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DptOCttAlTO IN POUTlbS! PU1113 AND UEAUTHTUIi IN UTEUATmtE; AN1» PllOGBESSIVE IN SOtTMIKltN INTi nUOTrt
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RY J. T. WHITMAN
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31,1870.
raiMC'KixAXi'.orft uaiihn.
IJV A. lUVJN<;s.
vlli'ti-. A.iu^.1 ■ Attorneynt I.
r f'toriltoit, on,,
uctjcp In iiHthccmmtli'senm|>o«liiM: tlio
I’cClnnilt. HpocUil attention given to
ectloif•orCJrlMi t «.,7«.: . t Willy
*• '*• ■O.IKROX.., rt , , o/ISt.HYMnrr
VollNSON * McOAMY. I
0 ATT0UNKY8 AT LAW,,
Up State In King itulldlng, Dalton,Go.
AfUl pmottoolhTlio otmm M tlilH circuit, nml
tn the U. 8. District Court nt Atlanta. mtMy
WAillGN, M. 11.,
Vhyftlfilnn, Nm-goon Ami Aeconrli
,A»^oni(M« im idrig atfccV, b\*tfib r oM 1*
blouse.
Dalton, Gn., .Tun. l.Vly. 1
JX A. WALKER, - 5 1 f n,„T
* ATTOItNEY AT LAW,
hag KlnjfSWieot, Dalton, Go*
H PERCY HUEENK,
, • Attorney ntLnw,
omen: MDoor, Unfair*!A/Ulonn Dulldlng,
•cp Dalton, tioorgliu tint
XJTtADOB A miOTIipilf*, > i
TOBAOCO
MERCHANTS,
And Manufacturer# or Bogans < M
■* Aug’ly' - 'WUItclinH Street, Atl«tMft\
MKUICAN llOtRIi . ‘. ' 7
Alabama, Str., Atlanta, (
Wit ft if AIV n it lock, Proprietor.
Wi D. Wiley, Clerk. . , „ .
ItugKitgu mrrlAtl to and from Depot jrco oi
H AT,oN '«ffiic r M;
, Chattanooga. Tonn.
; • . A. L. XH.LKU, Proprietor,
Hospital I tv. Comfort, Convcalchan and Rormo*
lay combined In tlio mamigdmont, ,
Vs? ■„« "llAltltKTT A 1UC1QIN8,
Mnmirm'.tnrora 'iiml Sol,tiers of
Hats, Caps and Straw Goods,
*7-J W. Iliiltlnioro Street.
Oimo tUgi, , ... , UALTIMQBIL
All ltorly l'oein by l*rcnllco.
Tito following .beautiful lines from the pen of
tbolnto George D. l'rcntice, and which have
U published, are copied from
• W Mi) l*rentloe Tor tluf^or-
wl5)i A’dpJrfUcK from iw itll/tmi of n S’onvloh
lady, In wliloh they were written In 1A&, when
Itn IV-wnatfreftty.lhveb yearn of iige:
To————.
Tho slgnnl from tho weeping at rand
Flout*oy tho waters lilwo j , yT/ . , H .
It htdamo preaathy pai l lug hand,
A'nAluTuthe iny hint adieu I' MI.I
And itlU to tbeo with rapture spring,*.
When I am fur away.
• A-Kjft >« > *.!;*>ixt *
on when tlio rising dawn shall hlrndi
Through Nlftlit’s empurpled tltroml,
And all horclmnglng beauties riiah
Along tho Eastern cloud,
Remcmhrnnco brighter olinrmn will fling
Upon thy youthful day,
Ami touch AtTbollou’s dulcet string,
Though 1 am far away.
And wlicnjpnlo Evening’* ravon hair
Upon tlio Ocean’s hreuat,
My Spirit In that l»ol>‘ lioiir’
' Wilt 3'leld to Memory's«way,
AUd own tliy denr resistless power,
Though I um far uwuy.
Tho ahu linn aiink with fluting lienm' 1
Down Kvcnmg’ii shadowy vale;
Dilt Beef- 8 ids softened glories stream
From yonder orescent pule!
And Urns AITeetlon’s chastened light
Will-Memory still display.
To glld'thu gloom of Sorrow's night.
When 1 uin far away.
A Mother’s Sorrow.
A coifi'iV.Wy.’of.lildtOR, assembled In fc
parlor,, \vqri5 .nnp tiny talklag about
clim*U*nt troUbk*5/ Enfch bn? hh(l so'iUo-
tblng lo «ay abmit luT trials. But
there wah otifl of tlto company, pale nml
sn.l looking Avlio-forwyhile anld notlJijB.
Huildcnly rmisiiiff licraol f nt In.taho said:
“My frlotule, youilbn’tnny of you know
wlmt trouble Ib.” .
“Will you nletwo, Mrs> Gray,” wild tlio
kind voice of one wlio knew her story,
toll the Indies wlmt you.rail trouble?”
“I will if yon desire it; lu the words of
tho l’rophct, 1 uin one whe hath seen (If-
rtlpttnn.”
■pAUL JONKH, .tv.,
^ Wlmlosidii Ni’ivthV lu
imhOles,' Yl'lhiii, Mlil.Ulos, «ln«, Ac.
:
win'll ^*111*Mt''"'iii " ■' ’■« ' ■ i
jmm
; MCoriier>Broad «a«VHoward Btrehts,
srMtitfcuv 1 (Pltner’Mtlin WtAnd,)
TTomI 1 : \ti.Vl\ j” '
• •>. O. UAWUX3,
-AthlsAwh House agalm ‘
& it o.i o xA it o ;^ ia
Vlrbad Street, lthme.tJ^
^.ppssijugors taken to and frmfl MhVoVtrjjnf
VRB.VI.QN,
itooUsrtter. Hfattonor and IfowsniniH
And Dealer In Dry Uoods. Grooerles, ProducO.
Apr,ty««e‘T »■' Hamilton Htrmit,'lwWTd5r,%,*-
Mbigintr A son,
•Wliolesnliv Gvi
liIs.hIpii’Ktereb111»Is. npd Dealers
AV)W*Wnd Rlanor*
I. V ’l l i- ^nitiinore.
rmubdiiutn*’*
livalcViiV
ii..T lAH’N AN'D LOCKSMITH
Uow - Gvtftfi, Pistols, Cqrtridg08, etc
U|i|Kv»oTWWIIOIIBII, llniutlloil Street.
.l,c»'IHflc««IWiitno»i1iniiuiil nll'ivpnleliik
Jono on slmrt aotjee, snU wnrralijeil. imu-ly
STALKY A Ctt
xi'Pi -tiiV- • Wholesale l! ”
brocors, Liquor ,& Oominission
MKrtcmMfTJV .
ril’ lthwnr'1 81 reefs, between
lidTratt Streets,
HALT I MO UK.
Dnlors sollelted*
King Street, Usllmi, llcnrgln.
rmaifitass
Claims snd Kgeoiltlvn lleiMrlineiils nt lVajli
!>8 4paM
eld, Murray, Gordnn, llartow, Ca-
MaytMf.
JOHN IIIGGINH,
AVatclunaker aiwl Jeweler,
Shop lu Dr. Brown’s Now Drug Store,
Hamilton fttroo^lftUjpP!, Georgia.
Handsome stoek of miro Jewelry, for Ladles
• *- ugwir*
July
Handsome stook of imro Jewelry. Tor
Jy£KDICAL-AHiVSCROICAL S0T1C1!.
Dm. A. W. Blvlngs & Son,
,j ~ Formerly of South CnroHnn,
Tender tholr Pubfosslonal »ervlcesto tho rill.
Rons of Dalton and surrounding country. Spe-
ilnnife To,;.,
A. W. Ulvlngs,» .
o. C. Divings, i Jannnrj Wy,
Mo*"T W /q
Insurance and Land Agent
Agent for J3tnnL1fe ttlt<rKlro Insurance Com-
jainy; also, JetTorson and James Hlyur
u-.i W Flto Insaranco Companiiw, of Va^
Enterprise, Clnefnuatl,uml
- VdMmm, Hnrtfonl.
ALSD, GENERAL LAND AGENT
Phr anybody who optruta tholrbuslnesa ttt him.
nrltisfom to Col. C. II. WultKirn, Atlanta: and
Col. Will. Tlhbs, Ixiwry A Eason, Hon. I>. A.
Wjilk©?amlCaL J, A/ILIIanks, Dalton; ou;
riTTEUHA
Formerly of Knox County, Tenn,
iMliUHeaseMoriiio loom irumuii
irno nav rnniilred. ArlUk'in] teeth fn.ertml
jnUieriihb.rlM,l»,ermiy weyiivererrert. '
omeo with nr. Hiving. A Sou, pulton, Oa. ocly
tromjiliiVrofli^r 1 .lilfViitereKt,lu (ho
LivcryvFeednhd SftleStable,
fS IIIIJlpBt,.... ...
S lie.t-iiiiirket price paid for IlinEHl
lunger TuMum*y, liulton. Oh. i also,
«... . elilgliest nmr.
ll.ttUMt.S-W.-
.Htovis ou til .yell I'ui die
tile litlby.
The porfofctlon of tlio providcnco for
childhood Is enslly ncknowlcdgcd. The
enro which covers tho root of tlio tree un
der tho tough husks mid stony cases, pro
vides for tlio human plant the mother’s
breast and tlio fuller's liouso. The size
of the .nesllcr is comic, and Its tiny, be
seeching weakness Is compcnsatcdperlbct-
ly by tho happy, patronizing look of tlio
mother, who Is a sort of high reposing
Providcnco toward It. Welcome to the
pnrents the puny struggle, strong in his
.wenkucss; hlsllttlo arms moro Irresistible
timn lho soldier’s, his lips touched with
persuasion which Chatham and Pericles In
manhood lmtl not. Ills unnflectcd lamen
tations when ho lifts up hi? volco on high,
or, moro hcautlftil, tho sobbing child—tho
face all liquid grief, ns ho tries to swallow
lilsJVwtntfon—soften nil henrts to pity nnd
to mirthful nnd clnmorous compassion.—
Tlio small despot asks so little that nil rea
son mid nil nature nro on Ills sldo. His ig-
nnmncoiBnioro charming than nil knowl
edge. nnd Ids little stns moro bewitching
than nny virtue. Ills flesh is nngols’flosn
diction.
“My pnrents were well oft', nnd my girl
hood was surrounded with nil tho com
forts of life. Every wish of my heart was
gralilied, ami I was cheerful nnd linppy.
’At the age of nineteen I married ono
whom I loved moru than nil tho world be
sides. Our home \vas retired; hut the sun
never shono oh it lovllor Spot, or n Impplur, Ohm
household.. Yenrs rolled ou peacefully.—
Five lovely children sat around our table,
and a little cilrlv la nd still nestled In my
bosom. One night nhoutsumlown, a Here,:
black storm oamu up. For many hours
the rain poured down Incessantly. Morn
ing dawned, hut still the elements raged.
Tlio country around us was nverllowcd.—
Tho lllllo stream near our dwelling became
a foaming torrent, liefure we woroawnro
of it our houso wns surrounded by water.
I managed with niy baby, to roach a little
thrco.or four sleep?, ho coos Hko a pigeon
house, sputters nnd spurs, and puts on fa-
ocs of importance; and when ho fasts, tho
llltlo Pharisee falls not to sound his trum
pet bclbro him. By lamplight ho dolights
In shadows on tho wall; by daylight, In
yellow ntul scarlet. Carry him outoTdoors
—ho is overpowered by tho light nnd by
the extent of natural objects, and Is silent.
Then presently begins his uso of his fin
gers, and lie studies |K»ver--tho lesson of
his race. First It appears in no great
harm, In architectural tastes. Out of
block, thread spools, cards, nnd checkers
of sound. But- chiefly, like his senior
countrymen, tlio young American studies
new and speedier modes of transportation.
Mistrusting tho cunning of his small legs
he wishes to ride on the necks nnd shoul
ders of nil flesh. Tlio small enchanter
nothing can withstand—no seniority of
age, no gravity of character; uncles, aunts,
gTnndsiros, grnmlnnis, fall An easy prey;
ho conforms to nobody, all. caper and
make.
nnd" pull
Emcrmn.
I’ll,In Words.
Tho Phtlndiilphtii Ago Ihhs tlisertsses
about the Bingham Amendment;
It is to'defeat this proviso attached to
the hill '• ' ’ -
elevated spot, where thy thick foliage <
few wide spreading trees aflorded sh _
protection, while my husband and sons
strnve tn save what’Iney could of niir prop
erly. At last a fearful surge swept away
my husband,.ant! believer rosengnln.—
1 Julies; till tine ever loved a husband more;
hut that was not trouble.
“Presently my sons saw tmflr danger,
nnd a struggle for life,became the only con
sideration.' They were ns bravo, loving
hn.vs ns Over blessed a iilotlierls heart, ond
l watched Iholr clfortti to escape with such
ngnny ns only a mother can feel. They
were so far tilt that I could not speak to
them; hut I could see them closing nearer
and nearer to each other, ns their island
grcwsmnllor and smnllcr.
“Teestvobitt fiver raged fearfully around
the huge trees. Bend branches, upturned
trunks, wracks of houses, droiVliliig cattle,
nnd masses of riihlsh all went floating past,
My'hoyB waved their hands tome,' and
Hated upward. IknoVf It Wns their fnre-
oU«{jiUvj apd ypp,.mothers, can imng-
ic liiy niigulsh. I,saw them perish,—all
IH-rlfuiI yet that wns not trouble.
“I hugged my babe closo to my lienrt,
and when the water rose to mv feet I climb
ed into tile lower brandies of the tree, nnd
so kept retiring lieforo it, till the jiaml of
(toil stayed the waters that they should
i-iso no Thrther. I wns saved. All m
worldly possessions were swept nwny, A1
my ear' lily hopeB blighted. Yet tills wns
Uottrmibfjv.Ti,
“My baby'wns all.I hail left on onrtli, I
labored clay and ntglit to support him nnd
mysolf; mid sought to train hltn hi tho
right wnyt but ns he grew older evil com
panions won him nwny from mo. He
coast’d to enro for bis mother’s counsels:
lie would sneer at her kind ctlllSinties and
ngonlzfng prayers, Ho became Kind of
drinking.'' He left my humble rpof,..tImt
lie might ho unrestrained in liis evil ways.
allies at tho North, is busy tilling the at-
mosplleto With lies. Tho aim Is. at cost
to public tranquility nnd the mWnfteSs of
the eouulry, to deft r a n turn to free civil
government. Thnt is the curse of tho
present situation of our country. Tho
party that has tasted tho Intoxication of
absolute power, can Hot wean themselves
front It,
Every day exhibits the number of tlio
Radicals who nro banded together to pre
vent n return to the normal condition of
lnw and order nml morality. Tho knaves
who sell olllces and pardons, will never
Willingly seo their shops shut up, Tho
military satraps who elect themselves or
their satellites to office, never wane to seo
sueh good times come to'nn end. Tlio con
spiracy is now, against tho re-establish-
ment of free civil government. Its hopes
l(o in constant Interference by Congress
ami to keep up a supply of pretexts, for
thnt Is tho nun nnd business of a vast
horde of greedy nnd uiiscupuloiis cnrp'ct-
lmggcrs. . . ‘ ■’:! " " 1
B'orclGut Slrtrrlaacs.
Thero nro numbers of rich nnd foolish
Amcrlcnii mothers, who linvo gone abroad
with their daughters, White tlio fathcrftftd
brothers Me . lolling lu business nt home,
whoso main ambition Is to marry off their
precious darlings to some of the dissipa
ted poverty-stricken counts nnd barons
that Infest French, German nnd Italian
society. Homo is the chief matrimonial
market, where the young American lambs,
with their dollars almost ticketed on them
are devoured by tho noblo soclnl ghouls,
who delightin ihclrbonuty, britcspcoinlly
in tlieir money. But few of these marria
ges arc linppv. The men havo littlo or no
mural diameter, their way of dealing
with their wives Is quite opposite to the. i
patent, blllcnn husband, lienee, ns soon
ns the Count has run through with his
wife's fortune, and tho plain practical old
gentleman, her fnttior, Btops the supplies
of his.titled son-in-law, mutual recrimi
nation commences, a coldness springs U]
scandal winks nt calumny, and the feat,
of gossip and flow of Blander is served up
hot to society, impatient for a fresh vie
tlm to discuss and then tear to pieces.
Itonnpnrte the Prisoner.
Prince Piqrro, Boimpaitc. tlio prisoner
now lifty years of ago. Is a corpulent man,
l.llllo Pool.
InonsUqlmll”, oronitnaellomc? .
Wlicrovcr Ktillde?? cl, 11,II,on,l ronins,
U, there Is nothing half so sivcct
As busy trcail of little feet.
Tlio alglihigbroexe, the oeean'a roar,
Tlio purling rill, tho orgtm'n power,
All Mir tho soul, hat none sodeep
As tiny trend of llttto foot.
When forth wo go nt early morn,
To meat tho world nnd bmVt Us scorn,
Adoivntho garden walk so neat,
eo tho prints of little red.
At ove, when homeward wo repair.
With aching limits nil brow or care,
The voices ring out clear and sweot-J
Then comca tho mall or littlo foot.
The knives nro tost, tho dishes stray,
Tho toots nro spirited nwny.
And when wo go tho toat to sock,
Wu take tho trail of little tefi.
Out when tho angol death hath eomo
And called tho flow’reU from onr home,
Oppressive allcnoo reigns complete[
Wo miss tho sonnd of llttto foot.
Then toots aro ssfo, no dfshes stray,
No doors go slamming all tho day |
llntO, ’twonld giro ns plcnsuro sweet,
To hear again thoso noisy feet.
Soft night hath eomo j all nro asleep.
Yes, alt hut mo. I vigil keep.
Hush I hnsli I my heart, nnd coaso to bent.
Wus that thii stop of littlo feel t
Yes, mother, ’tls tho softened trend’
or him yon miss and mniini ns dead,
And often hi your iwcctnoss sleep.
You'll dream of hearing littlo rcet.
And when this ptigVthtn'gl' Is o'er,
And you npproaoll llult bitssftil shore,
Tho llrst to run your son! to greet,
Wilt bo your darling's littlo feet.
Ttt YWIlng l.ndtcsi
Young Indies, If you wish to ho happy
and contented after tho marrlngo ceremo
nies and honeymoon nro over, I would
suggest the following;
. Do »6i choose it lazy man; do not full In
lnvo with a moustacho, neither with a hilt,
nelthcrfnshlonably.cuttrow8crs,hnrhlnek-
ened boots, nr pomaded and nrttfflolnlly
curled hair; neither look npon grneelul
dnncingnnd horseback riding—no, Indeed
for wltli nil tho nbovo mentioned qualifica
tions of now-n-dnys called, n fast young
man, you would not ho nhle, with tlio best
culinary skill, to cook a mcnl of victuals
with It. But, if a man edme to ask yon
I hr your heart nnd lmnd,, inquire If hols
a skillful artisan, or.ft thrifty, industrious
former, who is up onrly nnil into nml
rather docs ids own work nml likes to
do It, than complain of hard times; or If
ho understandslimv tomanaaohlsfortuno
if liohas any, or lms tho nbilltv to nequlrp
ofto', ask him If ho thinks tlioro nrii six
days In the week to work, and If ho Im
proves them, nnd then ono Sunday to rest
on, to praise tlio Lord and go to mooting
—If so, and you ran otherwise lovo him,
ended his days oh tlio "allows; God hnd
filled.ffiv e.up of sorrow' before:-now it ran
over. That wns trouble, my friends, sncli
ns 1 hope tlio Lord In mercy tuny sparu
you from ever knowing.”
Boys, girls, can you boar to thick thnt
you might bring such sorrow on your denr
fothcr or mollior? If yon would not, bo
on your guard against tliu Giant Intern-
pemncc. • ;Jjot-wine ami intoxicating liq
uors alone. Never touch them,
thtucnlIon. of tlio Agrlcnltnrlat.
Daniel Weoster said: “No man Is so
high ns to ho Independent of the sucenss of
this great Interest; no man Is so low ns
not to he aflheted. by its prosperity or de
cline. Tho cultivation of thucitrth Is tlio
most Important labor of man. Man may
lie civilized, in sortie dognxg.wUlioiit'great
progress In mnmirnctures, and withlittlo
commerce with his distant neighbors, hut
without cultivation of tho earth, he Is, in
all countries, a savngo. Until he gives up
tho clm80 and Axob himself to some place
gins, other arts follow. Tho farmers,
therefore, nro the founders of human civ
ilization.” ......
Verger KelnniH to Rlnnil Ills Trial.
A telegram from .tiihckson; Mississippi
dated tlic2t|F Inslaiit, says Hint Yerger
returned yesterday morning nml delivered
himself np<, .To day lio-wnito a letter to
tlio Governor, stating that ho had learned
that tlio Sheriff, Ills subordinates, and per
haps tho Governor, hail been censured for
his escape, nml unwilling that they should
suffer for It ho had concluded tn return/ 1 —
At Inst, one night, when heated by wine, above tlio middle might, and wearing
lie took tlio lllc of n fyllow erwituro. Ho lionvy mustache nml imperial. He walks
„.,.i„i i.i. -U. J Kwwv,» r-~' i—i with difficulty, from having goaty feet.—
Having been long In tlio Foreign
enso heforo-tho court, lio wns pnscssodnf
S lpvcfpahlo doslro to brvntlio tho alt
his trliil, nnd tlmt ir liu vtolrttliil tlio laW
hnwilluotiShrinkiVom pnniahmeut. t-> 7
.1.*
Tlio Bnllpck-BloAgott’ Conspirators nro
Clinrgdd with tlm employment of a female
lobby In order to coax Senatorial Juilases
with kisses. i-. - u tmM
„ r 1 Legloq
ho hnsnllthcnlrof a military man. Dur
ing-Hts military career lio gave frequent
iwoolk of courage and energy. Ilia mnr-
rlft"e, In 1808, nt Epieux, a property lio
owns lu tho Ardonne8, mndo some noise,
his wife being I lie daughter of a workman
in Fntibourg St. Antoine. That union
however, legitimatized a soli of twelve
years of ago nml a daughter ol four. At
tho present momenttha Prtnco is in mourn
ing for tho death i)f his fother-ln-laiv.
The Nenato nml tho mnglinm Amend
mens.
Tho lYashliigtou correspondent of tho
Charleston.Courier Snys, on tho 20th Inst
In regard to tho Georgia bill. I find that
tho Binglmtn amendment will probably
pasS tho Senate. This is tho opinion, both
of Conservative Republicans nml Demo
cratic Senators whom I have seen to-dav.
Its defhit would secure the passago of the
Butler bill; othorwiso, no Democrat would
touch It. Itlsachoiccbctwecntwocvils.
Boro Fidelity.
tYo wore struck by nn liistaneo of flilol-
Itylnft wnteh dog ilurhig tho lira of Sun
day night. Ho stuck to his post, though
scorched by tho llnines, and fio would at
tack all except those who cntercrl.nild do*
parted ,hy the front' door. They toll us a
stream of water directed from an engine
could not mhvo him. The flames wore
burning hllni the boat wns intense, hut ho
seemed to,bo Indifferent to anythin" save
that lio had'tho promises to gunrtl. IIo
would hot leave until his master, seeing
him called, him away. IIo went readily.
Tot tlio men will say a man' is ns “mean
nsti dog.” 1 Wouldn't “mean ns a man”
ho better,—Colunibui Sun. ■ ( ^
lion, A. H. KtG|>l)oiifi.
Tlio Constitution of yesterday says:
A liiiy qr two. back wo copied two items
about Sir. Stephens, that wore tloatinj
about ill tho newspapers. Ono was tint
ho,wns going to make a visit to Washing,
ton soon; tlm other thnt ho pronounced
tho first Inaugurals of Jefferson and Lin-
the finest dooumonts of tho kind In our his-
toi
Tho Foil of Hold nml Us Ein-ols.
Tlio lumhlo in gold nml Its effects on tho
ninrkot form tho subject of nil eln'jomto
nrtlele in tho Now York Tribune, from
Which wo eomlcnso tlio following:
The decline, it Is said, occurred nt a very
opportune period for retailers, lint boro
most heavily on importers; nnd ns regards
tho cflects of a further decline until gold
Should reach par, “the opinion seems to
lie quite general that, could speclo pay
ments bo resumed, ft Very guild business
would lie done ill every branch of trade,
nnd that merchants could again do busi
ness lit a profit.” In the wholesale trade
It is stated that prints have been reduced
from ono to two cents per yard, the pres-
ent prices being based on “the price of
gold and tlio raw cotton, nml not on wlmt
It linsuctually cost to mannfaclura them.”
Certain brands of blenched nnd brown
goods lmvo advanced from one to two cents
per yard. Foreign goods lmvo I icon moro
or less affected, some descriptions to tho
extent of ton cents tier yard.
- Staplo article* of dress goods nro from
ton to fifteen per cent, lower than they
ivero three weeks ago. Carpets of domes
tic mnnufncturo lmvo declined hut 7 !-2
per cent., nnd foreign linens about 5 per
cont. In tlio past three weeks. Ijicos, cm- ,
broideries, etc., hnvo greatly declined; also 1 fl,„ j^j,;
Cl I Pit ll I lift;*.
Allco Cary Is slowly recovering.
Savannah, Georgia runs special street
enra for colored people. ”
Tlio Into snort*- storm raged seventy
hours nt Omnhn.
A meeting tn CMj’enno has cmlnrscd
the Flcgnn massacre,
Tho Rev. Allicrt Barnes, tho eminent
Presbyterian divine, Is falling rapidly.
Texas ha* a new gnnio In cards. Ono
holds a revolver, another holds tho cards
Mill n coroner holds tho Inquest,
A, II. Stephens Is getting better, and
lms tho second volume of Ills war hlstofy
In press.
Tho State Auditor of Georgia reports A
loss of tiVo-lilths of the negro population
In ntnoyenrs.
Nineteen babies a week nro loft In the
basket of tlioXcw York Founding Hoapl-
.frirotauK: .fts'drU !m» j
Snow fell to tho depth of twenty Inches
i in somo portions of New York State on
mantles, silks nml ribbons. Amcrionn
silks and Italian cloths havo been reduced
In price, tho lnttcr from 15 to 20 per cent.
Slmwlshavo declined 10 tn 121-2 percent,
Tlio boot and shoo trade. It Is said, will
not he nffcctcd, ns lnbnr is high, nml the
price of leather Is advancing. Grouerles
Tlio Jews of Jerusalem nro again in a
starving condition, nnd npponl I'd Sir Mo
ses Montefloro for assistance.
Brigham Young asserts his personal in
fallibility, nnd claims thnt foot to bo n fun
of all descriptions nro selling very for he- dnmentai doctrine of tlio Mormon faltli.
low tho ruling prices of last year. Codec
In fashlonnhly-cut garments, nfrnld to
work for fear of soiling his clothes, nlwnys
thirsty, and who hnslho sixth command*
ment soven times abolished—of course,
let him stand. In the cold nnd give him tlio
mitten; for, wlthsuoh n longinjj, good-
for-nothing dandy you’.would lio unhappy
-- long ns you live.
If nil tlio young ladies would nt onco
join Ip ft.soelcty mid determine never to
marry a (nzy, flippant, good-for-nothing,
do-nothing, tho oflocts would ho- nnttVol-
ous and create Wonders; for the young
hienof matrimonial bustnessintent, would
soop sco tho secret nnd goto work, enrn-
>stly nnd honestly; nud endeavor to boso-
uer and ihdustrlous In order to cot them a
wifo of their wishes; and the wlmlo ftlfiny
of loafeta nhd Street-corner-watenlllg gen
try would disappear from tho earth like
frogs in winter. Tho redpo is hitter and
severe,- but It will euro undoubtedly.—
Try it and spe.
A Lnilj Born Dear nml Dnmb Tnlks on
- Her Dcnth Hull.
Elizabeth Cofdrqy, of Tynskln district
Somerset county, Mel., wns born a mute,
and was never known to ntter a syllable
nntll Saturday, on which day, our inform
ant states, she was fitly years old. Sho
had been confined to a lied of sickness for
somo time, when, on tlio day mentioned,
to tho groat surprise ot her family ami
friends, sho begnn talking fluently, and
from then to tho hour of her death, which
occurred on tho following dny, sho prayed
almost unceasingly la an nudlblo voico
and nndorstandlngly. Tho lady, wo learn
lms two sisters nud a brother also mutes.
—iJnstern Sliortman.
Hr, Torboes Derends the Democratic
Party,
Mr. Yprhecs mndo an effective fivo min
utes’ speech m-tlio House tho other dny In
dclbncc Of (ho Democratic party against
tho charge of Garfield,*8chcuck, ot. nl.
that the Democrats wore responsible for
tlio rebolltnil. lb cited tlio Now York
Tribune, Cincinnati Commercial, nnd In
dianapolis, Journal, loading Radical
papers, all of which had, before the war
commenced, advised thnt tho Southern
States bo allowed to withdraw from tlio
Union, and lind argued that no hostilities
would' ensue. Sauthctncralind lately told
him (Voorhces) that they had made uso
of thoso editorials ta support of thefr ef
forts to bring about peaceable secession.
Mr. Vortices was Intoned to with mark
ed attention, and commanded (ho respect
of Radicals ns well as Democrats.
Enjclitnd’ft fliicim.
Bull could scarcely Ijollcvo that this lit
tlo woman, with the dark, coarse, and ru
bicund complexion, and with nothing nt
all about her that could suggest royalty;
was tho annotated Queen of England!—
Why, she isn woninn whom you. would
pass ta tlio's'trcet without tlio slightest no*
tlco, expept, perlint»,yon might Oitaktlmt
sho Iwd led a life of exposure to thp weath
er, and wns not very happy. When she
smiled, however—nnd she did amllo right
at us—sho looked much better. Tho pon-
plo did not cheer her nt nil. Shorodo
ntang through thbpnrk, which was throng
ed with poople, and I dliVnot henra singlo
voleesay “God bless her.”
.- ♦♦♦ ,
Wilton’s Amcndmcnf <o tbo (loortln
HIM.
Tho following Is Wilson’s amendment
to the Georgia Bill:
Tlmt iii eonscqucncoof tlio Illegal, dis
organizing and revolutionary proceedings
of the General Assembly of Georgia,'It
shnll ho and hereby is declared tlmt the
term of service of tire said General Assem
bly shall date from January 20, 1870,' and
shall continue until the persons to bo Oho-,
son on Tuesday after the first Monday In
November, 1872, ns membors of tlio Gen
eral Assembly of said State, nro qualified,
If thoScnnto'shqiild adopt It, Bingham's
amendmeat amounts to uothlng.
lms fallen from 45 cents to 85 cents. Two
months nco tho best white sugar was quo
ted at twenty cents by tho. hnrrol.. The
same quality of sugar IS rtow offerad nt 12
8-4 cents. Flour Is offered nt $7 a hnrrell,
which last your cost 810. Tuns declined
last week 10 cents to 15 cents. A year ago
the best butter sold for 85 cents. At pres
ent It stands at 80 cents.
Absence of lllnil.
QCa German Professor, who has lately
died, Prof. Augustus Schleicher, an emi
nent comparative philologist, the fallow
ing stoiyu told; He oneo appeared in Ills
leclutc-room not as nsual. In a grey coat,
buttoned to tho chin, hut ta an open, black
overcoat. He did not discover the mis
take until ho hnd searched in vain for Ids
manuscript, which was not-about him;
mid, begging pnrdon of. Ills nudicnco nnd
promising snort delay, ho ran homo, took
tho papers from Ilia grey coat, and put
them ta tho pocket of Ills surtout. Then
it occurred to Idm that ho might, without
tho loss of.mueh time, resume Ids usual
dresa ns a lecturer, nml. accordingly ho ex
changed the blnckfor tho gfey, OtcourBe,
when lie returned ho was again without
hte manuscript,' nlul was obliged, after nil
explanation which convulsed tho Audi
ence, to dismiss them till another day.
doodling,
The Courier- Journal pours of upon tlio
Woilmte of Avery, Oonnnt & Co., In tlio fol-
loivlng klhdly manner:
These fellows all asked for Goyerninont
protection nnd the detent of the Bingham
amendment on Account of the disturbance
which they described; and of the orlgon of
this disturbance, every ono of them gave
n different story. When they agreed with
Bullock to lio for 1dm, they should have
to arranged Itab tomyold alt: discrepancy
Egyptian Aeeimnt of Hoses.
Attho recent convention of Philoglsts
at Wurzburg, Du Ijintli, of Muniuli, sta
ted tlmt . in translating somo Egyptian
ipyrus rolls, lio found an neenunt of n
rsonngo whom ho hclleved to lie Moses.
The person who is called Mesn; Is accused
Uy tho Egyptian writer of having taltuu a
sea-baths ttnd of eating fish forhlildcn to
tho priestlioOU’, Hint he had made a secret
visit toSym, nml wns too much given to
sny now things upon religious matters.
Mesu is described ns hnmteomo, and lmsi-
hie temperament. In addition to the nnmo
AIcsu, wldcli.signifies “child," translated
^‘basket of rushes. ” Tho ditto of tlio re
port Is tlio fifty-second year of Raineses;
corresponding to. 1525 B. C.
tviwir.
■If you over think' of tanrrylng a Wid
ow, niy, son.” said an nnxlous parent to
his heir, “select one whoso first husband
wns hung; thnt is tho only wny to prevent
her throwing Ills memory in your foco nnd
making annoying comparisons.” “Evon
thnt won’t prevent it," oxclntaicil a crusty
old bachelor, “sho’ll then prnlso Idm, nnd
sny hanging would bo too good for you, “
Somo of the North Carolina journals de
clare that tho disorders I n Alnnmnco coun
ty nro duo to "negro Kit Klux.”
Fanny Fern hnsbecn in 111 health for tho
past two months, nnd docs not hope to get
well soon,
ItoW fflnny Apple:-, did oil? lltvt patents
cat lu tlio garden of Eden? live, 85 Add
Ailanl, 2.
•Union Is not always strength,” ns tho
sailor said when he saw the purser mix
ing his rum with Wuthf.
The Indiana fruit-growers say that tlio
Into cold snap lias ruined the peach, crop
for the coming tttasoil.
An Indian Skeleton over eight feet ill
length was dug up last week in tho suburbs
of Louisvlllo Kentucky,
It costa St. l^mte lawyers fifty, dollars
to call each otlior “liar” And “coward" ta
court,
An Alton, Illinois,, liuVglnr, white at
tempting to bUcnk Vilio n houso tho otlior
morning was slibt dead.
Half a dozen Amorlcati Indies Aro engn
god to ho married to Itomnn noblcmon—
noblemen Bliort of cash.
A spirited Snn Francisco girl broko her
parasol over tlio head ofnnmu who In
stated her tho other tlAJk
Sumner is ta consultation with Bevels
ns tu whether tho potatoes should be link-
od before the possum or nt the samo time.
Tho wife ofa rcspcetahlo English trades-
innn.lirts been convicted of stealing a car
pet from the lloor of a railway carriago.
A salnon-keopcr nt Janesville, IVis,, of
fers a prize of a gold-headed cane to the
man who shnll drink and pay for tlio most
liquor during the present year.
The City Cimmbcrlnln of Glnsglotv, in
Ids last report, says: “It is a well estab
lished foct that nine-tenths of all tlio mar
riages ta Glnsglow nro cclehlAlcd on Frl-
iX-Govcrnor McCormick, of Arizona
Uib presont Delegate In Congress, hat do
ubled to appoint nn Indian hoy of Ids Ter
ritory to a cadctsldp nt WcstFolut.
A wliolo fondly in Bloomington linvo
been poisoned nnd made seriously ill, by
eating biscuit made, with a patent baking
powder. _ "
Fonryomig ladles were recently bap
tized ta Bum river, nt Anoka, Minnesota,
Iseometsx*
The following dnusoof tew ta regnrd to
the income tax scorns to bo botlicrtag somo
honest nnd other sort ol; people: ‘‘That
the taxes on Incomes herein imposed shall
bo levied on tho Is: day of March, nml ho
duo nnd payable on or before the 12th dny
of April (u each year, until nnd Including
tho year 1870, nnil nolonger.” Now wlmt
is tno pnrposo of this elnnso? ItIs to do-
ftno nnd declare at wlmt ttaio in tho year
tho Income tax Is dim and payable. - And
It dcolnrcs very plididy tlmt the tax shall
bo due nnd payable by tho “12th day of
April ta each year, until nnd Including
1870, arid, no longer." No payment of
tho tax can be demanded later tlinn April,
1870. and nt the ttaio We pay tho tax on
our incomes of 1800. On tho income of
1870, therefore, no tax Is payable.
Four Oona Habits.
Punctuality, nccumcy, steadiness nnd
dlspnteh.. withoutthe first, tlmo Is wast
ed; without thd second, mistakes tho most
hurtfta to our own credit nnd interest; nnd
that of others, may be committed: with
out tho third, nothing can ho well douo;
nnd without tlio fourth, opportunities for
advantage are lost which It Is - Impossible
to,recall. •
♦ &*• - : ■ y
, Which Was or the Most Profll?
A.rich nobleman, on showing a friend
his largo collection of precious stones and
gems^tlmt bad been gathered by great la
bor nud expense, remArkeil: ’’Ami yet
thoy yield mo no Income. ” .Ills friend re
plied tlmt he hnd two stones which cost
him but ten florins, vot they yielded lilpi an
income of two hundred florins a year.—
The nobleman wns very Anxious to seo
such profitable stones, wlmn- Ills frieml
took him to Ills flour-mtll, and pojntafl out
tho two homely mlll-stnmis which yielded a
larger iucdnia than all hfo jewels.
“ Eounmnlmllj-.
Ijit us bo cnlni. If-your hat blows oft’,
walk slowly toward It, and you wll) bo sur
prised to seo how hinny men will rush af
ter to restore it to you. All undue pas
sion* are hurlfol. Let us - not ho fiT-ht,
cnod, for all men are but men, Aiid the
lightnings are held In the grasp of God,
Let us not he carried away by that rui
nous' onthustesm which detents Its own
purpose.
JVhat Ssj-ijimir Says! or M’clistor.
Horatio Soy mmir says tlmt Daniel IVeb-
Bter ought tolmvo adopted literature rath
er than politics, ns a profession. Hnd ho
dono so, :Mr. Seymour,thinks tlmt lio
would lmvo ranked with Burke, aud would
havo eclipsed Mncauly.
legal reserves of nenrly two mtllloM, I
is regArtled 111 Hnnncinl circles as t
lug of a closer money market,
of specie is 81.884.888.
rilpin
As u lienutiftil little girl, possessed of an
abundance of yellow curls, was on her V
to school ta Allmny, itew York, th
day, she was overtaken
dressed yonngludy, ivhos|iokc
Miss, admired her Imir, nnd sti
golden ringlets, OtUl then sudilcaly t
Up A sldo street. On returning ho
crer-wntchfUl mother discovered Ihltt <
if the longest curls of her darling
boefl cutoff within an Inch of the I
There Is only one thing worse than ig
norance, And thAt In ctiheoit. Ot all in
tractable fools an ovcr-ivlso limn Is the
worst. You may emiHC a fool to philoso
phise, you may coax donkeys to forego
thistles, hut don't ever think of driving
sense into the head of a conceited person.
One tlklnK sl,e 4‘oiilfln'l Do.
Two little girls were henrd one morning
engnged in a dispute ns to wlmt their
“mother! 1 could <lo.” The dispute was
ended by the youngest child snyina:
“Will, tliere’s one thing my mother can
do tlmtyour’s can’t—my mother can take
every one of her teeth out nt once.”
Cor. Noolrr.
It will never do to trust a Conservative
Republican. Senator Lewis, of Virginia,
lms turned traitor to Ills constituents, and
Gov. Sellter, of Tennessee, lms followed
suit.
SinDilSr I'hroomrnON.
A singAlnr phelloAlcAoIl occurred nt the
commencement of the storm in St. Johns,
N. B., Friday morning. A rumblln notae
wns heard, nnd Immeclintoly afterward a
portion of the harbor on the Carlton side
sunk hodllj', so tlmt where before nt low
tide wns n bench, is now twenty feet of
WfttST. Some wharves Were destroyed and
lumber carried adrift.
Cot to* in Texes.
Tlio GalYeSWW Jfevw of last Thursday
says: “It lms become evident tlmt opr re
ceipts will reach 200,000 hales, and most
authorities place the figure nt 215,000 to
225,000 hales, or nenrly 100 per cent, in
crease oyer last year,”
A II,irk Ftllltmt Flits In.
A dispatch from Jackson Miss., say* 1 .
“An attempt was made to-day to elect
a Stale Librarian, hut failed ou account of
tho number of candidates. A negro wo
man, named Highgntc, it Is believed, will
ho oleetod.”
Tho Price ot Milks.
An exchange says the price of Bilks nt
the presentis somewhat lower than innn-
clent times. Tho Emperor Aurclinn re
fused a silk dress to his wife, assigning ns
a reason that It was too expensive a luxu
ry even for a Roman Empress, silk then
being sold nt the price of gold, pound for
IKIUlld.
ThrtAnfrilrHlIe Demi.
General YVtute Mlttttpton has accepted
the invitation of the Washington Light
Infantry Clmritnblc Association, nnd ta
May next will deliver an address ta Char
leston, dedicating tho monument now lie-
tag constructed ill honor of those of tlio
members of this gnllnnt corps who tell
during the latownr.
- Tho ijist ou Wlitowvrs.
A South Carolina paper declares thnt a
young man who lost Ills wife rcccnty, mar
ried another while friends were making
preparations for the funeral, and with his
bride followed the remains sorrowfully to
the grnvo.
Xsjt IxIrbS Aiisttllol.
Major WtiU W. Lclnml, who made an
assault upott George Wilkes, in New York,
a tew days ago, was himself nsanulted by
nil unknown person, ta Prince street, Sat
urday htght, who struck him ta the foce
with brass knuckles, doing but slight Inju
ry, however. Lclnnd shot four times at
his assailant ns lio ran nivny, hut lie man
aged to escape.
when tlio thermometer marked ton de
grees below zero,
A man at Lowell, Massachusetts, lms
made a provision in his iviii tlmt lio must
bo hurled In a burglar proof safe, when ho
die*.
Fifty ont of 100 students ta tho Minim
sotoStato University nro women. Ilf Wo
had our college days to go over, wo would
nttoud that University.
Telegrams from Romo state thnt the
French bishops of Besancon and Ncvers
take the lend In tho opposition to the la
fallibility dogma.
Captain Judkins nmltlio InAWil Ltrto
authorities arc still confident tlmt tlio mis
sing steamer City of Boston will come In
to port safely,
Tlio heart Is six Inches In length, four
in diameter, nnd bents 70 tlmcB nor min
ute, 4,100 times per hour, 100,000 times
per day, and 87,570,000 times per ycAt.
Tlio Rhode Islnriil iloiiso of Represen
tatives defeated by fivo majority a hill to
lcgnllzo tho tatcr-nmrringo of whites nnd
colored persons. It hnB passed the Sea
ate. "“t ' -• -d . M>’
The Mormon missionaries who lmvo re
turned to Slit Lake, report thnt tlio pco-
plo of Hid iiorth “donot enro much about
religion, but Invariably ask If there is any
clmncoto make money In Utah."
The spring stylo of lints for gentlemen
teso largo tlmt gentlemen troubled with
very small heads will ho obliged to wear
waterfalls to keep them from slipping on
to their shoulders. " " ‘ "
Tho model girl of tho period lives In
Lafiiycttc; Indiana. Sho wears with
pride—and a lust pride too—a dress mndo
up of material woven by her own fair
lmmla. Sho is still unmarried.
Tho Tnlbotton Standard takes somo
brother Editor td task for tho tvny In which
lio spells the .word,/’Tnlbotton. 1 ’ Stop „ , „ „
y 7 Yr, T" t
not a oitpy And-it mutters but littlo liow it lug had given hot* a. flushed fare and rubi-
W spoiled. jound nose; cohhulted 1>r. Clieytie. Upon
A littlo four-yonr old miss, licnrlng n edf/^iTiercL'ln tlio wJSile^doqs
gentleman addressed nt her father's limiso tor, did 1 get siteli a nose as this?” “Out
ns "Joseph,"eyed him intently for awhile, of tho decanter, madam,” replied the doc-
nnd tlion asked, “lYns you tho Mr, Jo- l° r * “ '
soph who was sold by his hiethren?”— u Como in ri.i--
“Yns,” replied tlio gentleman. “O, I A proposition is pending before the Mis-
wns so sorry for you!” raid the littlo kind- stsslpplLegislature tnereate a new emmty,
ly heart. called Revels! Good Lord, deliver us!
ties. Mlblcy.
Gen. II. n. Sibley, formerly of the Uni
ted States army, mid afterward a promi-
nent Southern officer in tlio war, is now a
Brigadier In the service of tho Viceroy of
Egypt. Ho writes to his friends in Geor
gia, under date of Alexandria, January
21st, tlmt lie arrived at tlmt city outlie
10th of tlmt month, and met Gens. Mott
nnd Loring. The threo officers then had
an Interview with tlio Viceroy.—ZWrereiuft
tint! Mcsscntjcr.
■ t:<t I it ii I)oprc<lntlons.
Reports of Indian depredations in Tcx-
AS llAve been received nt Washington, nnd
it is stated tllntevery raid by the Indians
on tho frontier results in tlio killing of
white men, women and children.
DltMtfsr.
On tlio nfternoon of tho 20th inst., while
a large congregation assembled in nn in
complete Freueli Catholic church, in Fall
River, Mass., to witness tho blessing of
tlio cornerstone, tlio floor gave and about
200 JHioplu tell twelve feet into the cellar.
Twelve or fifteen are known to lmvo lmd
limbs broken and many others were iniur-
cd, _
t'ntiinir. ' .III UK,
A dramatic author onco observed thnt
lie knew nothing so terrible ns reading his
niece beforen critical audience. “I know
hilt ono mere terrible. ” said Compton, the
Actor, “to be oblig'd to sit and near it.”
e'OIU|)l In, rntnr.v.
. A gclitleman was asked by Mrs. Wof
fington what difference there wns between
her and her Watch; to which lie instantly
replied, "Your watch, madam, makes us
nulqtubcrtha hours, and you make us for
get tlielll.”