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■ ■Th# llrht »t boms I Mow or1*h« It
Wban ST*ntD« ahndm around us tali;
Ago from lha lattios tar It glaaaas.
To iots. and rant, and comfort all.
’•When wearied with the tills of da,,
Atul Strife for a lory, gold or feme.
Bow sweat to aaek lha quiet way.
When lor mg Ups will lisp our name.
•■When through the dark and storm, night,
Tna wayward wanderer homeward hies.
How rbearing Is the twinkling light
Which through the turret gloom ho sptso f
"It Is tha light of boms. Ha feala
mat loving hearta will great him thorn.
And softly through his bosom steals
1 Ua jo, and toes mat banish core.
"Tbs light at some I How atii. and sweat
It pa*pa from ,oodar cottage door —
The wear, wanderer to greet.
W ben tha rough lulls of on, ore o'er,
"had la tha eool that does not know
Ilia blessings that Us haems .mpert
Tbs rheerfnl hopes and )o,a that low
And lighten np the haavieat heart.**
T HE
WEEKLY
SUN.
VOL 3, NO.411
ATLANTA, GA,. TUESDAY, MAltOH 4, 1873.
WHOUSli-
N U M b E ti l^t*/
CHAT WITH STATIC PAPCM.
A XBoito wonutn, in Decatur eounty,
on last Saturday morning took an axe
and struck her sleeping husband a terri
ble blow on the shoulder, but not killing
him, be called her father also asleep in
the room, when tha tamale demon turned
and deait her father a blow whieh killed
him iuetanUy. She then returned to her
hnahand and dealt him auotber blow,
this time on the ride of the head, whieh
was thought sufficient to kill him, but up
to the time of our information, he stil
lived, though mortally wounded.
The 22nd was celebrated by the Thom
aaville Cornet Band.
Mu Joseph Sewahd is the new post
mantcr at Thomssville.
The editor of tbo Valdosta 'rimes bos
been presented with two turnips 21 1
inches in circumference.
Berrien Superior Court convened on
Monday, Feb. 14th, Judge Hansell pre
siding, with the same marked abilitv
that characterized his former terms on
the bench. Col. B. G. Mitchell Solici
tor General.
A negro was sentenced to two years of
penitentiary life.
In Berrien county, recently, Mrs. Gri
ner cried in bei ninety-seventh year,
Mrs. Mary McCraney died last fall in her
ninety-sixth year. Mrs. Lindsey, wno
is Mill living, will be ninety-nine the
Dili of next April. Their respective
ages are vouched for by several reepon
aible men of that county.
Uawkinsviile has a string band and
the price of cat-gut appreciates; and the
.same town is to have a new two-story
Click hotel. *
Dr. Wills preaches at Madison to
day.
Mr. S tuiuel Pennington, an old and
respected citizen of Morgan county,
died the other day, in the 73d year of his
age.
Rev. K. C. Foute, who, for several
months past, has been acting as pastov
of St. Marks' Episcopal Church, at Dal
ton, has left for Savannah, having been
called to the pastoral charge of the
church in that city.
Mrs. Higgins, an old and respected
lady of Dalton, is dead.
“Dr.” Webster still roams at large.
The Courier states that the foundries
and rolling mills at Borne have all re
sumed work, and the busy snort of the
steam pipes are ringing out as cheery as
ever; and says: They are the great
throbbings of the heart of our prosper
ity, and we are always glad to hear them
sending out a healthy beat. We are
happy to learn that no considerable dam
age was done the manufactories, and be
yond the temporary suspension of their
work, it can all in a few days be recov
ered.
The new and splendid steamer Mag
nolia made its first trip from Borne to
Cedar Bluff, on Thursday last
Eyeby day or so we see notices of
Georgians returning from the West to
remain in our good old State till life’s
end.
Gardening is going on briskly abont
Albany.
The News states that Dr. Boring’s
health is so much i’UDairau that he is
compelled to give up the pastorate of the
Methodist Church in Albany.
The Newnan Hera d says it is highly
prouuble that a meeting of the citizens
ot this oounty will be held Tuesday, sale
day, to give expression to their views on
the bond question. That paper thinks
it is of great importance that the msaeca,
those who pay the taxes, should speak in
unmistakable tones.
The Talbotton standard states that
Mr. R. H. Bulioel, a lawyer of Flint
Hill, Talbot county, tried to kill him
self, a few uays ago. oy cutting bis tnroat
sud htaoblognimwrit la the breast. Hr
was louod is the woods inseurible, and
his condition is fiili emio*L The act
vw committed in a fit of delirium tr»-
ui 'Lo. Mr. Bulio oh was a candidate for
the Legislature a our last election.
Talbot Superior Court will o nvene on
Monday, 10»h mM. The Standaid says
the dockets are 1 ulL
Au honest, industrious and energetio
young man wuo understands the pirat
ing business tolerably well, can get a sit
uation at the Newuau Dispatch office by
making early application.
A/'JMJT or Tam GEORGIA PERMS.
In an article on the “ Assumption
of State Debts by Congress,” the Au
gusta Constitutionalist discusses the
proposition that Congress shall as
sume the debts of the Southern States.
It thinks the proposition looks like a
preconcerted Wall street speculation,
and that the capitalists of the North
could buy up the bonds, thus to be re
deemed, if they have uot already done
so, and the profit would enure to
them—not to the Southern people,
who must eventually pay them. The
Constitutionalist assumes this posi
tion :
The proporition now is virtually to
bind the Southern States to submit to
any amount and to any form of taxation
that its imperial creditors might see
proper to impose. The Constitution be
ing violated on the plea of relieving the
South, on what plea oouid the assenting
people of the South protest against
another special tax on raw cotton or other
Southern product, levied to pey into the
United States Treasury, the amount paid
on Southern State debts ?
Southern property and industry cannot
hope to escape tax as for the payment of
Southern State debts. Sooner or later
ihev mast be paid, and the authority of
taxiug to raise the money should never
r>e surrendered to on alien power. It
should be retained by the people who are
to pay the dents.
The Griffin News still opposes the
bond compromise. It thinks “ the
compromise.
State is more bound to compromise
this debt of Mr. Kimball’s, than thou
sands of others he owes in Atlanta
and elsewhere. Concludes the News:
The indorred railroad bonds are ille-
8*1. but the holders want a chance to
complete the road and get the State to
indorse the fall amount of the bonds, and
take up the illegal issues now out We
have no use for the roads, none ot the
conditions of State aid have been com
plied with, and the State has settled the
question, we are satisfied it should re
main settled forever.
The Lawrenceville Herald favors
the repeal of the usury laws. It be
lieves
— that a man has the same right to put
a price upod bis horse or his lands. This
is the theory—the practice has only been
on the other ride, and we can form •
more correct conclusion .a* to the pro
priety of the repeal then we seeiteprac
tical working.
The Albany Central City con
demns too much legislation—thinks
that much of the local legislation
done might be submitted “to the
control of the parties interested, and
who can only be familiar with their
merits.” It thinks
— tue fewer the laws, provided they are
sufficient to meet the demands of justice,
the easier it is to understand them, and
the greater protection do they afford,
while a multiplicity, only tends to con
fusion and the encouragement of rascali
ty, lawlessness and corruption
The Georgia Home Journal has
this to say of the bond question:
So far as we are concerned, we think a
Legislature whose aggregate intelligence
and integrity, are not adequate to the
solution of any and every question which
comes beforo them, without outside coun
sel and dictation, ought to be prorogued,
and abide in Jericho until their beard is
grown. As these bonds were issued by
a government foisted upon the people of
Georgia under Federal dictation, we hold
with Mr. B. H. Hill, that if anybody »
responsible for their liquidation it is the
General Government. This w. s the posi
tion of Mr. Webster in the U. 8. Senate
in regard to what wera termed the
“Florida faith-bonds.” Georgia, under
the rule of Bullock was not permitted to
exercise the prerogatives of a S ate; her
acts therefore were simply those of a
minor. As to what is policy in the case,
that is a different question. We here
take occasion to say, that the brief and
clear letter of Mr. W. Hope Hull, we
think, unanswerable.
The Union and Recorder wants to
know what has become of Mr. Snead,
and asks “where are those Hebrew
Children, the Bankers and Brokers
in New York, London aud Frank
fort, who purchased Bullock’s fraud
ulent and bogus bonds on specula
tion?’’ The same paper finishes its
inquiries as follows:
Hhtc i bey given up the expectation «*f
anheomig throe fraudulent ouums against
Georgia? Or have they ouly let go to
get a better hold, and do they intend to
speuU the time between now and the
nest meeting of the Legislature,by op* r-
atiog through their ageuts to A* the leg
islature when they shall again assemble?
It ia teud th it they have put aside a half
million of dollars to be used woere it
will do the most good to their cau«e.
In Mr. 8ih*i to sci Hie part of Oakes
Aruee aud <**»l out Che mousy aud dm-
Ueuiis untie he think** i: will do the
rnnet g Hid, or will be ao through a *uu
ageu’ iu tiisguiae? Three are ad iui| Ot-
taut q it* no us wuiou time will auswar.
We rnuxt wait aud watch.
The Chrouicle and Sentinel says
“the advocates of the odious compro
mise seem undetermined as to who
shall be held responsible lor the pre
mature death of their little scheme,”
and some swear it was Governor
Smith who dealt the blow, while oth
era damn the Legislature for the mur
der. That paper continues:
If aoy oue ia to be blamed it is tha
“uiagBaaimow” bood-hoKlers them
selves. When the job was first concoct
ed (hay were coned with over confi
dence, and wars entirely too sanguine ot
auoeaas. Beoame the peoplo and the
press waited to hear tha proposition and
decided to investigate before denouncing
it, rileaee was noneteuad as weakaooa,
and tha ring imagined that they had
only to ooms and conquer.
SPI AIT OF TUB OMOMOIA PRESS.
Sunday’s Macon Telegraph led off
on the subject of cock fighting, the
editor taking the position, at the out
set of his article, that the indomita
ble pluck of this fowl is proverbial,
and the contest seldom terminates
until one or the other antagonist lies
dead in the pit, or is horribly muti
lated and disabled. The editor re
fuses to publish an advertisement of
a match made up in the vicinity of
Macon on the gronnd that “this old
Spanish pastime is eminently cruel
and imbruting in its nature.” Our
confrere concludes his remarks upon
the morality of the subject as fol
lows:
Ours is in no scorn a religions newspa
per, bnt as heads of families, aud charged
with weighty responsibility, its editors
cannot be insensible at least to the out
ward forma of Christianity. As wall as
sert that Sabbath-breaking is justifiable
in those who are non-profesaora. Or
that the brothel or regular gambling hell
are to be advertised and enoocraged by
the press. Wa cannot afford it. Of
course these remarks apply, however
only to such practices as are clearly
under the ban of pnblio reprobation.
Wa are oy no means atraight-laoed in
our views, and favor the largest possible
liberty of conscience to every one.
The editor of the Columbus Sun
has been to New Orleans where he
saw that humanity “is more diversi
fied than any spot on earth—where
men of all nations and tongues do
most congregate, and complexions
and features are seen of all colors and
types, from the African, with ebon
skin and a nose without cartilage, to
the pure Grecian and Bomau*” This
put our friend’s mind to running on
the Darwinian theory of the human
race. He says this theory was “ex
cellently ridiculed by the “Mistick
Krewe of Comus” at the late New
Orleans carnival. It was a splendid
exhibition of two hundred figures in
the most elaborate, artistic and
grotesque costumes—having been pre
pared in Europe at large expense. He
qas seen many animals two and
four footed in his time, but the
monkeys, squirrels, opossums, buffa
los, camels, etc., beat the entrance
and exit from Noah’s ark all hollow.”
He concludes his article thus:
We are not altogether satisfied as to
the falsity of Darwin’s theory. Some hu
man beings look, eat and smell like
monkeys ; others are like tigers, wolves,
foxes and bears in disposition. Misers
probably have their originals ia bees
squirrels and red-headed woodpeckers.
Politicians of the non-committal stripe
take their ancestry from foxes ; lazy men
from the sloth; sharpers, from the
shark; thieves, from rats, and hypo
crites, from opossums. This is a free
country and every man can choose his
own pedigree. Mr. Darwin may prefer
an ass, while we rather in kinship like
the whale, the lion or the bald-headed
eagle. Keep ns away from snakes,
toads, snapping turtles and bed-bugs !
The Columbus Enquirer complains
of the great amount of local legisla
tion by the General Assembly—most
of which could be more safely and
properly entrusted to the courts, and
could be transacted by those tribu
nals with far less cost to the people.
The Enquirer is in favor of a reduc
tion of the House of Representatives,
and says:
before their recognition is determined j lines, lead*- agents and semi-managers to
upon. II they are in the hands of men , overdo the th.ug. Tn«s is instanced by
a conversation we casually overheard be
who obtained them for little or nothing
trom the bona fide holders, they should;
never oe paid, even though they are
legal obligations of the State.
bbtvbjt rmtr rrnoj* .rxr omlmj.vs
RallraaAa sad Hallroadlili.
Haw Orltaai (bait Line.
Oa the morning of the 27th ult., yoni
correspondent prepared to bid adieu to
tiie gey scenes and the hospitable people
of New Orleans. Among those who.are
kindly to be rembered is Dr. J. E. Na
gle. We parted with Dr. Nagle with re
gret. He feels a warm interest in At
lanta and her futnre and speaks eloquent
ly of the mutual interests and the com
mercial chorda which most sad which|will
draw the people of these two Southern
si ties into closer and more identical rela
tions.
A more extended notice of the kindness
of Dr. 8. H. Stout, who is for a short time
making his home in the Crescent City, is
deserved. The doctor is agent for Har
per k Brothers, educational| works. Hi *
offiee in New Orleans is 139 Canal street.
Appreciating the demand for a com
fortable plaoe to witness Mardi
Gras festivities, Dr. Stout arranged
a tier of seats on his baloony which was
dedicated to the use of Georgia visitors.
Quite a number of them availed them
selves of his hospitalitv, and his office was
known and/irii, a* Georgia headquarters.
Dr. Stout stoutly denies being a citizen
of New Orleans, and claims his home to
be in Atlanta, where he can be fonnd at
Phillips k Crewg’e book store on his re
turn.
HEW OBLEAKS SHORT LINE.
Leaving on the early morning train we
oommenoed our return trip homeward
over the New Orleans, Mobile k Texas
Railroad. This road is oonoeded to be
one of the finest and beet equipped roads
in the United States. Pawing along for
miles through low swampy forest scenes,
with a tropical undergrowth, consisting
of Heavy oane, palm, and evergreens,
varied occasionally with tall trees, hang
ing in fantastio festoons, of that peculiar
miasmatic produotion, culled long moss,
lends a wild, sometimes weird, yet al
ways beautiful effee^ Another peculiar
feature ot this road is the immense bod
ies of water oyer which day after day
hundreds of people are borne in safety
by long trains of oars, over bridges and
treat’ es, Bay St. Louis, Lakes East and
West Pascagoula, are crossed, and gives
the nevelty of almost a river voyage in
connection with the land trip. Between
fifteen and twenty miles of water is thus
crossed by the enterprize and ingenuity
of mankind, thns saving a long trip by
water in side wheel steamers which used
to be the custom from Mobile to New
Orleans. This line of Ro:.d is under the
immediate supervision of Col. S. H.
Scranton, of New Orleans, Gen’l Supe
rintendent between Mobile and Tensas,
formerly the terminus of the Mobile and
Montgomery Bailroad. We passed seven
drawbridges, two of which are more than
half a mile in length—one of which
crosses the Alabama river, the other over
the Tensas river. At least two miles of
continuous trestle is on this road, thus
giving a peculiar pleasure in contem
plating the smallest spice of danger, in
connection with an elevated feeling o!
security. The Mobile and Montgomery
road is under the control of Col. G. Jor
dan a superior railroad man, and has the
reputation of being in excellent traveling
condition.
A redaction to the extent of at least
one half would promote the election of
more competent men in many instances,
dimmish the number of private “relief”
bill* that ought never to go before the
Legislature, allow more time for the
sensible and deliberate dissuasion -* of
measures of general importance, and
curtail the expenses of each session by
thousands of dollars.
The Chronicle and Sentinel thinks
that the scheme on foot in Mississippi
to pay the repudiated debt of that
State has been conceived in corrup
tion; and, if successful, is to benefit
no one bat a ring of greedy and un
scrupulous speculators. It says:
A «' que having pmmel theoaslvea
of the repudiated securities by the pay
ment of a merely nominal priee, eome
forwent and demand thenr recognition.
Though tha eassa are not at all analogous
the arguments need in Mississippi seem
to be the same With loose advanoed in
Georgia. “Ianoaant purchasers” and
the “equities of toma JUk holders” are
the war eriea of tha ring there just as
they are the shibboleth of the ring here.
It to to be hoped that tike Legislature of
that Badieal-riddea State will die-
The Montgomery and West Point road,
now known under the name of theWestern
Railroad, is under the management of
Capt. G. J. Foreacre, who has won an
enviable reputation as a railroad man.
Under the exellent management of Col,
Foreacre, this important link in the great
New Orleans Short Line is Becond to
none in speed, Bafety and appointments.
The Atlanta and West Point Bail
road, under the charge of Col. L. P.
Grant, of this city, is too well known to
need commenting upon. Taken a
whole, and considering tie advantages
obtained by a union of the resources and
equipments of these various yet oon
tinuous roads between the Gate City and
the Crescent City, we may well believe
it the beat combination yet entered into.
We apprehend that Jfr. W. J. Houston,
the energetic and oourteous General Paa-
aenger Agent of this route, will have
little difficulty in inducing passengers to
seek his route after having onoe traveled
over it and enjoyed its beauties, oom-
forts and advantages. Wa have only
om word of censors to write, and make
the statement frankly, end that is, a more
fearfully ordinary set of eating houses
never disgraced a fine of travel. We
leaks special mention of Greenville,
Alabama, where two meals satisfied us;
and Evergreen, ia the same State, is
equally aa bad. We suggest to the Su
perintendents to disguise themselves and
try the fare onoe and see for themselves.
8peating of railroads, and the advan
tages gained by a judicious combination,
leads to contemplate the fact that some-
cvm~the~reaT — hoidna of tie bonds times a desire to oompete against other
tween Mr. Tuos. M Gill of this city,
General Southern Agent of the East
Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia Roads,
and the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad trunk iiue, and Col. 6. H.
Scranton of New Orleans, relative to the
ohangea Oetwreu New Orleans and New
York, it that Mr. J. T. Maffatt, a
Railroad Agent at Ne-v Orleans, had
advertized in his bilk the foot that there
was ouly oue change between New Orleans
aud New York. Mr. McGill denounced
this as a false representation, to which
CoL Scrauton agreed, aa it is known
that there are two changes proper.
McGill seemed alive to the interest of his
roads, and deeiied that the public should
not be misled. CoL Scranton agreed
with him, and it is to be hoped, that no
inducements outside of the strictest re
gard to facts will be indulged in the fu
ture. A. J. H.
••TIMM TO QUIT."
Under this caption will be found
an article from the Washington Ga
zette, published on the first page of
to-day’s Sun, to which we most re
spectfully direct the attention of onr
Democratic readers. The Gazette is
one of our most solid and unflinch
ing Democratic papers that did not
support Mr. Greeley in the late can
vass ; but like a true Democrat, its
editor is anxious to heal all disaffec
tion, if there be any, in our ranks.
As the policy of expediency has
proven to be so abortive, threatening,
to a considerable extent, to disin
tegrate the Democratic party, ws
have no idea there are any considera
ble number of onr political friends
who desire even again to resort to
methods of expediency to consum
mate laudable ends when it can be
more readily accomplished by the
direct application of correct princi
ples.
For these reasons, we ask our
Democratic friends to read the article
from the Gazette, and let us all lend
our best efforts to the single purpose
of harmonizing the grand old party
upon its ancient principles of the
Constitution, and in the future be
guided by the landmarks blazed out
by the old, true and honest statesmen
of the Jeffersonian school of politics.
Upon this line there is harmony
and ultimate success. Let differ
ences of opinions as to policy in the
past be forgotten; and, only profiting
by the errors and mistakes of the
past, exert our best endeavors to
avoid them in the futnre.
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The Savannah Journal, of the 1st
inst., says that—
Gen. Betbnne is likely to get bis seat from
tbe Fourth Georgia District, in the For
ty-third CoDgress, if one-half the stories
told of fraud and oorrnption in the late
election be trne. OoL Henry R. Harris’
reported majority is only 1,853; and as
more than twice that number of Repub
licans are said to have been deprived of
their vote, it seems likely the contest
will be a successful one for the General
If we are correctly informed, Gen
Bethune has given, np the contest,
having failed to meet his appoint
ments with Col. Harris to get the
testimony. Tbe old gentleman has
Deen in Washington City for some
time, where he will to-day witness
the inauguration of President Grant
As to Republicans having “been
deprived of their votes,” we think
the Journal would find, upon inves
tigation, that snch is not the case.
Besides, we believe that Gen. Bethone
has given np the contest for the rea
son that he knows the utter
futility of any honorable efforts at
establishing the charge that any
“number of Republicans” failed to
vote except by their own disinclina
tion to do so.
137* The Savannah Republican
says: “Lend ns your ears. 1 * We
oould’nt think of hearing to a propo
sition of that sort.
BT The Franklin News wants to
know if small-pox is one word, two
words or compounded. We take
pleasure in giving him the desired
information.
Trom U>« Washington Uu.it.
Tin* to
Some few individual* mut «ome irm
papers throughout the State seem de<er*
mined to keep up, if possible, th*. fi^fifi
against those Democrat* who would not
and conld not consistently vote for Hoto
ace Gree’ey in the lata Presidential coo-
test, nor adopt the Ciooiu ati idatforne
as their political cr.ed. Pr rious to tbo
election of last Wednesday, Rome few
over-zealous Greeleyites otjrcted to
Stephen* as a candidate for Congress, om
the ground of hi* course iu the reoauft
campaign, and his firm and unfaltering
devotion to Democratic principles
eve “ after the disastrous and igno
minious defeat of the pirty under tha
Greeley flag. We have been unable to
conceive how any Democrat could objeofc
to Mr. Stephans’ Democracy. We havat
by a hard struggle, brought oar mind to
believe that a man or a political journal
might have advocated the election of tha
Greeley ticket merely as a matter ot
policy and with tbe Lope of aiding in m
worthy attempt at reform in the admin
istration of affairs, and as a step towards
getting the country eventually in tha
hands of tbe Demo *racy, and such indi
vidual or such journal be at heart true to
Democratic principles.
Wa cannot conceive how any team
Democrat, now the battle ia over and am
ire surrounded by the desolation of
iafeat, can find no better oooepetiom
then to keep up tbe party wrangling aad
bittemeas of feeling by means of whieti
we met o lr defeat To all suoh we would
7i leave the shattered ranks of tha
veteran Democracy and^fight against tha
brave survivors in the ranks of their
open enemies. Greeley end his platform
ere dead and silent, but Grant aad bh
party still live and are strong and mighty.
To the dead Greeley wa are willing to aa-
oonl ail the honor to wbioh he is entitled.
We admit his great talents, we acknowl
edge his honesty of ohanoter and de
votion to what he conceived to be oor-
raot principles, and we even nspeot him
most highly for hia life long fight against
na, aa wa always raspeot a bold, brave,
honest and open foe. But we oouid noft
accept him aa a Democrat nor hi* plat
form as an enunciation of Democratic
principles. Wc oouid not accept cither
upon the ground ot policy or principle^
We are, as yet unable to see wherein we
erred. Still there ia much better ooee
petion for all true Democrats, for all
patriots, and especially all Southern oiti-
sens, than quarreling and wrangling
amongst themselves aa to who was right
or who was wrong.
Let tha dead past of the lateoampaigm
rest in its grave, and let us all unite to
gether to mend the errors of that cam
paign. for errors there were beyond
aeniaL Let ns not stop to quarrel over
who committed those errors. There ia
work enough ahead, and though there
are four years in whieh to prepare for
the next Presidential oontest, there is no
time to spare in crimination and re
crimination between members of the
party. The Democracy will find' tbsft ift
has enough to do to re-organize tel
forces and put forth its full strength
in tbe next great struggle. The
party must be suooeasiul or Republi
can government in this oouutry
is doomed to destruction. Demoo-
racy, and Democracy of the old, gen-
nine, rimon pure, Jeffersonian kina is
the ouly means of salvation for tree in*
stitntious in this country. To those who
think differently, we tay there is but one
other faith, one other party to which you
can give your allegiance, that is the fed
eralist, centralizing, consolidation, radi
cal party, which will be led in the **<>*4
campaign by Grant or some other repre
sentative man of that party. If you ore
dissatisfied with Democracy, go at onoe
over to Radicalism. There are but two
paths, choose between them. But ftt
those who have the good ot
their ooontry at heart, to those
who believe in the preservation of
free institutions in this country, to those
who are opposed to centralism, to des
potism, to a continuance and an aggrava
tion of the evils of the past and present,
we say lay aside all bitterness of feeling
towards those who are striving to obtain
the same objects that you are, forget the
errors of the past, lay aside all enmity
The New Orleans Picayune
says its immense weekly edition “is
so well known that ift is not neoea
iy for ns to dwell upon it here.” If
the editor* do not live upon it here,
we should like to know where they
expect to do ao ah
Ih Heard, oauaty, a few days ago, e
Mr. Thomaaoa shot hia father-in-law,
Mr. May, iwm^ng, it ia faarod a |mortal
wound.
engendered by imaginary differences of
opinion, and let os all onion together to
redeem tbe past and secure freedom few
the future. Let us no longer contend
over a dead candidate and dead issues,
but let the dead man rest in his grave,
he has gone before bis judge, and let the
dead issues be undisturbed, they are gone
where they should not trouble the living.
Mr. Stephens' Election to Congress.
Tbe following paragraph is clipped
from the St. Louis Times, of the 27th
ult., for the purpose of showing to our
readers how the election of Mr. Ste
phens is regarded away from home.
We may, from time to time, copy other
articles of the sort from a distance for
the same purpose:
The election of Alexander H. Stephens
to Congress from the Eighth Distriot of
Georgia, in the plaoe of Ambrose R.
Wright, deceased, will be eminently sat
isfactory to intelligent and upright citi
zens throughout the country, for what
ever exceptions may be taken to some of
Mr. Stephens’ political theories, not m
shadow of dishonor was ever east upon,
hia name, and he wifi take hia seat as
pre-eminently an honest representative.
There is something refreshing in the
very thought, amidst the corruptions
that now permeate the air of Washing
ton. Mr. Stephens’ though for a long
tune in feeble health, is not old in years,
being but Utile over sixty, and retains
h» wonderful intellectual faculties un-
dimined. His find appearance in Os
House wee in 1843, and he was regularly
re-eleoted from that tuna forward till tha
does of the Thirty-fifth Congress, in
1858.
I^Ash Wednesday was so-celled front
the Roman Oathohc ceremony of due-
iam Mbaioa the head as ad • sign of pete*
This ‘
no*
dnead by Gregory the Greet (580—804^
was totootioaed by Pope OaleetinllL in
1191, aad afterwards generally prevailed.
Before was, the ashes were coneecratad
on the alter, ^winkled with holy wader,
end signed three tunes with the era*
while the prised resiled the words, Jfc»
mmto quom. cinu m, Bin tdnertm racer •
Britt (“Remember that thou art duet
and amt return to dost I") ‘ Next, they
red on the heads of the ofHctat
ing priests, the clergy, aad the assem
bled people. The ashes were said to be
those of the palms consecrated on the
preceding Palm Sunday.
m ia reported in Columbus that conB
pox and aeningetis is in that city.