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THE ATLANTA SUN
TpMmThe Daily Sun of February 161878
~~SiTrJT OFTHBGZORG1A PMBSS.
The Macon Telegraph is pretty severe
upon the intellectual force of the Legis
lature. This article condemning in
strong language, the disposition made of
the Immigration and Direct Trade bills.
It tlunks “there is a vast dilation of in
tellectual force, and a large preponder
ance of Kpmll men" in the General As
sembly, “albeit there are some -well
qualified to adorn any position in our
political system. Bat where ignorance,
coupled with vanity, predominates so
generally, how can leading minds exert
their legitimate influenoe? Each mem
bar feels hire self the peer of his
ciates, and, in many cases, without judg
ment or intellectual grasp, plunges in
uutiiat ret, introduces bills and reaolu
lions without number, attacks the Code
almost in Us every section, and acts ae
though a good government oonsisted in
the multiplicity and complexity of its
laws." It says the questions of Immi
gration and Direct Trade
rapldl j kuamlag a moat tramandaui algnifl
canoe. an€ must be weighed and acted on with de-
melon and liberality. If we would retain onr pr—Uge
aa the .Umpire Slate of the oouib. Without chilled
labor, lacioriea cannot bt eatabllehed, mines worked
and the general manufacturing Interests of the
cotiawy developed and Increased. Nor can our rlr-
gin /meets be felled, and the thousands of acres of
land new growing up In buabes and brambles re-
a tored to cultivation, unless the constantly dimin
ishing supply o> farm h.ndt be recuperated, sad
I mproved, also, by wholesome competition. On this
subject, so fraught with interest, onr State Agricnl
turn! Society, composed of the purest and moat sub
stantial representatives of the commonwealth, has
juat made another emphatic dellvaranoo, though
that body embraces the taxable backbone of the
country, and la more than any other, interested In
radndhg the burdens of the peopla.
The Georgia Home Journal is stroogly
oppoeed to the present lien law of Geor
gia. It claims, we believe justly, that it
“lias well mgh killed already, the goose
which lays the golden egg, and left the
poor geese it has yoked and plucked
■with but a scanty ^showing of pin-feath
ora.”
The Albany News regards the financial
addition of Georgia as being very bad.
It thinks the State credit moat be re
lieved of its “embarrassment," or her cit
izens must foot the bill in the way of di
rect taxation to the tune of nearly two
Hundreaper eenl. over last year’s taxes.
And this burden, the Governor says, the
people are poorly able to bear—many
“would find it impossible to comply with
the demands of the tax gatherer without
parting with their household goods.
The News says it is—
—“ wedded to no partioular scheme for re
lief — In fact we are not prepared to en-
dorae any plan yet submitted for the consideration
mt the legislature. Ur. Nutting Is said to be a suc-
daeaful financier, and that he ia a accesaful bank per
•enter we all know; but we gravely doubt the effi
cacy of hla bill to raise money on baud*. If he had
first rescued the credit ot tbe State, hie measure
would have been a bealty supplement, but while the
taint is upon the state’s faith collaterals piled as
high as Ossa upon Pelion will amount to nothing
available. He will not be able to seU hie bonds
after he gets them, and he will find that the pledge
of the State Iioid’s earnings for their redemption
Will but return to plague the inventors. There ia a
principle i- voiced, and that principle is the very
aoul of capital.**
Tun Eiberton Gazelle thinks if tbe
Bullock o.-nds are fraudulent, and the
State is not legally aud justly boand for
them, not a cent of the money should be
paid, but otherwise, every dol.ar of the
bonds should be paid.
The Covington Enterprise inveighs
nervonsly against the most popular ac
complishment of modern ztatemanship—
that of olli ml corruption. Speaking of
charges of corruption being made by
those in nigh places, the Enterprise re
marks :
A toore of years ago such charges would have
keen too preposterous to receive a serious thought
even from political adversaries of the accused ; but
t ao complete has been the change In the character of
public men that now corruption and bribery appear
to control in all the high places oi the general gov
ernment ; and if strict honesty can he found there
at ail, It is an isolated exoeption instead of the pre-
vai.iug character of those occupying high official
positions.
The Savannah News is still ably and
urgently opposing the bond compromise.
JLk maintains that—
— “If the bonds Ignored by our Legislature for ille-
are evidences of debt at all, they were made
me l>y these who received them at a large discount
Jrorn th- knaves by whom they wi re is.iued in the
same of the State, and by whom they are held by
-.hyiiotheteuon as collateral security lor money ad-
VMneed. The peopla of Georgia are not a party to
the transaction, they had nc. hand in issuing the
bonua. .never received nor expected to receive any
benefit lrcta them, aud are no more liable fur their
payment Ilian are the people of New York. The
laoillty is entirely between the knaves who fraudu
lently issued the bond- ana those who discounted
them. Had they remained in the hands of tee
IWrruer, taey would not now be a burthen to “ inno
cent holders," or throw a shadow upon the credit of
•eorgia. Then. If the rr.i riis „f tbe irausacLon are
■ot to be considered, if it is only rrpadkitien in came
which these respectable New York tankers so much
detest, let them settle the inaiter among tin ms- Ives,
and by a compromise with bullock aud Kimball
aancel these bogus bonds, and thus wipe out the
“stain of repuiUa'iou,’’ and consign to ob.ivion a
■tost Infamous fraud.”
MB.H.M. BUMS8.
The Greenesboro Herald, of Thursday,
states Mr. Burns, the late editor of
that paper, left that town on Taeeday for
hie old home in Alabama. The Ha-aid
adds that Mr. B.’s friends and acquaint
ances will regret to learn that his health
is still feeble and precarious, but the edi
tor expresses the hope that a change of
climate and eoonery will not be without
benefit.
We regret that we did not have the
pleasure of meeting with Mr. Burns ae
he passed through Atlanta, where he
spent but a single night. It is a matter
of regret that the state of onr friends
health drove him from the editorial field
where he waa doing so efficient service in
the cause of truth and correct principles.
In hip brief journalist career, few men
have made a more lasting impression by
an able, manly and dignified conduct ol
his paper.
We sinoerely trust that tbe endear
ments of his old home, the change of
olimate and the renewal of old friend
ships, will have the effect of restoring
onr young friend to his wonted health.
TUB BOSD QUESTION.
OoL Snead’s proposition to the Legis
lature is exciting no little oomment. We
have rarely known the publio mind more
equally divided on a question. On the one
hand General Toombs, Hon. B. H. Hill,
General Banning, Hon. J. H. James and
Hon. W. H. Hull oppose the compro
mise. Ex-Governor Brown, Col. James
Gardner, and Col. John Screven have
written letters favoring the acceptance
of CoL Snead’s proposition. The press
is also much divided on thr quetion.
Col. Snead has acted in a manner
that has won respect for his measure.
His course has been perfectly dignified—
not running into lobbying, or wire
pulling. He submits his proposition
upon its own merits, and does not seem
disposed to t bore the members of the
General Assembly into any recognition of
its merits.
8®** The Ringgold Courier says the
injury to the wheat by the late severe
weather is not so great as was supposed.
The editor states that a considerable
portion as was harrowed in, and that
sown upon level lands, is frozen out,
while that upon hill sides and that was
plowed in, is nearly exempt from it. So
we feel warranted in saying that with
favorable spring seasons, there will be
an average crop made. The area sown
this season over last, is estimated f t
from 25 to 50 per cent.
rmoM JTMKjrs.
■me Harrlfiga ef OK* •# AtlKKU’1 YrafiS
Hcb to m Aihtfii Beauty.
Axsxn 6a., February 13,1879.
Editors Sun:
•« i uv a young bride.
In her beauty and pride;’
Decked oat in her bridal array.
And the (bright flush of Joy mounted high on
her cheek.
And the future looked blooming and gay.
“ Nunc estbibendum, nunc telius pulsan-
da libero peoe." And truly as sang the
lyric bard, it was a time for merriment
and joy; for one of Atlanta’s young men
was to pluck Att en’s fairest flower. It
p^ama hardly neoessary to mention the
names of the parties, Miss Minnie O.
Thomas, of the “ violet-crowned city,”
and Mr. Howard Van Epps of your city;
for their approaching wedding had fur
nished the topic and staple of conversation
for weeks prior to the consummation of
the happy event. At last, the cards,
ominous to certain persons, were issued.
The 12th of February was the occasion
of the celebration of the nuptials. At
tne appointed time, the dashing
equipages, the display of “purple and,
fine linen,” etc., reminded us forcibly and
vividly of Commencement. The wedding,
was duly solemnized at home—the good,
old, aensible style—and was “ full of state
and ancientry.” The quotation, tmn-
scribed at tbe beginning of this article,
is a good instance of the “multnm in
r»rvo,” and truly deecrioes the bride.
We were bo entranced with her wondrons
beauty that we didn’t notice the “ bridal
array.” Even if we had, the names and
the style would have been all “ Sanscrit
and Hebrew—for in such things the
ladies seem to have framed a vernacular
and vocabulary peculiar to them, and
unintelligible to anybody else. But the
lady with whom we wore, and who is
connoisseur in the matter of drees, fashion
and taste, declared, with ecstaoy, “it
perfectly faultless,’’and went on to specie
fy the various articles composing the
bride’s trousseau, with a warm commen
elation on each. Of course, we assented
ana knew it must be so ; but we thought
“such loveliness needed not the foreign
aid of or: ■.rnent” The collation was
really a rt .m he affair ; and while there
was no “Ainllery Punch,” yet there was
an abundance of the “pocula innocentis
Leebii” ; and as Dick Swiveler says, “the
rosy was passed.” Of course, Van Ej
was the happiest of the happy ; and
certainly had reason to be, if ever a man
DEATH OP CHABLB3 LOUIS SAPOLBOS.
Carlo Bonaparte, a Corsican advocate,
had eight children by his wife, Letitia
Ramolino—Joseph, Napoleon, Lncien,
did.
Beauty seems to be indigenous to the
soil of Athens, and the on dil is certain
other young men of Atlanta are looking
longingly in that direction. If such be
the case, and we are authoritatively in
formed it is, we only hope the fates will
be as kind and propitious as they were to
Mr. Van Epps. Hafed.
The Griffin News adorns one of its
local columns with five comic pictures of
so many of the most respectable newspaper
men in the State. If he had inserted
an ass’s head to illustrate that of the
editor of the News, we don’t know but
his gallery of pictures would have been
nearer complete.
The Reporter says Mr. J. Clarence
Stephens, agent for The Atlanta Sun,
spent Sunday in La Grange. “He said
he was on a visit to some relatives, but
it appeared to ns that he was in a fair
way to make some new relatives. He is
a clever fellow and we hope often to see
him in our town.”
itey-Tlie Herald gives quite an extend
ed account of a little game of burglary
attempted in Newnan on Sunday night
last, in which the would-be perpetrators
were caught, confessed and locked up.
-tea?” Matrimony is epidemic in Albany,
and the News says those who escape its
ravages will probably be allowed to linger
an.* languish till Hymen pleases to visit
us with a fresh supply of promethean fire,
JB©® Mrs. Dowe, wile of liev. Caleb
Dowe, rector of St. George’s Church,
Griffin, died on Thursday morning,
Sbe leaves au infant only a week old.
The people of Quitman were
greatly alarmed last week by the death
of a gentleman living near the town by
meningeti?.
8©* The negroes are cutting up each
other with knives. We find many cut
ting scrapes of the soit in exchanges
almost daily.
THE BOND QUESTION
All hope of having any action by the
Legislature in regard to this question
was practically defeated last nigbt. Mr.
Turnbull, of Bants, offeied a resolution
in the Hone© providing for the appoint
ment of a committee of seven from tbe
House, and five from the Senate to con
fer with Gov. Smith on the proposed
compromise, which was read for inlor-
ffialioc.
Mr. Turnbull asked that the rules be
•auspemled in order thvfe be might in
troduce his resolution. Mr. McDaniel,
«f Walton, said it looked to opening the
.qgeat question ot a .bond compromise
wuid h^bttKeted that the Legislature did
have time, at th® heel of the session,
to consider a question of, bo much im-
Dortance. The previous question was
• then celled bg. Mr, Hudson, and leave to
l n trod ace toe resolution was defeated by
a large majorit y.
A I* »*> perhaps, proper that no hurried
•ction should be taken on a question in
volving so much in its scope of thin bond
? heie “ too great a diversity
wt otrtniofain regard to it> The ^
u *> means understood alike
tn n^^****^**- Mora time
822® Mr. W. G. Dewberry, after a long
illness from dropsy, died at his residence
near Griffin, on Thursday last.
According to the Enterprise the
farmers of Newton county are mortgaging
their coming crops for fertilizers.
Louis, Elisa, Pauline, Caroline and
Jerome. Louis married Hortense de
Beauharnais, daugher of Josephine, by
her first husband, in 1802. Charles Louts
Napoleon, the son of Louis and Hortense,
was born at Paris, and in the Tuileries,
April 28, 1808, and as Napoleon, then
Emperor, had recognized Louis as his
successor, in default of direct descend
ants, this son became heir to the throne.
His right to this distinction was ques
tioned at the time; for Hortense was
beautiful, was fond of society that her
husband’s position as Governor of Pied
mont and King of Holland from 1806
enabled her to command; and the child
was said by some to be the Bon of Count
Flahaolt, by others of Admiral VerhneL
He was acknowledged by Louis at
Napoleon’s command, shortly be
fore the former resigned his roy
alty and left his wife. The boy re
mained with Napeleon and his mother,
and shared in the vicisitudes of his uncle’s
career; was baptized by Cardinal Fesch
was one of Napoleon’s suite at his inao
gnration in 1815, and, with his brother,
was then formally declared heir to the
throne by the emperor. After Waterloo
he lived'with his mother in exile, in
Switzerland and Germany; became
citizen of the republic, and devoted him
self to military and scientific studies.
He was denied permission te reside in
France, or to serve in the Frenoh army
in 1830; wsb complicated in an Italian
rebellion that misoarried, and became
heir to his uncle by his elder brother,
Napoleon Lonis’s death, in 1831. He
wrote on military and political themes,
and in behalf of republicanism; mixed
with extremists of various schools, and is
said to have been initiated to the Carbo
nari while planning the unsuccessful
blow he made at Strasbourg in the early
fall of 1836. He was aided in this by
some of the garrison and particularly by
the future Count dePereiguy; but foiled,
was arrested aud banished to this country
by Louis Phillipe. Touching at Rio, he
reached Norfolk in March, 1837,
and for six months resided in or
near to New York. The authorities dif
fer very widely respecting! this period
of his life. Some aver that he reached
New York as we have stated; others that
he went fromfNew York to Rio; some
that ghe led an uproarious life; others
that he was retired, and visited only
Washington Irving and a few equal
oelebrities; He appears to have held no
intercourse with his uncle Jerome and
other relatives at Bordentown, and
hastened to Arenberg, in Switzerland
he witnessed his mother’s death, Octo
ber 3d.
regiments to Sardinia against Austria,
ana, commanding in person at Magenta
and Sollerino. freed Italy from Austrian
rule, aud created the kingdom ruled by
Victor Emanuel. The next >©ar he ena
bled the Parisians to exult ever the cap
ture of Peking, in concert with AeglDh
troops, and the next watered the national
taste for colonies by se.ziug one in Cochi n
China. Victorious in so many wars, he
improved the rebellion in this country to
cooperate with England and Spain for
theoonqceat of Mexico. His allies left
when they found that his purposes were
exclusively French and personal; bat
Marshal Forey succeeded in crowning
the Emperor Maximilian before the
French contingent ware withdrawn, and
while apparently victorious.
While thus oooupied abroad, he pub
lished as his own a history of Johns
Caesar, that is of great value for its ac
cumulation and collection of facta, and
that it is a defence of imperial govern
ment; administered a second exposition,
that waa much more successful than its
09
CBJS WPORII villi:.
Tlic Improvement amt Prosperity of
the Old Town.
There is no village in Georgia to the
observation of the traveler, where a more
decided improvement in business, thrift,
enterprise, than at Crawfordville. The
old steam mill, which was built years
ago by a stock company at a cost
nearly :$15,000, and changing hands at
various times was never profitable
and appreciated until it fell into the
hands of Capt. Frank Holden. This
property to-day goes into a stock com
pany, and will be run and known in the
name of Richards, Legroin & Co. These
gentlemen are originally from Virginia.
Mr. Richards is a brother of the pro
prietors of the Fredrioksburg Store in
Augusta, Ga,, and possesses a full share
of the energy and enterprise which has
marked their prosperity. Mr. Legroin,
formerly a tobacco dealer, has long since
been enaeared to the people of the com
munity by his untiring energy and
perseverence. Capt. Holden will invest
in stock of the Georgia Railroad Com
pany, whose efficient agent he is here,
and by way of parenthesis, it is proper
to remark that it is profitable to corpora
tions to have the services of such men.
He needs u® better recommendation that
to Btate the fact, that in the great
pressure for cars daring the season, not
one car or bale of cotton has been
allowed to remain at the station longer
than forty-eight hours. To-day, A. N.
Mercier, an enterprising merchant, dis
poses of his large store on the public
square to Mr. J. A. Callan, from Wash
ington, Ga. Mr. Mercier came here
about two years ago, and has built up a
large trade. His business last year
reached §50,000, and appears to be in
creasing. In nearly every direction you
can hear the hammer of the mechanic,
and net a week scarcely passes, but you
can hear of the purchase of au unim
proved lot upon which to build a store
house or dwelling. It is tale to predict
tnat thi3 place which is now about
♦ourth in importance on the Georgia
railroad will in a few years take the lead
in enterprise.
The cotton gin manufacturers, Messrs.
J. D. & H. T. Hammock are steadily
progressing and increasing their busi
ness. Their experience as such dates
back to the settlement of tLis beautiful
village. “B.”
Crawfoedyille, Ga., Feb. 14.1873.
Fibeat American Hotel.—During the
heavy rain yesterday morning the alarm
of fire was given, caused by the burning
out of the soot of a chimney at the
American Hotel. No damage was done,
further than causing a turning oat of the
fire companies and numerous citizens.
Commenting on this habit of burning
out chimneys, the Louisville Courier-
Journal very appropriately says, this
practioe is somewhat expensive in large
" —cl&et. Mr. A., or her'neigbbor. Mm. B., finds
her chimney choked with soot, and resolves that on
the first trainy day she will “burn It out” The
rainy day eeanea, and, true to her determination th
good woman rolls a lot of papeM into a large bun
dle, which she pokes np the flue and then touches
off the oombosttble material with a match. A
dense volume of heavy black smoke ruilihe from
the ehimney and settles over thy roofs ot the neigh
boring houses. Somebody on the street sees the
nmole, raises the Sry of “ fire!’’ and runs to the
■ W—* alarm box In the vicinity. The signal is
given, the alarm sounded, aad in a few minates
three eagtnee have raised steam and reached the
place, at an expense at several dollars apieoe, to say
nothing at the wear and tear, together with the
d&unr oi! accident to the ouctuiidi Mud. honwiL
The employment of a sweep at proper Intervals
would avoid aU this, baaidaa saving aalghboring
houses from the possibilities ihatwould result from
widffr ■
a stray spark being bjown by the
window. ' '
into an open
Rev. Db. Mills.—Dr. Mills preached
in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday—his
subject in the forenoon being, “The De
vise of a Nation;” in the evening, “The
Great Day.” Monday ho delivered his
lectnre on “What will he do with it ?” in
the same city. Tbe Jacksonville Union
says that “Rev. Dr. Mills lias for some
time past been filling the duties of the
pastorate of the Newnan street Presbyte
rian church, and his well earned reputa
tion as an orator, a scholar, and as a the
ologican of eminence, will undoubtedly
secure him a crowded auditory,’ -
, We understand; C. S. Clairdy has
moved to Brooks, Station, Savannah,
Griffin and North Alabama Railroad, and
is contracting there for building. He is
one of the best mecliamcs Atlanta ever
had, and no doubt will give entire sat
isfaction anywhere he may go. Success,
Cloudy. *
Chare* Mekrzll is tbe newpostmas-)
ter at CarroH’oo.
jegr A bill for the reorganization of
the Prussian army is almost ready to be
reported to the Chamber of Deputies.
It provides that the term of service shall
be twelve years, three of which must be
in active servioe, four as reserves-,
•4 fiv»M landweh»ft wii i
and
He withdrew to England the next
year, when Louis Philippe complained
to Switzerland cf his complicity in and
statements regarding the Strasbourg
fiasco; republished an essay styled
“Reveries politiques,” under the style
of “Idees Napoleoniennee,” defending
the .Napoleonic theories and rights; and,
accompanied by Count Montholon and
a few others, in August, 1840, made a
descent at Bologne. He carried a trained
eagle to arouse popular enthusiasm; but
he, his followers, and the bird, were
caught, tried, and convicted, and he
was imprisoned in the Fortress of
Ham, intermediate between Paris and
Belgium. Here, despite many ap
peals, he remained nntil 1846, writing
on history, agriculture, pauperism, poli
tics and war; aud then escaped to En
gland via Belgium. When the rebellion
of 1848 occurred he was elected a deputy
to the French Assembly, and entered
that country soon after Louis Phillippe
Aid to England. But, as in Italy and
Switzerland be was said to have asso
ciated with the Carbonari, in England
he took a contrary course, aud has the
credit of having served as a special con
stable to restrain turbulence. The gov
ernment of Lamartine opposing his
presence, it was not without difficulty
that he secured the seat in the assembly
to which he was elected by four depart
ments, and only did so by taking an
oath of ii lelity to the republic. Chosen
President by more than five-sixths of
seven million votes, at the close of the
year, he declared his republicanism
afresh, and then by a policy that concil
iated popular friendship through its fa
vorable action npon industry and na
tional pr.de, and clerical by its support
to the Pope, and that slowly moulded
the army to his purposes, he strengthened
himself for the famons coup d'etat that
has rendered that December memorable.
It needs no description. The Assem
bly were captured and imprisoned; the
press was muzzled; Paris was declared in
a state of siege; opposition was awed by
indiscriminate! shooting; thousands
were shot, and subsequently, tens
of thousands were deported. St. Arnaud,
Persigny, De Morny and Fleuiy, Napo
leon s leading instruments, conquered,
and their victory was immediately af
firmed by a plebiscite in November, 1852,
in which 7,500,000 out of 8,150,000 votes
were given for the conqueror, and he be
came President for ten years.
This step was rapidly followed by
others that gave the peoole more nominal
for less substantial power, and pioneered
the way to the throne. The glories of
the empire were flaunted on every side,
and under the sanction of another
plebiscite, more unanimous than irs pre
decessors, the Prince-President was de
clared Emperor on the first anniversary
of the coup (Teial. A month later he
married Eugenie Montijo, Ccuntes3 de
Teba, a Spanish lady of signal beauty,
and then in her twenty-seventh year.
This step was taken after he had
found it impossible to ally him
self with any ol the royal families,
but was adroitly managed to convey
an impression of his disregard for rank
and adventitious honors. Early in 1854
he involved England with France in a
war against Russia, ostensibly to defend
Turkey, that lasted until 1856. England
was drawn in to defend her Asiatic in
terests, that Napoleon represented as en
dangered by Russian greed. He thereby
gained the influence of British acknowl
edgment and amity, the support won for
furnishing French arms and the material
aid of an enlarged army whose honors he
dispensed, while beguiling the people
from any consideration of their domestic
affairs. He visited England with Euge
nie while the war was in progress, and
received many attentions. Returning,
three attempts were made to assassinate
him before 1858—the International Ex
position of 1855, and tho oirth of his son
in 1.S56, preceding Oraini’a undertaking.
The empire seamed (to prosper * within
and without; and pursuant to a pur
pose indicated m the “Idees,” early in
L859 Napoleon gave the influence ot fcis
predecessor; remodelled and beautified
Pans at an enormous expenditure, and so
that the city streets could be swept by ar
tilery against any future rebellion ; aided
the reopening and augmentation of
a canal between the Indian and Medit
erranean Seas, and eneonn^*ed domes
tic industries. His influence with the
rural population was maintained by
these means, but declined with tbe nr
ban owing to the heavier taxes, auto
cratic rule, and the ^nsual fickleness sf
France. In order to conciliate the op
position, he professedly abandoned per
sonal for constitutional government in
1870. The sop was not successful. Ag
itations continued. Another plebiscite
did not oarry the weight with which it
was commissioned, and personal govern
ment was restored. £ To gild this and re
gain popularity, he seized the nomina
tion of Prinoe Leopold as suoceesor to
Isabella of Spain, and provoked a rap
ture with Prussia, that might have been
avoided when Leopold withdrew his
name. Bat there was sense in the oppo
sition of a German to the Southern
throne, and Napoleon embraoed the op
portunity for the purpose of weakening
Prussian power and silencing domestic
dissensions. He refused to aocept the
withdrawal of Leo[/Old’s name, or to ex
case Prussian diplomacy, and France
was as anxious to oomplete the panisn-
ment she had inflicted npon her con
querors at Waterloo—Russia and Austria
—by adding Prussia as Napoleon him
self. War was almost unanimous iy de
clared in July, 1870, and Napoleon, to
assure victory where defeat most be
ruin, and to reap the fruits of victory
personally, too* command of the arm;
The empress was made regent. The
army was mobilized, and only when this
was attempted was the dishonesty
and rottenness of the administration
known. Military supplies were wanting
arms, transportation and clothing were
deficient—all swallowed in a systematic
thieving that penetrated every class.
The first conflict occurred August 2d. It
was a skirmish in force, and the French
claimed a victory. Within a fortnight
they were discomfited at all points of
Buzaine’s command; the Emperor fled to
McMahon at Sedan, and, before the ir
resistible pressure of the Germans, sur
rendered to King William, and was sent
captive to Wilheimshohe. He remained
there, Eugenie and her son going to Eng
land, until March, 1871, when, peace
ratified and his own dethronement voted
by France, he joined his family at Gam-
den House, Chiselhuist, near London,
and resided there until his death, in a
not aggravated exile. The disease to
which lie succumbed is thoroughly known,
and accounts for many peculiarities of
conduct.
The career of the nephew has
b“en hardly less striking than that
of his great uncle. Both were
substantially self-made. One was a sol
dier, with extraordinary political talents.
The othe>" had more cunning and dexter
ity as a politician, with none of his
uncle’s military genius. Both started
without aid beyond their personal capac
ity, both attained imperial honors, both
convulsed Europe, both died in dis
crowned exile, and each left a son to in
herit no ordinary legacy. Both under
stood French character and how to use
it, both pandered to its worst as well as
to its best phases. The nephew, inferior
to his uncle in some things, was his su
perior in others, and will, a century
hence, stand out the leading character
of his period. His death lessens imme
diate difficulties in France, by postpon
ing rather than removjng them.
all good bye saving she shouldTer
them again and in a few momeau fi
pomes galloped out of sight. An? i
teuty was it spoken, it was the last >
she should ever see home again tl
arrived safely in and had a pleasant •
but said to her friends she feltshL T>
never return alive. Her moths* 7*.**
her death stated that in a v*
Ume after she left the house rii«f hort
sitting by the door sewing, anil .
whitePigeon flew in and around her ^
and out again, that it did the came th^
•even tun«s in succession, and th P n s 8
•way. She said she called her chfi^!!
and told them of the singular anti
th. bi.d ,-d .he »„SSdl,
on. ol Atme’s de.th, and .he’
sorry she had urged her to go **
The evening for the hop arri .^
Yonng men and maidens were mi ’
r.y.d h. their b«t,«*, 5 ^ *
•xcroisee. In the m nntime on* .
friend, having bade her friend goodb!?
was on the way home, driven betiS
those same pomes, teat
trample out her life, but a miu
the village was a steep bill, upon
side grew a fami Qi - M paxch tree.
remarked, “Oh l l tm I nave
gather those peaobee, and how I lu
like to eat one more oe^b from JJ
tree, but I never shajj* He remark
“it wUi be but the worx of a moS
gratify your desire, and you shall
one more peach of that tree.” SoeayinT
he gave the lines into her hands, and
jumping out procured the desired peach
and was returning, when a boy rushed
up the hill screaming and clapping hi*
hands, which so frightened the horses
that kicking through the dashboard
they ran furiously down the hiln Annie
attempted to jump but was plunged
headlong through the dashboard undwi
neath the horses’feet, entangling ha
garments, and at every step, they
crushed her head, tore out her hair
mangling her body until it was pan
recognition.
On tfiey flew. Vain were the attempts
to hinder them in their race, till franti
cally they rushed before the Hotel, and
by the light of tne moon, several gentle-
m«n recognizing the ponies, and guess
ing it to be the body of Annie under
neath the buggy, jumped before them
and stopped them, extricating her from
beneath their feet. They carried her
into tbe hotel, they laid her body upon a
table, sent in quick haste for her family
and physician; but the physician proved
to be of no avail. She was evermore
free from pain. Every one rushed in
wild excitement to the hotel to gaze upon
the lifeless form; olu. men, women and
children lamenting over her terrible fate.
Her young lady friends were there, and
presented a strange spectacle in their gay
attire, peeping around her who was to
have been the life of that party, now 90
coltl in death. It is beyond my power
to describe the feelings of the family or
of him to whom she was dearer than life
itself. Nor would L
Over their grief we will draw a veil of
sacrodness. There was no dancing at
D. that night, but the moon shone on
sympathizingly. She was buried the fol
lowing day in the quiet little cemetery
of D., and all who stood around her
grave realized how shortly and terribly
her presentiment was fulfilled.
Lillian Lorraine.
Present Imcnt.
A True Story of a
Written for The Scn:
Many years ago there lived in a cer
tain State and village, a family bv the
name of S——. At that time the village
of D— was a place of great resort for many j
wealthy persons of the State, their
homes being too unhealthy to remain ia
them during the summer months, and
in those months of their sojourn in the
village, it was one continued scene ol
life and animation. Pa* ties, dances,
tableaux, rides and other amusements,
were entered into with a zest by the
“lads aud lassies” There were many
beautiful ladies in D , but the belle
of them all was Annie S . She had
not a rival amongst them for beau.y,
and her winning manner won her
friends. About six miles distant was
another village, A , (now one of the
most flourishing cities in the South) a
place often frequented by Annie, and
where she contemplated a visit at the
time at which I write. There was to be
a grand hop at the hotel, and each young
lady was busily engaged in p.eparing
for the occasion—all locking forward to
the event with bright anticipations,
Annie was to visit her relatives in A .
and to return the evening of the party to
participate in the dances. There was a
young man in D to whom Annie
had given her affections. He had prom
ised her to take her to A in his bug-
sry. The afternoon appointed, he came
up to her residence happy to wait upon
her.
He rappedjat her door, and seeing she
was not ready, asked if she concluded
not to go. She replied she did not wish
to be thought foolish, but she bad a pre
sentiment that if she went she would nev
er return alive. He did not insist npon
Per going, bat her mother told her sbe
wis not very well, and the drive would
benefit her. She persuaded her to go.
She bade them good bye, and started to
the buggy, but turning around she said :
“Oh! mother I cannot go,” and went
into the house ; but they plead with her
to go ; again she started but returned as
before. Then her mother said she was
displeased with her, she most not act so
foolish, bet fears were groundless, and
MISS JEANIE PATTEKSOX,
From the Richmond Whig.
This accomplished young lady, who is
now quite well known to the readers of
the M'hig, 'tnade her first appearance last
night in Richmond, before quite a large
and fashionable audience, at the Ex
change Hotel. Among those present
were members of both Houses of the
General Assembly, Judges of the Court
of Appeals, statesmen with national
refutation, and a good deal of the beauty
and fashion of tho city and State. While
the whole of the entertainment was a
most gratifying success, “Nothing to
Wear” and the “Caudle Lecture” were
the most attractive features of the pro
gramme, and were greeted with enthusi
astic applause. iMiss Patters m is, be
yond doubt, as gifted a reader as she is
pretty, refined and intelligent, and de
serves, and will no doubt have, a large
house to-night at Virginia Hall. The
circumstances of her family, occasioned
by the results of the war, have brought
her before th e public.
The Carteisville Express says fifteen
new coal cars were rolled out ot the car
laetory in that city, last week, for the
Western & Atlantic Rmiruad, and twelve
more this week.
Kr.vEN oi our solul citizens, of Gaines-
vilio, casi. dly met a lew days ago, and so
hum; w* -e ttiey diametrically that their
weights were ]'.opovj/i, the aggregate of
which was 1,467 lbs, or 210 ft>3 each,
nearly.
Somebody uas t..iu cue Uoiumbns Sun
that some tim a since General John B.
Gordon, U. S. S* uator elc-ot, and Air. C.
Howard purchased the Aiarsbal planta
tion on the Flint l over, a few miles from
Reynolds.
The Enterprise, oi tue 13ui, gives the
following statement about small pox in
Macon: Up to yesterday there has been
only iweuty-two cases at the city small
pcx hospital. Two patients died, six re
covered, and there are now only fourteen
cases there under treatment. In the city
the number of cases is small—not more
than ten, if that irwv.
J6©“ Colonel Nebhut, general traveling
agent of the Atlanta Sun, is in ihe city.
He mny be know by his size. The 8cn
represents the peculiar views of Mr. Ste
phens, and, or that line, is the ablest
paper in the South.—Rome Commercial.
The St. John (N. B.) Globe states
that although no organized body of an
nexationists exists in the Dominion, the
number is very large and rapidly increas
ing. The Globe says leading annexation
ists are about starting a duly paper in
St. John and another in Halifax.
The Governor of Wisconsin, in
his message, recommends the prohibition
of “fairs” at which there is raffling, etc.,
for religious aud benevolent objects, on
the ground that they encourage gam
bling and have a harmless tendency.
Albany, Feb. 17.—Wm. Lowry, J.
Ross Stewart, and Bobt. Hays Mitohell,
kuklux prisoners, were released from the
penitentiary to-day. Fifty of such pris
oners remain.
San Francisco, Feb, 17.—A scouting
party of Modocs burned the house oi
Dennis Orowly. General Gilllem sent a
detachment of troops after them, but
did not overtake them.