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VOLUME XLIV.J
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M ILL EDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 5, I87S.
NUMB ER 15.
51 ino n & iiecorbtr,
13 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IX MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.,
UOHJIITOX, iSAKKES &, JVloORE,
^Vt $2 iu Advance, or $3 at cad of tho year
S. N. BOUGH TON, Editor.
Till. • FEDERAL UNIOX” and Mio “SOUTH
j;i;N RECORDER” were consolidated August Lt
{In* l T nion being iu its Forty-Third Yulume and
j i:: itV Kilty Third Volume.
IHilli
PALI, AND WINTER
inerv, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods,
A N D
is. J.
the* K
ADVERTISING.
.—Or
lity-li
1 for lirKt ins. r-
• h BiibtM'quciit 1
will 1** allow 1
orhti.-s, Obituaries ,x
<* uiut Coumiuuicatioue
ut advtrtisixiH.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
. per levy of ten linn, or fa*,...
pw .quart*.
CiuHtliuiiship,
legal advertisements.
1.J Ad
Ail flic Novelties of flic Season.
IS
A. IiUNDRXJM
—<*
lit of MILUNEUV,
enow arriving, and which she is able to -erf
s , .,. HATS, FEATHERS. RIBBONS, &c.
' !*■< led with great care from the latest and prettiest Style* - ’
BONNETS,
ever in -mgli! to thi. nvirke/ s:,.'. ui- J U * t 1 ' ^ Bn, l for beauty and richness surpas anything
ti-a FEATHERS, which she can sel at Z-iol&M™LOW"K'eT V ' ry !,nu ^ ,>,,ie Kal ftnl il,:
DRESS
OOOJDS.
Sin
litis
1 invites tini Indies to cail and examine her Drens Good,
Alermoes. Lmp.-ess Cloths, Opera Cloth
the celebrated Iviui
, consisting of Silks. Brilish Lns're, Sateens, 1’,
ill shades and eolois. Also, Camels’ Ilair Goods, suitable
LARGE STOCK OF
1 bv law to In* held t
sday iu tin
5 to tilt
of p r.
till} til Hull
»r«* t Kxectitors
1 the tirnt Tin
ty iu which the pr..j»*Tty
eu iu a public
ule *lay
|N-,ty
Ht be
given iu
late mu at be |>llb-
'ourt of Ordinary
f »r one month,
uardianahip, \.c.,
11 Administration
Guardianship 40
ublianed monthly
r the full space of
•ntur* or Admin-
irr.ueril, the lull
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
PKOMITLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT Till* UFFIt'E.
Ladies, ;*I isses and Children’s Shoes and 8Iosiery.
Hair Work of all hinds,
A General Assortment of Toilet Articles, ^
■°js by the Million and Jewelry 01 all Kinds.
PINS, NEEDLES and SEWING COTTON of all kinds.
THOM 1*S< IN’S GL()VE-FITTING CORSETS,
AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED SEAMLESS GLOVES,
Sash Ribbons at low
She Ims tile Agency nf I!
nil kinds from •'< cents up. Her
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. S, 1ST
r pri«os Qaoen Boss Ruffiiuz, Old Ladies Caps, «kc,
I'nnn siic paper patterns, and can supply Indies with patterns e
in a lew days of which notice will be given.
tSASING,
Still done iu tbo best Styles
11
•niug will I ako place
R 3u S S
From the Southern Magazine.
DEFEAT.
(1S66.)
Tire bow is broken and the spear is shattered,
And all our mighty leaders are laid low ,
Our war-worn legions to the winds are scattered
Before the hoars of an insulting foe.
The chariots are o’erthrown, the sword is rusting
That bore the dint of many a knightly blow :
And hearts that bowed before Thee, sad yet trusting,
Look up through tears—it is so sad below.
The hand that wrought such miracles of valor
Is gyved with sieel behind the dungeon-bar ;
The brow is blanching with the prison pailor,
That Hushed exultant in Ihe irout of war.
They who have conquered treat us like dumb cattle,
Ami herd and goad, where'er they choose to drive.
Men who have breathed the Cerv breath of battle,
The dauntless comrades who the wreck survive.
’A c know, tiisuk God, that note means not forever,
Thar death can give tis but a moment’s pain—
A plunge into the dark, mysterious river,
To join beyond ou round of martyred slam
And do they think to breathe is then so gainful
That we will hug a slavish life iu chains !
To cross the stream like Jackson were less painful
Or fall like him who led ou Shi lull’s plains.
We look not back with shame; our deeds were
glorious :
God weighed! all; man’s scope is incomplete :
Earth chauuteth hymns alone to the victorious;
He smiteth victory, and may bless defeat.
\V. I*. J
KINOXVa WORDS.
Or*. H.*P«ll(tra the Obi* Klerti**—
Why Ihe Dew*cr*cy Rrjaice.
Hon. Geo.
choice for
States, i
If K E 1*1 iv«; A cow.
TO iii : WEST! TO THE WEST!
City
tin
rid.” This lint
St. Lor.is &. Southeastern Railway,
; ... • ir*. _• v pit'* y flu k' d a11 enviable n-pututieu by it
.ii..e*:!i tm-k. pn»m]‘t tim<*. • ii «-on; icction a, and the umguiii-
■ : It* trains art* made up of
.it ■ • ti.tv • ti«*. provided with the celebrated
‘ . .'fit tut \N t stiiiphoiiHe ttir-hruk'
It i
id the
nulling I’uliumn I’aluee Drawing
(. trn -it vvitlmul clmnjie from Nashville U
“ l " r tine pretend* to other s - ieh advantage*,
’ • tim., «»r e«j;:ipuifiit. Why, then, journey by
• iiui'icod to pim hase tiricetH to St
>t by any other line, remembering that
*»*t. I.onIm A Noiitli<‘niaitrrn”
•heap.-:, rjui. ko«it, l»e«t and only line under on«
f. Nanhv; • to St. Louis, mui is Loin tin t«»
St. Kama City, Omaha, Denver,
i points. It i» also the “Chiru-
iue,” via Kv uisville.
•nre the cheapest rate
application, iu porao
iu., or to the uuder*ig]
r yourselves and your
by letter, to Charles
jr College street Drpot,
No trouble to am
M»y I, \m.
-II lyr
Beyond the Mississippi!
riioUsHinis liuve alr. Jiily {(ouo, anU tiiuusamld more
' r " turning their eyes towards new homes in the fertile
W.,t 1'" those going to Mi souri, Kansas, Nebraska,
f e 'l.iii-i. I lah, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon 01 Cnli-
f.amia, «. recommend a cheap, sate, quick ami direct
rntite, St. Icniis. over the Missouri Pacific lfnii-
r".vi, which runs its fine Day Conches and Pulhimn
Sleepers from St. Louis to principal points in the
\\i-t, W, 'I.,'We believe that the Missouri
I'/icitic Kailroad has the best hack and the finest and
-afest equipment of any line west of tho Mississippi,
and its c. nngcrions with roads further West nre
protnjit nud reliable. Tltc Texas connection of this
mad is now completed, and passengers aie ottered a
tirrl class all rail route from St. Louis to Texas, either
over the Missouri, Kansas & Texas K K. . Sedalta,
..rover tin Allantic and Pacific U. If. via Vin it a.
For maps, lime tallies, information as to rates, routes,
>V. . a.- refer our readers to E. A Ford. General
I'a s. nger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Question* trill be
’ 1 ' ‘ telly and promptly antttrered.
Emigration Turning.
4 lien11 Fnrtn* in Woai.HiMMonri.
i'li** Ail-tiitiu and Pacific Kailroad Company offers
!,jou,noo ams of land in Central ami Southwest
MK-mtiri, at from to $1« per acre, on seven years
Lint-, with fro** transportation from St. Louis to all
purrliasiTs. Climate, soil, timber, mineral wealth,
^•lio-t’s. (’hurches ami law abiding society invite cini
JT r anls Iroin all points t“ this land of fruits and flowers.
L*r particular.-: tidilress. A. Tuck, Liud Commissioner,
St Louis.
IF 101 WANT TO SAVE MONEY BUY YOUR GROCERIES AND
PROVISIONS AT THE (HEAP STORE,
WE ARE DETERMINED TO SELL LOW.
Don’t Stop until you iind the Right Store, on Wayne Street North
XVEasonic Hall.
:o:
PLAHiTIiRS TAKE NOTICE!
Family Groceries, Provisions, and Supplies of all Kinds.
Wli ich we will let out to Farmers at reasonable rates on time. Goon security will bo required. Come and
see us before making arrangements elsewhere. On hand and to arrive the following articles :
t’,0U()U lbs o lt Sides, b,it tl lbs Shoulders, 5! 10 lbs choice Pig hams, 1,000 lbs Leaf Lard, at Low Figures.
Flour all grades,Corn, Bran and Kiuc Feed for Stock. Seed Oats, Sugars all kinds, C’ollee cheap, (Joslieii
Butter, and Cream Cheese, Pic Nics, Crackneils, Snapells, Kentucky Butter, Lemon Crackers, and other
varieties. Mackerel in barrels and kits. Morgan Sous and other Soaps. Potash, Candles, Kerosene Oil,
Soda, Copperas, Powder and Shot. Cotton Cards, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Pickles and Oysters, Sift
ers, Buckets, Brooms, Choice Segars. Come and see us and save your money. Quick sales and small profits
our motto.
Having secured the services of Mr.C- IS. MUNDAY, who will be always on hand to meet his cld cus
tomers and attend to the wauls of new ones, wo hope to be able to give satisfaction to all, and merit a liberal
patronage.
MACON CARDS
DAVIS SMITH
. DEALER IN
SADDLES and HARNESS,
CARKl.ttfG JIATKRIAfi,
Shoo Findings, l father of all kinds,
Children’s Carriages.
10-2 ( IIEIIKV
Augmd •.’.'i. 18711.
STKEET, MACON GA.
5 3m
E. J. 3 OENSIO N,
Dealer in
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Kim* Cutlery. Musir;il I us! rnnciitf.. String*, Ate., Air.
?«»!»• Agent for the Celebrated
DIAMOND PKBBLE SFKCTACLES, KV K-OLASSFS,
I’urth Iilsr Attrutii.il givi-n t« Kepuirs on Kim.- umT Oiflii-ult
Watch,-*.
JKWELIiY, Ac., KEPAIltFD, and ENGRAVING
l •ruor Mulberry 4^ S»-
A pul, 30, 1H73.
MACON GEORGIA.
<0 If.
LANIER HOUSE.
It. Ml It,
Mulberry Street,
Proprietor.
- Macon,
Georgia,
The above named Hotel lias been recently refur
nisle-d and fitted up for Ihe accommodation of trail
lent as well as permanent Boarders. Persons will
iind it to their interest to stop at this House, as its
c.-ntrnl location makes it a very desirable place for
»ieichants and familiea coining to i lie city for business,
" r lor a sojourn oi pleasure. An KLEGANT SAM
*T‘E Ut>(>M Iihs been fitted up for the special use o
commercial travelers.
' he table always supplied with all the luxuries of
•«« season, from first maikets, and can be surpassed
“J - u «ne in the South.
"innibus to convey passengers to nud from the
Hotel and all trains, free of charge.
B. DUB, Proprietor.
A iril 18. 187-2. ' tim
WING & SOLOMON,
JEWELERS
MACON, GA.
"alches, Fine Jewelry, Sfirerware.
S 0 J,', K AGENTS for Ihe Celebrated Perfected
M hCTACLKs and EVE GLASSES,
articular attention paid to repairing Watches and
„r,,“ ,v, * rr <' ,| l. d. liadgi-s and all new woik made to
'' '• Old Silver bought or exchanged for goods.
,V P- ‘2, I87:j ti Sir
n
ankrupt Salt.
11 I,. 1 'T ,U an order from the United States
gin, tt .„ for the Soufliern Dirtrict of Geor-
Fiksi- “''0 fro,- from all encumbrances on the
■•"-rsor r da >- in NGVEMHEUnexl, during legal
ciu a.' 1 .* 1 ’ 1,1 1« «»iit of tho Court hou.se door in the
Seven j" jKcyiHe. the following properly, viz
lying j,, ,S!f d a[( y * cre * of land, more or less,
lying i. . «o«* nuy acres of land, more or iess,
tract of In! | . ln county, being .ill the residue of that
•I'icli Hiiti, i, < ‘ 1 K ,1 i hundred acres homestead, on
•old asi|, 1 ■ ”yrick, Bankrupt, uow resides, and
rupt. property 0 f e UK i ^titlt P. Myrick, Bank*
nnd acres more or 1cm,
iil"’ , IW ?i ! >r -. , ’ n J*«UU> 'creek, knows aa tko
THE NEW YORK STORE
Is Opening a Large S<«fk of FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
I-SIIXtlof Kin,- .It i* % >■ XIS!,.; Sluts, tllltnots, Al.P.lff AN, ami a complete ass
Vy im-ntot I.ADIcN Dill Ss GOODS. Also, a complete d,.!k of SHAWL.' and CLOAKS of n
vaiioly.
Also, AIL LO»ISS5?IC GOODS AT FACTORY PRICES.
My Booi am! Shot* Dr par Burnt
II kind- and qnalitesof BOOTS and SHOES, which I will sell at VERY
“If*
L supplied «ith :
LOW PRICES.
READY MADE CX.OTHZZYC A SPECIALITY.
I can fit a boy from three years of age to a man a Hinnsaml years old. My prices w ill be FAR CHEAPER
than ever before. As money is se.i' eeand 1 am over sleeked with Hoods, a little mney will to buy a good deal
Give me a call before purehasing ijsew here, as I will lake pleasure in showing goods. Come and see lor your-
selt that I can sell goods as « heap as they cal 1 be sold by anybody this side ol New York.
II. ADLER.
HrjA-ook for (1m* “NEVI \0ilK STORE” on Wayne S(ree(«
Millcdgevilk*, Sept I"), 187.1.
The (4aea|> Grocery and Provision
STORE!
-: 0: -
of
SIMl'EL EVANS & UO.
Miiiedgeville, Jan 8, 1873.
FUKJYITURE ! FURNITURE ! !
W. tfc J. CAR.AKLER,
H AVE ON HAND a large assortment of FINE AND COMMON FURNITURE, con
sisting of
Beautiful Bed-Room Setts, Bureaus, Mirrors, Tables, Chairs,
IteilstenilN nud JYIattraws*«•» of nil mIxfm and qnnlitirs.
Repairing of Furniture and Upholstering Done to Order on short notice.
Window-Shades and Fixtures, Corner and Wall Brackets, &c
WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, Large lot of Children’s Toys, such as Doll Car
%
BUGGY HARNESS for sale.
Wagon and Buggy Wheels
CARRIAGES, Large lot of Children’s Toy!
riages, Express Wagons, Arc.
Also, all kinds of Material for Carriage Makers and Repairers. Ready-made
'always ou hund.
Doors, Sash and blinds, and Fixtures for Blinds.
We guarantee Low Prices and Good Work. Give us a call.
Hnr in I
Ca ses
All styles of Metallic and Wood Burial Cases and Caskets always on hand.
IV' Orders for cases will receive jit attention at all hours—day or night.
W. & J. CARAKER.
Miiiedgeville, Ga., Sept. 2, 1873. I* Cni
B. P. WALKER,
(Late of 8. T. X B. P. Walk-
J. H. DOBBS,
(Lot- of Wine, O-ibba X Co.)
WALKER <fe DOBBS,
SUCCESSORS TO
Wise, Dobbs & Co.*
l.MI’UK I Klt-S AND WIIOLKSAI.K DEALERS IN
China, Crockery and Glass Ware, Silver Plated t Ware
COAL OIL,
■?
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLS&Y,
VMPS WICKS BURNERS. CHIMNEYS, CHANDELIERS, GAS AND KEROSENE
FIXTURES, POR'l’Ek S PLANTATION AND COMBINATION HOES.
wo „|d (tall the attention of Men limits to our immense nnd varied stock of the above Hoods, feeling
that we can give entire satisfaction in regard to quality and price. Our retail Departmcut is also complete.
Walker So Dobbs, MACON, ua.
October 14, 1873, 12 6ln ‘
Thu man across Ihe way who enjoyed vegetab’e*
fresh frem his own garden through I lie summer has
bought a cow. His wife told him now nice it would
be to have a cow on the premises, so to have milk
fresh and pure every day, and always in time, ami
always in abundance. Then they could make butter
themselves, and not eat the rank stuifout of the store.
She told him there was enough stulf from the garden
and table to almost keep the cow, and the product
would be just about SO much clear gain. He figured
it up himself with a pencil, and the result surprised
him. He wondered why he had not kept aeow before
and inwardly condemned himself tor the loss lit had
f been irllictir.g upon himself. He then bought a cow.
In tin- evening ut its arrival he went out to milk it.—
But the animal was excited by the strange surround
ings, and stepped on our friend,, and kicked over his
pail, and nearly knocked one ot his eyes out with her
tail He worked at the experiment for an hour, but
without any success Then hi* wife came out to give
advice, and his son came out to see the iuu. The
cow put one of her heels through the woman s dress,
and knocked the boy down in the mud, which ended
their interest in the matter. One ot the neigl bors
mi ked the animal that night, and came around the
next mori ing and showed the man how to do it. The
third day the cow escaped the surveillance of the boy
who was left to watch her, and when the man caine
home at night, she was nowhere to be found. The
boy had also disappeared, and our neighbor found he
was . idiged to hunt lisr up before supper He walk
ed urouud for a while, amt tli-n returned home, but
the animal had not been .-ecu. Then iie went oil’again
and made a very thorough ;e r jii and about ten o'clock
that night lie returned with the cow, iiis clothes be-
griimned with perspiration and dust, and his face
tinsl'.nd and scratched. He wanted to kick tiie ani
mal's ribs in, but realizing tiiat such a course would
result iu pecuniary damage, he changed his mind. The
boy wislios he had obeyed the first impulse. On the
fourth day they churned, so as to have fresh butter for
the table. The mother took hold of the dasher first,
because she said she used to do it when a girl, and
liked no better sport. .She pounded away until she
caught a crick in the back that doubled her up like a
knit!* and then she put the heir to it. He had been
standing around, eagerly waiting for a chance, and
grumbling because he didn't get it, ami when the dash
er was placed ill his hand he was so happy he could
hardly contain himself. He pumped away an hour at
it, and then said if he had to do it any more he would
run away and be a robber.
At noon the man came home and learned the situa
tion. lie was a little disgusted at tiie "tomfoolery, '
as lie called it, and took hold the churn himself and
made it bounce for awhile. Then his stomach com-
meuccd to fall in, ami his spine to unjoiut.and his
shouldeis to loosen. He stopped and wiped off the
perspiration, and looked around with a melancholy
cast to his features, and went at it again. The butter
didn't come, however, but everything in the way of
oratorical effect did. He got so dreadfully excited tiiat
his wife, smelling strong ot camphor, took the dasher
away from hint, and wont to work herself. At this
the sou put liis cap under his .jacket, and miraculously
disappeared. Later iu the day the miik was poured
around the grape vine. On the filth day the cow
knocked down a length of fence to the next lot, aud
ate all the oranges from a tree tiiat stood iu a tub, aud
when the people attempted to drive her out, she car
ried away a new ivy on her horns, knocked down a
valuable vase of flowers, and capped the climax by
stum biing over a bex ot mosses, ami failing ou a pile
of hothouse frames- Ou the sixth day our neighbor
sold his cow to a butcher, and now eats strong butter
which comes fiom the stote—Danbury San.
Life’s Twilight.*—The evening ol
every man’s life is coming on apace.—
The day of life will soon be spent.—
The sun, though it may be up in mid
heaven will pass swiftly down the
western sky and disappear. What
shall light up man’s pathway when
the sun of life has gone down V He
must travel on to the next world ; but
what shal 1 illume his footsteps after
the nightfall of death, amid the dark
ness of the journey ? What question
more solemn for each reader of our
journal to ask himselfV That is along
journey to travel without a guide and
without a friend. Yet every one must
perform it. The time is not far dis
tant when all will begin the journey.
There is an evening star in the natural
world. Its radiance is bright and
cheering to the benighted traveler.—
But life's evening star is in good hope
of heaven. Its beauty and brilliancy
is reflected from the sun of righteous
ness, whose bright rays light up the
evening of life and throw their radi
ance quite across the darkness of the
grave into Immanuel’s happy land.—
It has illuminated the weary footsteps
of many a traveler into eternity. It is
of priceless value. A thousand worlds
cannot purchase it, and yet it is otiered
without price to him who will peni
tently and thankfully receive it.
Buy
GO
Your
TO MACON
AND
Furniture and Carpets
O F
THOMAS WOOD, Next to Lanier 8 8ou^e.
THE LOWEST BRICES EVER KNOWN!
METAL CASES AND CASKETS, YVOOD COFFINS OF ALL KINDS,
At price# that defy competition. Night call# answered at the LanierBlonse.
THOMAS WOOD,
Oct. H, 1873.
HXacon, G-a.
TJ fim.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, CURTAILS.
Fall Trade 1813.
JAMES G. K A IlLKUttAT H E
Female Society.—What is it that
makes all men who associate habitual
ly with women superior to those who
do not? What makes the women who
are accustomed to act at ease in the
society of men, superior to their sex
iu general ? Solely because they are
in the habitof free, graceful continued
conversation with the other sex. Wo
men in this way lose their frivolity,
their faculties awaken, their delicacies
and peculiarities unfold in all theii
beauty and captivation in the spirit of
rivalry ; and men lose their pedantic,
rude, declamatory and sullen manner.
The coin of the understanding and the
heart changes continually- Their as
perities are rubbed off, their natures
polished and brightened, and their rich
ness, like gold, is wrought into finer
woikinan9hip by the fingers of women
than it could ever be dene by those of
men.
Yellow Fever in Texas.—A Pica
yune special of the 22d ult., says:
“Galveston is full of refugees from
Bryan, Calvert and Columbus, with
more coming by each train. Tele
grams froni Columbus report the fever
increasing fast and of a very fatal type,
with four deaths in twelve hours.
Hon. George W. Smith and J. W.
Harcourt are among the victims. The
place is almost depopulated. A spe
cial relief train was forwarded to-day
with physicians .from Galveston. Cal
vert telegrams report nine deaths in
24 hours. The disease continue very
violent; Business is almost entire
ly suspended.’
Among the speakers at the grand
Democratic Jubilation in Cincinnati,
the other night, was the
H. Pendleton, our second
President of these United
called. Some of his words put us in
to such a camp-meeting frame of mind
that we feel constrained to publish
them. He said :
We rejoice to-night, my fellow citi
zens, because we believe that the peo
ple ol Ohio have done a patriotic duty,
and have done it so wisely and so well
that its results will inure to the bene
fit ol the whole country. [Cheers.]
We rejoice because the people of Ohio
have set the seal of their condemnation
upon fraud, corruption and the gener
al demoralization of our public affairs.
[Cries of “Good” and loud applause.]
We rejoice because the people of Ohio
have rebuked that general want of
high-toned integrity which has mani
fested itself in salary bills, Credit Mo-
bilier and other corruptions. We
rejoice because the people of Ohio
have said that they have lost confi
dence in and will not trust the destiny
of our State to a party which is found
ed in unsound principles and tainted
with corrupt practices. [Applause.]
We rejoice because the people of Ohio
have said they have confidence in and
will trust the destiny of the State To
the party which we believe is sound
in principle and whose crowning glory
it has always been to maintain purity
in legislation and honesty in adminis
tration. [Great Applause.] Above
all, my friends, we rejoice that this
triumph has been secured to us in the
person of an able, eminent, honest nnd
distinguished statesman, whose sagac
ity. judgment and patriotism will be
exerted to enable us to use power
so that, while serving the country,
we will insure aud extend the success
of the Democratic party. [Cheers.]
And whom shall we congratulate?
To whom shall we give thanks? Gen
tlemen, we can give thanks to and
congratulate the young men of the
State who have for the first time cast
their votes, and who, in spite of abuse,
in spite of detraction and enmity, have
followed their own noble instincts and
impulses, and have allied themselves
to a party which, in all its history, in
all its acts, in all the power it has ex
ercised, has been true to itself, to lib
erty, to the country, and to the coun
ty-
And, gentlemen, there is another
class of men whom we may thank
and congratulate. I speak of the old
line Democrats. [Applause and cries
of “Here we are.”] I speak of the men
who, amid the disastrous defeats of
the past, have always kept the faith
as it was handed down to us by our
fathers. I speak of the men who in
twenty years of disaster have never
lost confidence, have never lost cour
age in hope, but kept their arms
burnished and their spears bright.
[Loud applause.] I speak of men who
are satisfied always to do their duty
as patriots and leave the rest to the
people and to God. [Cheers.]
Let us show all the world, show it
so plainly that even the blind shall see
and the deaf hear, that the Democrat
ic party has been purified in the fires
of political ’ misfortune. [Cries of
“that’s so.”] That in the discipline
of the last fifteen years it has gained
strength, nerve, purity, honesty.
[Cheers.] And that now, more than
ever, it has an aspiration for a loftier,
honester, and a more exalted patriot
ism. Let us show by the wisdom of
our legislation, by the purity of our
administration, that our highest am
bition is to serve the people, and our
greatest efforts to do them good.
[Cheers.] Let us show to the Repub
licans who are dissatisfied with their
party that they have a safe refuge in
our party. [Great cheering.] Let us
show to the “People’s” party that we
are the true party of reform, and if
they want to establish purity and
honesty the way to do it is to return
to their old seats wi hin the Demo
cratic home. [Loud applause.] If
we do this, if we show that the Dem
ocratic party is neither dead nor use
less; but inbued with hope, strength,
activity, courage, and patriotism, we
will gather them all in. [Cheers.]
Fio 11 the New Yoik Home Journal.
The Woman’s Congress.
A series of meetings of unusual sig
nificance, known as the “Woman’s
Congress,” were held in New York
last week. For the objects had in
view, the amount of work to be ac
complished, and the good to be done
the human family, these were as im
portant and as worthy of thoughtful
consideration as those recently held
by the Evangelical Alliance, the Free
Religious Association, or the Women
Suffragists. How vastly superior is
such a congress of women to the par
tisan political conventions of Elmira
or Utica, held by a few ambitious men
thirsty for office !
The great fundamental work to be
Bight Tears Withoct Ba’tinf;
The New Y"ork Herald, of Frday,
says there is a young woman m ined
Mary Fancher, residing at the corner
of Gates avenue and Downing street,
Brooklyn, *vho has, it is asserted by
her physician, Dr. S. F. Speir, taken
no food for eight years. She is twen
ty-five years of age, bright and intelli
gent. Asa girl she was a close appli
cant to her studies, and was wont to
abandon her meals to ponder over her
books until the strain upon her intel
lectual and physical strength over
came her. She also sustained injuries
by being thrown from a horse. Sub
sequently she fell off a Fulton tveruo
car, and was dragged along the street
tor a distance of forty feet by her crin
oline catching in the car. She was
done everywhere among men, women
and children, in England and America,! then af u icted by absolute nervous pros-
China and Japan, is education. There a—a:— —i i.- _i— i *
is a double ignorance, as the late Mr.
The Be sumption Talk.
The talk about early resumption of
specie payments is handsomely riddled
in the following from Mr. Edwards,
President of the New York Gold Ex
change :
To talk about probable early re
sumption. says Mr. Edwards, when
the gold in our possession represents
only twelve per cent, of our indebted
ness, is simply absurd, and the decline
in the price of gold he attributes to
two causes, the large shipment of
specie to this country from England,
Mill once observed in Parliament—
ignorance of the fact that we are ig
norant. With here and there a few
exceptions, the women of the world
have given too little thought to the
numerous and serious questions which
press upon them continually for solu
tion. Either degraded as slaves, made
beasts of burden for the benefit of
men, or ignored as so many beings
whose duties and capabilities are lim
ited, the women of all lands and times
have been kept far below the high
plane they should occupy. Even in
the Great Republic, the land of George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln,
women are to-day pleading for those
natural rights which men claim—the
right to live by honest and remunera
tive employment : the right to a voice
in the making of the laws which they
are expected to obey. Fortunately,
the discussion pf the thousand and one
questions concerning the elevation of
women lias commenced in good earn
est, and, as they rely upon reason, and
what Hon. George William Curtis
calls “the inexorable logic of common
sense and of experience,” their just
solution is sure to be reached in the
end. .Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
has recently said, “ those forces whicli
make for righteousness make haste
slowlyan important truth which
must not be lost sight of. If the con
dition of women as a class does not
improve, socially, politically, and in
every other way, as fast as those who
hunger and thirst for advancement de
sire, discouragement must not give
way to despair. A great advance has
been made when the fact is discovered
and acknowledged that things aie not
to be had for the asking ; that social
revolutions are the result of slow
growth; that Nature never hurries,
however impatient men may be ; that
the only liberty worth having is that
which has been fought for and won
in spite of all opposition. Every re
form has what George Eliot calls
“growing pains.” There is a wide
difference between growth and decay;
between a winter of rest and a spring
of activity.
Many and many a time have we
read in the daily press that the “wo
man agitation” is dead, a groundless
assertion put forth by those who have
no arguments to offer, or who hope to
blind the eyes of the people by throw
ing dust into their faces. Such news
paper squibs are but stiavvs against
the rising tide. The intelligent dis
content among the women of America
is constantly spreading, growing wider
and deeper. No matter how it shows
itself, whether in suffrage meetings at
Plymouth Church; in a woman’s con
gress at the Union League club house;
in the demand made for the equal and
co-education of the sexes; in the as
saults upon the learned professions; in
the taking of a place by the side of
men in mechanical, mercantile, or lit
erary pursuits, the end sought is the
same, the causes which produce the
agitation have a common origin, and
the great work of building up goes on,
even if the edifice takes on new hands
and employs new architects.
Is it not something gained when a
paper like the New York Tribune,
edited by young men, in speaking of
the Woman’s Congress, says:—“Most
of the questions discussed have been
severely practical; they have grown out
oj (he necessity Jor higher o}>[to/( unities for
women!" Since the financial panic in
Wall street*the statement has been re
peatedly made in the metropolitan
press, that there are oue hundred
thousand women out of employment
in New York ! Who shall attempt to
estimate the suffering and distress that
will be experienced in New York be
fore the fields take on their garments
of green next spring, before the trees
put forth tender buds, before the fierce
winds are tempered, and the flowers
bloom ?
And when so many women are
plunged into distress, what must be
the effect upon a city full of young
men? Well may the first women ol
America meet in congress in New
York, for (he purpose of soliciting
higher opportunities. It is cruelly
tration, and has sincr
to her bed. Her legs
her hands are drawn
head. She sleeps but
been confined
ure twisted r id
up behind her
ittle, and is
and the fact that business having been i w j c ^ e d to tell them to sit by their own
temporarily depressed, there is not so j (ireside8 an( j atten d to domestic du
active a demand for the precious metal j tiegj when t , 1)ave ne ither the one
as when trade is brisk and merchants' nor j.| je 0 t| )er . Facts cannot be ignor-
haye to obtain specie to meet ^ )e jr e j # an( j we must look a t society as it
obligations to the Government. As j s If there are but ten thousand wo-
soon as business revives gold is certain , meQ geeking a livelihood in the whole
to advance in price. He does not, 0 f America, that is a fact of sufficient
however, anticipate such an advance
in the rate of discount by the Bank of
England that the flow of gold to this
country must cease, for as long as the
produce on this side of the water is so
urgently needed on the other, gold
will continue to come. This year the
balance of trade is SGO.OOO.OOO in our
favor, while last year it was $100,000,-
000 against us; and Mr. Edwards be
lieves that as soon as confidence is
again restored we shall enter upon an
era of solid prosperity, in healthy con
trast to the speculative tendency iu
business which recently obtained.
Paying of debts is, next to the grace
of God, the beat means in the world
to deliyer you from »thousand temp-
tationa to ch bad
iMtl
importance to warrant the granting of
all they ask,in so far as it is in the power
of men to grant it. Instead of the pres
ent antagonism of the sexes, there
should be mutual help aud sympathy.
Anff anything which tends to that end
is to be commended.
——mm
The Fever at Bainbridge.—The
Democrat says the disease now pre
vailing there has “visited this county
to a greater or less extent since 1867.
It differs from genuine yellow jack, at
tacking almost exclusively natives, and
those who have been broken down in
health by miasmatic fevere. la this
disease they suffer but little paw in
the head, back or lower ‘
witfi
said to be endowed with clairvoyant
faculties. She works embroidery in
colors with great facility, and lias made
slippers and smoking caps with ini
tials worked in them. The doctor is
positive that there is no deception in
the case, and has used every effort
possible to detect any sign of imposi
tion, but to no purpose. The case has
baffled the skill of hundreds of physi
cians who have examined it.
Officers of the Next House.
The Washington Republican says
that already the wires are being pull
ed to secure the election of certain can
didates to be officers of the nextllouse of
Representatives. It isgenerally conced
ed that no contest will occur over the
clerkship of the House, as Mr. Mc
Pherson has so conducted the affairs
of that office as to render general sat
isfaction, and to insure his re-election
without opposition. It is also generally
conceded that the postmastership will
be given to the .South. The most
prominent candidate yet mentioned
is ex-Representative Perce, of Mis
sissippi. For Sergeant at Arms it is
understood that Joseph Dwyer, Esq,,
of Ohio, Colonel Ordway, the present
incumbent, and G’olonel A. II. Mark-
land, of Indiana, will be candidates,
Col. Ordway has some prestige as an
experienced officer, and has made a
few friends among members whose
salary accounts he may have prepaid.
Dwyer is backed by a strong combina
tion which will carry the West and
South, with rare exceptions, to his
support.
William Allen, the Democratic
governor elect of Ohio, perhaps, went
to that State about 1S26, a poor boy. In
1830 he fell in love with the daughter
of a wealthy old Federalist, but the
old man couldn’t think of being his
father-in-law In 1S32 the old gen
tleman was nominated for Congress
in a strongly Federal district, but the
youngster, who was only twenty-five,
took the stump against him, and fought
him bitterly. Allen was elected by
just one majority, But the old man
wouldn't give him the girl. lie forced
her to marry another man, and Allen
had to wait two years until she be
came a widow; but now she is his bet
ter half.
The Mobile Register says a jury in
Sumter county, Ala., recently tried a
civil suit, and rendered a verdict of
manslaughter in the first degree. Not
a member of it knew a letter of the
alphabet. Upon delivering the ver
dict, the foreman remarked that inas
much as no oue was killed they deci
ded to render a verdict of manslaugh
ter and not of murder, as was origi
nally intended. The suit was a
claim for $000, founded upon some
cotton transaction, and had nothing
criminal about it. The jury was com
posed of eight whites and four blacks.
A story is told of a woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal
of others, and made confession to the
priest of what she had done. He gave
her a ripe thistle-top, aud told her to
go out in various directions and scat
ter the seeds, one by one. Wondering
at the penance, she obeyed, and then
returned and told her confessor. To
her amazement, be bade her go baek
aud gather the seed; aud when she ob
jected that it would be impossible,
he replied that it would be still more
difficult to gather up and destroy all
evil reports which she had circulated
about others.
Occupation.—What a glorious thing
it is for the human heart! Those who
work hard seldom yield to fancied or
real sorrow. When grief sits down,
folds its hand, and mournfully feeds
upon its own tears, weaving the dim
shadows that a little exertion might
sweep away into a funeral pall, the
strong spirit i^shsrn of its might, and
sorrow becomes our master. When
troubles flow upon you dark and heavy
toil not with the waves, and wrestle
not with the torrent; rather seek by
occupation to divert the dark waters
that threaten to overwhelm you, with
a thousand channels which the duties
off life always present. Before you
dream of it, those waters will fertilize
the present and give birth to fresh
flower* that will become pure and
holy in the sunshine which penetrates
to the path of duty in spite of every
obstacle. Grief, after all, is but a sel
fish feeling, and most selfish is the man
who yields himself to the indulgence
of any passion which brings no joy
to his fellow men.
The Knoxville Press and Herald an
nounces a resumption of silver specie.
It says: “Already in Knoxville retail
dealers are receiving the small silver
coins in payment of purchases made by
the country people, who are forced %y
the stringency of the paper money to
empty out their hoarded coinu
old stockings and odd crevi
Havana Greeley need to say, the
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