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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK EXDINO DECEMBER 11, 1872-
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CbcUrr, |Ps.) t Jeffersonian
Democrat,
UKOI(»lA 3i£W4 dUEVI ■ IBS.
*— Gen. Fi'-ld is :u Columbus.
— An Albany bat Dus been killed.
- The Feuvrlo Coll-g« in Greensboro
1ms Wi n f'e^'ri.yed by fire.
— Y odusift has been eutertained by a
juvenile ircus.
—A colored woman attempted to carve
& colored boy iu tjavuunuh.
—E D. Cheshire, a prominent citiznu
Gaiue»vilie, i* ill.
— The Acwortn Good Templars have
bo*-n < : j ying theiu.-elvcs.
— Carter.-.ville has marble works.
6 nines of “T. S.,” and “B.” are now in
order.
— J. A. Guilt, of IS iirdstown, has
kill»-«. a fourteen mouth old pig, weighing
523 pounds.
—John Ueblves, a Savannah b’lioy,
shot ImuseSf accideutaliy between th«
second buu tnird n>s.
— J. C. W.-leh, eonvicied of the mur
der id J. M. Fowl*r, we learn, has been
granted a new trial.—Marietta Journal.
—Truck-lay mg on ‘he first twenty
mi! 1 a of the North & Sou'll Beilroad has
been completed.
— i. J. Chappell, sou of Hon. A. H.
O' appel), hu» deliveied his maiden
Bpei-oh. und is much eomplim-nted
to. r- *«n.
- Mr. H» nry F. B'uwd has Keen ap
pointed niuil agent on ihe Atlanta &
B chtnond Air L.ue Railroad. Mr.
Brown is polite and aecomuodatiug, and
his appointment will ho a great con
venience to the public.
— Tne Gwinnett Herald says a couple
were married not inuuy Sundays since
before breakfast. The groom went ont
a grape hunting immediately after break
fast and forgot to come back till sun
down.
— Tom b onjli-y was bound over to the
Superior Court yesterday, by Judge
Perry, for a«' audonment oth is wife and
children. Tom says it took two Court
ings to get two wives, end now it will
taae two s” to get rid of
them.—Romo CommericaL
— Air. J. ci. t>n ei- ami two or thre e
oth-rs made a rauj one night lust wee 1 *
upon the “ r pownm walks” (.round town
and captured seven. They have this fall
“cleaned out” tne west side ot town
and now propose to dispose of the eas
side, hv sections.—Cbnnnett Hrald.
— On Monday, while a yonng Mr.
Light, wholiv* s re.ir the Chattahoochee
river, on the line of this county, was ou»
hnntu,g, the breech-pin of his gun was
blown out, and struck him on the head
a d eye, inflicting a veiv severe, if not
dang-rsns wound,—Gainesville Eugtc.
Marriage*.
— In Gwinnett. Isaac S. Higgins and
B -becea A. Ewings.
— Mr. Z tcbarin Norris to Miss. Ama-
xou>a rinixMin, ali of Cohb ccrnty, Ga.
— Mr Benjmiin P. Boswell to Miss
Ellen Fmz'er, all of Cobb county, Ga.
— Mr. Alexander D at to Miss Luis
Leek, ul of Bartow county, Gu.
. — Mr. David P. Brandon to Miss Bet-
tie J. Hay, all of B triow county Ga.
— Mr. J. M. Floyd to Miss Julia Da
vis, both of tne ei'y of Cartersville.
— Mr. Boliert B. Stegall to Miss Mary
J. J. ffersou, daugtiter of James A. Jef
ferson, all of Bartow county.
Deatlis,
—Near Greene-arorn, Mrs. H. P. Wil
liam.*.
—Died in this city on Fridav evening,
Nov-m her 29th, ut 6J o’l-lock, Mrs. hlur-
S aret. Ho>t. Born in Springfleld, Mass ,
lay 31, 1794. Educated in Boston, and
xnurr e«i Septemb-r 26, 1826, to the late
Bev. Dr. Hoyt, of Athene. Her enti-e
mat ried life, save lour years, two of which
Were spent ut Beech Inland, S. 0., and
two at Washington, Ga., was spent in
Athens. She was gifted by nature with
» vigorous intellect which seemed to re
tain it* t'r- siiuess at the very end of her
last illness, and to her intellectual furni
ture were superadded the graces of an
ardent piety. Adorned more than ordi
narily with meekness und patience, un
selfishness and love for God and man,
her cli irae.ter always appeared beautiful
and neatly perfect. Serving rather than
being served, ministering rather tliai
beiun ministered onto; her l ing life was
Consecrated to the excellent mission of
benefiting and blessing others, and when
Ut last the eud came, death robbed of its
terrors, became only an event in her
life’s history—a sinking into rest. “Her
children shall ris*- up and coll her bless-
•3.”—Rome Commercial.
We see by a late issue of this paper
that we, some weeks ago, inadv* rtantly
did this journal in injustice which we
hasten to undo. We classed it among
those Democratic journals which, after
the Baltimore nomination, “accepted
the issues as thus presented, b tween
Gen. Grant and Mr. Greeley, arid bad
used its influence for the election of Mr.
Greeley as a ’choice of evils.’” This
w«»8 our opinion of the position of this
paper at the time we wrote. We are now
however, assured that while it did net
assail what was done at Baltimore, yet
it neither appr-ved or accepted the issue
presented. The language of the paper
in setting ns right upon the subject, is as
follows:
We accepted no such issue, nor did we fv.r in-
dorse ttan nominee or approve the action of tlio BsJ
timore Convention
Alter the proceedings of the Bslttmo-e Conven
lion w- re indorsed by pr .miuent Ken.ocrsta in
almost every section of the Union we w-re satisfied
that Grant’- re-eiection wa« ee< ured. /We knew the
Democracy could never be rallied to *i o support > i
Greeley, and that it woalu do impose! .le to unite
them tipon any other candidate.
We looked upon the Presidency as lost to ’he De
mocracy, at d in the general wreck ende .vo ed to
save what we could. We th- ref.ire turned ou>
whole attention to <mr (date allairs, where we bad
honest, consistent Democrat- as can ildatee uj on
a true Jeffersonian platform, but we -ever iudorstd
either the nominee o. platform of the Baltimore Con
vention.
We assure our cotemporary of Penn
sylvania that we did not have the slight
est intentions of assigning it a posi
tion it did not cccapy.
We supposed from its quiescent tom
during the canvass, that it had so far
yielded its owe conviction to the judg
ment of the Party iu general convention
as to “accept the issue aa piesented.”
In this opinion so formed, it seems w«
were wrong, and most cheerfully do wi
stand corrected, A. H. S.
duty, vote either a blank, or for any per
son known to ie dead at the time. What
we say on this point, as stated above, ha«
re erence more to the fu nre than to the
past. It is against the precedent set by
some of our electors in the jute action of
our College, we thus enter our protest.
A. H. S.
FROM 1 EX.VS.
the
day
— There has oeen a tournament at
Moscow.
— Corn is worth thirty cents a bushel
at Waxahachie.
— Nearly all the merchants of Sher
man now price their goods in currency.
— Small pox has made its appearance
in Paris, Lamar county.
— Copper has been discovered io Cor
yell county.
— An iron foundry is being established
at Palestine.
— Cotton is coming in very freely at
Jasper.
Tne Federal Conrt at Tyler is qnite
crowded and busy.
— The Indians are raiding above La
redo.
Large quantities of timber are being
brought down the river to Beaumont
. Dallas and Collin counties are send
ing quantifies of flour through Northern
Texas.
— Wild pigeons have made their ap
pearance in the vicinity of Jewett, Leon
county.
— The negro soldiers stationed at San
Antonio are complained of for disorder
ly and unpleasant conduct.
The McKinney Inquirer reports the
j^ff*** of the wheat crop as
The I jternational is shipping large
quantifies of cotton from different por-
fiona of Bed Biver connty to Galveston.
Brenham Banner says that the
od works in that city are complete.
Their cost is some $20,000. Tney can
turn out 180 gallons of oil and 5 OOfl 1h*
of oil cake per day.
— El Paso ie a neat little village of
•bout five hundred inhabitants, with reg-
4^ar, well-shaded streets. The climate
^'Mightfal, the summers and winters
f duration, and ihe Burtons
i it i i - °
Th* Fiactokal Vote of Oeoboia.—Onr telecom
annoni'Cs the vote of tue Presidential Electors ai
Atlanta yesterday. It will bb e«u that th re was a
moat conspicuous lack of u. vjimity in th. ir action.
Of the eleven electors, six voted toi Graz Brown
f.-r Preside..t three for Borsca Greeley, dec.seed
and two for Charles J. J- nk ns. For V.ce Presi
dent toe vote w.s equally divided. Mr Brown re
ceiving five votes, (evidently fr> xu those who dirt
not vote for him for Pr* sideDt,) Gej. Co qoitt live
and Mr. N. P. Banks one vo e.
We confess our sui prise at this result. As there
was no political significance whatever in the vote, it
would Mem that tin re ahould have been ho tack ul
harmony in casting it Had it been cast unanimous
ly for the deceased candidate for President, or for
h s colleague. Mr. Brown it would t least have es
tablished a precedent in such cases ; or bad it
been given as a unit to either oi ihe distimaiished
gentlemen voted lor, it would have been a signal
compliment, woithy of their nratetui acceptance.
.18 iiis, *e can only say that the electoral vote oi
Georgia has been disposed of in a most extraordi-
narv manner. >t is to be regretted that the elec
tors ot Georgia could not ha-e acted as a unit, it for
nothing else than for the sake of precedent.
We clip the above from the Sav nnai
Hews of the 5th inst.
With onr cotemporary of Savanna)'
we felt somewhat surprised at the result
of th© vote or our Electoral College as it
wad announced.
A.s Mr, Greeley was dead and as the
object had in vinw by the Democratic
State Convention in July last, in recom
mending his support as “a choice oi
evils," had utterly failed, it seemed to ns
as eminently proper that, the eh ctofs to
whom the high trnst had been Confided,
by the people of Georgia, should have
cast the vote of tho State, for President,
or some distinguished Democrat, true
to the principles and faith of the party.
Whether the person so selected had been
Georgia’s renowned son, Hon. Charles J.
Jenkins, or ex Senator Buckalew. ot
Pennsylvania, or any other of * like
character was not a question of any
practical importance. But under
the circumstances we did think
that the vote of the State
ought to have been cost for some one of
thatclasB of statesmen to whom we have
referred. We mean the vote for Presi
dent. The vole for Vice President, wf
took it for granted, under the ciroun
stances, would be cast unanimously for
ex-Governor Brown, of Missouri. He
was the man whom a majority of the
people of Georgia had designated as
their choice, nnder the circumstances,
for Vice President. But what strikes us
with most surprise in this election is,
that any votes should have been cast for
Mr. Greeley when it was known that he
was dead.
With all deference to those electors
who thus cast their votes, we take occa
sion to say that we ao not think they
took a right view of their duty nnder the
Constitution. We speak of this now
only as a precedent for the fntnre, and
we do it not only from the importance
of the subject, but from the fact that the
New York World—a, paper which pur
poses to be a Democratic Journal—after
the death of Mr. Greeley, came out
in an article recommending to the
Colleges of Electors in those States
which had gone for the Greeley ticket to
cast their votes blank—tUat is, to vote
for nobody—while other Democratic jour
nals re; ommended that the Electoral votes
of those States should be cast for Mr.
Greeley, though he was known to be
dead.
What we have to say abont it is, that
nnder the Consfitntu n, the electors can
not in the faithful discharge of the :
duty either vote a blank or vote for
man known to be dead at the time. They
are bonnd to vote for some one man for
President, and for «ome other man in
different State for Vice President.
Now, it is npon this point as a prece
deni we take occasion to submit the re
marks we do.
Tnisis the solemn duty of the electors
in each State, and it is one of the wisest
provis’ons of the Constitution against the
contingency of the Government, coming
to an end from the failure to fill these
two higo offices in the manner set forth
in the lundamental law.
No Presidential elector, in our judg
ment, can, without a violation of his
Tlie Mantcijml ulrcUon and the Inde
pendent Candidates.
The excitement over the Municipal
election so lauded with the announce
ment of the results. No similar election
in Atlanta ever called forth so little feel
ing of personal antagonism. While the
friendsof tue regular Democratic ticket,
strove earnestly for its success, there
were no expressions of i'l feeling toward
the independent candidates. They were
opposed opon political gronuds. Each
one of them aie recognized and esteemed
as good citizens. But the Democratic
masses of Atlanta are disposed to say
who shall govern the city, nor need any
ticket look for success outside of the in
dorsement of the De-moi-racv of the city.
Mr. L Stobo Farrow’s candidacy was,
is we stated iwo w» eks ago, a wild mis
take. Ti at be has many friends we
knew to be true. He is also esteemed
by the puolic as an upright and honora
ble citizen. But eveu according to him
these qua.ities and a spotless record as a
Democrat, the single fact that he was the
referred candidate of Colonel Henry P
Farrow, wliise political record since
the war has been so utter Radical;
so at war with the white, a- d so d.-voted
to the negro population, was sufficient in
itself to insure the almost united oppo
sition of the Democracy to his election.
We have f-uth in the patriotism of one
and all of the defeated independent can
didates, to believe that they will join
bands with the excelleut Mavcr and
members of Council elected, and all
other good citzeqs in advancing the
public interests of our city.
11©““Mr. T. fcvoiio Fallow now real
izes the force of the advice which he
would not accept, * at he conlduot carry
i respectable sized Dimocratic vote in
this city. Thefiyht Tiie Sun has matie
upjn Mr. Farrow was not upon personal
urounds—nor have we oiicech* rged him
with Radicalism. But lie should have
nad the good sense to have appreciated
lie impracticability .of his candidacy for
Mayor. He had not. Keen long enougl
a citizen of Atlanta, to asK with goon
grace, the support of her good citizens
for the Mayoialty, ai.d aside Tom this
f>ict, his association with liis brother,
and Mr. George S Thomas, would have
frightened Dim-icrats from bis support,
had ho have resided here from child-
liGod.
Mr. Furrow is personally ft pleasant
and honorable gentleman, but lie need
never expect Democratic support in At
lanta, when his brother supports him
with bis Radical followers. However
bad might, be the “Police Ring,” the
people of Atlanta will not exchange it
for Henry P. Furrow’* Ruiical .ings.
>-0-3
Greeley Mortals.
The last remains of Horace Greeley
now lie in Greenwood Cemetery, to be
disturbed only on the Last Day; and
yet, looking over the past nine nfonths,
the scene can scarce be realized. It
seems but yesterday that the Cincinnati
Convention mrr, and the anxious
throngs at tbe telegraph offices awaited
the succeeding dispatch which swelled
the vote for Greeley until he was placed
in the field, as the representative of the
party there assembled. And how rapid
ly have the intervening incidents oc
curred, that either called forth tbe sar
casm of his foes or the plandits of his
friends.
And yet, the dead man has no ene
mies. All nnite in the generous tribute
to his noble personal worth, and pure
moral manhood 1 The leader of the
host3 he met but a few days since, him
self does revererce to the honored dead,
and the immense throngs that obstructed
the march of the fnneral cortege testified
to the sympathetic heart of the American
people, who, notwithstanding matters of
difference, bare the head and how the
knee as the last remains of the greu
American are borne away 1
How touching and sublime must have
been the faith that, in the fsce of death,
could find utterance in t.be expression—
“ I know that my Redeemer livetb,”
The immortelles of remembrance,
fixed in the hearts of an American peo
ple, will ever be kept green; and wher
ever an American breaths, there will
the genius of Horace Greeley be en
shrined.
The subscription books of The
Son show a gratifying increase of pat
ronage for several weeks oast, for which
the Proprietor and Manager are under
an obligation, which can best be repaid
by furnishing enr readers with a paper
second to none in quality ana variety of
news.
This we shall not fail to do.
We solicit the aid of agents und
iriends everywhere The Sun circulates
(and it has subscriptions in every State
in the Union, as well ns at several post-
offices on the other side ot the Atlantic,)
in increasing its subscription. As a
oewspaper, it shall be folly equal to any
Daily in tbe State.
OuLK niOKPE CWVNTV DEtlOCRAcr
endorsement ot lion. a. a. Ktcpncns for
Senator.
Who says tliai Liberalism means
nothing ? Last Monday Mr. Charles
Sumner, of Massachusetts, submitted a
resolution declaring that national unity
and good will can be assured only
through obliviou ot past difference s, and
tnat therefore all ref- reuce to tbe civil
war be erased from ibe army register and
the regimental colors of the United
Slates.—Courier-Journal.
And he followed up tne above resolu
tion by '-ailing up his iniquitous Civil
Rights Bill. How does the C.-J. stom
ach that?
If it were possible to convert the
cotton crop of the South iuto yarns, and
iu this form ship it, instead of the pres
ent rule of shipping tho raw material, it
would add, so it is said, an increase to
the amount received on the crop of $150,-
000,000 annually.
SHF* The Alabama Legislature mass is
still in chaos. There can hardly be any
doubt, however, that the" President will
recognize the Conservative body; but
our opinion is, that the Legislature, in
stead of appealing to the President for a
doub’ful decision, should at once proceed
to tne impeachment of the recreant Gov
ernor.
J6®“The keeper of a Brooklyn bar
room was surprised the other night by
two men stepping in. and without a word
commenced to fight each other. He tried
stop them, but to no purpose. He tuen
went out after a policeman, and return
ing, found that the combatants had re
tired, and were it not for some blood on
the floor, no traces of the fight conld be
seen. The policeman subsequently ar
rested the pariies, but they wonld neither
speak nor make sigDS.
J65F“ Rev. F. Mil'on Kennedy, editor
of the Southern Christian Advocate, says
the statement that inadvertantly crept
into the columns of an Atlanta journal
that the Advocate has cleared $15,000
within the last year is an exaggerated
conapl ment. The actual amount cleared
is $1,670.
The South Carolina Legislature
has 157 members—33 Senators and 124
Representatives. Of the Senators 8 are
Conservative anu 25 are Republicans,
aud of tho Representatives 23 are Con
servatives and 101 are Republicans. The
Republican majority on the joint ballot
is 95. Of the Senators 16 are colored,
and of tiie Representatives 80 are col
ored.
JSS?*The Greeley-Grant bots are now
in dispute. A rule of the turf i*, that
where there is no chance to win, there
can be no loss. Mr. Greeley having died
before the meeting of the Electoral Col
leges, be could net be a candidate, and
consequently there was no chance to
win.
{^‘Edmund About, declines running
for the French Assembly, os beis about to
att end to his own affairs hereafter,and the
little “ ’bouts ” at homo are all he can
stand. '
J8S?*Tlie Courier Jaw not don’t believe
Sehyler Colfax is the coming man to take
Mr. Greeley’s place on the Ti ibune, on
account oi incompentency. Personal
modesty prevents the editor of the Cour
ier-Journal from printing the name of
the only man in the world competent for
that position.
£5?* Ten different organizations are
said to be in existence in Canada, having
in view annexation to the United States,
and they are all working steadily and
efficiently to this end.
SS^Rev. E. H. Myers, President of
the Wesleyan Female College, appeals
to the eitizens of Macon for $5,000, to
make improvements on the boilding3
and grounds of the College.
£@-Rev. Waikins Hicks will be here
after of Augusta, and not of the Macon-
ites. The people of Macon will miss his
eloquence.
A love-sick editor offered to send
his sweetheart the paper regularly; but
she declined, saying, “ Ma did not allow
her ‘o wear bustles 1”
£3?“ The New York Times, speaking
of the death of its own founder, Ray
mond, and of Bennett and Greeley, says
Raymond was the greatest. Blow your
own bugle 1
&5T" Merriman is now the Senator-»lect
from North Carolina; but it is doubtful,
judging from tha means he usea to be
elected, w-Sthor hois £3 good a man u
Pool.
Duke Gwran has again floated to
the surface, and sold a silver mine for
$1,000,000.
6@*The Arizona swindle, now exer
cising the San Franciscoans, must have
been “diamond cut diamond.”
jS®*Prince Arthur, of Eugland, who
almost did it, has finally concluded to
avoid journalism. Sens ble Prince.
Gen. Sheridan proposes to doable
soon. Winchester, Va., supplies the
lady.
JG^The New York Post asks: “Should
debts be paid?” What a ridiculous ques
tion in this late day of advancement.
B®“Gen. Porter speaks of Grant’s
“transcendent” qualities.
SS* Daniel O’Connell ia to be erected
in St. Louis at a coat of $25,000.
Sa^-Cariyle was 67 on tho 3d.
Lexington, GA.,'Dec. 3d, 1872.
At a meeting of tbe Democratic party
of Oglethorpe county, held to-day in tbe
Court house, George F. Platt, President
of the Democratic Club of said county
presided, and J. T. Olive acted as Secre
tary. •
Upon tne recommendation of a com
mittee of one from each Militia District
of the e unty apoointed to select candi
dates for Connty Commissioner.*, tho
followii g gentlemen were nominated:
B. H Burnett, James Y- uug, George
F. Piatt, Mnldletou W. Jouuson and
Joseph McWhorter.
The following resoluti< n was then of
fered and unanimously adopted :
Resolved, By the Democratic party of
Oglethorpe county, bat we earnestly re
commend our members elect to the
Hons- of Representatives, and our Sen-
tm, Col. Robert Hester, to vote for tbe
H-*n. Alexander H. Stephens for tne
United States Senate, l lus mime should
come before the G- neial Assembly as a
candidate for that office, believing that
he, of all men in Oeoigia, is best suited
co represent tbe people of this State in
that high position, and having the tul-
l -st confidence that if he be elected, he
wih faithfully aud ably discharge the du
ties imposed upon him.
Resolved further, Th>~t we most re-
sptctlu ly submit his name to the Gen
eral Assemi ly as a propper man for their
snfiiages, in tbe election to be had by
that body, for United States Senator
from Georgia.
*• It was then moved and carried that a
copy of tlio proceedings of this meeting
be forwarded to The Atlanta Sun and
the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel,
with , a request that they publish tbe
same. G. F. Platt,
J. T. Olives, Sect’y. Presid’t.
Humorous.
—“Capital” affairs—National loans.
— E*asy things to m ike—mistakes.
— Bismark’s eldest son is a famous
beau in Berlin.
— Cyrus W. Field is suggested for
Minister to Russia.
— Baltimore’s new city hall will cost
$2,5 50,000.
— Indiana leads in insanity and wants
larger asylums.
— When is an army like a ladies skirt?
When it is hemmed.
—The New York Elevated R til way
was made a success by tbe epizootic.
— Railroads have now three gauges—
a broad guage, a narrow guage and a
mortgage.
— The people have “it” in Illinois, aud
they call it “ anthropo-hippo-rluuo-
rhce-i.”
Chicago is to adopt the decimal
plan of numbering strew Is, which is in
vogue at present ic St. Louis aud Phila
delphia.
— Nilsson, not to be bluffed by Amer
ican fires, has been investing in some
more lots in Peoria.
—Du Chaiilu and Stanley have m«t
and talked over fashion and political
gossip in Africa.
—A lemon six inches long and ten in
Circumference has been raised in Du
buque, Iowa.
—A foreign medical tournal remarks
that the most warlike nati- n id modern
fimes is vaccination, because it is always
in arms.
— There were deposited at tbe mint in
Denver during the month of September
6,7261 ounces cf gold, wort in coin
16,164 74.
— An Iowa jury argued half a day over
twenty-five cents in their verdict. At
ter that say that Western men aie care
less of money.
— Aa Indiana youDg lady died recent
ly, but, while they wt re preparing her
body for the coffin, revived long enough
to tell ’hem to crimp her hair.
Last year tourists made Florida a
million dollars richer, and this yea*' the
profits promise to be considerably in
creased.
— A blessed old lady being isaed if
she ever nad her ears pierced by the wail
of distress, said she couldn’t very well
r- member, but she believed it was done
with a fork.
— Cactus has become a dangerous
plant in Californio, it is being made
into false curls, am. there is no i stimuting
the heartaches it will cause.
— The d epest mining of copper in
Chili is at Portazeula mine, which is 810
feet deep; the next deepest mine is the
Mondaca, which is the most productive
of any in Chili.
—It seems to have become an estab
lished tact that farmers wno t-moke in
their barns have an engagement at one
time or another to haul lumber or to put
up new barns.
—Shaki-peare’s birthplace, at Strut
ford-on-Avon, was visited by 1708 pil
grims, oi all nationalities, dnring one
month laBt summer.
—According to a paragraph in the
Paris Temps, derived, it says, from
the best authority, Marshal Ba-
zaine’s trial by court marti-’l v» not likely
to btgin before the 1st of next June, at
the earliest.
—An aiticle is goincr the rounds of
the papers with this suggestive heading
,“Psorosperm8, Nodosities and Grega
rinids—What the Girls Carry about in
their Etherial Chignons.”
— The Ohio and Mississippi road has
red iced the passenger fare on their road
to 3 cents a mile, and its earnings have
been constantly increasing from the day
of the adoption of the reduced tariff.
—Since the invention of the new style
of earring, an addition to domestic noise
Sunday morning, has been made, in the
shape, of “M«.rcy me! where is that
screw driver!”
— The fatigue of the limbs incident to
railway travel is occasioned mainly by
the trembling motion of the floor nnder
tne feet. Invalids will find great relief
by the use of an air cushion for a foot
stool.
— Dollar gold pieces of San Francis
co coinage have been put on the market,
and meet with ready acceptance. They
are of standard value and are a legal
tender, equally with gold, as s-. circulating
medium.
JES- Governor Moses, of South Caro
lina, is low the chief ring-master.
/ CANNOT TELL.
n?„Vt 8a i ng lhro **‘*»Harden p,*
He plue-krd a rose and e » Te to me. *
Aud, blushing, whlspeied in tn\ oar
A y-ord of love, and hope »ud <-'heer
I kn. w my heart ni beating wi?d‘-
I Cinuot tel. ihe reason wt,y "
For he was but scountr. bov' *
And I was but « silly child’
He wrote me letters to the town
And I replied in words of lore. ’
A hope h~ naa forgiven me;
The wr- iig I did I could not see
I never knew such price less jov
I cannot tell the reason why—
I never knew suen pt aut-1 ul re it
As when I loved thst country boy.
To-day I found the rose again,
* meng tbe relics of tho past:
Will it uot bio m afresh ouce more
And bring the happiness of vure ? *
I canm t r- st my m.liii g bead—
I do not know tho reason why—
I wonder if we'll love agaiu,
When I am dead 1 when I am dead r
GKH.M A Y 1 A1.AKJ1ED,
Interview vv.ti. the German Mini..
«t Wa-hlngUn. * t '
From tho New York Herald.
This afternom one of the resident
Mims’ers here called on Baron Sciiozer
at ms invitation, and substantially tha
foil wiug interview took place: J
“ As a movement tor political pro'ec
turn, Baron,” said the caller, “or a mill'
tary seh. me to prevent a surprise on tho
part of Franc., do you regard this sten
of your Government as a wise one ?” H
“That is a diffi-nlt qnestion to an
s ter,” r. plied the Minister. “Iam in'
formed that it is the disturbed condition
of political affairs in France trial, haa
caused our War Minister to issue this
order.”
" Do you legard a war between Ger
many and Fiance as possible?”
“I do. Tne greatest- confusion exists
between tbe Right and Left CeLtfta 0 f
tne National Assembly at Versailles, and
in all probauility President. Thiers uiil
tenner his resignation. Should he do
so, in ruy opinion, an uprising would be
unavoidable, and the cry of ‘revenge up-
«>n Germany 1’ would pervade a’l France.
Tbe Prussian troops having evacuated t
great portion of the frontier territory
we have no assurance for the continu
ance ol peace or the payment of the war
indemnity.”
"Do you think the payment of tha
war indemnity will be an incentive to
France ?”
“I do, ’ said Baron Scblozer; ‘‘bat
i heir principal object will be the recov
ery of Alsac and Lorraine.”
“Speaking of a coalition between
France aud Austria,” said the caller, “is
there auy reason to suppose that Austria
is dissatisfied with the course oi Bis
marck and Lmperor William?”
“Austria umj uot be dissatisfied,” was
tne answer; “bu f hardly think that
affair of Schlewiug Hols’eiu is settled.—
1 u case ot another European war, Austria
would pronaoly side aguust G. rmany,”
“Have you any official infurmaiLn
that j«»ur government apprehends
trou hi ?”.
“I have.” '
"How long bus this state of things
be.-n goiug on?’’
"Since the beginning of the present
session of tha National Assembly at
Paris.”
The interview here terminated, and
Baron Scnlozer’s caller withdrew. The
Baron is understood/to anticipate seri
ous complications abroad, and the is-
tormation he has recieved has set the
whole diplomatic corps of Washington
on edge.
>-♦-*
Matrimonial Infelicity.
An amiable Pennsylvania gentleman,
married to his second wife, lately held a
matrimonial conversation of a peppery
nature with that lady. Inasmuch as her
rhetorical powers were infinitely finer
und more varied than his, she pr. sentlj
scattered the opposing force in dismay.
H was aoout to retire to solitude, there
to to ‘suck the swe ts of sweet philoso
phy,’ when he was suddenly struok by ^
ttm» mental brickbat, popularly kpowc u
as a happy thought. He turned like a I*
trampled worm and informed tne ¥
victorious tram pier that there was j
one thing anyway—she was not 1
nearly so good-looking as his first!
What could a poor aoused creature do
but burst into rivers of tears, and defy
him to the proof ? As there were no
relics of departed beauty about the honse
in the shape of photographs cr preter-
n dural paintings, the desperate man
paused for one humiliating inBoltnt,
when another brickbat c»me at him, and
he was happy. He remembered that an
excellent portrait of bis first had been
deposited in tbe silent tomb. Thither
he rusned ; there he dug with triumph
ant spade, and thence he carried the con
vincing picture. Crushed to earth, his
second rose again, only to confess that
his biood-curdling assertion was too, too j
true.
Morganatic Marriages.
Morganatic marriages are quite com
mon among the princes of German rojs..
lumilies. These are legitimate maH
nages between members of noble fan^ I
lies of women of an inferior condition, I
and which do not confer on toe children
issuing from them a right to the ran*
and title of the fatner. Among thosf j
who have formed such unions in Enrof< 1
may be noted Victor Emannel and
Countess Mirsfiori; Frederick Wilb* 0 .
the Belgians, with the Bar mess 1
Prince Albert ot Prussia, brotner of tK j
Emperor William of Germany, wM I
Countess de Hohemau; Adalbert,
Prussia, with Theresa oe Barnim, 71
Elsler.
— The Galveston News complains of
negro mee insulting ladie- and school
oirisn the Itieehl Of that city.
Rescued from Drowning by a tfo® 7 '
There is a nice little bit of ro:
of the good old-fashioned bind just
to band Miss Matilda Phillips, sister
Adelaide, has lately rescued a yonng 731
from drowning at Genoa. It seems
have been a very urave deed, JL n „*
writing to her sister she says: “ ”* »
great friends ever since, and he
ly do enough tor me. I huve
tiful letters from his mother and slS "
aud I feel so happy to have done a
<hing to bring so much happiness* 0
one.” She speaks of the grat rial y°_ u |
familiarly as Walter, and tho
quences are evident.
—The citizens of Galveston havo* a H|
hold of the Magiuder monument m
ment with an earnestness betoken-
early success. Messrs. Sorley, Hug .
Yard, Fionrnoy, MeLemore, Wai®
und Gen. DeBray constitute the
ing committee.