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PEN AN!) SCISSORS.
—Tho Oconee river is bulging.
-—The Slate Road is in running
order again.
—Savannah boasts of selling 20,000
shad a week.
—Texas proposes to oautc a county
after Gen. Gordon.
—Senator Gordon will canvass the
Stato of New Hampshire.
--Colorado was admitted Ah a State
into the Union on the 3d inst.
——Tho Savannah News says the total
rainfall of last week was 23 inches.
—The Carterville Sentioe 1 has been
revived by Me-srs Sanford & Heath.
—The Savannah News says Thomson
wants some sort of apparatus to put out
fires.
—Thomasville, Ga., will hold her
Annual Horticultural Fair on the first
of May.
—Atlanta commences the erection of
s United States Custom House in a
few days.
—Six feet eight inches and a half, is
what a Chattanooga man measures. He
is long for (his world.
—An Ohio Grand Jury has indicted
church lair ruffles as violations of the
statutes against, gambling.
—A cheese, weighing fourteen tons,
will be one of the contributions from
Ohio to the Philadelphia Centennial.
—Tho body is the shell of the soul,
and the dress is the husk of the hodv ;
but the husk often tells w hat the kerne!
is.
—An interesting revival of religion
is in progress in the Baptist church at
J’ruiiswick Rev. \V\ D. Atkin on
pastor.
—Two Republican members of the
N. C. Legislature left the party in con
sequence of the passage of the Civil
Rights Bill.
A Harrisburg man snd his wife
lived two weeks on nothing but bread
and whisky. She ate the bread and he
drank the whisky.
—lt is stated that there has been
distributed to the destitute poor of
New York, by voluntary contributions,
this winter, over ?11,000.
—A young lady in Griffin, Ga., rejec
ted the suit of a young man possessing
a fortune of $50,000, because he was
■a Faro dealer. She’ll do to copper on !
—By the expulsion of the Sisters of
Charity from Mox'co forty-three ehnr
, sent out of the country
—Tho disease known as “black
death” is playing havoc with the pop
ulation of ReKalb county, in Tentics
,sec. It is a bjlious dysiutery ol a fatal
type.
—lt is said that Andy Johnson is
fhe only ex-Presidcnt who has ever
been elected to tho Senate of the Uui
ite<3 States, and is the only ex President
now living.
—Greentsboro’ young ladies will bo
•pleased to learn that an English sta
tistician has just figured out that a
woman at 22 years of age ha3 eighty
five chances of marrying.
--The universal and confident opin
ion among Democrats and the ablest
lawyers in Washington, is, that the
Supreme Court will declare the Civil
Rights Bill unconstitutional.
—Congress his restored the frank
ing privilege, .a* to Congressional Re
cord and olhor public documents, up to
next Ueccnrbor and permanently ns to
seeds and agricultural reports
—The address to the tSouthe-n peo
ple recently issued and signed by the
Southern and Southwestern Demo
icratic members of Googress, was drawn
up by Senator Gordon, of Georgia.
—1 ho deep interest Henry Ward
IBeecber takes in young men has often
heen the subject of remark ; but the
interest be is said to have taken in a
young woman is the all-absorbing topic
Saida Missouri preacher: ‘‘Thar's
a powerful sight of giggling back thar
in the corner, and its got to be stopp, and
•or the Lord will delegate me to open
the door and throw so lie oue out.’’ It
was stopped.
A second examination of Treasury
matters in Atlanta by the joint com
mittee appointed by the Legislature
for that purpose, r suited much more
favorably to Treasurer JoDes than the
former report.
A colored congregation in Dayton,
Ohio, decided to forgive their clergy
man for betting on three ca-d monte
and losing ninety dollars of festival
money. One of the deacons remarked:
'‘Weis all human, and de game is
werry enticing.”
The Louisiana question was finally
•ettled by the United States Congress
iOD Monday, by tbe passage of the
House resolution condemning the Re
turning Board and authorizing steps to
neat the lawfully entitled members of
the Legislature. And, secondly, re
•cognizing Kellogg as Governor until
the cod of his term.
(The Ijcwld.
J. It. I’AICIi, - - - Proprietor
IV. 11. WRiVKR. - - Killtor.
THURSDAY MARCH 11, 1875.
leclensie of Moiitfirrn Trmle
The great emporiums of thG
North and East will feel the de
clension of Southern trade more
sensibly this spring than ever here
tofore. Comparatively few South
ern merchants will replenish their
stocks of merchandise, and those
who make their semi-annual piL
grimage to the markets of the
North will lie very cautious in their
purchases. The impoverished con
dition ol the South, and the politi
cal status of the country, which
cast an impenetrable veil of uncer
tainty around the future, admonish
them of coming evils, and will be
get extreme prudence. The cry of
dull times comes up from all over
land. The present abnormal con
dition of this country can be attrib
uted to but one causer Nor does
it require the powers of analy
sis of a philosopher to determine
that cause Too much politics has
ruined the country. Emerging
from a war without a parallel in
ancient or modern history, despoil
ed of her property . the South ac
cepted die situation and went to
work in good earnest to build up
her waste places. Hut the North,
unrelenting and insatiate, intent
upon reducing her to the last ex
tremity, though an unscrupulous
political party has been imposing
exactions and sowing tho seeds of
ruin all over her fair sunny land.
These seeds have not been dormant,
they have germinated—grown
matured fruits. But, alas ! how
bitter the fruits must be to the
North. Already manufactures arc
idle, tmde is prostrate, tho mighty
wheels of commerce are clogged,
and the material interest of the
country paralysed. And all this
comes from tgio much poliiics, too
little statesmanship.
The varied interests of tho differ
ent sections of this broad country
are so intimately blended that t[p>.Y
er affects one portion or n single
member o the body politic has eith
er a direct or reflex influence upon
all the other parts; just as, in the
physical body, no one member can
be injured- without damage accru
ing to the entire organism. Nor
does the analogy stop here. Each
member in tho one, as well as the
other, has its peculiar and appro
priate functions to perform in order
to constitute a hoalthv, well devel
oped and vigorous body. It is un
reasonable to suppose that the
North can continue to grow rich,
or the West prosper while the South
is dosed with the political nostrums
of quack statesmen.
A*|>iriils for thr Presidency.
Tho correspondent of the New
York Sun, says : The three most
prominent aspirants in Congress for
the Presidency, Morton, Conkling,
and Blaine, are bitter, uncompro
mising enemies. Mr. Morton be
lieves .that Southern tebels are,
generally speaking, unsubdued,and
while he admits that there is much
of which they can justly complain,
still he thinks they are primarily
to blame. lie is such a thorough
going partisan that he cannot sym
pathize with Southern Democrats
who are piundtred and oppressed
by Republican thieves, when they
could escape this calamity by be
coming Republicans themselves.—
He has no particular love for Grant,
and really distrusts his ambition,
buthe believes tho Republican party
will nominate a statesman like him
self in 1876. Conkling is the White
House favorite, and, if Grant is not
strong enough to renominate him
self, will have all the officeholders’
influence thrown in his favor. He
believes in strong government, and
can see no threatening danger to
the liberties of the people in sus
pending the writ of habeas corpus
in seven or eight Southern States
to carry them for the Republican
candidate for the Presidency in
1876 —an honor he confidently
hopes will be accorded to him.
Mr. Blaine is a thorough-going
politician, and one of the brightest
this country has ever produced.—
He is, of course insincere, as often
politicians are, hut he has one fa
j culty which neither of his rivals
| are blessed with. There is no man
living who discerns quicker and
more unerringly than he does the
signs of popular discontent. He
has a lively appreciation of the
powers of the press—an evidence
of common sense which Mr. Mor
ton and Mr. Conkling have never
exhibited, Iwo years ago I spoke
jocosely of his being the next Pre
sident. He said : “Ah, my friend,
that js counting the chickens too
far ahead. Before that time arrives
the hen that is to lay the eggs may
be dead.”
“Do you mean to liken the Re
publican party to a hen ?” retort
ed your coi respondent.
“Two years is a long time in this
age of railroads and telegraphs and
enterprising newspapers. Anoth
er Credit Mobilier might explode.
That would be fatal. Public opin
ion is the air politicians breathe.
Poison it and we die. The news
papers make it pure or impure, just
as it happens to affect you.”
Blaine don't believe in the howl
about Southern outrages. It is a
cheap kind of clap-trap, that does
not affect the popular mind, absorb
ed with the more important problem
of restoring to a normal condition
the disturbed business interests of
the country.
There is one important quality
which Mr. Blaine lacks—courage.
This is not a natural defect, nor is
it “conscience” either. .It is rath
er ambition. He stilPhas a linger
ing hope that the Republican party
can be saved from Grant. lie be
lieves that the old party has still
a strong hold on the affections of
the Northern people, and that it
might, if l-elieved of the dead
weight of imbecility and roguerv
which it has to carry with Grant
and carpet baggery, survivo Cred
it Mobilier’and the salary grab,the
Sambern frauds, the Memphis-El
Paso, the Pacific Mail, and all the
rest of that multitude of sins which
are included in the comprehensive
term, “Butleristn.”
But the trouble with the Repub
lican party is a want of brave fiam
of organized roguery to run it.—
The grand opportunity was afford
ed Mr. Blaine to redeem his party
from this thraldom, and make him
self a really formidable candidate
for President in IS7G. He hesita
ted, and all was lost for him.
Civil EClgTrfv, ISiil a Head Let
ter Li Atlanta.
A few foolish‘negroes in Atlanta at
tempted to avail themselves of the
benefits (?) conferred by the Civil
Rights Biil. Ihe result, as it always
must be, was disastrous to “ Cuffee.”
We copy the following account from
the Atlanta Herald:
Early in the morning, a negro man
stepped into Phillips & Crew’s store,
and demanded a reserve seat for the
“Jack & Jill Paiitouiiiu). ” Mr Trim
ble informed him that there were no
tickets for sale there. He retired in
good order, but evidently determined
to go to the theatre at night.
Mr. PeGive was very much worried
at the crisis, and did not know what
course to pursue. The managers of
the .lack k Jill Troupe, getting their
eue from tho custom of the New Or
leans Theatre, had tickets printed with
the following “agreement” printed on
the back of them :
“ The purchaser of this ticket here
by agrees that the manager of this
troupe shall, at his option, refuse ad
mission to the hearer, upon the repay
ment to the holder of the price paid for
the same.”
It is said that a prominent lawyer
hod decided that the “contract” was
not binding; that it was not worth the
paper it was printed on. It was further
rumored that Chief Anderson bad
issued orders to his men to arrest any
colored man who attempted to enter
ihe parquette. Capt. Anderson denied
the rumor, stating t|iat he had no right
to issue such an order, but that if the
door-keeper cr ushers made tbe least
of resistance to the colored man’s en
trance. the policemen would speedily
remove the IJsmite.
This being the state of things at
dusk, a lively time was expected at the
opening. It was known that some ne
groes were going to attempt to get into
the parquette, and it was none the less
certain that a crowd of young men
wer~ determined that “such things
should not be.” It was even said that
a detachment of brawny meu from the
rolling mill were crowding in to see
the fun.
At an early hour a large crowd was
collected around the doors It was not
btly the crowd that usually throngs
theatre, there being a decided pre
| lerunce of masculinity, and an un
q] sprinkling of “ tho boys.”
lie show opened quietly, no negroes
qng attempted to get in at the lower
<l. Tho gallery, however, is divided
ia white section and a colored sec
ti) When the show was about half
pinned, a negro man and a negro
wm entered the white quarter and
tr their seats. Immediately a (re
in ous uproar arose, and cries of
“ t them out!’’ rang over the house.
In| jiffy the unlucky couple were
hqdsd cut, not knowing how they got
ouj
[young mulatto, about twenty-five
yet of age, and wearing a very fa
mir face, entered and took his seat.
Thjrar- wboop was raised again, an i
thekowd closing around him spun
hitAut and spit him down the steps.
Injjew moments, quiet having been
reted, be returned and took his seat
agh. 'J’he cries of “ Put him out”
in gallant style, and such an
uAir DeGive’s never hoard before.
Tl plav was stopper], aud the crowd
clqd on the brash negro ag in It
wa| crisis. The mulatto wa* knocked
sqdvly down by a young man of th>
citj As lie staggered to his tect lo
wa knocked sprawling again. Then
thdrowd took him on their shoulders
anejin a twinkling he was whirled to
tbeUillery steps and pitched down
then. He fell to the first flo r in a
bunir-; then picked himself up, stun
ned iiid bleeding, and staggered down
the la) steps into the night air.
—'he New York Tribune says,
“Th reception, which has
been lecorded Gordon and Lamar,
in Nci' Hampshire, is a startling
reveldion of progressive sentiment.
Thosqgentlemcn are doing yeoman
serviq, and are attracting the at-*
tentioiof thinking men in that sec
tion.”]
—|Mrs, George Nl. Dudley,
daughter of the Hon. William H
Crawford, one of Georgia’s most
distinguished men, departed this
life iiiAmericua, on Thursday last,
aged 10 years. She, with her hus
band, jnoved to Amoricus in 1833,
and was a consistent and worthy
the Presbyterian church
of Amkricus for many years.
“The Republican party is about to
re'ire from the Government, leav
ing the country in a condition like
that of an tstate which has run
down under a long lsase to a bad
tenant. The projects of Southern
reconstruction and renewed taxa
tion which divide its attention in
the last hours of its supremacy are
incontestable proofs of its unfitness
to govern the country.” Its poli
cy has been not to govern tho coun
try, but to plunder the people. In
that it has been what Arteraus
Ward would have called an erm.-
nent success.
—Says an exchange: “There is a
New York clergyman who has been
preachiog upon the Southern question
in Boston, and who says he agrees with
Sheridan’s declaration during the war
that, ‘if’he owned hell and Texas, he
would lease Texas and live in the other
place.’ As he doesn’t own Texas, he
can’t lease; but we don’t see why he
should be prevented upon that account
from ‘ living in the oilier place.’ ” No
body is going to prevent him. Aud he
had better hurry along, too, or that
New York clergyman, from his velocity
hellwards, will get ahead of him.
—The Gnffiti News says a planter
of Meriwether county a few days since
sold seven bales of cotton in that city, a
portion of which he had been holding
for twelve months. He has long since
found out that, in these days of univer
sal suffrage slinging and'civil rights, it
is useless to attempt to raise “porkers,”
and each winter he buys droves of lug
which he drives home and sells them
out for sufficient profit to make his own
meat clear. It is such planters as this
oue who get rieh and never want laws
by which they can get credit.
— ♦
—From a balloon which had risen
some eight hundred feet over a Western
city the aeronauts let a cat drop to the
earth beneath. She struck paws down
and when a small boy was asked if she
was dead the fellow answered, “ No. it
only shook up her fiddle strings a
little.
The Legislature appropriated 815,000
—55,000 per annum for three years—
to the State Agricultural College at
Athens.
—lt’s a sad house wfiere the hen
crows louder than the cock.
—Orange seed, at Palatka, Florida,
are selling at $6 per quart.
Marriage Superstitions.
■ All nations have added their
quantum of superstition to the in
stitution of marriage, dliat this
particular event in man’s life should
be thus favored above the rest, may
be accounted for by its immense
importance, anil by the fact that all
the other events in the life of man
are more or less-connected with it.
In the middle ages, it was firmly
believed' in England, that there
were lucky and unlucky days for a
wedding. Lie who married on a
Wednesday run the risk of being
deceived by his wife; while he
who married on a Friday would be
certain to die a poor man. A jour
nal in Paris actually published the
dates of these unlucky days, which
were forty-two in number. Many
old country folks will to this day
tell you that when the two betroth
ed give each other the hand before
the altar, the one whose hand is
the coldest will die first, especially
if that same one should he the first
to fall asleep on the bridal night
Another curious belief is that
which we have often heaid express
ed at an English wedding—“Ah !
the bride shall weep, for the rain
doth fall,” In the Vosges it is
stPl believed that when two mar"
riages take place on the same day,
and in the same Church, the bride
who first steps out of the Church
porch will have a boy for her first
horn child. So strongly does that
belief exist, that it gives rise to
terrible quarrels, and even fights,
the friends of the respective parties
doing all in tlveir power to aid their
own bride to leave the Church first,
to tho detriment of the other. On-
ly a few years ago a mayor of a
certain village in the Vosges had
the following luminous idea, and
thus prevented a most serious riot
on the occasion of a double mar
riage : He offered bis two hands to
the rival brides, and thus triuun
phantlv led them both out of the
Church door at the same moment.
If, while going to the Church, the
bridal party should meet a funeral,
it is supposed that, according to the
sex of the dead, either j!he bride or
Should two persons <\f the same
family intermarry witty two morns
hers of another family*, one of the
four is certain to die within the
year. In Brittany, if tho contract
ing parties would not. have their
children born mutes they mu-r
fast during the ceremony, while in
the Province of Aragon a couple
become man and wife by simply
drinking together from the same
glass. In another province the
newly wedded pair must he struck
smartly between the shoulders to
preserve them from tire Evil Eye ;
or again, with the same idea, some
ornament of their dress is stolen
•Wft
from them the mornont after the
nuptial blessing has been given -r-
Another manner of securing the
happiness of the bride was to cause
her to pass over naked swords ar
ranged in the form of a cross, and
called the cross of Saint Andrew,
hi the Province of Aragon, in or
der to ensure a large family, the
bride, on entering her house for the
first time, was bound either to break
an egg by kicking it, or to have
some wheat thrown over her. These
are hut a few of the superstitious
still believed in some parts of Eu
rope.—[Ex.
—The Beecher trial has cost the
city of Brooklyn thus far 86.7G8, and
is daily adding about 8200 more to that
amount.
FAlfi jm LEGAL WAMIM 1
persons are warned not to hunt,
fish, pass through, or otherwise trespass
on the land known ns the Terrell property.
Any one disregarding this notice may ex
pect the full penally of the law without
partiality, favor, or affection.
CRAS. A. DAVIS.
March 11, 1875. 4w
Notice!
XT
I_\ OTICE is hereby given that HENRY
SIMMS and HIS WIFE, who are under
contract with me for the year 1875, have
left my farm against my wishes. All per
sons are warned not to employ them under
penalty of the law.
JOHN D. ANDREWS.
March 11, 1876.—3 t
Notice
Is hereby given, that James Alfriend
(colored) and his wife, Delphy, who are un
der contract with mefor tbeyear 1875,have
left my farm without my consent and against
my wishes. All persons are warned not to
hire them undar penalty of the law.
L. M. KIMBROUGH
March 11. 1875—tm
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