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Newspaper Page TextCEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S, D. WIKLE <fc CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1876. VOLUME II. NUMBER 33. TIMELY TOPICS. Oranok culture has been tried 1 Georgia with miccxw, ami the fruit <*id to rival that of Florida. Victor lluuo hna issued an address I ;he senatorial delegation for I’aris an h ranee, in which ho asks them to found i democracy which shall end foreign w »>* arbitration, civil war by amnea md distrcH- hr ^location. .Sound aeiu hut a little in'adv of the til Washington Indie* evidently do allow the hard time* to interfere with their desire for drew, for the Star any* of the ' ft i* imivcraairy tlm subject of remark that the drownng this season is more mag- iiitieent than ha* ever been the caw* l*eforc in Washington.” An Irish paper says: “Great num- l*era of Iriafuncn are returning home at present from the United Staten. Time* very had in America, just now; large number* of people are out of em ployment, and many are liegining to find that Ireland is not ho bad a place to live in as they out* thought it.” Thr general, lieutenant-general and three major- gene rate of the United State* army cost the country over $200,000 a year. The aggregate, a* ahown by the army register, is as follows: Three major- generals, $iS8|416; nine captaina, A. 1). $30,024; add rent of headquarter*, clerks, orderlies, fuel, stationery, etc., $.30,- Ot»U; total cost of three major-general*, $88,410; total cost of one general, $70, (HMi; total cost of ono lieutcimnt general, $•12,70!. Total, $201,281. \ itB KNT visitor to the Uisniul Stvantp lescril»CH it, in Forest ami Stream, a* having lost none of the characteristic* which gave it it* name. Hears are not plenty there as when the region waa rarely penetrated by man, vet they still ullbrd sport for huntors. |,akc Drum- mond, once believed by the ignorant to Is- lad torn less, is really not in any place more than fifteen feet deep. It* water, impregnated with the juicea of juniper rod gum leaves, is of the color of wine, nul is drunk a* a remedy by naump- Tennetwee War Claims. I'wenty-iiine more war claim hills have l*een introduced since the holiday race**, mostly in the liouae of representatives. In nine of the*e hills the amount is not stated. The twenty others amount in the aggregate to $220 <J8f>.80, an average °J about f 11,000 j>cr claim. Tho heaviest claim is that of the heirs of 'Ihomaa Honl, «*f Tenneaaee, for $68,006 for supplies taken from Iford’* farm on the battle field of Stone river by the United States army. Another large claim i* that of J. Duncan, of Nashville, Tenn., for$89,225- for ‘‘property tikeni mid used by the I idled Suites force* during the late civil war.” A bill introduced by Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, refunds to H. Johnson and forty-eight other citizens asHOwiment* to the aggregate amount of about $20,000. levied and collected under an order issued by Col. J. W. Harney, commanding the fssit of Bethel, McNairy county, Tenn. One of the senate bills is to pay the claim of Dr. Best, of Paducah, Ky., amounting to $20,000. (longress ha* once passed the hill, but it was vetoed by President Grant.' A bill not indnded in the fore going list, which comprises only southern claims, appropriates about $7,000 to pay certain persons in Guernsey county, Ohio, for damages inflicted by Morgan during his famous raid in 1803. * >n® of the hills before the house com mittee, on postoffiecs, introduced liy Mr. I fibreli, of Tennessee, concerns a singular »;isc. Tho McMinnville and Manchester railroad, in Tennessee, purchased of the quartermaster-general of the United Slates soon after the close of the war about $40,000 worth of roiling stock, and •he government took ns security a lien "» the emnings of the road. The com pany soon afierward failed, and the road was w>M to pay its indebtodne** to the -tate of TenncHsee umler a decree in chancery. It was purchased by the Mem phis and Charleston railroad company, and leased to L. I>. Hickman A Co. for a term of five years. The lew*** are the mail contractors for the route served by •he McMinnville and Manchester roan. By an order issued by the quartermaster- general, all earnings of tho mail service on this road are to lie applied a* a credit on the account against the old railroad company, and in order to save their com- |s*iiNition, Hickman A Co. transport their mail coaches the whole length of the roail, causing a delay of the mails for several countie*. Mr. Dibreil’s bill prac tically extinguishes the government lien so as m re* to re the mail to the railroad. Benlh of Mrs. Andrew Johnson. Sunday morning the American received a special telegram from Greenville, an nouncing the death Saturday night of Mrs. |Andrew Johnson, the venerable widow of the lately deceased cx-ptcai- dent. For many years Mrs. Johnson had been an invalid, her illness being of such character as to confine her con stantly to her room, aad thus prevent her from mingling in society, htoe was married to the ex-president before he had left the tailor's bench. Her early education was superior to his, which enabled her to be of great assistance to him in bis eflbrt* for the acquiaition of knowledge. No woman wie, ever more proud, and more iustly so, of the achieve ment* of her husltand, and yet such was her native good sense that she was ever the Ntnie quiet, domeatic, affectionate lady, wife and mother, whether in the while house or ir the bumble home at Greenville. In the community where she ha-d lived from childhood she was universally beloved. Her character was marked by every Christian trait, and her memory will l>e affectionately cherished by the old and the young of both /-exes and of all grades of society.—Na*hrilU American. 17/A. LATEST NEWS. SOt’TH AND WRNT. Gen. Beauregard, of Ixmisiaiui, made application to emigres* for tho rein of his political disabilities. In Iiouisville, Saturday night, J. A Sprotilo’s stables, with nineteen head homos and mules, wore destroyed by fire. Strung opposition to placing conv labor in competition with the labor of horn men is developing in Arknuans, no less tli in Tennessee, Tom Barrett was murdered at Ale andrin, Louisiana, by federal soldiers Sunday night One of the soldiers was mortally wounded Jiy Uarrctl’s brother. Geo. Morris colored, convicted of the milder of Sarah Jones, in New Orleans, w sentenced by Judge Steel to bo hnngtd such time ns the governor shall appoint. An unknown negro was hanged at Tiptop atalion u on the Ixniiaville, Pnduenh ami Southwestern railway, in Kentnek; hutiday night, for outraging a respectable young white woman. ThejHouthem car company, of Jeffer sonville, Ind., has filed a petition in bank ruptcy. The amount of oaaets and liahililiei will piobnhly lip $800,000, tho latter being less than half this sum. Jefieraon Davis has just lost a suit for $70,000 in a eourt at Yioknburg, Miss. 1 ex-preaident put in a elniiii for that ainoi Hgaiust his brother's estate, but the co decided against him. The famous Tredegar iron works, Richmond, Virginia, the most extrusive the Union, has failed, throwing live or hundred workmen out of employment. One hundred thousand dollars was fused recently, for an orange grove of l,i bearing trees, with ten acres of land, on i Ht. John's river, Florida. Several of i In this grove bear 7,000 oranges vrai ie I/misinna senate passed a joint ution fram the house requesting I,< enators am! representatives in eon, e their utmost effort to indue* eon ike an appropriation for levers on ssippi river, and the national go 1 to take charge of them. KANT. . of Apollo, I railroad, whs eek. Forty hr »res, were burned. The $40,000 to $80,000. Insi lout destroyed ■s, including by fire last v umber of si stiiuated at ..known. rOKKIflN. .Ono thousand more colliers have trurk in North Wales, owing to a reduction / wages. A large failure in tho silk trade is ro- porUd from Lyons, France. Liabilities are said to be 8,000,000 franrs. Tho Prince of Wale* has loft Delhi for I/ihara. and Cashmere. The ralali of Cashmere is prejmring a magnificent recep tion. A telegram from Berlin a*aerte that I'rinoe Hismark is )>eruonalljr drnlting an ad ditional clause fur the penal code against .•rimes like that of Thomas at Drainer- The Italian minister of public instruc tion ha* accepted th« proposal of thn United States government for the exchunge of scien tific puldieaUmia of Uie two countries. The Carliat loader Tristany notified the Spanish consul at Dayonne of his unre served submission to Alfonso. Gen. Marti no* Campos'*army is concentrated in the neighborhood of l'ampaluu. Ilic secretary of the London mission ary society has reetlved an offer of $28,000to establish a mission at Lake Tanganyika, where Ftaitiey met Livingston. A roramittee has been appointed to carry out the project. A Madrid paper states that when the Carlint siir is at an end a well-trained army will be maintained in Cuba as a precaution ary tneauaure, and batteries of heavy guns placed on the roast for protection against invasion. An Ultramontane newspaper at Brus sels says that I-onisc f/iteau is dying. Khc is the p.aasnt girl who some time ago at tracted crowds of pilgrims by the exhibition on her person of the alleged miracle of tUgmaUt. A correspondent of the I/union Hour states that Germany has hinted to France that she will transfer Lorraine to France for the little consideration of $400,000,000 in gold. The French will not, probably, buy back their own territory, os they hope some day to re-annex it by the power of theaword. MINCELLANKOIN. The national temperance society ha* issued a call for ari international temperance conference in Philadelphia next June. The English national rifle association have acc epted Uie challenge of the rifle asso ciation of America to compete iu the match for the championship of the world during the centennial at Philadelphia. Tho bulletin of the American iron and «teel association contains n detailed statement showing that the production of pig iron in the United States in 1878 waa about 2,100,000 net tona, a falling off of about GOO,- 000 ton* na compared with the production in 1874. The stock on hand and unsold at the close of 1878, including the stock in the hands of agents, aggregated about 700,000 net tons, against 800,000 ton* a year ago. The consumption in 1878 was leas than it was • 1871. mittcc appointed to examine into the subject of depredations on the Mexican bonier, will favor an increase of the army by two cavalry regiments, in cai once spared, to patrol the Mexican bonier along the Rio Grande. The committee ii ported to have asked the secretary of wheUiur he could furnish these regiment once, and if he •nmmt, a report will no i initted to the house recommending that they at once ho recruited. Tho bouse, committee on territories agreed to have a special meeting to consider the bill of Mr. Frankliu to establish a terri tory to be known as Oknlomh 'this because It waa urged thnt t 000 cititeiiN of tho United States in that country among the Indians, protect tiitun ; 8,000 freedmeu, former slave* of Indians, and 40,000 civilized Indians; that there is no punishment f« disorder reigns. The bouse committee on appropriA' tious'huve completed tho consular and dipl. .untie hill. The estimate* Inst year were $1 382,388, and the amount appropriated $1,37.1 285. The present bill appropriates $011,147. The salaries of ministers to Great Britain! France, Germany and Russia are reduce, from $17,800 to $14,000 each; the minister to Npain, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Japan am Chinn from $12,000 to $10,000; the miniate to Italy, from $12,000 to $8,000; the miniate at Portugal,Hnircrlnnd,Belgium,Nethorhuid Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Veno unoln and llawaaiin Islands, from $7,800 t< $0,800; Chill and Bolivia are combined in e mission, salary $6,000 ft Colombia are also united In one mission thn same salary ; also tho Argentine Re public, Paraguay and Uruguay, salary $0, 500; also Guntnmnla, Costa Rica, Hondo .as, San Salvador and Nicaragua as in the former law, salary $10,000. The salaries of other oflicers arc reduced. The hill contain, the usunl appropriation of $2,500 to enable Minister Sohenck to employ « privi aeusis, his right hnud having been disabled during tlic war. CONGRESSIONAL. NKNATH. hi the senate, on the 18th, tho chair laid before that body a oummunlontion from the secretary of tho interior, inclosing a re port from the commmissioncr of Indian af fairs, in answer to the resolution of the eiiate of the l.ltli in regard to hooks kept y Indian agents in compliance w ith section of tho Indian appropriation hill f. appropriation bill for the 30, 1870. Ordered printed ie on me laole. Mr. Thurman prescut- e credentials of Jns It. Eustls, diiimiug 1 as senator from l/misiuiiu, which Iu :o Uie clerk's desk and had read. Thii led to u Ipng debate, at Uje close of whlcll the accompanying document* were ordered printed Injdie record and laid over until to- "** 'Hal of the democratic- lioii of l/mUhina, held January 0, 1876, concerning the election uud iditlon of the state of Louisiana, was pri lled and referred. Bills were introduced I referfotl ns follows: To extend the pro- ion of thr net to settle accounts between the United Htatos and the state of MisslNHip- ... 1 March 3, 1887, to other states. Mr. Windom presented various poll- kiug an appropriation of $100,000 for the improvement of the upper Mississippi Mr. Cragiu called up the senate (dll ro the attendance and payment of witnesses before military court*, and sub mitted mi amendment giving to every court martial the same pftw er to punish witnesses for refusing to testify ns that now held by circuit courts of the United Htatfs. providing that Uie action of such court martial shull he bjeo* to revision on a writ of hnbenn cor pus by any court or district court in the United Htntes. Mr. Whyte moved to amend sent so that no imprisonment ini- i civilian for contempt shull con- noro than two months. After wdon lie modified the amendment -rpvide thnt such imprii a longer period than that The Idler r sailor foi •nded by Mr. Why le, was agreed the bill, ns amended, was passed. The sen ile resumed consideration of the resolution mhinitteil by Mr. Davis on Wednesday, to appoint a special committee to investigate tho hooks and accounts of the treasury de pending discussion, the sciinte cnl in executive i aftei in any x * Ho n WANSI 1 NOTON. Chargee of enormous ex|>oii(liturcH at the United .Stales court at Fort Smith are made. It is said to be a* high aa $400,00$ a year, and the committee proj^oses a thorough investigation of the subject. The seuate finance committee has agreed to report favorably on Senator Hawes’ bill for tlie appointment of a committee on the subject of the alcofiolic liquor trnlfe, and to reccomiueml its pasaage witji certain amendments, the most important being a re quirement that fermented liquors and the manufacture of all kinds of liquor hIihII he included in the promised inquiry. It i* stated unit the congressional com. In the senate, on thn lOtli, Mr. Thnr- nau presented four petitions from clti- icn* of Ohio, asking congressional aid for he construction of a Southern Pacific rnil- oad. Referred. The senate resumed con- {deration of the resolution submitted by Mr. )avis, in regard to Uie hooks of the treasury Irpartmcnt. Thin gave rise to a lengthv de late, and the resolution whs finally laid iside to give Mr. Morton an opportunity to •all up his resolution iu regard to the Mis- dssippi election. Mr. Morton addressed the ante lit length, hut before concluding sided the floor, and the senate preceded t*> e consideration of executive huisnesa. ter u short time the doors were re-opened, d the senate adjourned. In the senate, on the 20th, various titious were presented, asking Uie repeal of the law requiring a two cent stamp to lie affixed to bank checks. Deferred. Mr. West introduced a Gill to amend the Pacific nets of Julv 1 and July 2 1864, ovides. thnt from and after its enact- Pacific railroad companies hIimII he whirl liable to pay into the treasury of the United titatcH the whole amount of interest hereto fore paid by tlie government on bond* loaned to them to aid in the construction of their rogils, together with interest upon the several sums paid by the government in the dis charge of the interest on said bonds, at tlie rate of blank per cent., less the amount re- mined by the government for mail transpor tation, which shall be credited in the account every six months. At the expiration of the morning hour, the consideration of the re*o- Iution submited liy Mr. Morton in regard to the recent election in Mississippi wh* re sumed, ami Mr. Morton continued his speech begun yesterday. Mr. Hargent introduced a bill conferring certain privileges on tele graph companies, and provides for the establishment of a new postal telegraph system. Adjourned. HOUMK In the house, on the J8th, Mr. Knott, from the judiciary committee, reported u proposed amendment to the constitution, a* follows: No person who has held or may hereafter hoi 1 the office of president shall ever again be eligible to said office. Made special order for Tuesday next. Mr. Ashe reported a bill to amend the revised statutes in relation to naturalization. It provides that tlie declaration of the intention to be come a citizen of the United HUitea may he made before the clerk of a eourt, and such declarations heretofore made are declnred legal and valid. He explained that the oh. jeot of the bill w to what it had be the revised statutes in which'the "clerk" had been accidentally omitted. Bill pasnod. Mr. Ashe reported a hill to amend section 106V of the revised statutes, relating to claims for abandoned property. It au thorizes tiiccourtof eluiuis to take jurisdio- lion of elaimsof all persons who were infants, married women, idiots, lunatics, insane per- arc already on file, or shall be on file within two years. Deferred. Mr. 1/iwrcncc re ported back adversely the bill to abolish enpitnl punishment, llnid on the table. The speaker proceeded with tho call of staton for bills for reference, and the following were introduced and referred: Providingtlmt half the duties nn imports shall bu collected in ' ■ fix a legal rato of interest onev throughout the United ceedini lawful on national States at not exceeding six' par cent: for con struction of the Illinois and Mississipin e<b mil; to repeal the tax on Imnk deposits; for improvement of the Mississippi river between St. Ixiuls and Cairo. Mr. Frye reported a bill to extend the time for stamping un stamped instruments to the 1st of Jiuiuurv, 1877 ; passed. Also, a hill to extend for three months the time for claimants heforu tlie Alabama claims committee to prove their claims; passed. A hill was introduced liy Mr. House to restore to the pension rolls the names of pensioners which were struck off or disloyalty. Mr. Williams Introduced a proposed amendment to the constitution, which was referred. It Is supplementary to the amendment proposed by Mr. Blaine, which prohibit* tlie distrihuiion or control of any school fund or school lauds to or liy sectarian schools, and is designed to exteiul to prohibition. It. is in these words: "Nei ther shall money raised by taxation iu anv state be appropriated for the maintenanee of any sectarian school orsootarian institution." tho house, on the MM.li, Mr. Blaine d ii resolution calling for information on the subject of the transfer of lands w ithin the railroad limits allowed to union soldier*. Adopted. Mr. Springer introduced a consti tutional amendment providing Unit congress . , , or local laws in re gard to granting pensions, bounties, lands or prize-money, or for correcting tho records of any department in relation thereto; granting Hof to any person, or authorising the pay out of any clnim. giving any enrporittion isoointion or individual tlie right to lay rail- aid tracks, or conferring any special and exclusive privilege on such corporation; reg- •tinting the practice of courts or conferring pecial jurisdiction in particular cost lint in all eases where a general law can mdc applicable, no special law will lie e noted, and thnt courts may determine If ui _ pecial law canid be embraced iu the general nnctmciiU Deferred. Mr. Wallace pro- 1‘iited a petition, asking the passage of n law giving additional bounty to soldieri " 'erred. The centennial appropriate ie up for dsMcussion, mid without coining i vote on tho Idll tho house ndji n tho house, on tho 10th, M r. Woddoll, from the post office comniiUue, reported back adversely tho hill introduced liy Mr. postage on first-class mail matter to one cent for each half ounce. Diid the table. At the expiration tn^lhe morning hour the house went Into committee of the whole on the centennial appropria tion hill. Without action on the (dll, the irnmittcc arose, and the house at 4:30 ad- d, it luting understood Hint eulogies In tho senate, on the 21st, Iho chair laid before tliut body the memorial of Htau- ley Mnttlinws 8c Co., of the national railroad invention, recently held in Ht. Louis, set ting forth tho advantages or certain tlior- •ughfnres, and nsking aid for the Southern Uacific railroad. Referred. Mr. Hhermuu, iiittee on finance, reported ii substitute for the senate hill to provfdo for a nunission on the subject of alcoholic liquor traffic. Placed on the caleudur. Mr. Lognir Introduced a hill to reduce the uiiiii- rrcase the efficiency of the modi- of tho anmy. Referred. After “ f the morning hour, M piratioi ii the dcatfi of Vice President Wilson and delivered a graceful eulogy, which he closed by offering the uinl resolutions of respect. The resolutions ere adopted and the senate adjourned. in tho house, on the 21st, Mi. Knott oiii the judiciary committee, reported bill for the retirement, on full pay, Judge Wilson McCandless, of the os tern district of Peiiusylvanin, In con- quence of physical disability, notwith- ding lie has not attained tin irs. Pa on tho ed. Tlie hoi Al r the. slntli . of the memory of.thclsto Vice President Wll- i. Eulogies were pronounced on the vir- •s of tlie deceased by Messrs. Warren, .rris (Mass.), Kelley, Knott, Clyincr, Kas- i, Banks, Lynch, Hurlhiit, Lawrence, i/iphnm, Ib-agnn, Joyce ami Blair. Thc t noteworthy portions of thn eulogies that in which Mr. Knott alluded to the tclcbratad visit of Mr. Wilson at the death- I of John • Breckinridge. Devolutions respect were adopted ami the house ud- A Pious Dnuglitc Children, says the Bov. W. Jay, have rmveyed religion to those from whom they ought, to nave derived it. “ Well,” Maid a mother ono day, weeping, iter daughter being nhout to make a public profession of religion by going to the. I/ird'H table, “ I will rcHint no longer. How can I boar to see my dear child love 1 read tho ftcripturcH while I never look into tho Bible; to see her retire and w.ek God while I never pray; to w*o her going to the Lord's tabic while His death is nothing to me! " “Ah,” said hUc to the minister who called to inform Iter of her daughter’s intention, wining her eyes, “ Yes, sir, I know she is right, and I am wrong. 1 have seen her firm under re proach, and patient under provocation, and cheerful in all her sufferings. When in her late illness she was looking for dis solution, heaven stood in her face. Oil, that I was fit to die! I ought to have taught her, but I am sure she has taught, b. IIow can I bear to see her joining e church of Oral and leaving me behind perhaps forever!” From that-hour e prayed in earnest that the God of her iila would l>e her God, and waa soon en walking with her in tho way over- asting. •An inquewt was held recently in the of a deceased clergyman, aged seventy- three, residing at Leamington, England, at which it appeared that, compelled by poverty, he nod lived for several years upon H<1. |»er day, subsisting on bread, milk, cheese and cocoa. He was found lifeless in his room. The jury said he died “from natural causes.” Clergymen in England are not always well-clothed, _ . fI ._ 4 well-fed, and well paid. We treat them debted for uniform kindness and better in this country-” especially in I si deration. You have done everything in Brooklyn. j your power to aid me in the work com- A 1YAH SECRET. Urnrrsl Kobcrl K. I**«*'■ HcslK- nntlun 111* l.dlcr to Jrff Dnvl* lllrr Urltribnni. sylvauia was Hot unfruitful of result* beneficial to tho southorn states; al though by tho reamt shook of arms and this aggressive movement tho federal advance upon Richmond had lioon materially uelnyod ; although tho state of Virginia, for tho time being, had boon delivered from tho waste ami burden of hostile invasions; although General I/*e had, from perilous environment, with drawn his army strong in organization, proud in spirit, and with confidence un shaken, and was iu full possession of his legimato line of defense, lie amid not hut acknowledge tlmt all had not l>ceii accomplished which the late advAncc was designal to oompns*. “Thin has lioon (a sail day for us, colonel, a sad day; but wo can’t oxpoet always to gain victories,” was his remark to Colonel Frccmantle, as, suhlimo iu his indif ference to ]>crsomil danger, and calm in the midst of tho hurry and confusion ol tho scene, thb. eon fedora to leader encour aged his men when, torn and worn by tlie battle, they fell back boforo the tri umphant roar of tho federal artUlory which swept the whole valley and slope, of Seminary Ridge with shot and shell. As a soldier, and as the chief captain of the confederate hosts, he admitted that lie had boon foiled of his aim ; and although, in his own language, if a spirit of disappointment and discontent existed his army, his brother olficors Imd liccu too kind to rejHirt it, and his troops too generous to exhibit it, the tone of tho public press and the sentiment of the country indicated dissatisfaction with the resit It. ot a campaign from which grander achievements had been blindly expatied than the troops and resources employed in its conduct ought, in rea son, to have justified. It was not in human nature, and Its mod heroic de velopment and conscious of it* noblest effort, t« remain under the circumstances entirely Indiflbrent to or unaflected by such expressions. As at tho time of Pickett’s repulse ho said to General Wilcox, who in sorrow reported the almost total destruction of his brigade: “ Never mind, general, all this has Ih?oii my fault; It is i who have lost tho light, ami you must help mo out of it tho is-sl way you can”--so now, at Camp Or ange, with a dignity, a manhood, and a generosity the most remarkable, denying no rcH|HMiHibility, suggesting no excuse indulging in no censure, ho shieldc others by taking U|sm himself alone the soul depressing burden of tho general misfortune. It was under such circumstancos that the following nolilo letter was penned : CAM!’ On AND IS, 8 August, 1868. Mn: Prkmdbnt: Your i loiter* «>f 28 July and 2 Aug. have boon received, and I have waited for a leisure li ply, hut I fear that will unvo am extrcHiely obliged to you for the at tention given to the want* of IhiHnrmy, ami the efforts made to supply them. Our al won teen arc returning, and I hope the earnest amt beautiful appeal made to tho country iu your*proclamation may stir up the whole people, and that they may *eo their duty and perform It. Nothing Im wanted hut that thoir forti tude should equal thoir bravery, to in sure tho success of our cause. Wo must expect reverses, even defeat*. They arc sent to tench us wisdom and prudence, to call forth creator energies, and to pre vent our fulling Into greater disasters. Our people have only to lx? true and united, to hour manfully the misfortunes, incidental to wur, and ull will come right in the end. 1 know how prone wo are to censure, and how ready to blame others for the non-fulfillment of our expectations. This is unbecoming in a generous peo ple, and I grieve to see its expression. The general remedy for the wiyit of suc cess in a military uumniander is Ills re moval. This Is natural, and iu many instances proper. For, no matter what may Ixi thn activity of tho office!, if lie loses the confidence of ids troops, disas ter must sooner or later ensue. I have been prompted by these redee ms more than once since my return from Pennsylvania to pro|H>He to your excellency the propriety of selecting an other commander for this army. I nave seen and heard expressions of discontent in the expedition. I do not know how far this feeling extends In the army. My brother officers have been too kind to re port It, and so far tho troops have lioen too generous to exhibit it. It is fair, however, to suppose that it does exist, •cess Is ho necessary to us that nothing should he risked to secure it. I, therefore, in all sincerity, request your excellency to take measures to supply my place. I do this witji tho more earn estness because no one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of my |>oHition. I cannot even accomplish what 1 myself desire. How can I fulfill the executions of others? in addition, I sensibly feel the growing failure of my Isidily strength. I have not yet recovered from the attack I ex perienced the past spring. lam bceom- c and more incapable of exertion, thus prevented from making thn personal examinations and giving the }>erHomtl supervision t.7 the operations in the field which I feel to be necessary I i dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am freoucntly misled. Everything, therefore, points to the ad vantages to lie derived from a new com mander, and I the more anxiously urge the matter ii|s>n your excellency from my belief that a younger and abler man than myHelf can readily l>c obtained. I know that lie will have as gallant and brave an army a* ever ^existed to second his efforts, and it would Ik; the happiest day of my life to see at its head a worthy leader; one that would accomplish more than I could perform, and all that I have wished. I hope your excellency will attribute my request to the true reason, the desire to serve my country, and to do all in my power to insure the success of her righteous cause. no complaint* to make of any yself. I have received noth ing hut kindness from those above me, and the most considerate attention from my comrades and companions in arms. To your excellency I am specially in- uiittcd to my charge, without omitting any thing to promote tho general welfare. I pray Mint your effort* may at length bo crowned with sneers*, ana that yi may long live to e^joy tho thanks ol grateful people. With sentiment* of great esteem, I am, very rcspootiftilly and truly your*, 11. E. Lkk, General. His Excellency Jefferson Davis, Prcal dent Confederate States. Business Enterprise In Moorgln* Now York BullvUn. * The enterprising spirit which clmrac terir.es the people of Georgia, cvvn undci the most iinpropltlous and discouraging circumHlnna > 8,hnH a fresh exemplification in two document* which lie Wore us. One relates to the favorable progress of arrangement* for making Atlanta the seat of an important cotton manufacture; the other set* forth tho capacity mid ad vantages of the Augusta canal as a moans for the encouragement of the manufac ture especially of cotton and woolen fabrics in all that section of tho stutc. First, as to the cotton factory iu At lanta; tho citizens, impressed with it* imiiortiinec, suhscrilied two necessary cap ital, directors and olllcers wore elected, a location Hclcctod and tho husines* of building a factory was formally inaugu rated on tho titli of July, 1875. Hi nee that time tho plans for buildings have boon doeidod upon and tho work of con struction bus since moved steadily. Tho directors agreo to erect buildings sutll- eient. for 20,0(10 spindle* at first, and put iu tho itiuchtnory as fast as tho business would warrant. The committee having tho enterprise in charge, wo are told,gave very careful attention to tho estimates of •ost and production and compared them with dotailed statements of the best mills of the south, also with some of thn he*t mills iu tho north. Tho plans for tlie arnuigomont of machinery Is such that it can lie nut in three sections. Tho first section will lmvo 0,072 spindle* and xiliarv machinery. Tho second sec tion will he Htifiicionl to make up the iiumlior to 12,000 spindles, mid the third will muko a total ol 20,78(1 spindles, 500 Iooiiih mid auxiliary picket*, cards, sjieed tie., which will produce twenty-foili thousand yards per day. The directors have decided to produce a liner class of goods than are now made in tho south, and have adopted as a standard number 18 yarn to 1 yards of cloth to tho |>ound The machinery will he arranged to pro duce 18 to 24 yarn, from which several grades of goods can ho made, prohnhly not less than ten different styles. The committee conclude their report by appeal to capitalists to anno forward with the HiilmcriptioiiH necessary to niako the enterprise a great business success. Next, as to tho Augusta canal, which was projected by a Jew public spirited citizens of thnt place for manufacturing purposes, and for the tktctfrlng of an ahumlant supply of water for tho city. The,work was commenced in 1845 and completed in tho oarly part ot 1847, 1872, it was resolved to enlarge its capac ity, and that work was practically com pleted in July last. The length of the main canal or first level is seven miles; including second and third lovol, nine miles; dontli of water, II feet. The canal is owned l»y tho city of Augusta, and isal present under the control ol the following board of managers: Hon. Charles Estes, president; Jolin U. Meyer, Thomas G. Barrett, Alexander Philip mid M. IS. Hill. The location of the canal is in the heart of'the cotton raising region, mid at one of the most important inland markets for the staple in tlie country, together witli tho even temperature of tho climate, the moderato cost of living mid the abundance of labor, renders it peculiarly adapted to the profitable manufacture ot cotton goods, as is ovldoncod in tlm cess of tho Augusta, OranitoviUo and other factories in that vicinity. At a time like this, when public atten tion everywhere is so largely directed to the development of sou thorn industries, it is certainly worth while watching tho progress of ontorprlsos of this character, a* they seem to offer not only desirable outlets for capital but also tempting op portunities for husines* men, which are not over plentiful in llioinoro thoroughly worked states of the north and ciwt. The World’s Shipping. New York niillotln. With reference to the present relative standing of the different nations iu cantile fleet*, the following compilation a* regards sailing vessels ha* bcon pre- p at ed, from reliable sources: Tho following table will show the imberof steamers possessed by the dif ferent nations: tel; 'A uii"'iHTi'iiifypiVsn.” 'The aggregate tonnage as here shown materially larger than in J870, when the total wus 2,798,402. As regards the tonnage of the sailing vessels of tlie United State*, it should be uoled tliut only sea-going craft are mentioned. 'Die coastwise ana lake floet is immense and would undoubtedly swell the total nearer that of Great Britain, where almost everything afloat is counted. It •annot strictly bc"*aid that all the British vessels mentioned are “sea-going.” Ow ing to our large extent of territory, it Is difficult to keep a record of every vessel that is built. The coastwise uud luko shipping, however, amount to a formida ble Total. Tim MONO or 1*70. A KKSTIVAI. rOKJI nv HAYABI) TAYl,Oft. Waken, rolra of the laitd’a Devotion! Spirit of freedom, nwnkrn nil I ItltifT, ys ahoree, to tho Hour ot Orocn, itlvora, simwor, mid iiimintniiia, rail I The golden dey Iim wmie: Git ovory longue liodumi) 1 lint sounded Its niiilk-o or murmured IU (cm Him h*th won her story ; Wo crown hot ilia land of i/l lend rod years I 11. > lit ot dnrkncmnnd loll end danger Into die light of Victory’ll uay, I dp to the week, nod home fo Iho linger, I-'rcedi Upon Knropo'a orplinim real i her motlior-liruut; of Nnllona are hoard In the die Now love slid honor. A ml crown lire the Qnoon of a llnndied You* l.lj lit of cedi nlmll secure our mottier’*; Child of cedi la her fullliful h4i 1 We give Thro heart mid liuml, Our glorious unlive lauid. I or lint If e him tried thee mid tlmecndom We will write thy story, And keen tliy glory Ah pure iim of old for a Thom-nml Yearn! FACTS AND FANCIES. —“ No, George,” she said in resnonso to his question, “ it is not truo tnat a string ot new belt buckles iu a shop win dow would make any woman loso n train ; but,” hIio added musingly, “sometimes she might liavo to run a littlfc.’' —Gharooal lias been discovered to bo a cure for burns. By laying a piece of cold clinrooul upon a burn tho pain sub sides immediately. By leaving t he char coal on ono hour tho wound w healed, u* has lioon demonstrated on soveral ocon- sioirn. Why nliould thn rldi dimpiM< tlm poor ? Why nhould tho poor rojilim? A little wl.lln, uud wo nlmll nil In repinl (rlomlnhlp Join. 1 .l(.« id tho host Is liul iiJcnI, And linn tin wlnlry day, llul slnra we’re liore, with frloudn e» dear, We’ll drive dull onrn sway. —She, a girl of seventeen, walked un der the maples a month ago, and gathered tho golden leaves, and said, “0 loaves. golden leaven, mm sum. \j ivnu-n. , ...j remind me of crushed hopes and scattered plans.” He, her father, found them in a nail keg tlie other day, and shook them down in the corner of the woodshed, and said, “ There, that dog has got just a* good a bod a* any canine in this town I” He Imd made a hearty meal at a res taurant, and rising m> he said to the cash lor: “ I declare, if I haven’t forgotten my wallet.” The cashier fired up, and hurled big words at him for full threo minutes before pausing for breath. When oiiauco came, the stranger continued: But I have fifty dollars hero in my vest pocket.” Tho cashier couldn’t smile to havo him. -—In his last UIuchh jioor Hood was reduced to n skeleton. As lie noticed a very largo mustard poultice which Mrs. Hood was making for him lie exclaimed ; “ Oh, Mary ! Mary I Thnt will be agreat doul of mustard to a very little meat I “ Shortly,before his death, being visited by n clergyman, whoso features a* well ii* language were more lugubrious than con soling, Hood looked up at him comnns- Hlonatoly and said : “ My dear sir, I’m afraid your religion doesn’t agree with you I” -—Tho Ht Louis Republican says : An Englishman him squeezed 14,000 copios of a history of tho world, since tho flood, in to 14,000 bottlos and hud them buried ill tho ice Hoinowhoro in Greenland. His theory Is that history repeats itself, and that the coming Cnpt. Noali will pick up these floating waifs and put them in the ark library as something reliable for fu ture Macnuleys and Bancrofts to start on. If it were not for these thoughtful men what would become of us allf But if tho ono philanthropicaljlltorary executor bud nut ids bottles in a firo-proof safo wo should havo felt more secure. However, perhaps ho knows best. —“ Man is daring and confident—wo man is diffident and unassuming. Muu is great in action—woman in suffering. Man lias a rugged heart—woman a soft and tender ono. Man lias science—-wo man ha* taste. Man has judgment— woman sensibility. Man is a being of justice—woman nn angel of mercy.” Wo will now rend to tho audience a let ter from a sweet and tender young lady of 8t. Louis to her strong and rugged brother: “My Dear Brother—-I think it strange you don’t write to mo. Why don’t you write to me ns usual. D— ir skin to h—, if you are married tel! and I won’tnovor write to you again. Yoar loving sister, Aunio Moran.” —Lady Burdctt-Coutt* has gathered together from time to time parties of thirty or forty workingmen and of men ’ tho humbler classes, nought tickets tor •m, and sent them to see “ Macbeth ” acted by Mr. Irvlngat the London Lyce um. After they had witnessed one per formance she then had tho play road Hnd explained to them, taking thoir own (min ions on it also, and on tho acting of it; then they were sent again. Tho same tiling was done with parties of school children and their teachers. This is ono ,mple of tho thoughtful kindness and intorost in poor people of which Lady Burdott-Coutts has given so many others. As a practical educational measure the work no doubt has value. Father and Non. There are two singular patrons of the police station in Springfield, Massachu setts, father and son, of whom the Union thus speaks: “When the old gentleman gets into limbo tho son appears and pro ceeds to read him a long lecture on tho sin of drinking and it* attendant evils, usually winding up with, ‘ It’s good enough for you. I have' done all thnt a son could do to niako you live properly, and you have no one to blame but your self.’ Money is raised to j>ay the old ’* tine, and then tho son takes his turn at getting drunk and smashing things. Htraightway tho father appeal* at the station-house, and with a benign expression on his countenance, plaintively inquires: ‘is this the example which I have set you, and am I to lie thus repaid for all my watchful care and tenderness?’ The family pay tho son’s lino, and then it is the old niun’s turn. 'Die funny part of the affair is that lather and son have been lecturing each other in this way for about nine years, and neither of them seem* to have tho-slightest idea of the extreme ludicrousness which their con tinued exhortations have attained.”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cedartown record. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1874-1879, January 31, 1876, Image 1