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mm At MILLEDGE.VILLE TUESDAY. JULY 23, 1872. FOR PRESIDENT. HOEACE GBEELEY, Of New York. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. B. GBATZ BLOWN, Of Missouri. for Governor. JAMES M. SMITH. of Muscogee. What thy Band flndeth (o do, do it with thy Might. The apologetic style of many ad vocates of the Baltimore nominal lions, seems to us in singularly bad taste. If Greeley ought to be de- feated, then oppose him openly, in good faith and with good conscience. If he ought to be elected, then do your plain duty, by striving unmis takably, fcr that result. The victim of fever, who wastes his time and energies in brooding over and de nouncing the bitterness of quinine, certainly does not prepare his stom ach for the healing draft, nor ele vate the public estimate of his man- liness. “Bitter pill,” indeed ! Rank childishness, at least, would charac terize such conduct, if some other motive, more rational, perhaps, but less commendable on other accounts, did not lurnish a solution. What is it? Do these gentlemen, whilst ad vocating a clear duty to support Bal timore, fear that love, per se, for old Chappaqua might be attributed to them? Do they begin to suspect themselves of too strong a leaning that way ? Are they dubious of their own standing in the community, as Southern men, or Democrats? Is it necessary to nurse their ‘good names’ that this incessant ‘disavowal’ must accompany every argument? If so, surely the paternity of the quill is on very uncertain footing, as to their sincerity, or the public mind is in a very morbid stale of suspiciousness Perhaps it is being poisoned by ex halations from political fungi—spu rious offshoots on the body politic— whose conceptions of patriotism ex* tend only to their own promotion We remember, long ago, when dem agogues manufactured preferment by denouncing all adversaries as ‘traitors to the South.’ The best men in the land suffered from the absurd slander, and selfish presump tion bore off the official palm against modest independent virtue. It is greatly to be hoped that a frank, bold, intelligent press will make such things rare, if not impossible, hereafter. This apologetic, uncer* tain,prepare-to-jump-both- ways con- duct, certainly has not that virtuous tendency, and i3 altogether unwor thy of the Georgia press. If it is right that we and others support Baltimore, let us give the reasons why we should do so*—frankly avow our own purposes, and submit them candidly and freely to the public, without fear and without shame. He that proclaims bis own ‘honesty’ too often, bores the pnblic with too fre* quent and lengthy disquisitions on his own merits—is apt to excite sus picions of—something else. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. Executive Department, Atlanta, Ga., July 17,1S72. To the Senate and j House of Representatives: It is made my duty by the Con* stitution to give to the General As sembly information of the slate of the Commontvealth, and to recom mend to their consideration such measures as may be deemed neces* sary and expedient for the public good. I approach the discharge of this duly with a feeling of diffidence, produced by a consciousness that the subjects before me will require a more extended notice than I shall be able to bestow upon them. When I entered upon the dutifs of the Executive office, in January last, great confusion existed in al most every department of our pub lic affairs. Our finances were in the utmost disorder, and the stock boards of this country and of Europe had been flooded with bonds, purporting to have been issued by this State, but yet regarded as of doubtful va lidity. The administration of jus tice had been rendered ineffective by the abuse of the pardoning pow* er; the confidence of the pebple in their public servants had been im- I mired by the faithless conduct of eading officials, arid a feeling of general distrust and insecuiity pre vailed. The civil authorities bad so long been subordinated to milita ry power that many true men had reached the melancholy conclusion that civil liberty had already ceased to exist. The earnest efforts of every de partment of the government have been ^directed to the correction of these abuses, and if these efforts have not yet proved entirely suc cessful, it has been because the evils sought to be remedied were mani fold and deeply rooted. Evils, the result of years of misrule, cannot be extirpated in a day. Much patient labor yet remains to be done, and in its performance I earnestly invoke the assistance of the representatives of the people. Public Debt and Ftnvnces. By legislative act, entitled “an act to protect the people of the State of Georgia against the illegal and fraudulent issue of bonds and secu rities, and for other purposes con nected with the same,” passed De cember 9, 1871, it was provided that a joint committee of the Senate and house of representatives should be appointed, whose duty it should be to ascertain report the num ber of bonds and indorsements which had been issued and put into circu lation by Rufus B. Bullock, late Governor; the aggregate amount thereof, by whom the same were sold,{the amount ofmoney paid there for, the times when, and the persons to whom such payments were made, and all other facts connected with the history of said bonds. The committee appointed by vir tue of this act will submit their re port, I learn, during the present ses sion of the Legislature. While it is proper that I postpone any extend ed remarks upon theciasses of claims and securities mentioned in the act, until after the information collected i by the committee shall have been laid before you, yet I feel constrain ed to say that, in my opinion, the State is bound for the redemption of only such obligations as have been issued in conformity with law. It money raised upon unauthorized se cutities has come into the treasury, the Slate is bound to account for the same. But considerations of public policy forbid that the Slate should recognize as valid and binding any contract entered into by any person not authorized to make the same.— The Governor has no authority, by virtue of his office alone, to issue bonds of the State. To do this, he must be specially authorized by a legislative act, passed for that pur pose. When so empowered, he be comes a special agent, and cannot transcend the limits of the grant conferring his powers. It 13 a well established principle, that persons having dealings with public agents, in matters like this, are strictly bound to look to the authority of such agents. The following is a consolidated statement of the existing debt of the State, created before the 4th day of July, 1868, showing the amount and dates of the issue and maturity of the bonds: When Amount. When issued. due 1842 and 1852 1872....$ ,1842 and 1843 1873.... 1844 and 1848 ....1874.... 1858 1878.... 1859 1879.... 1860 1880.... 1861 1881 100,000 00 1666 1886 3,600.000 00 650.500 00 137.000 00 251.500 00 100.000 00 200,000 00 200,000 00 Gra id $5,238,500 00 From the foregoing tabular state ment, it will appear that the total amounlof our bonded debt, contract ed prior to July 4, 1868, is $5,233,- 500. To meet the bonds falling due the present summer, the Governor was authorized to issue bonds to the a- mount of $700,000, due in twenty years, and bearing interest at a rale not exceeding seven per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. As required by the provisions of ibis act, I have caused bonds to be pre pared, and the same are now being used in exchange and redemption of the old bonds falling due the pres ent year. By the third section of the act, a temporary loan was au thorized in a sum not exceeding $300,000, for the purpose of paying the semi-annual interest, due the present Snmmer, upon the bonds of the Slate issued before the 1st day of June, 1868, which loan, it is pro vided, shall be paid back out of the moneys received from the taxes paid into the Treasury during the year 1872. Acting under the authority thus conferred, I borrowed from the Na tional Bank oi Commerce, in New York, the sum of $200,000, at 7 per cent, per annum, to be repaid on the first day of December next. This sum was placed to the credit of the State on the 29th day of June last, and is sufficient to pay the interest falling due upon our old debt in the months of June, July and August. An arrangement has also been ef fected with the National Bank of Commerce to act as the agent of the Stale in exchanging tbe old for the new bonds falling due this year. This arrangement is as follows : An offer is made to the holders oi the old bonds to exchange therefor the new 7 pet cent, bonds authorized to be issued by said act. In the event this offer shall not be accepted, it is proposed that the semi-annual inter est shall continue to be-paid upon the old bonds until the State shall Be able to redeem the same. This arrangement is the best that could be effected in the present condition of the public credit, and it is believ ed that it will give satisfaction to our creditors. There exists no law au thorizing the payment of interest up on the old bonds after their mSturi- ty, but being satisfied that the prop osition to that effect, embraced in the arrangement above referied to, if carried out, will be promotive ot the public welfare, I respectfully re commend that the same be approved by the Legislature. In effecting these arrangements, I have to acknowledge the obligations under which I rest to the Hon. C. J. Jenkins, who, while refusing all pe cuniary compensation therefor as the agent of the State, brought to my aid the benefit of his well-known wisdom and experience. By the wasteful expenditures of the late administration, the Slate was deprived of the means of pay ing the semi-annual installment ot interest upon the public debt, and to supply such means it became ne cessary to resort to the doubtful ex pedient of a short loan. The ne cessary effect of this will be to place three semi-annual installments oi interest on the public debt upon the revenues of the present year. In December next, we shall have to pay the temporary loan contracted to meet the interest falling due this Summer. Then, following closely in January and February thereafter, another semi-annual installment will fall due. This we shall probably be able to meet without serious dif ficulty. In June, July and August of next year, however, another like installment will become due, and will be upon us before the taxes of next year can be collected. The temporary loan just negotiated should be promptly paid at maturi ty, and provision be made to meet future installments of interest with out recourse to temporary expedi ents. It is of the highest importance that the credit of the State be fully re established, to the end that the heavy burdens now resting upon the peo ple may be removed as speedily as possible. The present impoverished condition of the country, produced by the late civil war, the disorgani zation of our labor system, and die wasteful extravagance which char* acterized the acts of those lately in authority, render the practice ot the most rigid economy indispensably necessary. Our resources should be husbanded, our expenditures con fined within the strictest limits of necessity, and public officials held to rigid accountability. By a wise, honest and faithful administration of the government, the public credit will soon be restored, and the peo ple relieved of the weight of taxa tion which now oppresses them. Floating Debt of Western and Allan- tic Railroad. Your attention is also respectfully called to the propriety of making provisions lor the payment of the floating debt of the Western and At lantic Railroad. The annual report of the Comptroller General, here with transmitted, shows that there was paid out of the public treasury during the^year 1871, to claims be longing to the class just named, the sum ot $452,080 92. There is still a large number of such claims out standing, a portion of which have been audited by the commissioners appointed by the Legislature, in the act approved October 24,1870. At the late session of the General Assembly, a committe was appoint ed with power to investigale the conduct of the said commissioners, and to inquire whether any claims had been allowed by them after be ing rejected by the Legislature or by the courts, or whether any claims had been allowed which had been barred by the statute of limitations, and whether any fraudulent and il legal claims had been allowed, and upon what evidence. No warrants have been issued for the payment of these claims since my accession to office. It is a matter of doubt whether any appropriation exists for their payment, and I deemed it proper and respectful to await ac tion on the part of the Legislature, before directing further payments to be made. ( I would also call your attention to the fact, that there is outstanding a large amount of claims against the Slate, in the form of change bills, and notes issued by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Most of these purport to have been issued during the late war, and others bear date as far back as the lime when the road was being constructed. I have been informed tfia^ it has been held by the courts of’lTen.nessee, that the full amount specified on the face of the change bills issued dur ing the war is recoverable. In view ot the fact that much litigation may arise, and great expense be incur red in suits brought in the courts of Tennessee for the collection of these bills, I respectfully recommeud^hat some provision be made whereby these evils may be avoided. Lease if the Western and Atlantic Railroad. .*• The attention has never been the lease of the of the Legislature formally called to Western and At lantic Railroad, and . 1 therefore transmit herewith copies of all the papers of record and oh file in thi3 department, referring to this same. Frodfr these papers it Will appear that on the 1 27th day of December, 1870, tiijr Predecessor leased the road, its rolling Stock and other prop erty, for the term of twenty years, for the sum of $25,000 per month, or $300,000 per annum. This rental has been regularly and punctually paid. The terms and conditions oi the lease are fully set forth in the accompanying documents, and need not be recapitulated here. The-circumstances attending this transaction from its inception to its consummation, have excited great interest in the public mind, and have been the subject of much di verse criticism. In consequence of this fact, the Legislature at its late session, by a joint resolution, provi ded for the appointment of a com mittee, whose' duty it was made to investigate and report upon the lease* This committee, I arn informed, will submit their report during your present session. Any discussion of the lease, therefore, at this lime, and in advance of the official evidence, might justly be deemed prema ture. The magnitude oi the interests involved, and the concern which the transaction has excited in the public mind, render it proper that I should invoke at your hands, whenever you shall feel it to be your duty to take up this important matter for consid eration; the exercise of your highest wisdom and justice. In the dis cussion which will doubtles arise, I feel assured that you will lose sight of neither the true interests of the people,the honor and dignity of the State, W»r the rights of the lessees. Popular Education. I transmit herewith the report of the State School Commissioner upon the present condition and wants of our common school system, to which I respectfully invite your attention. The attempt to establish the com mon school system in this State has not been crowned with the success which was anticipated. It is not difficult to understand the causes which have led to this result. In the impoverished condition of the people, it has been found impracti cable to raise the means at once to carry into successful operation a system so expensive, without too great an increase of taxation. Even the scant means which have come into the; treasury, and which by the Constitution were set apart and de voted to common school purposes, have been misapplied. By order oi the General Assem bly, in the year 1870, the sum of $242,026 62, belonging to the school fund, was taken from the treasury. Soon after this was done the Legis- lure passed an act establishing a common school system. The grave wrong was committed of first mis appropriating the school fund, and next of establishing a cumbrous and expensive system, requiring for its successful operation a heavy outlay of money. No sufficient appropriation was made for defraying the expen* ses of the system. The necessary consequence of this unwise proce dure was that heavy debts were contracted in the employment of teachers, and for other purposes The present General Assembly at its late session sought to correct ex isting evils by remodeling the whole system. The law as it now stands, although an improvement upon pre vious legislation, is still very dei'ec five., These defects are pointed out in the report of the Commissioner, and the necessary remedial legisla lion suggested. I cannot too ur gently recommend that provision be at once made for paying the just claims of teachers. Whan the school fund was taken from the Treasury, certain bonds of the State were deposited in iieu of the same. The Governor was authorized to sell those bonds to raise money to pay the teachers, but the power to sell was expressly made dependent upon the condition that such sale could be made without in jury to the public credit. Upon in quiry made of the Treasurer, I found that the bonds bore lithographed coupons, and in his judgment were so defectively executed as to be of little or no value. As an evidence of this, it was stated that they had been offered by the late Governor, in the New York market, but a sale Finding that the time in fthidh the college in this State must be estaB^ fished, if at all, would expire before the meeting of the General Assem bly*, and feeling unwilling to apply, to Congress to extend the time, for the reason that such application in all probability would have been used as a pretext for attaching to the do nation conditions which would have rendered the same odious to the peo ple, I determined that it was my duty to exercise the power confer red upon the Executive by the Leg islature, and to save this important fund for our people. The question arose, how could this best be done. In looking over the State, it was found that we had several excellent institutions of learning, and that the people in several localities desired to have the college established in their midst. This was natural and praiseworthy. But my duty was plainly pointed out by law, and be yond this, I could not no go. The act of the Legislature, approved December 12, 1866, conferred upon the Governor all the power necessa ry to save the fund to the State. The act of Congress, however, ma king the donation, required that the college should be actually establish ed by the second day of July, 1872. There was no such college in exis tence in this State, and I, as the chief executive officer under the gov ernment, had no authority to create such an institution. The Legisla ture had failed to organize a college for this purpose, or to dispose of the fund, and would not re-assemble in time to take the necessary action. What then could be done ? By the terms of its charter, the trustees of the University of the State located at Athens, and already successful operation, possessed in of them,had. been found impracti- cablef (except at ruinous sacrifice. Being satisfied that the mere fact of these bonds, thus executed, be ing placed upon the market would greatly impair the credit of the State, f deemed it to be my duty to defer.any attempt to sell them, and to submit the matter to the Genetal Assembly Agricultural Land Scrip. By an act of Congress, passed in the year 1862, donations of land were offered to the States for the purpose of establishing agricultural and mechanical colleges. The States accepting the donations were allow ed until the 2d day of July, instant, to establish the colleges. The scrip issued to the State of Georgia, un der the provisions of said act of Congress, was sold by my imme diate. predecessor, at ninety cents per acre, making the sum of $243,- 000. Of this, the sum of $50,400 has been received. The remaining portion will not become due until the third day of July, 1873. ample powers to establish such a college as that described in the act of Congress making the donation, and it was only by the prompt ex ercise of these powers by the trus tees that the fund did not become forfeit. The trustees held a meet ing in this city on the thirtieth day of March last, when they organized a college in conformity to the law granting the donation, made formal application for the use of the fund, and received an Executive order bestowing the same upon the Uni versity. I herewith transmit copies of the proceedings had at said meeting of the trustees, and of the Executive order referred to. It may be remarked that the act of Congress prescribed the condi tions upon which the donation was made. One of these conditions re quired that the State, upon accep ting the donation, should become bound to preserve the fund, and to see that no part of the same was lost or misapplied. The acceptance of the fund made the State a trus tee for the uses declared in the act creating the trust. To enable the State to perform its duty and to pro tect the fund it was manifestly nec essary that the same should be kept within the control of the legislature. The University is a State institution, and the action of the trustees may be reviewed by the General Assem bly. This is true of no other insti tut ion of learning in the State. In granting the use of the fund to the University, therefore, I was careful to place it where the Legislature would still retain the power to in terpose for its proper application and preservation. No part of the principal fund, or of the interest, could be appropriated to the pur chase or erection ot buildings for the college, but no delay was occasion ed on this account, since there were already suitable buildings belong ing to the University, which could be used for that purpose. For these and other reasons which might be given, I deemed it to be my duty to save the donation in the only practicable way left open to me, and to grant the fund to the University of the State. It may be added that the college went into operation on the first day of May under the most promising auspices, and that there are already about one hundred students receiv ing instruction in the same, free of charge. The prospect is that this number will be largely increased, and that the State, so far at least as her agricultural and mechanical in terests are involved, will soon enter upon a new and more prosperous career. What we most need is thorough and practical education, and this the new college promises to secure to all classes of tbe people— to the poor as well as to the rich and more fortunate. Penitentiary. By authority of the act approved December 14, 1871, authorizing the Governor to farm out the convicts in tbe Penitentiary, I proceeded, after due notice given, to lease the same for the term of two years, to Messrs. Grant, Alexander & Co., at the sum of fifty dollars per capita per annum. The number of con victs in the Penitentiary on the day the lease was executed, was 432. The number on the first of this month had increased to475. Thirty* two have been discharged in the meantime, their terms having expir ed. This marked increase in the num ber of convicts is not due to any augmentation of crime in the State, but is believed to be the result en* tirely of a more rigid nnd proper enforcement of the laws. This in* stitution heretofore has been a source df eipetise to tbe State. Under the present arrangement, however, it is riot probable that .any appropria* tions will become necessary for its Support and maintenance.' On the contrary, it will probably be produc tive of considerable revenue. Pardoning Power. It rray be here remarked that in the present state of society, I have felt it to be my duty to confine the exercise of the pardoning power within very strict limits. Courts and juries constitute the proper tri bunal for the trial of criminal of fenses, and it is no part of tbe du ly of the Executive to intervene to screen the guilty from punishment. The theory of the law upon this subject is, that when guilt has been ascertained in the manner prescri bed by the supreme authority, the interest of society demands that the offender be punished. The most painful duty which devolves upon the Chief Magistrate of the com monwealth is the refusal of appeals made to Executive clemency. Im pressed as I have been, however, with the conviction that the good order, peace and welfare of satiety depend in a large measure upon the due enforcement of the laws, I have felt constrained to refuse to interfere with the due execution of judgments pronounced by the judicial authori ties. It is believed that a strict ad herence to this line of duty will re sult, at no distant day, in restoring to the people that feeling of securi ty, without which society can be neither prosperous nor happy. I am glad to have it in mv power to add that there has been a marked diminution of crime throughout the Slate, and that there is reason to believe that this diminution will be come more marked in tbe future. Lunatic Convicts. Your attention is respectfully call ed to the defects in the law as it now stands in regard to the proper dis position to be made of lunatic con victs. Under our present system there is no provision ot law special ly adapted to such cases. When the convicts were confined in the State prison, under the direct con trol of the principal keeper, a pro vision existed for the removal of lu natic convicts from the Penitentiary to the Lunatic Asylum, upon proper certificates of lunacy being made by the physician of the penitentiary and the principal keeper. At thi3 time, however, there is no such officer as a physician of the penitentiary, and the principal keep er has ceased to have the peculiar custody and control of the convicts. The only evidence, therefore, upon which the Soperintendent of the Lunatic Asylum is authorized to re ceive a convict into the Asylum can not be supplied. The lessees are bound by theii contract and by the law to treat tbe convicts with hu- manity, and to confine them secure ly ; but there is no provision pre scribing the proceedings to be bad in case any of them becomes lunatic. I therefore recommend the passage of such act as will cure the evil here pointed out. Lunatic Asylum. I herewith transmit the report of the special committee appointed to investigate the condition of the Lu natic Asylum. The investigations of the committee have been thorough, and the information which they have collected in regard to this great char ity cannot fail to attract the earnest attention of the General Assembly The number of patients now being treated in tbe Asylum is large, and the expenses attending the same are heavy. These unfortunates must be cared for, however, and to that end all needed reforms in the ad ministration of tbe institution should be introduced, and all existing abus es corrected. Tbe committee, whose report is now submitted, is cornpos ed of |gentlemen of high character and marked abilities, and any sug gestions that they may make are entitled to the most respectful con sideration. Maimed Soldiers. I respectfully ask that your atten tion be directed to the subject of supplying means to furnish artificial limbs to such indigent soldiers of this State as were maimed in the late war, whether in the service of the State of Georgia or of the Con federate States. The General As sembly, in 1866, made an appropri ation for this purpose, but I am ad vised that there are still many indi gent soldiers remaining, who have never beenj supplied with artificial limbs. The report of the Comp troller General, made in the year 1869, shows that a portion of the ap propriation made in 1866 is still un expended. As this fund cannot now be drawn from the Treasnry with out further action by the Legisla ture, 1 respectfully recommend that an appropriation be made sufficient to meet the wants of this meritorous and unfortunate class of our fellow- citizens. These patriotic men gave their natural limbs to the service of the State, and it is but little to ask that the Slate should' replace them with artificial limbs. Our Dead Soldiers. Your attention is also earnestly called to the fact that tbe bodies of over two thousand soldiers who fell fighting upon our own soil, still re main uncared for on the hillsides and in the valleys, where they fur- rendered their lives in our defense. By appropriation heretofore made. and by private means and time yet contributions of , . . . - expended under ihe patriotic direction ot the ladio, Composing the Board of Trustees r f tbe Georgia Memorial Association twenty-two huudred and eighty b 0 ] ies have been gathered up and ,| P * cenlly interred in the soldiers’ *tery laid out for that purposed Marietta. All the means on h a , have long since been exhausted Nothing fuither has been done wiV in the last three years, and now en the cemetery, prepared with such pious care, has fallen into decay from lack of funda to keep it Up j respectfully-.inquire how long tin neglect shall be permitted to con" tinue? Having put our hands t 0lhi * good work, shall we turn back and leave it unfinished ? These men died for us. Shall we not, then, at l eait save their bones from the plowshare and put them tenderly away? d u( ’ calls us, and our noble women star’ ready, with tearful eyes, to p er f or l the holy task. Our people are and the State is cramped in 1 finances—for the stranger and ^ spoiler have been among us—but w* are not so poor but that we can bury our dead. Military Interference. It may be that it is unnecessarv to call your attention to the correC pouden.ee which was recently had by this department with the com mand of the military forces of the United States stationed at this place in reference to the inteiference i | our local affairs by armed Federd soldiery. The copies of letters here with ‘transmitted, will’put y 0u m possession o, al 1 the taels connected with this unauthorized attempt to set aside and supercede the authority of the State. It is the earnest desire of the people of Georgia to preserve good order, to put down crime in their midst, to discharge all their duties, public and private, in a peaceable manner, and to maintain between the authorities of this State and the United Slates kind and pleasant relations. Such is own fix- ed purpose as the Governor of the Stale. It is hoped, however, that we have seen the last of this kind of interference with our domestic af fairs. There is neither reason for it or warrant of law. It is my sworn duty, as Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth, to uphold the laws, to maintain good order within our borders, and to protect the people in their rights of person and property. To discharge this high duty, the Legislature has clothed the Execu* live with ample powers. There is not likely to arise an emergency when the aid of the Federal authori ties will be required, and there can never occur a case in which the vol untary and unauthorized interfer ence cf the military forces of the Government can be necessary or justifiable. And so long as I hold the office with which the people have so freely honored me, I shall protest against such interference with all the earnestness of outraged justice. The people have no thought ot offering any kind of resistance to the enforcement of the laws ot the United States, but they do protest, and will continue to protest, against all illegal and unauthorized attempts to trample under foot the great rights of local self-government, whether such attempts be made by the mili tary forces or by the Judiciary of the Federal Government. JAMES M. SMITH. Dolly Vardenism is a mild form of idiocy now lamentably preva lent. We have not only Dolly Var* den gowns and petticoats, which are well enough in their (ugly) way, but Dolly Yarden strawberry short* cake, and there is even announced a Dolly Varden magazine. -Miss Varden was probably too good a cook to spoil strawberries by smoth ering them between layers of half- baked dough, but as to the maga zine, it will quite surely be worthy of that lady’s taste in literature. It was gravely announced the other evening by an organ of the pro- foundest political economy that theie had been a “Dolly harden wedding,” at which the bridgroom wore a Dolly Varden shirt and neck-tie, although the process by which those articles of male apparel came to have the Dolly Yarden quality was not revealed. We can imagine that Miss Dolly’s two arms would make a neck-tie that would be thought very agreeable and be coming by the possessor of any male neck; but as to the other garment, we, blushing properly, abandon con- tecture. We would not “break a butterfly upon a wheel,” but the na* jure of that particular kind of intel- lectual feebleness and vulgarity which makes such cant as Dolly Vardenism prevalent, would be an interesting subject of metaphysics inquiry. A year or two ago there was a “Shoo Fly” rage; and then " e had shoo fly hats and bonnets, al though why they were shoo fly |fl ‘ stead of “scat, you beast,” or out, you dog,” it would have pcZ' zled tbe makers and wearers to te. > even to their own satisfaction. «hy not have a proper committee, com posed of two candidates for t he Pre=- idency—Mrs. Woodhull and Greeley, and their two backers t- e Patriarch Andrews and Mr. Thee dore Tilton—to investigate and dc* cide this important question? “Sugar Tit,” is the meliifliK^ name of a precinct in Early county*