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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR ME "WEEK ENDING * TYESDAY, pE AMBER 14, 1S?5.
No. 26, Volume VIIi
TUZ P4E.SIUE.Sr6 ME8eAGK.
TWEFD.
THE HOU8F. COMM1TTEFB.
THE TREASURY REPORT.
THE ARMY.
The report of Secretary Eeikusp show* I
THE CONVICTS.
I ..c tuysuxicosac tiviiy it the naval We can milord to let the New York px- "’Committee rule in congre^, especially | 'Vbat a cAam, a fraud, the claim of, The report of Secrtlair Lcikusp shows | The future disposition of the aUtea
itl<ins is still unexplained, aoel nothing p.rs fettle the manner in which the Bs-j fa the house, liecoming more usd j ctjaorfiv on ’he part of the edminisfra- th it ihc.rrry has been reel uctrJ to 25,- C03% j r . ls £ sal i raw .i: n ^ tr0 rt«ldtrai,?!!Rt > en-
rt of * resolution of crqtriry from the escaped. No doubt the kind itlcrpoai more at v Into. It grows cut of the rizc tion "is! GiaiA r.dvocalcs ctxcotsy in 000 min. Only 2,100 deserted during lion in the ecu s'y pres?.’~'ftre f Ovnton
lion < f hit wife, who has hi* a red hi 6 1 of the house and the rapidly iccrcafring j public expenditures in Lis message, and Ihe post j ear, and it is claimed that the Georgian thinks the -arising* out policy
fortunes from the time bo wsfa n ptnai- i concerns of congress. The real debate* ! right on its fcctls,right alc-ni. ** Man
le-^a rhafrmakor to Iris fl'ght from the j and the decisive votes occur ia the com- accompanying document, comes the ro
of the law—no doubt fake helped | ml:tee rooms. Every question U there | pert of the sc erstary of the treasury :•
of representatives will be apt t
disclose the jolly Robeson’* great ate ret
And HI I he president devotes more space
to Cuban affairs than fo any other sub
ject discussed in ihe meraage; but aa J 2dm to escape. Ii
*oon as one come* to that part of the that Sheriff Connor
document an impm-sioa begin to Mral j Ludlow Hrta jail wua ia ih-plot They
over tbc tnin-l tbit it ia . brief from the are, however, Jtibie to a fine of
flice of Sidney We Inter, who is at once
the Jk aviiy-fu d counsel of bpain in this
country and a fruMs-lnw of Secretary
Tith. That imprersion grow* and
d« ;< n4 ail the di»i.u.'»ion waxes longer.
The preshkot open* the Caban quet-
lion l»y narrating in Mood curdling sen-
I cnee* the horrors of the reven year*
conflict. He even acknowledges that
the insurrection—to me biauwn wouIh—
“iia« shown a strength and endurance
which make It nt f<v»«l doubtful whether
it lie in the power of Spain to subdue if
Hut he is not only opposed to a recogni
tion of tbc independence of Cubs, but to
granting the struggling republic btUi-
p' rn.i rights. And why? Its iadepen-
«1< nee c moot be recognized because the
republic of Cuba is not an independent
government! He cannot prove the fact
by Valinasedt or his predecea-
the foreign office
a' Madrid will not certify to the fact—on
the contrary they would surely unite in
ssving that for seven long yearn the Cu-
ban republic has been decidedly an Inde
pendent government. The president
udds that the patriots of Cuba should not 1
even be granted be ligevcnt rights, and
he gives the oddest of reasons for this
I»osuion. It it because war does not and
has not tainted on the island—only a
"rebellious insurrection" nod "occasion
nl hkiimisties." This dots not ac-
v >rd a ills his barrowing pictures of the
* tuition at the outset of the d iacwsion
t»oi does il accord will, the facts of Un
ease at nil. The patriots of Cuba arc in
truth proceeding as satisfactorily us our
forefathers did to secure independence
from monarrhial rule.
Hut the president mfk mediation Is
fin itdeund proper to stop ihe strife
“with all its dread horrors r.ml all it* in
juries to the interest of the I nited States
nr d of ether nations." And yet he does
not recommend il, and the only positive
a-Mirunco that the message real
ly contains relative to Culm is
summed up in a promise to make
a further communication to congress
n-commending what may tlun mm to
Ik? necessary. As far as tho republic of
Culm is concerned wc hope the home
will take immediate slips to extend to 1
snuggling people aoineihing more sub
stantial than the negative matter that
Hicrctary Fish—who has a eon-in-law—
Las injected in tho nua)*age.
It in no with tbc Mexican border troub
les. Them Is a similar recital of the ef
feels of warfare, hut no recommenda
tion that will bring comfort to tho en
danger* d people of Texas. He merely
hopes that the aimed vessel on the K
Giant!?, if not tbwaitid by tl
sknliowmss ot tho iiv*r and
other natural obs-tachs, will "initerially
c nitribnte to the protection of the lierds-
men * f Trius.” 6uch language will
surely u l spur up Mexico logn aur
vigilance, nr.d tho people on the border
will be «om pelted to hang their hopes of
safety on Ibut faulltary gun bout which
tlu* president wishes well.
The.'i* parts *.f the message riiow that
the president is too shrewd to plunge an
embarrassed country into actual war.
Hut he docs propot? a wordy and legis
lative war agah-st the Culhotie church,
and the circumsUor* a under which
he docs it sre at least suspi
cious In Maine and in Ohio
it wa* found that a gciurai anti
Catholic crusade was a good investment
on the part of the republican party. It
atved it from defeat in tho latter Mate,
nml cv. r since that time evidences have
multiplied to indicate that radicalism is
fast drifting into know-notblnglsm. The
prc»idcui an*! Mr. Hlairc have been out
bidding each other tor soma time on the
subject. The former has now distanced
all competition by proposing to tnkc the
control of i»opu!ar education from the
states, where it rightly belongs, and
make its regulation the subject of a c
»*ilutional amendment, lie knows that
such an amendment could not be perfect
ed- that the states would not give up their
right to control the question. Besides
he adds to the amendment chu« s that
are well understood to Lc blows aimed at
one church, lie speaks in one place of
the dangcra of prieMoraft—in n word,he
npp als to the prejudices of Protest ants
to do what no sane man believes can be
ccn-uinmated. Mr. Blaine ia absolutely
distanced, and niut take a buck seat in
the know*nothtrg crusade of l^Td.
The passage relating lo the taxation
of church property is unmhtakeably
llrard's. lie has no man about him whose
stupidity is equal to n recommendation
that belong s in a yubcrualorial
mussage, for the taxation of church
property must perforce be a matter of
state revenue. But we have a sugges
tiou to offer that may help the head of
the government out of two of hit dis
trvssmg mistakes. He has put hi;
should* r to the wheel of the coffee tin,
by rvcroutinending a lua\y iocreu'o of
duties on tea and coffee. This would, it
is true, put several millions ia the pock
ets * f the ring.for the stock of coffee and
to t in the country is enormous. But
why till the pockets of tho ring ? Why
not lit the breakfast tables go without
increasing existing burdsna, and ah*p tbc
whole amount n«M.-*l«d-in a h*'m-—v-
the churches? It is only a sugceition.bui
it would save the president from two
mistakes—from promoting tbc i/bjcclsof
the c lleorinc and from trespassing on
the duties of the Uurty-wcvcu governors
of the uuiun »* to church taxation. We
charge nothing for the auggeatiua, not
even a po»tot!ice.
Ttw-re h much in Hie ixrssage however
t mt all can endorse. No man can ob
jj*v; u* the cu>h of ccnlconiil staiisti
will* which it opens, nor will any one
!v apt to d. mur to the suromariea of the
department reports towards the
*>t the lergthr mv»age. But
as a whole it is riatand ;utiprofitable.
Its reciunmendstioiis art* r.c.ih* r sugecs-
five nor valuabk; iu facu are sUk-, and j
its 94vie is far from perfect.
and cne year's irr.prls
on nit ut for their neglect, nod perhaps
they may get the full liencfil of the law
on account of the excited m »te of public
feeling.
The* abduce of Ike notorious defend
ant will not stay the progress of what Is
known as "the six million suit," which
will be speedily tried unless the counsel
for the defence can pr*cur«* its postpone
ment. No bail was of course forfeited
In the great suit, which
has been pending a long t*mc,
and which is prosecuted to recover back
the result* of Tweed's thefts of public
money. As far a* this civil suit is con
cerned he would be safe from arrest as
1 as ho crossed the North river into
New Jersey, for he would on!/ be n fo-
gilive from debt. The suit will doubt*
lefas go on, tut lawyers and "friends"
have absorbed the old man's plunderings
to that extent that no cne experts the
people will recover much of the xtolcn
money in any event.
There are however thirty odd crimi
nal indidments hanging over Tweed**
hem), and it Is from thews that he has
tied to Spain, Mexico or some other
country that will ahelurbim fromarrtfct.
Th*»c indictments are for obtaining
money under fal.-e pretenses, for embez
zleaent, and for forgery in the third de
gree. The last Is a felony, and would
render Tweed liable toextradilioB under
the existing treaties with England and
l civiliz-d countries. The? amount
of laid forfeited in these criminal cases
amounts to very marly $300,0 0. The
Basi lies received considerable punish
ment in one way and another, and this
is tlie only alleviating circumstance con
nected with his disgraceful escape from
Ludlow street jail.
THE TWO-THIRDS RULE-
TLe friends of t'.is rule did not gather
much comfort in the way of a precedent
from The action of the democratic con
gressional caucus. That important body rj*
f democratic leaders, with the to-oailcu
ustom of the party hi fore their eyes,
did not give it the benefit of a single
thought, for they spontaneously acted
umler the natnral logical and sensible
rule which sava that the majority are
capable cf government and >laU govern.
The Louisville Courier-Journal pre-
nouncr* the antiquated and useless two-
thirds relic "the evil gmtus of ad
versity, the spirit of rule or ruin, first to
distract and then to dvs.roy," and de
mands its abandonment because "it lias
done mischief enough.'* It adds: "Shall
we never learn anything? Shall we al
ways go on multiplying errors and pur
suing humbugs in an endless circuit i f
blnr.flerous disaster? Arc we hopelessly
ilebauchcd and incapable of all wkoio-
faotr.c ttclf-ia.ptc ion?**
We have no desire to agitate the aboli
tion of the rule in the general convention
of th** party, although we believe it isca-
pablcof great abuse in that quarter, and
full of possible dangets. Wo simply de
sire to say that the weight of authority
sustain* the democracy of Georgia in the
course which they have uninterruptedly
pursued since the nomination of Gov.
Brown. The action of the congressional
caucus goes to show that w e should not
uncurtli the rule iu G-.orgia alter it
liu* lain u mouldering nearly twenty
years. Tbc democratic nati< nnl conven
tions before the war thought fcucb u rule
useful, but there 1* nothing that
urged in favor of its u*c in a state con-
’em ion except the passing necessities of
candidates who cannot secure the votes
f a maj uity of the delegates.
THE NEW TREASURER.
from certain j sift'd, and tli<V;< Lclmions of the com-
thc warden of the i mitten rooms arc rarely overruled. In
fact there has sprung up n courtesy be
tween the committees that prevents, ex
cept, in rar« instances, any show of < im
position. Tbc rliiinnen of the
five or tix leading com
mittees arc the leaders of the hodee.
These men are always listened to with
respect, and ibeir utterances ere gener
ally law and gospel. The chairman of
the ways and means Is the a^kcowlcdged
l.ad. r of t he bouse.
The app intment of the standing coin
millers U therefore extremely interest
Ing, as it determines the character of the
whole session to a great extent. Ail cars
arc ju‘.t now strained to get intimations
what tho new prophet of leg
islation v. ill do in that respect.
While oil have .confidence in Mr.
Kerr’s judgment and knowledge of men
all want to know who are to lead the
house during the present eventful session.
In the appointment of tLe committees
his will is the law and the fuct, and alt
are glad it is so. He has made no
piedfes or promises of any kind; and
will be feure to fonu the committees to
alisifuction of honest men and to
the di*comforture of all jobbers.
Il is thought that the announcement
of tho commiltccs will be delayed
a week or ten days, as tha* length of
time will be needed to let the rpc-akcr as
certain the jccord nud capacity of the
host of new men who have been tent up
to cocgrcts this year. In tic meanwhile,
of couik*, the correspondents arc busy in
naming tb^- heads of the more important
committee*. We give Hie New York
II* raid’* Hal of probable chairmen:
»y« and Means-Fernando Wood, ef
New York.
Appropriations- Samuel J KindjlJ, «» r
Prmi’Vlvauia. fjt
It .nk’mr and Currency—Samuel 8 '
UiniBgc»:imale& for :ho coming fiscal
year. Wc will let the figures till t'-tir
own story. Tax psyers are invited to
f.udy them:
E ufiiatefwr Appropriations
Objects 1ST 7 Zi* t>
Congest *VJ'£,47T :0 90
Exec’ve prop’r ’ 79,40 - ) 00 00
Btec’ve pi
D p’t of 1
__ X. of
New York.
Pacific Railroad—J K Lutrell, of Cali ft r-
niu.
Claim*— P F Thomas,of Maryland.
War Claims—W » llolman, of Icdltna.
Commerce—E>a«tns Wed*, of Missouri.
Postolfic*? ami Roads—W II Harr utD, of
Coaneclicut.
N*vat Affairs—W C Wbitlborne, of Ten-
nMMc.
Judiciary—Hk-ter Clyaicr, of -*ctn:ylva-
-Ex-Govtrnor Swann, of
v*—K IGIbsen, cf Lout-
Foreign Affai
Maryland.
1 <
olaua.
llatlsavs and Canes—W K Morrison, of
Ill'noh.
Public Grountls and Ruildiogs—C W
Mil liken, of Kentmky.
Indian Affairs—A Comiugo, of Missouri.
The opinion however prevails in
Washington that Mr. Lamar can
have the championship of the
judiciary committee if he desires
it, and that some other man than Mr.
Wood will be placed at the head of the
ways and moans. He is too old, and too
fond of ease, to make a good leader of
the house. Bet all rucli speculations
ire quite useless. Wc hope the claims
of ibu older members at least, of our
delegation, will be duly recognized ia
he fc^mAioif of the committers. They
ire able and prudent men, who con he
safely cut rusted with any business that
will come before the house.
A1103 LAW.
Below we publbb an article very com-
pliuuntary to our new state treasurer,
lion. J. W. Ken (roe, clipped from the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of Tuts
. A* Mr. Uenfroc is u candidate for
:tion to his preoent office before the
coming leg.slaturc, the voice of the press
upon the matter will have no little weight,
,nd it must he very gratifying to him to
that his appointment hy the gov
ernor is meeting with such unqualified
approval.
The governor has filled the place of
Me treasurer, made vacant by the re
moval i f Captain Jon.**, by th*? appoint
ment of Hon. J. \V. Kenfroe. Mr.
Kenfroe has given satisfactory bond,
and will discharge the duliis of the po
It Ion until au election can be held by
he general assembly, which meets next
month. The appoiuuncni is an cxcel-
nt one, ami reflects great credit upon
the appointing power. We are con
vinced that the people of the state gen
era! !y will endorse the selection made
hy the governor. Mr. B* nfroe was, up
two or three years ago, a citizen of
Washington county, anti is well known
and highly esteeme t in MiJdie Georgia.
11c is, cl course, a staunch democrat,
and a as u me.nb.-r *»» the first democratic
legislature elecUd in Georgia since the
In at tho expiration of his
term of office, he declined lo become a
candidate for a fecund term,and removed
Atlanta, w h*ro he became assistant to
the eomptroller g< mral. He has onl 1 a
faithful and most efficient official, and in
mptroiler’s office acquired a famil
iarity with the affairs and the system of
cohJncting the treasury which will m-ike
hint a most valuable man in his new )k>-
faltlon. It is gratifying to note, as an evi
dence of Mr. Utnfoc's popularity iu a
community whi te he spent his lite, that
h!s hoedimea comprise the best citizens
. f W a*hingte a county.
Sr. Louts is troubled ov*r her trade
m the soulhia»l, which is endangered
by freight discriminations in favor of
her enterprising rival on Lake Michigan.
We give tbc present rates from Chicago
and freui $L Lou s;
From Chictfo From St. Louis.
Loo«c Lo<m«.
Flour. meal*. Fijur, meats.
To-^ pr bW.pr ICO ,h-", pr LM pr liW lha.
Atlanta.. $1 17 81 !6
Augusta. 1 24 .V* 1 20
>av*nr.oh. 1 »W M W
Maci't ... : 44 72 t :0
We*: Taint 1 4> N» l 9o
EaXalua.. 1 4** K» l :a
Two yiars ago the republicans adopt* jiclaia.... 1 u 7o 1 to ®
cd two new rubs which greatly enlarged j Louis claims that these rates were
th? i*owere o? the majority in the boos;, J arranged to take trade from that c ty
and gave them power to ride rough shod °° matter wh::b:r tbc railroads lose or,
over ihe nunoritv and the conolUu&loa. I Il is a l«;< fight, and we are among
The dtmocraU protested then, but injtUs rpcCaiora
vain. The republicans did not deny the
enorm. ua pc.wer the new rules conferred Tue Columbus Times rays "the salary
the majority, but said it would be re- of the state treasurer is entirely too small.
mU if lhl»V VS* . m ■> 1 r...... Vm*
Tin: Constitution is more than proud
of the endorsement its position cn the
dogque-ih'U received from tho state
grange . >* i-doeaday. That body con-
eis-ts * t r« j»rt tentative men from nearly
ir.ty in the state. The speaker
use and several more of our leg
islators are among the members of this
assemblage. Such men kuow the want*
of the agriculturists of tho state, and
coming fresh Iro:n the people as they do,
U y ua iniiuoasly request tha coming
legislature t> enict n dog law
for the protection of sh^cp hus
bandry iu the state, and direct the
secretary nf the state grange to lay tlieir
request before each house at the next
session. Wc could have no higher or
better endorsement «»f »>ur course in ad
vocating tnx-itiou of the innumerable
dog* in Georgia.
But wc have received other indorse
ments. Ills our p’.*osure and duty to
read daily the newspapers of the
state. There sre very few,
if an}*, that we do not receive
regularly; and while we can recall a
score* of (.pinions in tbim fsvomble to a
dog law, we cannot now Temember see
ing one adverse to such a law. Wc
therefore say that the papers of the Mate,
like the grangers of the state, are prac-
tl ally an unit in demanding tr>?m the
legislature a law that shall either lessen
the number of dogs in our midst or mxteri
ally swell the revenue cf the state. That
law should be stringent and incapable
of evasion. Wc want no dead letter,bu'
a living law that no dog owner can evade.
A man who ictticts on a community the
presence of a worthies.' cur that lessens
its valuable products should tinder a
pecuniary recompense. That is the basis
of such laws, and that Imsis broad
and strong enough to support any
s ructurc that cur Lw-mukera w.11 build
npon it.
There are two things in this life,”
says the Jickson, Tennessee, Whig sm
Tribune, "that ought to be exterminated,
and it ought to be done peaceably if po $
file, and l»y* legal remedies—one is the
professional hunter, and the other *.s tbc
emaciated canine that yelps at his ucc
ed heels." This i-» strong lingua
hut ia states where dogs have supplanted
both hogs and sheep it is pardonable.
The food consumed by our dogs would
actually make, if rightly applied, all the
pork we need for home consumption,
and but for the presence of the destruc
tive beasts, our hiil-idc* would b
ered with tlocks sufficicnt’y Urgo to prev.
duct* all the wool we ntcL The contest
in Georgia 1* paaclicaUy bet'
coon hunters on the [or.c side, and
the producers on the other.
Which fhtll lc preferred ? This
question will come before the legislature
soon after it is organized.and our cry shall
be until then, down with "the d>' gs. Thl
u» • time for coon-hunting. We must
suik or starve. We must stop ail waste.
Wc must mok.* our own park and wooL
To do tl! this the dogs must toja great cx ,
tent be toxtd out of existence. The
members of the state grange have pow*v
fully promoted the movement, and they*
deceive the thanks cf every good citi
zen ia the state.
Navy dept.... 42.11/2,426 40
Interior dep t 40,lh4,12.» 04 if*,&9UQ6 OS
Tosto’ce dep’t 3UJl02,7U 10 9,030.037 00
!>ep’t Justice 3,f»5'»,040 (0 3SS7,r40 40
Dep’tfg’cTrc 251,OCO bO 249,120 00
Tot 13 f314,C12,C0S 43 $293,1G0,V
In other words, the administration asks
from an emharrsased people for the next
fiscal year, f21,440,431 more than was
appropriated for the present year. The
secretary absolutely has the face to ask
for ever lour and a-half million more
then he did in fcls last report. This is
economy with a vengeance. That our
readers may see ihe difference between
the estimates that tlie republican party
has just furnished and those which the de
mocracy made iu 1800, wc present a table
that includes the two entire, although
under different heads in some instances:
1877 1800.
C»tn«.. .8 C958.475
Executive proper.... 78,40J
Dciuitui'ii; of Hat*. 1,6il,*9> 1,146,141
Treasury department. 17i, 193,267 3,171,21-i
War dep runeut 57,430,499 16.472,203
Navy department.... 22.792 420 !1,5*4 t*49
Intc ior 40,59*,123 4.C91.92*
Post office 9,*62,714
D.-p:r.ment of justice 3 850010
I).‘p'l of agriculture . 25!.5*15
fvll etpeutes., 0,077.008
lisccllaneous *#,708,233
Totals 8*314,612,006 167,472
These pregnant figures include
interest en the public debt in
aeh of thj years mentioned. They telj
1 fatory that no asnouut cf words can
flcn. They Bhow that tho increase of
expenditures lias quintupled the increase
iu population, and yet the secretary of
the treasury demauds frciu us at the
close of twelve years of unprecedented
wastx*, followed by two years of ccmmer-
cial eliMrc-s, ua increase of taxes to the
extent of twelve per cent.
Further comm* nt ou the economy of
of Grantism is unnecessary. The rapac
ity of the different d* pxrtments is greater
than ever before, and it is the du«v, the
absolute duty, of tbc new bouse to pro
tect the people from such reckless and
bare-facctl extravagance. The depart
ments will scatter all they can fet, and
is no power to lighten the oppress
ive burdens which are driving men to
the wall except the house cf representa
tives. The country looks to it for heavy
reductions in the estimates, and wo hope
for its sake and for the rake of conserva
live luic that such anticipations will lie
realized.
The othe r parts of the report are not
as interesting or as discouraging as the
estimates we have given. The net receipts
of the past fiscal year were$?2S8,030,(u!;
net expenditures $274,623,292, leaving a
sury lus revenue of $13,370,639, cxclu-
MV3 of provision for the sinking fund.
That fund will require this year $32,293,-
C92, but it is thought that the
surplus revenues of the year
will fall short of that amount about three
and a quarter millions. Thy revenues
of the coming fiscal year are cstimuted
at $304,000,000. The reduction of the
public debt during tho IjM fi.-cal year
was $14,399,514.
The balance of tbc report relates to
whisky frauds, national banks, speedy
resumption, government claims and
other evils of the times. Wc have no
space for the secretary's opinions and
recommendations on these sabjects.
standard of mihUiy dpqiplifte, Jigs jfCjfl
greatly improved
One hundred and two j signal ^U’ituis
have been maintained during the year to
give warning cf the approach and force
of storms and other meteoric changes.
Over eighty seven per cent. sP' Gen.
Myre-'s deduction during the jear wer
verified by Actual ocemttocii. y II*
withes tbc signal corps to become one of
the bureaus of the war df piTtment.
The amount expend* d during the
year on tLe national centuries was
?fcil,397, and rations to tie value c|
$132,997 were distributed to the grass
hopper suffers of tbc northwest.
The report recommends the retention
of all the arsenals at preset in use cast of
the Mississippi river, although the secre
tary thinks the wisdom and economy of a
greater concentration of ordinance man
ufactories is beyond question. Tha en
tire army has been supplied with new
rilles f nd caibice?, and at the end of
the present year there will be a rest
supply of 40,O«X) arm? of the new model
and calibre.
The operations of the army as de
tailed in Gen. Sherman's report are next
briefly presented, and also the expenses
of Ihe department past, present and fu
ture. The amount asked for 1877 is
nearly forty one n ill.ous mere than was*
used in 1SC0. The house will be apt to
inquire why sj much money is needed.
The secretary rska congress to put tbc
department in a position to recover such
con it derate records as properly belong
to its tiles, information having been
recovered from different sources that
many private indhiduals have iu their
possession offlei d records of that char
acter which they arc willing to dispose
of for a con.-iiJvration. The report also
contains a goed word for the military
academy, and a recommendation that
congress increase its appropriation for a
display of our war materials at the cen
tennial exhibition to two hundred thou
sand dollars.
Tim Washington correspondent cf
the Cincinnati Enquirer says those who
know the significance of the aati-Calho-
lic d*magogUm iu the message, regard
the j»osition taken by the presid nt as
esperste resort of a desperato man
bent ca carrying c ut revolutionary de
signs at whatever cost to the country.
The general verdict of all democrat*,and
of mmy republicans, Is that the message
bid f«*r the thir l term, winding up
with an enunciation of the thiid term
platfoini. The partisans of the admin
istration arc delighted with tho message
They ray Grant Las now shown his baud
and thrown down the gage of battle not
only to democrats but to weak kneed
conservative republicans as well. It is
an open question among leading men
hether this message, which was
designed ns a political document to dis
tract the democrats, will not have tbc
contrary effect of a fire brand thrown
into the republican camp.
T nr. church and school feature of the
message was the only theme of comment
in Washington Tuesday ni^bt. It was
[iewed as an attempt, says one corres
pondent, "to take the wind out of Mr.
Biaice’s soils, who has lately suggested
an amendment intended to take the ques
lion out of politics. Republicans admit
that ilic proposal to tax church property
3 very unpopular. Democratic
mtxabers moke the point ilnt the ques
tion of taxing church property is one
that belong to the state and municipal
governmmt?, ard they say that Grant
knows nothing ct the distinctions be-
a federal and state authority. The
financial suggestion?, looking to contrac
tion and resumption, will not be fa7orr.
Uy received by the democrats,
document U much and sharply cruicised.
It will not be long before speeches will
be made ripping up tkemeiia^e in both
bouses of congress."
The Albany News prints a bill to put
a stop to the traffic in ectd cotton, etc.,
that the people of Aiken South Carolina,
have petitioned their legislature to pass.
It is in .* ubit-iuce as follows :
1. That it shall be unlawful fur any
country store, or any known or secret
partner thereof, or auy r trading person or
post whatever, in any case, directly or
indirectly, to procure, by purchase, trade
or exchange, any cotton iu the seed.
2. That such store, post or person shall
in no case procure*, a, mentioned, uay
g ain, forage, or other agricultural
products, between the hours of
sunset aud sunrise, mid that for
all such articles procure i between
the hours of suurise and sunset a l ook
hall be kept, oi>en to public imp- ction,
in which shall be recorded the kind,
quality, condition and value of such ar
ticle, the date of thetrac6!Cti*>u, und the
partv tber to; that the burden of proof
.-hall rest on the parties so procuring
that the at ticks are not stolen goods,
md t* at the parties a-j p»rex.arjog shall
be held t » to parliop* eriMinis in ull
1 nt laclt.
That all such stores and poMs shall
00 clo.-ei] a* usual bedtime, or/ at any
tiour not later than 9 o'clock at night
throughout the year, not to re-open ear
lier than sunrise in the morning; that any
violation of this rule shall be prima
fncie evidence of a larcenous act or in
tent
That such facilities for prompt le
gal process shall be provided, aud such
penalties for violaticu attached ss shall
be effectual
The Newnan Herald claims that crinti
nals in Georgia need not fear punishment
ts it is neither speedy nor certain under
our laws. It aims to prove its point by
he following instance:
A criminal is convicted early in the
year lo?5. Ilis case is taken to the su
preme court, and he get# no hearing un
til the spring of 1873, nearly twelve
months after conviction, which is a very
unnecessary and dangerous delay. The
judgment of the court below is affirmed,
and instead of his being brought immedi
ately before the judge to be re-sentenced,
he must lie in jail another six month-*,
until the next regular term of the court.
He is re-sentenced at the September term
1873. His counsel makes a motion for a
uew trial upon the "extraordinary"
ground of newly discovered evidence,
and ?be judge having no right under the
law to entertain that motion, except at a
regular term, and upoo these facts being
made to appear to the governor he or
ders a respit - until the March term, 1870.
Thus it is two years, and pos hly muen
longer, from tlie commission of the
: before the majesty of the law
vindicated by the punishment ot the
criminal Is il any wonder that our
judges try iu vain lo suppress crime iu
Georgia? Is it a- y wonder that the peo
ple should demand a ch’.ngc of the law
that will remedy this defect?
Uincd by the democrats if they ever | It prevents the employment of our best
1 uic ia power. Ti e democrats on Mon- financiers, an! j tiial office should be held
Hon. AY. D. Anderson, long an effi
cien: representative in the legislature
from Cobb conaty, has tendered his
rcsica-iiion of tbat position. He is in
duced to resign because he has given up
a lucrative law practice and bright
political prospects to b-.-c me a minister
cf the gospel. At the last
session of the north Georgia Mc'.hodis:
Conference he was admitted ca trial and
assigned to the church at Estonton. The
Conference may well congratulate them
serves upon tho accession of one so
earnest and so energetic to tlio ranks of
their ministry.
«: Tnsjcaticnsl gr.ngj drcldcd that the
^aricccy has b-'Coxiet>3 mar i of 1 polit
#al quts’icn to come within tfce cope of Its
atteutioo.,
A*lilt Babcock lus been tried by an
army commission in hit capacity a* a col-
uocl of eeginter*, be is still liable to be tiled
in tinny instances defealy the intention ^ f^ e ^ Louts in his capacity as
of cri^Unol law, nnd that clr^c corfine-
meutls too * \pensive; -Thu Georgian
thinks the •: or.vicl kotlid be -pt to.
work on unprovemrm^ wUuuv ah ill rc-
saUTujruc public good, with as improv
ing the ;*ubiio highways, btttMing' rail
road?, «pemng rivers to navicaiios, ini
proving public grounds, building publ : c
institutions of learning, etc. In this way
they cduid be made useful to the state
by inert ?s : rg its taxable property, and
doing jhibl! • work nt a much smaller
coat than \v«.uk! be required if other
op.'ratires were employed, and thereby
greatly lessening the burdens cf an over
taxed people. Our mraning is, that tho
convict f» rce tliould be empH)jcd cxcln
sively in public entcrprhci—euterpriobs
which the entire public is in'wetted,
either d^iiy or indirectly. It is de
moralizing to scatter them
fi.-uada over Ujq .pountry,
to be tbosd ^ 1; 1 the
highest jjrjhnnjra*l tarthe r.urpnsa-Sf
pro mot Jig their own priva'e^uterestx If
the convicts belong to the public, we say
let the public have tbc benefit of their
scrvicts, as an cquivaknt for feeding,
clothiagaml guarding them, and a? a
compensation and aUnuncut fer the
evils which they have indicted upon so
ciety. Private individuals tho Id have
nothing to do with their management,
and should in no w y be held responsi
ble fer their prop* r trealm«*t and pun
ishment."
The Gwinnett lltrald alsob.*i'errs that
the present policy is a Ldurc, and that
a return to the penitentiary ays tem would
not be advisible. It believes "that cULcr
the stale should control them, or that
they tffiould be worked in a body by ore
company of lessees. It has been tug
gesad that they be employed by the
state in quarrying rock at t?’.cnc Moun
tain; this might be piofitable. They have
heretofore been most successfully employ^
ed in construclirg railroads. There is
and im|>ortant road'which will have to
be built to protect the interests cf the
state-Mve rcf*T to the extension of the
Macon au.l Brunswick railroad to Cov
ington, and wc have heretofore shown
that ibt$ road can be constructed at small
expense to the state by using the convicts
for that purpose. And we know of no
better vkm t.o utilize the labor which be
longs to the state."
X THE STATE GRANGE.
Tho State Grange, Pat reus of Hus
bandry, after three days’ harmonious
session"adjourned lost night. Their de
liberations were marked by unity of pur
pose and wisdom of action. They adop
ted mens nits of TotrcttcUmcnl to place
theoreicr in a s :fy condition during
these trying times. They endorsed cheap
transportation, and renflirmed that the
iundiuneutal principles of the order are
cot to make traders cut of the farmers,
but pro4ncere of their own supplies.
Th*y«:-xp*vs ed a desire lo in ke each
farm a grange. Tlie report of the com
mittee 0:1 manufactures Is r. masterly one
uud worth the attention of the thinking
men of the state. The Grange endorsed
the department of agriculture
of Georgia in strong terms. The order
is in a flourishing condition, nml their
preparations for the comirg year show
that they are in earnest ia their efforts
to secure the independence of our farm
ers from life tliraldom of debt incurred
by the plant-ali-cotton practice of the
past. The patrons are stripped for the
light and we predict fry thciua grand
tooceasin 1870.
—* - ■
The drawing far scaty-fn the house
was not nituju'. its interesting incidents.
Judge Kelley, the father of tfie house,
was given the llrst choice on motion of
Mr. Saylor, and Mr. Stephens* stat near
thespeakcrV^fr.fcA trfcs reserved for him.
The drawing then proceeded. The first
ramc to come out was that of John O.
Whitohouse, who took^Fernando Woou’^
old scat, but afterward relinquished it to
its foimcr occupant by a trade. The
last name to come out of the box was
that of Henry If Harris. Garfield and a
number of leading republicans were
among the last allotted scats, and had
little choice. A colony of democrats,
headed by Mr. Lanmr, has settled in the
extreme corner of the republican side,
ou the speaker's left.
Wc give below an extract from a letter
received yesterday from a distinguished
gentleman of the Old Dominion. He
says: "I read the letter of Gov. Smith
with great pleasure. He has touched
the subject of most interest to the coun
try, and I trust will continue to push it
wi k his vigorous and manly pen. The
people netd such friends, and I trust wiil
be aroused to demand their rights of
their representatives*” He adds that the
governor of Virginia lias appointed an
able delegation to the Chicago coav*?t
lion. We have looked with interest to
the action of the s:*?te grange of Georgia
in cession in this civ nrd hope they
will not adjourn without scudlug some
of their best men to represent their order
the convention. We have set n no ac
tion taken by the state agricultural so
lely. Docs General Co!qum think the
agricultural and direvt trade movements
have no interest ia the matter of trans
portation? _
The planters of Burke county recently
met at Waynesboro, and resolved that
cf the three classes cf labor the wages
system was the best; that the sbai
tem will do if properly supervis'd, and
that the tenant system should be aban
doned. They aisa resolved that farm
labor in a cotton country is ncaessariiy
of twelve month’s service, and should be
so engaged. The giving of Saturday as
a rest d«y was pronounced xuischevious
and demoralizing, and so was the prac
tice of cert A*.n merchants in purchasing
•eed cotton They then pledged them
reives not to plant over fifteen acres of
cotton to the {flow or pay more than
sixty dollars a year to a field hand.
Tua Knoxville Age very truthfully
says "there are many little things in the
management of our farms wc neglect, and
thus lore, in the end,a good ileal of meu*
ii neglect the manure heip; we
pay but little attention t$> poultry; we
think eggs a small matter; we let our
fruit go to waste—in a word, the odds
and ends are looked upon as too trifling
demand our attention. Save the uickics
and the dollars will take care of them
selves." ^ ^ ^
The attendance in tl:c public schools
of Columbus during the past year
153 - G20 whites, and 533 colored, an
increase over the preceding year of Cl.
The cost of the schools was £9,G34—for
the white schools $3,029, and for the
colored f1,033. Average cost jter schol
ar $8 o’J. The committee of the council
!y ia charge of the schools strongly
recommended them to thtir successors
office, Ik cause they give the children of
the city a good education at a very small
cost.
day. under the rttoi'Wc leadership of Mr.
lUad-dl, abrogated thc*e rales, amd tho?
voluntarily curbed Ibeir own power in
tin h-»UH\ The republican? made, in
deed, a show of rea ctance, but when It
came to the final vote they did not refuse
the restoration of there Hghfa of a minor
ity, which it Is non their icterevt to
cherish*
only by men «W financial skill is well
determined. The hie* that a competent
man should give • bond of $209,COO in
aider to do tbc duties and assume the rc-
apoastbilUits of the faU’.c treasurer for the
paltry salary of $1,000 is absurd. Let
the treasurer's salary be doubled."
The melon trade oflLchmoad county
reached last summer the ex:<>rm<Mis ag
gregate ot 230.430 melons. The Central
railroad carritil away 9C»,t30, over or.e-
ihird of which were grown on the plan
tation of Bohard A Co. Ten thousand
melons were carried norihwtrd by the
express companies.
3Ir. Fugu, a photographer of 3Iaccn.
says the* t-Jung of pictures at eight
not a new thing. He claims to have
fucctssiully taken pictures of the night
flowering creeping cert us four years ago,
The flower blooms only in the night, and
he took a fine negntiva of a handsome
specimen in tbc short t^ee of twenty
scconc’s exposure cf tbc plate.
TLe Chattanooga Times objects to the
reports of sccthtrn stock m-arkets. 3Ye
give iu cbjcctioui the benefit of a full
presentation:
They have a way of reporting the
ditu'a’of the stock markets in some of
tl;e (dies sooth of u«. tnd especiaHy in
Ariamt. so 03 to favor local speculators
and iciddle-raen at the expense of ship
pers and consumer*. WV learn through
a cemlcwan m the U.Me, who is now The New York Sen thinks Tweed
sots*h, that :ke c*-nchfion cf the market! wi’! next be heard from in one of the
MAU.uitt.a3 rrpored intht- I«ss of l-v Ves! Iailia Hb proU^T got
that c:ty, ard f urn-shed by one of the* *
prominent dealers there, is'not at all cor-,
reel. There ore cot so maey hogs on the detectives cannot swear to It The
the market as stated, and the demand ! removal of Sheriff Connor is demanded,
for Slock is gaseraily teller. j Got . Tilden has Ihe power to do it
a swindle
Gov. Axes, of Mt*sifcip;*» h?S gone to
Mofsavhnsctjs to lake counsel of bis fath
er-in law la Te2s»d to iniUers of shire pblt
cy. Nia r * ; $o, throe if bluff o.’d Ben doesn't
advise hiai to pock his carpet tag and leavo
the JliffVsippUns to attend to their own
affairs.
Herb Diluhuck, in delivering the recent
"Speech from the Throne," laid great stress
on the r eeeisftf of pbich g Use tei»-grapb
and prst&l service under one department.
The German parliament wil! bo asked far
the necetstry funds to cample*c tbts ar
rangement without delay
FkfaNcis Kkt. the au hor of that beauti
ful sang which. begUa with the clisste quo-
tation, "Oh, say,” is to oununicnted. The
dflTercacc between Mr. Key ard General
Washington is that Washicgton never made
anything about the star spangled banner,
except a country for H to float ove*; where
as, Mr. Key midSa song.
Dedicated to the sheriff of-Kow York
and his bonBs men:
!' *arc£t Iiiilie, thou lias left uj,
And tby loss we deeply feel, 'V
Sundry sells will now beset ns,
For yon hadn’t given b Ul.
Gone to meet Hurry Genet.
Gen. Henderson, in his closing speech
on the Avery trial, seem* to have been la
boring under the impression that Preside t
Grant was defendant in ths case Instead of
the late treasury clerk. Singula*, isn't it,
how the universal spirit of indictmen*. con
verges at tho White House?
When jcu read of General Jovcllar, Com
pos end Hue-ads holding a conference with
Alfonso, in Madrid, and laying out a plan
ot campaign, doesn't It r mind you forcibly
ef the ccece in th? Grand Ducbcsce where
'General Bium." "Baron Pock" ard
Trnce Paul" mett for a sic liar purpose?
Tun late William B. Astor tad $l,00\0C0
invested In Missochusctts bonds.
Mk. Kebh’s health is so bad that he may
not be ab’e to hold out through the session.
Senator Barer, of Mississippi, thinks
the incoming democratic legislature will
call a constitutional convention.
Tue chances ot Gen. E. Z George for the
Mississippi sonatorslifp sre now >aid to be
much tetter than those of Mr. Lamar.
It may be remarked as rather queer that
the president makes lo aflusion whatever
to the whhky frauds, in his message.
It will be well enough for the house to
inquire immediately how much this •‘naval
activity" has cost the country, and why.
8am Bard passed through Richmond on
his way to Washington yesterday in such
haste we had no time to interview him on
the third term.—{Richmond Enquirer.
Senator Jones, of Nevad*, has had a
private car built for tlie exclusive use of
himself and family. It is a richly f urni hed
hoirfll? on track*, and coat H',000.
Tue Detroit Free Preas thinks it worth
while noting, in connection with tho whisky
ring developments,that nearly eveiy ecoun
drel unearthed thus far h;s b.*en a loyal
admluistrationlst.
General Banks s evidently holding him-
t'f aloof from party t'ea for a little,
lie didn't like to vote for Blaine and
wouldn’t vote for Kerr, but voted for A. S.
Wil iamr, a democrat, from Michigan
Consul-General Seward will jrolab'y
be nominated to succeed Mr. Averv os min
ister to China. He is recommended by Sen
ator Saigeont. an! it la said would have
received the appointment two ycere sgo as
against anyone else than Mr. Avery.
A Washingtan lettcr-writernotes the fact
that Kerr was the only ondid&te for §p« ot
to whom his assocU es prefix the •‘Mis
ter.”-It was ‘-Sam" Randall, "Sunset'
Cox, aud "Feinandy” Wood, but "Mister*
Kerr.
Home of those men whom tha democrats
sent to the house fiom Ma sacbus«tts are
not to ba depended on in al! cases. S elje,
the ponderous professor of moral philoso
phy, voted for Blaine; and Seelye is a hard-
money man and a free trader.
Prof. Gao. W. Gkeerk, of East Green
wich, R. I:, 1 has been invited by the centen
nial couiral-sioncrs to read a sketch cf h!s
grandfather Gen. Nathaniel Greene of rev
olutionary fame, at Independence hail next
sumver. It will form one of a series of
similar biographical sketches.
Among our earliest recollections was a
tavepi fcign swinging to and fro In the soft
eve ting breeze of a western Pennsylvania
village, and he name inscribed upon it in
letters of void and green, was "aames R
K> rr.” He was the paternal ancestor of our
new speaker.—Richmond Enquirer.
Ex-Senator Matt Carpenter, in bis let
ter to the Chicago Trlbnne, which charged
him with be!ng connected with the Mil au-
keo whlskv frauds, says: "If your charges
are true I sm a di-graced man; if not you
are; anl which fs the villain we wilt submit
to the determination of a jury.”
J. L. Townsend, who has charge of an
Epiecpol c^nreh in Washington and who
received the majority of the votes of ’he cau
cus for chaplain of the bou*e, was nomina
ted by the Hon. W. H. Barnum, who stated
that Mr. Townsend had been driven out of
Connecticut b- the republicans
state for his political views.
The eouth purchases nea*ly the whole of
its fora machinery north of the OMo river.
She spends millio's annually in the pur
chase of these goods Yet she has superior
timber and facilitiesfor the manufacture of
all these goods and could save many thou
sands in the difference in prices and trans
portation by so doing.
Northern Georgia, northern Alabama
and Tt-nressee, are peculiarly adapted in
soil and climate to the breeding and rearing
of fine stock, thoroughbred horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs. lathis H e twenty years
ago, north Alabama and and Tennessee -
cot behind any of the union. Tbc time ia
far distant when these three states will again
t*ke rank with ihe foremost.
Some Idea of the amount of work done by
a great railroad may be judged from the fact
that at a station on the New York Central
the total number of freight care in ten years
was, going west, 2,122 913,; going east,
2,178,060; making a grand total of over four
millions. The increase is rapid. The
amount cf business has nearly trebled In ten
years.
Pair. Swivj'Sncw J.-pc.rtnr> 1* d«t!i:!
1y arrargi d He is To he given f«1? i r^pe
to rea ize Ms Ideal of ,-ubfle rellcLu* in
straction. HU p ogr.mrac Is wor hy of
special study, and bis career will ta watch
ed with profound interest If; the i zfert
ment prove a success others wiLHai * w b>
example. The plan is for the proles*or to
deliver one sermon each Sabbath..4> Mc-
Vicker’e theatre,.the largest, mo>t cyrnmo
dious and centre! auditorium ia Chicago
To make sweat, Um necessary ttLdsfor
three j^cars fifty c'Hzens of h ve
guaranteed the sum of $1,000 each. ItTs
not probaMe that any amount cf this..will
*U1 have to be paid except *”> much a* may
be he proportion »f the subscriber-
tings are to bs rented at $12 a year The
services will be held In the morning
will be untrammeled by any ecclesiastical
affiliations. He van give fnl exprow-ion to
h*s religious idea*, without the fear i f trial
for heresy. Then too he can live Lis a hole
time t> his profession, without being oblig
ed to fritteraway the major part ot it in
making "pastoral calls," wh'ch in tbes
days are as devo'd cf religious util.ty *>s
the fashionable callv of ladles —Chicago
Journal.
Tn* Atlanta Constitution is taking
the lead of Georgia dailies.—[Jonesbor
IJews.
The west gets all the honors, and now
the grv H "Go cast, yoong man, 1? you
woul i be president **
Tub Virginia stare university has 978
students. The receipts for the fiscal year
were $36,779 27, and the dt-burs* raents
$37,197 91. The university has a debt of
$93,823.
Colonel Cuesnet, tin great mllita’-y
cri»i(*, 6sys that Grant tad less patience
than 8he>man; that Atlanta was captured
with genius greater tli n that which took
Richmond, and that Johnston alone wa?
Sherman's peer.
Now it is Lleutcuaut Colonel Fred Grant,
the son of tho pie.-Idcnt, who is becoming
entangli-t iu the meshes of the whisky
fiands. Does the president still say, ‘ Let
no guilty man rscip£- , *‘—rMa^!-»on f Wis.)
Democrat.
Fifty seven conventions will m*ct at
Philadelphia next year. Nearly ever* va
riety of men and associa Ions will be re pre
sented at that gatbo log, and much good
ill no doubt result from them to Uv» coun
try atlarge.
Or the tv cuty-six who have held »bc spea
kership of congress only fix aren^wlivl g
namely: Hunter, Wiatkrop, flaukV Grow,
Colfax and Bla'ne, Hunter u state treas-
of Virginia, Batiks and Rhine are In
congress and the others are In priva*e life.
According to General Sherman’s official
re; ort the army of the United 3‘ates con
sists of 1.M0 officero and $1,031 enlisted
or about sixteen men to ©w c ry officov
ter atnly. the military btaneh of the gov
ern m*nt is well officered—iti one aenee of
the phrase at least.
Toe announcement of the appointment
of John Q. Smith, of Ohio, to be Indian
commltsioner, is said to have been a com
plete aurpr’ee to i verybody In Washicgton.
Mr. Smith Is represented as honest, but
the Indian ring will have no difficulty In
pu ling the wool ever his eyes and keeping
it there.
Third termUm finds a friend or two a*
the west, to the great wrath of most of ihe
republican papers. The Springfield (Ohio)
Republic remonstrates with the Dayton
Journal for declaring that it will seppott
Giant again it Lc is nominated It was
heartily in favor of Grant fortwo term*,
itssa)*, bnt has now hau enough of a co >d
thing.—N. Y. Tribune.
Duri>g t*>e dav and night of ThinKf-
giviug Day, the New York places of amuse
iueu r —that Is tuen’y-two of »hem—took in
$32,450. At ihe raaiinees $2 .030 ami i
night $30,409 The bippc.drome did a large
tmrt ot the business, the mat'nee taking iu
04,600, and the night perform .nee $5,600
Sooth’s theatre c~me next in income—
$2,9*0 at the matinee, and i 3,400 at uigbv.
Tweed’s cseare was announced to Gov
Tilden at th*i Gcutury club on Saturday
night by a message from the president of
the police board. I: was noticed • bat Gov.
Tilden sent a sharp message to the t-heriff,
and vey soon r.f ter ward left the company.
Ann ng the prominent persons present Mr.
David Dudley Field conspicuous, ii
observed that iu a little while he left
Tbe creditor-* of ore Wilson, a stock spec
ula or iu New York, Lave htld a me ling *o
oppose UU ’hchaige from b nkruptcy be
cause while he owes $350,000 bis assets ore
uearly wort hie a. I he creditors are ab
surd Wasn’t it to ma-t just such co<-ee as
this that con regional syinpa hy for reck
iessn- ss crystalized iself Into that glorious
gospel for all tbat is iu-provideutaud knav
ish in busiuess.the t ankruptlaw?
Mr Blaise’s pr ridentfa' st*«ck has risen
perceptibly rece tty eeve-al prominent
western republkmos have expressed a con-
vT tion that he is the comine man, and now
Congressman S owell, *>t Virgiuta, cu *
forward wit i a similar opinion. He has
idea that Grant wants or can get a third
term, though he still would poll a great
vote n th - south. As for Mr. Wa-hbu u.
Mr. Stuwell thinks he has no ihxnce at all.
The grangers of Gwinnett Lave f
mally resolved that they will no loc^
indiscriminately use fertilizer* to raLo
cotton to the exclusion of *U supply
crops; that they will not go in citbt for
thing} they cun da without,and tbat they
attend the meetings of their grange
with greater punctuaMfy end regularity.
All of these resolutions arc excellent ex
cept the cue reUtnng to the growth of
cotton. That one is rot strong enough
to cure the di*e*sq ^hicls hsjd^ep rooted.
The congstssionai race in the fourth
Tennessee district is between 3Ir. Bid-
Soutuern statesmen find in this congress
at mc-3 their opportunity and their danger.
They have as a rale more experience in pub
lie affairs than their northern colleagues,
aad t hey may fairly expect to wield a con
txolhcg influent e ia the house. They are
mostly pure men, mud, with the exception
ot a possible leaning among a good
toward the Southern P«c:fic railway they
ace pretty certain to be hostf e to all man
ner of subsidies -and jobs.—[New York
Tribune.
The democrats cf New Hamp-hirc have
colled their state con vet tion to meet on the
l&b of January. 1 hey Invite to meet with
them "all vo’ers who favor an honest ad-
j ministration of the natiocal and stste gov-
nc, tLe regular democratic nominee, ernmeB ts and such legiflation arid ad minis-
sad Mr. Garrett, an icdfpeftdTOt candi-- . ri!ive „ w m tend torelo a extatitg
It :a practically a ■walfc-orer for! abases, to restore the countr^-a proeperit,
Sim KKOWS. ■
We flatter ouraelrea—we bearded tuja
io are deep, and can conceal
it wo know, and do, and feel—
Onr buitneassoimwa and rlnb-b-nae jo,a
Arum the Innocent,crcatucea who make oni
Bat beliere me, dr, -bat they can tow ■
Aghj thrnngh and through both you and
As If yonr c ore rr car’anon aeed
9“?J I Ida your guilt n wiw aid weol I
Ait! fo li&h mott i, do y< u suppose
ra*t only to burif th ecvnt of a rose,
Aud n t tht odor that’s tn your dr toes,-
*09 got that sweet little, p- r; little nose?
lour screen Is on y a pane of glass,
T rough which she sees that you are—alas!
a% no mrane the Hon you think within,
Bata long cartd thing lo a lion’s tkln.
BIBBS—A LOVE STOBY.
Th ru ivin> uo doubt abrut it; John
Wcarc was perfectly wretched that night.
H had quarreled with Jennie Bell, and
ho wasn’t going 16 make ii up. The fad
was that she gave herself too many airs,
and lie didn't mean to stand it any lunger.
He didn't care if she was pretty; that
was no iea-on why die should let half a
dozen fe.low* at a time hang about the
shop or sir »il in one at a time and lean-
ing on their elbow*, chatter and smirk,
ana smile ove r the counter, cadets and
officers too, wiltl vouag fellows, who
only did ao for th* ir own idle amusement,
and would no more dream of marry ing
h‘-‘r than they would of inviting her to a
hail tbat was com-ng off next month. To
be sure, he was only a common cavalry
soldier, but i* en Le had been in
the service a * r ->cd many years,
now had au excellent character aud
a good trade at his back, and moreover,
his father had died not long, and there
was tbc cottage ail ready for Jennie to
walk into, abd they , settle down
at once if she'd on.y be s* nsible. Jennit-
actcd as ahopwomao-for her sister, Mrs.
Evans. A very poor little shop it was,
very small and badly stocked, for Mrs
Evans had only managed to get. a lew
louads* wo: Hi oi things with what had
been subscribed fbr her In the garrison
after the fevet had carried off her hus
band. The t lift illation answered pretty
ell at first, i« r many of tho officers*
wives, knowing what an indua rioaa
woman Mrs. Evans wa-», made a pointol
buying their tapes, and cotton, and
sticks of sealing-wax of her. Then Jen
nie's pretty face was seen behind the
counter, and the bhop was filled from
morning to ni^ki with officers and frisky
you g cadets, and tlie original customers
took flight—though Mrs. Evacs did not
know it, for she, udieving the busiocs
was safe in the kvcpinr of Jtnnie,
worked hard nt the dressmaking (she had
three children to support, and the shop
alone would not do it)
Tlie officers were not profluai>lo cui-
tomerc; but they omy went to flirt with
Jennie under the excuse of buying u
penny paper, or perhap3 asking for a
umc table. Jennie made the most trim
and pretty and obliging of thopwomen,
and the place itself wasapaiieruof neat
QviS; but the officer*' wives did not care
to go aud buy their thread whero they
wete evidently interrupting a flirtation,
am! so thfc business continued to fall off,
and Mrs: Evans btg-m to get quite uu-
happy about it. Jenny—pretty, kind-
heart* d, thoughtless Jcuny—had no idea
that rite liod anything to do with it or
she wouid have sent eveiy one of her
admirers * II, »i « pace umi would itave
aslotiisliedllicin. tSlle hid hicrt oulv too
delight-•!, alter lit r bruvlwr-iu law died,
to come from Devonshire and live with
her si'-UT at Wo(J.vufli—net only because
she was tend of. her t-is't-r, but also
Ixcause die had visluVi hu*ny times lo
see John WeHre ageiu. Shu had made
hi* acqu iulanco wheu her brother aud
he—lor they had b en in i tie s'uue rtgi-
lucat—were it«lu n *1 a> I lym ut i, aud
she hud pr d tl.crn a flying visit with her
father. John hail t nd her then that he
was tired *>f the ter vice aud warned to
An Astonishing Unrglar,
An old German who lives ont on Baker
rtreet appeared >-t the station oum yes
day morning, a little tbe worse for too much
early beer, tie leaned against tbe deik and
asked:
Verc Ish de major of de Adiandy po
llers?"
Is out In town Just now,” rep’Icd the
polite keeper.
T>h ot a fagkt?”
Tba V true, tir; what did you wont to
know, sit?"
"Veil, 1 sliust tell you dot I v nts
t. no’* ere is dot major of de policemans,
don't I?”
lie’s not here, Isay.”
Veil, den. he d m’t could found ou*
suin’- news, ’cau-e dcre v a a purgiar at my
boiizt- las* nlgbd, ain-1 J d?”
"Ah! where do you live? what tim'of
ul^Lt was it? wha'- did he steal? did * ou see
him? wa> he white or black? which way did
Lc cone — ?"
"On say, you *hust bolt up und don’t
talk mit me like you vss a runaway horse
und waggiii!" said the old fellow, violently
signaling tbe clerk to pu on brakes.
"Where is your house?” urge-1 the clerk.
I resides mit mine family on Baker
at r ausse, you know ver • ^ot Isr’
"Yes; what time of night was it?”
Veil 1 vrsat-hleep ’ouut tree hours veu
de r urglsr vss dere i”
"Bu. when did jou go to sleep?"
“Ve i le»ve. me see it v-s ’bout—yaw,
dot vas sbust’bout—(very earnestly,) ’bout
tree boars befnrehsnat!"
"Oh, bother! What did tbc thief steal?''
"bhickenr, und close lines, und a axe,
und Oder airmail Lings srount dere—1 ticks
dot vss a plenty, dou’t you?”
"Did you see h;m?”
LVo-o-s! Of I seed him, bv dander, I
fchusi tell him to pud dem shtekens und
Oder tools down purty quick !*’ and the old
man shook his brad sav»gely.
"Do yon th*uk 2lt was a white t
negro?" asked the cle*k, thinking the
ol: man might be suspecting some of hts
nelctbors.
"I don’t kno’ dot, cause dot vas a purty
dark night und I vas tshleco, you see!”
"Ob, thunder and Mars! what else do you
L -ow anoutit?"
"Veh, I tinks dot purgiar tos a groes-
eyed feller, cause he opened oud videde
sbuble lot gsde so dot be don’t putt bis
hed Tea ha coom iu uod, dea he sbteal dot
old t-iff like role-Iedder rooster van d^re
▼as a good fst puffitt rettia righd c!o-e
Tong ride of de old feller-yaw! yaw!"
4 Oh, well, my friend, 1 don’t tbl-k we
find the thief from your Uescriptior,”
irlly decided the der*.
Dot’s vbst I link too! But of de police
cs ketches a grosO-eyed feller mit
And be waddled away after more beer.
‘De ’c&sionobdc Diflikilty.”
ilr. Htdfll?. Tic election takes place ou
tLe 14lL In£t.
Gen. William McKee Dux?, ihe cow
judgo odrorate general, was tbe legal
aflviserof Oeoerals Pope and Meade du
to lessen and equalize the bard'ns of taxa*
iou and to preserve the rights of tbe peo
ple." Thjt platform oughtn't to leave
many people behind in tho Granite state.
—Michael G. Ksrr ia au austere man-
without any personal magnetism whatever,
ho makes an enemy whet ever he shakes
ring their rci n iu A’lmt*. Many of our ■ a band, and hi» few f ersouol friends ore
people remember him and aho some Of | raid *o be of the sort who f me teaman.
tLe ecu that he arivLetL * 1 Ha owes bis sauces?, t-crcfore, to bis high-
ar n v L toned integ ity and devo km to prindpies
Tel: Jaciionville Press the- teld him fl-mia:th. r.f »n
txm> is Ibe product of . Wes- I.aiautee, I ^ Io ^£‘52^?*
-f——•» —i|V-sar.*a?rsrsra:
^ u. «k„ pi'jjT'J.'T - 1 —r
curiosities now exceeds $100,000. 1 Washington Cap! tol*
At the republican moss meeting at tbe
Atlanta city hall Tuesday night, an old ne
gro political bummer, during tlie recess,was
loudly expatiating to a gating crowd of his
color upon tbe state of tbe country, bald
he:
"I tell you what’s de matter—its de __
times, yer reel When den ’s plenty ob
money, den e eryring’s ail hunky-dory an’
do country arc safe:”
•‘Why don’t you g * top on bench tfcere
and explain tbe financial situation to your
colored ft lends?” asked* white bystander.
“Dat would be all right, boss, f it ma nt
for one t’ing—dot’s d*» Freedmen’s bank.
You know Low dat wax? vvell. when dr
nigger’s bank succeed dat eberUstiul fl»t
tezitd on* de fitiancement vie « of de cul> ud
poperiashnn an’ fs de ’canon ob de did silty
to settle with him. Hu hail 1 een very
attentive when fabe came to Woolwich,
und gradually tsia luhud himu> it on th«-
footing ol u lover till he found the shop
always til c*l wi lt the «-fficcrs und cadets.
At fiist he was riiy *»f appearing before
his superiors, then he got jealous und ut
lastau^ry, for he f* It and knew that tin y
meant her no good, »-n.t i e ides it was
doing real injury to lit.- bu-ioess of tlie
snop. At lari he sp^jku ins mind and
told ilia coquet'Sii Jennie what lit
tUou^ld, he w-s Mtubbed lor his pains
“It you think I don't know bow to
take care of my self, Mr. W arc* y. u are
mifatukeii, aud i don't wuni any one lo
tdi (tie what’s right tr wrong. 1 know
lor umell.”
Well, Miss Jennie, I didn't mean to
give offense. I only told you wuat 1
thought.”
“Then you might have kept your
thoughts to youiscif,* fahe said win a
little loss of her pr* Uy l:e.uJ—“uolt-hg
they had been nice oms,” t-he added. He
heurd tlie aside, and picked up bis cour
age.
*• It’s awfully hard, too, whe n one that
carts for you really can’t get near you,”
he plead d.
Just then Jennie caught sight of Capt
McGee, a tail and handsome man. with
long whiskers and a red nose, coming in
tho direction of the shop, with a b |
bunch ot fljwcrsia liis hand. She ba<
heard John Wcure’s last words, but was
MX-relly of opinion tbat “he ought to
have c-»me up to iht? scratch before,” so
she thought a little j- alousy might do
him good.
“Oh, here comes Captain McGee,” she
said in a delighted tone.
“Well, he’s just the biggest blackleg
in tbc service Jennte.and it you take my
advice you'll send him off sharp.”
“I believe you are- jealous, Mr. Wearc,
and telling stories about tbe captain; he
is always very polite to me,” and she
*mooth»*d her pretty hair and arranged
the miles on the counter.
“Ob, he’s polite enough, no doubt”
“And he’s bringing me some flowers ”
“Now, look here, Jennie, arc you go
ing lo take them?”
“Of course lam **
“Well, then, good-bye.”
“Good-bye,” she laughed Of course
she knew he would not go.
“Jennie, he'll be in directly, and I shall
be off, but you must choc he between
him and me. If you are going to go on
talking to him 1 shall never come in the
place again; so which is it to be?”
'The captain.”
But I am nol jokipg; JL’U never
you again.”
“No more am 1 jeking; so good-bye.’'
“Good-bye”—and he went.
He kept resolutely away for a whole
month—never once went near the place.
If Jennie wanted him she might send for
him, or get her f-Uicr to invite him to
tea, os she had done before. But John
Weare was not sent for, neither was he
invited to tea, and his spirits began to
wax low.
If she’d cared about me (he’d have
got in my way t-omehow before this—
trust a woman,” he thought
The idea of not being cared for was
not cheerful. That night he stroBcd
carleasly by the shop, butonlbc opposite
side of the way. Nothing was to be seen
of Jtnnie. He wa’k -d in a brown study,
then crossed over, and wenf deliberately
by tbe shop, with mly one eye, however,
turned in its direction, but not a sign ot
Jennie. Ue went hack to the barrack*
in a dejected stole of mind.
“It’s an awful pity—such a nice g'ri.
and there’s the cottage *11 ready lor her
to step into, and me ready to retire
from the service and a good trade at my
bock; it’s too bad, all along of that Cap
tain McGee, too. And the fruit in the
garden (of tbc cottsge) all ripe and no
one to pick it,”
The very next mcrnlog John Weare
walked deliberately into the shop and
naked for a peuny ne apapvr, and had
the felicity of being served by Alra. Ev-
• »-ave setbd frUit;” and he earned turn «.ff
ii ti iump to the cottage and stuff* d him
wifi gcoseberr.es till bo couldn’t m«»v.%
ami with bUck cunvt-u until hi-* mouth
waa as black as a crow. Then he carri d
him u.Mde »nd »i«Moi li ra on the table
and sat down before him.
' “How old are you. Bibbs ?”
H*< thought it better to begin the con-
veradion with a question.
“Five ami a half. Is that your sword
up there f”
“Yea. Who, gave you thoaa bronze
shoes, Bibbs ?”
Now he knew Jcnnio had given he u
to him, but he so wanted' lo hear he *
name.
‘Auntie, ghc going away anon,” ho
added. “Let me look at your sword
now.”
“Where’s she going to ?” he asked io
consternation.
‘Devonshire. Do let me try on your
sword,
“Why la she going J” ho asked, with a
sick feeling at his heart
“She's ill, I think; and eho'a always
crying now; one day ql o was crying «*v r
her silver thing you gsvo hex,and kiaring
it like any»hirg."
Tho “silver thing” was a little heart of
about the size of a sbl ling.whfch he bad
bought at Charlton fa*r last October and
timidly request* d her to accept.
John Weare jumped up and showed
Dibits liis swrrd, and carried him on hi*
back all over the place,and entrested him
to have more black currants in his deliitht.
But Bib.»s dcc'in- d.
“Aunt Jeunic’a going to bring me
some from Eltham to-night,” he t-aid.
So Jennie whs going to Eltham, was '
she! John Weare took B>bbs home, and
•>n his way presepttd him with a white
woolly lamb that mov* d on wheels aid
.-queaked, and a monkey that went up a
stick in being gently pushed.
“Cxying over her silver thina!” a»ld
John Weare. “I’ll go and hang about
Lhc‘£UUam road till I sec hex and beg
tier pardon.”
Aud he went, and Jennie met him,and
pouted, and declared she hadn’t once
thought of him and then broke down
and cried. And John hedged her pardoa
and declared ho had been a hear less
brute; and then Jennie contradicted htm
and told it all was her fault, abd told him
how Mrs. Dunlop, the colonel’s wife,
had one day come in, and told her, in ihe
kiudest possible way, tbat she was spoil
ing her bister’s business, f&r th* ladies
who bad been interested in her welfare
kept away btcaufac of Jonnic’a flirting pro
pensities, which filled up the shop with
die officers who were always in the way;
aud h »w she had been ao ashamed and
wretched, and so cut up at the desertion
if John Weare that she had determined
to go back to Dcvont-hire.
“But you won't now?” he said, as they
leaned over the stile leading to the El
tham fields. “You’ll gel ready at once,
and we’ll be married ns boon a-* possible,
before tbe fruit iu the garden is Spoilt?”
1: took a long time to talk her into ft
(itbcut three quarters of an hour), but
then she was very nappy at heart, and
chattered liken young magpie, nud toid
John how shehaatnu bed Capt McGhee
aud had thrown all his flowers out of the
window.
“And it really was nil through that
dear Bibbs that you waylaid me to
night?” she a*k*d.
“Certainly.”
“Why, but for nim I might never bare
seen you again ?”
"Perhaps not.”
Ill give Bibbs a regular ling when I
get home,** she thougnu And she did;
and the day beloro she was married olio
bought him a rocking-hors , whim ho
delights in to this day.-Casseil's Maga
zine.
ccpid’s ctcloku in gboroia.
-J II. Ivey to Min* Georgia Joiner,
of Washington coumy.
Dr. B. S Puree to Mhs Emma L.
Bulgt r, ot Savannah.
— Dr. Eugene Foster, of Augusta, to
Miss M«mie Eden Johnson, ot Ogle
thorpe county.
—B A Tensity to Mhs Georgia A Jones
of H -rt county.
U L Williams to Miss Celia Bowers
of Ilart county.
Augustus Edington to Mrs. Carrie
BcuCett of Cherokee county.
“Quite a stranger, Mr Weare,
■aid; but (hot was the coly remaik she
made, nod for the life of him hu could
not screw up his courage to usk for her
That night John Wearc was misera
ble
fehe don’t care a rush for tr.o,” Lc
—James Perkins to Miss Fannie dock-
well of Newton county.
—W. R. Unymoi d, of Opelika, Ala.,
to Miss PuiM-be AHoul, of Oolutubu*.
—Dr. D. W. .Johnson to Mias Kate
Dttesbetry, of Columbus.
—F W. Griffin to Miss M&ttic E. Dan
iels, of Bake, county.
—J. A Varner, ei Arkansas’, to Miss
M. T. Edward**, of Og!eth«»r{m county.
—Jtines Brisendinc to Miss Hattie
Waite, of Con vers.
—D B Fret man, editor of the Calhoun
Times, to Mias daiiic Goodwin ot Home.
L Brinon to Mrs. Mary Thomp
son of Miilcdgt-viUc.
—Hon. John T Duncan to Mits Nan*
nie 8 Stokes of L *u reucecouc nr.
—H A His.cn to Miss Sallie P Horn of
Macon couuty.
—Thomas W Brown to Miss Sarah
Mitfasey of Marehalvillc.
—E Mali hews to Miss Ma lic Roberts,
of Craw fold county.
—J. T. II »rria to Miss E-.ti.lle De-
Soamp, of Houston couuty.
—S. M. MeCrory lo Miss Isabella
Cleghorn, of Schley county.
—W. McCay, of Jocks<m, Florida, to
Miss Cornelia Walton, of Talbot coun
ty.
—Robert Carter to Miss Camilla Wal
ton, of Talbot county.
Rev. John B. Morton, of Mndfcob,
to Miss 8allie A. M. Sims, of Ltxing-
ton.
—Rev. Z G. Norris, of Savannah, to
MisaS. E. Knight, ol Val.osia.
—Hemy Waddell, of Kea'.uck), to
Mias Emma Way, of Jt-ffcraon county.
—Malcolm McLean to Miss Mary Mc
Intosh Mills, of Savannah.
—Thomas Pile, of Floyd county, to
Miss Patue Pans, of Polk county.
". M. Bellamy to Mim Jane Coffee,
of Franklin county
•A. If. Miller, of Thomuvillc, to Mis
Miss Minnie Richard, ol Florida. ,
—iV. C. Davenport io MUs Celtic
Mitchell, of Thomas county.
Hon. W. E Jones, of Clayton, Ala.,
to Miss Fanny W. Drat, of Cave Spring.
—F. T. Colbert to Miss Cl*o Temple
ton, of Bartow connty
—M. M. Smith to Miss Etla Poeie, ot
Douglas county.
—Eli Martin to Miss Susan Landrum,
of Dahlonega. .
—George Rhodes, of Rome, to Miss
Julia Maynard, of o. C.
—Foster Harper to Miss Sallie Kirg,
of Floyd county.
—B E. Overby, of Wstklnsvi'.le to
Miss Minnie Covingtcu* of Ringgold.
—John Dodd to Miaa ianu' Douglas 9
of Milton county.
—L. E Blalock to Miss A. M. Cobb
of Americus.
—F. M. Bragan, of Ct!!ht!$r<^5 Miss
Kate Wheeler, of Americans.
—It. C. Black to Min Nora Van Val*
kenburgb, of Americus.
—T. O. Battle lo Mi*s Carrie Aliena
Gertrule Humph, of Amencui.
—T. II. Early, of Madiion, to Mbs
Addie Beall, ol Putnoui county.
—Dupont Strong to Miss All.e Black-
, of E^rly county.
—1. W. Gaddy to Miss Mollie Avan?,
of Perry.
—llardy Croes to Miss Sallie E Wad-
dc!t, of Il*>u>uin county.
—V. C. Honker to Miss Leola E.
OrciTjo, of Fort Valley. '" ^ “*
—Eicnr Winn, ot H^nry county, to
Mi«s Nettie JLiowman, of Fort Valley.
—W. R. Anderson to Mi a Lula Had
dock, of Fori Valley
The next d»y was a lucky one for John,
He came ocr**w Biot s. K.bbs w.ta 3Ini
. him si in tuak'iig a
d;ifab for li'-erty,” but wc d n’t Bee
where tbe bravery came in. . Wh* n a
coubtrymou aaw the wtter tumbling
^ 7~y Vt- _ j down at Nifagaiu, *u.d fa*.rue one asked
Evans oldest bqy. No oeefcitavr what i hj m if it waan*t woude»Iul, he replud
{‘‘•real name waa, or w »yid wtw caflci that b- didn’t regard it as very •o.fftr-
Bihbs; but he was never called anymirjg I f„|. there was nothing to hiuder It
^o... tt TTr .. , There was nothing to binJcr Tweed
“Bibbs,” said John Weire, come and walking off.
