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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, JULY 9, 1873.
NUMBER 50.
THE
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Church Directory.
RAPTIST CHURCH-
Serviced Lt and 3d Sundays iu each montl), at 11
o'clock, a m and 7 p m.
Sabbath School at 9 1-2 o'clock, a m. O. M. Cone,
Supt. Rev D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday: 11 o'clock, a in, and
7 p m
Sunday School 4 o'clock p. m. Teachers meeting 3
j>. m—\V- E Ktankiand, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, p m.
Rev. A J JARRELL, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
■ every SuUbath at 11 o’clock, a m and 7
P
Sabbath School at 3 p :n. T. T. Windsor, Supt.
Prayer meetin
; every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m.
Rev. G. T. GOETCHIUS, Pastor.
Lodges.
TEMPERANCE.
.11 illcl^cvii!c Council No. 1, meets in the Sen
ate (.'hauibcr at the State House-on every Friday
evening at 7 o'clock. C P CRAWFORD, W P.
E P Lank. Sec y.
MASONIC.
Krurrolein l odge No 3 F A M , meets 1st and
3d Saturday nights ot each month at Masonic Hall.
G 1) Cast, Sec’y. IRBY II HOWARD, W M
Temple Chapter meets the
Saturday nights in each month.
G D Cask, Sec’y.
second and fourth
S G WHITE, II P
Milled
A.-.S..K.
e lodge of Perfection A.-, &
s every Mouday night.
SAM’LO WHITE. T P G M
G 1) Cam:, Exc Grand Sec’y.
Boarding House
O N aeeount of the destruction of the Milledgevilla
Hotel liy tire 1 have opened my house for the ac
commodation ot Boarders—transient and regular.
M. E. EDWARDS.
Milledgeville, Nov 23,1872. 18 tf
R. E. M c R E YA OLDS,
DEST^^TIST,
C AN' be found at his office over Caraker’s. Store
at all times, where he wilt take great pleasure in
waiting upon all who may iavor him with their kind
patronage, aud will guarantee satisfaction iuallopeia-
ti.ina.
|tune 2d, 1873. 48 Cm.
Wynn’s Improved Opeu Throat
Curved Rib
COTTON CJIiTS.
To the IHunU-re of Hiililvvin
smd Adjoining Counties:
J AM uow ready to Make and Repair Cotton Gins on
short notice, at Midway, two miles south of Mil
ledgeville. All work done warranted to perform well
or no pay.
The improved Curved Breast $1 per saw. The old
style Breast §3 50 per saw.
Kepaitiug done ou teaaouable terms. Any work de
livered in Milledgeville, or at the Milledgevi'le De
pots, will be attended to free of any charge to and
from my shop. I desire the early attention of my pat
rons to one particular: Give me time by sending in
in your orders or work, at once, as it is impossible to
one man to serve a dozen at the same time. As I re-
TBE CAPITAL QUESTION.
Opinions of the Press.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger says :
anoint of the Capital from Atlanta to its
“"f" ’. 6 ^'"graphical centre of the State, will
! m; agitated until the rpiestion.is finally dis-
P , B ? ^' e Cabot box. The clmnge was made
not at the instance of the peoplq, hut as one of a se
nes ot wrongs and usurpations inflicted jointly by
Kcdera satraps and a fraudulently chosen carpet-bag
legislature. Georgia never will he herself again un
til she repudiates and spits upon every such act of un-
authorize! sovereignty and domination.
■ | '® pHcsent Radical Constitution cuimiugly pro
vides that the seat of government cannot he ugain
removed save by a change iu tit- tumlaineutal law.—
1 his can only be effected by a Convention of the peo
ple. there ai_e several features in the C,,nstitut-on
repugnant to-justice and equity, which need modified-
thin. Bet us have a Convention, therefore, and care
fully go over the work again, making such changes
as experience would indicate, among them the sub-
® f *Le Capital question to the people.
that the cdfhng of this convention is desired by the
masses is beyond question. But hero is where the shoe
pinches. Ibe members of the General Assembly are
chosen lor two years. Now.it a convention is culled
tney may change the Constitution and order a new
elec*ion within ihirty days. This would leave the
present Legis'ature out iu the cold, and they don’t
like it. One very prominent member who favors the
removal of the Capital back to Milledgeville, frankly
said, “1 can't vote for the mea.-ure, however, be
cause my seat cost me six hundred dollars, and so far
1 have received not half of that amount.’’ It is
therefore a question of dollars and cents with the‘ins’
J", on t like to be ‘out.’ Yet we are assured that
$4 out) will cover Ibe per diem, mileage, clerk hire,
and ail other expenses of a convention during a fitted
days session.
< ) “ r readers may not be aware the OLI> OPERA
HOUSE DON’T BELONG TO THE STATE.—
tour hundied and filty thousand dollars have been
paid for it, siutky and hermaphroditic as it is, but a
mortgage tor $1)11,001) still hangs over it. which with
accruing interest will amount to near $100,000. Now
when tile question comes up, which must be at-Ike
next session of the Legislature, whether tiiis mort
gage .should be paid off, then will be a lining time to
press the claims of Milledgeville. The Kimball oon-
cei n — holt' hotel, halt theatre—is known to be unsafe
and must eventually be torn down to make room for
a more suitable edifice- YVhy theu subject our people
to the enormous expense and increased taxation which
wi I be needful in the premises, when the titate now
owns a commodious State house, executive mansion,
etc-, situated almost at its geographical centre. We
repeat, the Capita! question never can be settled until
the verdict of the people is known at the ballot-box.”
Die interest of Atlanta by the wea’th
and influence of powerful local rings.
11th. Hie people have a right to say where their
Capital shall be located and desire to vote upon it as
a separate question.
A nELPING BAND.
A helping hand give unto those
Who sadly tread this vale of tears;
And lessen, if youeaa, their woes,
And brighter make their passing years,
By cheerful words or deeds of love,
Which is not much for you to give,
While yet it might a load remove.
And help them better here to live.
A helping hand give nnto men
Who daily toil for honest gain,
That they more easily may stem
Life's darkest hours of woe aud pain;
And, if it be they toil for you,
Appreciate their daily woith,
And treat them not as prood things do
The vilest miscreants of earth.
A helping hand give unto ail.
The poor of every caste aud clan,
And help the weaker one that fall,
By acting the Samaritan;
For ’tis the tine way here to live.
The Christ-like plan we should pursue,
Each erriug biother to forgive
And help them better here to do.
Decorating’ Rebel Graves. j subject of slavery and rebellion we are ! people did not say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ M.
All crime consists in intent. There | apt to allow those who profess a sort, de Candolle is very disre-pectful to
very of sairitship in their views of these ab- classical Latin. He says that one must
stract reminiscences, to perpetrate of-: have gone through the schools not to
fences against some of the plainest pro-j be impressed by its ridiculous con
cepts of the decalogue without a word struction. Translate an ode of Hor-
The Macon Enterprise says.-
‘‘As we gazed upon the massive structure [old State
House.] we wondered what caused the removal of the
Capital troui this beautiful and retired place, where
everything is quiet, and thinking time is allowed to
men who have the law making of our glorious old
State, and we hope ere loug to see Milledgeville the
Capital of our State ugain.’’
The Athens Watchman says:
“Y\ ithout the least feeling against Atlanta, but on
the contrary, with the kindest regard for her citizeus
and an honest pride in her most remarkable career,
we bel eve that the question of the location of the cap
ital should be submitted to the people lairly ami
squarely, as a naked issue. It cannot be pretended
that, tiiis was done under the Constitution of 1808. Let
it be fairly submitted now, and if a majority of the
people are iu favor of Atlanta, let it be permanently
located there ; but if. in view of our impoverished con
dition and other considerations, they prefer Milledge
ville, let it be restored by all means
All the talk about the old capitol building, Execu
tive mansion, 4tc., being inadequate to the wants of
the State, is the sheerest humbug. Very few of the
States have buildings equal to that old capitol. It was
admirably adapted to the purpose for which it was
intended. It may need some repairs. This may also
be true with regard to other public buildings. With
these repairs, they would answer all practical purpo
ses for a quarter ol a century to come—by which time
our people would be able to incur the expense of
ereetiug new ones, if deemed desirable. We are cer
tainly in no condition now to undertake a task requi
ring such heavy expenditures
North and South Carolina, and Tennessee, it is true,
have fiuqr capitals thau our time-honored edifice at
Milledgeville, but they cost from one and a half to
three million dollars each, and we believe those at
Nash ville aud Columbia are still unfinished. Are our
people ready now to commence such an undertaking
The Rome Courier says:
“Now and then we scent upon the newspaper breeze
a whiff of excitement and discontent among the peo
ple relative to the location of the State Capitol. The
people of Georgia have so long and so lovingly re
garded Milledgeville as the true heart ot the State
that the violence which tare it away and fixed it in
a puddle of fraud in Atlanta, can never be thought
kindly of and acquiesced in by them.
Though not claiming to be part of the “balance of
the press of Atlanta and her suburbs,” we do not hes
itate to give our voice for the restoration of the Cap
ital to Milledgeville, its proper and only legitimate
site. The Capital buildings are already there, sell the
buildings in Atlanta, and apply the money to the ex
penseof the restoration.”
The Temperance Watchman, of Griffin, says:
“We say let the Capital go back to Milledgeville by
all means. It will complete our political regeneratiou.
Let us wipe out all vestnge of Bullock's Bauds upon
our people.”
The Augusta Chrouicle and Sentinel says there are
but two ways by which the Capitol can be removed
from Atlanta back to Milledgeville. One is by a two
thirds vote of two successive cgislatures, the other by
a Constitutional Convention. It says that if the ques
tion is ever submitted to square vote of the people the
removal will be carried.
The Savannah Republican says:
“The Milledgeville Union and Recorder has opened
its columns for a full and tree discussion (as to tiie re
moval) of the Capital question. The ..people, it says,
demand the return of the Capital hack to Milledge-
vijle, as the best and certainly the most proper place
for legislation. But us down as in lavor of -Milledge
ville.
The Savannah Morning News says:
“The Milledgeville Union has a well-considered ai".
tide on the Capital question. Wt: should like to see'
this matter settled. If the able legislators who are
sent to Atlanta would eat fewer goobers and uttend to
their busiitess. we would soon see whether Milledge
ville or Atlanta is the Capital.”
quire no pay until the woik is approved of,
l?'A
gtve me
time, Add: ess me at .Milledgeville.
A. F. WYNN.
P. S. An experience of Sj years and my terms, are
sufficient recommendations; h iwever, if references
are desired they will be cheerfully furnished.
April 18, 1873. ' 39 3uj
Carriage Shop.
G KO. A. GARDNER announces to the public that
lie has opened a shop opposite the shop formerly
occupied by R. E. Gaiduer, where he will carry on
the business of manufacturing and repairing any and
all kinds of vehicles. Particular attention will be
paid to the
Doing Up of Carriages* Retrimming.
Occ., 6lc,
Satisfaction will be given both in materials, durability
aud in prices.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan 12,1873. . 25 ly
LIVINGSTON HOUSE,
NEWTON, GrA-
U. NY. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor.
{^Comfortable Rooms, good fare and low rates.
May 26,1873. 44 tf,
WAGON SHOP.
J-JA\ IN'G moved from Gardner's old stand to the
any
at short
corner Si.np next to Brooks & Ellison’s Store,
ordws’J 10 *^ ' ,reet > 1 11111 prepared to till any and all
noS* gODS and Buggies
•'ll kin,I* a f Depnjejug uciitly executed.
raut" S ?l , "' ,lllll K hut the best ol materia! and wiil war
H “ Wur k. An examination ot my worn is iuvited.
ais " manufacturing the celebrated Sliced
ur James Sherlock Ag-nt.
mg a, y uu , OI j ers aui j j w qii mi them at short no- 1
. 31. A. COLLINS,
■tlledgeville,Jan 28,1873. ' '38 ly
JEWELLS MILLS.
Postollice, Ma} field, Ga.
Jeans aud Kerseys.
n a '.muse We keep constantly on hand and
Wief 11 -? au< * J letl . Gioceries, Dry Goods, Ilf
Glas ’ *mware. Boots and Shoes, Medicine, (
MANUFACTURE Sheetings, Shirtings, o.snp.hurgs,
rams -loo-. 0...1 i.- \ L our atare and
and for sale
, llats, Hard
Gla» ’ ooois ami Slioes, Medicine, Crockery,
or i«? W ? le ’ Rn< * other articles needed for plantation
WfaJif,*' Please give us a call. Wool, Cotton,
o- oru Hn ^ °kher produce wanted iu exchange
01 K°ods or cash.
%t.24,1872, D. A. JEWELL.^
The Albany Central City says :
“We have no sort of.doubt that, letj^he question of
removal of the Capitol back to 311 Hedge ville, come be
fore the people iu whatever shape it may, and what
ever be the probably cost involved, their voice wd.
be 'for Removal' by a large majority. It is true, At
lanta is rich, and money will be made to do all it can,
in these corrupt times to prevent removal; while Mi 1-
ledgevilie is poor, and the people also poor, and not
one dollar will be spent tp promoting removal; not
withstanding, the fuel is so glaring tiiat the interest ol
the State demand it, we cannot but believe that patri
otism wiil ti iumph and the removal of the Capital back
to its rigidful seat authorized by a decided vote. We
are for Milledgeville!”
If any portiou of the people favor Atlanta as tlie
seat of government, we might reasonably look for
them in the counties nortli of Atlanta, but a prominent
and reliable gentleman living iu that section writes us
as follows:
“If the question of removal was submitted to the
voters of north Georgia I know two-thirds, at least,
would vote for ittogo back to Milledgeville. I know
what I say to be so, for I have talked with them u
the sutijeet If the vote is ever taken you will I
what I say to he so-”
ud
Comparison be!ween (be Cost of (he State
Government at milledgeville nud Allauln.
1867 AT MILLEDGEVILLE. j 18Cfl AT ATLANTA.
For lights, . - $50 hO For lights $1,107 62
For fuel, - - 360 (10 For fuel. - 1,586 40
For stationery, 282 51 j For stationery, 5 382 49
Incidental expenses Incidental expen's
Executive Dep’t, 248 8uj Ex. Dep’t., 11,45)00
Advertising in news- Adv'tisiug iu pa-
papers by Gov., 2,339 84 ( pers by Gov., 27,19159
$3,281 15
$46,768 10
Reasons why the Capital should be
Restored to SCilledgeville.
1st Because Milledgeville is in the center of the
State.
f d. The faith of lhr titate was pledged that 3B1-
ledgeville should be the permanent Seat of Govern
ment.
3d. The Convention to form a new Constitution
was called by the Military to meet at Atlanta instead
of the Capital of the State—the proper place.
4th. The people did not expect or desire that the
question of removal should enter into the new Consti
tution. It was sprung by the people of Atlanta after
the meeting Of the convention, and delegates in their
midst who didn’t have money to pay their boaid com
pelled to pass upou it. , -
5th A large proportion of the tax payers tailed to
participate iu the election for delegates—iolluwi g tiie
non-action policy of Mr. Hill.
6th. The Constitution was adopted as a whole under
31 Hilary duress—wheu the part lemoving the Capital
would have been rejected could it have been voted
upon separately. .
7tb. The expense of legislation in Atlanta has been
euormons—hugely exceeding the expenditures in Mil-
ledgeville. Iu fact legislation in Atlanta has well-nigh
ruined the State
8th The location and construction of the Opera
House is unsuitable lor a Capitol—located in the cen
ter of the most noisy of cities and so constructed that
members cannot hear what is going on. Being sur
rounded by business houses there is great danger of
destiuctiou by tire of the public records. Besides
this building is thought to be insecure aud liable to
fall and crush the assembled wisdom of the Stab'.
9th. The buildings at Milledgeville were built for
State purposes, aud are suitable aud ample.
10th, If the Capital remains in Atlanta a new State
Boom will be necessary, aud legislation will always
THE VAIIJK OF TUB BIBIE.
BY MRS. HENRIETTA LEGGETT.
King Edward the Sixth, on the day
of his coronation, had presented be
fore him three swords, signifying that
he was Monarch of three Kingdoms.
The King said there was one sword
wanting; being asked what that was,
he answered: “The Holy Bible, which
is the sword of the Spirit, and is to be
preferred before all these eusigns of
royalty.”
And are these all. these glitteriug swords,
Emblems of our royalty,’
That on this day my noble Lords,
You have to offer me?
Surely the best ye have not given;
It pains my heart to see
The one I love and prize, my Lords,
You have withheld from me.
What is it? asked the kuighted band.
Sneak! speak! our Sovereign King,
And let thy Royal subjects show,
Their willingness to bring
The richest diamond from the mine,
The pearls beneath the sea,
And all that wealth and skill combine,
We’ll gladly oft'er thee.
Not those; not those glittering toys,
That perish and decay;
But bring me forth that “Holy Book,"
That will not pass away,
The book that is the spirit's sword,
To break the sinful heart.
And will that hallowed influence give,
That brotherhood imparts.
That bids for others’ grief the tear
Of sympathy to flow,
And call on Heaven alike to bless,
Our cherished friend or foe.
The spirit's purifying fire.
Uumixed with doubt or fear.
It calmed the slighted Esau's ire,
When Jacob’s step drew near.
'Twas that that stayed the avenging hand,
Of Jesse's injured soil,
Though hunting like a beast of prey,
The victory still was won,
For JSaul was humble in his power,
His wrath had passed away,
But David in that trying hour,
God s chosen would not slay.
'Twas that when Bethlehem's beaming star,
Shone o’er Judea’s plain,
And bade the enraptured Shepherd sing
In that exulting strain,
Peac -, peace to man, forevermore,
Peace and good will be given,
Be the sword that we adore,
To guard our souls to Heaven.
“X Dare Not.”
The spirit of this little phrase lias
made a great deal more than its share
of mischief in the world. So many
people make their “I would not” wait
upon their “I would,” that they ac-1 selves, and having so decided, it was
complish nothing. Some meu get up' their duty to stand by what they
was once a sick man who had a
wicked enemy. This afflicted person
was one evening lying in his bed,
drifting towards eternity under the
pilotage of the doctors, when his ene
my stole into his room, plunged a dag
ger into his breast and lied. But in
stead of killing the man it opened an
abscess and saved his life. Was a re
ward paid to the man with the dag
ger? Were the physicians who were
treating the patient to death impris
oned? Nothing of the kind. The phys
icians were paid a fee, while the sa
vior of the invalid was sent to the
penitentiary. This was because,
though the physicians were permiting
the man to die, their intentions were
of the first water, while the man who
saved the patient had a wicked and
destructive intention.
Let us see, now, if this considera
tion will not modify our judgmei ts
against the South in regard to its con
duct in the late war. We were taught
in our churches, Sunday schools, Bi
ble classes and social intercouse, prin
ciples that, applied to slavery, devel
oped its deformity. We were abstract
ly right, because the current of pub
lic opinion bore us along, and it was
easier to go that way than any other.
It is not easy to say, as an abstract
proposition, when and where we touch
the boundaries of a man’s merit when
he is iu the right. Surrounding cir
cumstances, natural organization, edu
cation, influence of others, absence of
any contrary temptation, may bear us
along in the right path in such a man
ner that it is easier to go that way than
any other. So under these Circum
stances sentiments grew up in the
Nortli that only required an occasion
to flame into resistless power.
While through two centuries they
were achieving this growth, a totally
opposite set of circumstances was
swaying, moulding and guiding public
opinion in the South. A powerful
pecuniary interest, daily association
with men of like belief, political teach
ers heard with reverence, slavery de
fended in pulpits of all denominations,
and Sabbath schools and Bible classes.
What wonder if in the inmost heart
of the Southern people there came to
bean overwhelming impression that
what we considered wrongs were
rights, and what we wanted to cor
rect, it was their duty to defend from
innovation?
The doctrine that every man must
judge for himself concerning right and
wrong, may be disputed but cannot
be overthrown. A man may form his
opinions upon advice or under the in
fluence or upon the teaching of others;
or he may independently go to the
bottom of things for himself, and feel
for the pillars upon which current
opinions stand, resolved to pull them
down if he does not like the superstruc
ture; he may be steady or vascillatiug;
wavering or firm; but after all it is
himself who decides for himself, and it
is impossible that he can do otherwise.
So the Southerners, whether they
would or not must decide for them-
a courage by a sort of physical, rather
than mental, effort; they start to their
feet, sing or shout aloud, thrash their
arms and legs about,and, ou the whole
feel quite ready to march up to the
task before themr Such lias never
yet penetrated beneath the rind of
their own nature. Others require to
get into a tumult of feeling, or else an
out-right passion, before they can
quite come to the point, and go oil
with a report like that of a pistol.—
Such have not yet attained to the pos
session of a calm courage, growing
still calmer as it grows deeper.
But we are all of us afraid of our
shadows . Our ill educated imagina
tions, at best but an ebb and flow ol
diseased feeling or fear, take the very
nerve oufcof our hearts, and make our
best actions hollow and pithless. If
these could be kept under, or like cer
tain kinds of playful -fish, turn to us on
ly'their bright side, we should trust,
to reason and wiil more, and be alto
gether more sensible creatures. It is
wrong to begin with frightening chil
dren with bugbear stories; they work
in the nature as long as breath is left
in the body. Let men and women be
brought up to fear nothing, and in
time there will be no timidity left to
make people such fools. It is a poor
excuse indeed for a man, that he pleads
want of courage; and when we know
it to be so much a matter of training
and acquirement, there is no reason
for anybody’s going along without in
valuable aid.
The Financial Prospect.—In its
financial article, the Baltimore Sun of
Saturday says : “There is scarcely any
branch of business that has not expe
rienced more or less disappointment
during the last few months. The ex
pectations of an active and prosper
ous spring trade end in disappoint
ment. The depression is attributed in
the first place to the embargoes on
transportation, in consequence of the
protracted winter, and then to the ad
vance in the gold premium, and the
stringency in the money market. It
is the opinion of eminent financiers
that no permanent and genera! busi
ness prosperity is to be looked for in
advance of a restoration ot specie
payments, and the final abandonment
by the Federal Government of all at
tempts to manipulate the currency.—
The gold premium was a fraction
higher yesterday, at 15 7-S, and at
least a million and a half will be ship
ped to Europe this week. Though
a large amount will now come on the
market in payment of government in
terest,.yet tbe tendency is upward.”
Why is a short person like an enter-
tertaining book ? Because be is often
looked over.
thought was right. The clash had to
come between right and wrong. It
must always come until God comes
down out of heaven to teach men how
and when and where to apply the
doctrines set forth' in his revealed
word.
We all recognize the right of revo
lution. But that can only be resort
ed to upon the belief of the dissatis
fied parties that they are light. If
men waited till they had passed be
yond the uncertain regions of belief
and had absolute knowledge that they
were right, many a budding cause of
righteousness would never bloom.
The right of revolution was one we
exercised in 1775,it is one we may exer
cise again. We may be right or wrong,
fail or succeed, be rebels or revolu
tionists, but whenever the trial is
made, if ever, itwill arise from a deep,
wide-spread conviction, honestly en
tertained, that rights are withheld or
impaired that self-defense requires
should be retained or re-instated.
Without that belief exertion is wrong;
with it exertion is right, for to believe
sincerely is given to man as a promp
ter to put forth his energy, but to be
never mistaken is not vouchsafed to
any human creature.
A combination in one movement
embracing millions of all classes was
a sincere and honest movement on the
part of the masses, whatever we may
suspect of some, or many or all the
leaders.
What is it that dignifies a move
ment of men in mass? The same on
both sides in- the late war—a heroic
struggle on each side for what each
side believed to be right.
If graves of rebel dead are strewed
with flowers need we fear the re-estab-
lishment of slavery? No one enter
tains such a fear. Need we fear anoth
er resort to rebellion? Not from the
same parties, for the cause they fought
for is dead. Need we fear rebellion
on any other account? The horizon
seems clear. But if rebellion Js to
come, the quarter iu which it is to
make its appearance, or tbe cause can
not be foreseen. We may have occa-
of audible objection.
We scarcely speak of Kellogg’s usur
pation in Louisiana. We hardly con
demn the fraud in the convention by
which he was nominated Governor,
and the bold faced maneuver of de
claring him elected by persons who
might with equal propriety have de
clared any one else elected, for they
never saw the official returns. We
do not think it worthwhile to notice
Norton’s helping the Kellogg party to
the extent of $10,000 in the fc-tate
election, expecting to be made Sena
tor, bis subsequent buying off of Pinch-
back with £20,000, and the use of that
money by Finchback and Kellogg to
secure Pinchback’s election to the Sen
ate. Yet here is something evil that
may be repeated, and ought to be
frowned down.
Kellogg was said to have been hon
est, as a Senator, and free from jobbe
ry or corruption; but he is ambitious,
and is willing to see his friends help
themselves; and they, with all their
loud professions of patriotism, are
ready to join hands with Democrats
and Fusionists to raid on the treasury,
and the Democrats and Fusionists are
ready to help the Republicans in that
bad cause. Party names in that State
have ceased to signify anything honest.
The last legislature passed to law to
redeem the outstanding warrants of the
State indebtedness in the'order of their
registration. The law was not signed
till eighty-six days after its passage,
and in the mean'ime warrants could
he bought up at forty cents on the dol
lar. A committee had been appoint
ed to classify the warrants, and they
so managed business that the first Ibt
of money was taken by themselves
and Pinchback, then Speaker of the
Senate, each with ten to twelve thou
sand dollars worth of warrants, on
which they made at least fifty per
cent. To meet these warrants the lree
school fund was deprived of its bonds
to the amount of $1,123,500, and sev
eral other funds were drawn on heavi
ly. This robbery of schools to specu
late, showing an intention to defraud
the most sacred interests of their
rights for selfish purposes, deserves
more reprehension than a rebel who
died for a mistake, but died a hero and
an honest man. Let there be no more
objection to the decoration of rebel
soldiers’ graves,but let there be many,
very many and very strong objections
to handing vast sums of children’s ed
ucation money over to rapacious spec
ulators, diverse in politics—united on
ly for the spoils.—Riithnd, (Vt.) Globe.
likely to visit one part of the country
as another, and then we may feel that
it would have been wejl enough to
have preseryed the distinction between
an act and £he intention, aud to have
suffered without complaint, at least,
so poor an honor as tbe placing of
flowers upon the grave of a man who
died for a cause be believed to be
just.
Id our iqtense consideration fit the
hurry, and want to sdy something
quickly, it is more easily said in
French than in German. Precisely in
the same way English beats French.
Our sentences don’t even require to
be fiuished in order to be understood,
because tbe leading ideas come out
first; but, as for oldfashioned tongues,
their roundabout constructions would
be perfectly intolerable. Fancy lan
guages, like Latin and Greek, in which
ace literally to an unlettered artisan,
keeping each word iu its place, and it
will produce the effect upon bun of a
building in which the hall-door was
up in the third story. It is no longer
a possible language, even in poetry.”
English literature reinforces, im
measurably, every other reason for the
predominance of tbe language. Its
great standards are in tbe front of the
literary world. Shakespeare alone is
a guarantee of the perpetual power of
one tongue. But in that language,
Bacon has given the true laws of the
intellectual world; Newton those of
the physical universe; while, in every
department of scientific inquiry and
literary culture, the Anglo Saxon race
is, at this hour, advancing with an
energy never before equalled in its
history.
With the spread of English will also
extend English ideas of government,
religion, domestic and social life. All
these ideas undergo some qualification
as they extend; but they retain their
essential virtue every where, as we see
in this country, iu Canada, in Austra
lia, etc. With their spread extends,
as we believe, the be6t possible ameli
oration of the human race, and they
foretoken the triumph of the most le
gitimate civilization of the race. The
l ute of this sort of progress need no
longer be estimated with the old pa
tieiit caution; M. Candolle’s century or
half century is no very incredible pre
diction. The advancement of the race
is no longer in arithmetical but in
geometrical progression. It can be
safely asserted that, in our own centu
ry, not three-fourths through yet,
there has been more real progress than
in any five centuries of recorded histo
ry. All the past seems to have been
but preliminary to the great, the plan
etary results now crowding into the
history of the world. All contestant
principles, theoiies, philosophies, reli
gions seem to be brought face to face,
as if universal and final issues were
about to be attained. And what if,
in such an age, there be much friction,
abrasion, reaction as well as action?
Evolution, says Spencer, is by oscilla
tion. There must be reconstruction
in order that there may be right con
struction, and there must always be a
breaking up before there can be recon
struction.—Methodist.
From the Telegraph & Messenger.
MEICIK UNIVERSITY.
The
Spread of the English Language.
M. Candolle, a distinguished French
scientist, bas lately published a work
on the history of the science and of
scientific men of two centuries, which
abounds in important deductions, One
of these is, that English will become
the dominant language of the civilized
world in a century, or even a half a
century—the vehicle of the progres
sive thought of the worid, at least.
This is a remarkable admission for a
Frenchman to make; for French lias
not only been, for generations, the
court, or, at least, the diplomatic lan
guage of Europe, but the “language
of society”—the international speech.
For a long time after the renaissance,
Latin continued to be the language of
literature and learning, generally; and
still, occasionally, a great publication
appears in it. But its day is evident
ly passed. French followed it. The
German, by the sudden and wonderful
development of the Teutonic intellect,
in the latter half of the last century,
contested the field with French; but
while the contest was going on, Eng
lish quietly made its way, not only on
the continent, but pretty much around
the world. English is, obviously, to
be the speech of all North America; it
is nearly such already. It is taking
possession of not only the great South
Sea continent—‘ the fifth division of
the world,” as geographers now call it
—but of all Oceanica. Beginning with
the Sandwich Islands, it may be said !
to be sweeping over all tbe southward
Pacific island world. And Northward,
Japan itself is inviting it, whatever
may become of Mr. Mori’s project. It
is invading Africa on the west, the
south, and tiie southeast. It is extend
ing into Asia from the south. Educa
ted young Hindoos must now learn
English. England rules nearly two
hundred millions of people in Southern
Asia, and English education and liter -
arure are rapidly spreading over the
country.
As for Europe itself, M. Candolle ar
gues that English must prevail there
for several reasons. One is, that it
has peculiar advantages in its affini
ties with both the Teutonic and Latin
tongues. The Fornightly Renew, in
noticing Candolle’s views of the sub
ject, says:
“It is not only that the English
speaking population will outnumber
the German and the French, as these
now outnumber tiie Dutch and the
Swedish, but that the language has
peculiar merits, through its relation-
sion ourbelves'to put forth those pow- J ship with both the Latin and Teutonic
ers which are CaLled into play when ] tongues. It also seems tfiat, in fami-
rights are invaded, and rulers are to be 1 lies where German and French are
taught that we at least believed the f originally spoken, French drives out
time for rebellion has come. If such I the German on account of its superior
an occasion should-ever come, it is as \ brevity. When the people are in a
A Thin Story from Beast Bntler.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald says the circum
stance that has given currency to the
report of the loss or absence of War
Department records is the fact that
since the death of General Canby,
Benjamin F. Butler bas made applica
tion to the Secretary of War for cer
tain papers and vouchers, relating to
his financial administration at New
Orleans, which he says he delivered
personally to Secretary Stanton. He
also says that before his interview
with Secretary Stanton terminated
the latter sent for General Canby, who
then occupied a confidential position
in the War Department, and the Gen
eral was directed to make a thorough
examination of the papers aud report
his conclusions to Che Secretary. But
ler alleges that at the same time
Stanton remarked to him that he had
placed his papers in the hands of a
competent and faithful olficer. who
would do justice to him and Jhe Gov
ernment. According to General But
ler’s statement, General Canby made a
report which fully sustained Butler’s
action. Alter Canby’s death, Mr.
Stanton being also dead, Butler comes
forward in great anxiety about his rep
utation during the war, at least so
far as it was concerned in the papers
referred to. Ilis consternation knows
no bounds now that the papers cannot
be found, nor does any trace of their
‘presentation or any report by Gener
al Canby appear upon the records of
the department. The search is still
progressing, but with no prospect of
sustaining Butler’s claim.
Riiett Kills Cooley.—The tele
graph briefly announced yesterday
morning that Col. R. B. Rhett, Jr., and
Judge Cooley Lad left New Orleans
to fight a duel. To-day the telegraph
announces that the hostile meeting
took place and that Cooley was shot
through the breast at the second fire.
Col. Rhett was for many years editor
of the Charleston Mercury. For the
last year he ha3 been employed on the
New Orleans Picayune as editor-in-
chief. Judge Cooley was the attor
ney for Hawkins in a libel suit against
the Picayune. The jury gave a ver
dict for the plaintiff for $10,000. Sub
sequently Rhett charged Cooley,
through the columns of the Picayune,
with making statements to the jury
•‘malicious and wilfully false.” and
Cooley replied iu a card, published in
the Tunes, denouncing Rhett in the
severest terms. This led to the duel
and to Cooley’s death—the particu
lars of which will be found in our tele
graphic columns.—Chronicle Sf Sentinel,
July 2d.
Visitors say that Washington Irv
ing’s residence, near Tarrytown, has
been sold to some person who sadly
neglects it, and who keeps a ferocious
dog to drive away all who wish to
look at Sunnyside. The ancient
graveyard, near the ravine called
“Sleepy IIollow,” is uninteresting and
without beauty. Only a small white
marble slab with the author’s name
and dates of his birth and death, marks
tbe spot where he rests.
We always think of a very mean
man that he was made by one of na
ture’s cobblers, and, like an unfinished
boot, thrown off without being sool-
ed.
Second Day’s Commencement
Exercises.
At 11 o’clock a large audience as
sembled in Ralston Hall to listen to
the final addresses of the orators ot the
two literary societies and the Alumni
address by Rev. J. G. Ryals, of Car-
tersville.
The exercises wire opened with
prayer by Rev. A. W. Clisby, of Ma
con.
Tha first oration was by Mr. John
S. Freeman, of Newnan, who repre
sented the Phi Delta Society. His
subject was “ Disgust inseparable from
Cultivated Taste.” His argument was
to show the disgust felt by cultivated
persons, at defects in literary and art
productions, and drew his figures from
the fields of literature, poesy, painting,
sculpture and music. His discourse
evinced great care in its preparation,
though he was somewhat constrained
in the manner of its delivery. His
sentences were well formed, but suf
fered from a rather embarrassed and
somewhat indistinct utterance.
Tbe Ciceronian Society was repre
sented by Mr. Walter M. Jackson,
of Macon, who selected for his theme
“ The Life and Character of Cicero.”
The address showed that the young
orator haJ closely studied the history
and analyzed the character of the re
nowned Roman orator, whose elo
quence, in twenty centuries, has lost
none of its grandeur, and will lose
none until thought shall have lost its
vehicle—the press. The address evi
dently had been prepared with great
labor and pains, aud it was delivered
iu a cool, distinct and forcible manner
that won the approbation of the au
dience
Both young gentlemen acquitted
themselves handsomely, and did cred
it to their societies.
The Alumni address followed, de
livered by Rev. J. G. Ryals, of Car-
tersville, a graduate of 1851. The
address was a brief oue, but excellent
in sentiment, and calculated to stimu
late the Alumni to earnest endeavors
to be useful and energetic. The speak
er has a musical voice, capable of
producing the most pleasing effects.
the alumni dinner.
At 2 o’clock, the first Alumni din
ner that has been given since the war,
came off in Huff’s building on Cherry
street. The dinner was prepared by
Isaacs, of the Isaac’s House, and was
all that the staunchest appetite could
have desired.
There were .more than a hundred
guests sat down to the feast, and very
seldom has there been a merrier din
ing, albeit wine was not of tbe luxu
ries served. It bas been understood
that wine is. necessary to arouse the
lightning of the brain and cause it to
emit those brilliant scintillations of
wit which are always followed by
figurative “ thunders of applause,”
but this occasion disproved the theory,
and proved that there can be wit, wis
dom and sentiment far away from.
“ the sparkling bowl.”
After tbe feasting was over, segars
came on, and Col. David E. Butler,
who presided, took the crowd in hand
and managed them with an admirable
dexterity, and elicited from them a
rotation of speeches from gentlemen
who were ‘wholly unprepared,’ which
was as charming as speeches could
well have been made.
Among the gentlemen who spoke
were Col. Lawson, Hon. A. O. Bacon,
Rev. George McCall, Rev. A. J. Beck,
Mr. Butler, Dr. B. F. Tharp, of the
class of 1841, Mayor Huff, Col. J. H.
Blount, Dr. T. W. Mason, Capt. T. G.
Holt, Col. H. H. Jones, Col. W. O.
Tuggle, Rev. J. W. Burke, and last,
but by no means leest, the venerable
chairman, Col. David E. Butler.
These speeches deserve to be com
plimented in a lump, but as it was
only a sort of a family conversation,
it would not be proper to attempt
even a brief synopsis of what was said.
After a sitting of about two hours the
dining ended and everybody went
away in the most genial mood.
Tbe New York Commercial Adver
tiser, a newspaper that is, at times
both witty and wise, thus comments
on the statement that many relics of
barbarism are still lingering in society.
“ We ought to be thankful,” says our .
wide-awake cotemporary, “ for tbe va
riety they afford us. The uge is suf
focated with civilization. It has un
settled tbe ‘sweet contentment’ of
married life by the blandishments of
the divorce laws; it has robbed hon
esty of its manly port, and sent it
crippled and limping throughout the
land ; it bas dulled tbe pride of public
virtue, and made all men slaves to tbe
lust of riches; it has raised false stan
dards in sopiety, religion and politics
and it bas jostled justice to tbe brink
of creation, and dropped it over into
New Jersey. If relics of barbarism
are selling cheap, give us more of
them.”
The Polaris Search.—St. Johns,
N. B., July 1.—The United States
Man-of-War Juniata, arrived here to
day, after a run of five days and eight
een hours from New York. She will
take in an extra supply of coal and
provisions for the Tigress. Her bows
will be sheathed with iron, and will
be otherwise fitted for a cruise to tha
Disce, the ice being still thick. It is
thought she will be ready in a few
days, and will probably proceed to
Upper Navick, circumstances permit^
ting.
News is expected of Buddiugton at
Cape York. It is generally believed
that the Polaris ana her crew are safe,
having been locked np in tbe ice all
winter.
The ice is now breaking up. Tha
Juniata will await the Tigress at DiecOg
All are well on board.