Newspaper Page Text
£
if,,iitiK and Camwwtial.
- .^fnUDATED APRIL iO, 1876.
-^TeToFSUBSCRIPTICHS.
fob the weekly.
$2 •«
Ja* J'“. 1 ••
— ‘
rOB THE TBI-WEEKLY.
.. *4«
oae 7«‘f - " 1 00
1,8
*r , „»id itricUr in -irmnc, the price of
» Coce.ee will be $2 SO e year, end
mon ‘ on * e ° w wU1 fur "
■ JtriFen*-
^ r~
y’s two first bales of new
"sold la3t Friday at 13} and 15}
pound.
•aoI-lB Xi>T fi”I
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
'“WISDOM, JUSTICE A&D MODERATION*”
1 . ■ - t ■ . * ■ Cl- to C”V, n-/ I
VOLUME XXXL
. mi:
lid oi.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1877.
jlontgomeiy
cotton
cent- per P'
A Mississippi Granger is opposed to
railroads. He says that when he goes to
torn) they bring him home so quick he
hasn’t time to get sober before be arrives.”
Blind Tom is said to be losing his
wonderful gift. Hike Paul Morphy,
the roor fellow must have overtasked
that part of the brain which made him
seem like a genius.
Edward Everett Hale suggests a “So
ciety of the Right-of Man,” which should
stand by its members and protect any
m an in his rights to work at any trade
he
e might choose and any wages he might
l
Judge Treat, of the United State
lourt for the District in which St. Louis
made a decision that dealing in
‘futures’’ or “options,” where the arti-
of purchase does not change hands,
gambling, and no recovery can he
.ad on ruch transactions.
We learn from our exchanges that
Ir. Ham proposes to start a weekly
aper in Milledgeville soon. He ought
i call it the Good Egg, for then his
jbscribers, at a cost of only two dol
us per annum, could have “Ham and
!p" once a week all the year round.
Bergh, the friend of dumb animals,
fill tlio leading opii»4 lu ducIcUgo p* c '
entitive of cruelty to animals, is cred-
ed with saying that “if he had his
av, he would replace the penitentiary
ith the whipping post. In some cases
ifHansJhnuld he licked until the blood
,s f
ould pour down their backs to the
choose. m t
Recently, while Hayes was at the
Washington schutzenfest, a factotum,
wishing to do the handsome thing, said
“Mr. President, I vos glat you komed.
Ve yoost v os keepin’ some water on ice
for you—eh!" t r r
In an article published in the Wash
ington Capital on Southern Women at
Work in New York, we see the names
of Mesdames Sallie and Emily Battey,
of Georgia, mentioned as fashion writers
and reporters. _
Some wag in the Virginia Conven
tion offered a resolution that “we pledge
ourselves to support any scheme for
the protection of innocent lambs which
will not contravene the natural legal
rights of hungry dogs.”
The Richmond Enquirer announces
that the Treasurer of Baltimore has re
ceived the following:
‘ity of Baltimore .. • Dr.
To one riot $2,000,000
Received payment,
Thirtieth Day—Tuesday* Aug. 14th.
Convention called to order by Presi
dent Jenkins.
Prayer by delegate Phillips.
The morning session was taken up
with motions to reconsider and discus
sions thereon. Also discussion of Sec
tion II of report on Legislative Depart
ment. The section was finally agreed
to. ■- — —
The Baltimore Gazelle, commenting on
Irani’s having been complimented on
ii “superior control in managing large
lasses of men,” says: “Superior control
»e masses of men is what Grant
ever displayed. They were sent to him
detail, and never carried out with them
great concerted movement. His re-
rse of skill in handling large bodies of
m is shown by the fact that Lee, with
tie-third his force, presented front to him
ad neutralized to a great degree his su-
rior numbers. His lack of skill in this
s P«t is shown by the fact that he lost
«re men from the Rapidan to the
hiekahominy than were in Lee’s whole
nay.”
cabinet OFFICER’S BOOT AND
HAT BIEL.
Hon. \V. M. Evarts has to support a
He and eleven daughters. Here is
; ‘ e of the hat and boot bills:
; hats at $10 per hat $440 00
■hats fur Mrs. Evarts, at $20
Per hat 60 00
hat for Mrs. Evarts- - 6 00
; P a irs hoots, at $7 per pair 231 00
0 pairs hoots for Mrs. Evarts,
at 87
per pair
pair of boots for Mrs. Evarts,
.50.
Pair-of slippers, at $4
Pair
per
21 00
2 50
S8 00
10 00
1 25
20 00
e
■ pairs slippers for Mrs. Evarts,
at $5
pair slippers for Mrs. Evarts,
cheap)
etching boots (estimated)
fetal for boots and hats $879 75
wonder the Secretary wants to
'aetiee law in addition to his duties
1 Hie State Department.
Am: INTERESTING NEWS.
Twenty deserting Jersey militiamen
1 trembling lest they be shot.
luiored at Constantinople that the
^ra has broken out among the Rus-
troops.
•M Selni there are eight thousands
aiding Bulgarians. Ravages among
ar e fearful.
- •cholas Catalina, convicted in San
r -nci=eo 0 f employing little Itailian
s to beg promptly paid his fine of
“ to gold.
-k fatal disease has broken oat among
horses of Jersey City. One stable-
lost six horses last week, and three
° te are suffering beyond hopes of recov-
!\ rom Hw official report of Gibbon’s
, 11 " lth Hie Indians at Big Hole Canon,
“tana, it appears that seven officers,
^regulars and ten y^trate iwere
ho Treasury Department is throwing
Protective arms around the washer-
e we m oan, of course, in- a figura-
-euse. A circular just issued from
‘department to the employees in-
em 11181 the Y ®uat pay their
women.
State Convention.
SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS.
Twenty-Ninth Day—Monday, Aug. I3th,
The Convention called to order by
President JenkinB.
Prayer by delegate Tharpe.
Report on Legislative Department
resumed.
The 1st paragraph of Section II was
then read as follows:
SECTION II.
Par. 1. The State shall be divided
into nine Senatorial * Districts, compos
ed and numbered respectively as fol
lows, and there shall be five Senators
from each of said districts, making the
whole number forty-five.
Mr. Bass moved to amend by strik
ing out the word “five” and serting the
word “three,” and striking out the
words “forty-five.” and inserting the
words “twenty-seven.”
Mr. Collier moved to amend Mr.
Bass’ motion by inserting “four” for
“three,” and “thirty-six” in lieu of
“twenty-seven.”
Mr. Davis moved to lay the motion
on the taqle. The motion to lay on the
table prevailed.
Mr. McDonald offered the following
amendment to Section II ;
“The Senate shall consist of forty-
four members. There shall be forty-
four Senatorial Districts, as now ar
ranged by counties. Each district shall
have one Senator.”
Mr. McDonald’s amendment
adopted by a vote of 103 to 68.
The districts are composed of the
same counties as appear in the list of
the report of the Comptroller General
of 1877.
After some further business of no
great importance Convention ad
journed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was taken up
with various propositions to reduce the
House of Representatives. No xesnlt
was reached, and Convention adjourned
until next morning.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Report on Legislative Department
Resumed.
Section III was read a3 follows :
“The above apportionment may he
changed by the General Assembly af
ter each census of the United States
Government, but in no event shall the
aggregate number of representativts he
increased.”
Mr. Browu offered the following
amendment to Section II:
The above apportionment shall be
changed by the General Assembly at
its first session after each census taken
by the United States Government, so
as to givo the five counties having the
largest number of population three
members each, and the twenty-five
counties having the next largest num
ber of population, two members each;
but in no eyent shall the aggregate
number of representation be increased.”
The amendment was received, and
paragraph and section agreed to.
Paragraph 1 of Section IV was agreed
to as follows:
“The members of the General As
sembly shall be elected for two years.”
The second paragraph was agreed to
as follows:
“The first election for members of
the General Assembly under this Con
stitution shall take place on the first
Tuesday in October, 1878, after which
elections for the same shall be held on
the same day diennially until the day
of election is changed by law.”
Section IV, paragraph 3, was read as
follows:
“The first meeting of the General
Assembly after the ratification of this
Constitution Bhall be on the first Wed
nesday in November, 1878, and bien
nially thereafter on the same day.”
Mr. Toombs offered the following
substitute for the substitute of Mr. Hol
combe :
“The first meeting of the General As
sembly elected under this Constitution
shall be held on the first Wednesday
in November, 1878, and biennially
thereafter. The present General As
sembly shall meet on the second Wed
nesday in January, 1S78, as now re
quired by law.”
Pending discussion of the section and
substitute Convention adjourned.
Paragraph 6th was agreed to as fol
lows:
“No person holding a military com
mission or other appointment or office,
having any emoluments or compensa
tion annexed thereto, under this State,
or the United States, or either of them,
except Justices of the Peace and officers
of the militia, nor any defaulter for
public money, or for any legal taxes
required of him, shall have a seat in
either House; nor shall any Senator
or Representative, after his qualifica
tion as anch, be elected by the General
Assembly or appointed by the Govern
or, either with or without the advice
and consent of the Senate, to any office
or appointment having any emolument
annexed thereto, during the time for
which he shall have been elected.
Adopted without amendment.
Paragraph 7th, vacating seat of
member of the General Assembly on
his moving from his county, was agreed
to.
Paragraph 1, Section V, requiring
Senators to be citizens of the United
States, twenty-five years old, fonr years
resident of this State, and one year res
ident of his district, was agreed to.
Paragraph 2d, that the President of
the Senate be elected vim voce, agreed to.
Paragraph 3d, that the Senate alone
shall try impeachments, was agreed to.
Paragraph 4th, that the Senate, when
trying an impeachment, shall be pre
sided over-by Chief Justice; or should
Chief Justice he impeached, that the
Senate shall elect a Judge of the Su
preme Court to preside, was agreed to.
Paragraph 5tb, disqualifying one
found guilty on impeachment from
holding office, etc., was agreed to.
Paragraph 1, Section VI, that mem
bers of the House of Representatives be
citizens of the United States, twenty-
one years old, two years resident ef this
State, and one year of his county, was
agreed to.
Paragraph 2d, that the Speaker of
the House • be elected viva voce, was
agreed to.
Paragraph 3d, that the House have
sole power to impeach, was agreed to.
Paragraph 1, ^Section VII, making
all revenue and appropriation bills
paginate in the House, allowing the
Senate to propose amendments, was
agreed to.
Paragraphs 2d, 3d, 4th, etc., down to
paragraph 13th, were adopted.
Paragraph 13th, requiring that the
yeas and nays be recorded on the pas
sage of a bill appropriating money, was
agreed to.
Harper's Monthly for September.] •
“The Origin of Man.”
CHAPTER I.
Twas a lovely summer morning, in
the year 9001 before Christ. The woods
of Senegambia were clothed in their
fairest costume, the lovely birds were
chirping and singing their morning
lays; the sky was one vast sheet of
blue—everything, in short, was Ml of
sweetness and light, except the lovely
Lady Adeliza de ,;Chimpanzee. She
was in the dumps. • Moodily, she rubb
ed her shoulder$ against a huge palm
tree, and while -performing this act
heaved d vast sign. Just at that mo
ment her mamma dropped from the
tree above her.
“My daughter,” said the Duchess de
Chimpanzee, “why that sigh ?”
- “Ah, mamma, look at me,” Baid Lady
Adeliza. “See how different I am from
the rest of our tribe. See how white I
ain becoming.” : ; t ;
“My daughter,” stud the duchess,
languidly, as she seated herself on a
convenient bowlder, “you should he
proud of the difference. It is a dis
tinction. We are a higher race.”
“I don’t know, mamma. See what
little caudal appendages we have. All
the other folks can hang from the trees
by their tails, but we are compelled to
sit on the limbs.”
“We are advancing, my dear. You
are whiter than I am’ You can talk in
your youth; I could not until middle
age. Your grandmother, as you know,
can only grunt it You are moving to
a higher spere.”
“Well, mamma, none of our folks
will marry me,” said Lady Adeliza,
pouting.
“No, my child; it has been decreed
that there should be a selection of the
fittest in marriage. We have offered
you to the Prince d’Orang-Outang, who
is even whiter than you are, as his
wife.”
“Oh, mamma,” gushed the Lady
Adeliza, “that’s splendid! Will he
come soon ?”
“Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caudal appendages
never get excited. He will he here in
a short time.”
Lady Adeliza went away to look for
cocoa-nuts, and . the duchess sat on a
rock, and reflectively scratched her
head. “ .
ongmzCfG m mo
mittee of one from each Congressional
District be appointed, to whom all local
bills shall be referred, which bills—all
on same subject—shall he consolidated
and the same reported to the House;
and that all such bills must be reported
by said committee to the Hoase within
fifteen days after organization, or shall
not be acted on except by a two-thirds
vote of the House, was agreed to.
Paragraph 15tb, requiring the Treas
urer to pay out no money except by
legal appropriation, and to publish
every three months a statement of re
ceipts and expenditures, was agreed to.
Paragraph 16th, requiring that notice
of a local or special hill he published
in the locality where the matter to be
affected is, thirty days prior to intro
duction of said bill, was agreed to.
Paragraph 17th, requiring an amend
ment or repealing act to distinctly de
scribe the law to be repealed or amend
ed, was agreed to.
Paragraph 18th, limiting the grant of
special powers to certain corporations,
etc., was agreed to.
Paragraph 19th, forbidding the Gen
eral Assembly to authorize the con
struction of any street passenger rail
way within the limits of any town or
city without the consent of the local
authorities, was agreed to.
Two resolutions in reference to pay
ing certain parties were introduced, hut
before being acted on Convention ad
journed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The remainder of the report on Leg
islative Department occupied the Con
vention during the afternoon session.
Section VIII, limiting the clerical
expenses of the House to seventy dol
lars per day, and of the Senatejo sixty
dollars per day, was agreed to- * ^ -
Section IX, that the per diebr of the
members of the Legislature be four-dol
lars per day and ten cents mileage, was
agreed to.
Thirty-second Dny—Thursday, Aug. 10th.
TUirty-llrst Day-Wednesday, Aug.
Mr. Hamilton, of Floyd, offered a
substitute in lieu of original paragraph
adopted the day before. The substi
tute makes the first election for mem
bers of the Legislature take place on
first Wednesday in December, 1877,
and the second election for same on first
Wednesday in October, 1880, and
thereafter biennially, which was adopt
ed.
The unfinished business of previous
day being resumed, paragraph 3d of
Section IV, making first meeting of
the Legislature after ratification of this
Constitution to take place on first
Wednesday in -November, -.1872,- and
biennially theWal^efr ton'rafifo tiay, Wri
agreed toi ,«i ,« - -
,: Paragraph 4th, that a majority of the
members of the Legislature _ constitute
a .quorum, was agreed to.. -
Paragraph 5th, limiting-the session
of the General Assembly to forty-days,
unless extended by two-thuds’ majori
ty of all the members, was agreed to.
After several ineffectual motions to
reconsider the action of the previous
lath. amj much debate thereon, the un
finished business of the day before was
taken up. This was the following par
agraph.
Railways heretofore constructed, or
that may hereafter be constructed, in
this State, are hereby declared public
highways, and railroad companies com
mon carriers. The Gtoneral Assembly
shall pass laws to correct abuses; pre
vent unjust discriminations and extor
tion in the rates of freight and passen
ger tariffs on the different railroads in
this State, and shall, from time to time,
pass laws establishing reasonable max
imum rates of charges for the transpor
tation of passengers and freights oh said
railroads, establish, by law, uniform-
rates on the same commodities ns near
ly as practicable, and enforce all such
laws hyadequate penalties.
: The entire day was consumed- in
discussing this paragraph, without com
ing to any definite aotio*. Convention
adjourned until Friday.
Adam missed one of the luxuries of
life. He couldn’t laugh in his sleeve.
—Cm. Com, He laughed in his leayes,
though, Toajbe,—Phila, Jhtlleiin.
CHAPTER II.
The Duke de Chimpanzee was chief
of a very large tribe. If he had been
in the show business he would have
made an everlasting fortune. He bad
but one daughter, the Lady Adeliza,
and as she would inherit the live stock
over which he ruled, youths of the
nighboring tribes desired to marry her.
Her parents, however, desired that she
should be, if possible,_the fountain of a
told them they were working up. They 1
determined that she should wed the
Prince d’Orang-Outang. The duke pro
posed the matter to the prince.
“Aw!’, said the prince, as he adjusted
his eye-glass; “is it nice ?’’
“She is beautiful,” replied the duke.
“Aw!” said the prince; “giveit much
stamps?”
“I shall give her all Ethiopia,” re
plied the duke.
“I will—aw—step down, and—aw—
look atit,” murmured the prince, care
lessly. ' “By surprise, you know.”
This was agreed upon, and the duke
departed.
The prince knew his worth. He was
quite white, and was not troubled with
the slightest particle of caudal append
age ; but Ethiopia was a big prize, and
he resolved *o win it One week after
the duke had offered his daughter, the
prince started for Senegambia with the
intention of looking at the fair face of
Adeliza.
CHAPTER III.
The prince was wandering through
the woods of Senegambia gaily singing,
weald be a bntlerflf,
Born in a bower,"
when his eyes fell upon a lovely chim
panzee sitting in a shallow brook suck
ing a cocoa-nut. She was the loveliest
creature he had ever seen. His heart
was touched at once. He raised his
eye-glass and stared at her till her eyes
fell in modest confusion.
“Fair chimpanzee,” said he, “wilt
not—not—aw—tell me your—aw—
name ?”
“Adeliza,” whispered she.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who
had witnessed the meeting from behind
a clump of bushes, chuckled; and slid
off on her left ear.
“Adeliza.” sighed the prince, “thou
art—aw—beautiful. Wilt thou—aw—
marry me ?” ,
The Lady Adeliza threw the remains
of her cccoa-nut at the head of a chim
panzee who was loafing in a neighbor
ing tree, fell into the arms of the prince,
and gently murmured, “I am thine.”
They were married in great splen
dor. The Right Rev. Bishop Baboon,
assisted by Rev. Simiader Ape, per
formed the ceremony. The bridemaids
wore their natural clothes. The choir
sang the lovely anthem, “Monkey mar
ried the Baboon’s Sister.” Lady Ade
liza and her parents rubbed noses, and
then the bride started on her tour on
an elephant with one trunk.
CHAPTER IV.
The seasons changed; summer laps
ed into autumn, autumn into winter,
winter into rpring. Then there was a
great rejoicing, for the Lady Adeliza
gave the prince an heir.' The child,
however, was an anomaly' in that re
gion. It had no tail; it had flat feet;
it had a white skin; it "bad no hair on
its body. All the wise men examined
it It was not an -orang-outang; it
was not a chimpanzee;'evidently it
was a new species. Then a family con
clave was called. - t.; ::
- “ What shall we caltitP” asked every?
body. The Duchess de Chimpanzee*
who was languidly making mud pies,
said: " f. . r. ; t-. tv.-L:
“let us call it—man.”
. Governor
When somebody said to
pcct men to work for a dollar a day,” an
swered: “Why not 7 when I camato this
country a boy of eighteen I work as a
bootblack in the streets of New York.
Thirty .years ago I work-in a foundry for
$3 a week, ana I saved my money until
I had enough to bay a piece of land, but
was routed out of it by thewar.”
When is a girl not a
tuns into a confection*
? when she
shop. M
. Georeiacs.
-I: jMK V ZMutj
The Telegraph Eay3 that Senator Ini
inti of: Mississippi now on a visit to Ma
con “kicks the beam at some pounds over
two hundred.”
i The Savannah New says; There is a
man in Hart county named Bob - Bobo,
And we wager - a watermelon that there
isn’t another man iq Georgia who can
spell as mnch name with two. letters.
- A correspondent of the Augusta Con-
tlibUionaliet thicks the Indian .Mounds
on the Savannah River, of which similar
kinds are found throughput the’-South,
woe temple-mounds, built for worship^
pug thesun. . ..; T j .
The Early county' News learns the
babe of Mr: R. T. Beack swallowed a
brant pi^one and a quarter. jncheaJojw.
atti five eights of on mch.broad. It snL
feted very much for two or. three days
wFsj it threw the pin up-.- ' ■ ,a
The Macon Telegraph ■ reports the ar
rival there.of CoL B. W, Frpbel, the
Gfyremment engineer in charge of the
river improvements, 'and says that the
necessary preparations for. clearing Out;
the Ocmulgee are progressing as. rapidly-} 1
as possible, and the WoTk will he began
oitThursday next at the mouth.of the
Oconee. - n, A''
NEW SERIES-NO. 51
' {now e-ih? n.fivros I)/timed n.N-.il
Iijin the Burlington HnrieyeJ
It was the wild midnight. Ths tame
midnight was off watch, and had gone
to bed three honiB before: A storm
brooded over the eastern heavens. It
was. a thoroughbred brood storm. Hop-
brewed, for it Was coming from the
J eqst Hawkeye creek was rolling ta-
lultuonsly in its sandy bed. Bugs,
S ' ably./Or it might have been nerv-
ess. Antheferm cowered at the
en gate. Many a manly form has
been coward at just such gates, ever
mnee' summer nights and gnats and
beauty aind love and June bug were in
dented. : ~j> z~is tic ctiv ■
“He does pot jjojae,” she murmured
she peered into the dark-
- not see him. I will calf
The Augusta OhronzcU amd Constilu-.
iionedist mentions the following incident
in connection with the funeral services
of-Rev. Mr Clarke, who was buried on
Sunday afternoon: “At the Church of
Atonement, Sunday, Rev. Mr. Benedict,
of Savannah, commenced his sermon by
saying, ‘Some years ago three young men;
came to this State. One was buried three
dayB ago, one we are to bury this after
noon and the thud stands before yon.’'
Mj. Buckley and Mr. Benedict were bom
on opposite sides of the street, in Staiii.
ford, Connecticut, and Mr. Clarke was
barn in Cheshire, close by. They were
all about the same age.”
'.The Talbotton Standard gives the fol
lowing account of a suicide: From Cap
tain A. B. Howard, who was in town Sat
urday for a burial case, we learn of the
self-destruction of. a promising, accom
plished young lady. Miss Kate Cheney,
daughter of Mr. Rufus Cheney
Cheney, wbo 'lives in Meriwether
ctsnty, near the line of Talbot,
committed suicide by drowning, on Fri
day last Several weeks ago she dream
ed of being dead, and since that time Bhe
has -been partially deranged. Friday,
while standing upon the banks’of Pigeon:
Creek, with bar mother, she jumped. i»-
suddcnly, pulling her mother after her.'
Tin water was not deeper then three feet,
and Mrs. Cheney got safely to shore but
too late to save her daughter.
,-The Augusta Chronicle of Suuday
prints the following: By reference to the
Tax Digest for 1877, we find that there
arauin Augusta 73 people and corpora-
at ovtr ElUjUOU ana less us*u
49 who pay on over $15,000 and less than
$20,000; 16 on over $30,000 and lea*
$40,000; 18 on over $40,000 and lesatiutA
850,000; 7 on over $50,000 and less than
$60,000; 4 on over $60,000 and les than
$70,000; 4 on over 870,000 and less than
$80,000; 5 on over $80,000 and less than
$30,000; 2 on over $90,000 and leas than
$100,000; 1 on over $115,000 and lea*
than $120,000 and less than $125,000;
2 on over $125,000 and less than $130,-
000; 1 on over $160,000 and less than
$170,000; 1 on over $200,000 and less
than $120,000: 1 on over $350, and less
than $400,000; 1 on over $450,000 and
$500,000, and 1 one over 8500,000. In
the county, outside of the city, 21 pay
)iy on over $10,000 and less than $15,-
WO; 7 on over $15,000and loss than $20,-
000; 7 on over $20,00 and less than $30,-
000; 9 on over $30,000 and less than
S40,000; 6 on over $40,000 and less than
$50,000; 4 on over $50,000 and les3 than
$60,000; 2 on over $70,000 and less than
$80,000. Five colored citizens pav tax
es on property returned at over 85,000
and less than $10,000.
In Emanuel county recently there was
family gathering of the children,
grandchildren great-grandchildren of
tire. Margaret Johnson, of which thR
Swainsboro Herald gives the following
interesting statement. The meetingtook
place at the residence of John D. John
son the youngest son: “ About 9 o’clock
A. M,, the gathering commenced, and by
eleven o’clock all had made* thefe ap
pearance, except one of the granddaugh
ters who was sick, and a grandson, and
her granddaughter's infant child* the
grandson preferring to wait upon hissick
sister. Just before spreading the table
the finally was called together, the aged
parent taking the head, her oldest living
child and his wife, children and grand-
clfldren, next-and the next oldest Falling
in, and so on until the whole family baa
fallen into line, when numbering them it
was ascertained that there were eight-
children, four sons and four daughters,
fifty-nine grandchildren, thirty-seven
grandsons and twenty-two granddaugh
ters, forty-four great-grandchildren,
twenty-nine great-grandsons and' fifteen
great-granddaughters, making itfmjlst
self included, one hundred and MFriCO
persons the living descendants of one ma
ternal parent There has never been but
sixteen deaths of either her children,
grandchildren, or great-grandchildren.
She is now eighty-two years old, in-per
fect health in body and mind, and to t oll
appearances bids fair for another twenty
years. She never took a dose of doctors
medicine in her life. There has never
one of the family -left the neighborhood in
vhich that noble old conple first settled,
the farthest one of them living now not
exceeding a dozen miles from tbe first
family bemstead.**?.’?“ :rs V,
g s ^ - r r - - _-o va/-
The Cotton Crop.
An Annaljnts of the Itramy of the Cotton
Exchanges. bid jo
j ■ ' . .-ovj hr -
Washington, Aughst 10.—The Cot
ton Exchanges throughout the South
have furnished-their monthly reports.
A somewhat htaftiad analysis shows
that the weather AUringJuly fass been
more favorable than last year; that the
condition oTthe crop is from ffve to
fouiftetod^B.atnrtgnijnlMbl<yajhto,
with the plant hardy* sod thriving.
There are some slbiesmeitte’-of ^ ttte ’ap.
pearenddwjaitei^AQSj'ftna.'
and licebbtnS'yetYk)(daftaqted
done.. The fifims atoAqfuiteztf
well cultivated and the tone of the re-
satis-
s ::: ,isq eq a uIf
'imfiiiwv
New York's bonded debt was reduced
was wrong. If she couldn’t see
ipq she certainly oqoldn’f call hint
ith the ssure hand.' A manly step
tune scraping down the. Mdewalk. It
She‘ thyew open’ the gate,' and the.
iext -instant he clasped in his groat,
mg aimatwenty-seven' yards of fon?
I, three yards of niching; seven doz-
in Breton buttons, and -a- pompadour
nieraa big as a dog-house.. It was
His own. - r,u '-‘
“All is lost l” he exclaimed. “Don
ee de Belvidere, the Russians have
* the Balkans! We must fly I”
Constance was a noble girL She only
hg-gaxia i ij-.-vi i<> >i—mwy
“Whither shall we fly 7”
He wanted to ffy to some lone desert
le, but she submitted an amendment
— that They should fly to the
mum
They flewt. :(n
Hi the crowded saloon, where the soft
jht fell upon fair women and brave
en, and the insects oE|fnpnmer night
fell in the ice cream-
poke no toord. "-naag
When two sentuht hhman beings
are engulfing spoonfuls of com starch
and eggs and sweet.milk, Iq^qage is a
{aockepy... / .
i Attest Desmond broke the tender
Silence. He said: .
“More, dearest?”'
She smiled and bowed her lovely
head, but, did not speak. She was too
full for utterance.
Desmond gtoomfly ordered more;
tnd more when-thst was gone; and a
mpplement to that; and an addenda
o tbat;and wexhj&it-to that,;
Gloom was enthroned upon his brow.
—* it. She. said 1
Constance
“Whal is j
He spoke m
A invfulful
'.eirt like a knife.
. “ Dtannond,” she aaid;~“you are not
tired of me, dafliug?”
‘•By heaven, no,” he said, and then
he looked fend thouoMJ,rr~“ ”,
Her brow lighted up with a ray of
celestial intelligence.
“1 see,” she said, tapping the empty
a te with the spoon. “Too cold. Sign-
. C. Morbus.”
He denied it bitterly, and b°de her
remain where ahe was while he settled
with toe man.
g She, gnided by toe unerring instincts
of her sex, peeped through the curtains
of the saloon. She saw her Desmond
holding earnest discussion with toe
man. She saw toe man shake his head
resolutely in answer to Desmond’s
pleading looks and appealing gestures.
She saw him lock toe aoor, take out toe
key, put.it in his pocket, .end lean tip
against the door. She saw her own
Desmond draw from’. His own pocket
and pile up on toe counter a pearl-
handle pocketnife, six nickels, four
green postage stamps, a watch key, two
lead pencils, a memorandum book, a
theater ticket, (of toe variety denomi
nation), a pocket comb, an ivory tooth
pick, a shirt stud, one sleeve-button, a
photograph of herself, a package of
trix, two street-car checks, a (raid with
a funny (wicked) story on it, a silk
handkerchief and a pair of gloves.
And then she knew that Desmond was
4 bankrupt, and when toe man swept
toe assets of the concern into a drawer
and opened toe door, she sobbed con-
TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM.
Baonf Pasha, the Turkish General,
has but one wife. f • • •
“Come aronnd and see me ca
mother-in-law,” is the latest c
wedding invitation.
Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina,
- raised $40,000 for the imn&Hete
if toe ten
egotiated (luring hi* visit to
.if.wP&BThmr f
A Republican editor has discharged
a horny-handed typo far maUngbiin
iy: “ We here unbounded faith m Ore
> of toe' Republican party ” The
alleges lhat the word was written
capacity.” - - - - -
irate letter writ-
says that he
'atfch benefit from his
. „ . aid that he looks and
in-better health than at any fa'mw
The past three or four years.
The Blaine men says that Conkling
will co-operate- with them. They say
‘ v ~‘ as much as he hates Blaine he dis-
tourz and Evarts still tnore, and
makd war upon the Adminis-
over Their shoulders.
Mr. James Lenox ofNew York, is re
leasing his unfortunate debtors from all
'liabilfy, and in case of Ida
has,provided that no defirien-
„ ton mortgages held by him
Be aaked or enforced. r ~‘ ' • ’
George H. Ike has been Sentenced to
nr years’ imsrisooinent in the State
ison of Cm^fa5tofaflltUlte|
id he confesses to having aaristoda
bbing a jewelry store in Nashville,
1 [*enn, la8tMay. Hevrenttotoegddee
oast to five beeatteabe lrad Gratae too
rail known in these parts.
Gen. Field, of Fredericksburg, Vn,
has recently returned home from Eg;
where he held a bigh position in
army of toe Khedits/ His withdrawal,
rom that army grew oat of fheFTnrko-
lureiaa orenpttcertiiras, inwhiab Warp*,
_ her’. taSBalagt to. .th# Sultan,
ub -been forced- to taka paxt.. .The-
American officer eoold tKAbcnecien.
tiopsly take toe^ field fer the Crescent
(gainst toe Cross, and so resigned.
W. H. Yaoderbilt tom peeuBar look-
Ug man. In rate and appearance be
-Brambles John Jacob Aator. Hie frame
ahuBcolnaq. He ia .very stoat; and
is to he puffed np bodily. His
jfs rahdy, his coqntenance^ florid,
iwtesmtgnwb mnfwmZwsjmS
tofttradidqwajMt ttteflf paraferanraia
*ho was bom within sotrad of the Bow
Sella. He is a man of few words, reso-
nto hi bis opinions even to obstinacy,
rad thnmgh all Ids gifbrana-mdhnra.
of cautiofi and hesitancy.
CONTRACT RATES OF iLJfZdfiSINfi*
toe nun oae month_...„„.
gaaaSSSsErz:
■sSWgaSS&n—S3
IIH
rr M
1UM
MM
gastrsaass-a
little atori. :. ■ ■
From the Hair* G&xott*,] ■ - r -J nocn
j m hava bem,permitted to publish a
»tter written by Mr. Charles F.)ftrowhe-
and now the wife of a proinuient' mer
chant in a neighboring -tnty. -The let
ternever before Iras appeared in print,
and toe original f Ti " * * -—” ■ » •
gentlemanoftWa
itsgenunene
toe reader as __
teristic—“true to
Jof>ai:
ffa jpu* tor,
om ctDlo oaO
SAun<;M!»ss4 Juno 1^1804* -
v ^ d>to#a? I, caandMell you ;
relatives, including. my_graadmother
York’s bonded debt ___ _
it year, but toe is still due
little amount ?f $132,096,992^2.
ither day I went off andf
iaiah, and she’s a gc __
hanjonare.; alsgr'n
ery forgetful mam He frequently iroea
ff and forgets hia washerwoman. Mr.
llanuey iffa very .fine 'lookmg.man.-
He reminds me of Mb Green; toe Maid
en murderer. When Mr. Ramsey goes
to the penitentiary, which .wflLbe yery
•oon, we mutt, send ;him ictoqghnuts,
mags tines and other literary docu-.
mentB. Mr. Ramsey can .read print
tor welL •
I like yon very mnch. I should like
you just as weQ if .yon were twelve
; rears older.. I am very singular about
MmetiiinflL
You spokato me about a boy who is ii
S invaL I should fed: rtry Boat to.
toatboy, but he; may drive,
It- -1 am m -hopes., that -hej
tlmirif Into a ffra.t.ww'Sg
ie may choke himself with alarge'slice
•f pudding, btte-M.*.he doesntftoarl l
Aid read all myleotutestohim. That
rill finish -him..- His ~ boots may re-.
' l, but toe rest of-hint will have
bed misarablyjabg ere.I -have gpt j
yon most be a good "little ad, : and -
always mind your mother." Never.let'
roar rameTtenh mottrar fqd sorry -thaA7
he is acquainted witoyon. If ithadn’t.
leenfer her' yon might have gbtdrbwn-
edina soup plate long ago.' And'if
yon hadn’t- ever had'any-miotoeryon'
might now be in JCurkey with the oth-1
er Turkeys. Id ftiolp mjj de^r Amelia, -
Bo conduct ^oursMf that even on dark .
whmeyer^yon^are^andP that .toe rtars
(which are next totlte sun m : bright-
ness)may never flash so brillian% but
that _yoa can look steadily.and hope
fully toward them. "p ,i ® ™-
Faithfully, your friend, - - •
: la *-•;.! •• |A,Wabu..-
—x-wnaesi Be
We dip toe
ga letter to the
claims that-an
= . ... .... ;.' . ,-t eave j&,OOQ.OOO pee annum- by its : v%or-
Speaking of toe effects at hard bmeeai punaA ; mtaSfex :. :
*(-—i p-yirt the cbrrea- *'- ~ i - -*r *■—-
“And it was my extravagance which
hath did this thing.”
They did not talk mnch on their way
home. Once she had asked him if he
was rich, and he only said :
“Enormously.”
Such is life.
Why Conkling Came Home.
TTi© Great Social and Political HjMny SoU
▼ed at Lait.
Correa poedonoo N. Y.Kreniof! Eipri««-
Conkling is a great statesman, and
also a disciple of Chesterfield. WelL
he was asked to dine with the royal
family, and Gen. Grant and Lady bury
were ahojrThere. Things went along
aR right.'Conkling was elaborately got
ten Up. He always is. His ambrosial
curls were oiled and dressed more par
ticularly than usual He bowed to ail
in'a condescending manner, and low
ered-himself to talk with the Queen.
Dinner was announced and all marched
down in goSd^order. Thtora progress
ed welL Grafifahd Conkling sat op
posite each other. The servants hand
ed around- dinner, and among other
n pie. Grant got a leg of
the bird. He fell to in toe American
fashion. Conkling followed suit The
leg must have been very tough. Grant
topic it in his hands and polled. Conk
ling looked on in amazement The
Queen murmured. Lady Mazy was
dismayed. Grant held on, and with a
endous jerk polled it apart, a good
s Slipping out of his hands and
fending on Oonkling’s immaculate
shirt-bosom, Grant apologized. Conk
ling rayed, and Lady Mary brushed
toe debris away. Of course Conkling
felt down-hearted, and resolved to come
ie. Everything was gel
igbL however; and: the _
ding was announced. They* olein si-
j^,:GntntfiRteMbi»tf«teM,and
reached oyer for more. He>pnlledtoe
gan to puff onT’tob 0 !
thumb and finger. Hare* was open
ail their countenances. Ho palled Afore
oqt and ate them, and rolled the re
mainder up in his handkerchief and
slipped them in his trousers’ pocket
It was then that Conkling determined
to come .home. HisThirt front was
'SnHairaS pigeon pie, and Ulyiwe8 the'
PiteNWifir lateyfate- home podding in
kiSpanTa’ pocket
that fashionable
pondent Bays: : ' Ji ‘; -' • - • - r viaarCi
I was at a hop at the Grand Union •
a few evenings since, and must confess
to some disapprarttment at what; I saw.
The room was well filled with weQ-
dre3sea ladies, hut men were scarce,
especially young men who 'should be
on hand to dance; those who were on
tne floor were dressed in waliing suits,
plaid bmdnessdotoee. and oy young
man hodon abiue cnecxsturt. mere
was not *todl3rta*ed man present, ex
cept tb£ floor'managex. .And all of
tois-in toe-most fashionable ofthe Sar
atoga hoteli, supposed to contain with
in its walls toe dile of the connin'.
Balls are rarely attempted at Sarato
ga now. They were frequent and brill
iant prior to toe panic 011873, bnt toe
average pater-fomilias won’t any lon
ger pay two dollars each for self and
wife and “toe girls,” and the young
men most have been cat Short in their
allowance and can’t afford toe dress-
coat and other expensive fixtures to
figure in.a full-dress balL It is .toe ef
fect of hard times, and this shows itself
in many others wsys. Hack driven
are no longer swaggering sad indepen
dent, but obliging and obsequious.
Their prices have descended from sky
high to below par- Fish dinnen at
“Moon’s,” with attendant extravagant
figures, ware of ixiinnwa occurrence,
and Gridiey, wbo breeds fish near Sar
atoga had his hands full selling trout at
one dollar per pound. Alas l Gridiey
told me yesterday that he could net
sell his fish at alL The churches feel
the hard times. The plates at the
Episcopal Church were formerly filled
at each collection with bills of small
and large denomination, and now the
bottom can be seen through a thin layer
dimes and quarters in stiver. Instead
of toe four large hotels, baring a com
bined population offivetheqsandper?
t, they can scarcely numberiwenty-
five honored.
That Plucky Widow.
It will be remembered that, a short
time ago, ire published an account,
copied from the Charleston Next, of a
widow lady who supported herself and
children from an acre of land. In ref
erence to the same, we dip the follow
ing from toe OonstitutionaKd:
It rives us great pleasure to state that
toe plucky South Carolina widow, for
whom the Charleston Hem end Coiner
appealed, has been enabled,
ous responses, to buy her acre
bo devotedly tended and bo fondly de
sired. The widow not ooly reodved
the $50 necessary, but $118 boride.
The largest contributions were $50 from
toe National Exchange Bank of Qb-
fombus, Ohio. In a note eweinriag Ms
contribution, Mr. Deshler ssys: “Al-
toough l am a Nactbemec and a Re
publican of toe firmest kind, I am
a man wbo I admires
with the dfe-
who have seen better
$ea lor foe l«dy r tmst-
pluck, ana. common
,good will among us
and South, wiB, rie
long, atieriate the sorrows and distress
now so prevalent throughout our land.’
Jack—Now, I’ll be papa, going to fix
theJaxn&ce. - -
Sallie—Oh,yes! AndTO be new noise,
and you must mss me bdflfid the cellar-
door
Colored'men were among toe dele
te the Democratic Convention at
asippL A negro was among ctite
nees for Secretary of State, andr
Mr. Lamar voted for him. ._ - -
The World likens toe constzuctioA of
party platforms in Ohio to toe old ne-
j jrols method of putting on a tightcoat.
Fret you squeeze one arm. jhjit and
then toe other; and thenjymi “try td
stand on your head and hab a general
conwnlsion.” • .--jai i cai sST
A meeting of Workingmep, , flfe
Cincinnati on Saturday, notmnated, a.
State ticket distinct from that of either;
the Democaraflc or Republican ticket. '
Resolutions were also adopted denounc
ing both toe Republican and Demotrat?
io parties and Hayes’ administration.-
A Republican caucus in the town of
Etna, Maine, has resolved toatj“R. B.
Hayes is a traitor to his party, to bis
country and his God,” and .declares,
that “we will not giv? him or his ini
quitous policy any support, either pa-
fitted orruoral.” Etna’s eruption is
like the fizz of a Chinese cracker.
What is Lost onCotton ficed ai
the South- -1 •-- . .
We see it stated, in eome Of' our
against selling toeir cotton seed to oil
rniilTfnr $9 and 810 per ton, when.they
would aa readily command »5.” It
would seem that the fermerehaye bad
little kno wledged of toe ri*ual*riu» of
the seed and sell it far 89,- whereaS the
latter named pnoe It wpeam wonw^be
paid by the
mem were ported aa tonoldingtne eeeq.
As shewing wbat could be sarwr ;ea»
year if farmers put tfp oil mUk, .tne
laiowingrtaieniBiiiisfaidai lljecfqp
000,000 pounds of .BeetL There could
be realized from this product alone
nearly flWXJOjOOOu “Not mote than
ao^ratooftoeatedworidhoronenm-
ed in planting^howing^hat thefrrmeis
loss on this item^ alqpc wtil reich over
$13,000,000. . ‘ ^ .
Paper Flour Barrels.
The manufacture of paper flour bar
rels is one of the growing industries of
Wisconsin. There barrels are made from
straw-paper pulps, which is run into
molds m the shape of half hwrels and
subjected to great pressure. The ends
axe made in toe same way, and so per
fectly does the machine do its work tori
anv niece in » banal mkr he snbrittuted
for a rimilar one. The barrels have an
b thickness of threerixteento of
i and are very light. Therr itd-
e over other barrels arefimnd in
tbrir fightnees, durability and cheapness,
for they will not cost a third of theordi-
price. Moreover, the grooves fit ap
ctly that no floor is lost by rifting
^ w jgh In transportation,,and thus a cer
tain percentage is saved.—Telegraph and
Mettenger.
“I don’t
churches,”
fashionable
Lady Barker writes: “Thaveseen toe
black races fn four different quarters of
the globe, and I never saw. one single in*
dividual move quickly of bis own free
wUL*