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GKOtiGIA 5KW* aitEVIIIM.
— The maludy is subsiuing in Savau-
mb.
Tho “young Democracy” speak of
having a ball iu tli** Forest city.
Bainbrilg* cherishes hw< et, memo
ries of fier Harmome Vereiu B» 3L
— The Bainbridge Sun endorses C**l.
J. R. Sneed as worthy ol filling the offic*
of secretary o ( State,
gg—A small fire in Rome on thb 23rd
matam—burning the kiiclien of T. G.
Watters.
—The Conmercial will publish earn
Sunday, “Facts from Scripture worst
knowing.” Bill Arp editor.
— A Fair will tie h Id by tlie Savanna t
Tost Society, second week in Dtcembei
for the purpose of aidiug m the f*undu-,
of a Mariners Home, iu that city.
—The Seaport Appeal says >t is “eon
temptible” in the Savannah papers n
“snove foward Savannah as the terrni
nns nnu obj ctive point of the Grea
Western Canal.”
—Tne Augnsta canal, after its enlarg -
mans, will have w iter one hundred as <
fifty ieet vide, and fnurte* u iect u« ej.
wito »wemy-e'ght feet fall—an 6C<i. omi
<ad oree for manu'aetnnng of over four
teen thousand horse power.
— The Savannah News of the 25th 11-
ytuui, cental uh an account of tho m*t
ons conduct of Degroes in attacking e
pr icession returning from a funeral. A
shower of stones and missilswere throw/
amid the procession. A little white *«•
had his head severely cut, and oDe i«i
two of the Hiheruian brass band tr«
Siiuek. The attack wis most wantei
and outraveons.”
Imlimliial.
—Apples can be purchased for_ fou.
cent** per bushel in s. m-* parts of Illinois
— A single point lace at the O’.ucinna
Exnomtion cost $3,000.
— An IPinois vineyard of twenty at.ro*-
will yield this season 20,000 gallons o
wine.
— Russia in ports cotton cloth fro
Turkey, pr-feiriiig it to that woven i
England.
—American steam fire engines hav<
taken the first premium at the great In
dust rial Exhibition at Moscow.
—A single carpet factory at Lowed
Mass., works up into carpets 6,000,001;
pounds of wool annually.
— A German paper states that 1,501
American un wers and reapers were sol-
last year in a single city iu Germany.
—If has b-ieu ascertained at the Stab
Auditor s office that the value of all per
soual property 10 Ohio bos increase-
upward of $30,000,000 over last year’
valuation.
—The Shenundoah Valley of Virgini:-
is 125 miles long and 25 wide, embracing
tbe counties of Augusta, RocKiughan-.
Shenandoah, Page, . Warren, Ciarki
Frederick, Jeft nnu and Berkley, with »
population of about 160,000 to an ureu <1
28,495 square miles, of u cash valuatn >t
of $70,0i)0,00t». There are 1.001,961
acres of improved lands, and 120,860 on
improved.
Scientific American Notes.
In Tersk
the first We*.
Car.
— Tbe habit of a* curate and of sys
tematic thoughts is invaluable.
— Endeavor to take y< mr work quiet)v.
Anxiety and over action are the cause ot
sickness and restlessness. We must um
our jndgm*-nt to control our excitement
or our bodily strength will break down
—Rossis wi.l soon beat tbe world i*.
her staff of feminine doctors. Tbre
hundred young RnssiaD women huv*
•laimed admission as students in medt
•ino&ijd EKigeij st the M p dtcal Schoo
of St. Petersburg.
— Experiments by Professor Junicben
prove tnat the time foi cooking variouf
articles of daily consumption is very
much shorter when effected nuder strong
pressure, while a great saving in luel is
also obtained.
— The fatigue of the limbs incideut.
to railway travel is occasioned mainly by
the trembling motion of tbe floor under
th“ feet. luvalids will find great relief
by t he use of an air cushion for a foot
stool.
-The Commissioner of Patents has
issued a patent of Jehn R. Weed for a
hush of dried fish and potatoes, os an ar
tide of food. Boarding house keepers
will now have to discontinue the practice
of l•-*tinp their fish balls stand ovpr.
—An acorn suspended by a piece o
tin .. . within h><lf an iuch of the surface
of water in a byacintn glass, will, in u
few months, burst and throw a root
dowu into the water, and shoot upwards
its si ruight and tapering stem, with beau
tiful little green leav* s. A young ouk
tree, growiug in this way on the mantle-
shelf of a room, is a very elegant and
interesting object.
— William M. Welling’s patent fortbe
manufacture of artificial ivory has been
extended seven years. The artide is
composed of 10 ounces of white shellac,
4| ounces acetate of lead, 8 ounces ot
ivory dust, ana 15 ounces of camphor.
The ingredients are reduced to powder,
heated and mixed, theu pressed in heated
molds into sneets or other desired forms.
— Tbe value 01 the patented stove im
provements may be judged of from
statistics which were made public at the
meeting of tho stove manufacturers he o
in Cincinnati. It appears that tiiis in
terest has, in this country, a combined
capital of over $30,000,000, that it em
ploys 150,000 men, and tba the probab.e
product, during the current year, will
not ‘all short of 2,500.000 stoves.
Dr. H. Schwarz records the results
of experiments made ascertaining wheth
er. by igniting bone ash witn orgauie
substances, such as glue, size, sugar,
etc., a good decolorizing charcoal is
burned, and whether the scent animal
black can be revivified to its former
strength by a similar process. It appear*
Sy f*™*! black may be entirely revivi-
‘ °l°sed vessels by ignition with
genius* w hich need not be nitro-
ftsf*Tbree prisoners conficedin the
jail of Ohncon, Jones county, broke jail
i°n "* d madetheir escape
— The crowd who went out from San
Francisco with baskets and shovels to
scoop up diamonds and rubies in Arizo
na, are rapidly returning.
Ou> Aliami» i.c-ivt.
[Ppec!?* CJrrcrpandeacfe of tu« Morning Atfit-i.'
iTiasTA, Kovemb-i 23, 1871.
nor. Alexander h. stephess.
Mr. StephensiiBii paid u ahriefveitand returned
home. He u* still very feehia, and remained in
door all *he Dme li*- wa» in the city. He evidently
ilt*ire<* 10 he Uo.tert States 8e at > . and it is
t ought that it - vie.* had some reference toth-
.pptratioD. He did not male.- a pub ic adrirees hat
uromi-ed to do e<> 011 the evening of the 3d ot !•*■■
,»m’,r, the time when the cie tors will assemble
here t<> cast thy vo'e of the State for P-e.ideut »ud
Vie* Pr* aid nt. The law 1 (-quires *he a’t* tulanc- of
the •lech-ra at the C p tat ou the first Monday to
December "to cast the vote of the State • »• the n*d
-.leadmy following . 112 M.” Mr Stephen- has sip-
nit)—i hiHiDtenion to speak ou • ue-day evei.ing
the «d aud some persons have imagined, from this
cotuctdenn-, that he will seek to tifs-uade the e sc-
to - from casti g iL vote of «h<- state for . r
Oreeiey. This can hardly tie true, however.
OGEEfBCE.
We clip rom the Savannah (Ga.) New*
O' the 2jrh Hist the »»>'■*• extract of a
lett.r irom Oyrecher—the Atlanta cot res
p. indent or that journal. Our object in
untieing it is simply to correct a misap
prehension. The time appointed by
dr. Stephens for his respouse to » call
uiion him for an address, by a large r ”m
.er of the cl izeus of Atlauta, wa
Wednesday *•ight aflr the vote of tb*
itate snail have been cast b; tbe College
■f her electors.
This by law is to be on the Weunes
hiy ;n December. Tbe time appointed
by Mr. Stephens was. therelore, express'y
ixed on the night after this event shad
ave taken pi .ce. Notbiug could hav*
• en fnrtue.r Irom his intention that.
■ nythiug like au object “to diasuadethe
•lectors from casting the vote of the
6 ate for Mr. Greeley.”
Mr. Stephens’ views upon that matter
ua been lully given to the people ot
Georgia during the late canvass, in
telding to the solicitations of those wtio
-k»d tor the address, bis object was to
; ive his views mainly in teference to the
utur*, and especially in reference to the
In ure of the Democracy of Georgia, as
veil us the United States in relation to
toeir principl* s und their future policies
tpon them.
Mr. Stephens, above all thing!, politi
ally desms unity in the Democrat,
•srty in this StaLe, and in all the States;
out that uu’ty which alone can be se
ared by an adherance to those princi-
•ies of their faith, on which the Govern-
ueut was founded, and on the maintain-
mce of which all sure hopes for tbe pre
servation of the liberties of the country
iepend. Upon these principles, when
. r.ctly adhered to, theD*mocracy have
•ever suffered defeat, and in Mr. Ste-
t hens’ judgment never wilL With re-
; <rd to the remark of Ogeerhe that Mr.
Stephens “evidently desires to be
United States Senator,” we have only to
vty that Mr. Slepheus desires nothing,
oliticaliy, so fur as be is individually
ncerned, but to serve his country, and
o the utmost of his ability, physically
md mentally, to contribute all in his
/ower to aid iu the preservation and per
petuatiou of the free institutions of our
Ancestors in whatever sphere or position
tbps** abilities may be hrongbt use sully,
nto exercise. He has no personal views,
•v’shes, objects, aims or aspirations what-
i-vt-r to gratify. A. H. 8.
1 .«- situation.
Fr»m -he M 'Uroe Advertiser.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
Editors Daily Sum^ Allow a snb.cri ^ itor Aoverlistr: During a visit to
ber to expre.-s briefly his sentiments c j t y r f Atlanta, last week, I met the
the situation. gentleman whose name heads this article.
It is not very cheering, but it might j we nt with Col. Sam Eahols, Associate
ta liu u ^«t oc « fh« neo- Editor of The Sun. to tbe train that
brought Mr. Stephens to Atlanta. H-
still mes his crutches, and walks with
be worso. It will be so unless the peo
pie oi tbe Sontb change their policy.—
Tne re election of Gen. Grant is not the
worst fruit of the late movement. The
m-sses of the people are demoral
ized politically, -md sore under defeat.
Tnese results might have bten avoided,
but it is now two late. No good was
done tl>e country by the candidacy of
Mr. Greeley. It was all an experiment,
wito him, and right well does te bear
njs defeat. The r-eoplc are the sufferers.
At present too much bad feeling exists
in the South over the results of the elec-
)D.
Her truest men are complained of for
eir fidelity to truth. Our ablest states-
inau, Hon. A. H. Stephens, is so com
plained of for his uncompromising at-
rm hment to the principles of tine D
mocracy aud lor his efforts to save tbe
M «rty from destruction.
Had his son ud policy been adopted
the greare t evils of the late campaign,
it is now believed by your correspon-
lent, aud thousands of others, might
•ave been avoided.
We ought to learn who are safe coun
selors and strong helmsmen.
Let the Democracy iu the future think
and net for heiselt. Let her put her
iwu ablest statesman iu office. Let us
be true to ourselves.
North Georgia,
E®* Dickvns, that most wonderful de
ineator of human character, and por
• rayer of every incident hi life, could now
8 t<? a partdell i.u deecrjptiPB 1>1 the
presf-ure of Chancery suits npon the
minds ot men, as shown m bis noval of
“Bleak House.” Geo. W. Purdy, of
Marlsborougb, Nrw York, has tor ten
years oeen engugeu in a constant legal
struggle. The suit has bren wi«b one
Lhibert A. Ken', who in 1859 losed a
tarm from George’s father, for fir** years,
with a covenant to convey the pioperty
if Kerr paid $10,<‘0U and all arrearages ot
rent during the first three years of the
orm. George’s father died the leav-
ng five children and his widow. Kerr
purchased the interest of two of the
children m 1861, and ou thn Just day of
the three years offered paymeut iu terms
ot the covenant and demanded a deed,
which was refused. He then sought a
legal remedy, which George has con
tested up to now. The property has in
creased iu value some $50,000, hence the
long contest in which George has been
engaged, and the mental pressure has so
affected him that he has attempted to
take the life of his mother and sisters,
and had to be placed in an insane asyium.
Nous Verrtms, says M. Thiers, the
Fresident of the Republic of La Belle
France, when told that the offerings of
bouquets of flowers sent by the officers
of French regiments to the Empress*
fete at Cbiselhurst meant disloyalty to the
Republic, and was a sign of- the latest
love of the military for the glory of the
Empiie. Thiers seems to think himself
safe in the highest office of the Republic,
and has exercised a wonderful influence
over the mercurial temperament of his
people. Yet events go to prove that
with nil tneir high respect for the adroit
oia gentleman, who presides over theii
destinies, they begin to weary of his
tandiDg threat to resign unless the
representatives of the people concur in
the advocacy of his measures and policy.
He may yet live to see that France can
do without him, or the reinstallment of
Napoleon III as Emperor again of
France.
frperacce is corporeal piety; it is
•tejjonof divine order in the
From the Atlauta couBiitu’ion. Nov. 24,1872.
Etlitors Constitu ian: Among the rea
son!! urged by various frieuds of the
ifferect aspirants’ to the position of
United States Senator the most common
md prominent one is that the aspirant
has no national fame or reputation as
statesman, and that because others have
made a reputation prior to the war, their
claims should he overlooked—taking ii
tor granted that every political man in
position prior to the war was re
sponsible for the calamity produced
ov tne results of the struggle. This
might be held as a reason of some
weight, if we Lad no nun iu Georgia who
had the wisdom, statesmanshio and nerve
to oppose the policy adopted, and to
give us timely warning, before commit
ting the rash act, which has brought u-
to want, and almost if not eutirelv de
stroyed every vestige oi Republican Gov
ernment. But if we have in Georgia a
statesman who s-iw and warned us 01 the
danger of secession, wuose natural fame
as a .tatesmsu is equal if not superior to
any man on the continent, whose great-
e-tdesiiefor the greatest good to tbe
greatest number of mankind, is admitted
by all classes in all sections, whose influ
ence with tlie people of the different sec
tions of tbe U uion, is greater than that
of any living m»u South, whose life and
experience nas set-led beyond doubt his
ability and integrity—then, it s* erne to
me, thatheof all nu n at tb s ime is the
most to be honored and trusted.
No argumeut is needed to show that
we warn, our wisest, most careful and dis
creet men in tbe national legislative
halls; if we ever needed wisdom and ex
perience it is certainly now. Believing,
as I do, that nine-tenths of t<.e intelli
gent m**n of the St ite would rejoice to
kuow that the Hon. Alexander H. Ste
phens was uonored with the position ol
United States Senator, and that he em
bodies all that it herein named os essen
t.ial tor Georgia's representative, I hope
the Jjegisl^tar© wifi unanimously elect
him. ~ Walton.
dtffi -ulty, and when he got off of the car
he was offered a carriage to convey him
to the hotel, (Kimball House,) bur. he
declined, caying that he preferred to
walk. Several gentlemen off* red to assist
him. when he replied that he would
‘walk with Harry,” (his faithful m gro
body servant) “as he uuderstood his
motion better than any one else.”
Mr. Stephens is in better health' than
he has been ia several years, and looks
better than *>ne would imagine, as his
complexion is 1-ss sallow. His head is
nearly white, and with hisbroad-hrimmed
bat and flowing locks, reminded me of a
genteel country farmer. His voice is yet
firm, and. nis coal black eyes st 11 glow
witn the fervent fire of uis younger days.
During a ennversa ion with bis visitors,
beat one time became a little animated
and his voice rung out clear and keeu,
as i?hen in former days ne enchained ad
miring audiences with his magic and
inimitable eloquence. Iu speaking ot
his past life be remarked, “I have never
regretted any act of mine, either public
or private, excei t I may have said some
indiscreet, things, iu my early life, in the
heat of debate.”
Mr. Stephens seemed, as he is, a relic
of tbe great men of the past generation,
who are fast passing away, and their like
will never again be seen in this age or
country. Be is an American nobleman,
of nature’s mould, and she seldom re
peats in ouch extraordinary cases as his.
Mr. Stephens’ name has but r cently,
been mentioned with the Uuit.ed States
Senatorship from Georgia, and our Legis
latore would commit one very wise act
to elect him to the position. And while
Gordon is a famed General, and Benin ng
and Johnson are erudite jurists, Stephens
is a statesman without a peer, and should
be elected. His very name aud presence
in tbe United States Senate would give
a dignity and honor to that body that- ir
bas not known or felt since tbe war, and
secure to the Southern people advantages
aud rights that no other man could com
mand-or obtain for the m. J.
FEMA LE FLEA SANTUIES
“ 1 beard itf
•• Wh- toid yjn ?’*
“ Her frien.i (?)
•‘You (t-D't hhj ao?’*
*■ ’Ti» readful I '*
••Ye» awlnl!"
•* Dou’. tell it, I , ray ?’*
*« Good gracious! ’’
“ Wbo’d think it?"
“Well! well I wedl’*
•• Dear me!”
•* I’ve hAu my
'* Su-pii-loDst"
•• And I. too, you see?"
*«Li rd help us 1”
** Poor creatuiel”
“So xrtful I*
*'So sy”
•■No beau’y!"
“ Quite thir.y!”
•* Betweeu you aud I!”
“I’m going!”
••Do e.ayl"
“ I cun’* 1’*
"I’m forlorn I”
arewell. deart”
••Good-by*-, sweet I”
“ I’m g ad sbe'8 g.me !*
“FI A ill (JuROXaT OPUS.”
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Starlight ra. Sunlight.
Communicated.
Atlanta, Nov. 26, 1872
Editors Sun: In the Griffin Semi-
Weekly Slar of to-day, appears au edito
rial article, from which £ have clipped
the lollowing:
ALECK AS A SHOWMAN.
Th ; s little dapper, double-triggered
statesman of Liberty Hail, has bad an
entire success in his “seances” at the
Kimball House last week. “Hundreds
have visited him at his room,” says The
Sun, and * von the employees of The Sun
office toadied him in force, and the great
man oosrived to the apprentice of the
office, “last of ail came Satan also.”
This original observation occasioned a
perceptible strain upon tne nerves of the
historian, but the aforesaid “Satan” be-
iug quickly removed, the statesman re
vived !
The interviewer of the Herald states
positively upon his afii.iavn, that Mr.
Stephens tout him positively that be
would rot consent to be United States
Senator from Georgia, uui^oo a majority
of the Legislature vote*! for him ! We
regret this resolution of Mr. Stephens,
fur we know the stern inflexibility of his
will, and we leel conscious he will stick
to tuis determination. We had hoped
tbat he would take the office anyhow,
whether voted for or not. Bat “ ’Twas
ever thus from childhood’s hour,” etc.
There is not one citizen of Georgia, be
he Democrat or Republican, “Straight,”
“Grantite” or “Greeleyite,” except tne
author of the foregoing, who is so utter
ly wanting in refinement of feeling, pa
triotism or respect for himself, his read
ers, or the honored statesman at whom
the contemptible slurs are directed, as to
have written the lines copied.
But the people need no more than to
read the article to be disgusted with it
and its anthor. It will have no morn
weight against Alexander IL Stephens
than would the barking of a mangy fice
at a full noon sun. H.
General and Personal.
— Sumner will arrive at home about
the 30tb.
— One of King Yictor Emmanuel's
sons is in the buukiug business at Naples.
— Two gentlemen from Chiua wer*-
wedded to two ladies from Ireland in St
Louis last week.
— Cool proceedings—the present ex
peditions to the North Foie.
—King Amadeus has (S)pain in nearly
all his joints from rheumatism, thougl
he hasn’t yet got it under his thumb.
—A butcher at Orange, Mnssachuaetts,
fourd a pair of'ladies’No. 4 rubber over
shoes in the second stomach ot a steer.
Tbe animal was three years old, fat an><
healthy.
—The bread of life is love; the salt of
life is work;theuweettess of life, poetry;
the water of life, faith.
—“ApothecureleBSfie8s” is a new word,
which the present generation has found
it necessaiy to invent for the benefit of
posterity.
— Hon. Hamilton Fish, who retires
from the Cabinet next March, will 3ml
for Europe with his family in April, with
the intention of remaining abroad two
or three years.
— Bishop McKirney is spoken of as
the successor to Bishop Perseco, of Sa
vannah, Georgia.
— Mr Geo. E. M. Walton, of Hano
ver county, Virginia, has given $1,000 to
Ruudolph-Macon College, to endow a
■ “ Walton Greek Library” in that insti
tution.
— The hotel clerks of New York are
making preparations ior a grand bah,
whereat they will be enabled to relax
from the severity of their official doki-
tious aud practice the ordinary politeness
of commonplace mortals.
— The bociete Francaise d’Emigra
tion, formed for the protec ion of French
immigrants, has issued a circular calling
upon French Americans for subscrip
tions toward a f und in aid of French
immigrants. Thus far $2,000 has been
raised.
— Tbe Titusville Press says that Stan'
ley, when he lectures in this couutry this
winter, will be dressed in his suit of
clothes made by a Ujijt tailo:r, consisting
of a twine string wound around nis big
toe, and a straw hat cut low iu the cor
sage.
SCRAPS.
Elsewhere in to-day’s Sun ap
pears the Governor’s proclamations de
claring the names of the Representatives
elected to Congress from this State; also
tfie names of State Electors of President
aud Vine-Piesident of the United States.
Tbe latter are required to attend at the
Capitol in this city on the first Monday
iu December n<*xt, to cast theii vote on
tbe Wednesday following at 12 ar.
S®“ A new name bas been found for
the much abused Mansard roofs. It is
called, the “inver ed sauce pan.” It
cooked Boston’s goose.
S®*At the Superior Cou.t in Macon,
a negro, George Hesty, tried for burgla
ry, was granted a new trial, on the
grounds that the indictment failed to
specify that the prisoner entered the
house with the intent to commit a fel
ony.
— Great Britain is threatened with a
potato fam’it**.
— ii*«?. o*.at.s are more numerous tlmt
year on the Ohio tbau ever.
— Eighty new pieces of music are
published in Loudon every day.
— It is said that the people in the wine
districts of California are exceedingly
temperate.
— The Chinese government has started
forty young mandarins to this country to
be educated.
— Jerusalem bas been lighted with
gas, ana it is proposed to ran street cars
.me slopes oi Mourn Zion.
— There are sevmty-three weekly pa
pers published in Michigan that have one
side printed in Chicago.
— B. L. Stewart commenced selling
candy by the stick in New York, and is
now worth $8,000,(J00.
— A disease strongly resembling that
which now prevails among the horses,
has broken out in Canada among the
bogs, and tbrertens to spread as widely
aud become as serious.
— Tbe highest office within the gift of
the Government is the Superintendency
of the weather signal station on PiEe’s
Peak, which is fourteen thousand feet
above the level of the sea.
— The prophets are intimating that
Lake Eri 1 will dry up and become the
home of a teaming population. Land
speculators are getting ready to go down
and pre-empt a claim.
—There is great enthusiasm atRheims
over the evacuation of that city uy the
German troops. The buildings were de
corated with French colors and flowers,
and at night there was a general ilium
ination.
—Nothing is lovelier or more holy
than a thoroughly wifely woman.
"Tne end i all cruwu thf work”—
a1i, ** In* shall t*-ll the *n t
I* is » wo i* me wsy.
And el* inis- isort-nd.
The work is all we know -
Euullgh i«r • nr tain* sight;
The end God kno« 8. Pre<» ou 1
The crown iR ich'.
iium-iii.
— One of ih* seasonable iiicuuv i-
ieuces is that butter is hard to spread.
— Littlebovs will soon begin t-> be goo.
for they all wuut Christmas presents.
— Bdloou bustles are said to be tb
kind now iu use by the 'air sex her-
abouts.
—“Say, Jones, whai’s tho matter wit
your eye?” “0’t. nothin’, only my wi ! <
said this morning I’d better net up and
make a fire; I told her to make it her-
seif —that’s all.”
• Au inuoceut-minded girl said to .
gentleman rim other night: “The un's
quiroes are Urrible. I wish you <’OU •
s- e my back!” “I wish I could,” ««-
the quiet re> ly.
—A Boston wotuau who has been read
ing the papers that Sunday marring *
are illegal, writes to the papers to know
how 11 is with babies born ou Sunday
If so, which shonin be punished—th<
father, the mother. • *,■■>< h-V>v?
Jfcg'-Of uouneciii-ts t-iegraobing win
the postal service, by the p rohase o
the Western Union Telegraph Company >
pioperty by the Government, the Mc-m
phis Avalanche says:
“The share capital of that company
$35,000,000, with a bouded debt o*
$3 500.000. L is urged that the Gover
aient could purchase the property win
less than the amount of re.ired greet,
oack* in the Treasury, und iu the cheap
ening of lelegraphit.g which wouid en
ue, ihe public would be vastly benefite
by the outlay. The profits of the tel*
graph company arc enormous. Iu si>
.years past the net profits of the Wester;
Union above ad expense^ w-ie $17,116
694 23. Of this snm $4,856,879 34 w*.
paid in diviw* nds, $4,898,401 98 in iu
terest on bonds, atid over ten uniliou.-
were expended in constructing a< *
maintaining new lines, and the uurchus
of telegraph patents ”
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General Notes.
— The prospects of the Texas wheat
crop are good.
— George Macdonald, the lecturer, is
the happy father of leven children.
— Rev. Isaac Kalloch is a Republican
candidate for United State Senator 'n
Kansas.
—Au Indian reading room is a Minne
sota novelty. The Dakota Tawaxta Kin.,
and other high toned journals are on its
files.
—Mr. John P. Sanborn has jnst pur
chased the Newport (R I.) Mercnry, the
oldest paper In America. It was estab
lished by Franklin in 1758.
—General John A. Dix, Governor elec;
of New York, is comptroller of the cor
poration of Trinity Church. He has ban
the arduous duty of sunervising the
rental of the church property, which is
valued at $60,009,000. All bills against
the corporation have parsed through his
hands, and the wardens and vestrymen
are now endeavoring tc induce him to
retain the office aftar he goes to Albany.
Beautiful Allegory,
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was at
one time defending a man who had been
indicted for a capital .'flense. After an
elaborate and powerful d fense, be closed
his effort with the following striking and
b -autiful allegory :
“ WheD God in his eternal council
conceived the thought of mau’s creation,
he called to him the tlire* ministers who
constantly wait upon the throne—Jus
tice, Truth, and Merev—end thus nd-
Hr* s** «1 them: ‘Shall w* nuk-- uinr. ?’
T irti sani Justice, *Ou, G -*i. make turn
not. fur he will trample upon the laws.’
Truth made a* swer also, * Oh, God, make
him not, lor he will pollute t .e sanctua
ries.’ But Mercy, dropping upon her
knees, and looking up through her tears,
exclaimed, ‘Oh, God, make him ; I will
watch over him with care through all the
dark paths which he may have to tread.’
Then God made man aud said to him,
O-, man, thou art the child of Mercy ;
go and deal with thy brother.’ ”
The jury when he had finished was
drowned in tears, and against evidence,
and what mast nave been their own con
victions, brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
h"-aith alone. Oar
mother earth; hence agriculture i
— Policemen in Benin receive a dollar
and a quarter a day; in Minich, one
do-lar; in Vienna, one dollar and ten
cento ; in Venice, ninety cents; in Paris,
two dollars; in Madrid, one dollar an t
a half; in Rome, eighty-five cents; in
Bneharist, seventy-five cents; in St. Pe
tersburg. sixty cents ; in Copenhagen,
on dollar.. In Consianlinopl they have
to content tnemselves with forty cents.
—Twen ty-seven horses and mules and
two yoke of oxen were burned to death
at the fire iu Nashville Saturday ni&rht.
Six horst-s were afterwards found outside
the stables. Oi these, four were so badly
burned as to leave very little hopes of
•heir recovery, and two were lightly
burned. All belonged to Pilcher, Wright
& % Co., and were burned in tbeirstables.
■
—The Collector oi toe First District
>f Kentucky paid into the United States
Treasury during tbe month of October
the sum of $10,013.60. Tbe Secqnd
Distru’i o f Alabama, for the same month,
paid $2,033.39.
We fear that any attempt to
T.K.mW
mle idea ot the dwiuguished , * bQt
Hurt. We ciiuuot. retr-un .
rom a*tempting a brief abstractTm?"'
remarks. Lis
A t* 1 a graceful and apnronri a t H ,
r.a!action by C-Ionei S»ff . uI ‘ b dt p «»■
;*»!' ot tbe Fair Awmoiation of^ 1 '
l -cubs took he Stand, after af!??
nubu-tbiy remark.-, -n which l, e inl
ccas.on to refer to ms plantim* •
-nee, pursued ins F object. Gold*?:
t ne eloqu nt speaker, is u..t Wealth^
me got tin the wond. were there amt
.g * »8*vmould not m-*ke a sin^ “° lb ’
i- r a hungry man, nor a fig jLt f ° a
k ”> »-“*• Tl-ese "mwie 1*
rtnr last, recourse i,
earliest pursuit . f man." l !’ 6
uo peace, no rest tor mankind UlJ w!
ey ki o* that. Where t ,ey sow thevrvj
enp. The great qm s'ion we have tn
.eal with is, how shall b” b*S’mved on,
industry ou tins magnificent country of
>ur- so jus to r- ap the greatest profit.
Tne first, thing we have got to do is to
se wnat product is best suited to ths
mrti. n ot ttie earth iu which we five
Vleu nave pi .-ached about Southern neo’
,*b cultivating nay as a money cr.m
‘bout then raising all manner of tlih, k »
nett-ad of cotton, bat experience 1m
tight us that cotton ts the peculiar tire
uuwf this country; it made it rich and
owi-rml; u*> couutry ever ruse to wealth
d power with the rapidity of the
Miutli Cotton, then, ia the product of
uur country. It is this to which our av.
ri -ulturists must look mainly tor wealth
m»l ihequ-stioo for us is, how can wi
uake it cheaply ? 8
The speaker r.heu went on to discuss
e van on? causes of the decay of the
Smitii unce the end of the war. S atis-
cm go ’o --how that au average of three
udli u buh s of cotton has been annually
reduced iu the South since Gen. L.e*s
-or nder, representing an Hi.nnal
moam *»f money asgreat as tl e funded
i -a. of the Government, but, vw. ar8
iioorer to-day tuan a; he surrendi r.
Wbat has become o* ottr industry V First
t d‘oremuit, the gigantto robi.eries cf
t he United States Government has taken
troui us millions, where they have taxed !
UN liireoSly iu the face of the law, on
*>»h>n; th ousands have gone into the
■ock-ts ot their office holders under va-
ions preb xto, that never reached the .
Treasury. Then the carpet-bug govern- i
neuto tiiiust on us have, by so-called ,
chemes *>f improvement, which wen- in
ealny nothing put schemes of plunder, 1
tkeu millions m< re from us. A Urge
nirtion of this enormous sum bus been
ade l-y the brawny arms of the white
ople of the South.
The ml* has always been fur the con-
luerer to plunder the conquered, and
aost rigidiy has it been applied to the
3 .utiiern people. R<-construciion meant
.(/thing prucrici lly for the Si uth, but
he protection of the thief and curpet-
•itgger at the expense of the people.
Wueu our Legislatures were put into the
lauds o these adventurers, then began
■ur uiad oi woes. But as much as we
uave lost by the robberies of our ene
mies, the decay of onr country is not
ttogether due to this cause. We our-
-elves are iu a great meisate responsible
.or onr condition. We have used onr
figures falsely. Our calculations have
•tl been made on a false basis.
Gen. Toombs then proceeded to arguo
he complete fallacy of the idea that it is
economical to buy corn with the pro
ceeds of cotton. If we *10 this the rusk
me of us will go to the poor nouse. No
man puts more than four days to tho
>cie it a year on his corn crop, but yon
are engaged three hundred days ou cot-
(<iti. With the small amount of labor re
quired to make corn here at homi, c.m
>oy man iu his senses believe that it is
cheaper ior him to pay the high rates of
inter* st, commissions and freights tl at
He is compelled to pay for Western grain?
We must cheapen the motive power
• >n our plautations. He bad s* en in
Cuba oxen used almost exclusively. It
was the cheapest motive power tb t
could be found, for grass is the princii al
food required to sustain them. The
only people who are getting rich farming
iu the South er: those who make their
lams nearly as self-sustaining as pos
sible. All the laborer’s food must come
rom the planter at last, and the best way
to get it is to raise it.
The great ttnng needed is protection.
We must know that wo are men. Wo
must protect ourselves from wrong and
roqbery, from whatsoever source, ask for
protection from the powers, and if it is
not given, why then take it.
We cannot get foreign emu ration with
cue profit we want from it. Tne for
eigner will not come heie for various
us—pripa'iy b- vauso tlie cJi’Uit*
iivius m*. b—. i:;i" iue histoty uf ib
world shows that the people ulwayB fol
low the line of tneir lari ude. Thn
Southern planter goes southward to tne
cotton States—the German goes to wheat
.nd turnips. Where did our ancestors
come from ? From Virginia, the Caro
lines and Georgia. Many of my peopla
went to Marengo county in this State,
for it was supposed »o be the very pi® 00
where Adam was turned loose, but I £ Q P‘
pose the devil is turned loose there now.
Yon will nave to rely on yourseivtS
and Guffee. Skilled ia-jor will come of
us own accord; but you will never g e ‘
anything but worthless labor if youh lTe
to bring it her«. You will increase anl-
ficiently fast to populate the country 85
thick as *t need be. There was never a
greater error than to suppose that exces
sive population produced prosperity*
England is one of the most populous
countries—her rich people are the rich
est and her poor people are the poorest
in the world. This is always the case in
densely populated countries; tne ricbget
richer and the poor get poorer.
In conclusion, Gen. Toombs made 8 ®
eloquent appeal against the materiolisin
o| tue age. Cease, leliow-citizens, s 81li
lie, thinking that a man’s happiness c >n-
stat in whan he possesses. With tb 18
subject as his theme, the eloquent gen’
tleinan made a most earnest aud licart-
turilling appeal for truth and honesty
and contentment, as opposed to the hel
ter-skelter scrambler for wealth, regard'
less of the means by which it is acquir
ed, which is fast becoming the national
sin.
V
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— Judge Win. F. uoupei uus been 8 F
pointed Chancellor of the Nashw*
Chancery Court, iu place of Judge x*
mundJS- Fast, resigned.