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THhj ATLANTA WRRKT.Y S TT N. FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 25 1872.
'I H KjA ILAM'A fat iS
Personal ancl GentrsI,
—AHbtms owes $8,743,000.
John G Ssxe Is amusing ■Wisconsin cities.
—It Is estimated tbst tie expenses of the Centen
nial Exposition will bo $2,600,000 abovo receipts.
One of the best plantations in South Carolina,
aontaiuing 3,000 acres, was sold tor $7,000 recently.
Signor Msncusl.of Naples, whom the brigands
have l"Dg retained a captive, h»B bten liberated.
— An Illinois boy has been fined for hiEslng hla
schoolmistress.
—Bob Anderson, of Colorado, has robbed thirteen
40ICll6fle
Hi —PUnd Tom is fingering the piano ieje for the
amut ement of Detroit audiences.
— Tho list month Is said to have been the coldest
November known in Kentucky for years.
— It is supposed that during the winter 7,000,000
hogs will root their way into barrels.
Tweed’s plctuie was ordered out of the room of
the Supervisors.
i**- Between the years 1P40 «nd 1872, no fever than
f$00 pnblic cflcials of Branco have become at-
nutged.
— Mr. Hart, of Pitatka, Florida, sold $24,000
worth-.f orange s from a nine-acre patch the past
'lir. ilcCosh siys^Ktthere are 20,COO Presbyte
rian congregations iu the world, emhrsctug a popu
lation of at,WiO.OOO.
At a lojent fashicnahle w-idding in New York,
the groom, afier tie ceremony, lilted the bride a
veil and presented her to the clergyman to kiss.
Queen Victoria has contributed f400 for thore-
llef ot the anffereis lroin ihe recent inundation ol
Italy.
—Adelina Patti receives fifty thousand dodars for
two performances a week iu liuesia. and sixteen
hundred dollars a night lor extra performances.
—The Fairbanks’ borrowed live dollars to make
their first scale, and are now worth * 3,000,000. Go
and borrow five dollars, young man.
—Paris journals < mphuticailj deny the rumored
engagement of Mho. Thiers to an American gentle
man.
—Edward a Pollard, of the ‘-Post Cause,” Is now
so seriously ill that no hopes of bis recovery are en
tertained.
—Ihe citizens of Washington Territory, at the re
cent election, voted down 'a proposition to apply to
Congress for admission into ihe Union os a State.
— John Templeton, assisted by Blanche -Gslton,
Tho'cae Whuiiu, May-the-Fay, and several others,
regaled tho people of Jacksonville this week with
seleciionr from English opera.
— Miss Alice Dunning Blnggard-narrowly escaped
serious injury by falling under tbe wheels of a rail*
road car at Chicago- She was rescued by Sir. E. E.
Kidder, the business manager.
— Anthony Trollope has compromlBcd his long
lawsuit with Yr. Tauchnitz, the help" 1 ® publisher,
by accepting from him the sum of £3,0GD. <in his
subsequent writings he is toreceivefrom Mr. Tauch-
nitz a copyright of threo per cent.
—Thcro will be onlv eight members of fhonext
Houso of Jteprcsentadver who have served contin
uously since tbs Thirty-eighth OongreeE—Messrs.
Blaine, Dawes, Hooper, Kelley, Scofield, Gsrfield,
Kldri lgo and Kancaii.
—The tract of land owned by tho Psmnnky tribe
of Indians In King W llliam’s county, Va. embwees
1,460 rcr. s, but only abo.H 7C0 aro arable. They
have one school,one Baptist church,built in 1805. and
three ministers. Every one above the. age of fifteen
years is a member of the church. Tho tribe num
bers eighty-five. Their chief occupations aro fishing
and hunting. They also engage, hut not very large
ly, in the cultivation of the eoiL Th.y elect their
chief, and he holds the office os long as he discharges
his duty faithfully. Thomas Cook is their chitf at
this time.
—A letter received in Baltimore from Hohokus,
tho residence of Mr. Joseph Jefferson, tho comedi
an. uontrad cts the statement copied in the Sun re
cently from tho New York correspondence of an
other journal, about Mr. Jefferson’s eyes onu
health. He is reported in excellent health, spend
ing just now u few days in Boston. Hie mind is not
diseased in any way, and his immediate family were
much distressed at the unwarranted report. It is
stated on perfectly reliable authority that at no time
has Mr. Jefferson had aDy relapse. He could, he
was lately assured by Dr. Brown Sequard, resume
his professional labors within a month, bat of his
own choice he will not return to the stage until
spring.
Jeff. Long in a recent speech at Macon re- Ol Georgia ami ut the whole BoUtll by |
ported,Mr. Stephens aa having said to him, at an putting upon reCOld those troths of |
A UGUaiBna KM).
interview. “You col red men have nothing to do
but keep quiet. The white men all want office—
Le'. them alone and in a little while they will bo
fighting among themselves. Then will be your
eha> ce—slip In.”—.SaccrmoA Republican.
There is about as much truth ia the
above “report” as in the most of the other
“Interviewer’s reports” about the say
ings and doings of “Mr. Stephens,” going
the ronnds of some of the papers just
now. We can hardly suppose that “Jeffi,
Long” ever made such a statement as
that here attributed to him, for ‘‘Mr.
Stephens ” has not seen him since the
war, ard it would be straining proba
bility a little too iar even to suppose
that he would have so expressed himself
before that poriod. A. H. ».
“Veritas.”
From the Dally Colnmbns Ssa, Dec. 14.
We especially commend the commu
nication of “Veritas ’ to the calm, un
prejudiced consideration of our readers.
In addition to the clear reasoning and
able argument of “Veritas,” in his advo
cacy of Mr. Stephens to a seat in the
Uuited States Senate, thq communica
tion comes backed Dy » gentleman of su
perior learning and possessed of tho most
exalted piety. Ho. is no politician or
place-seeker, but writes from the honest
convictions of a splendid intellect and
the emotions of a noble heart. His is a
tribute to worth, genius and purity alike,
appropriate to be valued by both giver
unci receiver. It comes not as the empty
echo of a flatterer of greatness, that tlirif'
may follow fawning, bnt as a just re
ward which truth and patriotism com
mands, and which it is criminal not to
obey.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens and the
C. S. Senatorslilp.
LETTER FRO# NASHVILLE.
The Sunday Law in Tennessee—The
City of Nashville—Tennessee; its Cheer,
ins Prospects, &c.
Nashville, Dec. 14,1872.
The great talk and excitement here
to-day, especially among tho beer-sellers
and ^consumers, is a decision of tho Su
preme Court, made this morning, in re
gard to the sale of beer and wine on San
day. As in your State, there has here
tofore been a prohibitory statute on the
books prohibiting the sale of beer and
wine and other intoxicating drinks on
the Sabbath. In a contested case carried
from a lower to the Supreme Bench by
a dealer of this city on this point, it was,
as above stated, declared not in violation
of the spirit and intent of the law on that
subject. Beer dealers, of whom Ger
mans largely predominate in numbers,
are elated, and feel that nothing more
than their rights have been guaranteed
by this decision. They claim that any
legislation regulating their acts on the
Sabbath any more than oA any other day
of the week, is right, so long as those
acts do not infringe upon the rights ana
privileges of others. It is a matter of
conscience with them, they claim, for
which alone they are individually re
sponsible; that the prohibitory laws
smack so strongly of the days of “blue
lights” and “witchcraft” and other rules
of the dark ages; that it is contended here
in progressive circles that this decision
is a natural stride of tne times,gfully in
keeping with our great maxim: “Excel
sior,” is scarcely a question.
- Nashville this year, has made greater
material progress than for any two years
in the past ten. Large and elegant private
residences have been put up in various
parts of the city, and the preparations
for next year, now going on, are far ahead
. of the past. What is to keep this from
being the finest city in the South is not
. a debatable question. Surrounded as it
»is by the finest country on tne continent,
all things considered, and being now tfie
centre of a great railroad system, to
gether with the solid and Substantial
worth already permanently here, the fa
tore of Nashville is no puzzling enigma.
It now numbers near forty thousand
inhabitants, and with the progressive
and liberal tone of her press and people
it is an easy matter to conjecture the
future. If Tennessee does not, in the
conrse of a few years rise far above her
sister Southern States in material worth
From the Columbus Sun.
Editors Sun: W ill you please allow the
use of your columns to one who lias
never taken any active part in politics,
and who has no interest in the subject
now, except as it relates to the prosperity
and honor of Georgia. Our next Legis
lature will be called upon to elect a
United States Senator, and this election
will have an important influence on the
destiny of the grand old commonwealth.
The great Georgian whose name is ot the
head of this article has claims to this
office of the highest character, and we
believe if the Legislature will but con
sider his eminent qualifications for the
place, it will elect him by a large majori
ty. Some of the leading reasons for his
election to this high trust are the follow
ing, which we hope will be duly consid
ered by the General Assembly of this
State.
1st. What Georgia and the whole South
needs most of all, is to have in the Fed
eral Council—Senate and House—their
ablest, truest and most reliable men—
men who are thorougly acquainted with
tho principles of the government, and
who are attached, devotedly attached, to
these principles; men who can discrimi
nate between bad administration and bad
principles. One of the most mischiev
ous oil Badical usurpations was the dis
abling of the leading men of the South
from holding any office of public trust.
This was bnt tho repetition of the old
wily scheme of the crafty minister who
advised his sovereign to degrade the peo
pie of a province by taking off their
trusted leaders. His advice was given
by taking his sovereign in the garden
and in his presence, cutting off the tops
of the tallest poppies. The “disability r
clause of the XIVth Amendment
(so-called) was of more real injury to
the South than any other of the
abominable reconstruction measures. It
was this which struck down the wisdom,
the statesmanship, the ability and the
integrity of the South. It was this
which denied to Mr. - Stephens and ex-
Governor H. V. Johnson their seats in
the United States Senate to which they
were elected by Georgia in 1866. Now
upon principle and public policy, could
tne Legislature of Georgia do anything
more effectual iu the vindication of the
rights, honor anu dignity of the State,
than to return Mr. Stephens and Gover
nor Johuson to their seats as they be
come vacant, from which they were then
most, wrongfully ejected, now that this
disabilty clause no longer applies to either
of them, and now that they would - no
longer be denied their seats ? On prin
ciple and policy, therefore, the Legisla
ture ought to elect Mr. Stephens now
and Governor Johnson as soon as a va
cancy occurs.
2d. Notwithstanding Mr. Stephens’
physical inconvenience from rheumatism,
he could perform the duties of a Senator
as wen as at any period of his life. His
health was not better than it now is at
any time he was in Congress. It is true
he cannot walk without crutches, and
cannot, in consequence, attend to the ac
tive business in the practice of law; but
the business of a Senator is to keep his
seat and attend to the proceedings of the
body. This is just what would suit him.
He could go to the Senate every dav and
keep his seat just as he does in his daily
labor at home.
He cou'd stand at his desk just as long
as qxight be necessary for ary remarks
he might have to submit, much better
than either Gov. Brownlow or Senator
Morton, if the published reports of their
condition be correct. Mr. Darnell ot
Massachusetts, and Mr. Bay, of Maine,
while in Congress were every day carried
by servants to their seats. They could
not stand or walk even with crutches or
history which will forever preserve their
good name from the infamous charge of
traitor and rebel. If nny one in tbe
State has done the pnblic more service
than he has in this particular, afflicted
as he is and has been, we are not aware
of it. In this way he has made a sup
port for himself, and at the same tim6
served the public. Now, in the Senate
he could make an honorable and com
fortable support for himself, and render
oeihaps even more important service to
the country in the public councils. Most
people will admit, if his course had been
followed in 1860, we should have escaped
many evils.
In our judgment it is one of the high
est duties the Southern States owe to
themselves, in view of the past as well as
the future, to send men to Congress who
are imbued with no sectional feeling, no
sectional prejudice or animosity. Men
who are devoted to tbe principles of the
constitntion, and who, when these are
endangered can speak in language which
will be responded to by t lie frinds of
liberty iu every State, from, Maine to
California; men who really know ^ no
North, no South, no EsvSt, no Wesfc, when
the great principles of the common con
stitution are involved. Iu nothing that
Mr. Stephens has ever said or written,
was there anything of a purely seciiouu.1
feeling. Even in tbe history dc the war
and the Uuited States there ik nothing
of a sectional character; nothing which
not as oordialy endorsed by the
friends of constitutional union
stitutional liberty in New Hampi
Connecticut as fully as in Alabama anu
Georgia.
Our deliberate opinion i- that upon
principles and policy Georgia ought not
to play into the hands of the Radicals by
ignoring or rejecting ai-y of her former
trusted leaders, in whose wisdom, abili
ty snd integrity they still have confi
dence. She could uoj pursue a more
suicidal course. While her people should
be obedifent to the authorities that be,
and offer no resistance to the laws as
constitutionally expounded, yet they
should with firmness maintain their own
principles and true men on any occasion
when they have an opportunity to do so
of their own free choice.
These are some of th6 views which we
think ought to be well considered by the
members of the Legislature and the peo
ple of this State in,selecting a man for
tho Senate of the United States.
Veritas.
A Miserable Widower of “ Better Days
Agon*” Blows bis Braim out in a Mo
ment or Wretchedness and Remorse.
large pirk in Forsyth.
An Appeal to Macon Firemen.
IxV DBEP SORROJT,
auc! con-
hire and
In rilcmorlnm.
Front the Savannah Advertiser.
At a meeting of the members of the
bar olt the fifth circuit of the United
States fpr the Southern district of Geor
gia, held in the United States- Court
Room December 12, 1872, Hon. Thomas
E. Lloyd was called to the chair, and
Andrew Sloan, Esq.. was appointed Sec
retary. Whereupon a committee, con
sisting of George A. Mercer, S. Yates
Levy and Walter S. Cnisholm, Esqs.,
was appointed to prepare suitable reso
lutions, and report them to an adjourned
meeting.
The following resolutions werereported
and unanimously adopted:
The members of this bar having heard
with deep concern and regret of the de
cease oi the Hod, Linton Stephens,
WilliamDougbtrty and J. <Jr-iPppe,f Esq.,
their recent associates in practice, deem
it proper to give some expression to their
leelings, and to this end do resolve as
follows:
1. That in the death of these eminent
genilemeD our profession has sustained
a serious loss, and that we have been de
prived of the influence and example of
those whose merits fully entitled .them
to the high professional position they
severally sustained.
2. That as a token of our sincere res
pect for the memory of the deceased, we
request that these proceedings and reso
lutions be spread upon the minutes of the
court; that they may be published in the
public journals of this city, and that a
copy be transmitted to the families of
the deceased.
Thohas F. Lloyd, Chairman.
Andrew Sloan, Secretary.
These proceedings were conducted in a
most solemn and impressive manner,and
the incident wifi long be remembered by
those who participated. The court was
in most heaity sympathy with the spirit
of the meeting, and so ordered the reso
lutions to be entered upon tbe minutes
as requested.
“So sleep the wise in peaceful rest;
Tueir names in honored memory blest.”
and progress, then all indications at 1 aid “7 sort, Their lower extremities
present aro libels upon history. Geor- were thoroughly paralized, but they were
gia, onr own Empire btate might very
profitably advance her own interest by
watching the steps of the “volunteer
State.” Progress.
Five Pilots Drowned.
Wilmington, N. G., December 13.—
Yesterday forenoon during the gale, five
pilots, named Jas. Btnsel, Thomas W.
Brinkman, John Trant, Robert St.
George and James Sellers, left Smith-
vilJe, thi.tv miles below here, in a pilot-
boat, to board three vessels in the offing.
After getting well out to sea, the pilot-
boat suddenly disappeared and nothing
has been seen of it since. Two of the
three vessels reached the city last night
and reported that they had seen nothing
of the pilots.
Later.—The United States
patter “Seward,” a steam tug, and a pi
lot-boat, after cruising off the coast near
ly all day in search of the missing pilot-
boat, have given up the search as hope
less. No doubt is entertaiued that th6
five pilots all perished.
ranked among the ablest as well as the
most useful members of the house. Mr.
Thad. Stevens is another instance to
which we might refer. It, however, it
should turn out that Mr. A. H. Stephens
on account of phisical infirmities, could
not discharge the uties of Senator we
positively know that he would not con
tinue to hold the office, but would
promptly and cheerfully resign the posi
tion.
3J. Tfiere are two aspects of this case
which may be considered somewhat per
sona] to Mr. Stephens: 1st, to show that
he has not forfeited the Confidence of the
people of Georgia since his election in
1S60 against his wishes at that time.
Should anot 1 erbe elected it might imply
such a forfeiture of public confidence.
I Iu the second place he is dependent on
Revenue his labors of some sort for a livelihood
and support He nas been hard at work
ever since hi3 effliction in writing.
His labors have had a two-fold
object—one a support in an hon
orable way, snd the other the vin-
i dication of the character of the people
CHESTER IN FLAMES.
Losses by tlic Fire Estimated at §150,000
Special Telegram to tfie Charleston News.
Chester, S. C., Sunday, Dec. 15.—A
destructive fire occurred in this town
tbis morning. The stores of Messrs,
Wylie, Roddy & Agurs, of Curtis, of G.
L. Gunhouse & Co., of P. Nail and the
buildings extending to the Dunnovant
House have all been burned.
The loss is roughly estimated at one
hundred anti fifty thousand dollars, which
is partly covered by insurance.
Columbia, S. C., Sunday, Dee. 15.
A disastrous fire broke out iu Chester
at about 2 o’clock this morning, and not
withstanding the exertions of the citi
zens one-half of the business portion of
the town was destroyed. The total loss
is estimated at one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, only half of which is
covered by insurance.
The following are the names of the
sufferers: Wylie, Roddy & Agurs, two
stores; J. E. Curtis & Co., J."L. Gun
house & Co., P. Nail, J. McCaughnn, J.
Burke, J. W. Bothrock, S. C. Kaufman,
Mrs. John Kennedy.
Tbe fire originated in Nail’s store, and
its origin is unknown, but it is supposed
to have been the work of an incendiury,
One whole side of the business portion
of the town is burned. Picket.
Thrilling Incident at a Fire in "VVheel-
inn, Virginia.
Wheeling, West Va., Dec. 13.—A
fire this morning entirely destroyed the
cigar store of Mr. Kuttnauer, on Main
street, and also badly damaged Henry
Daub’s saloon, adjoining. Mrs. Kutt-
nauer threw her baby from the second
story window, but it was caught and
saved. The lady then jumped from, the
window, and was seriously if not fatally
injured. Tbe loss is not known.
—-
—A London paper says that the “Prin
cess Louise is wiser and more practical
than Tennyson’s ‘Lady Ida,’ but shares
the same enlightenment and generous
aspirations.” Tennyson is still a young
man—perhaps he had better try again. '
■ Cincinnati, Deo. 11, 1872.
A smeiue, the attendant circumstances
of which are of a sensational nature, oc
curred in this city about five o’clock yes
terday afternoon.
Tint VICTIM
was an old man, a widower, who lived a
life of almost complete solitude in this
city. His name was Estes Davis. By
occupation, he was a grocer, and trans
acted business on East Fifth street. His
grocery was not a very large ooncern, and
his management of it was so very bad
that his ledger account showed a very
small margin of profit at the end of each
week.
The man was born in New York State
OVER SIXTY YEARS AGO,
and up to about ten years agp was in
affluent circumstances. He was twice
married, and by bis first wife had one
child, a boy named Lewis, who is now
about nineteen years of age. Davis’
second wife died of cholera in this city,
in I860, and her loss affected him great
ly. Since that event he has carried on
the grocery business at 86 East Fiith
street, and "it was in the basement of this
building that he resided. Here he has
existed year after year in as
ABJECT FILTH AND MISERY
as if he were the poorest of the army of
paupers. The room is about eight feet
square, and of about the same height. It
is furnished with a bed, stove, table and
bookcase. In tbis room the man has
spent nearly alibis time, generally alone,
(luring tho six long, weary years that
have elapsed
SINCE HIS WIFE’S DEATH.
Itere he has slept and eaten his meals,
has mended his tattered clothing and
satisfied the cravings of his mind with
such works as Moore’s poems, for he was
of a literary turn of mind and an educa
ted man. Within the last threo years,
however, he has become
DISSATISFIED WITH HIS LOT.
Living in filth and enduring privations
of cold, hunger and sickness, it is not
wonderful that the strange spell that
seemed to labor over the man became
loosened, and he longed for an opportu
nity of breaking its power. But when
this reaction ’n the man’s feelings oc
curred it came too late to avail him.—
He was ragged, dirty, miserable—an
object of abhorance. As he himself
mournfully says,
OLD FRIENDS SHUNNEp HIM,
and expressed surprise upon meeting
him that lie was not dead. In his des
pair he applied for a vacant Consulship
in the Fiji Islands, and his petition was
sigv ed by some of the most prominent
members of the Cincinnati Bar, who had
known him when he was a respectaole
member of society. The application was
denied him, and since that occurrence
he hasbepome mere morbid and retired
in his manner than ever before, and
seemed to hate the world.
THE HORRIBLE FINALE.
Yesterday afternoon, at five o’clock, he
was found by his son lying upon the
miserable bed in the basement, his right
hand clutching in a death grip a *arge-
bored, single-barrelled pistol, and his
brains and life blood forming a pool at
his side, of astonishing size and most
shocking appearance. He bad shot nim
self through the right temple, and the
charge in the pistol was so heavy that it
actually
TORE THE ENTIRE FACE AND HEAD
to pieces, the right eye hangingoutupon
the nose and the left upper jaw hanging
loose, disjointed and bloody, in a moss
sickening manner, upon his neck. In
an old hat lying upon the bookcase the
following papers 'were found and they
sufficiently explain tljp reason of the
suicide: ;
“ Life is Ho longer desirable. The
passing away of personal attractions and
the various changes that have occurred
ail around have isolated all congeniality,
l/here is not a living soul with whom I
can claim any assurance of real friend
ship. I havo written to several persons
at a distance within a year or two, who
were
OLD FRIENDS,
but all, all is ebaged. An old friend said
the other day: “Why, I thought you
were dead,” and passed along. I have
tried to deal honestly, but my .j flairs will
prove that life has been but a burden
for a long time. I regret this, but can
not endure the pressure/ My Spring
Grove Cemetery card of admission, issued
to T. Lewis, was stolen. I want my ex
penses curtailed as much as poossible.
Some documents in an old coat pocket
nnder the counter.
Popular society will bitterly condemn
what I cannot avoid (especially profess
ors of religion) and while I claim no jus
tification, I can only say to popular so
ciety tuat it has a heartless code d ethics
that is mostly superficial. God only ia
the true Judge of my distracted and
broked spirit. Had people been more
considerate, the burden of life (without
detracting from them) had been lighter.
But this lesson will nave but little influ
ence, and uncharitabless for one another
is likely to continue.
THE CORONER
held au inquest upon the remains during
the evening, and the result of his labors
is comprised in the one word, “ Suicide.”
The man was believed to be worth some
money, but this fact will not he deter
mined for several days. $
They Promptly Rtapead.
From the Macon Enterprise.
About eight o’clock Saturday night
Mayor Huff reoeived a dispatch from
Mr. Cabiniss, the Mayor of Forsyth, an
nouncing that a tremendous fire was
raging iu that city, and asked :ior assist
ance, and for one or more fire engines,
if they could be spared. All the alarm
bells in the city were at once put to ring
ing, and the cry of fire startled the whole
city, everybody looking for the first ap
pearance of the flames. The engines
were soon ready for action, when
they were informed that Forsyth was on
fire, and they had been appealed to for
assistance. There was not a man of them
who was not willing to go.
It was finally determined that Young
America’s steamer and Ocmulgee hand
engine should go. These machines,
strongly manned from their respective
companies, and accompanied by the
hose squad and carriage of Defiance,
were soon ready, and were run down to
the depot and were put on he train.
Just as the train was about ready to move
off a second dispatch came, announcing
that the fire was under control, and as
sistance was not needed.
Tbe boys wero exceedingly anxious to
go, but Mayor Huff advised them not,
as twe fire was under control and that
their services, so willingly proffered, was
not necessary. The engines were then
returned to their houses.
The fire broke out Saturday evening
just as the Macon bound train was leav
ing, in the Southern portion of the town
originating from a stove pipe in the
office of Wilder & Son, burning tbe
wnole block, including the dwelling, oc
cupied by Rev. D. J. Myrick, pastor of
the Methodist church. The wind was
very high from the South, blowing the
flames in the direction of Pye’s Hotel,
burning that whole block to the new
brick building of W. H. Heads. On
reaching that, the flames were gotten
under control. Only Head’s building
was saved of Pye’s block.
THE LOSS.
The loss is estimated at $75,000, only
$25,000 of which was covered by insu
rance. Pye’s bank, the grocery and dry
goods store of L. Gresham, the Post
office, express office, Pye Bouse, Stern’s
confectionary, Wilder & McGinly, and
Mrs. Switzer’s millinery stores were all
consumed.
WAiucu an tliey Were.
“Young ladies of the time of Edward
IV.,” says arecent writer, “ were brought
up with greater strictness than their de
scendants under Victoria. Mammas in
those days kept their daughters a greater
part ot the day at hard work, exacted
almost slavish difference from them, and
even, as an able antiquarian states,
counted upon their earnings. After they
had attained a certain age, it was i be
custom for the young of both sexes to be
sent to the houses of powerful nobles to
finish their education by learning man
ners, and thus a noble lady was often sur
rounded by a bevy oi fair faces from the
owners of which she did not scruple to
receive payment for their living.
“Let us follow a lady of gentle blood
through her occupations of a day. She
rises early—at seven or half-past—listens
to matins and then dresses; breakfast
follows, and this is her costume; a silk
gown, richly embroidered with fur, open
from the neck to the waist in front, and
having a turn-over collar of a darker
color; a broad girdle with a rich, gold
clasp; skirts so long as to oblige the
wearer to carry them over the arm;shoes
long and pointed; a gold chain round the
neck; and, to crown all the steeple-cap,
with its pendent gossimer vail; after re-
gailing herself with boiled beef and beer,
she will, possibly, if religiously inclined,
go to chapel; if not, to the garden, and
weave garlands. This occupation, en
livened by gossip with her friends, will
take her until noon, when dinuer is
served, after which an hour or so will be
spent with the distaff or the spin
ning wheel. At six o’clock supper
is served, after which, perhaps,
f >llow games at- cards or dice, or
possibly, a dance. Of the latter onr
yonng lady is extremely fond, and has
been known, once or twice, when agree
able company was in the house, to com
mence dancing after dinner and to con-
tiuue until supper, when, after a short
respite, she began again. She has grown
i red oi the old carole, and now dotes
upon those merry jigs imported from
France. Later od, another meal is
served, called the rere-supper or ban
quet, after which she may drink a glass
of warmed ale or a cup of wine, if she
be so inclined, and then retire tor the
night. Another day, in tbe proper sea
son, she may go a-hawking, or ride on
horseback, or bunt the stag, or shoot
rabtits with bow and arrows, or witness
bear-baiting, or some other such refined
amusement. j
“Young ladies of this age are caution
ed by a M. de Montaiglon, who appears
to have been somewhat of a poet and a
social reformer, against being too quick
to fall in lave, from talking scandal, from
drinking too much wine, and from chat
tering at table. They are enjoined to
practice habits of industry, to respect
the aged, to refrain from quarrels, and,
above all, never to allow gentlemen to
kiss them in secret!”
S*a la myeong to-night, and bri«f aa >a.i
For my long Buffering heart is fit!« v
0 what I will, tho one glad noh l V^ reak;
1 cannot, cannot wake, te 1 hxd
Grief, that for many and manv a
I haro repressed, though cdt
n P on me on wave at
And will not be denied. ’ 18t ’
T ^^ nb Jl t "i- fl8ar98 win wise upon
And float before my sight, whatever I do-
Future one, d °’
Ana that is tearful too i
Chamber? Journal.
European Gossip.
Old Clrurlcston Printers.
The Courier notes two venerable print
ers living in Charleston, neither of whom
are at present working at the case. The
senior of the two is Mr. E. Miller,
who was born in April, 1785, being now
in liis 88th year. He was foreman of the
Courier office in 1807. The junior is
Mr. John C. Hoff, who was born in
March, 1795, and is now in his 77th
year, and worked j?t the Courier office as
a journeyman in 1818. The former will
be remembered all over the South as the
publisher of “Miller’s Almanac” for
many years. He is at present quite
feeble, and confined to his room, yet in
-tne full possession of his laculties. The
Masonic Grand Lodge of South Carolina,
in session at Charleston during the pres
ent week, appointed a special committee
to visit this venerable member of the
Tiic Georgia. “Alligator cnililren.’'
The Savannah News states that among
the inquiries with reference to the exhi
bition of novelties at the approaching
Fair in that city, is a proposition from a
gentleman in Stockton, Clinch county,
if a suitable place on tho ground can be
procured, to exhibit the three children,
(now grown) of a poor family residing in
that section, known as the Alligator
Children, on account of their exterral
resemblance to that amphibious creature.
The first child hasascaley skin and when
lying down her actions are very similar
to those of an alligator. ■ The other two
are not so distinctly marked, yet aie sim
ilar in appearance and actions to their
sister. They walk with difficulty;«their
usual style of locomotion is crawling,
but when erect they walk upon the tips
of their toes. Their natural position is a
recumbent one, and in that are they only
at ease. The parents of these singular
children are very destitute, but to their
credit, be it said, refuted an offer of $10,-
000 from a showman to take them North
for exhibiton.
^ —Tho Christian Church at Lynchburg,
Va., uses in sacramental service a wine-
,, , , . — j cup which once belonged to George
Masonic craft, who has attained to dig-J Washington. It is the only “sangrael”
nity of Past Grand Master. J i n the country.
. Baron James de Rothschild
in his last moments, expressed a desiro
to dovote the interest of i,000,000 francs
to the foundation of a charity in aid of
indigent families of Paris, without dis
tinction of religion, for the naymeut of
their rents. The heirs of tho deceased
with tho view of not delaying the execu
tion of their father’s intentions, have
just placed the revenue in question at
the disposal of the Bureaux de Bienfais-
sance.
— The St. Petersburg correspondent
of theManchester Guardian says: “Let
ters from the Caucasus report that the
attempted cultivation of tea at Soukhoum
Kaleh (a port on the Eastern shore of the
Black Sea, a little to the North of p 0 til
is a decid ed success. Many of the plants
have not merely supported the winter
without any apparent injury, but have
actually obtained a height comparatively
rare, even in Cnina. The Caucasus is
thus developing simultaneously three new
branches of industry—the growing of
tobacco, the making of cheese and the '
cultivation of tea; and should any one of
the three prove as successful as it is ex
pected to do, it will undoubtedly open a
source of very considerable profit.”
—A lad of fifteen has just committed
suicide at Porcneres, Basse-Alps, under
straage circumstance. He was out driv
ing a cart, drawn by a donkey, and,,
owing to the late heavy rains, the roads
were so cut up that the vehicle stuck in
the heavy soil. As this animal was un
able to extricate it, the boy, iu despair,
took a cord off the harness and hanged
himself to an adjoining mulberry-treo.
He was discovered shortly after, bnt the
ancient riJiculous notion that a corpse
must not be touched until the agents of
justice are present, prevented any at
tempt at saving him, and he huDg there
all the afternoon. In < act, the conntry
people were in tho act of lighting fires to
watch the body all night, when a pro
prietor of the neighborhood, somewhat
more enlightened, arrived and cut the
body down, and had the corpse removed.
—The London newspapers mention the
last incident of the police meeting. The
men recently discharged expressed, it
appears, without reserve “their deep re
gret for the grave infraction ol duty
which led to their dismissal.” In peti
tions addressed to the Commissioner
they urged that they acted without pre
meditation and were entirely misted.
The Commissioner believed that, witii-
out fear of being misunderstood, he
could frankly accept this view of their
conduct, and fie believed their regret to
be wholly sincere. He accordingly di
rected that the men be reappointed, but
they will not escape without punishment.
Each man is to be placed in the class be
low that in which he previously served,
and the sergeants and men in the lowest
filass are to be fined a week’s pay and to
be placed at the bottom of the list. They
have to be formally readmitted, and to be
resworn by the existing regulations, and
it is expressly stipulated that, for the fu
ture, meetings of the police can only be
held by the permission of the Commis
sioner.
A letter from Queenstown to the Lon
don Times contains the following state
ment: Tne steamship City of Brooklyn,
on returning to this port in a disabled
condition, passed, on the 21st Novem
ber, in latitude 50 deg. 58 ruin, north,
225 miles west of Fastnet, the ship Mont
Blanc, apparently American built, and
of about 700 *ons register, abandoned
and waterlogged, with loss of bulwarks,
&c. As this abandoned ship is drifting
about in the direct track of homeward
and outward bound ships, it is respect
fully suggested that the government
should send one of Her Majesty’s ships
of war to search for and tow the Mont
Blank close in to the Irish coast, or blow
up the wreck, aud thus prevent the pos
sibility of what would be a terriblo ca
lamity, shoald ai y of tbe Atlantic-going
steamers or ships come into collision
with the Mont Blanc in her present con
dition on a aark night in one of the gales
of wind now prevailing on the Atlantic.
We may add, continues theuTtmes, that,
from the fact of no signal of d.stress be
ing visible on the Mont Blanc, it is hoped
and believed that the crew may have
been taken off the wreck by the master
oi some passing steamer or ship.
Chinese Testimony in California.
In the case of the People vs. McGuire
appealed from the County Court in San
Francisco,the Supreme Court has just de
cided that tae testimony of a Chinese or
Mongolian witness is not admissible,
under existing law, against a white per
son. The testimony of a Cinese witness
bad been admitted by the County Court,
in disregard of an opinion of the Su
preme Court that our statute prohibit
ing such testimony was not repugnant
to tho Fourteenth Amendment to the
National Constitution. In view of tne
fact tbat tho Codes, which go into effect
in January next, repeal all laws disquali
fying Chinese testimony, the Supremo
Court decline to reconsider that opinion;
but insist that if an incorrect decision
was reached in the case, it would not
justify an Inferior Court in setting it
aside or disregarding it. “Until rever
sed or modified by this Court, its deci
sions must be accepted by all inferior
tribunals.” As the Supreme Court is
now constituted, it would doubtless rule
the admissibility of Chinese testimony
did the Codes not render such ruling
unnecessary.
—The management of the Nashville
and Chattanooga roads have determined
to commence the construction of the
Huntingdon & Jackson branch road early
in the spring, that it may be speedily
ouilt during the summer, and made
ready for operation next fall in ume lor
the winter business, which will bo large.
The management have proposed to the
company interested in the ouilding of the
proposed line from Huntingdon toFulton,
a distance of about 91 miles, that if it
will grade the road, the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad Company will iron
it and supply the rolling stock nectssary
for its successful operation. Tho coun
try through which the road will pass
i eing gently undulating, if not nearly
level, no heavy grading will be required.