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COLUMBUS HEARD. - - - PROP R,
J. H. LEWIS, EDITOR.
THURSDAY,
n iIM IB 28, *B7B.
jr3"Onr Atlanta letter, this
week, reminds us that the State
press has had a good deal to say
on the Capitol question, and that
the almost universal opinion is,
that the whole State should con
tribute towards building U 9 a Cap
itol building. Well, this seems
nothing but fair in one light, but
let us turn it round. How many
people of tho State voted for An
lanta as the Capital on purely eco
nomical grounds —with the distinct
understanding thit she would re
lieve the tax-burdened people of
this one load ? The town of Mil*
Ldgcvillo didn't tnakc any such
proposition, and honce didn't get
the requisite number of votes to
carry the Capitol back to its old
home.
Atlanta may have made a bad.
trade (we thought so at the time)
—but however.
——• mm*
jfeyAVe notice from the dis
patches that tho storm last Sunday
was attended with serious loss to
life and property on the sea. The
“Eurydice”, an English naval
training vessel, capsized off the
coast cf Wales, and every person
on board (about 300 in all) was
drowned, except two, who were
picked up by a neighboring schoo
ner,
A vessel was also discovered
bottom-up off the coast of San Fra
ncisco, and none of its crew have
been heard of since.
does seem to be a very
difficult matter for Russia to come
to satisfactory terms of peace with
the other nations of Europe
About a month ago everybody
thought the matter was settled;
peace” was published in big let
ters at thet head of the war columns
in the newspapers, and everybody
. -p-. vyrT.r TT. TT. nIOOTt ttJ M’TgCX
all about war. But the matter
doesn't seem to be settled, by any
means. England i still quietly
preparing for war. which seems
now to he almost inevitable. If
the war must come, it is lo be hop
ed that it will hurry up, and not
keep the world in suspense any
longer,
CAPITAL MOTES.
[Special correspondence of tlie Ilr.uAt.n-]
Tin* Xctv I’upftol Tlie* Fall
Klrrlions and Wlmt Tli*>
Will Show.
Atlanta, Wednesday, March, 27.
Tlie press of the state has renewed the
ghost of the old Capitol question. We
had enough of it last summer and felt
n sweet satisfaction when the sensation
closed in (he decisive result of tbs bal
lot box. Norv here comes the old ques
tion in a modified shape, but strong
enough to bring back all the memories
otUliat hitter fight last summer in
which there was so much had and so
little good. Now we are to be bored
by an endless discussion as to whether
.r not Atlanta is legally, morally or
politically bound to build a State Oapi
ol as site plainly promised to do if the
neople should choose to locate the seat
>f government here. The general run
if opinion seeuis to favor tRe release of
Atlanta from this glowing promise.—
\nd such would seem to be the proper
•nurse. There is uo sense or reason in
no proposition that the people of one
•ity should build the Capitol fora whole
-j a te. It is not sensible or proper that
birty-five thousand people should bear
i burden which ‘ili benefit a million
md more. Atlanta is peculiarly sit
lated in this discussion. She must
naintnin a silence through it all if she
icts with sense and modesty. There
g a solemn promise on the part of the
tity to build a Capitol and unless the
aeople give some authoritative expres
sion that they refuse to accept any such
inflation from the people of Atlanta
md wish the State to guild its Capitol,
jnless this decided assurance comes
* Atlanta has but on" plain duty to per
form, and that is % go to work and
uild the house which is now so much
aseded The question as to who is to do
this work should be soon determined,
for the State is in sore need of a re
speotahle Capitol. Atlanta will not be
able to erect aueh a building as we
want for ten years to gome, therefore
it would be well for the Stale to relievo
(be city of her promise at once and
build its own Capitol. The present
apology is daily becoming more and
more dilapidated and dingy and unfit
for tho purposes for which it must be
used The dignity of the State de
mands anew and better Capitol and it
might as well be built at once. A false
and stingy economy is bad ir. private
affairs but. it is miserable and almost
criminal in public affairs. The old
cry of hard times has played out. There
is no sense in it and talking in this
strain does not help possessions or
prospects. The idea that tho State is
not able to build a decent Capitol is
preposterous and insults the intelligence
of our people. When the Legislature
meets next fall the very first thing it
does should be to consider the most
economical plan of building such a
Capitol as will be an honor to the State-
Meanwhile the talk in the newspaper*
clearly shows that the people do not
really expect Atlanta to build the Capi
tol. They are perfectly willing to res
lieve the city of any obligation incurred
by the famous campaign promise. Be
yond the discussion on this question
there seems to be nothing of much im*>
portance in ihe political circles of the
Stole. We are merging into the dull
ness of summer which is to be broken on
ly by* the Congressional elections which
will give liveliness enough for a time.
There will be developments in that race
which will be deeply interesting and
which will be indicative perhaps of
some gieat changes in our politics.—
The people I think are tired of being
ruled by politicians and this will begin
to appear in the fall elections.
A JACKS.
Our Washington Letter.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Washington, D.C., March 25, 1878.
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Our modern prophets soon find that
their “prophetic souls” are a “delusion
and a snare. Their predictions con
cerning matters of “fec-nance,” as Mr
Kelley says, and upon various and oth
er matters, only hold the word of prom
ise. the ear to break it to the hope. —
Yet such is life. When the silver bill
was under discussion, one of the ar. u
.■•ui, inO i*
ver dollar was not even as good as the
greenback Secretary Sherman—other
wise John Shertnan—said that a green,
hack dollar was worth 98 cents in gold,
whereas 412 J grains of silver would
only command 92 or 98 cents. Taking
him at his word the people of the coun
try naturally imagined that the pass
age of the bill and consequent coinage
of the dollars would cause John to sell
them or exchange them at par, at least,
as fast as they were turned out of the
mints. Upon this basis, that the green
back dollar was worth five ceDts more
than the silver dollar, it was supposed
that the Secretary could sell four mil
lions of si'ver every month for four
millions of greenbacks, a / a net profit
to the Government of two hundred
thousand dollars. This would have
increased the revenues two millions
four hundred thousand dollars per year,
which in these hard times is a right
cheerful addition to one’s income. But
John didu’t do it. Now that the silver
dollar is coined and on the market, he
demands gold at par in exchange, or
101 cents in greenbacks. In his in
terview with the Senate Finance Com
mittee, on Wednesday, he said that he
had been mistaken —th.it he now be
lieved the silver legislation was a good
thing. The effect of it has certainly
been to re uee the premium on gold
and bring the yellow coin into circula
tion. One Washington merchant took
sixty dollars in gold over his counters
a day or two since t n payment for
goods.
Congress is quiet and dull. The
Senate has recently been discussing
Pacific Railways, and the House is de
voting itself mostly to committee work
For two weeks there has been nothing
lively or spicy, and nothing specially
important.
Dr. Mary Walker is always getting
into the papers, and her latest effort at
notoriety has proved about as success
ful as could be expected from one al
ready notorious. The newspapers here
made no end of fun about her applica
tion to be appointed on the police force.
A reporter interviewed her on the sub
ject, and she unbosomed herself—that
is to say. relieved her mind quite free
ly. She says that herself and her
friend, Mrs. Pierson, another panta
loons wearer, in other words “dress re
• former,' go about the city a good deal
1 together, and are annoyed on all hands
by the naughty boys who follow them
shouting,‘There goes Dr. Mary and
her Dad.’ Pull down your vest etc ,
and otherwise making life a burden to
them. She tliUks if she were made a
policeman it would be fun to go for
these unruly boys and hook them up
with the crooked end of her cane. She
says t
“I want to be a peeler,
And 'gainst the hydrant stand,
A star upon ray bosom,
A cl ill) within my hand.
If urchins mock my clothing,
, I need not cry “Police P’
But fakethem up for breaches,
For breaches of Ihe peace.”
Tn a former letter I mentioned the
engagement of Senator Don Cameron to
Miss Sherman,niece of Secretary Slier
man, and I have since noticed a good
deal of erroneous gosip on the subject
going the rounds. One writer speaks
of the “youthfulness and bashfulness”
of the “son of his father,” while other
glaring m sstatements of facts give a
rather too romantic coloring to the af
fair Instead of being a“bashfu! youth,”
Don is a widower, fifty years of age,
already possessing a promising family
of children. Miss Sherman*is a young
lady just out of her teens. She is not
rich—Don Uauieron is worth millions.
This slightly abreviates the romance of
the thing. Did anybody ever hear of a
rich young girl marrying a pofir old
man with a house full of children '(—
The society gossips say further, (hat,
with the exception of Miss Sherman’s
engagement, tlie season has not been
productive of a single matrimonial allh
aneo. Of course no one knows what
seed may have been sown, nor what
the future may develop; but it seems
strango to Grundy, for such a largo num
ber of handsome young ladies to have
been thrown so constantly in the so
ciety of eligible young men without
kindling the divine spark.
In the Supreme Court room, Mrs.
Fassett is daily working on her paint
ing of the electoral commission, and
will remain there until the 25’.h io
staut, when the court convenes. The
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picture gives evidence of great merit,
and this illustration in oil of a historic
event in the Presidential annals of the
country,- by the preservation of the
likenesses in group of some of the priu
eipal actors and a few leading corres
pondents of the press, will be valuable.
This portrait will be a landmark io the
history of the nation that will never be
erased. It memorizes a most remark
able crisis in our national life, and will
perpetuate bath by reasou of its in
trinsic value as a ohapter of history
and its extrinsic worth as an art pro
duction, the incident it represents, and
the. namo of ( ’ ■ —‘
time. lel there are a great many peo
pic scattered about over the country
who never think of this same electoral
commission without reflecting how easi
ly the eight spot takes the seven. —
Probably few’ will ever lock upon the
picture in question without occurrence
of this thought.
Mr. A. 0. Buell, the brilliant young
journalist, has just married a daughter
of door-keeper Polk Buell acquired
natioual notoriety a few years ago by
his caustic criticisms upon Zach Chand
ler. The cruel accusation that Zach
ariah sat down on a baby in a street
car, originated in the Capital, to which
A. C. B. is a contributor. The boys
all extend their congratulations to
Buell, and a local journal expresses the
hope that Chandler may uot be a visitor
in his domestic circle—unless he sits
down carefully. PHONO.
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mjvs; nuns,
Spark-, of the Eatouton C/iqp-
J.rcif- Itemiser , has been initiated into
a base ball club.
—“A man in Ilawkinsville the other
day sucked twenty-six raw eggs at one
bait.” There’s a dog in Greene county
that can suck thirty.
-—A Harris county man is the father
of eight red-headed children. Nice
gang of little wood-pcckcrs- —[Old
Capital.
■ —“Carlersville has only eleven bar
rooms and thirteen lawyers.” Two un
fortunate lawyers without a bar-room.
—Mrs. Flynn of San Francisco had
triplets, and her proud husband, as a
guide to the many visitors, chalked
over his door, “This is whare the trip
lets is.”
—Sixty horses are iu training for
the Mobile races, which take place on
April 10, 11, and 12.
—There is an area of forty acres in
North Carolina that has yielded over
61,000,000 in gold since the war.
South Carolina now has 5,900
spindles ar.d 1.400 looms in operation,
divided among ten pr"sperous factories.
—Several persons have died sudden
ly of disease contracted while unload
ing a curgo of rags from Egypt at a
paper mill at New Haven.
—The glanders have made their ap
pearance n Cobb county, among the
mules and horses. Three have been
shot to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
—Aut 15,000 people, it is report
ed, wifcssed the execution of tho no
torioufeus Johnson, at Rome, on the
lfilh it.
ls stated that a full-blooded ne
gro w's the palm leaf on the lapel of
his co as the most eloquent orator in
the \ £inia Senate.
—. little girl of Conshohocken
Conn fas playing with a cat, one day
recen! , wheD she was slightly scratch
ed ly le animal. Her brother was ill
with f rlet fever and she took the dis
ease. nstead of the eruption coming
out n; iraily, it seemed to sett •: in the
triflin wound which the eat had indict
ed. Gigreen set in, and the little on-,
suffer greatly, and was finally reliev
ed by eath.
serous fire occom v
Philo elphia on Monday last, re*
sultii in a loss to the city of
abouS 1,000,000.
—, 1 lowa clergyman is said to have
given 75 and “four formal, earnest
praye " for a horse. The prayers
were r the welfare of the man from
whom he horse was bought.
—\\ II Lister, a young man in Cedar
count Neb., was a while ago “living
in eiu ” engaged to half a dozen
youngiauies, and would have been yet
if the; hadn't begun inviting each oth
er to I bridesmaids. That broke up
Lister and the young ladies went in a
body id set fire to his homestead,
burr.iig everything. Business!
—1 ie poet asks who can tell the
value if a smile. \Vc should say that
probaljy the bartender could.
—4 medical association of Washing
ton city has expelled a doctor because
he advertised to euro Bright’s disease
of thejkidneys in four weeks.
—An Eastern editor says a man
in New York got himself in trouble
by marrying two wives. A North
ern editor replies by saying he
knew- a number of men who had
got into trouble by marrying one.
A Southern editor retorts by say
ing he knows of some who got in
to trouble by merely promising to
marry without going any further.
A Western editor closes up the list
by saying that a friend of his got
into trouble enough by being found
with another man’s wife,
-■-Good clothes make more difference
with the world’s opinion than a good
many neople are willing to admit- How
look climbing the heights of fame with
a patch on his pantaloons?
While reading a few chapters in
Not.li Webster’s entertaining novel, wo
learned that when they embalm a mau
they fill him up with aromatic spices.
Now we know why a man chews cloves
—he's embalming himself.
Since the war, Georgia has sent out
of the State $1,252,000 for the educa
tion of her children. - Thi- fact is an
argument in favor of the establishment
of a College of the highest ••. ss within
the State.
The Russians and Turks together
have buried 300,000 men.
Moody is particularly str< ■ nous i’
his advice to young converts] nut t
marry unbelievers. lie thinks the
time will soon come when ministers will
refuse to perform the ceremonies in
such cases.
Ex-Governor Jo Brown is said to be
worth one million and a half'of dollars,
which, by-theswny ,is very consoling to
us.
The following decision in a closely
contested debate over the rival powers
of the pen nd sword was arrived at in
a Louisville literary society the other
day: “De committee decide dat de
swoard has de most pints and de best
backin', and dat de pen is de most ben
eficial an’ dat de whole ting is about a
stan-off.”
All the family can be relieved from
the horrible plague of Worms by one
25-cent bottle of Shriner’s Indian Ver
mifuge. It is meritorious. Try it.
A sad story comes from Texas,
A Miss Moore was preparing for
marriage and invited a friend, Miss
Williams, to assist her. In ruma
ging through a drawer an old pis
tol was carelessly handled by Miss
Williams, resulting in the shooting
and instant death of Miss Moore.
She was buried on the day that was
to have been her wedding day, and
M iss Williams has become insane,
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$24 per day is what the speaker
of the Lojsianna House of Repre
sentatives receives:
An exchange says: “The fol
lowing ar interesting statistics of
the Empiiie State; the population
of Georgia in IS7O was 1,184,106; j
, of these. (j 38,926 were white, aud
596,195 were black, and 11,127
were foreign born. Ihe number
of families in the State was 237,-
850, and the average was five per
sons to a family. The number of
dwellings were about the same as
families : of 236,436 persons in
Georgia, 48.9 per cent, are mu’.cs
and 51.1 percent: females; 5V per
cent, are whites and 49 per cent,
negroes. Of militia, between 18
and 45 year of age, 91 per cent,
are whites and 6 9 per cent, ne
groes. Of voters over 21 109 per
cent, are whites and 9.1 per cent,
negroes The centre of popula
tion of Georgia is in Monroe coun
ty.”
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Ant Discouraged
Vv ( udge from the accounts
which reach ns from New Orleans
that the Attorney-General of Lousi
anna is not disheartened by the re
versal of the Supreme Court in the
Anderson case, lie is represen
ted as a man of sterling character
who is earnest in the war lie is wag
ing on fraud. To such a man a
grander opportunity could scarce
ly offer to serve his State, his
country, and the cause of republi
can government.
With the experience of the An
derson case before him the Attor
ney-General can readily draw the
informations against the remain
ing members of the Returning
Board so as to avoid the rocks on
which the Anderson case split.
It is hardly worth while to find
fault with the decision of our court
oflast resort in the Anderson case.
For ourselves, if there was a doubt
evon about tbs legality of the con
viction in that case, we rejoice that
the highest tribunal to which the
case could be carried has given
the prisoner the benefit of that
doubt. We desire no unlawful
convictions. They are not essen
tial to the cause we advocate. We
should distrust, we should condemn
any cause to which illegal convic-
tions were necessary, or even ad
vantageous. It can only be an
oblique vision to which they are
even apparently beneficial. We
prefer to follow Law and Justice
wherever they lead . if it is to the
1. otiunui \ vnrDcov nr nf _
hundred Andersons, let Ander
son or a hundred Andersons go
free.
Eut, on the other hand, of this we
foel assured; there is a law for the
conviction and the punishment of
the wicked conspirators who false
ly and fraudulently counted Hayes
in. We are not in the least dis
couraged in our pursuit of that ob
ject, and for bis own sako and his
country’s sake we are glad to he
assured that the Attorney-General
of Lousiana is undiscouraged also.
xV. Y. Sun.
Twenty Impolite Thins** •
I. Loud and boisterous laughing
Reading when others are talk
ing .
©
3. Talking when others are
reading.
4. Cutting finger nails in com
pany.
5. Joking others in company,
6. Gazing rudely at strangers.
7. Leaving a stranger without a
seat.
S. Making yourself the hero of
your own story.
9. Reading aloud in company
without being asked.
ID. Spitting about the house,
smoking or chewing.
11. Leaving church before wor
ship is closed.
12. Whispering or laughing in
house of God.
13. A want of respect and rev
erence lor your seniors.
14. Correcting older persons
than yourself, especially parents.
15. Receiving a present without
an expression of gratitude.
16. Not listening to what one is
saying in company.
17. Commencing to eat as soon
as you get to the table,
18. Answering questions that
have been put to others.
19. Commencing talking before
others have finished speaking.
20. Laughing at the mistakes
of others.
,-K /in week iu your own town. $5
■* J®Outfit free. Xo risk. Reader,
you want a business at which
• 111 II Bpersons of either sex can make
vl/ V Vgreat pay all the time they work,
write for particulars to 11.
Hau.ktt & Cos., Portland, Maine.
Feb. 28th. 1878—ly.
ferci Hi ip.
Something
FOR
Everybody.
Spring Prints,
Bark Prints, and everything that a Lady
Light Prints, J
Shepherd Plaid Prints,
Black Alpacas, wants.
Black Silks,
Millinery Goods,'
Split Zephyr—white,
Split Zephyr-colored a iu ] everything that a Young
Handsome Gray Suitings, /vnu J
Victoria Lawns,
Striped and Checked Lawns, Lady wants.
Hamburg Edgings,
Fine Stationery,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs, everything that a Miss
Striped Hosiery,
White Hosiery,
Roach Combs, wants.
Fancy Ribbons,
Tea Sets, I _
Flannel Uuderwear,
Broad Bottom Shoes,- everything that an old
Broad Brim Hats,
Tall Crown Hats, 1
Spectacles and Nose Glasses, Man wants.
Woolen Gloves, __ _
Helmet Hats,
Neck Wear,
Coliars aod Cuffs, Aud everything that a Youas
Bosom Buttons, J c
Sleeve Buttons,
Scarf Pins, Man walltS ‘
Fine Dress Shirts,
Ready Made Clothing,
Pump-sole Boots,
Ccpper-toed Boots,
Cotton and Wool half Hose,
Bovs Underwear, , . . ~ , „
3 Suspenders—assorted, An<l everyth.ng that a Boy
Pocket Knives,
Pants, Jackets, I wants.
Caps, Hats,
Single barrel Guns,
Sheeting,
Pillow Casings, “And everything that the House-
Blankets,
Curtains, hold wants.
Groceries.
Furniture,
Books, Slates, \ \,
Pencils. Paper, And everything that the behool
Copt Books
Blank Books,
Flower Seed,
Garden Seed,
English Peas, Arid everything that ‘ho Ga#-
Onion Sets,
Irish Potatoes, ,
o j m i eerier wants
Garden Jools,
Rakes, Hoes,
Spades, Shovels,
Bacon, Corn, Flour,
Oats. Axes.
. * T r ‘! cc * IrV/T o*’ 0 *’ And everything that the Farm®*
Plow Lines, Breast Chains, J °
Weeding Hoes,
Plows. Shovels, • wants.
Rooters, Sweeps,
Plow Points,
Wooden Ware,
Crockery Ware,
Glass Ware,
Looking Glasses, Tin Ware,
Blind Bridles, Georgia Breeching! And (almost) everything that Aaw-
Harness, Saddles, Truuks. Satchels, r
Coffins, Caskets, Coffin Handles, body wantß _
Coffin Trimmings, J
Chairs, Bedsteads,
Round Tables, Washstands,
Mattresses. Carpets—assorted, •
Sole Leather, Calf Skins,
Kip Skins, Lining Skins,
Svrup, Molasses, Mackerel,
Candles, Soap, Tobacco, Snuff,
Drugs and Medicines, Hardware,
C. A. DAVIS & SON.
A REVOLUTION
In sewing circles is apt to be produced ty the introduction of the
DAVIS
HUME siclt in chsi
Every'lady U.S' turnout* S °*'
Prices S3O, $35 and $45.
During the Spring and Summer, we expect to keen nn ti,. •
yet most extensive Stocks in the South, and at prices that will ' moot!l * st lni
ef the Cash trade of this and adjoining countie- - ire a fair 'proportion
(HAS. L DAVIS & M.
February 28, 1878.
S5 T 0 S2O S? f am - T E - ABMOR * Cos. will not bo under
JfINSON & Cos., Portland. Maine!" ' here and *" y ‘'° U? ' in AtlanU or