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ILLEDCrE V1LLE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 1, 1873.
NUMBER 10.
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Church Directory.
JIAPTIST CHUUCn.
Scrvicis 1st am! ti«l Sundays iu each month, at 11
/clock, a in ami 7 p in
Sabbath Scla
1 -2
Supt
>Tii>ck, a m. O. M. Cone,
1* E HITLER. Pastor
METHODIST CHURCH.
Honrs of service • m Sunday : II o'clock, a in, and
' |. in.
Sunday Selmo! 1 o clock p. in. Teachers meeting 3
iu—\V- E- Franklaud. Superintendent.
Piavri meeting every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, p m.
liev. A J JARRELL, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services every Sabbath at 11 o’clock, a in and 7
p.m.
Sabbath School at pi m. T. T. Windsor, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Friday at 1 o’clock, p m.
Rev. G. T. GOETCH1US. Pastor.
TRINITY (COLORED) METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday 11 -o’clock, am, 3 p.
m and 7 p. in.
Sunday School at 1 o'clock, u. m. Teachers meet*
ng every Friday night — Washington Philiips, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Thursday night
Rev. E Id. "OLIVER, Pastor.
I«odges.
TEMPERANCE.
tlilli <lgi, itlc t oiincil No. 1, meets in the Sen
ate Chamber at the State House on every Friday
fveidnc at 7 o’ ’ 1 «" ,n ''' TV
K. tl Gi.in
.1 W. IIERTY. WP.
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MASONIC
Keurrolrm ! odge N>> V A M . meets 1st and
Jd Saturday nights
0 1> Case,
Tfiuplt (
Saturday night.-in ca
0 I) Case, Sec’v.
:o li month at Masonic ITall.
IRBY U HOWARD, WM
■mi and fourth
S O WHITE, II P
tlilh .lgci illc Lodge of Perfection
A S.. li. meets every Monday night.
SAM L G TV HITE. T P
G D Case, Em- Grand Scc.’y.
EXTRACTS FHOM
PREMIUM LIST
—FOR—
GEORGIA
STATE FAIR!
COMMENCING
OCTOBER 27th, 1873!
-AT—
COOKING STOVES!
Joseph stalky
and and to arrive a
of the best mauufac-
iarge lot of Cooking St
tares which lie will Bell
Very Low For Cash,
Or on time till first of November for notes and good
security. or in monthly in&tallmeute.
GLJXS ! GUNS !!
Al.-o a few tine ENGLISH ’GUNS on the same
kruis offered for the Stoves.
Miiledgeville, Ga . March 25th, 1873. 35 tf.
J II.
HUMPHREY,
manufacturer and dealerr in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Collars, Bridles, Whips,
LEATHER, OIL CLOTHS, &c., &C.,
At the old t»tand of the* Federal Union Office,]
Hancock Street, XVXillcdgeville, Ga.
H AVING purchased a good stA>ck of Saddles,Har
ness, Collars Ac., &c-, and employed Mr. E. J.
Hogue, who is known to the people of this communi
ty as an excellent workman, he is prepared to offer
to the people of Baldwin, nud adjoining counties, great
uulucemeuts to make their purchases in this line from
him.
He will manufacture to order and Repair in
■hr urnlral nmi mo.i siibsiinnlial manner.
His best efforts will bemused to give ENTIRE
SATISFACTION in material and workmanship, and
he respectfully solicits a share of the public patronj
age. ,
Miiledgeville, Ga.. Aug. 18, 1873. A 3m
WATCHES, JEW E LliV
“ DIAMONDS. SILVER ^
WARE, CLOCKS, FLOWER '
vases, cutlery, guns, pistols, &e.
—ALSO—
PIANOS,
kof the heal make, style, finish
rand tune, which I obtain di
rect from the celebrated Man
ufactory of ‘Krneat Gabler,’
^ cW York, for which I am sole agent.
I am also
?f ttadfs
And Eyc-Glasscs, which are highly recommended
!" Strengthening and Preserving qua!-
printed bill® und posters. All ot the above
1 “e H olU cheap for cash at
G. T. WIEDENMAN’S.
I ■ ^-—Watches and Jewelry repaired neatly as
*, I' ul particular attcnnon will be given to all fine
^.dmicult Watches.
^ill'-dgeville. June 2d, 1873. 45 tf
Look ! Look
W. J. GritAY,
^ * r ringc, I|oii»,., sign nud Oraiimeatal
PAIi\ T TEK«
Isrbling, Frosting, Graining, Ac. Taper Hanging,
' aiuiehing, Furniture. Also, Carriage Trimming.
All orders promptly executed and sutisfaction given.
r^Call at Gardner's Old Stand.
Miiledgeville, Ga., Feb. 13, 1873. 30 ly
Coal Creek Coal
|>EST COAL at reduced rates can be delivered
Mu u ‘ MHledgeville by the carload by the Diamond
Company. Price of Car-Load, nine tons, at the
'nuu-s, only |_>b
Cr f* k . Tennessee.
A “g- 0, 1873.
Address Mr. E. F WILEY, Coal
4 Im
CENTRAL CITY PARK,
MACON. OA.
For best acre of clover lmy............... $ 50
For best acre lucerne bay 50
For best acre of native grass 50
For beet acre pea-vine hay 50
For best acre of corn forage 50
For largest yield of Southern cane, on acre 50
For best and largest display garden vegetables.. 25
For largest yield upland, oue acre..... 200
For best crop lot upland short staple cotton, not
less than five bales 500
For best one bale upland short staple cotton.... 100
(and 25 oents per pound for the bale)
For best bale upland long staple cotton 100
(and 25 oents per pound paid for the bale)
For the best oil painting, by a Georgia lady 100
For the best display of paintings, drawings, etc.,
by the pupils of one school or college 100
For tne best made silk dress, done by a lady of
Georgia not a dress-maker 50
For best made home spun dress, done by a lady
ol Georgia not a dress-maker 50
For best piece of tapestry in worsted and floss, by
a lady of Georgia 50
For best furnished baby basket and complete set
of iufant clothes, by a lady of Georgia 50
or handsomest set of Mouchoir-ca-e, glove box
and pin cushion, made by a lady of Georgia, 50
or beat half doceu pairs of cotton socks, knit by
a lady over fifty years of age, (in gold)...... 25
or best half dozen pairs of cotton socks, knit by
a girl under ten years of age (in gold)...... 25
For the finest and largest display of female hand
icraft, embracing needlework, embroidery,
knitting, crocheting, raised work, etc., by one
lady 100
For the best combination horse...... 100
For the best saddle horse 100
For the best style harness horse 100
For the finest and best matched double team 100
or the best stallion, with ten of his colts by his
side 250
the best geldiDg.... ........ 250
For the best six-mule team 250
or the best single mule 100
or the best milch cow 100
or the best bull.... 100
'or the best ox team I....... 100
For the best sow with pigs.................. 50
"or the largest and finest collection of domestic
lewis.......... J00
or the best bushel of corn............ ..... 25
or the best bushel of peas 25
For the best bushel of wheat ..... 25
For the best bushel ot sweet potatoes 25
"or the best bushel of Irish potatoes 85
or the best fifty stalks of sugar cane 50
For the best result ou one acre iu any forage crop. 15«
"or the largest yield of corn on one acre HMI
or the largest yield of wheat on one acre 50
For the largest yield of oats on one acre.. 50
"’or the largest yield of rye on one acre----- 50
or the best result ou one acre, in any cereal crop 200
or the best display made on the grounds, by any
dry goods merchant - 100
'or the best display made by any grocery mer
chant 100
or the largest aud best display of green-house
plants, by one person or firm — 100
or the best brass band, not less than ten per
formers...... 250
(aud $50 extra per day for theTr music.)
Nor the best Georgia plow stock 25
For the best Georgia made wagon (two horse).. 50
For the best Georgia made cart 25
For the best stallion four years old or more 40
For the best preserved horse over 20 years old 25
For best Alderney bull.... 50
For best Devon bull..... 50
For best collection of table apples grown in North
Georgia 50
For best collection of table apples grown in Mid
dle Georgia^..... 50
REGATTA.
Race one mile down stream on Ocmulgee River, un
der the rules ol the Regatta Association of Macon.
For the fastest four-oared shell boat, race open to
the world $150
For the fastest double-scull shell boat, race open
to the world - 50
For the fastest single-scull shell boat, race open
to the world 50
For the fastest four-oared cauoe boat, race open
to the world 50
(By canoe is meant a boat hewn from a log,
without wash boards or other additions.)
The usual entry fee of ten per cent, will be charg
ed for the Regatta premiums.
MILITARY COMPANY.
For the best drilled volunteer military company
u file.
of not less than forty members, rank anu
open to the world
At least five entries required.
.$750
OES.
PURSE ONE—$300.
For Trotting Horses—Georgia raised; mile beats, best
two in three.
1st horse to receive $200
2d horse to receive... — 75
3d horse to receive
PURSE TWO-$450,
For Trotting Horses that iiave never benten 2:40,
mile beats, best two in tlirce.
1st horse to receive $300
2nd horse to receive 10**
3rd horse to receive ........ — - 50
PUR8E THREE—$C50.
For Trotting Horses—open to the world; mile heat,
best three in five.
1st horse to receive .....$500
2nd horse to receive 100
3d horse to leceive................. ........ 50
PURSE FOUR—$350.
For Running Horses—open to the world; two-mile
heats best two in three-
1st horse to receive. $250
2d horse to receive 100
PURSE FIVE-$300.
For Running Ilorses-open to the world; two mile heats,
best two in three.
let horse to receive $300
PURSE SIX—$500.
For Ruuning Ilorscs—open to the world; three mile
heats, best two in three.
1st horse to receive - $500
The above Premiums will be contested tor uudor
the rules of the Turf. The usual entry fee of 10 per
cent on the amount of the purse will be charged.
COUNTY EXHIBITIONS.
1. To the county which (through its Society or
Clubs) shall furnish the largest and finest dis
play, in merit and variety, of stock, products
and results of home iudustries, all raised, pro
duced or manufactured in the county SflOOO
2. Second best do.... 500
3. Third best do 300
4. Fourth best do — 200
Entries to be made at the August Convention in
Athens-
Articles contributed to the County Exhibitions can
also compete for specific premiums iu the Premium
List; for instance a farmer may contribute to the Ex
hibition of his county a bushel of Bread Corn, he can
then enter it, individually, for premium lit.
August 27tb, 1873. 52m.
THOMAS BKUBULS.
How He O-ot Married.
Biumble boasted of being a confirm
ed bachelor and took pride in being
called a, woman hater. I mean Thom
as Biumble of the importing and job
bing house of “Hood, Stiver & Blum-
ble.” He was very fond of letting
people know that he disregarded the
charms of the softer sex, and was fre
quently heard to say that he would
like to see the woman that couid get
him under her thumb. There was a
time, ol course, when Biumble was
susceptible to the overtures of Cupid;
because when he was plain “Tom,” ol
fifteen years of age, aud left “Rock
Cove,” came to the city and entered
the employ of “Mensor, Tigby &
Hood,” he left behind him a young
“Polly Ann,” with many a sigh and
tear, and more vows than both put
together, to be true till death. For
two years he wrote constantly to his
Polly Ann, repeating the manifold
vows of boyish love; then he was pro
moted from boy to entry clerk, and
soon after was introduced to a very
bewitching young lady, whom we may
be allowed to call Hattie Elton. Then
he forgot his Polly Ann down in Rock
Cove, and become very attentive to
Miss Elton; he accompanied her to the
theatre and made her presents; he got
trusted for his new coat, and with the
money which lie should have paid for
it, they took a sleigh-ride to Brighton
and feasted on hot chickens and cham
pagne; to please her he learned to
polka and waltz; the schottische and
varsovienne were not in vogue then.
Things had sped along very smoothly
for about a year; so Tom, thinking he
might as well have the matter settled
at once, popped the question. Miss
Elton appeared very much surprised;
for a moment she remained silent, then
lifting up both hands, she exclaimed
“Why, Mr. Biumble”—she bad con
stantly called him Tom for six months
previous—“I’ve be£n engaged these
two years—didn’t you know it V
“Know it! No,” replied Biumble
in utter astonishment.
“Why, yes, -I’ve been engaged to
Charlie Dudley for a long while, and
thought you knew all about it, and
were only paying attention to me out
of politeness. Charlie is in New York
now, but we are to be married next
Christmas.”
“Married next ”
We may guess what Biumble was
about to say, but we shall always be
in doubt, for, instead of finishing his
sentence, he took his hat and rushed
out of the house, not even waiting to
make the parting salutation of “good
evening.” Perhaps he was afraid to
trust his gnashing teeth, for fear they
would change his well-meant words
into some wicked expression.
Tom, in the privacy of his own
chamber, with his door locked, his el
bows upon bis light-Btand, and his face
quite buried in his bauds, reverted to
the year’s time aod the many dollars
he had thrown away on Miss Elton;
then he thought of poor Polly Ann,
whom he had “cut” so shamefully,
down in Rock Cove, and he decided
to write to her, to offer pressing bus
iness as au excuse for not having writ
ten before, to sue for pardon for past
negligence, and to assert that his af
fections were still unaltered and unal
terable. So he unburied his face, and
penned the tender missive full of false
hoods and stale love, which he dis
patched with the fullest confidence
that Polly Ann would be very happy
to receive it. But alas for poor hu
man expectations! Polly Ann’s let
ter came. It was brief; she told Blum-
ble she had heard of his attentions to
the city lady, that she had almost for
gotten him, and was going to marry
Jerry Smike, the village blacksmith,
the next week. She returned to Tom
his earliest efforts in love-letter-writ
ing and a lock of his hair, and re
quested him to return to her sundry ar
ticles in that line that he had receiv-
from her.
From that day Biumble announced
himself to the world as a woman-hater,
lie had been false to one womon, and
one woman had ’tricked him. So he
cried down the whole sex. The time
which Biumble had heretofore divided
between love and business, was now
devoted to business exclusively, and
in consequence he received one promo
tion after another until he had the
pleasure of seeing his own name the
third on the sign over the door, which
he had entered as an-errand boy. I
don’t believe he remembered that there
was any such person in the world as
Hattie Elton or Polly Ann, the first
day the new sign was raised.
It was as the junior member of the
firm that Biumble bad traveled through
the New England States two years ago
last fall with samples, receiving or
ders. During his tour he remained in
the pretty village ofP., N. H., one fine
night in October.. He sat in the bar
room after supper, smoking his cigar,
until it became filled with the villa
gers, discussing politics, smoking their
pipes, talking ot their crops and og
ling him; all of which was quite un
interesting to him, so he concluded to
walk out and view the village by
moonlight. He had hardly stepped
into the entry, and before he could
close the door, ere he heard a voice in-
quife:
“Who is that gentleman?”
‘His name is Biumble; he’s from
Boston,” replied the landlord.
“Biumble, from Boston,” chimed in
a third voice, and theu added, “You
don’t say so !’* followed by a long,
low whistle of astonishment.
Biumble stepped off the piazza and
walked up the village street. He had
scarcely walked twenty yards before
he was aware of being followed. Giv
ing the matter but little thought,
however, he turned from the road into
a pleasant lane that wended its way
toward some half dozen farm houses
until he came to a fustic seat, upon
which he threw himself, and was soon
oblivious of all the world excepting
the business affairs of Hood, Stiver &
Biumble. He sat until his cigar was
consumed, when he was aroused to the
world around him, by the village clock
striking out ten. Buttoning bis coat
closely around him, he hurried down
the lane toward the hotel. As he
turned from the lane into the great
road be was suddenly and not very
softly seized by the throat, by the
shoulders, and by the coat-tails, by at
least a dozen hands. He was rather
too much surprised to speak, even if
he had -a chance to; the hands so
closely clenched around his throat
would have prevented his speaking if
he had not been so greatly surprised.
As he could not speak, he listened
very patiently to some half dozen ex
clamations of “Now we’ve got you ?”
Something desperate must be done;
so Biumble struck the fellow that held
him by the throat full iu the face,
knocking him down, and then cried
out as though he expected that this
would be the last chance he ever would
have to speak :
“What the duce are you about?”
The striking question has a miracu
lous effect upon the numerous bauds
distributed about his person, and
Biumble was free. He waited a few
moments to regain his breath ; then
looking around him, asked very ener
getically :
“What does all this mean?”
“It jueans that if you don’t promise
to leave town, and not go to see Mary
Gay again, we’ll just hide you, and
then ride you out of town on a rail,”
said the young man, the recipient of
the blow, who had regained his feet.
“Leave town? Mary Gay ? Why,
Ido not understand what you mean,”
remarked Biumble, considerably mys
tefied.
“Well, sir,” interrupted another
voice, “we mean that you’ve come
here from Boston to court Mary Gay,
and you mean to cut out Billy Iligdy
here; now if you don’t give up Mary
and leave town to-night, we’ll pitch
you into the mill-pond.”
“Hold on a moment,” said Biumble;
“I think you have got hold of the
wrong person, as I have not the ac
quaintance of Miss Gay, nor in fact of
any other lady in this place. But I
want you to understand one thing dis
tinctly, and that is, I shall not leave
town until I get ready.”
Something about Blumble’s manner
seemed to convince the young men
that he was in earnest, for they uttered
various expressions, such as, “That’s a
likely stdry!” “He's gassing!” “I
don’t believe that,” etc, Men invari
ably express doubt when being con
vinced of something they had rather
not believe.
For a few moments the whole par
ty remained in silence; then one of
young denizens of P. broke the spell
by asking:
“Ain’tyour Dame Biumble?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And you are from Boston?”
““Yes, sir.”
“And don’t you know Mary Gay?”
“No, sir.”
“Well, that’s strange! She said his
name was Biumble, and that’s your
name; he belongs to Boston, and so do
you; and you’ve been right up by her
house, and we believe you’ve been
there to see her. Don’t we, Bill?”
“Yes we do,” replied Iligdy.
“Well, young men,” said Biumble,
“if you don’t believe me, go ask the
young lady herself.”
This proposition was met with ap
proval by the whole party, so Blum-
ble started back up the lane, accompa
nied by a large escort before, behind,
and on each side of him. They filed
into the yard, and crowded on to the
steps ot a neat looking farm-house,
and Higdy knocked at the door. In a
few moments one of the chamber win
dows was opened, and a protruding
head asked:
“Who’s there?”
“Come down to the door a minute,
Squire, will you?”
“Why, what do you want?” inquir
ed the voice in the chamber window
above.
“We want to see Mary a minute,”
replied a voice from the crowd be
low.
“Why, she has been abed these two
hours. Is it anything important?”
“Yes; we want to see her just a
minute.”
“Well, I’ll speak to her.”
In a few minutes Mary appeared at
the door. She was very good looking,
notwithstanding her being called out
of bed at such an unseasonable hour—
and so thought Biumble. For some
moments the whole company remain
ed speechless. At last Biumble, tir
ing of his conspicuous situation, aud
the “nothing-to-say” spirit of the par
ty, broke the silence by asking the
young lady if she had ever seen him
before.
“Not that I remember of,” she re
plied.
“I only asked you to satisfy these
young men,” said Biumble.
“Then he ain’t your city beau ?”
asked Higdy.
“No!” as short as though it had
been but one letter.-
“Then we are mistaken,” said a
voice in the yard, and two or three
of the party slid out at the gate.
“I am very sorry that I have been
the iudirect cause of this annoyance to
you; but it is no fault of mine. This
gentleman,” pointing to Higdy, “and
his party seized me and would not al
low me to proceed to my hotel uutil I
had proved to them that I had not
been visiting you. I must now leave
them with you to make their own ex
planations, and i>id you good even
ing.” .5.
“flood evening,” sdid the young la
dy in a^earlHKeat voice.
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1 Its Y*n* o tt v t "V
Somehow Biumble didn’t sleep very
sound that night; he was in a very
strange place, and he kept constantly
thinking of his strange adventure, aud
of the good-looking strange young la
dy; and the more he thought, the more
he wondered who she was, and when
at last he determined to inquire about
her in the morning, he fell asleep and
dreamed of her.
Biumble was an early riser—bache
lors generally are—and the next morn
ing, before the village were astir, he
had walked out and passed the house
of Squire Gay; but he did not see
Mary, so he returned to the hotel and
inquired of the landlord concerning
her. The landlord must have praised
the girl, for the bachelor decided
F rom the Monroe Advertiser.
Constitutional Convention.
As this question will probably en
gage the serious attention of the Leg
islature, at its next annual session, we
offer our readers a few suggestions on
thesubject. A question of «uch mag
nitude—involving great political prin
ciples and the general weal—should
be discussed by the press in a bold,
frank, aud candid manner, iu order
that our Legislators may enter upon
its consideration with all the aid of an
enlightened public opinion.
In order to have a clear conception
of the question, it will be necessary to
review, briefly, the history of the past,
from the close of the war between the
States, to the adoption of the Consti-
Ota tea tu me u
remain another day and be introduced Iwo*
to he’, and‘he" to remain a third, j It wi | t be recollected that Andrew
and fioally he Mocluded lie might as John8to Presideot of the United
well stop the week out, and so he | state8> iaaue ., |,j„ am „ es tv procloma-
wrote to Ins partners, informing them ; „• wieh distinct eiceptioos.
that he should remain there a few A State Convention waa callrd, under
days to himself. The professed wo-, hj i which, through the fear
man-hater walked up that same lane | and N, riHt of Ua me * ber8i wa8
each evening, and walked into the |0rcc(i > [0 , f „f, mi ullco „ d i tiona | com .
house, too. He was not disturbed , jance with eIacti and the
again by B| " Higdy for the Squire Jj tate „ as consequently restored to
had threatened that if he eome within ,„ r rorm(!r re|atio ^ e wit J h lhe FeJera|
gun-shot of the house again to put a Gov ,, rllIllent . When Congress met,
further illegal and base exceptions
dose of cold lead into him. So the
wise but jealous Higdy kept out of
the way.
There was a great reform in the man
ner aud habits of Thomas Biumble,
merchant. He left his bachelor clubs,
notwithstanding the jeers and taunts
of his former companions, and he be- ent ConstirutfonT^whiST was‘submft-
carae circumspect m his remarks on tedtoa vote ot the , e in April ,
female character. For a number of , S6S< A three days’ election was held
months he spent Ins spare hours writ- for iu ratification, and for the election
ing to Mary and choosing appropriate of Sute aod count?r officerg under |tg
provisions. A registration of voters
were made, which resulted in the call
ing of another Convention, and, by its
acts and the masterly coercion of Con
gress, the uewly enfranchised were al
lowed to vote. A third State Conven
tion .assembled and adopted the pres-
gifts for her, and for a long time the
Boston aud P. Express considered him
one of their best customers. But ere
long there was a brilliant wedding
party at the house of Squire Gay, and
P. lost its most charming belle, for
Miss Gay became Mrs. Biumble. A
few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Biumble
went down to Rock Cove and visited
the old Biumble homestead; while
there Mr. Thomas Biumble introduc
ed his wife to Mr. Jerry Smike and
Mrs. Polly Ann Smike aud all the
little Smikes. It would be impossi
ble to tell which are most contented
with their lot, Thomas or Polly Ann.
One thing more and I am done. In
answer to Blumble’s advertisement for
a chambermaid, who would assist in
plain sewing, who do you think ap
plied for the situation? You’ll never
guess, so I’ll tell you. It was Hattie
Elton! Her New York beau had
heard of her flirtations with Biumble,
and for that reason broke his engage
ment with her; and she, who might
have been Mrs. Thomas Biumble,
must be content to be Mrs. Blumble’s
servant.
From tho New York Herald.
A lenon for Orant A Co.
The suspension of the Cookes, who
were highly favored by the Govern
ment and the financial pets of the Ad
ministration, and who had made many
millions in the course of a few years
through the favor of the Treasury De
partment, ought to be a lesson to the
Government. Instead of squandering
money on speculative agents, who
have little power or credit except that
which their connection with the Treas
ury gives them, the Government
should manage its own financial trans
actions. Among other evils resulting
from the war is that of enriching a
few favorites at the expense of the
Treasury and the people. We see
the consequence of thus creating mil
lionaire jxircenus by the Government.
There is no reason to apprehend any
serious effect from the Cooke suspen
sion, or from the few other suspensions
or failures that may arise in conse
quence of that, to the business or in
terests of the country generally. The
excitement, probably, will soon sub
side, leaving only a few wrecks of
speculators and stockjobbing firms.
It is the talk and sensation of a day or
so. The currents of trade will llow
on smoothly, and our merchants, tra
ders and great producing population
may smile at the frenzy of the hour in
Wall street. The country is too pros
perous and wealthy to be seriously dis
turbed by the collapse of a few specu
lators or ephemeral banking institu
tions.
A Destructive Storm iu Florida.
Tallahassee, September 21.—There
was a terrible storm through this sec
tion Friday morning. Several stores
were unroofed. Thirty or forty houses
were blown down and others badly
damaged. A great number of gin
houses were destroyed. The crops
are considered completely ruined.
Three or four lives were lost and sev
eral persons were wounded. A large
number of stock have been killed.
The roads are blocked by falling trees.
Telegraph wire and fences are down
for miles. The loss in this county is
immense. St. Marks has been com
pletely washed away—only two
houses left standing. There are twen
ty families homeless. Newport is also
reported gone.
Scandal.—The great curse that
hangs over every small community is
scandal, and a disposition among sqme
few to pick up merest trifles of gossip
and magnify them into hideous deform
ities. Some people have a peculiar
faculty of making themselves intoler
able by excessive indulgence in this
business, aod sometimes so .well suc
ceed in injuring the reputation of oth
ers that even they themselves must re
coil with horror at the reflection. Be
sure that you are not one of them.
The best size for almost anybody, is
—Exercise.
The Way of the World*- Religion on
the toogueand sell in the heart is the
way of the world. J 2tuod :J-
7/ 7.00 shoe* Vib s
was required under military dictation,
the registrars being appointed by the
same corrupt and base power. A
large number of the most able, expe
rienced and worthy citizens of the
State were disfranchised. It was al
leged and charged that immense
frauds were perpetrated by what was
called “ repeating,” against which
there was no possible remedy in
three days’ election—in fact the inno
vation was conceived and executed for
the avowed purpose of furnishing an
opportunity Cor the practice of this
fraud. The truth is, a three days’
election was foisted upon the people
of the reconstructed States for this
purpose alone—for what other sensible
and tenable reason could the innova
tion have been made ?
A large, indeed preponderating ma
jority of those who voted for the rati
fication of the Constitution, were ig
norant, irresponsible, and corrupt, and
had no comprehension or conception
of the meaning of the word Constitu
tion, much less the provisions it con
tained. The whole instrument might
have been couched in a single line,
which would have clearly expressed
the object, as tbey thought, of their
vote: “ That each colored man should
get forty acres of land and a mule /”
Such was the mass of voters who were
in favor of the ratification of the Con
stitution. But there were a few de
signing knaves and ignoble villains,
who foisted themselves upon these de
luded and senseless creatures as lead
ers. Their object was plunder and
robbery. They differed but little from
the predatory bands of Danes, who in
vaded England, to destroy aud ravage
the effects of the people. Some of
these creatures, outlawed from self-
respect, and alienated from conscience
and honesty, were natives: others
from the north—such as Bullock, the
Kimballs, Blodgett & Co., who are
now sneaking and cowering from pub
lic justice. These men were first-
class developers; and if their dishon
est souls and loathsome persons should
ever he caught within the jurisdiction
of the State, we doubt not but that
our outraged and wronged people
would demand, at least, that the lash
of Grant, Alexander & Co. should be
applied, and that the ignominy which
they so richly deserve, for the record
of tbeir accumulated and damnable
offeudings, should follow them through
life, aye, pursue them to the grave.
The catch-words of Homestead and
Relief, were skillfully dovetailed into
the Constitution, to delude, and thus
gather the support of the unfortunate
class of debtors, which include many
of our best citizens, who, without any
fault of their own, were left hopelessly
involved by the results of the war.
This smooth valley promised a quick
and safe retreat from tbeir difficulties ;
but
* ' “ Like tliat Serbonian bog
’Twixt Damietta and Mount Cantus olJ
Where armies whole have sank."
it only lured them to certain ruin.
Creditors, as a general proposition,
were willing after the war to make
liberal compromises, and debtors were
willing to respond, until “ this jug
gling fiend that paltered in a double
sense,” misled them. The Supreme
Court of the United States, by its de
cisions, has stripped the Homestead
and Relief laws of their benefits.—
Bankruptcy is the only hope left, and
that is meagre and uncertain.
Now that the catch-words, which
(aided by fraudulent votes) contributed
largely to the ratification of the Con
stitution, have been dispelled; now
that many of the riug-leaders in its
adoption, are skulking and hiding in
secret places, to escape the punish
ment due to their crimes, must stay
away; and now that a large number
of the purest, wisest and best citizens
of the State, who were disfranchised
by the fourteenth amendment, have
been enfranchised, is there any good
reason why the people of Georgia should
not in solemn Convention alter, amend
or ratify the fundamental law, which
is to be the rule of their conduct and
to which they must look for protection
to life, liberty and property ?
, Six years, long and weary, marked
with the most wonderful political de
velopments and theories known to his
tory, have passed since the adoption
of the Constitution. Passions have
died away, prejudices have changed,
experience has pointed out many de
fects, and suggested many improve
ments in our orgauic law ; and above
all, time has confirmed the opinion
that it does not meet the approbation
of our people.
Governments were instituted for
the protection of society ; and consti
tutions are necessary to define and
limit its powers, and to preveut en
croachment upon the inherent and re
served rights of the people. Like the
testacious covering of a molusceous
animal, the constitution of govern
ment should conform to, and fit the
living mass within. Growth and de
velopment in the one, should be fol
lowed by expansion in the other. Now
it will not be denied that there has
been growth and development in pub
lic opinion in the State, within the
last six years.
Let us as men look the situation
sternly in the face, and enter upon the
work, mindful of the memories of the
past, the realities of the living present,
and the promises of the future. The
timid and uncourageous may suggest
that there is daager of involving the
State in re-re-construction by Congres
sional interference. New York, and
other Northern States, have but re
cently met in Convention and revised
their Constitutions, with far less ne
cessity, and no more constitutional
rights. As no one proposes to inter
fere with the rights of any on account
of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude, we should not fear to dis
charge a duty which the highest in
terest of all alike demands.
Letter lrom Jane G. Swiahelm to N. Y. Tribune.
The Cruel Persecution of SKrs. Sur
ratt—the Story of Her Irons as
told a Radical.
This morning’s papers, on what pre
tends to be the authority of Gov. Hart-
ranft, state that Mrs. Surratt was not
manacled during her imprisonment. I
attended the trial of the conspirators
one day. There was a railing the
whole length of one end of the room,
about three feet from the wall, in
which was a door leading, they said,
to the prison. The prisoners sat in a
row behind this railing, Mrs. Surratt
being nearest to the door leading to
the ante-room at that side, and quite
near that leading to the prison. I was
given a chair in the aisle just inside
the door, and so near to Mrs. Surratt
that I could easily have shaken hands
with hdr over or through the railing.
I sat there two hours, sometimes
touching the railing, when the crowd
pressing at the door for entrance in
duced me to move my chair, so that
part of the time I was not more than
one foot from her. She wore a heavy,
black dress, falling on the floor around
her feet, so that I could not see them,
but every time she moved them I
heard chains clank. I had before lived
fifteen years on a farm on which was a
saw mill; was familiar with the sound
of chains, and the difference between,
that of a wagon and log-chain. The
sound was that of a iog-chain. It
could not have been made by anything
but the heavy links of a chain, and
that chain must have been fastened to
both her ankles. The sounds could
not have been made in any other way.
The chains on her ankles must hare
been heavy enough to prevent her lift
ing her feet, for she only slid them on
the floor, one at a time, for a little
change of posture. She seemed to
avoid moving, so as not to attract at
tention to the chain, for every time
they clanked she blushed painfully;
blushed so that I could see it through
the heavy crape vail she wore over
over face. I sat until she was re
moved. She arose with difficulty,
leaning on the arm of the officer, who
seemed to be kind. She did not lift
her feet in moving to and through the
door, but slid one at a time a little
way, I think not further than that the
heel of the forward foot came on a line
with the toe of the other: but all the
time the links ground and clanked.
She could not move one foot an inch
without making them grind. Mrs.
Surratt sat before or rather on one side
of her judges, chained with links of
iron aa heavy *s those of a log-chain ;
and while she sat thus she was grossly
insulted by spectators, men and wo
men, or things that looked like men
and women. Once she turned pale
when one of these creatures said : “ I
hope they’ll hang her! Just look at
her! She looks like a devil!” I could
not bear it, but spoke out and said :
She does not look like a devil! She
looks like a good, kind-hearted wo
man, and you are a mean coward for
insulting a prisoner.” A man in reply
said to me: “ She’s a rebel,” and I re
peated, “Coward! coward!”
Mrs. Surratt looked up, and our
eyes me^ The expression of her face
will haunt me to the grave, and I
thank God for the look of gratitude it
wore; but as we were getting up quite
a side-show au officer forced his way
to ua to see what the matter was. 1
told him that people were insulting
the prisoner. He made them stand
back, moved my chair to the other
side of the aisle, and set a man at the
door to keep order and prevent my
holdiug communication with the pris
oner. Mrs. Surratt’s chains were. a
common subject of conversation in
Washington at the time. I wrote an
account at the time, which was pub
lished and extensively copied and com
mented upon, and this morning is the
first time I have ever heard any denial
of the fact that Mrs. Surratt was fet
tered as she sat wearily through the
long hours and days of that trial.
Two babies were aeot by express
several hundred miles through Oregon,
recently, aod arrived all safe. What
an extraordinary species of baggage
master they must have iu those parts/