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moil of him psper to auv one wfco
1 who wrota the followinp frajr-
»nd how lie may obtain tho re-
]v>fui. It was fonml on a torn
rap r which wae picked np in a
iho wood* in Indiana, more than
.. .-ho spoke of things
10 tlic dying bringe,
all the while;
o«- sweet parting word*.
wig her flowers and bird**.
sleep.
s«lcr uown the garden walk,
rwe on all the happy talk
ad beneath tho lime*.
«ieu eve when aho and I
Kching hero tho flashing ekr.
in W and tho ee»;
ml the children in the lanes,
ini; homo the harvest wains,
nmting in their glee.
ever rend
Only 1st a woman be sure she is
rious to her husband—not useful, „„„
valuable, not convenient dimply, but
lovely and beloved ; let her be tae
tions, let her feel that her cares and love
are noticed, appreciated and returned,
let her opinion be asked and her appro
val sought; and her judgment be respect-
ed in matters of which she is cognizant;
in short, let her only be loved, honored
and cherished, in fulfillment of the mar
riage vow, and she will bo to her "bus-
band, her children and society, a well
spring of happiness. She will bear pain,
and toil and nnxi ty. for her. husband’s
love to her is a tower and fortress.
Shielded and sheltered therein, and ad
versity will have lest its. sting. She may
suffer, bnt sympathy will dull the edge
of sorrow. A honse with lovo id ft—and
by love I mean lovo expressed in words,
and looks, and deeds; for I have not one
spark of faith in love that never crops
out—is to a house without love;as a person
to a machine ; one is life, the other a
mechanism,' tho unloved woman may
have bread just as light, a hon.se just hs
tidy as-the other; but the latter, has a
; spring of beauty .aboiii . her, n .joyous-
j n penetrating and pervading I right-
; ness to which the' former is uu entire
j'trangrfr. The deep happiness of her
! heart shines ont in herTaee. She gleams
! ov ^ r - It is.airy, and graceful, and warm
j and welcoming with her presence ; she
i 18 fnM devices and plots, and sweet
surprises for husband and family. She
\ Word to Mother.-'.
,:icli mother is a historian. Sho write:
: the history of empires or of nations
I’.apcr, bnt sho writes her own history
the imperishablo mind of her child.
That tablet and that history will
3 deli bio when time shall be no
That history each mother shall
r.in. and read with eternal joy or
bio grief in the coming age of
. The thought should weigh on
u.l of every mother, and render
ply circumspect, prayerful and
i’lifnl in her solemn work of training
bor children for heaven and immortal-
bo minds of children are very suscep-
•> ami easily impressed. A word, a
'• »a.v engrave an impression on the
:d of flu- child which no lapse of timi
eJTiceor washout, Ion walk along
soa shore when tho tide is ont, and
form characters or write words or
lesintho smooth white sand which
nend out so clear and beautiful at
r feet, according as your fancy may
ate: bnt the returning tide shall in a
hours wash out and efface all you
0 written. Not so tho lines and
meters of truth and error which your
duct imprints on the mind of your
d. There yon write impressions for
everlasting good or ill of your child,
eh neither the floods nor the slow
'ingages of eternity can obliterate,
v careful should each mother be in
treatment of her child !
low prayerful and how serious, and
earnest to write tho eternal truths
od on his mind—those truths which
1 lx? his gu do and teacher when her
e shall be silent in death, and lips
uiger move in prayer in his behalf,
'bug her dear child to her
A Woman’s Idea of What a Kitch
en Shtuldbe.
To begin with, I would Lave a kitchen
well lighted ; some, yea a great deal of
the broad expansive sunlight coming in
boldly, as if it had a perfect right to be
there. That would, of course necessitate
large windows. And then I would give
' much attention to the ventilation of
kitchen as I would to a sleeping room,
would have a large circular device am.
pending over the cooking stove with a
hole in the centre and a tube leading to
the top of the house to carry off tho sa
vory smells which the process of cooking
generates, and prevent them from per
meating tho house.
For these smells, however savory and
agreeable are apt to take away something
from the keenes3 of our appetites ; or,
at least, cause us to anticipate something
better than tho reality. ’ Then I would
have a large sink with a permanent soap
stone or marble wash bowl, for washing
the dishes, and another for draining. I
would also have an adjustable pipe lead
ing from the hot water tank to either of
these basins. Besides this, I wonld have
sundry cupboards and closseta arranged
1 00 tb^wall. so as to be tasteful and , do-
corrativeas well ns convenient
Then I would have a space devoted to
tiny drawers, such as one sees in a drug
store, and labelled in this manner; Soda,
allspice, nutmegs cream of tartar, ect ;
so that nt a single glance I could discover
just what I wanted, without rummaging
to find these things in some out-of-the-
way comer, placed there by some untidy
Bridget. Tills wonld save one a world
ire uow devoted to instructing every
servant as to all places of things.
Cooking is becoming so complicated
a-day« that one needs all the arrange
ments, aud as many utensils a chemical
bus never done with the romance and
poetry of ljfe. She hers*lf is a lyfic
poem setting herself to all pure and gra
cious melodies. Humble house-hold
hel” 1 ^ j JSe'me 3 '^’“", d ‘S“ ^ " rc ‘ 1 j tect
ling high ; and tho end sanctifies the £Jf, ryW "” “ p, ‘“' for ev ‘
means. "Love is Heaven, and Heaven j
is love.” V ’ ' ‘ ' ~
. 0 •„ j ltussia is moviug large bodies of troops
A hTORY With a Moral.—A young into Poland.
*”'■** paymg special attention to a young
smut God.
°' v Hap Him.—The Newark
ivTsays ; **A mini named Hotcli-
• ov ‘‘ r Market, tho other
i’. thought ho wonld have some fnn
mg bis wife by dropping a loose
k down the chimney into the fire
e in her room. Sohecrept softly out
nd ami with nothing on but his
cat shut, sneaked np stairs and got
it of the roof. Mr. Hotchkiss dropped
® bricks down the chimney, each
■ 'nth a vigorous slam, but his wife
er screamed a solitary time. So
•i Mr. Hotchkiss gave it up, and
' i t./ lp w ' on '^ down stairs; but he
, ,l:at Mrs. Hotchkiss had her
0l ' t of 1,10 ‘rap door watching him
tie Umc, and when he had finished
|>aa shnt the trap and fastened it on
t'\i it*. 1)0 113 well to state
•ur. Hotchkiss spent the rest of tho
f s d mg on the sharp peak of the
*• *itli his trailing garments of the
• ttuttenng in the evening breeze,
pug -l in Lonely To-Night.” Mrs.
V j, li* ln hn»ated to ber confidential
■ s that she thought she bad him.
A Hood Story.
’l.Vn a V me tliere lived among
oi an adjoining count y an old
l ettan , "Tiose entire personal and
i consisted of a wife, and a
«-wntilat«l cabin, half an acre of not
; l ,r °duetive land, and a violeut fond-
•• ..T ,at is sometimes called “tamr-
l*dy, met with the following incident du
ring one of his visits.
Being invited into the parlor to await
the lady’s appearance, he entertained
himself as best he might for some time,
ami was becoming very weary, when a
little gi.;l about five years old slipped in
and began to converse with him.
i always tell when you i
ur house,” she said. “ Why,
when you are going to be here sister be
gins to sing and get good; she gives me
rake and pie, and everything I want, and
he sings so sweetly when yon are here
and when I speak to her she smiles so
pleasdntlv. I wish you would stay here
all the while, then I oonld have a good
time. Bnt when you go off sister is not
good. She gets mad, and if I ask her
anything she slaps and baugs me about.
This was a poser f<*r the young man.
4 *Fools and children tell tho truth,
he muttered, and taking his lint lie left
id returned no more.
Moral.—Parents wishing their ill-na
tured daughters married, should keep
their small children ont of the parlor when
strangers are there.
The Little Corporal is responsible for
tho following:
At one of our neighbor’s houses was
a very bright little girl. It chanced once
that they had us a guest a minister, an
esteemed friend. Little Anna watched
him closely, ami finally sat down behind
him and began to draw on her slate.
“ What are you drawing, Anna?” asked
the clei gymau.
“Ise making your picture,” answered
the child.
b'o the gentlrman sat very still, and
she worked away earnestly for awhile;
then stopped, compared her work with
tho original, and shook her little head.
“I don’t like it much, she said.—
Tain’t a grout deal like you. I dess I’ll
put a tail to it and tall it a dog.”
Fancy his feelings.
• . r Tr v " nieuca wuu
S: ,< * n ™ ft t his land mnst be
Hut he Lad no horse, and
un.l u , uau no horse, and
;V‘ "“potwblo to borrow one.—
I,. * ess ’ tl J 0 ground must he broken
°r “ 0 horse. end it was finally
li on tl. ,h ti tbo “ ol1 * should
ana', iv° ld , m , an ,' holJ ban-
sna ilnvo, while 1 n ,lrew the nlow
;npr«r;ie^,*^£rl
willcned out "get up there!” be
ravttrh ,8 m ^ tho Sarness with
‘horfnS T 110 , 11 “•pped the tiaees
rt, and ho shot forward against a
th«f lPad 8trikin ff 1110 of a rail
‘he force of a manl. Thunclera-
• l *. 0 , man !” be exclaimed, as he
i- i‘°., ood aQ d dirt from his eyes,
t yon say w-h t ’
T, ll ‘ s tel egraphed that among the
“ll-foreMetrw„ “Baron H. Kin-
10 hgurotl hero before tho war.”
^‘«wed will l»o rembered as Capt.
, V' 1 !'.’ wko ton years ago
=»l lnraself and a respectable family
>UT , ? dty iato in-.
'l) l ;i no nsefnl pnr-
. J 1 “ ser '’ed in recalling the cir-
iin ! '' we ° 1; ly odd that the
whaeqnenHj united W marriage
1 “ daughter. Duringonrcivil war
M buna valuable, but not wholly
i. T , U>e Confederates.
■: Ha , 0 'nulmcted the French
tg {W, ,, l'“t we know of hie
r ^trdSet n0M “" 1 '* tent ‘° r
; 'l Uve 8 r. . o Ume5 ’ wa ere euro ho
• r /<lt,i | tt i ‘ B rams to «« hut fbr
' ■ Cl ' 'Uterfereneo of thoEm-
* ' J iccat/une.
A litUo
ionr-year-old child told
a n , led ,17* a ^°°1- On being
1W niotlier, and mi.
lUd ftuJJ?” 7, w he ‘°rldled np to tha
A country girl once went into the
city to pay a visit to one of her best
friends; this friend was married to a
rich merchant, and a leader of fashion.
In city etiquette, of coarse, tho visitor
was verdant, and made numerous mis
takes. Her friend wished to initiate her
nto the "mysteries,’ ami as they were
:oing to a large ball, gave her, the follow-
ng instructions, viz: ‘‘Eat only one
small cake and one suacer of ice cream,
and when your attendant presses yon to
take more answer that you have mastica
ted a sufficiency, and raoro wonld be
superfluity.” Things went ou very
smoothly until her attendant asked her
to partake of more refreshments, when,
to tho horror of her friend, and amuse
ment of the company, she answered, in
a loud voice: *‘I havo evaporated in
sufficiently—any more would go flippity-
floppity."
The Garden of Eden.—A traveler in
the East writes that the site of the Garden
of Eden is, according to tradition, lo
cated at the junction of the Euphrates
and Tigress, at ftn Arab village called
Korneli. Scattered along the bank are
about two hundred houses, made of reed
and thatch, at, while on the extreme
point, where the river meet, a shanty
has been built for a telegraph station!
It is well (says The Churchman) some
what curious to think of telegraph dis
patches being sent to- the Gulden of
Eden; and it removes a certain halo with
which our imagination lia3 surrounded
the spot. But modern progress has
penetrated those countries of the East
which have beeu long in decay, and
they are doubtless destined to undergo
a wonndorful resurrection.
flQr ln consequence of statements
made in a letter going tho rounds of the
press recently, to tho effect that there
were several thousand Confederate
prisoners on the Dry Tortugus in a stute
of destitute; without means of getting
away, Mr. George F. Marlow, of Selma,
addressed a letter to the War Depart
ment asking as to the truth of the state
ment. The enquiry was responded to by E.
D. Towcsed, Adjutant Gen’ljof the United
States, who says “there is not a single
Comfederate prisoner in the custody of
the United States anywhere at this
time.” He says "there were never more
than two thousand men, U. S. soldiers,
prisoners and all, if as many; at one
time on that island. All these statements
concerning the Tortugas are utterly
false.”
S&.A fool, a barber, and a bald-headed
man were traveling . together. * Lo dug
their way.'they were, forced to sleep in
the open air, and to avert danger it was
agreed to watch by turn*. The lot first
fell on tho barber, who for amusement,
shaved the fool’s head while he
sleeping. He then awoke him, and .—,
fool raising bis hand to scratch bis head
exclaimed, “Here’s a pretty^miatake;
There is a poor fellow- at Bangor
who says '“it*s working between meals
that’s killing hhA*!- • . ’ .’4
King William was at Waterloo, and was
then IS years old.
St. Louis arrests her gamblers for va
grancy and fines them $500 each.
They tell of a fouudryman in New Or
leans who is so pious that he will only
make upright boileis.
I ho New 1 oi k Herald sustains Jacob
in the family difficulty with his brother
Esau about a mess of pottage.
Somebody stole a diamond butterfly,
valued at 92,000, from M’Ue Nillsson's
head-gear.
Bavaria has made arrangements to sup
ply her army with a new pattern of mit
railleuse, which fires 350 balls per min
ute.
The Democrats of New York have
imously renominated John T. Hoffman
for the office of Governor.
Some .western towns are employing fe
male clergymen in self-defense, as they
never run away with the girls i
gregation.
The Cumancbe Indians don’t like the
negro troops employed on the Texan
frontier, for the reason that they have
fancy for the woolly scalps.
Free Masons, of both the German and
I’ rench armies, are said to have evinced
their humanity and brotherhood dnring
the war.
The Charleston Courier corrects the
report that Gen. Beanregnrd
assisting in its defence. He is in this
country, and has not visited Pari:
eml years.
It was Holden, the ltadical Governor
of North Carolina, who invented the fa
mous expression, “We’ll fight the Yan
kees till hell freezes over, and then fight
them
Gen. Robert Toombs will deliver the
addr. ss on the opening day of the Co
lumbus Fair.
A woman in Missouri has recovered
from tlio bite of a rattlesnake, although
the injured limb was swolleu to three
times its natural size.
As Mrs. Briguoli {nee Isabella McCul
loch) has become the happy nigther of
twins, it is inferred that that marriage
really took place some timo before its an
nouncement.
Among tbe historical facts connected
with Verdun, it is narrated that during
the wars of tho French Revolution fifteen
girla of that town, all under fifteen yeare
of age, were sent to the guillotine for
having danced at a boll given by Prus
sian officers.
The beantiful Bois do Boulogne, the
Paris park, is now filled with cattle, hogs
and swine, hundred of thousands of them
being herded there in anticipation of be-
seiged Pane.
A drunken man at tho Omaha Hotel
was choked to death last week, at the
dinner table, while attempting to swallow
a piece of beef. His wife almost died of
Rhame and sorrow. . x
Tbe New York Herald declares: “Now
that the reign of fashion is at an end in
Peris, American .nodistes are setting up
styles for themselves. Europe will have
to look out for the fntnre for fashions in
this country, and tho fickle goddess will
issue her proclamations here,”
It is reported that the steamer Lafay
ette, which sailed from New York on
Thursday, took out 100,000 Remington
rifles, 3,000,000 of fixed ammunition,-^
battery of sixteen pieces and 500 volun
teers for the French Army.
Tbe Prussians have threatened with
death all who attempt to repair the rail
ways they destroy in France.
ported that the Prussians were
badly defeated on the’ 2Sd in an attempt
to storm the fort on Mount Valerien;
West of Paris.
A special dispatch to the N. Yi Tele
gram of 2Sd, saya that there was firing
near Paris at 10 o’clock on that day. Ri
fle andeannon firing were heard on the
Streets of Paris this morning. On the
21st it was distinctly observed from the
heights that a conflict was going on in
the city. Later intelligence says that, a
revolution is threatened by the Red Re*
publicans, who are furious against the
present leaders. . “ * • •
John Smith married my father’s great
uncle’s eldest daughter, Melinda Byrne
Consequently I was a relative to John.
John’s family had often visited^ C
onr quiet country home, and at each visit
had most cordially pressed ns to return
the compliment.
Last October, business called me sud
denly to the city of B -, where
relatives resided, and without having
time to write or apprise them of my com
ing, I was intending a visit to the family
of John Smith.
With my accustomed carelessness, I
had left his precise address at home in
my note book, but I thought little of it;
I could easily find liim, I thought to
myself, as the cars set me down amidst
the smoke and bostle of-—.
I inquired for my Relative, of the first
hackman I came across.
He looked at me with an ill-Suppressed
gnh. - What wa9 the fellow laughing at *
To be sure my clothes were not of the
very latest ont, and it is not just the thing
for any one ont of tho army to wear
blue with bright buttons; but my coat
was whole, and my aunt Betsey had
scoured the buttons with wlxiting and
soft scup until they shone like gold,
repealed rajr question with dignity.
‘•Can you direct me to the residence of
Mr. John Smith ?”
“S-m-i-t-h ?” he said slowly.’
“Yes, sir, Mr. John Smith. ]
ried mp Slather’s great uncle’s eldest
danghtei Melinda.”
John Smith seemed to he a common
inn with him, from the peculiar tone
he used in speaking of that individual.
“Ah!” remarked I, “then there i:
ore than one of that name in the city?”
“ I rather think there is.”
“Very well then direct me to the
est.”
West street, second
n’llsee the name
‘The nearest is i
left hand comer—;
the door.”
I passed on, congratulating myself on
the cordial welcome I should receive from
John and Melinda.
reached the place—a handsome
house with the name on a silver door
plate ; I rang the bell—a servant appear
ed.
“Mr. Smith in ?”
“ No, 8ir; Mr. Smith i
“Mrs. Smith—is she?
“In the army ? oh, no—she is at tli
beach.”
“This is Mr. John Smith’s house, i
i the army.”
it ?”
‘It 1
“Was his wife’s name Melinda, aud was
sho a Bryne before she was married, from
Squash ville ?”
The man reddened and responded an
grily, “I’ll not stand here to be insulted!
Make off with yourself or I’ll call the
police. I thought from the first tliat you
was an entry thief, but you don’t play
no games on me!” and he banged the
door in my face.
I, a thief ! If I had not been in such
a hurry to find the Smiths, I should have
given that rascally fellow a sound chas
tising ou tho spot.
Inquiry solicited the facta John Smith
resided in Arch street. Thithor I bent
my steps. A maid servant answered my
ring.
“Mr. Smith in
Before the lady could reply, a big, red
faced man jumped out of the shadows be
hind the door, and laid his heavy hand on
my shoulder.
‘Yes, sir,” he cried, in a voice of than-
der.
‘Mr. Smith is in. Ho stayed at home
all day on purpose to catch you! and
v by Jupiter, I’ll have my revenge!”
‘Sir, said I. “there mnst be some
mistake. Allow me to inquire if you are
Mr. John Smith t"
‘I’ll inform you about Mr. John Smith
away that you won't relish, if you
don’t settle damages forthwith. Five
thousand dollars is the very lowest
figure—and yon must leave the country I”
I cried what do you take me for? You’d
better be careful or you’ll get your head
caved in?”
‘Til cave your head in for you, you.
young villain, you !” cried be springing
at me with his cane.
“ Oh, John, dear John !” exclaimed a-
ahrill female voice, and a taH figure in a
of flouences bounded down tbe stair
way. Don’t—don’t, for the love of heaven
—don’t murder him.”- -
“Whom do you take me for.*” cried I,
my temper rising.
‘It looks well for you to ask that ques
tion !” sneered the man, “you who have
my wife’s heart, and here uow to
plan to elope with her ! I’ve fouud it all
out—you needn’t blush, and—”
“I beg pardon for interrupting jou,”
said I, “but I have never seen your rife
before. I perceive that she is not Me
linda, the eldest daughter of my father’s
great uncle—”
“Sir, do yon deny that yon are William
Jones? Do yon deny that you are in love
with my wife ?” ,
‘I am not a Jones—I have not that
honor, sir. My name is Parkwell—Hen
ry Parkwell, of 8qashville!” and, with a
bow, I took myself off.
After that I called at the residence of
three John Smiths—none of them my
Mr. Smith, and nothing occurred worthy
of note.
My next Mr. Smith resided in Port
land street Thither I bent my steps.
It was a very small house—evidently not
the house of wealth and cleanliness. I
made mjr way up to the front door,
through a wilderness of old mgs broken
croekety, old tin ware, eta, scattering a
flock of hens and rousing a snappish lit
tle terrier from his nap on the steps.
-A red-faced woman ' answered. my rap
bnt’before I oonld' make ' my customary
inquiry she opened on me like h two-
edged butcher knife.
Well, oi; all the impudent rascals that
ever lace, yon beat tho lot 1 I want, to
knotr it yon had the cheek to come here
again > Ton’d like to sell me another
Germfen-silver tea-pot, and another brass
bosim pin’to dear Aramiuta-woflldn’l
you—*
“B/ no means,” and I; “I beg leave to
inform yon—”
“Oh, yon, needn’t beg! We don’t
believe in beggars! I s’poseyon thought
I should not know (hat black bag of
yourl lh CaKf6riiy?7*51ear s ont of my
presence or m lay my broom-handle
orver^on ! If there is anything I hate,
it’s'ffpeddlar—especially a rascal like
yon!*
‘Allow me to inquire,” said I, “if Mr.
John Smith’s wife was Melihda Byrne,
the eldest daughter of my father’s—”
The broomstick wss lifted, I heard it
ent the air liko a mlnie bullet* and
sprang down the steps into the streef, at
my best pace.
TJ man I do not fear, bnt who
ca ? k 0 * 0 ”* angry woman ? I
would rather face an angry lion.
1 called on two more Mr. Smith’s—
still unsuccessful in my search. It was
getting near dark, and I was more than
anxious to reach my destinatiou.
My next Mr. Smith was located
Lenox street. It was twilight when I
rang the bell nt his door.
A smiling fellow admitted me, fairly
facing me into the hall, before I could
utter a word.
“Walk right in, sir,|they are expecting
you! The ladies will be down in a mo
ment. Miss Hattie is in the back par
lor. Walk right in, sir.”
I was gently pushed toward the door
of a shadowy apartment, and at the en
trance I was announced r
- “ Mr. Henry !”
The gas was not lighted, and the
apartment was in semi-darkness. I heard
a soft, quick footfall ou the carpet, and
a pair of the sweetest lips in the
world touched mine; and, good gracious
—for a moment the world swam; and I
felt as if I had been stowed in honey,
and distilled into Kubin’s best triple ex
tract of roses.
“Oh, Henry—my dearest aud best!
Why don’t you kiss me, Henry?” cried a
voice like music. “ Have you ceased to
care for me.*” and again the kiss was
repeated.
Who could resist such a temptation?
I naturally a diffident man, bnt I have
human nature in me, anil I paid
her principal and interest.
“Ob, Henry, I had so feared that be-
ng in the army had made you cold heart
ed—good heavens!” She fell back
against a chair as pale as death. The
servant had lit the gas, and I stood re
vealed.
“I beg your pardon, marrn,” said I,
‘‘there is evidently some mistake. May
I inquire if Mr. Smith’s wife was Melinda
Byrne, tho eldest daughter of my father’s
great uncle
The red flush came to the young lady’
cheek—she was as handsome as a picture
—and she rep ied with a courtesy:
“Shewasnot. Yon will, I hope
cuse me for the blunder I have commit
ted. We were expecting my brother
Henry from the army, aud your blue
cluthes deceived me.”
“For which I shall always wear blue,'
I replied gallantly. *«Allow me to intro
duce myself—I am Henry Pockwell, of
Sqnashville;” and in making my best
bow, I stumbled over a ottoman, and fell
smash into a china closet, demolished at
least a dozen plates and as many glass
tumblers.
I Sprang *to my feet—seized my bag,
and without a word dashed out of the
house.
I knocked over a man who was passing
at the moment, and landed myself
head in the gutter. The man picked
himself np, and was about to make a dis
play A)f my muscle, when the glare of the
street lamp revealed to me the well known
face of my John Smith.
“Eureka!” cried L “Allow mo to
inquire if your wife was Melinda, the
eldest daughter of my father’s great uncle
Bryne ?”
tl*e 2d Congressional District.
Amuunr, Gl, Sept. Slat, 1870.
Pursuant to call the Convention as-
aemWed at 10* o’clock, A. M. OoL W.
O. lleunng, of Decatur, wsa appointed
Chwnan for pagination, and A E
an of the
Dougherty delegation, suggested tint
owing to tho absence of delegates who
ware .expected in this afternoon, the
meeting bo a temporary one for the
of such business as would
no tconflict with the right of the absent
Suggestion adoppted.
_ ____n oTCoL W. A. Hai
Worth, the roll of counties was eriled,
following delegatee reported
Bito-S. P. D4t«, Dr. E. a Carrtr.
Calhoun—C. J. Boyton.
Clay—by Carey W. Styles, proay.
« L. M. Grif-
r*■ mm' Ku *" el - B -
£rly—R." H. Towell^®
n ! f A-"’' Warwick, D. U. Sloan,
B. A. McKinney, A. H. Alfricnd.
Mitchell—B. F. Hndapeth, J. W. Twit-
ty, W. A, Byrd.
Sumter—Wm. Styles, (colored.)
j^wrill—Samoel Williams, John E.
Worth—W. A. Harris, Daniel Hender-
aon, H. B. Joiner, J. J. Williams, R. G
Ford, Jr.
Webster—Dr. C. R. Moore, T. H. Pick-
ett,*
The appointment of two aets of dele
gates from Mitchell, was announced,
.upon which'action was postponed.
. Col. Harris then stated that more than
the allowed number of delegates had
each ofTBS.
laid Committee, w^wOl fi^W?
“Rfo togoiber, mgoniio and^^P^
to organize tho district
sneosaa of onr cause.
Baohfl, That we recommend the
pie of each county andmilitia to
•och committees os
To tie Member» of lit jDemocraffc JErecn-
ftee Cmxmiltrt, id fongratioHal IK*-
promotc the -S*
„ A ” '•—'-man of the Democracy of the
Dirfrict, it is te* duty, by a resola-
the 21st, to
-u . * . -- - .w— c - lioa <»f tli® Cou'ivuhvi
TZhjSSSl* t0 caU you' together, for tl,<
tion and the adoption of such measure*
may seem best for the success of our
cause in the approaching election.
Ah orga»Uatiou.u the prime object to
bo attained, and as the time is too short
to jostiff the delay that a meeting would
necessarily reqaire, I deem it tho wiser
course to suggest a programme, and urge
youractive cooperation in giving it shape
and vitality. It is suggested .
been appointed from Worth, and
present. He hoped that they wonld be
S ited to take their seats without any
ion or desire to increaso their vote.
On motion of CoL John A. Davis, they
were admitted to seats.
Col Styles moved that a Commits
on Business, to consist of eleven mem
bers, six of those present, and five from
those to arrive, bo appointed. Motion
carried, and present members chosen:
C. W. Styles, of Dongherty, W. A. Har
ris, of Worth, O. R. Moore, of Webster,
R. H. Powell, of Early, L. M. Griflin,
of Decatur, and John R. Jones, of Ter-
“She was,” said he, grasping my hand,
“and I am delighted to see yon! Bnt
confound it, you needn’tcome at a fellow
sol”
Bi|t I mnst cut my story short.
Ho took me home with him and I had
a good visit; I saw Melinda to my hearts
content. Nay, more—I met and was
properly introduced to Hattie Smith—
and—well— I am having a new shit of
cla£ka made—and in duo course they
will be married—myself in them, to the
young lady just alluded to.
a bill.
To declare tho Poll Tax of this State
for the year 1868, 1869 and 1870,'yet
uncollected, illegal, and to prevent the
collection of the same.
^.^kereas by the 29th paragraph of tbe
BiU of Rights, it is declared that “No
poll tax shall not exceed one dollar an
nually on each poll;”
And Whereas, Article 6, paragraph 1st,
of the Constitution makes it the duty of
the Legislature, and its first session, to
* *y»tem of education free to all
children;
And Whereas, Paragraph 3d, of the
same Artiole, solemnly devotes to the
support of said system—to wit: a system
of Common Schools'—the poll tax al
lowed by the Constitution;
, And Whereas, the General Assembly
3W *ote» its first session, and has not yet
established a system of l ommon Schools,
and there is not in this State any system
of Common Schools to be supported ;
it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State «>f Geor
gia in General Assembly met, That all
poll tax assessed and imposed on the
people of Una State’for the year 1868,
illegal and not warrant-
by the Constitution of this State, and
that Tax CoHectors be relieved from all
such poll ty as appears unpaid in their
respective digests.
roll.
G. W. Warwick, of Lee, moved that a
Committee on Permanent Organization
be appointed, to consist of seven mem
bers, four from those present and three
from those to arrive. Motion carried,
and present members chosen: G. W.
Warwick, of Lee, J. A. Davis, of Dongh
erty, B. F. Hadspeth, of Mitchell, and
S. P. Davis, of Baker.
On motion, a committee of fivo' on
Credentials, was appointed, consisting of
T. H. Pickett, of Webster, C. W. Styles,
of Dongherty, W. A Harris, of Worth,
B. B. Bower, of Decatur, and Samuel
Williams, of Terrell.
Col. Styles, with his characteristic cor
diality, extended, in behalf of the citizens
of Albany, to all the delegates, that hos
pitality for which the city is always dis
tinguished.
Through Colonel Styles, Major Cam-
field, Messrs. Hoffttadt, Welch, Echardt,
Strozer, Fay and Cook, citizens of Al
bany, as a Committee, extended to the
Delegation an invitation to attend a
Social Hop, to be given at Welch’s
Hall in the evening.
The Convention, on motion, tendered
thanks for this demonstration of kind
ness.
There being no farther business before
the Convention, on motion, the meeting
adjourned to 3fP. M.
W. O. FLEMING, Chairmn*.
A. H. Alfriexd, Secretary,
3| O’Clock P. M.
fBThe meeting was called to order by the
temporary Chairman.
On motion* Carey W. Styles was
thorized to represent Clay County
P»*y.
The Committee on Credentials report
ed the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we find no sufficient
differences existing between tho
men contesting seats from I!
county to preclude the Convention from
admitting all of them; and exonerating
the contestants from any blame in the
proceedings in the two meetings recom
mend that Messrs. B. F. Hadspeth, W.
A. Byrd and J. W. Twitty be admitted
seats as delegates from said oonnty.
And the same Committee reported the
credentials of all the delegates, claiming
seats in proper form, which report was
adopted.
Messrs. r ..
McKinney were -adi
tee on Business, and Messrs. Lumpkin,
Twitty and Styles (ool’d) to the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization.
G, W. Warwick, Chairman Commit-
e on Permanent Organization, reported
ie following:
For President— Captain John A. Davis,
of Dongherty; Vice Presidents—Colonel
C. T. Goode, of Sumter, CoL W. O.
Fleming, of Decatnrr'Secretaries—A. H.
Alfriend, of Lee, E. S. Carew. of Baker.
The President, on taking his seat, ad
dressed the meeting briefly and forcibly,
alluding eloquently to the harmony and
wisdom that characterized the proceed
ings of the State Democratic Convention,
and commending the action of that body
as a patriotic example for this Conven
tion.
CoL Styles, Chairman of Committee on
Business, reported the following resolu
tions. 4 *
Resolved, That wo endorse the princi
ples and policy set forth in the resolutions
adopted by the State Democratic Conven
tion recently assembled at Atlanta.
Resolved, That we approve the policy
recommended by the Democratic mem
bers of Congress of nominating none bnt
eligible candidate* to offloe.
Resolved, That, recognizing the politi
cal rights of all citizens under the law,
our future interest and destiny being
bound together in the interest and des
tiny of Georgia, we cordiality invite all
good citizens, without regard to color or
previous condition, to unite with us to
secure bur common interests in an honest
and economical administration of the
government
Resoved, That the bill to change the
election laws, of Georgia now before the
Legislature, known aa the Akerman bill,
is in violation of the Constitution; is
calculated and intended to defrand the
people of the free choice of their officers
and-representatives, and.to transfer their
power and rights which are guaranteed by
the Constitution, to the custody and will
Revived, That two thirds of the votes
of tins convention shall be necessary to
nominate.
CoL W. A Harris, of worth, offered the
following additional resolution, which,
vuth the foregoing was unamously adopt-
Resolved, That recognizing the im
portance of the coming elections in Geor-
gi*. tre, the Democracy of the 2d Con
gressional District hereby pledge our-
adves to lav upon the altar of patriotism
all personal feelings, prejudices and diff
erence, and address ourselves to the task
of electing onr Congressional and coun
ty nominees. ...
Colonel Styles, after briefly alluding
to the prominent mention of CoL 0. B.
Wooten in connection with tbe nomina
tion for the 42d Congress, aadanuonnee-
ing that that gentleman did not desire
his name .used adversely to the settled
policy of the party, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted with en
thusiastic applause:
Resolved, That this Convention appre
ciates the motives that induced CoL O.B.
Wooten to decline the use of his name
for nomination in antagonism to the
policy of running none bnt eligible can
didates, and that we commend his pat
riotism and devotion to onr cause, in his
adherence to the universally expressed
.... ’ ” * ■ fi, that
That wo appeal to the honest
men of all parties in the Legislature to
defeat this infamons attempt to subvert
tho liberties of the people, and we warn
the political assassins who are urging the
passage of this bill that their treason to
-. Gem Wimpfen, in a recent letter, says
the Emperor surrendered at Sedan in a
cowardly manner. Wimpfen proposed -
amovementwhich would have-redeemed n Kesoh .^ TI l at . * h ® Fresidont of the
itrAwrti.irww ™ • Convention appointed a District Execn-
eveiything, but it was overruled at once.- tive Committee/to consist of one from
and approved will of the party
CoL W. A. Harris, oi Worth, address
ed the Convention, declaring that hp
was wedded to no man; that he ‘'H per
sonal preferences, old friends in the dis
trict, for whom, under other circumstan
ces ho would rather vote than for CoL
Tift. Bnt reviewing the unpropitioos
circumstances under which CoL Tift had
raised the Democratic flag in 1868, and
borne triumphantly through the canvass,
and his earnest efforts for the State after
his election, entitled him to the nomina
tion of this convention. The remarks
of CoL Harris were oloquent and to the
point
G. W. Warwick, of Lee, said that his
delegation was instructed to vote for CoL
F. H. West, for the unexpired term of
the 41st Congress; but that gentleman
being in fnll harmony with the Demo-
cratio party, and desiring to throw no ob
stacle in the way, and wishing to carry
out the will of the party. to elect none
but eligibles, withdrew his and proposed
that of CoL Nelson Tift for tbe 41st and
42d Congress.
No other name being proposed, CoL
Styles moved that Colonel Tift be nomi
nated by acclamation, which motion was
carried unanimously and with loud ap-
se, the chair announced CoL
the nominee. On motion, a 1 com
mittee of five was appointed by the choir
to wait on CoL Tift and inform him of
his nomination. Being conducted to the
hall, CoL Harris, of Worth, introduced
him, and taking the stand, he addressed
the Convention, accepting the nomina-
tion.
CoL Harris, being called upon to ad
dress the meeting, remarked that he had
made his speech, and moved to finish
the business of the Convention.
On motion of CoL Harris, CoL Carey
W. Styles was elected by acclamation,
Chairman of the District Executive
Committee.
In pursuance of tha resolution ou
ooe4 forthwith, in the most expeditions
manner, to organize a county oxecutivo
committee with a chairman, (if practica-
Second, Thai enchjxiouhty^execative *
or five, in*cock Militia District.
These committees should be composed ’
of active, prudent and vigilent men, and
in all cases, chairmen should be selected
for probity, energy, intelligence, and in
fluence in the community,—and above all,
men who are zealous in the canto, and
will faithfully discharge the duties of the
position. '
-r The Chairman of sub or Militia Dis
trict Committees should report to the
Chairmen of County Committees; those
to the county members of the District
Executive Committee, and they to this of
fice. ^
All matters pertaining to the canvass
will be conducted by these committees,
and they will be the medium of commu
nication and action.
Members of the District Committees
are requested to pat themselves in com
munication, without doby, with the
Chairman—giving their address and such
information as they may deem important
They will address their communications
to “ Col J. L. Knight, Secretary, Dist.
Ex. Committee, Albany, Ga. ”
The Committee will be convened at an
early day, to oonsidar the interests of the
party, and adjust county difficulties.
The importance of immediate andthor-
:h organization will be apparent to
h member of the committee, and they
earnestly invoked to move at once
and vigorously. Respectfully,
Carey W. Styles,
Chairman Democratic Ex. Com,,
2d Congressional District.
J. L. Knight, Secretary.
Tbe Cotton Crop of 1869-70.
Of the material and political effects of
this exhibition of Southern industry, the
New York Herald thus speaks:
‘ Sufficient data has been received up
on whioh to base a calculation of the
amount of our cotton crop for1869-70 —
The whole number of bufee
will reach ovsr three million too hundred
thousand—being an increase of over
eight hundred thousand bates upon the
crop of 1868 69—or. in cash, about eight
million dollars. This is the best kind of
reconstruction. It knocks the best pins
from under the Congressional ultra Rad
icals in the most effective manner. : It
Baker—S. P. Davis.
Calhonn—J. Jno. Beck.
Chattahoochee—Theo. Sapp.
OUj—Richard Kennon.
Decatur—1M. Gnfliu.
Dooly—S. It. Goode.
Dongherty—L. P. D. Warren.
Early—James Buchanan.
Lee—G. W. Warwick.
Mocoa—Gen. Phil. Cook.
Morion—Col. Butts.
Miller—L V. Heard.
Mitchell—W. W. Twitty.
Pulaski—C. C. Kibbee.
Quitman—T. L. Guerry.
Randolph Eugenios Douglass.
Sumter—T. M.Fnrlow.
Stewart—J. K, Barnnm.
Terrell—C. B. Wooten.
Wilcox—Geo. W. Reid.
Webster—8. Bell.
Worth—W. A. Hems.
Why Taxes are High.
We have received from the National
Democratic Resident Committee the fol
lowing statement of Expenditures, bo-
ginning at tho Administration of Jaokaon
and coming down to the present,' or
Grant'a :
Jackson’s Administration, 2 years cost
per annum, $18,224,034.32 ; total cost,
$145,792, 276.20; population, 14,000,000;
ooot per capita, $1.16, exclusive of interent
and principal ol pablio debt.
Van Boren’s, 4 years; cost per annum,
*30.182,452.53; total cost, $120,729,810.-
15; population, 17,000,000; cost per
capita, $1.78, exclusive of interest and
principal of public debt.
Polk’s, 4yean, cost per annum; $36,-
835,713.33; total cost $147,842,853.34;
population, 21,000,000; ooct per capita,
$1.75, exclusive of interest and principal
of public debt.
Fierce’s, 4 years, cost per annum, $53,-
014,055.58; total cost, $212,066,228.94;
population, 27,000,000; coat per capita.
1,96. exclusive of ioterest and principal
of pablio debt.
Bnchonnan’s 4 years, cost per »nnnm (
$65,915,249.44; total coat. $263,661,197,-
76; population, 30,000,000; coat per
capita, $2.19, exclnsive of interest and
principal of pablio debt.
GRANT'S 1 TEAR, cost per nwnnm,
$190,796,355.00; population, 40,000,000;
«wt per capita, 34.76, exclnsive of inter
est of pablio debt.
-Vote.—The Linoohi administration it
omittted, for the reason that the extra
ordinary expenditures of that adminis
tration were occasioned by the war, and
coaid not. be fairly compared with
Grant’s or previous administrations,
although tbe cost ol tire Florida and
Mexican Wars were paid by tbe above
named Democratic administrations.
the 8oQth cannot be too highly estimated,
and that when the energies of her peo
ple are rightly directed they are certain
to achieve signal success. The cotton
crop of 1868-69. put -tho Southerners on
their feet; that of 1869-76 will set them
fairly in motion on the high road of their
former posperity. Furthermore, it is
gritifyingto know that Southerners the .
present yenr raised an unusual amountj¥i e
of corn and wheat and other aahstantia! i
products, and hence will not have to pur- ,
ohase so heavily as heretofore from tlio
West and North. They trill thus be en
abled to hoard their snrplna, so that in a
few yean, if Providence continues to
•mile npon their Insurious soil, they will
have the satisfaction of knowing that they
possess in abundance all that man eon ,
To Southern energy, then,
rightly directed, wo soy God speed.”
Tan Pnosrmrr nt*HB South noicFon-
sci's Stjutopoist.— 1 Tho folilowing, which
clip from Forney’s Press, gives a
dear inright into tho object of Attorney
General Akanaaa’a recent visit to Geor
gia. The mooted gnestion of ‘hrho pre
pared tho election.bffl” wonld oeemto
have some additional light thrown npon
Says the Press:
” Letters received by the. Republican
Congressional Committee from different
ports of tho Sooth indicate gratifying
harmony among tho Republican leaden,
and prognosticate tbe oneceta at tho Re
publican ticket s* the coming elections.
Tho Democrats, who have relied upon
divisions in tho Republican ranks, are
beginning to discover Out they mnst a-
dapt some other tactics to eloet their can
didates. In Georgia, Governor Bullock,
co-operating with Attorney General
Akerman, is uniting all wing* of the par
ty, and the prospect i> that tho election
there witt be favorable.”
Advices from Orleans attribute groat
importance to the engagement which oc-
- : — , _ - curred at Vessoax. Tho Prussians suf-
feegovernment will bo rewarded by the f ere d much from tho French artillery hid
den in the woods. Thebattlo lasted all
day, and -the Prussians were at length
forced to retreat.
A N ot roa Famonoamra.—The New
Orleans Tima says: A nat for physiolo
gists to crack may be fotmd in the state-
mentofa gentleman of unquestionable
veracity, to the oflect thmtawomon in 8t
Landry recently gave birth to triplets, in ’
all respects representing the voting ele- '
ment under tho ’acts ol reconstrnction;
that is, one white, one mulatto, and one
block child, all of. the|malo persaarion,
and none of tho woman's right kind. Af
ter that who will not soy that[the black
man is not‘a man and a brother?’. This
woman’s husband, it ia jnat* to remark,
haa left lhe Parish for Europe, to con
sult with tho most eminent physicians
there upon this physiological phenome-
I^Russelt correspondent of theLon-
don Times; writing to that paper 'a de
kko Prussians snf- scnption of the battle-field arouud Se
dan after the surrender, says it looked-,
like “ masses of colored rags glued to-'
gether with blood and brains, and pinned '
into strange dope* by fragments of
