more impolite than delicate, but the sizzling sover eigns were kept apart, and dove-eyed peace again brooded over the placid The Composer of "Kathleen Mavourneeni” Mademoiselle Titiens sang recently at the Guildhall, Plymouth, and in re sponse to an encore gave the well-known song, “Kathleen Mavourneen.” In noticing this the Western Morning News tells the following story: Tho author of “Kathleen Mavour neen” was Mr. Crouch, a Plymouth music master, who received for the copyright a £5 note. He left the town a quarter of a century ago. Exactly a year ago Mademoiselle Titiens, being in New York, gave “Kathleen” as an encore, the only time Bhe did so while in the State, it excited a furore of ap plause, and when it subsided she was told that some man, presumed to be a lunatic, was fighting his way over the barriers from the pit to the files (it was in the opera house) saying he was de termined to speak to Titiehs. The prima donna told them to let him come in. On entering he burst into tears, sobbing out, “Oh, Mile. Titiens, I never before heard my song sung as you have just sung it!” “Your song” was the reply; “why vou are not Crouch surely ?” “I am indeed,” rejoined the poor old composer, “and I felt I must thank you myself.” Crouch had scraped together the two dollars for a pit seat, little thinhing to hear his now famous song made the most telling morceau of the night. Georgiacs* There is considable “distinction on account of color” in a Columbus robin whose bead is black, breast red, and rest of body white. A correspondent of the Atlanta Con stitution suggest that All-Fools’ Day -be postponed until the next meeting of the General Assembly. Harris of the Atlanta Constitution thinks that the voice of the average Georgia editor is not for war. It is too near the season when spring turnip salid ripens. The Cartersville Express is severe on Georgia Solons. It is of the opinion that the great majority of those com prising the General Assembly of Geor gia constitutes a body of men who have no higher aspiration than to receive seven dollars a day for very. poor ser vices. " ' ’ . •- Verily verily how true it is that one must go from home to hear the news. The Washington correspondent of Ma con Telegraph finds the following ex tract in & cooy of the Economist, pub lished in new York, during the election of Senator from Georgia. Abuse—like Death—seems to “love a shining mark.” Here is the extract; “ As usual at the session after election, the lobby is out in force at Washington and an especially large section of this delectable body is working night and day to carry through Colonel Tom Scott’s scheme for Government aid to the Texas or Southern Pacific Railroad. The influences at work to secure suc cess are more powerful and far-reach ing than is commonly supposed, as is well illustrated by the recent Senatori al election in Georgia. Senator Nor wood, a gentleman of irreproachable and unassailed honor, of excellent ca pacity and statemanlike views, being true to the best interests of his country and his section, refused to commit him self to the Texas Pacific scheme. Ex- Govemor Jos. E. Brown, haying inves ted a large sum in the road, and being anxious for Government aid in order to realize, took umbrage at Mr. Norwood’s honorable independence, threw his whole influence against that gentleman, and defeated his re-election. “The nearest that I ever was to hell,” says parson Brownlow, “was when I was in Washington.” Ah, yes, Parson you were mighty sick there, sure enough.—Courier-Journal. General News Items. Elihu Burnt suggests that when the ship of state struck Florida the last anchor dragged. It is promised that if the people will patiently wait until 1880 the funeral of the republican party will then positive ly take place. No postponement on account of the weather. Athens, (Ala.) Post: It is said the Alabama Radicals propose Alex White for the seat on the Supreme Court Bench soon to be vacated by judge David Davis. Good Lord! The New York Times wants Donn Piatt put to the whipping-post, Deacon Smith wants him murdered, numerous patriots want him kicked, and there is a general rage among the sweet-scented shrubs of the minority. Hoar’s middle name begins with an F: Edmunds’ middle name begins with an F; Frelingbuysen’s middle name begins with an F; and Miller’s middle name begins with an F. No wonder the verdict of the people begins with an F. The sword worn by the Confederate Gen. William Barksdale, taken from his body after he fell mortally woun ded in the battle of Gettysburg and de posited in ihe Ordnance Museum, was delivered last week to be conveyed to friends in Mtostosipi. It has been discovered that the num ber of officials iu New York was in creased during the last year, the num ber now being 5,514, not counting school-teachers. There are 155 persons who have salaries of more than §3.000 each, and whose average is nearly §5,- 000, beside the nineiv judges ami clerks whose average is §7.000. Washington teleeri.phic corresoon- dent ot i he ('ourier-Journal under date of Feb. 25th says: Neither of the State governments in Louisiana or South Carolina will be recognized by President Grant, as he thinks it wou'd be improper for him to fix a Southern policy for his succes sor, and thus embarrass him. The following are the rumors of the Czar of Russiar’s attitude on the Eas tern question, as given by the Vienna correspondent of the London Ternes un der date of Feb. 25th thatjto six months or a year should oe given Turkey to carry out her reforms, and if they are not effected within that period, the powers should agree to apply measures of coercion. If the powers a t reeMk> this, and address an ultimatum to Turkey, in this sense, Russia might dis arm and wait the course of the other powers. Political Notes* Bradley has made the names of Bene dict Arnold and Aaron Burr compara tively respectable.—Rochester Union. It looks as though Hayes will get a majority of one in February, which is within about a quarter of a million of Tilden’s majority last Noyember.— Boston Post. The Frankfort Yeoman gives this good advice: Now stt it down m surely not, Within the rage of fate, That any little 7-ipot, Will ever take an 8. Senator Ferry deplores the partis anship of the Democratic members of the Commission in invariably voting solidly against the Republicans.” Sen ator Ferry has cheek sufficient to split a streak of lightning to smithereens. Cijronicle <fr Sentinel. Three names, according to the Springfield Republican, are quite cer tain to be in Mr. Hayes’ Cabinet, and whose do you think they are ? Eugene Hale, Alcorn, of Mississippi, and Mc Crary, of Iowa. Evarts will also be taken, the Republican thinks, unless Conkling and his friends seriously ob ject, and Ben. Harrison, of Indiana, ex cept for Morton’s veto. No President ever had so many dif ferent men in his Cabinet as Grant He had two Secretaries of State—Wash burn and Fish; four Secretaries of the Treasury—Boutwell, Richardson, Bris tow and Morrill: three Poetmaster- Generals—Creswell, Jewell and Tyner; five Attorney-General—Hoar,Akerman Williams, Pierrepont and Taft; four Secretaries of War—Rawlins, Belknap, Taft and Cameron; two Secretaries of the Navy—Borie and Robeson; and three Secretaries of the Interior—Cox, Delano and Chandler. In ^dl twenty- three. * Personal Jottings. Gen. Diaz has just been sworn in as President of Mexico. Grant and family will after Saturday next be the guests of Secretary Fish until April, when they will visit Gale- 11 . i.- : The question, wherewithal shall we be clothed and fed, never enters Moody and Sankey’s minds. They preach “without money, and without price” yet theyjnever waDt for anything. Mrs Hayes placed herself in the hands of a Cincinnati dress-maker last week, and is being gorgeously fitted out for White-House purposes, with §500 dresses. •' - 1 £! “'i James R. Young, a Philadelphian of the Cameron group, is to succeed Geo. C. Gorham as secretary of the United States Senate. Gorham is going to try and fit himself in effigy Sargent’s shoes. When Moody preaches he doesn’t want to hear any echoes from the au dience. The other day when a young Boston convert shouted “Hallelujah,” the revivalist stopped short and said: “That will do, sir; one of U3 shouting at the same time is enough.” Senator Logan is an aspirant for a Cabinet position under Hayes, and the other day he was heard to remark- in reply to some one who had stated that Hayes meant to work a thorough re form : “Let him attempt his civil service reforms if he dares, damn him.” That is the way Morton regards Hayes’ reform plank also. Rutherford B. Hayes will be fifty- five years old October 4 1877. Wm. A Wheeler is in his fifty-seventh year. Samuel J. Tilden is in his sixty* fourth year. _ * Thomas A. Hendricks will be fifty;; eight September 17,1877. Ulyses S. Grant will be fifty-five April 27 1877. Foreign Notes. Brussels has a cremation society with 400 members. ! It is expected that the Queen will visit Germany about Easter. Sleeping cars are not yet in general. use on thecontinent, though introduced by the American inventor. It is stated that the determination of the German Government not to be represented at the Parir Exhibition is irrevocable. The last vintage in France has fallen offlfifty per cent, from that of the pre vious year, owing to the ravages of the- Phylloxera. Victor Hugo iswritting another novel. He publishes himself now, as the pub lishing houses charged too high com missions to suit his taste. An eccentric Englishman, who died recently’, directed in his will that £1,- 000 be spent in purchasing an annuity for his “dear friend and dog Dickey.” The Roman Catholic Bishops of Ver ona, Lyons, Rheims, Saragossa and Santiago, and three Italian ecclestas- tics will shortly be raised to the cardi- nalat?. The French Left Centre is agitating for the restoration of the trial by jury in case of press offenses, and for a charge of officials in the Press Depart ment. Prince Louis Napoleon will enter on his twentieth year in a fiew months. As at that age he will be amenable to militiary duty, he proposes to ask per mission to enter France to be enrolled in the ranks. The standard of aldermanic property appears to be rather nicer in Canada than it is in the States. A member of the Council of Bellville, Ontario, has resigned his seat owing to the insolven cy of the firm of which he iB a mem ber. The cold in Russia has been more severe this winter than for 153 years. In St Petersburg, on December 30, the thermometer fell to 32 degrees (Reamur) below zero. Several cabmen were fro zen to death on their seats, and cate, pigeons and sparrows were found dead in the street. Large fires were kept burning at night for the benefit of the public. In Moscow the Grand Thea tre was closed for want of audiences. Clip-Pics. What popular cry fully describes an incipient moustache? “ Down in front.” —New York Commercial, We believe Simon Cameron’s defense will be emotional insanity. Some one raid of an English lord that he dresses not wisely, but two swell.—New York Herald. A Newark woman married _ a police man because, as she explained, her mother was once robbed of dresses, and she thought a policeman was a good thing to have about the house.—Newark Call. Every church • shoyld be placarded with the following notice: “Coughing may be prevented by pressing very hard on the top the mouth.” Dr. Brown- Sequard says so. Nantucket,Massachusetts,is one of the Isles of the Blest, for it has a jail with out a prisoner. The whole expense of the establishment last year was only §133 32. Part of this sum was expen ded-in whitewashing the outside of the building, which is certainly no whited sepulcher. “The slumber of the pure is sweet,’ says the Talmud. That accounts for sleeping in church, surrounded by the pewrest influences. The dairymaid’s ditty—“Tis butter little faded flower.” The butcher*— “Meat me by moonlight alone.” The barber’s—“I’m dying, Egypt, dying.” The burglar s—“Oft in the stilly night.” The carpenter’s—“Wood I were with thee.” The thief's—“Still so gently o’er me stealing.” The auctioneer’s—“Sail on.” The distiller’aVHer bright smile haunts me still.” The stock-bro ker’s—“Bear my brrk, oh, gently bear.” The drummer’s—“Beats there a heart.” Talleyrand andArnold* -H jiiiTjii emco rliit ' *'hotT^tem'‘ft f(the French revo-' rived af Wits the < lnticttl f! stripped of every vestige of power and property heaeciuedm^eMire’to Anteri- ca»Mgip about a wanderer to a strange land to earn bis bread idfei butter.“V “tetffcre au Ainitrican'staying at yonr hotel f’.rhfr asked tbe fatidtoxd.of the ho- teb ; “Iiarn bonpd across the water, and. would like a letter ti ' (in the-New World.’ The tiii&fonrhesitated a moment, and' then replied: hBSrit,* - ttfuBin etJOT* Ut ! “ Thoeis a gentleman op stairs -who. ia (eiffier ais. American or w English*rpn,; He pbuted. the way, and Tkllenahd who, in life, was bishop, princei minister, ascended theJstain. A ble suppliant be: stood'at the stranger's: door—khocked and&ptered.: _t; ; ;, j - In the far oprner pf a dimly lighted: room sat a man of some 50 years, his arms Added, and his head bowed cn his breast Front a window directly opposite a flood of light honred over his forehead. His eyes gazed into Talleyrand’s face from hfneath his downcast brows with.a. peculiar and searching' expression. His face was striking in its outline; the month and chii^»iifdioative of an iron will;! his form, vigorous'even with' the snows pf 50 winters, was clad in a rich and distinguished costume. 'Talwrand advanced—confessed he was afisgitrve and that, under the impres sion that lhd-gentiemjan before him was an American,.h'e solicited lus:kiiid and feelujg offices. He-ponredferth his his tory in eloquent French and broken Eng- .. *7- .; J “I am a wanderer—an exile. I am forced, to fly. to the New World, without a friend or hope. - Yotjare an American. Given me, then, I beseech you, a letter, that T may. be able to earn.my bread. I am; willing to toil in any manner—the scene in Paris have filled me with each horror that a life of labor .would be a uaradjto to a career of luxury in France, irddTvrill give me a letter to one of jour friends. A gentleman like . yon has donfilless many friends.” r The’ strange gentleman rose. With a look that Talleyrand never forgot, he to- treated towards the door of the next chamber, his head still downcast, his eyes stiR looking from bis darkened brow. He'spoke as he retreated backwards, and his'voice was full of tneaqing: . “Iam the only man in the New World who can raise hb hand to God and say: ‘ I have not a single friend, not one, in all America.’ ” Talleyrand never forgot the over whelming sadness of the look which ac- * 11 ' io word?. - j you?” he cried, as the ■treated towards the next name?” said he, with a smile t mockery than of joy Arnold?’" ”' He was gone. Talleyrand sank into chair gasping t^e word : “Arnold, the traitor.” Thus he wandered over the earth—an other Cain, with the murderer’s mark on his brow. The last 20 years of his life are covered with cloud, from whose dark ness but a few gleams of light flash ont npon the page of history.—From the Bal timore Sunday Reics. Vanderbilt’s Will. Probability of its being Contested in Court. telegraphic correspon- thinks the pom-, can. not possibly get through . th of, March. We quote from his letter:, V *. .“ Saturday is the last day . on "which any work can be done. Consequently thw 4th of March. hap; arrived arid -mi President^ has* been decUrrel. After South Carolina there are several States. Whose votes have not yet heen counted and of course no result’can be .-dedar- Meanwhile, to provide for -this , ion of things a law has beetr.&am- ed, and wnL be.. presehted to-morrow, providing tor the.’ succession by The swearing in. of the president of the Senate and'the issuance of an order for ah eleetion by- the secretary of State, iu comformity with the law of 1732.' There wen two drafts of law before the caucus, one providing for an election, on the 10th of April next, and the other' fife November next, at the usual. time One of these will be adopted before Tuesday and sent to the Senate. If this body declines to take it np and' passon it, with them will be the res ponsibility far a dangerous interegnum. New York Herald* Feb. 22.] Notwithstanding the frequent protests to the contrary recently made, the proba bilities are iu favor of a contest over the late Commodore Vanderbilt’s will. When that celebrated instrument was opened and published, much astonish ment was expressed m social and legal circies concerning the peculiar and, seem ingly, inequitable distribution made of the vast estate—the largest ever devised in America. The grand legacy, amoumingto about. §100,000,000 value, was virtually held in its integrity, and reposed in the hands of the devisee’s eldest son, Wm H. Vanderbilt. Tbe other members of the family, and the Commodore’s direct^* progeny,who are quite numerous, received various sums, aggregating the rather in significant Bum of §5,000,000. THE COJUIODOEE’s PECULIARITIES. The Commodore was a peculiar man in his domestic relations, and it is known that he only received certain portions of his family. Others of his own flesh and blood were as much alienated from bis so ciety as strangers, as he refused to see or converse with them. Tnis well-known peculiarity, coupled with tbe unmistakable bias displayed in the will, forms one of the chief and important objections of the contestants. Their relations with tbe Commodore were modified through an agent and the Commodore knew what was said of them or abont them. Whatever was said must not have impressed the old gentlemen very favorably, else he would have displayed his good will in more pronnonced terms to his last tes tament From these hints it will be learned that “undue influence” is to be the chief argument to fevor of the con testants. CORNELIUS J. VANDERBILT INTERVIEWED. A Herald reporter called npon Mr. Cornelius J. Vanderbilt yesterday, when the following conversation ensned. Reporter—Mr. Vanderbilt, I wish to interview you to regard to the will of your father, the late Commodore Van- derbi] t May I ask’vou a few questions ? Mr. Vanderbilt—It depends entirely upon what yonr questions are. Reporter—I want to know whether yon really intend to contest the Commo dore’s will? Mr. Vanderbilt—I have not yet folly determined on my course of action in the matter, which will greatly depend on circumstances. Reporter—Do you think that any of the other heirs will act with yon in the event of a contest? Mr. Vanderbilt — Undoubtedly they will, but how many I cannot say. They must speak for themselves. The reporter asked few additional questions with a view of getting some thing more definite, bnt Mr. Vander bilt seemed to retain a lively recollection of biQ&ther’s maxims on the subject and power of silence, and said he would prefer not to go more particularly into the mat ter at present Cleveland-Piatn Dealer: “Hayes to Joe. Bradley; “Thanks.” Vox Pormli to Joe Bradley; “Everlastingly dad- blsst”—but why further disfigure these columns by the intensely profame Vox of that justly indignant Popdil Jne ^ute os* month $ 4 (0 Jrojqsaro three month* „ 8 Ci Ins iqnor* *ii month*. 1$ (0 * Tno-fanrth column throe months.......... to 88 a & Jn* column throe months. line column «ia month* month* 1 •-^‘' J e*”*itWHK«gt«**»mrw ferntther W«eHj ’ w Trj-woolly. TOeh puEl&EodTn'bitt pSfertT J* per orat udgitic'oul ttjoo tabtorstMl:' New^Preaidential Election Prob able. A Venerable Dead Letter Be* ' suscitated. Washington Special to the Baltimore San.] An application has been received at the dead-letter office fomr Mr. Palmer Gard ner, of Burltogton, Wisconsin, for a letter mailed to him to 1835. The letter con tained a certificate of $360; issued by the Onondaga Bank, of Syracuse, New York, and was sent from that place in October, 1835, by Wm.N.Gardner to his brother, Palmer Gardner, at “ Detroit, Michigan Territory.” It was not claimed at De troit, and was sent to the dead-letter office her'*., and thence back to the postmaster at Syracuse. The postmaster was unable to find the sender and returned it to the dead-letter office, where it has laid among the dusty files until - the Centennial ex hibition. It was sent to the Centennial exhibition, and there chanced to be seen by an acquaintance of Mr. Gardner, who informed him of the fact. Thus after a lapse of forty years the letter reaches the party for whom it was intended. The postage on it at the time it was sent was 25 cents. Washington’s Ignorance. Every 22nd of February, the anni versary of the birth day of the coun try’s paternal parent, develops somfi new feature of hid character; the follow ing is the latest: Washington was a very ignorant man He never saw a railroad or steamboat >r an electric telegraph. He compre hended nothing of their mechanisms. Any ordinary photographer could beat him all to peaces with a camera. He bad never read Huxley, Darwin, Mill. Spenoer, Tyndall, or Gen. Pleasonton on bine glass. He didn’t even know of his remote gorilla origin. He didn’t know the universe had built itself up ou‘. of itself through the accretion of protoplasms. He had never heard Prof. Proctor on “Other Worlds than Ours—are they inhabited ?” and take an hour and a half to tell what he didn’t know. Washington was a com plete ignoramus—Graphic. Loveliness of Bradley’s Decis ion- Now that Mr. Bradley has fully com mitted himself to the doctrine that there is no redress against fraud, I would like toaBk him this question : If Mr. Bradley were to-give A his check for $140, and A, proving to be an expert forger, should “raise” this check to 81,400, and receive from the bank the larger amount, would Mr. Bradley, on settlement with the bank, endorse the act of the forger and allow the claim of the bank for the amount of the check as raised, or go be hind the face of the check, denounce it as a fraud, and deliver up the forger to jus tice ?—N. Y. Sun. Brownlowism. The Glasgow Tunes has the almost unparalleled ten erity to speak of the Rev. and Hon. William G. Brownlow a? “a h— of a fellow.” And now, if this fact should meet the eagle-eye of the parson, he will immediately pro ceed to write for his paper an essay two or three columns long on the proposi tion that the editor of the Times is “ an unmitigated 1—r, a dastardly c—w—d, a lily-livered p—It—n, and a heaven- defying and h—11-deserving h—r—e- th—f, who, if justice had be en done him, would have been, from his earliest infancy, as deep in pandemonium as a sledge-hammer could fall in forty years. —Courier Journal. Hendricks and the High Joints. Gov. Hendricks has said to a news paper representative that the Electoral Commission, having gone according to the letter of the law, the resnlt is the election of Hayes and Wheeler. He does not believe the Commission acted according to the spirit of the law, and says the longer the country thinks of its action the more it will be con demned The Governor intimates that the present defeat will inure to the future benefit of the Democracy, and he is opposed to filibustering on the part of Democrats. Servant Girls as Heiresses* Minna Weiss, a German servant in Omaha, “has received information to the effect that she is the probable heir to an estate valued at 8240,000, in Ger many.” Hundreds of servant girls in this country have fallen heir to im mense fortunes in Europe, but the on ly one of them who ever realized any thing in that way was a girl of more than ordinary sense who sold her claim to the first fool that came along for two dollars and a half cash.—Courier-Jour., naL The Four-Year-Old’s Prayer. Her father has been away from the city on business for two weeks, and the moth er has taught the little one to conclude her evening prayers with “and please watch over my papa.” Last evening the little lady solemnly clasped her hands and said, "Please watch over my papa, and you’d better keep an eye on mamma, too W—Rochester Democrat. v" About Leather. dBMWzsam It Trvsdt djiw The question often, arises in the mind 1 the purchaser how it happens there e so many different kinds of leather; ace it must be manufactured from' the hides of cattle, and why so. much |difference in quality, -when it is all manufactured'by a’ similar process, lib give the iwhcile explanation would 'require a looker article than we care tf; ■Trite; but we can,in a few words, give a general idea. .* ' , Tne country or place from which the ide is imported gives the general name if any particular kind of leather; as, ** *Sstance, '“Buence AJrte” leather is (from hides imported from that lpho oflYOrinocOj”‘/Texas,” “CaL a;”&a. &c. There are ‘ip.- _** * an - »? ng. - The Dry Hide Leather is made ' am hides dried in the sun as fast as ec are taken from the animal. The added hide is wetsalted—that is, it placed in.a'-Strong'brine arid thor oughly cured) and kept in a moist con dition, till-process of. tanning is com-; ’ The Dry Salted is prepared ihj eovering the . hide, with salt, arid hen drying, in the sun. Slaughter r --.ther is 'a general term for all'leather of tanning ken from the ani- that is put intotito directly bn"being! mal. There are also other terms for Slaughter Leather, such as “Kentucky,” “Philadelphia,” “Chicago Kip,?* etc., derived from the locality; where the animals were slaughtered- ' The terms Oak and Hemlock ore used to denote 1 the kind of bark used in tanning. There are various qualities of Upper Leather. , The best is made from slaughter hides which go. direct to the tari-yarcL; the next is made from the wadded; then the salted and dry hides, which is always of inferior quality ; for, after a hide has been suffered to dry, it can never' be thoroughly softened, and the feather made from it becomes hard in wearing and breaks away, in stead of wearing out There are vari ous kiuds of Upper Leather, denomi nated Grain, Buff, Pebbled, Patent Calf, Split, and Kip. These different names are derived from the mode in which the leather is dressed or curried. . Grain Leather is generally made from tiie slaughter hide; afther the hair has been removed, the hide is put into the tanning liqnor, and suffered to remain till the surfaces are partially tanned, when it is taken to the machine and spUt in two parts, care being taken to have the part next to the surface upon which the hair "grew of a uniform thickness—this is termod the grain. The parts are then returned and suf fered to remain till the tanning process is completed. After betog taken out and dried, the hair surface is subjected to a suitable dressing of color, tallow, and oil, and smoothed down, and 'be comes what is termed Grain Leather. The same part of the hide is used in making “Pebbled” and “Patent,” ex- L ceptthat less oil and tallow are used in dressing. The Pebbled is printed or impressed on with a die. The “Patent” is a coating of shellac and oil, rendered permanent by heating in immense ovens constructed for that purpose. Buff Leather is prepared similar to the grain, and then the hair surface is shaved or buffed off, as it is termed, not sufficiently to disturb the fiber of the leather, but enough to obliterate the hair pores, giving it the appearance of “Calf” There are several grades of what is termed “Split Leather,” or “A Calf.” In preparing it, that portion of the hide is taken from which the grain has been removed If toe thick, it is put through the machine again, and an other section is taken off, which to termed a “middle.” This is generally used for boot hacks ; it has not much wear, the fiber being cut off on both sides. The remaining portion to termed a “Junior.” This is the best portion for durability, though it is apt to be come hard in wearing. Much Split Leather to used the whole thickness, and the surface stamped or printed and colored by a peculiar process, so as to give it the appearance of “Kip.” Much Leather that is termed “Kip” is prepared in the same manner as the “Grain Leather,” except the finish is put upon the flesh side, after being subjected to a longer process of tanning, to give it more firmness. The genuine kip leather to made from small, fine skins, which may be dressed the entire thickness. It is not split, but shaved, and finished as it came from the animal, and the various grades of Ihe genuine kip are generally determined by the age of the animal, shading down from the coarse “cow hide” to the fine “calf.” The skins of horse, seal, sheep, and goat are also used in the manufacture of Upper Stock, the two latter to a great extent, though sheep skins are of but little value for wear. The two grand divisions of leather into Upper Leather and Sole Leather are the result of the process of tanning. Both may be made from the same kind of hides. E. T. Ingalls. is os 3t 08 N 00 ■ 104 00' St 00 . 00 00 104 00 100 0»„ Tw » Women swindled out of a l BatM si boil* :vttoll.of H.k:e*< art 1 ,-j v* ; fo The Western-found jtisiiu.of *je Cen tral Pacific RailreadArgySl at Td. no; J™ YYpnatrnof the crusadingroW,who lad been traveling on’thi train. tor ome time, got off to see tf-tle^cotilcT! kind-either8icMDr4i8iiM*JtinaR -?ph*v‘ 1 .*id ; witfr tijeflr.»it>askdS lofe-aniasncst little Bibles, anttavith-these they w, e gomgabcut.dolrig: good antU makifcg money*? While on the train - they sold ■ Several Bibles, and'talking .about re ligion and ruin to eveiy one who would submit to thus being affleted. . As they Btepped off the train,b6wed down with the weight of the basket, which they car ried between thSto,thefrwas a sign of relief from the passenger^,' dud- many a wish was expressed that ! the': train would move off add leave them;- While wandering about roekingpugomersi for thefr waxes,, they’ran across a genteel looking individual, who Was engaged, in tossing around three pieces of paste board’tmd who seemed to be buried in deep meditation. They drew nigh nn- to him, and, noticing; bis finely cut, classical featured were overspread with - shade of sadness, they offered censol- _ :ion and a Bible for four bits. Find- ing.there were no customers in sight he good-naturedly resolved to give the la ities 4 little game,just to while away ; time and keep them, quiet. He threw 'the cards and* asked them to pink out Jack, whicL he had previously [shown -them. They did so once, twice, ’three times. Then he threw them :again, and one of the innocents cried, “There it is jyotfcan’t'foql me, if you did. throw ’em quick.” “No, madam, yon are mistaken,” he replied, and drawing ont of’bis pocket a ten and two twenty dollar pieces, he said,.. “I’ll bet yon fifty dollars yon don’t know which is the Jack.” “Oh; we never bet,’’ said one of'them, “but yon can’t fool us withypnrnimble fingers.” And then they, stooef and ey&l the gold pie ces and thought 1 , how much go: a it would do thern^ and how little the possessor, apparently, .appreciated their work. Watching for the favorable mo ment, the reckless young man said, “Well, I don’t care seeing it’s you; I’ll tell yon what I’ll do, seeing you’re so sure abont it. I’ll bet yon this fifty, ^dollars against. that basket of books; 'But everything goes as it lays—you can’t find the Jack. Now they, were convinced more than ever that be was a bold, bad, wioked man, and they de termined to take his money to help them in the. good work in which they Were engaged. They “put up,” and as both were certain the same card was the one they were after one of them seized it with “This is the boy-” It was. turned over; and—it was the tray of hearts. Their naturally long faces assumed a longer and more serious cast, and they looked at the card, at each other; at the bad, bad, man, at the money.yd then at the basket of Bi- bleSi' morougWy^ bewildered. Tl • monte sharp put up his tools and walked off with his plunder, and be fore hb victims comprehended the sit uation he disappeared from sight. The sequel to soon told. The winner marched through the train and distrib uted the Bibles among the passengers. Several of the trophies are now on ex hibition in this city. What became of the woman to not known by the pas sengers. The Safe Side. When the occupant of a business place on Michigan avenue was yesterday asked why he didn’t hangouts flag in memory of Washington he replied:. r - “What do I know about Gtoree Wash- ton ?” “ Why, you have read of him, haven’t you?” “ I suppose I have, but you don’t sup pose I swallow all I read, do you V” “But everybody knows that Washing ton wasa great and good man,” protested ihe first. “I don’t know about that. I’ve heard a good deal against bjm since I came to Detroit, and I’m not going to run tiie risk of offending some of my best customers by waving any flags around. I’m just starting in here, and I don’t want to make any bad moves.” “But. sir, but ” “ Please go on,” interrupted the busi ness. “If people hear you jawing around my place they’ll think I’m a politician and keep clear of me. I’m neutral in politics, and you can’t force me into the Washington ring—no, sir.”—Detroit Free Press. What Will Tilden Do ? He is opposed to Delay, bat will Not Give up tbe Fight. Washington, February _ 20.—Your correspondent has information to-nigh from a most reliable source that Mr. Tilden is averse to the policy of delay and that as soon as Hayes is inaugu rated he will institute proceedings in quo warranto or in scire facias by cit ing Hayes to show canse why he should not vacate the Presidential office, for the purpose of getting before the full bench of the Supreme Court the ques tion as to whether the Tribunal, in ex cluding i evidence, construed the Elec toral bill in accordance with its frue meaning and with the Constitution. This will have the effect of an appeal from the Tribunal to the Supreme Court in full bench, and will compel the Court to go on record as sustaining or reversing the action of the Tribunal. The first test will come on the ques tion of jurisdiction; if jurisdiction is affirmed, the next tost will come onthe question as to whether the Tribunal properly discharged its duties under the law; if this be entertained by the Court, the third and final test will come on the question as to whether ev idence excluded by the Tribunal Bhall be admitted in rejoinder to Hayes’s answer to the citation to show cause why he should not vacate the Presi dential office.—Telegram to the Baltimore American. Where a Fortune Will be Made. A test of a new cotton tie, known as the Darke & Tottoc patent was made at the Nashville Ware-house, old Decatur depot,- in the presence of sever al prominent business men, Tuesday; with highly satisfactory results. One tie clasping a new bale of cotton resis ted the pressure ordinarily d ;<: tril.:i il among six ties, and was sucoesslaliy subjected to various sev re test of strength. This tie to madi on the prin ciple of ordinary wood hon,* on a flour barrel, with countersinks that form, when put together, a perfect i ivet. T‘s extreme simplicity and great sir-ugth are qualities that cannot but cause it to supercede all Others, wherever intro duced. The patent to owned by Mr. S. W. Drake, of New Orleans, where it was tested with brilliant success, and Mr. W. W. Totton, of this city.—Nash ville American. The Father of His Country “Cold-Shouldered.” The Courier-Joumald’s Washington correspondent urider date of Feb.* 23d says: Though this to the 22d of February, there to no recognition of the day. Congress is in session; the routine work of the departments continnes the same as on ordinary days. Though we are a garrisoned city, thereto no militiary parade. The president does not even give an evening reception, there to no ball or festivities of any kind. The birthday of Washington, like the Con stitution, is a tiling of the past—old women’s fables that a wise generation have outgrown and replaced by Re turning Boards, and a Warwick, as Jadge Bradely is termed. A young lad, whose teacher is rather free with the rod, remarked the other day, “that they had too many holler- days at their school”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, March 07, 1877, Image 1