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THE DAILY SUN.
Fbidai Moiinino August 18.
99* yew Advertisements ahroi/s fonnu
on First Page 1 lend and Business Koiiixs
on Fourth Page.
SL.N-STKOKKS.
* The Courier Journal is a large
shoot—of water.
The Courier-Journal in published every
day. It is a diurnal distribution of
“ poppy cook." a
99*There will be noinething from Bret
Harte in the forthcoming number of the
Atlantic Monthly.
WASHINGTON.
Victims of Misplaced Con0-
dence.
How Treasury Contracts ure
Awarded, Annulled and Dim.
carded, besides giving rise to
Ofllcial Lying—A Carpet-bag*
ger’s Triumph.
99* It ooet just 9292,000,000 to run
Grant's government for the year ending
June 30th, 1871.
99* Pogue says it wouldn't do for him
to become immersed hi the Courier-Jour
nal, aa it is ao watery that there would be
danger of his drow ning.
99* The prisoners in the Bloomington,
Illinois, jail have “ struck” against the
quantity and quality of the food fur-
oiabad fjiass
(©.Cincinnati has stopped the Sunday
beer traffio, the folka cross the river on
that day to do their drinking. They call
it "crossing the Ilkine.”
Bair The Louisville ledger is one of
the handsomest and sprightliest of all the
papers that reach Tub Bum Office; and
what is best of all it is “ Bourbon. ”
19*A gentleman, evidently one of the ton
Teuton, met another on the street yester
day and asked if he was "an AUerioUe at
law.” The answer was "I reckon not.
•9* The Courier-Journal admits, sub'
stsntiaUy, that it "left Governor Leslie
to paddle his own canoe,” and that ac
counts for the unprecedentedly large
Democratic vote polled in that State.
99*“At a late baby show in Liverpool,
England, the little ones were all so hand
some that no prize was awarded. ” The
judges could readily have decided as to
babies, ;but the mothers had to be pleased
and that was impossible.
*99 Since the Kentucky election the
New Departure papers have beguu to
turn their attention to agricultural mat
ters. The Nashville Banner of the Kith
has over a column leader upon the sub
ject _
99*.The largest Democratic vote ever
coat in Kentucky was cast during the laic
canvass; and the campaign was conducted
on a strict “Bourbon” platform,—in fact
it was “ Bourbon” straight, and that was
what made the Courier-Journals head so
dizzy.
9SF The New Yorkers aro jnst now
disturbed about the legality of Sunday
marriages. The Chicagoans would not
be disturbed about so silly a matter, for
if Sunday marriages should be decided
to be ijlegal, it would only save the form
and cost of divorces.
99* The question haring arisen as to
where Grant’s home is, and as it is as
serted upen good authority that “home
is where the heart is,” and us Grant's
heart is in the United States Treasury, it
is reasonable to presume that bis home
is there also, and will be as long as
any balanoe remains.
99* The Courier-Journal is of the
opinion " that every Badical vote cast in
the State or out of it is just as bad ns a
fraud.” One might infer from that that
Harlan and the other Radical friends of
the Courier-Journal have not paid their
bill for "advertising list of appoint
ments.”
99* It was announced somo time ago
that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
had purchased the right to use the bridge
over the Ohio river at Louisville. The
remark of the Bun at that time was that
it would not be long before Scott would
claim the bridge. Thia bos eomo sooner
than could have been expected. The
Cinciunati Times mid Chronicle of the
14th says: “The Pennsylvania Central
Railroad (Company on Saturday comple
ted the pnrehaae of about threo-fourths
of the stock of the Jeffersonville, Madi
son and Indianapolis Railroad and
branches and of the Louisville Bridge,
and Thomas A. Soott waa elected Preai-
dent of both companies By this ar
rangement the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company secures the oontrol of the
bridges across the Ohio river at Cincin
nati and Louisville, end therefore of all
through lines leading to the South and
Southwest, giving that oompany a com
manding position in regard to traffic with
those sections.”
Tbs iaktaUK 1 . auocrvwutlr.
Thu graceful •moke wreaths of thia free cigar!
Why
Should I
Woep, wall or eight
What if luck hae paaaad mabyt
What if my hones aro dead—
My pleasures fled?
3 ^ Have I not still
My AU •
Of right good cheer—
Go, weep and wall.
fltgfc and grow pale.
1 leave me to my brer)
Weave melancholy rhym
Of the olden timea,
ghoata appear—
r!
Gold ia droaa—
[George Arnold-
Ohe of the (UulMMuadorH front Morocco
.special correspondence of the Atlanta bun.
Washington, D. t\, Aug. Id, 1871.
Editors of the Sun : Our noble
Irigli-toiKil uud patriotic Secretary of
the Treasury, who bus more patron
age both in the amount of money ex
pended and the number of persons ap
pointed than any other officer of the
Government, and whose praises ure
sung daily and nightly by a small ar
my of satellites and pensioners, has
recently given us a sample brick
which illustrates in u very small way
the ways llml are dark aiul the tricks
that are vain, for which
THE AEOHKUAIU NOBLE, III (HI-TO N KI),
&c., is peculiar, and in which he
soems to take a sjtccial delight fur be
yond that of any of liis predecessors.
We fear that Mr. Uoutweli has in bis
composition a very large share of that
element of character which predomi
nates iu the traditional Yankee of a
generation ago; that is, smartness, by
which is meant a capacity to tell
enormous lies and break solemn con
tracts at will, joined to complete ab
sence of anything like conscientious
scruples, which makes such practices
the supreme pleasure of his life.—
We have learned some opposite facts
concerning the letting of
THE CONTRACT AT SAVANNAH
for taking care of sick and disabled
seamen, who find themselves brought
to that port. The conduct of the
Secretary iu this matter is a perfect
record of deliberate misrepresenta
tion and bad faith.
Iu the early summcrproposals were
invited, by advertisement in the
usual way, for taking care of sick and
distressed American seamen at Sa
vannah, from July 1st, 1871, to June
30th, 1872. The Savannah l'oor-
house and Hospital put in a bid at
the rate of 8G cents per diem, or 80
]>er week. Dr. Walsh, a physician,
formerly of Massachusetts, put iu a
bid at the rate of 81.43 per diem or
810 per week. No time for closing
the bids was advertised, but on in
quiry it was learned that the 14th of
June was the last day on which
they would be received. On the 5th
of July
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAVANNAH
HOSPITAL
received an official communication
from T. 1*. Ilobb, collector, stating
that the Treasury Department hau
awarded the contract to the Savan
nah Hospital. He at the same time
stated that the contracts were ready
for his signature, and asked the Presi
dent to call and execute them. Dr.
Walsh was notified by some one of
the custom-house officials of this
award before any knowledge of it
came to the authorities of the So van-
nan Hospital, lie immediately re
paired to Washington, while the con
tract, after being signed, was delayed
in the custom-house at Savannah sev
eral days, it is supposed, to give Walsh
time to get to Washington and pre
vent its approval by the Secretary, his
approval being necessary before 1 it
could take effect.
COL. ROBB
stated that during the following week,
say about the 12tli of July, the con
tract would be returned approved,
when it go into effect. On the 18th
of July an American Press Associa
tion telegram to Savannah confirmed
existing suspicions regarding Walsh’s
movements and efforts to upset the
award. A gentleman interested in
the executed contract went to the
Mayor of the city and obtained a cer
tificate from him flint the Savannah
Hospital was a private corporation,
over which the city had no control;
that its incorporated numc was the
Savannah Poor House and Hospital,
but that it was not a “poor house,”
and did not receive the. poor as such,
lmt only received such of the sick
jioor as might lie considered worthy
objects of charity. He also further
certified that
THE havannaii' hospital
had held this contract for thirty-five
years, auu that the seamen were pro
vided for it entirely separate and dis
tinct apartments from the pauper pa
tients. Ho also certified as to the el-
gibility of the location of the insti
tution, and the character and eflicicn-
•y of the medical and other officers in
■barge of it A certificate was also
obtained from the Danish, Norwegian
and Swedish Consuls to the effect
that they hail always sent the sick
seamen of their respective countries
to the Savannah Hospital, and that
they had never iittend one word of
complaint. A certificate from the
British Consul to the same effect was
also procured.
Dr. R. 1). Arnold, an old and most
highly esteemed pliyeiciun, also certi
fied to his connection with the insti
tution for a period of forty-one years,
und a largo portion of tliis time as
oue of the attending physicians, nc
certified os to the modern improve
ments and conveniences of the build
ing, its facilities for ventilation, 4c.,
&e.
On Wednesday, the 19th of July,
Mr. J. n. Johnston called at the of
fice of the Secretary and asked the
rcatou for (tie delay in the approval of
the awarded contract. He further
more requested that any objection
which the Department might linvo be
presented to n.m in writing, which
was assented to liy the Secretary. On
provided, whether clinical lectures
were allowed to students of medicine,
etc, etc. To all of these Mr. John
ston replied in a most satisfactory
manner, and at the same time obli
gated himself on the part of the hos
S tal to carry ont the wishes of the
epartment if they should have any
objection to its present system. Mr.
Johnston also presented the certifi
cates of the Mayor, the Danish,
Swedish, and Norwegian Consuls,
and that of Dr. Arnold. On Satur
day Mr. Johnston and another gen-
tk-miai called at the office of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, and asked
the approval of the oontraet; he de
clined to render an immediate decis
ion, but said that lie would do so in a
few days, yet that very afternoon the
papers were made out appointing Dr.
Walsh, aud forwarded to Savannah.
On the following Monday
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GF.OUOIA
PRESS
called on Secretary Boutwell and iu
quired if anything lmd been done
about awarding this contract The
Secretary replied emphatically Dial
nothing hud been done. On Tues
day the same party again called, made
the same inquiry, und received the
same answer. On Tuesday night,
at about 0 p. m., Dr. Walsh informed
bis friends at the Ebbitt House that
lie hud just learned of his own up-
loiutmeut, and that the papers had
*eeu sent to Savannah. On the next
day (Wednesday) a gentleman quite
largely connected with the Southern
press, called on Secretary Boutwell
and asked him what hail been done
with this hospital contract, and re
ceived the answer that no action had
been taken.
LORD! HOW THIS WORLD IS GIVEN
TO LYING."
Thus a solemn contract, which was
simply' a renewal of a practice of
thirty-five years standing, was set
aside on the pretext that the sramcn
were to be mixed with common pau
pers, an assumption that was com
’’ — — ... tan ikw uiuM sv im • ---
to Engkuul, tuning never seen mow *“[ Thursday, tile ffOlli, Mr. Johnston
be taunt 1 there, and olwerwing that the j u t. the Secretary's offloo,
hoyt* gathered it up iu their Iiou.Ih, Mill, , ,„ MK , r promuud-
Mr. Wmu.m B. lUxd Dei eg unable, c n jti ca oi ventilation, character of
from ill health, to writ* Jhebts ot tie whether poor patients were rc-
““ a j&:wUrd/uing-rooms were
pletely exploded by the evidence pro
duced before the new contract liad
been annulled. The faith of the na
tion was broken in order that a cer
tain favorite satellite might make iifty
cents a day more than he earned.
Anuus.
Laying of the Corner Stone of
the Grand Lodge Ma
sonic Hali.
On yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
the corner »tone of the Grand Lodge
Masonic Hall now being erected iu this
city, ou Mulberry street, was laid with
most impressive and solemn ceremonies
by the Masonic fraternity -M. W. Samuel
Lawrence, Grand Master of Georgia,
officiating.
At the hour named, the resident and
visiting Masons, in command of G. W.
Gam mage, of Tolbotton, Grand Marshal
of the State, emerged from the Mftcon
Lodge No. 5, escorted by St Omer Com-
mandery No. 2, in fall dress, and in com
mand of Hou. Thos. Hardeman, Jr.,
Oaptain General, and formed line on
Second street, and the right resting on
Triangular Block. There were in lino
about two hundred members of the fra
ternity, and in their beautiful regalia,
particularly that of the Sir Koights Tem
plar, they, presen ted an imposing spec
tacle. After forming in line the column
moved olT down Chenw street, headed by
the colored brass band, to Third street,
thence to Mulberry and up that street to
the building site of the Temple, where
the column halted and the ranks opened
in the usual manner, and the Occasional
Grand Lodge, formed during the fore
noon for the purpose, and headed by the
Grand Master passed through the open
ranks and under a beautiful evergreen
arch erected during the day in front
of the building. Soon after the proces
sion arrived, and the Grand Master h.al
taken his position on the platform near
the corner stone, the order of exercises
opened with prayer by the Grand Chap
lain of the day, Hev. W. JWatkiu Hioks,
D. D., of this city. Alter which the
following ode was sung by a select choir
of ladies aud gentleman, made up for the
occasion, and led at the organ by Mr.
G. P. Guilford :
By choice Sllin*i. lei w* aland,
D\ friendship joined, a social band!
That love V> aid mankind I
In choral numbers Msaona Join, etc.
The naked clothe, the prisoner free,
Theao aro thy works, awoat Charity!
Reveal 'd to as from Heaven.
In choral numbers Mason a join, etc.
At the oonelamon of the foregoing ode
the Grand Matter delivered one of the
most able, eloquent and happily con
ceived addressee on the aims and objects
of Free Maeounr wo over heuad. It woe
lixtened to by tlie vent usaembly of ladies
aud citizens present in wrapt attention,
aud we are sore there wsj not a true Ma
son ureseut who did not feel|proud of hit
brotherhood, and the noble and benevo
lent objects it had in view.
The eloquent gentleman closed with
thanks to the Supreme Architect that he
permitted to uffleiate in laying the
corner stone of the Grand Lodge of tho
State, and prayed that God would spare
his life to witness the completion of tho
building and its dedication to the noble
service aud purposes of Free Masonry.
The following ode was then sung and the
exercises closed with tile tienediction
from tho Grand Cbaplaiu :
1I.U, MMonry divine t
Glory of age* aliiue 1
Long may'xt thou reign:
Where o’er tliy lodges ataud,
May they have great command,
And always grace the laud,
Thou art divine!
Great are thy echeiuoa ;
Thy noble ordure are
Matohleaa buyoud compare,
No art with thee can share.
Thou art divine I
Hiram, the architect,
Did all the Craft direct
How they should build.
Solomon, Israel's king.
Did mighty blessings bring,
Which gave us cause to sing,
Hail, royal art I
Iu the foregoing we have omitted tho
language aa laid down in tho hooka for
such occaaiona, and merely reported what
was done. .The gavel used on this occas
ion was made from the oak tree under
whioh Oglethorpe organized the first Ma
sonic Lodge of Georgia, in 1733. The ex
erciae8 were witnessed by a very large con
course of citizens were graded by the
presence of hundreds of ladies, numbers
of whom could not obtuin positions near
enoilgh to the stand to hear what was go
ing on. The exercises being over the
fraternity reformed aud returned to the
Lodge from whence they started, and
the vast assembly dis|>ersed. Thus closed
the impressive aud imposing ceremony
of laying the corner stone of the Grand
Lodge Masonic HaiJ of Georgia, a build
ing which, when oompleteil ( will not only
be a source of pride and credit to the
ancient and mystic brotherhood that
erects it, but will be an ornament to tho
city of Macon and an honor to the Btatc.
—Macon Telegraph, 16//*.
Early Hieing.
nighty i _
blished by liia strict command.
nail I mysterious, hail I glorious Maaonry,
-Hail, mysterious, etc.
Hrm'fl Illustrious roso our art,
And now In beauteous piles appear;
Which ahall to cudloaa timu 1 mi .art,
How worthy and how great wo are.
Cuo.—Hall, mysterious, etc.
ire Iran fam’d for overy tic,
which the human thought la l>ouiu
, Truth and Friendship socially
u all our hearts and bauds around
Cuo.—Hail, mysterious, etc.
lotions, at II by Virtu* bloat,
d to our precepts ever true,
Tbe world, admiring, shall requoat.
To learn, and our bright path pursue.
Cuo.—Hall, myatorloua, etc.
Tho Granil Master then ordered Iho
■tone to lie raiaed in the uaunl form ns
laid down in the Maaonic chart. The atone
in a very fine pieee of white marble, five
feet long, by 21 feet in width, anil oue
foot thick and very highly polished, on
wliich is inscribed the following: Grand
Lodge Hall, F. A. M., erected A. L 5871.
.Samuel Lawrence, G. M. Building Com
mittee: George W. Adame, Joeeph E.
Wells, John G. Deitz, G. W. Maxson,
John Nioholson. Jere Ftua, Architect
John J. Cornell, Builder. Thin beautifnl
•tone is from the marble works of Measrs.
J. B. Artope k Bon, of this city.
Prayer followed the raizing of the stone,
and then instrumental mnsio.
The Grand Treasurer, Joeeph E. Welle,
then depoeited the box containing vari
ous ooins, etc., and tbe stone woe ordered
to be lowered to its place, after which
the Architect reported to the Grand Mas
ter that the stone awsited his inspection.
Then followed the ooiloqay between
the Grand Master and Grand Chaplain of
the day, and the premntatiouof the gold
and silver vessels, otter which was sung
the following ode;
Lei there h* light, the Almighty spoka!
Kufulguut streams from cbaoM broke.
JUiimlTied the rising uarth ?
W«u pleas *1 the (treat Jehovah slued.
The power supreme prouuuncad It good!
i, u<t gave the planets birth I
Parent of light! accept our prqlaa!
Who shadd’at on us thy brightest raja,
The Ughl that tils the mind;
The London Spectator denies that early
rising is really oenefieial. The truth is
that late rising in civilized countries is
not tho result either of idleness or fash
ion, or contempt for hygienic laws, but of
a habit based portly upon tho social sys
tem of division of lulxir. It is very in
convenient for onj society* which is iu
any wny inter-dependent to vary its time
of rising with the aim, and it, therefore,
selects a rough meantime ut which for
the greater part of the year there will*!*}
a decent measure of davlight. In Eng
land tlnvt time is not five, or anything
like five, but between eight and nine;
and, accordingly, the majority of people
who eon do as they like, select that time
tor rising, and so enable themselves to act
with something like concert. They idl
go to business at once insteod of wasting
hours in waiting for each other, and all
fiuisli at once, instead of burdeiiing the
whole class of assistants, clerks, Ac., with
different und variable hours. Moreover,
they can all go comfortably to work, that
is, can economize their strength to the
utmost, acute discomfort umiacessaiT^y
incurred involving loss of mental j>ower.
In England, for eight months in the
year, early hoars involve discomfort groat
enough to lie iwsitively injurious—if not
to health, at all events to mental serenity.
Chili is not healthy, and early hours m
that climate are chilly and damp, unmiti
gated by fire and imsoothed by food ami
coffee, none of those aUeviauons being
procurable except at the cost of dimin
ished sleep for the whole caste of ser
vants, who, as it is, need somewliat more
time for rest then their masters, and ob
tain somewliat less. This might lw cor
rected, no doubt, by everybody retiring
much earlier to bed; hut tho only cff<»ct
of that change would be to shorten the
time for rest aud recreation, which is
much too short already. Under tho ex
isting system, the professional classes can,
if they like, work steadily eight hours a
day under tho circumstances best calcula
ted to economize effort, and yet retain
eight hours for food, society and reading,
and eight hours for sleep.
Punch has tho following on “Wallflow
ers;” Since it has become tho fashion for
gentlemen to dance with married ladies
only, wallflowers have improved much in
appearance, but still they aro not happy.
H (Utfbnccr No. 1—“ I should like a waltz
so! But I suppose there’s no chance tor
poor me till mamma’s l>ecn thoroughly
danced off her legs.” WnHjitticer No. 2—
“I should bo content with an ice, if X
could only get one. Fancy! Mamma’s
been taken down for refreshment throe
times, and I not once!'’
a- ——•
Singular Cano.
A yonng lady of Pittsburg to ull up-
(teurunucH laid dead for 22 days. When
she died (?) there was such a peculiar ex
pression ou her countenance, anddecom-
]K>*ilion not appearing, her friends refus
ed to allow her to be buried. Ou the 22d
day site arose with a start, as if just awak
ened from a refreshing sleep, und was
surprised upon being informed of her
Rip Van Winkle slumber. About her
first motion wan to go to tho cupboard and
put herself outside of a couple of pies.—
She then told the astonished neighbors
who hod filled the howto that she had
only been oaloenadreuming, and became
greatly annoyed at what she thought was
their propensity to “tease” her for “over
sleeping herself uu hour in the morning.”
It is a very singular case.
Tho Alcgeinciuc Zcitumj having lately
stated that Thonms Carlyle waa collecting
materials for liis autobiogrupliy, a London
pujM'r has t>een authorized to deny the
statement. Mr. Carlyle’s life lias so en
tirely l>ecn tluit of a retired book-man,
that he con lmvo very little to tell about
himself; but his recollections of persons
whom lie knew or met would Ihi worth
reading.
John Stuart Mill Iion liceu astonishing
liia Scottish friends by the versatility of
his uccoiuplisluueuhk While visiting
Edinghurg thin season, la* passed much
of his time in sketching, w hich he does,
it is paid, to perfection. Mr. Mill, be
side, is a fine pianist, ou able philologist,
arclueologist, aud botanist
GEORGIA SHEWS.
Pike county assesses her wealth at $1,-
887,855, and grieves.
Tho Chronicle and Sent hud asks, “Shall
wo make Augusta grow ?” By all mcnuH
tm you have plenty of room for growing.
During the woek ending August 15th,
there were nine interments in tue Savan
nah cemeteries, three of which were
white.
Tho Valdosta Times says: Judgo O’Neal
is out ogaiu, aud will soou lmvo entirely
recovered liis health, notwithstanding
the press of Georgia hail him dead some
two weeks ago.
Tho Aryue says the health of Baiu-
bridge and Decatur oouuty continues
to improve, and that but few coses of
sickness of any kind can be heard of.
The Bainbridge cotton factory, says
the Argwt, is in full ^operation, running
its spindles aud looms, and manufactur
ing cloths of all kinds woven by it here
tofore. Wm. G. D. Tonge, son of tho
late 8. Davis Tonge, is Superintendent.
The Columbus Sun of the 16th says
Wo understand that Mr. Hawks, who hie
boon identified with the new hank, leaves
next week to solicit subscriptions in Sa
vannah, at which point lie hopes to raise
$50,000. The success mot with here is
most encouraging—#80,000 having been
raised, and yet tho soliciting committee
have not entered upon their duties. No
doubt over #100,000 will bo taken hero
Tho Milledgeville L'/iion of the 16th,
says : We have had several Hue showers
recently which, though too late to benefit
theOotton, will help corn, peus and pota
toes. The crops in tliis county certainly
do not promise to be oh good as last year,
but our furmors, when they road the un
favorable reports from other portions of
tho Btato, liuvo reasons to oongratnlato
themselves that it is us well with them as
it is.
A Cutlibert letter to tho Mooon 7We-
graph says; Ou Saturday last the taxpay
ers of this placo, by a vote of eighty to
throe, decided in favor of imposing a cor
poration tax of $5,000 to secure, if possi
bio, the locution hero of tho male dis
trict school, about to bo established by
tho Mothodist denomination. Two free
schools also wore opened to-day (for
whites) under tho lute Jaw, prowled over
by Prof. McNulty aud Mr. Murray, both
gentlumeu of experience aud the highest
attainments.
■£jarbu>are, tntlerg, (JWinS, Set.
w. JlT. W a D^WcrRTT* " ii C30.,
iMPOBTtrrw AND WHOI.KS-U.r: nfciiMm i*i ( j
hardware, CUTLERY, aUN8,
Onrt*iHjre Makers' anil Bnilder* Mtttortal«ii4 Jeol*
Rutotoer and IjentUer Boltins,
Wo. 2* Whitehall Btreet Cor -Al.btatUL oppoaltejattLeS BanV^A^AirFN, 9i,
t))«tct)te, Jtwilrjj, Sifoft lW<rt«, €ie.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS!
. 1 in. 1 ere
LA D SHD AND HATKfXI
ARE ' pen A osKoq T«*
Ofreriooe TYxelr Entire Stools. C3-reriftl'5 r
Reduced. Frieses. '»t-iivo tt
The Macon Telegraph 1ms tho follow
ing : A colored loyal Benedict approached
a gentleman of this city the other day,
aud says : “Moshh Wilkins, look mo good
in do face and tell mo how much white
man yon tinks I is.” He was informed
that he had, possibly, as much as ouo-
fourth of white blood in his veins. “Well,
sah,” [said Sambo, “dat is all I want to
kuow, kase I hail daughter boru to mu
lately, an’ its white as you is. Now, I’su
guy no to give my old wonmu three weeks
to turn dat chile black, aud of she don't
do it, I quits her ou du spot! I aint no
ool, ef I is a nigguh.”
Writing from Outhbert, oue of tho ed
itors of the Mucou Telegraph says; The
rains have been copious and general
throughout tJie country, but the cotton
promise, iu tho judgment of tho writer,
is worse than it has been at any previous
stage of the season. On the red lunds,
the forms and young fruit had nearly all
fallen off before the rains, aud tho plant
had blossomed up to the top. A new
growth of tho weed will now set iu, caus
ing the bolls already on the stalk to dwin
dle or stop growing, while it is too late
to mature auothcr crop. The cotton on
gray and saudy soils looks better, but lius
also lost much of its fruit, aud is exceed
ingly small and irregular. Planters are
greatly disheartened with the prospect
The Louisville, Jefferson county, cor
respondent of tho Havanuali Nmca writes
ns follows: Ou the 10th instaut, during a
thunder storm, two negroes moving to
M. B. Carroll’s place, stopped under a
tree near the residence of W. 8. Alexan
der, Esq., in tho county of Jefferson,
when the lightning struck and killed the
mule that was drawing tbe cart, also the
negro’s dog uud a mocking bird. The
surprising part of this occurrence is this:
The woman was sitting on the cart, with
the bird upon her left side; tho man was
on the ground, with his hand upon the
cart, aud the dog was lying upon the
ground at the root of the tree. The mule
and dog woro killed on tho right of the
woman. Tho man, who was between the
mule and tho dog, was knocked down and
severely stunned, and but tor the timely
aid rendered by Hquiro Alexander, who
was near him, in using remedies, may
have never recovered. The woman wus
knocked off of the cart to tho left of
where she was sitting, but not seriously
hurt. Both negroes aro doing well.
Four Historic Estates.
Tho Charlottesville Intelligencer re
calls attention to tho following interest
ing fact:
Within three miles of Charlottesville,
and almost at the four points of the com
mas, there are four estates that at one
imo belonged to men who will always
occupy prominent places in American
history : Moutioello, tho home of ThomAH
Jeffcison; Penn Park, where lived Wil
liam Wirt; Monroe Hill, tho property of
•Tames Monroe, and Frauklin, which at
oue time belonged to Benjamin Frank
lin.”
A bishop burned with the dosiro to be
come a cardinal, lie envied tbe good
health of his treasurer, and said: “How
do you uiauuge to bo ulwuys well, while
I urn ulwuys ill?” The treasurer answer
ed, “My Lord, the reason is, that >ou
have always u hat iu your head, and 1
have always my head in a hat.”
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A Jew, joking w ith a Christian, struck
him on the check, and said, “ Now turn
the other, as your Gospel commands.”
Bill the ('Iinstiii!) gave him usounddnib-
bjng. The Jew cried, “ this is not in
the Gospel.” “ Aye,” said the (Ihristiuu,
hut it is in the comment.” “ Curse the
comment, said the Jew. " it is harder
than tho text ”
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A young lady who left a valuable para-
il iu a dry-goods store iu Hartford, Conn.,
vainly sought to recover it, being assuml
that she must lie mistaken. A few days
after she culled at the same store to pur
chase another, and was shown tho identi
cal parasol with a new “tog,” marked
with an increased price from its first cost.
She claimed it of the clerk; he innocently
api>calcd to his employers; there was a
hurried consultation lx?tween them, and
then, without a spoken word of explana
tion or explanation or a[x>logy, site was
permitted to take away her property.
A Wisconsin editor, while riding on tho
platform of a ear recently, lost his hat
A train Isiy at his side suggested, joking
ly, Unit he bad better jump off and get it
Without a moment's thought, ho acted
U[H>n tho suggestion, and the pivsKongors
were suddenly treated to a display of ac
robatic performimet* u holly new to tilery
and him. Fortunately ho w as not sen
oiisly injured, but has learned to look and
to think before he leaps.
Mortimer Collins, the novelist,
nounoes “The Inn of Strange Meetings,’
and other poems.
•
LOWER THAN THE
SAME QUALITY OF GOOB&-
HAVE EVER BEER OFFERED flf
To Oontlnuo for Tlilrty
Mnlto Room for Their
FALL STOCK.
•HR 8 3W. . m
ACtBMtKTA.
'tuen£l
to
Cife Jtuttrant*—JJtotiifte for Hie
ATLANTA DHP ARTMlilNT
SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COJTP’Y,
ATLANTA,
Gaorglii.
A.|ll. COLQUITT, VT. C. MOftUIH,
Vlos huuusrr. Omnmrii
c*lly nunsRiMl thm any Cotn]»uy of lUatfa ii* U»«c
kvere«o of Ainrrlcftu Uonipaniei
A buaiouM iu tU« Uultal HUtoa
BOARD OP DIRHOTORS,,
II. C. VANCl.T.
W. A.OALDWKLL.
D. 1). MPHCHIHON.
JAMES A. QUAY,
D. K. DUTLKU,
K. W. HOLLAND,
WAf. JOHttRTuN,
KOUK.HT THOMAS,
r. j. vKjjuut.
II. V. M. MILLER.
j. 8. man .ton,
K. H. (IOWAN,
W. K. OOX,
At the Annual Meeting of the Rtoehhnldem and Director! oi the AUmU D*iartmai
Lire Inaurenoe Company, the uuderalgnad ware appointed, In aeoordnao* with the m
I’reaidRUt aud Secretary, a committer, to examine tho l>ooka, aaaeta, Uabllitka, etc., of I
hooka, aaaata, Uabilittca, etc., of the Department
We have i»tieutly and thorouiihly examined everything pertaining to the Company’* beaten-—, and ere
gratified in being able to alatu to thu absent Directors. Stockholders and Cotuiy-ludderw that the baMuesa of
the Company baa boen conducted by the olBcere with economy aud Adelity; and that oar fkrtadr confidence
n the gn at aucceaa of thu t'ompauv and ita ability to tarnish V) iMHcy-holders aa padaal msgb aa any is
..... ■ ** -ad. ,
(Slffned.) J. 8. HAMILTON,
the country, has been HtreugUienet
lulyS fim
BEN. C. YANCEY,
A. H. OOLQC7F,
CHARTERED BY THE 8TATE OF TENNE88EE.
AROLINA LIFE INSUR’NCECO.,
of Memphis, Tsnrar.
Ataecte. $1,098,703.06.
Offloo KTo. 42. Ivla-clieon Street, Momphie, Tonn
o
JEFFERSON DAVIS, President
r. t. RKTTtr.
atftMl r*et PretUtemt j
IT. F. BOTTLE, Secrettny.
ft, F- wir. Mmen,,
u. B. JBtBX
0M. tUUJrmt. JBMemte, Urn
MrtDXCAXj BJCAtVTTNTBgX FOR ATiiAMTA.
JW. J. H'lCKS,
First President,
H. Hnjttejruujr, uwniJpai,
st. misesswjseu. js. ss„ sue.
sen. JJJUBS F. JtMX-S.nsStM,
BOARD or DIHHOTO
Jekfermom David, Mcmphin, Tenn.
M. J. Wicks, President M. A C. R. B.
W. B. Hunt, Momphin, Tenn.
Wh. Jotncb, Joyner, Lemmon k dale.
J. T. Pktttt, Pettit k Bimpaon.
W. B. Ohiuenuaw, Pee’t. Peoples In. Go.
U. K. Pullkn, Merchant
C. B. Church, Mi
W. L. Vino* “
¥. W. Burns,
N. 8. Bwxa, W. &
J. C. Furr, Gailbio
E. W. Munfokd, M
Napolroh Hih,
F. W. White, Haniaado, Mina
T HIS COMPANY wm organized in 1867, with a Capital Black of lapO.OOO, and
haa steadily increased its aaaeta until now thay exceed a million dollars,
lief ore Mr. Davia accepted the Presidency, he required overy policy to be valvai by ate a laaij i_
an selection, and thoroughly aaUafiod blmaolf of ft* aoandnaaa and tbu fiduUly and ofoaomy of Us pre
mia management.
The ••Oarollna Life.” notwithstanding the alaadecona aeaatfta af aaate iaaawmaa jswmflla aa Um Maw
York Timea, could, to-day, re-lnaure all oi itaouUtaoding risks, and have a surplus nmilalai of Mar a
lialf million dollars.
9* AO ENTS WAMTKD.-tt Apply U
THI.retK tt HVLSETT, attorneys, K. Jt. JtLSTOjr
Atl.nU, Mny in. IH71. 1 B
15,000
$5,000,008
UK. JOS. P. LOtMN, MEDICAL EXAMINES, 11
r piJOSE contcmpUUng Life Inznmnce zn rrepectfollj reqngiad to mn-
M. IU. U>. m.nu Uftu. doupur. TtarwilKadtl ■
Superior to Mur MS Imferlor to Nzu, InlU Uniat*-** ttol
giwc Bonn* Iniuraaeo ot Mto Looat I
W. T. WA1
IT or Bern *r »-«.