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XJEMOOH.A.TIO H* POLITICS? PURE AND BEAUTIFUL MV LITEBATUBE1 AND PKOGBKSSIVE IN SOUTHERN INTEBESTM.
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C ANES ft m VINOS,
A AT I.AW.TTOtlNEYB
Dalton, Uoorgln.
1. x. n. iuxzs. fobll *. A. tuvinas.
-. a. w. JonxaoH.
• JOHNSON ft McOAM^^
AT LAW,
Up Stairs In King IhiiUUng, Dolton, Qa.
Will practice In tlio courts of this circuit, and
In the U. H. District Court at Atlanta, nir-ly
JJAMMOND ft W* WsByg AT LAWt
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Georgia.
c. t. iiammosd. nnviy otn uamioaii.
Another letter from the Comptroller
Oenerol.
Treasurer Anglor, at Major Bell's ro-
cont application of tlio law, regarding
warrants drawn on certain funds, waxed
warmly, and tlio Comptroller thus replies,
in tlio Atlanta Intelligencer. Such wrung*
gllng amongst our State officials Is to be
very much regrotted, hut It Bcenis to bo
tlio order of tho day In this new jrn of
ours. Tho following Is worth perusing
' Alabama, str„ Atlanta, Ga
Whits ft WnirtocK, Proprietor.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
[ageoarrlef
Jr5gT°
fATIONAI,
HOTEL,
Near Union Passongcr Shod,'
T ’ 1 Chattanooga, Tenn.
A. L. MILLER, Proprietor.
Hospitality, Comfort, Convenience and Econo*
my combined in the management.
fOME AGAIN 1"
J. C. 11AWLIN8,
At his own IIouso ugaln.
CHOICE I-IOTEL
Broad Streot, Romo, Go.
Passongors taken to and from Hotel freo of
xjlmrgo *
JunuM.tf
rUNTNVIfsLE IIOTEIa,
HUNTSVILLE, ALA.,
VENARLE8 X WILLARD, Proprietors.
Near tho 8qnaro. Omnlhus at ovory train.
TabloiiauppT * “ *
lords. Root
Square. ..
piled with tho host tho market at
oms well ventilated. Jivtf
id Provisions, •:
w. maoixs, oBN AND , i0UKSjnTHi
Dealer in
few Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, etc.
Opposite libbs House, Hamilton 8trcet.
New Rifles mado to order, and all repairing
done on short notice, nnd wiirruntod. mnr-ly
W. WEBSTER,
with W. J. BETTERTON X DRO.,
Knoxvim.k, Thn.v.,
Wholesale Dealers In
nndlrK, Wlars, Liquors, Chewing and Smoking
rTobaeros, Fanry Grorerles, Confectioneries,
Canned Fruits, Oysters and Sardines,
o, Agonts for tho colceratod
Morning Star Blttc
nd tho world-renowned
Horsfnrd Hulf-UIslug Bread Preparation.
, _ dors solicited.
FcbltHJm Baltimore Trices gnonintlcd.
r epical And surgical notice.
)1'M. A. NT. BlvIngM Jk Sou,
Formerly of South.Cnrollnn,
'•ndcr their Professional services to tho eltl.
is of Dalton nnd sUrromuling oonntry. Hpo-
„1 attention given to all chronlo oases.
Office, during tho day, corner of KlnirA Ponta
• streets, and night at resldonco on Thornton
Avenue, formerly occupied by 3Ir. J. II. King.
>J.* aitlvlng.^' j January 3-ly.
p„. n .
Insur;
n.. D. BROWN,
Kino Stu., Daltok.
Insurance and Land Agent
Agent for -Etna Life and Flro Insurance Com
pany; also, Jefferson and James Itlver
BMf Flro Insurance Companies, of Vo.,
Ertterprlso, Cincinnati, and
Putnam, Hurtford.
ALSO, GENERAL LAND AGENT
anybody whountruls thelrbuslness to him.
J-Uefers toCol.C. It. Welborn, Atlanta: and
I. W. II. Tibbs, Lowry X Eason, Hon. D. A.
Iker and C#*U J. A. R. Hunks, Dalton, Ga.
.uuury tf-ltin.
M. X. NEALON,
Uoukscllor, Ntntloner nnd Newsman
Apr-ly,
TAIIK I. WHITMAN',
ate ofLonUvlII, Ky., formorlj^if Ringgold,Gn.
NVlkoloMiil.: Clothing,
377 nnd 373 Broadway,
Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1801).
Tho controversy between tho StatoTroas-
ror and myself lias not been sought or
wisired by me. but, on tlio contrary, I have
ondeavored, by every means that honor
and self-respect would Justify, to avoid It.
sd'toanrt from Depot froo of This controversy first grow out of n cor
respondence botwoon the Governor nnd
this Office, elicited by a note of Inquiry
IVom tho former. In my reply, I stated
that I had not approved warrants drawn
upon a fond that was exhausted, or war
rants drawn upon the wrong fluid, or
drawn when there was no appropriation
to meet them. My reply was couched In
ns respectful lnngungoasl could command,
nnd oven exhibited a scrupulous abstinence
from any discourteous allusions to the ac
tion or motives of tho Treasurer, whatev
er. Ills first effort was to provo that my
answers to tho Governor’s Interrogatories
were not true, but having failed to do this,
his subsequent cfllislons aro a mixture of
reckless assertion nnd personal invoctlvo,
which I do not propose to notlco, but ns
the Treasurer sets himself np to bo tho on
ly officer, who confines himself within legal
bounds, I do proposo to oxliiblt some of
his Inconsistencies, and to show that his
actions hnvc not been In accordance with
his professions. And, ns he has taken the
liberty to deal so unspnirlngly with what
ho affects to consider tho motives that
have prompted my official action in tho
B ases, ho will pardon mo If I take a
t retrospect of his own. lie referred
to my approval of warrants drawn on tho
Printing Fund to pay for advertising Ex
ecutive .proclamations, orders, &c., as
proof of Ills charge that I had approved
warrants drawn on “a fund specially np- .,, T , . .,.. - ,
preprinted nnd restricted to some other 8on '
purpose.” Tho vindication of my course nn ^ao T
In this matter is before tho nubile, and it .. Again^on the 8th January, f880,1
warrant wns of doubtihl propriety? But.
ns the Treasurer speaks of tho amount of
said warrant being nt tho rata of S100 00,
It occurs to mo that ha may possibly refer
to another warrant In IHvor of my broth
er for .services under tho “Wild Land”
laws. If so, he Is equally unfortunate,
for section 878 of tho C'odo expressly au
thorises the Govornor to appoint a olork
to perform tho duties upon which mv
brothor hns for soma time been engaged,
having licon appointed by the Governor.
Por this service the warrant wns drawn
nt the rata of 8180 00 per month, and as
no salary was fixed by law for tins olork;
tho Governor, in his discretion, fixed It as
above. It Is the same that has boen al
lowed other clerks, both In the ExccUtlvo
office and tho office of Superintendent of
Public Works. Also, the clerks employed
to mako county maps, &cl, all which tho
Treasurer has heretofore paid, without
doubting their propriety, so ihr as I am
icd. But why did tho Treasurer
- 8800 in ‘
Informi
nay a warrant for WOO In ihvor of his son
for making a transfer o'f certain entries in
his office, and why did he, nt a subsequent
irlod, pay another warrant In favor of
..A son for the same service for 8880, mak
ing In all 8880 for theso transfers, when
there Is no express law authorizing it?—
Tho resolution named, refers exclusively
to the Comptroller General’s office, yot I
find on my book tho two warrants In iavor
of the Treasurer’s son for “oxtra service
IransferringTreiisurcr Rockwell’s books,"
&c. This is not al). Tho Treasurer af
fects great veneration for “law," nnd tho
“will of tho Legislature,” yet in tho teeth
of his pretensions, I find on my book war
rant No. 28 for 8180, in favor of his son
approved November 10, 1808, “for oxtra
sorvlces ns Treasurer’s clerk.” On ppge
10. Laws of 1808, section 18 of tho Appro-
E nation Act, there is appropriated 8800 00
> pay the salary of the same clerk for the
latter half of 1808. This act became a
law 10th of October, 1808, and horo was
the expressed will of tho Legislature that
tho Treasurer’s clerk should havo but
8500 for half tho year, or nt tho rato of
81,000 por year. Yot, on the 10th of No
vember thereafter, the Treasurer, with all
Ills veneration for lnw nnd tho expressed
’ ' ' ' Id his son 8180
SAMUEL A. FAIN, • , „ ^ „
) a ltll C. D. Sliugluir at Son,
Wliolositlo G>*o6orH,
Produce CommlHfllon Merchant h, uiUl Doolcra
in Wines and Liquors,
31 North Howard Streot,
1 novflm* Balt I more.
TESSON X HUNTTINO.
COTTON FACTORS,
and
Setter a l Commission JHc chants
Nos. 07 ft Wl Water Street, (near Wall.)
X. M. Watkins.) NEW 10RK.
.jSaml E. Snroulls. Preset Merchants’
Exchange Xntlnmil Bank; J. L. Worth, Cashier
Park Bank: R. W. Howes, of Messrs Howes X
Uaoy—Now York. O. R. Williams X Co„
niarlcston, S. C. J. L. Vlllalonga. Savannah,
in. A. Austell, Pres’t Atlanta National Bunk,
Atlanta, Go. tnnr4~3m*
WAIlIt.EN, 31. D.,
tiynlclnii, Nurgeon nnd Acfooclicur,
E Offers Ills services to t lio Inhabitants of Dal-
on. and tho surrounding country. Having at-
ended some of the best Medical Schools In
Januduand Now York City ho feels confident
Glut lie can givo general satisfaction.
Office in No. 2, Over King's Store.
jtKrr.nKxcBfl—
Win. Tempest, M. D-, Toronto, Canada,
Win. McGill, M. 1»., Osluiwa, "
V J. Foote, M. D„ Brooklyn, ”
E- Frof. Frank II. Hamilton. Attending Surgeon,
Knd l’rof. Austin Flint. Attending Physician,
“Belllviio Hospital, Now York. aptjn70
Tho poor will bo attended freo of chargo.
VK. t YftF.IEEMAN HoB!fKYsATliAWi
King Street, Dolton, Georgia.
VIII attend promptly to nil Law claim. In tlio
Supremo Court or t’*o United Stojtcs; Court or
Plalin,. and Executive Departments at Wash-
lug, I). C.; in Ilia Federal Court* for llmNorth-
Wu Dlitriot of Goorglu. and Bankrupt Court nt
Atlanta. Ga,: 111 tlio.Statu Courts in tho coun
ties of Whttllold, Murray, Gordun, Harlow, Ca-
t no, a mid Dude.tiny U-lr
is not necessary to repeat ft. But what
will tho public think when I.utter the as
surance that this immaculato Treasurer
paid these warrants without a murmur
dawn to ns recent a period as the 8th of
December. 18(18, and that I can prove what
I sny by his own report which I now have
before me. " ... .... . '
der the
I observe
vor of Dr. Snmnel Bard, “for advertising
Governor's proclamations to July 24th,
8140 00. ’ Then follows forty-seven mon-
warrants for the same species of service,
nnd drawn on tho same.fond, running
through a period of nearly four mouths,
nnd for a sum of money amounting in the
aggregate, to over six thousand llvo hun
dred dollars. Where were Ills scruples
then, ami with all his boasted knowledge
and legal acumen, why had ho not discov
ered during- tlint period of lionrly four
mouths, that it was a violation of law to
pay such warrants? Why hns ho not cx-
B lained to the public, while endeavoring
i fix the approval of such warrants on
me ns a crime, ns a conspiracy to rob tho
Treasury, how it is that ho wns a partici
pant til the same crime by paying forty-
seven of those illegal warrants, amount
ing to the sum of six thousand five hun
dred dollars? Let him also explain how
It happened Hint he beenmo so suddenly
enlightened ns to the law, nnd so scrupul
ously conscientious ns to stop the payment
of such warrants just about the time lie
lmd a rupture tvllli the Governor. Plain,
unsophisticated people would regard this
ns rather a singular coincidence at least,
and all fair-mmdeil, unprejudiced men
would like to havo it explained. Can it
possibly be, that ns long ns tho Treasurer
was on friendly terms with the Governor,
he wns willing to unite in tho “conspira
cy” and participate In n violation of tho
law, but ns soon ns a breach occurred be
tween them he changed his course, not for
tho sake of the law, uut for the purpose of
annoying the Governor by dishonoring his
warrants? Ho was either ignorant of the
law nnd his duty ns a public officer, ns lie
now professes, to understand them, or lie
knowingly and criminally violated tho law,
(for it stood then precisely ns it does now)
and in either case lie should come to the
confessional and make an atonement for
his error, before he arraigns another offi
cer licfore the public for approving tho 47
-warrants that ho paid.
Ill his last commubi'iation, which ap
peared in tho Era of the 27th instnnt, he
ngnln refers to my approval of warrants
in favor of additional clerks In the Exccu-
tivcofflcc, and triumphantly asks, “Where
is his authority for departing from law,
and letting the Governor’s sense of pres
sure bo his rulo of action?” I do not no
tice this point now with the view of again
vindicating my action in tho premises—
this I have already done in former com
munications. But I do so for the purpose
of again showing up the Treasurer’s in
consistency by introducing ids own official
acts. I find, by reference to the record,
that warrant No. 140, in favor of N. I*
Angler, for 8S82 88, drawn on tlio 7th sec
tion of tho Appropriation act of-1808, “for
stationery, printing, &c.,” wns approved
and entered on tho 20th of January, 1800.
Then again, 1 find that warrant No. 107,
in favor of the same, for stationery, ex
change, telegrams, express charges, &c.,
nnd drawn on tho 23d section or tho Ap
propriation act of I860, was approved and
entered on tho 10th of July, 1800. Whcro
wns your authority, Mr. Treasurer, for
... ... find
that another warrant for the same amount.
No. 182, in favor of his son, was approved
nnd entered, for siniilnr services in tho
Treasurer's office. Now, lot it bo remem
bered that about the snmo time thnt each
of theso warrants was approved, another
warrant for 8250, dmwu ou tho civil np-
S rlatlon for the salary of this snmo
was approved and paid, bo thnt ho
drew tho 8300 appropriated, nnd 8800 be
sides, for ids services during
of tho year 1808.
W- ATKINS,
’ BAttBETT ft UiaaiKS,
Manufacturers and Jobber* of
lilts. Caps and Straw Goods,
3 104m
27*3 W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE.
)AUL JONES, Jr.,
Wholesale dealer In
nudlei, Wine*, Wliliklei, Gina, Ac.
Peacutuek Bto., AtuntA, Ga.
May 27-1 y. '
, K: £uh MOFFSfAX, STALEY i CO.,
Wholosalo
irocers, Liquor & Commission
MERCHANTS,
i South Howard Howard Snoots, between
Iximbard and Pratt Stroots,
BALTIMORE,
prders solicited. nen” 1 "
j *' J ° NE (H’uco(i5Mor to Bennett A JoncsJ
I Dealer In all eorta of
)ry Goodie, Boots), Shoes,
HATS, CBOCKEEY, ftc.
[ Will not be undersold—Yard Stick 30 Inches
ong!
Home, Ga., Oat 15-ly.
hrarinn, drawn upon tho snmo23dsection,
for postngc stamps, draynaa, Ac., for tlio
nse of his office, nnd for which lie lmd ad
vanced tho ensh cut of ids own funds?—
His warrant wns hi ovory respoct similar
to your own, vet you refused to pay it bc-
enuso it wns drawn on tho 28d section.—
Lot it ho understood Hint tho 7th section
of the act of 1808 and 28d section of tlio
net of 1809 are the same in substance. If
it was contrary to law to pay Mr. Conley’s
warrant, where is the authority. Mr.
Treasurer, for paying your own? ’What
cxcuso havo you for breaking the law in
your own favor, and recognizing it when
fOlIJf HIGGINS,
Matchmaker aud Jeweler.
Shop In Dr. Brown’s Now Drug Btoro,
Hamilton Street, Dalton, Goorgta.
I Handsome etoek of puro Jewelry, for Ijldlos
led Gentlemen, watches, clooke, etc. Bepalr-
fignentlyanaeubitanlUUyexecuted. July 1
S our own favor, nml rccognu „
io interests of others are involved? I
ought to mention, in passing, Hint Con
ley's warrant was only for 841 80, while
yours (the last named) wns for 8785 40.
But again: Tho Treasurer 1ms arraign
ed mo for approving warrants for extra
service, nnd goes out of his way to alludfe
speciality to a warrant in favor of my
brother, whlclthc styles ns bcingof “douhf-
fol propriety. ’’• 1 wonder what he thought
of certain warrants in favor of his son,
which he paid, and where he finds his
much vaunted “authority of law” for so
doing. Now, I assert, that tho warrant
in favor of my brother, to which I pre
sume he alludes, was authorized by express
provision of law. On pare 180, published
laws of 1808, resolution No. 14 expressly
authorizes mo to havo certain entries
transferred in my office and to employ a
suitable clerk to do the work. By this au
thority I employed my brothef, and lie ex-
ccutcd tho work to the entire satisfuction
of a Legislature Committee, who examin
ed it. Why then this insinuation that tho
i during tho latter lmlf
s year 1808.
The Treasurer :• 'nuauits severely upon
ny assertion that 1 lmd uu right to super
vise the Governor in his application of the
Contingent Fund, and attempts to show
by qpotations from the Code that it is my
duly to audit ail accounts nnd nllow orre-
lect them before they arc submitted to the
Jovcrnor, but tills does not show tlint I
have tlio right todesignnto llie fond out of
which they shall be paid.
I have audited nua allowed or rejected
every account that 1ms over lieen present
ed to me, nnd if I havo not dono tills in
case of ail the accounts Hint have been
pnid, it wns because tlio holders have not
presented them. And bore tlio Treasurer
isagnln unfortunate. He takes me to task
for not approving every account or item
aid for out of tho Contingent Fund by
lie Governor, when ho himself hns neg
lected, In some instances, to present his
accounts for approval, nnd lias filed his
nccounts hi the Executive Offic indorsed
with his own approval alone, presented his
warrant nt tills office, lmd It approved nnd
f iockctcd tlio money. I ask again, why
ms lie thus disregarded the injunctionsof
lnw whicli ho 1ms quoted? Why does ho
not set a better oxnmplo, ana praetico
what ho tenches? I find gn tilo in tho
Executive Office accounts amounting in
the aggregate to over 8700 00, npproved
by the Treasurer embracing In part, each
payments made by him for sta’ionery, ex
change, express efmrgcs, telegrams, water
cooler, letter heads Ac., nnd this is Inclu
ded in one of the same warrants referred
to before, drawn on tho 2;)d Section of tlio
Appropriation Act of 1809. Now, not
one of these nccounts hns my approval
upon it, yet in the eyes of tho Treasurer,
it is a great dereliction of duty in mo not
to audit every account for which a war
rant is issued. So it seems when lie wants
to get money, lie does not wait fertile reg
ular routine which lie now insists that tlio
public creditors shall follow, at lenst, he
id not wait in the instance referred to.
In conclusion, I would remark Hint in
nil I lmvo said during my controversy
with tho Treasurer, I have dealt with him
in his official capacity, nml it hns been my
mrposc to avoid personalities. Being nt-
ackcd, I considered it a solemn duty to
defend my official course, nnd tlio honor
and dignity of tlio Comptroller General’s
office. This wus duo to tlio public, for
whose benefit the office I hold should be
administered. Further than this it 1ms
not been my intention to go, and with this
I bid tlio Treasurer adieu—at least for the
present Respectfully,
MadisOn Bell,
Comptroller General.
nxy gives some interesting instances of ty
pographical errors. Ho mentions olio edi
tion of tho Biblo which contains 0,000 mis
takes. lie gives tlie following exnmplo of
tlie difficulties in the way of getting outa
—' ct book. Some professors of the Uni
ty at Edinburgh resolved to publish
a hook which should bo a model of typo
graphical accuracy. Six proof readers
were employed, and after it wns thought
to ho ported tho sheets wore pasted np in
tlio hall of tlie University nnd a reward of
S250 wns offered for ovory mistnko that
should bo discovered. When tho book
was printed it wns found thnt it contained
several errors, ono lieing ill the titlo page,
another ill tlie first line in the first chap
ter. Tlio only books Hint are believed to
bo entirely free from errors are an Oxford
edition of tho Bible, a London and Lctp-
sic Horace, and an American reprint of
Dante. _
A Clcrmmnu Urn Ills Mglit while
l*r«nelil»g.
A singular experience recently liappei
cd tlio Rev. Dr. Krninor, Rector of tho
Episcopal church nt Summit. A few days
ago ho officiated in Rev. Stephen H. Tyng,
Jr.’s church, in this city. While ho wns
preaching, ho wns suddenly afflicted with
blindness, and obliged to closo the servi
ces before their proper termination, l’hy-
slcinns were summoned, among whom
were soma of tlm best oculists in New
York, who examined his unusual and pe
culiar case. It was decided that his eyes
were in a very critical condition, and that
for a month, at lenst, he must remain in a
darkened room, where no ray of liglitcnn
reach them. Dr. Kramer is hlglily cg-
tccmed.by his congregation. During tho
war ho wns chaplain in ono of tho Now
Jersey regiments, and nltorwaril was as
sistant toQnnrtermnstcr General l'errine,
at Trenton.—JV. Y. Timcs, 2M,
A Monster.
A new locomotive is to be put on’ the
Chattanooga, road which will draw sixty
heavily loaded cars, on the level.
A Grand old Poem.
Who thalt Judge e men from manners f
Who shall know film by his dreut
Fnupors limy bo nt fo? prluocii
l’rlneea lit tor something less.
Crumbled shirt end dirty Jesket
May hselotlis the golden ore
or tho despsst thoughts ond feelings—
Satin vests could do no more.
There aro springs of orystol nootar
Ever welling out of stonu I
There ora purple buds and goldon,
Hidden, orushod and overgrown t
God who oounts by souls, not drosses,
Lovos ami prospers you and mo,
Whlto Ho voluos thrones tho highest-
But os pebbles la tho scat
Man upraised ahovo hts fallows,
Oft forgets his fellows than |
Musters, niters lords remember,
That your meanest kind are men—
Men by labor, mon by fooling.
Men by thought, mon by Ctme,
Claiming equal rights to sunslilno,
In a man’s ennobling name.
Tliore nro foam-embodied oceans,
Thoro aro little well elnd rills.
Thero ure feeble lnoli.hlgli sappllngi,
Tliero aro codon on tho hills |
God, whocoouta by soots, not stations
Loves and prospora you and mo |
For, to ntm, all vain distinctions
Aro as pebbles In the sea.
Tolling hands alone aro bulldors
Of a notion’s woalth or fouiu ■
Titled laslncss la pensioned,
Fed and fnttonod on tho snmo t
By tho sweat of othora’ forobeads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man’s outraged freodom
Vainly lifted up hts voloo.
Truth nml Justice aro eternal,
noth with lovcllnoss und light.
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
Whlto tliore Isnsunny right,
God, whoso world-hoard voloo Is singing
Uoudillou loro to yon and rao.
Sinks oppression with Its titles,'
As tho pobblos In the ecu. a
An Awkward Predicament.
Out in Missouri lives a Mrs. Ilcmpdnlc,
who has or lmd a daughter named Laura,
who loved a man named Jack Plalno.—
This man Jack she didn’t like, but she was
informed that Jack and Lnura had arrang
ed a plan of olopemont.
Ilcr mind was quickly mado up. She
announced to Lnura .tho noxt morning
thnt she wns going to Belleville on a visit,
to bo a good girl and not taro tho liouso
down when she wns gono.
Thnt night Jncl; knew of it, and as he
read tlie nico little note that bado him
“come over and stay until mother comes
home, and what a splendid time wo will
have.” ho smiled, knocked the nshes off
his cigar, and resolved of course he would
pursue.
Jack went over, hut tliore is no earthly
use in our attempting to describe tho de-
lcctablo things ho enjoyed; it wns a sugar
season at tho plantation, sure.
Just before dusk, while Jack was run
ning over full of tlio occasion, in rushes
Laura’s waiting womnn with—
“Lord bress mo, chii’n cfyer ain’t mis
sis nt tho gate.”
“My God, Dlnnh, whntBhnllwodo with
Jack?”
“Pop him in tho closet. Miss Lnura,”
nnd Jack wns popiicd in tlio closet in a
twinkling.
In stalked tlio old lady who sharply
scrutinizing tho disconcerted nnd blushing
countenance of Laura, felt sura that Jack
Jind been there.
"Como liorc, Laura. Now you can’t
deceive me. That abominablo Plaina has
been hero, and you nnd ho havo fixed up
on a runaway match, to conic oif to-night;
I know you see.”
Lnura was silent, and tho old lady con
tinued
>r ms isxcoiioncy, nnu, m met. am
I wns going to say thnt tho “Gcn-
wns arrogant to most, but sycophan-
lomo. It must bo said tdliis credit,
“But you’ll find Hint your mothor is no
iol, and too sharp for you, my lady.—
- — " tv
i fa
fool, and too sharp
Sooner thauyou should" marry "Hint mis
erable Jock Flainc, I’d sco you laid ill your
grave. Ho is not going to squnndur my
money, I assure you,"
The old lady nrosc, nnd going to a clothes
press, returned with several comforters
and a pillow.
Then walked un to the closet whore Jnck
wns conceulcd, threw-them in and said to
Laura:
“Now, march in here, Miss; step along.
I’ll look out that you don’t see tlint low
born mechanic tills night.”
Laura protested Hint she didn’t want
too, declaring Hint her mother might be
sorry Tor it some day.
But, without pnyiu 0 ...
her, gave her a push, shut tlio door nnd
locked it, put the key in her pocket nnd
went to bqd.
Early in the morning tho old lady arose,
nnd without waiting to dress took tho key
from her pocket, nnd opened tlio closet
door to bid Laura como forth, gazed wild
ly for an instant, and uttered a most picrc-
ingscronni.
Recovering very rapidly, she started
away from tho door nnd called faintly to
Laura.
“Laura, dear, go into tho kitchen and
sec about breakfast.”
Then presently:
"Jack,Isay, Jnck.”
Jack came out with a son-in-law looking
air, answered;
"Well, madam, what is it?”
“Do you know anything about a farm?”
said sho.
“Nothingtobragof, ma’am,” said Jnck,
humbly.
“Well, at any rato, Jack, I think Hint
after breakfast you nnd Laura may ns well
? o down to tho city nnd get married, for
’m tired of watching you, that’s a fact.”
Hemline Aloud In tho Family.
Rooks nnd periodicals should bo angels
in every household. They nro urns to
bring us tho golden fruits of thought and
experience from other minds and other
lands. As the fruits of tho trees of-tho
enrth’s soil nro most enjoyed around tho
family board, so should those thnt grow
upon mental nnd moral houghs be gather
ed around by tho entire household. No
homo cxereiso could bo inoro appropriate
and pleasing than for ono member to read
aloud for the benefit of all. If parents
would introduce this cxereiso into their
families, they would soon sco tho levity
and giddiness that mnko up the conversa
tion of too many circles giving way to re
finement and dignity.
Moveable Flower Gardena.
The Now York Express hns this to say
in regard to a praetico prevailing in that
city:
A small nosegay in the button-holo of
tho lappel of ono’s coat is quite a delight
ful ornament; but why magnify it into a
tremendous boquot, ns mnny of the young
gcntlcmon do who part tholr linir in the
nilddlo, and “como to business” every
morning from somo ncar-nUmnd rural
district? A man looks ridleilous with a
small flower garden pinned to his breast,
particularly if his legs aro thin, and his
narrow bnck suggests a feeble muscular
dovelopmont.
I’eacbc.
The trees in Now Jersey nro loaded, and
in Delaware tho limbs aro unable to bear
the burden of tho fruit which is UpoU them,
and aro breaking down.
Grout’s Wire’s notations. *
A correspondent of tho Cincinnati Com
mercial pays Ills respects to tho Dent Dua
lly ns follows!
lieutenant Dont—General by brevet
nnd courtesy—Is a man of about Grant’s
ago. Ilo Is tho fossiost of all mortals, In
mnnnor nnd apponranco. Emphatically
“airy” in stylo, his brains appear to l>o as
gossamer as his manners. I havo soon
him walking tho streets, or strutting in
thoante-elmmbor, when ono could rend in
all his actions as tho sum total of his
thoughts—“Look at mol admire mol I
am tho groat Dont. You can only reach
the President through mo. I am oyes and
oars for His Excellency, nnd, in fhet. am
oral” was
tic to some.
howovor, that after all his arrogance ha „
no rosnoctor of persons, ns witness tho dls-
llka of many Senators to him. Genoral
Dont Is about fivo foot ton, spare frame,
small head and shnrp features, -wrother
beaten in hue. and a genoral cxpressioOof
some day drying up and blowing away.
Judge Lewis Dont is a man of moro
pleasing nppenmneo, ns ha hns need td bo
m order to impress tlio peoplo of Missis
sippi, ns their foturo Governor should.—
Ho-is a lawyof, 4 tnan with somo humor,
withconslderablo montal activity, though
I doubt tho originality of brcndtli. Hois
a small man in stature, less In hoightthnn
Grant, of slender, woll-knlt frame, quick
nnd vtvncfous in speech nnd feature;—
a Dent Is-tho best specimen of tho
■ I linvo scon. He was formerly a
planter and slave-holder in Mississippi,
and being a Union man. left during tho
rebellion. Ho Is undoubtedly a moderate
Republican, but ambitious enough to nl
low himsolf to bo used by those who are
not. His first idea was to sccuro tho Sen-
atorsliip, hut thnt seems to havo been par
celed out in advance. Dr. Sharpe, United
States Marshal for tills District, is a broth
er-in-law of tho Dents, as is also Colonol
Cnscy, Collector at Now Orleans. Sharpe
is a man of respoctablo ability, yot Is really
possessed of an idea tlint ho can be elected
to the United States Scnato by a Virginia
Legislature, ofivhom about sixty members
havo served In tho rebel army, or hold of
fice under tho Confederacy, They won’t
do anything half so decont, nnd so ho had
better not lay tho “flattering unction to
his soul.” Them is still another brother,
who holds, undor General Rawlins’ ap
pointment, a sort of sutlerslilp to tho posts
In General Schofield’s Department Ho
lately boasted In Now York that ho was
making moro money than any other mem
ber of tho Ihmily, and tho newspapers
knew nothing of ft.
Tho President's own family'docs not
scorn very troublcsomo. Tho business of
obtaining and using patronage seems in
this, asin other Administrations, to bo
monopolized by the brothers-in-law,
Josh Milling.' Hiiylnga.
Error will slip thru a crack, while truth
will git stuck in a doorway.
Tho man who hns just found out ho
knot afford tew burn green wood haz to
ken ids fost lesson in economy.
It js hard work nt fost site to sco tho wis
dom of rnttlcsnalk bite, but thoro iz thou
sands of fokes who never think ov their
sins until they nro bit by a rnttlcsnalk.
Take tlie humbug out of this world, nnd
you won’t linvo much left to do business
with.
Advertising is sod tew ben certain moans
of success;'6omo fokes nro so impressed
with this truth that it sticks ont of their
tombstones.
There iz this <1i(forcnco between igno-
rnucoand error; ignorance is stone blind,
nnd error moves only to run agin a post.
Ekononiy iz a savings bntiklnlo which
men drop pennies and git dollars.
There Iz one thing jpu knn’t put out,
nnd thnt is your couscienco; you may
smuthor l(, but,liko a coal-pit, Itkontalns
tho charred remains.
Ceremony is tlio necessity of plioois;
good breeding is the luxury of the wise.
Tew bo agreeable Iz simply tow be easily
pleased—if thiB lie so, how ousy nnd pleas
ant it iz to ho agreeable.
Ho whom the good praise and tlio wick
ed halo, ought low ho satisfied with hit
rcmitashun.
Excontricltys. most of them arc mere
vanity: banish uio cxccntrtk mail into a
wilderness nnd ho soon becomes as natu
ral ns a tudstool.
A chcorfol old man or old womnn Izliko
tho sunny Bldo of a woodshed in tho last
of winter.
Avarico is like a graveyard; it takes all
that it can git, and gives nothing hack.
Tlio best investment I kno ov iz charity;
yu git yuro principal back Immediately,
and draw a ’ • •• • •
uv it.
, Floating.
tli|i ibisttranli over the river,.
Hilling the short! on etllier ilao’t
And, under tho railing mist forever,
Nolthor hoar wo nor fool tho tide. *
Dot tho ikftr has tho wilt of tho river,
.Though nothing la loon to lio passed,
though tho mlqtmay hldo It forovor, forovor,
tho turnout la drawing lu fait,
tho iilatins swoot from tho far-olT town
Fill tho air with thoir bountiful ilronni;
Tho vospora worn hushing tho twilight down,
When wolostonroars in tho stream.
Now Mode.
There is a Chlncso murder tiflitl in I dalio
Territory, In which tlio fliith is adminis
tered to tho Celestial tvltncsses by cutting
olT tlio head of a chicken, or breaking a tolled from pound packages, except from
and burning a pleco of yellow pa- wooden ones, packed nnd st:
saucer
por. In a long lawsuit tho bill for fowls
is quite an Item.
Mormon Converts.
Two Mormon ciders hayo lately boon
prdachlng in North Carolina and Soutii-
orn Virginia, nnd a few days ago shipped
onoliandredand thirty converts from Nor
folk via Now York, for Utah.
Virginia.
Somo of tho Virginia papers say Govor
nor IVnlkor hns Invited a iiiimbcr df tho
loading men of tho State, among tiicfai
Robert & Lcot.td (hoot hlflt at tho ’White
Sulphur Springs somo tlmo noxt month,
to consult on political quostlons.
Against Them.
A Washington special says: “Tho Gov
ernment will toko Immediate and decided
ground against tho introduction of Chlnoso
laborers In tho Southorn States. An In
vestment in this kind of stock Is regarded
hero os of doublo value." Who proposes
to introduce tho coollo system?
A Itualnesa House with n Irani Name.
KoopAinnschoop, Is wo wo learn, a mom*
her of a mercantile firm in San Francisco.
Ills partners nro Chinese, and the name of
tho house is Koopmanschoop, Hip Wo,
Chv Lung, Hip Yip & Co. Rf tho project
of Kqopninnschoop bo as difficult to oxo-
l dividend every tlmo yu think
Very Hlngutnr.
From Hell’s Station comes to us tlio par
ticulars of a most singular plicnomonou.
Itsccms thnt a young man by name of
Wm. Rowell, of Hell Station, was struck
suddenly deaf nnd dumb, a few days ago,
while en route to Memphis from ills place
of residence. It seems tlint out of moro
iport, when thonewsboy came around and
lilcrcd hint a najior, thnt lio feigned to be
botli deaf ana dumb, nnd in tills way an
noyed tlio vendor of tlio Intost Memphis
srs no little. Tlio nowsboy passed on,
tho unfortunate joker never spoke
again. When ho began to realize tlio ex
tent of his misfortune, ho got oif tho train,
bound for Memphis, at Mason’s Depot,
and took tho return train. On tho cars
lie indulged in loud Inmcn totlons and cries,
as if sorely distressed.
The nffinrexcited intense interest antong
his fcllow-pnssongors, nnd on ills arrival
home, so soon as ho stepped oiit oh tho
platform, ho seized a pencil nnd a kit of
paper from a citizen, mid wrote: “struck
deaf nnd dumb on account of my folly,”
and continued weening in most piteous
tones. It wns at tins point our informant
saw him, nnd ho states tho whole commu
nity wns stirred to its utmost depths by
tills unmistakable visitation of tho wmtb
of God. There seems to bo no doubt
nbout tho mnttor. When young Rowell
left that morning for Momphis no could
both hear anil speak without difflcultv.
nnd tils loss of theso senses, under (ho cir
cumstances, is a most astounding incident.
—Nashville Banner.
Orc-linnl Treatment.
Mr. J. A. Carpenter sends tho following
to tho Fmlrlo Farmer:
“My orchard hns been in sod for cloven
years. Tho grasses afo bluo grass, red
top nnd whito clover. I pdsluro with
horses, cows, hogs nnd slicop, and havo
apples every yenr, nnd standard pears nL
tor tho trees nro ten years old. I woilla
givo cherry trees tho snmo care. The
peach nnd all tho small fruits require con-
slant cultivation.
“Tho sooner men who grow fruit for a
living loam thnt tho profit on tho invest
ment will only compare favorably with
other farm crops, tho bettor. A (arm or
trade is needed with the orchard, as well
ns constant industry and frugality, to keep
tho debts paid up,"
Hbarp Trick.
A young man of Momphis hasappenrefi
in St, Louis to claim tho reward of ono
hundred dollars advertised for nows of a
missing girl. Ho married her the other
dny after a successful elopement.
cute as tho nnmo of his firm is hard to pro
nounce, tho Chinese Labor Question will
not be settled immediately.
Pensacola.
The physicians of Fensncola publish a
card, declaring that there has not been a
cnso of. yellow fever In thnt city this sea
son.
Turner and HchbSman.
According to tho press tologrnms, Tur
ner is to bo summoned as witness against
Schurmnn, a Treasury messengor, charg
ed with stealing nnd uttering tho forgod
New Jersey Bank notes. Schurman Is
another nogro appointco and a nice speci
men of radical cdtcrprlse In thnt lltio,
A irnndcome Edlflec.
The members of Trinity Methodist
Church proposo sooh to erect a Gothic
Church cdlflco, at tho cornor of Whitehall
nnd Peters streets. The building will cost
between 840,000 and 880,000, and will be
of brick with slate roof.—Atlanta Consti
tution.
A Chance.
A call Is mado upon tho negroes td iltr-
nlsh fifteen or twenty families of intelli
gence to go to Liberia to act as Christian
missionaries among the natives. Tho Col--
onlzation Society pays tho expenses of em
igrants from tholr present homes to tho
place of sailing, gives them a freo passage
to Liberia, nnd six montht support on ar
riving thoro, with ton acres of land to each
tingle man and twenty-flva to each fami
ly- l
Flak Diet.
Professor Aggnsls says that fish is a kind
of food which refreshes tho system, espe
cially after intellectual fatigue. There is
no othor nrtiolo that supplies tho wasto of
tho head so thoroughly ns fish diet; nnd
tho evidence of it is in the fact thnt all the
inhabitants of tho seashore the world over
nro tho brighter population of tho couptry.
Fish contain phosphorous to a largo ex
tent, a chemical substanco which the brain
requires for growth nnd health.
Dentil of «c». WtriMln
General Steadman, U. S. Counsel toCu-
bn arrived llieio on llio 29th June, and
died on tlio Oth of July of yellow fever.
A Clinncc for Itic Military.
Tlio following dlspnteh is one of t
straws tliht bloated capitalists of the I
had better hoed;
Albany, N. Y., July 27.—1
nnd his posse lmvo been driven I
Greenock by tlio aiiH-rcntors. Tlio Shor
in' wns mortally, and fivo of tho posso seri
ously wounded.
RcRnlntlonN for Netting I
bncco.
Tho Internal Rovcnuo Bureau hns de
cided that smoking tobacco cannot lm re-
A Purllter.
At a recent Sunday School ooncortncnr
Boston tho ordinance of baptism was ad
ministered, nnd the clorgyman attempted
to explain to tlio children tho nature of
tho service. By way of illustration ho
said: “In old Testament times blood wns
offered ns an atoilltig sacrifice, lienee it
wns spoken of as a purifier; but was used
ns nn emblem of purity now-a-dnys—what
element convoys tho idea of perfect clean
liness?” A moment’s silence, and then a
dozen llttio voices squeaked out—“sonpl"'
Hard Case.
Hov. Moses Clnmplt, an cccoiitric preach
or, was holding forth at Santa Clnni Vnl-
loy; a young man rose to go out, whofi tlio
prcnoliorRnid, “Youngmnn, if you’d ratli-
or go to hell than to hoar mo preach, -you
nlay:' 1 Tlio sinner stopped nnd reflected
a moment, and then saying, rcspcctfoily,
“Well; I believe I would,” wenton,
Just No.
Half tlio ifcdplo in tho world nro unhap
py beenuso of tho Worry apd ftiss they in
sist in nutting on their shoulders. Tho
world is an exceedingly clever plnco in
which to spend twenty, forty, sovonty
years nnd more, but tile people in it nro
peruotuully engaged in blocking their own
nnuonennotker’s happiness. There might
lie sunshine every dny and starsliine every
night if things wore arranged as thoy should
Prolific Cotton.
Tho Savannah Republican says: “Wo
hnvo had sent to us, and now ou exhibi
tion in our counting room, two stalks of
cotton, ono of tlio variety called “Boyd’s
Prolific,” grown by A. P. Wright; of
Thotnasvllle, Georgia, alld Containing
three hundred and ono bolls and forms;
tho second is of tho variety known as
“Dickson’s Select,” was grown by R. U.
Hardaway, of Thomasvillo, and contains
tlireo hundred and seventy-two bolls and
forms.- 1 *
A Legacy to Mrs. Nio'nenrltil Jriebso'n.
Memphis, July 24.—Wade Bolden, shot
sonio days sinco by Dr. Dickons, is dead.
Ho bequeathed a hundred thousand dol
lars to chnritablo purposes, including ton
thousand dollars to Stonownll Jackson’s
widow, and fifty acres of land to each of
Jackson's former slaves.
wooden ones, packed nnd stamped—nnd
lms directed nottdo to bo given to all deal-
ore in toiiddeo that tlio praetico of retail
ing tobacco from pound packages, as now
prevailing, must nt onco cense.
Iton.cnrsl
Tho into railroad disasters hnvo sugges
ted to somo inventivo genius tho idea of
iron cars, ns something thnt can’t bo
smashed. Thocxpcrlmcntwnsmadoqncb,
hut lhilcdi It 18 How to 1>o tried agaiti.—
Tlio Ifoii bar, it is cliilincd, will not takd
ilfo or break in pieces, will weigh a third
less, nnd carry a third more freight Hind
wooden cars.
MfctkoiIIst Is; DetesnUlon.
Since our Inst Issue, says tho New York
Methodist of tho 24th ultimo, wo linvo
heard from a largo number of churches,
tho votes of which amount.to 12,433, of
which 8;9b0 nro for lay delegation nnd 3,-
iw rtgriUUt. This, with our previous vote)
gives an aggregate tdto Of 107,605| which
78,880 lire rtfflrmntlVo (hid 20,071 in tho
negative; giving a majority for lay dele
gation of 40,405.
Nmart Trick.
A Yankee lnwyerwho was plcndiUgtha
causaof a boy tho Other day, id Boston,
took him up in his firms before tho jttry, ’
suffosed in tears. This had a great effect
until the opposite lawyer asked tho boy,
“What makes you cry?” “He’s pinch
ing the. ” Said the boy.
Cotton.
A farmer friend asks us to say to cottod
buyers, says the Griffin Star, that ho will
sell all the cotton ho makes this and-tho
befit four yefirs, at twenty cents a pound,
to pnrtlcs who will UcCotnc reSpohsible for
tho fhlthftil carrying out of tho contract:
There is a child in Blount coUtityi Aifi»
bnma, fourteen months old, tilth fodr per
fect logs, ono body nnd ttio stomdehs.—
Our informant states that tlio parents of
Jhe child propose to oxblblt it during the
coming fall.
Cuttle ltmnpnnt.
A negro dained Thompson tvlio is asso
ciated in the foadagemedt of the Radical
organ at Montgtartofy, In speaking of the
railroad companies which refoso to nllow
negroes to ride In the ladies’ cars, Odmon-
isiies them thus; "Theso affldoiiedion seem
to forgot that this sntao despised black mail
will yet riso In his might add dictate td
them on what terms they shall run'their
roads."
A Now Issne or Greepbnijftai.
In addition to tUq heir fractional cur
rency the Treasury Department will soon
Issue hclv United States notes of tho de
nomination of Otto dollar. Tho plates for
theso doifes are now being engraved. Tito
vignette of Chief Justice Chase on the left
of tho face of tho noto will bo taken off add
a bust of Washington substituted: THIS;
on tho foco of tho fractional currency; IS
in accordance witll on act of Congress pro
hibiting tho vignottes of persons now liv
ing from being on tho fiico of tho United
States currency.
x A KftiiS ties;!
A boy of fiftecti in Blnckhaivk coiihty 1 ;
Ohio, whose Hither died three yontd ago,
leaving his widow and son an eighty acre
farm burdened with d 81,000 mortgngo,
hns takon whole and solo chargo of tho
farm, hiring help only td Seed tilde; hat-
vest and thrashing; paid off tho mortgage,
purchased a.harvester, d sulky pldw, a
wagon nnd set of harness, besides an eigh
ty dollar sewing machine for his motlief,
nnd is now ont of debt. Tho ld(l besides
attends sehodl three months Id each Mu
lct;
Overstocking Pastures.
Tho effect of overstocking postures was
very forcibly set forth sotuo tlmo since, by
Mr. Jameson, in tho Country Gentleman.
Mnny pastures; ho says, nro so overstock
ed that the roots of tlio gfoss and the whole
plant aro kept so small that Its drtlwth is
feeble, and not half tHo fred is fifforded
that tho lfidd wotild {induce if Stocked
lightly a year or two, dud thbgraSsaUow-
cd to get a good thrifty Staft. Ho refers
to pastures in his vicinity where doublo
tlio stocks pro sustained Hum on adjoining
iandfi that luivo beett Habitually overstock
ed. Lands that aro overstocked not oqly
yiold less food, but tlio animals pastured
upon them ittdko a less yield in beef or
milk than when tlie stock Is lu proportion
to tho capacity of tho lands for producing
food:
Making Nwect Pleklea.
Cut tho toinatocs throtlgli, or, If largo,
slico in tlireo pieces; let thorn stand in
weak brlno over night: To a quart of vin
egar, add thfco poltnds of sugnri In this
cook the tomatoes’until a fork cpn easily
be passed through them. As fost as thoy
are cooked, take them out with a fork and
Iny them down In a-jar—say two or threo
layers of tomatoes; sprinklo pulverized
cinnamon and cloves, and a thin layer of
Sugar; then alternately tomatoes, spices
and sugar, cooking ail tho tomatoes iu tho
snmo vinegar; if necessary, add more su
gar and vinegar. When the jar is filled,
covor tho tomatoes witlf good cider vine
gar cold, throwing away tho vinegar in
which the tomatoes were cooked. Lay
ripe cucumbers.