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THE CONSTITUTION PUB. (0
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1877.
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TJ1K CULTURE OF OKRA
THE SENA TORJAL STB VOGLE
It may as well be stated at the outset
that thlii is not ao agricultural article.
Far be it from us, ev« n m our boors < f
ease to attempt to invade the peren
nially fresh and blooming dominions of
the brawny gentleman whose duty it is
to provide our readers with periodical
repasts of statistics pertaining to the
farming interests. We may glance
longingly over the frowning
column-rules that fence in his do
main, but we never venture to in
trude where, with one foot
we might brea* down an acre of lusty
ramie, and with the other do to death
enough celery for an a Merman’s din*
ner. We repeat, the efore, tbit this is
neither an agricultural nor a horticul
tural esnav. It is altogether in the na
ture of a narrative—the story of an en
thuniastic Texan and the unique man
ner in wh'ch he encouraged the culture
of okra iu some of the northern cities.
His name was Comanche George, and
he was a tar.ger from Texas and the
Staked Plains. For fifteen years he had
been in the saddle. The notches on the
stock of Ins trusty nfl; were as thick as
the teeth on a gin-saw, and every notch
was the brief hut satisfactory obituary
of a navaga Comanche. Upon his wi d
courser he could defy an army;
with his lariat he could
a bird. He was the pith-tinder
of the wts — he c unruiie o Kit Car*
son in the better days of the republic-
the rescuer of innocent maidens, and
the savior of untold emigrant trains
When danger, knowing the complexion
of the man she was fooling with, sought
to avoid him, he followed with the same
ardor that characterized the day
bis boyhood when be give chss**
to the roving bee and the swift-
winged butteilly. Thus the years
ptssed, until one day his soul liegan to
jianl for the scenes oi his youth,
nighedfor civilization, as it were,and in
spile of his iron will, he was compelled
to turn hie sun tanned face tonard the
effete society of the va t.
In tiie language of some of our most
accomplished novelists, it now becomes
imperatively necessary t> shift the
scene. On a lovely day iu June last,
a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia
sat in his office contemplating the
beautiful works of nature and of art
Wc will pres ume, f ,r the sake of giving
effect to the narrative, that it was the
well-known obituary poet, noted alike
lor his talented merit and bis unas
suming modesty—the Hon. G Wash-
ton Childs, A. M. Seated thus in his
sanctum, running over iu hi* capacious
mind and gathering together the pathet
icxtly musical fragments of a new and
original elegaic composition, the poet
is suddenly Interrupted. A tall stranger
attired iu the garb of a ranger of the
Stak-d Plain* darkens the do jr of the
sanctum. He advances. He speaks.
Do thu eyes and ears of the intelligent
reader deceive him ? No. The stranger
is no other than our old fnend of the
west, Comanche George, with whom
those who have kept up with the
thread of our story thus far are no
doubt familiar.
But we must hurry on. George is an
excellent talker,and he bears with him
letters of Introduction from prominent
|iersons who are known to the poet by
reputation. The great scout ex plains
that he is merely on a pleasure trip,and
spends a short half hour in chatting
<»f the places he has seen, the led men
he has killed and other little incidents
of travel. He tells oi curiosities he lias
discovered—curiosities in geology and
in b >tany. Especially in.botany, and he
draws from the bosoua of bis hunting
shirt a tiny package i f seeds which he
allows the poet to examine, aud, in a
listless mauner, proceeds to tell him
that they are the product ot the won
drous •* coca tel ” flower which he was
fortunate enough to And grow ing in the
crevices of a canon, or at the foot of a
mountain, somewhere in the far
west. The peculiarities of this
•lower, he explains, are simply marvel
lous. It is much sought after by the
dusky Indian maidens, who place it in
Ibeii bosoms where it blooms for days,
distilling a perfume of tuch enchanting
awectueuA .is to captivate all who come
within convenient range. There has
been buck a great demand for these
seeds among bis triends that he has at
last concluded to sell th2
lew which, by the
chance, be happened to bring with kii
from the wilderness. They are wirh
tweuty-dve cents each, but be will sell
six for a dollar. The poet purchases
and Oomanche George sauuters out,
humming the wed-knowc air of a fa
vorite Iudian war opera. He visjtsother
prominent people. Bankers, railroad
presidents and other Wading citizens
c rue to know him, and whoever comes
kuow him buy the seed of tbe wonder
ml cocat el flower from the tiuy packet
which appears to be inexhaustible,
jfiom Philadelphia, the hero ot ibis
story g , *es lo New \ork, where new
acquaintances are made. Hulbert, of
the World, Dana, William Young and
Bayard, ol the Sun. lttid and Hazard,of
the Tribune, Connery, Habberton and
Gold* mi lb of the Herald, Caltin, of the
Ci umennai Advsrtissr, and George
Francis Train an prt*uB»bly invest iu
seeds ci the cccaleL Bank cffirixls,
brokers, ladies, hotel keepers and
steamboat men all invest- Tne seeis
are planted and. carefully tended. The
plants appear, grow vigorously tall
and then hundreds of weil-meaning
people discover that they and their
neighbors aie nursing thousands of
lusty ckra vines into existence,
while Comanche Gearge
in some ether community
growing rich upon the leamrecs of his
tongue and the contents of his liule
pacae:. This is the story of toe man
ner in which the great western scout
gave the peopie of the north and east
tec* >n in okra culture. If it were only
m story hav.ng for its illustration the
gullibility of the public we should be
tempted to conclude with the informs
lioartiEx'i to the romances which
appear in Bonner’s Stw Yoik Dexter:
“To be eontioued in our next.”
The death of Senator Morton, tbe
absence of Bananas Sharon—who can’t
come and dare not res'ga, Nevada bav
irg a democratic governor—and the
change of base by Senator.- Patterson
and Conover, hr ve led to a spectacle in
the senate chamber, fcuch as the coun
try bu not witnessed in manv a day
A strugg'e b.gan on Wednesday of last
week that Is not yet end d, and that
bide fair to be one of the mile-stones r.f
our history. Oa that day, the demo
crats were able to carry the senate on a
party issue— an occurrence without
parallel since the beginning of the late
civil war in 1861 —sixteen long and
weary yesis On i hat day and ever since
the republican majority oi .be senate
has been engaged in a des r era e effort to
prevent two sovereign spates from se-
curing the lepreseotarion which the
constitution guarantees. They are do
ing this for the purpose of retaining
their slender hold on that chamber.
* ibis is the whole story; and if their
inf unona attempt should be thwarted
by the votes of republican carpet-bag
gers-men that they created—who will
say that it would not b* a rare case
of retribution?
let us however see what the politi
cal status of the senate actually is that
we may the better determine what it
may be, and what the struggle really
in ;ans. The senate consists of 70
members, there being 38 states
Three s‘-ats are vacant, two foi
L luisiana and ore for South Caro
lina, leaving a senate
members, or 34 democrats,
38 republicans and David Davis. But
the republican section includes some
unreliable, in a partisan sense, ele
ments; for the number includes Pat
terson and Conover, also Stanley Mat
thews a ad tbe rest of the administra
tion cique, be it large or small. It
also includes Senator Sharon, who will
not take bis seat befoie the 20tb of
next month, and who is unpaired,
we subtract Sharon, Patterson and
Conover—the three uufonunates who
are reapirg a whirlwind of republican
abuse -the republican vote is brought
down to 35 If we add J udge D-*via or
•Senator-elec*. Butler to tha democratic
vote, the division of the senate is equal
- 35 votes on each side.
But lake the senate as it is- 38 to 34
and David Davis. Mr. S iaron is absent;
Me sere. Patterson and Conover voted
on Tuesday with the democrats -three
all-told, which number deducted from
38 leaves 34 Add Judge Divis and
Messrs. Patterson and Conover to the
34 democrats, and we have 37. These
two numbers, 35 and 37, repreeent the
strength cf the two parties on the
question of seating Mr. Butler. There
were eight pairs when the decisive
vote was taken, and when these are
deducted, we have Tuesday’s vote, 27
to 29.
as is probable at this a riling—tbe
struggle ends in tbe seating of Messrs
Kellogg, Butler and Eustis, the senate
ill stand 36democrat,39 republicans,
and Judgj Davis. The seating of
Kellogg would not defeat Gen.
Butier; it would simply reduce
his majority to one, making the vote 37
to 36. Judge Davis and Messrs. Patter
son and Conover are emphatically “the
balance of power” in the senate; but
how they will vote beyond the ButleT
question ia very uncertain.
Tnese facts are sufficient to show that
no contingency are the democrats
likely to control the senate during the
ccming session. They are not fighting
for control; they are figh'.i g for
jusrice to two sovereign states
The democrats can afford to wait and
should wait until the votes of tbe peo
ple give them a clear majority of tbe
senate. That event will occur on the
fourth day of March, 1879, with all the
certainty of tbe rising of the sun. It
already secured by the elections in
Ohio and California, and time will soon
c implete tbe revolution.
•t least state f *r the information of bis
readers that the Atlanta committee
denounce the charge embodied in
the extract quoted above as a wilful
and malicious falsehood. Considera
tions of fairnest andjistice, toge’ber
with a high appreciation if what is due
to a com munity/o grievously slandered*
may prompt him to read the “Citizens
of Miliedgeville” a lesson that will do
them good, but Atlanta will be coutent
if he merely d.ea her tbe justice to
give tbe vigorous and emphat c denial
•f the eomm ! tt<*e
Referring to our suggestion—for it
was a mere suggestion on our own re-
pon&ibility—that the old capitol at
Milledgeviile might, with great ad van -
age to Miliedgeville and the southern
half of the state, be converted into an
agricultural college, the Athens Watch
man takes unnecessary alarm, and
gays:
Will Tax Coxititu jon inform u* bow tin*
imp wed mgr cultural coll* ge shall be endowed 7
Doe* 7 as CoamTcno* prjpo*e ;o take tbe ne-
cauerj land* frem the “State co le*c” at Aibec*
Dahloncg or Iron both? If from D*h-
Umtga, do** Tax CoxanTCTioX propane to rob
tbe people if nortbe*ai G -nrgiaof ibis flour
ishing school which ha* prur.-n an laeatimablc
blessing to this much neglected section T If
from Aiheus, doe* Tue Cusmtjtutiow deny the
iqu tab.e tufed rlaht of Athens to this “State
lege’* in her midst, by reason of the- Si5 COO
thl cite donated to build the “Moore college?"
Dahlooegs. Athe s and nor.heast vko gis
pi use f >r a reply, and THxCo>-*rr crios must
answer qa rk and to the point. We mast k :iow
belore we rote on the capital question If At*
the capital, means that the * Stite col
lege’’ most leive Athens, Dahlonera aud north
at Georgia, we must know It before we rote!
Oar friends of tbe Watchman raiy
dismiss all fears on this subject. We
never dreamed of depriving tbe Athens
or the Dahlonega school of a dollar, oi
of any other facility they now possess.
Those who have read f he Constitution
ought to know by this time that what
ever of influence it possesses has been
excited in favor of the schools referred
to, and that we would greatly prefer to
build them up rather than to
weaken them in any respect.
We had reference,in the article referred
to, to a wholly independent institution,
founded on the model of the excellent
schools at Athens and D ihlonega. W
do not feel called upon at this rime to
say how it shall be endowed. The
cause of education is in its infancy in
Georgia, and when the people get in a
condition to extend aud perfect the
system, there will be no difficulty in
providing the ways and means.
We hope our friends at Athens are
answered, and to their entire satisfac
tion. We must say they have evinced
an undue degree of sensitiveness on the
SUDj-.Ct.
JUDGE TOBPKISS ASD THE CAPITAL
ASTI ON.
THE HOMES TEad. I Mex i D. He was a fav »rite of the prince
* who selected him to go to India with
The supreme court rendered a decis-1 him in the Serapis.
ion which we published yesterday on _xhe ministerial association of Bar-
the homestead question that is of con- | ling'on, according to ths Hawkeye, is
eiderahle importance to our psople. |P>riig to discuss the question whether
T . * *,.1 there is anything in the acts and char-
The court some tune ago decided that acter of s , p.iui to justify the belief
a party could waive the homestead in I that if he had ever managed a church
a mortgage on particular property de-lfoir he would have chkiged sixty live
scribed therein. It has since been a I cents fora quart of hot water aad a
disputed point as to how far this waiv-1 cove oyster
er could tie carried. Tbe question has —Edward J. Ford, an old colored
.... , min, who has been tor over twenty-six
«t fast been settled in the following de- >eir ; UIlder a 8en tence of death, which
cision rendered in the esse of Stafford I q Q governor of Pennsylvania was ever
Blalock A Co., vs Elliott. Claim, from 1 willing to enforce, has j isi be^n par-
Pipe. Jackson J. I don«d and released from the Poiladel-
A yen r*l waiver oi the right ol homestead to P hia <*> UQt y prison,
all tne property of a dcotor.ln«a*e and to be ac-1 —Gen. Grant is an object of exceed-
qulred. ia a promissory note, without words I irg curiosity to foreigners. When be
weich create any lien or describe any particular I went to the American chapel at Paris,
property, will not estop the d .-btor from taking I on a recent Sunday, Qae person, not
a homestead, though he may have owned and I satisfied with a back view c f the gener-
poa*£sed the proper;y tet apart at the time he I al, left his place, walked down the
gave the note I aisle, st* »od fora few moments C3n*
Judgment affl-med. • I templating the American, and returned
M. Turner; McCijft Tripps, lor plalntlflhl to hla seat quiteconter"^
OT0C - —Mr. John McC
J. A. Hunt, lor dilendauL | v jgitj n g John Owent^Auip
time now to shut the doors against
claims of all sorts for the damages it
produced. Great hardships may Dave
been endured by entirely loyal and
very estimable people in that unpleas
ant period, but if congress begins
making pecuniary recompense
for tbem at this late day, the tax upon
tbe country for the payment, when the
books come to be posted, will bave to
be equal to the entire value of all
property, real and personal, that ex
isted in ths southern states at tbe be
ginning of the rebellion. To avoid
g ing into that sort of business, it is
necessary that war claims should be
c -neutered outlawed now. Otherwise
the second centennial will come before
tbe rebellion bills are all adjusted. In
justice m*y be done in many cases by
tbe enforcement of a statute of limita
tion against all these claims, hut at this
late day it is impossible to go into an
aujudicition of the merits or demerits
of individual claims. The interests of
t . the whole country demand that a uni
’ll has form negative shall be g ven to every
, , , , Owew^jira , * inot now feetablfehed* Iu the
Good lawyers have always insisted! iand,where hO’ h.'und^j^*•'•7-3nieTum
that this would be the decision of the engaged in saving hisvt$Q& from the
supreme court when this ca£e came up, I approaching frosts. 4£er the cornedi-
and «e are not surpriaed at it. Smce | “
it has been declared the law it
portaut that we adopt the new home-1 country, and it is understood that he
stead of 1877. [intends to buy one.
—Nothing finical about, Beethoven
In his first apartment were two r r three
should have no use for anything of the I all the money in his hand, after all ex
kind. Nearly thirteen years have j peases are paid for measuring the corn
passed since the war closed, ana it is | and land. Any one can enter more
v /^niv uirVn lapxe oi years the disproof of fraudq-
lent claims will be more difficult ax the
facilities of thpir manufacture are in
creased. It is time to close the bookB.
—Chicago Times, ind.
CA MPA TON or FALSEHOOD AND
SLASHER.
Iu the Savannah Morning News of
Tuesday we find printed a circular
signed by prominent republicans of
Georgia. This circular is headed “The
Unprincipalled Alliance to Defeat the
Constitution and Perpetuate the Capi
tal in Atlanta," and is prefaced by the
following:
~To the 1' opf* of Qt Oryia - Below wo bar.*l yon
s jijHv imcu cm-u »r scut thlongboat middle aud
StMibwestern Georgia t>? t campngning
miner ol Atlinu. It explains itself and we
d mb: not will arouse a Just lndigustlon among
tbe true men who bat'led ao long against tbe In
famous political cabal, whose name* will be
lound append* d We s*k just men everywhere.
Demrcrais, m-.n who (avoi reionn and a return
to tbe simple walks ot old. to defeat this unholy
hydra healed aiUancs, w.ilcb despoiled ns In
the pass and see as our further d. gradation.
trnma or Miuxxx; rviu.*.
The charge directly made in the fore
going that the cit xena* committee of
Atlanta are sending republican docu
ments throughout middie and south
western Georgia is a deliberate and
wicked slander- a base and malignant
falsehood—and we are authorized by
tbe members «f the committee to de
nounce it as such. The committee
have never sent cut a republic %n doc
ument of any description.
They have never conceived
that the exigencies
campaign demanded a resort to such
questionable proceedings. They have
never engaged in such disreputable
Recently, in giviDg a list of promi
nent Georgians who favor Atlanta, we
included the name of Judge Henry B
Tompkins. Judge Tt mpkins, however,
is in favor of Miliedgeville, and he
writes ns a la ter to ihateff.ct. We
cheerfully make the correction, and
moat cordially agee with tha judge a?
to the frame of mind in which
the capital is&ue should be investigated
aud discussed. We most sincerely de
plore the fact that Miliedgeville and her
especial champions have found it nec
essary to resort to unworthy and
just insinuations ard to gratuitous and
false charges calculated to embitter the
prejudiced and prejudice the unreason
ing. In his letter the judge says:
The Issue 1* oue which, in my conception,
should involve neither feeling, paaaon nor pre
judice ; and whatsotver tbe people shall decree_
in that should all cheerfully acq ilesctf. There
is nothing more uug'norous or mischievous
than lor one city or sec'.lon ia be nrrs.-ed against
another city or sect’on; and In deciding at what
place shall be located the seat of government,
each citizen sbi.u d consider himself os seting
for the uigbea*. Interest ot our great common* !
wealth, without a thought of personal profit or
convenience. Mot that one is opposed to At-
lan'a, not that ia lavoiel to Miliedgeville. but
that each i* solieltoo* for the advancement and
welfare of Georgia, is the sole motive by which
wc sbon’.d endeavor to be guided in determin
ing where is to be bestowed cur voice and
vote
We believe that Judge Tompkins
will bear us out in the statement that
so tar as The Constituhon is concerned
the campaign has been conducted with
as much diguity as proper rej finders to
the heated assertion a of the champions
of Miliedgeville would admit of. Even
when dealing with the unjust and un~
Cilled for insinuations of tbe Pivannah
N ws, we have never lost
sight of the amenities that
should prevail among
troveraialista, albeit such groundless
aspersions and such utterly baseless
insinuations strongly tempt us some
times to lay aside argument for a mo
ment and meet our adversary on ground
of his own choosing. Bat what good
would result? We do not propose to
endeavor to advance tbe interests of
Atlanta in this campaign, now drawing
to a close, by making charges against
Miliedgeville, although we have at hand
some excellent material upon which to
base tbem. We feel too eure of the
result—we bave too much faith in the
wisdom and practical judgment of tbe
people of Georgia—to lollow the cham
pions cf Miliedgeville into the mud of
controversy which depends for its
f jrce and effect upon insinuation. For
oar part, we are sorrv that Judge
Tompkins’s letter w»s not writ
ten long ago, in order tha 1
those who have undertaken to shoul
der tbe came cf Miliedgeville, might
have profited by the advlca which we
have quoted from his letter. Further
more, we suggest that the Atlanta
The vote uy wuicn uie committee of
privates and elections *» discharged | pUnoe witno -„ t leg,, and on the ground
from the further consideration of the I a trunk, which coutafhed soon clothes,
credentials of Gen. Butler, was very I and a three-legged ih&ir. As to tbe
incorrectly printed yesterday morning j apartment, all iis furniture was
. o~ p .la bed, which, winter and summer, was
It was yeas IS, nays 2,. E ,-ery vote „ J,.*, 0 , mattw , s and 8 heet, a
except Mr. Sharon’s was accounted I t ( i eR | table, upon which stood a wash
there being eight pairs. Mr. Blaine h^nd basin. His ni^i linen lay any
was paired with Mr. Grover, who is in j h ovr on A'
Oregon. The affirmative vote was en-1 —In a stable of Versailles is an old
tirely democratic except Messrs P.t- hurE<> , wllic . h enjoysthe exclusive servi-
. • . J « • 1 ces of a veteran and discharged soldier,
terson and Conover. Jadge Btvm was He bB i ong8 to a „ B?a | ot the French
paired wi»b Mr. Gnricriancv. 1 army who hats ridden him in many bat*
T _ - ■; l.—••—. r |ties, and who visits him from Paris
It is probable that me outcome ol .5 * B „ ...
- r . . ... ..., ., I three times a week, uringirg him ap-
the final rial agitation will be the paa- j pj e4i an j other dainties, caressing and
aige of the silver bill as it has been re-1 diking to him as to a human being
ported to the seuate. The resumption | The satisfaction of the herse on seeing
repeal bill is stoutly opposed, and the | ^ IS mas er > * 8 ver l r _PJ®noon c ed.
south and west will doubtless have to | ~~The king of flolbnd has determin
he content w.th the remonetixstion
silver. Anything lesa means trouble, nitude, known tbe boards by tbe
We can stand silver resumption, and | name of Mile. Eruilie d'Ambre, for
t.eeast, if it is wise, will demand no| whjtn^the king has obtained from a
1 neighboring serenity the title of Uoun-
tease d’ Ambroise. It is to enjoy a life
Tnx constitution says the senate alone I domestic happiness^srith his beautiful
is the judge of its membership. As young wife that his maj sty has acquire
the vice-president ie not x
the senate, Senator Eaton claims that I ureB
he has not a casting vote in questions —The raising of ostnohes for thrir
involving the organization of that body. I plumage ia recommended, for Florida
This is a grave constitutional question; a l nd «>• G ? lt wbere * “ “j< 1 .
f ‘ the climatic conditions are favorable,
but it is well established that Mr. Ki anv ostrich farms exist at-theGape of
Wheeler has no moral right to a vote Gocd Hope, and also in Egypt. Os
of any kind in the senate. I trich feathers are again becoming faeh
I lonable, and never have long been su
During the past fifteen years about [ perceded by any other feather. Three
a half dozen senators have governed I heiithy tame birds will yield one
, , . ,, I pound of feathers of marketable quail*
the senate, which has practically gov I. ^ ft recen j Q { thene feathers
emed the conntry. The present is in New York over $80,000 worth of
thought to be an opportune time to put | goods were disposed of at prices ranging
all branches of the government at work | Irom $200 per p >ui.d downward.
again in sccord.nca with the intentions tho - ve,r ? Ld ‘ D «ff Btember
. .. ,. a .. o a i . 130. lbanew grantee have beenorgan-
of the constitution. Senatorial rule , lyd HU q Seated in ibirty aUtes, as fol-
haa been entirely too personal to pro* hows; Alabama, 3; Arkaosas, 1; Cali
mote the general weBare. | fomia,_ 10; Florida, 3; Georgia, 2; llli*
- |nois, 7, Indiana.]; Kansas, 4; Ken-
Field MarsUal Thurman stayed at | tuckey, 2; Louisiaun, 3; Maine, 7; Mary*
his post thi ough the twenty-eight hours | fend, 3; Massachusetts, 1; Michigan, 5;
session, nmkin, nut lcs. than t«n«V VsSrtb
speeches. His mansgement of the Carolina, 5; O do, 16; Osfgon, 1; Penn-
democratic side was faultless, some of | sylvama, 20; South Carolina, 2; Tennea
the best
it the best
contests.
than one acre by paying five dollars on
each acre. There shall be no appeal
from the verdict oi the measuring com
mittee. Should it occur that two or more
should tie ou the largest crop, then the
money must be divided equally. All
acres must lie in a square or rectangle,
as the subscriber may elect. The fore
going was handed us by Mr. F. Pence,
who says it embeffies the ideas of u
number cf gentlemen throughout the
county, who are desirous of giving
more atteution to the growing of corn.
We hail this as a step in the right di
rection, and we would respectfully sng
ge.-t that eich gentleman entering into
the agreement shall keep a record of
the manner in which he fertilizes his
land, plants and cultivates the corn,
and also of the rainfall upon it,
and all ether matters of interest
to the intelligent farmer. Among
the gentlemen who have agreed
to enter into this contest we remem
ber the names of F. Pence, Thos. Berry,
Jno. W. Turner, Calvin Montgomery
snd J. H. Camp. Thy-- f-gopo^itjnijs
this morning, as a large majority of the > sues that divide this conutry. I come
passengers—over one hundred —had
taken passage at Charleston and Savan
nah with the understanding that they
were to be carried through direct to
Palatka, and the captain of tbe ooat
thought it best, under the circumstan
ces, although notified by the agent,
Mr. Jeffries, that quarantine had been
raised, to proceed. After this trip there
will be no further trouble on this score
with any of the boats, as the matter
will be fu ly underetoou before they
arrive here again.”
- Charlotte (N. C.) Observer Situr-
day a week ago Mis. Margaret Gray,
the oldest person in all this section of
the state, having arrived at the wonder
ful age of one hundred and sixteen
years, died at her home iu Cabarrus
county. She was the daughter ;cf
Michael G truer, (familiarly known as
old Mike G&rner,) who is said to have
been the wealthiest man who ever lived
in Cabarrus county. Mrs. Gray was
the wife oi Beverly Gray, and was the
mother of sixteen children. Having
been born iu Cabarrus in 1751, and
rais>< d in R :eky river neighborhood,
she has 6pent her entire life iu the
to 8ave souls. I ehall ask God to bless
these representative men (alluding to
members of congress presen:) who
have dons me the honor of attending
worship here this morning. As to the
office the house of representatives has
bestowed upon me, I would not accept
it were it not that my heart beats with
warmth for every member. On you (to
members of congress) the eyes of forty
millions of people are concentrated.
Set them a good example, my brethren
in morals and religion.”
Among the prominent persons pres
ent were Singleton of Mississippi,
Vance of Ohio, Springer of Illinois,
Robbins of North Carolina, Boone of
Kentucky, Atkins of Tennessee, A. H.
Stephens and Dr. Felton of Gsorgia
and Senators Lamar, Gordon, Sims
bury, and Herndon.
' — —r ~ —r*’ r .** •« oue una opcui uoi vuuro 1110 iu iud
ojkm to every farmer B Goodwin, and K J icaoatv and. It is said, never for once
" " b ""- .
gun at once. “What w. ’ w IGnioou
febaKffan at once. “What
skit \farming” inclines ua 3 ' the
do//make a big crop -i corn
next year it wilTbe necetprory to com
mence futilizing and otherwise prepar
ing the land this f ill or iu the early
winter.
—Mr. Benjamin Atmoor iaa candi
date for the legislature in Bullock coun
ty*
—Mr. T. E. H Anbury, of the Dalton
Enterprise, is still confined to his room
by illness.
—Messrs A. E Tarver and J. H
Pifibill, of Jefferson county, have been
nominated for the legislature.
—The Ciunt Johannes B. Gormanue
is so badly postered about getting mar
ried that he hap. forgotten whether lie
is in favor ?f Atlanta or Miliedgeville
or not.
— A young man in Macon was run
ning for an office the other night. The
other candidate was the yard-dog of
bis prospective father in-law. The dog
finally withdrew* from tbe canvass, and
the young man succeeded in electing
himself.
—Athens Watchman: Our good
friepd, Julius A. Green, Esq , is now a
prominent candidate for representative
in the legislature from Madison county,
and we are pleased to learn that his
prospect of success is quite flattering
He ia an intelligent, upright, honorable
gentleman, and will, if elected, serve
the hi t interests of his et->te ana
county with ability.
—Conyers Courier: Rickdale will not
run au independent for the senate.
There will be no organized opposition
to Hon. H. D McDaniel. No effort
will be made to ii duce voters to
scratch-his name from the ticket. Our
people are magnanimous, and while
they consider themselves badly treated
by the senatorial convention, they
have no war to make on the nominee
who is a gentleman and an able legis
lator.
IIUWA iA DIJif..
ROUNDABOUT. JN QEOUGIA.
auc Blue wan lauiues?, turno ui 1 syivama, zu; aomn Carolina, lennes
t parliamentarians pronouncing | nee, 6; Texan, 11; Vermont, 6; Virginia,
eat in the history of legislative I v J e8t ^ trgmia, 8; Idaho, 1; Ari-
, |zjus, I.
— Tbe snail is an article of diet in
_ ..... . , France, and a Parisian cook is not con
Thk repub.leans in the senate under-1 3; jeied au fait in his profession unless
stand the advantages of concentration he understands the various methods of
in leadership. The management of | their preparaiion for the table. Raising
thoir entire campaign ia entrusted to tbem ,or tbe marke ‘ ba8 become an in-
mm , J. ... JO dustry portions m of France. At D.ton
Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling and Sar-1 t ^ ere i s a ?nailery fitra which the pro-
gent. Mr. Thurman is a match for all I prietora make a clear annual profit of
them, however. I from $2 000 to $3,000 a ye^r. Thus cul-
■ '■ 1 " — j t vated they attain a remarkable size,
Thk indications now are that the | and their flavor is said to be excellent,
senate will not reach the report on the I Switzerland they form an important
- *• t r* 1 r**. • , ferticle of consumption, they are to be
nomination of Col. Fitzsimmons, and had at ^ the in £ S3veD iirg e snai s
that he will have to be renominated if I constitute a plate Latterly thqy have
he is.tobeome Mr. Smyth’s successor. 1 been introduced into Eagfeud tT.r the
The road to tbe marehalship ia a hard eating of consumptive patients, who
one for a democrat to travel. |«“ “ th " uke tbem raw or made ,oto
. —Senator Gordon of Georgia baa
Ths admission of Messrs Butler and written a letter concerning the manu-
Eustis might change the vote of tbe | lacture ot cotton goods in the southern
senate on Col. Fitzsimmons’s nomtna- I states, in which he says that as the
'ri,« .v...... o.x. . »>,«. I people recover from the shook and
non. The chauces are, however, hat I rfego i at j ou 0 j t h e ptst their little Bur-
no vote will be taken on it during the I p | ug fi n( j 9 investment naturally in cot-
callcd eeasion. | ton mills. Georgia has always been
tue leading southern state in this
m OBNRRAi. I respect, and still leads, although Mis -
1 siesippi, the Carolinas, Alabama, and
, I Tennessee have greatly increased their
^01 8000 ^ over I surplus and looms sitce the war. The
atyx. »aaron. paet year ha8 gggn construction of
— General Hood is the father of a 1^Eagle and Phcenix, No. 3, Colum
new pair of twins. Peace hath her I b n Qa., Matthewscorion mill, Seima,
victories, etc. I Ala ; Mobile co ton fsetory at Mobile
—Banking hours must be lengthened, I (commenced): Enterprise manufactu-
> as to give banks a better chance to | ring company, Augusta, Ga ; Natchez
fail. I cotton nails, Natchez, Miss; Atlanta
—It cost the Japanese gov *rnment j tou factory, At lan r a, Ga; Vancluse
$50 000,000 to subdue the recent insur Ico’ton factory, Grtniteville, 8. C
1 (commenced); besides some smaller
—General McClellan’s majority in
New Jersey is 12,710—271 more than
nideu received last fall.
—An Ecglish ritualist calls the arch
bishop of York “a third rate man with
first-class luck.’*
—Maj. Reno calls Sitting Ball a liar
behind his back, and moreover th : s
back is two or three thousand miles
away.
—I; ha been dej del in Iowa tha’
guests a* hotel —a t be legally bound
ones. These enterprises as a rule, are
f the most substantial and solid char
acter, and their machinery is of the
latest and most advanced patterns.
POLITICAL COMMENT
—“Death and treason have reduced
the republican majority in the senate.*
Caicato Inter-Oeean, rep.
—It hasn’t yet occurred to tho New
to wipe on . wooden tooth-pick after | York Sup to speak of Samuel J. Tilden
using and restore it to its fellows. | theonlypi ving president of the United
—New York Herald: It is best to buy
your children’s stcckirgs now. They
w ill shrink a good deal belore Christ-
S’.ates.—Chicago Timet, ind.
—Opposition to Andy Johnson
__ie republican party in 1867, andoppj-
sition to thb feeble imitator of Aady
Johnson is the only thing that will save
-it * , .v r»i . I Junnson is me omy iu®«, wm oavr
sstjis; ss B1 £ k . th ? ia 1877 ° r I*™
uctio. Tney have baaed tbe c-iiuuaign
upon the irTefetable argumeau of con- j c0 ^ittee have been driven to the ne-
venience and ecoaomy. It has been , ceg8 iiy of denouncing in an emphatic
their sfieendeavor to get these argu-1 mtnner lhe direct charge made by tbe
menu before the tax-payers, relying
upon the sober judgment and sounu
common sense of the people to decide
as *.0 their true interests m the matter.
Tne committee have endeavored t>
pi are before the voters the arguments
of the distinguished Georgians who
have written and spoken in favor cf
Atlanta—the let'-erj of Toombs, Ste
phens, the two Reeses and other pub
Of a piece with tha wilful
s'ander quotssd above—which the At
lama commiree denounce as a lie out
of whole cioth—u tbe statement
that Bryant and other radical speakers
are in the employ of the campaign \
committee.
Can the “Citizens of Milledgevillt*
say as much? Can they assert truth
fully that thry have not circulated rad
ical documents—that thry have not
employed radicals of the worst strip
to canvass for them—that they have not
set in motion the appliances of bribe
ry and corruption ? We make
no charge* I ** simply a?k the “ Citi
zens of Miliedgeville” if their skirts
are clear of these things?
Aa for the Savannah News, if the re-
ealu of a prejudice altogether incom
prehensible have not been too far-reach
ing: the usually fair-minded editor will
“Citizens oi Miliedgeville” that At
lanta is engaged m flooding the state
with radical documents; but Judge
Tompkins will perceive that there was
no other course for tbe Atlanta
mittee to pursue.
Hills thus far is about $2 000,000. Ex
pense of getting it—twice that sum, to
say nothing ot the chaps who have no
hair to comb.
—Sr. Louis G.obe-Democrat, rep.
—The talk about a war with Mexico
purely sensational. The government
t_ t> • D1TD „ n .» 1Qrj of Mexico does not want trouble wi .l
In B.etonsmoking ia everywhere^ coun!ry _ ?or doea thl3 COI)nt
common excepton the common. There 1 w
odorone. —Who is it falters whan party totter.)
* . . j • I And hansw and loiters
—Malmaison.the celebrated mansion I y ong epa dea and picks?
of that extravagant wumro, tne em-|*TlsN viraoharon. an: w»n*.s toc\rom
press Josephine, has been sold to a for- I °° ,Jt0 loaa Oliver bricks,
etgner for $120,000. _ T
_. , . . r —There will now be a cew batch
-The latest rumor u th*L Wade ;r ants for the of United S ates
Hampton .8 soon to marry a teanufoU ^P^ai , jr Georgia. This is a
wealthy widow o. Liouvtlle, Ky., who b j tim „ [or re con9ttacied office seek-
IB the mother of two beautiful, charm- I we wnnl dpdvUe onr friends , _
irgoetiee. j Qot ma te Fitzsimmonses o! tbem-
—“Can you see me, dearest 7 said a j geives.—Savannah News, dem.
C ricag i dym* wife “ Itif M hie Master for
me, can you sre me 7 * ®* ; I thirty pieces of silver, and then bad
fainuv whispered, out I can sm 11 lne decency to sang himself. Patter
your breath. I am sold himself to kelp out of the pea
—It is said that a human being haa j i ten tiary and will sot hacg himself,
seven millions of pores tbrough which will go on and vote the democratic
per-piration and exhausted particles of 1 t 5 c fc e t, which will traraform him in the
th« Evstom Wa arA all no re I _ __ 1 _. - < —;i-
COLOSEL JOHN A. STEPHENS
Cfi. John A. Stephens, formerly of
our place, but who some time since re
moved to Crawfordviile, bos been note
inated for the senate in the nineteenth
district. Col. Stephens’ nomination
gives universal satisfaction, and we are
informed there will be no opposition
to him. He is popular with all tbe
people who know him, and especially
in the part of the state where the
people, for more than a quarter of a
century, have followed the lead of his
distinguished ucc'.es, on political mat
ters.
Col. Stephens is intellectually a
strong man, and will wield as much
influence in the senate, as any man
who will be a member of that body.
We congratulate the people of bis dis
trict t & this selection.
—Your file in in danger when you
z’low a severe cough or cold to go on
checked. Dr. Boll’s Cough Syrup is a
•1 cap, baimleac and reliable remedy.
the system escape. We are all P° re I eyes of his late enemies from a vile
creatures. j gfnner to a political aint.—Knoxville
—Mr. Raskin’s good nature does not Chronicle, rep.
improve. Ia the number of Fors —^ quiet, old fashioned democrat
Clavuera he speaks of a contemporary | f ram northwest—lot a member of
aa the “ccckney, curly-tailed puppy egress-who ia nov here, said to
who rawps and snaps m the nineteenth y0Q * correspondent today: “1 have
century. * | on {y one f^r f or our tmn in the house
—The amount of the fund for the re- j i don’t know that they drink any more
lief ot the widows bereft by the Caster whisky than the republicans,but it goes
fight is $14,668. of which $7,476 was m0 re to their beads. Tkat scit of thing
distributed to the widows of officers. ^ never safe—except with a settled pol
$5,772 to those of enlisted men. J j C y and an adminiBtratun of your own, v
—Mr. P. E. DeMill, treasurer of the —Wa*hing*on dispatch to the New York j also select two disinterested and "quaii-
Episcrpal dfecese of Michigan, reports World, dem. j fled persons, whose duty it shall be to
that of sixty-five parishes—assessed an [ —Some “new principles” hare been i attend to measuring the land,
worked np by th** senate committee on and ascertain the amount of corn—
—Savannah youths occasionally have
desperate encounters with burglars.
—The editor o! the Talbotton Regis
ter refuses to credit Judge Reese’s capi
tal figures. Hit* vote, however, will be
offset by a man iu Talbot who has been
converted by these very figures.
—The body of a negro man was found
fl-«tiug in the river near Savannah
The unfortunate man had evidently
been foully dealt with. His throat was
cut from ear to ear, and there were se
vere bruiees about his head and face.
— Eatouton has received about five
thousand bales of cotton during the
present season.
—Dougherty county will probably
go for Atlanta.
—Mr. Seaborn Callaway, of Wilkes
county, is dead.
—Really, the P. G’s in G. seem to
have all congregated in Columbus. At
any rate nearly every young mai
Georgia goes there to get married.
—The Talbotton Register quietly re
marks that an emigration agent from
ome was in Bamesville the other day.
This allusion d '*ea injustice to Dvvinell,
of the Rome Courier, who was in
Bimesville merely for the purpose of
making terms with anew subscriber.
—We’ll bet two dollars and a half
that John Inman, of Savannah,
favor of Atlanta, notwithstanding the
fact that he lives right in the shadow
of the Morning News building.
—Uncle Jim Anderson, of the Cov
ngton Star, has given up the practice
of going to stag dances. He says it
wears a man’s shoes out.
Two new postoffices have recently
been established in southern Georgia
—Ohoopee in Tatnall county, and
Brentwood in Wayne county.
—The colored people in E'bert
county are discussing lhe Liberian
movement.
—A negro subject to epileptic fits
fell m the river at Savannah on Mon
day and was drowned before assistance
could reach him.
—We hope the parties at interest
will pardon us for mentioning their
names in stating the following facts,
which are too good to tie lost: More
than forty years ago James R Wood
(uow a minister of*the gospel) of Wash
ington couuty, a poor young man just
starting in life, wa? leriously in need
ot pecuniary aid. He applied to Col.
William Hurst, who was then in mid
die life, and blessed with means. Col
Hurst promptly rendered the needed
assistance, letting Mr. Wood have
about $40 either in cash or needed sup
plies. Years past on, and young Wood
was unable to pay. The debt was fi-
n dly forgotten, Hurst in his goodneti*
of heart never having pressed
It for payment. Forty years had
past since the deb: wat
contracted; both were now
old men, and each had prospered. The
account, however, had been preserved
Among Col. Hurst's papers, aud ditcov
ering it one day in looking over his old
paper , he called on his friend, now
Rev Jim^a R. Woxl, and asked him
it ne remembered this transaction. He
!id, and promptly paid what he could
-the principal—which was all that
Col. Hurst was willing to take, and did
not even ask that. Both parties still
live. Col. Hurst in Johnson, and Mr.
Wool in Washington county, and
neither has *ny use for a homestead
law. Through life Col. Huiat has been
the kind oenefactor of poor young men,
whom he saw honest industry man-
ifesed None if this class ever ap
plied ia vain to Col. H , atd many
nave prospered through his kiDdneoe
who otherwise would bave found it
difficult to battle with adverse circum
stances.
—Rome Courier: With the view of
producing a spirit of rivalry be twee a
the corn raisers of Floyd county, we,
the unders gned, agree to pay ($5 00)
five dollars in gola, which payment,
will constitute the subscriber one of a
club of ten or more members, with tbe
understanding that each member have
the privilege of farming one acre of
land in corn in any manner he may see
proper. The money to be paid into
the hands of tome party selected by a
majority of the subscribers on or before
the first day of May, 1878 They — n
—Abe Roths - hild t whomurdered Bes
sie Moore, is to be tried at Jefferson,
Texas this week.
— The Austin (Texas) State Gazette
is urging the erection of a monument
to Albert Sidney Johnston.
Ten car-loads of flue sheep from the
ea*t arrived at Taylorsville, Texas, a
few days ago.
— There is now s daily mail from
Jacksonville to points on the St. John’s
river, and the people are happy.
—Texarkana has eighteen saw-mills
within a radius of ten miles, which cut
300,000 :eet of lumber per month.
—Fully seven hnndred thousand gal-
lous of oysters will be shipped from
Norfolk during the present season.
Blackwell's “Bull Durham” smok
ing tobacco factory at Durham, N. C,
sometimes turns out 100,000 packages
in a single day.
The overflowing of the Trinity at
Dallas, Tex., forced the tramps from
their cover in the bottoms and the po~
lice scooped a jail full.
— A hawk swooped down upon a
weather vane on a church spire in
Charlotte, N. C., and was disgusted to
find it only an imitation rooster.
—The orange trade is getting lively
in Florida. The steamer Starlight on
her last trip brought to Jacksonville
from up the river one hundred and
sixty crates of the golden fruit.
— Wilmington, N. C. t Stan Fifty-
two barks, brigs and schooners in port
at one time speak well for the com
rnerce ol Wilmington. Snch was the
case on Thursday, the 22J.
— Yesterday w*e reported the death
of a man 100 years old, and to-day of
a North Carolina woman 116. We are
holding ba^k Craddock to see what
we have to contend with.
—There lives in Tennessee a Metho
dist minister known as Greenberry
Kelly, who is 99 years old, in good
health, and expects to preach a centen
nial sermon on his next birthday.
—“The Coming Empire; or, Two
Thousand Miles in Texas on Horse
back,” is the title of a book now going
through the prees, by H. F. McDaniel
News has particulars
ot a tragedy an Me Alester, in the Cher
okee nation, on Saturday week.
Ch .rles Jones, a half-breed Choctaw
Indian, good uatured enough when
sober, but a dangerous desperado when
drunk, became involved in a difficulty
with a Mr. Johnson, an M., K. and T.
section brss, about some cattle which
Jones claimed had been killed by trains,
and attackid him with a knife, cutting
him inertiily. He then fa-ally stabbed
Johnson’s wife, who ran to the assist*
auce of her husband,and who has since
died. The demon then being fully
aroused in him, he went home and at
tacked his own wife and three children
and a half Eister, catting them so se
verely that fcara are entertained for
heir recovery. Jones then hitched up
his team and started tor parts unknown.
SURVIVAL OF TITS FITTEST.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
'Nought but tho fittest live*.” I he*r
KIdk on the northern br<eseoI though:;
And ye*, in undertone*, a Voice
' “O child c
your hci
Uod for what they're
t the fctrouK alone survive*;
l. Beauty, Virtue, scattered wid
able sod, bear noble livea
Whose trait* forever must abide.
Time'* baildtngs are not all o f s'one.
With frailest fibre* Nature spin*
Her Uvitix web* from a me to zone.
With fraileat fibre* Nature spin*
cr Uvitix webs from a me to zone,
Aud what is lost she daily wins.
fain would think, amid the strife
B tween realities and forms,
.ight gifts may cl nm perennial life
’Mid slow dcc&y and sudden storms.
This tuft of silver hairs I loose
From open windows to the brccre.
Some bird «f Sp: in* perchance may aw
To baltd her nest iu yonder trees.
These picture* patnt»d with an art
SurpstRt-ed by younger sight and skill,
fnendiy nei~‘
and N. A. Taylor, oi Houston.
—A young man in Dallas, Texas,
found that his widowed mother of
sixty was about to ran off with an old
widower, whereupon he locked her up
and notified the old man to keep out of
pistol shot.
—The grand jury of Marion county^
Fia.,say in their presentment that the
time has arrived when the necessities
of the people of Marion county abso
lutely require a railroad to transport
their products to market
-Sam Houston, M. D , the eldest son
of the illustrious president oi the repub
lic of Texas, thinks of leaving the pro
aggregate of $2,820 -forty seven haven*.
paid a cent, seven have partlv paid up
and only lour have paid up ail that is
due.
—And now the*Prince of Wales’s
claims—so a Washington dispatch says
—and will be applied to demands for
losses sustained on accocnt cf tbe use
or destruction of property by the army
favorite oook haa'succumbed to that I during the war. It doci not matter .
rc-yal scourge, typhoid. M. Bonnemain I much what these principles may be. to that effect, which certificate shall be j
was formerly cook to Maximi Ilian in Tbe senate or the senate’s committees considered a draft on the treasurer for sa;
by weight—raised on each acre
contesting. When the mesa
uring committee have completed all the
mea-uring, they shall give the party
producing the largest crop a certificate
lession of medicine for thatot an editor
and will probably locate at Long*
view.
—At the annual Florida c inference
held at Tampa last week, the Rev. U.
S. Bird, formerly of Feruandina, was
appointed to the pastorate of the church
at Lake City. The former pastor, Mr.
Woodbery, will be stationed
Leon circuit.
—Austin (Tex.) Gazette, Saturday
\l8j>r Jones telegraphs the adjutant
general that the rioters at El Paso have
been quieted, and he has left for Aus
tin. He leaves a squad of men under
a subordinate officer for keeping the
public peace.
New Orleans Picayune : A prom
inentlimb of tha law, who travels
the Carondelet street cars, entered
car tbe other day, put his hand into
his pocket, took out a piece of chewing
tobacco and depositing it in the bex,
deliberately put a nickel in his mouth.
—Austin (Tex.) Gazette: We met
friend yesterday, from an upper coun
ty, who had 400 head of hogs he was
bringing down tor feed. He expects to
obtain corn in Bastrop couuty at a bit
and a half per bushel. The old hogs
cost him, on an average, $5 per head,
and he expects to make them weigh
175 pounds.
— Aftor the big yellow fever scare in
Jacksonville business is beginning to
osEume its wonted aspect. The Sun
and Press says : “The Carleton house
tbis morning bad its flig hoisted to wel
come the arrival of Mr. Stimpson, one
of the proprietors, who was aud is on
the City of Bridgeton.”
—The negro Dick Rosa was sentenced
to be hung at Lonoke, Ark., Friday,
and 2,500 persons assembled to witness
the execution. Roes confessed the
murder, the noose was adjusted and
•he trap about to drop when the tele
graph operator rushed in wittx a re
prieve from the governor for ten days.
Rcsi smiled and all the o'.hers swore.
Ia the general presentments the
/rand jury of Marion coun:y use the
following chetrful language : “We are
pleased to learn of the large number cf
immigrants which have lately come to
cur county, and we are glad to say tha
our people are always ready to extend
a he.rty we’come to all good settlers
without regard to nationality or politi
cal opini .n.”
— Charlotte (N C.) Observer: The
b lie! that the people of Charlotte live
over one vast gold mine is very gener
ally entertained here, and one of our
citizens, having had what was satisfac
tory evidence to him that this was liter
ally true aa to himself, has gone to
delving right in his yard, and having
sunk a shaft to the depth of thirty feet,
nas taken up a quantity of ore which hi
right well impregnated with the glit
tering treasure.
— Little Reck Gazette: We are in
formed that the wife of Jobs Gill, who
was recently shot at Morrill ton by Car-
roll Armstrong, was bo badly frighten
ed at the result of the altercation that
she suffered premature confinement,
which caused her death, and also of her
two babes Tbe remains of Mrs. Gill
and children were brought to the city
last night, and will l»e interred here to
day. Gi 1, although severely wounded,
ill recover, it is thought.
—A v riter in the Live Oak (Florida)
Expositor calls attention to the cutting
and hauliog of Umber on lands belong
ing to the state in the county of Ham
ilton, on the Suwannee river and on
the dlapaha and Withlacoocbee, and
the drifting of the same to the mills
at Ellaville, to be sawed and shipped
out of the state. He says the timber
on tie rivers above named is being cut
off oi state land, and floated to the mills
at Ellaville, and, if the lands bave not
been purchased from tbe state by tbe
WiuhlnKtou GOMlp.
E. H. In Chicago Times.
Alex Stephens,Senators Hereford and
Harris, and Messrs. Conger, Gauee, Fel
ton and Ferry, also guests at the Na*
tional.have figuratively put their hands
on the bible. The latter gentleman has
been compelled to go home for a few
days on account of his feeble health.
He has never fully recovered from his
illners of last summer. Socially he is
one of the most dignified and elegant
genttoman.mcdest&nd staunch in public
affairs, and commanding ihe respect of
e* ery one.
ALEX. H. STEPBRSa
is now in ordinary health. He walks
by aid of a crotch and the arm of a
friend down one flight of stairs to the
carriage at the door. Every day he is
in his place at roll call. A “History of
the United S ates, from the earliest set
tlement to 1872 ” I picked up in the
neighboring room of Mrs. John Ross,
and saw on the fly leaf thete words,
written in a trembling and almost il-
ible hand:
_Y Lxmi.K Pbikno Tensy Rons: You ore
uow of years too teuder to read, but ere long
yeu will oc able not only to understand this In
scription. but a'a.i to undentand what is writ
ten in this book. When yon grow np study it,
for in U you will find a true history of your
couutry and become acquainted wlto the vir
tues and heroic deeds of jour ancestors Then
you will I trust, treasure It «i a memento of on*
now pacing off the stage of life upon which you
junt entering
National hotel,
1877.
Un tbe title page were printed these
words:
A CMinWWOK
| HISTOHY . FTUK UNITED STATES, j
from tho
; Eorlleat Settlements of 1872. j
: BY ALEzasuxa ii. Btx-hs^s, \
•Author of the * CouMitutfoual view of the'
the
AdifriUlBg in mu Art.
We 6tated in a previous number of
the Guide that advertising was au art
—an art which very few really under
stand, aud are therefore incapable of
appreciating; but thoee who do appre-
cirte it are of course benetitted oy and
through it. We also referred to an
institution whiebs alter draggling for
nme time, i0r!urpasacd into the hands
of receivers. Hearing of the difficulty
that the institution was laboring under,
we called on the manager and proposed
liberal advertising, tie, bein^ a man
ol remarkable executive abilities and
quick a-.^ prevention, realizing that a me
thing must Ire done, and that quickly,
concluded to adopt what we were con
vinced would relieve them from their
difficulty, vix . liberal advertising. Their
sales were about $3,000 a month pre
vious to commencing to advertise; in
about one year by the free use of print
er’s ink, they were increased to $600,000
per month, and, being a stock company,
its stock went np from almost nothing
to $150 per share. Over thirty years of
business experience in connection with
the press, has impressed upon our
mind its wonderful influence either for
good or for evil; and we have seen par
ties who have, through its use in a few
years, realized fortunes, which without
its aid would have taken them a life
time to attain, if ever. They acknowl
edged that advertising was an art
which enabled them to rise from com
parative povertv to wealth and posi
tion.—Appleton’s Railway Guide.
QLMMPSFS A LA MODE.
Kobby Htyles for tbe Coming Reason
From tho New York Mercury-
The approach of winter seems to
have developed the resources, both in
material and deeign, to an almost be
wildering extent. Sufficient latitude
is permitted to meet all tastes and all
requirements, so that no one is obliged
to wear what is not suitable or becom
ing. The tempting new fabrics are
very costly, some of them as high as
$4 50 per yard; but, then, style and
distinction must be paid for, and ladies
who feel that they can wait until the
“novelty” of the goods have worn off,
can buy them for half the price now
asked.
WALKING COSTUMES.
The rage of the present season haa
been for walking costumes, iu the
stylish bourelte cloth, or, what in called
bv some the “rag carpet” mixture, in
combination with dark silk or velvet.
Artistically arranged, these constitute
extremely elegant and becoming toilets.
A costume for late autumn, or the be
ginning of winter, is of maroon bour-
ette, one flounce and one puffing
around the skirt, the overskirt very
long, trimmed around the bottom with
maroon fancy woolen braid, and slight
ly draped. A long, tight-fitting jacket-
bodice, trimmed with similar braid, and
with passementerie buttons, and silk
loops down the front. Mostly any lady
can make a dress at home in this style
and th3 design is stylish and effactive
dinner dresses.
New combinations for dinner dresses
consist of a foundation of olive green
silk, with pink or j»ale blue. These
dresses are cut high,with elbow sleeves,
and the light color is used mainly to
line and mix with the bows. The use
of jet has been effected with so much
vigor that the fashion has been estab
lished firmly—at least for the present,
but the wearing of jet or bead orna
ments Is by no means obligatory. Gal
loons,fringes and paseementerie.though
often mingled with jet,are still made in
coetly designs, without the least ad
mixture of this
FUR TRIMMINGS
will be largely need, and are worn in
much wider bands; broad collars and
cuffs are made of them aud attached
to the cloaks, which quite supersede
the necessity for fur sets. A new,
soft, furry cloth is used lor cloaks, and
is bound to have a great success. It is
an imported article, but not expensive,
very light in color, though exceedingly
warm. As yet it is found only in small
quantities, but next year it will prob
ably be more plentiful.
THE “GRFITA” CLOAK
This is a very handsome and stylish
variation from the dolman. It is in
really a tong half-fitting sacque shape,
with sleeves inserted in dolman style,
and giving the effect of three upright
seams reaching from the top to the
bottom of the back. The style of the
sleeve is particularly graceful, and tho
depth longest where it is most needed,
over the arm, renders it in all respects
protective and convenient, aa well as
If happily, little Tenny esn, when he
18 old enough to read the book, recall
ti. his memory the pate-looking man, ; legant / This design is well adapted to
all wrapped in furs and cloaks, even in gi jj^ or woo i en metalasse, or armuro
summer weather, waik ng s.owly c | ot w an( j mRy trimmed with abroad
through the dark halls of the hotel, to baR( j of | U| ^ father trimming, or with
velvet.
fashion notes
and from his visits to the house of rep
resentatives, but at other time9 never
outside his room; hia meals, his
friends, all business attended to in his The popular bonnet for day Rod
sick-room—if. I say, he can re»ll the church wear is a modification of the
kind, gentle-faced old bachelor, he will Normandy, with a soft crown and plain
read with added interest the history narrow brim; sometimes turned up,
which has been arranged so ompactly and then called the diaoem bonnet,
by A'ex. H. S ephens, of Georgia. 8l y le is considered the latest, and
THENPW CHAPI Aiv is perhaps tbe most fashionable, al
though it is only the revival of a style
ol tbe house, Mr. Harrison, haa been which had a great vogue eight or ten
neralded by puffs and fulsome notices years ago.
<>f the press. He has b en receive! at Dress hats are reduced in size, but
the door of the house by attention and ^ey still largely retain the riant shape,
unusual consideration. Hia eloquence wmch ia so becoming to a young face,
and family and past position have been bright and sparkling, so very unbecom-
thorougbly ventilated. It does not ap- fog to a coarse face, or to one who be-
pear to me that it makes much differ- gi ns to show signs of age.
ence who prays for congressmen; a tal- Elbow sleeves are not essential this
ented man cannot wrestle wita the season; a later style, only especially
Lord ou their behalf any better than distinguished, consists of coat-sleeves,
could our rough Peter Cart right. A jogt loose enough for the hand to pass
conv : ct’s son would be good enough, through, aud worn with deep lace cuffs
parties engaged In it, this law should
be enforced against those who are d>*
logit.
—The Jacksonville Sun and Press
The Dictator did not land here
Even a convict, if repentant, would be
in improvement on the most of h<s
aidience. A pastor of a flourishing
church does no more than a plain,
h <aest Christen. Bat congressmen
are very particular about the way their
cases are pretented to the Almighty;
therefore have they selected Dr. Jiarn*
son, and he has come up all the way
from Allan*a, and left everybody there
in tears, tor the sake of serving his
country, now that he haa a hand in it
once more, and saving to the good
G>d every day, “God, be
merciful to* us sinners.” Besides
this duty, he has the pastorate of the
Sou.hern Methodist church here, and
the president has promised ti* worship
there sometimes, and the Georgia dele-
gitton go every bunday in a body to the
chapel; and so, with the support of tbe
civil and military, the legislative and
executive branches of onr government,
he has a good start. He lived in Nash
ville for seven years. He is & tall,
mild man of nearly fifty years. He
speaks without notes, and is a very
earnest and weP-informed expounder
Yesterday was hia first sermon in
Mount Vernon Place church. Rev. Dr.
Abbey, of Mississippi, occupied & sea
on the stand. Dr. Harrison's text was
the first c.auB6 of the 22d verse ol Acts
xvii.: “Then Paul stood uptn the midst
of Mara’ hill.” He alluded to tbe iaci
that Paul preached to the people of
Greecand was the first missionary
sent into Europe, his the first Christian
sermon ever preached on European
soil. This discourse showed deep re
search. I a the conclusion of his re
marks, alludiDg to bis position, he said
“I come to preach no sec
tarian gospel. It is my desire
to know nothing among you save
Christ, and Him crucified. I have
nothing to do with parties. I have
nothing to say about the existing is-
• ..
arranged on the ontsiae.
Soutache braid is now sewed on with
one edge upright, the deeign standing
out in relief, and being more effective
than when the braid is sewed on flat.
Fringes without ornamental headings
are^sewed on the garment npsidedown,
so that the fringe falls over and con
ceals the heading.
Helmet hats of velvet are trimmed
with double faced satin ribbon and os
trich tips. Laay lizards, fat spiders,
serpents, beetles, and slender eels, are
the latest designs for lace pins. Jet
scissora, perfect in design, are also used
by ladies who are bound to have tbe
last word.
The “shopping bracelet” ia a heavy
gold or silver chain, with a pencil at
the end. It ia wound twice around the
wrist when not in use. Perfumed fans,
worked on tbe principle of a bellows,
are the latest novelty.
The latest coaching hat reminds one
_i Dalian brigandage times. When
worn by a dashing belle, the bewitch
ing effect is similar, causing s fu'l sur
render of money, liberty, or, if needs
be, life.
Tt»*» “mcaA*.”
New York, Nov. 28.—The steamer
Scythia, which arrived from liver pool
brought $500,000 in gold coin.
Royal Basso.
Madrid, November 28 —The in
tended marriage of Alfonso and Prin
cess Maria do la Mercedes is announced.
Da. C. W. Benson’s Cxi-ery and
.*■ iHomLz Pout ore prepared txp eaalytocara
Sick Headache. tterro«a Headache, DyepeUc
Hi apache. Neuralgia, Nscroosnefs and Sleeplew-
oees, aad will core any case. Price 53 cents, post
age tree. fo>d by Druggists. Office, Na 10
N. Eotsw street, Baltimore, Md.
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