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Prof. Swift informs the Rochester
I f/nio-t that there are now ffiree comets
[visible.
The Gubernatorial contests are all
settled, and the grand result stands Re-
; publicans, fifteen; Democrats, twenty-
f three. ^ m
A negro who haa l)eeu in jail in Louis-
ana for" three years and ten months and
on a charge of murder, and has cost the
county SS37J30. ^
The talk during the Secret session of
the Electoral Tribunal occupies 153
columns of the ( or crrsfional Record,
liayard alone got in -10 columns.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis,
of Mississippi, during the Ames regime,
is now running a bar-room at Macon, in
that State, and is said to be his best cus
tomer.
Moody lias iudted accomplished some
thing iu Boston. Bostonians have begun
to receive little notes like this: “I
have become a Christian. Please find en-
closed what I owe you.”
Gov. Nicholls has issued a prociama-
tiou appointing Thursday, the 10th of
May, a day of thanksgiving and prayer
on account of the happy deliverance of
Louisiana from her political troubles.
The Early County News says that
among the aspirants for delegates to
the Constitutional Convention in its
county, it hears tire names of men who
cannot read the present Constitution.
Orpheus C. Kerr tells in the Graphic
how pure legitimate transactions are
consummated : “You are a legislator.
Will you vote for this bill ? Let me see
your jack-knife. I will give you $10,-
000 lor that knife.”
The standard ol the Prophet, which
Abdul Hamid threatens to unfurl, is
technically known as tire Sandjak Shcrif.
The pious Turk believes it was made
of a piece of a curtain which bung be
fore the apartment of Ayesha, one of
Mohammed’s waives. ^
Was it a Boston paper that headed its
New York news “Suburban ?”■—A r . Y.
Herald. Perhaps. Boston can put a
head on most anything.—Boston Post.
Highly probable, as Boston doubtless
always has on hand an inexhaustible
supply of beads—blockheads.
The immediate cause of Gevernor
Brownlow’s death was an unexpected
extension of bis prevailing paralysis to
the bowels. He lived but three hours
after the attack. He was conscious to
the last, and his death was as calm and
peaceful as his life bad been stormy
and eventful.— Constitution.
Alexandropel, where the Russians
have entered Asiatic Turkey, is about
twenty- miles from Kars, and is a strong
Russian fortress, situated at a great
elevation, built on the ruins of the old
town of Gomeer. Alexandropel is one
of the coldest places in the Russian
empire, men and animals frequently
freezing to death there.
The new table law at the White
House, by which wine is forbidden,
causes to be published a letter which
John Adams wrote in 1777: “General
Washington sets a fine example. He
has banished wine from his table, and
entertains his friends with rum and.
water. This is much to the honor of
his wisdom, his policy and his pa
triotism.”
It will he sad news to a number of our
s ubscribers to read iu this morning’s issue
that Mr. John G. Stokes is dead. He
died on the 1st inst. at St. Cloud Hotel,
iu the city of New York. He made for
himself quite an enviable reputation as
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, and as such was widely and favora
bly known by- his nom de plume of
“Specs.”
Mr. Stokes was a brother ot Mrs. K.
V. Mitchell, of this city, to whom and to
all other sorrowing relatives and friends
we tender our sincere sympathies.
Ycu can tell a card player by the
way be shuffles his feet.— Cincinnati
Saturday Night. But not by the way-
lie cuts his friends.—Norristown Her.
all. You can’t mistake him, because
he always fayors his “ante.”—Oil City
Derrick. You three fellows seem to
know a deal about this man.—Philadel
phia Bulletin. Four of a kind.—Toledo
Blade. Pass it along and order up the
man who doesn’t say something bright
under this head.— Columbus Enquirer.
The deuce take the entire pack of
you for dealing out such nonsense.
From one of our exchanges we dip
the following description of two men,
who in the near future will act a prom
inent part on the world’s stage in one
of this world’s bloody tragedies—these
men are the commanders respectively
of the Turkish and Russian armies:
“Abdul Kerim Pasha, the Turkish
Commander-in-Chief, is said to be an
unassuming man, over seventy years
of age, with no pretensions to a bril
liant pedigree, but with a solid reputa
tion as an excellent soldier. The Grand
Duke Nicholas is fine looking, tall, for
ty-six years old, a brother of the Czar,
as haughty a prince as the House of
Romanoff has ever produced, and a.sol-
dier as devoid of a military history as
any review and parade guardsman.
Abdul Kerim Pasha is the actual Com
mander-in-Chief of his army. The
Grand Duke Nicholas is a mere figure
head, guided and commanded by his
Chief of Staff, General Nepokoytchizky,
tip Moltke of Russia.
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
‘WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
VOLUME XXXI.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1877.
NEW SERIES-NO. 36
Of the $5,015,000 appropriated by
the first session of the Forty-fourth
congress for the improvement of rivers
and harbors during the year 1S7C, only
«3,S90,000 has been expended so far,
and the secretary of war new recom
mends the use of the remaining SI,124,-
100 as directed by congress.
Col. John Forsyth, the distinguished
editor of the Mobile Register died on
the 2nd inst. For half a century he
has been a leader in Souther journal
ism, and has largely aided in shaping
public opinion. Under President
Buchanan he was Minister to Mexico
He was by birth a Georgian.
In the exports from England of cot
ton, alone, for the two roonthsj ending
March 1st, it appears that Turkey
purchased one-third more than the
United States, Germany and France,all
together. In view of this fact, the anx
iety of Great Britain to preserve peace
between the contending Powers of Eu
rope is readily understood. It is the
influence of dollars and cents.
Destructive to the Last.—A dis
patch from New Orleans to the Phila
delphia Inquirer, a Republican paper,
states that Packard's metropolitan po
lice, before evacuating the State House,
destroyed over one thousand stand of
arms by sawing oft the stock, etc.
Only about two hundred rifles were
found fit to be used. A et these destruc
tive metropolitans have bad the hardi
hood to ask of Gov. Nickolls pay for
services rendered Packard, and this too
after such a wholesale destruction of
property belonging to the State.
From the following it is evident that
many begin to look upon Congress as a
sort of necessary, or rather unavoidable
nuisance. Says our Washington corres
pondent : “The meddlesome disposition
displayed by many members of Congress
at almost every session to experiment with
the tariff, with the finances and with
other vital interests, which tend to unset
tle values and to involve business in chaos
is so well known, that business men have
learned to look upon the meeting of Con
gress with dread.” Verily, this is a sweet
commentary upon our chief legislative
body!
Pius IX Loyal to His Love. Wickedest Town in America.
Eussian-Turko War.
Late Items of Interest.
The Turks are burning villages op
posite Bucharest.
Russian accounts say that the Turks
were driven back at Kars.
The declaration of a state war be
tween Turkey and Roumania is immi
nent.
The Turkish posts on the Asia
frontier have surrendered without a
blow.
Great losses in the Russian advance
guard from fever and f.-Ugue are re
ported.
The Russian advance and Turkish
gun-boats are in easy range of Rou
mania, but neither inclined to open
fire.
The Russians have stopped manufac
turing gas at their Black "Seaports, they
fearing conflagration in case of bom
bardment.
The Russian Consul-General leaves
Egypt on Saturday. The people in
Egypt seem to be unwilling to support
Turkey either in men or money.
Roumania has in effect declared war
against Turkey. Thu Russians report
that they have taken the fortress of
Bayazld in Armenia.
The Daily News’ Paris correspondent
says that a message from Vienna gives
the following account of the battle of
Kars: “The centre of the Russian ar
my, forty thousand strong, under Mel-
ikoff, attacked Mukh tar five miles from
Kara, on April 29. The Russians, sup
ported by powerful artillery .succeeded
in dislodging them from their position.
Mukhtar called out all his reserves and
attempted on the 30th to recover the
lost ground with sixty thousand men,
but was driven back under the guns
of Kars. The Russian losses were con
siderable and thos9 of the Turks were
enormous.
War Points in Turkey.
It may be of interest to Americans to
know something of the important points
in that territory of Turkey which is
the scene of the invasion of Russia,
and will be the field of the resistance
of Turkey. Widin and Kalafat are
important military points on the
Danube, nearly opposite each other in
a thirty or forty-miles bepd of the great
river. Their military importance Is
manifest in the fact that these two great
fortifications are exactly midway be-
twoen the northern Christain .provinces
of Turkey—Bosnia and Servia on the
west, and Wallachia and Moldavia and
Bulgaria on the east and southeast It
may be reasonably expected that the
Danube will be the fighting line be-
tewen the Russians and the Turks, and
it is for that reason that all points of
strategy and strong resistance will be
found along that river.
The important point in the war
is Galatz, a town of Moldavia, on the
left bank of the Danube, between the
confluence of the Sereth and the Pruth
with that river, and it seems that it is
toward that place that interest is con
cemtrating. It is the strong point for
military resistance or for movement, as
it may be possessed by Russia or Tur
key. for it is but a few miles from the
Pruth and not more than fifty from the
boundaryjof Turkey and Russia. This
is an important city, and will be named
frequently during the war.
Another city is in the category of
importance, and that is Odessa, a sea
port of Southern Russia on the north
west coast of the Black sea, between
the Dniester and the Bug. This is the
great wheat-exporting port of Southern
Russia, and it is on the closing of this
port by the Turkish fleet, which is a
greater power in the Black .sea than
that of Russia, that wheat in our mar-
k( B i3 excited and advanced.
BY THEODORA TRAMMEL.
Is it possible fora Pope to have any
fine sentiments? When Pius IX was
a young man, he was ambitious to be
come a great military captain. With
this intention he entered the Austrian
army, at an early age, and in a short
time became distinguished, not only as
a good soldier, but as a germ which
would sometime develop into a great
military diplomatist. Buoyed upward
by these propellers, he was Eoon rapid
ly approaching the martial plain, up
which, a few years before, Napoleon I
had marched, despite the opposing
powers of Europe, and.on its summit
stood poised mid shouts of Vive HEm-
■pereur! Vive la France! He was much
devoted to his profession, but he was
much more devoted to a sweet young
lady, whom he loved supremely—yea,
worshiped, with unceasing devotion;
and this feeling of his was met by a
like feeling from her. Happy! yes,
perfectly happy! But hear the verses
of the poet:
“Two uma by Jove's high throne hare ever
stood,
The source off evil one, and one of good;
From thence the cup of mortal man he fills.
Blessings to these, to those destinate Ulf.
To most, he mingles both; the wretch decreed
To taste the bad unmixed, is cursed indeed;
The happiest tasto not happiness sincere,
Bat find the cordial draught is dashed with
care !'*
There was a time, I say, when he
was perfectly happy; but after that,
there was a time when he was very un
happy, fur at the bottom of his cup,
which till then had been all sweet, he
tasted the bitterest of the bitter, that
flavor that everything has after the
death of a loved one; for she, whom he
had loved divinely and devotedly, was
now dead.
“Some griefs gnaw deep; some woes
are hard to hear.” They had worship
ped each other—she had been the in-
spirer of his ambition, of every hope
and of every joy ; and now these are
all buried; his love he gave her long
ago, and since then to cherish it for
her has been of the purest and sweetest
joy of his life, equalled only by that
other joy, of knowing that her love was
all for him, as his has been to her; and
it is this love that he cherishes as the
most priceless, the most sacred gift it
could possibly have been his fortune to
possess; and for sixty summers he has
felt no change, but it is as fresh and
sweet to him as the breath that first
vowed her love. Her beautiful face
and lovely presence he has ever before
him in idealism, and there, for fifty
years, he has knelt and worshipped
her! Can anything be sadder than
this ? And yet, it is not all sad; there
is something ineffably sweet about it;
think of his long life of fond and full
devotion to her! The life of this man
is a poem—a poem of thetenderestand
most touching, as well as most beauti
ful sentiment in the ideal region^ of
poets. After the death of this young
lady, or rather at her death, his ambi
tion and hopes of distinction, all ceased
to be, and the only source of joy left to
him, was to worship, in fancy, her
whom he had worshipped in life, to
cherish these fend reminiscences of her
and to visit and beautify her hallowed
grave.
The idea of his ever marrying was per
fectly repulsive to him; he felt that it
would be sacrilege, a very crime in him.
Feeling thu3, he thought some employ
ment would possibly make life endurable,
and knowing that he could find happi
ness in the past only, he longed for some
place where the unsentimental world
would be shut out from his sanctum, and
himself left to dream o’er the past, and,
in fancy, make the past and present one.
And it was under "these circumstances,
and with these convictions, that he deci
ded to become a Catholic Priest; he was
then, soon sent to South America, where
he made wonderful success; and after his
return to Rome, if I remember, he was
made, successively, Bishop, Archbishop,
and Cardinal; and in 1846. at the early
age of fifty-four, he was crowned Pope
Pius IX. He has ever been a man of
pure and elevated sentiment. In his love
matter, they were both honest, candid
she was wholly bis; and they both" knew
and were determined, that they should
never cease to be so. This is my ideal of
loving and being loved, and they, my
ideal lovers! One of the greatest, if not
the very greatest charm about it, is this:
He knew that she was wholly his, and she
knew that he was wholly hers. By know
ing this, lovers are free from that doubt,
discontent, suspense, and fear, that other
wise invariably make them miserable,
and sincere—not a shadow of deception,
concealment, sham, or make-believe, ex
isted in either one—nothing but purity
and sincerity. They were intimate, and
each one knew the nature of the other
perfectly well; and both knew and felt
their natures to be perfectly congenial,
and felt that they were made to love each
other alone. He had perfect confidence
in her in every respect, and she had the
same confidence in him; he had no
thought that he would not willingly dis
close to her, and she had none that she
would not gladly reveal to him. They
expressed themselves to each other with
great freedom, and professed to love each
other divinely and devotedly; and proved
their sincerity, and the truth of their pro
fessions, by their conduct. His conduct
towards her assured her, beyond the pos
sibility of a doubt, that he was wholly
hers—and lie knew, beyond question, that
But instead of this, that is, instead of
being sincere and candid, and appearing
to be just what they are, and have an
understanding to that effect, most lov-
eis, are as deceitful as they can possibly
be, affect to be cold and indifferent, and
anything but what they really are. Poor
deceitful creatures 1 If there be a crime
that is not catalogued, it is deception;
it is highly immoral, and doubtless, the
source of more misery than all the li
quor men ever drank. “If you love a
woman and are wholly hers, never let her
know it;” this is for those suspicious na
tures who intend to get into the court of
matrimony by fraud and deception. The
best and purest manner of loving and
being loved is that of Pius IX.. which I
have just given you, and it is adopted by
those who live a whole atmosphere of
purity and above deception or any sordid
or unpure thought.
N. B.—“They were intimate.” For
fear some one may falsely interpret this,
I will say of the use of the word “in
timate,” that where the relation between
two of the opposite sexes is not legitimate,
we always say, either “they are too inti
mate,” or, they are “criminally intimate;”
but When it is used without these qualify
ing words, it expresses a relation that is
pure and legitimate, either of friendship
or love.
IVlint An American Humorist Saw In Chey-
From the New York Sun.]
Cheyenjus, April 11.—I have seen
wicked cities in my time. I have seen
spreeing at "the Eslgr in St. Petersburg,
seen fellows “make a night of it” in the
Orpheum in Berlin, seen the wicked
ness af Nijni Novgorod during the Sep
tember fair, seen the MafaiHe packed
with depravity when the empire was at
its meridian, but I never expected to
see hell itself. I sauntered on the
streets of Cheyenne at midnight. Fifty
saloons and a dozen licensed gambling
houses line the principal street, all
thronged and gaily illuminated till the
morning sun puts out the lights.
What makes Cheyenne the wicked
est city in the world”?
I. Cheyenne is the metropolis where
the rich owners and the buckskin clad
drivers of five million dollars’ worth of
cattle rendezvous for a weddy spree.
II. It is the nearest poht where the
Black Hillers can sell their gold dust
and nuggets and then gambe and spree
away the proceeds so as togo back to
the mines.
III. It is the point to wlich all the
Indian fighting army offices come as
a place where they can spiee away a
hundred dollars in a night and make
up for lost time on the Big Horn.
IV. It is the stopping pent for all
the swell demi-monde from can Fran
cisco, St. Louis' and Chicago. In a word
it is the American paradise far licensed
drinking, fighting, gambling etc.
Walk with me into ont licensed
house on the principal street in Chey
enne at 3 o’clock in the morning.
The house is a medley. It it the Par
isian Varieties on Sixteenth street,
Jehn Morrissey’s Saratoga gimbling
house, the Argyle rooms on Sirth aye-
nue, and the Alhambra, with ;ts fifty
waiter girls, in London, all c-owded
into one. The building is perhtps fifty
by one hundred and thirty fed, and
two stories high. On the groujd floor
is a theatre stage, room for thrie hun
dred-cow boys, soldiers, ranchnen and
waiter girls, and just out of it ire the
gambling tables and bars. At tin tables
every known game is played. Among
the dealers are several French women
dressed in silks and diamonds. Utter
ly devoid of delicacy they shtflle and
deal the the cards and handle tie chips
for the swearing, drinking crow! which
throng the tables.'
On the stage there is a constatt vari
ety show goiDg on. Skillful variety
actors are employed, and thire the
tight-rope walkers, the song anddance
women in tights, the low neckedoallad
singer, the clog dancer, the negrt min
strel, the model artists and finale
bathers come out in a contiiuous
stream from ten at night till morring.
On the first floor every drink is tven-
ty-five cents, and about thirty Englsh,
French andAmericanwaitergirltrkegp
the crowd constantly drinking. Above
this motly crowd of cow-boys, ranch
men, Black Hills freighters, miners and
soldiers is a row of private boxes filled
with rich ranchmen, officers, tourists
and fellows who have come down with
gold dust from the Black Hills. These
boxes all communicate with the stage.
Twenty or thirty waiter girls supply
the boxes with champagne, the price of
which is five dollars for pint bottles.
All drinks in the boxes are fifty cents.
It is a common thing for a rich ranch
man, after selling a thousand cattle, to
come here and spend one thousand dol
lars on a spree. A Colonel in the army
who had been fighting up in the Big
Horn country, came in the other even
ing and spent $1,000, and finally left
his watch on the red, and lost that too.
The proprietor of this gambling and
variety saloon is a very generous man.
A Bright Hew Swindle.
Haw to Cet Change for Two Hollars Out of
a One Hollar Bill.
Human ingenuity has devised an
other means of swindling the cashiers
of bar-rooms and saloons. Smith, Jones
and Robinson meet somewhere -down
toWji early in the evening. As soon as
they conic together Smith takes a roll
of genuine two dollar hills from his
pocket and hands them over to Jones,
who in a pocket diary notes derwn the
number of each note. If upon its face
thd note contains any peculiar marks,
he also makes careful memoranda of
them. This being done the trio start out
—Smith first, Jones a little way beliind
him, with Robinson bringing up the
rear. Smith enteis a saloon, calls fora
gbtss of seltzer water, puts down a two
dollar bill, receives his proper change
ana vanishes. In a few moments Jones
enteis the same place, calls for some
thing to drink, and in payment hands
the cashier a one dollar bank note.
While the cashier is making the change
Robinson rushes up to Jones excitedly,
and grasping him by the hand cries
out: - '
“Why, my dear old fellow, where in
the world have you been these many
years.” etc., etc. A pleasant conversa
tion ensues, during which, the cashier
•has deposited Joneb’ change for the one
dollar bill on the desk, and during
which time also the one dollar bill has
been covered up by the money received
from other patrons of the place.
Presently Robinson excuses himself,
and leaves Jones alone. Jones turns
to gather up his change. After count
ing it over, he says to the cashier:
“My friend, that was a 82 bill that I
handed you, and you have given me
change for only $1.”
“You gave me a $1 bill and nothing
more, sir,” responds the cashier.
“Well, now, my dear friend,” Jones
protests, “I had only one 82 bill in my
pocket, and I have none now, conse
quently the $2 bill is in the drawer,
atd I’ll convince you of it. It has
been my habit for some time past to
take the number of all hank notes that
pass through my hands.”
Then, taking out his diary, Jones
gives the number of the 82 bill, which
he says he passed over to the cashier,
but wuieh, it will be remembered, had
been previously deposited by Smith.
He also throws in a description of cer
tain peculiarities upon its face.
The idle crowd standing around are
convinced that Jones is right, the'cash
ier becomes confused and there is no
thing left him to do save to pass: AVer
81 additional change. In the mean
time Smith has deposited ’ another 82
bill in some other saloon, and thus the
game is carried steadily: on till mid
night Result 850 profits on good
nights.—AT. Y. World.
General Toombs and thfi. Consti
tutional Convention.
General Toombs addressed a large
neeting of the citizens of Macon on
Siturday night in favor of the State
ccnvention. The Telegraph gives a
hrief outline of the points of his argu
ment, iu which the distinguished speak-
ei was at times eloquent-in the highest
dsgree. The subject was considered
under two heads—first, objections to
tie present constitution; second, fea-
tires which the speaker would have
iicorporated in the new one.
Gen. Toombs’ objections to the pres
ent instrument are, that it is not found-
:d upon the first principles of free
;overnment, the consent of the govem-
td; that it is the work of venal aliens,
gnorant dupes and traitors to the peo
ple; and finally, what he considered
;he most important, it leaves the peo-
Everybody likes him, and he is con- pie’s Treasury open. He dwelt upon'
aidered a good citizen in Cheyenne, the evils growing out of the last objec-
Clergymen shake him by the hand, and tion, instancing the $28,000,000 of debt
bankers chum with him like an old which was fastened upon the State, a
schoolmate. The profits in the one
building are $1,000 per day. I suppose
there are a dozen houses on one blocl
where gambling goes on day and nigh
with open dcora. Sometimes the mar
shals and the p jlicemen take a hand
The Judge goes out and “bucks the
tiger” while the jury are agreeing ont
verdict. You will see Colonels in tb
army standing by private soldiers, am
see cow-boys in buckskin dividing th>
chips with a Cheyenne Indian—all it
the most enterprising border town ii
America and and the wickedest city in
the world,
Resurrection Case in England
A Railway Porter Qrits his Coffin and Helps
Himself to a Chair.
The following extraordinary story
comes to us from Cambridge, England,
A railway porter, about thirty years ol
age, was recently seized with acuti
bronchitis, and was supposed to have
expired in the throes of that dreadfu'
ailment, which slays every year iti
thousands tf little children and of aget
people, simply because extreme youtl
is equally with extreme age too feebli
to clear the bronchial tubes by a vigoi
ous and sustained effort of coughing
The railway porter supposed to hav
departed this life was duly laid ou
and placed in a coffin. As bis assume!
dissolution had been sudden, the Coro
ner was consulted on the propriety e
holding an inquest. Some uncertainty
in this regard appears to have reign ei
in the mind of the medical man wb
had been called in; but at any rate tb
railway porter lay in hi3 coffin tra
days, at the expiration of which b
quietly got out of it, and, to the inex
pressible amazement and alarm ofthoe
present in the chamber of death, sae
himself down in a chair. It is statd
that, in order to alleviate the severiy
of the spasmB of bronchitis, the p.-
tient’s mother had administered to hh
a sleeping draught which had produed
a deep and lengthy stupor, but tie
effects of which had stopped short jut
on this side the grave.
“I sbeuld like to express an opinio
as to individuals, but in the oventof
the formation of a new party it wold
seem to me that such men as Hill, la-
mar, Hampton and Watterson wodd
probably cut loose from old organia-
tions and coalesce with a party organ
ized on old Whig principles. The n
of the party is wholly immaterial,
a new party were organized or the
publican party so reorganized as to —
nize Whig measures as distinct f<
of it, the .old Whig members in
South would fall into the ranks.
mortgage upon the labor of generations
to come, and applauding the .repudia
tion of $10,000,000 of it.
He would have the new constitution
to prohibit the State from borrowing
money for any other purpose than the
public defense; prohibited from indors
ing any bond or obligation for ar.y in
dividual or corporate enterprise; he
would have legislators elected as often
as the General Assembly meets, wheth
er annually or biennially. “Bar the
treasury doors,” he said; “secure them
so that burglars cannot enter; so that it
may be thrown in the street and be
safe, and you may have the capital
where you will; but leave it open, and
the halls of our fathers will not prevent
plunder.”
The speaker answered fully many of
the objections urged against a conven
tion, characterizing most of them as
either the emanations of weak minds
or the subterfuge of venal agents of-tlie
bondholders and plunderers, or the
plunderers themselves. He favored a
homestead, one that should he una
lienable, that should last till the angel
of heaven- should stand with one foot
on the water and the other on the land
and declare time at an end. He want
ed the mothers and children of Geor
gia to have a place where virtue would
be protected. “Save them,”.he said,
“from the poor house, where every
breeze brings its snares and its tempta
tions; save them from the cold charity
of the world; save them from being out
casts upon the wayside, where every
sun goes down on new scenes and every
mom dawns upon new miseries; save
them to society; save them, ii you can,
for Heaven.”
A Glass of Wine with the Grand
Dukes.—The Correspondent of the Cou
rier-Journal, writing of the State dinner
last Tuesday, says:
As it has been a question whether
President Hayes would, or would not,
have, wine at his dinners, it iB witrthy
of remark that six glasses for wine were
placed by each plate. It is said that
the President did not intend having
Wine, but Mr. Evarts represented to him
that it would be out of thi question to
banish it when Europeanswereinviljd
to dine. 11 1 ' r,;
aid hi
Globe Hotel, the great Centennial car
avansary, which cost $20pj000, was
Bold at public auction in Philadelphia
last week and was IfctoJfkea^oown at
■■ <3:475. Tie frame building, contain-
-' ing the greatest soda fountain in the
Wtorid, and which'cost $12,000 brought
‘only $175:. ■ ' ’‘ 7 » :
The Latin for Bed-Eyed Possum
A member of the Macon bar tells the
following on a former distinguished
Southwest Georgia Judge, which we
clip from the Telegraph & Messenger:
This gentleman, whose name at onco
suggests itself, though full of vim and
pluck, was at the outset possessed of a
very small stock of this world’s goods,
and was obliged to ccuut the cost3 of
every day’s existence very closely.
Iu the present instance, during the
circuit sessions of the Supreme Court
at Americas, Judge J. H. Lumpkin pre
siding as Chief Justice, our hero was
booked to argue one of the cases on the
docket, and arrived in town about sun
set the evening previous.
He camped in the vicinity, and the
next morning appeared, brief in hand,
and began his argument belore the
court, with eyes swollen and red from
the pihd-knot lire over which he had
studied t6 a late hour the night previ
ous.
After concluding, Judge Lumpkin,in
his decision, quoted the following Latin
phrase in illustration of some of the
points involved : “Id cerium est quod
cerium reddi potest.” Which translated
means, “That is certain which oan be
made certain,”
The future Judge listened with pro
found attention, and seemed greatly
moved. When his Honor got through,
he said:
“May it please the Court,I am a poor
man—have had few advantages and
but little educatiou, yet honestly try to
do my duty. I have labored faithfully
for my client, and don’t know what I
have done that you should call me a
‘d—d red-eyed ’possum.’ ”
The scene that followed i3 indescrib
able.
How Brains Pay.
New York corra$pondence Cincinnati E^qairer.]
There is no city in the world, it i3
safe to say, where business talent com
mands higher remuneration than here in
the metropolis of the western hemisphere.
Not by any means does the remunera
tion depend upon educational advanta
ges. Ou the contrary, eorne of the high
est priced officials are self-made men
with good common “cart-horse sense.”
A way up town is the superintendent of a
large sugar-refinery whose salary is $50-
000 per year. Many years ago he came
here a poor German sugar-refiner, and
worked for day wages.
• Jn the brewery interests I recall per
sons whose salaries run away up into
the thousands. Two managers of large
breweries iu this eily and neighborhood
are paid $25,000 each, live are paid $15,-
000 etch and seven receive 810,000 per
year. T' ,
Many of our railroad officials receive
princely salaries. Jewett, receiver of the
Erie gets SoO.DOO; Toucev, superinten-
deut of the New York Central and Hud
son River railroad, it is said, receives
$20,000; the general manager of "the
Pennsylvania railroad is credited with
receiving $75,000; the “head man” of
the New York anil Boston is paid $35,-
000, while few general managers of lead
ing eastern roads receive less than $20,-
000.
The bank presidents receive enormous
sums. At least six receive 850,000 per
year each.
A Singular Coincidence.
In 1853 four gentlemen entered their
sons at a boarding school at Cokesbur-
ry, in South Carolina. They had been
for years intimate friends, and were
clergymen in the Methodist church.
These boys remained at school as room
mates and class-mates for two years,
and entered Wofford College, standing
relatively first, second, third and fourth.
They remained at this institution fonr
years, and were room-mates all the
time, graduating relatively first, second
third and fourth in a large class. They
entered a law office at Spartanburg and
studied law under the same chancellor.
The war broke out, and at the call for
troops they entered Jenkin’s rifle regi
ment from South Carolina, and were
messmates in the company. Being
near the same height, they stood to
gether as comrades of battle iu this
regiment. At the second battle of Ma
nassas, August, 1863, a shell from a
Federal battery fell in the ranks of this
company, and killed these four men
(and no other in the company.) They
are buried on the battle field and sleep
together in the same grave. Their
names are Capers, McSwain, Smith and
Duncan, and the sons of Bishop Capers,
Rev. Dr. McSwain, Rev. Dr. Whitford
Smith and Rev. Dr. Duncan, of Vir
ginia, and the last brother of Dr. Dun
can, of Randolph (Macon) College.
The grave is marked by a granite cross
enclosed with an iron railing.
An Eggs-traordinary Courtship.
It would be exceedingly imprudent
in any farmer’s daughter to do as Julia
Brierson, an Ohio girl, has done, but
this story, which is told by the New
York Tribune, is rather interesting:
“As a young man was looking over a
barrel of eggs received at a grocery on
Newark avenue, Jersey City, about a
month ago, he found the following in
scription upon one of the eggs : “If
this you see young man, write just as
soon as you can, and let me hear from
my favorite egg; this great boon I hum
bly beg. Julia' Brierson, Westfield,
Ohio.” The youth immediately wrote
to the address, inclosing his photograph
and received a reply and picture from
the writer of the lines. The corres
pondence was confined to the satisfac
tion of both persons, who are to be mar
ried next month. It is said the young
lady is the daughter of a wealthy far
mer, and wrote the lines in jest, never
expecting to hear from them.”—Ex
change.
How Admiral Porter Made Six
Dollars.—Admiral Porter of the Fed
eral Navy, whose daughter is to be mar
ried, sent through the post-office two
hundred invitatoins to the wedding.
The envelopes each required double
postage, but only one stamp was
affixed. The postmaster held the in
vitations and sent word to the Admiral
about the matter, thinking he would
Cheap Centennial ■Wares:—The like to prepay them. The Admiral re
plied that they should be sent_ along
with one stamp, and the result is that
two hundred people will have the pri
vilege of paying three cents apiece for
their in vitations to the next swell wed
ding that occurs in Washington. This
saved six dollars.—Telegraph Messen
ger. - •• ft
* The Mackeyites Purging.
A Rich Sceue In the South Carolina Legisla
ture.
In the South Carolina House on
Thursday certain members of the
Chamberlain or Mackey Honse were,
under resolution admitted to the legal
House on condition of purging them
selves of contempt That they were
made to do, without equivocation.
They were all severally and individual
ly required to acknowledge wrong, and
ask pardon. The scene was a novel
one, and we clip a passage about it
from the Ncics and Courier, as follows:
Morgan, Forrest and Caldwell, of Or
angeburg, were next called, and came
forward rather doggedly. Morgan
said: “I am sorry for everything I
have done in violation of' the Constitu
tion of this State.” On: “Do yon ask
pardon of this Honse?” Morgan: “I
grant it, sir.” [Laughter] Several
voices: • , ‘£m rl tbu-aar : -
trying to a«t)id a lUcaiifction.’'. J
“I axes forgiveness, sir.” Caldwell'
made a clean‘breast of it He said:
“When I was here before, I knew I was
in contempt, but the people-of my
countiy kept me here, and I stayed to
show them that they were wrong; and
they know they are wrong now, and I
crave forgiveness, sir.” Forrest was
very sulky. He said: “I am sorry for
my violation of the Constitntien of the
State - ” The Speaker—“Do you ask for
giveness?” Forrest—“I always axes
forgiveness when I does wrong.” The
Speaker—“Do you admit that you
have done wrong?” Forrest—“Of
course if I violate the Constitution, I
has done wrong.” Voices from the
Democratic side—“We don’t propose to
have this man shuffle round in this
way; he must purge his contempt or
leave.” Forrest, much moved—“I say
I axes humble pardon, sir.” These
three from Orangeburg were then sworn
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~ Mucegnation.
Tfa^following is a special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Gazette—charity prompts
us to hope that the girl was an idiot;
and never did a hope have a stronger
foundation to rest upon:
A young and handsome white girl of
Pittsburg, Emma Reed by name, was
married the other day to James C.
Waters, head cook, and black as ink,
at the Parshall house, Titusyille. This
marriage caused much excitement iu
the oil regions. The girl’s mother is
terribly cast down by the disgrace
which her daughter has brought upon
them. Emma has lately been keeping
company with a prominent oil mer
chant, whom she expected to marry,
and to whom the family supposed her
engaged. He put her aside, however,
when she said she would humble him,
and, desperate in her disappointment,
she made the acquaitance of the color
ed man, Walters, and their marriage
was the result On hearing of the in
sane freak of her daughter Mrs. Mcrri-
man went into convulsions, and has
been suffering untold agony of mind
and body since the event The girl is
not of age, and not having the consent
of the parents the marriage is therefore
void. Walters was arrested, but owing
to the attorneys for the prosecution ana
defence not being in readiness, he was
bound over in his own recognizance in
the sum of $200 to appear to-morrow.
Before half an hour had elapsed the
uegro had taken the southern-bound
train, and was on his way to his old
home. The girl has also disappeared,
and the presumption is that she follow
ed him.
Tbe War and Bacon Delusion
Dissipating-
The trick of tbe speculators in de
pressing cotton and running up the
price of bacon, on account of the im
minence of war in Europe, is becoming
better understood, and these commodi
ties are settling back to their prior quo-
tatians. As soon as reason took the
place of panic, people remembered
that the Turks don’t nse hog meat and
tbe Russians are not partial to it, but
both governments must buy more cot
ton goods in a time of war than during
peace. A Turk would rather encounter
a Russian shell than a ration of bacon,
and the Russian prefers even the tal
low of a beef to hog meat. No doubt
some Russian orders for bacon had
been received in this country, bnt the
demand upon which the rise was foun
ded was purely speculative. If meats
further advance, it will not be on ac
count of any legitimate foreign demand
caused by the war. But it is reasona
ble to suppose that the war wiU large
ly increase the demand for grain and
adavnee the price of breadstuffs.—Col
umbus Times.
This anecdote is richly illustrative.
It is told of a wealthy, bat very miserly
nmn. One day duriug the "heated term’’
last summer, the thermometer stood nine
ty-five degrees in the shade, some visitors
called at his country house. Everybody
appeared melting, and in the case of sev
eral guests apoplexy seemed imminent.
The host felt that he could not in decency
fail to offer bis visitors some refreshment;
but, on the other hand, the expense was
a consideration.
“Well,” said he, at length, “you will
take some refreshment ?”
“No, thauks!” replied hti visitors.
“But I say yes 1 It’s very hot—you
must, indeed!’’
And with an air of the utmost benev
olence, he rang the bell, ann on the ser
vant’s appearing, said, “Mason, open all
the windows!”
A little six-year-old went into a store
where her father was lounging the oth
er ;day, and slyly approaching him,
said:
“Papa, won’t you buy me a new
dress?”
“What, buy you a new dress Susy?”
“Yes papa; won’t you?”
“Well, I’ll see. Ill speak to your
mother about it”
Elongation to an alarming extent
rapidly spread over that little counten
ance, but a thought suddenly struck
her, and wftfr a smile Bhe looked np
into her father’s face and said:
“Well, papa, if you do speak to
mimmnr about it, touch her cosy, or she
may wont the dress,herself I”
The father at once saw the point, and
the new dress waa purchased.,'
PaRi, .is lo emfcrace Yhe
gion.—Detroit Free PEeek: Don’t we,
wish we were the Greek religion ?-|- (
Boston Globe.
General Hews Items.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are
to visit theUnited States next year.
The Prophet Mohammed in his Ko
ran describes one particular hell set
aside for dishonest merchants.
Judge Spofford, the recently elected
Democratic United SiaUs 8. imfor fr. m
Louisiana, was born in Mai-aacliuselts,
but moved faouih when quite young.
Tan cents admission bein s cnaigid
for admission to the Opera Houw, in
Columbus, to witness the memorial
exercises, one hundred dollars was ta
ken in.
Pat (to stove dealer)—And ye say
if I take this owe I’ll save ha’f the fuul?
Bedad! (struck with a bright idea) I’ll
take a pair of ’em—and save it all!”—
Punch.
The Public, of New York, has pre-
uared a summary of the debts of cities
Jiis country as far as they can be
•Pertained, and -makes the total to be
$1,004,000,WO.
The coal area of the world amounts
to 270,300 square miles. Of this, 192,-
000 square miles are in the United
States. The world’s production of 1874,
amounted to 274,262,000 tons, of
which this country produced 50,000,-
000 tons. -
It’s of no use to try to dodge Fate.
The Boston Post says: “A gentleman
of this city, when a hoy fell upon the
ice and broke out a front tooth. Not
long ago his son at the same age and in
the same month, fell upon the ice and
broke out a corresponding tooth.”
Trouble in Mississippi.
Murder and Lynch Law—A TerrilileJState
of Affairs.
Charleston Novrs and Courier.]
Jackson, Miss., May 1.—On Thurs
day evening John W. Gully, a promi
nent citizen of Kemper county, was
assassinated by an unknown party,and
there was intense excitement. Every
means were used to discover the perpe
trators. On Saturday two colored men
made an affidavit that Benjamin Rush,
a white man, did the deed, and that
Judge Chisolm, who ran for Congress
on the Republioan ticket in the third
district at the last election, and bis son
and Gilmer, Rosenbaum and Hooper
prominent white Republicans, knew of
ani instigated the crime. Chisolm
and his son were arresed and impris
oned at DeKalb. Mrs. Chisolm and
her daughter insisted on sharing their
confinement On Sunday, Chisolm
sent for Gilmer, for whom a warrant
had been issued. Gilmer came, and on
his arrival he was arrested, but just as
he arrived at ths jail he was set upon
by a mob and killed. The jailor was
then overpowered by the .mob, who
immediately attacked Chisolm, mortal
ly wonnding him and killing his son._
Miss Chisolm, in defending her father,
shot and killed Dr. Kosseli, and Mrs.
Chisolm severely wounded yonng Gul
ly, a son of the Gully who was assassi
nated. Miss Chisolm was also seriously
wounded. Rosenbaum and Hooper
were carried to the woods by the mob
to extract from them the whereabouts
of Rush, the alleged assassin of Gully.
When last heard from, some weeks ago,
Rush was in Arkansas. It is supposed
that Rosenbaum and Hopper were
hanged. It is reported that a horrible
state of affairs is existing throughout
that section, and that the people are
wild with excitement. Other hangings
will probably follow.
Feastine the Grand Dukes-
Appearance of Mrs. Hayes.
Thirty-six plates of the most delicate
Sevre china, of chocolate and gold, sur
mounted by the national crest, our
rampant eagle, were laid in the allotted
places. Within eachplateafinenapkin
folded sqnaremarked U. S., upon which
was placeda dainty card, four inches
wide andthree deep, embossed with
the goldeneagle over the engraved
name of the guest designated for that
3eat, also the card bearing the same
emblem of the menu.
Seated in the corridor was the Marine
band in readiness for orders. Precisely
at S the Russian national air was struck
up as the Duke Alexis, leading with
Mrs. Hayts, marched through the off-
door of the red-room; and the Presi
dent, with Lady Thornton, proceeded
through the right door to their assigned
positions at the centre of the dining
room. The coup d’ceil was a grand pic
ture. Mrs. Ilayes was beautiful in her
Quaker gray (nearly white) silk, sof
tened witn white lace garniture; a
white lace barbe on her jetty hair, fas
tened with a natural .flower. About:
her throat lace contrasted with her :
black braids to give an ivory whiteness
to the coplcxion. She was animated
and fascinating, and did the honors
with a grace that seems to have been
happily adaoted for just such opportu
nities of exercising h~r repr*cM.i.:«itw j
qualities of an Aiiurican ! • lo L.e.
highest manner burn. T1 e ^President, •
unconsciously easy and w i nieg,div* et-j
ed the formal state dinntr of its usual I
solemnity, and pleasantry was a feiitu-r
re of the evening.— Washington Capital-j
Extent * v the Rcssian Empire.-
Thc area of the Russ.an empire ini
Europe and Asia extends over one-j
seventh of the land surface of the
„lobe. The European population, oe-j
cupving aD area of abaut 86,039 square!
miles, 63,758.934. This does doi in]
elude either Russian Poland, whost
population is 5,505,607; or Finland
with 1,843,245 inhabitants. Russia
Asia has and estimated population o
6,302,412, but these belong chiefly to
the nomadic tribes.
Parson Brownlow prided himsell
upon never having played a card, swor*®
drank a dram of liquor, except for med
icinal purposes, smoked a cigar ol
chewed. He never, he paid, attendee]
a theatre or a horse race, and neve
courted but one woman, and her
married. All well enough, but
have known men who had all of .
faults enumerated and yet were betl.
men than the late lamented Browniov
—Chronicle &Const
A bold, bad man from Bu ,
went up to Mediapolis the other .
and put his head in atthe door of
cheese factory. “Has any " "
kibleacurd here?”-he j
then the girls creame- and the m^
‘Lgame out and drove hiifi aiwhey.