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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S, D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOAYN, GEORGIA, SA'l’URDAY, MARCH ‘20, 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 40.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Fon the amount of fighting they do,
tho armioa of the SpaniBh Amoricau
states are romorkably small. Hondo-
ran musters only BOO men ; San Halva
dor and Costa Rica 1,000 each, and
Gautomalu 3,200. Across the isthmus,
Columbia supports 1,420 ; Vom zuela,
3.000; Ecuador, 1,500; Peru, 1.670;
Uruguay, 2,500 ; Bolivia, 2,000; Chili.
3,512, and tho Argentine Republic
C.4S2. Thus those twelve republics
manage to get along and l;oep up their
«Verlastiug scrimmuges on a total of
110,884 soldiers, while the X T nited States
army last year numbered only 30,670.
Tho empire of Brazil is tho only South
American state that supports an army
approximating our*, its number being
25,282, whilo our neighbor Mexico mus
ters 18,200.
GiiKATNKHS does not bring content.
Bismarck, fur from being tho lisppiost,
is really one of tho most wretchedly
unhappy of men. Tho correspondent
of an English paper describes him as
being perpetually annoyed by threaten
ing letters, and warnings of the police
to guard his life with especial care. It
is scarcely a your since ho escaped by
the strangest of fortunate accidents,
coming to his death by an assassin’s
bullet. IIis devoted family are nearly
distracted by tho peipetual danger he
runs, whether he Htiis abroad or ro-
maius at home, and their gloomy fore
bodings can but uffVet his own spirits.
Tiikur is iu Virgiua a British asso
ciation which is desigut'd to promote
tho settlement of that state by English*
men. It ban pi fronted a memorial to
tho legislature suggesting that Gov.
Kemper be sout to tbb old oountry to
make a slutumeut of tho ease before
tho yeomuury. Tlio governor iB a suave,
affable man, and a good speaker.
Clothed with thu authority and dignity
of his ofllce, he would doubtless make
a strong impression upon the laboring
elnnsos iu England. Tho idea is favor
ably entertained by the newnpupers «f
Virginia.
Tfin Fruodmun's bunk is in a worse
condition than heretoforo supposed,
and, therefore, tho oommisslonorH,
Cress well, Leopold and Purvis, have
asked to bo relieved for any further re
sponsibility for or on account of said
trust, provided their bond may bo re
leased from liability after their retire
ment, and new commissioners substi
luted iu their places. They re sign as
the cause of their action, the failure to
obtain from congress such legislation
us ttioy deemed essential to the proper
and speedy execution of the trust re-
phlot, in which ho advises the Austrian
government to arm and fortify at once
against the aggressions of Prussia,
lie says tho conflict is inevitable, and
advises the concentration of 5,115 pieces
of cannon around Vienna. This looks
like war.
Minister Cusimnu is at last enabled
to inform the government that its draft
on Spain for $84,000 will bo promptly
honored. Ho has succeeded in having
Alphonso agree to pay $2,000 for each
life taken by Burriel, but nothing is
charged for tlio iudiguity offered the
Amei
i Its
A oiiANur. in Fulton eouuty, Mo., has
a standing committee on horse-stealing.
It is made the duty of tho committee
to pursue nil horse-thieves in their bail
iwiek, and bring them to condign pun
ishment. All the expenses are paid by
the grango.
Bmoii.ur Yoono's uufaitbful wife has
rooovored $12,501) from the prophot,
and will soon hnvo a divorco in her
pocket. Brigham is a wealthy mnu,
hut if the remaining eighteen commence
on'him ho is a Imnkmpt institution.
Tujcuk is a postmaster in Illinois
whose salary amounts to but one dol
lar a year. Yet, to convince that man
that the post of honor is tho private
stution would exhaust tho eloquence of
the whole state.
Thu franking privilege has boon re-
stored so far as seeds, public documents
and congressional records are e Hi
ed. Bpeoobes delivered by con
gressmen outside of congress are not
included. This is too bad.
The discovery of gold and silver
around the sleepy ohl town of Ngw-
Iniryport, Muss., lias increased tho
duo of land from $8 per acre to $2,000
pur acre.
Tnu Italian government having re
fused to permit tho coining of any more
money Inuring the cfllgy of tin* pope,
the Pupal coins will be in future struck
at the Brussels mint.
Anciinisiio]’ MoCloskev, «.f New
York, and Archbishop Manning, of
Wcfctmiunler, are to be cardinals. The
other vacancies are to bo filled by Itul-
A New York boot-black lias been
sent to the penitentiary for one year for
picking a nickel from the pocket of a
Mr. Woodworth.
Tint Bau Francisco hoard of brokers
lm« subscribed $10,000 for tho relief of
the Kansas ami Nebraska sufferers.
id in thor
The New York Evening Post main
tains that the last cotton crop was not
a largo une, after ull, and tbut if tho
southern pi an tors bad taken its advice
and not marketed their staple so soon
they would have got two cents n pound
more, amounting to soma millions of
dollars. The post thinks that the crop
will not go over 3,750,000 bales, and
claims that u larger portion of it than
usual was marketed early. On the
other bund, tins Financial Chronicle
shows that the proportion of the crop
marketed by March 1 for tho past
years lias averaged 77 per cent.,
never gone over 81 per cent.
A letter from Loudon says :
banquet to tho prince imperial at W
wich has given rise to a good deal
criticism, both hero Mid in Era
'L’lis commander of the garrison, who
presided, mods au exceedingly full
speech in praise of the prince, and
wont so far us to express tho hope that
the sw-.rds of English officers might
one day he at Lis service. It is under
stood that the i r.nco is to ha attached
to the sUiT of the duke of Cambridge,
Tt«n ex Empress Eugenio tins, it is said,
just contracted another private loan.
The project of opening up in Ala
bama ami Mississippi fields for the im
migration of English laborers appears
to he assuming a shape that promises
a speedy consummation. Tho Mobile
umi Ohio rail way company has now a
representative* in England engaged in
the work of procuring settlers for large
tracts of the company's lands in Ala
bama, and is offering such inducements
as hns alroidy insured a measure of
Bnooess lor the enterpri-o.
A Utah judge has decided to allow
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young $500 per month
alimony during tho pendency of her
suit for divorco against Brother Brig
ham, with buck rations at the same rate
frem tbo commencement of the suit,
tventy months sgo. With $10,000 in
cash and au income of $500 a month,
Ann Eliza doisn’t care a continental
whether tliat suit ends now or stretches
out till the crack of doom.
They have got a good thing in Michi
gsn, if the experiments result eatirfac
torily. Illuminating gas of sixteen
candle power is obtaimd from the
burning of wood, or rather the gar
made in the manufacture of charcoal h
LATK NKWtf SUMMARY.
WEST -
The Great Halt Luke has been frozen
over this winter for tlio fln<t time within tlio
memory of man.
M. J. Muiphy, a planter on Rod
rivor, near Pulton, Ark., was shot anil killoil
hy a man named Joiioh, on Thursday, and
robbed of ? 1,000 in gold and currency. Tho
niur.loror osoapod.
Rome, On., was almost entirely under
water Inst week. Tho citizens woro ooin-
pollod to u»o boats in going from place to
place. Depositors in tho Homo hanlt puddled
up to tho door and bunded their money
through to tho toller.
to circmnstaiici
I -hall ho fore.
Atlanta saloon: “Owing
which I need not recount,
to adopt iu tho futurn tho
following rates: Boor, by tho glass, ton dol
lars : whisky toddy, flftoon dollars: brandy
straight, twelve dollars- and so on in proper
lion. To rogular customers 1 will make u
liberal discount. O J. Weinmelator."
Hpringville grango, of Puttownttainio
countv, Iowa, lias declared thenisolvos free
and Independent from r*!l authority of tho
national and state granges, and that their
connection therewith is diaaolvnd. Tlio griev
ance alleged was tliat tho 0Moor8 of those
Icy.
Ord has instructed Col. Brad-
mandant at Fort Lanunlo, to send on I
.o bring in tho romainder of the Hionx
)f tho I
Miffering condition, if the two men who came
from tho hills will guide tin. command, Orders
i have been issued to prevent any one else from
j going into that country, and any ono trying,
will undoubtedly ls> followed and driven out
by tho military. ,
; Forty-nine of tho principal mercantile
firms of Han Francisco hnvo telegraphed to tho
California senators, loqiicating them to sup
port the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, staling
that Han Froncioco refineries, while advocating
protection, are endeavoring to make a contract
with the Hawaiian planters, whh a view of
defeating tho treaty and establishing a mon
opoly, to crush eastern competition and ad
vance priced hero.
SOUTH.
A bill to protect temping linn passed
its third reading in tho North Carolina senate.
The Texas senate has passed a bill
repealing all laws requiting hotels to procure
licanacH.
Frank Learner, tho carpenter of I lie
steamer H. B. Turner, wijj drowned at Cairo
The total loss by the Into fire atSher-
mao, Texas, is estimated at $100,000. Tlio
lire is supposed to he tlio work of incendiaries.
The Alabama Homo of representa
tives unanimously voted to expel a negr.;
member named Gaskon for proponing to dr.
certain things in Ins legislative capacity for
A Hionx City special says many
h*.rangers have arrived to go in Gordon’s
Great numl.ors arc leaving Sonora for South
ern California and Arizona, some tluough fear
of Apaches, and others attracted by rooont
rich mineral discoveries in Arizona.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines holds a
judgment nqaiinit tho city «f Now Orleans for
about $140,000. Sim has horn trying tu exe
cute this judgment for some time past, tho
hatlnre property In front of the city - that l»o-
nvoen Canal and St. Joseph stroot<- -being
levied upon that purpose. Tho plaintitT, iu
execution, has tsken step., to bring about a Hide
of tho hntturo some lime iu tho present month
Unless Homo arrangement can bo made, a
l irgo sacrifice of tho In tores ts of tho city is
Inevitable.
Tho supremo ooutt of tho state of
Tenncssoo rendered a decision 8alnrdny in
tho o iso of tho holders of tlio notoa of tho now
issue of tho hunk of Tonncsioo, deciding it n
legal issue and a preferred claim against ill
tho asset;, of tho bank. It is considered tliat
this decision virtually makes tlio stato liable.
Extract from report of Text's legisla
ture proceedings: Htoroy presented a petition
of citizens of I.uHug, slating that the town
was infested with lawless and dosporato char
acters, Hint the mayor was in jail, and nobody
lo try drunks and downs, etc., and asking the
legislature to help them out ami to send a
supernumerary from tho legislature over, lto-
for rod.
Mr. Gib.; in, of Richmond, Vn., has
Introduced a b Bin tho house of delogntos to
punish pavtioa creating disturbances nt holds,
the,litres and otlior places of nnmsoment. It
provides that persons who crcnto disturbances
In hotels l.y boisterous deiunuds for accommo
dations after the proprietor or his agent has
declined to mitcrtniu for want of room or other
reasonable specified onuses, shall Tie punished
by fine ami imprisonment. In ratio of theatres,
managers are to hnvo tlio right to Imhiio to
served scat tickets H illiquid “not transfer
able," and when a party not tho uriginnl pur
chaser demands admittance the door-keeper
can rofitso him. but tho prico of tho ticket
must ho refunded, and If he rofusos to tako
the money and thereby create a disturbance,
ho is liable to at rest and film ill both cases;
half the fine goos to tlm hotel-hooper or man
ager, as tho case may ho. There are similar
provisions regarding slcnmhoatH and railroads.
THOM WASHINGTON.
Tbo president liah nominated J. Burn
ham Kinsman for United States district judge
for tho western district (if Arkansas.
Thu president linn sent to tho sonate
the nomination of Don A. Purdoo, for ('lifted
ntch district judge for Louisiana.
A London dispatch sujs .John Mitch
ell is utterly prostrated and lias frequent
fainting fits. It is thought ho will ho com
pelled lo withdraw from tho eloclion content
n Tipperary.
Tho aggregate Hum ill tvrolvo gonornl
appropria'ion hills nasaed during tho late mis
sion of congress is about $175,0011,000, apart
finm other bills containing appropriations.
A dinpatoh from Berlin says it in re
ported tliat tlio Gorman government, lias clo-
uianilod tho dismissal of tin. Papa! Niincia id
Munich, and the eoH-allon of relations be
tween tho Vatican and llovaria.
Tho North Gorman G.izolto ft ay a tho
French govortimont lias drdorod tho purolniHo
of 10,000 cavalry Im.ihoh in Gormany. Tho
Gazelle hopes the Geiliian uilthoritio will
take steps to prevent Hiioh purchases.
H?nate in executive HOfisiou confirmed
tho following nominations: Godlovo H. Orth,
«.f Indiana, lo ho onvoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Austria and Hun
gary; Horace Maynard, of Toiiiiohhoo, to ho
minister resident of tho United Hinton nt Con
stantinople ; Robert Love, posliicister nt
Trenton, Toni).
Tho departments lmvn issued circu
lars announcing the abolition of tlio civil
service reform rules governing tholr rospoo-
live (lopartmoilla, wherever operative, and un-
Mouncing tlio return to tho former method of
the appointment of employes, as provided for
by Mention 101 of tlm revised statutes, enacted
June 22. 187-1, which is that no clerk shall he
appointed lo any department in either of tho
four classes, until ho Jins boon examined
and found qualified by a board of throo ex
aminers, to consist of the c'l.lof of tho bureau
or ofiico into which such dork is to ho ap
pointed and two othnr clerks, to ho selected
hy tho head of tho department. All sub-
hoards of the civil service reform throughout
tho country are aholiahod by these orders.
The president did not, uh has baon
slated, veto tho bill for tho equalization of
bounties, except in withholding his signature,
lie had, however, prepared tho draft of a mes
sage in pencil, but it was thrown aside without
being copied for transmission to tlio house,
where the bill originate d. Tho draft is as fel
lows : Hom o hill No. — Is herewith" returned
without my approval, for tho reasons-— first,
that it appropriates from tho treasury n
revenue is iiiNUflicient for the current wards ;
and, second, I do not believe ^IimL any con-
siderablo portion of tho ox-soldiers, who it is
supposed will ho tho beneficiaries of this ap
propriation, are applicants for it, hut rather it
would result iu a mea-uie for tlm relief of
iru agents and middle-men who intervene
would intervene to collect or discount tlm
bounties granted hy it.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho Union Pacific railroad company
Iihh declared a dividend of six per cent, per
annum out of tho surplus earnings, payable
quarterly, beginning July 1. J -75.
Dispatches from Ht. Johns, N. F.,
say the bodies of over forty persons, who died
at Hr. Johns this winter, have boon tempora
rily interred in the snow, which lies in such im
mense quantities in the corcelories aH to pre
vent the opening of graves.
An advance of five dollars on their
H'eerago pi sen go rates have been made by all
the English steamship lines, as result of con
ference between their representatives. Tho
advance will affect those taking Hteorago pas
sage from either side. Tho fast lines will
charge $25 and the slow lines $23.
A loiter from London states that l)r.
onoaly has given notice that on the Kith of
March lie will call attention to tho Tlchborno
Advicos from Asia Minor stato that
ono district alone, out of a population of
62,000, no less than 20,000 have died since tlio
beginning of Hie famine.
Many women and children wore
drowned by the wrecking of tho steamship
Gattlenburg In ltois Strait, between Australia
and Van Domna's land. Tlio total number
saved, hs far ns known, is 22.
Tho Humid's spooinl culdo dispatch
from Paris says there is great diMculty In pre
venting young King Alphonso from abdicating
tn favor of Duke do Moutpousier. Tlm Her
ald's correspondent In Spain voports tills as an
Alptionsisl rumor.
Don Francisco d’AssiscH, tho husband
of Isabella and putative father of Alphonso,
gave n dinner party in Paris lately, at which
lm said tie hIiouM stay In .Paris and not niako
any effort to tako charge jf tho Hpnutsh na
tion.
Tlio passion for gambling was too
strong in Nevada, mid the anti-ganihling bill
failed to pass, owing to a lengthy protest lo
tlm legislature from buainoi'S men and proper
ly- holders in Virginia Oily, who map an bu
rnouse profit from the thirty or forty faro dons
there.
Tlio act to correct errors nnd supply
omissions iu tlm rovlsod statutes of tlm United
Hlntcs, provided that tho jurisdiction of tho
court of claims shall not oxtend to any claim
against tho United Blatos growing out of the
destruction, or appropriation of or dnningo to
property hy the army or navy engaged tn the
siipprcDsiuu of tho rebellion.
It was reported in Vienna, not. long
ago that tlm empress Eugenie and her sou
the Prince Imperial, had borrowed $18,000,-
000, from some Loudon hankers, and that
Quoen Victoria had guaranteed tho payment
of the loan. Upon this Htory hns boon based
a prediction that nolivo efforts will shortly h
made by tlm thronoloHs prince and Ids iiiolhc
to re-establish tlm empire iu France.
tore nro rumors of complications i
Europe. Wo had it, tlm other day, that lh
ich government ordered tlm purchaso i
thousand cavalry horses, and Its agents
. instructed lo obtain them all from Ger
many. And now wo have it that orders have
linon received hy tlm Indian govoniniont, from
England, lo hold all regiments on duly m that
country in initnodiale •roadlnoHH for active
service. Tlm supposition is that these regi
ments will he noodod ill Europe, not ill India.
Tho presentation speech of Minister
'iishiiig to King Alphonso will contain only tlm
iiiHloumry formal expression of friendship on
the pnrl of the United Slates for Spain. He,
however, has tho specific liiBtrunllciiH lo gov
ern him in tho tiogntiaCloOH which were nego
tiated under tho late republican government
and are now to he consiunmnled. These ne
gotiations contemplate a full eottlnumnt of all
questions pending between the two govern
ments. Minister Gushing, like his predeces
sors. will also exert himself to negotiate u
new treaty of oonmmrco and navigation, none
of that character having been made with Spain
since 17H5. Homo favorable rmvngQtnohfc re-
spooling pur trade with Oubanvill continue to
ho pressed hy our government.
THE KINO OF THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
(I'uiie—“ Mtlhrouk.")
The Klim of the Oniililbal Islands
th elded to oonipit r Homo dry lands,
"ii ho marched ovi
lilghlandn
With two ileKgji moii-i'ottiig knaves,
All liiuiurv as so many iii-aviw,
skirmished through oarllilands nnd skylnmU
With twenty-i
With two
All juniurv
irnilahnd
.■flout of wTutticr
Atlantis tlio ltidy.
Amt tnngeld In fnsting and prayers!
They fnnled while sicptug. like I
And prayed tn their Vanity Fairs
And walked tn tlio narrow way slowlj
Mneli ottnibcred with RolaMmb'H
Then followed a w onderful ball to;
nidldroii, (lie rattle
desperate si rile;
carrtod the war to tho knife
Hlauehtor A
About Is the Muses will prnllte
ronton, mo eldtdreii! , || H
pari In the desperate t
hey carried I lie war to
With slanchter Atlantia >\
lit in tile Muses will pralt
While Providence gnintelli then
The Cannibals turned out tho winners,
They made twenty-live hearty dinners,
They gobbled Hie saints nnd '.tie Htiim r.i
Amt pul a t Atlnutls Id sack ;
They swallowed white, yellow and blank,
and plotters nnd ekliuinra
•oforlh they
eg ton to i
ohh fs of the nation,
(tslatlon;
for eotlntion
i dally Inureiiaed;
While intlrnndh and sleam nnvigatlni
1 rC ~AI(mh.
They served up n
And fattened a la
ud strain navlgntlo
Hearco furnished tlio Joints for a fea
i .1 ami i
id. Quo
rd of x
; Hill-, expedition, which is to hlart April f-
will make. 35,000 cuhio feet of good gar.
I 5- I"
FOREIGN.
Alphonsists and C'arlihts are exohang-
g prffionerH.
Tho canon between Bpain and the
nileil States for tho settlomofit of tho Vii-
Tho Italian hark Oiovanno, has 1
UNITED STATES SENATE.
EXTRA HUSSION.
March 8fch,—Tmmodialoly aftor rnad-
ing tlm Journal, Mr. Gfaylou nibtiiilled a reso
lution providing for tlm appointment of four
nminhoi's of tlm ooinmllluo on Indian affairs
and throo members of the rnmiuiltco on lor*
rilorloH, tn procnod lo tlm liidiiin li rrltorlos
ilnring tlm iccukh, with iiullmrity to Inquiro
_ . ,;iomm. Mr. Ferry oh loot od
to tho roHohilion on the ground Hint tins lin
ing a speeiid Hosnian, no hiisiiiiss of legiahi-
tlvo elm rector, or loiddlig to h gislntinn, could
ho coiiHldorod. On motion of Air. Edmunds,
tho subject was laid over till to morrow. On
motion of Mr. Morton, tlio senato took up
nddroMHod tlm HOUR
seating I’iitohbaok.
eluded Ids argumen .
tlve HOiedon. After a short time spout in ex-
001)11 vo hohhIoii, tlm sonatu adjourned.
March tl.--Oil motion of Mr. An-
thony, tho senate proceeded to the plootton of
the standing commitleos, having Hot hiih-
poudod tho rules, the chairman of each coni?
elected hy Imllot. A list of tho
standing commi'tocH whs then road hy Hocro
lary Gorham. The senate then resumed the
niHliloration of tho rosnliitiou for the ii'lmiM-
snoke aguiiist iho nmolulioii. Jloforo ho con
cluded, ho yielded for ft motion frr executive
hcshIoii, and tlm simato proceeded looonaldnr-
aliou of oxeentivo hiifiinnHH. After a short
time, tlm doors were reopened and the HOtialo
adjourned.
March 10. - Immodiutoly aftor tho
reading oft tho Journal tho oomiidonitioii of
tlm resolution for tlio admission of Finch-
hack was resumed, and Air. Aforrimnn con
tinued bin argument it] opposition. Air. AK-r-
rirnoii eonoluded his argument at 2 o’clock,
when Mr. AleCreory, of Kentucky, obtained
tho floor, hut yielded for an executive session.
Doom wore soon rooponod, and IhoMOlinto ad
journed.
March 11.—Mr. Olay ton, of Arkansas,
askoiLfor a decision on tho point of ordo
tlm resolution for tho appointment of a ■
niittoii tu visit tlio Indian territory during Iho
recess. Messrs. Clayton, Morton, Howo and
Hlmnnsn argued that tho resolution w
ordo- and Messrs Hamlin, of Maine, and
Thu nan eontondod that it wrh not. Finally
Mr. Anthony moved to lay the whole HUhjo'
session, Iho senate adjourned,
March 12—Tho vice president pre
sented a memorial of the heirs of Wrn. K.
Sebastian, senator from Arkunsas in 18fil
asking that a roHoliition expelling him from
tho senate ho roaemded. It was referred to
the committee on privileges and oloclio
Tlio vice president laid before Iho scnat(
report of Surgeon Frank W. Reilly, of the
marine hospital service, in regard to tlio yel
low fever opidomicof 1873, which whs ordered
to ho printed and laid on tho table,
sideration Of tho resolution for the admission
of I'inchhack was resumed, and Mr. AleCreory,
of Kentucky, spoke in oppe
' * >n 1 K ; iteports from Urces, Honors, sny tho
all e
The Archduko John Salvator, of
Tuscany, Uaa written a striking pam-1
>arty near Carnpas recently, killing • three The following in tho Vote ca>.t in
d wounding another. Alany similar attacks parliamentary election in Tipperary: John
o reported. The people are terror-stricken. | Mitcholl, 3,111; Moore, conservative, 746.
■ ,
the ropoi I. made
USsryl hy Messi
lelawiiro. and ChriHlianey
latter epoke in opposilion
to the , enato hy l he Into
Minin, .Mr. Carpenter. When
senate proceeded to tho consnloralioi
ecu live l)ii»incs;i. At 3:40 tho doors
opened and the senate adjourned,
Tho Orcvillo Memoirs.
Grovilln, whoso momoii'h of Goorgo
r\ r . and William IV. hnvo orontod such
a fionsittion in tho literary world, was
grout, grandson of tho onrl of Warwick
nml gmiulson of tlio third duko of
Fortluml. His family oonnoction in
sured him tho post of clerk of council,
which ofllco ho filled nearly forty yours.
The position brought, him in close con
tact with tlio nobility and tlio royal
family, and tho pen-pictures ho gives
of tho o\cry-day life of those person
ages has cun Hod tho greatest oxoitomont
throughout England.
aisoitni: iv.
Of tho greater vioos of Goorgo the
Fourth the world Inis heard enough ;
hut it scums incredible that any king of
England should hnvo boon such a small
ereaturo as this man was. Inordinately
vain of bin person, he had a perfect
mania for buying clothes iu great cpmn-
titioH, the IuIIh for which lie invariably
left to bo paid by the nation (tlirougli
the master of tlm lobes); yothonovor
forgot or gave away an urtiolo, and
would from time to time require bin
vulotu to produea some garments whioli
had boon out of use for some years.
When bodied it was said of his ward-
robe t hat it was huge enough lo fill Mon
mouth street, and gorgeous enough for
Drury Lane theutor.
Another of tho king’s peculiarities
is that he always professed lo have
> money about him, yet left on his
death no less than ' Iho hundred
pocket-hooks of various dates, each of
which contained a number of gninoui
T bunk notes.
Ills ON 13 HOOD (gJALITV.
Mr. Grcvillo reflates many incidents
.ml anecdotes illustrating tlio king's
. Imraeter, and very admirably sums it
up, indicating at tlio same timu tho one
good quitlity tho fourth Goorgo nos-
ssod, and which oeoa-ionally led him
act like a gentleman nnd a prince.
Alluding to corlain discreditable stories,
Mr. Grcvillo says :
This account corresponds with all I
i before hoard, and confirms tho
opinion I have long had that a more
contemptible, cowardly, selfish, unfutfl
ing dog does not exist than this king, oi
whom such flattory is constantly lav
ished. Jlo has a sort of capriciousgoml
nature, arising, however, out of no good
principle or good fooling, but which
of use lo him, as it cancels in a moment
and at small cost a long nooro of
solid not. Urinous have only to bohavo
with common decency and prudonco,
and they uro sure to ho popular, for
there is a great and general disposition
to pay couit to thorn. + * * There
have been goml nnd wise kings, but not
many of I bom. Tako thorn ono with
another they uro of an inferior charac
ter, and this 1 believe to bo ono of tho
worst of the kind. Tho littlouess of his
Ammeter prevents his displaying tho #
latjgorouH fuulis that holongs to great 1
minds, hut with tho vices and weak
nesses of tho lowest uml most contempt
ible ardor it would bo diflloalt to find
disposition more abundantly fur
uiskod.”
IDS 1MCRKONAL IIAIMTH.
i'lio statement of tho king’s personal
habits certainly justifies the author’i
opinion :
"lie leads a most cxtraordinary life
ivor gets up till six in the afternoon
They come to him nnd open the win
dow curtains at six or seven o’clock ii
tho morning; he breakfasts in bod,
does whatever business ho can b<
brought to transact in bod, too; In
roads every newspaper quite through,
dozes three or four hours, gets up h
time for dinner, and goes to bed be
tween ton and eleven. He sleeps very
ill, nnd rings his hell forty times '
night; if lie wants to know the hour,
though a watch hangs close to him, ho
will have his raid Ur. c. ham I> re, down
rather than turn liin head to look at it.
Tho same thing if ho wants a glass
water ; he won’t, stretch out his hand to
got it. His valets are nearly destroyed
and at last Lady Conynglmm provailod
on him to agree to an arrangement by
which they wait on him on alternate
days. The service is still most severe
as on the days they are in waiting thoi
labors are incopsaut, and they eunnot
tako off their cl ethos ut night, and
hardly lift down.”
WILLIAM IV.
was a man who, corning to the throne
.at the mature ago of sixty-five,
exoitod hy the exaltation that ho nearly
wont mail, and cflstiuguished himself
hy a thousand extravagances of lan
guage and conduct, to tho alarm and
umufcomcnt of all who witnessed his
strange freaku ; and though lie
shortly aftoiward sobered down into
more becoming habits, ho always con
tinned t:> be something of a black
guard and something more of a hufloon,
Jt is but lair to Ins memory at Iho
same time to say that lie was a good
natiirod, kind-henrtod and well iiienir
ing man, and ho always acted uu hon
orahlo and straightforward, if not ul
.ways a sound nml discreet part.
• QtmiON VICTORIA.
Of Queen Victoria tho presold vol
umes hnvo but. little to say, tliouoh
Hint little is pleasant. Tho account the
author gives of the young qneou’s first
mooting with her enunoil, a few hour’s
aftor her uncle King Wllliam’H death,
onnnot fail to make upon tho vendor, as
it did upon her people, a most favorable
impression :
June 21st.—Tho king dfoil at twenty
minutes after two yesterday morning,
and tho young quoen mot tho council at
Kensington palace at cloven. Never
was anything like tho first, impression
she produced, or the chorus of praise
and admiration which is raised about
lior manner and behavior, nml certainly
not without justice, The queen entered
the oounoil chamber, accompanied by
her two uuolts, who ndvnneed to moot
her. Bho bowed to the lords, took her
seat, nml then read her speech iu a
clear, distinct nnd audible voice, and
without any nppenrnnoa of fear or em
barrassment. Bho was quite plainly
dressed and in mourning. After shn
had read her speech aud taken and
signed the onth for the security of the
church of Bontland, Die privy council-
lore were sworn, tho two royal dnkos
first, by thomnolvcs ; nnd as those two
old men, her unales, knelt boforo her,
hwearing allegiance and kissing her
hand, I saw her blush up to tho eyes,
ns if she felt tho contrast between thoir
civil and their natural relations ; and
this was the only sign of emotion which
she ovineod. Her manner to thorn was
very graceful nnd ongoging ; she kissed
them both, nml rose from her chair and
moved toward tho ilukc of Hussex, who
fiuthost from her, and too infirm to
reach her.
Spring Fashions.
Lucy Hooper has taken an early look
some specimens of a new nml beauti
ful fabric just. dosiguoil for spring wear.
In her lust, letter from Paris she tells
all about it. It consists of a light-col
ored silk hronafle, with a rain'd urn-
liesque pattern iu velvet of a shade
darker than tho hue of tlio ground
work. This sounds rather heavy and
unspriug-liko, says Lucy, tint tho tints
arc so delicate and’ the patterns so
light and open iu effect, that, the niate-
' d looks thoroughly suited to tho hoa-
ii. Two shales of green (dark velvet
light green silk), two of pale cafe*
-lait, anil a lace-like pattern in hluok
a wlflto silk ground, wore among the
styles looked at. A very new and of-
feelive material for spring caps is com
posed of bluok cashmere, cut. out in
llower-like patterns and applique on
strong black silk net, the oilgas of the
ilowors and loavos being finished off
with a narrow silk braid. Tho not of
the ground work is specially manufac
tured lor thiH purpose, and is remark
ably solid and onpablo of enduring
much wear. The garments are finished
off with hluok tape fringe laid over an
other fringe of sewing-silk. Dolman’s,
sacquGH, slcovoless jackets, nnd uproif
ovoiskirls are to ho -made of this mate-
.al, which is rich-looking, effective,
durable, and not specially costly. It is
thus far tho great, novelty of tho season.
material for evening dressi s iti
also just out; it is a silvery looking
white gauze, with a surface crinkled
like that of Canton crape ; it is soft in
texture, and has boon brought out to
replace tlio over-popular crepe do Ohino.
Truo Elory” of Goorgo Washington.
About 130 years ago he was a little
hoy and used to go round hunting for
wasps’nests. It was tho oxporicnoo ho
gained when the wasps used to go
hunting around for him, that enabled
Goorgo to endure without flinching tho
hardships of his future life. He
horn of rich parents, imd the fact has
commonly boon supposed to Account for
his possession of a hatchet, but tho
truth is that his father kept a hardware
store. It was tho detention of George,
tlio not of chopping wator-molon
vines with thiH hatchet, that laid tho
foundation of all his subsequent great
ness. Convinced that it would lift use
less to attempt to prove an alibi, Goorgo
lirl:
“Father you know you stole those
vinos—tliov never grow thoro of thoir
vn accord."
Blushing deeply, his parent replied :
Goorgo, if you won’t say a word about
it to your mother, I’ll forgive you.”
George hold up hia right hand, aud,
latching upon his palo high brow tho
IuhL rays of the setting sun, exclaimed,
“ father, I cannot toll a lie, hut for your
salto I will not toll tho truth. Here
after mum’s the word."
Thereupon they both knelt down
upon the long wet grass, and solemnly
dedicated to thoir country their “ lives,
thoir forltiBOH and thoir sacred honor.”
Then George arose, out off tho daws of
tho British Hon with ono stroke of his
sword, and expired, at an advanced
age, of a fatal attack of diphtheria.
Cattle T rade between Texas and
London.
Thoro will soon ho live cattle trade
between Galveston and London. A
company hint recently boon formed in
the groat English capital, of which Hir
Howard Epperson is president (Job R.
M. Graham proposes to represent, it in
Galveston. According to tlio News, of
that city, the plans of this company
are hosed on u capital of flvo million
pounds, and contemplate tho establish
ment of a rogtilur line of steamers be
tween Galveston and London, especially
to the business of currying live oattlo to
England and bring immigrants to Texas.
Col. Graham informs the Nows that tho
chief peculiarity of these vessels will
1)0 the application of Ralph's patent
for scouring cuttle on voyages hy a
fiories of connected haiumncka. It is
asserted that with tho usoof this patent
as many as 1,500 catllo can bo safely
transported ’ in a direct trip of about
sixteen days. Tlio company also de
signs to establish a stud farm in tho in
terior of Texas for tho improvement of
stock. A pionoor steamer, tho Finis-
torre, chartered hy tho company, has
left Glasgow and her arrival is daily
looked for iu Galveston.
-Homo of tho colon (I folks of Cleve
land thought civil rights meant free
rides on tho strict ears, and tjioy hud
to lio stood on their heads and argued
with.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Tf women aro nmrols, what's all
this talk about a penitentiary for fe
males in Indiana ?
Tho correspondent who anxiously in-
os ronoorning Bnnsorit, is informed
that it is the language which tho Ban
ner itters usod to talk.
Tho Han Francisco Bulletin notos
that nt. one of tlio Chinese theaters in
tliat city “ tho power of tho orohostra
has boon increased by sovoral now
gongs.”
-Tliis more like spring, says Quill),
when Mrs. Qnilp prosonted him tho bill
for her now bonnet.
—Homo ono sout a Dolnwaro man by
express a paving-stone weighing thirty-
six pounds, and as ho oponod tho box,
after paying $11 charges his voioo was
heard iplear ovor in tho next county.
\ ladv nt Memphis says she doesn’t
want any jowolry, hasn’t, a looking-glass
in tho house, and wouldn't tako a silk
dress as a gift. Memphis has auothor
living curiosity—a cross-eyed oat.
Our life 1h hut a wintcr'a (lav ;
Homo only bronkfaat, ami away !
Others to dinner slay, anil aro full fed;
Tlio oldest man but hiiph anil poos to hod !
l.arpo is his dobt who liugorn through tho day;
Who goes tho hoouchL has tho Icaat to pay!
Tlio sudden eruption of tho small
pox in China, simultaneously with tho
transit of Venus, has solved tlio prob-
Tho Heathou snys there was no
transit. Tho sun had tho small-pox
that day. Soionoo must defend its
claim.
—The city of Now York has a charm
ing municipal dobt. It amounts to
$115 for every man, woman nnd child
in tho city. Think of tho number of
people m ho haven’t got $115 wliero they
lay thoir hundH on it!
•Hohoolinnpootor(tonrohin) “Now,
Johnny, how many cm jou count?
Johnny—“ Ono, two, throo, four, flvo,
‘ , seven, eight, nine, ton." Inspector
'Good, Johnny, go on.” Johnny
(after a moment's thought.)—“Jack,
queen, king, noo,”
—The contractors who have under
taken to furnish 240,000 homlstonos for
tho nutiounl cemeteries, out tho nnmes
iu thoir works at Rutland, Vt., by
moans of tho Hand blast. This outs a
noron in four minutes, and they com-
ploto 500 stouos daily.
Bovoral passengers on tho lower
Mississippi were nttraotod l>y tho alli
gators husking in tho sunshine. “ Aro
they amphibious, captain?” asked a
lookoroa. “Amphibious, thunder?”
answervd tho enthusiast io officer,
“ they’ll oat a hog a minute."
—A lady semis us somo lines com
mencing :
“ A bird ii Hinging lit my Iioart."
And asks that they ho published. If
she takes our advice slio will wring
that bird's neck, cook it and sorvo it
up on toast for somo siok friend.—
JJrooklyn Argus.
—A corps commander in tho French
army hns notified tho soldiers who nro
ho unfortunate as to have to servo under
him that thoso of them who commit
Htiioido shall ho buried at night, with
out military honors. It must bo very
trying to a corpse to ho buried without
military honors.
—Simplicity of purposo begets sim
plicity of life. This is manifested not
in ono way moroly, but in every way.
There is no doublo doaling in business.
Thoro is no praying for tho snlvatiou of
souls, nml then, for tho sako of making
money, helping them down to boll in
tho ordinary nvoontions of life. •
—Austria scorns to load tlio world in
recognizing tho rights of women. Tho
omploymont of women in tho Austrian
telegraph service having given satisfac
tory results, tho minister of cominerco
has adopted tho system in tho postoflloe,
and tbo railway boards liavo boon
asked to report on its oxtonsion to rail
ways.
—Among tho peasantry in Russia tho
bride always presents a whip to tho
bridegroom. It is hung at tlio foot of
♦ lie bod, aud not infrequently usod.
Unfortunately, in thoeasoof small men
with big wives, tho wrong person some
times applies tho whip. Thoro is no
custom in tho world, yonng men, which
u ho a comfort to pH of you.
—A mother-in-law has sent a commu
nication to a Milwaukee magazine, de
nouncing “the vilo rabble of coarse,
low bred journalists,” who make para
graphs about men’s wives’ mothers.
We'll hot that woman keeps her son-in-
law within tho traces. Perhaps Bho
even stood ovor tho poor dovil and
raiulo him write her communication for
lior,
—They’re having a delightful little
disoiiHRiou in the oast as to who wrote
“No Beets in Heaven.” Wo cannot
undertake to dooido botweon tho con
tending authors, but wish to remark in
a general way that tho other place
doHon’t discriminate between sects,
either, nnd thut somo of tho disu^
pointed claimants might time their
harps to that grand theme.—Chicago
Times,
—Ordinary mixed pntty has been
found hy Mr. Courvall to ho tlio softest
and most utoful medium for treating
excrosconces of tumors of various kinds
wliero compression is dopirod, as it
moulds itself so neatly to tho skin. Ho
believes it to bo superior to dextrine,
silicate of soda, or plaster bandages,
ft is a cltoap and always attainable ma
terial.
—If tho Bonaparte Prinoe Imperial
sltould marry tho Danish princess, it
would ho a groat stroke, as it is in
“ grand alliances’' that French states
men put their trust for tbo future of
thoir country. But ho will hardly get
her. Probably tho ompress of Russia
will bo an insuperable obstacle. Her
objection to “cnmnaillcrait" horsolf
was made against this family.
Our revolutionary fathers need to
hpo tough times. An old Virginia book
tells how two of them reoeived fifty
lushes each for being ah lent from roll-
ohII, and it spoaks of another who re
ceived ono lmnurod lashes for “misbe
havior." For ono month’s pav a soldier
of tho patriot army received $83,000,
hut ho had to pay $2,000 a yard for
cloth enough to make a ooat, and bi®
buttons cost him ?1,000.