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VOLUME XLIV.J
MILLED UE VILLE, GEORGI1, J1MVKV 7, 1874.
MEMBER 24.
FALL AND
WINTER
Millinery, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods,
AND
AH the Novelties of the Season
THE
51 n i o n ft B tt o r b tt,
MRS. P. A. LIiMHU M
INERT
to sell
BONNETS#
HATS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, &c.,
Selected with preat care from the latest and prettiest Styles and f lir W»tvr o„,i „ ...
^VSuE'iw: wSShriS; caalT“trtLbhr D n g a LJw tb p£lCEr ° f e0me very and Wu 8
X> it 10 s S Gr O O TV
to ca.l an-i examine her Dress Goods, consisting of Silks. British Lus’re, Sateens Pon
c.oths, Opera Cloths of all shades and colors. Also, Camels’ Hair Goods, suitable for
She invites theladia
lins, Merinoes, Kinpre
the celebrated Ratlin;
LARGE STOCK OF
Ladies, 3iisses and Children’s Shoes and Hosiery
Hair Work of all Kinds,
A Kenerai Assortment of Toilet Articles,
Tojs by the Million and Jewelry of all Kinds.
PINS, NEEDLES and SEWING COTTON of all kinds.
THOMPSON’S GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS,
AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED SEAMLESS GLOVES,
Sash Ribbons at low prices, Queen Bess Ruffling, Old Ladies Caps. &c
She has the Agency of .he Celebrated "Domestic'’paper patterns, and can supply ladies with |patterns of
all kinds from 5 cents up. Her opening will take place in n few days of which notice will be given
dress as a b i nr a,
, ... n . c tew Still done iu the best Styles:
Milled£erilu\ Ga., Oct. s, 1S73, • J |j g m
The C heap Cifrocery and Provision
STORE!
-:0:-
IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONET BUY VOIR GROCERIES AND
PROVISIONS AT THE CHEAP STORE,
WE ARE DETERMINED TO SELL LOW.
Don’t Stop until you nad the Right Store, on Wayne Street I’Jorth of
DSasonic Hall.
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.,
BY
Boughtox, Barnes fie Moore,
At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year
S. N. BOUGHTON, Editor-
THE “FEDERAL UNION" and the “SOUTH-
EKN RECORDER ” were consolidated Augsst 1st,
1872, the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and
the Recorder in it's Fifty-Third Volume.
ADVERTISING.
TaA.Nsifi.vr.—One Dollar per square of ten lilies for first inser
tion, and seventy-five cents for each subsequent continuance.
Liberal discount on these rates will be allowed on advertise
ment* running three months, or longer.
Tributes ot Respect, Resolutions by Societies, Obituaries ex
ceeding six lines. Nominations for office and Communications
for individual benefit, charged as transient advertising.
From the Savannah Morning News.
Buffeting the Winds.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheri tFs Sales, r*
“ Mortgag
Citations for Letters of Ad;
of ten lines, or less,.
square,
t rati on,
i ship,.
$2 50
5 00
3 00
3 DO
“ 44 Leave to sell Land..
44 for Homesteads,
Notice to Debtors and Creditor*,
* of Land, icc., per square,
perishable property, lu day*, per square,...
av Notices, 3d days
xlosurc of Mortgage, per square, eat h time,.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land, ficc., by Ad
dians, are required by law t.» l
until, bt tween the Hours of
nwon, at the Oour IIuu-. ii
situated. Not
tte duduyspi
ni&trator,, K:
held on the m
in the lorenoi
: House in the county iu n
of these sales must be
•jus to the day of sale,
to or personal property
previous t.» sale day.
ecutors or Guar-
st Tuesday iu tbc
□ a: 'i i m the af-
hich the property
liven in u publl
Not
like manner 10 day
Notice to the debtor;
■died 40 days.
Notice that application will be
for leave to sell Lund, Ac., must
Citations for letters of Admit;
inu6t be publish >d 30 days- lor di
monthly three months—for disu
days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must
r four months-Lfor establishing lost papers l«»r tWTui! space of
three months—for eomprlliug titles from Executors or Admin
istrators, where liond has been given by the deceased, the full
state must be pub-
node to the Court of Ordinary
be published for one month.
*t ration, Guardianship, Ac.,
mission from Administration
ission from Guardianship 4*)
- publ
of three
Publications
e legal requi
L-uths
out.
ucd
ng to tin
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
Church Directory.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Services 1st and 3d Sundays in each incTnlb, at II
o’clock, a m and 7 pm.
Sabbath School at 9 1-2 o'clock, a in. O. M. Cone,
Supt. Rev D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday; It o'clock, a in, and
p m.
Sunday School 3 o’clock p. in. Teachers meeting 3
p. m—AV. E- Fraukland, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, p m.
Rev. A J JARRELL, Pastor.
PLANTERS TAKE NOTICE!
Family Groceries, Provisions, and Supplies of al! Kinds,
AT THE LOWEST CASH PItICES. On hand and to arrive the following articles:
2,i OtlU lb* G R Sides, o,0' 0 lb* Shoulders, 3U0 lbs choice Pig hams, 1,000 lbs Leaf Lard, at Low Figures.
Flour alt grades, Corn, Bran and Fine Feed for Stock. Seed Oats, Sugars all kiuds, Coffee cheap, Goshen
Butter, and Cream Cheese, Pic Nics, Craeknells, Suapells, Kentucky Butter, Leinou Crackers, and other
varieties. Mackerel in barrels and kits. Morgan Sons and other Soaps. Potash, Candles, Kerosene Oil,
Soda, Copperas, Powder and Shot Cotton Cards, Chewiug and Smoking Tobacco, Pickles and Oysters, Sift
ers, Huckets, Broome, Choice Segars. Come and see us and save your money. Quick sales and small prolits
is our motto.
OEE£N and DKT HIDES Wanted, for which highest price will be paid.
Having secured the services ot Mr.C- B. MUNDAY, who will be always on hand to meet his old cus
tomers and attend to the wants of new ones, we hope to be able to give satisfaction to a!!, and merit a liberal
pdlrunage.
SAMEL EVANS & €0.
Milledgeville, Nov 8, 1873. 16 till Jan 8 74
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services every Sabbath at 11 o’clock, a m and
p. m.
Sabbath School at 3 p m. T. T. Windsor, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m.
Rev. G. T. GOETCUIUS, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
St- Stephens Church (Episcopal) Sunday morain;
11 o'clock, Sunday evening 7 o’clock.
Rev. Mr. STONEY, Pastor.
FUHMTIJRE ! FURNITURE ! J
tfc J. OAHAKER,
%
H AVE ON HAND a largo assortmant of FINE AND COMMON FURNITURE, con
sisting of
Beautiful Bed-Room Setts, Bureaus, Mirrors, Tables, Chairs,
BcdntendN nntl Dlatlrnawa of all aim nad qualities.
fp’ Repairing of Furniture and Upholstering Done to Order on short notice.
Window-Shades and Fixtures, Corner and Wall Brackets, etc.
WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES. Large lot of Children’s Toys, such as Doll Car
riages, Express Wagons, &.C.
BUGGY HARNESS for sale. Also, all kinds of Material for Carriage Makers and Repairers. Ready-made
Wagon and Buggy Wheels always on hand.
Doors, Sash and Blinds, and Fixtures for Blinds.
We euarantee Low Prices and Good Work. Give us a call.
JB us* iu I
Cu ses
All styles of Metallic and Wood Burial Cases and Caskets always on hand.
tS’" Orders for cases will receive prompt attention at all hours—day or night.
W. & J. CARAKER.
Milledgevtlle, Ga., Sept. 2, 1873. • 6 Cm
B. P. WALKER,
(Lata of S. T. fk B. I*. Walker.)
J. II. DOBBS,
(Late of Wise, Dobbs fie Co.)
WALKER <fc HOBBS,
SUCCESSORS TO
Wise, Dobbs So Co.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
China, Crockery and Glass Ware, Silver Plated Ware,
POCKET -AWT) TABLE CUTLERY,
COAL ©IL, LAMPS. WICKS, BURNERS. CHIMNEYS, CHANDELIERS, GAS AND KEROSENE
FIXTURES, PORTER'S PLANTATION AND COMBINATION HOES.
Hrw e would call the attention of Merchants to our immense and varied stock of the above Goods, feeling
that we can give eutire Batialucti<*u in regard to quality and price. Our retail Department is also complete.
Walker So Dobbs, macon, u a.
October 14, 1873,
GO TO MACON
AND
Buy Tour Furniture and Carpets
THOU A S WOOD, Next to La nier House.
THE LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN !
METAL CASES AND CASKETS, WOOD COFFINS OF ALL KINDS,
At price-; that defy competition. Night calls answered at the Lanier House.
THOMAS WOOD, Macon, Ga.
Oct 14,1873. 12 Cm -
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, CURTAINS.
Fall Trade 1S73.
JAMES Go BAILIE & BROTHER,
205 'Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.,
Are now offering the Largest Stock of CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES and CURTAINS ever offered
by any House South, and nt the lowest prices. Goods ail new. Pretty and Cheap. Be sure to call and look
at the new and beautiful array of Patterns at — /kmvmn
JAMBS G. BAILIE «fc BROTHER.
Choice Family Groceries and Plantation Supplies.
and at low prices at
Oct. 21, 1873.
First Class Goods!
JAMBS G. BAILIE A
BROTHER.
133m.
VH. B. atOHNSTOlN,
■ Successor to Tlios. D. Conner,
<XH«,
Keeps on hand the latest and most fashionable styles of
HATS, HATS, HATS, HATS,
Gents Furnishing Goods! Gents Furnishing Goods!
CRAVATS, SCARFS, B0YVS, FURS, TRUNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS,
Baskets, Umbrellas, Canes, &c., &c., &c.
When yon come to Macon please give me a call. Orders promptly and satisfactorily filled.
V«T. 19, 1873,
Cotton Avenue, next to Mix A Rirtland,
MACON, GA.
17 Sax.
TRINITY (COLORED) METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday 11 o’clock, a. m., 3 p.
m. and 7 p. in.
Sunday Schooi at 0 o’clock, a. in. Teachers ineet-
ng every Friday night—Washington Phillips, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Thursday night.
Rev. E. B. OLIVER, Tastor.
Lodges.
TEMPERANCE.
Millcdgrville Counril No. 1, meets in the Sen
ate Chamber at the State House on every Friday
evening at 7 o’clock. J. W. IIERTY, W P.
F. G. Grieve, Scc’y.
MASONIC.
Ilcucroltot Lodge No 3 F A M.. meets 1st and
3d Saturday nights of each month at Masonic Hall.
G D Case, See’y. ADULPII JOSEPH, W M
Temple Chapter meets the second and fonrth
Saturday nights in each month.
G D Case, Sec’y. S G WHITE, II P
Jlilledgerille I.odte of Perfection A. 1 , St
A.'. S.'. It.-, meets every Monday night.
SAM’L G WHITE. IPGM
G D Case, Exe Grand Sec’y.
FIDDLE UL DEE.
Bl' LOSO'ZLLOW.
The great English author, Sam'l John
son, once happily caricatured his own en
deavors io adapt his conversation to the
comprehension of some brainless and
unwelcome visitors by repeating to them
the exclamation “Fiddle-de-dee ! Fiddle-
de-dee !”
Fiddle-de-dee!
What, all around us—what, what do we see ?
Honest fools starving, rogues who are jolly;
Wickedness, wisdom; righteousness, folly :
No more is Honesty, now, the best policy ;
Honesty's pa'rons you now melancholy see
Policy now the best honesty- is,
Most dollars, these times, ase most honor and bliss.
Religion’s a Sunday procedure at most;
In currency row yon may cl unt up the cost
Of entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven,
Whence, Lazarus the beggar of iate was driven,
And Dives in purple, dogs, horses and all,
Hold feasting and revel within the same hall.
Old fashioned religion is gone: now you see
Hut fiddle-de-dee
Yes, fiddle de dee!
This world’s a queer plat* to a“ man up a tree 1”
In life and in death, sham,show, masquerade!
Reality “ played oat,’’ and life only “ played”
On the “ stage of existence,” down into the tomb
Where fine burial cases avert sin’s dread doom!
So at least people think, priestly '‘trimmers’’ and all
Who exempt all the Rich from old Adam's sad fall,
And inspiteof theirdeeds, or their creeds, shut the door
And the blazes of hell on the ragged and poor.
But the question arises, grtat God can this be 1
Or does an appeal lie from p. iestcrafl to Thee 1
Kicked, cuffed, scorned, despised,shall not honesty rise
To be Wealth in the loftier realm of the skies ?
O God ! be Thou mine, and let earthly things be
But fiddle-de-dee!
T 1 .TI E .
Father Time sweeping onward,
Scythe and hour-glass in hand;
Nothing can obstruct his pathway,
Nothing can his force withstand.
Now he blurs the cheek of beauty—
Now be renders weak the s'totig—
And iie cuts down ail before him
As he swiftly glides along.
And he seems a grim old tyrant,
Stern-browed, merciless and cold,
Sliakiug mildew from his pinions
On all things of human mould.
Making every pleasure short-lived,
Touching love with his alloy,
Blasting with his sour visage
Every bud of human joy
Yet, methii,k3, if thoughtless mortals
Would but read his visage right,
They would come to the conclusion
That he is not ruled by spite.
True, lie sides with death at present,
But he loves him none the more,
And in the far distant future
He will be death s conqueror.
Then give Time the praise that's due him—
He bis mission must fulfill;
And he’ll use you very gently
If you do not treat him ill.
If you’re free from dissipation,
And with vice no dealings have.
He will give you health and oomfort
From the cradle to the grave.
The opponents of a State Constitution
al Convention have as yet failed to offer
a single logical argument upon their side
of the question. The question of the cost
of such a body has already been disposed
of, for it has been demonstrated that the
expense of a convention, compared to the
leaks in the public treasury which it would
stop, is as ten to one. Beyond this, the
opponents of the Convention are buffet-
iag the wind. They set up the wildest
schemes and then proceed, in the most
solemn and laborious manner, to show
their absurdity. One of these is the des
perate conspiracy to oust Gov. Smith and
all who hold office under him. The edi
tors of the Atlanta “Constitution,” for in
stance, who usually deal in facts and the
mildest facts at that, have pretended to
discover such a conspiracy, and now when
ever Convention is mentioned they hus
tle to the nearest cover and announce that
the State administration is to be pulled
down. This would be truly frightful if it
were not purely imaginary. We have al
ready characterized it in what seemed
fitting terms, but as the charge has been
repeated by the editors of the Constitu
tion, we desire to treat the matter fairly
and distinctly. Will the Constitution in
dicate by name those who are engaged in
this conspiracy to tear down an adminis
tration that has been twice endorsed by
the people of the State f Will it give us
any idea of the mode by which these con
spirators propose to carry out their de
signs ? In the absence of other evidence
will the Constitution point to a single
line in any letter, to a single paragraph,
phrase, or word in any editorial favoring
the Convention, in which such an object
is even hinted at?
The same paper is of the opinion that
if a new Constitution is framed it would
probably be defeated by negroes and in
terested white men. But that depends.
If a convention of the people frame an
instrument suited to the people it will
be ratified. If they frame an unsatisfac
tory instrument, we shall be glad to see
it defeated. But how could the defeat of
the new Constitution put the Radicals in
j tower, as our Atlanta contemporary seems
to intimate ? And how can the Conven
tion-movement make the Radical party a
power in the State, as the “Constitution”
asserts, unless through the influence and
by the help of those patriots who are en
deavoring by every means in then - power
to prevent the people from revising their
organic law ? The only Radical paper of
any consequence in Georgia—the Bain
bridge Sun, edited by Whitely—is al
ready arrayed with the “ Constitution'
against the people in this matter. What
other developments may be made it isim
possible to predict; but we assure the
Constitution that nothing—not even the
Convention movement nor the defeat of
the instrument that might be framed by
such a body—will ever put the Radical
party in power in Georgia’
Howbeit, this is reaping in a barren
field, and in order to bring the whole
matter to the original propositions, we
repeat, with one addition, the reasons al
ready given by us why a convention of
the people of Georgia for the purpose of
making a new Constitution is necessary:
1. As a means of providing a people
made famous by the learning and states
manship of Troup, Lumpkin, Berrien,
Cobb and others, with a charter of gov
ernment framed by their own hands, and
suited to their intelligence and patriot
ism.
2. As a means of removing the Bullock
bond controversy out of tho domain of
the legislative lobby and bury it beyond
the hand of resurrection.
3. As a means of limiting the Legisla
ture to biennial sessions, and fixing the
per them of members.
4. As a means of reducing the amount
of homestead and personalty exemptions,
which at present, are unjust and extrava
gant.
5. As a means of revising our judici
ary system and reducing the terms of
office. *
G. As a means of relieving the Supreme
Court of a vast amount of labor by al
lowing trial by a second jury, in accord
ance with the old system.
7. As a means of limiting or prohibit
ing special legislation by the General As
sembly.
8. As a means of providing a positive
inhibition against reckless and unnecessa
ry donations of State aid.
The second, third and seventh of these
proposed changes would save to the peo
ple, in one year, ten times the cost of a
Convention.
of-peal, which when seen by single lights,
such as that of a candle or by an aperture
in the window, will shine with the bright
eet hues.
It is in consequence of this lamellar
structure that pearl shells admit of being
split into laminae for the handles of knives,
for counters and for inlaying. Splitting,
however, is liable to spoil the shell, and
therefore it is avoided as much as possi
ble. The different parts of the shell are
selected as nearly as possible to suit the
required purposes, and the excess of
thickness is got rid of at the grindstone.
In preparing the rough pearl shell, the
square and angular pieces are cut out
with the ordinary brass-back saw; and
the circular pieces, such as those for but
tons, with the annular, or crown saw,
fixed upon a lathemandrel. The pieces
are next ground flat upon a wet grind
stone, the edge of which is turned with a
number of grooves, the ridges of which
are less liable to be clogged than the en
tire surface, and consequently grind mere
quickly. The pieces are finished on the
flat side of the stone, and then are ready
for inlaying, engraving, polishing, etc.—
The finishing and polishing are mainly
done with pumice-stone and water, then
with rottenstone and oil, and lastly with
dry rottenstone by means of a buff-wheel
and hand polisher.
From the New York Sun.
The Land of Midnight Sun*
Mxms. Paul Du Chailln s Adventures
the Arctic Regions—A Model people
and their Democratic King.
Mr. Gough tells a good story illustra
tive of quaint Scotish humor : “Two
sparks from London once came upon a
decent looking shepherd in Argylesliire
and accosted him with “You have a very
fine view here—you can see a great way.”
•• Y'u aye, yn ave, a ferry great way.”—
“ Ah 1 you can see America here, I sup
pose?” “Farther than that.” “How is
that ?” “You just wait tule the mist gang
away and you’ll see the mime.”’
And now we have more postal foolery.
The department informs the public that
postal cards cannot be sent at ordinary
rate when written over the side intended
for the address. A person may compress
Webster's unabridged on the other side,
if it lies within his power to do so, and
it goes for a cent; but a single word on
the address side subjects the card to three
cents postage. The department is great
on special “pints of law,” and hereafter
the public may wonder at nothing which
emanates from it
What We Make of Mother of FearL
Our paper-knives are made of it; our
prettiest table-knives have their handles
cut from it; it inlays our writing desks
and dressing-cases, and is used in a thou
sand ways for the ornamentation of fine
furniture. It is the hard, silvery internal
layer of several kinds of shells, especial
ly oysters; the large varieties of which
in the Indian seas secrete this coat of
sufficient thickness to render the shells
an object of manufacture. The genus of
shell-fish known as “Pentadime” furnish
es the finest peals as well as mother-of-
pearl. It is found on the coast of Ceylon,
near Ormus, in the Persian Gulf, at Cape
Comorin, and some of the Australian seas.
The dealers in pearl shell consider the
Chinese variety from Manilla to be the
best; they are fine, large and very brilliant,
with yellow edges. A variety of these
shells, sawn in thin plates, make translu
cent lights for windows in the city of
Manilla. The sashes extend the whole
length of the room, and the lights are
about four inches square. Glass is not
generally available on account of the prev
alence of earthquakes, and the houses of
the governor and the bishop are the only
ones lighted with glass. Common varie
ties of pearl shell come from B imbay and
Valparaiso—from the latter place with
jet black edges.
The beautiful dark-greeen pearl shells,
called ear-shells or sea-ears, are more con
cave than the others, and have small holes
round the margin. They are the cover
ings of the haliotis, which occurs in the
Californian, South African, and East In
dian seas.
The beautiful tints of mother : of-pearl
depend on its structure, the surface being
covered with a multitude of minute groves,
which decompose the reflected light.—
Sir David Brewster, who was the first to
explain these chromatic effects, discovered
on examining the surface of mother-of-
pearl with a microscope, a grooved struc
ture like the delicate skin at the top of
an infant's finger, or hke the section of
the annual growth of wood as seen on a
dressed plank of fir. These may some
times be seen with the naked eye, but
they are often so minute that three thou
sand of them are contained in an inch.—
It is remarkable that these iridescent hues
jpn be communicated to other surfaces as
a seal imparts its impression to wax.—
The colors may be best seen by taking an
impression of the mother-of-pearl in
black wax; but a solution of gum-arabic
or isinglass, when allowed to indurate
upon its surface, takes a most perfect im
pression from it, and exhibits all the com
municable colors in the finest maimer
when seen either by reflection or trans
mission. By placing the isinglass between
two finely polished surfaces of mother-of-
pearl we obtain a film of artificial mother-
The Associated Veterans of 1846.
Headqr's Ga. Associated Veterans, )
Mexican Wak, 1846-7 8. V
Madison, Ga., Dec. 15th, 1873. )
Comrades—On the 15th of January
next, the Delegates of the Veterans of the
Mexican War meet in Washington City
to organize a National Association of the
survivors of the Military and Naval ser
vice in the Mexican War of 1846-7-8 ; and
it is very desirable that all who now re
side in Georgia shall be represented;
therefore the Veterans of the Mexican
War are requested, at their earliest op
portunity, to forward to these Headquar
ters their names in full, them age now,
occupation, rank, company, battalion, reg
iment or vessel in which they served in
Mexico, and post office address. Will
ail the Veterans make it their business to
inquire of their comrades if they have
reported them names, post office, Ac., and
if they have not, to assist them in doing
so immediately.
Tho object of the National Association
is to prepare a joint memorial to Congress
asking similar recognition, of them much
more important past services, as that
shown to the Veterans of 1812 by the re
cent Pension Act. Another praiseworthy
object contemplated is the establishment
of a National Brotherhood of the surviv
ors of that war for benevolent purposes
and the restoration of the former good
feeling among them in all sections of the
Union, which has been to some extent
disturbed by events of the past twelve
years.
Any person having in charge any com
pany, battallion or regimental flags, will
confer a great favor upon the Association
by entrusting the same to the care of the
President, and all information in connec
tion with the same is most respectfully
and earnestly requested.
DAVID S. JOHNSTON,
Pres. Ga. Ass. Vet. Mex. War 1846-7-8.
[Post Office] Madison, Ga.
Mons. Paul B. Du Cliaillu lectured in
the Rev. Dr. Duiyea’s chimch, Brooklyn,
on Thursday. He said that he grew tired
of the equator and went to 71 degrees 50
seconds north latitude, where for three
months the snn’does not set. He eontin
ued: The Swedes and Norwegians are
fine people; the country the grandest
have ever traveled in. There are evidences
that it was once coveied with ice. The
mountain rocks are smooth from this
cause, and the valleys show the effects of
ice floes. In May, June and July the
sun shines all the tune. It is a slander
to call the Scandinavians barbarous
They are civilized—all read and write
They are compelled by law to attend
school. Them religious faith is Protes
taut. They esteem their churches hi '
ly, and revere their grave yards. When
a man dies his body is interred hi a grave
yard, if it has to be carried one hundred
miles. The people are honest and moral.
I was never robbed of a cent., though
with them three years; why, the women
put their jewelry in my room to show
they were
NOT AFRAID OF ME.
When in Stockholm I had a desire to
see the King, so I wrote to the Secretary
of State. I was politely informed that
his majesty had gone visiting, but would
return in two days. When he arrived, I
was invited to call on him. I went to
the palace expecting to sec soldiers, in
fantry, cavalrymen and artillerymen; but
there was only one soldier, and he did
not even ask me where I was going, or
what I wanted. I went up stairs un
challenged; and at length intercepted a
servant by whom I was directed where to
find the King.
“Good morning,” said he.
“Good morning,” I responded.
And this was our introduction. In less
than three minutes he asked me to have
a cigar, and then showed my books, which
had been translated. I felt proud; it was
an honor to have them in his language.
He asked me to come and spend the next
day with him. I went and roamed through
the palace in search of its owner. Final
ly I halloed, “Is there any one about?’
and succeeded in arousing some one who
pointed me to a room. I entered it, and
found the King just putting on his coat.
He had been at work painting. I was
hospitably entertained. When about
leaving I requested some of his portraits
to give to tho girls in Brooklyn. He
pleasantly complied, writing on them, at
my solicitation, his autograph. “Now,”
said he laughing, “you must send me
All thenewspapers in the State friendly
to the Association are requested to pub
lish and call attention to this circu
lar.
Headqk’s Ga. Associated Veperans, ]
Mexican Was, 1846-7-8, i-
Madison, Ga., Dec. 15th, 1873. J
Comrades:—It is with pleasure I in
form you that I have received a circular
from the Executive Committee of the
Associated Veterans of 1846, at Washing
ton City, who have charge of arranging
the preliminaries for the National Conven
tion, on the 15th of January, and the fol
lowing information is published for those
interested:
The committee on Hotel Accommoda
tions report a general disposition on part
of hotel proprietors to make reasonable
deductions from usual rates for accommo
dating delegates and their families.
Those who propose attending will please
address A. M. Ivenady, (whose address is
525 Sixth Street, Northwest) and every-
effort will be made to secure in advance
of then- arrival, good accommodation on
most reasonable terms.
The committee on transportation report
general liberality on the part of the rail
road management, and suggest that each
delegation confer with the local agents as
to the rates, etc. Underthese instructions
tho Secretary and Treasurer, Col. W. G.
McAdoo, will make the best possible ar
rangements, and each one is requested
to make the best arrangements on the
route to Washington.
In addition to the three appointed del
egates and two ex-officio, as the number of
delegates is not limited, I do hereby ap
point as delegates, the members of our
Association who desire to attend the Con
vention in Washington City on January
15th.
DAVID S. JOHNSTON,
Pres. Ga. Ass’d Vet Mex. War 1846-7-8.
THE PALMETTO VETERANS.
At a meeting of the “ Associated Vet
erans of 1846,” held in Washington, D.
C. , on the 13th, amoUg the letters read,
was one from Robert S. Morrison, cor
responding secretary of the Palmetto
Association, Columbia, S. C., announcing
the election of the following delegates to
the national convention:
R. G. M. Dunovant, Chairman; James
D. Blanding, J. B. Kershaw, Carey W.
Styles, Samuel McGowan, Thomas J.
Mackey, Elias Earle, Wjp. B. Stanley.
K. J. Billings, C. S. Kirkland and J. H.
Williams, representing all the companies
of the old Palmetto Regiment of Mexico.
The Convention Question.—The San-
dersville Herald, says: There is no doubt
of the fact that the people of Georgia
desire a Convention to remedy the many
ills imposed upon us in the dark days of
Radical rule in the State. Beliving that
our people were indeed of one mind in
regard to this matter, we have Aitherto
said but little about it. But as the lines
are being drawn and the time has come
when the Press is called upon to vote yea
or nay, the Herald votes “Convention.”
A case of adding insult to injury has
been developed in Iowa. A Justice of
the Peace in that State, before whom a
citizen had presented his daughter's lover
for ejecting him from his own parlor the
Sunday evening previous, soflznnly de
cided as follows.- “ 'pears thatthisyoung
feller was courtin' in the plaintiff s parlor,
and plaintiff intruded and was put out by
defendant. Courtin’ is a necessity, and
must not be interrupted. Therefore, the
law of Iowa will hold that a parent has no
legal right iu a room where courtin’ is
afoot, and so the defendant is discharged
and plaintiff must pay the cost”
The prisoner who was asked if he had
anything to say before he received sen
tence, told the Judge he would like to
have the sentence transposed, if it made
no difference to him, so he could receive
ten cents instead of the sentence.
Why is necessity like a great many law
yers? Because it knows no law.
some portraits of Brooklyn girls.” I
thought he was
A SPLENDID MAN.
Reaching the seventy-third degree, you
meet immense forests of fir and pine.
These forest are the wealth of the land.
The people are farmers of democratic
ideas. Land owners worth half a million
have their servants eat at the table with
them. In the cities this custom is not
allowed, and you find chignons and crin
oline, as you do in America. Travellers
are always welcome. The citizens gen
erally speak French, English and Ger
man.
I find that the horses won't carry you
up hill. When they reach the foot of one
they look around to see yon quit the car
riage; if you don’t they stop. The peo
ple are never in a hurry. I went into a
church and saw a club lying on the pul
pit. I inquired its use. “When my
congregation get asleep I pound on the
pulpit with that to wake them,” was the
answer. There was also a pole eight to
ten feet long, which, I was told, the sex
ton kept to poke into the ribs of sleepers
for the second offense. I can’t under
stand how they get asleep. The seats
are uncomfortable, about six inches wide,
straight in the back, with narrow ridges
to keep your head straight, and they
never have fire in the churches, although
the thermometer does stand forty-five de
grees below freezing point. Their Sun
day lasts twenty-four hours, beginning at
six on Saturday evening. Sunday after
noons are devoted to dancing. The Scan
dinavians drink and get drunk, but they
don't have the tremens, nor quarrel, nor
fight. The worst they do, when intoxica
ted, is to
KISS ALL THE GIRLS THEY MEET,
on the streets. There are church-yards
six hundred years old that have no tomb
stones. The people are exceedingly re
ligious. Every house has a Bible or a
book of psalms. I saw numbers of men
and horse-back loads of good things go
ing into a house one day, and concluded
it must be a wedding. “Where is the
bride? “Tisn’t that,” was answered.
The man has lost his wife, and they are
holding the funeral jollification.” These
jollifications are continued for days.
At last I got to the Land of the Mid
night Sim. I watched it throughout the
first night and remained there nearly
seven weeks. It bothered me to know
when to go to bed. I discovered the
birds retired at 11 p. m., and got up at
2 a. m. Some of the farms have as many
as forty-five houses. There are houses
for cheese, and for butter, and this thing
and that thing—I don’t know what all.
Each farm has two dwelling-houses, one
for winter and another for summer.
Houses can bo rented for five dollars a
year. Carpenter's wages are forty-five
cents a day, and yet they strike. Every
body works. There are no markets;
nothing is sold. Whoever has more
than he wants for himself he gives it to
whoever needs it. The people are healthy.
They do not have consumption, and you
never see an amaciated form. You never
see a begger either. If too poor to live
they are too proud to beg, and
NOT MEAN ENOUGH TO STEAL.
The subsistance is sour milk, coarse
bread, meat twice a week, and fish.
At length I reached 71 degress 50 min
utes, the cape, the northern end of Eu
rope. The coast of Norway is magnifi
cent, its harbors lined with steamboats;
its mountains, high and grand, are cov
ered with glaciers; its waters so clear that
the bottom of the sea is discernible.
Sweden bears no comparison to it. Grog
shops are one hundred miles apart. They
buy whisky by the quantity, and keep
drunk while it lasts. Courtship and mar
riage are peculiar institutions. I 6aw
one match made. He met her at the
gate and poked his fingers in her ribs,
and said:
“ I want to get married, don’t you ?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Go away.”
“Yes. you do; let’s get married.”
“ Well, ask papa.”
“No, never mind him, we’ll get married
anyhow.”
And he went around telling everybody
ha saw, “I’m going to marry that girl.”
The preparations continued during the
three weeks required by law to have the
bans published in the churches. Fishes
were caught, stores for the feast laid in,
beer brewed, and whisky purchased. Wed
ding jollifications are indulged in for a
week. This couple were married. They
went from the church to the house, and
the bridesmaids locked the bride in her
room. The groom.
KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.
“Two cows and $5.” “That’s not enough."
-Three cows and $10.” “Oh, you are rich,
you must give more than that.” Fiva
cows and $25 was the final offer, which
was accepted. In waiting to a lady yon
do not use the name, but address it to
her father, like this: “John Jones’ daugh
ter," and add the name of the farm.
Many have the impression that Lapland
is dark in the winter, but that is an error.
The country is illuminated by northern
lights every night. I wanted to see the
Laps and drive a reindeer. They can go
fifty miles an hour for two hours daily.
The sledges are narrow, have an oscillat
ing motion, an one unaccustomed to
them will tumble out in all directions.—
You drive with one line only; that reaches
from the animal'6 horns, and is tied around
your aim. After you get pitched out, the
reindeer stops when he is tired of drag
ging you through the gnow. Sometime*
they
BOUT FACE AND BUCK TOU OUT.
And not unfrequently performed that tenlc
by kicking. I was keeled out by a kick
and snatched along two hundred yards at
the rate of nearly a mile a minute. We
drove to an acquaintance who owned
4,000 reindeer. I went into his tent and
found men, women, dogs, and other ani
mals sleeping together, and I found so
many fleas there that I took my bag and
went out to sleep in a snow bank. All
the Christians read and write. They
wear snow shoes ten feet long and four
feet wide, and go sliding about in a comi
cal manner.
The journey from New York to Chris
tiana can be made in twelve days. I won •
der more tourists do not go there. The
summers are warm, the winters are cold
but charmingly healthy. The hotels oan-
not be surpassed and their charges are
veiy moderate.
The Opera Bouse Drama.
In the desultory discussions in regard
to the fraud perpetrated upon the people
of Georgia by the removed of the capital
from Milledgeville to Atlanta, those who
sanction that fraud have failed to advance
a single argument worth a moment’s con-
sderation why the whole question should
not be remitted to the people of Georgia.
This fact, however, reflects no discredit
on either their intelligence or their in
genuity. It is simply impossible to im
agine or invent a logical reason why the
people wiio pay the bills should not de
cide whether the capital shall remain in
Atlanta, whither it was taken by the most
unblushing rascality, or whether it shall
be carried back to Milledgeville. Noth
ing could be more liberal than the terms
of this proposition, and it has been a matter
of surprise to us that the Atlanta papers,
knowing that the whole thing is a swindle
and a fraud from beginning to end, should
not express even a faint desire to let the
people be heard in the matter. The Con
stitution particularly has surprised us by
its course. That paper is ambitious to
be known as the leading journal of Georgia
—periodically announces that it is “the
people’s paper.”—and claims the preroga
tives and perquisites of the “official jour
nal of the State,” whatever they may a-
mount to. And yet whenever the Con
vention question is alluded to, the editors
make haste to get behind their battery of
inkstands, which are formidable enough
as regards numbers, and announce that
there is a dreadful conspiracy on foot to
crush the Opera House—the “grand old
capital,” as it is called—and to do other
desperate deeds. That is all. There is
no attempt to show that the capital was
not callied to Atlanta by a parcel of
knaves whose desire was ?o benefit them
selves at the expense of the people. All
this is either tacitly admitted or com
placently ignored. But the information
often vouchsafed, with an air of Chris
tian resignation, that Atlanta is the most
available point for the seat of government
That, however, is a question for discussion
only when tho fraud has been disposed
of. It will be time enough to write es
says on the eligibility of Atlanta as tha
site of the capital when the matter comes
before the people. It is but just to re
mark that the Herald intimates a willing
ness to have this' capital wrong righted
at the ballot box. That paper evidently
foresees the inevitable and is preparing
to meet the issue.
In this connection, however, wo must
once again remind the Atlanta papers
that we are not influenced by any preju
dices toward their city. We are simply
seeking to undo one of the many villain
ies of the] Bullock-Kimball ring. So far
as the citizens of Atlanta are concerned^ 1
we know that they were innocent parties
to the fraud. The truth is they have
been as badly swindled by this Capital
business as any of the people of Georgia,
and we doubt not that the majority would
gladly see the whole matter satisfactorily
adjusted, without regard to local preju
dices. They will soon be called upon to
taste the bitterness of Kimball’s much
vaunted energy and enterprise, and in a
manner that promises to be far from com
forting. When the city of Atlanta agreed
to compromise her contract for furnishing
the State with a capitol and an Executive
manison for ten years free of co6t by con
tributing $130,000 in city bonds to pay
for the Opera House, tliere was a heavy
mortgage over the building, and it wa*
agreed that the bonds should be deposited
with Bullock in trust, until the mortgage
was cancelled. As the bonds were not
ready, a certificate calling for $100,000
was deposited with the gay Rufus, and
was shortly afterwards presented to the
Mayor by Hannibal L, who garnered the
bonds, so to speak, and negotiated them
with the Christian thrift and fervor so char-
cateristic of the man. The mortgage, which
remained uncaneilled, has now been fore
closed and the State is moving to compel
Atlanta to pay over the one hundred thou
sand dollars stolen by Kimball, as well a*
the thirty thousandin bonds which the city
never issued.
It was a swindle, you will observe, in
every detail, and the saoner the whole
thing is undone, the better for the whole
people.—Savannah News.
The Owner of the Vibginiub.—John F.
Patterson, of Washington, has sent a letter
to Secretary Fish, dated the 26th declar
ing that he is the registered owner of the
steamer Virginius- He protests against
the opinion of the Attorney General, by
which he is condemned unheard on er
parte testimony. He states that the Soi
licitor of the Treasury gave him a bill of
sale of the steamer. Thereupon he (Pat
terson) truly swore that he was owner,
and the Government gave her American
register. Any testimony charging per
jury on his part is false. He has hitherto
kept silence by the advice of counsel and
because he has not been notified or called
upon by the Goverment to testify or de
fend himself in rAtion to the matter.
He requests that a copy of the evidence
upon which the Virginius was condemned
by the Attorney General be sent here,
that he may be notified of the time and
place for the examination of any other
witnesses. A copy of the letter has also
been sent to the Attorney General
When your pocket-book gets empty, and
everybody knows it, you can put all your
friends in it and it won\ bulge worth %
cent
A justice laid a six shooter on the bench
SkiIWOIJ/ A A AUJ . .and asked) I* there any who takes eg*
“How much will you give to come in V J ceptiona to the ruling* of this court?