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J. A. WREN,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
Hs located fora short time at
DR. EDMUNDS’ GALLERY,
KLB3RTON. GA.
WHERE lie is prepaied to execute every class
of work in his line to the satisfac
tion of all who bestow their patronage Confi
dent of his ability to please, he cordially iuvites
a test of his skill, with the guarantee that if he
does net pass a critical inspection it need not be
taken. mch24.tf.
MAKES A SPECIALTY OF
Copying & Enlarging Old Pictures
J. >l. BARFIELD,
Fashionable Tailor,
Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold’s Store,
KLBERfON, GEORGIA.
BOOTS & SHOES.
The undersigned respectfully an
nonnoes to the people of Elberton and
surrounding country that he has opened a first
class
Boot and Shoe
SHOP IN EXiBERTON
TYhere he is prepared to make any style of Boot
er Shoe desired, at short noticeand with prumpt
aess.
KEPAIRIrffi NEATLY EXECUTES.
The patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited.
ap.29-tf CL W. GAB*StSI4 lIT.
H. K. CAIRDNER,
ELL3ERTON, GA.,
DEARER IN
O GOODS S: CHIC.
U A 111) WARE, CROCK ER Y,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS
Notions, &o-
S. M. SWIFT. MACK ARNOLD
SWIFT & ARNOLD,
(Beessoi a to TANARUS, JL Swift,)
Vio'O'TT^
GROCERIES. CROCKERY, BOOTS AND
SHOWS, HARDWARE, &c.,
p.rbMe 9qre, ELBERTdX CiA.
ll&HT CABBIABES & BUSBIES.
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(jARRIAGEjmAHUFACT’B
OL.BKRTOS, CIEOKUIA.
EST WORKMEN!
BEST WORK!
LOWEST PRICES!
&ood Baggies, wairamted, - 5125 to SIGO
Coaaisoa Buggies - - - SIOO.
REPAIRING AN!) BLACKS.MITIIING
Work done in tliia line in the very best style.
The Best Harness
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MESS MiiMfflf.
x\ J. SHAJSTTSrONr,
Saddler & Harness Maker
la tally prepared to manufacture
HARNESS, BRIDLES, SADD I E S,
A the shortest notice, in tlic best manner, and
on reasonable terras.
Shop at John S. Brown’s Old Stand.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
THE ELBERTON
AIR-LINE HOUSE
18 NOW OPENED liY
G- W. BRISTOL & WIFE.
ON the corner of the Public Square, opposite
the Globe Hotel. Terms reasonable. In
connection with the House is a
GOOD STABLE,
Attended by good hostlci-3. sopß-tf
F. A. F. NOB LETT,
mmim mason,
ELBERTON, GA.
Will contract for work in STONE and BRICK
anywhere in Elbert county [jel6 6i
.5. S. BARNETT,
attorney at law,
blbbrtgn, GA.
jNFew Series.
OUT OF REACH.
We two watidered by th* bay,
My sweetheart and I,
Quietly the water lay,
Quiet Was the sky.
And my darling stood and gazed,
With her fair face upward raised ;
“Woald the stars might be
Nearer earth !” said she—
“ Tell me, tell me, 0 my love,
Why are stars so far above ?”
On the shore we found a boat;
“Come, sweetheart, ’ said I,
“O’er the water let us float,
There the stars are nigh.”
So she leaneil her o’er the side,
Gazing down into the tide ;
“Would the stars might be
Nearer earth !” said she—
“ Tell me, true love, if you know,
Why are stars so far below?”
[Temple Bar
SLYMPKINS' EVENG .
“Sam ! Sam ! Sam I Where the deuce
is that fellow"?”
I had rung the bell until I ivas tired
and out of patience, and then called for
him until I was out of breath, and still
he did not come.
If you want to know who I am, allow
me to inform you that my name is Geo.
11. Boomerang, better known in Farze
dona, where I reside, as Captain Boom
erang, late of the army. lam a man of
considerable wealth ; own the finest
house in town, and keep, or did keep, a
man by the name of Sam, whose duty it
was to brush my clothes, hat and boots,
and adjust my leg.
I refer to a wooden leg. The original
leg ran against a cannon ball during our
late unpleasantness, and I have never j
seen it since.
Well, it was "Sam’s duty to take that
wooden leg off at night, and to be at
hand again in the morning to put it on j
before I got out of bed; and no you j
know why I was yelling, “Sam ! Sam!
Sam !” And when I inform you that
this was the morning of my wedding
day, perhaps you can imagine how anx
ious I was to get on to my legs as soon |
as possible.
Yes, I was the lucky fellow that had
zedona, and was that lay to lead her to
the altar. But I must get my leg on
first, and as Sam wouldn’t or couldn’t
come, I rolled out of bed, and went
hopping around on one foot to find it.
Well, Samuel didn't come, but my
housekeeper, Mrs. Brown, did.
“Mrs. Brown,” I ciied, “where is
Sara ?”
She answered me through the key hole
of the door.
“He left the house last night about
eleven o’clock—took his trunk with him,
and said he was going to leave town by
the midnight train ”
“Gone! Why didn’t you tell me?”
“He said you knew all about it.”
“Why, confound it, woman, I didn’t
know anything about it! Furthermore,
ma’am, the scamp lias carried off my leg,
and left one in place of it, which is cer
tainly a foot and a half too short ”
“Oh, what will you do ?”
“That’s just what I should like to
know, ma’am,” said I, staring fixedly at
that leg.
“And it’s your wedding day," said she.
“Which is just what makes this little
difficulty of mine intensely interesting,”
said I.
“Oh, isn’t there some way for you to
surmount the difficulty?”
“I can surmount a pair of crutches,”
said I, “but hang it, ma’am, I don't want
to be married on crutches!”
“It’s awful to think of!” cried Mrs.
Brown. And then I heard her leave the
door and go slowly dov/n stairs.
“To be married at two o’clock, in
church, and only a leg and a half to
stand on!” I groaned “Oh, Samuel!
Sam! I don’t see how you could have
had the heart to do it.”
I couldn’t understand it at first. I
had always used Sam well, paid him
good wages, and he had seemed per
fectly contented with his situation, and
served me faithfully until now.
Suddenly an idea struck me, and the
whole causa of Sam’s perfidy was re
vealed to me.
“By heavens, it is Slympkins!” I
yelled. “Slympkins is the cause of all
my woe. He bribed Sam to steal my
leg, on this, my wedding day, and leave
this insufficient prop in place of it.”
Now it is very natural to suppose that
the reader would like to know who
Slympkins is, and if ho will only be pa
tient I will endeavor to enlighten him.
Jim Slympkins is, or was my rival.
He is about my own age (thirty two),
and is the only son of his father, who,
by the way, is the most wealthy gentle
man in Farzedona; consequently, Jim
doesn’t do anything but smoke C'igars,
drive about town behind his splendid
grays, and devote himself to the ladies
generally.
Farzedona is noted for its pretty wo
men. Statistics show that there are
more pretty women to every square yard
of ground in Farzedona, than in any
other city or town in the world.
Well, when I returned from the war,
and established myself in the halls of my
fathers I somehow, in a very short time,
found myself violently attached to sev
enteen of the most beautiful young
ladies of Farzedona, and, singular as it
may seem, they were the very young
l ladies whom Slympkins was courting.
1859.
ELBERTOV, GEORGIA. SEPT’R ‘2*2. 1875.
To be sure Slympkins had, or was ex
pecting to have, much more wealth than
I could boast of; but he hadn’t my face,
you know, or anything like it. Further
more, the ladies always have been, and
probably always will be, fond of the
military, and Slympkins was not a mili
tary man. But what raised the very
deuce with Slympkins was my wooden
leg. When that wooden leg walked in,
Slympkins had to walk out. Not tllit-t
--the dear creatures loved Slympkins less,
but, “ah me, Captain Boomerang, with
Ins wooden leg, was so charming, you
know.”
Yes, I was charming. Anybody with
half an eye could see that. Slympkins
saw it distinctly, and it was very painful
to him.
It was a good thing for Slympkins,
my return to Farzedona. You see he
had contracted such a habit of roving
from flower to flower, that at last it had,
become almost an impossibility for him
to settle upon any one particular rose.
But I took the v. ind out of his sails, and
before I had been in the town a month,
he was glad to concentrate all his affec
tions upon one lovely flower,
i Unfortunately for Slympkins, this
flower happened to be the choicest one
in my collection of seventeen, and so
you see, when he concentrated liis affec- j
tions, I did the same, and before he had I
an opportunity to offer his heart, I laid '
mine at her feet, and she accepted it
and gave me hers in return.
I was sorry for Slympkins, bat what.
could I do ? If he had chosen Miss i
Smith, Miss Brown, Miss Jones, or in j
fact any one but Miss Amelia Seymour,
all would have been well. But it was
really absurd for Slympkins to suppose
that I would allow him or any other
man to marry Amelia—at least, while I
had a wooden leg.
Yes, I had won her, and poor Slymp
kins was fairly wild with rage. He had;
sworn to be revenged, but I laughed at
his threats. You see, I didn’t know
then how lie was going to be revenged, j
I saw it now very distinctly, on this'
the morning of my wedding day,
rocked myself to and fro in my chs|||
and groaned, and bedewed that nhof*?]
wooden leg with my tears; and I sai&JH
myself, in my rage towards :Slymp.kifiejn
that I would enforce the old Jjljgg
But tlii# iMUrorik me, to'lit
groaning when there was work to be
! done. 1 must prepare for t e wedding,
for I was bound to be married that day,
if I had to hop all the way to church,
j I was seated at the breakfast table
sipping my coffee half an hour after
. wards, when Mrs. Brown came rushing
in, crying, “Oh, Captain, I know ail
j about it!”
“What—the leg ?”
“Yes, I think so. My daughter Eliza
says she saw Mr. Slympkins give Sam
some money last night ”
“Yes, I knew it was Slympkins.”
“More than that, Sam was married
last night to Miss Seymour’s maid, and
they went off together on the twelve
o’clock train.”
“But, my dear woman,” said I, “I
don’t care anything about who he has
married, or where Le has gone. The
question is, has he carried my leg with
him ?”
“Why, I'm sure I don't know.”
‘AYell, that is just what I want to
know, ma'am. This isn’t a time for
trilling. You must remember that lam
to be married to-day, and, by Jove, I
want my leg!”
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Slymkins
for it ?”
MYes, and be laughed at. No, I don’t
intend to let him know anything about
the trouble he has caused me. Besides,
I don’t believe lie has got it.”
•‘But what are you going to do ? ’
“Why, just as soon as I finish my
breakfast 1 shall go to Mr. Seymour’s
and tell him of the perfidy of my ser
vant (and I shall take that leg to prove
my statement), and unless he objects
very strongly, I shall persist in being
married upon crutches, rather than to
have the wedding postponed. That
would please Slympkins too much. It's
what he expects, but I’ll disappoint him,
by JoveY’
Then I finished my coffee, and going
to my chamber I took the ownerless leg,
and wrapping it up in paper I came
down, and ordering my carriage, rode
out to Mr. Seymour’s residence.
The old gentleman met me at the
door. He took no notice of my crutches.
With averted face he bade me good
morning, and led me into the parlor.
“I'm sorry, Captain Boomerang, very
sorry, but the wedding will have to be
postponed.”
“What! not on my account, I hope?”
for, you see, I thought he had already
heard of my loss.
“Amelia is ”
“What, my dear Amelia! Oh, has
anything happened to her ? Is she ill ?”
“It’s nothing serious, my dear Cap
tain.”
“But is she ill? Oh, where is she?
Do let me go to her ! Do let me see
her !”
“She’s in her boudoir. Go, perhaps
you can comfort her,”
I did go. I burst into the room, and
found her lying on the sofa, in tears.
I rushed forward to clasp her in my
arms, but recoiled in surprise and amaze
ment, when I saw upon a chair in front
of the lounge upon which she was laying
my— ,
“Great heavens, Amelia, where did
you get my leg 1” for, you see, I recog
nized the limb instantly.
“The le Oh, George Henry, I—l
can never be your wife!” she sobbed,
fixing her liquid orbs upon the I'uib be
fore her.
“But where did 3*oll get my leg ?” I
reiterated, at the same time unfolding
the paper from the short one that I had
brought with me.
“Where did you get mine ?” she
screamed, hopping up from the lounge,
; and clutching the limb that I still held
in my band.
“Yours 1" I gasped,
j “Mine !”
“Oh, this is too much 1" I sighed, sink
! ing into a chair.
Amelia sat down, too, and for about
two miuut.es we gazed into one another’s
faces without speaking a word. At last
I spoke.
“Ob, Amelia, Slympkins has played a
cruel joke upon us! He bribed your
maid and my man to change these
limbs.”
“Yes ; and now ”
“But luckily we have found it out in
season, and now the wedding can go on
as if nothing had happened."
“What 1 would you marry me notv ?”
“Now !” I cried, clasping her to 1113*
breast. “I’d many you now if you
hadn't a leg to stand upon.”
Then I kis-sed the dear creature, while
phe laid her beautiful head upon my
‘breast and cried for joy.
. In conclusion, I am happy to inform
Jhe reader that thogwedding took place
.at precisely two o’clock that clay. Slymp
i.lr.ns was not there, and I haven’t seen
jura since ; but when I do see him—well,
I’ll write you about it.
I WHAT SAVAGES THINK OF TWINS.
| In Africa, according to Dr. Robert
Brown, (“Races of Mankind,”) the birth
taf twins is commonly regarded as an
fevjl omen. No one except the twins
themselves and their nearest relatives
!is adowed to enter the hut in which
first saw the light. The children
fere not to play with other children, and
ifaVftn the utensils of the hut are not per
Spitted ta.be used by any one else. The
pjtt'ber is not allowed to talk to any one
iot belonging to her own family. If,
the children both live to the end of the i
STMh veaT, it is supposed -that Nature i
. W>ia(ioN)itli ttirfr wnw
is this abomination of twin births re
.•trieted to Africa. In the island of Bali,
near Java, a woman who is so unfortu
nate as to bear twins is obliged, along
with her husband, to live for a month
at the seashore, or among the tombs,
until she is purified. The Khasias of
Hindostan consider that to have twins
assimilates the mother to the lower ani
mals, and one of them is frequently put
to death. An exactly similar belief pre
vails among some of the native tribes of
Vancouver Island. Among the Ainos,
one of the twins is always killed, and in
Arebo, in Guinea, both the twins and
the mother are put to death.
A Dutch Victoby. —A crowd of young
chaps about town were in one of the
[ popular beer saloons yesterday, when
they met a jolly old German, who often
gets thoroughly soaked in beer and
maudlin funny.
“Hello, Kaiserlicher, have you heard
the news ?” said one.
“Nein ! vas ish das ?”
“The water works are busted !”
“Vei, dot’s bad mit dem tembrance
beeples don’d it, poys ?” (Laugh all
round.)
“Yes, ad the rolling mill’s gone up !”
“Veil, chust don’d got sheered about
dat; it’s so heffy dot it goom down
again, eh?” (A grand peal of laughter.)
“And—and—the ice machine has ex
ploded!” cried a third.
“Ish dot bin pozzible? Den dot’s bad,
midoud some mistake, and id don’d rain
midoud id pours—de vasser oud—de
rolling mill up—no more ize—unt all
you young sbackasses broke out of de
sthable lot ? Dot makes me gry !”
And nobody thought it necessary to
laugh at this point.
[Atlanta Constitution.
HE WANTED THEM AT GRANGER
PRICES.
A few days since a promising young
man, who had found one willing to unite
her destiny with his for life, made his
way to the Ordinary’s office, with his
love leaning on his arm, to buy his li
cense.
“Come in, sir ; take a seat,” said the
political official, handing chairs for both.
“Something I can do for you ?”
“Is this here Mr. Go inky, what’s the
Ordinary, whar they git thar marriage
papers ? ” said the candidate for matri
mony.
“Yes, sir; yes, sir,” said the officer,
rubbing his hands and looking over his
glasses at the new coiners.
“Well, me and Mary Jane wants ter
marry, and what you ax for the papers?”
“The fee is s—,”$ —,” said the officer.
“Is that the best you can do ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I thought by us cornin’ together
you’d let us have ’em at granger prices.
I’ll look ’round and see if I can do bet
ter ; good morning. Let’s go, Mary
Jane ; the sun’s gettin’ way up yander.”
JCuthbert Messenger.
One of the mottoes at the great Dem
ocratic meeting at Newark, Ohio, Thurs
day, was: “Grant vetoed the currency
bill of 1874, but he can’t veto the Allen
Bill of 1875.”
Vol. IV.-No. 21.
COMMON SENSE vs. PREJUDICE.
By It. V Pierce, M. D., of the World’s Dispen
sary. Buffalo, N. Y., Author “The People's
Common Sen°e Medical Adviser,” etc., etc.
I am aware that there is a popular,
and not altogether unfounded, prejudice
against “patent medicines,” owing to the
small amount of merit which many of
them possess. The appellation “Patent
Medicine,’’’does not apply £to my reme
dies, as no patent has ever been asked
for or obtained upon them, nor have
they been ui'ged upon the public as
“cure alls.” The3’ are simply some fa
vorite prescriptions, which, in a very ex
tensive practice, have proved their supe
rior remedial virtues in thecurv of diseases
j for which they are recommended. Every
practicing physican has his favorite re
! medies, which he oftenest recommends
or uses, because he lias the’greatcst confi
dence in their virtues. The patient does
not know their composition. Even pre
scriptions are usually written in a lan
guage unintelligible to any but the
druggist. As much secrecy is employed
as in the preparation of proprietary me
dicines. Dees the fact that an article is
prepared b3 r a process known only to the
manufacturer render that article less
I valuable ? How many physicans know
| the elementary composition of the reme
! dies thc3 r employ, some of which have
never been analyzed ? Few practitioners j
know how Morphine, Quinine, Podo- j
phyllin, Leptandrin, Pepsin, or Chloro- 1
form, are made, or how nauseous drugs I
are transformed into palatable elixirs ;'
yet they do not hesitate to employ them. !
; Is it not inconsistent to use prescriptions,
the composition of which is unknown to i
us, and discard another preparation |
simply because it is accompanied by a j
printed statement of its properties with !
directions fer its use?
Some persons, while admitting that
my medicines are good pharmaceutical j
compounds, object to them on the ground !
that they are too often used with iiisuf- j
fieient judgment. I propose to obviate i
this difficulty by enlightening the peo j
pie as to the structure and functions of J
their bodies, the causes, the character, |
and symptoms, of disease, and by indi
cating the proper and judicious employy,
ment of my medicines, together .with
such aUxilLiy treatment as may be ne
< aasiqry. pjjft} b is -efec designs
been publish!.!, and aro sold at the ex
ceedingly low price of $1.50, and sent,
(postpaid) to any address within the
United States and Canada.
It you would patronize medicines, sci
entifically prepared, use my Family
j Medicines Golden Medical Discovery
| is tonic, alterative, or blood cleansing,
| and an unequaled cough remedy ; Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger
! than mustard seed,-constitute an agveea
! ble physic; Favorite Presciptioo, a rem
edy for debilitated females; my Com
; pound Extract Smart-W eed, a magical
j remedy for pain, bowel complaints, and
I an unequaled Liniment for both human
I and horse-flesh; while Dr. Sage’s Ca
j tarrh Remedy is known the world over as
tb<4 greatest specific for Catarrh and
“Cold in Head,” ever gives to the public.
These standard remedies have l>e<.n
before the public for many years—a
period long enough to fully test their
merits and tho best argument that can
be advanced in their favor is the fact
that the sale was never so great as dnr
ing the past six months.
MISSISSIPPI.
The following dispatch was sent to
the United States Attorney General:
To Hon. Edward Pierrepont, Attorney
General United States :
There are no disturbances in this
,State and no obstructions to the execu
tion of the laws. There has been an
unexpected conflict at a political meet
ing and some subsequent disturbances,
but everything is quiet now. The Gov
ernor's call for United States troops
does not even protend that there is any
| insurrection against the State govern
| ment as required by the revision of the
United States statutes of 1875, pages 10
to 84. Peace prevails throughout the
State, and the employment of United
States troops would but increase the
distrust of the people in the good faith
of the present State government.
[Signed] . J. H. Geokge,
Chairman Democratic State Executive
Committee.
♦
LOVE AND PHIDE.
* * * “And you'll say yes, won’t
you, Hattie?” he asked, in a trembling
tone.
“Oh, as for that, John, -you know I
love you ; but—”
“But what, Hattie ?”
“You know you are awfully poor, and
father will never consent. I wish he
wasn’t so proud and wealthy."
“It’s pride and wealth, is it, that’s in
the way? Well, I-don’t give a nickel
for his wealth ; and as for pride, Hattie,
I have as much of that as anybod}', and
I wouldn’t care a splint in my old straw
hat, if he was worth a million dollars I
would marry you just the same !”
The lady reached over tha stand to
ring for ice water, but somehow her
jewelled hand rested for a moment in
the great brawny one of John, and they
were happy.—St. Joseph Gazette.
■ -
Mr. Davis addressed the Do Soto
Agricultural Fair, and was woll“roceived,
but there were no notable demolish*
tions.
PL AH OEM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
DEMOCRACY.
Resolved, That we hereby declare our
unfaltering devotion to the fundamental
principles of Democratic government, as
enunciated by Tlios. Jefferson in his fiist
inaugural address, to wit: Equal and
exact justice to all men, of whatsoever
state or persuasion, religions or political.
The support of tlis Shite governments
in all their rights as the most competent
administration for our domestic concerns
and the stireSt bulwark against anti-
Republican tendencies. The supremacy
of the civil over military authority,
economy in the public expense, labor
may be lightly burdened, the honest
payment of our just debts, and the sa
cred preservation of the public faith ;
j freedom of religion, freedom of the press,
freedom of persons under protection of
the great writ of habeas corpus, and trial
by juries impartially.
Second. That the widespread depres
sion and suffering which affected every
business and employment that is capable
of being touched by legislation show,
beyond a doubt, the ignorance, inef
ficiency and wickedness of the leaders
of the party that has ruled the State
and nation for a period of years, .calls
for their immediate and permanent re
moval from the places which they have
so long dishonored and disgraced.
Third. That the undue multiplication
of public officers and th? inordinate in
crease of salaries, emoluments of office,
are among the many evils which Radical
rule has forced upon tho country ; and
favoring an economical administration
of tho Federal and State governments,
so that tho people may be as speedily
as possible relieved from the burden of
taxation with which they are now seri
ously oppressed, we call upon our Fed
oral and State representatives to strive
by all proper means to reduce them
botli to the very lowest practical number
and amount.
Four, five and six refers to State af
fairs
SoYcnth. That the contraction ef the
money currency and circulating medium
heretofore made by the Republican
party, and the further contraction pro
posed by it, with a view to forced re
sumption of specie payments, has already
brought disaster to tiro business of the
country, and threatens general bank
ruptcy. We demand that this policy be
abandoned, and that the volume of money
be made and kept equal to the wants of
trade, leaving the restoration of legal
tenders to par in gold to be brought
about by promoting tho industries of
the people, and not by destroying them.
Eighth. That tho policy already in
itiated by the Republican party of abol
ishing legal tenders and giving the
national banks the power to furnish all
the currency will increase the power of
an already dajigerons monopoly and the
enormous, burdens now oppressing tho
people, wnh©HhoQL'iT)erfln.*>'- cH-n- -♦ijj/tc
tion be promptly arfd permanently to
tired and full legal tenders be issued in
their place.
Ninth. That the public interest de-*
mands that the Government should
j cease to discredit its own money, and
should make its legal tenders receivable
for all public dues, except where, in
respect for the obligation of contracts,
it requires payment in coin.
Tenth. Tho extinction of the present
national banks, and the establishment in
their stead of a system of free bank* of
discount and deposit, with such regula
tions as the States respectively may
prescribe, and no paper money except
such as may be issued directly and upon
the faith of tho Federal Government,
| affording practically a currency based
on the gold and silver and other prop
! erty of the whole people of the county.
THE NATIONAL CREDIT.
The St. Louis Republican, referring
to a quotation from a speech by Wendell
Phillips, in which ho declares that the
money of all civilized countries “consists
of paper and must rest on credit," says
“there is a very material difference be
tween a paper note that is redeemable
in gold, on demand, and a paper note
that is not redeemable oti demand. A
greenback is one of the latter kind. The
United States 'promises to pay bearer
one dollar’ for it, hut this promise has
never been fulfilled, and it is now twelve
years old. What is the credit of a man
worth who does not pay his debts in
twelve years ? The ‘credit of the nation’
is a term very vaguely used, and those
who use it do not seem to know the
meaning of it. The national credit
ought to be as good as gold, but it is
not; it is worth thirteen cents on tho
dollar less than gold. Besides, the more
the nation’s credit is stretched th* low
valuable it becomes. Th# government
has outstanding now $382,000,000 un
redeemable greenbacks ; suppose it were
to increase tho sum to $1,000,000,000, is
it not plain that the national credit,
which is supposed to stand behind them,
would not prevent them from going
down to 50 cents on the and filar ? The
United States government has reptuli
ated its notes at times; if any on#
doubts this, let him tak# an old Conti
nental bill to Washington and ask the
Treasury to redeem it; th# genuinenc#e
of the bill will not be denied, but th#
holder will be told that there is no ap
propriation to pay it oHt of. This is an
example of tho absolute worthlessness
of the national credit. Tho plain truth
of the whole business is that a credit
must be instantly, absolutely and cer
tainly redeemablo in gold, on demand,
to be worth pir. If it is not so redeem
able, it is depreciated; it has onlv a
conjectured value, and no amount of
patriotic talk about the nation that
stands behind it will increase that value
one farthing Wendell Phillips himself
would not give a gold dollar for a Green
back dollar." &
There was ono sole survivor of fHe
Lake Michigan disaster, the helmsman
of the lost Equinox. After swimming a
long time m tho water he caught, the
pilot, house, and upon that drifto.r tin. tv
one hours, J