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1 lie Gerogiit Funds in th« Pourtii National
Sank.
The Atlanta Em of Tuesday con
tains a long letter nom Dr. Angler,
Treasurer of’the State, to the President
ol the Fourth National Bank of New
York, in relation to the State deposits
in that institution, and the reply of the
Bank.
As the greater portion of Dr. Angier’s
letter is made up of extracts from the
Code of ltie State, defining the respee
tive powers ol’the Executive and Treas
urer over the funds of the Stale, we
omit them and give only that portion
of his letter which has direct reference
to their transactions with the Bank.
The amount of the $55,000 drawn
In Governor Bullock from your Bank
and disbursed by him, or upon his
drabs, and consequently never having
reached the hands of the State Treas
urer, there is no record or receipts for
it on the Treasurer’s or Comptroller
General’s Br>oks, while the law requires
that all State moneys received or disbursed
shall be entered on their books, one
being a check upon the other.
This transaction you have allowed
Gov. Bullock to make is not only in
violation of a reasonable construction
of law, but in violation of all former
custom. Georgia had heavy deposits
in New York during Gov. Brown and
Gov. Jenkins’ administrations, still
neither of these Governors ever drew
the first draft upon them, but when
they needed funds under appropriations
to be disbursed by them, they applied
to their Treasurer for a draft on the de
posits and drew an Executive warrant
to cover the amount on the proper hind.
This is the only way to avoid confusion
and keep the Treasurer’s accounts as
the law diriects. In our last interview
You were of the impression that I had
given no intimation or instructions not
to advance any funds except to the
Treasurer on account of the public
debt. In my letter of January 21,
1869, to A- Lane, your Assistant Cash
ier, you will find this statement. Br?ing
responsible for the finances of the Siate,
it is desired no money shall be advanc
ed only what comes direct to the Treas
ury. Besides this, I sent you the cor
respondence between Gov. Bullock
and myself on this subject—the re port
of Majority and Minority Committee,
also the action of the House, all con
curring that Gov. Bullock drawing and
using ihe money in the manner he did
was illegal. I hope in future we shall
have a mutual understanding and per
fect harmony.
Please give me a full statement of
account current up to 1st of May next
and acknowledge receipt of this.
Most respectfully’, yours,
N. L. Angier, Treasurer.
[copy]
Fourth National Bank,
of the City of New York,
New York, April 2Sth, 1869.
Hon. A. L. Angier, Treasurer
State of Georgia, Atlanta:
Dear Sir—1 have yours of the 20th
inst.. with extracts from the la vs of
the State in reference to the Treasury
Department, and your remarks thereon,
which we shall regard as instructions
for our guidance in conducting the
business of the State.
On the first day of May I will forward
you an account current of the State ac
count as requested.
To avoid confusion, and give notice
to Governor Bullock of the position we
are required to take, I see no inpro-
priety in furnishing him with a copy of
your letter and extracts, that thh mat
ter may be thoroughly understood on
all sides.
Trusting that we shall be able to
perform the duties of financial agents
of your State to your entire satisfaction.
I remain, yours respectfully,
P. C. Calhoun, President.
Death of the Man who Fulled
Andrew Jackson’s Nose.—Tie Na
tional Intelligencer says:
Robert B. Randolph, who had the
misfortune to be dismissed from the
wiavy by Gen. Jackson, witbou; good
cause, and who pulled the General’s
nose in vindication of his honor—Ran
dolph’s, not Jackson’s—died iu this
city on Tuesday last, at the age of 78
years. The pulling took place in the
cabin of a steamer which sLopped at
Alexandria on its passage down the
river. Randolph went aboard, march
ed up to Jackson, who supposed he was
confronted by a friend till the thing
was done. Randolph got beyond the
jurisdiction of the county police before
a process could be issued, and escaped
arrest.
The cities of the District were in a
foam over the indignity, and the whole
country, in fact, was for a time in a
tempest, the triumphant Jackson party
feeling that iu own nose had been
twisted by the audacious descendant of
Pocahontas. Gen. Van Ness, then
May or of Washington, sent a solemn
message to the Councils ou the event,
and the Boards responded in a solemn
resolution of condolence and indigna
tion. Randolph was a fugitive for a
couple of years, and has since passed
his life mostly in this District. Lhe
act maimed his ptospecls, and he lived
and died in poverty. He was a cousin
to John Randolph and leaves a wife
and three daughters and one son.—
Floyd gave him the superintendence
of the Armory in this city, when he
was .Secretary of War, but the act
aboard the steamer at Alexandria, some
thirty years before, followed him, and
Buchanan ordered his dismissal.
Randolph was a lieutenant in the
navy when dismissed, and had done
good service under Decatur. He was
a high-spirited m in, and maintained
his dignity and his character to.the
lagl. The Intelligencer defended him
when he was dismissed from the ser
vice vindicating his character as a brave
and upright mm. The sceoce when
Jackson, who was then President,
found himself with a pulled nose, is
described by those who saw it pg one
pf stupendous ra^e.
Non-Stroke—Its Prevention aud Gore.
The “heated term is upon us now
with unusual severity, and with it comes
the more than ordinary liability to at
tacks of sun-stroke. There are various
methods of treatment, none of which,
however, can be relied on as infallible
in all cases. Among those best cal
culated to afford immediate relief are
the drenching of the person with cold
water and the application of mustard
or other draughts to the back of the
neck, the wrists, knees and soles of the
feet. These remedies should not, how
ever, preclude the calling of a physi
cian in any case where the patient does
not immediately rally. Asa safeguard
against sun-stroke it is well to have
something more than the usual cover
ing over the head on venturing into the
rays of a hot sun—for instance, a hand
kerchief, or still better, grepn leaves in
the hat, those of the common plantain
being excellent and frequently used.
The Buffalo Courier has some perti
nent remarks on the prevention and
cure of this disease, which we copy
below :
“There is something to be remem
bered by those most liable to sun-stroke.
Sobriety is a great preventive. The
man who abstains from all spirituous
drinks during excessively hot weather
is vastly less liable to sun-stroke than
he who drinks habitually. Regular
hours for sleeep and meals and the
avoidance of irregularities and excesses,
are among the other preventives.—
Bathing, washing or sponging the skin
all over in the morning is a wholesome
precaution. Every one employed out
doors, that can possibly do :t, should
wear a light, easy-fitting, broad-brim-
med hat. Brick-layers, carpenters,
laborers mortar-makers hod-carriers
and all others working in the sun,
should have some kind of shed or shade
hand} 7 , where they can rest a few min
utes, at short intervals of half an hour
or so. People otherwise engaged on
the streets, or who have to go about on
business, should be careful to keep on
the shady side, to look well to their
head-gear, so as to insure that which is
light and porous, and those who have
leisure should carry sun umbrellas.
In every instance where a person is
found fainting in the street on a hot
day, the first thing is to remove the
person to as cool and shady a place as
can be found, and, if possible, to where
a draught of air is blowing at the time.
Bystanders and mere curious idleis
should be kept from crowding around
The next is to send in all directions for
a doctor or a skilled apothecary. But,
as it frequently happens that neither a
doctor nor an apothecary can be had
in time, those who take charge of the
sufferer should know 7 how to act, foi
they may save his life. For their in
formation the following treatment is
suggested :-—They should understand
that there are two morbid conditions
resulting from excessive heal. These
differ somewhat in their symptoms, and
require a somewhat different treatment.
The first of these occurs after undiu
exertion on the part of the pprson thu>
affected. The man is faint, perhaps
unable to move, though he can general
ly be roused ; he has a feeble pulse and
a cool, moist skin.
Here, there is simply a I033 of nerv
ous power, and relief is promptly af
forded by removing him to a cool, shad\
place, applying cold water or ice to
the head, and administering iced bran
dy and water, iced wine and water, or
other stimulant, In the other and
more fatal form of this affection a diff
erent set of symptoms show themselves.
Here the patient suddenly falls to the
ground, completely unconscious, his
skin is pungently hot and dry, his
bieathing hurried, convulsions are not
uncommon, and, if proper treatment b^
net promptly resorted to, death seen
takes place. In this case, also, tl e
patient should be promptly removed it
a shady and cool spot, perfectly pri
vate, so that the crowd may be kept
off without fail. His clothing should
be stripped off and his whole body
should be rubbed with ice from head
to foot, and pieces of ice should be kept
under the armpits. This should be
steadily persevered with until the pa
tient is restored, or until a doctor ar
rives, or until it is plain that the case
is beyond recovery.”
The Cost of a Trip to California
by Rail.—The probable cost of a trip
to California by rail has often been ask
ed during the past year. A late San
Francisco Bulletin furnishes the infor
mation on the subject, giving the fol
lowing figures: New York to Chicago,
960 miles, SIS 75; Chicago to Omaha,
496 miles, $17 53 ; Omaha to Salt
Lake, 1,070 miles, S40 13; Salt Lake
to San Francisco, 775 miles, $77 50.
From this, it is seen that the total dis
tance from ocean to ocean is 3,299 miles,
and the fare $153 91. As may be no
ticed, the charge on the last stage, the
Central Pacific, is more than that on
the remaining three-fourths of the jour
ney ; but the company has promised to
reduce its rates by next July. But
even at the above price, with a running
time of only six or eight days from New
York to San Fraticisco, the old steam
ship rates of S280 for a trip consuming
three weeks, could not long be main
tained. In the route by rail, there
would, of course, be an additional ex
pense of meals, but this would not be
a serious item.
The Nations Without FiRE.—Ac
cording to Pliny, fire was a long lime
unknown to some of the ancient Egyp
tians; aud when Exodus (the celebra
ted astronomer) showed it to them,
they were absolutely in rapture. The
Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks and sev
eral other nations, acknowledged that
their ancestors were once without Lhe
use of fire, and the Chinese confess the
same of their progenitors. Poropanion,
Mola, Plutarch and oib'er ancients
speak of nations who, at tbe time they
wrote, knew not the use of fire, or had
just learned it. Facts of the same
kind are also attested by several mod
ern nations. The inhabitants of ihc
| Marion Islands, which were discovered
in 1151, had no idea of fire. Never
was astonishment greater than theirs
wlien they saw it on the desert of Ma
' gellan, in one of their islands. At fiist
! they believed it was some kind of an
animal that fixed to and fed upon wood.
The inhabitants of the Phillippine and
Canary Islands were formerly equally
ignorant. Africa presents, even 111 our
own day, nations in this deplorable
state.
The Tree Policy.
John Forsyth, in the columns of the
Mobile Register, says :
“We of the South owe it to ourseives
and our children to pretermit no oppor
tunity that is presented by the loop
holes and lapses in the reconstruction
system to assert our rights and bettei
our political condition. Because we
! cannot by one sweeping victory rid
| ourselves of the hated incubus of car-
1 pet bag and negro rule, it does not fol-
' low that we should fold our arms in
sullen lethargy. If we cannot gain by
ells, it is none the less our duty to gain
by inches.”
We hasten to endorse sentiments so
sound, and to commend them to the
good people of Georgia. Badgered by
the Radical party of the North, robbed
and insulted by the carpet baggers
who have been elevated to power and
position by bayonets, and threatened
with betrayal by the timid and time
serving in our midst, we must give
a fight to Radicalism upon every field.
We must meet it at every point and
cross swords with it on every issue.
Our people must he kept up to a prop
er respect and support orf principle or
they will soon lose all that is worth
battiing for. There can be but two
parties in this country. The one that
seeks the overthrow of the Constitu
tion ; the other the champion and de
fender of it. Wherever and whenever
the last can beat the first it should be
done. Blows of this kind delivered
iu the South, will soon drive Radical
ism and its cohorts of carpet baggers,
and its battalion of camp followers in
the'shape of scalawags back to the
soil from whence the abomination
sprung. The lines should be rigidly
drawn and the fight stoutly made
whenever Radicalism puts itself for
ward, either in the shape of open foes
or enemies disguised as friends.
[Columbus Sun.
[From the Charleston Courier.]
Onr Washington Correspondence.
Washington, April 30.
It is doubtless true as reported, that
Secretary Fish has sought from emi
nent jurists of the country their opin
ions as to the liability of the British
Government for the depredations of the
Alabama. Senator Sumner did not
take his ground on the subject without
consultation with lawyers outside of
Congress. It is yet a question wheth
er the Administration will, in the in
structions to Mr. Motley, assume the
ground of Mr. Sumner and the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr.
Sumner assumes that the British Gov
ernment had no right to accord bellig
erency to the Confederates, and that
he consequence of that act- -the toler
ance of privateering—and the destruc-
uonofour commerce, are chargeable
to Great Britain, and must be proper
ly attoned for. v
Some lawyers and politicians take
higher and some lower ground, but all
unite in the conclusion that from the in
jury we suffered, we are entitled to re
dress. General Butler does not con
cur in the argument of Mr. Sumner,
but comes to the same conclusion.—
Dismissing technicalities, and old pre
cedents that are applicable to the case,
the American people and Government
will, it is declared, hold the British
Government responsible for the inju
ries we suffered through its manifest
hostility to the Federal Union and to
its maintainance to our civil war.
Some of our publicists go further,
and contend that the Alabama was not
a Confederate vessel at all, that she
was a British vessel, and was fitted
out under British auspices ; that this
was not even piracy, but an open and
flagrant act of war, which must be met
by such means as we may command,
and at such time as may be to us most
convenient.
The administration is required to
take some strong ground in this matter,
some ground high enough forthe Amer
ican eagle to perch upon, and not so
high as to render a sudden descent from
it absolutely ridiculous.
Mr. Motley under these circumstan
ces, awaits his instructions, which are
to be prepared for him as soon as the
Secretary of State shall return to his
post after his short visit to New York.
The speech of the Hon. Mr. Galt in
the Canadian Parliament, upon the in
terests of the new dominion in relation
to our demands upon Great Britain, is
commendable for its moderation and
yet very firm in its tone, Mr. Galt’s
declaration that the Canadians would
not permit their transfer to the United
States in accordance with Senator
Chandler’s demand, embodies the sen
timent of the Canadian people and their
authorities. If a just balance were
struck between the United States in
regard to mutual claims, it would be
found that this Government owes to
Canada, first, the supply of forty thou
sand men for our armies; second, the
supply of three thousand seamen aud
marines for our navy, and the supply
of provisions and clothing and warlike
munitions to a very large extent. In
fact every practical man knows that
Canada was, whatever was the sym
pathy their felt for .the Confederate
cause, was, during the war, a vast re
source for means to enable the United
States Government to carry on the war.
On the other hand, it has been alleged
that Canada took part against the
United States Government by harbor
ing rebels and facilitating a conterp-
pjated attack on Johnson’s Island. Mr.
Galt offers to prove that the Canadian
authorities are not responsible tor what
did or did uot happen in relation to j What the South icill Gain by Erecting j
those raids. ' Cotton Factories.—A correspondent of the :
It would seem, therelore, that we I Charleston News, writing from Orange
cannot claim a transfer of Canada on
»0K%rn |lcc0rfotr.
account of any injury that Canada did
to this Government during the war.
Mr. Galt, by lhe way,
the Mr. Galt whose name
mentioned in memoir
burg, S. C1 insists that the subject of
building cotton factories should be con
stantly agitated at the South, and that oar
people who have been loo long used to
is a son of j “accustomed grooves,” should swing loose
is so often ! from the all absorbing idea of planting,
ol Lord Byron, and while they trim the plow for a plenti-
ou8 crop, let them unite in forming com
panies lor the manufacture of the raw ma
terial, thereby inaugurating a career of
Southern independence, giving employ
ment to thousands of destitute and maim
ed in our land, and retaining at home that
stream of wealth that now flows, and for
half a century has flowed, northward, en-
aud it is a fact to be remarked upon,
that he was, in 1848, the leader of the
annexation party in Canada.
LEO.
Washington, May 2.
The Administration has felt some inter
est in knowing what would be the effect riehing that section to a degree unparal-
upon the British Government of the re- j lefed i Q the history of any people,
jection of the Alabama treaty, and the ex ! A few incontestable figures will go fur-
position of the objection to that or any I tber to prove the point than any amount
mode of agreement as given by Senator j °f argument based on mere assumption,
Sumner. The rebound has come, and not j aQ d the writer quotes from DeBow’s Re-
only from the British Cabinet, but from view for 18G7, on “Southern Mamifac-
the press and the public sentiment ot Great' tures : ’ “For instance, from one pound of
Britain. Mr. Gladstone is unwilling to en-1 cotton you may make four yards of what
tertain the belief that Sumner’s speech is j ‘ s known, in mercantile parlance, as four
anything more than buncombe, and he finds ! quarter brown muslin ; these four yards
it convenient to employ a little buncombe ! would be worth.eighty cents, and thus we
himself. : see that the process of manufacturing has
I can say that his information as to that! added sixty cents to the value of one
matter corresponds with my own ; for, as I j pound of cotton. * * Hence we
informed you, heretofore, it is the opinion ; ma y ta k® out two hundred and fifty thou-
of experienced publicists here that the re-; sa °d bales, woi.a 825,000,000, aud if we
MILL-EDOEVILLE:
Tuesday, May 11, 1869.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The last rail has been laid on the above
Road, and New York and San Francisco
are now in direct Railroad communication.
Length of Road, 3,299 miles from those
points
Never before has a road been built so
fast, and we may say, so badly, if the re
ports of Government officers are to bo be
lieved, We take it, that the Road is un-
jected treaty will, at some time, and un- j manufacture nothing but the most ordinas j aafe, and that great care and caution must
der more propitious circumstances, be rati-j w e ^may increase its value to j bfl aged t0 gecure a gafe tr j p through.—
850,000,000, That is as much as was re
alized from our former crop of one million
bales.*’
fied by the Senate, and approved by the
people.
An apology or confession from the Brit
ish Government, such as Mr. Sumner res
quires, will not be obtained. Even Mr. ^ ,,E *? L , LV r ~ F ^ ARMERS - J^e Rome
Bright conld not go so far as that. 1 Commercial of Sunday says : “We notice
But the injuries sustained by our com- j * u ® ur Macon exchanges, the arrival per
merce and navigation from the concession j raI *'oad iu that city, in one week, of 35,
of beligerency to the Confederates, will j °°° bushels of corn, and large quantities
be felt more and more every year. So : °* “ onr > bacon aud lara, amounting in the
General Butler says, that every statistical] should suppose ,
report will renew the remembrance of Bri^l $60,000. This is but one weeks ship- ; c D8en 0 argue
ish hostility. It will be well, I tbiuk, to 1 “ ent L to oae city, and shows the folly of: tegrity ; and will, nine times out of ten,
We will soon know the price for a trip
from Omaha to San Francisco, which will
not be over 8100.
Interest :—The mighty mainspring of
human actions ; the driving power of ex
ertion ; the untirmg prompter to energy
and industry. When one becomes entire-
to about ^ a 8 ^ ave to 8e lf-interest, he has got bis
with his honor and in-
bring this matter to statistical tests. For
it can be shown that the ruin of our com
merce and navigation is caused by our er
roneous legislation.
The President, Secretary Fish, and
Minister Motley bad a conference yester
day upon the subject of the instructions to
be given our Minister. They had cable
dispatches before them. They kuew e-
uough to make them cautions, if not cour
teous, in their diplomacy with England.
I do not believe they will send Motley
with Sumner’s speech as his instructions
Southern farmers in planting all cotton and
ignoring wheat and corn. At the same
rate, the entire cotton crop of Middle and
Southwestern Georgia will be consumed
in the purchase of breadstuffs.
It would seem reasonable, that the farm
ers would learn economy by experience,
and if the past three years has not taught
them the necessity of raising their own
bread and meat, nothing but a famine will.
We would suppose, from the quantities
of grain going down the State road, that
betore the next crop can be gathered, the
planters in lower Georgia will
sacrifice the latter to the former. Nations,
like individuals, are governed by interest,
and when they make interest superior to
honor, they are ready to do wrong for pe
cuniary gain. History is full of such
truths. In politics, the desire for office,
gain or position, induces men mauy times
to be false to honor, to truth, to right, to
justice, to every ennobling impulse, save
self, and Belt aggrandisement.
We of the South are to-day, cursed by
men to the manor born who have made
Though the Radicals here boasted that I P**"**™ ' ,n »ower Georgia win Lave ex-
they would do it. They would not risk, ! P ended f , r . om a *J alf 10 a “ ,llioQ of dollar8 , T , t • n a run .1 - , - t
by such a course, the mortification of a-re- ! t . or 8U PP lles to keep up their farms, and if; Interest their God, Office their faith, and
fusal, on the part of the British Ministry to
receive Mr. Motley. But the Gladstone
Ministry could uot do a more popular thing
than thus to signify their resentment of a
national indignity. LEO.
Washington May 3.
there is money in raising cotton and pay- j Gain the only heaven they covet.
ing it out to Western farmers for produce, ! » -
we have never been able to see it. j The last plank in the Womans’ Rights
How does it work ? 1 he South grows ; platform is for married women to retain
cotton to enrich New England ; she buys ■ their maiden names .—Exchange.
corn, meat, flour and mules from the West . .. .
to enrich that section. From whence. “
then, comes the moDey to enrich the South ?j_ .. ■„ orIn
a plank in the
we kuow it is
. , . . P ■ tl » 1 n T iaplankin the Common Sense platform.
The future dominion of this Continent : Is t not plain, that unless one or the other It H ig tbe CU8tom in the 8y8te m of human
will be the great aud absorbing subject for ] of these drains upon our pockets can be
the consideration of Congress and the 1 stopped, that we are obliged to grow poor-
country at the next session. It is the mat- er everyyear.
ter of our “manifest destiny” that will rale ; ■ •
our political action, whether wo will it or j Use of Lemons—When persons are fe
not. Thus we see that the independence ; verish aud thirsty beyond what is natural,
of Cuba is piessed upon the Government, \ indicated in some cases by a metallic taste
system
slavery for the servant, name and all, to
become absorbed in tbe master. And when
woman is free, (which she is destined soon
to be,) from the chains which men have
forged for her by the “man marriage” sys
tem, she will retain mot only her name,
. - „ £ ,. , |. , , . .. - , . , . 1 but her individuality—her womanhood,
not only as a ma ter of present feeling,but, in the mouth, especially after drinking wa- ; L gince haye ^ proc i aimed again8t
of necessity. Cuba will become indepen- ter, or by a whitish appearance of the tbe foolish CIMtom which compe l 8 a woman
dent when the United States shall pro- greater part of the surface of the tongue, tQ re00unce her own naaie , and substitute
nounce it. Recognition by this Govern- ! one of the best “coolers is to t*ke a lem- j that of a man ’ 8 . For instance> Mr8 . j ohn
ment will be tantamount to absolute and ! on, cut off the top, sprinkle over it some : Smithf Mrs Jameg Jones , Mr , John 0>
actual independence. loat sugar, working it down into the lemon : dg , Wh not Mr Sarah Qr Mr
Tbe pressure upon General Grant for with a spoou, and then sucking it slowly, i Elizabeth ?
some actiou favorable to Cuban insurgents squeezing tbe lemon and addiDg more su- :
is so great that be may not be able to re- gar, as tbe acidity increases from being The above we clip from the Woman’s
sist, even if so disposed. As to Congress, brought up from a lower point. Invalids ! Advocate, published in Dayton, Ohio. We
both Houses will, at the next session, pro- with feverishness may take two or three ! 8ee nothing terrible in a woman bein<*
nouuce for Cuba and San Domingo. The lemons a day in this manner with the most j n j L T • . j, ,
0 1 - - - 1 .-ailed by her hnsband s name unless she
question is growing, and is absorbing oth- marked benefit, manifested by a sense ol
er matters of less public interest. Public cooluess, comfort and invigoration. A
morality seems to have beeu throwli out of lemon or two thus taken at "tea time” is
is ashamed of him, and as it is presumed
that a man is better known in a communi-
tbe question. It is lawful, it seems, to rob an entire substitute for the ordinary sup- ] ty, it gives an individuality to the wife,—
Spain of Cuba. It is the law of destiny, ] per of Summer, would give many a man a
and the special law of Radicalism. comfortable night’s sleep, and an appetite
General Grant is so thoroughly Ameri- | for breakfast to which they are strangers,
can, that ho cannot be expected long to
resist the current of American “destiny.”
At tbe same time comes upon us anoth
er Mexican crisis. The execution of the
recent treaty will give a claim upon Mex- j
who will have their cup of tea or supper of
“relish,” aud cake, and berries, and peach
es, aud cre.am.— Hall's Journal of Health.
Medical Properties of Celery.—A corres-
ico, which can be satisfied only by a ces- ] pondent of the Practical Farmer gives
sion of territory. General Rosecrans, our ; some very interesting information about
present Minister, is prepared and able to tl> e beneficial effect of celery upon the
negotiate a treaty that will secure to us j nervous system. He says :
the port ot Guay mas and the territory of, “I have known as many men
and
Lower California, for a pecuniary consid
eratioD. Mexico must have money, and it
can be obtained only by the alienation of
her territory. Here will be another great
question of continental policy.for our Con
gress and for President Grant to consider.
A third aud very serious matter is forced
upon us by tbe position taken by the
British Province of Nova Scotia, in regard
to their relations to the British Dominion.
Tbe people of ibat province reject con
federation, and at tbe same time, desire
annexation to the United States. It is
natural enough that this maritime prov
ince should be in advance of others in ac
tion on this subject.
Tbe theory of Canadian annexation is
that it will commence with a Confedera
tion of the Provinces, that it will be fol
lowed by tbeir independence, and ended
by their annexation to tbe United States.
Mr. R. T. Walker, who zealously pursues
this subject, states in an article published
to-day, that the Nova Scotia Legislature
now in session, will take action resulting
in a resolution for dissolving all political
relations with Great Britain, aud sending
a Commission to Washington with a view
of regulatiug terms for admission into the
Union.
Thus, it would seem, that the great
question of the future of this continent is
pressing upon us. How much wisdom
there is to meet such a question is a npat-
ter not considered. We depend not on
wisdom, but on destiny.
Apropos ot this matter of wisdom, a very
prominent Radical Senator declares that
this administration is the very weakest
that was ever formed in ibis Government.
Their merits must be great to counter
balance their lack of ability. LED.
Aoes of the Presidents.—The young
est man elected President of tbe United
States is General Grant, who will be 48
years old on the 22d of April next. Wash
ington was 57. John Adams 61, Thomas
Jefferson 57, Madison 58, Monroe 5S, John
Quincy Adams, 58, Audrew Jackson over
60, Martin Van Boren 57, William Henry
Harrison 67, James K. Polk 49. Zachary
Taylor 63, Frankjiu Pierce 48, James
Buchanan 65, and Abraham Lincoln near
ly 51, when they were elected.
A Hint to Kerosene Burners.—It is stat
ed, for the benefit of all persons who nse
kerosene lamps, that if the wicks are soak
ed ip strong yinegar for tweqty-foar hours,
and thoroqghly dried before being used,
all smoke will be avoided, the wicks will
last twice as loug, and increased brillian
cy will be obtained.
wo
men too, who, from various caases. had
become so much affected with nervousness
that when they stretched out their hands
they shook like aspen leaves on windy
days—aud by a daily moderate use of
the blanched foot stalks of celery leaves,
they became as strong and steady in limbs
as other people. I have know-n others so
very nervous that the least annoyance
put them iu a state of agitation, and they
were almost in constant perplexity and
fear, who were also effectually cured by a
daily moderate use of blanched celery as
a salad at meal times. I have known oth
ers cured by usiug celery for palpatation
of the heart. Everybody engaged in la
bor, weakening to tbe a nerves sbonld nse
celery daily in its season, and onions in
its stead when not in season.”
Indian Divorce.—“Indian Jim has been
sick,” says the Humboldt (Nevada) Regis
ter, “and imagined his wife was the cause
thereof. So Jim wished for a dissolution
of the marriage bonds, and applied to
‘Justice’ Jack to sever the ties that bonnd
him and his wife together. Jack respond*
ed, and accomplished the deed most effec-
tually and without much ceremony, by
taking the squaw out some little distance
and shooting her, and then burned the
body. The Indians say it is an old es
tablished custom among them, and are not
disposed to have the whites interfere.”
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The Wholesale Trade of Savannah.—
We are much pleased to learn that tbe
wholesale trade of this city is gradually
increasing, and that tbe retail merchants
in tbe city and country are rapidly com
ing to the sensible conclusion that they
can obtain their supplies of dry goods,
crockery, groceries and liqnors, in this
city, for less money than in the Northern
cities.
There are now in Savannah a number
of merchants who are largely engaged in
direct trade with the commercial cities of
Europe, end when the fact is taken into
consideration that tbe cost of transporta
tion of a box of dry goods or a crate of
crockery ware from Liverpool or Havre to
this city is less thau from New York, it
will readily be perceived that wholesale
merchants here cau afford to sell their
goods for less money than the merchants
of New York or Philadelphia. Why then
incur a large expenditure in time and
money in traveling to the Northern cities
to purchase goods at a higher price than
that charged by oqr merchants in Savan
nah for the same articles 1—Sav. Hep.
Whisky
from bon(|.
is being rapidly withdrawn
in fact, her protection; aud should she be
liable to insalt, she has but to say, I am
Mrs. James Jones, and if Mr. James Jones
is known to be a man of character or cour
age, his wife finds protection and security
under the segis ot his name, and, further
more, the respect that her husband com
mands.
Take for illustration, Mrs. U. S. Grant.
Suppose she was travelling, and known as
Miss Dent or Mrs. Mary Grant, there are
hundreds of Mrs. Grant’s in the country,
and she would be treated with common
courtesy wherever she went or stopped.
But sbouid she register her name as Mrs.
U. S. Grant, she would receive marked at
tention and politeness. So with all mar
ried ladies whose husbands are known and
respected.
It is a very pretty idea, and a sensible
one, too, for a married lady to retain as a
middle name, her maiden surname. Known
as Mary Smith, she marries Mr. Jones,,
and in writing to her friends, or in famil
iar converse, she signs her name as M.
S. Jones, or when spoken to or of, is call
ed by her maiden name among her friends.
But for a married lady to retain her
maiden name is nonsense. How would
society know if she was married or single.
We are introduced to Eliza Y. Burn#, as
sociate editor of the Advocate, how are
we to know if she is Miss or Mrs. Burns,
or in her zeal for woman’s rights and an
individuality she may he Mrs. Boyer, wife
of managing editor, and should we happen
to be a marrying man, and begin a little
gentle talk, might be brought to a snddeu
stand still by being told that one husband
was a plenty as she had one.
If our Creator intended that woman
sbouid be independent of man in all the
relations of life, be would not have taken
her from him in the shape of a rib, bnt
made her as he did Adam, oat of (be
rough material of earth, she thereby in
heriting in full force, man’s fierce pas
sions, desires, strength of frame and
mind, his warlike nature, aud indif
ference to suffering humanity.
O, ye Gods! deliver us from the woman
who wants to be master and mistress at
tbe same time ; to leave the baby at home
to go out to discuss “sanitary and sumptu
ary laws, fioauce and free trade, religion
and railroads, education and election.” It
may be Yankee progression, bnt God grant
U may never get South of Mason Sc Dix
on’s line.
The President has appointed Daniel H.
Snyder, Assessor for the 4th district of
Georgia.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
We take from tbe Atlanta Conbti'ntion
the following points as decided by Judge
Parrott at Whitfield Court:
Land in the hands of a purchaser had
beeu levied on under execution against a
previous vender. Tbe purchaser claimed
a homestead and the Judge allowed it.
So, that UDder this decision, it is immatg-
rial against whom the debts may be, a
man who has property can claim a home
stead in it. against bis own debts and the
debts of every body else, whether subject
to those debts or not.
Tbe case will probably be taken up.
He decided one other noticeable point.
A purchaser of real estate claimed that it
was not subject to tbe judgments against a
vender, because such a vender had sold
the land more than fonr years ago ; that
tbe statute of limitations was not suspend
ed as to judgments.
The Judge ruled that the statute ran as
to judgments, and therefore the land was
subject, notwithstanding tbe four years
bad elapsed that barred the lien.
RAILROADS.
From the energy manifested by a num
ber of corporations in the building of Rail
roads, we are at a loss to kuow where the
money is to come from, and also the labor
ers. From the scarcity of labor so much
talked about, and we may say money, we
do not see ho w the Roads are to be built.
There are no less than eight lines con
templated, and three or four of them are
being worked, one or two, energetically.
The rest are doing well in wind work.
It strikes us. that as the Pacific Road is
through, that; we should have an immigra
tion of Chinese among us, and that they
be put to w T ork on onr Roads, aud keep tbe
negroes as far as possible in the corn aud
cotton fields. Te build up the State, rail
roads are great lever powers, hat at the
same time, it is all important that our
lands sbouid be well worked, and the more
laborers in the field, the more sure are we
of wealth. At this time, there is no great
need of more than two or three more Roads,
or the lengthening oat of one or two im
portant lines. The Road from Albany to
Thomasville sbouid be built by all means;
also the Augusta and Macon Road from
Milledgeville to Macon , the Macon and
Brunswick, and the Air Line roads are
important roads for the development of
the State’s resources.
If certain counties want railroads, let
them build them if they can ; bnt we donbt
if several of tbe Roads contemplated,
would begin to pay at this time. We
should like to see, however, about 100,000
more laborers brought into the State, for
there is plenty of work for them to do.
f#" The following we clip from the
Chronicle and Sentinel. We are glad to
hear that the City Council of Augusta is
about to take tbe matter in hand. As to
the juggling between Messrs. King and
Wadley, we believe, we never did think
that Mr. King’s heart was in the enter
prise, and we knew that Mr. Wadley was
inimical to the road. But we hope the
day is past when a few men for selfish pur
poses can stand in the way of progress.—
Competition is the order of the day, then
down with monopolies.
The present President does not com.
maud the confidence of those interested in
the road, and the sooner he is oat, the
better:
Macon & Angnsta Railroad.
We regret ta learn that the report which
we published some few weeks since in re
lation to the negotiations for an early
completion of this road has not been real
ized. Our information at tbe time was of
such a character that we felt satisfied of
its truthfulness predicated upon an inspec
tion of a telegram to interested parties.
The parties who it was said had stepped
forward in aid of the road were themselves
so directly interested in its completion aud.
withal so able to raise the funds necessary
to accomplish that result that we felt qaite
confident the road would be pushed to
completion at an early day.
Oar information was to this effect—tbe
bonds of the Macon & Angnsta road were
to be endorsed by tbe Georgia and the
South Carolina Railroad Companies and
negotiated in New Y ork for a sum sufficient
to complete the road from Milledgeville,
its present western terminus, to Macon.
If these two latter Companies would en
dorse the bonds now, we are informed the
money can be raised on them in a few
days to finish the road. We are unable to
perceive any good reason why such an
endorsement sbouid not be made. The
road is already completed to Milledgeville.
a distance of about fifty miles, and in ex
cellent condition. A large portion of the
grading has been done between Milledge
ville and Macon.—the entire distance be
tween those points being only about 30
miles, twelve of which are graded. When
completed, it is the opinion of the best
railroad men in the South that it will pay
handsome dividends. At any rate, tbe
road would bring at any time, if exposed
for sale, a snm much larger than the
amount now required to finish it. Tbe
risk, therefore, which would be taken by
an endorsement of its bonds would be
slight, while the benefits to be derived from
such endorsement would be immediate and
important.
There is a painful rumor on the streets
to the effect that Mr. Wadley is negotiat
ing with Judge King to prevent the com
pletion of the road. It is said that Mr.
Wadley will aid the Georgia Road in con
structing tbe Jine from Athens to Rabun
Gap, provided the latter road will not aid
or assist tbe farther prosecution of the
Macon & Augusta Road, and the Central
Road refrain from building the road from
Eatonton to Madison. How mnch, if
there is any truth in this rumor, we are
not prepared to say. We know that it is
freely talked about, and that very gener
ally when there is so much smoke there
mn6t be some fire also.
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As we have said, we do not believe that
the preseut organization is a legal one.
and we are quite sure that it is an ineflL
cient and incompetent one. We migb f -
say more but it is not necessary.
In the meantime we itfvite tbe attention
of the stockholders to the subject of *
change in the President and directors 0*
the road. This change can be effected,
and if done soon, will go far toward r®*
storing confidence in the enterprise,
we believe, will sec are its very early com
pletion.
$ioe« the above was put in type.