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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 Fertilizer at Reduced Pi ices i THE EXCELLENZA FERTILIZER, \\ ifjCH has been extensively used for ft number of years nnd never failed to git# entire satisfaction, is now offered at reduced prices Cash and Time. 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