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THE ATLANTA SUN
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
-—General John A. Dix and Thurlow
Weed drawpscsisns as aoIdicrB of 1811, the latter as
• fifer. rt
—Mi83 Abbie Bontwell, sister of the
Secretary, will sail for Borne, shortly, to perfect
herself In sculptural a.-t.
—Mrs. Governor Hoffman’s handsome
fclack team of horses has been sold to Augustus
Schell, of New York, for $1,200.
—Dr. Livingstone is sixty years old—
hut, as Ulysses remarks, iu Hr. Tennyson's poem,
*• ’Tla not too late to seek a newer world.’’
— An Illinois farmer says he can’t
keep hla two horses out of the neighbom’ pastures
since he named them Wood hull and Clafln.
—Mr. Arthur HalibnrtOD, son of the
well-known “Sam Slick,” Is now Assistant Account
ant General in India, and gets $10,000 a year.
—Bass, the brewer, has given §25,000
to found a free libra-y In tho (own of Derby, En
gland, and has also given $2,600 worth of books.
—Ool. E. H. Taylor, of Frankfort,
Ay., says he was one of the first persons vaccinated
after Jenncr made hla discovery of the process in
1796.
— The Baroness de Samnel, a some
what antiquated extremely wealthy Jewess of Lon
don, s about to marry a young English nobleman
■who Is very poor.
—The Washington Monument was
started In Philadelphia fifty years ago, and Is still to
be raised. The food in trust for this purpose was
1 last year stated at $95,000.
— Old Ben Wade’s daughter, who is
aald to be cne of the handsomest girls in the State
of Ohio, in .engaged to be marriul to a journey
man carpenter in Ashtabula.
—Young Bennett’s income, it is ealeu
lated by a New York paper. Is about $700,000 per
annnm. This will do, it course, hut we had sup.
.posed that the o;d gentleman was really wealthy.
—Thera are six whi e people in Alaska.
They are very neighborly with each other; tho little
matter of 310 miles distance ortho slight incon-
. venience of taking their * bed and board” along,
proving no hindrance to social culture. A day's
<$ut is considered a fashionable call.
—Dr. La Roche, the eminent physi
cian, la dead, in Pniladolphia, ago 77. He wrote
several medical works, and was engaged, during
hla last years, in writing a history of medicine.—
Ho wsb equally gentle, learned, accomplished, and
honorable—a man of talent, worth, and a useful
Ufa.
—A couple married at East Lyme last
Thanksgiving Day had been engaged sh ce 1317. At
the conclusion of this protracted ai d sgonixing
suspense it was found that tho bride bod pl ied
way a whole s*t of front teeth, and tho bridegroom
een forced to conceal tho ravages ot time under a
bedding wig.
—A strange rutpor prevails in Boston,
that lire. Fisk has been threatened with assassina
tion in caso sho persists in employing private coun
sel to labor against Stokes. The fact of tho rumor
reaches ns from Now York, however, and not from
Boston; and it is not impossible that it has been
invented in order to create a prejudice against
Stokes.
— Referring to the will of the late
Edwin Forrest, the Philadelphia Agt remarks,
“that no montion is made in it of Mis. Forrest,
who, wo bohevo, was never divorced from her hus
band, and may assert hor rights as a widow. Thesu,
Pennsylvania, will not materially diminish tho
bequest of the real estate, for in it tho widow has
only a life estate In one-third, and that is bat a
transient interruption of a bequest to a permanent
chanty. In the personal estate, Mrs. Forrest, un
less there has bo -u some obstacle interposed by
voluntary stipulation, will, we snppose havo an ab
solute interest in one-third.”
Christmas morning. Christmas morning.
Wake up, little one;
Icicles the trees adorning
Sparkle in the sun;
All tho hanpy fields are shining
Where the snow-drifts lie;
Every clond its sliver lining
Shows against the sky;
And the morning stars seem hymning
The melodious word,—
Which tho bells repeat in ringing,—
Which the fcliepherd’s heard
In a country far and holy,
When the night was clear,
And tho heavenly planets Blowly
Trembled o’er Judea.
M*by N. Pbescott.
Ha>v to Edit a. Newspaper. »
It were a hopeless task—that of un
dertaking to print a newspaper that
would please everybody. On this ques
tion of the best conduct of a paper, men
differ as materially and as variously, as
on other subjects. Mr. John Smith po
litely enters our sauctum and asks why
it is we do not advocate the annexation
of Kamskatka to the government of the
Uhited States. Mr. John Jones, soon
after Mr. Smith’s departure, enters and is
surprised that we do not recommend the
City Council of Atlanta to compel every
property owner in the city to scrape up
and haul off, every morning, the mud on
the street in front of his residence or
business house. Bev. Mr. Brown chides
us for not recommending that Congress
or the Legislature make swearing a pe
nal offense. Mr. William Moore, a Good
Templar, berates us for admitting into
SH1K1T OP THUS GKOUGIA PKEuS ON
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A Protestant. Co., v. m to lie Established
in Baltimore.
From the Now York Heiald, December 10.
By the steamer Celtic, of the White
Star line, there have been expected since
Saturday three distinguished ladies of
tho Protestant Episcopal Order of the
Sisters of Ai? Saints, or, as they are
sometimes called, from the character of
their mission and labors, "Sisters of the
Poor." The principal of the gentle vis
itors is Sister Helen, who, without doubt,
m consideration of her pure-hearted de
votion and her noble services iu the past,
will be made the Lady Superior of the
new establishment iu this ccnatry. The
two accompanying Sisters are younger
than she, 9
•Ji't- r Helen is a daughter of tho late
Captain Bowden, of the Beyal Navy of
England, and from her first taking of
the veil, in which sho was the third
member of the Order, she has signalized
her modest and unassuming self by acts
of tne most wonderful nature and of the
kindest womanhood. In London her
name has been very well known for some
years, and has more than once been
graced with enthusiastic praise from the
lips of her lady sovereign, Victoria.
. bister Helen followed iu the bloody
path of the Franco-Prussian war, begin
ning at the greri; battle of Saarbruck.
Tne Order of the Sisters of All Saints
baa not been established more tban a
dozen years, being the second one within
the fold of the English Church. It has
thus far, it is believed, bien entirely
supported by the generosity of private
individuals who are interested in its wel
fare. Its principal object is that of min
istering to the sick, and the system of
nursing followed by the Sisters is proba
bly the best and most intelligent ever
used.
A leading Episcopalian minister of
Baltimore, Md., recently wrote to the
Lady Superior of the community in Lon
don, saying that there was a great field
or their labors heie. The present mi-
garation is a result of this incident
l The Celtic sailtd from Liverpool on
fihe 28th of last month, and is somewhat
overdue. The Sisters will pause here
for only a short time, and will then
proceed to their future home in Balti
more, which is already prepared for their
reoep'ion.
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Tht Next Spea&ci,
Editors Atlanta Sun: I nominate Col.
E. F. Hoge, of this city for the important
offioe of Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives in the next Legislature. He
was by far the ablest man among all who-
temporarily occupied the Chair during
the session. He is a rising statesman of
great intellectual power aud rare worth,
and in my judgment, will be without a
peer for ability as a Legislator and as u
presiding officer in the next Legislature.
Ha is eminently fit for this distinction,
dest rving and worthy. I trust this mo-
? raata °f my own accord,
!”*!*** tbe knowledge of Colonel Hoge
adonfJl^ir.H S * ? ’ Wl11 be seeon ded .ana
adopted, and in makinj? it. I have uu
personal ends to subserve. *
t Baldwin.
“ ? h ® ** tra 2edy in the language,
and of the oldest comedies, were both
brought out as a part of the Ohrhmas
festivities of the period.
receives between
00,000 and $700,003 yearly ptofits
•he NewY^rk Herald. Anion lit-
’ y no for the doming Mta
oar columns the advertisement of
drinking . saloon; while some enterpris
ing presiding official of one of the latter
estal lishments is surprised that we fill
oar columns with such stale reading as
the proceedings of the numerous Good
Templar organizations extant.
And so tho contending sentiment is
kept np—each new visitant proposing
some new or change of sentiment, until
the editor finds amusement in reflecting
on the diversity of sentiment he finds
among the readers of his paper. Men
have always differed and always will cn
the many questions of principle or
policy that affect the publio mind and
the public parse.
We beg to say that it is not within the
proper province of a newspaper to nn
deitake to say which is the right or
which the wrong side of every question
that comes before the public. An editor
is but a human being, and as a rule really
knows no more than the readers of tbe
paper about the merits of a question.
Our policy is to give the readers of
The Sun the news, and editorially what
ever additional information we may have
obtained, over that given in our news
columns. If every editor who sets him
self up as a director and a judge of pub
lic sentiment would take the trouble to
overhaul the columns of his back num
bers, in many instances proof would be
found of a lack of judgment that would
canse more modest delivery of opinions.
It is well for the Political Editor of
The Sun to give editorially decided
opinions. He has made, through a long
life-time, American politics his study,
and is capable of giving an opinion de
serving credence. Bat for a writer,
lacking in experience and extraordinary
intelligence, to arrogate unto himself a
knowledge of what will occur or what is
best, m matters on which his readers
have the same data on which to rest their
judgment as himself, we think is simply
a disgusting presumption.
So, dear reader, unless we are guarded
well by facts that will render our posi
tion an unassailable one, we do not and
shall not venture to advise how or what
yoar position shall be on any question.
General A. R. Wi igtif.
The Augusta Constitutionalist contains
a sketch of the life £hd public services
of General Wright,
“Early enlisted in the war as a priyate
in the Confederate Light Guards, Gen.
Wright was soon elected Colonel of his
Regiment, the Third Georgia, and by
his gallantry, military talents and fidelity
to duty, was first promoled Brigadier
General, then Major General in the ser
vice. He served on many sanguinary
fields, and was severely wounded in one
of the bloodiest battles of the war.
“Disabled by his wcunds, General
Wright returned home, and was elected
to the State Senate, and President of the
Senate, serving one term in that high
office. At the close of the war, be be
came a resident of Augusta, while he re
sumed and continued in the active prac
tice of his profession, until his last ill
ness. Of distinguished legal abilities,
and fine oratorial powers, be maintained
a high rank nt the bar, and achieved
marked success as a’lawyer.
“Superadded to bisprofessional labors,
he filled, with much ta ent, tact and
good judgment, the responsible position
of Editor-in-Ohief of the Augusta Chron
icle and Sen'inel, one of the foremost
dailies of tho South. He bad but re
cently Completed an arduous and tri
umphant canvass as Drmocratio candi
date for Congress, in tho Eighth Con
gressional District, during which he
labored incessantly, and made brilliant
find, effective speeches fn every county
in tbe District. His ‘election in October
by a very decisive *£aajority was a splen
did tribute to’his abilities, and proof of
pnblic confidence in his fitness for the
posftidri.
General Wright was a native of Jeffer
son county, Georgia, where he com
menced his professional career and be
came early distinguished by his oratory,
bis legal acumen, and close attention to
professional business. He moved to
Richmond county about fourteen years
ago, and has been, daring that period,
one of the most active and influential
citizens.”
— The first court in the new county
of Pamlico was held at Stonewall, ou
Monday, the 16th instant. Eis Honor
adge Clarke presiding.
Mine. Hardy, foradkty of the
Convent of the Sacred Ht-art, at Ken-
wimkI, near Albany, has been called to
Franue to take charge of the American
Convent in Paris'!
From tho LaGrange Reporter of Dec. 20, 1872.
Alexander . Stephen* for Senator.
To the Editors of the Atlanta Herald:—
America has furnished for the historic
page the names of a few truly great men.
They freshen the historian’s narrative
like the green oasis in the desert. So
it is in the history of every country.—
Daring the best and purest days of all
republics or constitutional monarchies,
the annals of time show a few such names
whose clear and illustrious fame, like
the mountain peak, rests in the sunshine
of glory, while all below are involved in
the darkness of departing years.
Gieece bad her Aristides, her Demos
thenes and her Plato; Rome her Brutus,
her Cicero and her Cato the younger;
England her Pitt, her Fox and her
Bnrke. And it is a noticeable fact that,
with the decay of parity and the decline
of liberty in empire, such names as these
which are household lares for every true
man, fade from the scroll of the chron
icler. So America had her Washington,
her Jefferson and her Franklin; her
Webster,.her Clay and her Calhoun; and
with the visible decay of her Republican
liberty, the horizon of mental vision,
shows to the anxious patriot but one man
whose name may be added to that noble
list of mankind. Most like the yonDger
Cato, yet greater far than he in the ele
ments of statesmanship and eloquence;
it seems, like Cato, he may be tne last of
those illustrious statesmen cf the purest
period of the freest country the world
ever saw. Need I name him ?
Tiie most alarming fact to the friends
of the Federal system of Gov. rimmut as
opposed to the single or consolidated
system, at this stage of our history, is the
weakening of professed Democrats upon
t.ie fundamental tenets of Democracy as
authoritatively expressed by Jefferson.
As long as Democrats are earnesi, maedy
and outspoken, tbe very antagonism be
tween the two systems will result in a
jost equipoise. Alas ! the war of arms,
which Mr. Stephens with all tne elo
quence of his nature, strove to avert by
opposing secession, has given a
fearful advantage to tne advocates of the
Single System iu this conflict of theo
ries. And now when Democrats should
display the greatest heroism iu their
advocacy, t-.ey exhibit only weaK des
pair. This is true of the whole country;
and the patriot looks in vain to the halls
of Congress lor a Democrat who, by the
greatness of his intellect, the purity of
his character, the intensity of iiis zeal
and the extent of his fame can cham
pion the cause of liberty, stem the tide
of despotism and briDg back the
country to its prestine freedom.
In Mr. Stephens, Georgia can furnish
to the cause of liberty such a man. Iu
all the attributes that belong to greatness
he is the greatest living American
Whether as the orator, the statesman,
or the man, he stands pre-emment;
and in every character the clear silvery
light of truth is the soul of his succeis~ ;
As an orator, he is simply wonderful. His
fame as such is as wide as the continent.
Its power, as displayed in his Congres
sional career, compelled the admiration
of every one. When nis shrill, clarion
voice said “Mr. Speaker,” every other
sound was bushed in that turbulent Con
gress, Ti e listless became animated,
the reader laid aside his paper, fciiC
writer his pen, the whisperers forgot
their subjects, and, every ear attent,
heard but the persuasive voice of the
fragilfl Georgian, His reputation as a
statesman is not or.ly American, but
tracs-oceanic. Not too conservative to
ne weak, nor too extreme to bo rash, his
whole history shows a Washington-liko
balance of mind on which every patriot
can rest. It is like th.0 shadow of a
great rock in a weary land. Truth-
fun iamental principle—is the rock on
which be stands and knows no variable
ness or shadow of turning; yet, iu all
questions of policy, consistent witu
truth, no politician is more adroit or
sagacious in popular issues.
Georgia’s position iu ihe iveeat cam
paign was manly, air. Greeley was
forced upon htir, but she repudiated the
failure of the Baltimore platform, aud
re-asseited her faith iu her principles.—
Let her now vindicate her position as
the Empire State of the South by send
ing to the Senate the greatest liviDg
American. This she owes to liberty. In
another article, I desire, with your per
mission, Messrs. Editors, to show how
she owes it to Mr. Stephens,and especial
ly to herself, as it appears at least to
One of the People.
— The Sentinel records the overhaul
ing of that romantic suburb of Raleigh,
Ouerliu. and ihe finding of many axti-
c- M of /(vltn goads.
Fro tho Griffin Dally News, Dec. 2ith.
Not tlie Ulan, ior Senator.
If Mr. Stephens has been correctly reported to us,
by a gentleman who heard his speecn at Atlanta,
Friday night, he is certainly not the man the Geor
gia Legislature should Bend to Washington to repre
sent the people or this State in the United Slates
BUMS.
According to rtir informant, Mr. Stephens said in
that speech, referring to Louisiana, that Grant was
right in sustaining Judge hurell’s decision, which
decision, it will be remembered, overthrew the
State Government of Louisiana by Federal bayonets,
and installed in power the negro usurper, Pinch-
back. Georgia cannot afford to send a supporter of
such a monstrous policy to represent her in the
Senate. She wiU do so at the hazard of lttr own
Stato government, $nd of every attribute of sove
reignty that the oppressions and outrages of tho
party in whose interests Judge Duxeli aud his mas
ter act have Itit her.
The abovo from Ihe Telegraph <£• Messen
ger of Sunday, is hut a fair sample of
the injustice than is being done Mr,
Stephens m various quarters. The
Telegraph o-uld’nt wait to get tbe full
report of what Mr. {Stephens did eay,
but taking the understanding of a gentle
man who beard him, and who very pro
bably misunderstood, the editor hurries
to his sauctam and announces to its
readers that if Mr. ’{Stephens said so and
so, he is not the tnan lor United Seates
Senator. -Now We ask in all candor, is
this fair orflsst? Is it rignt to make an
effort to 'Create a prejudice against Mr.
Stephens, without giving him a fair
hearing ?
Sat ne did not say what ihe Telegraph
was “informed.” Here is a synopsis ol
his language as lonnd in the Atlanta
papers:
W ith tli* s- digressions, said Mr. Stephens, I now
tnrn to the Louisiana troubles, and the reported
interview betbeeo Judge Campbell and Presidsut
Grant yesterday. This interview has given me light
upon the subject which 1 did cot havo before.
From tain it seems test General Urant Has not as
sumed any illegal or unconstitutional Executive
power iu the internal affairs of Louisiana. Ha as
serts he has aathurizeu the employment of .he mil
itary luices there in the enfurc-meut of judicial
process. Tins has greatly relieved my mind. The
trouble in Louisiana seems to have grown aut of
towers claimed under tn- Civil Bights Hul or aomaj
other one of ihe recoustructiou measures, so called.;
Thes- measures. I nerd not assure you, I hold,'
aud ever shall hold, to be u teny unoanmtu-i
tional. But in sccoi dance with the views l’va give*
you. to long as they are h- Id to b- laws, they should '
b- obeyed, as they are expuu,. ed by those clothed
with jud-cnl poweis ovrrth.m No violent *e*w»
»m-e *>'0!-Jd be mails to th-m—they should he aa-
iailed only through the peaceful instrumentalities
oi the Constitution. Nc ear-hlypow-r could ever
make toe say that they are either right, juet.pr Con
s':tatt« aid. [Loud applause.] My mode 61 smil
ing them, however, is not by violence or by forcible
resistance, but by appeals first to tho courts, just
where tho appiallt saems in this case hss been
made. My mode of assailing is In the fornm of
reason and justice, and if General Grant shall
never do anythin" worse than to see that the man
dates and decreos of the Federal judiciary are prop
erly executed in any part of this country, 1 shall
have no quarrel with him. If the Judgo in New Or
leans has made an enormons decision, it is Bubject
to revoreai by the Supreme Court of the United
States. In the meantime my advice to the people of
Louisiana would be to patiently bear tho ills inci
dent to that decision, just as we In Georgia have
borne ills of a much more grievous nature, until
their redempt on, as our has been, shall be effected
by the peaceful workings of the established instru
mentalities of the Constitution.
Mr. Stephens’ position is the same as
that of the leading papers in New Or
leans. The court has decided, and Gen.
Grant proposes to sustain the decision of
the court. Mr. Stephens does not be
lieve tho action in the matter right, bnt
how are they to get at the error except
through the courts? This action is based
upon the reconstruction laws, and which
we must submit to as long as they have
the form of law, and which Mr. Stephens
says “I hold and Sver shall hold to be
utterly unconstitutional.” But, says lie,
“in accordance with the views I've given
yon, so long as they are held to be Jaws,
they should bo obeyed, as they are ex
pounded by those clothed with judicial
powers over them.”
Has not the Telegraph gone a long ways
beyond this? Has it not advised a sud-
mission to and recognition of the recou
struction laws, and not to make further
opposition. The Telegraph was one Of
the wannest supporters of the Cincin
nati movement, which was to put a final
quietus to any agitation of tbe question.
Mr. Stephens' plao is to submit to them
until declared unconstitutional by the
proper forum, the courts. Is it not the
part of every good citizen to submit to
the laws as long as they are on the statute
books, and if he believes them unwar
ranted by the Constitution, to carry them
into the courts lor a proper costitutdon.
Does the lelegraph propose to nullify
the action of Judge Durell under the
reconstruction acts, or if not, in what
way does it propose to get around its ac
tion and the support given him other
than Mr. Stephens proposes ? If this is
Mr. Stephens’ only sin, we see no reason
"why he is not the man for the place.
Obscqnies of bleu. A. ft- Wriglxt.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of
yesterday reached us last night, clad in
the habiliments of mourning for its late
lamented editor, General Ambrose Ban-
some Wright. In addition to the sad
intelligence already printed concerning
this public calamity, we append the final
obsequies copied from that paper :
In less than au hour after the spirit of
General Wright had taken its flight for
the land
“Beyond the river,”
the sad intelligence had reached every
circle iu this city, aud the uniform ex
clamation was: What a loss to his family
—this community, and State !
Tho morning papers were eagerly
sought in order to ascertain the hour ap
pointed for tho funeral services—12:80,
p. m. By high noon vast crowds began
to wend their way to the late residence
of the deceased.
Numbers, both white aud colored,
passed soiemuly around tli6 remains or
the departed chieftain ana statesman,
looking for the last time here, in griet
and in sympathy, upon the face which,
in life, never turned from duty, and in
the icy embraca of death bore the im
press of resignation.
At about 1 o’clock, p. m., the proces
sion having been formed on McIntosh
street, moved off in tho following order:
Sabre Ciiv, Lieut. John W. Clark,
commanding.
City Poli'-e, Chief J. A. Christian,
commanding.
Oglethorpe Infantry, Capt. W- Daniel,
commanding.
Confederate soldiers from various eom-
maudings, under Maj. S. H. Crump.
Clinch Rifles, Lieut. S. H. Rowland,
commending.
Irish "Volunteers, Capt. William Mul-
herin, commanding.
Fire-Department, under command of
Assistant Chief J. J. Moore.
The whole under the command of Maj.
J. V. H. Allen, with Major B. H. Crump
as Aid, furnishing the military escort.
Webb and Social Lodges of‘Masons.
Carriages with the officiating clergy
man, Rev. W. H. Clark, Rector of St.
Paul’s Church.
The hearse with the remains of the de
ceased.
Carriages with pall-beaters—Hon. J.
T. Shewmake, General Kershaw, Hon.
E. H. May, Henry Moore, Esq., Major
J. B. Cumming, Col. Claiborne Snead,
J. C. C. Black, Esq., Alex. Phillips, Esq.,
Captain J. K. Evans, and Patrick Wasn,
Esq.
Carriages with family and relatives of
the deceased.
Members of the Bar of Richmond
county.
City Council of Augusta.
Citizens generally.
Carriages,
At every crossing on the clcloroust way
to the City of the Dead crowds of while
and colored persons assembled to pay
mute respect to one who had fearlessly
aud faithfully illustrated Georgia wher
ever and whenever duty called.
The Sabbath, in its impressive quiet
ude, appeared alitting day for the burial
of our lamented lellow citizen. The sun
shone out in all his splendor, but the
gloom which the General’s death caused,
seemed to rob his rays of their efful-i
genee.
Among ihe distinguished citi^essi
present to pay the last sad tribute to ihe
memory of the deceased, were Governor'
Charles J. Jenkins, Bishop'Qaictard, of
Tennessee; Governor Herschtl V. John
son, General Toombs, General Kershaw',
of South Carolina; W. Hope Hull, ‘Esq.,
Judge Gould, Hon. EE. W. Hilliard,
James Gardner, Esq., 'Judge Gibson,
Judge Hook,-Judge Twiggs, and others
whose names we do not’UdW : recall.
At the grave, the Rev. HV. H. Clarke
concluded the impressive services com
menced at the house. Then the Mtisonic
Brotherhood performed the’last rites ot
*hat noble dlfgauizatioii, ot w hicU the
deceased was an honored member.
Tuese services were, m a ’ melancholy
souse, deeply interesting, aud were, iu
spirit at least, feelingly participated in
by the multitude present.
life whole heart of our community
goes but in tu* most prmound sorrow
for the dead, und in the most earnest
sympathy for the living who are left to
mourn a husband, father and friend.
SUtmiEKK NEWS
Clipped from Exchanges.
KENTUCKY.
—Paducah is to have street cars.
—Henderson complains of high taxes.
—Small-pox has disappeared from Ver
sailles.
—Tee people of Rockcastle have had
the epizootic.
—The Henderson papers' quote water
at 25@50 cents per barrel.
—Covington has a vein of canal coal,
discovered in excavating for a well.
—A party of Logan county hunters
went to the mountains, and the result of
four and a half days hunting was sixteen
deer.
• ALABAMA.
—The Huntsville bar will give an ele
gant dinner to the North Alabama bar
a^ociation, at tho Huntsville Hotel, the
27tn.
—The Cumberland Presbyterian Sun
day School, of Huntsville, will have a
Christmas tree.
—Hon. P. M. Dox, of Huntsville, has
been admitted to practice in the United
States Supreme Court.
—Dick Gilder, Marshal of La Fa-
fayette, is recovering from the wounds
received in a late shooting affray.
— Mrs. S. ET. Fairo, of Mobile, who
was so badly burned Wednesday of last
week, died Friday morning.
— R. H. Bolling has been re-e
as superintendent and Secretary of the
Mobile cotton exchange.
— The steamer Mist, loaded with cot
ton sunk Wednesday night, when about
eighty-five miles above Mobile.
— S. H. Pairo, ex-city attorney of too
bile, has been tried and convicted of ar
son.
— Hilton H. Slater, of Eafanla, had
his gin house with a considerable stock
of cotton burned some days ago.
VIRGINIA.
— There was sleighing in Leesburg on
Wednesday.
— Judge Hunter Marshall has recov
ered from his recent severe attack of ill
ness.
— A colored bigamist by the name of
R. A. Brackston lias been called to ac
count in Fredericsburg.
— The epizoot has not yet ceased zoot-
ing in Fredericksburg and the regions
adjacent.
— A son of Mr. R. H. Banks, of Tap
pahannock, broke his fore arm Thursday,
bv a fall down stairs.
— The sum of $556 was lost a few
days since, on the streets of Fredericks
burg; and also found and restored to the
owner. •
— Senator Lewis has presented in the
Senate the petition of Judge James D
Halyburton, praying for the removal of
his political disabilities.
— The JDisoatch says that Mr. B. H.
Talley, of Charles City county, was
thrown from his buggy on Tuesday
night, and very badly “hurt, especially
about the right side.
ANN IS AND WILLIE'S -
A CHRISTMAS TO EM.
llH
—> A Philadelphia oelle (did anybody
eve* near of * Pmladelpuia gill who
wsuta’i a bell*?) worth $40,000, is to
■wit* Mosbj, of guerilla fain*, Lappy
by becoming Mrs. Meshy.
MISSISSIPPI.
— All hogs found wandering in the
streets of Raymond are seized, sold and
the proceeds paid into the town treasury.
—Natchez must be a very quiet and
orderly place. The police force has been
reduced from sixteen me# to ten.
— Several horses have died of the epi
zootic at Raymond.
-A workman, while digging a well
near Canton, a few days ago, found
bones of a mastadon at a depth of forty-
two feet below the surface. * Tiie cnt^ e
skeleton will be exhumed,
- Postmaster aikl D epttt
Postmaster Briley, of Bolton, Mississippi,
were arrested for robbing the mail, and
held to bail in five thousand each. They
couldn’t give it, aud were sent to prison.
—Grenada has a number of well-de
veloped cases of small-pox.
—The Legislature meet:; on the fiist
Tuesday after the third Monday in Janu
ary.
“The Rev. Mr, Bingham has been in
stalled as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Enterprise.
—The Handsboro Democrat says large
numbers of people from tne sea counties
re emigrating to Texas.
NOETH CAROLINA.
— Tarboro skating rink is in fall blast.
— Supreme Court convenes 6th prox.
— Whitaker has lost one of her citi
zens/ Mr. Dempsey Mayo.
— Mrs. Judge Watts is not dead, but
is improving, says the Southerner.
— The State weekly press generally
announce purpose to suspend for Christ
mas.
“The Newbern papers complain of
Combustibles stored about the city con
trary to law.
— The Kingston Gazelle reports deaths
of two ladies in Pollocksville, Mrs. Hoff
man and Mrs. Heath. ^
— The prize for the prettiest lady at
the Raleigh Methodist Fair was awarded
to an Oxford lady, says the Sentinel.
— Next month, the Rockingham Clip
per will be enlarged to 24 columns, and
will'change its name to the Register.
— The value of real and personal
property in this State is upwards of one
hundred and twenty-three millions of
dohars.
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A 1'omiessec Utile in Italy.
Alf. Hoisely, of the Columbia Herald,
■tvitn characteristic grace, writes the fol
lowing:
“Mis3 Antoinette Polk, daughter »f
the late Col. Andrew J. Polk, of this
cdunty, is now the reigning behe at one
of Italy’s favored places of resort—Mon
za. She is a great favorite of the Princess
Royal Marguerite, and is often a welcome
and cherished guest at th e Royal Palace of
Monza. Miss Polk has a home—Ashwood
Hall—six miles from Columbia,,which is
one of the finest residences in Middle
Tennessee, and situated in a country
which vies in beauty of landscpae and
iertili y of soil, with any in Italy—the
darling of poets and lovers of pleasure.
She has kinswomen and friends here who
are the equals, if not he superiors.' of
Princess Marguerite; and she has, also,
a beau, who now Counts money by the
thousand, and who is, we dare
say, handsomer and smarter than any
of the titled gallants she meets with in
Italy. And yet she prefers Italy to Mau
ry county. She went to Europe soon
alter the war, and has come back only
once—in 1867. we believe—but it is ru
mored that she will soon return. It was
on her broad acres at Asnford that she
leurned the graceful equestrianism which
has so nstouiilitd the pleusuru loving
Italians.”
■Xvras Hie eve bcfoie Christens; “Good „• ,
haeu raid. ’ ooa °^ht"
And Annio aDd Willie had crept into bad
•l’hetawero tears on their pillowa, undteir,;^..
Arid e*ch little bosom was hearinir win. ***
For to-night their sUm lather's commsajf j*
That they should retire precisely at seven
Instead of at eight; lor they troubled him m
With questions unhoared of, than ever h ? 3t9
He had told thorn ho had thought this s'*:
, am, ° “CMptioj.
No such thing aa “Santa Claus” over had k..
And he hoped, after this, he should
hear u ne 7ei Cca
Hovr he scrambled down chimneva win.
. oackjwr, 3 ' Tlth Present,
4nd tnis was the reason that two little head.
So restlessly tossed on their soft, down,?,, *
Eight, nine, and the clock in the steenle ES 0 **'-
Not a word had bten spoken by either til
When Willie's sad face from the blanket di totn
And whiskered. “Dear Annie, is you P*P,
“Why. no brother Willie,” a sweet voicl^- 1 "
“I v* tried in vain, but I can’t shut ml ,/'* 11 ,
For somehow it makes me sorry, becansn :
Dear papa has said there is no 'Santa C'a-i•
Now n-o know that there is, and it can’t hi j
?or ho camo every year before mama died?
But then I’ve been thinking that she
And God would hear everything mama
And perhaps she asked Him to send
here, oan “ CUy,
Wit ye*rl , * a ° k tuU of preseot * h ® brought (Tft
“We.., wtiy tan’t we pay dest as mama did
And ask God to send him with present* aa.M.? 1
11 V more, n thlnki “ g 80 ’ t00 '” And
Four utue feet bounded out on the floor
And four little knees the soft carpet pressed
Atl< hre*Bt > tinr bands were clasped close "to ^
“Now, mUie, you know we must flrnalyv«»
That tho presents we ask for we are sura
You must wait just as t: til, til say ‘Amen •” Ceift :
And by that you will kuo wt 11< tum h„ _
then.” cos,
“Dear Jesus, look down on mybr >t <
And grant us tho favor we aro 8eekinx?o, ° 9 '
I want a wax dolly, a tea set and ring
And au ebony work box teat shuts with a
dear •tasus, and cause him to
That Santa Clauso loves us far better thin
Don t let him get angry and fretful again h *
At dear brother Willie and Annie. Amen
Please, Desus, et SantaTausturn <tn„“.... ..
And bring ua some presents betore It is tie ^
wm. n h^ifi I »K < Iddivo 1110 a nico Iittle artT
a * unners . and all painted
A box fall of tandy, a book and a toy,
Amen, and then, Desus, I'll be a dood boy,"
h(^fta- erSbeiUg 6aded * they roised np tht
ADd thmr b“eds? ^ aBd cheerf “l lagans^
A.nd were soon lost in slumber, both peacefd nd
And s fairies ia dreamland were roamingin
E V 8h 8teSck e te 8 u. dlhen th ° litUa French clock hU
Ere the father had thought of his children tain.
HS 8 S igh mS U °' V t0 hear Aunio ’ s half sa pp^j
And eye.' 866 the Wg teara stanJ in Will,,-,
!! a . har ^ wi ‘b my darlings,” he mentally uid.
And fliould not bare sent them so early to
But then I wos troubled—my feelings found vent
F .r bank stock to day has gone down ten pei cut ’
B *thto tbey ve foreot a11 tUeir troiSei m
And teat I d?nied them the thrice asked fir kia-
But just to make sure, I’ll steal up to their door
Bor I never spoke harsh to them before,” ’
So saying he softly ascended the stairs.
An«t arriv d at tho door to hear both of their
And\muA“ bhMi papa ” drawa forth ‘betistetta
J TaV0 falls sweet on hi.W^
d£hj S ° l d for 8° tteu >” 'aid I* nth*
n0 .LwmKb d ;" Whea a CWld * t0 hlV0 ow *»
•.'ni 1 at ° ne for my harshness, ”he inwardly aid.
i 8w , erln *'' ttl91r Prayers ere I sleep on mj bod."
nrnsd to the stairs and softly went dmm,
rirn. /L ? ®hppar« and silk dressing (tom-
1 Btreet af ’ COit aUd boot6 ' a ad was out in tho
A millionaire facing tho cold driving s'mI
Nor stepped he until he bad bought'everything
tao box full of candy to tht tiny coS-
Tnif/i h ktpt addln » BO much to his store ’
laat tbe \artous presents out numbered ■ score
Aud a ud»rAn ^ d itr 0 tu . r,, r d witu his holiday hud,
stowed! y P iU * ie ' u “
w ? s 8eat0d behind a pino tree,
By the Bids of a ta-tie spread out lor herwa-.t
A w-ork-box well filled iu the centre was laid,’
A so.Xrteuulfo^tiod tyTs,r iC ' K
zjrr™ -aaupfiiiiu «»,•
to see, h Or flea, hocks pleasing
And birds of «
Whilo ' / ' Colors were perched tti thence;
A z. ir' . , UlaUl, > laughing, btottd ud in the to?,
r* ir getttug ready more pi-cSehis to drop.
ty ta e fsthur tbe picture surveyed,
He thought for hm trouble he had amply bees {aid
And ha said to himself, as he brushed off a tear,
I am happier to-uigat thuu I've been for&year,
I ve enjoyed mors true pleasure than over btlore. •
what care I if b*ui; stoc& foils ten per criii.iaote?
Hereafter I'll make it a rule, I believe*
To have Santa Oliuso visit us each Christmas eve;”
So tbiukiug, lie gently extinguished tho light
And tnppod dewn the stairs to retire for tee night.
As soon r.s the beauts of the bright morning sna
l’ut the darkness to flight, and tiie starj.oue ty one,
Four little blue eyes out of sleep opened wide.
Teen at the same moment the preseuts espied;
Then out of their beds they spraug whi a bound,
And tho very gif s prayed ter all of them f-mniL
They laughed and they cried iu their iur.occnt glee,
And shouted for “papa” to come quick and se-s
What presents old Santa Claus brought iu the night,
Just the things they wanted, and leit before light.
"And row,” added Annie, in a voice soft and low,
“ You’ll believe there’s a Santa Claus, p»p», I know;"
While dear little Wihio cl tabled up on hie kieo,
Determined no secret between them should be;
And told, in soit whispers, how Annie hud said
That their dear, blessed mama, to long ago dead,
Used to kneel uown and pray by the aide of her
chair,
Aud that God up in heaven had answered her prayer;
Then we dot up and prayed dett as well u hmd,
And Dod answered our prayers, now wasn’t be
dood?
“I should say that He was, if he sent yon all these.
And knew just what presents my children would
please.
iWell, well, let them think so, the dear little elf,
’Tw"uld bo cruel to teU them I did itmyeelf. , ’>
Blind father, who caused your st, rn hf»rt to relen.
And the hpsty words sttokeu so soon tort-pert?
'TwaB the Being who bade you steal softly up stain.
And made you bis agent to answer their prayers.
Stuffing a Goose.
The follouing contribution on social
cookery is evidently drawn from experi
ence ratcer thaD observation:
A young, innocent, confiding, i 0 "
married goose, is the easiest to be stafieo,
The following is a common process: Soc
had been married aqout a month to a
husband who has been a little fast; bnt
he promises reformation, and startso-i
matrimonially by resolving to settle
down and become a model family ma °' 11
The first few weeks go off well; he speffib
every evening at home with the g°° s , e ’
who imagines there is to be no end
the honeymoon. But one day the kn^
band meets a mend, and that friend
badgers him about tho constraint of Mar
ried life, etc. The husband, afraid e>
beiDg thought henpecked, resolves W
spend that evening at hi; old resort
with his former cronies. Then cornme 3 '
ces the stuffing of the goose.
“I’ve got to go down to the offine t0 '
night, my dear,” says Le, “to see a man
on very important business.” ,
“And leave me all alone ?” pouts £ k ?•
“Bo sorry, my dear, bnt it can c Dt
helped.”
“Can’t I go, too ?” ,
“Oh, it would be hardly worth whnfi''
I’ll not be late'—good bye,” and .
goes, chnckling over the success ot
operation. , .
After this, the goose is stuffed re & l Q C4
ly, aud with growing frequency. . jj-j
night the husband comes home with
breath smelling of Bourbon.
“Medicine for the cholera, my den •
Next he stumbles in drunk.
“Sunstruck, my dear.”
Finally, in most cases, the goose
stuffed to her utmost capacity
and reiuses to absorb any m° re ' ^
then the fires of conjugal contention
liguted, aud then—