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Newspaper Page TextDliaiOCIt-A/JCIO IN I’OIjITICS ; iPUKia AND lil3A.TJTIJJ’UXj IN LITIOBATUBE) .AND XUlOCillESSIVJiJ IN SOXJTIIIOUN INTERESTS. BY J. T. WHITMAN. DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY; JUNE 30,1870. YOL. Ill—NO. 2(1. mincei.i.a'Neoen caiidh. J» WholosoWrid ltotiill Denier In llltts, Cm>H. TrunliH, VallHUM, TKAVBL1NU DAOS, UMIlllEIXAB, AH. Vnrtloulur attention ip veil til tho UlllOK nf ttnm MorclitthU unv rhqncstcil to cull mid vxnmlno hi* stock, ut Holbrook’s Hut Houmo, opposite National, Hotel, PuuoUtroo street, At* ll&vtng boon In tho business IMthis city for , iilcvim yours. ni!trkiio\vln{<\vhut \vlll suit this llmrkut, lio unitors hlnisoir tluit bo Ih batter ubUs I. u trial. ,11. M. auEitHA-, ftitUlnrtte hU swortWto riiium « ATURAL TKKTH. . " ARTIFICIAL TKKTlMusorlml In all stylos, onica, Kingstruot, Dalton, Georgia. . a; JUVlNOS, f Attorney at tlui collection Of Clrlms. vobiy ’V.‘X W. JOHN SOX. n.-J. m’cJamy. JOUSSON & MeOA Y ^ TOnN : KYfi AT LAW , Up Stairs In King Building, Dalton, On., Will practice In the courts of this circuit, and tu tlio U. 8. District Court at Atlanta., mr-ly WA1UIEN, II. Vbyslelsn, Surgeon nnd Acconelumr, • jwomco on King street, In tlio old Taxon House. Dalton, Qa., Jan. 13-ly.• . *T> WALKEK ’ - ATTOffN'EY AT LAW, mtur King Street. Dalton, Pm. , ly» . A«i’reB»?onal smwteelPtfieita! lUs Of Dalton and, suvtnundlitK country.— TlirjSADOIl & BltOTHEItS, TOBACOA. , . ' *cqM»tftsfCHf MERCHANTS, And AlanrifnilmwanfBoBnra, Ang-ly WliltcliaUfltroct,'Atlanta, Ga sir, Atlanta. Ga * WittTB & Whitlock, Proprietor. W. D. Wlfby,' Clork. ' . cagriad tt> and^ from Deppt .freo of My. lnotlior’s.voloo I How often crcops ‘ ltd cadebco on ihylonely hours, Jku healing On the wings of sleep, Of doWron theunconaclous ilowurs; I might forget her molting prayol*, While ’wlldorlng pleasures ihudly liy t But lit the stilt uhhfokou air, * •Her geutln tones come stculliigliy j And years of sin andnmnh'obd due, Ahd Igavotao fit uiy ldolher’s knoo. Ilmvoheon outatorcntlde, , : j And (light liad on hc(r.0iivor wings x *• Whan buretlug hudsand'dowy grass,. And.wptcrs leaping to the light, . Aiul all tlint rtiakoa tlio pulses pass ' ; With wildorfloetnesiLthi'ongud the night i When all was beaut}’, then have 1 With friend ioh whom my love is dung, Llko myrrh On winds.of Arsiby, Gazed ou whero ovcnlng’s lamp Is hung. AiiA when thebnuiteous spirit there " ’ Flung over till Its gabion chain, My utotiiur's voice canto on the air, Llko thVlIglit dropping of the ruin) > And, resting on some silver star, . te|Kt.w • That our otorulty may ho— * To rlso'In heaven like stars by night, » a And tread ft living path of .light/ Tko Poor Musician nnd ills .Mate. [TRANSLATED FpO-M THE OEmtAN] J Ouo beautiful summor.day there was a grentficstivnl in tho largo park at Vienna. itAvaa almost covorcd with the crriwdB of K ‘ { Among tItem were orgnu-grlnd- ggarannd glrlB who played on harps, enough to live oil. • Still ho* did not liko io peg; aurt on lids particular festival day, ho took liis'vlojlin and played under nr old tree in tho park, llo had a faithful dog .with'him; -.which lay at his foot and nnu held an. old hat .In his mouth so that tussore by might .ciust. their coins into Many p'oopio wohtby nnd hoard tho old musician playing, but they did not give «... |Sh[f[[ b him more, for ho was ti T Chattanooga, Tui»n. * ,V **‘A7 L. M1LLKR, Proprietor. flftspithUiSV Cmnfrfrt. Convenience tUid Kcono* my combuujd In the managenpmf, • n. li. liitows.J ' .-OH0WN3' IIOTKU ^ - p,iiH>slto l’lissongov Hcpot. . i *■■■ ' • ' Macon, Ga, . .. •; . A* ' T. FINNEY*. C a r t* i ago Bop bwltoi-y CnrrlnRc Jlntorinla, ilnrnos*, *c. No, B Broad •8t.,'Grunllo Blook, .'Ati.asta, .Gj P Folmmry 10,1870-14m. ‘ Ills fnco,wns covorcd with scars .received in his conntry’8 battles, arid lid woro bis. loug gray army coat, and hnd bis old word -by his bide. 1 llo had only throb lngcrs on bis right hand, so lio Iind to iold tlio bow of-ills violin with these... A bullet hod tnkou oil’ tho two others, hud almost at tho same time a cnnuon-lmll had •tnkon oil' his left -.log. Tlio Inst money tlmtho.hnd, lmd boon Spent hi- buying 'luiwistrings lbr liis'vlolin, nild-llo wns now. playlng'with all ills strciiglh tlio old niar- sm? ■'* ’ ' " lookci tudes r .—, -y. ,—... and beauty; for ho knew on' tlmFvcry eve ning ho wohld lmvo to go to bed supper- li^aa, nnd ’lib ort-a straw ■ couch- in a little •arret roomie It wns late in tho afternoon, TJ.VTIT. JONES, Jx-., W1iolo.nl. denier In *lirnmltfeM. Wlncn, Wlllnitlen, Olii", *«' l'KACIITUKK 8TU., ATLAWTA, O.V. •BlttY 27-ly. '•t^iTNEii .t smith; ^ wT #• Wholesale and llotall Dealers In- . Groceries and Provisions, Corner liroud nml llowu^l StruoUs (I’ltuor'M Old Mnml,) .Inlyi 11 < i MGi-.onoiA. lV v H oa TOME AGAIN i" . . • .T. C. KAWLIN8, At Ills own House again. CJ II O X C E IIO T E L BiWrt St root, Borne, Ua. Vassongcra'taken to and from' Hotel free of ohjirgo . JuneH-tr -J^AMAll U0U8E, ‘EkbxvitLK. Tans. nughly repaired, anil furplshcil .Mltli good . tho,poppt on Maroh Z\\ 1870-hli atroa. anu iurpisuuu A nnd rospohnlidd portersnlwnysnt '“"““.^tviSNIlEhS, Lessee. Wv"'’ -1 bUN AND LOCKSMITH, Dealer in Wow Gitns, Pistols, Cartridges, etc, !“ Opposite Tllilis IIouso, Ilnmlllon Street. Now nines Pindo to order, ond aMdrcHUrajJ done on short nolloo, nlul wnrrnntod. n“" OI1N HIGGINS, •-’07 Wfttclunaker and Jeweler, Sliop In Dr. tlrowtvs Now Drng Store, Hamilton Street, Dalton, Georgia. Handsome stook or imro Jowolry, for Ijwllos ‘diuy’.: J^J-EDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTICE. X>rs.‘A. W. BivinffS & 8on Formorly of South Carolina, Tondor tliolr Professional services to the oltl- reus of Dalton and surrounding country. Spe D’ 1 - “• DUOW!,, Kino Srn., Paxton, Insurance and Land Agent. . Akont for ^Etna Life and Firo Insurance Com pany ; also, Jotforson and Jiunes River Flro Insuranoo Companies, of-Va., . . Enterprise, Clnefnimtl, and . . ' Putnam, Hartford. ALSO, GENERAL LAND AGENT, v ' For am*hotly who entruts tliolr business to him ^A^VloSfs toC61.0. B. Wolborn, Atlanta: «ml ‘Cbl. W.H. Tlhbs, Ixiwry * Eason,vHon. p. A Walker and Col. J. A.R. Hanks, Dultop, Ga. A’Januaryo-hltn*■ . <i - t : Livery, Fecdniid SaleStable, . it crayvford Stfpov. Dal|p.n, Go., . ; Wlioro lie will bo . ploasod .to furnish to tlio public, at all hours, No. 1 Homwb , ^ v vyod-“" fc .^.'^\ y i?f : n;il'rff;: t o /CARRIAGE AND : ‘ Svag-on Mniiurnctory, * Dalton, Gboucjia. ' , SHOUT & BEOKNBB, routes, Hght.Sprlng Wagons, slnglo rir ( Plantation wiigons, of all sines, with w thlmhlo skoliiK, amUroivixlos. Old Carriages and "higgles rempildlod ni jialntort. and ail work wnrrantod afttT finish ’-AW?, al^fatth work dono oasborfnotlpo. . * • April 28-12m.* ^ ■.VGKEltEt.-ai Kite No, 1 and a Blnokorel, Death or. Joromo Napoleon Honaimrto, Esq. Baltimore, tiled at Ills roahlonoo. on Park stl'eot, nhout linlf-past four o’clock, yes- :tciTlaymoruliig, aftera litlgorlngaml ptiin- icon, who visited liaHlmofo fil tho I'liily lit of tlio century nnd ninrrlcd; In' 1803, I alias Elisabeth Patterson, daughter of one of’our leading merchants.- 1 The married couple, salted shortly afterwards to Eu- I of . h . cl ' fnnkUclsm; whatever wo to Jlollnnd nnd;thcncq to England, whero ilhg but a shirt nnd vest ou tlio upper part h>ny say of lief roliglon-Uultarinn, do- ber last.son was born hi 1805. Napoleon 0 r tho body, while around ids waist was ' ‘ ‘ lago of ids brother; to lie wrapped a blue blanket, Which dcscondcd .uropo'a nullity, nnd tlio to jils feet alter tlio ihstilon of a petticoat; - - — ......,— xtty lyns.mado King of but oven this grotesque coslumo did not Wcstjdinlia, nnd.mnrrrcd the datightor of deprive him afulgumv Ills maniier wns uatumtand graceful. ITKoUgWho lmd never previously stood beforo'a-whltonu- . .... . Nnpoloon aro still liv- dionce, lio was ontiroly soil-possessed and ing., Tlio into Mr. Bonanarto'lenvcs two easy. ; His opening invocation tothoAl- «ns, one of whom graduated at West mighty Spirit was solemn, earnest, nnd Point, nud after — - • ' • ■ -—>■■■ tiab'o object.- lied ClntuTN Triumph. Tho remarkable triumph or lied Cioud yesterday, in tlio gronl speech lio delivered licroro tlio assembled multltudo.nt Cooper Institute, was one of tlio most striking in- eldoiitslntliolilstbry'orihonboriginalmcb. His nppenrnnco, Ids manner, Ills lahguago nud his idens wero of such a nature as not only to Interest-tlio audience, but to innko n'deepjmiftbsslon in favor of tlio Cause lio represented.. ‘IWietl lie presented himself, on the plnlform lie was put at a disadvan tage in tlui eyo of tlio spectator by his un couth dress; lie had discarded all the wild, non' our roVeS,poeitcnt. .CajiuhidciE. MasS;, JuftO 10, 1870. iifr, JCdltor:—iii my Inst I spoke of tlio Boston Parks! • In tills I pioppso to spenk somoWlmt of Boston’s Educational advan tages. e l know of no plncolh Amorlen, or iu tlio world, I may sny, wlioro tlioro aro moro advantages -for popular education; mid htmeo, as a neccsanry sequoneo, leas Ignoianco tlinnthoro lfe'Uoro-, in tills Hub of.Uio" Universe of isms. Wimtover wo a tree. Tlio tears streamed down his scar red ebqcks. Not far oil'stood,a-gentle man in lino clotlicsvwlio had aktnd heart, lie listened to tile old musician, and when lie saw that po onogavoliim nny thlug, Ids heart was touched .with sympathy.— Looking into tlift lmt lio saw only two lit tle copper coins. Hu then Bald; “ity good friend, Why do ybu not play lon- gerV” . “Oil,’’.'replied tho. old man,. "I can not hold tlio how; besides I have bad no dinner, and I haye little prospbetuf sup-; 1 Tlio kind genliemnii then gnvo'ldni a eco of gold, nud said, ‘-‘I wilfpivy you if plecoof gbia, and said, ‘.‘I wiirpay you if you-wdirendine vpur.vipiili forone liour.’’ 1 “Oh;” said" tiib mqsieinu,”. this' pieeb of. money is,worth more than a half doz en old fiddles like mine.” “Never mind,” said tlio. gentleman, “I billy want to ldrcit olio hour.” “Very well; you can .do what you will,’! 'said tho owner. Tlio gentleman took the flildlo In.liis hands, and then said to tho old man: "Now, my mate, you tnko tho money, aiid I will play.” - Tho straugo gentleman began to play; His'mate looked'nt him' with grciit won der, ho was so-stirred that ho could hard ly beliovo it was his old violin that mado such beautiful-sounds, Eirory note was like a pearl. The people, observing tlio straiigo sight, and bearing-such wonder ful music, .stopped .iff curiosity-. Every ono saw ..that the pno-Jbeklrif gentleman wns playing for tho. poor Ilian, but nono know whp Jio wns. By-and-hy they be gan to drop moiiey into tho lint, anil tlio old dog seemed delighted to receive so many pieces of gold for ids master. Tlio xslrclo of hcarbrs boenmd larger nnd.lar ger. Even tlio eonchmcn of the splendid carriages begged tho people iiisido to stop nml hear tho music. Gold, silver, anil copper were thrown into tho hat by old and young; and it soon became so heavy that the dog could hold It no longor. ■ Empty your hat, old man,” said tho IJtb.Texan ton. army, in'which Major, Ilis vo-— vivos him.- Mr. Bdnaparto .was of quiet nnd uiio8tentiitlous habits, and -was uni versally-respected for Ids courteous boar ing, ills amiability and tonkness nnd his 'ntogrity. About two hours nftor his loath, nnd also at Ids residence, died Mrs. IVilllnms, tho mother of Mrs. Bonapnrto, at an advanced age.—Baltimore Gazette. The Throe Great Eneltsli lawyers. It Is rumored. in. England that Lord Hnthorloy,,tho Lord Ghpncollor, is about to roslgn, llo is very pious, belongs to tho High. Church party, and nttchds tlio early eervieo iu Westminster Abbey dai ly. Ho is childless, nnd a son of Sir Math ew Wood, a former distinguished Lord Mayor- oi London. If Lofd Uatliorly should resign, it is thouglit that ho will be succeeded by Sir BoundflU l’almer, who Is confessedly lit tho head of tho English bar, and a man of wondorftil oapabityfor work. His lncbrae tom his practieoisenormous, llvo iiundrcd dollars being tho price of an opinion-tom him. 'Ho is tlio Bon of a country gcntlcmnu, nnd, in .sptlo of ills muititnrlous duties; finds tlmo to tench a class of poor boys in n Sunday school ovo- ry' Sabbath, and lins bompiled “A Book of Praiso,” which is a standard Work in tho church. His methodical ways, labo rious application and iron constitution enable llltri 1dm to transact aii amount of business that would crush a dozen ordina ry-men. Sir-John Duko Oolcridgo, the Solicitor General, stands high in private life, nnd, liko S. T.,'irartloy nml all the Coleridges, is a.man. of a fine order of-In tellect. Ills* father,' the Bight Honorable Sir John Coleridge,, wns a distinguished judgo, and,' having designed his talented 1 son for tho bar, sent him to Oxford,, where his versatility of tatqnt.at once rnndo him a reputotlou. lie Is also a member of Par liament tom Exeter, and matafe-ltbout sixty thousand dollars n year. **.- «' Queen Elisabeth dud Nlr John Spencer, Ikird Blnyor of I.omlon. . . Canonbury Towor, orJIouso, Islington, tho chief part of .which- still remains, was losscsscd in tho sixteenth century, liy Sir olm Speuccr, who wnq Lord Mayor of London in 1504; and whs reputed to bo the richest commoner of ids time; liis town residence was Crosby Hall, nudConon- jiiry IIouso was therefore a sort of. coun* ,ry residence nt that time. Tho grontness of Sir‘ John drew upon him clangorous eyes, and a'plot was laid by a Dunkirk' pirate to whylayand-kidnnp him for tho •purposo of’obtaining a ransom for him, which it wns said would not-liaro boon less than flfty thousand pounds. Sir John, lowovcr, escaped •accidentally by remain- ng in Lohdou nil tlio selected night, anil oncc'simplc; strong and ISrtfoiL the au dience was greatly Impressed.--, Tho ora-, orical effect of-Ids discourse lmd a severe rial in- the fact that ho wns cdmpolled to s ;op lit tho closo of every scntcuco duribg le time required for its translation from Ogalalln into English; but oven, this disad vantage did not destroy its unity. During tholntervals of translation ho stood statu esque and impassive, which ivns quite ob striking ns his animation in tho more earn est passages of his appeal. As ho passed from point to point in nls remarks, lio enr- rlod the sympatliics ns weU ns the lntclli- gcnco of flic great audience with 1dm—an iiSMSiSf‘- ; Tt *7fi enmfnriihin audience which had gathered nt middnv W'Wl** B " III cemfoi tably seatflvo rom tlio business place,^workshops ai thousand poi-sonB on tho floor, nnd lit tlio iipiiseholds of the city to’listen to this rep- galleries of which there aro three. I at- rcsentnlivo of tho liorflditnry foomnn of tlio white raco of Amorica.—A r cw. Torfc 2W!)«nc. J ' The Eortunes ‘or Iho Davises, i have talked', with a gentleman front IVarrcn county, Mississippi, tlio county of Vicksburg nud of. JolV-Davis who Informs S o’Unit tlio great Southerner is .now nt cmpliis, living iu poor health, and that not only bis property but that of Joo Da vis, his richer .brother; is almost entirely lost to thorn, Joo-Davis’-plantation is low. owned by 'Ben '* ”’ ’• — ly anogroBhivo in tlio fiuniiy,' who was brief ihuclilight thrownliponit^freo totho taught to rcacl by white peoplo in ; New fearer.' : tho pirate and ids men lmd to fly.nnd em bark for Dunkirk in the morning." But a moro successful pirate turned un iiT-tlfo. lover of Sir John’s daughter, who stole- her away In a bakor’s basket. Sir John resolved to disirilicrlt her in consequence, nud on Queen Elizabeth asking' 1dm' to stand ns sponsor along with herself to tho pcoplo UL1UU UUI, uinYur I children sccnied'CKrriod away with rap- turo. At Inst ho played that splendid song, “God bless tho Emperor Franeisi” Alllmtsand enps flow off their heads, for tho people loved tboir oriiporor. .Then tlio hour was ended, nud the musician handed bnck tho violin.to tho old man. “Thank yoh,” said lie. “May God bless yoftl” and ho disappeared in tho crowd. “Who is lie? who is lie?” said tho peo ple. “Where does ho como tom?” A person sitting in ono of tho conches said: “I kriow him. It is. Alexander Bouchor, tho groat violinist. It is just liko him. .IIo saw- tho man needed help, and he determined to giro it iri tho best way. lie could..” The people tlion gavo three cheers for Boucher, nnd put more irionoy ill tho old ’mail’s lmt. When lio wont homo tlmt ovening bo wns i-lchor tlmn lie bad over been beforo. When lio-Went to bed, ho l-TWO Wir l.uivtin ui jixitnv Iu.y MayP^feff^cor XVlint Hrcnlis Down Young Men It was a commonly received notion that hard study Is the unhealthy element of collegelifo. But from tables of the mor tality .of Harvard Univorsity collected by Froiessor'Pierce from tho Inst triennial catalogue, it is clearly demonstrated that this excess of death for. tho first toil years after gradriation is found in that portion of each class of inferior scholarship. . Ev ery ono who has Bcori this curriculum knows that where rEschylua and political econo my injures one, lsito hours and rum pun ches use up a dozen, and that their tiyo little fingers are heavier than tlso loins of Euclid. Dissipation is nBurc destroyer nnd every young man • who follows it is as tlio early flower exposed- to untimely frost.' Those who have been inveigled in the path of vico-are mimed Legion. A few bouts sleep cneli night, high living, and plenty'of “smashes’.’ make wnr.uppn every function of tho body. Tho brains, tlio heart, tlio lungs, tlie flesh, overy part and faculty aro ovortaxed nnd weakened, by the terrific'ciicrgy.pf passion loosened from restraint, until, like a dilapidated lpaiieion, the “earthly house of tills t;vb- cvimclo falls into ruinous decay.” Fast young men, right about turn forward, ishment discovered that it was his own •randcbild whom lio bad adopted. Till) s ono of tlio best anecdotes extant of ‘ ‘gooc Queen Bcqjs.”_ Tliolluirstrcnni, There is a river in the ocean. In those . srest droughts itnover fails; ill tho might- icstHoodsllriovcrovcrflows. Itsbanksand its bottoms are of pold water, wliilo its currents is of warm. Tlio Gulf of Mexi co is its fountain, nnd its mouth is in tho Arctic sops. It is thegulf stream.- Tlioro is in the world no other so majestic a flow of water. Its current is more rapid tlmn tlio Mississippi or tho Amazon, and its volume moro than a thousand times great er tlmn either of tlioso rivers. Its waters, ns far out as tlio Carolina coast, aro an in digo blue. They nreso distinctly marked tlint;the lino of junction with tho common sen water-may bo traced by tho oyo. Of ten one-half tlio vessel .may bo perceived floating in the gulf stream water, while tlio other half is in tlio common water of tlio sea, so sharp is tlio lino, and tlio want of affinity between tho waters; and such too, tlio roluotaucc, so to speak, on tlio part of tlioso of tho gulf stream to mingle with the common water of tho sea. Ill addition to this, there, is another peculiar fact.— The lisiicrmcnon tlio const of Norway are upplied with wood tom the tropics by tho ulf. stream. Think of Arctic fishermen Miming upon their hearths tho palms of Ilayti, tlio nmhogony of Honduras, and tho precious Woods of Amazon nnd the Orinoco! - ■ ’ Hlnetilnr Cnso of Ifyilropholjln. Somo'month's since' Mr.- II., a 1 ilia surprise was bitten on’the loft wrist, t so; slightly that the wound was uot I ,. . nnd tho bite jrnteli was forgotten until,Mr.'H, :ed a' disposition- to walk on his all- 1, until:it becamoaconstnrit lmbit or sorntcli ovniced ” fouts, iiyliig tlio divinity of Christ nud regarding him only ns a man; and in this liko that of tlio Jow, whoso unbelief Is indeed niore or wo may say of her lax state of mflrality; wimtover wo may say of her extreme .fanatical views of all subjects political; wlmtoyor wo may say of her liioucy-loving clmroctor, wo must confess that in making education easy, Boston has poured forth her hoarded treasuresIvlili no miserly hand. Tho means, of education rimy bo consid ered as threo: Public Schools, Public Li braries nml-Public Loclurcs. Tlioso are the Pierian Springs, from which theHuii- blcs drlhkin, without “money and with out prlco,” tho draughts of knowledge. . Tho winter is tlio Lcctqro season.. Thora aro several Halls in tlio city wlicro tiiq mostdlstingulshod lecturers of tlio country nro licard by those who niny deslro to do ' ■^Qi'ihcso half “ • w ■ ~ • *“ *" tended a tlicatra tlioro ono nlght.whon tliat matchless tragedian, Edwin Bootli,^-im personated Ilnmlct,' and every sent in this ynst building was taken fotir days iii ad- vance;*-Tho ijoxt night I'went'there’to' lttal- .j; distinguished lcoturornnd-there wiiro mCout one-half of those samo seats unockuplcdi" The loeturd. I listened to tyns pifdoritho auspices of the Young Menfa Christian Association. In tlioso courses oft" ‘ , The' ; Public Libraries of Boston'aro tnririy. Tho principal .one, is’callccl tlio “Boston .Public Library.” It is situated on BoylstonStrcet, and faces the Common, It Is an olcgnnt throoo-story,building, iriado of granite, and.is flllcd from- “turrot to foundation stono’ > with books, periodicals, in tho .bluffs, Vicksbmgjins cginplotoly recovered from the war.—CUkdiju Trib- Uutujo . 1*1 ■ •» . Tlio AttorneyJAcuornlsIilp. Tho Now Era of yesterday mqrqing coil tains'IJip following spcciftj. dispnicli from Washington: ’ i—^ Washington, Juuo 17- more Sun, per, says “Tlio President wns d'osl tlio South a place in bis Cablnot provide) ha cduUl secure a fitting representative.— Tho nnmo of Mr. Akermnn, who' had been a candidate for United States District Judgo, nnd who is at tho presont time Uul- ted States District • Attornoy for Georgia, via88iiggested.to him, and niter conferring, on Tuesday, with Judgo Underwood, who was a member of the 80th Congress, and other Georgia Itepublicans, ns to tho abili ty nnd character of Mr. Akermnn, tlio President decided .to nominate llim.as At torney General, who, of course, .will ho confirmed, Mr. A. is forty-two years of ago nnd a native of Now lfniiTpslnro, but has resided in Georgia ibr. tho last twenty years.-? IIo is, in politics, a ltndicnl Kopublican, endorsed tho Congressional policy oil re construction, and, it is said, would lmvo been nominated for the United States Sen- ntc by tlio Bullock legislature, in Janua ry last, lmd. 1ft desired it. ” ■ EarlliqunliOn nnd x'olennocs In Japan. SAN Fbanoisco, Juno 15.—Tho stenm- sliipBopnbllc has arrived from HongKong, with advices to liny 13th. Several enrth- 3 uakes hnd occurred in Japan since tlio th. Tho reports ate meagre. Several villages lmvo been destroyed. Most of the volcanoes in tlio island of Nlplion are qui et, but four aro In violent oniption. Tho captain of the bark Bonofaettoss reports having discovered a volcano at sen, two hundred miles from Yokohama. Somo portions of tlio volcano woro scon nbovo tlio sea. From tho dcck of tho ves sel tlio wnter around tko volcano seemed to bo boiling. ' The Clorjry on Charles Dickons. Rev. Dr. Clinpin on Sunday, rendered an enthusiastic oulogium to^tlio moriiory of Charles Dickens,.who ho regarded as doirigtho work of the Bedeemer by put ting to such noble uso tho genius ho re-, cnived front God. -His overy work was characteristic of true charity and faith and morcy rind good of tlio Dlvino being.— ltev.Dr.'BoUows, In his sermon, spoko of Pickens as an example of .Christian zeal, for cqod; and hlB pen wns never used to .express an immoral thought.- curious Fact In Nnturo. playing- to lilssr biit.VB; L ... porcoptiblo till next.mornl'ng, nnd wAs treated ris a intro scratch; hs tlio dog was (lot then .Iliad; nor lias, baup to. tlils time. —.... evinced any signs of livdi-opliobiii. Timo- wliilo tlio knowledge of tho works of -tlio tvoro on, months lmd elapsed, and tho bite great, novolist tended' to elevate the mine ... w and.qrcato.a healthy moral tone,- i IIo never exerted Ids mighty influenco oxcopt i»bif; ‘ nnd when turning a corner, invariably raised liis loft reg., Ho is perfectly yntlonpl on all subjects except nmd dogs, ns lio grqvcly asserted iu tlio presence' of the mayor of Wiirrentou tlmt on coming to town lie lmd'JuBt.seen fourteen hind dogs on tho road, on'wliicli tho.iyortliy mayor,-issued -ii/s mandate to the town sergeant to kill all dogs ruuping nt largo unless wearing a muzzle.—Cul pepper Observer. - The I’rontlers, Tho posts along tlio' Missouri rivor on tho Indian froutior lmvo.hoeu strongly re inforced, and Gqn. Sherman is of tlio opin- ioiv tlmt.po troublo iiecd bo apprehended from thatqriarter. Since our tropps struck thalCansas-Facifie Railroad on tlio Big Sanday rivet, tlio Indians lmvo quioted down considerably. They threaten to do tho whites injury, but no liostilo demon strations arc expected. tho brain to tho'splntd cord is only two to oric. In the reptilo the ratio is two and two nnd a half to one. In tho bird, it is three to ono. In tlio mammalia, it is four to one. Butin man, it is twenty, three to one. No less remarkatiA is tho footnl progress of tho human brain. It first becomes a brain rcsomb ;ing Hint of n flsli; then it grows into tlio form of tlmt of atoplilo; then into that of n bird; then into tlgit of n mammifer- ous quadruped; and finally it assumes tlio form of a humnn brain, “thus comprising in its fecial progress ail opltomo bf geolo- Orlcans, Wnshingtori; and other places wllioh lie visited ns a body sorvnnt,-agd wlm finally became tlio chief overseer and accountant of h)s mastor. Alter 'tho in vestment of Vicksburg, when tlio Davis: os were refugees,Montgomery liadaebnnce to plant three crops of' cotton;. nnd- ho inddo enough' money to pay tlio first in stalment of the purclmseprieo of tha.plan tation, viz: 8300,000; ho lms made seveml , sottlomcnts since, and hois now esteemed U0 '' 8 Put>ei8,. cngiayings, paintings and among the ablest planters in Mississippi, statuifry of all kinds. In ono room alone The Davis plantation is now cut off thcro are moro than two thousand and ono Cpniplptoly«tom tho mainland, tho Missis- hundred sholvcs for books, nnd upon tlioso slielvcs l.ii^Jdaono room there are ono hun- and ci-catcd n ldrgo island,tlicro. '. Tim dred nna twenty-sovou thousand volumes Davises are ns.-well nigh?r5pcd ris nny ofnllkihds'of litoraturo. Every variety of planter’s family in Mississippi;-eVCfetlihm subjoot nnd overy variety of written umr ^ vor ; ter condition than eret liofore. . is tho ll ' r S ca t room in tho building. I Tho city of Jackson, Jim Stattnvtpltal,. think there are nhout two hundred and is now rebuilt In hotter .stylo tlmn former- 'seventy thousand volumes In tho Library. Iy and,, except a,few caves which remain i u ftnothcl . haU t ho noW8l)a pors and pe riodicals,from all parts of the warfd, aro collected. ilookedlnvnlnfortbo“NoaTU- Geoiigia Citizen..” I.think thoy must lmvo forgottcu your paper. Had you not better send them a gen tie reminder of your continued hcnltbftil existence?' All around the walls rimy bo seqnlbo collection of engravings whloh formerly belonged to Cardinal Tosti, of Romo.— Thiq collection consists of more tlmn fivo thousaiid.priuts,anil was presented totho library by Mr. Thos. G. Appleton.— Among theso may bo soon specimens of tho niliid and handiwork of Aquilln, Bar- toll, Michael Angelo, .Ca'novn, Ca'rncei, Baniril; Raphael, Rubons and a host of lessor lights. Those of courso include ov- qry variety, of picture, I rim sorry you can’t sco them. ‘ Nowanycitizou of Boston, sixl of ago or.more, is entitled, ’upon u 1!W tlon, to lmvo his nnmo registered, ni card, allowing him to lmvo books sent to his house; given him, free of oil charge. All that is necessary is that tho person ap plying must sign tho application card, and give tho names of two substantial citizens, who may bo consulted if necessary. If a person calls for a hook, and It is nof iii-tho Library, they will purehoso it and irotjfy him, through tho Post, and he may thou order itsont to his rcsidcnco freo of aii charge to him. IIo may thon keep that hook out two Weeks ftoo of charge. Any ono, whether n member or not, can go there arid consult books freo of charge.— Tills building is open every day iiWjjfOj year except fivo; Fobruary 22d,' Fast Day, July 4th; Thanksgiving Day, arid'Christ- mns. _ The corner stono was laid 17th Sep tember, 1855, and tho building dcdlcntcd January 1st, 1858. This is, ns you will sco, a noble institution, Would tbnt i lmd time and you-tlio space, to .doyoto a pngo on-this ono building rilouo. In tho “Boston Athenteum” there are about four hundred Uf Gon. IVaslilnglori’s old books.! • Tlio Public Sehool8 of Bftston are almost too well known to bo spokcn'cjf. ’ They are unlroreal. They lmvo the finost nnd lar gest buildings for thom; ' Tho ibuildings ape filled with every Imaginable implement for making tlio young idea sprout. Any child; up to a pertain ago, can go to. them and receive books arid education freo of all chnrgo. to, tiinii - ' I hopo. at one day to, sco such vast,en gines for doing good spread i abroad throughout out oWn Southern land; but of TllO lalll'OIIOIIH Mull*. Postmaster General CreswoH lmsnccept- cd the oilers reconlly mado by tlio agents of tlio Ctinnrd nUd Imnnii lines of steam- era to transport tlio malis'from New York to G rent Britain and Ireland for llionmomit or tbs son' postage on tlio malls convoyed Us full compensation for tlio service. Tlio steamers of tlio Cunai d line, leaving Now York on TliuVsdny of each week, wlllcon- vcy tlio mails for tlio United Kingdom, - A®?!,, nnd tlio steamers of tlio Imimti line, loivv- 1 lug Saturday of each week, will convey tlio Irish mail only to Quecnstpwn. Un der tho existing arrangements, tlio mails for'Erifo’pd nro vcgulnrly dlspatclicd from Now York us follows: On Tuesdays, by steamers of tho Hamburg lino, to Ply* mouth, England; Cherbourg, France, and Hamburg, Germany. On Wednesdays, by thostonmora of tlio IVilllnms & Union Hno, to Queenstown nud Liverpool.! On Thursdays, by tho steamers of the Canard line, to Queenstown and Liverpool; and of tins North German Lloyd line, toBreirieii. Ou .Saturdays; by steamers of thu Nortii Germnn.Lloyd lino, to Soutiiamptoii nud Brenion, and of tlio luriiau Hue, carrying the Irish ninll to Queenstown. Tlio fore going arrangements ineludo all the avail able servico ullbrdcd by tlio existing lines of transatlantic steamers. , Dr end fill Otitrnxe ou n Younur Lndy-A JlyntcpIoufit'iiM'., New Yoiik, Juno 11.—A mysterious nnd heartless desertion Is tlie sensation of tlio day in Brooklyn. This' morning a carriage containing two fashionably dress ed men, nnd n.beautiful nnd elegantly at tired young Indy, dashed up to a store oil olio of tlio principal avenues, nnd tlio men, bunding theyonnglady into the store, po litely nsked permission for her to remain theft a fuiv minutes to await their return. Permission was readily granted, but they failed. to como back, and. tho indy was found.to bo ill n semi-conscious condition, evidently from tlio ctl'eet of a powerful narcotic. She lmd apparently given re cent birth to a child.' She is now under medical treatment,, and from tlio ravings of lierdelirium, disconnected sentences are lieuvd which lilnt.at tlip perpetration of a dreadful outrage. No cluo lias yet been obtained by llm police to tlio identity or whereabouts of her inhuman deserters, mid tlio whole nfl'uir remains enveloped iu mystery.. ' . y. Infnllbllltj nud HeliUm. • A Pome correspondent of the New York Ilcrnld, writing on the 4th, nhout the in** cxorablo purposo bf tho Pope, with the aid of a majority of tlio council, to declare himself and his successors infallible, says: Tho moment ho docs so do not bo aston ished If several distinguished bishops of European and American countries hand him thcir.resignations and mitres. Placo as llttlo cOiifideneo as you cliooso Upon tho above, but tlioro are.determined men in Rome, speaking our tongue, who have' spent half a century ill Iho servico of the Church, and who are thoroughly alive to tho requirements of tlio times, mid are bit terly opposed to nny further Italian jug- gliiig. (Vilen Pius IN proclaims liimsmf infallible on the Strength of n majority majority vote, ii8 lie intends to uo, you will hear something tlmt will cnusfl no llttlo excite ment in England, Ireland and tho United States. For the present vcrbrnn scq>.. Plan for the Extinction or tlio Public ' ' Debt. - The Presiderit lin6 received from an in dividual belonging .In C’aUfiaruin a plan tor paying oil' immediately, the public debt, llo prdpoVs a grand instrument al gift exhibition, to' bo held in some ono of tho centrally located cittes; during tin last yAar’s or Grant’s ritunBMbuioiii 1,000,000,000 tickets at S3 caeli.-gold coin to bo i&rial; the sum of-83,000JKH>,000, ' bo distributed os gifts in sums rant from $!99nD to 9500,900,000, the repil tol in tho most central pnrt of tho oou ry. He - assures tlio . President that ... would bo a success; that it would raiso us materially, itf tho eyes of- the ,world, anf foreigners would deem tis Rio most pro grossivb people in tho world; 6pU: .would exclaim, “Great aro tho. people of tin Unitedbtatos of America.” ‘ . things, I start ih a fo(v days for Georgia, whero 1 hopo to. sco you, and give you a frill ac count of mv trip to Sarqtogn, Canada, and all the IVcatcru cities as far os Bt.-Pilul, Minn. Yours, truly, , • ■ J. Elbe. Tho College Commencement. Superintendent Johnson, of thoGoorgln railroad, announces that parties 'desiring to nttend tho cohunonccment exercises of Georgia colleges' will bo paBSod over tlio . _ . .. _ road for one fare going nud freo return gicnl history, ns if man .was in ldmsolf ticket, Covington lends off Juno.18th, n compendium of. rill mil mated nature, aud of kin to cvcry 'crealuro that lives.” Oxfprd July.. 17th, Pcufiold July 10th, Athens July 81st. A Queer Story of “Iturnol” Boil Cloutl. Tho Louisville. Couricr-Journal ls re- spolisiblo fbr tlio following:. “A little boy Six years old, W__ from Washington to bis grandfntluT iu this city, says: ‘Ma took (no to tho Pres ident’s to soo Spotted Tail. I don’t liko Spotted Tail.. llo is a misty, dirty man. In the middle of tho lovco, wliori Gonoral Grant wns talking to him nnd all- tlio In dies were looking nthim, lie iliibrittoncd his'pnntiflaans nnd fnnncd ids stomnch witlrhiB shirt.’ Tlmt was certainly in- delicuto In Spotted Tail.” MIsMlHsapiilNtnto Fair, At a- mooting of the Board, of Direc tors of tlio Mississippi StAto Fair Asso ciation,'hold yesterday,'it Wns ngrcod to hold tho State Fair commencing on Mon day, October lOtli, nml’ ending Saturday October.l8th. A conmilttoohns boon ap pointed to wait on tlio busfpess moil of- tliis city to solicit a loan front «A.0h for tho purposo of meeting tho expenses of issn-. ing tlio premium list, nnd of hAviiig Bnnio work dono nt tho Fall' Grounds.- That committeo-wlil outer tb-morroiv Upon tlio duty assigned them. , IVo will adilRutt. tlio first rnpneys received onncebriiit of the next (H|r will bn used iri payment nftliis loam—i/del-son Clarion. Flncentli Aiiiciitliurnt. Trip .Somerset Messenger, which isoiio oftlie in-t papers iii New.Jcraoy, says: On passing along"tho street tlio Qtlior night, wo overhenrd a Fifreoiith.Amcild- ineiit singing witli frirco enough to burst ids Head, a song, only ono Versb of which wo cim rcnloiiibor, as folldWs: • ' ■ • It IS a'Hla til steal ii pin— • Aerlinotnciit-iitliroiit— Bui a tlurneij smlit lilKnui'-tostop nmsgci l-'roui pulling In Ills vote. Kx-l*reNldenl Johnson. . Wo lenrrifrom n gentleman of Greon’villo tlmt ex-I’rcsidciit Johnson lias had no thought of becoming a enndidato for Con gress, nnd tlmt nil reports ihdicntiUg such nil intention' on his part are witlinuffoim- dalton. . Col. Jim'White is the Conserva tive candidate In tlio First District, qrid Roderick Random Butler tho Radical can didate—both nimouuccd by authority: Athens Post. ■ Getting 1 Dig# nsted. A AVhstitngtdtt'tclogm'iii says tho ap poiutmentof a colored female : clerk.has created a good deal of disgust Among tho white-female clerks. The reason of this disgust is probably stated In the next dis patch, which announces tlmt tho thor* momotcr'ftt-Washington lmlloatcs 80 ’de grees in the shade. A Knotty t|ilc*tloi»—Anecdote or (ivorgo II. l'roiitU’c. Somo one tells this annedoto of tlio late George 1). Prentice, which we do nut re collect to lmvo seen in print. It was iu thedayS'wheu Prentice’s henltli wns fail ing, and ho did little work, though lu* vis ited tlio offlpo as usual. < )nu tiny lie en- # tered and called upon his amanuensis, a man named Breeding, to put his thoughts into manuscript. Seating himself, and mobing liis hand over liis forehead, Pren- .xiuyou ready, Breed mg?” “Yea. sir,” was the reply. “Well,” said Preutiee, '••Grant thinks. Got that down, Breeding?” “Yea, sir.” A pause. Again tlio veteran journalist ejacula ted: “Grant thinks. Got that down, Breed ing?” *‘Ych. sir.” “Well, then, I wish you would tell mo what in h—1 Grant doea think, for I’m sure 1 don’t know.” And tlmt •was the extent of the lalmr Prentice required of his amanuensis ou tlmt day. The Iroii.lilc, This celebrated iron-clad vessel, which, IT not built expressly for tho' purpose of blowing Fort Sumter out of the water, wns expected to do It, and tried and failed, and came near being blown up lievsclf by a torpedo off Sullivan’s Island, lias at last bcou blown up by friends. Since the war she has been laying ill the mud near Len- gus Island, ill the neighborhood of I’liila- dolphia,'niid'wnsbroken to picccson Thurs day last by means of a large torpedo, con taining a charge of five hundred pounds of powder. Tlio powder was Wared ill a largo cask and fixed in a position riniler the keel of the hull; a wire connecting witli’ the torpedo wus connected witli a battery oil board of a bargo near by.— When tlio explosion took placo a large col umn of wnter, estimated atabouQsoventy feet ill diameter,-was thrown to the height of fifty feet, presenting a very lino nppenr- Thc hull was broken in a number of pieces, nml left in tlio condition desired by tlio owner.” A laiinciitnblo Acrlilcul. Robert Boyd, the soil of Col. IV. IV. Boyd, accidentally killed liis cousin, Jessie Owens, last night about i) o’clock. Tlio two young men were about fifteen yenrs of age, and during the dny lmd been play ing witli eacli other. It seems tlmt Jessie hail come to spend the night with ills cou sin, and as tlio family retired, they repair ed to their room with ns bright and happy hearts ns loving cousins could possibly lmvo. Tlio cainllo was blown.-out nnd thoy were about to jump in bed—but alas! in fun Robert picked, from the mantle, a pistol, which lie lmd shot tlio day before, mid which lie knew was unloaded when ho placed it there tlicday before, but which unfortunately hndbecn loaded in the mean time by- liis little brother, and saying, “Jessie I’m golng'to siioot you,” leveled tlio fatal instrument, drew the trigger, and ids cousin’s brains were spattered up on tho wall. Medical aid availed nothing, and Jessiu drew liialast breath in au liour afterwards—Aitunla Jntdli‘jcnecx.' Ouiritacil. A well-known’lady applied to the Agent of the Great..Henderson Co., Ky., l’rizo Scheme, a day or two since, for live tick ets in tlio Scheme, nnd lie was compelled to inform hcii that the culls upon him lmd been so urgent during tlm last few days, tlmt lie could not gratify licr'wislu-s until lie could send'to headquarters to obtain a fresh lot: This seeniud to excite licr ire, nml she went off-in a high dudgeon, ox- claiming tlmt she would not submit to have her feelings so outraged. She inunc- ' - sat down and enclosed her order lio tiionoy, to Mr. Alexander, tlio it, at Louisville, and cxpccts'.tndlWW capital. prize. (Vo understand, that 'gents will bo supplied with, ttolcots as oug as they last. Tlio DnUlo or ilie NkiuikN. Tlio-Nuw Orleans Picayune says: It !s a bail thing for tlio Georgians to nvc sueli a man ns Bullock to rule them, but wo fear it will not prove any; bettter for them to have Halil Bard as their cham pion to overthrow lilm. If tlio Georgians could only manage to lmYO tlio two ngreo to scttlo tlio matter by wager of battle in their own persons, they might hope to get rid of both. On with tlio fight, say we. "Wo’Ubc odds and give cliolcci . j A CorcinoucoU. Judgo. Judge K-—, of North 'Carolina, is a great stickler fot forms. Ono day a sol dier who lmd been battered considerably in tlio wnr Was brought 111 as a witness.— Tlio Judge told him to hold up ids right hand.' !'- >w“-“!wy:’■? • *,'■ ' ;,r * “Can’t do it sir,” said tho man. “Why riot?” q • “Got shot intho arm, sir.” “Thouhold up yoilf left.” ^ The matt said ho laid got' shot in tlmt “Thon,” said tho Judgo sternly, "you must hold up your leg. No man can l>o. 6 worn, sir, in tins court by law unless lio oldsupsomctliing,” • A ftlllirilln* Case of In.unity. Tlio story is, that a young lady out West, whoso lover had fiillcn into intem perate habits, finding her appeals to him Vain, Was struck With a sildifen and severe attnek of spnslilodio insanity, and mill ing horsolf'with a revolver, ect to work slio.rfting liquor- dealers who sold benzine ti) Her betrothed.. She disposed of one When her swaBB either overcome witli admiration or through tlio fear of losing all liis best frionds, married out’ofliand. This is a new phase of woman’s rights hud spasmodic liberation, combined’ iu 4 most unpfeosant manner.— lio. Cull 011 tlio High! Man. The pfesa all over the country] is howl* Ihg after Grant’s cabinet ministers tol'c- eigh ancMct “live mouV take their places. Why don't thoy call on Grant to resign? Hois tlie mail, above all others, who now stands in tlio way of.‘.tho. pernio, dignity mid peosperity of tlio country. We lmvo no great opinion of "Siiiller” Colihx, but that lio Wotlld do better and give us a more respectable government tlmn Grant, 110 titan iu ills senses cmi doubt. A Wiirniiin. Ypungmen,inclined to,'excesses,will find IVwarning in tlicjiistory oi Theodore Clay, soil of tlio “Great Harry” of Kentucky.-r- Ho wub very wild in liis youth, but gave great promise iri Iho opening of his career ns a lawyer.-In a short timo, however, .the efikot of youthftil excesses began to toll on liis mind, rind lio was soon an in mate of a Lunatlo Asylum, where lio died recently aftera residence of twenty-eight years. During tbo last few years of liis life, Mr, Clay was a drivelling idiot, llo tlmt soil's tlio wind, will lean Hie whirl wind.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, June 30, 1870, Image 1