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Tbi* most valuable work baa joat been
jjjued from the press. Oar copy reached
• few flays ago, arid as yet we ba*
time to give only a cursoiy glance at the
leading topics embraced in it. This aat
jeflee us. however, that it is folly equal
in iLtere6t to any of its predecessors.
Tb>s work is an annnal continuation of
Appleton’s Xetc American Cylopo>di».
Xhe present ‘number reaches the 12th
volume. It chronicles all the important
aod leading events of the year 1872, in
tbia an<- all countries, bet-de* embodying
an immense am unt of valuable statistics
io Agriculture, M«nufactures, Religion
and Politics, as well as in every depart
ment of Art and Science.
We bave been a regular subscriber to
this work ever since it was started, and
take pleasure in recommending it ape
cially to the attention of our re iders. Vi e
regard it as tne I eat work of the kind
ever published in this country, (or any
other) which Las come under our ooaer
vation. It is indispensable in any pub*
ho library, and no person who can spare
the means to obtain it, should oe with
oat it
Mi. F. H. Btoy, cornet of Marietta
SDd Broad streets, in Atlanta, is the
agent, not only for th s, but several
other very rare publications of the Ap
pletous. A. 6. 8.
THE
WEEKLY
SUN.
VOL. IV, NO. 41
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1873.
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Any book, claiming to be history ceases
to be history the moment sectional preju
dices or prejudices of any kind, are allow
ed to pervert facts in its pages to suit those
orejadioes. This Mr. Stephens has
scrupulously avoided. As the b&ok be
comes more extensively circulated and
known, the more popular it wi'l become.
It only needs “pushing” to give it a place
in every school and family in the land.
"THE 8A11UNAL CENTENNIAL AND
THE PHILADELPHIA •■KI9b n .
It appears that no project can be put
on foot by the Federal Government,
wherein large expenditures of the public
funds are ,to be made, that is not ma
nipulated by “rings” of some sort. The
interests of the United Statu.- at tne Vi
enna Exposition have been abased and
the conDtry scandalized oy those entrust
ed with them. Now, we learn from the
Indiana Stale Journal, that the great
National Centennial has fallen into the
hands of a Philadelphia ring.
Ui.'ier the act of March 5, 1871, enti
tled "An net to provide for celebrating
the one hundredth anniversary of Amer
ican Independence, by bolding an int r-
natioiibl exhibition of arts, iuunufactur s.
and products o. the soil and mines, in the
city of Philu«iel| hi* and (State of Penn
sylvania, in the year eighteen hundred
aud severity-six,” one David M. Boyd,
Jr., who is not a citizen or resident ot
theStiOe of Indians, t ut a resident ol
the B'au 1 of Pennsylvania, has been ap
pointed commissioner ftr the State ol
Indiana. The law expressly provides
“that a commission, to consist ol not
more than one delegate from each State,
^otc., shall be constituted,” uud further
ueoLres “that iu the same mamer there |
shall be appointed one Commissioner
from euch State, etc.”
These tacts being called to the atten
tion of Gov. Hendricks, Lea* oncecalled
the attention of the President to them,
aud r«cum utnoed tne appointment of
Franklin C. John on, of New Albany, us
a proper i eison to represent India: a in
tne Commission. The recommendation
was n atlily accepted by the President and
the appointment mude. It is charged
thut tuc 1\ uusylvania Central Railroad
Company is one of the influences iu the
“ring,” and it is also stated thut Mi.
Boyd is a ticxet agent of that company.
The objt ct, as it would seem to be, to
turn the National Centennial to the best
account for the Pennsylvania Central
and tho city of Philadelphia ut the ex
pense of the Federal and State govern
ments.
So, when Mr. Johnson, with the Presi
dent’s commission in his pocket, pre
sented himself before the executive com
mittee of ihe centennial body, and, alter
B pretended discus hod, he was rejected
SB the representative of Indiana, and Mr.
Boyd retained instead; aud “the ‘ring’
deliberately,” says tne Indiana State Jour
nal, “heM in the place, in defiance of
the law, loo President’s appointment,
and the desire of Indiana. This indi
cates plainly the plan upon which this
so-called National Anniversary is to be
earn. d cut. It means thaw the different
States are to be taxed to pay the enor
mons grant asked of Congress. Ti at is
to say, Indiana is to pay her proportion
of the millions which Philadelphia ex
pends in building herself up. But In
diana is not alone in this plight Geor
gia is repr> seated in ihe same way, and
it ia not yet ascertained yet how many
more States are thus swindled out of
representation by this Philadelphia
fraud.”
As it is the purpose to ask the next
Congress for an appropriation of $2,000,-
000, i would be well enough for earr
and every State to look into this matter
and Bee that it is properly repit-
sented t>v good oitixens of its own. Two
millions to be expended is • “fat take”
for the Philadelphians, and the forma
tion of a “ring” to grasp it is in perfect
accord with the corruptness of the times.
SIK. STEPHENS' SCHOOL HISTORY.
This new school history is gradually
winning its way to popular 'avor. It only
nee da to be known to be properly ap
preciated, ia the verdict that comes from
every quarter where it is introduced, as
well N« rth as South.
The following letter from Kentucky
received by the The Sen has not been
*-*en by Mr. Stephens, md we publish it
with muc:i pleasure as a wot thy tribute
to the great merits ot the book:
Blastdvilla, Ballard Co.. Ky.. Jana », UT*.
Editors Sun:—At our County Teachers
Institute, last year, a oommittee was so-
pointed to examine the various authors
of school histories of |the United States,
and report to the Institute this year the
oest history for our school. Oar Insti
tute re-assembled last week, and, after a
lengthy discussion of the merits of the
various authors, Mr. Stephana’,History
was almost unanimously adopted—sub
ject,however, to the approval of the State
Board of Education.
As a member of the aforesaid commit
tee, I examined six histories. Four of
of them were compared by periods and
topics; L e., the settlement of one colo
ny was read, aa given by history No. 1
then the same colony, as given in Nos.
2, 3 and 4; then the histones Noa. 1, 2,
3 and 4 were successively examined on
the first year of the revolution; then all
successively examined on the aeoond
year of said war, etc.; then I compared
them all on Washington’s administra
tion, uefore reading anything, in any of
them, about the seooLd administration
and then I compared them all on Adams’
administration — and so through the
books.
I have no hesitation in saying that
bave seen no school history of the United
States, other than Mr. Stephens’, that
deserves the name of United States His
tory, as to the events which have trans
pired, or the ideas under which the gov
ernment bas been administered, eiooe
the adoption ot the Constitution to the
present time.
Northern writers have infused very
little of the “philoeophy of history” into
their histories. They, courting the pat
ronage of both sections (North and
South!, have omitted many facts and
controling principles and ideas, which
they deemed obnoxious to one or the
other of the sections, thereby emasculating
their works, and leaving in the mind of
the reader only dry facts, unconnected
and unassociated with the ideas and
causes which produced them. Yet, with
all their omissions, these Northern his
torians have not wholly discarded their
-ectional prejudices; but, in their infer
I euces and generalizing, (assisted by a
few facts colored with partisan views), j
ther books impress toe miud of thereader
with the idea that the North has always
been more conservative and more en
lightened than the South; and that the
Southern people have always been a hot
headed jealous people, responsible for
most of the discords, caiing little for the
Union, aud only anxious to maintain the
ascendency of their particul r views in
the administration of government, and
in the war between the States just enough
of the causes which ltd to the war, and
of the manner of conducting it, are
omitted, to put the South in a most, un
just, untrue light.
Mr. Stephens, in writing his history,
set ms to bave been mainly intent upon
givmg the leading facts and events
as they occurred, with the causes
aud conflicting idtas out of whicu
they grew, aud to have left the popularity
of the book to take care of itself. There
is a completeness, unity and harmony in
Mr. Stephens’ history, not to be found in
any other history that I have seen. His
style is chaste, easy, perspicuous and for
cible, sometimes eloquent—that of a mas
ter dealing with a familiar and loved
subject. There is but one thing which I
would add to Mr. Stephens’ history for
our schools, to-wit: maps, illustrative of
the early settlements and colonial times.
In treating of questions and ideas
which have been sources of strife be
tween the different parties or sections,
Mr. Stephens has not obtruded his views
upon the reader, but he has, in almost
every instance, illustrated the topio with
quotations taken from the records of
C< mgreea. or of the Supreme Court. No
history
ignores these questions, and
SOUTHERN POSTAL SERVICE.
One result of the Postmaster Generals
recent visits to the South will probably
be an inert aae of the postal-car service.
Mr. Creswell has instructed his second
istant, Golonel Routt, to direct Mr. C.
French, superintendent of railway
service for the Sooth, to Confer with cer
tain leading railways for the extension of
this service, in aooordanoe with the pro
visions of the act of March 3d last The
lines included are those between Atlanta
and New Orleans, by way of West Point,
Montgomery and Me bile ; between Lou
isville and Memphis; between Louisville
and Cincinnati, by way of Covington; be
tween Nashville and Ch&ttauooga. The
cars are to be forty feet long, and the
service single daily. The mails are to
be adjusted on the basis of weights taken
after Jane 80,1863, upon tbe terms pre
scribed in the act of March last
Thb Suez Canal.—From the traffic re
turns of the Suez Canal it appears that
in eleven months of 1872-73 572 vessels
passed through, against 258 in the pre
ceding twelve months, while the tonnage
inoreas ; ng at a still larger rate—674,818
tons, against 293,362 ions. This gives
to the short oat twenty-four per cent of
all the tonnage passing between India
and Europe and America. Enterprising
capitalists should not fail to note in these
facts the golden promise of profit to tbe
undertaking which shall shorten by thou
sands of miles the ocean
voyage between New York and the
shores of the Paciffic, and bring an equa
torial American oanal route into compe
tition with that of Suez for the prize ot
the Indian trade.
The Polaris Investigation.
Secretary Robeson was at the navy
yard, Washington, D. C, Saturday
morning, with Commodore Reynolds, to
hear the statement of Esquimaux Joe
and others Irom the Polaris. Prolessor
Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute,
takes part in the investigation, the re
sult of which will be made known by the
Secretary of the Navy next wee... The
Washington Star says:
“ Tli6 investigation thus far has de
veloped the fact to the satisfaction of
Secretary Robe?on and those acting
with him that Capt iin Hail died a natu
ral death, and that the separation of the
Polaris from Captain Tyson, and his party
was purely accidental. This fact is es
tablished by some very strong circum-
| stautiul evidence, not the least impor
taut point being this: that the party
with Captain Tyson had all the remaking
boats of the Polaris, and if it had been
the intention of those on the vessel to
forsake Tyson’s party, the boats would
not bave been left with them, thus de
priving the vt ssel cf its greatest neces
sity. Captain Tyson and Esquimaux Joe
both testified to the fact that Captain Ha l
was sick two weeks before his death, and
was unconscious most of tbe time. After
the death of Captain Hall the discipline
of tbe Polaris was not so good, but noth
ing that might be considered a mutiny
occurred. After his death all ideas of
the expedition were abandoned, and the
vessel was headed homeward.
“Tbe Frolie, with the Polaris party on
oard, is still lying off the navy yard,
and, under ordets from the Secretary of
the Navy, no one is allowed to communi
cate with tne officers or crew of the ves
sel, nor are the latter permitted to hold
communication with any one on shore.
The testimonv before the informal court
of inquiry, of which Secretary Robeson
is the head, is taken down in short-liand
by a stenographer.”
A dispatch from Washington to the
New York Herald says: “It was true that
Captain Hall did compluia, and did ac
cuse those undei him of attempting to
take his life. He made a conndant of
every one who watched by his bedside
dariug the two weess of his sickness pre
ceding his death. But ail this time he
was delirious. Joe, the Esquimaux, was
one the last who attended Captain
HalL To him he said he Delieved he
had been poisoned. He had sa ; d the
same thing to others, and complained at
length to each one who watched with him
of his suspicion generally until he died.”
CLIFFORD THOU I I
A GEORGIA 8TOBT. By Maiu Jovxdab Wmt-
M0AZL4>D. author of “Heart Hungry." Hov
Tors: O. W. Caxlktox A Co., publUhurs.
We have just risen from a perusal of
this recent work, and most confess to a
decided disappointment in regard to its
chancier and value. The various criti
cisms we have read of the book led cs to
form erroneous estimates of its merits.
Some of these critical notices have lauded
Clifford Troup to the stars—have been
fall of f alsome eulogy of its fair author aod
Uer literary labors; whilst another class
of so-caln d critics have indulged in of
fensive personalities, and have evinoeu a
vicious determination to reduce it to the
lowest discount iu the republic of letters.
Now, we apprehend that die truth
here, as in all cases, lies between ex
tremes. Clifford Troup possesses no claims
to the highest rank in its class of litera
ture. Compered with tbe writings of
Soott, Bulwer, Thackeray, and some of
the later English novelists. It nay
be viewed as rather an ordinary
production!; but then we insist that
there are thousands of novels which
have challenged the highest com
mendations of critioi and reviewers,
and achieved a national reputation, which
are far inferior to this in artistic skill,
dramatic power, ethical value and teal
belles-lettres accomplishm-nta. All ad
verse criticism to the contrary, we are
constrained to regard this as one of tbe
most readable books of the times. It is
s highly entertaining tk ry from thl be
ginning to the end.
L The style of the book is simple and
full ot pathos. Ther-. is no straining here
for lofty words and sentenoes, learn
ed quotations, the oanons of
French sociology, aLd the crotchets
of German philosophy. The sesquipedal
ian against which Horace so sarcastically
remonstrates, finds no place in tnis per
formance. Tne transparent clearness of
the author’s own mind is reflected from
every page as from a limpid lake, and
the generous throbbings of hor sympa
thetic heart are felt in every line. There
are passages of word-painting here which
charm tho imagination, and there are el
oquent bursts of iudignatiou which
arouse all the seusibiiities i f the soul. It
is no smail merit of this novel that it is a
spring of pure English undefiled.
II. The moral tone and teachings
of the book are uuexoeptiouable.
Clifford Troup iB the true representative
of tnat large class of aristocratic gentrv,
the leading article of whose creed is:
“Money auswereth all things,” and the
sacrifice which the sou made in marry
ing, to gratify the sordid wishes of his
father, is no strange occurrence in the
best society; and tbe disastrous conse
quences which followed are just what we
might have expected to ensue from a
mere venal union. This book, therefore,
is an eloquent protest against mercenary
matches, one of the greatest social evils
of the age. ' It teaches the wholesome
Bible doctrine that ought to be thunder
ed through the world—that the institu
tion of marriage rests upon the uflec
tions and that to attempt to place it on
any other basis is to fill the laud with
crimes and curses.
III. Mrs. Wistmoreland is a Southern
lady, and therefore deserves the sympa
thy aud support of her owu section. She
is a Georgia woman, and her own people
ought to feel proud of her past labors iu
the world of letters. And though her
composition be marked by some minor,
and perhaps a few major faults, still, in
stead of magnifying these imperfections,
and seeking, by words of bitterness and
intolerance, to drive her from the field
of authorship, she ought to be encour
aged to cultivate tne higher learning, and
to study the models oi tne masters of the
age -. That Mrs. W. possesses talents of a
higu ord°r none but a foe or a fool will
deny, and with the proper encourage
ment her vigorous and polished pen is
destined to w ild a much wider aid mop
healthful influence in the cauoe of edu
cation and religion.
One of the greatest needs of the South
is a native literature, and this will never
be attained till she is more rue aud
faithful to her noble sons and daughters
woo are toiling brave y against many
discouragements in the broad field ot
literature.
Th« OMrgls City by the Sew.
Sr. Mast’s, Qa., Jane 8, 187X
Editors Sun : As I sit in the cool
of the shade in the fresh sea breeze
by the window, I glance over a grand
aud charming scenery with the white
crested waves of the cce&n in view,
wasting tbtir fury on the shore* of
Amelia Island in Florida, and Cum
berland Island in Georgia. In a
southeasterly direction, within easy
view, sits the beautiful Liana City,
Fernandina, with the spires of her
temples reaching toward Heaven, and
the whited sails of her shipping rep
resenting prosperity. Her train of
cars is just crossing tne draw-bridge,
which nnites the main land vith the
Rates cf Advertising.
Skouiab ABTKXiimaxT* will be ineertwl el om
per lyurf of tea lloee oi Honperell for the
flr*t tne'-rtion, end fifty orate per eqaer" for recti
‘ it our.
liberal dedecticae will be made (er eOTertiee-
■arata TauBioif longer then oar week. . |
Local, B Him end Sfkcial notice* wUl be ln<
>er*d opoa rtbtonable lor me.
HuUeeo In tre compialee half the oeoel retea.
BOR THE A KELLY. |
All adverttaemeota Inserted .n the Weekly Edition-
will be chargee one dollar per square lor every In
sertion.
7
The annual meeting of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Texas, convened at
Houston on the 5th inst
The fiscal year of the Mobile and Gt-
, ,, . rard railroad c nded on the 3lst of May.
be accurate ot oomplete that 1 books show that the real has trail«-
surely the 1 ported during the twelve months 20,911
records of the government are of higher bales of cotton, of which 17,861 have
aushority than any private individual’s
version* of them. Again tbe in
troduction of said record in treat-
iug these questions neipe both the
teacher and pnpil to rightly constroe
and understand the construction of our
government. John D. Wilds.
Nothing would be more foreign to Mr.
Stephens’ nature than to pervert the
facte of history to popularize any
thing ho writes. Hie whole aim in the
prodnotion of his School History was to
give the “ truth of history,” thst the true
b story of this oountry might be known
trnthlully. Heuoe the book under no
tice meets the approval of all fair-minded
and noneet men in both sections of tho
country.
topped in Columbus and 3,950 went
tl rough. For the preceding year 12,798
bales was transported over tbe road, of
which 11,616 were for Columbus ware
houses and 2,182 passed through. This
showB an increase of 1872-3 over 1871
aod 1872, in the total of 7,113 bales—6,-
245 in Columbus receipts and 868 in
in through shipments.—Col. Sun.
Post Tills Up.
CHANGES AFTER JUNE 30, 1870.
1. —Franking privilege abolished.
2. —Postmasters supplied with official
stamps.
3. —Official stamps must not be used
except for official business.
4. —Stamp of one department cannot
be used for correspondence of another.
5. —No matter can pass through the
mails free.
6. —Postage must be collected on news
papers published in the county where
delivered.
7. —Exchanges not free. Publishers
must pay postage on each exchange re
ceived.
8. —Postal cards uncalled for are not
sent to dead letter office.
9. —Postal cards cannot be need a sec
ond time.
10. —Ordinary cards can be transmit
ted through the mails by affixing one
cent stamp, provided tne entire message
is printed. Tbe address may be written.
POSTAGE.
BQr-Prof. Daniel Draper, Director of
the Central Pork Meteorological Ooaerv. -
tory, New York, vivas it as his opin.on, j
based on ex f t-mted ootm> orisons from
1836 to 18 2 that the clearing of land
has no effec’ on the volume of rain-fi 11.
There ere amt stubborn facts against
bis theory, although it is now receiving
strong support from European meteoro
logists.
Letters.—Three cents for each half
ounce or fraction thereof.
Drop Letters.— Where delivered by
carriers, two cents for each half ounce or
traction thereof. At other offioea, one
cent for each half ounce or fraction
thereof.
Printed Matter.—One cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof. Seed.-,
bulbs, cuttings, roots, scions, chromes
and engravings are classed with primed
master.
_ Merchandise.—Two oerts for each two
ounces r-r fraction thereof, limited to
twelve ounces. When any of the aoove
matter ia mailed wholly unpaid, aud by
inadvertence, reaches its d stinatiou,
double rates should be charged md col
lected.—Post Office Oazette.
Island; and the smoke from her lum
ber mills rises as clouds to pass away
under the clear bine sky.
The land intervening between this
and that city presents a prairie-like
appearance, and composed of pecu
liarly fotmed islands, divided by the
St. Mary’s, Amelia and other rivers,
and with the exception of a clump of
bnshes here and there, is covered with
a rich, luxuriant, green and tender
S rass, which is delicious ’ood for cat-
e and horses, which can be seen
grazing on the portions near each
city. Sea birds, ol various hues,
forms and sizes, are constantly hover
ing around the broad, blue waters, or
winging from stream to stream at the
harsh scream of the great blue heron.
Fort Clinch, with her nseless, brist
ling, rusting guns, can be seen on the
northern end of the island, and the
white sea beach, covered with many
beantifnl shells, glistens and dazzles
in the noonday’s sunshine. The
tower containing the light to warn
the mariner of danger is perfectly
white, and stands as firm as the pyr
amids of Egypt. It contains a large
revolving light, and often have i sat
in the darkness ot night and watched
that beautiful, brilliant light as il
would come and go, and often have I
thought of man, who, like the light,
comes, flashes and goes.
About half way between my seat
and the ocean, 1 s?e a small clump of
bushes on the fc?t. Mary’s river, which
mark the spot where once stood a
wooden United States fort, at a place
called “ Point Peter,” which was cap
tured in the war of 1812, by the Brit
ish landing from Her Majesty’s man-
of-war. It is related that the Ameri
can commander, named Messiah,
made such good time in tramping his
hasty retreat down the Peninsula in
search of the thickets, that grass has
never covered the path made at that
time. His understandings, each,
were said to be fourteen inches long.
When he desired to have a new pair ot
boots made, he did not. follow the
universal custom of going in at the
d >or to make the bargain, but would
put his nose in at the window,
and fail to exhibit the solid foun
dation which supported such a cour
ageous personage on the afore-men-
tioued retreat, when his paddles were
so actively and successfully handled.
On the shell-bauk near this old
fort, a number of duels were fought
in olden time, when such an amuse
ment wa3 quite as fashionable as
profitless of good. Sometimes good
and brave men have allowed them
selves to be sacrificed upon this hor
rid altar, simply because a foolish
idea of pride and courage overcame
their best judgment, and they yielded
to the demands of blood and barbar
ism in a civilized and Christian
country. It will be so to the end, but
this iashionable past-time is fortu
nately on the wane, at least in por
tions of Georgia.
A few miles further down, Cum
berland beach, covered by a back
ground of rich green growth, presents
a picturesque scenery. The solid
sands along tne sound, tne river and
the ocean, are splendidly suited for
carriage drives, and a good place for
sea-bathing. A snort distance from
the south point of the island can be
seen what remains of the fine and
stately residence at Dungeness. It is
there in the shade of a grove of un
surpassing beauty that tbe remains
of “Light-Horse Harry Lee,” the
father of Gen. R. E. Lee, rests in
peace. Gen. Lee visited the sp it with
a lovely daughter of his, a short time
before the augel of death, came to call
tbe spirit of the son to visit the spirit
of the father in the abodes of the
celestiaL
The fame of each will pass to all
future generations as bring among
the greatest and noblest chifmpions
of liberty, who feared not to enter
the thickest of tbe battle in detense
of tbe rights of man. They fought
not for fame nor lucie,but fame came
as the result of wonderful achieve
ments against great odds.
The center of the scent ry is cov
ered by the broad blue ocean, sublime
either in tempest or in calm. As I
pause aud gaze I behold a ship at sea
under full sail in the distance, ap-
CONDEiVSED NEW8.
Georgia Item*.
The Savannah cotton market is on
tbe advance.
The cotton crops in Pulaski county
are reported to be very grassy.
The Gainesville postoffice has been
a made money order office.
Business is improving and increas
ing at Washington.^'
*^The health of Fort Valley is re-
marsahly good.
Savannah has a juvenile hook and
ladder company.
The Macou Enterprise wants a-
competent local reporter.}
TCTIT Trap is now entrapping
the unsuspicious fly of Thomaston.
The Macou bar gave a dinner to
Judge H. V. Johnson iu that city
yesterday.
A lodge of ihe Knights of Pythias
is to be organized in Gainesville at
no distant day.
The adjourned term of Hall Supe
rior Court will convene on Monday
next.
The criminal docket of Muscogee
Superior Court will be taken up next
Monday.
Preparations are being made to
begin the erection of a Presbyterian
church in Elberton.
The first through ^shipment from
the Mississippi Valley to Tort Royal
passed tnrough Augusta on Thurs
day.
All the papers in the State having
heard from Nashville recently, are
calling for a general cleaning up of
dirty streets.
The recent and continued heavy
rains had quite a serious effect upon
the planting interests of Southwest
ern Georgia.
The White Sulphur Spriugs of
Meriwether county are opened, and
bid fair to do a flourishing business
this summer.
Crops along the railroad between
Albany and Thomasville, are in a
better condition than they have
been for years, at this season. The
oat crop yielded abundantly in that,
section.
Col. W. A. McDougal, of Colum
bus. on Wednesday, in Augusta, sold
hi3 trotting bay mare, Rady Emma,
to Mr. Jack Chambers and Mr. Hag-
gie, a livery man in Augusta, ior two
thousand dollars.
The Savannah News says that it is
hardly probable that the rumor
published by the Chronicle and Sen
tinel to the effect that Mr. Win. M.
Wadley had resigned th Presidency
of the Central Railroad is correct.
Jllicellaiuoui Items.
It cost the Bank of England £70,-
000 to bring the forger Macdonnell
to justice.
A motion to expel the Jesuits
from Italy was rejected in the Italian.
Parliament.
The Baroness de Coppens dTIous-
clioote, tne last surviving sister of
Lamartine, is dead.
The Galveston News thinks that
the work of the recent Texas legis
lature will be generally satisfactory.
The movement in behalf of a State
Convention of farmers has been com
menced in Richland county, Oli o.
It will be v gorously urged.
A. T. Stewart, of New York, is so
far recovered in health as to travel
short distances, hut has not yet at
tempted to resume business hours.
Ex-Governor Henry S. Foote,
former United States Senator from
Mississippi, and a meniber of the
Confederate Congress, has taken up
his residence at Washington City.
Mr. Fred. Hassaurek, the German
editor of Cincinnati, is prominently
mentioned as the Liberal and Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor on the State ticket.
The Turkish Commission on the
Suez Canal question is about to pub
lish its report. This commission
must not be confounded with tbe
International Commission to which
the maritime poi\ era of Europe are
party.
The Pennsylvania Constitutional
Convention has decided to retain in
the article on the Legislature the
provision for bienniel elections of
Representatives, and the section
making the terms of Senators four
years.
The Hon. Joseph Medill, of Chi
cago, has written a letter to the com
mittee in the Ohio Constitutional
Convention which has the question'
of proportional representation under
advisement concerning the workings-
of minority representation in Illinois.
He is of the opinion that the princi
ple is practicable and salutary.
Tbe Republicans of tbe New
Hampshire Legislature have the fol
lowing n*'ruinations of tne State offi
• cers to be elected to-morrow: Secre
tary bt State, B. F. Piescott, ol Con
proaching the entrance between the j com; State Treasurer, Solon A. Car
two islands, soon to be safely anchor-1 ter, \ f Keene;* Commissary-General
ed with furled sails in a harbor of i Charles W. Montgomery, of Stafford
l and for State Printer, Edward A
Jenks, of Concord.^
safety from the
wind.
storm or the whirl-
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