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m 7 Weekly Democrat, publishes EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPT^ TERMS: One Copy one year - One Copy six months - *4.00 1 50 HpnRinff Matter on Every Page. The Enemy* Strategy- The efforts to defeat, ruin forever, and kilf the Dermatic party, are numerous, deep lald^poreiftent, an pressed vigorously and earnestly by the party in power. Those who •wish the defeat of the party, are trying to get it to take some plausi ble but suicidal step from which it can never recover, but which will inevitably prove fatal. The first was the New Departure programme. This movement was •one of magnitude and looked threat ening Co man. The-'Sun was the first paper in the South, if not in the Union, to attack and boldly fight the heresy. It is dead, and is no .longer in the way. <. The next was Passivism, or Pos- .sumism, but it was so sickly that it •died soon after its birth. It made but little show, and attracted but little attention during its feeble grid short lived existence. Next came the proposition for the Democrats to unite with the so-call ed “Liberal Republicans” for the paramount objec| of defeating Grant in the next residential race. The organs of thi3 sly movement earnest ly represent the dangerous ambition of the military tyrant, and lustily call upon us to ignore our principles for the present, and help the disaf fected squad of Radicals to beat Grant. This ridiculous proposition lias met with but little favor, and it Is fast subsiding. It was but a alight wave—not amounting to a clever sized billow on the great sea of public opinion. It was very fool ish in any one ever to have proposed it, and those who did so are begin ning to see it. Wc cannot notice aD the schemes and tricks to bring a Trojan into the citadel and strongholds of the Democratic camp, or to induce the pa% to forsake their own de fenses and walk over to the enemy’s camp. The latest is-a puerile effort to weaken the party—especially in the South. It originated in this city—in a movement to celebrate Henry Clay’s Dirth-day. It has been foreshadowed for months in the columns of the New Era. It proposes to revive the old Whig party, or something like it. Hon. 13. Hi Hill is believed to be its chief inspiration and director. Thos. A. R. Felson and John Baxter, of Ten- ncs«c, have taken up the move ment. The Jtanner of Nashville, which bolted the Democratic nomi nation in the last Congressional campaign, leans that way, '“hearti ly applauds” to have “a convention of the Conservative masses of Ten nessee,^ and favors “a consultative meeting of the Conservative citizens of Tennessee.” Yes; anything to de feat the Democracy—even if it re sult in the re-election ol Grant-—the real editor, and control its. politics; that is to be run under his direction and supervision, and that he has Gubernatorial aspirations—eject ing to make a desperate effort to de feat the Democracy iiL the coming campaign, and succeed to the Chair now so worthily filled by GoV. Smith. The whole is a scheme to defeat the Democratic party, and that means the re-election of Gen. Grant.—At lanta Sun. A bill has been reported in the State Senate of Kentucky to incorpo- establishraent of a Dynasty^-a con- rite anasylnm at Danville for the fidliHofail J y_' ’• /> ,1 V*. i j i_ solidated centralized Imperial Gov> treatment of suc^ habitual drunk eminent, and tWT'eiW'bf LTBertJTf -ards as may Voluntarily enter it, or Anything! anything! Of cohrse, this whole movement is inte Tided to draw off the old Whigs from that cordial support which they V> have given tho Democratic party for year* It is intended to 1 induce them to aid in defeating the only party that has the correct princi ples and integrity of purpose—the patriotism—the good of the country at heart—the organization, and tbh Power, if properly directed and dt£ senediy supported by patriots, to preserve Constitutional liberty oh this continent. The defeat of this P*rty is the defeat of Liberty—it may he forever. It & placing more firm* l.v in onr power the Bond-Rings and plunderers, tad the horraptfouirt of the age, and it may 1 be perpetuating their rHe- , . .This is the work which old Whigs are to he called'upon $o perform-— to assist in consummating. It is understood that a company °f Radicals and others are forming to’Vake the New &ra newspaper, in Buffalo Bill in Cleveland—He Cuts the Heart Out of a Bass wood w Lo” [ From the Cleveland Leader. ] “Buffalo Bill,” the original genu ine “Bill,” who has lifted more hair, wiped out more redskins, killed ihore grizzlies, and raised more particular mischief generally upon the plains than any other man, according to Ned Buntiine, passed through this city on Friday last, on his way East. Buffalo William only stopped in this city long enough to “corral” suffi cient provisions at the depot dining hall to last him to Buffalo. He was attired in the usual buckskin suit so often described in ten cent works of fiction, aud created much consterna tion among the sable waite. s by eat ing his beef entirely raw and cutting his bread with a Bowie knife that he had twisted around among the vitals of scores of Indians, as the notches oh the handle prove. He wore a gray shirt, upon which Hashed the fifty cent solitaire that Alexis gave hiinj for his services in the recent buffalo hunt that has flooded the country with cheap meat, and nearly ruined the butchers. While leisurely awaiting the departure of the Eastern express “Bill” amused himself by throwing his railroad ticket in the air, and shooting it full ol holes with his revolver, often putting six ballet holes through the same before it fell to the ground. While thus engaged a tobacco dealer came into the depot, bringing a large wooden Indian which he intended to express to Painesville for a eigar dealer’s sign. No sooner did Buffalo Bill.see the blood-thirsty demon of the forest pond. Giving an ear piercing yell that would have delighted timid young ladies who want to wear ear rings but dare not have their ears pieced by the ordinary. mcan3,- Wil liam gave a leap seventeen feet into the air, and came down On the white- wood sa vage like a thousand of brick; quicker than the lightning’s flash he stabbed the tjususpectiug Indian to the heart, and before the latter could use the tomahawk that is immovably fixed in Iks band, he was cut into mincemeat, and his enemy waved aloft the wooden top-not that had decorated his finely carved head. The bystanders stood aghast at the fearful tragedy, and the traifl mov ing off at that moment, Buffalo Bill stepped on board as calm as. ever, saying, as he removed the slivers from his knife. “Y/aughI another red devil wiped out. Skinflint, my old cqparade, you are almost aveng ed!” c - opes, said, ‘This one was written by the clerk ©i the Boston Water Power Company; this one by a friend of mine in New York'* the third is my own handwriting; and the fourth is the prisinor’s,” substantiating his statement by producing the letters received in some of toe envelopes. OmurahiaUtiM. To engaged persons—Better never than late. as may be placed there by commit tees having them in charge. The bill provides for an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars from the State Treasurer as soon as a like sum shall have been, paid in on private subscription. Similar experiments have been tried elsewhere, and with signal success. Drunkenness is a disease, and some of the worst cases hiave succumbed to judicious treat ment. Experts in Handwriting.—An incident which occurred a few days ago during a trial for forgery in Taunton, Mass., serves to illustrate the fallibility of experts in handwritr ing. In the fpgery a couple of ex perts had testified very strongly against the prisinor, when the coun sel handed to the most confident of the two four old envelopes, and asked him if he could tell whose handwriting was on them. After a critical examination of ifee envel- New York proposes lady ushers at weddings. Elopement in California is called the “Pacific slope.”. ; Women should never be lawyers —they would constantly have “writs of attachment. ’ Garrison says that the woman question was an “all-embracing” one. Who said it wasn’t ? A handsome woman pleases the eye; a good woman pleases the heart. One is a jewel, the other a treasure. Smith’s widow is thought to be comforted for his death, since she is seen to be so-laced. * ‘Figures won’t lie. ” Won’t they ? Does a fashionable woman’s figure tell the truth ? Early marriage# and no divorce laws is the right thing for women, says Mrs. Sarah Norton. Hercules was a .model husband— rather than'stay Gut late at night he invariably carried his club honie with him. m . The world has grown dark to a Newark girl who kissed her coach man by mistake for her lover, th£ other evening. Utah may have its plural wives, observes Mr. Quilp, but other parts of the country have very singular ones. A western man named Archer was recently convicted of bigamy.— “Insatiate Archer, could; not one suffice ?” • Widowers seldom die of grief—* However crushed they may be, if you only let them alone they will generally re-wive. A cynical old bachelor says it is the privilege of hoops to surround the loveliest of all things, among wfilch are girls arid whisky. A bachelor ft politely described as a man who has neglected his oppor tunity of making some poor woman miserable. other evenins . .... _ . because he said she liatf^such a win ning way about her. *.* Some young men tial to blue-eyed like dark-^ed las. ey< d girls have t^“ An enterprising boring city ^dwertise#* sweetheart a new set of teetoshsi V| R Christmas present.” J ** embarrassed with« foreign war to redress their wrongs. It is argued, that the cruel and merciless treat ment to which they have been sub jected by the Reconstruction Gov ernment—the spoliations of .the car pet-baggers, the drajpanades under the Ku-KIux law, the Suspension of habeas corpus and the mockery of judicial justice, would^rompt them to ffize 3 with avidity the Goo-send, if not for revenge, foi toe recovery of their freedom. * i; ? Looking at average4uman nature this would not Tae an unreasonable apprehension. There is no doubt it fills the bosoms of such gcgltiy as the paralytic Morton and. with terror, and mock vor of their hnprado ^gairiS^JISiigtand They feel they are not backed—for», they ; do not deserve to be—by a united people at home.- Their favor ite device of a diversion against England by the way* of'disaffected Ireland might be brought to bear against them with, tremendous force. They take iffor granted* that Eng land fully appreciates the situation that she knows on the firiag of the first gun,'one--halt of the continent would at once hail her as ally and deliverer, and rush to her embrace. They know thatsfor’ half the provo cation the South has received, they would pursue this policy, and they jump to the'conclusion that of coarse it is the policy which the South will adopt. We]have not thought the'question over very seriously—we’ve had other matters to Attendjjto. But we can understand how the harsh and. mer ciless conduct of the Radicals to wards the South shonld turn to plagne the] - inventors and weaken their hand ii^dealingJwith a foreign foe. Possibly the Stonth might over look the recent injuries of their next- door neighbors, and remember only the ungenerous refusal of England to join France in recognizing the Confederacy. This might be a little out of the natural order Of things, as usually the last wrong is the one which excites the liveliest resent ment. But the present status ar.d serve as a warning statesmen. Their h; and oppressive rule with eleven pounds of cork, will float atf iron Weight of Sixty pound* They are need in tha Ruauiaa navy, and nearly the whole of a ship’s company wa> recently saved by their instrumen tality after a collision. Nor do they cost half as ranch os Horse hair mat tresses ♦‘Tj ——*—- ■<« OLD POEM. BY THEODOBK gWIlHBB—1646. Shall t, wasting in despair, - Die, because a woman’s fair ? Or make pale my cheeks with car* ’Cause another’s rosy are? B Be she fairer than the day, Or the flowery meads of May, If she be not fairfor me. 'What core I how fair she be? A foolish ’Cbuse L Br» Joined with "a lovslj^featuje ? Be stie meeker, kinder {than Turtle dove or pelican. If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be|? Shall a woman’s virtue move Me to perish for her love ? Or her Weil-deserving known. Make me quite forget my own ? Be she with that goodness blest, If die be not such to me, What care I how good she be? ’Oause bec fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and die? Those that bear a noble mind, Where they want of ricbee.flad, lliink what with them they would do. That without them dare to woo ; And unless that mind I see, What care(( how great die be? Great or good, kind or fair, I will ne!er the more despair, ' If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve ? If she slight me, when I woo, I can scorn and let'ine go; For if she be net for me What c4re I whom she be? IJPIB may, Morton? UonkHog and Grant A New York belie‘"told a' surtor all know that they dare not_ come to for her hand that slid Would*: his offer in six weeks, if Mr. Sb-arifi so didn’t make a similar < mean time. “Why," ttskM a dtecoap^hepsion dq^s embarrass them, ow, “is venison like idy late and never safficiently-to-be lamented hus band ?” “Bocause-^-oh dear! oh dear I—it’s deaf departed 1” \ . N: % The tedious routine of fitrtatidn, introduction, erntrtship^engagetndllt and marriage was successfully gone through with by au Arkansas couple in thirty-six minutes. A bride in Indiana, after the elusion of the marriage ceremony, stepped gracefully Yorward and re quested the clergyman to give out the hymn: “This is the way I long have sought. ” A somewhat juvenile dandy said to a fair partner at a ball: “Don’t you think, tniss, my mustaches are becoming?'' To which she replied: “Well, sir, they may becoming, but they have not yet arrived.” A lady had her dress trimmed with “bugles” before going to a ball.— Her little daughter wanted to know if the bugles would blow when she danced. “Oh, no," ;said mother, “papa will do that when he sees the bill.” ■ * - -=t -r rr v--^ It is the style now-a-days when an engagement is broken off for the lady not to return the presents given her by her fiance, or even toe en gagement ring, which she keeps as an Indian keeps the scalp a3 a trophy of victory. It is common to speak of those whom a flirt has jilted as her vic tims. This is a grave error. Her real victim is the mdfl whom' she accepts. A happy simile runs thos: “A coquette is a rose from whom every lover'plucks a leaf—the thorhs remaining for her ftiture husband.” sectional rates- tbeir sension and ables them insult, Or dues from 'Blaster as they conflict with England, for dear of the uprising of toe oppretssed_South. We merely state the facts. That a ®oast of many into the concern, a °d run it on a high pressure princi- P' e duringtthe coming summer and that Mr. Ben HHl is to be its ppes, the witness said the superscrip ts city in charge, put a large. _|ions were all in the same handwrit ing, and written by the man who had forged the check. The counsel, Mr. Henry D. Hyde, of Boston, at once took the stand, and taking theenvel- “What >YiIl the South Dot* Wc see this question canvassed in some Northern paper? in the Contin gency of* war between toe tlwfoed States smd England. “What will the Soum do?” The question im- pli<»n‘aoubt. Those wh«r itfcarifcfw* 1 * the ^nutoera States as a land or .Ireland, that those States the ODDortunii gladly »ci*e and will embarraagtheni still more, as the> approaCn a crisis. The South in its desolafod, impoverished mid oppressed coa^itipib *8 not likely to feel under epecia!,ojWigations to the .tyrant band that lias wrought its ruin. It aright be toofe inclined to clutch at aid. from^ toy Quarter, that would administer to necessities, or gratify, ifo v rqvengp. England irnight be and willing po extend this suS.. It case.of war, she would certainly be willing an( * possibly able. A knowledge of this fact effectually binds the Federal Government over to tyeep the peace, and enables England to- treat with indifference and contempt any de mands made upon her from Wash* ington. Than this tact, we know nothing which presents in a intJe glaring light the unstatesmaniike policy of Radical rrflers at Instead of healing the wounds of a distracted country by kindness and generosity, they have, by Wurshness and cruelty, aggravateij the hostile feeling, till we have this result: that the government is afraid to assert its rights against a foreign govern ment lest in case of a collision, one half of the country may be found ar rayed againrt.it, and oujthe side of a foreign power. We do not say the fear is W]hli We merely note its ’exigence and its iaral>zing effect .upon toe Government. ^-Mich- tkond W&I#' . • " ff«r, of the dad the whstito- vito gm«u* m w* a°t grtrt buoy- tha eooBomy ii> is * good jHfNdopti-d in ear of this kind Cotton Crop Prospects. The incoming cotton crop of onr Southern States is likely to fall short' of that grown in 18T0 some throe- fourths of a million of bale3 npoh which premise the price has consid erably advanced, standing now some eight cents higher than at the cor responding date last year. But not withstanding the deficiency in the American crop, English spinners evidently do not apprehend any dearth of supply, from the fact that the prices- in England have, driring ; the greater part of the season, ruled relatively lower than at this side of i 1 " ;lish epim&ert rommence the year with-an excess of fitoek over year of seven hundred thousand bales, to be placed against toe possible or probable deficiency from this side of the Atlantic. Add to the supplies of other sources than the United 'States and it promises to be more abundant. FronWlndia the accounts are somewhat contradicto ry. Some damage has been done in certain districts, but there is no reason to suppose that the amount grown will vary much from last year, whilst the comparatively high prices ruling will, as has always been the case with that country, materially increase the quantity, brought to the seaboard for ship ment. The accounts from Brazil are fev- orable, and some increase from last year’s supply from that quarter is expected. From Egypt the quanti ty is not likely to vaiy much from last year, so that on toe whole En glish spinners reasonably look for soma increase in supplies other than, from, the United States. The total consumption in nil Europe lost year isestraated to have bean 100.000 balea per week; or about 5,200.000 per annum. To meat a Hke consumption, a leading English. au thority estimates the probable supply for the current year thaa: Sttrpulna stock January I, 1873, 700.000 naieg; qaaiiaty sxpHCieu irom. me but not fatally. On the same day of the shooting, Miss Laura Pricej a daughter of Q. S. Price, was m inning. No clue to her mysterious disappear ance could be found until ’Tuesday evening, when her dead body was discovered in White W&tqr Creek, near Price’s old bridge. It is sup posed she committed suicide. We Have endeavored to ascertain tlfe particulars of the tragedy, the cause of the quarrel between Price and Hubbard, and the motive which impelled the unfortunate daughter tocommittthe act of suicide, but have failed. The whole matter at present is shrouded in mystery, but in the course of time, when Price is brought t6 trial for the shooting of Hubbard, the sifting process of the law will most probably bring to light the circumstances as they were at the time they occurred. Report BAys that Hubbard bud been bestowing his attentions upon Miss Price, toe unfortunate suicide, and that the father resolved to pnt a cheek to the intimacy tost would most probably result He ordered ^Hubbard, to visit his daughter no more,’ and Hubbard’s attempt to pall again was checked by n discharge from a double barrelled shot gnn. As thegnn^waa loaded with bnek shot, and turned in the direction of Hubbard, the consequence was above mentioned—not very gratifying to Hnb- bard. Report farther hints that, the affections which existed between this young lady and yoong”man was so great that his having been shot was a blow to her so severe that relief was only found in patting an end to her life. Other.rumors are in pirealation, Urn truth of which wp doubt, and pre fer not to publish. From the Democrat Extra of March 2nd. THE FIRE THIS MORNING. ONE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS IN RUINS. LOSS ABOUT $10,000—DfCpBNTS, AC. This morning at about - half-past two o’clock, the fire alarm bells woke the stillness of our quiet city, again Teminding us that the fire fiend was at his work. THE FIRSKKH, but for it, would have inevitably been destroyed. If, however, the wind had not beat Mowing east, it is quite probable that every effort to subdue the flames would have proven fruitless. CHIB ENGINEER BAWarT. is' entitkC to great credit for the skillfol manner in wffich he. handled the Department. Oort, calm and collected, at all times in the right place, he inspired toe confidence of both flreteenand citizens. after the danger,. Mr. Oolbert, of the Exchange Sap. loon, which institution was saved from destnretion, threw open his doors, uncorked his bottles, and in vited everybody to come up and ‘ftake a smile* Of course nearly' everybody “smiled,” and those who were morally obliged not to “smile,” were forced by the inclemency of the weather, to “smelL” The conse quence was that some of the ‘emilers’ got joyfcl, but not “over-joyful.”— The “40tooth” regiment charged re peatedly upon, the bar, and though it withstood, their several attacks, none of the ‘ ‘40tooth” were injured. THE COLORED PEOPLE, acted well at the fire, although there were not as many out as usual. They are very anxious to have an engine, but ns we have ample facilities for the present aic» of oflr ciiv; another . ma chine would he superfluous. An axn company, we think would bo morosniU able for the eolofod people now. After the fine had subsided the colored band of minstrel^ bmogh t out their instru ments and made some very good mu sic. OUB FIRE DEPARTMENT. In conclusion we cannot but again commend our Fire Department. It is one of the best and most efficient comparatively in the State, and yet there was a set of old fogies in the city who were at one time actually opposed to any organized resistance to fore. This morning was toe third time bnt for the Department the city Would have been laid in ashes. It is now obvious to the most blind that every dollar expended on'fhe engine, and hook and ladder appa- United 8uten, 1,300,000 -bales, even allowing the whole deficieneyto fall on the exports, and the American spinners to take as much as last year; from India, 1, 350,000 bales; Brasil, Egypt and other scarce*, 1,300,000*. making a grand total of 5.250,000 bales. Shonld these estimate* hold good, prices wonld seem to be quite ns high as there in any warrant for, at least until some idea can be formed of the proportion* of the crop to be grown this year.—Louisville Contr mereial Gazette, 24ih. [From the Griffin Georgian. Love and Swicide. It becomes onr duty to chronicle two sad events which occurred in Fayette county on toe sama day of this week. On Monday morning tart Mr. Q. 8. Trice, TO tiv& On White Water Creek, in Fayette County, The property shot a young, m* bj the £ !*^gj** Hubbard, wounding him seriously mbouwI to at Jeart Ladder Company being on the ground. THE SGENE Was truly'sutriUae—a perfect ocean of fire, seeming to lick the veryjtea- vens, and at one time promised to baffle the gallant and heroic efforts of the noble “boys in-red.” THE FIBS originated in the tin shop of M' Courtney dr Andrews, but how, at this writing, wc know not. The buildings being wood, the flames spread with alarming rapidity, and soon all houses contiguous thereto were wrapped in flame* “NIL DESPEBANDUM,” however, is the motto of the Bain- bridge Fire Department, and with redoubled energy, the Oak City boys rushed into the work, and with -doubled rtroke the Stonewall boys made their little engine groan under the powerful stream that at last ef fectually stayed the progress of the devouring element. ■ FOB TWO HOBTAL, HOURS toe fire raged, and for two mortal hoars our firemen toiled into almost superhuman endurance. With every effort they became more equal to the great task before them, and property holders who were at firs* awe-strick- their assur ed that it Was safe. the wnJtaaa consume, Were on Watnr Street, three in nnm* her, and were the prp party of the Belcher * Bros. The first was occu pied by Memrs Coartney k Andrews, deafen in atevee, tin-ware, etc; tha. second by Heppie A Perry restaurant keepers, and tha last, by Messrs Bel cher A Terrell, dry goods end gro cery merchants. ■’ TH*AGGREGATE LOSS, we praams* amouuU to near $19,000 dollars. Coartney St Andrews were named for $600, and Belchers St Tyr rell for $3,000. As to whether Heppie A Perry were insured, we are. not ad vised at this writing. <>«r whole com munity sympathise With tkir urior- tanata fetiow-citixens. SAVED FROM THE FIRS. the sot toft. nrospect of fortunes laid in ashes, home] thank his stars j men wise enough to inaugurate the Fire Department. The Davies . Nomination For * President. WHAT THE WA8HISOTOK. POLmOIAjra sat—Trumbull’s chawces—-what the xkxt cos wormy will do. ' The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore jfTasrtfc says the nomi nation of Justice Davies, of .the Su preme Coart, for Preodent, by toe National Labor Reform- Convention, , awaken* oomiderable comment among the Washington politicians^as it make* the first step of oppoailion to Grant in the Presidential Campaign. It is thought not improbable that the Cin cinnati Convention wto will accept lliis nomination, and than present an opportunity to too National Democrat ic Convention to ratify it- Many of the leaders io toe Cincin nati movement, however, express the opinion . that SenatorTrumbull will be the nadtjnee of that -Convention, and in fact assert that his speech of Friday last endorsing the Missouri liberal platform left no room to donbt it An for the Democrats who. pro- , pose to support n liberal Repdbhcaa candidate, or in troth to rapport any ' - m mm 1 rireir*-*- 1 not ranch choice dxpresaed between Trumbull aed Davie* Some oppAe thelatter on aeoonat of his derision in fisvor of the constitutionality of the legal tender acts in its application to too payment of debts contracted be fore as well as since its passage, »hUa others do not like that portion of Sen ator Trumbull’s record which shown that he originated the Civil _ Rights bill. However, the Mianoari pint form endorsed the Civil Right* Men tion to toe Jafloa* extent. It is riaun- ed though, in behalf of both, that eith er will carry bis own Swu of Illinois, while Justice Davien legal tender r cord ie 'aaid to bepripOB in the We The friend* of the lingly admit that if the worfcingipm belonging to the Republican party intend to Anita in good faith on the Davies tfcfcst, the election of Grant wiT be serioasit imperilled. Tbs freight- velopements of tMFpnrt week »e wa- tagonmn omiihiiaeei in power of the uveelbt Adminitention. - J§ -r ** ' V- 1 ’ ■