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stie has so often spoken, tshe told me
all sbfc could remember of her early
lile before she was stolen away from
home, and was extremely anxious to
find you, but had unfortunately for
gotten the name of the place whence
she came. How glad she will be !
And for myself, old friend, I am glad
also thus to have found you.”
Thereupon the young wife was in
formed of the news, and soon entered
the room, flushed and eager. One
glance between the two was sufficient.
In eight years Pierre had but little
changed, and though the graceful,
beautiful creature before him stood in
woman's stature, and arrayed in silks
and jewels, yet the eyes ol the old man
easily recognized the sweet face, the
golden hair, and large luminous eyes
of his darling. And the joy ar.d ten
derness of that meeting who may de
scribe ?
Little Pauline had been enticed a
way out of sight of her home, not by
fairies, but by Leclerk’s inimitable
flute-player, whom the clever “nego-
ciateur?” belore mentioned had taken
the trouble to bring all the way from
Paris for this special purpose. And
then they had lifted her into a
close carriage in waiting, so gaininig
possession ot the prize which they had
tailed to purchase with gold. They
had however, kept their promise to the
grandfather, and Pauline had been
welt educated, and treated and Drought
up “like a lady,” as they said she
should be, And her beauty, her ac
complishments, and refinement, had
won the heart of Captain Bolton, when
introducer! to her at a private enter
tainment just before her proposed de
but, and as we have seen, she became
bis wife. And this story I had from a
descendant one high among the social
circles of the Brilish capital.
Of course this ended the wanderings
of the grandfather. He was at once
transferred from the road to handsome
quarters with his darling Pauline,
where the remainder of his Life was
spent in the sweetest tranquility. His
violin was an inseparable companion,
and he lived to give its softest as well
us wildest notes to two young strangers
in the household.
detection of our idle associates from the
truth. Nor can we, by official corres
pondence even, consent- to blunt the
edge of this, our testimony, concerning
ihe very nature and mission of the
Church as a purely spiritual body
among men.
.Presbyterian Reunion.
RESPONSE OF THE SOUTHERN CHURCH.
On Friday last the Committee of the
Louisville General Assembly to whom
was referred the propositions of the
Northern Presbyterians in General As
sembly at Philadelphia submitted two
reports. The majority report, drawn
* up by Dr. Palmer, is as follows:
The Committee on Foreign Corres
pondence, to whom were referred the
overture for reunion fiom lie Old
.School General Assembly, North, of
1669, at its sessions in the city of New
York, and also the proposition from the
United Assembly of the Northern Pres
byterian Church, now sitting in Phila
delphia, conveyed to us by a .special
delegation, respectfully report:
That the former of these documents
is virtually superseded by the latter;
because the body by whom it was
adapted has since been merged into
the United Assembly, from which em
anates a new and fresh proposal re
flecting the views of the larger constit
uency. To this proposition, then, “that
a committee of five ministers and four
elders be appointed by this Assembly-
to cooler with a similar committee of
their Assembly in respect to opening a
friendly correspondence between the
Northern and Southern Presbyterian
Church”—your committee recommend
the following answer to be returned :
Whatever obstructions may exist in
the way of cordial intercourse between
the two bodies above named, are en
tirely of a public nature and involve
grave and fundamental principles.—
The Southern Presbyterian Church
can confidently appeal to all the acts
and declarations of all their Assemblies,
that no attitude of aggression or hostil
ity has been or is now, assumed to
wards the Northern Church. And this
General Assembly distinctly avows
(as it has always believed and declar
ed) that no grievances experienced by
us, however real, would justify us in
acts of aggression or a spirit of malice
or retaliation against any branch of
Christ’s visible kingdom. We are
prepared, therefore, in advance of all
discussion, to exercise towards the
General Assembly North, and the
Churches represented therein, such |!
amity as fidelity to our principles could
under any possible circumstances per
mit. Under this view the appointment
of a Committee of Conference might
seem wholly unnecessary; but, in or
der to exhibit before the Christian
world the spirit of conciliation and
kindness to the last degree, this As-
2. The union now consummated
between the Old and New School As
semblies North was accomplished by
methods which, in our judgment, in
volve a total surrender of all the great
testimonies ot the church for the fun
damental doctrines of grace, at a time
when the victory of truth over error
hung long in the balance. The United
Assembly stands, necessity, upon an
allowed latitude of interpretation of the
standards, and must come at length to
embrace all shades of doctrinal belief.
Ol those falling testimonies we are now
the solo surviving heirs which we must
lift from the dust and bear to the gen
erations after us. It would be a se
rious compromise of this sacred trust
to enter into public and official fellow
ship with those repudiating these tes
timonies; and to do this expressly up
on the ground, as slated in the pream
ble to the Overture before us, “that the
terms of reunion between the two
branches of the Presbyterian Church
at the North, now happily consummat
ed, present an auspicious opportunity
for the adjustment of such relations.”
To found a correspondence profitably
upon this idea would be to endorse
that which we thorough!}' disapprove.
3. Some of the members of our own
body were, but a short time since, vi
olently and unconstitutionally expelled
from the communion in one branch of
the now United Northern Assembly,
under ecclesiastical charges which, if
true render them utterly infamous be
fore the Church anti the world. It is
to the last degree unsatisfactory to con
strue this offensive legislation obsolete
by the mere fusion of that body with
another, or through which the opera
tion of a faint declaration which was
not intended originally to cover this
case. This is no more “rule” or
“precedent,” but a solemn sentence of
outlawry against what is now an im
portanl and constituent part of our own
body. Every principle of honor and
of good faith compels us to say that an
unequivocal repudiation of the law un
der which these men were condemned
must be a condition precedent to any
official correspondence on our part.
4. It is well known that similar in
jurious accusations were preferred
against the whole Southern Presbyte
rian Church, with which the ear of die
whole world was filled. Extending,
as there charges do, to heresy and
blasphemy, they cannot be quietly ig
nored by an indirection ot any sort.
report, wuh our reciprocation of their . pleases you, make iiatue lo itisure your
Chr s.ian salutations,
Respectfully submitted,
Jesse G. Wallace.
May 26, 1870.
The minority report was voted down,
after which the majority report was
adopted by a vote of SO ayes to 17
nays. ^
J$0u%rn Jlttorku
j iife, it you have not, like a sensible man,
; already done so. In the lauguage of one
whoes tongue was touched with inspira
tion, we would quote
“Man that is born ot a woman is of few
; cays, aud full of trouble.”
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is
j cut down ; be fleeth also like a shadow,
and coutiuueth not.”
MILLEDG-EVILLE:
Tuesday, June 21- 1870.
If true, we are not worthy of the “c< n-
fidtnee, respect, Christian honor and
love” which are tendered to us in this
overture. II untrue, “Christian honor
and love,” manliness and truth, require
them lo be openly and squarely with
drawn. So long as they remain upon
record, they are an impassable barrier
to official intercourse.
MINORITY REPORT.
eembly agrees to appoint a Committee!^he adjustment of relations between
of Conference to meet a similar Com
mittee already appointed by the North
ern Assmbly, with instructions to the
same that the difficulties which lie in
the way ol cordial correspondence be
tween the two bodies must be compre
hensively stated in the following partic
ulars.
1. Both the wings of the now Unit
ed Assembly, during their separate ex
istence before the fusion, did fatally
complicate themselves with the State,
in political utterances deliberately pro
nounced year alter year, and which,
in our judgment, were a sad betrayal
of the cause and kingdom of our com
mon Lord and Head. We believe it
to be solemnly incumbent upon the
Northern Presbyterian Church, not
with reference to us, but before the
Christian world, and before our divine
Master and King, to purge itself of this
error, and by public proclamation of
the truth to place the crown once more
upon the head of Jesus Christ as the
alone King in Zion. In default ot
which the Southern Presbyterian
Church which has already suffered
much in maintaining the independence
aid spirituality of the Redeemer’s
kingdom upon earth, feels constrained
to bear public testimony against the
The undersigned, a member of the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence,
to whom were referred the resolutions
of the Northern General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church, now in ses
sion in the city of Philadelphia, togeth
er with the addresses of their delegates
lately delivered before this body, con
veying their Christian salutations and
giving expression of their desires for
the speedy establishment of cordial
fraternal relations with ibis General
Assembly, unable to concur in full in
the report ot the mai >riiy of the. com
mittee, submitted through their Chair
man, would respectfully recommend
the following response to the resolutions
referred to:
That this General Assembly recog
nizes in this fraternal greeting and in
these overloresof reconciliation a prop
osition on the part of our Northern
brethren to establish those relations of
friendship and brotherhood that should
subsist between the different parts of
one catholic, visible Church; and to
testify to the world, tint, though geo-
graphically distinct and mutually inde
pendent, the unity of the spiritual seed
is neither broken nor impaired by the
separation; and that, even in the midst
of diversities that were once attended
with bitterness they have “one Lord,
pne faith, one baptism ”
And, in view of the fact that the
Northern Assembly have appointed a
commission of nine of its most eminent
and acceptable ministers and lay-
members to meet and confer with a
like commission which they invite us
to appoint for devising terms for open
ing a friendly correspondence and for
the two Assemblies, and conscious our
selves of having heretofore given no
occasion of offence and been guilty of
uo purpose lo rend the body of Christ,
and desirous now, as we ever have
been, to evince a proper Christian
charily and spirit of reconciliation and
to promote the glory of God and the
efficiency and harmony of His visible
kingdom in the earth, we are ever
ready for any good word or work pro
motive of these desirable ends.
Therefore, in view of the premises,
this Assembly, already recognizing the
separate and independent existence of
the Northern Church, is willing, it the
same can t>e done without compromise
of the interests of true religion and the
honor of the Church, to sustain the
same relations to them as to the other
branches ol the Presbyterian Church ;
and, in order to ascertain this fact, will
comply with the suggestion and wishes
of our Northern brethren in appointing
a commission ot five ministers and four
ruling elders to meet the commission
already appointed on their pail at such
time and place as may be agreed up
on ; and the Staled Clerk of this Gen
era! Assembly is directed to transmit
to the Stated Clerk of the General As-
LIFE INSURANCE.}
We Lave on several occasions referred
to the importance and necessity of Lifo
Insurance. We are in no way interested
in any company, nor are we partial to any
particular one ; but feeling and recognising
the importance of the subject, we can but
exert whatever influence we may have up
on the minds of the reader, to the serious
consideration of having his life insured,
and particularly do we address ourselves
to those whose means are limited, and the
more limited the means, the greater the
necessity of insuring one’s life.
A man with a family living upon a small
income, should make it a point to lay aside
some of it, if not more than fifty dollars
each year, and invest that amount in a
Life Policy. Policies of any description
can be obtained, for there are agents in
nearly every town and village represent
ing some Company, and so great has be
come the rivalry in tire business, that very
liberal and inviting terms are offered by
nearly all.
We would just hero put the reader on
his guard, as to insuring in the first Life
Insurance Company that comes to baud,
or the first that may visit him at his home
by an agent. So great has become the
business, and so profitable withal, that
mauy companies have been organised of
late years, aud having no name or influ
ence, they are making despeiate efforts to
establish themselves, particularly so, in
the North-West.. The old Companies of
New England and New York, have made
overgrown fortunes out of the business,
aud their success has stimulated others to
try their hands, lienee as we have said,
the country is fuli of Life Insurance Com
pauies, all striving to grow rich. There
are Companies at the North, old Compa
nies, that are very strong and reliable,aud
there are many others again, that we
we would not risk a dollar in them.
After the war, the people of the South
found themselves prostrated in a financial
point of view, and thousands of men who
before the war, were iu independent cir
cumstances,saw themselves brought face to
face with actual want and poverty. Com
prehending the situation, many of them,
even with the limited means left them,
wisely insnred their lives, so (bat at their
death, their families would not be left en
tirely destitute ; and there are thousands
of men to-day, in the South, who are de
nying themselves common comforts, so
that they may be able to meet their Life
Policy dues at the end of each year, and
they are acting wisely aud sensibly.
But there are thousands of others who
have not yet taken such a step, and it is
the object of this article as far as, its influ
ence goes, to induce them to give the sub
ject that consideration it properly dee
serves ; and the man who is capable of put
ting two ideas together in his head, will,
upon reflection, it he he a man of family
and limited means, see the necessity of in
suring his life.
We said above, be cautious as to what
Company you insure in, we again re
peat the admonition. Since the war,
Southern men have organised themselves
into incorporated Companies, and are call
ing upon Southern men to come up to their
aid if they insure their lives. In the South,
the business is new, and the Companies
are weak, when compared with the old es
tablished ones North, but are growing
stronger daily.
But there must be a beginning,
and we kiudly bespeak a word for all
Southern Companies. The Northern
Companies grew rich and strong by North
ern support, and Southern Companies can
only do the same by Southern support.—
No merchant can grow rich unless his
neighbors aud friends trade with him.—
Southern Schools ami Colleges can not
flourish unless supported by Southern boys
and hence the necessity and justice of
aiding home enterprises.
Look well to the namep, character and
standing of those men who are the Direc
tors of Southern Lite Insurance Compa-
ries. If you know them to be men of hon
or, character aud probity, give them a
showing by taking out a life policy, if but
for a small amount. But one cannot know
the character of Directors if they be iu a
neighboring State; then look to their re
port as given under oath, and if the show
ing satisfies you, try them. We cannot
better illustrate our idea, than to advise
our people if they are able, and fear to
risk all in one Company, to divide the
amount, and take out two policies, one in
a Southern Company and the other in a
Northern Company that you are fully sat
isfied is strong and safe. Read the papers
that fall into your h^udg, and if you see
i Southern Mutual latorunce Company—1 Good
Showing.
We have received the 22 anuual report
of this Company, presented at its last
meeting at Athens, on the 7th inst.
As there are many of its policy holders
In Milledgeville, a statement of its business
. for the past year, may be interesting and
valuable information.
The total receipts aud assets are 8558,-
959 07 ; total disbursements, $170,129 00,
divided as follows : Losses, taxes, com
missions, etc , 8104,246.93, scrip redeemed,
S(35,S82 07, leaving a surplus of 8388,830
07—a very healthy showiug, iudeed. In
addition to this, the receipts from premi
urns for the past year, have been so large
as to enable the compauy to declare a div
idend of 35 per cent., and to add ten per
cent, to the reserve fund.
Mr. Stephens’ Conititutional View of the War.
The National Publishing Company send
us some advance sheets of the secoud vol
ume of Mr. Stephens’ Constitutional view
of the War, which will soon appear. The
first volume, it is staled, has beea sold to
the extent of sixty thousand copies. Sold
by subscription only.
The following we clip from them, as it
gives in a clear and truthful light, who
fired the “first gun,” and why it waB fired-
In reply to the Judge, who was arguing
with Mr. S. that we of the Confederate
States begau the fight, Mr. S. replies as
follows:
“Npt quite so fast, Judge. My whole
Argument is based upon facts, and upon
facts that can never he erased or obliter
ated. It is a fact that the first gun was
fired by the Confederates. It is a fact
that General Beauregard did, on the 12th
of April, 1861, bombard Fort Sumter, be-
fore any blow had actually been struck by
the Federal authorities. That is not dis
juited at all. That is a fact which I have
no disposition to erase or obliterate in any
way. That is a great truth which will
live forever. But did the firing of the first
gun, or the reduction of Fort Sumter inau
gurated or begin the war? That is a
question to be first solved, before we can
be agreed upon the fact as to who inaugu
rated the war; and iu solving this ques
tion, you must allow me to say that in
personal or national conflicts, is is not he
al innuner, by Mr. Seward, the Secretary
of State under Mr. Lincoln. This pledge
was mo.-t strangely violated by sending
the armed squadron, as stated, to reiuforce
and provision the Fort. The information
that this fleet bad put to sea with such
orders reached General Beuregard. when
it was already near the offing, as I have
stated. He immediately communicated
the fact, by telegraph to the authoritieaat
Montgomery, In reply, he received this
order from the Secretary of War of the
Confederate States Government:
“If you have no doubt of the authorized
character of the agent who cominuuicated
to you the intention of the Washington
Government to supply Fort Sumter by
force, you will at once demand its evacua
tion ; and if this is refused, proceed in
such manner as you may determiue, to re
duce it.”
* Hallam’s Constitutional History of England,
vol. li, p. 219.
SLOW TO LEARN
The Milledgeville papers are slow to
learn that although the great majority
of the white voters of Georgia were
dissatjsfied with the means used to re
move the Capital from Milledgeville to
Atlanta, still these same voters are not
dissatisfied iih the lemoval, or, in
other words, will never consent lor the
Capital to be returned to the djlapi
dated and ancient city of Milledgeville.
Our cotemporaries should recognise
this fact, for we tell them, neither they
nor their children will ever see another
Georgia Legislature convened in the
old Capitol building ; and alhtheir fret
ting and fuming will not alter the case.
Accept the situation friends, and it
will be good for your health.
So writes the Newnan Herald. We
would say to our cotemporary, that we
have no idea of giving up the question.
It was moved to Atlanta by fraud, by
putting the removal question in the
Constitution. There are 132 counties
in the State, and but 42 lie nearer At
lanta than Milledgeville ; the rest, 90,
aie nearer Milledgeville. Of the 42
counties that are nearer Atlanta than
Milledgeville, 27 of them, in 1860 when
Georgia was rich, drew more from the
Slate Treasury than they paid in, by
some $20,000.
We intend at the coming fall elec
tion, to make an issue before the peo
ple, and though the citizens of Atlanta
boast that they cau buy up any legis
lature, ve, the people ot Middle and
all Southern Georgia, will give them a
test of their financial ability.
The Capitol building at Millcdge-
who strikes the first blow, or fires the first j ville is in belter repair than ever be-
sembly al Philadelphia a copy of this [the advertisements of any Company that
gun that inaugurates or begins the con
flict. Hallam has well said that “the
aggressor in a war (that is, he who begins
it.) is not tho first who uses force, but the
first who renders force necessary,”*
Which side, according to this high au
thority, (that only announces tho common
henthueuts of mankind,) was the aggressor
in this instance? Which 6ide was it that
provoked and rendered the first blow nec
essary ? The true answer to that question
will settle tho fact as to which side began
the war.
i maintain that it was inaugurated and
begun, though no blow had been struck,
when the hostile fleet, styled the “Relief
Squadron,” with eleven ships, carrying
two hundred and eighty-five guns and two
thousand four hundred men, was sent out
from New York and Norfolk, with orders
from the authorities at Washington, to
reinforce Fort Sumter peaceably, if per
mitted—“but forcibly if they must.”
The war was then and there inaugurated
and begun by the authorities at Washing
ton. General Beauregard did not open
fire upon Fort Sumter until this fleet was,
to bis knowledge very near the harbor of
Charleston, and until he had inquired of
Major Anderson, in command of the Fort,
whether he would engage to take no part
in the expected blow, then coming down
upon him from the approaching fleet.—
Frauds W. Pickens, Governor of South
Carolina, and General Beauregard had
both been notified that the fleet was com
ing, and of its objects, by a messenger
from the authorities at Washington. This
notice, however was not given until it was
near its destination. When Major Ander
son, therefore, would make no such prom
ise, it became necessary for General Baau
regard to strike the first blow, as he did ;
otherwise the forces under his command
might have been expossd to two fires at
the same time—one in front, and the other
in the rear.
To understand this fully, let us see how
matters stood in Chailestou Hatbor at the
time.
The Confederate States, then seven in
number, had, as stated, all passed Ordi
nances of Secession. All of them, in reg-
ularly constituted Conventions, had with
drawn all their Sovereign powers previ
ously delegated to the United States.-—
They had foimed a new Confederation,
with a regularly constituted Government,
at Montgomery, Alabama, as they had a
perfect right to do, if our past conclusions
were correct, and these you have not been
able to assail. This new Confederation
had sent a commission to the authorities at
Washington, as we shall see, to settle all
matters amicably and peacefully. War
was by no means the wisli or desire of the
authorities at Montgomery. Very few of
the public men in the Seceding States
even expected war. All of them, it is
true, held themselves in readiness for it, if
it should be forced upon them against
their wishes and most earnest protestatioua.
This is abuudantly aud conclusively appa
rent from tbe speeches arid addresses of
their leading public men at the time. It
is apparent from the resolutions of tbe
State Legislatures, and the State Couven
tions, before, and in their acts of Secession.
It is apparent and manifest from their acts
in their new Confederation at Montgomery.
It is apparent from the inaugural address
of President Davis. It is apparent from
the appointment of commissioners to settle
ail matters involved in the separation from
their former Confederal es honorably,
peaceably, amicably, and justly. It is
apparent and manifest from every act that
truly indicates the objects aud motives of
men, or from which their real aims can he
justly arrived at. Peace not only with
the States from which they had separated,
but peace with all tbe world, was the
strong desire of the Confederate States.
It was under these circumstances, that
the Confedrate Commissioners were given
to uuderstaud, that Fort Sumter would be
peacefully evacuated. An assurance) to
this effect was given, though iu an inform
lore, anil $40,000 had just been spent
upon it, when that piebald Convention,
better known ns the Mulatto Conven
tion, stuck iu the 10th Article making
Atlanta the Capital, if the Constitution
should be ratified.
That which is done by fraud cun
ning and rascality, cannot stand the
test when a fair issue is made. If the
people of Georgia—not Cherokee Geor
gia, desire Atlanta as the Capital of the
State, we have not a word to say. But
we have no idea that the people of the
State are going to throw away a fine
Capitol building and Executive Man
sion, refurnished from garret to cellar
to please a few counties that happen
to be near Atlanta. The Macon & Au
gusta Railroad will soon be finished,
and in time, the gap between Eaton-
ton and Madison built, and Milledge
ville will then be as accessible as can
be desired.
1ST We are sorry to see that our es
teemed cotemporary, C. W. Style*, has H.
I. Kimball aud his Opera House on the
brain. He has of late fallen very much in
love with Mr. Kimball, judging from the
complimentary notices of him in tho News.
Don’t frieud Styles be guilty of the folly
of advocating the buying of Kimball’s Op
era House as a Capitol building. The
people of Georgia are opposed to any such
foolish proceedings.
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the New Attorney tieneral.
The appointment of Amos T. Aker-
man, of this State, lately United States
District Attorney for Georgia, to the
high position of Attorney General of
the United Stales, has created a little
surprise, as no one was looking for the
resignation of Mr. Hoar, or thinking
that the President would appoint a
Southerner to his Cabinet.
Politically, we differ with Mr. Aker-
man, and think he carries his federa
tive views too close to centralism and
congressional omnipotence. As a law
yer, Mr. A. is far from being an inferi
or man, and though we do not rank
him. with a Pinkney, Wirt, Berrien,
Taney, Crittenden, Legare, Cushing
or a Black, he is fully equal to a Speed
or Hoar. We learn from one who has
had an opportunity ofhearingevery law
yer in Georgia, give it as his opinion,
that Mr. A. will fill his high position
with credit; for he has the industry,
ability and legal talent lo do honor lo
himself.
The Star Las the following regarding
Akerman : “It seems pretty certain that
the more radical Republicans will make an
earnest effort to procure the withdrawal of
Mr. Akermau’a nomination to tbe Attor
ney Generalship, or, failing in that to
prevent his confirmation by the Senate.”
This action grows out of tta part borne
by Mr. Akerman during the line rebellion,
in which it is alleged he voluntarily took
an active part for about eighteen months.
It appears that the legal and political dis
abilities imposed- upon Mr. Akerman by
the fourteenth amendment were removed
by the act appro v-*d on the 14th of De
cember last, in which bis name appears
with about fifteen hundred others. The
opposition to him would seam, therefore,
not to be based upon strictly legal objec
tions, but rather upon the questiau of pro
priety in the Piesideut choosing a consti
tutional adviser from that class, while
plenty of men at least equal in ability and
reputation to Mr. Akerman, and without
any taint npon their patriotism, could be
had for the place.
ary to heulih.
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the arsenrale of iron m the con*/»,..,:
attending uterine disease,
iron is also recommended.
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BULLOCK VS. ANGIER.
Gov. Bullock is out in a list of charg
es, founded upon the report of G. P.
Burnett, who was appointed to inves
tigate the Treasurer’s Books, that the
Treasurer,Mr. Angler,is in deficit to the
Slate in the sum of $436,574 30, and
for which he refuses lo account or make
any exhibit.
Per contra, Mr. Angier comes out in
a letter to the Constitution, and does
make a showing. We never believed
for a moment that the Treasurer was
in any way a defaulter, and we feel
satisfied, that he can and will make a
showing of his stewardship, in point of
integrity and ability,^ his office, that
will place his accuser in anything but
an enviable light by comparison.
ESP* The South Georgia and Florida
Railroad, or better known as the Albany
& Thomasville Railroad, is now in active
opeiation under the control of the Atlantic
& Gulf Rnilroad.
The schedule is as follows :
Leave Tlioinasville daily al 3:30 A. M
Anrive at Albany daily at 7:15 A. M.
Leav* Albany daily at 1:00 P. M,
Arrive at Thomasville daily at 10:40 P. M
Jio change of cars between Savannah and Al
bany - .
Passengers for Bainbridge change ears at
Thoraasville.
Wo congratulate our Southwestern
friends upon the completion of a most im
portant link in the great chain of our
Railroad system. That it will be a pay
ing Road we do not doubt.
HON. NELSON TIFT.
We published last week, “The Defence
of the People of Georgia,” in reply to Gov.
Bulloek’s slanderous leftOr to Congress, by
Hon. Nelson Tift. If there is a man in
the State that deserves honor and credit
at the hands of tbe people, Mr. Tift ie that
man. He has labored harder, worked
without ceasing, and been most uutiiing
in his efforts to set the people of his State
right before Congress. He has exposed
Bullock opeuly, fearlessly and daringly ;
tqade him feel his power, and slink away
like a kicked spaniel from his presence.
We hope to see Mr. Tift retnrued to
Congress at the ensuing eleetiou this fall.
We would vote for him against any man
that eonld be nominated. As a Congress
man, he would emphatically be the right
man in the right place. Mr. Tift is do
ordinary man, and we have great respect
for his abilities, tact and unbending reso
lution when he takes a thing in hand. All
honor to the man.
Youth:—The golden period of our
existence, in which the mind builds
airy castles that excite pleasure, sur
prise and admiration; the stream
wherein the water is clear, bright and
sparkling ; the banks covered with the
beautiful flowers of imagination, fancy
and hope ; the magic lantern that mag
nifies our expectations and pleases
with its enchanting fantasy. It is also
the period wherein habits are formed
and impressions made that will tollow
us through life; where resolves are
made, which, if for good, and if follow
ed, will bring us a rich harvest in the
autumn ol our existence/ It is the sea
son wherein frankness, honesty, good
feeling, light heartedness and true
friendship flourish, in contra-distinc
tion to deception, intrigue, duplicity,
fraud, lying and hypocrisy of maturer
years.
Mental Anguish:—The keenest
torture of the soul; a disease that no
medicine call reach ; the joy of one’s
nature turned to the gall of bitterness.
Where there is remorse, it is the tasting
of the second death while in the flesh,
and a slight foretaste of the soul’s ban
ishment from the presence of God, with
his curse. When it is result of the
hand of deep afflictioH, the mind is
clouded in dark despair, and the ray
of hope shut out from the heart.
“Who can minister to a mind diseased ;
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ;
Kaze oat the written trouble of tbe brain ;
And with some sweet oblivious antidote,
Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous staff,
Which weighs upon the heart?”
Kimball is about to offer a premium
for a name for his grand new hotel at
Atlanta. We will give him one free
of charge : call it The Oglethorpe,
if you wish to make it eminently a
State institution.—Sav. Rep.
A treaty of peace has been signed
by Brazil and Paraguay. The revo
lution in Entre Rios and Uraguay con
tinues.
Judge Ludlow, Monday, delivered sr.
important opinion, in Philadelphia, in
a case of fraud and bankruptcy, in
which it was alleged that certain laws
of Congress overrode the Stale laws.
The Judge did not sustain the allega
tion.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says Mr
WeH, thegentlemau sent to Europe by
the Georgia Legislature a year or two
ago, as Slate Immigration Agent, and
from whom nothing has since 'been
heard, is on his way home, and will
probably, on his at rival, report prog
ress.
The German provinces of Russia
have received official hints that their
claims to special privilege do not rest
upon international law, but that they
are governed by the fixed statutes ol
the Russian empire. Shart and sharp.
Don Piatt now says: “The late
Republican parly is the deadest dead
thing above ground, and if tbe surviv
ing friends wish to retain for it any
feelings of respect they will hasten its
funeral.
The receipts of cotton at all points
up to the Illh mst., reached 2,792,800
bales, against . 2,072,187 last year,
showing an increase of 720,613 bales.
Tbe Southern poet and novelist Wil
liam Gilmore Simms, died in Charles
ton on the I2th inst., at the age of sixty
four. Mr. Simms was a writer of ex
traordinary versatility and power, and
for a geueralion has maintained with
apparent ease a pre-eminent position
in Southern literature.
The Constitutional Convention o
Vermont without a speech for or
against it, refused to give the ballot to
woman by a vole of 231 to 1, and has
also provided for biennial instead ol
annual sessions.
Large sums of money, irrespective
of sect, have been subscribed for tbe
sufferers by the late fire at Constantin*
ople. The number of lives lost is va
riously estimated at from eight hun
dred to one thousand three hundred-
The Turks were freely throwing open
their houses to tbe Cbristiaus who
were burned out.
Terrible Earthquake.—The Herald ^
Havana special of June 6th, says »
violent earthquake has recently visit** 1
the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Its e *"
fects were especially disastrous > D
Oaxaca, the capital of the Stale.
hundred and three persons were kill
ed and fifty-three wounded. A thin
of the city was rendered uninhabitable-
The earthquake extended to the m»ne«>
where eleven were killed and many
wounded. Buildings in all parts o
the State were destroyed, and rep° rts
o»' additional deaths are coming
ot
Mr. John Owens, who lives wiih i-
son, Dr. W. A. Owens, two miles
of Fulton, Miss., will be, if he lives ,
the 15th day of October next, one h«,
dred and eleven years old.
The Charlotte papers announce tU»
Mr. P. P. Dickson, of New York,
taken the entire contract for the con*
struciion of the Air Line Railroad f rn ^
Atlanta to Charlotte, and purposes tj
let sub-contracts for sections to n art ; e !
along the line of the road.
Georgia Railroad.—At a meeting 0 f
the Board of Directors, Tuesday last
a semi-annual dividend of four percent
upon the capital stock of the company
was declared, payable on and alter the
first day ot next May.
Mr. J. O. Malhewson, of Augusta
sold the first new wheat in Newark
on the 11th instant, and it brought him
three dollars per bushel.
The Workingmen’s Union otNurcni.
berg, Germany, has protested against
the proposed electoral law restrictina
the right of voting to persons over
twenty-five years of age, and making
thirty the earliest for eligibility to 0 f.
fice.
A trout pond, two miles from Water,
town, N. Y., contains nearly 50,000
fish. Of these 7,000 are parent fish
and 40,000 hatched this year, 500 lour
years old ; $3,000 has already been
expended, and it is proposed to make
this a fashionable summer resort.
Anybody can teach those who want
shows itself in teaching (hose who
don’t want to learn ; in begetting a de
sire to know-, where such a desire did
not exist.
The number of immigrants that ar
rived at New Yoik the past week is
11,892, of whom 8,000 w-euwestorto
the interior. The week previous the
arrivals were 12,800 making 24,991 in
two weeks.
Ratio of Federal Representation.—The
Senate says the Savannah Republican,
has amended the House bill and made
the number of Representatives in Con
gress three hundred, and it is believed
the House will concur. It is supposed
that under the new census every 133,.
000 of population will be settled to one
Representative. The effect of the bill
will propably be to lessen the number
ot Representatives from all the New
England States; the MiddieStates
will remain about as they are, while in
the Western and some of the Southern
States, the number will be materially
increased. Virginia.it is ihought will
get two additional members, anti Geor
gia one. The bill provides in all cases
where the number is increased above
the present delegation the additional
number shall be elected as members at
large.
Brick for Brunswick.—Messrs. Sparks
& Knight, of this city says the Tele
graph and Messenger shipped to Brun
swick from their brick yard yesterday,
25,000 hard brick, to build an ice
house at that point. These brick were
ot the best quality and sold at $10 per
thousand, and to lay them down in
Brunswick will cost the purchasers
$15 per thousand.
Milk and Water.—Prof. Chandler,
upon an analysis of 297. samples ot
milk sold in New York, has determin
ed that the average is one-third water.
Forty million quarts of water are an
nually sold to the Gothamites in their
milk, at a cost of four million dollars
per annum. This turns the tables on
the tetotallers upon the question of the
cost of a w r ater diet.