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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1870.
No. 3.
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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ApP llc ®‘ Debtors and Creditors
Land, per square of ten Lines
jonal, per sq., ten days
;ach levy of ten tines, or less..
sales of ten lines or Less
Le of per
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- ^..foreclosure ot mortgage and oth-
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. tes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies,
r . fee..exceeding six Lines,to be charged
^transient advertisin “
k ’ irdUS i-, of Laud, by Administrators, Execu
^ guardians, are required by law, to be held
,jr3 . l "Y s t Tuesday in the mouth, between tht
3 ‘ - r tell ; u the forenoon and three iu the af
boars o e Coart-house in the county in which
' ra, r U “pertV is situated.
B Vf -e of these sales mustbegiven in a public
* N tte 40 days previous to the day of sale
! Vnticefor the sale of personal property must be
•enin like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
\. debtors and creditors of. an estate
■Mtabe be published 40 days.
: ',T .• . e that application will be made to the
. ^Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be
"aolished for two months.
,• ns f or letters of Administration, Guar-
&c . m ust be published dOdays—for dis-
1,1 .‘q’ V dministratiou, monthly six. months ;
“‘hsmishoulrom guardianship, 40 days.
°p„1, S for foreclosure of Mortgages must be
• i i . ,„thlii for four months—for establish
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Hlingt.tlesfrom Executors or Adimms
’Vorg where bond has been given by the de-
«i’the fall space of three months. Charge,
quare ot t
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an lines for eachinsertion.
Pnb'h-ations will always be continued accord
these, the legal requirements, unless otb
.vise ordered
.2.10 P M
change of schedule,
LVERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Atlantic t Gulf, r. r. company, >
Savannah, January 7, 1870. j
) » a\'D AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th instant,
Passenger Trains ou this. Road will run as
Hows:
NIGHT EPXPRESS TRAIN.
save Savannah every day at .4.30 P M
rrive at Jesnp junction. M & B
It K at 7.30 P M
•rive at Live Oak every day ..2.20 A M
rrive at Jacksonville every day 7.02 A M
rrive at Tallahassee every day 7.07 A M
rrive at Quincy every day 9.15 A M
rrive at Bainbridge Mondays ex
cepted 6.15 A M
save Baiubridge, Sundays excepted.9.30 P M
■ave Quincy every day 0-25 P M
eave Tallahassee every day 8.25 P M
save Jacksonville everyday 8.30 P M
;sve Live Oak every day 1.28 A M
■aveJesup every day 7.50 A M
rive at Savannah everyday 10.50 A M
AC0N A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
save Savannah, Sundays except
ed, at
rive at Jesups Sundays except
ed at ft.00 P M
rive at Brunswick daily at 8.20 P M
iave Macon daily at 8.30 A M
aveJesup daily at 6.00 P M
rive at Savannah daily at 9.30 P M
On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at
13 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon <51
unswick, and connecting with trains from Ma
il and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at
ID P M.
DAY TRAIN.
ave Savannah, Sundays except
ed at 7.15 A M
rive at Jesups, Sundays except
ed at 10.45 A M
rive at Live Oak, Sundays ex
cepted at 7.00 P M
rive at Macon duly at 7 50 P M
ave Live Oak, Sundays except
ed at 6.00 A M
ave Jesups, Sundays except-
ed at.. 2.16 P M
rive at Savaunah .Sundays ex
cepted at 5.35 P M
3P Passengers for Macon take 7,15 A M train
'in Savannah, leaving daily.
Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train
'Ut Savannah.
Passengers leaving Macon at 8.30 A M connect
desup with express train for Florida and West-
n Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv-
X at 9.30 PM.
assengers from Brunswick connect at Jesup'wifh
■in for Savannah, arriving at 5.35 F M except
Sundays, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup
th Express Train for Savannah, arriving at
f A M.
Eonncet at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav-
r at 9.00 P M.
>UTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA R. R. TRAIM.
itve Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at 8.00 A M
rive at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat-
irdays at 1 9.55 A M
»ve Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
«ysat 3 45 P X
rive at Thomasville, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
^tordays at 6.00 P M
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent,
'annuary ] 5, 1870 3 tf
JOHN HARIG.
SAVANNAH, GA.,
I . . :
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Candies
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY,
Chocolades, Fruitsy^ Nuts, Syrups and
Cordtals.—Foreign and Domestic
-Toys and Fancy Goods.— Tin
and Mechanical Toys, Chi
na and Wax Dolls
and Dull Heads.
China Vases and Ornaments,
RUBBER GOODS,
Accordeons and other Musical Instru
aients. Cutlery, Pocket-Books,
Work-Boxes, Dressing Cases,
Fancy Baskets, Willow-
Ware, Fire-Works,
&c., &c., &c.
A line TufiVs Arctic Soda Fountain
with finest Fruit Syrtrps.
tt? 3 Orders from the Country promptly
attended to and solicited. Our motto is,
FAIR DEALING and GOOD GOODS.
Corner of Broughton &, Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
April 20, 1869 16 tf
liile Macon & Brunswick R. R-
Jasuarv, 7th, 1670
HILAR THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS
ill commence running on this Road on
Leave Macon at
8.30
A
M.
■4-rrive at Brunswick at
....8.20
F
M.
Arrive at Savannah at ..
9.U0
P
M.
RETURNING;
Leave Brunswick at
....8.00
A
M.
Leave Savannah at
7.15
A
M.
Arrive at Macon at
7.50
P
Mi
is make direct connections at Jesap,
sys. with trains for Bainbridge, Tho mas
king of the Atlantic and Gulf Road,
nd all points on that Road, as well as with
,r Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and all sta-
i the Florida Roads.
to Savannah and Brunswick--
to Jacksonville
to Tallahassee
to Bainbridge -
to New York, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers ...'"
r recent arrangements made with the At-
o Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan
[New York have increased dispatch.
Southern Express Company will operate on
Ho Brunswick, points in Southern Geor-
iu Florida, commencing on Monday, the
ftant.
ROBERT SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
18,1670 3 tf
..$ 8 00
.. ?2 00
.. 17 00
.. 1^ 00
-- 27 00
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LHe, January 4,1 $70 I 3t December 28, »■ *'•»
To the Legislature, the Press, and the
People of Georgia :
There is now but one issue of im
portance in our Stale. The Governor
and hi S Cv5- workers in iniquity, vs. the
people of Georgia. Let us tor the time
Deing, at least forget all minor differ
ences, and co-operate for our mutual
protection.
The Act of Congress “To promote
the reconstruction of the State of Geor
gia,” bad as it is, was stripped of its
worst features—the “Iron Clad” oath
lor the Legislature—a test oath for ali
Slate Officers, a provisional govern
ment for the Stale, and the “militia”
and “armed forces of the United StaLe,”
placed at the disposal of the Governor
—in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The scope and meaning of the act as
finally adopted is, that the government
of the United States takes violent pos
session of “the Stale of Georgia,” and
makes use of the Governor of the State
of Georgia” as their willing instru
ment :
1st. By “proclamation to summon
all persons elected to the General xAs-
sembly of said State, as appears by the
proclamation” of General Meade, to
appear on same day certain at Atlan
ta :
2d. To apply for United States forc
es to be employed by the President, if nec
essary, to enforce and execute the pro
visions of the first six sections of the
Act. These are the sole duties en
trusted to the Governor by the Act.
The “said General Assembly” is
charged with the remaining provisions
of the Act—the application of a test
oath to the members under pretence of
enforcing the 14th Amendment of the
Constitution—reorganization of the two
Hou ses, and prohibition . of exclusion
of colored members—these are to be
“enforced.” The remaining provision
—the ratification of the 15th Amend
ment—is a condition precedent to rep
resentation in Congress.
The Act does not make the Govern
ment provisional. It gives to the Gov
ernor no new powers but the two I have
named. It does not effect the election
of Senators, or other past action, or
laws, of the Legislature, except to an
nul the action relative lo the expulsion
of colored members. It does not add
to or take from the Governor or Legis
lature, any power which they hold un
der the State Constitution after this
Act shall have been executed, but both
are remitted to their usual duties un
der the Stale Constitution.
The Act is not satisfactory to Gov
ernor Bullock or his extreme partizans.
The warning of the coming attempt at
usurpation is given by Governor Bul
lock in the public degradation of his
office and the assumption of the title of
Provisional Governor. They hope for
some pretext of violence or disorder to
supplement the Act of Congress with
marshal law and the test oath for all
State officers.
But failing in this, they expect to se
cure unlimited power and exemption
Jrom responsibility to the people, by
an unscrupulous majority of the Legis
lature. Exclusions, bribery and threats
will each have their allotted work.—
The democrats are to be reduced to a
small majority. The white republi
cans are relied on as willing instru
ments of corruption and tyranny, and
if any shall revolt at the proposed sac
rifice ot the honor and the rights of her
people, they are to be whipped in or
pilloried by the loyal Governor as un
repentant rebels and traitors to the par-
tv. The eolored members are expect
ed to leave behind them ther common
sense and all personal responsibility
for their position, and be the unques
tioning tools to do the dishonest and
dirty work of the faction.
With such a programme—confident
of success—the slanderers of our peo
ple, the plunderers of our State, the
traitors to constitutional liberty, gloat
over the misfortunes of those whom
they deem to be already in their pow-
er, and pollute the air with their rev
els iu the anticipation of the consum
mation ot their devilish designs.
But as a just God lives and reigns
over all, this scheme of. iniquity will
not succeed. The Georgians, the men
who will form the remnant of the Leg
islature-—democrats and republicans—
white and black—will remember that
the fate of Georgia is temporarily in
their keeping ; that the eyes of the
people are upon them j and tba! the
faithful discharge of their duties, be
sides the reward of a good conscience,
will bring upon them the approval and
blessing of a generous and grateful peo
ple. And they wi 11 remember too,
that the betrayal of their trust, by unit
ing with the enemies of the people for
the destruction of their rights and lib
erties, will make tbern infamous in the
sight of all good men, and will bring
upon them the just retribution which,
sooner or later, follows tyranny, op
pression and crime.
My opinion of the duties of the
Legislature, looking to the best in
terests of' Georgia, is, that every
member elect who can honestly take
the oath prescribed, should do so, aid
in the reorganization of the Legislature,
and otherwise comply literally with
the act of Congress, including the adop
tion of the loth Amendment.
Then, 1st, lo remove ad doubts on
the subject, ratify and confirm the past
action of the Legislature.
o,i t Require the Governor L» order
elections to fill ali vacancies in the
Legislature.
3d. Appoint commissioners to take
charge of the State Road, and remove
all funds from the control of the Gover
nor.
4th. Adjourn for one month, or until
after the further action of Congress on
the Georgia question.
This would be a compliance with
the requirements of Congress, and
wxmld lest their sincerity. It would
give confidence in the validity of our
laws, provide full representation in our
Legislature, and secure the State a-
gainst further plunder.
The good people of our Stale, whilst
they will maintain peace and order with
the firm and quiet dignity which has
characterized them, will not be idle
spectators of the coming crisis. They
will see their representatives in the
Legislature, and impress upon them
the resposibiiity and importance of
their present position. They will send
their wise and good men to Atlanta to
to hold up the hands of their faithful
representatives and cheer them -on in
the good work of State redemption.
As my opinion on the subject of the
15th Amendment have been referred to,
and perhaps misunderstood, I give
them briefly and frankly. If that a-
mendment of the Constitution were
proposed to Georgia as a free and equal
Stale in the Union, 1 would oppose it
as a surrender of an important element
of State sovereignty and State protec
tion.
But a majority of the Slates have
fixed upon the Southern Slates the
brand ot inferiority. They have been
depiived of the control of the elective
franchise, whilst the Northern and
Western States retain. We are now
parties to an unequal union—they are
the superior, we the inferior members ;
and so long as this inequality exists,
whatever evils may be developed in
the experiment of universal sullerage
are incurable, because we cat not com
mand either the sympathy or aid ot the
“Free States.” The equivalent of the
15th Amendment is fixed upon us—
nay, more : the 15th Amendment
leaves to the State the. right to pre
scribe qualifications for office. Shall
the Union with our consent remain an
unequal Union ? If we cannot rise to
the political equality of our co-Slates,
shall we not bring them to our level,
so that all the States shall share the
common burdens and blessings of the
Government, and have a common in
terest in correcting whatever evils may
exist? If their are blessings in uni
versal sufferage, shall tiie Southern
States monopolize them ? If there are
evils, shall we not adopt the only means
in our power to correct them ? Shall
we hereafter constitutue the only land
of promise—the political heaven, to
which the disfranchised and discarded
populations of twenty-six States shall
eventually flee ?
Situated as we are,the 15th Amend
ment cannot hurt us, but would better
our condition by restoring the political
equality of the States in the Union.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
NELSON TIFT.
Americuu Railroads.
The growth of the railroad system in
this country is shown by the lolluwing
table :
Action of Democraric Executive Committee
We find the following proceedings
of the Central Democratic Committee
ill the Atlanta Intelligencer:
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5th ’70.
The Executive Committee ot the
Democratic party of Georgia met to
day in pursuance of the call of the
Chairman, and adoptedjthe following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, a diversity of opinion has
prevailed as lo the course the Demo
cratic members ot the Legislature
should pursue in the present emergen
cy, whether they should appear and
take their seats or not.
This Committee disclaiming all au
thority or disposition to dictate to any
member of the General Assembly
what line of conduct he should pursue,
respectfully advise:
First, That every Democratic and
Conservative member of the Legisla
ture appear at the Capitol on the clay
appointed for the meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly, and that all who can
qualify as members do so, and take
their seats.
Second, That no obstacle or impedi
ment be thrown in the way ol a reor
ganizing of the General Assembly, as
required by the recent act of Congress,
entitled an act to promote the recon
struction of the Stale of Georgia.
Third, That avoiding all bitterness,
strife and personal denunciation, the
Democratic members who can quality
as aforesaid, remain at their posts, and
on all questions and measures which
may come before them, so act and so
cast thoir votes as in their judgment, to
preserve the rights and interest of the
State, and best promote the prosperity
and happiness of the people.
Fourth, We i.ivite any and all pat
riotic and conservative members of the
opposite party, to unite with us in sav
ing the State from further political
trouble and uncertainty.
E. G. CABANISS, Chairman.
E. F. HOGE, Secretary.
It is announced irom Washington,
that the December report of the De
partment of Agriculture will place the
past season’s cotton crop at a little more
than ten per cent above the yield of
1868, about 2,700,000 commercial
hales, or fully 3,000,000 bales of 400
pounds each.
Year.
Miles.
Increase.
Year.
Miles.
Increase.
1835
1,098
1853
15,360
2,452
1636
1,273
175
1854
16,720
1.360
1837
1,497
224
1855
18,374
1,654
1838
1.913
416
1856
22,017
3,643
1839
2.302
369
1857
24.508
2.49J
1840
2,818
3,535
516
1658
2tt.!»6S
2,460
1841
717
1859.
28,789
1,821
1842
4,026
491
1860
30,635
1,846
1843
4,185
159
1861
31.256
621
1844
4.377
192
1662
32,120
864
1845
4,633
256
1863
33.170
1,050
1846
4,930
297
1864
33.908
738
1847
5.599
669
1865
35.085
1,177
1848
5,996
397
1866
36,627
1,742
1849
7,365
1,369
1607
39.276
2,449
1850
9,021
1,656
1868
42,255
2,979
1851
1852
10,982
12,906
J ,961
1,926
1869
50.000
cst. 7,745
It thus appears that the number of
miles of railroad constructed in this
country during the vear which closes
to day is equal to all that existed up to
1849, and exceeds the total construc
tion of any two former years.
The 7,745 miles built in 1S69 must
have cost at least three hundred mil
lions of dollars, (which would not be
quite $40,000 per mile; and the cost
of our railroads and their equipment
averages more than that sum.) Is it a
wonder that we fall in debt to Europe?
Of course, we need railroads, and
must build them. We shall probably
have one hundred thousand miles m
operation before the close of this cen
tury. But we cannot build all we
need next year ; and there must be a
pull up, or another 1S37 will be down
upon us. Gentlemen who are. intent
on more railroads i be good enough.not
to start any till after 1S70, and let us
try lo fund our national debt!
[iVeu; York Tribune.
A Substitute: for Tobacco.—A
correspondent of a Calcutta paper
makes a curious suggestion to tobacco
smokers. Alluding to .the alleged dis
covery, by a Parisian chemist, that
watercress is a perfect antidote to nic
otine. he sa}’8 : It lately entered into
my head to try how some of it dried
would smoke. To my great satisfac
tion, I found that, when put into uy
pipe, after a couple of days’ drying in
the sun, it had all the flavor of .the best
Cavendish without the treacle—and it
was even stronger than Cavendish.—
Here then, is a perfect substitute for
tobacco, without the deleterious and
deadly poison so freely contained in
the latter ; and it is at the same lime
cheaper. Watercress, with its fine
’stalks and leaves, when dried, requires
no cutting to fit it for the pipe; and
while a pound of cut tobacco ranges
from 2rs. to 4rs., here we have an ar
ticle a rupee’s worth of which when
dried would weigh more than a couple
of pounds.—Bombay Gazette.
The Central Georgia Manufac
turing and Agricultural Company.
—At a meeting of the.gentleman who
own the Laboratory property near Ma
con, held in that city, it was agreed to
establish a stock company and on
Tuesday apply for a character under
the name of the “Central Georgia Man
ufacturing and'Agricultural Company.”
The uses of the building and grounds
are tor purposes ot holding a Fair in
the fall, and fixing up the grounds for
necessary improvements. An engi
neer is to be employed at once to locate
a race track, and h Committee appoin
ted to arrange for races in the spring.
The Telegraph says the gentlemen
who control this property are deter
mined lo spare neither labor nor ex
pense to improve and ornament it tor
the purpose intended.—-Tel. Sf Mess.
TOOTHACHE.
For the benefit of those who may
need a little consolation, we publish
the following from a correspondent of
an exchange:
“If any of your readers suffer from
toothache, or neuralgic affections, aris
ing from teeth in any state of decay,
they may experience relief, instanta
neous and permanent, by' saturating a
small bit of clean cotton or wool with a
strong solution of ammonia, and apply
ing .it immediately to the affected tooth.
The pleasing contrast instantaneously
produced, in some cases, a Pt of laugh
ter, although a moment before extreme
suffering and anguish prevailed. I
have used the remedy for over one
year, and have obtained sufficient proof
to warrant publication.
A W ise and Contented King.—It is
said that an interview of the following
nature took place betYveen the King ot
the Sandwich Islands, and a:i Ameri
can who was sent there to see about
purchasing them. When our embassa
dor broached the project to the King,
that dignity sat smoking and looking
as contented with the world as it he
had been one of Wadsworth’s beggars.
Having listened to the proposition, he
replied : “See here, I gel $40,000 a
year now for being King,and if I should
do what you want me to, I would not
be a King any longer, but only a pri-
vale citizen, and I would not get $40,-
000 per year, for your President gets
only $25,000. Mow, T don’t think ii
would pay lo sell out—do you ?” Our
ambassador looked at ihe mass of
grease and contentment; and simply
remarked : “Your Majesty, your bead
is level,” Whereupon the King smiled
and smoked on.
From the Ciucimiati Gazette.
A Knife Plunged to the Hilt Through a
man's Temple—It Takes the Full
Strength of Ficc Men to Extract it—
He Laughs and Jokes under the Opera
tion.
A row and remaikable case of stab
bing tooR place Christmas, at 7 o’clock
In the evening, on Broadway, near
Eigth street in front of Blech's second
hand store. Jerry Horgan was found
lying with a knife buried to the hilt in his
left temple. He was unable to speak,
and was thought to be dying. Restora
tives revived him, and he was taken to
the Cincinnati Hospital. Here he was
unusually facetious in his talk.
“Doctor,” he said, ‘ I guess I’m a
dead man.”
“You’re worth two dead men,” re
plied the doctor.
“Well,” said he, I ain’t fit to die.
I’m loo big a sinner.
While the surgeons were preparing
to extract the knife he kept opening
and shutting the part which stuck out
of his head. “I just want to see how
it feels. It don’t hurt a- hit, hut seems
like 1 had two heads. Well, an Irish
man is hard to kill. We’re a tough set.
Life sticks to us mighty close,”
When the surgeons got ready for
work and found it impossiole to ex
tract the blade by hand, thev laid the
man upon a couch upon the floor and
with the left side of his head upper
most. Three men with might and
main he'd his head down The engin
eer brought his pipe tongs in to grasp
the hilt of the knife. This gave a sort
of augur handle for the surgeon and
engineer to pull by. All things ready,
die surgeon and engineer took hold
each with both hand, and lugged stead
ily with all their power, against three
pair of hands holding the head down ;
the knife came out with a jerk, thanks
to a rivet of good true steel. Horgan
bore it without flinching, exclaiming
when the feat was accomplished: Now
my two heads have come together and
it feels good.
The weapon was a common two-
bladed poeket-knde, the blade used
well worn. It penetrated two and a
half inches. Tire optic nerve is not
injured. It is thought that Horgan is
in no danger—that on the contrary,
he will recover without difficulty.
How the affair took place, why and
who drove that knife through Horgan’s
skull, is a secret locked in his chest,
and ho refuses to surrender the keys.
This much he reveals; He was drink
ing and carousing all Christmas with a
party. In the evening the party were
in a iorensic mood. Wrath mingled
in the discussion. The logic ot cold
steel and mighty muscle cut short the
debate, closed it, and broke up the as
sembly.
A Jemsh Father Murders His Son for
Marrying a Christian.—An Irish jour
nal has the following correspondence
from Galicia:
Five Jews, named Moses Schnei
der, Mayor Brecher, Abraham Moses
Schneider, Joseph Landau and Moses
Teidmann, have just been tried for the
murder of Abraham Teidmann, son of
the latter, at Tarnapol, in Galicia. It
appears that the deceased had made
Mark Twain’s Idea of a good Letter.
The mosl useful and interesting let
ters we get here from home, are from
children seven or eight years old. This
is petrified truth. Happily they have
got nothing else to talk about but home,
and the neighbors, an I family—things
their belters think unworthy of trans
mission thousands of miles. They
tell all they know and then stop. They
seldom deal in abstractions or homilies.
Consequently their epistles are brief,
but, treating as they do of familiar
scenes and persons, always entertain
ing. Now, therefore, if you would
learn the art of letter-writing, let a
child teach you. I have preserved a let
ter from a little girl eight years of age,
preserved it as a curiosity, because il
was the only letter I got from the States
that had any information in it. It ran
thus:
Sr. Louis, 1869.
“Uncle Mark, if you was here 1 could
tell you about Moses in the bulrushes
again. I know il better. Mr. Sower-
by has got his leg broken off a horse.—
He was riding it on Sunday. Marga
ret, that’s the maid, Margaret has tak
en all the spittoons and slop buckets
and old jugs out of your room because,
she says she don’t think you are com
ing back any more, you’ve been gone
so long. Sissy McElroy’s mother has
got another little baby. She has them
ail the time. It has got little blue eyes
like Mr. Swimley that boards there,
and looks just like him. I have got a
new doll, but Johnny Anderson pulled
one of its legs out. Miss Doosenberry
was here to-day ; I give her your pic
ture, but she says she didn’t want it.—
My cat has got more kittens—oh ! you
can’t think—twice as tnanv as Lottie
Belden’s. And there’s one, such a
sweet little buffi one with a short tale,
and 1 named it for you.
“All of them’s got names now—
Gen. Grant, and Halleck, and Moses,
and Margaret, and Deuteronomy, and
Capt. Sitnme?, and Exodus, and Levit
icus, and Horace Greely—all named
but one, and I am saving it, because
the s one I named for yuu’s been sick
all the time since, and I reckon it’ll die.
[It appesrs to have been mighty rough
on the short tailed kitten, naming it for
me. I wonder how the reserved vic
tim will stand it.] Uncle Mark, I do
believe Hattie Caldwell likes you, and
I know she thinks you arc pretty, be
cause I heard her say nothing could
hurt your good looks—nothing at all.—
She said even if you were to have the
small-pox ever so bad, you would bo
just as good looking as before. And
my nia says she’s ever so smart.—
[Very.] So no more this time, be
cause General Grant and Moses is
fighting. Annie.”
This child treads on my toes in every
other sentence with perfect looseness ;
but the simplicity of her time of life
sheimesn’t know it.
I consider that a model letter—an
eminently readible and entertaining let
ter—and, as l said before, it contains
more matter of interest and real infor
mation than any letter I ever received
from the east. I had rather hear about
the cats at home, and their truly re
markable names, than listen to a lot of
stuff about people I am not acquainted i a [/offer of marriage to a Christian girl,
with, or read “The Effects ot the In-! ant [ ffiatshe had accepted him on his
toxicaling Bowl,” illustrated on the j pro mise to become a Christian also,
back with the picture of a ragged seal- j Having heard of this promise the ac
cused men assembled in the house of
The clergy cost the United States
$12,000,000 per annum ; the criminals
$40,000,000 ; the lawyers, $70,000,-
000 ; and rum, $200,000,000.
awag pelting away right and left in the
midst of his family circle with ajunk
bottle.
An Arab Sermon.—One morning
Eddyn Effendi ascended his pulpit to
preach, and, addressing his hearers
said : “O believers, know ye what 1
am going to talk about?” They re
plied that they did not. “Well, then,”
rejoined he, “since you do not know, do
you suppose I am going to take the
trouble to tell you?” Another morning
he again appeared in the pulpit and
said: “O believers, know ye not what
I am going to tell you ? They re
plied that they did. “If you know it
then,” said he, “I need not tell it to you
and he descended ftoin his pjilpit and
went his way.” His auditors, puz
zled what to do, at length agreed that,
if he again made his appearance, some
of them would say they did know,
others that they did not. Aud again
Eddyn Effendi mounted into the pul
pit and said: “O Mussulmans, know
ye what I am going to say to you'”
To which some replied, “We know”
others “We know, not.”—“Good!” re
turned he, “let those who know tell
those who do not.
No More of Navies.—-A London
correspondent of the N^ vV York Limes
says: “The English Goverment, as the
first naval power in the world, has- no
sooner begun the construction ot the
strongest war-steamers yet built, than
an Austrian naval officer, with the aid
of an English engineer has made a
swimming torpedo which rentiers
them of no irioro value than an old-
fashioned frigate. This torpedo is
shaped like a sword fish, is propelled
with great sw fitness under water by
compressed air, either in straight lines
or curves, and, charged with dyna
mite or nitro-glycerine, shatters every
vessel with which it cornes in contact.
There is a rumor of general disarma
ment. A few inventions of this sort
will make any effective armaments-
impossible. We need oi ly a good
flying machine, to destroy fortifications
on shore, and all war is ended,
Science conquers the world.”
Moses Teidmann, and warmly upbrai
ded young Teidmann for his apostacy.
The latter however, remained ob
stinate, and during the altercation the
father threw a sling rope around his
neck and pulled at it, assisted by the
other men, until his son was strangled.
Hannah Teidmann, the mother of
the deceased, who-was absent at the
time, showed much grief at the death
of her son, but was soon pacified by
the husband representing the murder
as a religious sacrifice, and passed the
rest of the evening with him in prayer
The case was dearly proved against
the defendants.
Moses Teidmann and Mayor Brecher
were sentenced to be hanged, and the
other three to ten years imprisonment
with hard labor.
Thurman.—In the Senate a man is
looming to whom that body has the
best reason to be proud. Senalor
Thurman’s mere physical presence is
imposing, and his bearing the manliest
that can be supposed. His intellect is
a lantern which, whenever he speak ,
fairly irradiates the chamber. As a
debater, lie is now confessed lo stand
in the foremost rank. He never speaks
without having something, nay much,
to say, and that something is always
driven straight to the point at issue.
He invariably commands the attention
of the Senate. Few have yet been
bold enough to enter into battle with
him, and such as have ventured a skir
mish with him have retired worsted.
His logic, sarcasm, and biller or play
ful irony, are like the best weapons of
their kind. Fearless, resolute, and
scornful, yet often gentle, never dis
courteous, and very rarely unjust, this
Senator has already made himself
feared and respected as an opponent,
and is spoken of with great cordiality
by those who have had the pleasure
of meeting him in private life. Mr.
Casserly, of California, honors the Sen
ate in a degree scarcely less marked.
— Washington Cor. N. Y. World.
Russia has bought 200,000 Ameri
can rifles and ordered 100,000.