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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1876.
No. 2S, Volume Vlli
If If ADOBE VAXDEIt CIJ.T explains, in
a letter to Bishop McTytirc, liia latest
Bill to the university at Nashville that
h. sm hie name. Ilia total contribution
amount* t ; $692,831 1G The last $ 100,
(iW was given to pay oil every debt and
have an endowment rund of $200,000,
which la to be kept inviolate and wifely
invested.
Tuehk ia no more reason why men
should !»e allowed to violate the law on
Christmas day than on any other day,
and the murders, violence and riotous
conduct io many citiea on last Saturday
should prevent hereafter the relaxation
of police vigilance and anibority. The
recent C'hrulroa* carnivals were a <lis-
f 'Tucc. to humanity. ^ ^
The administration organs utm to
delight juat now in the manufacture if
items discreditable to the southern mem
here. We give one &.«. a sample of the
whole lot:
It is laid that the wife of a prominent
southern representative ut Washington
goes to bed decked with diamonds to
prevent the constable from attaching
them to settle the bill incurred by her
husband in their purchase.
Tin: committee on rules of the house
will hold a meeting before the house
convenes and designate some one of its
members to report a resolution repealing
rub s muni* ml 166 and 167. These
rule* were adopted by the last house to
preveut the filibustering of the minority.
They .will* undoubtedly be repeal*si,
which restores to the republican* that
which they denied the democrats.
appear as a suppl ment to the the senator ship is no less creditable to
annual report that their author i*rr- them tban honorable to him.
qulrcd to make to the people of the We are admonished that the question
■talc. Prof. Orr has performed ttc la- . of “who shall be senator" is one belong-
bor of preparing the papers out of love imr solely to the people of 3li£si*sippi
for bis state and for the cause of educa* j and that “our party throughout the
Uon. May he live to see the percentage. nation** has nothing whatever
of illiteracy reduced in Georgia, until to do with it. In the abstract,wc reccg-
she becomes in that respect as in every f nize this idea of non-interference to be
correct, but there are reasons why “our
party throughout the nation” slxouJJ have
tc-morrow we swear off :
ALABAMA AFFAIRS.
j Otsigubernatorial campaign will cover
at iljcunpletion two or three years, but
It is a*cu«tom by common consent for Her day of regeneration having been ^ center of the French assembly,
a large proportion of the human family months ago happily consummated to ; which is another name for the Orleans
to recognize and honor the birth-day of j Alabama her day of rehabilitation has jj ave entered upon a campaign
the New Year by formally or men.allyj come in proper season. The new consti- j ^wBeartf duration. The have nom
ad opting resolutions affecting their hab-1 tution has been ratified by the people and ; Due d’Auratle for the presi
other, the empire state of the south.
RETRENCH THE EXPENSES.
Psor. Haikd, of the United butt* flab
com minion, offer* to stock the Tomes
see or sny other good sized southern
river with salmon if th-.- cost of transj»or
tat ion be paid by the people on the
» ream to he stocked. What does Co
lumbus think of this* Perhaps Colum
bus and Atlanta should co-operate in
Hocking the Chattahoochee, as should
Athens and Macon, and soon through
the whole li*»L The salmon is a very
valuable and prolific fish, and a small ex
penditure would give us an important
addition to our food supply.
Ktoht of Ihc states have completed
their census return* for 1875, and It ap
pear* tr«m» the condensed table that, in
spite <d panic*, contraction of the cur-
teocy, grA»*1iop|M*rsand crooked whiaky,
the average increase in five year* lias Into
about t:t iM-r cent:
HUtes. 1870. 1MJ5.
Kansas 964J 99 533,373
laiuitiana 7.0 915 K r .7,0 9
M a*»a*-hu»elt» 1,457,35! 1,051 ,'srj
kill liliran 1,1*4,659 1,344,131
New Jersey .. IS»*,I 96 1,0.0,5**2
No v York....4,3837V.» 4,503,21*
UlHHlr Island . 217,351 238 2-9
Botitli t aroltua tU'i,liU<
11. create.
16S,974
i:w,i24
194,551
13U,?.«
120,400
2£!,440
4*i, sir.
at 7,-41
Tot at V.544,.ns4 11 ,299,741 1 ,355,24:;
Ai.k\ani»kk II. bTKPUKRH* knowledge
of lit on*ia politics is accurate nnd com
prehensive. We do not believe the Au
gusta Chronicle will dispute that. Mr.
Stephens, Lowcvir, nsscrU of hi* own
knowhdgc, that no uemccrat has ever
been nominated for governor iu Georgia
under what be lightly rails the mon
strous two third* rule. And yet the
Chronicle seizes upon every opportunity
to Uneaten the democratic party with
“fatal divisions,*’ unless It introduce*
the political fraud just when every
other Hate is ready to repudiate it, and
nominates a governor under it. “We
believe" the people of Georgia will pre
fer the advice of Alcxamlcrll. Stephens
to that of the Chronicle, especially when
the latter conus nccompai icd by foolish
and wirked threula.
Tint Memphi* Avalanche says genius
and prutlenre do n»»t generally hunt in
couples, and it fears “that the two qual
ities are not Mended in lien lid!, the Im
passioned Georgia orator. Many years
ago the fiery, impetuous fellows hud it
all their owu way in congress; but now
It is lard pounding that win* victories.
The lark of prudence was lamentably
illustrated the day the house organized
when Lama*, Wood and fox permitted
tlitnuclvtK to lie drawn into a trap t*y
Hlaiuc on the everlasting L -ui&iuna
question. >Thc lepublicuu leader of
the house knew every inch of the ground,
and though iu the minority so Uteri*1
their foiCea and muted the opponing
grnrml* on their own chosen field. He
cannot e*pial Hen llill iu a constitutional
argument, but he Is wary, keeps a cool
head, ia familiar with every parliamen
tary turn and t aist, ainl iver ready to
take advantage of opportunities thrown
in Li* v,ny l’lalne is an admirableleader
of a congressional minority, amt unless
the democrat* alter the holiday* show
better generalship than thus far during
the session, their large majority may
prove of little service to them "
PROF. OHK’d l’AVKRfi.
Investigation and expo Hire are two
leading lines in the congressional pro
gramme. The people demand both;
they want the whole truth that the guilty
may l* punished and the work of plun
dering stopped. The house of representa
tives would lx: recreant to its trust if it
should refuse to expose the >cacdals
which indicate rottenness in nearly*
every bureau and department of the ex
ecutive branch of the government.
It must investigate and expose,
and thereby purify our federal poli
tic*. Ilut something beyond all this is
demanded of the new house—something
|K»iiivc for the relief of the country is
asked at their hands as well.
Retrenchment, actual and material,
comprise the oilier great duty of congress,
and the people consider one as essential
as the other. They in fact necessarily
go together. If the investigations show
that the administration is waste
ful, it follows that me new es
timate* must be cut down for consi*
tency’s sake. They can and should he
cut down. We reintroduce the
followirg table Ibat our readers may act*
at a glance to what ext* nt the expendi
tures of the government have been in-
creafed since the radicals came into
power:
1*74. is*; j.
War department..$I2 t 8i:>,*,r.'7 $15,453,202
Nav> department.. ISO,932,587 15J»l4,»Hf
Clvn . xp u»e* 17,627,115 0,077,00
Mlacfllabi-c.ua 50,ft*;,414 20,708,233
Indians 6.692,404 -,'.01,121
Peat f ana £9.ttH,4!4 1,100,002
Fort Jim laurcourte 1,508.064 1,146,14:1
Total 78,018,953 $60,010,158
Interest ou debt... 107,110.815 3,177,314
Population 41,01.11,000 31,442,321
Increase of ordinary expenditure* J.W ct.
In create of population 4*., ct.
The figure* of 1874, like those of the
present fiscal year, include not less than
$•**0,0(10,001) that arc chargeable solely to
frauds, extravagance u:nl negligence.
And yet the lacretary of the ircasuiy
actually Jiak* for $U1 f,(H2,4208, to cover
the next fiscal year, or over $21,000,000
more Ilian wn* appropriated lor the cur
rent year. Such estimates are ruinous,
and the a liniti diati »n is dcti rmi x «1 ;o
increase them. The hou<«c tb. rcf«*rc 1m
•mcsthi*i*cop!f's r.’lian *• in all efforts
tod* crease tin m.
It i.« iM-licved that the ordinaiy cx-
ix*ns*s of I lie government should not ex-
1 $120,(00,000, including the pension
and various*>1 her «x**ensc9 growing
out of the war. This would call for a
daction *>f $•"»*),000,(KK) in the estimate.*-',
and Mr. Kaiiduil, chairman of the com
mittcc on appropriation*,is confident that
they can be cut down to the extent of
$10,000,0C0. A good share *<f the pro
l***iC«l mliiction can be secured by bring-
ig down the army to the actual needs of
the country, or about 15,(XM) nun. Gcp.
inninp% the chairman, and a majority
of the military committee arc in favor
of »uch a measure. lNiwcrful social
nlluenccs of Wuhliington arc arrayed
again*! it. A democratic house will do
well to f«»)b>wr the military < omiuilUc.
Thec«*:tof the military csutilbhim-nt
should not exceed $20,000,000—a .saving
f nearly U-n millions.
The next largest reduction should Ik*
made in the expenditures of the navy
department. The ftffaiis of this branch
of the government have long been loose
ly conducted on an extravagant scale.
The navy ha* recently been put upon a
w ar footing, and yet Mr. Robeson claim*
that lie ha* not exceeded current appro
priations. If he has nut, certainly a very
large amount—perhaps tin millions—
he savid in this department*
greater part of our ships
should he broken up and sold, ami
the construction of a better class of ves
sels curried i n gradually until we have
in a .smaller navy a more effective force.
Th** Indian service should In: trans
ferred to the war d« partment; tbe pen
sion lists should be purged of fraudulent
claims; a lopping * il of fat places in the
consular and diplomatic u-iv'co should
lx* made, and a sharp and general reduc
tion of expenses forced iu every other
branch of the public service. The con
tingent funds of all the departments
should Ik* cut down ut least one half.
respectful attention to its suggestions.
! <>ur party is just entering upon the la
• bora of a canvass upon the issue of which
may hang the destinies of the govern
ment. The people of the country have
entrusted their first powers in the hands
of our party, and they will watch our
exercise < fit with jealous solicitude,and
hold u§ to strict accountability for the
results we may accomplish during this
probation. Much is to be done
for the cause of honest gevern-
ment and the protection of the light*,
liberties and property of the people. In
preparing for this gigantic battle the
party has a right to ask that each section
of the organization shall do those things
which are most politic, popular and con
servative of democratic interests, while
not detrimental to local fame and for
tunes.
For this reason the party looks to Mis
sissjppj to semi to the senate
that sterling patriot, tried statesman and
eminent .scholar, I.ucius Q. C. Lamar
lie certainly can be trusted with the fame
and honor of Mississippi, and he alone of
all her noble sons can, ut this juncture,
command the attention of the nation and
infiuence the for.unes of the party to the
degree demanded of his state, llis elec
lion will be hailed with the same delight
that met the success of Andrew Johnson
iu Tennessee, and Mississippi will make
the party and the country her debtors by
its of life. It is a convenient day for • become the state's organic law’. The first
“turning over a new 'eaf,” or adopting 1 session of tbe legislature since the constl-
a reform in certain favorite and growing j tution was adopted convened in Mont-
pracliccs, which gains significance from j gomcry cn Tuesday of the present week,
the leasou and immunity from singular- j The governor aud the legislature being
ity by reason of the company one gathers ^ democratic, and the constitution having
in £ uch laudable pursuits. To-morrow i been framed under the care of that par-
we swear off from many of our besetting 1 ty, Alabama is to be congratulated upon
vices, our little sins of omission or too! her political redemption and the fact
frequent commission, from neglects and ■ that the work of rehabilitating the state j
extdidates—Harlan, Wright and Belknap—
who divide the legislature about equally,
ate so pledged that they cannot accept any
other than a new man as their second
ch >!ce.
PitocTon Knott, the Kentucky congress
man, is said to resemble in appearance a
southern Campbelllte preacher.
detfiTT. . i- cie4‘jiOQ . THUGalvesinn Ncws.obseives that the
when .be and MacMalion will contend
for the i*rlze, if they are alive, and the
fourth Aapok-oa doesn’t interfere, or
someth ag else does not happen to mar
the cfivasj as it stands. Hurrah for
Mac.
the act.
HIE YEAR’S RECORD.
The year that expires this night has
not been one that most of us will pleas
antly remember. It has brought happi
ness to some; hutlto us as a people it^has
been one unvarying period of stagnation
fn business, with interludes of business
dhaater. The last quarter of the dying
year has doubtless been more prolific In
failun-s than any ximihir period in the
entire history of the country. Every
part of the year was characterized by a
ustant looking aud longing for
relief that never came from the prevail
ing dullness in trade. Hut we can
truthfully say that the worst was con-
fiicrcd befoie its close. Th** failutc of
busiocia houses that have been on the
ragged edge since the panic of *72 has
nearly ceased, ami there are unmistakea-
ble signs everywhere of u hnHne.sa re
al that will doubtless grow brighter
1 brighter as the centennial yiar ad
vance.-*. The practice of economy is ic-
ring the pressure, ai**l for tbi* excel
lent we are indebted to the pan-
Mr. Randall do
l» rrt l*
that
iolutely
Kvdcd fer
Tiinient;
* f tlu
We hope l’ruf. Oxt's artii lc on the first
page of this palmer will be carefully read
ll i* the last article of the series, and is a
tilt in/ conclusion of an able hue of ar
fvit m in defense of a public school
system in Georgia. It deal* mor»
Ocularly with tin* problem of educating
the colored children of the state, which
i* altogether the most serious ami difii
cull problem connected with cur educa
tional affairs.
In the paper before vi he !ir»l show*
how* immensely the war reduced oui
ability to educate, while the btmlc-n of
education was nearly doubled. Result
local taxation for education purposes
the tale has paid out in the last three
ptra for public education $0(50.000; and
I*rof. Orr triumphantly adds, would
Massachusetts have done KtUr in like
circumstance*? TLc small amount of
taxable piopei’.y is tin* real ohaUck to a
thorough syatciu of jk j>ui*r education in
ibe slaie. Our progress towards it must
be uu*a>unwl by our material r«.-
a^mrees, and must therefore be
gradual Hut the low condition
of our resources connituUs no pica for
educational inaction. Frvf. Orr thin
proceeds to alww that iLc nxeSkity is
ui*>u us to do what wc arc able to
do |%.r the elevation of the uegta
The remain dr r of the ivxptr is a mas
terly outline of the polkj that the state
rhoahl jnirme in t!».U »r«iv8*t. We do
not mre to xux marire it. It Um fact
a» compact as it xtll can be. We want
every * ne of our readers to consider its
conclusions, for the futuxe prosperity *>f
the state is involved ia the question
di» ut#cd by the superiaundent of pub
lic iMl ruction.
The people of Gcxirgu aic greatly in
debted to ITof. Dir for his paper* »>u tlie
school * question. He has disrttwedin
them every Lading topic eonm-cted with
|v»pul*r is!m a:ion In Georgia, mivting
inanfutly and fairly all know n objections,
hh! calmly aud ckarly urging all views
that h * experience and judgment die
UU*d. We hope eveiy thoughtful citi-
zra has followed him from the start; but
if any have not, theu we urge them to
take «p the papers when they
•lc doll
the tlUc
hut every item in t*
cess **f this will be altogitlu
(liminated. We hope he will receive
the active and steadfast support of every
dcnuKratio member in his grand crusade
against extravagance and fraud. The
government should once more lie con
ducted on business principles. The peo
ple, who arc burdened with taxes, de
mand that it shall be'. While the pres
blent and the republican party are trying
to levy increased taxes on tea and coffee,
let the democratic house make all such
propositions ridiculous by reducing e
penditurcs to a p dut better proportioned
to ihotc of ante billum times.
The agricultural states have not 'e't
the times in the same degree (hat the
more strictly mercantile and manufact
uring portions of the union have. If ev
ery part of our state hadt>ccn blessed with
uch crops as were bestowed upon cur
m immediate section, we believe that
leorgia would to-day be in a soamlcr
condition than she has been since the close
of the devastating civil war. As it is wc
are confident that the people of the state
uks than at any other post helium
period. Ia*t us therefore he grateful for
we have In-en saved from. Wo arc
wotking towards solid ground, and if
our planters would but heed the counsels
of tho-c of their number who have care
fully studied "the situation, we would
h<* strong and independent. We
will not repeat tbe old story of good
vice. All know it.
In politics the year has been a quiet
ic. The people of the lleiz-cgovina aud
of Cuba arc still struggling f*.r lilierty.
Elsewhere very little patriotic Mood has
been slit-el. Crimes, casualilics and nat
ural disturbances have slaughtered their
thousands, and the year will be chiefly
morablc on that account. The polit
ical situation at home has become much
brighter. Military terrorism is
no longer a safe expedient in the tac
tics of the radical party,and a democratic
c of n*pr* tentative* has
scmMed with the avowed intention of
putting an end as far as possible to steal
ing, extravagance ami criminal waste. In
respect are we worse off than we
re at the beginning of 1S75, and in all
important reflects wc have been better-
So let us speak a kindly word of
•Id year, full as it was « i privation
and enforced economy, before wc greet
c coming of the year of politics, noise',
conciliation, patriotic rcminisfcenses
an i national pride.
fascinations which have proven trouble
some and unprofitable in the past
What aj army of recruits for the tem
perance cause will be enlisted to-morrow
at the shrine of good resolves! The tip
pler, the toper and the habitual drunk
ard will lift themselves in many thousands
of instances from the atmosphere of in
temperance, and record his resolution to
“touch not, taste not, handle not” the
the seductive and destroying liquor.
The hearts of mothers, sisters, wives and
children will grow lighter and hap
pier upon the buoying power of hope,
inspired again by the solemnly asserted
resolve of the loved one to be a better
man. No matter how many such
promises may have been swiftly broken
in the past, fresh reliance 13 placed upon
them, and let us hope that the faith of
the sufferers may not be disappointed
this time. There arc millions who need
to make and keep the vow of temper
ance. if idly made it had been better
left unsa:d; if truly made and kept, tbe
new year will prove the birthday of
better life.
Then, the racks of the blasphemers
will be depleted. Thousands will re
solve to put away from their tongues all
curses, expletives and oaths. Clean
speech, language in which there is no
uggestion of blasphemy or taking the
name of Gc*l in vain, will be decided
upon for the future. Of all useless habits
in the w orld that of swearing is the most
useless, but men become so accustomed
to uring oaths in their speech that it
seems ofte'n impossible to eradicate the
thorny and degrading words from their
vocabularies. It ia a point gained for
good morals when any man resolves to
do away with this habit, aud let all goml
men trust that those who resolve iu this
direction to-morrow may keep the reso
lution to the end.
Again—hut where is the use? We
might go on multiplying by name the
and petty rins which men
anti woincu resolve t*» weed out of their
until the mere mention
would fill columns of our space. The
I\irtu.« e?e have tlieir proverb that “hell
is paved with good intentions” aud there
great religious truth in the words.
From what has been said above the rea
der will naturally conclude, arguing from
his own observation (if not experience)
that hell's pavement is largely increased
iu area fiom the failure of New Year re
solves. Wc are not ready to agree that
the municipality of Pluto gains more in
tmvement from the New Year iC3o-
lalion than the cause of moiality
docs io honest support, but wc do believe
that thousands who convert their good
intentions into dismal cobble-stones for
the walks of the Inferno could as easily,
ami certainly more profitably, by z.cal
and strength of character, transmute
them into precious blocks lor the golden
streets of the New Jerusalem.
THE MISSISSIPPI SFNATOlt.
The people of Mississippi, through
their representatives, are soon to elect
the first democratic senator in the con
gtiss of the l*ruled States that has been
po**iblc to Hum for years. TL<
is one of ooUttk significant c and the
people arc looking with gr. at intercs
for the coming man.
Numbers of distingu:died gt-nlli-mci
have been named as candidates for tb<
p. ?'.Uon, tut the latest indications ahov
that the route*: has narrowcd down to a
choice between the Hon. L. t* C. lot
mar aud Gen. J. V- Georgie, < hairm:
of the state democratic executive cor
mittee. The former of these gentian
is so widely aud popularly known
throughout the union as to mail
lion of his abilities and statesman-like
quaiim > uam ci>»ary. Wtthin
years he has made Cor himself
his state. >uch reputation as cut it Us
both to the respect and admiration of the
country. Gen. J. Z. George has repu
tation and fame, based upon eminent
abiliiie* and political labors, hardly less
admirable ia tbe eyi s of Mississippians
than those v biih belong to Mr. I-omar.
lie.; Mr. George's largest reputation is
at home, where his charac
ter and qualifications arc
more widely known than abroad. A* an
always earnest aud laborious denucrak
and a* a vigorous and successful cam
Pjiok. Joseph Jones, a native of
erty county, Georgia, has just published
, valuable work of 820 pages on the
;cographica1 distribution,cau-cs, nature,
relations and treatment of various dis
eases from 1855 to 1875. Wc quote
from a review of the book in the Mac*
Telegraph:
Under the head of “Ifelatious of Pneu
monia to Malaria,” the mortuary statis
tics of Savannah are given for a perio d
Tm. Home Commercial intimates that
the efforts to break down the results of
the late election are due to a fear that
the councilmen elect would impose*
grievous taxes upon the people. The
Commercial adds :
amestly beg the contestants to
abandon the contest, for the peace and
tranquility of the community, and for
the good, as wc most sincerely believe,
of cur city. The gentlemen elected are
of our best aud most conservative citi-
ens, and wc fed confident that the tears
. xpre.ssed by some as to their probable
action in regard to the settlement of ’.Lc
bond question au«l other matters touch
ing the welfare of the community, are
exaggerated and, we have no doubt,
groundless. At any rate, they have re
ceived the requisite number o.* votes to
elect them to the offices they propose to
hold. Of this there is no question, and
think justice demands that they
should be tried—and then let them lie
adjudged by their acts. Besides wc
confident from the character of the gen
tleman composing the new council, that
whatever they do in the way of settling
1854. These possess great value and
interest to every Georgian. From this
record we gather that the total popula*
lion of our chief seaport in 1800 was
\HiO; in 1810, 5,215; in 1820, 7,533; ic
1*30, 7,77(5; in 1840, 11,214; in 1850,
15,312; in 1800,22,202; in 1870, 28,235.
ll is well known that Savanuah,
though situate, upon a high, dry bluff 40
feet above the river, is yet surrounded
by rice fields, swamps, aud low grounds,
where lever runs riot and malaria is con
stantly engendered during the warm
season. In 1818 dry culture was intro
duced in lieu of rice, and the low lauds
thoroughly drained.
The sanative effect was immediate ly
precepti Me. Thus, in the ten years from
1810 to 1810, inclusive, during the wet
(rice) culture season, the deaths among
the whites (no mortuary record of the
blacks is given) averaged 1 in 14. In the
t. n years from 182 »to 1830, 1 in 17; fr.
1830 to is to, l iu 21: in the s years from
IS 10 to 1817, 1 in 33.
The heavy moitality frrm fevers, caus-
•d by heat and malaria, in Savannah,
hown by accurate table* kept for fifty
years. < ‘ut of a grand total of 14,:>32
deaths, from all causes, 4,888 resulted
from fever in its various forms, from 1804
to 185:5, inclusive.
The greatest mortality from fevers oc
curred in the months of July, August,
September, October and November.
Over half, or 2,785, died in the two au
tumnal month* of September and Octo
ber. The colored population, though not
exempt from malarial influences, suffered
far less.
Per contra, as compared wilh the
tbtic* of Iliehcr latitudes, in that entire
half century only eighty-ihree deaths re
sulted from typhoid or nervous lever*.
This will go far toward restoring the
equilibrium^of health between high and
low* latitudes. H malarial fevers obtain
to some extent In the latter, typhoid
pneumonia,dyteotery and mcningetis are
the scourge of the former. Thus God
dispenses his favors uniformly, and exer-
cisc* the same care over all of his crea
tures.
Similar statistics kept for the city of
Augusta show that in the absence of
these malarial influence* the deaths were
much more uniformly distributed
our financial ih flic allies will Lc submitted
the people for ratification.
I f i*iake
ao pojr to 1
estitp pr
is in the hands of her true and honest
citizens.
As a sovereignty, she has passed
through the “trial by fire,” but despite
tho waste and desolation thus imposed,
•he comes again into her political inher
itance and all her sisters look anxiously
for her success in rebuilding the shatter
ed arches of her temples and re-furnisb- l ^ 13
ing her despoiled fields of industry and
production.
The prcscnt.leg'clature is charged with
duties the highest which cau engt:
wisdom and energy of patriots and law
maker*. To bring the state to its most
perfect system under the organic law ia
the labor imposed, and we do not ques
tion the ability of the legislature to per
form the duty in a wise and acceptable
manner. They have guides in the suc-
of sister states which have ariscu
from the same plane of political and eco
nomic bankruptcy to full vigor aud po
tential progress. In the state of Georgi;
and her resurrection the patriots of Ala
bama may readily find an example afford
ing them the fullest suggestions.
Among the first duties of the legisla
ture will come th8t of adjusting the pub
lic debt. A commission appointed by
the constitutional coventton has fully
investigated all the liabilities and re
sources of the state, with the purpose of
proposing to the bondholders and report
ing to the legislature a plan of compro
mise between the state and her creditors.
This commission has performed its labors
and will report the result (in anticipation
of which Governor Houston refrains, in
his annual message, from referring to the
subject formally,) aud the proportion
which they submit, as “the best the state
to disallow all interest due or
to become due on th** bond* of the slut**,
previous to July 1st. ls7t>, aud to is^ue
new l>ouds, at thirtyjyears, iu exchauge
for those existing, to bear interest at the
rate of two p» r cent, for five year*, three
per cent, for five years, four per cent, for
ten year*, and five per cent, for the re
maining ten years.” The bondholders,
upon the other baud propose “that new
bonds should be issued to them for the
face of the existing bonds, payable in
thirty years, with interest from July 1st,
187G, at three per cent, for three years,
and interest at the rate of five per cent
for the remaining twenty-seven years.
In resiHi t to iutercst due, on or before
July 1st, 1876, that the state should issue
bonds for this indebtedness, payable m
thirty years, with interest at the rate of
four per'cent., to commence five years
from the date thereof.”
This proposition, the houdhold-
s claim, is entirely practicable.
The total direct debt of the
state, according to the bond
holders’ schedule which is the only es
timate we have at hand, is $12,132,178.
It becomes the duty of the legislature to
determine between these propositions.
This will be a work of no little difliculty
and pregnant with vital results to the
greater interests of the commonwealth.
Auolher important labor will be the
investigation of carpetbagger Spencer’s
election to the United States senate,
with a view to memoriuliz'ng that body
for his expulsion.
Provision is also to be made for the
care and operation* of the public school
system and every means possible will he
used to keep these in progress.
There are a score of other important
economic measures, fully suggested in
the message of Governor Houston, which
able and exhaustive analysi*
and review of the present condition of
the state, the operations of its civil ma
chinery aud of the necessities and
remedies which the legislature should
supply nt once, but after the most care-
(’ii qtoo and Detroit are wildly en*
thudakic over the project to construct
an $8fd0,000 ship canal through 3Iichi-
gau. Mf course they expect the United
States? o do it. But if any one propose!
to builHi water line tLrough Tennessee
and G«iigia then those grasping selfish
and alt gether unreasonable cities get op
and h$4 that such a project is clearly
un onjtii
utional. Fair play, gentlemen,
piaker Kerr’s health should prove
let him preside—and at tho
lestitb precarious—the election of a
peak-jr^pro tem. will be necessary before
ihe we’k of the house is fairly com-
mcnc ui The pro tem. speaker wxuld
be vu.Vcd with tbe authority of the
speak* i. though neither can change the
standing committees. The New York
Herald thinks Mr. Lamar will be chosen
if a sp.^ker pro tem. is needed.
No i»oro fed ral troops are to be used
i.t making raids on whisky stills in the
south. ’ Private citizens are more suc
cessful.' it is claimed, than soldiers in
finding crooked whisky. This is a reflec
tion oj the moral character of men in
privatustation. In Virginia, North and
Soudr .Carolina, the seizures of illicit
stills r4»w average twenty-five a month
Treasurer New is now issuing the
newton dollar greenbacks. The design
is net tiaterially different from those of
the last series. There has been added,
on the righ* hand end of the note, an
elaborate scroll work surrounding the
werd “Ten,” in each letter of which has
bet a introduced delicate engravings of
Canterbury girl*.
.\notiiki: ward heard from. From
• •guy applicant* lliu pruniiltut has just
rifled Liculeuaut Campbell to till th**
i -ancy as captain in the quartermasters*
de.urtiueut. He married into the covet
ed place by beeomiug a short lime since
tin* husband of Miss Madge l)eut, daugh
ter of Col. Fred. Dent. So we go.
The fact has just been made public
(hit Ihc vignette which ornaments the
special license issued to wholesale ileal-
cu--in the “crooked”—is full of
pu-senl meaning. It represents Mercury,
the god of thieves, enthroned on a whis
ky still, with a worm and mash-tuli for
surroundings.
The Georgia “homesteads” are iu
eclipse. Hard as they arc on creditors
they must stand hack while I». F. Allen,
the eminent Iowa haukrupt, comes to
the front with a residence at De* Moines
that he retains under the statute. It is
known as Terrace hall, and is worth
$300,000.
Air.,
ful
Takiug the exhibit thus made of tlie
resources of the i>eople, remembering
their distinguished capabilities and pa
triotism, recognizing the eminent char
acters and qualities of their rulers and
lcghJatoi s, >vc think that their future »j
fast brightening under the light of a
newer progress and a greater determina
tion to uphold state pride and augment
state fame. In the labors before them
and the results that may be attained, the
people of Alabama have the truest sym
pathies of their brethren of Georgia.
The centennial year is to be ushered
in at the north with an unusual amount
of noise and flag flying. In New York,
say* un exchauge, the board of aider-
men ha* ordered the bunting to fly from
every public building “in commemora
tion of the adoption of the star-
spangled banner by the continent d army”
The flag adopted by the army, however,
was not the present national design. Dr.
Franklin, Mr. Lyn^h, and Mi. Harrison,
wbo were a committee on the organize
Uon of the army*, adopted a flag retain
ing the king’s colors on the Union Jack,
representing the yet recognized authori
ty of England, the thirteen red and
white stripes representing the states be
ing added. This flag was raised oa the
morning of Janu«ry 1, 1776, and was
welcomed by a salute of thirteen guns
The stars and stripes (the king’s colors
fold
l city
The Columbus Enquirer refuses to b?- j
the batUes of the patriots.
Wn are pleased to learn frem private
sources that Dr. Felton of the Tth dis
trict, is actively working to secure a
era! appropriation for the Etowah and
and Coosa rivirs, so as to make the lat
ter stream u tvlgablc a* high up a? (
ton and even beyond. This is right.
These rivers Kna a part of the great wa
ter line from the Mississippi to the At-
la» *\ and all work dune upon them
w: m>t only benefit the tmmcUiatcKC-
th*n through which they pass, but will
be so much towards opening the propos
ed water line. Messrs. Blount and
Cook should io >k after the appropria
tion for the Ocxuuigee, and thus
confer s great l^ueiit upon thtir con
stituents. Dr. Felton in his speech be
fore the internal cemventioc a; Home,
toe>k the right position upon the ques
tion e>f river improvement.
Wc arc glad the Savannah News has
found a case in which it will not insist
, , . , The last place for an application of
ii.vet'f me*, ““ e TTTT the moMtto^two.U.ird. rule i, clearly
caun A I tic® e a 1 (in a warmly-contested personal canvas;
»the subject in this capital man-
lustr:
r.er:
“This is all fudge,” remarked a pros
perous farmer yesterday. I raise an
abundance, and I believe others can do
the same thing.” lie added that before
,r stealing of hogs was almost as
now; that he had received
upon the adoption of the third-term rule,
paigner, behaving been chairman of the j It waives the “time-benored, arbitrary, 1
j-tate democratic central committee in etc., ia the instance cited. A* to lhcajie
the stmcelcs of 1868 and 1875, General j and binding character of tl.c rule, the
George has endeared himself to a large New* must permit us to refer it to Mr
body of hi* people, and the prominence Stephens, who speaks frrm actual know 1
which they thus give him in the race for edge.
Iu such a cauvass it simply mean* pro
longed ’ballottings that result either in
no choice and a row, as iu the late con
gressional convention of the ninth
district, or else in the selection of a
compromise candidate whom nobody
,-s or.c hui)dud and
, running 2,050,350
frequent as now; that he had received;. ; , , . , ,
many a whipping from his father because; ^ favort ^* w a desperate remedy for a
Lc did cot w atch the hogs and prevent; case that the rule has rendered desperate
oiher* from taking them; that farnurs m ^ ^
then took old worthless negroes orchd-! Gen. Fuilups, in the face of i
This farmer ha* alway
off, u.ud was a four tears fighting man in j drawn from the canvass for the legiala-
a gallant confederate regiment I tive vacancy of Cobb county, in favor of
At tU* stage m poor u^u caaie up and ^ friend Judge David Irwin, who w ill
gave Ins experience. Last year he bought; , ° . tit-
l short for $6, fed it 1C bushels of c5rn! enjoy a walk-over. Judge Irwin
for which he paid $12.25, and in addi- j will be a valuable representative of the
lion paid 50 cents for butchering-—mak-! interest* of Cobb and of the stale gen
ing the total cost $19.05. The pig when .
Tun debt of Mobi’*
. uterest, Is $3,270,00).
f SWlT/VUr.XNO posse
Irty «**j£Ui cotton uJ!
spindle*.
Tun African gold coast i» to bo repre
sented at tlie centcunial by the contribu
tions of tbe native kings,
llox. Gom.OVE 8. Oktii is mentioned as
i avai’able candidate on tbe part of tlie
republicans for the governorship of Indiana.
Gkjlxt as tbe know-nothing candidate for
third term greatly simplifies tbs campaign
aud makes the issue very clear.—(IMlti-
hurgh Post(dem).
A sketch of Richard Heury Lee, a signer
of the declaration of independence, is to be
prepared for the centennial exercises by
r. R. A. Brock, of Rich wend.
The legislature of Kentucky convenes
to-day. The session is limited to sixty
days, hut may he exteuded by u two-thirds
vote of both houses.
Ouu friends in New York should strive
to keep pace with the advancing spirit of
the age. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are
the cast. Tbe West lias gone west.—
St. I.oui* Times.
ruE most popular bool;* In England at
present are Smiles’ “Thrift” and “Self
Help.” The most popular works in Amer
ica, during the coming year, will be econo
my and retrenchment.
It seems th it Bristow also is threatened
itli alfUetlon through 1 he brother of his
brother-in-law. The American statesman
will hereafter be compelled to marry girls
who are without brothers ©r sisters—found
lings preferred.
Allbxtowk, Po., has thirty cigar facto
ries, which turn out a monthly product of
300,000 cigars. Next to Detroit—omitting
New York—she is the largest manufacturer
of cigars in the United States—that is,
stands third on the lLt.
Young Hex Is one of the two new Chi-
,*se ministers to th.s country. With a
diplomatic Stricken already fu Washington
the place seems likely to become a first-
poultry yard. Russia might con
tribute a Pullctowskl to help the thing
along.
uirrxu, iu ’7i, while secretary of the
Sinking Fund of South Carolina, received
state m?ney aud securities to the amount of
$19,556. When asked by a special commit
tee In ’73 what bad become of the money,
his answer was that he had it, bat had not
yet settled with the treasurer.
Um Rexm, in a recent letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial, asserts that Presi
dent (jrant has lost all his money In specu
lations aud Is very poor. Nobody believes
that, but the president may be foolish
enough to start such a story to stir up ids
friends to renewed t-llorts to put him into
a third term with the emoluments thereof.
Ax effort to break up the lottery business
is just now being made in various directions
Both Louisville aud 82 Louis, where the
trade has been most active for years, have
notified all dealers in tickets that their pla
ces muit be closed at once. Joyce’i
mark about this Icing the "age of reform*
was not so stale after all.—Washington
Chronicle.
Tiib national republican committee sends
us an an*. I-Catholic sermon delivered in
Washington by Parroa Newman, in spec to
ofcoreulatea. Half a million copies have
been printed. If this next campaign is to
be a religious oue, liadn’t.ihe' committee
better send out a ritual, Including a form
of third-term prayer?—Terre Haute Ex
revolutionary era in our politics seems to
be tapering off into a resolutionary era.
Fo&sey’s Press gives a list of the great
millionaire*. Other papers now and then
mention tbe $25,070 men.
Tux Chicago Tribune, following up the
trail of the New York Ilerald, has di»cov
ered that the “Order of the American
Unlou” has numerous lodges in the former
city.
Robert H. Maiik, tbe newly appointed
sccatot from Louisians, is a son ct the late
P. N. Man*, of Hickman, Ky., and formerly
resided in Mississippi count?, Mo , where
he still has relatives.
It is quite probable that both of the na
tional conventions next year will be held in
the west—the democratic at St Louis and
the republican in Chicago.
Tue ninth Duchess of Alrdire dropped a
bull calf by the fourteenth Duke of Thorn-
dale, at Woodbnra. This calf is a half
brother to the two which Mr. Alexander
sold for $30,000, to go to England
J. PxocToa Kxott, chairman of the ju
diciary committee of the house, is forty-five
years old. and a native of Kentucky. He
lived In Missouri Irzm 1850 to 1802, and was
attorney-general of that state for one term.
The o’.dest cfllcer of the Prussian army
is Field Marshal Von Wraugel, who will
complete next year the ninety-second year
of Ms life, and the eightieth year of hi i ser
vice iu the Prussian army.
At Lst the Eogllsh government has de
termined to consider the removal of Temple
Bar. Lord H Lennox has undertaken to
give the project his attention, and also to
consider tho widening af Fl ct street east
and west of the gate.
Tun New York Times will not believe that
the machinery of a secret society can turn
the tide of a presidential election until it
secs it done, and then it will be prepared to
acknowledge that the “march of intellect”
has not marched quite re far as it supposed,
It is to be regretted that the radical mi
nority In the Mississippi legislature will b
still further decreased by the unavoidatA*
absence of Hon. Jeffersou Walker, the col
ored member from Monroe county. He Is
in jail for hog stealing.
8knatok Cuagix, of New Hampshire, U
n aspirant for re «4cction by the h-gislature
Elbe chosen next March, aud nearly every
the; promt* cut. republican In the stale, is
iu the hands of bis friends” In connection
with the posltioj.
The general conviction of the best in
formed democrat* is that the presidential
ticket of their | arty will be Hendricks and
Bayard or B.*yaid aul Hendricks. Wash.
McLean is expected to become a member of
tbe Methodist Episcopal church.—Cincin
nati Commercial (lud.)
It Is said that Re. gan, ex-postmaster
general of the 8ouLheru Confederacy, and
L. L Ainsworth, of Iowa, have the lionir of
being tbo ugliest nicu ill congress. It’s
'ulp aud tuck” betweeu them, aud a com
mittee of Baltimore girla are now Invcst’ga-
tiug the matter.
Tue Richmond Dispatch makes bold to
say; “The New York papers know as little
and tlunk as li.tlc of Mr. Mofrisou us they
did of Mr. Waite when he was appointed
chief justice. Perhaps they will learu after
awhile that ability does not consist simply
in being known to tbe duuderheads who
ed’t the New York journals ”
Senator Fxrkt, vice-president of the
the
John J. McKat was chairman
committee of wajs and means In tbe 2*h
and 20‘.h congresses, Samuel F Vinton, of
Olio, la tbe 33lh congress; Thomas il Bay
ley, of Virginia, In the 3lst; George 8 Hous
ton, of Alabamt, in the 32d and 33.!; Lewis
D Campbell, of Ohio, In the 34th; J Glauoey
Jones, of Pennaylvanla, In the 85lb; John
Sherman, of Ohio, in the 36th; Thad Stc-
vea*, oa ItesEfyirsuls, is Jbc37ih and 38th;
Justin S Morrill, of Vermont, In the 39th f
Robert C Schenck, of Ohio, In the 40th and
41st, and Henry! Diwes, of Massachusetts,*
In the 42d and 43d.
Boston Is beginning to be economical In
the way of funerals. When Senator Sum
ner died Ihe state buried him at an expense
BABCOCK'S WARXrXG.
O, Babcock, bold Babcock! beware of the
day.
When isristow shall go for your feather* so
gay!
For counsel and jury before me arise,
it 1th blood on their hands and with uic Iu
their tyco.
The lightning that winged jour dispatches
Will burn through your heart like the fire
brands of hell.
And the men you once trusted, false, cow
ardly men,
Will hasteu to swear you tight Into the Pea.
Then Dyer comes down like a wolf on tbe
fold,
WUh Broadhead to back him, whom no one
can hold,
of $12,000 and the city paid $3,000 to kelp I And the wllaefees, oh, hyw they scorch and
out. Bat when ylce-Presldcnt WPson died
the dtyfe bills for everything wen but $1C0,
and of this $157 was for xnea’s furnished to
policemen, and $44 for boqueta and rosettes
to mark the sorrow of the city council com
mittee.
With the Suez canal and now th* pros
pect of owning one end of a hole under the
straights of Dover, England wPl grow ar
rogant and saucy. The engineers who have
been making soundings of the channel re
port that there Is no engineering obstacle
in the way of tunneling aa proposed. M.
Lavelly, who cons ruc’-ed the machinery for
excavating the Sues canal, says all that is
needed la tbs money to undertake the pro
ject. . m
Congressman Dxmxisox’s vote In favor
of> third term has caused a commotion Io
Vermont The spook Is very unpopular all
through the state and hU unexpected ap
pearance to its favor causes wide disap
proval. The party newspapers are trvlag to
excuse him by saying he did not mean to
favor a third term when he voted for the
resolution, but simply to show that he con
sidered the measure a piece of democratic
clap-trap. The friends of Judge Poland,
who was defeated by Mr. Denison, are jubi
lant and noisy.
Tub Norfolk Virginian In urging the es-
^blistynent in that state of an agricultural
and geologicsl bureau, says: “In short, it
would strive to do f r cs what North Carolina
ha* magnificent iy done, what Pennsylvania
has twice done, what New York is doing,
and every raw, green state of the west is
beginning to do. Maps and cabinets, and
a descriptive history of the state for the far-
*, miner, and the manufacturer would
all result from such a bureau If put in wor
thy bauds.’*
Thu Worcester Gazette (Rep.) mentions
as “a noticeable fea'ure of tbe recent jour
ueyottke president aud members of con
gress to Philadelphia, tbe extraordinary
ovation to Mr. Blaiuc. Except Bristow and
Uayi-e, of Ohio, nearly all tbe geut’emen
if©re present who have betn accused of an
uibltloua louglng to reside to-the White
House—Grant. Blaine, Morton, Jewell,
Conkliug and Hartranft—and Blaine teem
ed to be the only man the pco{le cared
much to see.”
Sixrvxx state* have held eleclloui this
year. The aggregate vote Is 1,923,111 dem
ocratic and 1,907,293 republican, a demo
cratic majority of 15,818. A comparison
of this vote with that of 1S73 In the t>ame
state* shows that iu that year the demo
crats had 1,710.487, and the republicans
,830,303 votes, thus evidencing a democrat
ic gaiu of 1* 9,094. Tbe official vote of
Mississippi gives the total republican vote
at 07,000, which is but 3,402 less than tbe
vote for tbe republican candidate for state
treasurer in 1873, when an exciting can
vass for governor waa In progress. 1 he
:ctencc of intimidation was therefore pre
posterous.
A recent article iu llarpet’s Weekly,
presumably by Mr. George William Curtis,
attracts wide attention among politicians.
It points out that while Grant may be nom
inated by the republican*, and while there
they sting,
As they tear tue Intestine* right out the
ring,
And a blue atreak of cursing enlivens the
While the red of your cheeks turns a vMolo-
The
said;
But who to the prison is painfully led ?
From whom do thorn wretches the shoulder
Whose legs don the stripes that the prison
birds wear ?
Ils tfien, O, my Babcotkl the Iron gates
Oa thee ’midst the Insolent smile of tby
foes;
The stone wall* surround thee, and there
thou must stay
Until—Father Urant may be coming that
way.
False Wixtid, geti-utl I ktor my own hb;
For Grant Is m> man as sure aa I'm his.
’Tis but we will make it for Bristow, you
bet,
And the man from Kentucky shall die In a
sweat,
One ring may be broken, aud incited lu fire;
But we know of an other that’s stronger and
higher,
Above all the laws and the couit* you may
An influence hover; that’s Grant, tir, and
Bristow shall dare to rise out of his place,
We both will attend to that gentleman’s
ease.
And when our pile-driver down on him
shall come,
You bet, my dear sir, ’twill astonish him
some.
He will think all Is lovely and Hr as a rose.
But suddenly down we will corns on his
toes.
Aud will smash that Kentucky intruder so
flat.
That he won’t know hims If from a last
summer’s bat; *
With a charge we will put hi* battalions
rout,
Will show him up finely, aud theu show
him out.
So don’t bo alarmed, my dear Wizard, for
For 1 shall be always quite happy ar.d free.
They may break, they may shall i-r the ring
if they will.
Bat the spirit of Babcock will h&ug ’rouud
(be still.- Ut. Lou is Time*.
senate, nnaerstw.a. tbe art of Sl^klmrl* 8 undoubtedly Jsnger of it. there are no
InST**'
iAAC iota* cos*, 1UC __»l_
killed weighed :2l p .uads net. He sold trm
it for ten cent* a pound, the whole bring- j Du. Shaver has told hi* interest ia
SSSifinMi » h «
for k-s* than it costs to produce. ,t:rul labors. Judge A. C. McCalia is
now its business manager and editor-in-
lions art pending with Austria with re-, . . .....
ganl to the construction of a direct rail-1 assistmt editor of the editorial, news and
road iM twecn Vienna an.! Constantinople.! local departments.”
Fob a cran berry patch New Jersey 1* tol
erably valuable.The assessors of the various
counties have just made their annual re
turns, and the aggregate assessment of the
state amounts to $623,993,196. While all the
cranberry regions have increased In value,
other property has declined,so chit the total
valuation is five millions less than that cf
last year.
Tux opinion prevails in Washington that
McCrary, at present In the bonse from
Iowa, will te elected United States senator
from that state. Their belief is based upon
tbe fact that the friends of the other three
briefly. When the senate passed a resol
tion confirming him iu hi* title to the chair,
this was his speech: “Senators, I desire to
thank you for your further courtesy and
confidence.”
Tux dLasierson the lakes this year sum
up 1,050, of which 562 occurred on Lake
Michigan, 152 on Lake Huron, 189 ou Lake
Erie, 02 ou Lake Ontario. 92 on Lake fit.
Clair, 26 on Lake Superior, and 40 on tbe
rivers. This is a falling off from last year
of 131.
The Cumberland (Md.) News publishes
the report that ’'Gen. George B. McClellan
who is now a resident of Baltimore 1* short
ly to be appointed to a position in the ser
vice of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company, with the title probably of gen
eral superintendent or general manager,
with duties corresponding.”
stated that Hon John M Bright,
chairman of the committee on claims, has
tendered the secretaryship of that commit
tee to Mr John Bateman Smith, the witty
editor of the Fayettevillo Express. He will
> sure to fulfill its duties efficiently. If be
•cepts. The salary is $2,530 per annum.
Cahdixat. Manning lei* been lecturing
i national greatness. In the course of Ms
address lie said that he believed that In no
country in the world was the administra
tion of justice more unimpeachable than
in England; in international justice, also,
the nation held a foremost plate. The car
dinal expressed his firm conviction that one
way to prevent bloodshed was to bo power
fully armed.
Col. Aorendrup, whose death at the
heod of an Egyptian army cor{»*, which was
cut to pieces by the Abysalnians, was repor
ted by telegraph, was a Dam* by birth, and
brother of the young Dr. Ahrcndrup, who
during the siege of Paris, was placed at the
head of all the Freuch ambulances, and
bo, when he died from the effects of over
work, was granted a public funeral at the
expense of the state, with all the honors
due to a general of division. A third broth
er is a distinguished officer In the Royal
Danish engineers.
Tax attempt o£ narrow partisans of the
Morton school to conduct the presidential
campaign of the centennial year on the old
war cries appears more than ever atrocious
when the real attitude of the south toward
the centennial exhibition is understoood.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, who has been In the south almost con
tinually for several years, and who conse
quently ktows whereof he speaks, writes:
“I have been struck with tbe unanimity of
purpose manifested everywhere to visit
Philadelphia next year. Iu southern towns
I hear more said about it, and more plans
laid to go to Philadelphia next year, than In
the north. In proportion to population,
colored people excepted, I think there will
be as lan,e an attendance from the southern
states, as from the north. In all my travel
In the conth I have heard notone word spo
ken prejudicial to the centennial. 1 have
seen a very few articles in a very few south
ern newspapers which breathed
friendly spirit, but compared to the bulk of
the southern press these exceptions are not
one to a hundred.
A Washington dispatch states that the
committee on rules of the house will hold
meeting before tbe house convenes and de
signate some one of its members to report
resolution repealing rules numbered 166
and 1G7. These rules were adopted by
last Louse to prevent the filibustering' of
the minority. They will undoubtedly be
repealed, which restores to the republicans
what they denied to tbe democrats.
Dxcembbb 21, lb?-*, in the calendar of
Mormonism will always haw a black line
a!tout it. On that day Chief Justice Waite
decided that no man, whatever hi* consci
entious scruples, has a right to more than
ome wife at a time. If you live beyond the
reach of the constitution you cau think and
acta* you please, hut if you live within the
circle you may think as you will, but you
must do as you are told. So fades po yga
my, and we submit to the judgment of the
court, which mast have had experience In
such matters, that one wife cau supply a
man with all the discipline that is needed
-sible circumstances under which be
bee’ected. The sub'tance ct the advice
which it has to give to the republican par
ty, therefore, is to avoid third-termers, but
if there arc constituencies which demand
them, to try to have them open tMrd-.terur
erg, uc-t sneaks, who strive to avoid c*m
aitting themselves.
How a Challenge Was Refused and
What Came of It.
The telegraph announced on Wednes
day the killing of K. L. Pierson, radical
member of the Louisiana legislature
from Natchitoches parish, by Mr. James
Cosgrove, editor of the Vindicator, in
the town of Natchitoches. Pierson wa9
well known to some of our citizens du
ring the war, and we publish the facts
leading to the killing, as we find them
in L'Abeille of New Orleans.
Now, Bessie, you’re my dearest friend,
My very Itesi >ou know,
Aud New Year’s Day without you, dear,
Would be juetdull and slow ;
fio, darling, pleas** he sure to come;
We’U both “receive” io style;
For holding forth, just iuc alone.
Would hardly !>* worth while,
Since everybody knows quite w ell
That 1 am “caught” at last,
willing and a happy bird.
By Will'* dear hand held fast,
\\lio came last year ? Well, let me see ;
Oh, i . was grand 1 Ihc air
Was keen aud bright, alive with light
Aud gladness everywhere.
At nine o’clock iu walked my hij—
That’* Will, you, know; and, Bc.-s,
'd never guea*.
Then others came, a stupid lot.
Just fops, some six or seven ;
And then a crowd of silly boys —
But Will come In at eleven.
Well, B.*ss, such grand times a? we had,
No
was there, it chanced, but aunt;
I thought we’d die with laughing.
When ins was gone a horrid bore
Named Jones came iu ; and thru
almost yawned; you never saw
Such horrid, gawky men.
THE WAY IN LOUISIANA.
He’d take the world by storm)
lie staid an hour, and all tbe while
They came by string* and strings.
A DIFFERENCE.
Pierson anti Cosgrove differed about
some matter aud had trouble. Pierson
sent a challenge to Cosgrove, which tbe
latter refused to accept. Pierson there
upon had hills printed in which he de
uounced Cosgrove as a
COWARD AND MAIL
Cosgrove then said he believed it due
lo his friends and the public to expose
the reason for which he had refused to
fight with a man like Pierson. He there
fore published a complete biography of
Pierson, recounting that the latter, who
came from a good family, had several
times deserted from the confederate
army, and had been
TWICE CONDEMNED TO DEATH !
Following the first condemnation,
Pierson had been pardoned, because of
h is youth, by President Davis, at the in
tercession of Mrs. Davis. After the sec
ond condemnation, which took place
when Pierson served in liragg’s army, he
effected his escape, and afterwards passed
for a colonel, and by forged papers drew
pay as an officer of that rank.
Co
Cosgrove’s article also stated that
Pierson had already been publicly in
suited at Alexandria and had never de
tuanded satisfaction for the affront, and
hence no mau who bad any self-respect
could put himself upon a level with
Pierson.
After the publication of this article ii
the Vindicator, Pierson made known to
Cosgrove that be
WOULD KILL
the latter, at their first meeting. The
rcncontic took place upon the public
street of Natchitoches ou Sunday after
noon last, when Pierson was shot In the
head and instantly killed.
The J’juroal, L’Abeille, with the inim
itable sumyfroid of tbe French, remarks
only that “the death of Pierson creates
a vacancy in the home of representa
tives ‘
DEAD IN TEXAS.
, Galveston News.
San Marcos, Dec. 27,1875.
A young man of good personal up
pearance, and not metre than 21 years
of age, who arrived here on tbe 23d inst.
and registered as Charles DeLeo, *»
Georgia, committed suicide at 0 o’clock
this morning, by shooting himself
through the heart.
Our state exchanges may poshib'y do
a service, albeit of a melancholy nature,
to the friends of the above unfortunate,
by copying the dispatch giving news of
his sod death.
Standing ai we do In view of the debris o
the wreck of almost every enterprise which
has been Inauguarated iu our belovedfitate
during the reconstruction years, It is a
great satisfaction to read the following
from the “insurance Monitor,** of New
York, tbe ablest and the most influential
Insurance Paper in tbe United States:
The Home Protection of North Alabama
does not a
e to be one of the
it Is a tidy hundred thousand dollar <-ol_
pxuy, intended for what Its mune Imports,
• IKnm. *’ Vilh tB UMtMMlAn.l
borne protection,” with an unexceptional
list of assets, which foot »wenty one thou
sand dollars more than Its eaplteL The
company is on'y doing boou-ss In the
States of Georgia and Alabama, where,
from the beat advices that we can obtain,
is highly thought of.
dec2£-;uoJtwlt
mm green,
horrid sea
scene ends, and the last word is
me,
t* enf commenment Is jist another name fur
nigger! I’m sockin’ arter somefln eolnl,
Marse John, like a par
coat— souu iiu ob dat s
!” pleaded 81.
Now, wait a minute, 81! How would you
like a genuine civil right* bill ?”
“Dai’s Jls’ ’bout de raos* woi Hess ting
could pick out, sah!”
eh V
Then, a check on the Fieedmon’* bank,
44 Wum an’ wusa!” lugubriously mourmd
44 Yen are hard to please, SI! Now I knc»
what you want—one of those elegant eman
cipation nrcdamaLLma 1”
“Elephlnt nnthln’, Mars* John! 1 didn’t
tink dat you’d fool wfd yore ole nigger dis
way. 1 wants somefin comfortin’ and ’atan •
tlal, somefln like feed and klverin, case dis
ole nigger like all de rest Is left out in de
cold-put too much ’pendence ’pon dat
manserfashun prockymashun what put dc
church—and he had to come out ( Dst’s
what’s ailin’ us now!” and 81 moved
off mournfully, muttering and complaining.
Jake’s Testimony.
Jake was called upon In the recorder's
court to give testimony tn favor of the good
ckarac erof Pete, who had been on a Christ
mas bender.
‘Jake,” said the judge, 44 do you know
Pete, tho prisoner?”
• Oh yes, sob, I kno’e him bettcr’n any
nigeer in Atlanty.”
“Is he sober and industrious?”
“Dot ’pends ’poa de’ksshlon Jedge; some
time he s sober an* some time ho’a ’nostri
ls, ash.”
44 When is he sober?”
44 Moe’ irincrally when he ain’t got no
oney, jedjre!”
••When is' he Indu
Industrious ?”
'Jls* ’bout de same time, tali!”
Suppose he has money?”
Den he’s putty Uerble to be de drnnkes’
and lazies* nigger dat de good Lordebcr put
bref into—dot’s de truf i”
Pete was buried the next mluuto.
WKETCIIED, WEAK AND WICKED
A Father JIuiUer.s Ilia i aiuiiy -An
Obscene Publisher Comic- '
ted — Mis. Moulton’s
Counsel, Etc.
AT?IK YEAR'S CAU.'
New York, December 30.—Judge
Donahue's order declaring Tweed's sure-
itics ou the seven criminal indictments
recently found had forfeited their recog
nizances, was settled and signed to-day.
A writ of certiorari was taken out on the
spot, which has the effect of a stay.
^Jjvlge Vancolt succeeds Pryor as Mrs.
ilton’s counsel.
ip police found Mjets, his wife and
Li" bed: Myers ud his wife were
msensiJWsfroiu pistol shots; the child
had died from a pis'ol wound through
the right eye. Tli**ih|6ry is, Myers shot
his wife and cldld aofUien himself.
Jno K. Grant wangonvicied for pub
lishing and sendiup through the mails
an obscene sheet, kown as the Toledo
Sun. lie was sentsced to IS months’
imprisonment and v>* l'uni^il^Jollar!i*
flue.
flue.
LarardHTc, a te»*-her well kuAmi la the
schools here, was arrested lor \swiudliog
about fifty people by a hogteK masonic
lodge. He pocketed all the fees.
Chicago, December 30.—Dr. E. P.
Wilder, who wa9 implicated in lh>t recent
exhumation, hashed) arrested.
Buffalo, Dec. 30.— Joseph Book,
city treasurer, has decamped. He is a
defaulter to tbe amount of $235,0(H). His
bond filed with the city clerk amounts
to f350,000, and is signed by the most
irominent citizens. Before his departure
took made a general assignment of his
- $650,000. lie
property amounting to $650,000.
has been a very extensive real estate op
erator, liaviug built up tho eastern part
of the city.
A Large Proportion Disallowed by
the Commission.
The fifth general report of the south
ern claims commission, recently trans-
millcdto congress, sh >wna a falling off iu
the amount of business as compared with
the three preceding reports, which dimi
ce preceding reports, which <
I'ution is accounted for by delays occa-
The tediou*, tiresome i
And so It went—a glorious day
That New Yeai’s was to me.
For you must know that foolhlt Will
Come in that night to tea.
And all the eveuing we two sat
And talked and iaughed together,
Letting dear aunty see the rest,
Aud hear about the weather.
Two* splendid, dear. And, now, ir.y love,
You can’t know how I’ll grieve
you don’t come ou New Year’s Day
Aud help me to r. cel ye.
sioned by a recent amendment to the law,
which requires the signature of each of
the three commissioners to bo placed
upon every report. The report embraces
1.561 aasem,.774 of which were allowed
and 786 dteaUdW&iT The foitowhnrtato' - —
shows the extent of the work done by the
commission in the last year:
States Amount
daimtd
Alabama $ 360,708 G3
Arkansas 475,439 17
Florida IS,365 88
Georgia 337,3*7 53
Louisiana 521.911 7S
Mississippi 508,841 84
North Carol na.. 121,15105
fioulh Carolina.. 83,032 30
Tennessee 283 31123
Virginia.... ... 1,(3)6,75207
West Virginia.. 14,423 25
lie Wanted Live Ones.
They were juat in fiom the up-country
and upon their first visit to Atlanta
They were a good, simple—minded couple,
bent now ui>ou “seelu’ the sights.” They
opped before a door over which was
paiuled the word “Oysters.” a f ter a whis
pered consultation they eutered aud ap
proached a spruce chap behind a counter.
“lathis ’erean oyocher factory?” asked
the old mau.
This I* an ovster saloon, sir!” said the
ip with ponderous digully.
‘Well, that’s *b>ut tbe same thing,
reckon; kt.ve you got any uew oytehern out
Total $3 793.344 53 $492,€02 17
States Amount Cases Case*
disal’wd alw’«l dlsal’wd
Alabamt $307,483 67 97 103
Arkansas 435 809 17 107 80
Florida 8,085 «8 4 7
Georgia 302,917 37 59 130
I«oulsian:i 443,388 78 19 38
Mississippi 450,418 29 64 87
North Carolina.. 90,300 3 * 65 03
Bomb Carolina.. 69,2:6 40 24 29
Tennessee 230,433 99 140 102
Virginia 953,181 41 191 147
West Virginia... 12,480 89 5 4
ii ! How many «
t\ ’y yerdon’t «mm
Vm. J’v. v K
»yon
n, d’ye? Ketch
“O yes, plenty of ’«
want?”
‘flow many
whole drove
one!”
“One oyster!—w’y oue oyster alnt
.mple even! D’ye want it in the bhcll! 1
“Wall, now, I didn’t kno* as thev ••*<*
hulls on ’em, but of course ye’ll hev to Iske
off the bark for us!”
“How many? Pint ? Quart?’
“Llsen at that, ole woman! fillin’ oys-
chers up here by the quart jl*’ like they'
huckleberries!”
“Got ’em In cans! Could give you a
plot, sir?”
“All right. But, I’ll take ’em, by jlngs,
ef I don’t have another doggoned lugsurry
durlu’ Christmas week ! YeVe share them’s
all square-toed and sound in limb?”
“here’s some loose ’uus of the oaxe sort,
•lr!”
“What! Look ’ere, them thiogs alnt
what yer call oyschers, is they ? Dam my
leather breeches ef I didn’t think an oyschcr
wn* a sorter new-fangled dnek or sea-sand
turtle ! Here, ole ■woman, D’ ye want
them things?” pointing at tbe oyaicr.
tn thebowL
'W’y, ole man,” she whispered half aud-
y, “them’s dead—they’re mortifying al
ready!”
“Ding my evcrtasiin* buttons ef that alnt
so! W’y them oyschers looks like they wnz
carved outen u Lurleather and died young
—thty’ie es cold aud slimy » git out! Yer
don’t fool me ou ’em. bud, not much—
when I buy oyschers I wsms to see’em
ketebed right up live and kickin’, idol Ex
cuse me front desd ’uus. speshially when
they’re too darned dead!”
And ike old fellow went away without
any of tbe sea fruit.'
The Present* Hi Uris’i Want.
Yoterday Si came up the street In his
shamliliog way and spielng his forniet
young master standing in his store-door,
approached an«l made* profound Im>w.
Marse John, l ’eposes yer kno* n*-x Sat-
erdy U Christauh ?”
Yes, that’s so ”
Well, yer ain’t gwine ter furglt de ole
Ob ! no, 81 I never do tbs' you know.
What do you want this ti-nv ?’’
“Mo* anything,Marse John, dot’s good !'
aid fii. brightening up.
Times are pretty hard now. Si.
“Dal’s a fuck !” Interposed SI, with a dep
recating shake of his bead.
“And wc houtiuru boys can’s re as liber
al a* before tbe War.”
I kno’s dat, aah; dot’s tr e, too!'
“ * ‘ copy of the
but
“Suppose I give you a nice coj
leclaration of lndcpcsdescc?”
“SoA! Aw, go, ’way, Marse
Izoess now!”
declaration
r » KO *« _
not talkiu’ tlzness now!* 1
„Why, it isys that you and I were both
“Well, dat ain t so! You kno’ Itsl**fr _
wux bora a slave en* you wnz born frec—
l*m a nigger an* yon’oea white
b J ,M - U . *-UW ■
what fer do ver want to foal a poor nigger
or, Morse John?** argued 8f, with
the United
ment included!’ 1
“DarnowlMaree John you kno* dat fif-
SOi; niKKN CLAIMS.
Amount
allowed
$ 53,214 93
89,547 00
10.280 50
34,460 16
83,553 00
58,423 56
3j,8U0 70
13,816 01)
52,877 24
118,560 CO
1,93640
Total $3,303,742 56 775 566
The time for prcueDtiug claims to this
commission expired March 3, 1873. Up
to that date 22,293 claims were filed, of
which 13,076 arc still to bo disposed of.
The time allowed to the commission to
conclude their labors will expire March,
1877, having been once extended for two
years.
—Magglo Mitchtil matbi-hi-i first ai -
liearance in Buffalo over Itycnty-^jI'lT"
years ago.
—Vcfluvianx is the fnsliionablo name
for red-lieaded girl babies this season of
the year.
—The Danbury News has noticed that
the homelicstrtucii wear tlie finest finger
rings.
-“Society in Washington isn’t what
*' said a republican congressman
it was,” i
the other day. We should hope not.
—-'‘Going, going, gone !” cried a Mich
igan auctioneer tho other day, and as the
last word was uttered he dropped dead
where he stood.
—The experience of Mount Vesuvius
teaches that mobntains should never
smoke—it is apt to bring out eruptions.
Worcester iTcsy
—A man who wears au ulster in this
weather can’t wear anything else except
boots and a hat. Therefore, never ask
a man who wears an uUtcr to take off
his coat and sit down*
—According to an inviolable
among the Flutes, when - lwh». -wy . T
come to the lodge of^utcinaSr ut tho /
tribe, the father ottthe superfluous dja-
tftech:
pensatiou has to iftc charge of theoxtra
Dtppooaefor the first*.wo years of
iatcucc. This is tho pcOuutfe Htitt has
recently overtaken a noted swell VliPft
of Nevada City.
Great Popularity.
Dr. Price’ll Cream Baking Powder and
True Flavoring Extracts, Nectarine, Rose,
Lemou, etc., have been before f
many years and have gained i
on their own merits,
Their great popularity 1*
scrupulous uiaancr to w
j. ared, the using of
materials, with r
hemltlifulne&fl.
for they
which tl
odor
b!e.
have been
now the uni
seem crowned
duclion of the
Hitters. WI
thev have
cial effect on all
and liver.
uced a benefit
,,. of the bowels
*<12tawlw*&frU
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