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Newspaper Page TextINDISTINCT PRINT MM. 'onstitutwn. Ttrnifl •akteiipiiam: a'rtEKLT CONSTITUTION per seedb ... AU*ab*eriptio.'*'repajsh!s atrial a&L at the axptr ..xu of the tin* for which pornoa u m«*-. uloaa proTlouu] j* resowed, th* sum of the aabscrtber win bo ealdteo frost ev boob. r* - CloU. of Too *1S 00. acdaeopyof the pope •eot free to thege tar-up. ■ ATLANTA. GrL, JANUARY =0. 1871 Brpnblie Life Inenrauee CenpuBJ. O'. K lUeeon.I^i, President of the At lanta Branch of the shore named company lumen for Chicago to attend the annual meti- log of stockholder*. Hr. Bawson U one o: our Cm citizens, and rrpfeeeou a b *nch <>l otte of the bat and largest Life Insurant* Com part a in America. Braaumick end alhany Railroad Cl-1 ate. The Brunswick Appeal baa learned Iron. Colonel J D. Rumpb, Heater in Chancery appointed by Judge Sessions, that the awon. claims against the Brunswick and Alnan> road, banded la alrtady by Oeorjtiaas, a mini to one m Ilion of doth r*. cieura* thirty thousand dollars will not be a drop in the bucket. larrof' Ketut-na. We trust that the to.* census returns donoi omit the important ttatfatiee reiatire to mar- ritgo. Ibe varioas degrees of onaaobW bliss should be recordod for tbe benefit of the losers. The experience of lb* dty ot London for one year is thus gisun. It will be found uo be almost sscncomagiag a tabu lar atatemrnt as aa income return: Raaaway hatbands RSri |«««WflW ». ** **nr.+ pvi» •! »U i'.Torced 4.I7S M urini pm!** liTiar la pmo w 17,345 > « « Irrin# la private aUandcmuad b| 14.93) J. dm .m u.is<*.*:■*]!' i diffw eat....Mi*0 phtIwr.-.-ardela.euofer abia ....... *,14 ■a The Brooklyn Tima homllize* oyer the aeennof Bill Tweed crying at the bed-aide of murdered Jim Fisk. It calls to mind tbe drima of these two laen’a lives, full of gigantic frauds and unholy gains. It lays then ata low of little Flska and Tweeds in the world wriggling in raacaltty, with the same certain doom of punished wrong ahead of them. And the Times winds np tiros “Hollow are tbe shams and hypocrisies of this world t Accursed are tbe gains secured by foul means! Blight, scattered by the hand of the righteous Judge, as mildew in the morning, is sure to touch and corrode the hopes of men of wicked Ufa. This la the laawm of mouths past, especially of the week th.it dimes to-morrow at eleven by tbe clock! If tbe rising and sweeping wares of theses were to rid themselves into letters of fire; il Ule clouds in the heavens were to roll themselves into flaming burning words, to unfold the moral in ibo life - f the b gas well a< tbe Utile villains of the world it could nm bo done mon! significantly than It baa been done by tlie history of tbe hour.” Sirs. Canton Bell. On the 7th we gave a short notice of this I nly who has been doing lunch for Georgia as a uamber of the New York daily press We have since learned that she is a native bora Georgian, born in Wilkes county at tier grandfather's homestead. Captain Thomas Talbot. The homiatead was bought by her grsii grand lather in 1763,from King U urge the 3rd. Mrs. Beit is tho only child of Co! Win. Jones, formerly of tbe Coital Stile- N iry. and the only grand daughter of Cap!. Thomas Talbot. Bite married Capiain Carl- Jon Brit, a nephew of the late John McPher son Berrien, of Savannah. Her litubai.d and nlast son were both in the Confederate eervicc. Mrs Bolt frtotllsg on the New York p"t*s for a iupp .it- This is a great change for a delicately -tired Georgia lady horn to fortune. It is a characteristic Illustration of tbe vicis- aiio le of life that have met many of our F.outliern people. And U illnslrates loo the sturdy independence of 8 mtbern character that, nndiscnuMged by bitter adversity, can grapple with the world for an honest livieg. ATHB.Ve. Platters at (he Slate University, Athens, Ga., January 19.1873. JBli'fi s IhshMes; Th* Saturnel a are over. Tue dio/usU have ended, and tbe d es iw/.ofi hare coma*need. This tet m lias op- • ,ed under Ibo moat cheering and encourag ing auspices. We suppose the total mimUr of atudrnu present will raufe in tbe vicinity of one bandied and thirty-fief, with good prospect* of that number being augmented. Prof. Wi|cox, reerntiy elected by tho Board of Trusters to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the demise of that talented scholar, Dr. M. J. Biucad, has arrived, and will immediately enter on the performance of hie duties. He comes wyll recommended, and occupies an exalted position among the lilsrati of the land. lie is a graduate of the Univer allies of Berlia and Hridlrburg, and 1; said to be a gentleman of scholarly attain menta. The department of Modern Lan guages U place I under his charge. Dr. Mell, who last term could not resume his duties. i< still, owing to the feeble and precarious at its of hia health, incapacitated to take charge of the chair of Ethics. Discontinued absence and illness is a source of rrgret. and h a great calamity to the College at large, as be is scanowledged by all to b tone of the able*' metaphysicians in America. Now that fie Democracy have supplanted and burled liyn power and authority Ka icalism—now that intellect and intelligence reign supreme over brale force and violence, we trust that the Legislature will recognixo tbe paramount importance of "State ato" to a State Doivrr ally, and pans the Endowment Nil, or at all ev.-uts appropriate tbe land scrip Dr. Lips- e>imb has commenced his incomparable la tum on Shakspetre, at the conclusion of which he will take np tbe Cartoon lee turn. Haped. ***** - - ■ 7 .’JIU VOLUME IV.i ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1872. INUMBER 43 Csnley’n* ee sf the CsallagmtMal. An Inspection of the Comptroller General'* report to the Legislature of Conley's war- r.nts on tho Treasury, shows a remarkable extravagance and a daring tue of bis author ity in bis disbursement of the “ contingent fund.” This “ contingent fund" is an amount of money placed at the disposal of tbe Execu tive, to be used discreetly for the payment of contingent expenses unprovided for. Emer- g neks may arise calling for an immediate expenditure for the Stale. The fund is made purposely small because tbe policy of tho nute is to give to tho Legislature the deter mination of financial matters. It is neither a I thin the ability nor scope of an Executive to settle the money cl ims against tbe Com monwealth, and this from necessity as well i on great public grounds of wise policy. The best testimony to the wisdom of the law which restricts this power to the Legisla ture, is Bullock’s abuse of it under the noto rious India rubber 30th section of tho old ap propriation acts. All claims should undergo the scrutiny of tbe popular branch of the Government. This prevents any partial or deficient inquiry into debts. The usual amount for the contingent fund is from ten to twenty thousand dollars yearly. Democratic Governors have hoarded this fund, using It with rigid economy. Conley used It wildly. Ha paid multiSades of claims that should have been subjected to legislative scrutiny. He seems to have acted on the Idea that all of Bullock’s extravagant Juba were to be executed fully. He paid doubtful lawyers’ fees, services of illegal extra clerks, unlawful printing accounts, inspection nets of railroads, and he kept up that swin dling system of Executive financiering, Inau gurated by Bullock, entitled, “ Incidental Ex penses of the Executive Department." When it is reflected tbst Conley drew warrants only for the short period of time between November 1,1871, and January 13, 187 .two mouths and twelve days, and that be drew war ante for tbe large sum of 333,188 18 oo. the contingent fund in this brief while, s»me Idea may be formed of his smashing extravagance, and of how little an improvement be was on Bullock’s bung- bole operations with the people's money. We give our readers tho full items of these contingent fund warrants: JS£s. c.r Gor.. for P o— nrv... . Jsa’y t, Allen J. Bed tfeolwraa- Jan’y *, a T. Watson Kfcpvr e e., «u r kv p r taxis** met is ».r sod Okaitm n’rd Jan'j 9, J. P.Borke CHTcd SrCX*- inrjr **tete> Jaa’y 5.W.HM Jhr.ica"** ••nr*-* in Cay troll or’• oZcetvruc- *a’y S,C.T.Wateon... .. CoaiimrcbAft* «dfarcap tel .8 rrics e a • mjojra la E .ec i Dr/t _ f-T IKC .... Jtt’f 4.H. P Fattoit, A G.Exjmm.s- a un- d«r Eseca- . tifeontor... J«n*y 9,0 W.Irui Sfcrvlc<s *s »W.A A. u. coant ip- P Uf*J b/ toOHjd ..Cl’-* to Cost* mbfllnner* »F * K < . B-— account np- STS* by ...E potiOM Si f«e a* ntror- nay rnr*teto i»a^ .. Jaa*/10, X. A Smith .fccnr u* U Jta'j 0,W.J.8pMT9 Jn’flUW. Stone... J0A*/19 t H. J. a. Williams..Scrriroj u emiJo cc of Ei. iMfiatH- nitm* fur 19 daja crnpl<sye^ of hr. Dnp-» t- mont for 19 Jan’/19. M. DeGroffenrdd.. Jan’jlf, W.D.Scott.. Jan’/19, J. R. W. Johnson. Jan’f 19, An^nstns FIwh....Service* ”ii employee uf Jan*y 19. New Em Jan’y 93, H. X. Morton.. 2f#r. l.X J.O. WilllaaM.... Incidental ex- pen-eaofKz- ccat’re De partment.... $ 600 00 i For par aa porter for Bx- Ifor, tv O. !L Inman.. Roe. 9, Wm. Phillips For mvlcea Wow. 4, B. B. lllntoa... Rot. 17, McUwt A Oanah. Rot. IT, EL Clay Fostar... ExrcatlTe or* dor. ..For profra- •lontl eervl- 5 State. . .For profea- monal acnr!- cat, An*a.i* Wt't9o. T*. state Nor 18, Joa. T. Beavera For dlatrlba- Oen'l Assem bly 1870 Not. 91, CURxd Andcraon....For ferric** VIRtalXl % Ilf GEORGIA. Extract from thd Addreai of State Engineer B. W. Frobcl. doltrero « *>t tbe City • all. In .TI M con, on f ha lith •f January* upon tbe «t antic and Great tVeatern Canal Project. Colonel Frobel said: Just hero I will cn- awer a question which has bw-n frequent I v naked me, viz: ** If in our app icattun tn Con- grcaa for aid to this yreat eaierj>rist* t a strong opposition t“ it might not be '•nnuunUnil from New York, nn-t fn»m Virginia—the former on account of her Erie Canal, and the latter on accouni or ti e James River and the Kanawha CaiialV Many perMins seein to think that bccao -e Now York dty haa enjoyed a monopoly of Western ir»de. that therefore she would look wrh jisdoon eyes upon any attempt to build up n rival line. I do not regard this canal a* the rival of the New York route. .The Frit- canal will always command the tra leof wtsiera Penn sylvania—at least all iliM |»orti n near the S rrat lakes—Nort iein Ohio, indiima.Iilinois, [ichigan, Wisconsin, eastern Minneiot*, the Canadas, and the tr«de of the North Pacific liailroad—where it is built, and this trade Is annnally on tho incnas»*. So that if that por tion derived from St. Louis was withdrawn, its place .would spun hg ipJ.Djr « in- creased trade vT ine States jo.4 mentioned Vfr . f cl ' rrtaJ ta tlnr^reK*ury Nor. 99, W. H. Hancock F.»r In-urance on Capitol and Ez. Man- Rot. *7, AtioaU Row Hr* For printing RoT.13.Wm. PhlUlpt... ..For terrlr-a Rot. IS, Wm. Phillip* . &TBh' For post of fice box rent, poetageat'p*. u per acc’t. Rot. 18, C. IL Inman For pay aa porter in Ex. Department for Hot..... ooxTTxacxT rrvD yon 187*. Dao. 18, n. J. O. Williams.. ..For salary as enptoyee in )x Dep^tfor Dae. 18. H. DeOraffanraid Fwattagr m S. De^tfor Dm. IS, AogcttM Fl«h .....FjrSari” Ex.Dv^Uor DM. Ik Jobs MlUedge. ■»*'«• as attorney 1*000 0Q .bcute^flcz- pemea Ex^- ntlre Dri*’t.. .lr.Bpect:on of B. A-R.lt. nnoer S. or- sssr?. 6 ' u»» Law and Drmocrncy, Tlu ro Is nn higher Drm«ermtic authority in tbe couutry than itort-ruor Joel Parker, nf N**w Jersey, whom the Democracy of Out Buie so Uauds-unely elected In the posi- tl-Ni lie now fill* la tits inaugural mi usage, A coy of wh cb lui Just reached us, Gov- eroor Parker aays: “If tbe people at any lima conclude that tbe general gotcrumrnl has cither too mueb or u»> Utile authority for tbe safety of tbe p->te*, there vs e lawful mode provided by nakk tie etegaied power* nay be Increaard erJIaHM. Mach of former Mate Iuris- dicthm has tecently been abaorbed throogb ommiI u i'inal amendmeata. Tbe Cooetitu- ttam eesekim for tbb method of alteratinn; and when an amendment 1s ratified by tbe req died number ot States, it becomes part of the organic law, and as such should be respected and obeyed, whatever views m>y have been entertained as to tho policy ot tbe change. A- taw abiding citizens we should ncogabn tbe Constitution, with the amend ment* thereto, as tbe law of >be land. Furth er agitati'-n of the political issues involved in tue recent amendment* would be detri mental to tbe peace and harmony nf tbe - g.rontry- •fils to quite as good an answer as coalp t o maaC to tbe twaddle of tbe Republican press shod* the revolutionary designs of the Democratic party Tbe KepobUc.ro party to tbe only revoludtwwy party in this conntry anJ the only party whose interest it to to k—P np agitation and bad faaitng.—flburitr- ra>ryla( rsan.ua Weapons. la thto connection, 1 desire to call yonr at tention to tbe necessity of a law to prohibit the catering of concealed weapons Tbe great number of belted knight* of spurious cour.ge who are daily teen in public place*, ready on eligbt provocation, under th* tnspt- r*ti»nof evil spirits, to display Implements of vt r. to a standing menace against the laws - uf the country and a reflection of tbe manly courrgerod personal prowess of a chivalrous tienplai I recommend that any one found bearing open bis person a concealed w apou shall ba immediately arrested, without warrant, and token before tbe near est ma-Rtrateor mayor end subjected to a fin* of ten doltara for tbe first offense, and twenty-fire dollars for each additional offense. I farther recommend thid any sheriff, denote sheriff, constable, town marshal, poflemut. alderman, who shall fail to execute tbb lew. shall he subject to urwt on complaint of any perron cognisant of tbe fact, and fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and atoq be subject tn in dictment and dismissed from office for crim inal neglect of duty.—Jhimopr ef Grc. ftwrt ¥~ Dee. It, H. J. O. WIMom*.. Dec. 1». W. W. Taylor Dec II, J. F. Barka. rotary of Bute, under resolution rar 10 * . .Pristine eri- done* In Coart of in- gaby.JueiL . Krpalrl Mi work on Ex. D.AIS.J RW. Joan»a....g««. Dm l».W.nm(eolowJ) )2S2 .Vouachers paldbyTre., MawaaWL. Oca to. 8. D. Harrison lotUmtil **, pes.es aa- ISSef 0 ^ Dec. IS. V. P. StsMBASa. Dm. IL J aFsckACa.. DM. 1*. N.L. Angler.. DM at, LoatneM * Etms.. Dec. Ik P. Rcrau., Deuto, B. D. Otsbaa SAkW.kUL DM.tS.D-A. Walker. Dee. H. Robert N. Brews. Jea*y M-J.O. WDUatne—SerrieM at Jia’T kX.DsOtaSMreid—Serriee* as SMMIerDe- Jan’y tf.IL Seen. Jaa-y UL Hajgood Jia'j ta&Ow. Jan'y k Aezsstai Plesk. Jsa’r k C.H. Tnmai. (tevlM »a s-mpio.vo ot >X- lupst meet for 19 Cats a rvlc a «« DinjiJojOC of ....Printing 1.- 0U0 copies of Gov’r’a mcf- ...Sjnrieex r*n- d red Mon Soy. Coait V HflllROS GUENTT.. « Hard Time* Om-Hnnef Enalar- Trafie Rotter— A Boi Fire-Nefra Ik u-M. lax—Education. Foestth, Ga., January 21,1872. Editors Constitution: As you often solicit communications of a local nature, from dif ferent sections of ihe State, an occasional letter from “old Monroo” would, doubtless, be read with some interest by your numerous patrons. The* 4 hard limes” complained.of by our plant nrn t T p.1 ? nnin. and nearly all other classes of our people during the last fall, seems to havo .passed away with that dull season, and activity in nearly every branch of business has progressed, correspondingly, with the calendar of January. This is at tributable, probably, to two causes—one, Ibo rapid and unexpected rise in cotton; and tbe oilier, that tbe winter tmde In nearly every thing, will be done in tbe spring instead of tbe previous falL A sad calamity occurred to our town about a week since, by the burning of tbe Forsyth Mills. They were as good as any section could boast of, and were just beginning to pay welL It is not known whether the fire occurred by accident or incendiarism. Insu rance will cover about one-half the losses. Tbe negroes arc Ku-Kluxing tliclr own color here. Last week three of them went to the house of another, and after beating him badly, shot him seriously. They had their faces powdered with flour, and clainicd to be white citizens, giving their names as such, and one a3 Sheriff 5lanor, of this'county. The injured brother lecognized- their voices and had them arrested, when they plead guilty before the committing Magistrate. Oh! that tho negro-howl mg Radical Yankees ct»uld kuow or would believe the truth of this diabolical act. Forsyth is still Improving, anti with her facilities of trade and good schools, of rail roads, healthful climate and good society, will compete with any other inland town in the South. The Monroe Female College haa been “reconstructed,” and with President Asbury at the helm will be second to none other in the land. Our schools must be xtr- tained, and in localities possessing superior advantages like this will be. It is stated that “tree eloquence” to now bat seldom beard. The elements must be learned at borne, and it is tbe more important tbattho60 who are to be the mothers of our future statesmen should be well educated; that in our colleges for girls and young ladies tho roles of correct speech and composition should be most carefully taught. My letter is already longeriban Untended; will write again when matters of. interest occur in this vicinity. Mq>'roe. Scantin', for the Ladles,' ™ iotneexus roc th* coxanreTto*.] Note for Darwin—In lime Uto mulberry tree becomes a silk gown, and a silk gown becomes a woman. There is a girl in New Haven who has been engaged to a member of every class that has been graduated at Yale College since 1867. When a man and a woman are made one tbe question is, which one 1 Sometimes there is a long straggle between them before the matter to settled. A lady being asked what was her husband’s occupation said be was engaged in finishing. It was subsequently ascertained that It was a term in the penitentiary tn which she re ferred. Miss Kane, of Baltimore, set ont to write a list of tbe wrong3 nf women, but fuund >0 many of them, that she was driven to the conclusion that women suffer a wrong by be ing born at all A Detroit girl named Marian Dixon, who was formerly one of tho most beautiful and accomplished of the young ladies of that city, appears continually "in the police courts for drunkenness. That the bni din- of the canal would be of vast advantage to New York city, no body can doubt, and un equal udcartage to the New England S ali-s. The New York line is well established, and it will al—ays command tho t raffle that legitimately belong lo it, and that is more than it can accommodate. With the Vir ginia Canal, however, it is different. That work is not' el comp! ted, and lin y, too, are asking aid of the Federal Government to assist in opening it to the Ohio. That line, like the Georgia line, looks lo trade of the West, and it will, without doubt. Lave West Virginia and allthat portion of Pennsylvania drained by tbe Ohio, all of Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, a largo portion of In diana and Illinois, and *bc cities of Pittsburg, Louisville and Cincinnati; while lo Ihe Geor gia line will belong West Virgitrn, n portion of Kentucky, East and West Tennesree. a portion of tbe C.-.rolinas, North Alabama and Mississippi, ami the trade which centers at St. Louis. I was in Washington City the greater por tion of tost winter, and‘conversed freely with Northern and Western men, and did not meet with anybody opposed to our great Georgia project. The Western men cu rdtally mpproved of its construction as filling the last great need of their section. I bad been told that Virginia would op- wm> <t as a rival to her great protect. But, nstead, l found the Virginians re-dy and willing to aid ns. Why, gentlemen, the Senator from Virginia, Judge Johnston, of fered to prepare a bill for us, and when li was prepared, ho presented to tho Senate, •toting that he bad volunteered his services because Georgia had no representative in that body to urge this important work upon tig- attention of Congress. Virginia sent other men to Washington to aiu Georgia in this matter, and among them Col Carrington, who to so Intimately connected with Iter Public Works. There was no rivalry there but such as generous and noble spirits might lmltoie. And just such rivalry us wo should have expected from ohl Virginia. Yes, giorionsold Virginia. Glorious in the post. Glorious in her mighty deeds of self- sacrificing heroism in the war of independence! Glorious in the names she has given to the world! Glo rious in her deeds of generosity I Glorious in her adroca j of right I Glorious in her adherence to principle! Glorious in her un sullied honor! And thrice glorious in the silence with which she bears her losses and her Wrongs! Stripped of power, stripped of influence, with her wealth destroyed, and her homes—those proud old homes whose mem ory to sssociaud w ilh visions of open-hand ed hospitality—in ruins, her lieanha made desolate, and her tfejds a prowling wilderness. She has borne her wretchedness and hi r por- S without a muting,, without a reproach, without an ottered regret! From York- town to Appomattox, history is glorious with her deeds From Washington to Lee, the National record is illuminated with the deeds of bar children The birth-place and the home nf Washington, and of Bob n E Lee, the Mother ot Presidents, the cradle of Liberty, and the grayu of Constitutional M lts, as it came from the hands of our ers, she stands to-day strWtns amid her ruins, silent and without a tear. e>cept those which she shed over the graves ot her hero dead. They fen drrotrfi. bat tmdjisg. Th ■ very r»l* tMtr ns— ■» m rietdaf; Tr« waters murmur of *heh i*mr. The woods are peo.,l#i wl h th-lr fans; The sheet pilfer, loa, »i <t xrsy. ' claims Mantel »1 k their-Mred day; Thr IrapiriU wrap ta* doskr m«* sin. Tlwlr memory eiarklM *Vv Ik- foanlais; Th* meanest rtn. the mlstiib it river. Rolls ml&fUBS with th- fr feme forever; Drepbc or exert yoke she boot Thu land to Otorv’s salt, sad their-; Tis itigs witchw>ed to th- erob. When mss woe d do a deed or w eth. To FrEP SiCSAOS Pages.—When the meat is first prepared and seasoned, it will not be necessary to staff it in anything, but just make it out in cakes of convenient s.te, then fry it (but not very bsjd or brown) in pore lard, and pack it closely in jura cr in carts, and all the interstices with tbe hot gravy, and it wi I remain as fresh and sweet as when first cooked, for any length of time desired. When needed for use U can be warmed or refried in the same lard or gravy, at pleasure. By adopting this simple and certain plan, all families tost pickle ibrlr own pork or beef may be independent of the market for a fresh supply of fresh sausage in season: and such as do adopt it will cot fcs likely to forget it or neelect it afterwards, for Urn principle and tbe result will both commend lk«m»eires to the judgment and confidence of all that give (t g fair Rial. Washington are hereafter to receive snch po sitions as their deserts merit, and take their chances for promotion with tho men in the Department. The Kentucky Conrt of Appeals lias de clared that Ihe mutuality of an engagement may be proved against a young iady by “showing that site demeaned herself, as if she concurred in or approved the young man’s promises or offer. It is not necessary that there should be an expre-'s promise on cither 6ide.” IV 1ml Men Have Died For, Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog; Colonel Kaiusey in one about a set van t; Sir. Fcthet stone in one about a re- emit; Sterne's father in one about a goose; and another gentleman in one about an note of anchovies; one officer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy a second goblet; and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff; General Barry was challenged by a Captain Smith for declining wine at dinner on n steamboat, althongh the General had pleaded os an excuse that wine invariably made him sick; and Licuicnant Cowtlier lust his life in a duel because he was refused admit tance lo a club of pigeon shooters. In 17.. a duel occurred in New York city, between Lieutenant Fethcratonciiaugb, of the 76tb, and Capiain McPhcrsor, of the 43d British regiment, in regard to the manner of eating an ear of corn, one contending that tbe beat eating was from the cob, and the other that the grain should be cut o|T front the pob be fore eating. Lieutenant Feihcrstopehaugh lost hia right arm. the ball from bis at tag- nnist’s pistol shattering it dreadfully, so much so that it had to be amputated. Gra Imm, Major Noah’s Assistant editor on tbe National Advocate, lost bis life in 1827.at tbe dueling ground at Hoboken, with Barton, the son-in-law of Edward Livingston, in a simp e dispute about “what was trumps" in a game of cards. “Griat Men rqou so Cosomos Ri«l'' Cardinal Wolsey was the son of a batcher. Oliver Cromwell ws3 the son of a brewer. Whitefleid was tbs sen of an Inn-keeper at Gloceeter. Coiambus wax tbs actn of a weaver and was one himself Boliver was a druggist Ylehom«AUwiuabarber.. Virgil was the son of a potter. Milton was the son of a scrivesger. H-raco was the sun of a shopkeeper. Demosthenes was the son of a cutler. Bobeit Bums was a plowman of Ayrshire. Shakspetre was tbs son of a wool- stapler. Secret*,,** ■alletlB. Office 8t*t*Agetccltcr vl Socoett, ) ■— Atlanta,/-*., 33d January, 18,2. j ' ‘ The followin&jAa flat of Delegates electee to the Convention of the State Agricultural Society, to be held at Savannah, 22d Febru ary next, as returned to this office up to date: Baldwin couny- W McKinley, J 8Thom- tu, Henry Stephens. Banks county-^ J Turnbull, J K P Doug las AJ Wot 4 'Phi Delta” Society of Banks— J V Pruitt, W B Praitt. W W Charlton. Bartow county—S W Leisnd, R M Stiles, T J Lvonj; “IMthcalogu” Society of Bar tow—J H Fitten, J,M \ each, A C Trimble, Berrien counlw—D O Hntchenson, B "F Whittington, WB Connell. Bibb county—James Tiniey, Charles M Wiicy, Thomas Hardeman. Butts county—(•. B Elder, W R Thaxton, J II Bryan. ' Calhoun counlyj-C M Davis, George W Colley, J.J. Beck. Campbell couniy—A S Whitaker, L Bal lard, Joseph IIatJ.-a. . Clinch county-bl7C Mattox, A J Caswell, J L Sweat. Clayton eounlv—J W Storey, J f, H Wal dron, J J Ilanes; “Fhildelphto” Society of Clayton—J U11 uK E Huie, A J Camp. Cobb county—Martin L Ruff, William L Mansfield,JTBurtihsiter: “PowderSprings" Society or Cobb-'dJ’/t McIntosh, J C But- ■sr, A J Kiser. ' Coweta county—J ti Cooke.R Y Brown, 8 F Vineyard; “Lonistrect” Society of Cow eta—W A Stniti\‘»i A Goodwin, J H Gra- ham. ,• » DeKalb county —Decatur Society, E A Davis, T C Howard, R A Alston; Stone Mountain Socitiv—A J Veal, H P Woolten, E B Whitman; LtBPoi* Society—W P Bond, NM Reid, JIlSn'hh. Dooly county—J' L Toole, J E Lilly, A J Cone. Emanuel county -J H Sherrod, S A Pughs- ley, M B Ward. Ulvnn county—P M Nightingale, James Pneleli, S C DeBnJ-1. Gordon county—iauics Harlan, M M An derson, James Rogers. Greene couniy—TP Janes, OP Daniel, James L Brown. V Gwinnett county—Thomas H Mitchell, E J McDaniel, Thomas E Winn. Norcfosa Club—John J Thrasher. M Richardson, GH Jones. Hall courav—llsgins Creek Society—M B Coker, Ta/flk Armour, W L Redman. Henry county—KM McDonald, G M No lan, Q R IJoliih. * Houston County—S D Killen, J D Smith, D M Brown; Forti'aUey Club—W J An derson, J A Miller,*) Il Houser. Lee County—J I Stevcus, V G Hitt, F H West J Lowndes County—.7 A Dasher, Jr., S E Myddleton, H D U2 lli,,<1 )'- Lnmpkin Count)—Wier Boyd, R A Qail- lian, B A Martin. Milton County—k W Holcomb, J Graham, J B McCa’lum. Mitchell Countv-— ; J H Spence, J A Collins, B F Brimberry. V Montgomery Cdmly—J A McMillan. E McRae, D J McRae. Newton county—E Steadman, E S Thom- i; “ t rick Store’’”.Club, of Newton—H I* Graves, JG Paine. " Oglethorpe counl, —W B Brighlwell, Pope Barrow, John. T Jut; t. Pike county—''Barnesville" Society—J S Lavender. A StafferJ C Mlddlclirooks. Polk county—3 H II Byrd, W M Hutch ins, NJ Tundin. Quitman county' 5 P Bnrnetf, 11 G Mor ris, J C Pittman, u. Randolph couatf—W Coleman, T L Douglas. N T Crozi' 4 . Spalding county.— -T A Beeks, J Stillwell, Daniel A Johnson.*?'. Talbot cotinty-il ¥ Little, W R Nral, J F Marshall. Troup county—B >’ Feircli.E A Rcid. M A Rachels. -tfL. Twiggs county—l'r W O Danit), W Faulk,' W Solomons. ’ Upson county—J (' MeMichacl, Joseph Alien, John F Lewis Walton county-”heals, G A Nnnnally, iYik,W.hi;f:Vr B*. fjjf .. . -A Washington coitnsy—P R Tajiafern', S J Smith, T O Wicker. White county—E F. Starr, J H Nichols, J R Lumsden. Wilkes county—C A Alexander, T T Hun ter, Jno T Wi gfieUt. V* ilkiuson county—A .1 Mifler, E J Coats, -fax G Ockiogton. -a riekets for tlie aimvc delegates will issue from this office !>v the 5th of February. County Societies which have not elected ami returned the names of their delegates will do stf immediately, or be loo laic to obtain tickets. It must be borne m mind that the railroads have agreed to cany only a delegation oi three l rein each County Society, and County Societies are notified 'hal lto fttthcr applica tions for ticket. 1 ! wiii tie made fur more than one delegation frokt each County. AVeekly papers nil! plea go publish. D.WIC IV. Lewis, Secretary. F,rei(n Items, [cossxnxn FOB THX COSSItTCTlOX.] Mr. Harry King, Queen Victoria's hunts man, to dead. Napoleon will shortly publish a hook on thn military system of France. The British mercantile mnrpie consists of thirty-seven thousand vessels, representing six million tons. The students in Moscow, who seized the address in favor of liberty of the press, have been, without exception, banished to Siberia. There are said to be 33,000 Protestants in Turkey, representing twelve different nation alities, the greater number being connected with the American missions. The Roman Catholic clergy, of London, have announced to their flocks that they will not attend the funeral of any ’person oyer whose body a wake lias been previously bejd. Opera Bouffe appears to have had its day io France, as every work of the class which has been brought out ip Paris since the re opening of tfle Tfleatrea has been more or less failure. ■—i m m»i So at I* Carolina Mavra Item*. [eosrozxtro to* th* coxsnrvnox.] Hr. C. E. Watson has been elected In ten- dent of Walballa. Dr. John S. Rich, one of the most experi enced physicians of Manning, to dead. The next annual session of the Grand Lcjge of Odd Fellows will be held in Co lumbia. The Balmettocs, of Colombia, realized $50 from the entertainment generously' given by the Watkins Tronpe to aid them in the purchase of their new steamer. Orders have been received ip Charleston, from Washington, io pnt Forts Sumter and Moultrie in a good state of defense, and in pursuance thereof the mounting guns of heavy calibre will begin at once; General Q. A- Gilmore is expected in a few days, under whom the work will be done. These vrarr like preparations are deemed necessary, so the »,vEiTSiy, by the relations now ex isting between the United States and Spain. Itto rumored that ex-Custom Houso official, E. P. Wall, and R. B. Arison, both colored, are to be appointed Trial Justices for Charles ton.—Courier. fy The Hartford Post tells this story r As the 4:80 train from New York reached Stahl- ford, Satnrdav, an antique-looking dame thrust her head out of the window opposite Ihe refresbmentroom door, and briefly shont- ed“Sonnyl'’ A bright-looking boy came up to the window. ‘ILittle boy,” said she. Useful Information. pK>xuss**j> roa the cawirtmos.) Dizziness oflen,comes before wc know it Shut the eves whether yon are walking along the street, looking over n precipice or ascending a ladflrr. The fear of dizziness disappears instantly if you look upward. Apoplexy.—If a person falls down in a fit, and begins to su’crc loudly, with very red face, it to apoplexy; let bim beseated so as to favor the blood, going downward, away from the head; apply cold cloths to the head, or cushions of equal quantities of snow or powdered ice end common salt Epilepsy.—After falling, U there is a very violent motion of bonds and feet, and *fl sorts of bodily contortions, it is epilepsy. Let tbe patient contort until tired; you can’t hold him still; all your efforts only tend to aggravato tho trouble and to exhaust the strength; all that ought to be done to to keep tbe unfortunate from hurting himself. Tho patient will come to and be as well as ever. Faint tso.—If the person falling to perfect ly Still, face pale, and there to nojjtrcpptiblp “have vou a mother F” “yes, ma’am." “Do yon lore her?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Do you go to school?” “Yes, ma’am.” “And are yoafaithfnltoyouratndies?” “Yes.ma’am." “Yonsayyoorprayeiseverynight?" “Yes, ma’am.’’ “Can I trust yon to do an errand for me?" “Yes, ma’am.’" “X think f jean, too,” said the lady, looking steadily down on bis manly face. “Here is five cents to get me an apple. Remember, God sees you.” breathing, it to a flt o'f falntinL touch him, except to loosen the clothing; then ket p off five or ten feet distant, so as to allow the air tocome in; make no noise, and there will very soon be a calm, quiet return to consciousness and life; for It to only a momentary cessation of the blood to the head. m> ns—- Personal- [COXUEXSEU FOB TUE COEITirtJTtON.l James Gordon. Bennett to rapidly falling in health. Mrs. James Fttk has returned to her home in Boston. The Prince of .Walts continues to progress satisfactorily. Bismarck’s favorite drink to lager. Itto said he prefers U to champagne. Richard Netoot) Lee, the well known Lon don manager and actor, is dead. " President Andrew D. White has the historical library of the late Mr. Jared Sparks, for Cornell University, Rosa Bonheur hits incurred the displeasure of tho French newspapers by painting the war horse of the Eraperqr of Germany. Wendell Phillips, in hislcctureatSt.Louis, said “ he had no more confidence in Grant thsn he had in other carpet-baggers.” General Joseph Lane, of Oregon, the candi date of tho Breckinridgo party in I860, for Vice-President of the United States, was seventy years old, a few days ago. C-rd tram Dr. Evans. Ringgold, Ga., January 13,1&73. Editors Constitute*: After a close examin ation ot. vvhitsen's last two letters, I am forcibly reminded ot a certain French phrase which'I have seen tome where, and which beautifully illustrates his case. It to “ Cat horntne a perdu ia teto et il nc salt quo falre.' That man At* lost At* wife, and A* doss suit knots what to do. He has used the cdumusof your paper fbr the purpose of making false statements, which one after one he has backed down from, until, to-day he stands before you and tho people of Georgia condemned not only a* to veracity concerning the statement* h- has seen fit to make, but as a two-faced, back sliding scullawag in tho rear ranks of the Democratic party. • - t■ I desire, in conclusion, to review Hie “situ ation" ns it presents itself to my mind in as short a style as possible In the oatset Whit- sett wrote you a letter, stating that I ran as a Bullockitc. The editors of yew paper, as well as every intelligent voter in tl.to county Who paid any attention to politics, knows that this statement of his was made wilfully basely and maliciously. It to generally known in this district that I have opposed Bullock and h'a corrupt administration ever since he formed a league with hell to rob the State; and I have remarked frequent ly that those in the party, or out of it, who sustained his swl idling arrangements were no better than Bullock. Aa Whitsitt has fidlcd to prove that I am. or hatve been for yearn, a Buliockite. please let the Xante be set down aa a false statement from “a leading citizen of the town of Ringgold." Under this hood, in the second place, me say, that the statement ho makes abotit fighting my “peers” in my party until tho day o? election, and then falling into rat.ks, and voting with them to false. I refused to sup port Colonel Jaa. Atkins and Geo. P Bar nett for Congress, and gave my reasons for so doing at tho timo. Owing Id Bullock’s bad management of State affair^ tne Repub lican party in this section has dwindled d»wn to a hopeless minority; consequently the Republican party has taken hat little interest in politics, and niado but little effort to elect one of their number to office. Your reporter informed you that I received but seventeen votes in this county. This to true. Give him credit for making one correct statement. Tho reason -why I did not got but seventeen votes to that it was not known that I was a candidate among the voters of my own party. The reason why my candidacy was not known, was that l did not make it known. And the reason I have for not making it known w.-a that 1 had wtitten n letter to the voters of the 44tit Senatorial District ( -hick went through Tub Constitution prees,) but did not reach mu for distribution among the peo ple until the evening before t><e day ot ibo election. X bad pnwuntsly made up in my mind cot to run unless the circulars reached me in time to he scattered generally among the peoplo, but after they catue ( concluded to scatter them and be ready for the race in 1873. 1 nave seen fit to vole in county elecdons re cently first on one side and then on the other. In the last county election hero i Toted al most the entire Democratic ticket, na the Re publican party had no regular ticket out, and as tho Democratic party had selected tho beet men in thn county to fill Ibe differ ent offices, 1 could see no reason for not voting for them, l’leaac ait down the state ment that 1 always vo'o the Radical ticket as false. I vole just as 1 please without consulting your correspondent, which course do. a not suit his Majesty's views. Whitson kas tried hard to rtt e and reign as the monarch of 'he Democratic party for years, in this conort, but has failed. In Uc- tober, 18 0, the Demean tic party in this county met iu Convention, and turned Whit- sett aud what fow follower) he bad out of the Convention He persuaded one of his M.ipe, politically, lo run in opposition to W. H. i’ayne (mo reguUr nominee of the Dem ocratic party for Keprcsentntivi), until Uto morning of tho firat day of tho • lectio when he took down his name a lieker.cn l*ci faf.yrla. hy Uto Dooiotirntic party, on which wus written Goo. P. Burnett for the 4lst and 4 d Con gress, T. A. Williams for Representative, and tlieuaiueaof some other county candidates, fhis ticket war headed “Republican Ticket," and was used freely by Whitsctt to ■ eat the rcgelat • Democratic ticket, the proof of which lam ready to give at any time. Do you think now that Wh.tsett to a “-teriiog Dem ocrat?” Why, sir, he has not to d yany mart connection with tbe Democratie party than Wendell Phillips. He to politically dead and damned with his party. It is ru mored ameug the Democrats that Whitsctt will work iu tho future in the Republican ranks! If such a contingency should hap pen I shall think myself justifiable in quil- ing the party to winch 1 belong. He Says iie’Ts willing io lie tried by a board of Demo crats, hut not such as 1 wifi select He may title out the most prominent tgtd in- iuemisl Democrats iu tint county and thpy will disown him quicker tijro they Will mo, and X know there to no Democratic blood in my veins nor never will be. In reference to the telegrams, I desire to say that there to only one point of difference, lie promised me that ho would urn send ihcm down for publication—at any rate I so understood him. Th - last and most miserable aubterfage under which he takes shelter to that Leans homesteaded to keep from paying an honest farmer a debt con tracted for the purpose of giving me an edu cation. This, like every other statement he has made during this controversy, to false, and the officers o*. thn court, and the pitijeps of this ecunty will sustain my statements as correct. '1 he debt to which Whitaelt refers was contracted before the war by father and myself jointly. My father died in 1KH0. W. T. Evans, a brother of mine, aumints'ered on the estate. As the estate was perfectly solvent he paid all claims against Uto estate promptly, except this one, the holder of the notes refusing to tako Con federate money. I made since the qufrender one or two payments on Rie pluup. S;nce then, some thus last summer, W. T. Evans and tho writer obligated themselves afresh to pay the last dollar ot Bald claim, and the holder of the anote will confirm my statement, if called on. I never have nor never will try to get around laying any debt I jus-li owe. A certain man n this county tried to oqliect an qnjnst claim out of me, und to prevent snch a thing being IN TWENTY YEARS. “And so vou really think there to nothin, serious in Margaret’s naughtiness, roy dear sir,” said a fashionably dressed lady of flve and forty summer* to a gentleman. fifteen years her junior, who stood behind the open library window, regarding her with an atitUBed smile. "Nothing, at all serious, my dear Mrs. Gray,” said the gentleman quietly. .- \ . ■ “And what do you think I had better do with beer “Send licr to me if you like," was the neg ligent an«wer. j Tlie lady's anxious face cleared and bright ened at once. “Would you really take her ? ! * “If it will give pleasure I will be happy to do so." “Oh, it will be such a weight off my mind, Mr. Strong. I cannot tell you what I have suffered from the girl’s peculiar ways since X came into this house lo live, l oud as I was of Judge Gray, I doubt if I ever could havo made up my mind to take l*im had I known as much of ids only child iu I know now. And, Bincc her father's death; she haa run wild—positively wild Mr. Strong. I have not the slighest control over her. In fact, she sets every one at defiance, and what—” “Yes, my dear madam," said Mr. Slronv, bowing politely, as if he thought she had completed her sentence. “1 can easily un derstand it nib But send her to mo and wc will see what can be done. I have had some wild natures in my time. Good afternoon, madam.” With these words a human destiny was decided. The next day saw Margaret, the only daughter and heiress of the late Judge Gray, sitting quietly at a desk iu tLe village acade my among a group of girls, who eyed her over their school books as stealthily and cu riously as if she had been a newly imported kangaroo. First, because, with her dear, bright bru nette complexion, her huge, dark eyes, and her curling, brown hair, she was by ; far ihe handsomest girl in Iho whole school. Secondly, because she was an heiress. Third and lastly, because they had heard many a tale of her haughty and capricious tsmi>er. and were in daily and hourly expec tation of a strife for the mastery between her and their grave and handsome teacher, whose authority no one within those walla would ever dream of disputing, unless. Indeed, it would be her. But much in the wonder, and very possibly to tho disappointment of the school girls, no such outbreak had occurred. Margaret, perched in the library gallery at home, among her well-beloved books, had beard her st p-motner’a accusation, and the te teller's laughing rep! v. N clthct of Die speakers had been aware ol her preocce, and site did not make it manifest by word, or look, or sign. But when they were gone, she clenched her little white hand, vowed passionate!/ to ber- telf, that she would surprise them inith, and make her stepmother appear to inn the harsh, censorious, and iu>|ust woman she herself. In her own secret heart, had always been willing lo believe her. Accordingly, when informed of this exist ing arrangement, ahe uttered no wont of op position, much to the astonishment of Aim. Gray, who could scarely believe her own eyes when she saw Margaret obediently leave the house each morning, with her satchel of books swinging from her arm. Mr. Strong was also puzzled. Hia deep blue eyes often met those brown ones with a • look" of won dering inquiry that made Margaret long to l ugh. But the oae asked no qecetion*; the other answered none. And so the days went on, and Margaret passed Iter fits: examina erect as ever, with a brilliant color on hto cheek, and his blue eyes flashing with all the tire of early youth, and not n trace of care or sorrow to mar the beauty which she remem bered so well. He sprang to meet her, and took her by the hand, and looked down into her eyes wilti a searching, almost imperious, glance. “Margaret,” said ihe deep, sweet voice, whose music was unchanged, “I have stud away from you a whole life-time; and at last the craving to see or hear of yon grew too strong to be denied. I came here expecting to find you a happy wife, with yuur children at your knee, and here you arc, solitary and alone, though young and beautiful as ever. How to that?" She cou'd not answer with those deep-blue eyes searching her drooping face so intently. Hut a deep crimson blush rose slowly to her check and neck, and brow, as he drew her close to hto side, and spoke for her far more ehxraently than even words could do. . “1 left you twenty years ago, my darling, because I was a poor man and fifteen years your senior. I am rich now—but what about years, Maroaret ? They have made me no younger—lam fifty tear* old to-day." “But E am thirty-five," she said,in a low voice. “I see no gray hairs in your brown curls; but they •■egin to come iu mine. Fif ty years old to-day ? I 4 :m look not an hour older than when we parte* 1 in the hall." He bent hto face down upon here. “ Margaret, you liked me then—can you lovo me now?—will you be my wife ?" . For an answer she lifted her Iip3 to hto. “Twenty year* ago you would not kiss me; yon hade me keep that first kiss for the man 1 was to love and marry. I have kept it for you for twenty years. Will vou take it now f ” Ho held her dowly lo his heart in siienco. Thirty-five and fifty year* of age! Doe* ft seem absurd to you,young!ady of sixteen? Ah, me! I sometimes wonder if people ever re-11)- know how lo love before gray halts begin to como to teach them. Pit Elio meeting In Jackson County, Oeorgla. In obedience to a call, explained in the pre amble accompanying this notice, a large numlK-r of the ritizens of Jackson county as- tetnided in the Court House at Jefferson on Wednesday, January the l7tb,and organized by calling Win 8. Thompson, Esq., to the chair, and appointing the undersigned Secre tary. 'i be object of the meeting having been ex plained, on motion the chair appointed a committee of twelve, one from each militia district In the county, viz: Rev. P.F. Lamar Capt. A T. Bennett, Green R Duke, M. T. Wilhite, Capt A. C. Thompson, J. A. Brock, A C. Appleby, Esq, L. J. Johnson, H. W. Guthrie, Jones Sells, and I. E. Bells, to re port business for the meeting. The committee, after a brief absence for conference, returned, and through their Chairman, the Rev. P. F. Lamar, submitted the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted without discussion, ob jection or a dissenting voice: Whereas, a committee of citizens appoint ed f r Uw purpose, Tislted aud con’ erred with the commandant of the guard of United Stabs soldiers recently stationed at the resi dence of Mr. J. R. JHolliday; anil whereas, it was mutually agreed after free consulta tion with the saia commandant to hold a public meeting in the court house at Jeffer son, for tho purpose of devising measures for the promotion of the peace and welfare of J.i.kson county; and whereas, there are charges of lawless conduct alleged against twine of the citizens of said county of Jack- son; thirefore Resolved, That while It is not the province tio'n triumphantly, ami was proclaimed the! °'’J 0Cts °. f lI } la best and most promising rehotor in tlie "t«*tmg to mstltute'Tnvestigation as iotlie 1 s pnUor innocence of any person or perrons Miscellaneous News, Items* [COX9KXSXD 102 THX CONSTITUTION.] Peas ore up in North Carolina. Baltimore averages ISO deaths a week. There were 477 deaths in New York ItsV week. Norfolk is to have new water works at a cost of *300,000. Forty-thottoand partridges have been shipped North from High Point, North Car olina, this season. $L Paul, Minnesota, has shipped 400,893 pounds of venison ovej tfle Jjilwaokee and St Paul Road this season. Seventy-fire per cent of the deaths in New York citv from small pox are among the Germans," who, 63 a rule, reluse to be vacein- nated. At present, there are one hundred miles of block ice on the Hudson, ten inches thick, and icemen state that such a surface has not been known for years. Dan Rice, with retd Yankee interference, undertook recently to evade the payment of the tax in Opelika on the ground of its being an illegal municipality in Opelika. Tn* Debt or Fbahce.—When the German indemnity to potd, France will hare the largest national deb* of any country in the world, amounting io round numbers to ^500.000,- 000, or more ibau double the present amount of the public debt of the United Stales. An idea c,l this unprecedented national burden may bo formed when we state that it repre sents a sum equal to $135 per head of ~the entire population of Fiance. donp, I took' tho homestead. All other claims against tno are just and true, so far as I know, aud I would not, tu save my own dear life, disown them or refuse to pay the same. I am now done with the subject matter of this correspondence. I thank yon for the kindness you hare shown me, in allowing the columns of your paper tn be used to ex pose fraud and deceit, by whomsoever prac ticed. In conclusion, let me wish you and your printers a happy new year. Yours, truly, L'n*a. 8. Evans. .. » ■» ?». . — Slatauu Stews Item*. Cootramxn roa ns ocxirrrvrtoE ] Col. Foreacre continues to improve the track of the Western Railroad. Montgomery to filed with burglars, and their depredations are frequent Three hunters killed eight deer In a two days' bunt, in Choctaw county, recently. A plan 1* on foot for the erection of a $30.- 000 Baptist Female Seminary In Greenville. The editor of the Tnskaloosa Observer wants minerals and fossils for the State Uni versity- Work on the branch rosd from Prattville to the South and North Road has com menced. Tno residence of Ifayor L F. Lewis, 18 flea from Gtevnsbpro, tyas destroyed by fire one flay last week. According to Mayor Dedman’s message the receipts of the City Treasurer of Seims, for last year were $57,808 OL The disburse ments were $57,18 i 88. Tbe detectives of Mobile report that the negroes are cow quite hard up, having no money, and that large numbers of them have resorted to stealing as a means of subsisting. Mr. John Kiasrd and Miss S. A Kinard. of Bale county, were married a few days says Mr. Jesse V. Liles and Mias Florence Ij. Gi iffen, of Perry, were married on the 19th instant. Pointed.—A corrcopoKient very perti nently remarks that some say it is no use for them to advertise, as they have been in one -place of business all their lives, and every body knows them. Such people seem to forget to take into consideration that oar country is increasing in population nearly forty per pent, every teq yeafs: and no mat ter how old the place may be, there are con stant changes taking place—»oms move to other parts, and strangers take their places. In this age of the world, un!e>s the name of a business firm is kept constantly before the public, some new firm may start up, and, by liberally advertising, in a very short time take the place of the older ones, and the fat ter restout, as it were, ant! be forgotten. No man ever lost money by judicious adver tising. This to the opinion of a gentleman who speaks from an extensive and suooenfnl promising school. She ought, therefore, to have In-t-n happy. Bat it was with a very sad face tfrot she wot up into the familiar Hall, just at dusk, on tho evening of the great examination day, to collect her books, and take one 1 ist secret look at a place she would never again see tenanted as it had been tenanted v7 tot- the master's chair. There it stood upon the railed platform, empty-and The stately,: that filled it like a throne was absent; and yet, to ber dreaming eye, present as plainly as ever. She saw the high, white brow, and "the curls of sunny brown hair, and tho deep blue eyes, and the beautifully chiseled lips that closed so firmly In spite of her beauty. She heard the deep, sweet tones of that beloved voice— beloved 1 She started at the thought. “Oh! my dear, dear master I" die sold aloud, and burying her head In her hands, she sank down upon the empty chair and wept. A step crossed the hall hastily -an arm waa thrown around ber watot; that voice, all harried and agitated, was speaking in her Very carl “ My pupil 1 Oh, if I were younceror you older; if I were richer or you poorer. I would dare to say • My Margaret, and do my best to turn this girlish liking into a woman's level But ( am a poor man, and l am filtecn yean oioer than you. Remember me in aftt-rdays. an I Bay to yourself 'hat these were (he bar riers that rose between us. Ileavrujlilct* you, dear. I dare not kiss your lips. You must keep them for tbe man you will love and many one day when I am far away. But your hand " Hr raised it to hto lips and a hot tear fell with the long, lingering kiss and seemed to burn Into he soft, white flesh. Before she could speak or stop 1dm, he hurried from the room. The pleasant “sum; mer term" was over, aqd ll-p Ipmdtflme, stately “iga^ei" ys, gftpe to return no mote. And twenty years passed by. To Margaret they seemed to bring little of trial or change. She still dwelt In her old home, though her fashionable mother had long since l-ft it to share the mansion of a merchant prime upon Fitth Avenue. Margaret felt no dwlre to shore Rip splendor of which the laty widow was qo inordinately proud." Th? dear old ttBnwsfetod was grand gn'd good enough for her, and all the dearer, if the whole truth must be told, since that jarring presence was removed. Bn she dwelt there quietly, with a maiden aunt for chaperon anil companion; and all her school mates were married, and she alone: routined as ever, Margaret Gray. It qas not, however, for lack of offers that wc lived this single, soiitmy life. Many a lover had come to woo; for her brown curls and soft, dark eyes, and rosy cheeks and Grecian features, and a perfect Up do not often go begging for a purchaser, when backed by such a fortune as Margaret pos sessed. tihe had suitors by the score until it c .nie publicly to bo known that site would far rather see the suitors at the distance, or wooing some one else. After that no man ventured to try his luck with Gray’s heiress, and the rejectejl lovers consoled thcinsslves as speedily as possible' by marry ing the prettiest of her frtonds. Margaret went cheerfully to each wedding, wished the bridegrooms iqy, and givo to the brides some beautiful and valuable gifts. Evidently she was then “wearing the wil low” for no one: What couitj the meaning of celibacy so determined be ? And the days and years went ox And a birthday came at lost, which showed how the school girl of fifteen was qnw tbe woman of thirty-five. On that day Margaret arranged her abuntl ant tresses before the glass, saw the first gray hair. Bhe stopped to look at it with s melancholy smile. “Ah, he would not say I was to.< young now,” she exclaimed. And Just then a tap came at thn tfoor, and the servant entered and brought her a card. “The tpntleman to below. Mbs Margaret, and would like to speak with you, if conven ient,”'said the girl. Margaret looked at the card, “Ellison Stboxo.' The room reeled round and round, and she turned so pale that the girl was then frightened. “Sure, Miss Margaret, it to ill that ye are, and Til go down and send the gentleman away” “No, no I” said Margaret, recovering her compwore with an effort. “Help me to finish dressing. Kate; I must see him 1” Kate, with all a woman's quickness, guessed something of the truth, anti did her best to make her mistress look as pretty as possible. With Jhe old color In her cheek, and the old htppy light in her soft, brown eyes, Mar garet stole down the stairs. But at Ibo par- charged with violating the late act of Con gress, known aa the “Kn-Klux bill," it never theless la-hooves ns as good and law-abiding citizens to express, ns we heartily do, onr un qualified condemnation nf all violations of law and order of whatever character. Resolved. That tbe citizens of Jackson coun'y, as heretofore, are uncompromisingly opposed to mob law, and to any and all secret organiniions that disturb tlie peace, quiet anil wmaritof soe-itiy. * Resolved, That having sustained a charac ter, unst dined by any intimation or suspicion of disorder or lawlessness since tbe surrender —the Holliday disturbance excepted—the people of Jackson < oaniy are still the friends of law and order, and the enemies of any and all disturbers of the peace. Resolved, That in the sense of this meet* ing, Ute civil officers of the county should be diligent in their efforts ta ferret out and bring to justice alt violators of law and or der. and we hereby pledge them our assis tance, If necessary, In arresting any and all persons who may presume to take the law into their own hands, or in any way infringe upon the rights of the Individual citizen. Resolved, For good and sufficient reasons, which we are prepared to render before the proper authorities, that the reported firing upon Mr. Holliday's body guard of Federal soldiers in December of tbe past year, was not, In the decidtd Judgment of this meet ing, tho deed or act, directly or indirectly, of any citizen or citizens of Jackson county, and wc hereby specially Invite the attention of the authorilic* to this statement, and as act of jus-ice to the people of Jackson coun ty, the mo9t rigid investigation of this, aa well as all other charges alleged against them to urgently solicited. Resolved, Tw iho burning of Mr. J. XI Holliday’s mills was a demon meal act, much regretted hy the citizens of Jackson county; that for this most palpable violation of law and right, they arc not, and should not in jnstice be held responsible; and they hereby pledgo themselves without preiudiae io Iocs or partiality to friends to do ail in their power to bring tho guilty party or parties to con- di£n pcsiskment. • Ilesolved, 1 hat copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the chief officer In command at Atlanta, the Marshal of the State of Geor gia. and the Hox \V. P. Price, onr Representa tive In Congreta, and that the Athens, Au gusta, Atlanta and Gainesville papers be re quested to publish the same, W. & Trokmon, Chairman. Wtns A. Wobsbar, Secretary. January 18,1873. South Carotin* ftewa Ifeau- IcosBEXsxa zea vox coxTrmrtlM.i Labor is scarce in Barnwell county. Colombia to troubled by chicken, pig and wood thieves. Aikin to to have a terpaicorian club, abase ball club, and a social club. Greenville city talks of holding a meeting of merchants and organising for a national bank- The dwelling house of Captain 8. & Wise, near Blackvilte, was destroyed by fire a few days ago. There are five hundred Baptist churches in South Carolina, distributed in every part of the date. Professor Lewis R. Packard, of Yale Col lege, to to spend the winter at Aikin, on ac count of hto health. All the Carolina railroads are doing a good business. There to a prospect that the Lau rens railroad will again be pnt in running or der. Rev. A J. Ryan has been invited to lecture in Cbarlcstox Forty-nine Ku-Klux prison ers arrived in Charleston from Colombia a few days ago. Twenty-four of them have been sent to Auburn, New Yorlc. lion. Benjamin Byas, of Orangeburg, tbe champion of Governor Scott, was set upon a few davs ago, by a colored policeman Williams, in the lobby of tbe House, and thrashed with a cowhide in a most severe manner. The member had used insulting language to tbe wife of Williams, hence hi* punishment.—Columbkt Phtxnix. On tbe33d Instant a rencounter took place in the corridor of the State House in Colum bis, between Mr. Benjamin Byas, a member of the House, and Mr. B. W. Tomlinson, correspondent of the Charleston News. Mr. Byas stepped up to Tomlinson and asked him if be was the aulborof act. a article in the News in n-fi-ience to tbe Byas-Wil- liams whipping affrir of a few days previous. Tomlinson replied that he was. Byas then drew a horsewhip, striking Tomlinson, who drew hto pistol, when Byas started to run. Tomlinson fired, the ball striking Byas in tbe back, at tbe right of the spinal colnmn, passing round under one of the muscles, where it lodged. Wound not dangerous. Union. fmm i/m oBX MET THEE ar cwionrz. She Bel meet Aha thTBorv of tu*. — Hee sued a eotd end btnat deep i* , Umuv Now. Lifede feetthted with lie brighten m Aad thought* bethed ta thfe neeet, n iZ.., Aad bring to sobering Upt e happy Bgh/ ' Aad U thy indie tbe weary, folded wtage Of tint dumb, darkened, crownleee eon] would dot Leave ell the eomrw-drenehed earth end elr So heavy with the eobeand ——■ Of car*, Unfit.1, alone. In light thy eweet mile Stage. Tbe ment'ry of thy laugh hia kteeed ber berk T» loyagnta—and tangled le tbe wtag Of Hope within that htart-nor can Woe elng Again nf Ltfe'e deed flow’re, or ehlv'rtag bring That heart m fall of erneted nectar to the rack She met The*. And the rich nptnaelody Of thy low total a acentod breeee did —* Tros* Long Ago', felr Me, that bronrht . * , Of one eweet tuneful voice and dork eye* «• . Which ne’er has found It* waking mss ta Xkm, MJt taxaco. —-v A POEM. folly wog Wiggly weggei his tail; Wlthnbntlcrfly; Lady box __ On* rug Heard a cr.cket cry. K*ty Did Ron and hid maple tree; Hhier Boiler Stole *4oll*r From a chlokmdce. In amepj Yellow jacket With * racket Looking at tbe eua. LEDGER-LIEES. raxnxxriux. A gentleman who does his own marketing sends in the following; I kno w * man who sella you beef] Take care—take care! 3 He il proreto be an arrant thief, Reware -beware! Unleas hia trl. ka are doeeiy tcann'tL B rlk?aue hcU wel * h ior" door a sudden thought startled "and checked her. “I am thirty-five years old to-daj, and he to now a map of fifty, He has bean aw»y for twenty year*. Mow can X hope or fancy that he has remembered me all thie time as I have thought of him.” A little sobered by this misgiving, she opened the door. 8be looked for e mao almost a stranger; a man best and bowed with the cares of twenty years; a man whose brow was farrowed, and whose statuesque beauty gone as If it hid never been And she saw before her Ellison Strong ss she bad seen him oo the very dsy of their puling twenty yean before; Stately and as |9*A New York letter says of Blokes’ lawyer: “John Graham l* not a genius, but, as the slang to, he to thundering smart He has studied up our jury system to a dot. He is not an orator, has a harsh, grating voice, and to the most ill-tempered and vulgu man at the New York bar; but he just hits the nail upon the head every time he wishes to impress hto point upon tbe twelve ‘intelli gent' men before bim. Ho worries witnesses, contriving to malign their characters with out introducing a witness to asperse; then threatens to 'spank* opposing lawyers, and reads all kinds of ill-manerea lectures to the judge upon tho bench. This to just tbe Und of Sung to Impress a New York jury se lected according to medbeval usage” NORTH GEORGIA COAL* InauValuU* labrauitoamillsw Project to Utilise Oar Reeeareoe. J IRinooold, Ga., January 84,1871. Editors Constitution: Accepting aa fact the opinion advanced some time since by Horn. A, H. Stephens that the increased growth of Atlanta would be established by securing, in addition to its present advantages, an abun dant supply ot water and cheap fuel, permit me through the medium of your journal to make known to Its many readers some im portant facto bearing on the latter requisite. From such inquiries ss I have made, and from a notice of the published prices, I pre sume the cost iu Atlanta per ton (of twenty- five bushels) of coal does not average less than seven dollars. While largo manufacturing establishment* contracting for coal at tho source of produc tion, may, and doubtless do, obtain it at a lower rate, full consideration should attach tu the economic cost of fuel for domestic tue and especially for operatives, whose expense of living materially affects the success of in- dnstrtollnteresu generally, tlie rates of wages being thereby chiefly determined. At present, except such supplies at come coastwise to Savannah and Brunswick, all tlie cos! consumed in Georgia is brought from Tennessee, yet the coal fields of Walker county are capable of supplying, for an in definite period, the entire demands of the State, sod at lower rate of cost, than from any other source. i,The development of that vastly important resource to the Stale at large, and to Atlanta in particular, (i «, if it is to become a manu facturing centre,) calls for the construction of the Atlanta and Lookout Railroad, a charter for which.w itli State aid of $15,000 per mile, was granted by the legislature In 1870; owing to ambiguity of a portion of the charter, it was deemed advisable to petition for an amendment, and that was obtained daring tho put month. Said road, which will not exceed twenty miles in length, to designed with its western terminus to tap the coal measures of Walker county, while out wardly, it to to connect with the State Road at Ringgold, making the entire distance fmu Atlanta to a source of coal supply 135 mile*. ' "CanxnjrTnwfwiinportaniirtibfecvtBSoRnsc- tion with the welfare of Atlanta, be present ed for the weighty consideration and promnt action of it citizens? On the basis of several years experience as the owner of collieries, the operations of which X directed In person, I beg to make the foUawing statements, satisfied they will be confirmed by practical results: The coal seams In Walker county, cer tainly two of which are of workable thick ness, will admit, at the present high prices of labor, ot cool bring mined and delivered at the pit mouth at from sixty to seventy-five cents per ton; assuming the maximum and allowing the mine owners a profit of seventy- five cents per ton, with a freight tariff of two cents per ton per mile. Supplies bought at tho mines can be placed in Atlanta for $4 aa per ton. Then recognizing a commtoskm lo the city dealers of twenty-five per cent. Small consumers should obtain fuel at a cost of $5 33 per ton, which would be leu ex pensive than wood at $3 00 per cord, a ton of coal being reckoned equivalent to three cords of wood for the generation of steam and all ordinary uses. The minimum price for wood in Augusta to $5 00, and I .resume it coBnot be obtained in Atlanta for ess than $8 00 or $400, to which mast be added tbe cost of rawing or cutting. When those mines shall have becnopefled, and connected by rail with the State road, the consumption of coal will rapidly increase, and as a oouacqhence, a large carrying trade afforded almost every road fit the State. Other very important Interests will bo fie- vrioped by the construction of the Atlanta and Lookout Road, that I-wttl, if daolred furnish an account of. The object of this to •imply to call public attention to a ■—«— of obtaining supplies of cheap fuel within the confines of Georgia, the quality of which is best determined hy the following analysis, made by J. XL Britton, of Philadelphia, who ranks among the leading practical chemists of America; Volatile nutter, including moisture expelled ta prooeM of eakiBg 57 93 Combustible c*rbouaoeoas matter c* 01 S.1S ICO 00 Grooe amount of Coke ;xx The above analysis siiOwi that on the score of quality comment is unnecenuy. To any and all who may have "doubts on the score of «okl existing in available quan tity in Walker county, I offer tbe sasuranca of having measured the breut of one seam showing three feet eight inches, and another, the out-crop of which to over four feot in thickness, while in Tennessee several mine* are now being advantageously worked, the seams in which do not average over thirty inches. Respectfully, etc., G.R.Q. Mr. David Thrash, of Monroe county, is dead. Mr. Joseph Woolen, of Monroe, who was ’stricken with paralysis several weeks since, we regret to learn, to regarded by tbe attending physicians as being io a very criti cal OondRfox Mr. IL P. Haynes, of Russel- Title, while attempting to adjust a “whirl* over a well, a few days since, accidentally fell to the bottom, a distance of sixty feet. Several gentlemen harried to his assistance and found him standing in the water, im mersed to the chin, unhurt. Of coarse he was cool, and evinced the fact by requesting, when half way drawn out. that he ahottld be let down again to secure a hat he had forgot ten. Messrs. Lampkin, Willingham ft Co., proprietors ot the Forsyth Mills, have deter mined to rebuild them. A little son of Rev. J. W. Morcock, who was thrown from a mule a few days since and severely injured, died on Friday last.—Monroe Advertiser. Th* Us* op Storks.—The wildest storms of winter do grest god hy thoroughly re moving any noxious gaset that may lurk about onr great cities, and carrying them out to tho deep, there to “ suffer a sea change.” and replacing them with a purer air. Air and ocean ire two great physical purifleri of the world. So, while we fasten our garments more tightly round us, and hurry along in the pelting shower Song at us by a boister ous wind, let ns think of the heal thriving oxvg-n that comes on the tempest; onawhile enjoying the shelter of oar roof, Ihink of the good work going on above us in tbe sky. alike whether we wake or sleep. We love to think of the mighty operations of the hand of God going on ceaselessly for Ihe good of man and the mass of living things on earth, when we are passive and poweries*; aad this wind movement is one of these.—Dublin University Mayatine. Prepared Corn Cons.—A very conven ient kindling wood is made in France from corn cobs, by immersing them in a mixture of sixty parts of melted rosin and forty puts of tar; after which they are taken out and allowed to dry. They arc then subjected to a second operation, which consists in spread ing them out on ametalic plat" heated to 313 degrees Fahrenheit. They are finally as sorted according to size, and lied up in bun dles. These are sold at the rate of three or four for a cent. The establishment in Paris for manufacturing them employs thirty workmen and effects sales to the amount of $40,000 annually. tx

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, January 30, 1872, Image 1