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PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS AND GENSEA1 IN ALL TBINOS. TERMS: Tl\ree Dollars a Year. PATABLS Ct ADVANCE. Volume 17. A MERIC US, GEORGIA, FBIDAY, JANTJAEY 13, 1871. Number 46. its not ooatr&ctod for will Ikj not specifting the length of i local column inserted for twenty 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. tea