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j TJdLJL sou* THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEKENDING DECEMBER 31, 1872. led from i Tho Ik ate add ill A slifl, Otli hist, incv -* 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 tbs: sbnatokship. •i — \ anter,, w on ii v. i. 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. • *-+-* 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. ►-*-« 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—