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rtUIOliS F K E \ K OF X.lTliKK. wavs lieeit in'mode rate circumstances,
lie Found in a Hen'* | liv, ‘ ,i U P°" u P la '<>i coarse, vegetable
The Hart »J a 1 url
2£trtr.
diet; that lie has never drank any liq-
| uid but spring wa'er, and bids * 1 air to
We have just beard ol one. ” u * ,® | live many } r ears longer. He enjoys
j perfect health, possesses all of uian
j hoods attributes, and wants to marry
He has survived seven wives, am
most wonderiul freaks ol nature that it
has ever t>een our lot to record. It
seems that one day last summer a
little girl, living on Beaver street, ^as having lost his last one
down m*ar the Island creek playing j y eaig a g 0) | ie llow begins to fetl quite
with one of her males when she dis
Sentence, called an ‘'act”—or by the die
turn of a chairman of n standing committee,
or wuiso still by the intimation of a sub com
mitfee, ali forming the potent caductus, be
fore which every officer seems to prostrate of the parties
himself! The cabinet or heals ol the differ
The Silver Store.
•This boi k is |
,t from a
1 have therefore
-jmm
CITKEENT ISTJErWfc^
snowing lilt Age anti Body r,f t|, t j jnm
The aggregate receipts of Internal R eT ,
ent civil Deoartments, that were ol old the course, our ow
j j servants of the President, are now the crea which are common to all.
covered a ucry smaii turtle, ol the land
species. Thinking it woule be nice to
have the shell for a plaything, the j
child picked it up, carried it home and
gave it to her mother, who first cut of!
the turtle’s head and then proceeded
to dig it out of the shell, in pieces.
After awhile the heart was taken out
and excited no little curiosity from the
fact that it was beating still, although
some time had elapsed since theturtle s
life was supposed to be ended by
taking off his head. Wishing to
experiment a little and see just how
much life tin-re was in a turtle’s heart
outside his shell, the mother pierced it
it wit ha needle, and in this condition
it sho ed life lour and a half day?,
when it was thrown mil in the back
yard, and finally disposed ol by being
swallowed whole by an old gray hen,
which, with a few other fowls, were
kept as a soi t <>f pels for the children.
Not manv day alter the heart bad
been thrown awav, ami all recollection
onely.
about sixtv ■ ,Hre * Congress, and uot bis assistants or
Constitutional advisers ; in fact, the role
of each seems to point them out as only
dancing attendance to the leaders of the
Senate aod House of Representatives ! —
We are surpised at the submissiveness aud !
iug the main particulars substantially and we are almost constrained tobeliete that j Ages,
truly—our purpose being not to confuse or j such actually happened to him. and des-
•’ ’ 'not intending if we can per- j pitc his efforts to hold the scales at an ; n t nPeiew j bave inerci”*® Uer,
iust an l oronerly due to any j even poise, villainy and treachery, fraud j religious point view Haathen ; 8in , enue for tbe year ending Dec. 31st l Mt .
• “ c ;:L:rr;rr.
Christianity to criticism,
requested to bear in mind,
1. That the existence of
the fullness and consistency of the com- I , ho trntfa of Relation is not j with great force and truth, that"on°r
ruonest kind of proof, such as he ought, in j | triumph is not perfect so long as one mag
. , • 1 •CAT! m ftfi . 1 . a i diefednr* it an/1 and It
correct account.
n conclusions from premises j even this favorable view of his conduct.— j Christianity tocrrtmistm
The reader is
Senator Wilson’s letter thus referred to,
was the pri/num mobile of Georgia’s 4ec.ond
return to a Provisional government. Up
on which we remark with all due defer
! ence to President Grant aud General Sber-
that under the circumstances it
We think lie lent too willing au ear to
such exparte evidence that lacked of iteell j
I The New York Tribune, commenting 0n
! ( b e fact that the Fifteenth Ameudmeut i s
now ratified beyond question, makes a
1 loud cal! for universal amnesty. I t 8ay8<
patience of President Grant and General formft(1 tl)0 mogt pu<?rile aml weakest pre-
Sherman, 1 be former, we humbly be t#xt f or t b e magnitude of its consequences
lieve, ought t° think audjict as if he felt 1 of wh5ch we bave any kn0 wedge. We are
no Solomon, we confess — our general infor
niation is no more than any other man
may move under, as well as we do ; nor do
himself to be the Chief Executive Magis
irate of the whole country — created co-, j
equal with Congress, and above and be- ’■
our opinion, to have reqired before he gave
to his superior officer the solemn and mo- !
mentus opinion that a stronger power was j
needed than had beeu committed to his De- j
partmental duties, or could be manufactured : as
assumed.
3. That hypothesis has been av
and the argument based on demonstration- ,
oided : shall remain disfranchised aud ineapable
’ 0 f taking office because of our late eonvuT*
o _ ,; 0 n- We have fought secession ; the re«
Consequently, the Bible is quoted not pobl ' c bas conquered ; her triumph is per-
authoritative, but .» .. bi.torie.1 record , et No. let «• *•« !»«•■* f«.
r , , - . r i oneu to criticism. I have beeu pre
out of the Reconstruction acta to guide o r j 1 ...
eluded that cau best be secured by universal
from using the Bible in any other way, by ne8t y*
irouj & Kentucky University.—A catalogue of
; the exigencies of my argument.”
MILLBDG-EVILLE:
Tuesday , March 8, 1870.
yond its control ot direction, in all mattery w0 wish to impress any one with the beliet
which tbe Constitution has assigned to j (bat we, of ouselves know of a certainly that
his department ; aud General Sherman Senator Wilson wrote upon matters and
should know no other ruler than his chief lhingg Q f which he was individually and
President Grant has the privilege, and it is i perBOna n y> most pro fouuu!y ignorant, but
his duty to read the Constitution and to j we appeal to coimno n sense—to the many
interpret it. as his judgemeut suggests. If newgpapers , daily and weekly, that were
that judgement honestly conflicts with tbe ' pub ] i8be d all over Georgia at the time, if
judgement aud action of Congress, he cau wbatt be Senator wrote, was even the sent-
forbid, or veto, and in case he is still borne ba j ani(i 0 j, fU th ? We appeal to the citizens
dowu, we do not think ho is even theu j
aid him in his business! Here was the stone
upon tebirk Gen. Terry blundered, and it was
i a blunder we think he must hereafter admit |
and ever condemn. His powers, we be
lieve, were am
the assistance
lock to scent out and bring to bay all who j g tous >««**•-•—--- j - ° _ 0 f 1 tutors
'The idea of Immortality; I he name or. ^
God ; the origin of Polytheism ; of Myth j
the Keutucky Uuireisity for 1869, shows
Judging from the glance we have given ^ students—tbe largest exhibition, w«
i the book, it is to the enquiring mind deep- tbinkj ; n t he country. The Agricultural
d Mechanical College shows 283 matrix
acuity of instructioa and
rises forty professors and
0I ? B Ar'tfc lb a lv interesting. We give the heads of » j an d Mechanical C
,p . ; .„d 0»d k u ... h. had : y J h . j*,, s „ t Bell- I culatea* Tbe Fa
ol .be blood booode o Bel. , • B „ ligio „, Ioe.io.U; ; governmen. ram,,
AN’ APOLOGY.
We always regret the necessity for malting an
of it hud vanish' d, old gray “Biddy” j apology, as it implies, to say the least ol it, an ac-
look it into hei head to lay an egg.
And now mines the
part of the transaction.
Having occasion to use an egg the
next morning, to settle the coffee, tlie
mother took “Biddy’s” egg. opened ii
aud in tiie very center of it, instead ol
the yolk, she found tne very identical
heart which had been thrown away
previously, and in as perfect a condi
tion as ever.
.She could hardly believe her eyes
mul so she called her husband and
children all of whom were satisfied
that it was the same heart, as the nee- 1
die punctures were still plainly visi
ble.
know lodged wrong act upon the part oftlie apulo-
. II ; gist; yet, whilst we are aware how much our aub-
marvenous; .. .
l SL-riber* must have beeu tlirtuppioinea. we cannot
believeany generous or fair minded man will een*
sure us for the non appearance of the Recorder
on its regular publication day of last week, when
made acquainted with the circumstances which
rendered the issuing of tlie paper at the proper
time an impossibility. Our supply of paper
having been exhausted, we ordered anottier, and
very promptly received the invoice of a bill of
paper shipped to us from the Bath Paper Mills, S.
1 C., in ample time—the 22nd of February—to have
| reached us even before it was really needed ; but
i to our inexpressible annoyance, our paper was
I delayed somewhere between here and August* for
mure than a week—only reaching us last -Saturday
J evening late—a time which, of course, rendered it
i impossible to save the. edition which should have
of our State, if whafrhe wrote as only inti
mating the amount of crime unusual,
alarming, aud perilous to loyal citizens,
could have been justified by actual circum.
stances, more than have happened iu eve
ry State in theUniou for the last quarter
of a century 1 We would appeal to Gen-
arrogantly and dictatorially as has been ! erfll Terry himself, if the so called eases
the President. Hie exclusive province of reporte( j ( 0 b im after he received the order
the one, as well as the honored prerogative j ffom Sbe rmau were such unmistakable
altogether powerless, or at the end of his-
row. The Supreme Court in such case, is
the constitutional umpire. But most remark
able of all, is the fact, that this co-equal
and co-ordinate " estate” of the govern
ment is snubbed by Congress, quite as
ot the other, have been alike entrenched
upon by tbe Jack Cades of the legislative
branch. We moreover believe, that it is
President Grant’s business and duty, as it
certainly should he his pride and pleasure,
to maintain and sustain the Federal Judi
ciary in all its constitutional rights, as j
much and to every legal extent, as he feels j
it encumbent to have any constitutional act j
defied the laws or outraged the “ trooly j
loil.” If, however, uone could be found,
it is but reasonable to presume there were
none!—aud wc regard Governor Bullock’s
declaration to that extent, as the nukiod-
! est cut and most damaging negative that
General Terry’s “ Report ” can or will ev
er receive; but oar remarks have acquired
too much space for our columns this week t
we will endeavor to add other circumstan
ces iu a future number. In the mean time,
we trust all our readers will reflect upon
the train of circumstances which we have
presented, and add or correct any miscon
ception we may have made ; that the truth
and nothing but the truth may be undrr s
stood and respected ; it will ultimately tri-
Mr, Bingham, of Ohio, has introduced t
facts as would have determined him to ar-
rest the persons accused of these crimes hol y fires we #houM not al ‘
and murders, of his own mere motion, aud j 1°" become extinguished or smothered.
from a belief that conviction would or: CKEDITOK— DEBTOR.
should unquestionably follow ? and wheth ! following dialogue we happeued to over-
er be as the military head of affairs in bear, and as it is so true in fact, not only with
Georgia at the time, and for months pie- j Smith, but hundreds of others, w« hope our read-
n - f ! bill in Congress, by virtue of the second
ology ; Idolatry; Theocracies; Origin 01 j i0C (i 0U of the Fifteenth Amendment, gi»\
Monotheism; Pantheism; The idea i ; n g suffrage in every State to every mala
Evil; Sacrafico : Sacraments ; Human J c iti Z en above the age of twenty-one, with
out regard to race, color or previous condi-
tion of servitude. This will make the ne-
^ro a voter in every State in the Uniou,
ideals, &c.
“The Pursuits of Holiness. ’ A sequel j
... „ r i .rrU tt VUICI *u w» v»y »
to “Thoughts on Personal Religion. in j ^ batever m ay be the laws of any State on
tended to carry the reader somewhat fur- j subject.
ther onward in tbe Spiritual Life, by E. ; jf ort bern Methodists have not only
G. Goulbuin, D. D. We recommend it to | bu3 bed up B»e Book Concern swindle and
those who are striving for a better inherit- j refused to punish the thieves, bat, at last
ance beyond tbe grave, and as an aid to accounts, were making desperate effort.t«
ance oeyona rue g , 8Il8pe nd Rev. Dr. Lanahan, who brought
religious belief.
“What is Judaism ? or a few words to
tbe Jews by Rev. Raphael D C. Lewin.
The author says in his preface : “The
the villany to public notice.
The Augusta Chronicle says active op-
' erations have been commenced on the Au
gusta end of tbe Port Royal railroad. A
, , , . , . . ,. n • i ers niav profit by his experi.nce, and avoid his
viotis regarded the social status of Georgia | • 1
* v o i effQf.
! to bo of a turbulent, rebellious, lawless and j ^roUtor—Mr. Smith, can yon pay m. the little
fCongress executed. A\ e deny the as- j un g 0Vernab l e character, that with the Ju- atnount ofmy bi „ to-day 1
voice of Reason is tbe voice of God.— ! ( orce of three hundred hands went to work
With this earnest couvictiou deeply im- ! 0 n it last Monday.
pressed upon my heart, the following President Young owes the government
pages have been prepared, aud are now j 80 me 32,000.000 on Internal Reveuuetax.
respectfully presented to the public.” A j>he Pope Declaring Himself Infultible.-
very readable little book, especially to The Pope appears to be in advauce of the
those fond ul Ih.ologic.i diseussioo, i SSuiT t
views. Mr. Lewin is rather progressive in (otheTa b let bis Holiness bas,
his ideas, and steps somewhat out of the j Wlt bin the last few day6, approved aud en-
old beaten track of old Judaism.
'Hieip is now ou exliiDtlion m
beeu published last Tuesday uioruiug. Every ex- ; sumption that a mere partisan majority of ; jj c j ary Department, organized and officered J Debtor—No; I have-not a cent of money about; ».jj ook 0 f gaobs;” by W. M. Thacke ray,
' ertion that lay in our power was made to com-1 Congress can order the President to <1 ° bv Governor Bullock himself, to aid and ! ’
~ ♦ i i it . _ l .... ; ! * . .
Leipsic a S|)ejll\illg iiliichlUP, invented j pass the luatter to no purpose, aud we were coin
by | Jill tor, which is a masterpiece ol pelled to sit quietly down and wait upon the mo-
arl. It is ’ll imitation of all the pails ; tious of those who, if we imry be allowed to judge
ot lh< human organs ot speech, execu
ted in IndiH-nihljer aud wood- A key
board, like that of a piano, played by a ; d ,em
young ladv, puts the. parts in motion, '
while bv
what he believes to be an unconstitutional \ ass5gt llis military Pope, be could not bave
aet, if that act can, without detriment to I CQrrected tbe evils ,without placing the
(he public intere.-t, be inquired into atm ; g ta ( e under exclusive military surveillancel
Dedal and bellows lire re-
frout their actions, cared little indeed for the a n-
noyauces or iiu-.ouvcuienccs of any oue except.
That there is a wrong—f liat. some body
ias neglected their business—every one will »d- j and essentially, the custodiaus—the body
nit, but where that wrong lies we, at this writing' j guard of the Constitution—and whenever
Creditor—I see that you have sold yonr cotton, j
Debtor—Yes, but it took every dime to pay fo r ! same
the corn and meat that I bought to run my farm.
i also “Fbz Boodle’s Confessions,” by the
Price />0 cents each.
cbed with indulgences a prayer for the
Greek chismatics, wherein the following
words are worthy of note : “O Mary, Im
maculate Virgin, we beseech thee to ba
pleased to entreat the Divine Spirit in fa*
Mrs. Gerald’s Neice,” a novel, by ! vor 0 f our Krr i n g brethren, that enlighten
Creditor—Hat have you uot enough to pay my ! Ladv Georgian a Fullerton, author of “Too j e d by his quickening grace, they may re-
IS 1 X i * ~ a xL _ /~1.*1. n n J Ae t K O in.
decided by tiie Supreme Coiut. lia * And, lastly, we would appeal to Bullock, | little bill ? You said you would when you so ^ j Strange not to be True,” a “Stortny Life,” j * arn t° the ^Catholic Cfmrch^nndM tbe ^in
body is in truth and in fact, theoretically b imself, if ho had not already acknowldgs j your cotton
qubed air is sent through'.lie wind- \ wcsiuuere1 ^ h;,pa ,he like wil |,he President conceives it to ho violated
pipe, 'l’he kev-bord has only fourteen | "^
keys, representitig t he .-outul ol b, o, u, i nm( j e i;ttchange of matter except
i, e, j, r, w, f, s, b, g, d, sb ; the other 1
sounds of the alphabet are produced
ad the truth and correctness of our asser
, tions, (by bis report or message now in
print, and properly criticised end quoted j
ve of his trick
ery
, Debtor—Yes, I know that 1 promised to pay
j you, and am sorry that I cannot do it; for really j »»S- 1 rIC<? 00 c e“ t? -
I it took all my cpiton money to pay for what I told
Creditor—You certainly have made something
'•e that we have 1 Congress, no honest minded man, no j , )y tbe pveES as proo f positii
sept iu our local j patriotic heart, would object to its investi- : afJ( j uups -i nc i p led conduct.) that no | by your cotton crop, for if you have not’, you have
olumn for tins issue. This occurred from the j gatiou by that tribunal. There are nice i fiucb lawless couduct on the part of his j o 0ne deeper iu debt, and you are worse off than
, . | thetthat we had ou hand a few quires of paper, j an d deheate questions, we admit, hut none I ,> ....i pver occnrte A hut that the k° u were last year ' .
by the same amveuic.t, and the admis- and issued those few quires to our local suhscri.j tbe|f88i taI)t ticable and i mper . j“‘ . f - -I Debtor-l made it is trua, a Ultl. something by
sion of more or leas air. 1 he sounds ‘ hers, expecting to receive our paper by the next , ,, \whoh was only lue coi gs
ofm and l> are produced by Hosing tin: j wh »c'i would enable us to complete our j aUve : * n ‘ 1 li ls onl ^ « ec «w ar y t0 ect | jess and disreputable charac
lips it mid I bv pressing the tongue m « 5h - In f h«, however, we were disappointed, as ' upon the doings of Longress, its blunders 'Gbneiul Tebbv I«cp»
* > _ • m. Illlittru ef'jfi.,,1 * *|T|J «it till.- 4, IY1 .“1 ,1 A«,m 5 s Ivat* mm 1 m .. ,1 ■ ( n ,, n Ik I » I, ll .1 II II fl I •> 1* U ^ It 1*,J C f , I I O IF I
a few worth
characters !
'! •
again-t the roof of the mouth, &c. i
The French nasal sounds are produe- I
ed by a separate contrivance, ’i’he |
laughing, savs the German General In- j
lelligeiKer, sounds truly diabolical,
and very comical is the crowing of a !
rooster.
Reduction oj Postage.— I he provis- j
ions of Mr. Bingham’s bill, amendatory
of the postal laws, may be surnri ed up
as lollow:
above stated ; aud at this time we deem it but an | and it» many high handed moasurcs of ie;
act ot simple justice to publish upon the same ! i&Iat ion wit hilt tho last past few years, and
form,, that, ail our Raders may have an equal ! ^ ftre stU1 progI . e . 6 sjug- 6 till acci.mu-
showiug. These facts being understood, we
can uot believe that any one will be so
uncharitable as to censure uu for vrhat we were
impotent to control.
: my cotton, but I had to buy clothes, shoes, sugar
„nd coffee for my family; but in truth, not enough
to pay your little bill aud several others that I j
&c. It is No 13. Library of Choice Ii-:ad
Price 60 cent?.
Also the Monthly Parts of Appleton’s j
fallible authority of its chief Pastor, tha
Roman Pontiff.”
Hon. Anson Burlingame, whose death in
i St. Petersburg on Wednesday last baa
Journal, Nos. 9 and 10. Dicely bound, j bee n announced by telegraph.died of con-
Price 50 ceuta per No. Excellent read- j gestion of the lungs. He was ill bat four
ing ; full of tho very best kind
D. Appleton & Co.. 90, 92 and 94. j
days.
The Teunessee Constitutional Conveu-
1 owe. . .
Creditor—Theu I suppose I wilt have to wait ;
j to institute a plausible issue, for Congress
G Ii E S SI ON A L TE It RORIS M.
W e have been and are still alarmed'
at the interminable phases which the domi-
First, to reduce the postage rm let- j nant faction of the United States, iuclu
ters to two cents per half ounce and j ding Territories, Provinces auil wastepla-
one cent for every additional halt ounce i ces, has given to itself, *vei since it be-
ve| .j i lating—to satisfy all that the “drag chain!
should be applied to its headlong reckless
strides, or else every section of our ouce
„. n , niT i^TTr-viTirTic.-ir ' . vn /-ax- i happy country must prepare to accept auy I ‘ . .
RADI(;AL DOGMAilfeM AND CON - | . . , . , i —if circumstances have any force whatev
i and every alternative that irresponsible ; J
i body may deem to be for their interest or
advantage to promulgate. We say irre- j
OMPETENT.
That there was an undercurrent to alF
tiicsc superficial manipulations of “ horrid j a ll oftliis year before I can get my pay
deeds and damning cri raes ” designed and j
, , j i aiu sorry that I did not make euoujfh cotton to
concocted to make out a fictitious case and , _ . . . « » , . ,
Grand St. New York, do a large publish- ; t; on has finished its labors. Tbe consti*
i n <r busines, and we recommend them to ; tution framed provides for universal suf-
onr Southern readers as gentlemen who j fr*ge and general amnesty, and is liberal
. , , , m many particulars. It is to be suomitted
| cau supply most auy want in tbe book j tjj & yote of tbe pe npl e of the States on the
line. Wa take pleasure in giviug Bishop 26th of March. The Radicals generally
_ o Beckwith’s endorsement of the publishers, j oppose it, and it is said that there is soai«
Debtor-Yes, I don’t see any other way, and I j „ Th t q bo usc of Appleton & Co., is opposition to it among Conservatives on
• •- - •-! inm rr . . .. ! account ot its “poll tax provisions ; but
pay off all my debts, fbr I planted with that ex
pectation ; but you know that I did not make as
to hang a loop upon, there can be no doubt, j mucb 8S I expected
Creditor—I suppose you are going to plant just
as mucb cotton this year, and buy provisions of
or fraction thereof; second, to impose
upon newspapers and periodicals is
sued daily, weekly or monthly# or at
. any /-ther slated period, and not ex
ceeding four ounces in weight,
cent posiage, am
| came possessed of power. We might tru
ly say that Shakespeare ought to have
| added one more process for gaining great-
; ness; for certainly the Radical party
j or ; yet we will have nothing to do with
such conjecture. What our own private
■ , i , ... . i; i oninion mav be is sufficient for our own sat-
tponstbie, because both co-ordinates are Ii- j ; r* J
, , • , . i i , i •] 'sfac tion, but we would prefer to demon-
able to punishment and removal, while i i
they seem to defy every summary couvic- I 8frate fr,,ru faets P ateut a ‘" 1
tion known to our laws. They are a self j beft)r0 making statements intended to con
constituted power, and fear neither judge
uor executioner; indeed, it soems “ there
are none to make them afraid.”
vinee our readers. Notwithstanding, we
can argue yet more from the record, and
present some features that may at some
But we will enumerate an instance or J time or other be worth the trouble.
1 one cent For everv j we, e ,,ot bor * t0 s0 gl ' eat height—they j lwo w |,i c h more specifically consigns their | Aud, 1st. We would inquire if Georgia
Coaiptou and Munday, as you did last.
Debtor—Yes, but I intend to try and raise more
corn aud meat this year, for I find it won’t pay,
w hen my cotton does not turn out as I expect it
to. It takes all iny cotton money to buy provi
sions.
Creditor—I do hope yon will, for It seems tiiat
I have to suffer as well as yourself, aud unfortu
nately, you are uot the only man in the same fix,
that owes me; for nearly all you fanners have the
same excuse about a short crop of cotton, and
high prices to pay for provisions. To be honest
worthy of all confidence, aud shows his ap ; accouni r u , ’,7“
Dreeiation ol' tbe member, of the firm by tb. .»pp<»ooa« tb« « .,11 b, .fiopUfi by
preciation
narrating of bis personal knowledge cer
tain of their acts of kindness. We note
150,000 volumes of school books given
to tbe South ; several thousand copies ot
religious works given to tbe different
Southern dioceses ; 810,000 given to tho
Bishop himself for the erection of au Or
phan's Home in Georgia, besides S500 per
auunm for five years to support tbe orphan
children.”
Such acts of liberality should be remem
bered by our people, and if books are
wanted of auy description, school, religious,
historical, scientific, travels, novels, See., a
a large majority.
Secretary Boutweil bas informed the
House that the disbursements for A1«:e«,
thus far, amount to §597,789, and the re
ceipts for customs aud postoffiee 821,850.
Black Spicks in the Face.—These specks
usnallv supposed to be small worms, may
be squeezed out by a gentle pressure, but
will come again in a few days. A perma
nent cure can be effected by tbe use of the
following preparation : White brandy, two
ounces, cologue, one ouuce , liquor potash,
one half ounce. Wash the face with
warm water, use a rough towel, then ap-
This re
ply a little of the preparation
letter to the house will give the writer a | ce j pt b .is sold as high as a hundred dollars
ii.- nr fraftinn iIiptp- ' “ever achieved it, nor has it been thrust \ , . .-.-v
additional two ounces or iratnou mere j usurped impertenances to just mdigua-
... . I 1 I fit iim in « K licnu n n.l rn-cf n.i/ I • * ° °
; third, on drop letters -and unseal- u P rt, » ,b ^- in '» ,he usual understood sensei.^ 1
circular, one cent posiage, anil one j of those terms. But they possess its main j
ot
ed . .
cent tor every additional halt ounce or j representative element, aud how? By
fraction thereof; fourth, to exempt i what means was it secured? Simply by
from postage all newspapers circnla- i assumption—by usurpation ; by fraud ; by
ling in the State or Territory where ! vi!Iaiuous corruption ; by theft, and all
published, or within one hmulred miles j t , ie known abi fts ol robbery and phmde-
of the place of publication ; (ft t lli» the;
free transmission of exchanges be- I
at‘tbe verv" time Senator Wilson howled i wiUl y ° U ’ 1 ^ “ P ? C . t 7 °“ l ° "" ^ I ful1 ca ^°g ue of a!l tbe Looks Polished I an d is certainly worth trying,
at the very tune f-euatoi o usou u.iwieu , prov ; 8ions or u0 p roV isious to pay for or buy. I . . -
tween publishers; and sixth, manu-
tbat ever gained a footing in the affairs of
men or nations! They have assaulted
scripts intended for publication, not j nnd carried tbe citadel of rational Freedom
exceeding two ounces in weight, to he I —they have entered its sacred wallaby
three cents postage, aud one cent for j the use of bribes aud by perjury—by ly-
every additional ounce. ! ing and by treachery ; by false issues and
— | false standards—by iutimidatiou, and by
Speerh of Mr. Bird, Ot Ktw Ifrsry, afRintt I arms ; in fact, by all the several and know
and to the dread of still greater en
croacbments upon the Constitution, from
their declared rights of assumption. The
“ reconstruction of Georgia ” is frongh 1 j
with errors and inconsistences, and with
flagrant, palpable abuse of boifest legis
tion, and unconstitutional usurpation of
power. All deliberative assemblies, it is
true, are liable to mistake ; but they should
bejudged rightly lor the exercise of pow
ers foreign to their authority. It is for
these that they receive rebuke, and are
• denounced as usurpers and tyrants. We
the Georgia Bill.
appliances of unholy, illegal, unconstitu
i win 8a ^ notbin S abott * tl,e fi,st Provision - ! ra , Farrow in some instances, and planned
al organization under James John son, j ^ cxecute(1 hl a}1 by Governor Bullock
If I understand the temper .of the j unjust power, perpetrated upon
j Esqr., more than what we belivo wili be i
accorded at no distant day ; which is that
people, tl.is strange, unnatural, anil I *". v people.lew or nouiy, cluisli.n o, bar- , h , holllJ h ,„ Wen , ed M j»„ ,„d
outrageous irnerlerenee ,v,ll, the rights | bar.»u. over whom the..an 1,a, ever 8 l,o,. e , ; hoIlormb u by Cougru«,. mid made tl.e j ” ,e
nfa free neon e will never be accepted i 1 liev have abolished law and its customs i , , ,, , , c,. . • i t General 1
bv those who smoere!\ Io\e a conslilu- —defiled it« rights and its usages, and r f ance from
U * . , . & P 9 /.fix.irl iti.t.r f«* h/* TO f former
nit bis lamentations in behalf of the “ loy- j R ; re you f d ; r v ,arniug.
a! citizens of Georgia,” and Presiden j Debtor—Keep cool, I will try and take it up
Grant, aud General Sherman ordered Gen j next fall anyhow.
Creditor—Don’t talk about “try,” it will have
to be paid—Creditor sort o’ vexed, aud walks oft,
saying to himself—D— if I don’t believe these
farmers would sink the country to hell to make a
little cotton, and expect creditors to hold their
bills aud notes forever.
A Friend—You look out of humor Jones, what
is the matter f
Jams—Why I hold a little bill against Smith,
and he tells me that he can't pay it, because it
took all of the money he got for his cotton to pay
for corn and meat he bought last year to ruu his
farm.
Friend—It is so, for he did not make much of a
crop, and did uot have com enough to feed his
stock as they should have been fed, aud he has
not got enough now to feed till the last of May.
Jones—It is devilish poor business for men call-
tbe Kuigbts of Klu-Kiux ? Anil did no* j ing themselves farmers, to have to buy corn aud
'Terry receive all possible assist- | If I was a farmer, I’d quit the business if
eral Terry to inquire into their outraged
and imperiled condition, was uot a Mil it a
! > i/ Department with Terry, and troops al
leadp in the field, to guard and protect the
people in their rights of liberty, life and
property? Was not Governor Bullock as
sured by General Terry that lie was will
ing and ready to defend tbe people from
all manner of violwuce ? And did not de
tachment after detachment, here and there,
j hither aud thither, led by Attorney G«sd«'
by them, aud the prices.
According to a recent estimate the pop*
traverse, tbe State iu search of evil doers
distiubers of tbe peace, disloyal rebels and
rae We see from a published list of 1 ulation of the globe is 1,223,09,000 souls.
*, " . ” ..... . Of this number 552,000,000 belong to tbe
Georgians relieved of tbeir disabilities, lie j M lian racej 360.0S0.000 to the Cau-
following from Baldwin co.: V\ . G. Me- cass ; au 190,000, to tbe Ethiopian 176,000*
Adoo, L. H. Briscoe, B. B. deGraffenried, i 0 00 to tbe Maylay, aud 1,000,000 to the
Peter Fair, A. J. Pool, Tlios. W. White, ludo American race. Tbe annual mortal-
L. Carrington, and Geo. M. Lucas. We j i»7 * a 33,000,000.
are happy to state, that they are all gen
tlemen of character aud position, and wor
thy of public confidence.
Queen Victoria is tbe richest widow in
tbe world. She bas an income that is
large euongb to tender any man happy at
her domestic fireside. Her allowance
tional form of govereinenl liotu'sily and
faithfully administered. Youmayappen
this change to ihe Constitution, but the
people of many Slaies will neilhor res
pect nor obey d- It will bedenoun
ced as illegitimate, and lli'»3e who
stand as its sponsors to day will iu the
hour of its pet il flee from its vindica
tion. It will be ignored and resisted.
Great and sovereign States will not
yield to an intolerable degradation al
the dictate of force, whether it be aim
erected, instead, an idolatrous fabric, com
pared to w hich “ Bela Dragon ” were but
a pigmy fo a mountain. Are uot all
these charges patent ? Are they not too
common and too notorious to be denied or
to require demonstrative ptoofs 1 Nay,
: condition to bo admitted to the former
I
jelations with the Geueral Government.—
i Wc will not even review the present situa
the Judiciary and its officers m
aid of his efforts to catch some body offend
iug, or who had offended 1 Now all these
ud will go far to
.... . ; questions aie in point,
tion of our hybrid government ot Military a
. . , „ ,, prove or disprove the necessity which was
Dictator, Provisional Governor, Ooustitu- , r . , , •j„j , n
. alledeed for Georgia a being remanded to
tional (?) Legislature, with Congress as an j , ,
Overseer still, and President Grant and
have they not reached that frightful eli-t , 0, . ,, i 1
J b j General Sherman to pass the word ot com- ;
ma wliere they receive condemnation on
a Provisional Dependency, and another
Reconstruction Act,” hastily prepared to though we are looking for them every day, to
I cousumnte what that “ under current ” so ! come iu.
1 could no^ do better, for I would make my own | _
corn and try to raise meat too, and run the risk of 16 vols. ; Appleton’s Annual Cyclopedia,
the niggers stealing it. ■ 8 vols.; Burton’s Cyclopedia of Wit and
Jones—The creditor lias our ayaipathy, for we j Humor, 1 vol ; Smith s Dictionary of the
have been treated the same way all last fall and j Bible, 1 vol ; Cyclopedia of Commercial
up to the present time, by many of our readers j Anecdotes, 1 vol.; U» rt >s Life of Daniel
who have promised a. soon as they sold their j Webster, 2 V0 J 8 ;. ; , Ma ,^ ! !_ W 1 '.,
cotton they would call in our office and pay np
their bills. But a very few have done it so
Ei*" Mr. J. C. Derby bas established a j from the British government is <£385,000,
o 1 n ii- 1 • at a „„„ofo ! to which must be added <£25,600 from the
Southern Publishing Agency at Augusta,, Da . of Lai)Caster> making a total of
Ga., and desires good canvassing agents. ^41^,G00 per annum, besides at least a
The works that will be issued will contain dozen rent-free castles, palaces, and man-
an immense amount of interesting and in- i sions. As she accepted a legacy of c£250,»
000 from Mr. Neeid (who passed over his
own relations to enrich her), 89 she inherit
ed 81,000 000 from Priuce Albert in 1861
ed to the public, as agent for Appletou & au d as B b e has not spent a third of her al-
Co., New York. lowance since bis death, it is estimated
Appleton’s New American Cyclopedia, that her Majesty's caab ®*I )lta1, * e l!
- - • n ' 1-1 vested, is at least <£2,000,000, or 810,000,%
COO.
structive reading matter, besides a number
to amuse. Tbe following is tbe list offer
Horse Doctor, 1 vol.; Beard’s Home Phy
Atlanta bas only a debt of 8600,000, in
stead of 81.810,193, as stated erroneously
a day or so since.
As Dr. Dwight once passed through a
ly for failures or a want of success; of
where expooiirc is threatened by a disap
pointed partner, because he has been
eel at them through <t Congressional j cheated or robbed of his shave of the lev
majority directly <>r through the action
of a lar off Slate. * * * *
The end is not yet. This system ol j
reconstrueton is a monster which will j
create storm tempos , and disorder, i
until the people, by the ballot, or other- | den of thieves!
tnaud “down the wires until the. right , . , . , . 3 . „„ 1
, | cautiously and stealthily concealed, yet so :
of the mettle is heard from Wilson and . , . a '■
far i sician 1 vol.; Waring’s Farmers’ and i region of very poor land, be aa « d *o ■ far*
far, j sictau, 1 voi., g 1 mer ; “Sir, I pereeive your land here is
uot very productive. ” “No, sir,,’ said the
honest farmer ; “our land is just like self-
Mechanics* Manual, 1 vol.; Pollard s Lee
and his Lieutenants, 1 vol.; Cook s Wear-
i ies ? The faculties of men must he clouds
e l like the beasts, if they do not see all
these things.
ring
Butler and the other whiffleis of the two
houses of Congress.
Tiib Georcia Ot trace.
First of all, we arraign for the benefit of whatever, to disannul the existing organ!- ?
history, their remanding Georgia to a du zation of Georgia, and haul her into chaos j , t
\ ing of the Grey, 1 vol.; Greeley’s Ameri
can Conflict, 2 vols.; Chamberlain’s Com-
NEW BOOKS.
suielv and unerringly bore to its destiued . m .... .-..ii..., ; mercial Law, 1 vol.; Richardson’s Beyond "“7.**™
mi i All lliegn questions will prove o' j k... ~«w4 ““ '•"! | the Mississippi, 1 vol.; M.rk Twin's In- er ire ».
:ii,.,r.,ve tins. Congress „ur, K i .he power | P»bi'.lv.n s house. D^Appletou & Co., thro * Abroad. l«l ;i V.rlue s Poblie.- j U « ti
\ ° . i the politeness of J. M. Cooper Sc Go. t Ss- tions, in Monthly Parts,
lor it had no reasona le or tones pie ex : vanna j, book dealers, the following late See advertisement iu
1 . a „ J! . 1 < l.n nvietiiiff ni'ffillil. 1 —
righteousness.” “Ah ! how is that ?
Why, the more a man has of it, the poor-
auother place
BP* We cal! especial attention to the
i i ! “Search for Winter Sunbeams in the p •. . i Arlinutou Life Insurance
Washington city has indeed become a \ al Satrapy. As tbe record presents the | again, ot .er t an per ecttng . P J ! Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain,” by! R5 j d Va aud to its Agency es- ,s
cause or causes, for this outrage or double : machinery, and strengthening Radical ^ , .u. ..o-i. ! Kitlimond, va. ana to 6 /
Legions Swarm and iu- j
] l I i Hi*- | ,v ' I * 7 J a*.*- 7 ' ; b a II IU j w r *11 f] *1 !
\se, overthrow the authors. There j feat anti choke up those spacious avenues j beaded monster, Senator W ilson, of Mass rule. \ea,^they wil 1^ c o moie , ^iey^ wi ] ,
is no solely from despotism but. ill pie- j which once led to the Halls of honest, pa-
I Samuel
estimated that there are three bun*
dred thousand women in the State of New
York, with no prospect of pairing off—-not
men enough to go around.
It is said that r new description of lava
being thrown front the crater of Vesu
vius siuce the last eruption, consisting of
sachusetts. while calmly enjoying hi< hours shew that General Terry by accident, or ;
of reereation from public carc3 and labors* knowingly and willingly, contributed to
S. Cox, author of the “Buckeye j limbed at Augusta, Ga. It is one of cry6ta li ze d salt. This’beautiful phenotn*
Abroad,” “Eight Years In Congress,” &e., ■ t 6 0ge Companies that we take pleasure in en on has hitherto been unknown in volca*
ourselves aud this o ie al political inher
itance, we must do it thiough the just
attd fearless vindication of those rights
by some so long despised and rejected
-—the rights of the Estate.
pa rat ion to reject lliis flagrant \'tong * j triotie legislation—to tho Forum of nu
aud let the i^ue tome. It wc ^a\t ^ 8 amelied investigations, and a pure dais
of firm and independent executive control
of the constitutional laws of the laud.—
Where now are those pillars ? A Radical
faction—a conclave of unprincipled usurp
ers—a mere fraction of a moiety of tbe
North Carolina Ahead.—There j American citizens, are wound around their j of lojal citizens were disre;
13 a matt living in the mountains of | fair and stalwart proportions, like the fa ! daily peril, and calling upot
North Carolina, not more than forty | bled Python of old. strangling withiu their j er General Sherman to i
withering folds all that is vital to Repub- j possible authority they possessed to inquire j t*ona” the most commanding
licau government, and all that is virtuous
and holy <>f social aud religious institu
tions. The army and the navy, those
wings of a nation's body, arc controlled
by a wag, a nod, or beck of their head ;
I with numerous illustrations. The book
recommending. Thoroughly Southern,
of reereation from public cares ami labors- , knowingly a. wmm 0 y, j is beautifully and elegantly gotten up, I , financially strong. We will have The duties on tea, coffee ai
—r »«' i° •* ; ai»rg.ni.ui.u (or p>« T «« p. gei . I. g iv.. lh..r.,.l, I *7 “ , J nt it .„ ;'f, Wr , d,y. I.ife yield . rev,..,e of 855.000 000. *
fifonf nr rinnoi'91 whttii ti m1111arv conservator of quiet ; t i > wore to 8t y . / .. rgrt *1! nth*!’ articles in tbe tari
uie natural history.
The duties on tea, coffee aud sugar
bile these
.ri„. President Greet or General when « • j », Mr. Cox, in tl.Aonn.n- abov. n. m .d, j ZZ 1 ZJi<?.',.1
Sberman, early in last fall, that Georgia and order, he ought to have
is yet a waste howling wilderness, a most j indignaut contempt the treasonable au
disloyal, unsafe and rebellious State,— selfish aims of Bullock and
where the lives and liberties and property j possble that tbe General, surrounded as ^
a disregarded, and in be was, by affrontery tho most unblushing ,
pon the President j and presuming, by “ witnesses.” the most i
xceed 3105,000,000. This is tbe way
»j s . a ' • exceeu ciuu,huu,uuu. a u, ° 1
j and is written in a pleasant, easy and ; a9 a duty, and all who feel that their fain- : R a( j; ca i politicians protect the
i •. • . t. i flowing style. Just such a book, as onc : Hies would suffer at their death, should High duties on the necessaries of life, low
1 * ' ! . • 1* . Matts lit' . t 11 J„,Ue nn lnTlirlM.
jniles from Greenville, Soutli Carolina,
Kays tire Tar boro’ Carolinian, who has
reached the extraordinary age of one
hundred and forty three years. Althe
i„,e ol Bradlock’s defeat he was tvven-
Y vests old, and had a wile and three
children. A gentleman at Greenville
Slates tlral lliis tnan has come down tq 0 r by a hasty resolution, or ether hnrritd
bled Python of old. strangling withiu their J or General Sherman to interpose what! kuowiug and pliant, ail ^ b y ! illustrations gotten up in a better style
who enjoys reading travels would delight ta ^ e m , r a po ij cy by all means.
to peruse, as it gives an insight into man . 0 p p etI Dr. fV. M. Cunuin^nam.—inc - - - . j anaary
ners, customs, ideas and peculiar notions j melancho!y news reached onr city yesterday ; murd ers commuted in Januay
of >I, A npor.le mat There are forty-one ! morning of the death of Rev Dr Cunningham of throughout tho Lotted btates. is any-iou
of the people met mere are rony | T ..o r .„ire. Ga. His disease was pneumoma. Al i 0 ( lbe8 e seven were committed in New
duties on luxuries.
Murders in January.—The number of
last
iuto the facts. General Sherman refers
the matter promptly to General Terry at
Atlanta, with orders to investigate and re
port to him eoueerning the grave charges, j skillfully coined lies and the most ground
We pretend not to give the exact words j less circumstances that ever deceived taor
hut hope ewr metnoiy will serve us in slat tal man. W« think such possible nay
might h.v. bran impc.,,.1 j ,„„ d . P.ie. 83.00. ..4 «H worth
have had palmed upon his attention for i J
facts and indubitable testimonies, the nroSj
thau are usually seen, with several beauti
fully color«
the money
: and eloquent expounders of the Bible. While we
“The Origin and Development of Re* I drop a tear over his grave, we are glad to know
meuriu i no u y ,, . .. that he has gone from the evil to cotue, and bow
.igioits Belief, ’ by S. Baring Gould, A M. t ; y(itf j n t (, al happy land, where “the wicked mm»
aqthor of “Curiona Myths M IM Middle j treubling and the weary are fbravsr »«m*.
the time of his death, he was President of the ! y , . aQd ]j rook l yn aD d twenty witfi*
Oglethorpe College. In the death ot this good J , , u «l mVB States, includ-
mw Georgia has lost one of her best citizens, the in tbe area of the old slave oiaiea, luc
church one^of her most pious and devoted tnem- j n g Keutucky and Missouri and roontiug
bers. and the ministry oue of her most learned ! tbe victims ol lynch law.
Chicago has eight hundred streets, with
*■ «ggr®* at « l«»« tb ol five hundred a»4
thirty miles.