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~ STABLES,
h>d for sale a fine lot Harness
n« • K * l,or^-s
--tv>tofM,^Vcti an early day a
ou hand horses and mules,
or h . l“ m °Jate public, either by
* *•*» to,, k hiUl, he has not stock
bet. 5 .j., 1- * 05111 order it in a few days.
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i VOLUME XX. 1
tVumbr X 6. f
GEORGIA MATTERS.
Savannah is steadily Improving.
Mrs. Oates plays irt Savannah next
week.
The Savannah News says some jpeople
are original only in meanness. That set
tles the question at once, and accounts for
the News being so strongly in favor of the
Constitutional Carbolic Convention.
And now the Valdosta Times has a
Wayeross department. *
Macon Jiad three fires in one night last
week. }
Mr. William C. Jessup, and prominent
merchant of Augusta, is dead.
A young man in Macon fell in a well the
other night but was rescued.
The Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta pa
pers tire having quite a muss over the pro
posed carbolic condition convention.
\ uhlosta has organized a .Minstrel troupe
and enquires if some few dozen parties,
balls, candy pullings, Arc., can’t be manu
factured for ('hristmas purposes.
The small-pox has broken out near Mil
ledgeville.
Governor Smith has cotnmlssioned and
armed the Lincoln Guards, a colored com
pany in Macon.
The Brunswick Silver Cornet Band re
ceived, last week, the premium of two hun
dred dollars which was awarded it at the
late State Fair.
Cicero Goggan, of Haralson county,
stabbed Mr. William J. Reeves near the
heart, the Other day, because the latter,
when Sheriff, once arrested the former.—
Mr. Reeves is in a very critical condition.
Pendleton, of Valdosta, offers the hope
that, the man who invented or composed
“Mollie Darling,” may meet his just reward.
We think he ought to be severly punished
by being made to live in Valdosta a short
while.
The Press Association met. in Columbus
on Monday last, hut on the opening did not
have a quorum. ,
The Millcdgeville paper wants the carbolic
convention because it thinks the capitol
will be removed there.
The Mayor of Griffin lias given positive
instructions to report every case of carry
ing concealed ‘weapons that come under
the observation of the police.
The Editor of the Albany News being
absent, Cnpt. T. A. E. Evans is filling the
chair.
The foreman of the Albany News has
absconded to Florida, in search of a wile.
We think it time that some of the Editors
were doing the same thing.
Fifty Germon emmigrants bound for
Abbeville county, S. C., arrived at, Sa
vannah. per Baltimore steamer, last week.
The next steamer was expected to bring
fifty more.
$?f>00,()00 was sent from Augusta last
week to pay Northern debts.
Tho fine merchant mill of Mr. H. L. Tra
vis. near Griffin, was burned on Friday
morning. Loss about s*lo,ooo.
The independent says the merchants in
Quit-man are generally busy through the
day ehawin' sugar cane and looking/tUt for
a lien man.
Airs. Jane Beck and child was run over
bv a dray last Saturday, and both killed.
Fort Valiev is aspiring, fcdie proposes
to give a ten acre lot if the capitol is re
moved to that place.
Albany is fixing up for Christmas.
Frank Evans is going to hang up his
little stocking—if he can find a clean pair.
Mrs. A. M. Collins, of Albany, is dead.
And now the Central ( ill / says the
question of the carbolic convention is the
question of the day.
Mr. Frank V. Evans commences the
publication of a weekly newspaper, to be
styled the “Georgia Forester,” at Alapaha,
on the 3d of January.
The Macon Tefcgrnph calls Mr. Ste
phens’ speech “a defence of inkpiit j.
The Telegraph thinks that Macon has
the small pox now under control.
The colored brass band in Augusta
went serenading one night last week, and
one of the number by the name of Ike
Hooper stabbed and killed another named
Howard Slatterwhite, whilst they were
returning home.
Judge H. H. Tooke, of Thomasville,
and next to the oldest. Ordinary in the
State, was stricken with paralysis on last
Monday, and his physicians have but little
or no hope of his recovery.
Maj. S. H. Spencer has been elected
Mayor of Atlanta.
Columbus Enquirer: There was never
a sweeter or more kissable lot of girls to
gether than those that attended the ball
last night.
Savannah *■* “Oar harbor now pay
seats a perfect forest of masts for a dis
tance of over a aiilo. On both sides of the
river shipping ant two and three deep,
some discharging, others loading, while not
a few are awaiting berths to load it
Albany Central City- We spent several
days very pleasantly in the delightfhl little
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 24,
city of Bainbridge, last week. If we had
sufficient time and space, we would notice
at some length, Rutherford’s magnificient
horses, Sharon’s superb fare and fine hotel,
Russell’s Democrat, Whitoley’s Sun, &c..
Ac., but we have not the time hor space,
and the obliging proprietors must take the
will for every deed, remembering that we
reserve them for -‘future reference.” ITie
Yellow Fever has entirely disappeared from
that lively city, and business is brisk
enough, though money is scarce.
Miscellaneous Matters.
I
Adulterated Tea. —There is a 4 vigo
rous outcry in England just now about
spurious tea. It has been discovered that
the London bonded ware-houses, at this
indnient, are running over with tea which
the ‘-heathen cliinee” has adulterated with
sand, ironfilings, and various deleterious
coloring matter. Some of the journals are
calling upon the government to destroy
the spurious merchandise, and to take
stringent, measures to prevent additional
importations, otherwise the British consti
tution will be seriously impaired—or rather
the constitutions will be seriously impaired
—while members of the medical profession
are seeking to quiet uneasiness on the sub
ject by arguments to prove that iron filings,
after all, are not necessarily fatal in the tea
cup.
In the autumn of 1803 Mr. Bright was
announced to attend a public meeting in
Alnwick, and these were the words in
which the editor of the Newcastle Journal
referred to the event: “It is stated (says
the Troy editor) that Bright, the anti-corn
law agitator, is expected to visit the wool
fair, which will be held at Alnwick shortly,
in order to scatter the seeds of disaffection
in that quarter. Should he make his ap
pearance, which is not improbable, for the
fellow has impudence for anything of this
sort, it is to be Imped there may be found
some stalwart yeoman ready to treat the
disaffected vagabond as he deserves.” This
“disaffected vagabond” is now a Cabinet
Minister, and the principles lie advocated
at the Alnwick wool fair in 1843 have long
since become a law.—- Chronicle.
The question of despensing with the
liuiuo of (leorgetllWM for otir lister c it V,
and consolidating it and all its interests
with Washington, is being agitated by the
citizens of the venerable suburb of the Capi
tol, who propose soon to go to Congress
for the change, li is earnestly hoped that
the neeeded legislation mav lie promptly
had that shall make it, as it should be, a
part of this city. The citizens of George
town are ready now to be taken in, and it
will simplify matters greatly, as we are
really one people, having a consolidated
government, with all its interests identical.
Chronicle. .
Mr. Thomas A. Scott is entirely too
modest, He wants only seventy-five mill
ion dollars this year to complete that Texas
Pacific Railroad about which so many
glowing accounts have been printed in the
newspapers during the last six or twelve
months. In view of the financial distresses
of the country, the prospective increase’of
taxation, and the certainitv of smaller wa
ges and lower incomes, it is to lie hoped
that Congress will pause before it votes
away a single railroad a sum of money
equal to our entire national debt thirteen
years ago. — Nat. Rep.
Rather Too Precipitate,
If for no other reason than because the
friends of Convention foolishness desire to
precipitate the issue upon the people, the
calling of a Convention should be opposed
by all sensible people of the State.
The Chronicle and Sentinel insits that
the matter shall be settled on the Ist
Tuesday in January next, hardly two weeks
off.
Now. isn’t this a pretty proposition ?
In the short space of two weeks the voters
of this State are called upon to decide the
most important question that has been put
to them since the war, when it is a patent
fact that by no possibility can one-third of
the people be informed ill that time, as to
what the issue is.
The autocrats of the Chronicle & Senti
nel will find that their scheme won't work.
They may be able, by drumming up the
loafers and negroes hanging around Au
gusta. to get up a demonstration in Rich
mond county, but it won't be worth a toss
up in the big count. The cities do not
control this State. The smaller towns, the
villages, the cross roads, the great mass of
people control it. To that tribunal we are
willing to go with this question of a con
vention. and the decision of that tribunal
we an 1 willing to abide by. But simply
the dictates of a few sore heads in our large
cities who are jealous of Atlanta's pros
perity, and wish to remove the capitol.wiU
not have a particle of effect.
Let the question be fairly, fully and ex
haustively discussed, and then let the peo
ple take an informal vote of instruction n|K»n
it. and we are willing to accept the result.
Until this is done, no high-sonnding reso
lutions adopted by minimum mass meet
ings will possess even the indicative quali
ties, of a straw floating on a summer
breeze. — Atlanta Herald.
THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS EESTOEED.
MR. STEPHENS.
Ills Speech on the Salary Bill.
Below we present the speech of Hon.
Alexander 11. Stephens on the Salary Bill,
and also annex some comments thereon
from the National Republican — [Ed. Sun]
Mr. Stephens, of Ga.. next addressed
the House. Referring to the comments
of the press upon what it denominated
the “salary grab,” or “bank pay > /*eal,” lie
depreciated the manner % which the
measure had been characterized. He re
garded the position of journalist as the
highest in the land, but he would in all
sincerity say to the press that in speaking
to the mass of the people the greatest
care should he taken in looking to the cor
rectness and truth of its statements. Al
luding to an expression made by Mr. Tre
maine, of New York, relating to dema
gogism,he said there never was a states
man that was not a demagogue. To be a
statesman it was naccessary that he should
be a demagogue and reflect the best
judgments of the people. But there were
two kinds of demagogues, the genuine
one, the real statesman, arid the sham
demagogue. The genuine one leads the
people, the sham panders to their errors
and prejudices. The real demagogue rea
sons and consults with the people. lie
feels the popular pulse,understands it, and
if feverish administers the remedy. The
sham falls in with the fancy of the patient.
He cited Chatlftun as the greatest states
man of England, and recited an anecdote
showing his anxiety to consult and know
the popular sentiment, and by his elo
quence brought the masses to his support.
As to the responsibility for the measure,
he said that the analysis of the votes he
had seen showed about an equal propor
tionate Democratic and Republican sup
port of the measure. He sustained the po
sition taken by Mr. Tremaine, that the
committee had left it for each Congress to
fix the pay of its own members, and de
clared it a wise provision. In the early
days of the Government some of the
brightest ornaments of the country had
voted an increase of their own salarv.
Were they, he asked, “salary grabbers?’’
Without referring to the question of
pedienev of the act, he maintained that
those who voted for the increase had a
perfect constitutional and moral right to
vote for the retroactive feature, and no
stigma could rest upon them. Ilad lie
been a member of the last Congress,
whether he voted for the bill or not, he
should have drawn the back pay. If the
press doubted the expediency of the act,
let them say so, and not attack the moral
ty or virtue of those who thought it ex
pedient. A representative in the hall of
Congress ought to be a man rrf mental
calibre, intellect, education and training,
to command the highest wages,
He said the railroads the
value of brain labor, and many of them
paid ten to twenty-five thousand dollars
for the best brain labor. So with master
mechanics and other skilled labor. There
was scarcely a merchant with brain and
skill of a high order that did not make
from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. There
was scarcely a lawyer, eminent in his pro
fession, that did not earn ten or fifteen
thousand dollars, and there was scarcely a
profession or occupation where brain and
skilled labor would not return an equal in
come. The science of government was
one of the highest allurements. Every
body had an interest in good government.
The laws passed here affected the interest
and the pocket of every c itizen. '1 here
was required here the highest order of in
tellect. and there was a vast deal of labor
and thought demanded.
lie held up the honors and emoluments
of office when held by men of correspond
ing ability as an incentive to the education
of the rising generation, saying that the
poor man, on his three dollars a day,
would make the greatest sacrifices to ed
ucate his son and raise him above his own
sphere. He said that when he was a
member of Congress in former days, he
had never received a dollar beyond the al
lowances of pay made by law. He had
collected in claims over half a million dol
lars. hut had never accepted any commis
sion. There were, he declared, numbers
of capable and honorable men who would
not come to Congress because they
could nt afford it. and he argued that the
countrv often lost valuable sen ices ow ing
to the lack of compension.
In a former Congress, when he* expect
ed to return, and therefore was uninflu
enced by anv personal feeling, he had,
when tlie total expenditures were only
eightv millions, given his opinion that the
salaries of Representatives should be 810,-
000. and of Senators §15,000. Ihe ( hies
Justice of the Supreme Court at least Soi».-
000. the Associate Justices 825.000. the
President 8100,000 arid foreign ministers
at least twice what they are.
He considered the abolition of the
franking privilege as being far the most
unwise feature of the whole measure. No
government could last unless the people
understood its nature and were devoted to
its principles. They must have informa
tion relating to the action of the Govern
ment, and the Constitution had wisely
provided that the action of the Govern
ment should be open to them, and lie ie
garded the franking privilege as one of the
great instrumentalities of a free republi
can government to add to the enlighten
ment of the people.
The debate on the salary repeal was
continued throughout yesterday. Al
though the members were inclined to
wearisomeness over its prolongation, the
able presentation of the case? by Mr.
Stephens, of Georgia, and the ludicrous
scenes which interspersed the addresses,
enlivened the House and created a re
newed interest in the proceedings. The
knowledge that the late Vice President of
the so-called Confederate States intended
to defend the action of the American Con
gress drew a “large house,” and the ex
pectation of hearing a candid and fair an
alysis of the question was not deceived.
The speech, which extended beyond the
twenty minutes allowance, was philoso
phical in character and worthy of the
brightest encomiums. A thorough states
men. he did not descend to vulgar parti
sanship, but attributed the increase to in
dividuals acting collectively, irrespective
of political affiliations. Undoubtedly no
more able defence of the questionable in
crease has ever appeared, and‘its signifi
cant virtue is the complete extermination
of the responsibility of any single political
association for the legislation which has
provoked so much displeasure. Mr.
Stephens strikingly exemplified the penu
rious custom of our Government in its pay
ment of public servants, not forgetting
that the best talent should command the
best remuneration. Advanced in years,
and physically incapacitated for any ex
tended strain upon the system, he remain
ed standing dliring the delivery of his ad
dress, the shrill, clear notes of his voice
piercing the furthermost recesses of the
hall. It could not be styled a participa
tion in debate; it was rather the outpour
ing of the mature thoughts of a man
thoroughly versed in the theory of gov
ernment, and one willing to impart a por
tion of his knowledge for the guidance
and benefit -of Among the
■pleasing ream res 'or-TTtw--prrTTtre- ■preseTTTPtT
was the indulgent treatment spontaneous
ly awarded by the dominant party, and the
conspicuous desire of all to conduce .to his
comfort and well being. The conclusion
of Mr. Stephens’remarks was the signal
for a hearty and general congratulation,
each member happy in the thought that a
complete .exoneration from any base or
mercenary motives had been obtained
from one rich in experience and learning,
and devoid of any unworthy trait of char
acter.—Kali on al Rep uhl icon.
Judging- By Faces.
A man’s character is stamped upon his
face by the time that he is thirty. I had
rather put my trust in any human being’s
countenance than in his words. The lips
may lie, the face cannot. To be sut'e, “a
man may smile and smile and be a villain;”
but what a smile it is—a false widening of
the mouth and creasing of the cheeks, tin
unpleasant grimace, that makes a close ob
server shudder. Rascal is written all
over it, somehow.
Among the powers that are given us
for our good, is that of reading the true
character of those we meet by the expres
sion of the features. And yet most peo
ple neglect it, or doubt the existence of
the talisman which would save them from
dangerous friendships or miserable mar
riages. and, fearing to trust a test so in
tangible and mysterious, act in defiance of
their impulses, and suffer in consequence.
There are few who could not point out
an actual idiot, if they met him, and many
know a confirmed drunkard at sight. It
is as easy to know a bad man as either.
If you are afraid to judge in this way, I
am not. We are all bad enough, it is true:
but the special cases are as plainly marked
out as though they were branded on the
forehead.
The miser wears his madness in his eyes,
in his pinched features, in his complexion.
The brutal fellow shows his brutality in
his low forehead, and prominent chin, and
bull neck. The crafty man, all suavity
and elegance, cannot put his watchful
eyes auU snaky smile out of sight, as he
does his purpose. The thief looks like
nothing else under heaven; and those who
led unholy lives, of which we may not
speak, have so positive an impress of guilt
upon their features, that it is a marvel
that the most ignorant and innocent are
ever imposed upon by them.
Perhaps it is the fear that conscientious
people have of being influenced by beauty,
or the want of it, which leads so many to
neglect the cultivation of the power which
might be brought to swell perfection; but
face may lie beautiful and bad, and posi
tively plain and yet good. I scarcely think
anv one would mistake in this way; and 1
aver that when a man past the earliest
vonth looks good and pure and true, it is
safe to belivethat he is so. and to trust
him; and that when the countenance is
evil, the heart is probably evil also.— Mary
Kyle Dallas.
I OFFICE, BROUGHTON ST., )
! Sanborn Building.
Gen, Forrests Offer.
UK WILL raise five thousand volunteers.
Memphis, Dec. B—-The following corres
pondence between Gen. Sherman and N.
B. Forrest is published to-day:
Memphis, Nov. 24.
Dear General: By telegram from
Washington and other sources it appears
we are likely to bccjpe involved in war
with Spain, if so I presume the seat of war
will be in Cuba. In case we do become
involved, a pit the Government should re
quire assistance, 1 hereby tender you mv
services as a volunteer.
“I think I could enlist from one to five
thousi nd men who served in the Southern
army during the late war, and at short
notice, and who could rendezvous at New
Orlearis, Mobile, Pensacola, and Key West,
bitiler as cavalry or infantry.
“Yours respectfully, N. B. Forest.”
GENERAL SHERMANS REPLY.
Headquarters Army, Washington.
N. B. Forrest Memphis:
Sir: Y ouj-s of the 24th is received, and
T have sent it to the War Department with
this indorsement : “Respectfully referred
to the Secretary of War for file” among
the hundreds that coiue to me. I don’t
believe there will be war, for neither Gov
ernmebt wants a war with Spain on ac
count of Cuba. '
The bulk of the fighting would be afloat,
for whoever commands the sea can have
Cuba. We may not have sufficient heavy
iron-clad ships, but then some could be
had, and we have an abundance of good
naval vessels, leaving for land forces the
smaller task of occupation. No part of
this will be likely confided to me; therefore
I have sent your letter to the War Depart
ment, which can only act after Congress
declares war and provides the means for its
prosecution.
W. T. Sherman.
sherman’s indorsement of forrest.
General Sherman placed the following
indorsement on letter of General Forrest:
*T deem this worthy of a place among
the archives, to wait coming events. I
regard N. B. Forrest as one of the most
extraordinary men developed by our civil
war, and were it left to mo, in the event
of a war requiring cavalry; I would unhesi
tatingly accept his services, and give him a
pro urine. hr i
fight against our national enemies as he
did against us, and that is saying enough.
“W. T. Shermaf, General,”
Tl*c Jewish Sabhatli.
There is one especial feature in the inner
life of the observant Jew that excites ad
miration and commands respect, and that
is his home on the hallowed Sabbath day.
What the oasis in the desert was to the
weary and footsore traveler, and the cool
and refreshing spring to the parched and
fainting pilgrim, even such was the Sabbath
to the ill-used and careworn Jew of the
middle ages. All the sorrows he might
have had to bear during the week, and all
the humiliations and great indignities he
might had to suffer, but dared not resent,
though his spirit might have been well
nigh crushed, seemed to have been utterly
forgotten by him as the evening shades
.began to descend on the sixth day of the
week, and the seven-lighted lamp, suspend
ed in the hovel of his wretched ghetto , an
nounced to him that the hour fyr the inau
guration of the Sabbath was come, Al
though time has wrought a happy change
in the condition of the Jew of the present
day, he still continues to welcome the re
turn of the Sabbath with feelings little less
intense than those of his ancestors; arid
the poorer lie is the more keen is his de
light at the approach of the weekly festival.
On his return from the evening service of
the synagogue he recognizes in his home a
scene of cheerfulness and comfart. A spot
less White tablecloth meets las eye, on
which is placed the Kiddmil or Sanctifica
tion wine cup and two Chiloth , (loaves,) to
remind him of the divine promise to the
bread-finder of a double portion of manna
on the sixth day; and a substantial meal
is spread out, however humbly the family
may have fared during the other days of
{he week. “A good Sabbath to you, my
dear wife and children,” is his loving greet
ing. The children approach and bend
with reverence to receive their father's and
mother's blessing, a custom probably as old
as the patriarchial age. A hymn is chant
ed. the burden of which is a welcome to
•ministeringangels.' ( Mulache Hasshareth,)
who are invited to the domestic hearth,
and to preside over the Sabbath and its
hallowed rites. Then the husband and
sons recite the thirty-first chapter of the
Book of Proverbs, portraying in inimitable
language the priceless blessings that reside
in a pious, faithful, and industrious wife.
From sunset to sunset a perfect rest is
observed, and the hours that divide the
svnagogue services are spent in repasts, in
visits to relations and friends, in comfort
ing the sick, consoling the bereaved, and in
deeds of. social benevolence. The many j
stringent observances and petty restrictions !
that hedge in the Jewish Sabbath are not
of the Bible, but belong to a later age.
Isaiah saw in the Sabbath a day of joy and
delight.
A hundred years of fretting will not pay
a balf-pennj of debt.
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per will please report k! the office:
The Bashfttlncss of Young Men
iu Love,
“I have been in love with a young girl
over a year"—so writes a young man to
the Ledger — “but never had the courage
to tell her so.”
His is by no means an exceptional case.
There are many young mou iu the same
situation. And generally the girls with
whom they are in love are quite as deeply
iti love with them. And yet tho young
tiieri (tie afraid.
Most of them are brave. They would
not hesitate, fired by patriotic ardor, to
enlist as soldiers. They would not quail
before the foe They would Hdt blanch
before the eanunon’s mouth. Yet they
trombid at the thought of avowing a pds
siou which is consuming them, and are
hovered with confusion at the idea of
speaking to the objects of their affection
words Which would lie the most welcome
of all heard in a lifetime.
They resolve,.but the resolution sinks on
the threshold of execution. They strive in
vain to suinmbii up their courage. It will
not come at their bidding, or it deserts them
at the critical moment.
What is the remedy ?
Asa general thing, there is no need of a
young man being in a state of any uncer
tainty about such a matter. If ho has any
perception, any degree of kfcterilffiSs in ob
servation, lie may know, with almost abso
lute certainty, before he offers himself;
whether he will be accepted or not.
It does not need any direct avowal to
convey this information. It may be de
rived front comparison of the lady’s conduct
and bearing, as well as her conversation in
reference to yourself, with her treatment
of others ; from her preference, or lack of
preference, for you ; and especially by no
ticing whether it is agreeable to her for
you to pay any particular attention to
other young ladies. It may be learned, in
short, in a thousand different ways ; arid
thete is little necessity or occasion for ask
ing the direct question while any consider
able degree of uncertainty continues.
Then, remembering that men deficient iri
courage are liefer esteemed by women,and
that a faint heart is out of place in a tiffin’s
bosom, ask and be accepted—and be hap
pyl—Ledger.
Character of Abraham Lincoln.
Jt is to be regretted that Mr. Charles
F. Adams, in his “Memorial Address oil
the Life, Character, and Services of Wil
liam If. Seward,” should have permitted
himself to do injustice to Abralffim Lin
coln. Any attempt to colnonizeMri Sew
ard by detracting from the merits of his
chief weakens the eilcornilims bestowed;
Mr. Adams lias claims to consideration by
reason of his talents, acquirements, social
position, and public service; but this esti
mate of the character, capacity, executive
ability, and relative position of tile. Chief
Magistrate and his Secretary of State be
trays a want of just discrimination and
correct knowledge, of each. A great
er error could scaf-'dely be committed ’than
to represent that Mr. Lincoln “had to
deal with a superior intellectual power”
when he came in contact with Mr. Seward;
The reverse was the fact. In mere scho
lastic acquirements “Mr. Seward, qever a
learned man,” may have had the advantage,
though in this respect theft) was less dif
ference than is generally supposed; while
,‘in breadth of philosophical experience
and in the force of moral discipline” the
almost self-taught reflective mind of Mr#
Lincoln, which surmounted difficulties and
disadvantages that his Secretary never
knew, conspicuously excelled. In the ex
ecutive council and in measures of admin
istration the Secretary had influence, not
always happily exercised, but the Presi
dent’s wtH the master mind. It is empty
panegyric to speak of the (Secretary of
State as chief, or to say his suggestions,
save in his own Department, were more re
garded or even hud greater influence than
those of others. His restless activity, oif
ceasing labors, showy manifestations, and
sometimes incautious exercise of
able authority which the (’resident deem
ed it impolitic to disavow, led to the im
pression, which Mr. Adams seems also to
have imbibed, that the subordinate was
the principal, and have induced him to use
his own words, to “award to one honors
that clearly belong to another.”-— Gideon
Welles iu Galaxy.
Proverbs from the French.
A peg for every hole.
What is new id always fines
A fair promise binds a (bob
Well fed, but ill taught.
A good candfi needs help. •'*
Married to-day. marred to-morrow*
A friend i« known In time of need*
Fair things are soon snatched away.
A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.
Desperate ills require desperate reme
dies.
It is not the greatest beauties that in
spire the most profound passion-.
It is not enough to have cabbage ; one
must have something to grease it.
The Flint River Store* a te nUiagoff at cost
for the ce«h only,.