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LAWYERS.
Lewis Araheim,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, QA.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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DOCTORS*
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Plae Si., Alfeasy, fia.t
BOGEN HOUSE,
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t (THE Bafts Boos. Is now rtaajfor the rettplioa
A or f 1l TkoauaoU n saScitst gnirfntot
kal lbs Soon >U1 bo kept in first-cUwitjlc.
aat« It ti. BOGEN, Proprteior
JOHNSON HOUSE,
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Smith ville- = = Georgia
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m m. McAFEE. Proprietor.
Clayton House,
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ateta weleona aod good cheer «y?e.
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Labd U cow provided uith every neces-
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VOLUME 13.
ALBANY, GEORGIA, T H U K S I) AY, MARCH 13 1870.
NUMBER 11
C<ontsptridttttt.
The Classic City.
NOTES FROM ATHENS.
Athens. (!a., March 1st, 1879.
Editors Netrs :
Hoping that a brief enmmiiniration
from the Slat* University will not
prOT?uninteresting to tlie readers of
tb« Y*ws, we respectfully ask for a
sliprt space in vour valuable columns.
The Intermediate examinations, the
dread of a student's collegiate course,
have just ended. These examinations
comprise n review of live months,
and the preparation for them is. as
one Would suppose, no easy jolt. Ijtst
w<ek Was rendered lively for Athens
b) J the celebration, at the college
chapel, of the 78tli and 59 th anniver
saries of the Deinosllieniati and Phi
Kappa societies, respectively; the
fbrmer on the 19th and the latter on
the 22nd uiL These arc two days
long to be remembered; there was
gathered the intelligence and the elite
of the “classic city.” As the represen
tative of ihc Demosthciiian Society,
Mr. C. B. Chapman, of Jeffersonville,
sustained the credit and reputation
of his Society, in one of the most
chaste and eloquent addresses which
it has ever been our privilege to hear.
His sentiments, embodied in “Don't
give up the Ship," and set forth hv
language, imagery and metaphor,
most beautiful and imaginative, were
not more admirable than the grace
of his delivery, iiis ctiort was ap
plauded by all, and the shower of
boquets which greeted the* young or
ator tfoip the hands of the fair sex,
plainly'indicated that his admiration
for them Ira* not been unappreciated.
The Phi Kappa Society was repre
sented by Mr. T. C. Dupont, of Du
pont, in a very able and eloquent ad
dress. His subject war “Love of
country,” and from the chaste manner
in which he handled Iiis speech, we
feel confident that tlie honor and glo
ry of the Old Phi Kappa still stand
forth conspicuous. Mr. Dupont is a
law student, and it is very natural to
conclude that his effort of the 22nd
was hut a harbinger of his future suc
cesses.
The, condition of the Universi
ty is most favorable, and the prospeet
of attaining its former prestege was
never more promising. Dr. Mell is
grand old gentleman, and under his
administration the University cannot
but regain its former glory. Tiic
number of matriculates now, is much
larger than at last commencement.—
The readers of the News probably
sometime since an article, origi
nating, if we mistake not, in the Ma
con Telegraph, on the subject of haz
ing at the University. It was an un
just attack, and one calculated to in
jure the college, if not corrected. The
hazing (?) in question was nothing
more than a piece of innocent amuse
ment at the hands of some of the
lively boys. The report that there is
a society here organized for the pur
pose of “nabbing" t he unsuspecting
“chap" by the time lie lias arrived is
untrue, and one which we hope will
not receive the credence of sensible
people. IVc cannot imagine why any.
one else should be interested, since the
gentleman in question, a youthful
Soph” of thirty odd is not offended.
The female seminaries, “Lucy Cohli
Institute,” and the “Home School,”
are in a prosperous condition; truly
docs Athens merit the title of “The
Classic City.” .
The literary societies to-day elected
Hon. Samuel J. Tildcn to deliver the
annual address before the two socie
ties at commencement. Mr. Tilden
already has a similar engagement in
North Carolina, and it is thought that
he will probably accept the invitation
to come to Athens. If he comes we
will have the “biggest” commence
ment ever before known here.
Respectfully,
“Soph.”
The measles are troubling Thomp-
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8011.
jj^psies ure. annoying fJuu Griffin-
Tramps and eplzobticarc troubling
Calhoun.
News Items.
The pious Scotch, though only
numbering some 4,(KM),000, spend $75.-
- 000,000 a year in drink, which proves
how unfounded are the charges of
niggardliness so ofton brought against
them.
. . . , . , , .. . j dinais have died, one lias become
Lexington claims to lie the garden. nm j there remain tlfty-llvc in
spot of Georgia. - * **-- —* —
The Berrien County Agricultural
Society is not dead.
Thc.followuig is a list of the States
that will hare full Democratic delega
tions in the Senate of the United
States after next Tuesday: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Geor
gia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, New Jersey, North Caroli
na, Ohio, Oregon, Booth Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia—total 18 States.
The Uepiiiillcan delegation will iia
full from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts. Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
and Wisconsin—total, 13 States. The
delegations will he equally divided
from the Slates of California, Con
necticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, New
York aud Pennsylvania. Illinois
will lie represented l>y Davis, Inde
pendent Democrat, and the great Re
publican war-horse of the prairie,
John A. Logan. The Senate will
consequently stand politically—Dem
ocrats, 42; Republican", 33; Inde-
'pendent Democrat, 1.
(Jrijftn Nnrs: “Some of our plant
ers have failed so far to get a single
hand to slick for the pre-cut year.—
We know one gentleman who is a
prompt pay and feeds as well as any
man in the Slate, who has hired some
two hundred half starved vagabond
and so soon as they get well lilted
frame ail manner of excuses and
leave. It is awfully provoking.”
Adversity is a trying thing, biu a
country Judge is worse.
The bonds of the N. K. R. R. are
now at a premium.
Johannes B. Gorman is still engag
ed in writing up the Agricultural
Convention.
Col. Joseph J. Priutup, of Calhoun,:
was recently found dead in a lagoon
on Iiis farm. A vial of alcohol lying
near led to the supposition that lie
committed suicide.
A Itai abridge darkey, when lie was
told that a dollar only worth
eighty cents, remarked, “This iswus-
seriu cotton. -Muis have.been a bustin
crap of money made last year.*''
Mr. Eugene Stokes, a young than
about 21 years old, living in To.rell
county, was kicked to death by a mule
last week. Mr. William 1L Foster,
son of the widow Foster, of the same
county, was thrown from iiis wagon
by the running away of ills horses,
and killed.
In 1874 then were four- gold mills
in operation in (ieorgia. There are
now over forty. There were then
about forty stamps at work—there
are now nearly five hundred. The
stamps at work now, will gptovo^
♦500.000 in gold bullion during tills
year if not another stamp is addeii. ■
In Oglethorpe a four year.old: bey
of Mr. W. F. Jackson Iniil down iiis
hand and dared the sister, a child of
only two or three summers, to chop
off his linger witli a knife lying by.
Quick as thought the keen blade de
scended, severing two of these mem
bers and taking tho end from a third.
When the father arrived lie found the
little fellow trying to tear off one of
the Angers that hung by n piece cf
skin, but he bore his suffering like a
little hero. The severed Augers weri-
bound back to the hand, and the
wound is healing rapidly.
Cotton Seed: Georgia produces an
nually about 17,500,000 bushels, or
525,000,000 pounds of cotton seed.—
About 2,000,000 bushels arc required
tor planting the crop, leaving 15,500,-
000 bushels or 232,500 tons, of seed to
be used for manuring purposes. If
the whole of this was composted with
animal manure and superphosphate,
according to the formula published
in the Agricultural Department, there
would be produced 020,000 tons of
compost, enough to manure, at the
rate of 300 pounds per acre, 4,133,333
acres; or at the l ate of 500 pounds
per acre, 2,480,000 acres.
The last issue of the News lias a
well-timedarticle on tbe work of the
Society, and concludes as follows:
In conclusion, we wbuid state to
those of the press which have publish
ed the requiem of our agricultural so
ciety, that it is not dead, neither docs
it sleep, but is pushing steadily for
ward, in its quiet way, determined on
accomplishing its. mission—which is.
tlie adoption of aD that' spience, cou
pled with the practical experince of
its members, has proven to be of val
ue of developing tlie resources of this
favored agricultural section.
Would that we could say as much
of our Agricultural Society 1
The following, from the Marietta
Journal, is rather to tlie point: “At
lanta lias more poor men witli rich
wives tlian any city in tlie South.—
Strange to sav, these noble women
saved it all liy strict (?) economy,
while their husbands were in busi
ness. Now,.that the poor husbands
are bnukrupt and out of business,
they ride in their wives’ fine car
riages, live in elegant houses, and get
spending money from their well Ailed
purses. A man who fails in business
without such a thrifty wife to depend
upon in his poverty, is indeed to be
pitied. The tax bookrof Fnltyxoan-
tv show that many ex-mercliants who
paid big taxes a few years age, aside
from their stores, now paying noth
ing. But their then poor wives now
appear as heavy tax-pavers. Ah!
woman, what a blessing and what a
good “provider” thou art for unfor
tunate man!”
Enterprise that Deserves Stre
ss.—The Helena Railroad, which
begins at a point opposite Helena,
Ark., in Coahoina county, Miss., and
is to lie extended eostward, is now
completed and iq operation for a
distance of seventeen miles. The
company lias no money, -hut kec|
working all the time, lengthening the
road and paying the laborers witli
the receipts of tlie portion completed.
Tlie engineer is conductor, freight
agent collector ami general superin-
tendant of the train while op duty.
Tin: President does the work ol
three or four men, and the book
keeper is freight receiver, shipper
and accountant.
.Tlie ever-laithful have quit trying
lo kill Ben Hill already. They like
Id- Southern claim speech now.. How
those fellows jump from Ben Hill
and then jump to him again 1 Wo
te’l ’em they don’t know what they
are doing. And yet Ben slul sur
vives all of their squirrel shot.—C'rrr-
tersrillc Free 1‘ress.
Since February 29, 1878, eight car-
Who was the Ant girl mentioned
in the Bible? Jsdnie Sis. ‘And who
was tlie fattest man ? Paunclms Pi
late.
bll at present. In the next consisto
ry Pope Leo XIII will till the vacan
cies iii the college.
Jersey City is in n critical Ananeial
condition. Her debt is over 115.000,-
000, on a valuation of $60,000,000.—
She lias been running behind every
veae for four years, is almost out of
funds anil can’t collect taxes or bor
row.
' A young mail who had tried every
thing else anil failed, writes to the
Vicksburg Herald to inquire tlie re
quisites for a good reporter, and gets
Colt answer; “A bottle of whisky’ a
lead pencil, a cast-iron constitution
aud a rhinoceros hide.
Tho Lieutenant-Governor of Colo
rado is worth $5,000,060, owns two
mines, is president of a hank and pro
prietor of a large wholesale store. A
fow years ago he was a poor stone
cutter in Augusta. Maine, but lie took
Mr. Greeley? advice.
Edison is still sanguine regarding
iiis Electric light, lie says it “is just
as certain as sunrise.” They must
give ma time (or it,” lie adds, “ami if
they don’t. I shall take time. I have
never said I would have it done in a
week.”
Tlie men who survived that horri
ble night when tlie schooner Tolcli
went ashore oA'liarucgat, N. J., make
serious chargos against tlie keepers
and crews of the life-saving slations
in the vicinity of the wreck, aud an
investigation will probably follow.
A Leadviilc, Col., paper states that
when the linrny-Astcd miners of that
section are “largely pleased” with a
theatrical performance “they show
their appreciation most substantially
by sending a shower of silver coin
upon the stage.”
There arc men who would rather
be doorkeepers in tlie house of the
Lord-t-wlieii there is a church festival
goitig on, and tiic receipts are large
—than to dwell in the tents of the
wicked, where there is no opportuni
ty to handle the cash.—Keokuk Gate
City.
The Chicago Journal is authority
for this statement: A Galesburg, Illi
nois, woman lived with her husband
eighteen years, and now asks for a
divorce because all tiic clothes lie
ever bought her consisted entirely of
a bunch of hairpins and a toothbrush.
Bather of a thin outAt.
Tiic post-oliicc department lias or
dered that a new stamp be made. It
is put on a letter uot prepaid and sent
to the postmaster at the oAice of its
destination, who is charged with tin-
amount due, and who is to collect ilu-
same from.the person addressed on
the delivery of the same.
A showily-dressed lady was telling
a friend about tier reasons for visit
ing town, whicli was Boston, and
said: “I do so much want to attend
one ot Messrs. Handel and Hardin's
concerts. I nin told they are very
Ane, especially one they give called
tlie Oratorio.”
The venerable wife of a celebrated
physician, one day casting her eyes
out of the window, observed her
husband iu tlie funeral procession of
one of his patients, at which she ex
claimed: “I do wisli my husband
would keep away from siicli proces
sions. It appears so inurli like a
tailor carrying home Iiis work.
A rumor is afloat iu Washington to
the effect that Secretary Evarts will
be nominated minister to London in
place of Mr. Welsh, who, it is said,
wants to conic home. It is fui-llicr
saiil that Mr. Evarts lias become wea
ry of the monotony of the Stale de
partment, and that lie prefers two
years in Loudon.
A large corn-crib at Fiirkcsburg,
Iowa, containing about 7,000 bushels
of corn, was tired on the 18th. A
card was posted on Ihc comer of the
crib, reading: “To Mr. and Mrs. N.
T. Manley, greeting! This is to pre
vent this corn being made into whis
ky.” Manley, tlie owner of tiic corn,
was prominent in the prosecution of
saloonists a few weeks ago.
Tlie value of merchandise received
at all ports in January- amounted In
$33,500,000, against $36,700,000 for llu-
corresponding month of 1878—a de
crease of$2,20t),000. Iii the export
trade of t]ie month a still' more im
portant deline is Apparent, tlie ligurcs
for this year'being $59,400,000 against
$69,200,(60 in,1878r—showing a falling
off $9,800,000.'
A herder otas sliot by a robber in
Little Uiver.county, Arkansas. Al
though.mortally wounded, ho got on
a horse'anil spurred the beast thirty-
miles to. Fori Smith iii order to ex
pose the murderer before death could
hide the oyidcuce. lie yvas barely
able to give a meaner account. of,(ln-
crime before he died.
Mrs. HiuutooiuAhe celebrated spir
itualist of the Eddy family, yvas ex
posed at Beebe Plain, Canada, re
cently. When Ihc spirit of Hie Big
Indian nppeared it yvas seized and
proved to he Mrs. Iluiitoon herself.
Her comrades in tlie fraud hogged
piteously not to lie exposed, and of
fered to refund the money taken at
the door.
Nothing can reach out further than
a cough at c-lmrcli. It may come from
the remotest corner in Ihc rear, hill
its echo tickles the throat of those in
front, and then creeps doyvu tlie aisle
and touches the ushers, and floats
from the choir to the minister, anil
never releases Rs hold until it lias
wrung a twin pathetic explosion from
every victim. Perhaps you’ve notic
ed it.
New York is finally yvnking up to
the necessity o( reform in llm matter
of those nests of crime, tlie tenement
houses. Recently a large meeting
wipi held at tho Cooper institute to
take action looking lo the ameliora
tion of the wretched poor yvho pass a
miserable existence in the foul dcus
yvliiuh ran be found yvilliiii a stone's
throw of hundreds of palatial resi
liences. It is to be hoped Hint, this
movement will rosiilt iu practical
measures for the relief of the class in
question.
Press anil Politics.
1'lnnks In Ills l-lslfnnn.
Allantn t'omtitutioii)
Rob Ingci-Holl's platform is at least
consistent, lie is in favor of I lie Re
publican party ami against religion.
Not by h Good Deal.
('ouiitir Jniirnul ]
There has not hm-n as much laxvlcss-
ni-ss In all the Southern Slates in live
years ns there lias been in Petinsylva-
uia in a single year.
CliooRlng tlirlr Spolln.
I'MIatlpIplila (?lironlclp*ll«*rakl.]
The Ci ant movement is booming
.so strong that Sccnr Robeson's friends
have picked out the navy yard each
intends to steal.
A lluil Showing.
N. Y. Sun. |
Tlie record of t lie last session of tiic
Forty-fifth Congress will not make a
|>i-oiid page in our history. Nor in
the history ot tlie Democratic party,
cither.
Don't Know Anything About It*
Rome Courier.]
A few yvlio formerly acted with tlie
Democracy are constantly denounc
ing Hint party as a set of corruption
ists. Wlmt it may have been while
they acted yvitli the pnrtv is for them
to snv, but they speak without a
knowledge ol all the facts since they
hnvc abandoned it. They are not
aware of Hie great improvement since
tlicv left.
or Course.
Detroit Free I'r(-,».]
The wickedness of (lie Democratic
majority in the House of Representa
tives iu attaching measures that they
wish lo carry to appropriation hills is
simply shocking to the Republican
mind. Rut for a Republican Senate
to attach a Brazilian subsidy to an
appropriation bill is all right. Such
is partisanship.
True Kpunoiny*
Atlanta Constitution.]
From an economical point of view,
it would have been better if Mr. Til-
dcii had accepted the oiler of tha re
turning boards that offered them
selves for sale. He would have paid
tiic prici^ out. of Iiis own pocket;
whereas, tlie republicans, who made
Inistc to close tiic bargain when the
same oilers were made to them, have
taxed the people of the country to the
extent of $200,000 a year to fulfill the
terms tlicreof.
Learning bis Mistake.
St. louts l-o,l and t,H|jalrb.|
(Jen. Francis O. Barlow is begin
ning to find that Republican states
manship ami common honesty are
incompatible, and lie has been offered
tin, alternative of sun-rndei-ing his
honesty or heiugdrtimmcd out of the
party. During Iiis visit to Florida
lie endeavored to reconcile Iiis desire
to serve Iiis party with his convic
tions of principle, ami as soon as lie
was informed of tlie true condition
of alluira he discovered that lie was
expected to play tlie part of a liar, a
perjurer and a thief. As lie did not,
like index Noves, expect a foreign
mission, as lie liud no son lo pension
in the Custom House ns had Aliunde
Joe Bradley, there was no bribery
which could have paid him for being
a scoundrel. As lie could not linve
been a scoundrel under any circum
stances, Hie Republican managers
should have let him alone, knowing
Hial they had no use for him. But
lie lias lit-cn to Florida, he has studied
the facts, and lie lias testified that the
vote of the State was honestly given
to^ildeu, and was fraudulently stol-
cn“ir tin- Ijcnclit of Haves and the
Republican party.
A Jtoniiuice of 1’earls,
1 London Luml ami \Vat«r.]
I will tell you a circumstance that
happened twenty-five or thirty years
ago when I was residing in Calcutta.
One morning our lViflid, the late Dr.
Yass, surgeon of tlie Royal army,
brought to my husband, Dr. John
Ci-ant, a box containing twelve or
thirtccu pearls of various sizos, sav
ing : “<irant, you arc a well-known
limn iu Calcutta, ami I want you to
hear the curious account of these
pearls and to take charge of tlie box,
and let me know any change you may
see in them. Their history is as fol
lows : About iorty years ago a lady
at Ambony gave a pearl to each of
two sisters, saying, ‘These are breed
ing pearls; lake good care of them;
never touch them with the hands, as
heat injures them, ami feed them on
rice.’ One of these sisters lias ju£t
come to Calcutta, ami she has lent the
box to me to show to you. In tlie
forty years site lias hail it this is the
result—twelve or thirteen young
ones.” Tim box was opened, and
there lay in cotton tlie mother pearl,
a rather large, hut ill-shaped individ
ual. The eldest daughter, ns 1 called
it, was a lovely pearl, about tlie size
Hint jewelers set three in a ring. Tlie
others were perfect in shape, but
gradually decreased in size; two
very small ones I called twins, as
they stuck together, and tlie last was
a very wee seed of a pearl. Accord
ing to instructions rice was put into
the box, whicli was locked in a secret
drawer in the cabinet, of which my
husband alone kept tlie key. Alter
some days wu opened the box, and to
our astoiiisbmen we found Hint every
grain of l-ice had been nipped. I eaii
not think of a better word. How
nipped, i rail not imagine, blit that
one filet I cun vouch for. A few
weeks after, wc had to leave Calcut
ta. Tho liox was returned to Dr,.
Vass, and what became ofitl know
not. I have often mentioned it to my
friends, and some years ago 1 saw in
a hook that lay upon my table that
people iu the east believe in breeding
pearls.
Anna C. Brackett asks ill Harper's,
“Why must we, then, he sad, when
nature i* so glad J" We'll toll you,
Anna. It is becuuse those hated
Smith girls wear the handsomest bon-
nets, and spend Hio summer at Sara
toga—and I lie price of billiards and
opera tickets remains at war prices.
To In- sure miu-li of tlie sadness lias
been relieved recently by tlie reduc
tion of beer to three cents uglasH, 1ml
W«- nil don’t drink lieer.
Vassal- ('ollcgc girls are fond of
vocil iiiusic. “Gum, oil, gum with
Me” is their l'uvorite chewin’.
A Chinese View «f Things
Boalsn Dmily Sitvsrtlssr. Msrcli I J
The following is printed, without
change, from the manuscript of tin-
writer, Wong Ar Chong, now a resi
•lent of tills city:
“In your Declaration of Indcpen-
pence it is asserted that all men arc
born free and equal, and it is under
stood by tlie civilized world that the
United States of America is a free
country, hut I fear there is a back
ward step being taken by the govern
ment. The able Senator from Maine,
in aping that selfish stump speaker,
Dennis Kearney, says the Chinese
must go, and gives his reasons.—
Many things he says I agree to; a
great many more I do not. I think
lie takes a wrong way lo rectify the
difficulty. I claim for my country
men tlie right to come to tliis country
so long as other foreigners do. If
they make themselves a nuisance es
tablish proper health laws and en
force them, and if my .countrymen
don’t like them let them go hack home
again; hut they must conform to
American ideas of law and order if
they jvisli to stay. That is uiy idea,
but you cannot bring it about iiv such
a law as is now awaiting Hie Presi
dent’s signature. You must do to
others as you would liavc them do to
you, if you wish to gain their confi
dence.
“Tbe honorable senator calls us
heathens, but I should judge from
the tone of his letter that lie was
somewhat lacking in Christian chari
ty. Also, he gives all Chinamen tlie
name of coolies. If Senator Blaine
lias education, why dou’t lie use it to
find out what the word coolie means.
A coolie is a laboring man, a man that
works by the ilay at anything lie can
get to do; that is what Chinamen
mean by coolies. He says the China
people pay no taxes in this country,
but I think if lie will take Hie pains
to look into the matter lie will find
that they pay as much taxes in Cali
fornia as any other foreigners—say
about $200,000. He calls us heathens,
but let him look at the records of lire
in Chicago and yellow fever in New
Orleans, and be will find Chiuainen
giving as much, according to their
means, as any other people. Such
heathens caunot be so bad after all.—
He says China people are not hyalthv.
do not keep their places of habitat io'u
so clean as other people, and that tlipy
smell badly, etc., etc. I could men
tion several other nationalities, each
having its own particular smell. Al
so, that no decent Cli'nm women
como here, that they arc mostly pros-,
titntes; but do not the women of
other nations furnish a goodly num
ber of prostitutes ?
“My idea is that if the Chinese are
allowed to eome to tills country anil
enjoy tlie same privileges as the peo
ple from any other foreign land they
will educate themselves and conform
to your laws aud manners, and be
come as good citizens as any otliei-
race. Tlie Chinese people are will
ing to work, they mind their own
business and do not get drunk, and
why is it they have not as much right
to conic to this country, and in as
large numbers, as any other foreign
people ? If you do not allow it you
go against tlie principles of (ieorge
AVashington, tlie Father of his Coun
try, nnd tlie first steps you take are
against the principles of your gov
ernment. You go against‘tiic Amer
ican flag, and you act in conflict witli
Christian cliarity aud principle. Sen
ator Blaine’s information must be
very limited when he says tlie trade
between.this country anil China only
amounts to a few hundred dollars,
when it is known to reach several
million dollars every year. I fear
he does not kjiow wliat'lic is talking
about.
“You do not allow Chinamen to
become citizens of California, do not
allow them to vote. I ask you where
is your golden rule, your Christian
charity and the fruits of vour Bible
teachings when you tnlk about doing
to others as you would have them do
to you? I guess Senator Blaine, by
his argument, wants to (ell people
wlmt to do but don’t want people to
do what he docs. I don’t know who
arc opposed to the Chinese, whether
they are Americans or foreigners; hilt
I think they as much foreigners a>
the Chincso themselves. I think so.
because I have traveled in America—
North, South, East and West—ami
have never found native Americans
so much opposed to Chinese us for
eigners arc.
“The Chinese miist uot he blamed
because other men liavc no work; it
is not their fault. If merchants car
ried on business according to tlicir
mcans, with their own capital, and
paid ouo liundi-ed cents on Hie dollar
instead of failing and going through
bankruptcy, then laboring men would
have pientv of steady work. The
failure of one firm will influence oth
ers connected witli it, which also tail
and throw many men out of cmploy-
niont.
“As it stands now, it is live thous
and Caucasians to one Mongolian, vet
you charge the Chinamen of robbing
you of work. I ask God to forbid
that Senator Blaine should fear the
odds of one to five thousand. If tlie
letter ho wrote to Mr. Garrison con
tains his sentiments I think lie is no
better tlian tlie great California blow
er, Dennis Kearney, and like him,
cares little for tiic country, hut likes
to hear his own noise.
“Senator Blaine, in a very polite
way, wants to send a message to the
Chinese Empire to ask them to change
the Burlingame treaty; hut why
don’t he go and make a new treaty
himself? He U trying to imitateGeti.
Butler, but cannot do it successfully.
The grapes arc too I igh for him to
reach. He tries to climb, tlie vim-
gives way, and he doesn't know
where lie Is.
“Wono An Giiiixii.”
Note.—Wlicn a vessel is built and
ready for sea there are plenty of Cap
tains to take command, hut when you
ask one of tiic Captains to liuilil a
vessel, he don’t know how. That is
the way with Blaine ami tlie Burlin
game treatv.
W. An C.
He was a bachelor, had traveled
extnnsively.aud could speak any lan
guage, dead or alive. But when lie
returned home the other day ami
talked to his sister’s Imliv, and" when
it cried anil was pacitk-ii Iiv its umlli-
er saying, “Did Ids naughty wanly
uncle wunele conic homey womev
and scare)- warey my little pnts.-y
wulscy?”he just leaned over the
back of the clmir and wept.
What Congress Did.
Among the measures which made
msre or less progress but failed of en
actment this session are the follow
ing: The legislative. Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bills, the
Army Appropriation bill, the bill to
regulate inter-Btate commerce, the
Steamboat bill, tbe Geneva Award
bill, tiic hill to establish postal sav
ings hunks, the bill to repeal the eiie-
eie resumption act, tlie bill granting
pensions to survivors of the Mexican
war, Hie .Sugar bill, the hill to restrict
Chinese immigration, the resolutioi.
proposing a Constitutional amend
■limit to prohibit the payment of dis
loyal claims, tho bill to provide foi
tlie enforcement of the eight-houi
law, the proposition to transfer Hi-
Indian Bureau to the War Depart
meat, tlie Mississippi levee bill ami
tlie hill providing for a commissioi
on tiic improvement of tlie Missisnip.
pi, tiic bill extending tlie time fo.
completion of the Northern 1‘aeilii
tiic Brazilian mail servire bill, Hi.
hill to regulate lrans|iortation of aui
mails by railroads, tlie bill to devol.
the proceeds of sales of the public
lands to educational jiurposes, ||„
bill authorizing railroad rompaniest.
construct and maintain lines of tele
graph for commercial purposes, Hi.
Burnside committee's army reorgan
ization hill, the bill to revise paten
laws, tlie Japanese aud Chinese iu
demnity fund bills, the various metis
ures reported from the House com
mince on Banking aud curreucy an.,
many other financial bills both iii Hi
ll ousc and Senate. Besides those spe
cified above, are sonic proposing ah:
in tlie lauds or bonds for consti-ueiioi
of railroads, canals, etc., a large num
ber of hills on the calendar affecting
local interest of more or less impor
tance, and several hundred reported
from the committees for the relief o.
private claimants, besides thousands
of others which were left untouched,
i-euiainiug ill the files of tlie commit-
tee rooms. The total of bills and joint
resolutions introduced in the House
of Representatives during tlie Con
gross, which has just expired is 0,826,
and Hie total for the Senate is 1,936.
Tlie principal measures which have
become laws during the last session,
in addition to ten of the regular an
nual appropriatious, are the bill re
ducing tbe tax on tobacco and other
wise amending the Internal Revenue
laws, the Census bill, tlie bill to aid in
refunding tlie national debt by au
thorizing the issue of small Treasury
certificates, the bill to prevent the in
troduction of infectious or conhigioiD
diseases and the bill providing for
the payment of arrears pensions for
services during the late war.
A' Romantic Elopement.
Denver New*.]
A woman’s taste is an unknown
quantity, aud is one of those things
which can never be calculated on
with certainty. This fact U pretty
well illustrated iu a rather singular
elopement which occurred a few days
since down in Kansas, in which Miss
Minnie Spears, a well-to-do fanner’s
daughter, eloped with a blind fiddler,
whom her parents had refused to
permit her to marry. The gay Lo-
P0SE3 TBE KACCdVBILL.
Vicksburg Herald.
T *’£outl Mr. Speaker: litewlr.de -|—— 1n
B * dl « »»y. k**e I-m-gwiuc to ‘Murk
■k.scl. *11 de ret* irks ol. ray kolllgue la de comer
"■»,&■earner''******* ** * ruitenllc-’
B» Shiran; skill which IW dan Uln de men
Wh bL'eupfwtwra***' •“"••hip ’poo his iwmeBt
I.As* U> make reply In de Mrtctat perlloaienUa.
ha 1 nint n swine to kick urn no pager collar anUcs.
°* "dbSS^“ *** ” h " "*’**• *“ u "C»fe fawd
Bah aud* hi* war upon de knew, aad semtoed
plenty litter.
U * white “° , * * l “ u de heoae bow.aliule
He'd lick de scraplna from de pot and cry for little
WO*.
6,11 lion *** ” nU 19 * uk * * Mw lo step de genera-
OhaUde happy ’oeona in die greataed lubldy oa-
Ue ipuucr* ** |D d ® ’dddo—he only wants to
u « ouly^wanu lo spread bkaell to bear dc gal'rj
Me. ’ipoee ! as dis mighty body, which cold, bet-
'““ n ! "■ * shoutin’, gabby nigger
CR his jaw n «nine, so nasty saMdlia'
d "*tewt' ** "** * ln “ i " 1 S' wharby de stomach
Oh: ....otbeneb de Lose,If dar de here under-
WWTS
good baked raccoon* along vid sweat
( p ak lo fvm tojiue met ia my vote agin dal Mil—
Jk a.- ***** Ue * cwnMrr d * 1 bi» wort am all up-
°* b ” t h * IriM,aa r ’ t ’°'>t4* bleated 1
Ue aince 'd« chai.giiT'ab
^Jjbbii any ’tentioo, kaae bis wind h badly
You *m> lie's junta
an' jea so much
lu fakin’ at dis 'tickler time, .to de motion maker
L him from my heart ob keasia, what de people
K«ine to apect
From » njau who trice hi»df to beat da room to
A-lookia lor hi* '*titu<*tit» to lib ou ras and nln-
dera? ^ ,
Oh ! ifde aoonierouly kimwed bow de cbriaiianaln
tie vallrv—
•red-O*’ sA UaeteCa. ear along wtd ole 4*018*1-
* m track'*" “ b * h d ' arM,il ' ln * > »P hi*
Teu ihoueaod million llzsaids he’d lael crawling
So wake ap. you «,ili.ca yearlia'. I'm a-cWino U
. lute de aewa j. ■ ’
I'agwinato habde bumble-bees a-'-.. -idin* lid to*
shoe*.
1 * *haw* J Wr * ,h M,4 ' n TW * be * - ’ * ,H ‘ Ur * 11 ln *
l’H I* 1 know dit etwniu* de people am a power.
t*U happen in de m tel in' Lous-. 1. futch ap on da
■Iuuik
I'll weiA you at dr crem-roada. ten'll hear me
wbaopand huai|»—
Youataudin'-c. lUr ra.M il, you shall n,*ar h .t> a
iM
Till well you lam that nuvd»n meat km de beatest
obde beat,
• G U 4SDMOTH KR.
AVhat We Laugh At.
Minnie Hauck, tiic prims tl.iiuia, is
engaged lo Ernsi Wartig. Whcu.slie
commences to warble he exclaims,'
“Hauck, I bear an tmgeL-sing.” ‘
Her first Siiuil.-iv at .-liiirch.—Little
girl—“Nurse, please, give me a pen-
uy to give to the organ grinder; he’s
coming round beggirig< with a dish,
[Judy.
If any conrse,'UiifeeIing feller ■’
Asks you tbe loau of his-uinbrclla^ .
Tell him it’s Lent. , ,,,
If anv tramp presumes to" foller,'
And beg the loan of half« dollar,
Tell him it’s Lent,
And so tell all who come..to borrow
Sonie treasured article to-morrow—
■tell ’em it’s Lent. '
Luckiest man I ever knew—every
thing succeeded with him. He had
only to say what he wanted,"and lie
got it. Why, confound it;' I was
walking witli him-one-slay—the very-’
last day of his life—and "be said to
me: “When I dip I want to dift.sud- .
denly.” Got run over that very night,'
by liokey!—ever sec 6Uch hit!k’? ‘
A gentleman havuig - occasion to
praise a kind-hearted IHsJrrtWfhTfirftn-
hpr good deeds, said-to' her 11 “Well,-
well, Kate, if.there is a heaven in the.
„ next world you will, get to it. As
thai-io in this remarkable piece of ec- quick as lightning came the reply,
is an Italian vagabond, with all heartiness of the'race f'uod'
bless ye Mr. P—, and sure it l -do I’ll
lave tlie gate open for you.
We have received a poem hv
“Ophelia” which pbces'us in a rather
embarrassing- position. 1 ' “Oplietik'’
says: “Kiss no one but. me, darling;
kiss no one but me; and.I vqq- as I
like, I’ll kiss no one but tlie?-” This
preposition is fair cnhugli, ceftiiul)*. 1
But wc have never seen “OfiheiHtf*
Her lines areas); accompanied Jiv her
photograph as a. guaraiUco..qi'
taith. Shy may have red hair, .a c-
lostial nose,' ami poor teeth. Wd
njight be-hugely sold if we’-Wtlre to
swear off. indulging iu oesaiUfbrv, ex
ercises with tho fair sex ju, jrciicryl,
and kiss no oue but “Ophelia?’’ Be
sides, .wc are" married, and our wife
would probably not give tier consent-'
to such an arrangement;—‘•‘Ophelia'’
had better-apply to tome other shop.
[Norristown HcrahL.
centricity _
very handsome and about 20 years of
age, who goes about the country play
ing tunes for anybody who will lis
ten to him and give him a. nickel.—
Iiis name is Schutari, and this ro
mantic appendage, aided by his good
looks, is, perhaps, what won tho
girl's heart. Anyway, she seems to
liavc been perfectly iufatuated, and
wlicn her love was crossed by her
unsympathetic parents, she managed
to conduct her lover to the railroad
and together they fled west, proba
bly to tliis city, where they propose
to"be united in marriage. Misa Spears
communicated to a young (Mend, a
few days betorc the elopement, that
she meant to dress up as a dancing
girl after they were married aud
learn to play the harp, and they
would then travel from city to city
and have a delightful time. The ro
mantic damsel is about 17 years of
age and is said lo be very pretty.—
She w.'isiwell educated for her age
ami had plenty of admirers in her
own sphere of life. Whatever pos
sessed her to fall in love with appa
rently so unlovable an object is one
of those tilings wiiich, perhaps, wo
men alone can understand. Her fa
ther is now in Denver or Cheyenne
looking for Iiis l-nn-away daughter.
The Chances on a Horse Race
Loudon Truth: Considering that
most educated persons are supposed
to liavc a smattering of arithmetic,
ami that so many persons are fond of
wagering, it has always surprised me
liow few people seem to have the most
elementary knowledge of the roles
that regulate probabilities. If it is 6
to X against a horse winning the Der
by and 3 to 1 against another horse
winning the St. Lcgcr, what are the
odds against the double event? Nine
persons out of ten would reply 18 to
1; hut they are really 28 to I. The
first horse has one-seventh the chance
of winning tiic race and the second
horse ouc-fonrth chance, and four
multiplied by 7 is28. So,again, how
can tlie odds against either of the two
given horses winning a race be calcu
lated in a minute? Let the odd9
against tiic first horse he 4 to 1 and
against tiic second horse 0 to 1; mul
tiply 6 by 4 and deduct 1, then add
•I—i—6—1. The totals are 23 and 12,
therefore the odds against the two
horses coupled arc 23 to 12.”
Missouri Duelists.
Hannibal, Feb. 27.—The much-
lalkcd-of duel between E. C. Bennett,
editor of the Courier, and Jas. How
ard, editor of tlie Clipper-Herald, ter
minated ignouiinously.* The parties
and seconds met yesterday afternoon
a mile from the town, in "a secluded
spot. Howard’s party bciug called
mi to name their weapons, unrolled
an old map containing base ball bats,
saving: “Here arc your weapons;
take jour choice.” Bennett’s party
left ill disgust, saying the weapons
were not recognized by tlie code.—
Last night tlie two parties met, and.
after a remark or two, had a knock
down, ami will lie tried to-day for
disturbing the peace.
Tho Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison is be
coming under better management, a
paving institution. The earnings du
ring Hie month of February last ex
ceeded the expenditures by $4,412.04.
What’s One Bullet to a Basket
ful ?
An incident occurred in the battle
of Franklin which ! have nevi*r seen
in print. Tbe sanguinary battle was
at its height, apd tiovv ami tiieii^thei-a,
was a soldier who would uot face the
music, and, holding to tiic idea that
"distance lends enchantment,” on all
such occasions wouldexliibithis faith
iii the idea by taking “-leg-bail” .for
the rear. These rases were getting
too numerous towards the’ close ’ of
the battle, and Col. B—A. A. G.
of our brigade, was sent hack to the
rear to intercept those seeking for
safety and return them to then- re
spective posts of duty.
Col. B ’said he hailed one fel
low who was making tracks for some
S I ace of safety with all tlie energy of
espair. .
“Halt, I say, and return to your
command!”
The flying son of Mars took no no
tice of the command. 1 .(i t Ji »
“Halt! I sav, and go back to your
post!"
The soldier paid uo attention to
him.
Tlie Colonel now became exaspe'ra-
ted and yelled out:
“If you don't turn and''go bark to
your rommaud I-will shoot you;«ir!”
Without pausing ill his flight the
oidicr yelled back at him:
“Shoot and he hanged! What's one
bullet to a basket fill ?’ *
Col. B let him go, ami after the
battle tolil tlie iucidcitl as a good joke.
General Joski-ii E. Johnston.—
Constitution: The many friends of
General Joseph E. Johnston are plcns-
cd|i* see him in Atlanta. He is the
senior partner of the insurance firm
of J. E. Johnston & Co., which sloes a
business extending all over Hie entire
South. In the nmHagcmrnt of Howe
general agencies the General travels
over tho entire South. We arc pleasot|.
thatJhU business has brought him to
Atlanta and will keep him here, proli-
ablv, a couple of weeks. Few men
are*so generally beloved by tlie peo- -
plo of Georgia as he. His removal to
Virginia, his old home, was against
the protest of hosts of friends in tliis
State. He was elected last Novem
ber to represent the Richmond -slis-
trict in Congress. Tiic General is well
preserved. His gait is gnireftil aud
firm, ami Iiis eve clear and piercing.
Wc trust that there are yet maiiy
gnodlv years before him.