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THE CONSTITUTION.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 4.
New York Trade.
The Herald gives a long account of the
retail bnsiness in New York among the
smaller dealers.
The fall In gold and the appreciation In
greenbacks has almost made a panic.
Prices have fallen, though money Is more
valuable. Firms are rushing their goods
oil to escape a greater decline. General
uneasiness prevails, and many failures are
occurring.
English Tippling.
Whisky tippling is actually quitting off
in England. In 1866 the British grog-
driukers guzzled 30,014360 gallons of the
‘ craythur;” in 1868, only 29,407,4GO.
The Scotch drink more than the Irish—
twice as much on the average.
Tills is a cnrlous fact. The air of Scot
land. however, 1* conducive to toddy.
The British revenue on all this liquor
was 870,000,000.
Stanton.
The Radical honors paid to Stanton's
memory have been many and brilliant.
Ills funeral obsequies were marked by
magnitude and ceremony. The Radical
press have heaped eulogies upon his char
acter. The other papers show the vestige
of the cordial hatred that he Inspired in
his enemies. Occasionally they blurt out
a stinging ebnllitlop of bitter commentary
that not even the charity of the tomb can
restrain.
But even his warmest cnlogista In their
most fervent praise utter the keenest of
condemnation. The Herald compliments
him :£ the leading spirit of Lincoln’s sd-
ni>lrtrationj but with unconscious, yet
withering irony, strikes him hard by
comparing his “ remorseless wrath ” with
Lincoln’s tender humanity.
Are! ‘•Remorseless!” True word!
Bonttrcll’s Redaction of Circula
tion.
Boutwcll wants authority to contract the
currency at the rate of two millions
month. This question of contraction is
one of the most puzzling of the financial
questions of the day.
The National Intelligencer has a table of
the United States Currency since 1830,
which we give as affording matter of in
terest in connection with this thing ex
pansion and contraction of currency:
per.
capita.
*7 SO
8 0S
IS 40
is as
14 00
12 GO
15 40
11 SO
10 70
800
cm
9 10
040
990
10W
11 10
10 GO
IS 50
14 20
11 50
14 80
15 80
16 40
16 10
IS 70
14 00
10 40
14 SO
13 70
91 <0
27 40
38 GO
34 90
23 GO
22 80
22 00
21 20
Currency.
S 93.00n.00S
119.700.000
183.000,000
905,000.103
222.000.000
903 000,000
233000,000
190,0.0,000
187 000,000
143.700 000
198 800,030
175000.000
..... lWjOuO.OOO
9000
.... 240.000000
.... 234,700.000
.... 235.000,000
.... Sil.OOi.OX)
.... aeoono.ooi
.... 380000.000
418600.000
414,600 003
.... 4M9CO.OOU
.... 471300.000
s'seooooo
.... 458.800000
.... 457000000
.... 443.400,000
.. 482 50 *,000
... 673.(20000
.... 743.000000
.... 751000000
..... 850000.000
SM.0WW0
.... 830.(00^00
*32,000.000
The Feeling in Georgia.
The Chicago Republican, in the main, is
a very fair paper, bold enough to leave the
Radical rut when it honestly differ*, and
independent and original enough to differ
from extreme Radical orthodoxy very of
ten.
Itut it docs sometimes show most egre
gious prejudice, and misconstrues Southern
IIcmooratlc sentiment most sadly.
Under the caption heading these obser-
v.itioi s. It comments on sundry extracts
from Georgia papers, showing the feeling
in Georgs* about tlie Georgia Bill.
He first quotes Rom Mr. Hill,calling him
an ox-Confcdcratc General, and makes this
single comment on Mr. Hill’s letter to the
Augusta Chronicle:
It is noticeable that he keeps his advice
to “say nothing” In true Milesian style,
by stringing words together to the length
of more than a column in small type.
Tlie sarcasm is hardly fair.
It then quotes from the Savannah Re
publican, assuring it of “ renting its ma
lignity.” a very nnwarantable aspersion
on our dignified, fair-minded, and conser
vative contemporary.
It winds up Its reflections in the follow
ing unjust and unkindly style:
From these extracts, our readers can form
some bleu of the tendency of affairs in
Georgia. A vein of mingled despondency,
malignity nnd doubt is plainly dlsrernable.
The language is that of men who feel that,
finally, they have readied the last dltcli.
uml comprehend that the struggle is al
most over. We look now for acquiescence.
After the first storm of passion and resent
ment hits spent Itself, we shall «pwt to see
lovo of office triumph over the bitterness
of defeat, and to fliitl the Democratic Sen
ators nnd Representatives In their seats,
striving to save something for themselves
nnd their friends in the general wreck of
plans and hope*.
Culm.
Os pedes, the Cuban President, has pub
lished a proclamation stating the progress
of the Cuban enure during the last year.
The first Army Corps, under General
fnvndn, lins grown from 800 to 10.000 men.
10.000 mounted nnd Instructed. They have
(Might 117 lights, lost 3,300 killed, and 2.001
wounded. For every man lost, there arc
ten to take Ills place.
The second Army Corps, tinder General
A.Cuvada. lias 12.000 men, has lost 7,000
men, mid fought 220 lights.
The third Army Corps, under General
.Iordan and Castello. lias 0,000 tnen, and has
fought 1»3 fights.
(Vipedes say* lie can count on 10.000
well-armed men with passable discipline.
They are receiving supplies quite regular
ly. They have made the enemy employ
73.000 troops, In the face of whom they
have steadily expanded their territory.
They have captured 1,026 Spanish soldier*.
0.329 stands of arms and 20 cannon. They
have freed 115.000 slaves at a cost of 6100,-
000.000, nnd enrolled many as soldiers.
They have waged » bum a no warfare
znlnst the ntrocltlcn of the Spaniard*
Cespcdc* compliments Jordan in the
strongest term*. He I* confident of sue-
cvs*. „ ..
In response to a call from Congress, the
President furnUho* a largo hatch of matter
relating to Cuba, hut withholds a portion
of the correspondence.
The Spaniards lately formed a plot to as-
aissinate the Cuban Generals, hut It was
seasonably discovered.
The late Intelligence of Cuba * undoubted
success lias had its influence at Washing
ton. The pressure is heavy for the recog
nition of the Insurgents. And it is sup
posed tlint early after the re assembling of
Congress the matter will bejoassed
Tlic Georgia Bill.
—Ntnvvolutionnry measure of a Radical
Congress has excited stronger feeling, or
more general comment than the Georgia
Bill*
All of our exchanges, Northern and
Southern, comment upon it freely. And to
the credit of the moderate Republican pi
pers North, be it said, that they.?peak its
unmeasured condemnation.
Radicalism surpassed itself in the nndac-
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•Suspension. fUiRhest inflation dming snipen-
lion. iBpring panic.
The fluctuations are suggestive.
A Phantom Ball.
The latest novelty in the way of amuse
ments has just been enacted in New York.
Mrs. Geo, Townsend gave a Phantom Bali
Christmas Eve. Every conceivable phase
of ghostly character was present, Including
demons, fairies, sprites, gnomes, witches,
and down-right ghosts. The costumes
were unique and rich. Over ten thousand
dollars was spent In floral decoration.
Hamlet’s Ghost was on hand, and did the
agreeble to Scott’s Lady of the Lake. The
Enchanted Prince bucked up to the-Wltch
of Endor. The Black Imp was spooney
on the Enchantress. The White Knight
capered around the Maid of the Mist. The
parties were all masked. The scene is rep
resented by the Sun as bizarre and gorge
ous, with n liberal and bewildering admix
ture of the wlerd and supernatural. At
midnight the unmasking took place in a
perfect blaze of light.
A minUnre Santa Claus sprang out from
some mysterious place and showered beau
tiful presents about. Every one got a rare
gift. The snpper was in keeping.
The city is all agog over the unique and
original festivity.
Oysters.
The New York Herald has a racy article
on the interesting edible at the head of this
lender.
It claims the Oyster merely to be an ap
petizer.
There are 7,000 Oyster Saloons in New
York City, and 20,000 men are engaged in
the retail branch of tlie Oyster business.
Over 1,000000 dishes are sold daily In the
city, of which one-half ore stews; one-
fourth, fries; one-sixth, raws; the rest
roasts nnd broils. The average receipts of
a saloon are $30 per day, or 6210,000 for all,
or 650.000.000 for tho 9 months, that make
tlie Oyster season. The wholesale trade
amounts to near 64S.000.000 more—making
6100.000.000 as the Oyster business of New
York City.
Pretty large item that for one little wee
bit of a “ marine acephalous mollusk of tho
lamelllbranctriabo order of the gems
ostrea,” all of which big concern of a
name means simply Oyster.
Tin- oyster lias neither jaws or teeth, but
a sort of lips. It may not be wholly an
uninteresting fact to the woman’s Rights
renders of Tint Constitution that tho fe
male oysters largely outnumber the gentle
men. Ttic oyster can sec, but can’t move.
The oyster Is propagated by eggs. Tho
spawning occur* between May anil A ugnst
It matures In seven years. At six months
It. Is no idgger than a very email egg, and
doulde* in size in a year. If 1,000 bushels
are planted In tlie beds, nnd onn-thlrd live,
they will increase from 2,500 to 3,000 bush
el* in four years
Tlio largest oysters measure n foot in
length, hut the average of tlie largest class
is seven Indies by six. But theso whop-
|icr* only are called for by one-twelfth of
tlie caters. One-half of tlie whole con
sumers use tlie smallest oysters. We must
confess wo like tiiosmaller fry. Tho hugo
chap* stick in our throat, and are rank nnd
gross
Over 10.000 men are engaged in shipping
oysters to New York
The oyster beds stretch for 3,000 miles
on the Atlantic coast, and wo are very
confident one of them trots right in to
Atlanta. <)ti
Social Demoralization
A day or two ago wo alluded to tlie
culpability of Journal* In recording too
lavishly and orinntely the revelries of
crime, and the carnivals of Immorality,
A New York correspondent of a Western
paper touches graphically upon tho same
theme. But be relieves the journalist and
blames the public, that demands such a
diet. He declares that the public taste
North is so prurient, so false, so morbid,
that It will ho satisfied with nothing but
there highly seasoned mental carrion
This puts an even graver aspect upon the
social condition. I f the journals but traefc
the appetite ot the general reader, and this
banquet of festering putridity is the only
food the caterers can sell, it shows bow
rotten to the core is that society.
We reproduce some of the paragraphs of
this vigorous writer:
Details, which a quarter of a century
ago, or even ten years ago, would have
been deemed too brutal and disgusting to
be tolerated even in the dirty gossip of a
Five Points grogshop- are now blazoned
forth with scrupulous exactness and utter
shamelessness, as Hie spiciest titbits of the
daily repast. Hungry reporters mouse for
them as eagerly and gloat over them as
triumphantly as theso gold-prospectors
over nuggets If necessary, their fertile
_ imaginations are liberally drawn upon to
itv of tills measure. Grant that party nc-. - lo ench a bit of scandal and to each
• . . .1 . ACM nnr 7 . e l 2a. J..o nmnorfinno - If
DOUGHERTY AGAIN.
A Scathing Review of the Fifth-
teenth Amendment.
KUUBEB Jim
'What is meant by and included in the
15th Amendment?
It proposes to make permanent and per
petual the right of every citizen of the
United States of America to vote. It de
clares this right shall not be abridged
either by the United States or any State,
“ on account of race, or color, or previous
condition of servitude.”
It averts:
1. That the United States as well as the
State Governments, has the right to de
clare the right of the citizen to vote.
When did, or where did snch a power
accrne to the United States Government?
It usurped during the war. and since, in its
dealing with these States? Are yen satis
fied that it Is a saffi depositar of this
power? It is an artful and cuno.ng con
trivance, by which the people are made to
recognize this right, and such a recogni
tion will be used as a grant of this power.
2. The right to abridge is limited only to
one thing: “Race, color nnd previous con
dition of servitude.” So that both the
United States of America, as well as the
States,can abridge.the right of the citizen to
vote, for any other reason or for any other
cause. Er.pressio amicus est ezcliisio al
iens.
Docs a party in power hereafter wish to
perpetuate their hold to office and plunder?
Under this grant Congress could easily
throttle the people by disfranchising such
portion of them as it desired. The grant
is ample. The pretext could be easily
found ont by an astute Congress. Will
that party in power do this thing? They
have done It once in violation of Constitu
tional right. Will they refuse to do it.
with n full grant of power delegated to it.
Bat it professes to protect this right of
the citizen by giving to Congress the right
to secure it by “ appropriate legislation.”
“ This is the Greek horse.” It has tlie ele
ments of destruction on its very vitals.
Protect the rights of the people? Away
with such offers of good.
- Tiomo Danaous dona forenlos.”
“ Appropriate legislation.” What is
the use? Why put in this section? No
snch grant is attached to any of the other
fundamental provisions of the Constitu
tion, except the 14th. If the purpose was
to secure to the citizen the right to vote,
why not declare it—as the old Constitu
tion does—in securing the right of trial by
jury and personal liberty, and integrity
of their contracts in religions rights and
privileges do?
Has it been found out that tlie citizens
have been -unsafe in their great rights here
tofore? The only serious complaints on
that subject, that ever was heard, has been
the hostile acts of the t’.S A. Government.
Has tlie citizen no protection for these con
stitutional privileges? .Most ample. The
State Legislatures, the State courts and the
Federal courts have stood guard over tlie
rights of the people and they have been
well seconded. Will it he said that it was
dangerous to trust this right with tlie
State Legislatures? Why so? The oath
of each member to support the Constitu
tion of the United States of America
would have prompted hostile legislation.
But if snch act, under strong political ex
citement, should be passed, the right is clear
for the citizen to resist it, either in the
State or Federal courts. This has been
fonnd to be a security in the past, why not
try It for the future? New. untried and
dangerous experiments must be resorted to.
Is universal suffrage such a great improve
ment in political science that most extra
ordinary verdict must be-pot on loot for
its preservation? If so, it is remarkably
strange that it has never been incorporated
in the Constitutions of the Northern
States, where involuntary servitude lias
not existed for long years, and where all
the people have been educated. Is it true
that “previous smitude" eminently befits
people to excel in this high prerogative of
a citizen ? If so, the white people in these
reconstructed Stales will be in a good con
dition in a few years to mau-igc the affairs
of State.
It is not true that the sole purpose and
aim of the projectors .of this amendment
is to secure the right of the negro to vote
In the States, for under tt e provisions of
this bill the State governments could ex
clude the larger body of these persons
from the ballot by attaching a property or
educational qualification. But the sole
purpose and aim Is to vest in Congress u
specific grant of power on the subject of
regulating the right of citizens to vote,
and thus acquire liie foothold in the States.
Having thus entered, tinder this pretence.
It would use the power thus acquired lor
all purposes. • ' ,
It gives to Congress a surprising control
of the elective franchise of the several
States, ami In fact the power can be used
to make permanent (lie party in power.
I do not see what is to hinder Congress
in tho exercise of this power from ap
pointing the managers, clerks and police,
and thus control every tax on all the State*.
It completely and compactly lay* tho foun
dation for the establishment of the depart
ment of Congress at the sacrifice of the
liberties of the people. The friends of tills
measure are the friends of absolute pow
er—and tho enemies of popular liberty. I
prefer a military government, with nil It*
wrongs, to suen it one as this. And we
hear it said wo mnst do tills great wrong
for peace—that we may escape from the
present precarious condition in which our
country Is now placed. Congress cun then
do constitutionally, what It does not now
do—endow military rule. Indeed. It will
establish worse than military despotism in
this country. It would give us peace, hut
It would be the peace of prisons nnd the
quietude of tho grave. We nre toldI that
ft give* tho blessings of universal suffrage
to tlie Northern States—nnd If not adopted,
the negroes at tlie Nortli will como South
to get the right to vote. This Is Ideal. I
never knew a people to move Just to secure
the right to enjoy the ballot. But If they
will thus bo induced, will It not be a strong
inducement tor thorn all to concentrate In
tho South, In order that they may have to
go there for profit in politics? Will the
right of voting given to the colored man
In a State where tho majority of the whites
is overwhelmingly large, likely ke i> bi n
there? Will ho not be more likely t<> some
to bis race at the South If he I* am 1 ' tlous
when ho Is assured that tills right is perma-
Wo have not much to fear from tills evil,
if an evil. We want population; wc need
laborers—and it may be os well to get this
people to live with us, ns others Hint are
now songht r.ftcr by our people. W e know
Coffee in all Ills varieties, and we can ac
commodate ourselves to suit him in all his
phases, but John Chinamatt l* a stronger
to us, and will be for ages to come.
It is more natural, more pleasant and
more In conformity with divine appoint
ment for the descendants of Ham to “dwell
in our tents.”
But besides, it is not just to attempt a
Barrick.
The following extract from the Carrier’s
Address of the Eta. written by its poet
local, Mr. Watson, is a graceful and feeling
tribute to a brother poet, who has left a
sweet memory behind him, and to whose
genins The Constitution owes a deep
debt:
If there’s aught tor which we blame him it Is that
bis hard «i|<l fall
Upon one who was the bravest, truest and loveli
est >'t us Ml:
Ah. why Sbnnia he slay ven, Barrick. who were
the kindliest of your race.
With the snnlightoriove and heaven so pure upon
yonr facet
our lire*
_ai time of thr year.
The very flrst flowers he gave ns, we scattered
them on yonr bier;
And a pauper the year had grown for the manly
worth or yon
Who were strong-sonlcd, weak-framed, so tender,
gentle and true
Oh. singer at home now in ether, amid a celes
tial throng,
I think yonr tool is singing the burden of that
new song „
The echo of which came to Von in the light of yonr
golden days.
:cn the hill-lops and skies wore blended and
kissed in a purple haze.
I think yon arc singing now up yonder where stars
in heaven glow
Bythcba ks of tint radiant river whose glim-
Closebv tie throne of the Father of song and bear
upon each w- ve
Echoes f anthems to ns-ward no farther iban tho
grave.
>n,si
. jlow |
Sing on, where in ether yonr songs shall have
perpetual flow 1
g on. s’n
arc 1>le»t
And the bard old year that weatied ns has given
vou your rest.
Valuable Statistics.
The foreign trade for the yeara 1868 and
I860 shows thus:
Domestic Re-exports,
exports (roreif
Months Imports (mixed commo,
values) ties.)
Sept., 18G9 *38632.797 *29 093.424 *2.783,6(16
Sept. 1863.... ... 84 524 091 22 687.253 150 052
9 raos end. Sept 69 3 4 573 934 324.8Xi.798 22164.199
9 mos end Sept 63 936.023183 330,412.900 18 670 0SC
Proportion transported in America and
foreign vessels and vehicles in September.
I860:
Imports Exports Re-exports
American *129335'.2 *41.210.337 *876.813
Foreign 25 699215 13.433 031 1,912 929
Proportion transported in America and
foreign vessels and vehicles during the nine
months ended Sept. 3), I860:
Imports Exports Re-exports.
American *114 372318 *104469.295 *13232471
Foreign 250.131,616. 2I7291.G03 8.931.72S
The following are such commodities as
exceeded $1,000,000 in the imports for Sep
tember:
Free of Duty—Gold coin. $1.311.447; sil
ver coin, $1,796,292. Dutiable—Coffee, $1.-
713.295; manufactures of cotton, $i.718,-
862; manufactures of flax. $1,510 205; hides
and skins other than furs. $1,136,766; man
ufactures of silk, $2,451,262; brown suvar,
$3.169 453; tin. and manufactures of, $1,-
012.30S: iron ami steel, and manufaerpers
of. $3 437.431; wood, and manufacture* of.
$1,365,074; wool, sheeps’, goats’ and camels’
hair, and manufactures of. $4,147,968.
The principal commodities exported dur
ing tlie month of September, 1869, were as
follows:
Live animals. S95.6S7; corn meal, $182,-
497; wheat. $3,585 317; wheat flour. $2,419,-
166; coal. $182,553; cotton and manufac
tures of, $2,143.869; dyestuff-,$110.763; furs,
and fur skins. $79,484; gold bullion, $766.-
24C; gold coin. $274,590: silver bullion. $1,-
002377; silver coin, S1G4.398; hops. $lj>9.-
427; iron, and manufactures of, $485,172;
steel, and manufactures of.$171,036; rosin
and turpentine. $93 934; oil cake, $250,695;
refined petrolium, *3.050.277; bacon and
bams. $459,894; beef. $110.167; cheese, $1,-
255.890; lard. $477,875; pork', $308,504;
quicksilver, $100,050; sewing machines,
and parts of,! $149,138; distilled spirits,
$145,036; spirits of turpentine, $255,309;
tallow. $263,111; leaf tobacco, $2,901,716;
manufactures of tobacco, other than cigars,
and snuff. $150,132; wood and manufac
tures of, $331,602.
Tlie warehouse transactions for Septem
ber are shown by customs, districts and
commodities, respectively. The value of
commodities remaining in warehouse Sep
tember 30, 1869. was $50,250,601, against
$43,229,089, Sept. 30.1868.
WASHINGTON .JOURNALISM
Gossip About It—Flopping About.
It is worthy of note, that tho Baltimore
American has secured the services of the
"war correspondent” of the Sun, as its
Washington correspondent. To those who
recollect how this gentleman was abused
by the American, which so often sought to
impugn his veracity tho selection might
seem curions, were it not understood tnat
the Baltimore American, and the paper
published hero under the once honored
name of tho National intelligencer, nfo
rowing in the same bruit. Tlie American is
deserting its Radical friends to secure Dem
ocratic patronage, nnd to bring about a
combination, or ring, which shall control
tho State of Maryland in tho interest of a
few men, whose names could he mcntioied
if desirable. The Intelligencer, after flop
ping feebly about under its new manage
ment for a time, is now on tho same plat
form os tho American. When Mr. Delmnr
first assumed control, the paper was for
somo days neither fish, flesh, fowl, or good
red herring! Then it announced itself as
“ a white man’s paper,” “ Democratic to the
core,” etc., etc., and for a time preached
sound constitutional doctrines. Mr, Del-
mar even went so far ns to state that*no
person not a Democrat could find employ
ment at the Intelligencer office; forgetting,
possibly, that ho himself had held office
under a Republican administration. One
of tho preaent editorial cores of tho Intelli
gencer is tho So-called "Professor,” J.'H.
Wilcox, who is a rabid Abolitionist, and'ho
takes great credit to himself for the i)art,;ho
says, bo took in securing the abolition of
slavery. It is here whispered about that
General B. F. Butler is the power behind
the Intelligencer throne, and that Wilcox is
tho representative of his interests. Y,
[Wash, Cor. Bal. Gazette.
Literary Litter.
Tho Louisvillo Commercial, a new ftc
publican daily, lias made its appearance.'
Lexington, Ky., is to have a monthly
called tho Prophetic Key, devoted, to tho
exposition of the prophetic Scriptures.
Wbat shall it prophet a man to read it?'
Than are forty-one newspapers and 'six
weekly, literary and scientific journals pob-
lished in Athens, Greece.
Lottery In New York.
A heavy assault is being made in New
York on the lottery business. Certain big
squabbling between Ben Wood and John
Morrissey has ventilated sundry objection
able matters, to tbe disparagement of the
business.
The Now York Herald thus truculently
scores it:
There should be an end of all this, and
Jadge Barnard can do no better service to
the public, than to sweep these demoraliz
ing policy shops from the island. The
tickets in which they deal come from the
authorized lotteries in the States of Mis
souri, Kentucky, Delaware, Georgia and
Louisiana; but they are no more lawful in
New York than is an Indiana divorce or
Mormon polygamy. The United States
Government recognizes these lotteries in
the States in which they are established,
and In the States in which their tickets are
sold hy a tax on them; but even upon this
head, it appears that the Government has
not been paid by many thousands of dol
lars, tbe taxps clue from the shops in this
city. From the last affidavit of the Wood
party, it appears that the lottery agencies
of this city, involved in these Supreme
litigations, arc embodied in 120 shares;
that John Morrisseyjand Zachariah E. Sim
mons sold out resently to Wood their in
terest (less, we infer, than one-fourth of
the whole concern) for the sum of $200,000;
that another individual of the Morrissey
elan sold out ten shares for the sum of $60,-
000. retaining a lien thereon for upward of
$50,000; that this business in the aggre
gate amounts to several millions of dollars
in this city. Outside of this affidavit we
are informed that the sales of these lot
tery tickets in this city average about
$20,000 a day, say for 300 days in the year
which amounts annually to $6,000,000; that
deducting tlie costs of the numerous dens
and employees of the managers engaged,
and incidental expenses, the sales may be
set down as pretty much all clear profit—
tho praises occasionally allowed being only
a part of the busines to stimulate sales
where they may be falling off; that thou
sands of young men are ruined by this spe
cies of gambling, and hundreds of poor
families are reduced to want from the in
fatuation of fathers and mothers in these
purchases of lbttery tickets; that even re
spectable merchants and professional men,
supposed to have more sense than tho fool
ish negroes of Laurens street, are some
times wrecked in these policy shops.
Surely there is a fearful margin for the
increase of poverty and crime in the sale
of these lottery gambling checks to the ex
tent of $6,000,000 a year. The business has,
in fact become a terrible nuisance, of the
Peter Funk order, calling'urgently for the
intervention of the strong arm of the law
for its abatement. If Judge Barnard, there
fore, would do this community a great and
memorable service, he will at once proceed
to sweep the whole batch of these lottery
policy shops from this island. When the
gamblers concerned have the audacity and
the power to bring our courts of law into
them squabbles over the spoils, surely tlie
time has come for a general clearing out.
OUR MISSOURI LETTER.
Don’t Buy Pork Now.
St. Louis, Dec. 24,1869.
Editor Constitution: Ton will see. from
last quotations in this and other western
markets, that the article of pork has de
clined from $3 to So per barrel.
All the people of the South should do. is
to hold off and not buy until they are. com
pelled. to get cheap meats. Let them use
up nil their surplus before buying a barrel
of pork at present rates. Sixty days lienee
they will get mes3 pork $5 per barrel cheap
er than now.
There is no outlet for the packing tills
season but to the Southern country, and
St. Lonis, Chicago, and Cincinnati are full
of hog meats. _
They can not ship East or to Europe at
present prices, and the only market is the
South. Tho Booth would act the fool to
come in and help these hog and provision
sharks to sustain the market.
No. let tho planters hold off, and both use
nnd buy sparingly, and they have the game
in their own hands this season. Flour $o
to 6; beef 10 to 12c; and pork $30 to 32—
*• Shoo. fly. don’t bodder me! ”
Yours, Alabaman.
Futiny Farrago.
How long docs a widow mourn for a hus
band ? She mourns for a second.
Lucy Stone tlilnkshoys are like vinegar—
tlie more “ rnOThcr” In them tho sharper
they are.
A few mile* from Nashville there is an
old negro** who is one hundred years old.
She says, “ Do Lo’d done forgot to call for
‘•Werevou ever at Cork, Mr. Foote?”
said an Irishman to the commcdlan. “ No,
I never was at Cork.”rcp11ed tho wit; “hut
I have been nt a great many drnwinga of
it.”
A Spaniard In tho first pages of his Eng
lish Grammar, desiring, one evening, to bo
helped to some boiled tongue, said: “1
will thank you, Mis*, to pas* mo tho Inn
Political.
The London Spectator consider* Score
tnry Boutwcll a child in finance. Hi*
flan, the writer continues, of forbidding
ntorest on deposits and limiting advances
on collateral*, Is idiotic.
A correspondent, writing to Zion's Her
aid, Boston, say* that quiet U so fur re
stored In Georgia that bo believes tlie timo
for killing Methodist preacher* has gorio
by forever.
- -- ----- „ - There are 185,227 volumes in the Con
retaliation upon the Northern people. It —jggiona] Library, exclusive of pamphlets
they wish the negroes, or women »rchil-^ i t d ! ’“‘” d .^ il ^ if
dren of this section to vote, they cm give it, nn ° . a, °
to them and will do it. Their negroes are The New York Tribune office is to be
educated (or ought to be for they have been rebuilt next season, the work beginning on
to school long enough to b?.) end If they : the 1st of May. The new edifice, which
do not see the wisdom of oinfrring tlie will embrace the Sunday Times and Mes -
baliotnpon them, we ought not to com- senger office, will rival this Herald and
plain. It is no concern of oors. The; Times buildings.
trouble is the old one of our fathers. “ Let „ ,
every State manage its own internal con-j
cerns to suit itself.” Who is it that thus:
ccssltics required it, the blindest can not
but see that the precedent is gravely dan
gerous to liberty. The matter involves a
serious question of all State independence.
In all the exultation of success, the Bad-
icals secretly tremble at the consequences
ahead.
One other feature or this business we re
fer to The ventilation of Gov. Bullock
has been perfect. Col. Tiffs denunciation
of lilm as a “thief, liar and coward,” has
gone into every paper in the country.
Every editor is thoroughly familiar with
tbe charges against him. And some of the
most censuring comment has come from
Republican papers.
This is of course highly satisfactory to
the Governor, and a compensation for any
little trouble and expense lie may have
been to in his philanUiropical endeavor
for—Bnllock,
costs Napoleon $5,000 to give
dinners. He will give but
works have not
ennan, the previous
not having paid
GOV. BULLOCK.
His Arrival in Georgia—Federal
Troops tinder the Pretext of De
serter Hunting. Meet Him at
Dalton-y-A Royal Joke.
Dalton, Ga., Dec. 31, 1S69.
Dc&r Constitution; Truly, “ The wicked
flee -ichen no man pursueth. Yesterday
morning, at 2 o'clock, r. m., the up passen
ger train brought to our city a squad, of
fifteen or twenty of the bine-coated guar
dians of Georgia liberty, (?) (God save
the mark.) Armed to tlie teeth, they looked
as ferocious as if they had breakfasted on
Kn-Klux and expected to dine on the same
delectable food. Wherefore we were hon
ored with their presence they did not keep
us long in suspense, but with utmost assidu
ity set about to inform everybody that
they had come up in quest of some desert
ers, who had taken French leave of the
Atlanta camps. This information relieved
us vastly as we knew not who might be
mistaken for a Kn-Klux and eat np sans
ceremonte. Bnt in their excessive eager
ness to convince everybody that to arrest
deserters—” only this and nothing more”—
was their business, they went a little too
far. and let the cat out of the bag.
The Lieutenant Commanding determin
ed to pnt tbe matter beyond doubt, pro
ceeded to the office of our worthy Justice
of the Peace, Squire L > and gravely
asked him if he was a civil officer. The
Sqnire replied that he was. Upon which
the Lieutenant Y'ank very meekly begged
that he would be so condesendingly kind as
to furnish him with an officer authorized
to make an arrest, so that he might proceed
legally to arrest some deserters from tbe
United States army l Completely over
powered by the enormity of the compli
ment, Squire L placed tbe entire civil
police ot the city at his disposal, and the
Lieutenant, chuckling over the success of
Ids ingenious blind proceeded to Kicth
Station, where he arrested • three Federal
soldiers, whom lie had himself put off tbe
train that morning, with orders to remain
until he returned and arrested them. They
were brought back to town under guard.
The deserter tale had now exploded. For
the idea of employing a civil officer to ar
rest a military deserter, when the military
was on the spot, was an Idea so supremely
ridiculous that the most credulous could
not take it down. But the Lieutenant nnd
his men remained in blissful ignorance,
and were, I suppose, secretly compliment
ing themselves on tlie approved style in
which they had hoaxed tlie benighted
Rebs. This farce being exploded, the
curious among 11s employed themselves in
watching tlie movements of tho Squad,
with a view to learn what important mat
ter had rendered necessary so nice (?) a
piece of finesse.
Soon their labor was rewarded, for on the
arrival of the East Tennessee train tlie de
serter-hunting squad was sfccn to rush
frantically to it ; and when they had scour
ed the country on both sides to see that
there was “nary ” Ku-Klux lurking round,
forthwith descended His most Royal Maj
esty, King Cow-ox I, accompanied by His
Royal Highness, Grand Duke Bloster Fod-
get. nnd others ot His Majesty’s court, and
ivas received within ilie ii vincible ranks
of the aforesaid deserter-hunting squad;
whereupon His Majesty drew a mighty
sigh of relief, and all of the court sighed
in unison—for mirabile diclu, they had ac
tually traveled through twelve miles of
Georgia territory unquarted, and had not
been Ku-Ktuxed; and now safe behind the
bayonets of the deserter-hunters, and there
by protected from the caresses of his lov
ing subjects. His Majesty and court pro
ceeded to Atlanta, whore I suppose lie has
since arrived and assumed his throne.
CONNUB1ALITIES.
Wc met—heigh bo I
A year ago;
To -co was to adore you;
At least. I know I told yon so.
And many more before you.
I bade yon speak—
Yonr Mashing check
Referred mo to your mother;
Yet. fatal freak.
Within a week
Yon flirted with another.
My hopes were bright.
My cares were light.
No fa to our love* could sever;
And now, to-night,
I have to write—
Adien. adieu,*forercr!
DEAD IN TBE STREET.
Under the lamp.lights, dead In the s’reet.
Delicate, fair and only twenty;
Dalton begs its compliments be present
ed to the deserter-hunters. P.
Georgia News.
Macon is to have a new bank with a cap
ital of $200,000. 0
The Columbus Enquirer reports the
deatli of Sherift' John R. Ivoy.
Tlie Macon Telegraph Messenger reports
the demand for tunics lighter this than last
year. They range from $150 to $275.
The Savannah News says that last month
seventeen licenses to marry were issued to
negroes and thirty-six to whites.
Tlie Rome Southerner nnd Golumhus En
quirer endorse tlie call for the Executive
Committee to meet.
The Griffin Star reports the killing of
Green Wiggins by Sir. Whittle, of Merrl-
wethcr, in self defense. Cause, Christmas
nog.
In Doubt.—A hopeful view of tho Geor
gia Legislature. as it will bo left after the
now reconstruction law i* applied, will bo
found in tho article Which wo cony from
Tub Atlanta Constitution, Werfionldbo
rejoiced to find that that paper is correct
In it* calculations. But we fear that it will
find that a sufficient number of Democrats
will be turned out to give Bullock tbo
working majority ho seek*.—Columbus
Enquirer,
No! No!! No!!!—Somo of our State
Democratic paper* are urging the Demo
crat* of tho Legislature to resign, hoping
thereby to defeat the plans ot the Radical*,
by leaving tho Lcgl*latu*e,wlthout a quo-
fl As wo love iiurdonr old State, ns wc love
our family, and its we wluc tho peace and
good order of society, wo eliull oppose any
such n suicidal policy, even If wo should
be drummed out of the newspaper busines*
for 10 doing .—Rome Southerner
J.E. Bryant, writing from Washington
on Christmas day, »ny* that there Is no
evldenco against Turner. Bryant further
support* tho idea of calling n convention
In Georgia to get tlie Georgia bill repealed.
Ho mako* till* statement 1
I am in favor of tho General Assembly
pasting a healing act after It 1* ro-organlzed.
Then the only change that will be made
will hu to reseat the colored member* and
THE NEW YORK SUN,
It Ammn.es the Role of Democratic ^ai^Thert '^if ho no‘chanwof
Auvmcr. Judge*, of State Homo officer*, or of uny
the pemocbatic party ought to look I other officers.
abead. democratic Duty.—If It were possible
The death of Mr. Stanton leave* two va- to prevent a quorum of the Legislature
concle* on tbo bench of tlie Supremo Court, from assembling under Bullock s procia-
Tiiey will bo filled by men holding »ub- raation by any legal action on our part, It
srnntlallv the same opinions which ho en- was and f* still our opinion that U ought
tertalned concerning thecordlnal measures to bo done. But since It 1* very doubtful
employed in suppressing tho rebellion nnd whether the absence of every Democrat In
reconstructing the Insurgent State*, In- the body would accomplish that end, the
eluding the 13th nnd 14th Amendments, and next he*t thing in our judgment U to adopt
tho lBth. soon to bo adopted. When these every possible legal meant to reduce the
scats aro filled. Judges Nelson nnd Clifford Radical strength of that body, and by the
will ho tho only representatives in this Im- adoption of every honorable means either
portant tribunal of the old epoch of Taney to control It or neutralize It for harm,
and McLean. All the other members of [Savannah News.
the Court will have received tbolr appoint- Meeting of the Georgia Dental So-
ments from either Mr. Lincoln or Gen. ciety.—Yesterday morning tills Society
Grant. met, with Dr. Clark, the newly elected
It has been rumored that Judge Nelson President, In tlio chair. More gentlemen
will soon follow tho example of his long- of the profession were present than we saw
time associate, Judge Grier, and retire from any previous day, and more good cheer was
the bench, leaving bis seat to be filled by expressed on every hand. It may not be
Spnrno<l by *11 tbat I* pure and sweet.
Passed by busy and careless feet—
Hundreds bent- upon Tolly and pleasure.
Hundreds with plenty, time and leisure—
Leisure to sneed Christ’s ml'slon below.
To teach the erring and raiso tho lowly—
Plenty in charity’s name to show
That life has something dlvino and holy.
Boasted charms—classical brow.
Delicate features—look at them row 1
Look atherllns-oncetheveonld smile:
Ryes, well never more shall they beguile;
Nevermore, never more, word* or her’*
Ablnsb sh II bring to the saintltcst race.
She has found, let us hope and trust,
Peaco in a higher and better place.
And yet, despite of all, still. I ween.
Joy of some heart she must have been.
Somo fond mother, prond of tbe task.
Has stooped to linger the dainty curl;
Somo proud father ha- bowed to ask
A blessing for hor, his darling girl.
Hard to think, as wo look at her there.
Or all the tenderness, love and care.
Lonely watching and sore heart-ache.
All the agony, burning tears,
_ d hopf , and f car ,
■etsr"-
Fancy will picture a home afar,
Ont where tre daisies and hntterenps arc,
Out where life-giving breezes blow.
Far hem theso sodden streets, foul and low;
Fancy will picture a lonely hearth.
And an aced conplo dead to mirth.
Kneeling beside abed to nray;
Orlylng awako ’o nights to hark
For a thing that may como in tho rain au-l the
dark.
.-eve,.
they never know
She whom they cherished so
Lies this night loneacd low,
Dead in tbe street.
SPANISH VENGEANCE.
Ten Cubans Tried by Drum-head
Court Martial and Shot.
Havana Cor. of the New York World. |
On tho night of the 12tli of December,
two Spaniards, named Torres and Cuni—
the first a Sergeant, and the second a Cor
poral of volunteers—were killed in the lit
tle villago of Lagunillas, situated a few
miles southwest of Pinar del llio. Torres
was found with not less than eighteen stabs,
most of them mortal ones, while Cuni was
nearly as much mutilated. The murderers
of the men at first were unknown, butsoon
it became suspected and then generally be
lieved, that they must have been killed by
certain parties related to two young Cuban
women of the village, to whom the two
murdered Spaniards were ascertained to
have made dishonorable advances, which
were most probably repeated the night of
the murder. Tho Spanish loyalists became
furious from this killing of two of their
comrades, and as soon as suspicions were
directed to the parties in question, proceed
ed to arrest them, and more upon venge
ance bent than upon doing justice, tried
them by drum-head* court-martial. Not
less than ten men were arraigned before
this military tribunal upon the charge of
murdering the two Spaniards, to which was
added by somo unexplained legal jugglery,
the charge of disloyalty. After a short
session, and quick proceedings at variance
with all known rules of law and civilized
practices, the accused parties not being al
lowed any defense, this tribunal for venge
ance declared ail of the ten accused guilty
of the charges proffered against them, nnd
sentenced them to bo shot. No opportuni
ty to appeal from such a sentence, or time
to prepare for death, were allowed to the
unfortunate ones. ,At 2 r. m. the doomed
victims were marched, under military es
cort, from San Juan Martinez to Lagunillas,
arriving there at 3:30 o’clock, and in half
an hour more they were all shot, in the
presence of a largo crowd of Spanish loy
alists, somo of whom outraged death itself
by yelling and shouting for joy, when the
Spanish bullets ended tho existence of ten
of their fcllow-incn.
Interesting: Facts.
The battle field ot ChnncellorsvHla has
beoBbought by a Baltimore gentleman for
The comjiosltlon of the United States
five nnd three cent piece* Is une*fourth
nickel; the balance Is copper.
Only forty student* now attend the Uni
versity of Bouth Carolina. Six of its nine
professor* resigned during tho last year.
ThnOnvcrnmontlin* granted to r*1lron<1»
480.890)794 acre* or public lands, nr 200.454
square miles—equal to the combined nre*
or Groat Britain and France.
The British Government will receive over
$5.0004)00 a* legacy duty from the estates
of tlie Marquis of Westminster, Earl Der
by nnd Mr.i’eubody.
New York city ha* 421) churches. «f
which 47 are Baptist.63 Methodist Episco
pal, 71 Old School Preubvtcrbin. 96 Protes
tant Episcopal, and 39 Catholic.
The clergy cost tlio United State* $12.-
000.000 per annum; tlie criminals $10,(100.
000; tho lawyers $70,0004)00. nnd rum $209,
000,000.
THE BYRON BUSINFSS.
A Fresli Chapter for Sensation-
I ♦ * Mongers.
An entirely now solution of tlio Byron
mystery is furnished by it writ or in the
Madras Mail, who says that “his .'.iihcr had
it from ono of Lord Byron’s most intimate
friends.” According to this lively corre^
pondent, whose story wo find in The Echo,
“Lord Byron was, in a sense, a devil. In
credible as tho thing may seem to the
thoughtless, tho handsomest man in Etig-
land had a small tail, a pair of rudimentary
horns, and short, squab feet divided for
wards from tlio instep into two part*, in
stead of being furnished with toes. , Before
ho was born, his mother had been once
greatly terrified by seeing, wh n in a very
dehcrato state of health, the ectobroted pic
ture of Satan Spurned, in tbo gallery of
La Uaye, and the result had Ikjcu the fash
ioning of her child to somo extent after the
monstrous form of which tho sight can«c<l
her alarm, and of which the continuous
recollection could not be effaced bv any
means known to her physicians. At tho
time of her ccnfinemont it was at first sag.
gested that the monstrosity shonld not bo
suffered to live, but tho child’s body, as a
whole, was so perfectly shaped, and his
face so wondrously beautiful, that the sug
gestion was forthwith put aside, and Eng
land was not deprived of what was to be
come in dno time ono of its chicfost orna
ments. Poor Lady Byron never recovered
wholly from the shock caused by herdis-
covery of what her husband really was;
and partly through excess of imagination,
and partly in consequence of bad advice
from persons who shall be nameless, she
felt it to bo her duty to insist upon her
husband subjecting himself to certain pain
ful operations. But this Lord Byron ob
stinately refused to do. lie urged, and
with considerable forco, that the peculiar
manner in which ho wore Ms abundant
cnrls effectually hid from view the rudi
mentary horns; and that, as he never ap
peared in public without his boots and
trousers, none would ever suspect the ex
istence of his other defects, with the ex
ception of his valet, in whom he placed im
plicit confidence.
Georgia Reconstruction.
Astonishing as the Georgia reconttruc-
tion bill is by itself, it becomes more so
when one reads the arguments by wiiicli It
is defended. Georgia has been admitted
to the Union under a solemn act of Con
gress or, in other words, under a pledge of
the nation, after having formally fulflihsl
all the conditions exacted of her by the
original reconstruction acts. What the
supporters of the present bill say In sup
port of the theory that she is not in the Un
ion is that her Senators had not been ad
mitted to tlicir places in the Senate, the ma
jority of the Senate pronouncing them dis-
qimlificd.somcthing which might h*p|*cii to
New York to-morrow, and this is trraveiv
given’now as a reason why Hie General
Government may overturn the State Gov
ernment. and put the people under martini
law, and impose fresh conditions of recon
struction. The expulsion of the negro
members of the Legislature was a great
outrage, but the constitutionality fit It was
very sensibly, on President Grant's recom
mendation, submitted to the court or the
State. The Supremo Court lias accordingly
decided that it was unconstitutional, and
it now remains for the Legislature to abide
by the judicial decision, which it is gener
ally believed it will do when it meets in
January. Bnt the promoters of the pres
ent measure, apparently having a hor
ror of the slow ami regular pro
cesses of American jurisprudence, ami
being enamored of impartial way* of set
tling things, refuse to wair, and have ac
cordingly passed an act repudiating the
legislation of last winter, over which tlie
country toiled and sweated so much, break
ing the public faith, ami setting a shocking
example for contempt of law. The worst
of it is that one of the excuses pnt for
ward in defense of this high-handed vio
lence is that It is done for the protection
of negroes nnd loyal men against the vio
lence of their neighbors, as if flic wav to
provide for tlicir protection was fo keep
them before the eyes of their fcllow-ehi-
zens ns tlie cause of the subversion of tlio
State Government; autl as if the n speed of
juries and magistrates for the law of the
land cotdd he promoted by exhibitions of
Congretional disregard for it; and as if—
in case the public opinion of Urorgia ran
not. or ought not, lie trusted to for tlie pro
tection of Georgia citizens—we ought not
at once to provide permanent gendarmerie
and Federal magistrate*, armed with sum
mary processes, instead of chesting the
negro and tho loyal white* with airy noth
ing* called " provisional government,” or
“martial law”—thing* that have just
enough iubstance to Irritate, end not
enough to afford the smallest protection
either for life, or limb, or property. Mr.
Bingham made a strong and able protest
against the farce, bnt In vain.
[Tlie Nation tl the ablest Radical iiaper
In the country].—AT. 1*. Nation.
Population Witntal.
Editor Constitution: A mania tar mov
ing away seem* to have taken hold of the
people living near nnd adjacent to Rome.
Ever slnrti (September, they have I,.■<•»» go
ing by 10,90 and 80; a few day* ago, forty-
three went In ono body, and shortly IhOo-c
•17. It I* estimate I that at least one-third
of tlie farmers In Floyd County have li ft,
and more arc going.
Now wc want yon to a**ist tia in siop-
tdngtld*. Our stdl 1* productive, suitable
to raising cotton, wheal and toiaicen and
corn. A* to health, there I* no healthier
country, nnd wo will welcome all farmers
and mechanics with open arm#. Wo havo
plenty of merchants and professional men.
Many farm* are unoccupied, and the
iwners will will them or rent on most fa-
Tlio hog* kilted In the principal Western
pork depots, up to November 27tb. 1869,
!SdS. n t # M(jV U «S b to MSSttSrfc I v»r*Ma terms. They will furnish the farm-
agalnrt 800,442 tip to the same date »• | ln)I implements, team* and teed for team*,
and give the renter half, or even more.
We are feeling the abaenee of farmer*
IruadfiiBy In every branch of trade. Tlie
merchant* (ay they are not willing half
what they did la*t year. All throe tiling*
combined, will make u* extend a more
hearty welcome to all farmer* and mechan
ic*. Friend or Gborota.
1808.
Nineteen national bank* have, since the
war either failed or voluntarily retired.
Tlicir aggregate circulation* amounted to
$1,004,690; which, of course, will he ull re
deemed.
Tbe Louisiana 1’enltcntlary lin* 341 in
mate*, who make every week day 12000
yard* of cotton and woolen good*. 400 pairs
shoes. 79 .barrels, and 40.000 brick. The
machinery employed cost the State $400,-
000.
A contested fund of $1,500,000, derived
from deserters from the United States
army, when arrested. Is now lying in the
United States Treasury. The Managers ol
tbe Soldiers’ and Sailors’ National Asylum
have received about $2,000,000 from for
feited fines and penalties,
Ancient Females Putting on AiRS.
JIlMtnmnnii the views and sentiments of Quite a number of old maids and other I'e-
turning up in different parts of
SJSSSra man Ind never hJs Wen i the country, to whom, according to their
Hs h« £X'n willing^o allow^ I own stories, Mr George Peabody, inby-
peopie to attend to their own business He I g^otth^pESttveiv ma — ge '
has seen the folly of attempts to grow New, One of them P^voly,
item of horror its dtte proportions. If
there lie times of nnusnal dearth of dirty
facts, the imagination must father all. and
the gaping public is regaled with fictitious
filth.
Not do I hold journalists wholly or even
principally responsible for this state of
ihin<’3. In truth, they do but respond more
or less fully to the dgrnands or the public.
Let a conscientious editor wash bis hands
of the whole dirty schools, and his jour
nalistic death knell has already sounded.
His paper, let it be ever so ably conducted
otherwise, will go unread, and dio for want
of support. Even “Christian” people-
shame on them!—will not patronize a jour
nal that attempts to hold itself above eTery
form of tacit ‘endorsement of g'dded sin.
It is humiliating and discouraging to con
fess so much; but it is true, and the sooner
we set about some genuine confession and
repentance the better. To realize that the
rising generation, our sisters and daughters
—tho girls of the period—must come up
through this pernicious atmosphere of
mock sentiment and unblushing sensual
ism and applauded shame!
CS" A well-dressed female walked into
a Saranaw saloon tbe other day, with all
the dignity of Miss Anthony or Mrs. Stan
ton, laid a fractional currency on tbe coun
ter, and called for a drink with the noncha
lance of a toper of long experience. The
Enterprise thinks the woman’s cause is
progressing.
refused the million-
nnvwhere exceDt uiion! aire because she was already dead in love
* ny He^ever^hasatteroM- 1 with a poor young man. and 01 hers rejfct-
*\ e .'T SnnleoftheGreen Mountain' e<1 him for other reasons equally beautiful
ed to force the peopleof theGreen Mountain , honoraWe . It appears, however, that
f°r;^£ t0 1 ^ 0 P r , S ^* r h,mJred years hei they all kept an eye on him.as long as he
if Jonathan lives one hun . - ' d lived; and it seems that, to the last, he
never will Jiyctosee th c Phllllns treasured up in Ids heart tlie thought of his
P S ar fS'H a J t the ^nth If he love and devotion to each of them. It Is
•Aoptri by q wgavnan at the South. Ifhe tftm , hlng . 0 rea d such stories, and it is
wonld locate in this tcOTTO- generous ^i to fee j a ^ ar ,.(] that none of them
mate of ours, as a missionary of his school: ^ contradicted
to convert these benighted people, but few will now do contraoictco.
moons would come and go before he would;
assail his former friends, and laud to tlie ; How a Crown Prince Lives.—The
skies his neto made friends. I do not cer- Crown Prince of Prussia resides in Berjin,
tainlyknow that he would be a cotton and occupies the same apartment in which
planter the first year, but of one thing I Frederick the Great once resided, when
am sure, that when he did. lie wonld not heir apparent to the throne. He lives in a
be able to control the politics of as many manner at once simple and rehned. Not
of his laborers as his neighbors who have luxuriously, sumptuously, or gaudily. His
lived and been raised with this people. 1 wife, one of the daughter*^ the Queen of
“ Dougherty.” 1 England, presides over his establishment
j with dignity and grace. Their summer
Gen. Grant. But, whether he do so or not, out of place to state here, that this Society,
it is safe to assume that for a period which I although small in numbers, is composed or
will reach beyond the close of the next the best members of this profession. All
Presidential term, the Supreme Court will sections of the State were represented, and
never disturb any of the cardinal measures those dentists who live in Georgia, and who
to which we have referred, however often took the pains to come to Savannah to at-
tliey may be brought to its bar for adjudi- tend this meeting, were - gentlemen who
cation. *:. . stand foremost in their profession.
Though tlie Democratic party should sue- Dr. Clark, the President, upon taking the
ceed in carrying the next House of Repre- chair, made some appropriate remarks,
sentativea, and should elect the next Presi- The other officers were then inducted to
dent, and obtain a majority in each of the their seats.
two Houses of Representatives chosen dur- These officers were the unanimons choice
in” his term, they could pass no distinctive of the Society.
party measure through Congress, because The various committees, as provided by
the majority in tbe Senate would be Re- the Constitution, were appointed by the
publicans; for such is the present prepon- President. Delegates to the Southern Den-
derance of the latter party in that body, tal Convention, which meets in New Or-
that if the Democrats should for six years leans in April next, and also delegates to
to come retain control of all the States the American Dental Convention, which
they now hold, and carry every doubtful meets in Nashville next July, were then
State, they could not chang* that prepon- announced. After this. Dr. Clark, of this
derance. Therefore, until after the close of city, read a very interesting and instruc-
the next Presidential term, tbe Democratic tive essay upon the “Disease and Treat-
party can hope for no legislation by Con-1 ment of Dental Palps.” This was listened
press that will invalidate any of those car- jo with great attention by every member
dinal measures. of tbe Convention.
These measures having passed Into his- A committee was then appointed to pre-
tory, and the mind of the nation in the I pare a treatise upon the “ Care and General
meantime having become occupied with Treatment of the Teeth for the people.”
other agitating themes, it would be more | This Committee are Drs. Brown, Holland
than folly for any party to attempt to re- and Ford.
call to the arena of debate subjects which j Thanks were offered to tho Historical So
had thus drifted quite out of sight. ciety, his Honor the Mayor, the different
One would thick tbat this obvious view railroad companies, the Press and the pro
of the case would arrest the attention of 1 prietor of the Screven House for their gen-
those Democratic leaders who are bent on croQ3 hospitality.
making the re-opening of these questions I In the afternoon, through the courtesy
Clover as a Fertilizer^-Wh^n the palac& at Potsdani. has a home-like air of the main issue whereby they hope to carry of the Mayor and city officials, the mem-
The gross receipts of the Central Pacific
Railroad for the first four months of 1869.
the portion of the year before its comple
tion as a through line, were $1,306,943 15;
the operating expenses for the same time
were $824,044 06. For the six months since
the opening of the road in connection witli
the Union Pacific for through travel, the
gross earnings have been $3,400,651 58;
operating expenses, $1,678,19783; net earn
ings, $1,722,454 76.
The United States pensions paid during
the year ending June 30.1869. according to
the report of the Third -Auditor of the
Treasury, amounted to $27,679,345, of which
$18,313,064 were paid to widows and or
phans, and $9,336.to invalids. The princi
pal amounts paid in the several States were
a3 follows; New York $4.173 240; Penn
sylvania, $3227.159; Illinois. $2366,259; In
diana, $2,262,456; Ohio, $1,852,876; Massa
chusetts, $1,645,432; Maine. $1,277,752;
Michigan, $1,190064; Missouri Sl.085,006,
and Wisconsin, $962,856.
AKOTiir.it Richmond in toe Field.—Our
friend* or Tiie Constitution are certainly
fortunate In ihe selection of their traveling
agent*. Mr. T. K. Oglesby, well known to
our people as agent of ton National Pnb-
lishing Company, is now in our city in be
half of the interests of that paper, and
with two such .agents as “Thad ” and Col.
Acton, we are sure The Constitution can
not fall of having a subscription list com
mensurate with Its merits, .Mr. O. is ullb
general traveling agent for the St. Louis
Home Journal, a first class literary j. ip.rr.
which should receive the support 01 all
Southern and Western people in prefer
ence to such tainted sheets as Harper and
the Waverly. The Journal is a marvel of
cheapness; and everybody knows Tin:
Constitution to be the “live-cst" paper
in the State. Mr.O. is on an extended tour
South in the interest of these papers, and
we are confident tbat in liis hands their
circulation will be materially increased.
[ Griffin Star.
X£T Tlie Boston Post proponnds this in
judicious conundrum: “ If It be- improper
to send a Northern man South to act as
Judge. Is it not equally improper to send a
Northern man South to govern it?” The
Post and other indiscreet Democratic jour
nals should at once stop ail such talk as
this. They should never have began it. It
is the best way in tlie world to ladM* the
Senate to confirm the appointment of Hoar.
Convince tlie Senate that the Conservative
people of the South don’t want his appoint
ment confirmed, and it wifi be'confirmee
the first thing when Congress rcasitmMcd.
It is very improper to send a Northern man
South to act Ui judge, and it i- <- t u lily im-
SamanaBay is situated on the North
east coast of San Domingo, and is about
forty-three miles in length from east to
west, by eight miles broad. It forms one
of the finest harbors in tho world. On the
North shore is the small town of Santa
Barbara, which lies in a land-locked bay [ .. werc r jght and just and proper it
and has natural facilities for repairing ves- ; „ ou j,j ncvcr £ c done.—Courier Journal.
gels, a dilapidated Roman Catholic Church, | -
a neat Wesleyan chapel, and a custom
house. The Peninsula of Samana i3 tliir-
ty-two miles long. Its highest peak, Su
clover is plowed under to renovate the soil, comfort about it. The bed-chambers are
and when the crop is good, the clover roots 1 neat and tidy, with chintz curtains, instead
aBd stubble, with barn-yard manure, will of heavy silks and.damasks. The King s
furnish all the vegetable matter needed in! sleeping apartment is furnished with rigid
the soil, while in feeding clover hay. near- slmifiiel^; with a
IV all the mineral matter, nitrogen and ain-
monia is passed, and may l.e saved in :Sie
manure; so that on good land, where all is
•well managed, and the clover sod plowed
up while yet in full vigor, so as to secure
the largest benefit from the large mass of
roots, nearly the full benefit of the clover
chairs. Thus while our rulers are reveling
in luxury, and wasting tbe substance of the
nation, the present and fnfure heads of a
great kingdom are husbanding resources,
and leading lives of sobriety and quiet.
Considerlng that we get great store by our
republican simplicity.” as compared with
the next House ot Representatives and bers of the convention took a trip on the
elect the next President, and who also pro- steamer Pettit down the river, and a grand,
pose to take the first step in that direction good time was experienced. Several la
in this State by going through the nuga- dies were present, and every one expressed
rm of rescinding the ratification by themselves highly delighted with their
crop may be had. both for feeding and ma-j“aristocratic extravagance” of European
king manure. • nations, the contrast 1* painful.
tory form 1
the last Legislature of the 16th Amencf-1 trip, iue Doai returnea anout sevcu *r.
ment. If, upon a calm survey of the last and alter a hearty supper they repaired to
The boat returned abont seven v- M..
eight or nine years, Democratic leaders! the rooms of the Georgia Historical Socie-
think they have made anything by resist- ty. where the closing scenes of this conven
ing war measures and the reconstruction I tion occurred
policy, let them persevere; but we advise A little spe ...
- - * • 3 *• - - --1- ■—”— and merry-making, the
<r ar Loaf Hill, is 1,936 feet, and Devil’s Hill
is 1.309 feet above sea level. The soil is ex
tremely fertile, and to a great extent Is cov
ered with timber, suited both for ship
building and cabinet-work. It also con
tains gold, copper and bituminous coal.
The population at tho last census was
1,721.
Who Wrote It?—A Georgia financier
writes a letter to tho Secretary of the
Treasury, enclosing a genuine ten dollar l e
gal-tender note, which lie declare-; be
one of tbe worst counterfeits he lias ever
seen, and warns the Department to put a
detective on tho track of those who have
placed this “spurious” currency - in circu
lation, as tho Stato of Georgia'is flooded
with it. Ho will doubtless feel better win
AST* Tho Boston Post says: “ Lawyers j he reads tho reply of tho Department, an-
— . should sleep. It is immaterial on which |jnouncing its genuineness and• cmi.-r.u u;t-
A little speech-making, hand-shaking, g}de jf e „ Mr> Webster used to say j ting tho peoplo of the trtate or.Km; 2 mi-
policy, let them persevere; but we advise A little speech-making, uanu-snaKing. .. thevlio” Mr. Webster used to say ting tho peopled the Mato on K m ; 2 ,. 1-
study the admonitory fate of the hearty] lau , g ^i- D ?; o ?r'thev were amphibious and could lioa* welt ed” with such currency.—[Wa=h. r> r . P1'.-
fftSJSfcr* CW they Pr0Ceed fUrtber < 8KS3 out of it. 1 timer, Gmtte.