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Volume 17.
A MERIC US, GEORGIA, FBIDAY, JANTJAEY 13, 1871.
Number 46.
its not ooatr&ctod for will Ikj
not specifting the length of
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ROWING AGAINST TUE TIDE.
It is easj to glide with its ripples
Adown the stream of time,
To flow with the course of the river,
Liko music to some old rhyme;
But all, it take* courage and patience.
Against the current to ride.
And wc must have strength from Heave
When rowing against the tide.
l.rgNt AtlvrrtUI
«.f Adm-.nifi’tration,
Ileal Estate,
. • to Debtors and Creditors,
■ilTs Kale, (per levy)
Professional Cards.
LIS A. IIAWKIXS. THANK K. NCKJCK.
HAWKINS & BURKE.
.ttornoya cat I*aw,
Americui, Georgia
Jno. D. CARTER,
'T4HSRT A'.T LAW,
Americas, Georgia.
ire in Amoiicus Hotel building, corner of
;.i and College streets. may 13 tf.
FORT & HOLLIS,
-TiHlKfiTS A T LAW
Ami Solicitors of Patents.
Aiiii-rii-us, Gcnnrin.
We may float on tlie river's surface,
While our oars scarce touch the stream,
And visions of earthly glory
On our dazzled sights may gleam ;
We forget that on liefore ns
The dashing torrents roar,
And while wo are idly dreaming,
Its waters will carry ns o’er.
But few, ah, wonkl they were many
Bow up the “Stream of Life,"
They struggle against its surges,
And mind neither toil or strife,
Though weary and faint with labor,
Singing triumphant they ride,
For Christ is the hero's captain,
When rowing against the tide.
For on through the liszy distance,
Like mist on a distant shore.
They see the walls ol the city.
With its banners floating o'er.
Sec through a glass so darkly,
They almost mistake their way.
But Faith throws light on their labor.
When darkness shuts out their wav.
>ppL*>iL
C. T. GOODE,
At I oi-ney at Law
AMKKICU8, GEORGIA.
And shall wc be one of that number
Who mind not toil or pain ?
Shall we mourn the loss of earthly joys,
When we have a crown to gain V
Or uliall wc glide on with the river,
With Death at the cod of our ride.
While our brother with Heaven l*efors
Is rowing against the tide ?
SAM. LUMl’KIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Americas Georgia.
Will practice in all the courts of H. W. Ga.
!;, f, r*. bv t .i miis-ion, to Dr. Wm. A. Greene.
OFFICE’: With M. Callaway, Esq., in the Court-
JACK BROWN,
toraoy at Zjatk
AMKRICUS, GA.
Mlicu in Court House with Judge F
N. A. SMITH,
A. 11 o r ix o y n, t Zj aw,
TTT1IJ, practice in the Courts of Sumter and
to a.lj. lining Counties, and in Circuit Court of
aeMUii: eon College street, next to Iteoubli-
J. A. ANSLEY,
Attorney-at Law
of lands and the
t .VFISrSHKD PRAYER.
“Now I lay me, - '— say it, darling;
“Lay me,” lisped the tiny lips
Of my daughter, kneeling, bending
O’er her folded linger tips.
“Down to sleep”—“To sleep," she
And the curly head dropped low ;
“Ifpray the Lord, ’ I gently added,
You can say it all, I know.
“Pray the Lord,” the words cam.
Fainter stiil- r “My soul to keep
And tl.e tired head low nodded.
And the child was fast asleep.
But when the dewy eyes half opened.
When I clasped her to my breast.
And the clear voico softly wlus^red,
' Mamma, Gon knows all the rest."
Oh, the trusting,
Of the child Ik
Thus might trusi
art! Would that I
my Heavenly Father,
HAPPY WOMAN.
In'cheerful homes to night to-hear
The sound of steps that soon or late,
Shall come as music to your ear.
Forget yonrselv* s a little while,
And tiiink in pitty of the pain
Of woman who will never smile
aing step again.
Tolicj
HAWKINS & GUERRY, I
Atlorneys-at-Law, !
United States Circuit
■nit and
Particular attrn- !
r Granbcrry A Co’s. ^ !
With babes that in their cradle sleep.
Or cling to you in perfect trust;
Think of the mother left to weep—
Their babes lying in the dust.
And when the step you wait for comes,
And all your world is full of light,
O woman, safe in happy homes
Pray for all lonesome souls to-night 1
Annie Sheldon’s Present.
BY MAUD CARROLL.
A. 11. B RO W N
\TTOR\EY AT LAW,
Ainericus, Georgia.
IT7ILI give prompt attention to all businesi
i uiruutco to lus care. nov 26 tf
George W.
Romantic.
Wooten,
ATTO It N K Y-AT- L AAV,
Amoricue, - - ■ Ga.
Onicu—In the Court House. jaul3tf
Phillip Cook,
Atiorpey at Law,
AMER1CUS, GEORGIA.
W ILL practice in the Counties of Macon,
Sumter, Is e, Webster, Scltloy and Dooly.
n Waxclbaum’s Building Ne:
DEOKGE W. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND General Ag< nt for the sale and purchase
i f Lnil in .Southwest Georgia. Investigat-
,; 'K till strictly adiierml to. Will faithfully at-
How a Beautifu
OR. WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AMEBICUS, GKOIIGIA.
rjUNTINl iy to servo las friend,
tii nm'* country in a!
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
W OILD r.gaiu tender liis
branches of the Profc
i services (in all th«
stowed upon hii
A attention giVci
tors at the Drug
bsiou) ' j the
patronage
A. A. Adams.
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
MTV OFFICE at Dr. Eldridgo’s Drug Store.
* and country generally.
medical card.
liomovol.
D u. THOMAS E. SMITH would inform hie
friends aud the public generally, that ho
rttnovetl his office to the room —— ** *
i. unless absent <
old friends
i lam, promising
) to the best of his abilitv.
J. H. CALLAWAY & CO-
MILLERS,
I'OKT GAINES GEORGIA.
A LL grades of Fresh Flour ground at their
new Mills, and packed np in 25,60 >ad 100
P’und Sacks.
•** Corn and Meal always on hand.
i Guti. Became
the Slave of two Black Women, and
THEN THE WlFK OF COUNT BENEDITTL
Louise Muhlbach, in her “Letters
from Egypt,” tells a very romantic story
about the wife of Count Beneditti, the
French Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Prussian Court before the outbreak of
the present war. A very rich Greek
merchant, resident in Alexandria, had
two black w ives, whom be loved dearly,
and for whose service he provided a large
retinue of beautiful girls. One of his
wives oue day chanced to see a charm'
ing white giri, and was so pleased with
her that she coaxed her husband into
baying her.
The beautiful slave became a confi
dential servant and companion to her
negro mistresses, and conducted herself
toward them in such a sagacious manner
tbatsho became indispensible to them.
She sang to them and gossipped and
frolieked so gracefully that ent
banished completely. She won their af
fection, and through them also the af
fection of lie* master, the venerable
Greek merchant.
But unfortunately the black wives sud
denly fell Biek one day, and before night
fall they were* both dead. Their disease
known to nobody, and they
hastily buried. The beautiful young
slave, who hud not left their side for a
moment during the few hours of -their
illness, seemed inconsolable. She did
her best however, to assuage the gftef 9*
the ancient merchant, and in this way
endeared herself to him that ho adopted
his child and heir, since he
just a little too old to marry her.
course of time tho venerable, sage rejoin
ed his swarthy wives in the other world,
and the fortunate nymph cams into pos
session of his millions. At this stage of
her existence Count Beneditti, who
then only a penniless attache to the
French Consulate in Alexandria, offered
her his hand and heart, and having
ried her, with the aid of her wealth cut
for himself a road to fame. In this way
she who wus once a slave to slaves became
a star in the circles of the French world
of fashion.
It was Christmas eve, and along the
crowded thoroughfares of the great city,
Annie Sheldon was wending her way to
her cheerless boarding house, for no
mother’s kiss or father’s greeting would
welcome her home.
Annie was an orphan. Three years
she had toiled alone in the world.
Through the influence of a former
friend of her father’s she lmd obtained a
situation in a store, but a salary so small
that she found it difficult to meet the ex
pense of veiy moderate living.
Upon reaching home she went imme
diately to her room and sat down to
think ; her worldly wealth amounted to
just seven dollars, not enough to settle
her indebtedness.
Yes,” she stud to herself, ‘I have now
learned the difference between assets and
liabilities, as the merchants say. O, if I
had some of the money that will be wast
ed during the holidays, I could obtain a
few comforts, for luxuries and I parted
company years ago.’
A knock at the door aroused her from
her reverie. She arose and opened the
door, aud the servant handed a card, and
announced ‘a gentleman to Miss Shel
don.’
‘Say to the gentleman I will see him ii
a few moments.
Closing the door, she glanced for the
first time at the card, and saw tho name
of Edward B. Clayton, attorney at Law.
The name was not familiar to her.
‘It must be some mistake,’ she said.
’However, it is snch a rare thing for a
gentleman to call upon Miss Sheldon, I
will call him Kris Kringle, as the chil
dren do, and go down as usual to meet
a disappointment ’
Entering the parlor, a young man
arose to meet her.
•Miss Sheldon, I believe ?’
‘It is, and you are Mr. Clayton ?’—
Annie replied, still holding his card
her hand.
‘I am the bearer of pleasaut news, Miss
Sheldon. I have been seeking you for
nearly six months, and until yesterday
coold find no traoc of you. I heard of
your father’s death, while in Europe with
my father, Judge Clayton. You have
doubtless heard your father speak of
him, as they were warm personal friends.
Previous to my father’s departure for
Europe, your father placed somo busi
ness papers, secured in bonds,
father’s care for your benefit My father
died iu Europe, and his last requests
were, that I shouid find you and deliver
the papers to yon. Their value now, with
interest is twenty thousand dollars,
and it gives me great pleasure to restore
them to you, your rights and to fulfil my
father’s request.’
Annie had listened with amazement
It seemed a dream, or, indeed a tale of
fairy land, and it was not nntil he placed
in her hand a package of papers that she
spoke to thank him.
T cannot express to you my heartfelt
gratitude for your kindness Mr. Clayton.
thank you most sincerely, and shall
er revere your father’s memory as that
of my father’s truest friend. I hope you
will allow me to repay yon for your
trouble, and any pecuniary outlay. ’
'Thank yon; your acquaintance, Miss
Sheldon, would amply repay me,
have no relatives, and as I have long been
absent I find but few friends. Should
you wish any legal advice or assistance,
at your service, Have I your per
mission to call upon you ?’
T shall be glad to retain you as a
counsellor and friend, and shall be glad
you whenever it is convenient to
Arlington.
G. G. f the female correspondent of the
New York Tribune, gives her views of
the duty of the government to Mrs. Led,
because of its appropriation of the Ar
lington estate. She says:
Mrs. Lee was not a citizen, but a wife,
and first of all, according to the prevail
ing ideas, owed loyalty to her husband.
Surely the 'Conservative gentlemen of
the Senate, who accept the poets’ lofty
ideal of true womanly devotion. ‘ '
“I know not, I ask not, if guilts in my heart.
I know that X lore thee, whatever thou art.’
should give Mrs. Mazy Curtis Lee all
honor, instead of speaking of her slight
ly as “that woman.” Hadshe fled from
the Confederacy, repudiated her rebel
husband, and sought sanctuary and re
lease in Indiana, would even Senator
Morton have held lier in higher esteem ?
Or had she been loyal and long sighted
enough to hoist the old flag over Arling
ton and stand guard over her effects,
would not gentlemen have said: Here is
a matron of Roman virtue, plncky and
strong minded: a woman to be admired,
bat not loved.”
Her name has for mo the charm of a
great association, as that of the daughter
of the beloved adopted son of Washing
ton. I respect her love for the grand
old place, the home of her childhood ;
but aside from these things I protest
against tho injustice and harshness of
making her suffer more severely than
many of the ringleaders of the rebellion
have suffered.
I think Mr. Patterson is mistaken in
saying that she fled away in the storm
before her husband. From an old ser
vant of tho family I have heard that she
lingered in her home till her husband
had repeatedly written to her to join
him; that before leaving she packed np
such valuables as she could not carry,
precious heirlooms and papers, and left
them to the honorable custoday of our
soldiers—(O, woman, great was thy
faith !) that, at tho last, slio went all
about the house aud grounds, and to
the graves of her father and mother,
weeping bitterly. I have also heard
that when the time set by the will of hex
father, for tho emancipation of certain
slaves, arrived, she promptly and honora
bly sent through our lines such as she
had with her in Richmond.
As we are in the forgiving line, can
we not forgive this heart-broken wife
and mother, and make her old age com
fortable by generously paying for the
noble inheritance, forfeited by no crime
of hers, unless it l>e a crime to stand by
a beloved husband whom in her happy
youth she took “for better for worse?”
May we not believe that the august spirit
of Washington himself would approve of
such an act of magnanimity toward the
daughter of George Washington Custis,
the dear little • la J whom he solemnly
adopted by tho deathbed of a brave
young father, who died in the servi<
the Republic?
In this matter I have simply spoken
my feelings as a woman, and for a
call.
Notice to Physicians.
T HE Physicians of Sumter county, are mroeet-
<4 to meet in the Ootfrt House, at Atneri-
—. thc lkt Tuesday in January, for th*
1 nrpose of organizing a tionnty Medical Assou
an, subordinate to tho BUte Association.
A fall attendance is jtarnsstly requested,’ ur
J6T Onr community was shocked yes
terday by the intelligence that Mr. Gabe
Write and his whole family, together
with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lawrence,
were drowned while crossing the Missis
sippi. Wo can learn none of the par-
ticulars, save that the steamer was wreck
ed, and onr neighbors, together with
many Alabamians and Georgians, were
lost. In fact we believe that every soul
on the^teamer was lost. We have every
reason of believe that the news is as au
thentic as it is aad nnd ^startling.—Rows
Commercial
A Word to Stei n Fathers.
Joke on A Contraband.
The partiality of the darkey for tho inn
» proverbial. At hooff-day, with - the
fierco raya shining down on his bare head
the mnsqdilocs singing around him, and
the flies, making amorous JnlUtiicfH with
his nose and lipv he sleep* .and dreams.
One] old darkey in the Fourth district
has daily, for months past, selected the
door-step of a prominent, residence for
his noon-day nap. Being driven off one
day he came the next With his head
thrown back and his month wide open, he
luores away, to the exceeding discomfit
of the inmates. Colled to the door
by this disagreeable diapasion a few days
since, the ; IaAy of the house concluded
she would try an experiment For this
purpore.sUo^otmredr a, small p*ece of
ice, and dropped it into the. huge orifice
that is Sambo”s mouth. Tf disappeared
like a shot, 'and with a cough and a snort,
Sambo started td'hiafeet." ‘“TTgli!” ho
cried,as the ice sent violent thrills through
liisstomach. “What dis?” and his fingers
clutched nervously .the afflicted parts.
Just then some ode cried out in the
houso that a rat had run down “Uncle
Sam’s” throat. This added terror to his
pain. He rolled on the hanquette, and
cried lustily for help. “Fore God, Mis
sus, he’s gnawing out’n me. I feels him.
Cli, golly, he’s kU’n me,’’ and the whites
of the darkey’s eyes protruding like sau
cers, and tho convulsed aud anguished
face showed that real pain was strongly
enhanced by his imaginary terror.] “Oh,
golly, how he jumped and kicked about*”
and Sambo again gave himself np to a
paroxism of lamentation. “Drink warm
water, Uncle Sam, and drown him,” the
lady suggested. Without a moment's
hesitation Sam started for the water plug
He turned the crank and the water start-;
ed. Sam glned his lips to the nozzle
until his sides were puffed oat like an in
flated balloon. “How do yon feel, now,
Uncle Sam 1” the lady inquired, as Sam
daggered back to his seat. “I guess he’s
drowned, Missus; but here's wliat’s
troubling this chile; how’s dat rat
gwinc to get out’n dar ?”—Xew Orleans
Picayune.
A Gay Season at the Capital.
‘Thank yon Miss Sheldon I will detain
yon no longer. Allow mo to wish that
you may have a merry Christmas, and,
good-night.’
Six months later, Annie is much
changed iu appearance. No longer enre-
; the roses have come back to her
cheeks. She is not vain that she has
wealth; her struggle with tho world has
learned her many lessons of life, and she
values not gold for its glitter, or friend for
their high position. Edward Clayton is
a frequent visitor; the bond of sympathy
between them bits ripened into love, aud
ho has asked her to.be his wife, and she
has promised to be his if he waits uutil
Christmas eve, for she colls him her
‘Kris Kringle,* as he brought her wealth
and his friendship Christmas eve. Snch
Annie Sheldon’s Christmas Present.
Rate of Postage.—The Postmaster-
General has just issued an order that all
kinds of printed matter other than news
papers, when addressed from the United
States to, or received in tho United States
from, any foreign country or place, shall
hereafter be chargeable with the follow
ing rates of postage, to be collected at
the office of mailing on matter sent, and
at the delivery on matter received, viz :
For each packet not exceeding an
ounce in weight, two cents. When ex
ceeding oue ounce, and not exceeding
two ou uces in weight, three cents. When
exceeding two ounces, and not exceed
ing four ounces in weight, four cents.
And an additional rato of four cents for
every additional weight of four ouuces,
or fraction of four onnees. Provided
always, that these rates shall not apply
to such matter addressed to or received
from any foreign country or place tr
other modes of conveyance by whicl
other rates of postage are chargeable;
nor to those foreign countries or places
to and from which different rates of pos-
never be too strongly impressed
upou the minds that nothing releases a
parent from his dnties toward a child. No
waywardness, no disobedience, no rebel
lion, no profligacy can ever justify a
father in casting a son and daughter
adrift. We hear of sous being cut off
with a shilling, or of daughters being
forbidden their father’s house, and, with
out any exception, such cases are proof
that, of whatever sins the ehildreu may
have been guilty, the father is even more
gtiiltv. No person can commit against
society so great a crime as a father
commits svlio is thus false to tho trust
which he himself ban imposed—who
thus thrusts off fronfehim the soul which
he called into bciug. A father should
be governed by no motive but his child’s
liest interests, and a child’s best interests
never be served by anything bat his
father’s constant and loving cn
child is so bad that his influence is feared
the other childten, a separation be
tween them may be effected. If it
feared that money lies to wed on him will
bo for bis iujury, provisions may be made
against that. But when a father i n a fit
of anger, or as a reward for ill-doing,
disinherits or refuses to see his child, he
imraits a crime which the laws indeed
do not recognize, but whoso guilt it
would take many a legal crime to out
weigh. There should be absolutely no
limit to paternal forgiveness and for
bearance. Seven times seven should the
father receive tho prodigal son who seeks
his face ; and if he goes, stubborn and
rebellious, not one atom of fatherly care
and interest shonld he relax; for the child
is liia child, his offspring born of his will,
and no vice nor violence can release the
man from his solemn obligation to gnard
and guide, so far as possible, the life
which he dared to give.—Harper's linear.
to and from which different rates of pos
tage have been or shall be established by
any postal arrangement already conclud
ed or hereafter to be made.
This order shall take effect from and
after the 1st of January.
Labor Reward.—Governor Bollock
hfu offered ^reward of flro thousand
dollars for tho apprehension auddolirerj
ofthepemmorpsnost the atola tho
ballot-box of Calhoun count; from the
Conrt house, before the votes were conn-
ted. . '
A Washington correspondent of the
Tribune moralizes thnsly:
A strange world it must be indeed for
the laws that rule thirty millions-of peo
ple and swing the destinies of u continent
to come out of, and from what cool
heads, unheated by champagne-break
fasts and nncozened by pretty women,
must they proceed ! Let us bo tliaukful
they are as good as they are, that taxes
are of no more flagrant inequality, that
the poor are not legislated out of
tence, that sumptuary laws forbidding
the encroachment cf desert sands
Babylon are not enacted ! Since what
can we expect in a place where, from the
ringing of the Christmas chimes to the
tolling of Ash Wednesday bells, nothing
but one loug revel rules—a evel into
which scamp or courtesan enters without
exclusion, -the one because she controls a
power, the qther because he is a power—
a revel where the innocent yonng de
butants whirls in the close clasp of some
man wrecked soul and body long ago,
sits beside a painted woman the breath
of whose being ought to taint the
around her, soon fevered and restless
herself dips her ladle into the punch
bowl and tosses off her. dram like the
best of them, presently puts rouge upon
her cheeks aiid autimouy around her
eyes, longs for diamonds and cashmeres
not her own, marries a hoary sinner to
obtain them, and never dreams that lies
has become as worthless os the flaunting
thing on whom her carriage-lamps flash
and her wheels fling mad 1 .
And so without meaning and without
purpose, tho gay votaries will whirl
this winter, like-a dance of flies in
air; the simplicity of satin will overlay
the shortcomings of grsmmer, clean back
notes disguise foul lives jewels will shine,
plumes nod, coaches roll, snmptnons
splendor will delight the sense music will
lift the listener a moment above the
sordid show, till hastening time hastens
the rout that rushes, in one mad stream,
to break mid sea upon the rock of Lent.
Then the devotee shall hurry from tho
ball room to the early service nt St.
John’s, cover her velvet with sackcloth
while ashes shall take the place of pow
der on her hair, nnd the apothecary shall
set in order her little vials of poison,
with landanum and chloral to ’ force the
sleep that outraged night refuses to yield,
with strychnine and aconite, and all tho
powerful appliances by which art has
learned to circumvent nature. And a
sallow woman, who this autumn was
fresh from simple, kindly life, and who
will have learned that arsenic, to blanche
her lmir, to lengthen her eyelids with
blue lines, to eniimcl the veins
bosom, will have "it to remember, per-
clianco with mauy a sting of memory
besides, that site was part of an unusu
ally gay season at the capital 1
Prussian Schools.
WHAT HORACE M-\$N SAW IN SIX WEEKS,
On reviewing a period of six weeks,
the greater par: < l f which I spent in vis
iting schools iu • Ue north and middle of
Prnssia and .in Saxony (excepting of
course the tjire spent ingoing from
place to placeV. entering tho schools to
hear the first recitation in the morning,
till the lost was completed at night, I
call to mind three things about which I
cannot be mistaken. In some of . my
opinions and inferences I may have erred,
bnt of the following facta there can bnt no
doubt;
1. During all this time I never saw a
teacher hearing a lesson of any kind
(excepting a reading or spelling lesson)
with a book in his hand.
2. I never saw a teacher sitting-while
hearing a recitation,
3. Though I saw hundreds of schools
and thousands—I think I may say, within
bounds, ten thousands—of pupils, I never
v One child undergoing punishment
arraigned for misconduct; I never
saw one child in tears from having been
punished or arraigned for misconduct; I
never saw ono child in tears for having
been punished or from fear of being pun
ished.
During the above period I witnessed
exercises in geography, ancient and mod-
in the German language, from the
explanation of the simplest words up to
the belles-letters disquisition, with rales
for speaking and writing; in arithmetic,
algebra, geometry, surveying, and trig
onometry ; in book-keeping; in civil his
tory, ancient and modern ; in natural
philosophy; in botany and zoology ; in
minerology, where there were hundreds
of specimens; in the endless variety of
the exercises in thinking, knowledge of
nature, of the world, and society; in
Bible history and in Bible knowledge;
and, as I liefore said, ia no one of these
did I see a teacher with book in
his hand. His liook, his books, hislibrn-
ly, was in' his head. Promptly, without
pause, without hesitation, from the rich
resources of his own mind, Jie brought
forth whatever the occasion demanded.
I remember calling one morning at a
country school in Saxony, where every
thing about the premises, and the ap
pearance both of teacher and children,
indicated very narrow pecuniary circum
stances. As I euteved, tlio teachir was
just ready to commence a lesson or lec
ture on French history. He gavo not
only the events of a particular period
the history of France, bnt mentioned,
he proceeded, all the contemporary sc
ereigns of neighboring nations. The
ordinary time for a lesson here, as else
where, was one hour. This was son. e
what longer, for, toward the close, the
teacher entered upon a traiu of thought
from which it was difficult to break off,
and rose to a strain of eloquence which
it wgs delightful to hear. The scholars
were all absorbed in attention. Thoy
had paper, pen and ink before them, and
took brief notes of what was said. When
the lesson touched on contemporary
events in other nations, which, os I sup
pose, had tho object of previous lessons,
the pupils were asked concerning them.
A small text-book of history was used by
the pupils, which they studied at home.
CURING HER.
From tlio Anguts Constitutionalist, j Under the circumstance*, I repeat. I
IIou. Alexander II. Stephen, Qaito os much surprise,! to seo tlm
.. T . JV oa a charge now made as anybody possibly,
and the I^ase ot the Slate | Surprised to m, nunlo imoufull
those who proposed to take the lease.
All I have to say, in conclusion is, that
,, j if there has been anything wrong or
\Vo are permitted to publish the fol- unfair, ranch more, if there has been
—!-*»-» co rrnpt in tho lotting ot the
lload.
lowing extract of a letter from Mr. Ste
nhons, on tho subject of the State Road
lease. The letter which we quote
addressed to a gentleman in this city
Tho history of my conneotion with the
lease is this : After the advertisement of
the letting of tho road, in pursuance of
the act of the Legislature; and after I
had seen in the papers that ex-Gorernor
Brown intended to organize a company
to patina bid for it, I wrote to him,
stating that if what I had seen was true,
I should like to be one of his company,
and take an interest to the extent of my
property, which, over and above all my
liabilities, I thought was ten thousand,
dollars. He replied that he had been
engaged in organizing or forming a com-
E with a view of making a bia for the
that ho did not know whether the
parties with whom ho was con nferring
would extend tho list or not; that individ
ually he was perfectly willing to do so,
and would present my request when the
company met. I wrote back to him giv
ing him full power to act for me in tho
premises, as lie might think proper, but
told him it was a matter that I did not
feel sufficient interest for any urging to
be used in my behalf, and that if there
a single member of tho company who
showed or indicated tho slightest objec
tion to my taking tin interest in it, my
name should not bo presented by him.
I knew nothing of the parties with whom
ho waj conferring—not one of them; nor
do I care to know any more than I should
who are the stockholders in tho Georgin
Railroad Company if I were going to
vest anything in it or any other Railroad
company. I believo he would bo the
controlling man in the affairs of any
company that might be formed under
his auspicies. I thought undor his con
trol. the road might be made to pay the
minimum amount fixed by the Legisla
ture, and even more, as well as to pay
the lessees something for their risk and
trouble. I so wrote to him. In reply,
he said that he did not think any com
pany could afford safely to undertake to
pay more than the amount set by the
Legislature, and leave any margin fjr
profits to the company, iu consideration
for theirjtronble nnd liability, looking to
tho risks qf flood nnd fire, anil tho new
roads, which would soon take off a largo
portion of tho freights which otherwise
would pass through this channel. He said
ho would put in a bid for more than the
$*.15,000 per month, set forth in the act
of the Legislature. This is the substance
of our correspondence. Subsequently,
after the meeting of his company, a few
days before the expiration of the time
for patting in the bids, he wrote to me that
he had presented my name; that there
objection to my taking an interest, a
small one as I expected it to be,
basis of the organization of the company,
and that the company had agreed to put
a bid of $2,5000 per month—no more.
3 expressed doubt3 as to whether the
bids would be accepted or not; but said
he would give no more. The next thing
I heard was the announcement of the
lease of the road as published in tho pa
pers. The names of the lessees are dif
ferent in tho different papers, and I do
not yet know who they all really are.—
Some of them are men for whom I have
os any
regard as men of high character for hones
ty and integrity, in business matters nt
least, as any men in the State—lnen who
would be as far from countenancing
swindling of any sort as any I know '
Georgia and elsewhere.
Now, in relation to this charge of the
lease, being a “swindlo,” how do the
facts stand ? I think they may be thus
,$& The Methodist Recorder, talks
this bit of senso about pet names for
adult women : “ Wo consider it a sickly
sentimentalism, if not sacrilegious brass,
to ignore the names scaled by bap
tismal covenant. .How it. would point
verse of Scriptnre to have it put in
modern style, thus: 'Now, a certain
man was sick, name Lazarus, of Bethany
the town of Mollie and her sister
Mattie.’”
Fum at; Ccthbebt.—Quite a destruc
tive fire occurred in Gatiibert on Fritlay
morning last, by whi^ Mr. JL Lehman’s
large two story wood and paint shop
was destroyed. His loss is estimated at
£3*00(1. No insurance. Tho firs com
pany of Cuthbert behaved very gallantly
and prevented the fire from spreading.
The building was firetl by an incendiary.
UuBO Equine Remediesimd b$ybur o
a Doctor.
Rumored Changes in the Supreme
Court.—Chief Justice Chaso will, it ik
understood, resign his high position
should the House Judiciary Committee
reports bill now before them, and the
same become a law, by which’ he would
bo entitled to bis full salary for the re
mainder of his life. His health will hard
ly permit of his taking his seat on the
bench again. Among the nunes men
tioned contingently in Such an event are
those of Senator Trumbull and Edmunds,
nnd even ConkUng, though the latter, it
said, wants the- reversion—a Judge
Hunt, of Utica, NH?\ being.his choice.
The name of Associate Justice Miller is
also favorably mentioned. •
How a Case of Hypochondria Was Dis
posed of.
[From the New Y’ork Commercial Advertiser.]
Professional men play odd tricks pret
ty much in the same way that history
repeats itself. We hear of a case in
point—the incident having occurred n
few days since—in which a lady in Madi
son avenue, and a doctor whose office is
in Fifth avenue, nnd who is well known
'for his brusque eccentricities, were the
principal performers. The lady had been
afflicted with indolence, aud what is vul
garly known as “dumpishness,” for some
time, and faceied that she was seriously
ill. Her husband, a sensible, kind-heart
ed man, gavo way , to her humor until
his patience became exhausted. He
sought to have her take exercise and to
forget the troubles which appeared to
afflict her. She could not bo persuaded
to take regular morning walks, and fi
nally became so ill, in her own estima
tion, that the family physician was cal
led in. He at once saw wlnxt the trouble
was, and prescribed some harmless com
pound which she said afforded her no
relief. Thereupon the lady took a great
dislike - to him, and insisted upon her
husband finding another physician. The
hnRband met Dr. , well known,
have observed, for his peculiarities,
and described to him the condition of
his wife ami his domestic troubles.
“Pooh!Pooh!” ejaculated tho doctor,
“she has the ‘mulligrubs.’ Be at home
to-morrow afternoon, ana I’ll cure her.”
Tho next afternoon was bright and beau
tiful, balmy almost as summer, doctor
called at the appointed time ; the wife
was confihed to her bed. The doctor
closed the chamber door, and proceeded
to take off his hat, coat, and boots; this
done he deliberately threw himself upon
the bed beside his patient. Quick as
lightning, the lady, who was supposed
to be so weak from sickness, jumped up,
screaming out of the room, rushed
down stairs, and would have made her
way into the street had not her hnsband
arrested her at the front door. The poor
afflicted woman has so far recovered, as
to be able to ran np. a good sized bill at
Lord & Taylor’s. The prescription seems
to have been os efficient as a dose Of
calomel.
itical corruption fund. So far from pay
ing anything into the Treasury, tho Leg
islature was called upon to make a large
appropriation to keep it up. Tho cry
was in substance that Bullock, Blodgett
A Co. were corruptly tising and appro
priating the income; that it ought to be
taken out of their hands and either sold
road under tlio lease, in tho occoptanct
or rejection of bids, I know nothing of
the matter. Nay, more, I hopo it will
be exposed and the guilty party, if any,
brought to proper punishment Let the
attack be not by insinuation. Let char
ges and specifications be made and
proved. My friends need not indulge in
nnr tiffplms nrul nnnitwixnnr “min" nr
any useless and unnecessary “pain”
“mortification” at anything I have done
or shall do in reference to this lease, or
anything else.
My life bos been devoted much more
to tho interests of others than it has been
to my own. In this matter, I was look
ing in what I did quite as much to pub
lic as personal interest. I know Governor
Brown had, shown more efficiency in the
management of the State Hoad than any
person who had ever bad it in hand, or
nt least I thought he had. However
much. I have differed with him, and do
now differ with him, on grave political
questions, yet I have never believed that
be was a “rogue” in any sense of that
word. I considered him a man perfectly
honest in all pecuniary transactions,
both public and private. Under his
management, 1 believe the State’s inter
est would be secured to whatever amount
he might feel willing to take the rood at;
and so far as any interest might, under
his management, fall to my small share,
if any, that I expect to devote, as I have
much tho greater part of the proceeds of
labor, not to my own aggran
dizement, but to tho assistance, the re
lief, the comfort and well being of oth
ers. Yours, truly,
Alexander H. StktheNw.
THE STATE ROAD LEASE.
for a lease was brought forward
House by ono of tho most prominent
Democrats in it. The bill was pnblished
in the newspapers- It was sent broad
cast over thecountry. It was before the
public long enough to bo thoronghly un
derstood and discussed by the press.
My opinion was Bought by the in trod u-
Libeotv Hall, Crawfordvillu, Ga., I
January 6,1871. j
7b the Editor of 1b4 Constitutionalist, A n-
gnsta Ga.:
Dear Sm : Ia the issue of your paper
of yesterday appeared an exposition of
the facts of my connection with the lease
of the State Rood.
When that wad penned, several days
ago, I supposed, as is apparent from the v
whole paper, that everything pertaining
to the letter of the lease, under tho act
of tho Legislature, was fair and just.
If there had been anything wrong in
the acceptance or rejection of any bid or
bids, I was not aware of it; as I stated.
On that point I had seen or beard of no
complaints whatever.
To-day I have been put in possession
of n statement in writing, made by Mr.
A. R. Sraoo, of Atlanta, in which he
avers that Ue nnd others named by him
did put in a bid for the lease of the road
at $36,500 per month—being $11,500
more per month than the snm bid by
the company to which it Was leased, and
iu which my name appears as one of the
leasses. He moreover States that his
company was worth a million of dollars,
and tendered security to the amount of
over eight million of dollars.
This statement, coming from the quar
ter it does, is quite sufficient to cause
mo to sever all my connection with the
lease. In doing this, it is not my wish
to bounders food as passing judgment
upou the conduct of others. I act only
for myself, in declaring that I cannot
think for a moment of holding an inter
est iu tho lease under this statement of
facts.
In all that I did iu regard to the whole
matter, as I h&vo before stated, I was
governed more by a wish and a desire to
leased to responsible parties. This 1 promote the interest of the State than by
the Democratic ciy. The measures [any object of personal gains.
of the bilL I gave it to him frankly,
as not in possession to know all the
facts. I was confined to my house, not
able to walk, and could not do more
than give an individual or private opin
ion, founded upon my own reflections.
These led me to the conclusion that a
lease, under the circumstances, was per
haps tho best, bnt in no event, Dor
I send you with this a copy of a return
by me to tbe Stole of all the interest I -
have in the company to which tho road' *
was leased, which I- will be .obliged to
you to give to tho public, with this com
munication.
Yours, truly,
Alexander H. Stephens.
der any circumstances, would I favor or
voto for a lease, if I wore iu the Legisla
ture, for less than $500,000 per annum.
I thought it could be leased for that
amount, or it ought to yield that amount
This is tho substance of what I wrote to
him, I suppose other public men ic
State were consulted as I was. How this
is I do not know, nor what advice was
given by any, if sought, But this I will
say; That if there was a single newspa
per of the Democratic party in the Bute
that said one word, either editorially
by communication, against the proposed
lease, nnder tho bill so published, offer
ing the road for $300,000 per annum,
except the Atlanta Intelligencer, lam not
aware of it. If there was any opposition
by the Democratic press iu the State to
the lease, with the exception stated, I did
not see or hear of it.. After this oppor
tunity for discassion on the port of those
who was much more able than I was to
look into and investigate the subject,
the bill passed both branches of the Leg-
CSk-A divore case in Ireland lias elicit
ed the fact that the lady was in the habit
of chastising her husaand with the furni
ture, and on one occasion knocked him
down and sat on his head.
Tbik Forty-second Congress^-—Thus
far tiie Domocrats have gained forty
members in the next Congress—making
a change of eighty-rotes! The Radicals
will not bare more _ than about twenty-
five majority in the next House of Repre
sentatives,’and npt a reliable one at that,
[copy.)
Georgia Taliaferro County :
Know all men by these presentsThat
I, Alexander H. Stephens, of said State
and county, for divers good and sufficient
causes, mo thereunto •_ moving, have
assigned and transferred, and do here-
_ said State of Georgia, all the right,
title and interest I have toa&dinthe
share I hold in the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company, under the lease of
said road for the term of twenty years;
the said share being the one fourth of a
full share in the stock of said company,
ninety-second part thereof; and
Treasurero
to collect and receive from the proper
officer of said company all dividends, if
hoy, which shall at any time hereafter
be declared to be due to the said por
tion of said stock so hold by mo—the
said Treasurer to hold the same subject
to tbe action of the General Assembty of
the Stato In testimony whereof, I havc
, hereunto set my hand and seal,
| this 6th day of January 1871/
' —^ Alexander H. Stephens.
politics in Atlanta, did oppose
ure and call upon tho Governor to vfeto
it He however, signed the bill, and
proceeded to advertise the lease accor
ding to tho provisions of the Act It
was advertised for weeks, if not months.
If there was a word said daring the
whole period by a paper in .Georgia
characterizing it a swindle, or even de
nouncing it as a measure of bad policy,
it escaped me.
that the proper time
for vigilant sentinels to have sounded the
alorm, if there was anything so really
oorrnpt in the matter, was when the
measure was before the" Legislature and
before bids were made for the lease.
With the exception of the papers stated,
I do not know of oho on the Democratic
side, or leaning to that side, which op
posed the measure while pending before
the Legislature, and not one said aught,
as far as I know, against the lease while
The Condition or the South.—It is
reported in Woshlngton that the President
will send a special message as soon as Con
gress reassembles, relating to tho - condi-.
tion of the Southern States. Accompa-
hying the message will be a considerable
amount of testimony, in tho shape of re-'
ports, etc., from military and other offi
cers, which, in the judgment of the Pres
ident, show that-a very bad state of affairs
exist in many sections of tbe South. It
ia believed that he will recommend that
Congress appoint a committee of its ojrn
members to thoroughly- investigate the
condition of affairs. Iiis represented .
that the. President’s views are very decid
ed ae to the need of action by Congress.
SgU.They say that Mrs. MikoMcCoole
ears one of hi* .discarded boxing gloves
for a blondo chignon, while tho other
■view of tlie new questions likel; to ! ho u'^wtisement was pcmling, iiotiG-
arise before 1872. Wo hardly think Cou-1 m S honest anil honorablo bidders that it _ .
gtess, in -view of these facts, will dure ■ to would be regarded in nay quarter as a does duty as uu auxiliary iu tha pannier
reconstruct Georgia again. | “aieimffe.” [line.
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