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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1876)
a ' * * ■ The Meriwether County Vindicator. - : : * i!i : v *• ■ VOL. i THE VINDICATOR, j PHRr.IMIiU) EVERT FRIDAY, bt wmi t. REVILL, at $3-00 PKK IN ADVANCE UAc Soath *l4# #f th# Coart Boa## Km of AAvertUlixs. Soim [lwk ! 4 wk* 13m0J6 mo j 1 vear 1 inch ! 1 00. 350 4 50, 700 j 13 00 t iache* ,1 50 500 ' 6 50'10 00 ;15 00 3 txcha* 1 00 | tt 00 i 10.00 115 00 55 00 it-" 1 ! 5 00 10 00 -JOOO 25 00 35 00 | ca! ,7 00 15 00! 35 00 t 3,100 ,00 -0 lea! 110 00 fiO 00i 95.00,60 00' $(00 tV A libera! deduction mala to llios" advertising i>y the month or year COUNTY OFFICERS. ORDINARYJa W SaifottTg SHERIFF W R Favor CLERK B.C A. J Hinton. TAX RECEIVER ... W. P Wtoeles* TAX COLLECTOR : W.O.Posi TREASURER . 1- M Adams BURVKYOR .0 F Mathew* C(l STY COM Misfit N ERH, R T. C. Tucker, a M. Levere t. Jraae Partridge. R. M McCaalin, ti A ll *ir 1 BOAHI) OK EDUCATION. j-' , *\ Park, W J. Barnes, Mad.auu Ifftrtt, K. A Parker, A !!. Freeman Her SENATOR SC I 4 District, O, 1. Peavy. REPRESENTATI V EH u badiab Warner, W T Rcvlll BUSINESS CARPS." JOHN W PARK, ATTORNEY" AT LAW. J\ (;nn,un.K, Ga Will practh a in Meriwether and the ad Joining counties " uKOHGK 1. PEA V Y A I'loHNEl A l LAW. /\ Curt Nvn.i jt,(i a A ll FREEMAN, \ ITOHNEY AT LAV l \ (inr r.Nvii.i a, Ga. a 5 ei.tr to'hi# ( are attend and n- p. mpib amt ta tUtuliy Jo,lb I. ROUKHTHON, t l AT LAW. J \ (i HKIKVIMK, (■ * "VVlIt pra< Jt( • ill the JijaUTe#' nnd Ordi r.a-* a tanifts flt MetlWgtl e., and the Mupeftor < uru * t riw • iuu .< * enwp Hog ta* t >.via iui.it. DR J L G. I L UiKI.I, 11 r ILL CONTIMT! tiie pia. ti.e .t \\ Med.* me m tji'-eovilly alid Ho . . f • ••• ' rtroa >.. . filoi# I . in* irn. fi.ir |if. |i.| tty s tended to I lit It AM dona . (iKFKifK hi* I’M.leaaimiai ptu vi< e to the /, U ff, of Giftwvfilv and vicinity. ttTOffice a O J Anthony A (■■ Drug Hror rr* "10 Dii It F llAids, {I *VII,£ derided If. I< Cate jNilllSOfutlt J ’rf- - V Tv-tf ’*“f f IriTTgT •a# i M*• > tiff • • ! l*€P l*>W u li‘J Uf V ( >flir 4* 411 lljf* N'Htll §.)*■ < t? ’>*: Tb;np on, Chip ft. Co.* M 5 ST FACT 1 RERW fI f AND DEALERS IN 1 ZJRlsill VRE, HnHi ii* linrtiu*, I halr, Mt 4*t Baby Cam*|M •>1 *?) aivi* |ri fh Li * L *r*Ui 1 KHlKliiAMlKl) \V& The Chroniole 6l Sentinel AUGUSTA OA. On# c f *l.e r.ldeft Pspei* in the Country One of th# LEAD NO PAFERB in the South. Tb# largest Cii'-ulatino in Eaiiem Geor gi Tb# Offi. iai Organ of Several Couwtie* FXJn.fSBKW Daily, Tri Weekly and Wevkiy. rnME DAILY CTNiO.tICLB AND BEN L TINEL JB fliied m itta intercut my Heading rnattwrol every dracripti'*)—T*l* Kapb ic , Local; Editorial ; Georgia, and istli Carolina and General New* ; Imer eating ( wrrcpndeoee, and Bjjecial Tea grama iroto all important poinla. Mibncrip iloß, $lO. Tbk TRI WEEKLY' CmtowteLE am> Best!.art, i* intended lor i ointa convenient to a Tri-Weekly mail. It coti'aina ue*r,y everything of interest which appears lo the Daily. Btjtjw.ripikm, $5 The WEEKLY Car mci.e awn Sksti j*El. i a mammoth sheet, goferi up e[e cially lor <■** stliscriber* in the country. It ia owe M the largest paper* puMwLed in th South, an J gire*, beside* Editorial*. all Ute current newe ol the week, a toil end acenwte renew of the Auguata Markeia marl Frjeea Curran?. The Commefcial Re ports are a spec.al feature of the edition. 8-ibacripUon se. Specimen copier of airy ncje verr. fr .-o * tf AUli A WHIGHT, Proprietor*, Augusta, Ga. Tli* Kcnnesaw Gazette a MUSTHLT EarEß, rUBMMfro *T ATLANTA, OA. Devoted to Htilroad otet'i, Ltrerature Wit and Humor. Fifty Cent* per Y'ear CfIROMO to every aubacriber. Addreaa KENNESAW GAZETTE, Atlnatt 9. GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY GA., tfANUARY I|4, IB7G# Dr. J. Braafield's FEMALE REGULATOR -WOMaN RHE-ST FRIEND," Will bring on ttie Mcnees.alien they have not been estab irbed, also when tlia? have been suppressed front unnatural causes. Will cure Rheumatism and Neuralgia of the liack and womb. Wiil cure PaiutU) Menstruation, and relieve the heart, bark and hiiu* ol those distressing pains and aches Wiil cheek nienorrhaßi ior vices sire flow.' Will core * Whites’and falling of the womb, when it is the result of relax ,#*ion of trad health. It is a* sure a cure in ail the alu>vc dta ases as Quinine is in Chills ami Fever. l.adics can cure them selves of all tlie. hove diseases without. revealing their osnptainta to any ptraou, which is always mortify tag to their prate and modesty. It i- recommended and used bv the byst physicians m lheir private Practice. For a hialory of the above diseases, certificates ot its winglerCil euiea aval direction*, the reader is le'erred to the wrapper around the Manufaclur cd ami sold Iry BRADFIELHA CO It lanta, Oa. ’TIN EWEtiT. ’Tis sweet to love a parent deni. And know that parent loves thee, ‘ I is twref to love a sister dear, And have that sislei uar thee. Bwrel is a brother's gentle voice, When to the right it leadcttl, Ami sweet is friendship's dower, E'en tho' its blight ness ladelll. "l'i* sweet to lx st home, At home ii| the country free, W tiete HtaSt { *r:s h’-ootn; My home i the home lor me. Hwrel is the twilight hour, 1\ lu n to our Cod ’ll* given, Sweet is faith, hope and love. But sweeter la. is Heaven Tilt* l'rof'iumillion. fhe I'mi.li lit stood up, Ami atietchiiig loith In. h.nd, lie |d unlive y ictuutkcd, “i'd have you uiideistan 1, I tie . ft; . s of tiu Tiiid 1 .ivr to my r< iHlioiiH My wile's lelati..tnh_to° Shall *>• have stew , For tlisv wete good and ftns, Atnl **ol#d mv ele. lion ■ Thru the efth as leti.a.tin.g I will give, without rump Hiiimg, In tliose who by some t< kst M v goisl will have bespoken, . .. . . „ . !..•- '• Ihe P.eridei.l rat down ; 11< had n' in ire to aaV , In- had given *1 Ins . 111 r* Ami a:l Ida * ids awsy. sa A I. II (.rllinhleis |W< Pie**. Kvwy jnuiualiat must huv Icti wlial the New y. r:fc jf.-r-.pif r,prrv-f* hvihe follow my : Tha trut 1* is tlist thera is acafciljf s na waps pat pijtnbhed Inim mu' end of the year to the iTlticr. <l)kt Wll lit, t! 17 It .rally i onaiderrd. give offei ■ e to Kimeliixty m the . ..ooimtoty Ihe p■ -i h let.i ol.pa-ti to li way hit t|>r. h b leported. The htyei ol mil! set ' I stmii is oflclldu 1 las jlsc the money lohioin r|Hirt nother aet golnp up or going down (ienileinen wfo find t! etu e vet io tha hsiuJt of the fi|ce are gilt<<J at the liccnae of Hie fireM which teja/rts iheii Siiuigiillierit and tiisi HUioiip .1. poiMe proesrmugs Tha eympsihit r wph Frsncc is offended t Idlers from IP rlin, aid tlir h< liev* r in German unity i mourn* over diapab he# from i’aria. The ne#*| aja-i tloiv ufleud#, soroa one. ! i'.rt *• the w eatl.ei rainy to- <J*v and u j fhl' >to morrow i #ure to annoy some i Ijody The ouamtm wnsa tiew is (list j lire new*;:#|er jk the l.iatoiy ol ye-lrf lay wfjtten l. day , that it i the mirror of the time, and that those who conduct it care nothing for Individuals, except to do them justice. Many a rnan lives with a woman half a life time without ever suspecting that the wife of hi* foowim has really forgutlen'ixore than he ever knew Many a earpet knight who plume* biin self upon M* wonderful ■kill in smashing hearts, it being menially measured and intellectually turned inside out by the smiling girl* whom h* IVnk# he i# captivating. Many a veteran beau who pdfit ftn hi* glove# tv depart, feeling proudly conscious of having mad* a pro found impreaioD ujein Ihe rwecptibfo soul of the belle who l.sV endured him t<n an evening, would be wonderfully enlighten ed, if not ediffod, could be hear the eigh or reifcf which *v;*wd lier lip# when the clsng ol the dfxir annfo need hlk depart ure.— |Hi. L >ui* RepoWican. Den'Caatic KrraexcriMaxT —A Wash i isgton dispatch nay* some of the leading Daiaocialtc member* aver that they art perlectly wilting to let the fiver ar.J bar fo r bill fo alUrgetl.e f./r this year, and also all approp. ialfon* for public building ex oept nicli amounla aa are aleolu'ely neces sary to preserve ih*#e afeeadv is proceaa of -•onvtructncn. In theae two item* alone millions of dollar* can fie saved. Then the reduction* which il claimed can with perfect safety t>* mad* in the naval and military establish men'.* would figure up an enormous ua, Grsot'r family friend*, ay the New Ymk Hon, ay (hat the only reason why he sMfdx • ttM tern* I* Mxxfek fa be hon oted above any o*her citizen in the hbrtory tor tire country. Obe of hi# fired idea*- 1 bat ihe L'ni'ed Htat*a have l>een preserved to tide lime for hr* lerrxnnal >moiument a td gialiftt*ii<l. A Moving If not Touching Title. I From the Sa ramento R.vord ] A large crowd gathered yesterday in Forth street, in front of the court house, attracted by the moving through lh streets of one of ihe old building* from John Taylor's lot The building was about titty feet long, had been mounted on four wooden truck wheels with a pair of Wagon, wheels in front, to wbirth a team of six stoat males were bitched. Alter many tugs the old liouae started, the driver yel ling aud the mud flying all over the aide walk. After an hour's time they hat dragged the huil ling about one hundred and ft tty feet. Within a fov feet of the crossing from the Recorder's office to K vans’ store, they stuck, last, owing to a alight rise iirthe street, made by the cross ing. The driver shouted liiinscll hovrse, Jhcsix big tunics floundered about in the mml, hut not an inch could they budge the the old building. The crowd increased, •ml iiats were made tii.vl they would never start it again, A teamster from the redwoods, witli four mustangs, had slopped to watcb the performance, a Smoot li-fsced, athletic young follow. He said uolhing until, roused, (vcrhitps, by splash ot mud, be walked to the trout wiping his tace oil his sltsvi , and said T ain't got but three dol* lara. but I’ll bet every d—n cent ot it that my four mustanga will start that rookery out of there." There whs a derisive laugh from the crowd, and halt a dozen takers. "Put Up the inoirey," said the teamster, "ll ilia i triofe *r knew where to borrow enyr I’d see tbs but our. ol ytuuJT ill* tret was taken, Jerry Farmer held alskea, the aix mules were Ukcu off, and the lour mus taniss liitcheij on. Weanwhlle the iuter ist ot the crowd Incieased, and beta were freely iluulo with Mg odds agdust the U auitlar. When ready to Start the cs-itement was at a high pm li The little mustanga bent to Hu it work hut the bonne did not move, Hi started them again jno go, Nothing dimmed, the. teamster, in answer to the crowd who ni duffing him Iron) all •piarleiN, said ll Jiuibhaw was here I'd g< t Ho money and hef titty dollars that i could start It 1 ain't got'em warmed up. yet," "I'll Mt you tifly dol ara against one of your lioisea,’ said a well known livery man, that you can't pull it five feet. It's a hai U, aald tiie teamitar, pat up the coin. The money wan handed to Jarry Farther, ihe stakeholder. Ainu hi-v >'. rf ' l •***V'- '...ora m e<l to bump 11. tiiSe!V a ; hot It wm s„ K'H I.lhi t you another filty agin f|.-t uiare's mate you cun 1 do it, said the lively stable man, eagerly. Done, said the teamster ; | I) bet the last boot of Trr nti it, nnd ymi may awing me us <f)ie of them oaks in the pla/.a II they cair’kWeil. By tins time the eg' itement was ruhni g high among llie loohatl on, and side hcls ners numerous One ntiered to l>et SIOO lie muld not do lt, and the teamster got a tiii ad to take Hube! lot hull TtioaC Whrr had watched the tetmster cloaely now no lood a change in |pM manlier, a smile on his c* iiiitHiima. He walked up t eacli fi'.rae e irresstvatT, —tipped —him rnj the lump with tiie butt cud of his blackmake, and said t<> each i Bund up there now in your bari.ee*. For the first lime he mounted the first wheel, *<■ it- and a tingle rein, turned hi# lean, oft "haw,” swung them hack “gee," . racked ‘d|.|*t stq gave a yell, and, as they stralgblentd, the un .eldly lued row over the oliatruetlon like an old 1.i.1k uv*i a #*. If t (u-h, grrsitod by a burst of spplauaa from the by slanders, Tbe nruatuiga pn'l ed lor aforut twenty Bve feet and he clop pe.l them. You see, boy*, said tbe teamster, a# he got down, 'l'm with them aL the time and ar-.dw jurt wi.at they can do, and with a childlike am lie—Jul when to make ’eo. do it. Aa he (Irop)ied the stakes into In# over all# pocket, he laid : I'd give $W ouf of that 'ar stake il flm Hhsw had been kere to see that teem pall, Jerry, I'm dry ; let’# g ovtf to Buck Williamson's aud take a drink, BnIMCM-k’A Fay wnt Allowance. [Bt. lyouls "f irr.c* Elsewhere wa |.rrent a alalemehl from Col. Murphy, showing that Babcock* pay and as privala secretary of the preaklent, and a* auperintendent of ll.opub lie btfildfog* in charge of the executive mansion, amoiiuis Ui SII,OOO yesrly. Be side* these office* he hold# the po#it ion of engirieer-in chief of the Woshisgtoa a/jue duct, architect of the new state and war department buildiog#, and presided ol the Celumbi* lying-in asylum. The last named inhtitulion it not connected wiih the government, and it is suppr-aed that I.* doe* no', receive any salary from it; but the other .-fflcc-a ere auffipenrly remunerative ■to acqufoe e net I Ate competency, outside M hi* earnings aa engineer of the gre‘ American w.,i*ky ring. That a man of ifabtock'a caliber should he permitted to bold to many office-# at once, and receive more pay than the members of cabinet and judges of the nc conit. ia a striking Jilatfratßrn ol the ayalem ol the favorit mn to whicn we liwrc- become accustomed uu der ihe personal government of Gr*rr. Mr. 3farl slate# tbe whole c#e Geo Grant wi.en be say* ; '-Th . 'Lfliruity with tho Ibeardeni ia, that he i.a# given hia conflden. eto a vet >| men who turned out to be gre •. rascal*, end hr- seems determined not to wirbdrav, th*t ;onftder.ee mil they are actually convicted and *ent to the penitentiary.” PROMFTnT'bIv OF NI U MA rKt DEBTORS. The experience f the Findlay Courier mania sad and mournful. He uas lost faith in the profession* ot bis laUpw njen Hear how be talks: t laaat week amen stepped up. to u* mid said ha would<pay ns every cent he owed, it he UWd night; We presume that man died.' Another said he won Id pay ns Tn a day orYwo, as sure as we were bora; qaery-odid the mnn lie, or were we .'•oraF Another said ha would scttlo hi* oill a* sure aTshooting ; we are led to the conclusion tfeu shooting is decidedly uu rartata. Quite * flundief said thev wonld see m to morrow ; those men have tmci hlindwver *ince. or elae to has npt 1 itonie,, Qh man toid us, MAMObths ago i hat bfr.w!d pay us aa aoon ai *lle' gin 1 •mae moDey * (bat man vronM not lie, em T ol come has pot bad a cent sines. But the experience ot editor* Ualx>u> the eame all over, says tha Fremont Jour nal.l*at year we stepped one man’s pnpe who owed six dollar*. IJe wss serving tin public, sod we met him while lu the die cbaqge of hU duties He averred that as avion as he got tinmigh and received his pay, he would make It all right, he would. Indeed, lie toid ua the same story this BpHng, and We preiumo u is still U in, ing. Another came all tba way. live wiles, to town to aaaure an that he wga all right! and that wa peed not lie afraid. Ha would Usee some Money soon, Wid would pay yea he would. Koine time later we “saw" id* money a( a distance. Hews* putting it in* tnk. It Was the last and only glimpse we had of it He never had a hatchet and ran around hacking cherry trees, or they would hare died without say body knowing who killed them. An other would pe.y and after aheep-ahsaring. HU oliecp are long woola and It takee a l<g wliile foe the wool to mature. A noth er wonld pay aMr wheat harvest, but his Wheat, like the centnry plant, ia of slow growth don't ripen often. A author had poor hvttllh, but wa* Improving, lie would get trouud noon, and ruige some and pay us. lie has bad ■ relapse, lor Uiough he eats hearty and woiks haid, he don't get “rouud" worth a oeut We would liave iuie ho|ies of getting even with * n li folks home day, when an sdrulnhtratuf' it sp pointed, it they had anything to iitmtnil •fou. . ’ JUDGE WARNER h(JGUKHTKI), Now, *s one of thep*ooi, , .... . name, ae protest against the nomination of any man for (hat high offlen who has placed f.itnuelf tinder either expre#fl or implied obligations by efoc’loncering or cniivassing for a noiulnstlou It ahontd he pul down at once, It ia tcmoralltlng In lie exit— te, and n j man, however great, ton orablcor dajMtble, should Be ptrmKtei} fo do *o witli Impunity; hut ruliisr visit upon any *ucii aspirant a rebuke which for all lime to come will linpreai lutell upon other*. Y/a dealia that live choice of the paopl* si.all he arlsctcd aa a pio|<er < andl “d*br for govern nr ot the slate, and this should he duo# with out tradue in.3 ,ecr.' Of courae we thmk at this tlmn rro aur'oiid rate man shoold b •ejected, hut one of our oldett, ablest, niJll maid.cl *tatemon one who can grasp the situation, an 1 abv. lutcly tadep. xdent of clique# one whom the muddy troubled waters ol lh part,- present, or future cami'A affncL More depend* Utxvn such wltetion than is diearftpt of by ai elof ns. I wa* told by a dfat'rgnisbed man rseeutly If Judge War ner wax placed In tofftina'hrn, the effort wonld be lmrtantineou* and magical-it would beget confidence, restore onr peace, reform Our exjwnditures, reduce taxation capital would flvw it.to our stata In an un broken current, end e conrervution of all our Intcrcsta aftuld followr The Oimptroller General says he regard* Mr. A. Htrickland, ol Plerca county, as one of tbe very peat ta* collectors In tbe state, sad My* Ms tn*olv*nl list I* rbe *rr/a!lestof any of tbe cou .(lee, Tb# ina/dvnt Hat al ludvd to i* only three dollar* and thirty ix cent*. O'.’rx of Ihe best Iron men in the country, Mr. Goorge T. L"wis, gives facts and fig ures in a letter to a friend rrf Nashville, which show that iron can bte made in Ten nessee and laid down In Kittsburg for Ift dollar# a ton, or uine dollars less than the cost of production in Pittsburg. Mr. Lewis thinks Chstiauooga and Paducah are Pi he tn* iron cities of the south. W ashing Dlshev. It seen.* that all housekeepers are wrong m uF.ug soap to wash dishes. The right way to do it is lave your water quite hot anl add a very little milk to it. Tula sof ten* the water, give* the dishes a fine gloss, and preserves the bsuda ; it removes the greaae—evsn that of beef aud yet no grease is ever fl>ticg on the water,-se when *o*p Is -**ad. The alone vesee'a should he set on the store With a liltl* wale# in them, when tbe victuals so> taken froffi them , thus they are hot when one is ready to waeh (them and tiie gretoe i* very easily re moved. TivrWar# keeps bright longer cleaned in rtriu Way than by using to-p u by scouru-ia The habit to many of ua have acquired of acouring tins i* a wasteful poli cy ; the , e*en ttyleof tinware will not bear if. The tin ic toon scrubbed away and a veasel that i* fit for nothing is left on our liands. Why 4rtitii Wiiuiv to llettiovi* Bristow nnd Durvt Not. The Nrn Y irk Kon, ot Friday, coolant v double leaded le*lcr, In which it i as •erted that Secretary Biis'ow haa lieen iractically os'ra ■ se I Irom a [isrticipsliou in tha hieuitlv hvling ami good fellowship that haa hitherto pretty generally prevailed in adminirtratiou circles, that he is now simply the official and not at all the friend; that this is th# case not only with Mt President; bill t'e Cabinet a.v well; that even Attorney General Pierrepont, who was at one time sery warmly sltaolied to Secretary Bristow, had tonnd it expedient to limit Ills lutTrCour-r with tiie hcml o' the Treasury to rustlers of a purely It iai nee* natdfe, and that ah this has cuinc to >a*s because in (Ins in ventilation ot the whisky ring Uie H. ; -cictaty has Ihtcii d> ter j nipeid that no giiilty man ah uld <wcat>e. whetpar he might lie found in or out of the h,armed circle of While ITouoo influence* 'ummentiug on this, the Washington mr '#|xindenl of the Cincinnati Cos nmgfcia!. ho probably knows wtial h ia latling ibout, telegraphs as follows t ••Yhere is un douhtedly ample justification for the pi in cipsl charge that is (Made The President dtvos oo f find it cxivedienl to iilisrrv* tfie reqiilrementa of ftiutidshtp toward Bristow now as he did some months ayo, and B' is tow would he removed to morrow II Grant dread to lace the storm of iii'Pgna'inn that the act would bring upan him. B > long a* Bristow was conical l i prosecute tlir ches|>er smsllei rssrsts. His Pieairteut bad no word or art el disapproval, hot hi* stolid command to Met no godly nui aacapu' was uttered with ttie menial ntntcratanding diet hi# personal friends sod household would be protected at a I har.-ds. He wa* wil’ing to make political capital by having the world know that tt was under his aduiWinUrtllon that the wlitsky ring, composed as it mi o| Republicans an l Republican officials, was overthrown, but he desired that on'y th* small follows should be erqslied, and when it Comes to hu attack upon the chief anniindre’s who are hi# ncrsonal frlcuds, l:e coiiorivee that Bristow is rather overdoing the Ihing." A poor man tints tells Ids experience in the Columbus Times: Last year he I* mg fit a Shoal for $, fed it Ift liushela ot corn tor w blch he paid $12.85, nnd In addition (mid 50 cu for butchering— making the total cost sl9 05 The pig when killed weighed 381 pounds net. Unsold it lor ten cent# u |toimd, the w hole bruming SU2 10, which ..... in him live cts *•**• . f limn it <’dftU Iff |ffcwlif( <* ii. I'lie Cinclunsli Kiiqulrcr ha# hit upon a plat, for resuming spec u payments, which il think# is worth hull dor-'i. res.implli.ii bill#. Hrreili#; "Kind out how much money Republican offi. # liuldeis, great ami lit'le. have atofon Irom Ore government, and leeover u ipisrlrr of it, put ft hi lire treasu ry ami resume. Apply the surplus- to the payment* ol the nwliounl debt." Who woulilu'l hold up tu.Lii hand* for specie reiumptioti on such Istina l A Nouthcm War (focret Krveni rd. If.fti. Alexander IL H Hlntrt and L'apt John N Opie are rival candhlaioa f rs scat tn the legislature of Virginia, and made speeches at political meeting held In Htanuton on Mon lay. A corrcsfiOndanl of th# Richmond Dispatch says that nrnorig iu*m* |>ei v.t.sl remlnivcericet re'ate.l by Mr Htuart in l.h ftpt ech, wa# one connected witli llie iience negotiation* of Ihe late con fodnracy that has never leerj made public, lie read * note from Hon. Judah P. Bei.ja ruin, dated M ireh the 35 1H414, a*ki g him to coal# to Ri> limond for tn Interview witli President Dari# on busltic**, the subject of which wa# too important to be cotniuilted to paper. He want, tod was informed by President f/a*?s that llie confederal* Con gree* had voted a secret service fund of $3,000,000 in gold to be used ir. creating a lieace sentiment at the north After look ing over tbe whole coufftry, Ui* preaideul had selected Mr. Htuart as the man for the miaaioti. He wa* to sail for Nao.au, and thence for Hcllfex, there, for tbe lewder of Canada, to operata on' pfoarineiil men. The fund of $3,000,000 was to In at hi# absolute disprftal, arid he wev nffl to lie required to furnish vouchers tor il* di* hursement. Mr. Htuart declined the tender and C. C. Clay, ol Alabama, and two other gentlemen were appointed. The Gfeeley corre#|>ondeiic and “To whom .t may ton cam" to President Lincoln lolh/wei this mietfon. AVuat H iisr.L IHK C’BWTitAFixi.* Nrfow 1 bl.sll the Cr-ntenuial show (hat at tha age of <>ns hundred years this nhffon lias n legislature (list can Ira hrilied from its cou slitutiooal and conscientious ohHgrtioAa hy a free ride to P'tiifftdely.bi*, and e ifoxuriout eutertslotnenl ? Let ua *ay no tflfttA about Imu k t-s y ot Tncreased pay for ouf Con<re**riien. tot board Ira supplied Uh them, il ne.J le, at ILe ftafiwual cipeute, hut we protest • gainst a million and a half ot doflari lor out day’s frwtwii The attempt tn wheedle the oiemb-rs of Congreve into the siiow htisinv** try win mg mid dining liiom is ax grot* sn inault a* could well be offered to Ibeut.—(N. Y. Bun Tiik announcement that President Oram would “receive" on New Year’s da/ Was altogether tufrarflou*. It is wall Known l hal he i* ready U> “receive"on-alLdxy* art.', uuder all circumstance:. A Fin* Art Sfu/ttin* f<>r Ce Y>inj. St. Nicholi'xrt IST6. 4 Alter lwo years' prosperity, unexampled in the anna sand juvenile literature, during alii. b Be. Nn il il.l* Ini* cunsot'daled with itsidt nil its * rongest competitors, the pub Ushers ti ul themselves in A poailfon io oronnstt that the Third Volume, lieginuing airti ihe numlver tur N ivemlicr, 1575, shall in it usual Attractions lor GUIs and Boys, surpass itv.iii (he prcccc ling voluuics. In ad .tti io to eimi l i’mttona Irom I HE FIRST Will I KBS OF AMSItU’A, there <vill be Stories, Poems, sn I S clc'i-.s h\ some of Hi# M ‘st I'rominent K iglisu \inhois Arrsiigvivicnt* liavu ticcn made tut ,i wij u.ur. sum sc i‘ ol pvpcrx ou WINSOH. CASTLr. Givim; Ihe sdrenl ires of s pxrlv ftl Imyt In I HE l AJ.IKOR.NIA Gol.l) MINKS, in the ttry days ol the G dJ Fcvsr.^ .1, T. TItOWIPfIIMH, lull i• of til! ".f tet Hvr.A I" at t ifl*, (T inittnb iti! fmvi> trhjtity tnvuvatinij sketch# ol a t venture at "Bass (’ovo " “TALKS WITH GIRLS," By ieadin;; suthUra, will lut a prominent foulum #l tiie new volume. Ui|>ecial atten tion will al*o tie liven to ‘ NtTDKNTU OK AMERICAN HISTO RY Willi spirited pictorial illustration. Tiie various departments, “Jack-tn-ttie Pulpit,” The Kiddle Ik.ix. ami Letter Box sml the page* lor Very Little Folk*, are to tie imire alliacjive than ever. The French Latin, sml fleiman storlca tor translation, w Inch have pniva l an popular, wilt tie Ire uiirni in tin- new volume. Homo ol (ha lliieet w orks ol the Greatest Pamters o| llio Century have Iweu Fitefsved expressly for St. Nicholas, and the drat *fli*t* of lliaitiy will contribute fresh and original drawing* Im linn Fuui srl Mav*/inc for the Young Definite aiimmiicoiinmt* of many inuirisl tug Hod novel Matures will lie qiade in the December number. Hi Nicholas will coil timie tinder thy snecstsaful cJHorslltpOl MAUV MAI’KH l)<)U(}rt, And no ellnrt* wiM be spared by editor and isiinfsfteri lu nisinlAln And increase IhA at tract ion# an l vsluu of the magaritif). SoboiMiptinu Piled ss.<hi a year; Bingo Numbers, 85 cents } Bound Volume#, $4,00 each •i iTe'fl*?. i l^ , fV%;w'YA^ Hid flail I*oinij*t Gift Inwik* for ChiTdrerr ,. V nr issued. Wit will send the ina|tfnn one )car, beginning PfovemlHir tH7u, and either ol Ihe volume# hound as alarve, l*Wt ~#sl for $7 Of), or. a Snfoerfpflon one JSar and llie two lor s|o/O(f Al, new* dealers *nd hookaelfor* will leceirl uhscripli "ii* and *npply voltimrs st tho above ran*. H< 'lll BN Kit A CO.. 743 A 745 Broadway, N. X . THE ■WitOilv Sim me Hew fork tsie Eighteen Imndred and #*feflv-*U Is 'lt* Cant.jnr.lal ve.r. |t Is •!* ihs year In which in OopositloM House ol KeprwenUtiv**. the nrt since the war, will be In power at Wsaliingtnn ; and the year nt thr twenty third election of a President of the Lnlfod Htsfea. All ol (lies# event* are sum U> great iiiterett ami imovifarfoe, e#.>eclally the iwo latter; sn./ all of them #r,| "very thing conmvtad with therrt will lie fully and freshly reported And expounded in THE HPN „ , The Oripnalltlrui House <d Reprnaenia* taking m> inn Ijpnol lnf(lry ope nc, l year# ago by the Bf'N. will .ternly and diligently investigate llie corruption* *fl<l misdeed* l Gint'a adminfotration ; and will it is In he hoped, lay the foundation for anew sml lterter pvrfod >n ntir national hif lory Of .11 this the KPN will contain complete #nd accurate acfounf*. furnishing it* readers with early .ml trnttworthy In furmaflon nporf the e jtworbing MPfo*< The twenty-ll'U'J Pre#id*ntlal election, wllli the preptr*'fon* f<>i it. will le memo rattle a* d-cldiftb upon Grant'* aspiration* lor * third 'Arm < I |m*r and * od ,t,fl ft...re si .Wi'Mfng who shall bathe can di late of the (urity of Relotm, and ing tl.at csftdldat*. Copcerninf al JAtae suSiecta, lh<*e mho r*wd lliefiLN will hatra the moan# ot befog ilionmgbly inr-fmed. Tiie WEEKLY BUN, which b*§attained a c.rcolatl'i of ..*er eigt-ty thouaand coplea already t.*s it* leaders ifi every Bute and Teiril'.fy. slid w. trust that the year 187 ft will a*-c y ili<;r iitimliera doolifod. It i continue to lie a thorough nee-sjiaiwr. All the geriersl newa ol the d..y wtl. J* *o in ft. e .ndvnsed wlien unimportant, at lull length when of moment: aud 'waj. *• tru.t, treated in a Clear, interesting and in struflive manlier. Ii it (nit ni.ft ro make the tTKEKTaI BP.N the hel f.nnly newspaper In the world, and fhall conUuue l< ln |U columns a large amount "f mhcellai.ftou* reading, such *a*h>rie*. Ulea, fownia, scien title intelligence and agricultural inform* lion, for which we are not able ! "“• rrciu in otlr dsi'-y edition. "Ihe agricultti rsl department esjMciaHy it one u m promio* nt features. The lal.ion* are-calat* rtgularly reported in it* column ; *nd *° ate Ihe mstkel* o| eveiv kind. The M ELKLY BI N*, right r-age* with i broad u/lunu** i * I 1 20 • J ctr * I . -stage prepal'L A. tl.t* | rice barfly re pay* the coal ol the fo.g<r. mi discount C.A ire made hum this rai* to club*, sgCAU P.wtinae'cr*, or anyone. . The DAILY HON, a large uor t .W ncwwputcr “fl column*. news for t#.. cents a copy. n.s?Mpe i.mwid, year Sunday edition #*tr. $1- 10 per year. We have on msv 'ing address IHF. .‘LN, N*w York, Nt). t
