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Hk> desire tlie efforts of our friends in
fnL<ru Georgia in the < xtension of the cir-
of the Si n ; ami, in answer to the
received daily in regard to the matte r,
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H-nty C.|.ies
fcttcr Irom our Washington Cor
respondent.
AY ashi.vgton’, July 4th, 1874.
■Charles F. Conant. chid of the warrant
Hisiou of the Treasury department, lias
Hen appointed Assistant Secretary, and
Hs accepted the position. He comtncnc-
H his clerical life as a clerk in the War
Hpartmcnt iu 1803, and was transferred
H the Trcosurry department iu 1805. The
president and Cabinet congratulated Sec-
Htury ibis tow on his choice.
■ William O Avery has succeeded .Mr. Sa
■lc as chief clerk of the Treasury depart
ment. lie,like Mr. Conant, commenced
■erical career in the AYar Department. In
He spring of 18(14 he was appointed to a
Hst class clerkship in the l’rovost Mar-
Hal General’s office, which position he re-
Hgncd iu 18C4, soc u afterwards receiving
H appointment from Secretary McCulloch
H the office of Internal Revenue.
■James Gillillan, formerly chief of the
Hkision of loans of the Treasurer's office,
Hi at present chief clerk of that office,
H been appointed to succeed Mr. 11. D.
'built, as appointment clerk of the
Department.
■The new division in the Treasury De-
Hnrlincnt for the redemption of national
NMink notes in connection with the office ol
(Treasurer of the United .States, will be
presided over by Mr. E. O. Graves, late
chief examiner of the civil service.
l>nford Wilson, recently appointed So
licitor of the Treasury Department has fil
tered upon the discharge of his duties.
The Secretary of the Treasury has cn
slructod the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell SI ,000,000, gold on each .Mon
day during the months July.
The i’i ut the Warrant division of the
Treasury for payment of moneys provided
for urn!er the old legesiative, execu
tive, and judi.il appropriation bill
is very great. Under the law, as it now is
all unexpended balances provided lor in
the bill lapse, and are covered into the
Treasury if not drawn by the first ol duly.
The Treasury Department, several days
since, commenced payments from the &4,-
000,000 appropriated by Congress to sup
ply and oficiencies.
The internal revenue receipts for the
mouth of June foot up for
the ti.scal year 8102,3(55,577.50.
The annual awarding of contracts for In
dian amnesty goods took place in New
Y> k. Th prices at which the awards
were made are lowei than they were last
year, ami the successful bidders are men of
the highest standing.
Ex-Goveruor Jewell, of Connecticut,
now minister at St. Petersburg, has been
appointed Postmaster General, accepted
the position, and will return home imme
diately.
According to general orders No. 66,
from the War Department, army offices are
to be held strictly responsible for public
property in their charge.
The A Far Department, in general orders
No 72. just issued, publishes for the infor
mation and government of all concerned
the act of Congress “to protect lines of
telegraph constructed or used by the Uni
ted States from malicious injury and ob
struction.”
The Secretary of War has appointed the
lollowineconninssioners to examine the
month of the Mississippi liver. Army En
gineers, Generals Wright and Alexander
and Col. Comstock; civil engineers, AV.
Milner Roberts, J. I>. AYhitcomb and
JSickels; coast survey, I’rof. Mitchell.
The monitors of Key West excepting
Dictator have left that port for Pensacola
convoyed by the Brooklyn, Ossipee, Shaw
mat, Kansas, and l'inta.
The department of justice denies the
published statements in relation to the j
United States attorney for the southern
district of Mississippi.
Lieut. Jacob Miller has been detached
from duty connected with the Nicaraga
survey and ordered to the hydrographic of
fice.
J. 15. Fagan has been appointed by the
President, marshal for the Western dis
trict of Arkansas, and Joshua Li. Hill. for
the Southern district of North Carolina.
The President has succeeded in finding
three men willing to accept the District
ooimnissiouship. They are ex- Postmaster
General Deuuison, of Ohio, ox-Cougress
m.ui Blow of .Missouri, and ex-Oongreas
niou Kitchens, of New York.
The fact that the interest on the four
million loan becomes due on the first of
July, and that a large portion of it is to
be paid in Europe, has made it requisite for
the commissioners to organize promptly in
order to save the financial credit of the
District an 1 the country by paying this in
terest, as they are required to do by the
recent act of Congress.
’1 ho weat her is intensely hot to-day, the
thermometer run; :'ma from ninety to niae
live degrees, according to locality.
L.
It iS the Verdict of many intluentiul
journals vl ’ho com,try that the three
go:itleuie!i s,, H ied as ' ouiiutessioiiers to
govern the Uisuictaiv ui.'Ot f high charac
ter, c Viotless mu-'oty, ami unblemished
r mutation, swwi th it their work ‘’will be
one ■'* — 1 C u ! ■
| [ From Gainesville fB. C. ) Republican.
Democracy aud its Changes.
We have been reading of late on the
subject of Demoerary, and we find from
the historic past that the miscalled Demo
cratic party has stood on both sides ot
every important question or national issue
that lias agitated the country for the last
thirty or forty years. No word in the En
glish language has had more power, and no
word has beeu more completely prostitut
ed to a bad purpose than this simple word !
Democracy. There can be no objection
to true Demoerary, any more tlran true
Republicanism; both moan one and the
same thing. It means a popular govern
ment, a government of the people, and for
the people—a Republican form or system
of governmnt, But this principle has been
pervdted and,‘in the* South, rush into a
slaveholding aristocracy or an oligarchy,'
which gave rise to the organization of the
Republican party, and a return to the true
principles of our forefathers. Democracy
has been made to mean anything -and
every thing that a wicked aud corrupt par
ty calling itself Democratic, has been plea
sed in its ever-changing front to assume.
It is an ambiguous word, and ambiguously
applied.
At onetime it was Democratic to char
ter the National Dank, and to be in favor
of a National Dank currency. At another
time it has been equally Democratic to
oppose the charter of such an institution,
as unconstitutional; and they denounced
the national currency as an issue of worth
less rags. At one time it was Democratic
to protect American industry by high
protective tariffs. At another time it has
been equally as Democratic to denounce
any system of protection as unconstitu
tional, and to proclaim the doctrine of free
trade as the true American system, and
the one best calculated to protect our
home industry and build up American en
terprise. At one time it was Democratic
to originate a system for the safe keeping
of the public funds, called the “Sub Trea
sury,” and for the success of this mot cure
the Democracy labored with a zeal aud en
ergy worthy of a better cause. At another
time it was equally Democratic to de
nouuce this system as unworthy of sup -
port, aim as affording no protection to tho
treasure deposited within its vaults.
At one time it was Democratic to use
the local banks of the States as the safe
and oniy reliable medium through which
the revenue of tho Government could be
collected and disbursed. This new ar
rangement was denominated by the Demo
cratic party as its “pet banking system.”
The bank.-; thus selected, were directed by
tho executive head of tie* parly to loan
new issues on the strength of tho national
deposits, for the use and accomodation of
the people in carrying on the ordinary
business transactions of life. At another
time it was equally Democratic to de
nounce this system as wholly unworthy of
public confidence, and the people were
told by the same executive head, that all
who traded on the currency of these pro
fligate banks ought to fail; and when it
was discovered that these banks, by un
over issue, had filled the country with
worthless paper, the Democracy then is
sued their famous “tfpeeio Circular,” re
quiring payment of ail government dues in
gold and silver, thereby causing a return
to their “pets” of bills which they had not
the means to redeem, the non-redemption
of which ultimately spread financial ruin
and bankruptcy over the whole country.
At ono time it was Democratic to bo
the bold and unflinching opponent of sla
very extension, and aliko Democratic to
establish a line across the continent,to the
north of which the institution of Southern
bondage should bo forever excluded. At
another time it was equally Democratic to
denounce that lino as unconstitutional, and
to favor the obliteration of this great land
mark, and to open the whole country to
the spread of the system of slavery. At
one time it was Democratic to proclaim
that the Supreme J udiciul tribunal ol’ the
nation possessed no such jurisdiction as
enabled it to decide a law of Congress to
be constitutional, and thus force the Ex
ecutive head of the nation to carry its le
gal construction into execution. At another
time it has been just us Democratic to pro
nounce this same tribunal as infallible in
its construction of Congressional acts, and
to insist that it is the sworn dqty of all ex
l ecutive oilicers to see that the decisions
of ttys court upon such laws, are enforced
in every department of the national gov-
ernment.
At one time it was Democratic to use
all the war-power of the nation to suppress
the rebellion, and the strongest opposition
to the South was among the Democratic
party. They said they would help the
South—and so they did—to a very nice
whipping. At another time was equally
Democratic to give aid and comfort to the
Southern Confederacy, and to insist, there
was no constitutional power to suppress
the rebellion; that the war for the Union
was a failure, and vice versa. It is a sec
tional party. Our national difficulties to
day sprang from, and grew out of Its unhal
lowed work.
The Democratic party in 1872 support
ed for the i’residency, Horace Greeley, a
life-long tradueer of their party, the oppo
ses of their party, the opposer oi their
principles, the Radical of ail Radicals, the
very antipode of what was supposed to be
an old-fashioned Democrat.
Such is an outline of tlii s pseudo Demo
cratic party, and now,in the face of all this
they have the audacity to stand up before
the people and proclaim that they are the
party ihnl luis <i.i ike i.vucsiy, virtue and
iutc-iii_ence in the cation. Now what Is
all this for, but to gam foothold and cou-
U'oi of the government? It is, we want
thoodhvs. Why, you may go up Main
! A re;** and through Broad street, Ctursli
;St IX**l - A VC!IUU attest, UQU
j svr-vt, ;md you \ti»y i.onr a still, small
j voice, ‘ as it wbWiem \ hrough every sacc-
I tna jf this 1 i ;vv: th ]-t\ sayiui
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1(5, 1874.
“Give me an office ! give rne an office ! let;
me have an office 1” And as to the votes,
they will take any vote they oan get —the
white vote, the colored voto, any vote. —
They are like the old maid* who had di s
palred of ever getting a husband. On one
occasion she went out Into the grove, late
in the evening, to pray to the good LJord
to send her a husband. She kneeled down
at the root of a very large tree,and pray
ing’ said, “O Lord! send me a husband."
Just then a large hoot-owl, exclaimed from
the top of the treo: “1100, lioo, hoo-hod.”
The lady jumped up, and clapping her
hands in excessive joy, exclaimed, “Ah 1
Lord! just anybody —just anybody, Lord.”
Just now, the Democratic party seem
to L>e .very much troubled about tiro color
ed vote; but never mind, the colored peo
ple 4111 be in the right place atvthe right
time. Bat, ray friends, “Ichabod” is writ
ten on your banners; that is, “thy glory
hath departed.’, * R-
[From Gainesville (S. C.) Republican.
United SSfibrt.
AY hen we consider that the mighty and
majestic river which rolls its waters down
the southwestern valley of our beloved
country, is but the aggregate of hundreds
of smaller ones, and those of still smaller
creeks and brooks, and rivulets, we will
see the importance aid power of concen
trated and consolidated influences. Tho
“father of waters,” lias its source in some
small aud obscure spring, which rolls its
pure waters over its salutary bed, until they
meet and commingle with a sister brook,
and these thus united, flow on until joined
by a third, and these again by others, until
the whole pour their mighty floods into the
bosom *of old ocean. AVho, to stand for
tho first time at the fountain spring of this
noble river could picture in his mind the
limped waters over which he stood, barely
sufficient to immerse his feet, receiving the
co-operation of kindred streams till they
grow into a mighty river, rushing
with a maddened, uncontrolled career, over
more than three thousand miles of the
earth’s surface, until its boiling wateis
force themselves far into the Gulf of Mexico,
and the many thousands of ships and boats
floating on its surface, burl,honed with the
commerce ot nations, and the untold num
ber of his fellow-beings whose whole lives
.vo .spent in its navigation ? But follow
jts downward course, and tho reality will
force if'self upon the mind ; and thus it is
in ail mature. Everything must have a
begin tv ng ; and it is only by a combination
of meant,'that results grow out of causes,
insignifica it *n themselves, Unassisted, a
single sprm r , c> v al<! never grow into a-great,
river ; vet a .vivv'i could never bo formed
without a spiiv'g Ar its fountain. But by
a co-operation in many springs, a stream
of irresistible for.ee will accumulate, and
this power of cu-op 'oration will hold good
in everything else, jm'bvidua! efforts can
accomplish but little if circumscribed in
power and influence, rvd .frequently fuii
altogether. A combination' o! effort, and
concert of action, however, so u success.
Whatever the object to be effected, P ro *
gross is in direct ratio with the co-U vl>era
tive influence brought to bear upon it. fi ** e
greater the combination of means, tLA
greater and more speedy the effect aud
result.
The politicians of the country understand
this principle, and therefore labor to secure
the united efforts of certain elements and
parties, and upon this principle are con
ducted all the scientific, artistic, and me
chanical operations of the day. Our Gene
ral Government is a practical illustration
of the truth of this principle. JVow let us
apply this to the grand, and glorious princi
ples and efforts of the Republican party.
Mark its workings, its difficulties, its pro
gress, its opposition in this nation,from its
first inception or organization to the'
present.
A few years ago the pure streams of Re
publican truth in this country were but a
small fountain, amid the bogs and quag
mires of this sectional and nabob Demo
cracy I t had but few adherents who stood
forth in its defense and propagation ; and
as these many small streams when united
form the majestic Mississippi, so may indi
vidual means consolidated, prove a power
of irresistable force.
Every effort that could be devised by the
Democratic party has been put forth by
which to thwart the plan of reconstruction
and Congressional policy, and distract,
divide, and destroy the active principles of
the Republican party. Bence we have
ever found that unity, harmony, and con
cert of action must prevail, aud that divi
sions and distractions in the party must
be prevented if we would succeed, If,
then, wo lend our influence to the so-called
Democratic interest or influence, we must
and will bo regarded as enemies to humani
ty and justice.
Truly the Republican party may be
called a young party. But it is a party of
purpose and pluck, as well as principle;
ami so is full of the generous sentiment
of youth, the fire and spirit of lusty young
manhood, and is emphatically a power
among the nations. It honors the work
ing man; its advocates and members are
working men, and whose brothers, in the
N tli, arc likewise honest sons of toil.
The Republican party is sternly oppos
ed to all measures tending toward the deg
radation of labor. It is against the sla-
I very of the white or black man, and looks
with the greatest abhorrence upon aristo
cralical or monarchial governments. Un
til the organization of the Republican par
ty in the South, there has been no party
which proposed to elevate the toiling
; masses of the country, toek-vala them in
; socle! v. to make their labor honorable, ed
i ucate their children,protect their industry,
\ or reward their efforts toward political ud
i vuncemeift. by promoting them to high
aud t-ccpOttaibL. positions, hmublo working
men have ewr bean scorned 1 y ■ •
i "Southern chivalry. r aad one of the worn
' v i'commendations their children could
*. five v-: «ha* they had learned a trade.
THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS ESSTOESD.
Remember, the men who involved this
country in war. did so in the interest and
for slavery. They lost their slaves, and
now want to tax you to make their loss,
and this they will do if they get the power.
They desire first to pay the rebel debt,
and thus iu part, to -reimburse themselves
at your expense for the loss of tlieir slave
property. Are you willing to bear it? Say
no 1 Remember, also, that all the laws
passed here id formef times were for the
benefit of slave owners and large land-hold
ers. They would not even allow a poor
mechanic to have a lien upoM hia work un
til his wages wore paid, and they would
put upon the pod,of the poor laboring far
mer and mechanic, the same tax, or more,,
which they put upon the.land.
Afo.h, r the old Democratic reigu in this
V tate,?lavt\lsfi,t s wos_ protected by the
law, while the labor-of the poor white man
was oppressed without law, and they were
nearly starved upon the soil of their birth.
This should stir-the mutiny in their blood
against those laws and law-givers who sold
you for their own gains, and blood, both
in peace and war.
Working men, your dearest interests are
at stake. Remember tho oppressions of
the past, not in von go nee, but with the
spirit to right your wrongs, for now is the
time for you to fling the shackles from
your limbs forever. The Republican party
is your friend and champion. May you be
wise for yourselves and children in your
day and generation. Labor is honorable.
Those who labor to improve and build up
the country should control the government
of the country.
j lonest sons of toil,your destinies are now
in your own hands. Bo wise..and firm. In
sist upon all your rights, and you will have
them. And while you are willing to give
every class and profession a lair chance,
see to it that your rights are not ignored.
Lotus resolve that honest labor shall be
at tho helm, and that the sons of toil shall
not be slighted and opgressed, as they
have heretofore been in South Carolina.
Remember, Republicans, that you are one
of those small streams, rivulets and
springs which add to tho mighty river and
ocean of truth, liberty, and justice Yve
expect every Republican to bo at his post,
ready for duty—his whole duty. Remem
ber, the union of the Republican party for
Hie sake of tho Union.
The ground-swells of this mighty river
have already commenced in the mountains
of Saluda, aud will spread and roll on, un
til it shall have reached thg mighty ocean,
sweeping everything before it; and on the
sth day of November this mighty river
shall have so swelled as to roll up fifty
thousand majority fur the grand principles
of Republicanism. So mote it' be.
JL Carious Pleasure Sxcursioa.
[AVe have received the following adver
tisement, but, inasmuch as it concerns a
nnttte." of deep and general interest, we feel
fully justified in inserting it in our reading
columns. Wo are confident that our con
duct in this regard needs only explanation,
not apology.- -Lo. Hebald.]
This is to info rm the public that in con
nection with Mr. JKarnuni I have leased the
c omet for a term of years ; and I desire also
to t’elicit the public p atronage iu favor of
a, beneficial enterprise which we have in
view'*
■ \\ r 0 propose to fit up com' Portable, and
even luffunous, accommodations in tlio
comet for ah iAany persons as We’d ? lonor
us with their patronage, and make an ex *
tended excursion among the heavvnlj 1
bodies. We shaft prepare 1,000,000 stat e
rooms in tlio tail of the comet (with hot
and cold water, gas, looking glass, parachute
umbrella Ac., in each), anJ. shall construct
more if we meet with a sufficient!'' generous
encouragement. AYo shall have billiard
rooms, card rooms, music rooms, bo.vling
alleys and many spacious theatres ailt? free,
libraries ; and on the main deck wo propose
to have a driving park, with upwards of
10,000 niiids of roadway in it. We shall
publish daily newspapers also.
DEPARTURE OF Till? COMET.
The comet will leave New York at ten
P. M. on the 20th inst., and therefore it
will be desirable that the passengers be on
board by eight at the latest, to avoid con
fusion in getting’ under way. It is not
known whether passports will be necessary
or not, but it is deemed best that passen
gers provide them, and so guard against all
contingencies. No dogs will bo allowed
or. board. This rule lias been made in de
ference to the existing state of fooling re
garding these animals and will be strictly
adhered to The safety of the passengers
will in all ways be jealously looked to. A
substantial iron railing will be put ali
around the comet , and no one will be allow
ed to go to the edge aud look over unless
accompanied by either my partner or my
self.
THE rOSTAT, SERVICE*
will be of the completest character. Os
course the telegraph, and the telegraph
only, will be employed, consequently, friends
occupying staterooms, 20,000,000 and even
30,000,000 miles apart, will bo able to send
a message and receive a reply inside of
eleven days. Night messages will behalf
rate. The whole of this vast postal system
will be under the personal superintendence
of Mr. Bale, of Maine. Meals served at
all hours.. Meals served in staterooms
charged extra.
Hostility is not apprehended from any
great planet, but we have thought it best
| to err on the safe side, and therefore have
; provided a proper number of inortore, siege
| guns ana boarding pikes. History shows
; that small, isolated communities, such as
: the people of remote islands, arc* prune to
| be hostile to strangers, an .1 so the same may
! be th©case with
'l-5 -i X , s'a XTJ Ol*- NT A
• ‘.emit ,u twentieth magnitude. AV ••
Audi in no cas. wantonly offend the p- q .j
of auv etar bat shell treat ali alike \v.ii;
|
1 urbanity and kindliness, never conducti a
ourselves tow ard an asteroid after a fashion
which we conld not venture to assume to
ward Jupiter or Saturn. I repeat that Wo
shall not wantonly offend any star ; but at
the same time wc shall promptly resent any
injury tl&t may be done us, or any insolence
offered us, By parties or governments resid
ing in any star in the firmament. Although
averse to the shedding of blood, wo shall
still hold this course rigidly and fearlessly,
not only toward single stars, but toward
constellations. We shall hope to leave a
good impression of America behind us In
every nation we visit, from Venus to Urar
bus. A nd, at all events, if we canuot in
spire love we shall, at least, compel respect
for our country wherever we go. Wc shall
take with us, free of charge,
A GREAT FORCE OF MISSIONARIES'
and shod the true light upoq all the celes
tial orbs which,""' physical ly ' aglow, am yet
morally in darkness. Sunday schools will
be established wherever practicable. Com
pulsory education will also be introduced.
The comet will visit Mars first and then
proceed to Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and
Saturn. Parties connected with the gov
ernment of the District of Columbia and
with the former city government of New
York, who may desire to inspect the rings,
will be allowed time and every fuciflity.
Every star of prominent magnitude will bo
visited, and time allowed for excursions to
points of interest inland,
THE DOG STAR
has been stricken from the programme.
Much time will be spent in tho Great Bear,
and, indeed, in every constellation of im
portance. So, also, with the Sun and
Moon and the Milky AY ay, otherwise' tho
Gulf Stream of the skies. Clothing suit
able for wear iu the sun should bo provided.
Our programme has been so arranged that
we shall seldom go more than 100,006,000
of miles at a time without stopping at some
star. This will necessarily make the stop
pages frequent and preserve the interest of
the tourist. Baggage checked through to
any point on the route. Parties desiring
to make only a part of the- proposed tour,
and thus save expense, may stop ever at
any star they chose aud wait for the return
voyage.
After visiting all the most celebrated
stars aud constellations in our system and
personally inspecting the remotest
sparks that even the most powerful toles
copos can now detect in the firmament, we
shall proceed with good heart upon
A STUPENDOUS VOYAGE
of discovery among the countless whirling
.worlds that make turmoil in the mighty
wastes-of space that stretch their solemn
solitudes, their unimaginable vastness bil
lions upon billions of miles away beyond
the fartnost verge of tffigees:pie vision, till
by coniuavieon the little sparkling vault we
used to gave at on Earth shall scorn like a
remembered phosphorescent flash of spang
les which some tropical voyager’s prow
stirred into life for a single instant, and
which ten thousand miles of phosphores
cent seas and tedious lapse of time had
since diminished to au incident utterly
trivial in his recollection. Children oc
cupying seats at tho first table will be charg
ed full fare;
FIRST CLASS FAR3
from the Earth to Uranus, including visits
to the Sun and Moon and all principal
planets on the route, will be charged at the
low rate of S’2 for every 50,000,080 miles
of actual travel; A great reduction will
be made where parties wish to make the
round trip. This comet is new and in
thorough repair and is now on her first
voyage. She is confessedly the latest on
tho lino. Sho makes 20,000,000 miles a
Jay, with hor present facilities; but, with
a p;cked American crow nod good weather
are confident wo can get 40,000,000
out of her. Still we shall never push her
to a <Kmgerous speed, and we shall rigidly
prohitit i acing with other comets. Pas
sengers desL"ingr to diver S° at any point or
return will bo transferred toother comets.
We-make close onn'cctions at all princi
pal points with all re^il * iaeß * Safety
can be depended upon'• A** L ° ue
denied that the heavens aie -™ fo3ted vvith
OLD RAMSHACKLE .CO-ME.’S
that hf.ve not been inspected , or 0 sorhaul
ed in 10,000 years, and which oUaM on S'
ago to have' boon destroyed or turix' d hrto
hail barges, bnt with these we have' 110
connection whatever. Steerage passei. 1 "
irers not allowed abaft the main hatch.
Complimentary round trip tickets have
been tendered to General Ziutler, Mr.
Shepherd, Me. Richardson and other emi
nent. gentlemen, whoso public services
have entitled them to the rest and relaxa
tion of a voyage of this kind. .Parties de
siring to make the round trip will have ex
tra accommodation. The entire voyage
will be completed, and the passengers
landed in New York again on the 34 th of
December, 1091. This is, at least, forty
years quicker than any other comet cat; do
it in. Nearly all the back pay members
contemplate making the round trip with us
in case their constituents will allow them
a holiday. Every harmless amusement will
be allowed on board, but no pools permit
ted on the run of the comet —no gambling
of any kind. All fixed stars will be re
respected by us, but such stares as seem
t need fixing wo shall fix. If it makes
trouble we shall be sorry, but firm.
Mr. Coggia having leased his comet to
us. she will no longer bo called by his
name but by my partner’s. N. 13.—Pas
sengers by paying doable fare will bo en
titled to a share in all the new stars, suns
moons, comets, meteors and magazines of
thunder and lightning we shall discover.
Patent medicine people will take notice
that
WK CABBY BLOLBTIK BOAKDd
and v paint brack along for use in
c. :a toliatbuis, and are open to terms.
..Yenmiaoidsit iidßraJiiiijided that, we are
r ..ti Jit to —ai:.w l>.,v ptaev*—ami
to t .... To .jt’aer .patties ■
■- ■ i ..J r s ■ i . *? lx A i.,il ? zilvjiii tylt t
juartily wu mean . . uoai. •_ shall
fly our comet for all it js worth.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS,
or for freight or passage, apply vfl board,
or to my partner, but not to me. since I
do not take charge of the comet until shg
is under weigh. It Vs necessary, at a time
like this, that my mind should not be bur
dened with small business details.
Mark T waix.
■»<«►« ;
©fflfficlal Position.
The Congressional conventions now bo
tag held throughout the tarioa States are
renominating many of the old Rpresenta
tivos, a wise policy to pursue When the
member has proved himself worthy .honest,
and capable. In some cases now men have
boon presented ou account of the want of
confidence in the convention in the pre
sent member, but a large number of the
leading men in Congress are notoriously
j indifferent to a ronoihination or re-election.
Some of the ablest and best men of both
jlplitical parties have voluntarily and pe
remptorily declined —a greater number ot
this class than at other Congresses. George
F. Hoar, Henry B. Dawes, Alexander
Mitchell, of AViaconsin. "William R. Rob
erts, (Democrat,) of New Y r ork; James 13.
Beck, of Kentucky. George AY. McCrary,
of lowa, chairman of the Commiitee ou
Roads and (Janals. William A. AY heeler,
(Democrat,) of New York. Hugh .T. Jewett
of Ohio, and Philetus Sawyer, of Y\ iscon
siu, chairman of the Committee on the
Pacific Railroad, are among the names we
now recall who will not accept a re-nomi
nation.
It is probably as significant a common--
tary on our official life as any other tact,
that the details of duty, the annoyance of
public position, the constant abuse to
which an officer is liable, and the unsatis
factory results of official labor, however
disinterestedly performed, and tho meager
salary paid, have a decided tendency to
rob public life of ail its charms and attrac
tions.
The few years spent in Congress lrd
■ouentlv destroy a professional business
that has taken the best years of :v man’s
life to establish, and at the conclusion of
Ills term of service the member finds him
self out of the current of- business, and
compelled to begin almost anew. It is one
of the results of our present system of so
ciety. and while the tenure of official posi
tion is so uncertain, and the pay so inade
quate, the country need not be surprised
that many of the ablest Representatives
and tho purest legislators feel-unwilling to
make the personal sacrifice necessary to
continue in public lifo.— Washington
Chronicle.
Tsozii ncisti & JiAmis s ion.
The Louisville Courier-Journal,a leading
Democratic journal, and whose chief editor
has spent several weeks in Washington re
cently, makes the following admission :
“We do not mean to be sensational,
we mean every word wo say. Lunatic wo
may bo ; but nut a conscious imposerupon
the credulity of any ono. The Democratic
party shows no signs of substantial life. It
is at this moment half ready to take Grant
as its nominee, which 'is really, after all, the
only suro way of beating him. The Re
publicans and the Liberals are at sea. The
only strong party, compact party—the
only party with an aim, a motive and meth
od—is tho Grant party, silently and watch
fully working beneath the surface of affairs.
The fall elections are going by default.
The sourco of tho next House of'Represent
atives, which may have to elect the next
President, is thus far a muddle. Even tho
Democrats in Congress, who have a person
al interest in tho matter, flit about like
droning beetles."
Thu3, it will bo seen, that Watt9rson
shelia down the corn to President Grant*
Rut he undertakes to disconnect the Presi
dent and his popularity from tho Republi
can party. Tho object of this is apparent
—it is simply an indirect appeal to tho
President to allow the Democracy to run
him. Such sycophantic flattery is*beneath
the notice of tho President, and will only
provoke a smile of contempt. The success
of the Disunionista in beguiling poor Greely
and Sumner into their ranks emboldens
them to attempt the same Scheme with
President Grant. The effort is as superci
lious as the project is ridiculous, and only
I serves to demonstrate all want of principle
lin the-party that attempts it. President
% GranJ and the Republican party are in
sopu'raffi\v connected upon the leading prin
ciples th'C party. —Gainesville Adverti
ser.
V
The political changes that are constant
ly occuring make v>ome .strange associations.
In Kansas we notice that .Judge Lecompte,
whose reputation somb twenty years ago
would not have indicated su”h a result,
is now one of the members of the Republi
can District Committee, an if £ T’ ,W h JS
name to the cal! bidding faithful
cans to assemble for duty; and amon h ' the
active workers for tho success of the pul Jy I
is the notorious General String-fellow.
President'Grant a few days since ap
pointed General Fagin, of Arkansas, a mar
shal of that State. Fagin was one of the
best fighting generals in the Confederate
army of the West, and made a fine war
record. In the recent difficulty in Arkan
sas between Baxter and Brooks he espous
ed the cause of the latter, and was made
commanding general of his forces. Hie ap
pointment is admitted by nil parties to be
a good one. In fact, it is not difficult to
recognize among many of the active and
earnest supporters of the Administration
ami the Government men who a few years
ago would not have supposed such a result
possible. Had General Fagin been told
when lighting the Goveruruept in the field
that in a few years Grant would be victo
rious, J’resident of the Republic, and would
| Wen ri-fiooad.—
' —. _ 1
The Sr.v Iwr t-Uo caiupuiga isoa/y ,sen’
[Terms, Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
Hydrophobia.'
Tub Best Means of Preventing the Or
igin ANI> Si*READ OF THE IMSKASE.
New York, July 6. — The New York
Neurological Society held a meeting ifcl#
evening. Dr. Hammond described tho
case of McCormick, who lately died of
hydrophobia in this city, and also tho ap
poaranco of the organa on post-mortem ex
amination of tho body. As a cure for the
disease ho favorod excision of tho bitten
part boforo symptoms set in, persistent ap
plication of galvanio battery to the spinui
cord and brain, and injection? of Morphia
uudor the skin, lie offered resolutions,
which we#e adopted, declaring that
the society protested'against tho recent
city ordinance # requiring dogs to bo
muzzled as contrary £<> science, ineffica
cious in t prSver.tqA hydrophobia and
cruel in its requirernetitS ; that tlm best
means of preventing the origin and spread
of tho diseaao was by tho imposition of at
tax (on all dogs; requiring the incisor teeth
to be blunted, and the destruction under
proper regulations and -by duly authorized
persons of all dogs not licensed, or witbf
teeth unblunted; that it would be expedient
to seize all dogs running at largo, and that
a fine be imposed on each owner not licen
sing his uog, for non-payment of which tho
animal should bo destroyed; licensed dogs
to wear collars,vvith owners'names ohtHem.
Tho subject was discussed by Dr. Hetl
deu and others, arid the conclusion reached
seemed to be that there was no radical
cure for this disease,but that suffering from*
hydrophobia might be lessened in a great
degree.
A distinguished surgeon of the United
States Army, Dr. Ely McClellan, who was
detailed by a resolution of Congress to' ink
vestigato tho cause of tho cholera in 1873/
and whi has traversed a belt of country on*
both sides of the Mississippi, in the South-'
western States from Tennessee to Lotii
einna, has arrived at the conclusion that
there has been no cholera in tho country'
this season, and the probabilities aro' that
we will have none during tho present year.
It is gratifying to the people of tho
country everywhere, and particularly to
that section of country so' susceptible of
death-dealing scourges, to feel a sense of
security from the ravages of this dreaded*
epidemic. Tho horrors of last year’s yel
low fever, it is to be hoped, will not again’
come upon tho inhabitants of the lino of
the Mississippi; in fact, from tho health re
ports everywhere the outlook for a summer
devoid of more than ordinary sickness is *
encouraging.
Tho Centennial is now fairly inaugurat-’
od. Tho co remoiiioo attendant oil tho' -
breaking ground for the erection of tho
necessary building were very impressive. -•
The Ago thus describes the thrilling sce
nes:
“Quietely, and without any speech-mak
ing, übiquitous Mayor Stokely broko'
ground for the Centennial buildings oil' *
Saturday, Between 9 and 10 o’clock he,
attended by Mr. Dobbins, the contractor “
for tho construction of the Centennial 1
buildings, and by that gentleman’s invita
tion; throw three ehovelsf'ul of dirt into a 4
cart, and this ended tho ceremony.”
What American heart is there so lost *
to patriotism as not to swell with prido '
over this grand and significant inauguration !
of so patriotic an enterprise ?
■
A novel defense was' offered a few days
s.nce in the District Court in San Antonio
Texas, which gives ono an insight into tho
state of immortality and crime existing in
the Lone Star State. An abandoned
Mexican woman had been l indicted'fiSfcr
keeping a house of ill-fame, where low and *
bad characters congregated. Hor latrjM
offered to prove that her house was not
disorderly from the fact that men of tho
first standing and respectability visited it,
mentioning particularly the name of tho
Governor of the State. This is rather
rough on the gentlemen of the first stand
ing and respectability of that section; and ’
the Democratic Governor too, but it shows
a devotion to.client on the part of the law
yer that if emulated by all disciples of
Black-stone in such cases would have the
effect of breaking up midnight visits to
Mexican bagnios by gentlemen of Texas
who have reputation to lose. -
The St* Louis Republican after reading
the account of the enthusiasm exhibited,
in the late State Republican Conventioh»" !
of lowa, recognizes the fact that tho fate ' '
of tlie Democracy is sealed, and so, with a
dismal wai! and u doleful lace, exclaims,.
“ .Bring out the hearse:” It would be full!
creditable to make a show of resistance,
but tho proceeding is characteristic of this •
Democratic corpso. It has been in tho
habit for a decade of years of going to its.
own funeral so regularly, and being dug up*
the following year to go through the satno >
performance, that it now calls for a hcarge
«w soon as it is allowed to appear. By nil' -
me.ana let it have the hearse, and in Octo
ix’r the Republicans will drive it tb tho*.
graveyard and bury it a3 usual.
iXfeciit the Crops.
IxDlANAfubis, July 4.—The tfaUomit
Crop Reporter says: Returns from over
two hundred and fifty counties in nine
principal cotton States indicate, as com
pared with hist year, k decreased area,
amounting to 15-6-10 per cent. The ar
erago stand in nine States on June 15 was
a trifle more than 12 per cent, below the*,
full average, and the general condition of
the plant was very rapidly improving. Re
turns are also published from seventeen
States which produce annually over three
fourths of the com raised by the United
States. From these are deducted ail in
crease of G-G-10 per cent, in area, planted
I in corn this season as compared with last
! v'i-af. Thl* an-rease aggregates in round
1 Kami' v* bVcr i UIO.OOO acres. Tho stand
ici.it condition of tile growing corn
.',n Jure I*3 ■ .is \ciy/iuOil and the outlook
pt-Otuifiuf*
NO. 3;