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T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ]
Yol. 11.
Ledger Lilies.
Some malevolent young freshman
of “Brown University’’ contributes
to the Providence Herald the follow
ing implied animadversion upon a
much maligned relative of the mar
ried state. Opinions may vary as to
the morality of the domestic theory
of the princely narrative; but here
in New York there can be little doubt
about the sharpness of the “point’’
made in the last two lines.—World.
KARIGMAROMS,
Deep grief had seized his Highness, the
Prince of Balleyhoo;
He went round looking very black, and
feeling very blue,
For lately to his dozen wives he’d added
still another,
And that wife she was a lady with a most
colloquial mother.
One morning as he strolled along the
everssounding sea,
His deep grief found expression in a sad
soliloquy:
“Ah, me,” he groaned, “of all the plagues
that mortal ever saw,
There’s surely none can. hold a light unto
a mother-in-law.
“Here I and Katerpillar (last and best of
all my wives)
Might dwell in peaceful wedded bliss all
through our future lives,
Except for old Karigmarole—a thosand
curses on her! ”
And getting desperate with the thought
he went and wrote to Bonner.
“Dear sir, I have a question of import
very solemn,
Which I’d like to have you answer in
your Correspondents’column.
I’ve got the mother»in-law so bad I don't
know what to do;
Pray tell me of a remedy!
“The Prince of Balleyhoo.”
And Bonner answered briefly, “Since you
make us your physician,
We humbly venture to prescribe a large
dose of submission."
But the devil in the Ledger office for his
own diversion,
With fiendish glee tjuite brutal, for sub
mission put submersion.
.Next week the Ledger came to hand; and
when the royal eyes
Eagerly searching fell upon this blood
thirsty advice,
His lineaments expanded in a very joyous
smile,
And he capered round his chamber in a
most unprincely style.
Then he went and hid a clothesline and
a rock in his canoe,
And politely wrote to Karigmarole a
little billetdoux;
His boat was on the shore (he said) his
bark upon the sea,
If she’d like to go a rowing, she’d an
opportunity.
Out where the sunken coral reefs their
stormy watches keep,
Karigmarole lies anchored a thousand
laihorns deep,
And where the isle of Balleyhoo upholds
the royal vdla
The Prince he lives in quiet wilh his
lovely Katerpilla.
And stili he takes the Ledger, and now
the name of Bonner
The little Ballyhoos are taught to rever
ence and honor;
And in that happy household each eve
a prayer is prayed
That he may sometime get a horse to
beat the Goldsmith Maid.
Resolution Repealing the Bank
rupt Law Passed the House. —
the House of Representatives was
about to adjourn on Tuesday, a
resolution was introduced by Mr.
Ilazeltou, of New Jersey, repeal
ing the bankrupt law, and before
any person could get a chance to
protest against it, it was rushed
.through by a two thirds vote
under a suspension of the rules
The Southern members appealed
and begged to be heard, but the
majority of the House did not ap
pear to know what they were
about, and could not hear any ar
gument or appeal. Tt was slated
that the matter was engineered by
a set of lawyers, who were anx
ious to have the law repealed lor
their own purpose. The Southern
membets say the repeal of the law
at this time will be ruinous to
their section. An effort will be
made to defeat the resolution in
the Senate.— Constitution. *
Mercer College Suspended. -The
exercises of Mercer University, in
Macon, have been temporarily
suspended. Meningetis is raging
there. Three deaths have occur
red, George West, of Thompson;
Richard Bennet, of Quitman; and
C. Boaker, of Wilkes county. Five
are now sick. The laculty have
thought it best to let the students
go home until the disease is over.
<i i<i r
A negro named (7uuu recently
“went oft - ” at Raleigh, N. C , and
killed another colored tnan, with
whom he had had a discussion over
a banjo. He is the sun of a (runn
who was hanged for murder some
time ago.
Lawrenceyille, Ga-, Wednesday, February 5, 1873.
A « Improbable Story about
III* and Napoleon
The death of the ex Emperor
Napoleon recalls an incident of the
great Soutlie n rebellion which has
not hitherto been made public. It
is well known that the late Empe
ror of the French was an active
and earnest sympathizer with the
South; that more than once he
seriously meditated material inter
tion in its behalf ; that the iuva
sion-ot Mexico and the enthroning
ot Maximillian in the seat of the
Monteziimas was a part of a delib
erate plot to break up the Ameri
can Union. But to what length
he proceeded—how resolutely de
termined he was to carry Ins fell
designs into execution—has never
been fully known outside of a
narrow official circle. The story
of his purpose is short but sug
gestive; and was told by Mr. Sew
ard to a few personal friends at a
dinner party, among whom was
the writer of this article. No one
who was present will ever forget
the intense earnestness and anima
tion of the great statesman, as he
related the momentous incident.—
The exact words, so pregnant with
eloquent meaning—so solemn and
impassioned—we cannot in every
instance reproduce,but the general
import is given below
“It was,” said Mr. Seward, “in
the darkest da s of the rebellion.
Disaster upon disaster had befal
len the Union armies. Treason
was active and bold fronted at
Washington, in the North and in
the West. Rebel emissaries and
their aliies were plotting against
us over the Canadian bprder. Our
foreign relations were most criti
cal. Rebel cruisers were being
lifted out in British ports and sent
to prey upon our commerce; Ger
many was coldly neutral ; the
smaller Etirop an Stales were in
different spectators of the con
flict ; Russia was the only triend
we had among the powers ot the
earth.
“In this desperate emergency 1
received an autograph letter from
the Emperor of the French. It
was marked private and confiden
tial. It began with expressions of
personal regard for myself and
pain at the spectacle of the great
republic in the throes of dissolu
tion. ‘Personally,’ said Napoleon,
‘I could wish the cause of the
Union to succeed. But the wel
fare of Fiance and the force of
popular opinion are paramount to
individual sympathies. Our com
mercial interests are seriously
suffering from the prolongation of
your war. My subje.ts appeal to
me to arrest the bloody conflict.
I must obey the voice of France
at whatever cost. You cannot
put down the rebellion; embrace
the earliest opportunity to make
terms with the South If you fail
to do this, I snail feel compelled, in
the interests of my country—in
the interests of civilization, to
intervene with all the power at my
command.’
“I answered Napoleon’s insult
ing letter immediately I did not
waste words in compliment. I
said: This is a lamily quarrel.
We propose to settle it in our own
way and in our own time. We do
not wish the assistance of out
siders : we will not brook inter
sere nee. The American Union is
to be preserved. It shall be pro
served if it takes twenty years to
do it. The war lias hardly coin
commenced yet ; the people are
just beginning to warm to the
work VVe wish to he on good
terms with our neighbors —we
wish especially to be on good
terms with trance, out ancient
friend and ally. But you must
keep hands off. If you presume to
interfere, we will show you what
a free people battling for national
existence are capable of. Hitherto
we have conducted the war hu
manely in accordance with the
codes that govern the most Chris
tian States Interference on your
part will be the signal lor a war of
conquest and destruction. e
will free the negroes We will
put arms in their hands, and send
them forth 10 ravage and plunder.
We will make the Soutli a waste
and desolation. Raise a hand
against us, and horrors worse than
those ol San Domingo will be seen
from one end of the South to the
other.
“The letter was sent by the lust
steamer. The same day I tele
graphed to Thurlow, W eed, Arch
bishop Hughes, and Bishop S.mp
aon, to meet me at the Astoi
House the morning following.—
[That evening I left for Now York,
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE! ”
and explained to these eminent
gentlemen the object of the con
ference and the new danger that
threatened the Union cause. I
told them they must at once go
to Europe, to labor, unofficially,
with the Government and ruling
classes of England, and on the
continent to represent the wicked
ness, danger and folly- of foreign
interferance. In th ill a week
they were on their journey, reached
Europe in a most opportune mo
ment — (Mason and Slidell had just
been seized—England was in a
white heat with rage)—and did
much towards convincing Eur. pe
thai the proper tiling and the only
thing to do was to let us alone
And the mission cost the Govern
ment less than seven thousand
dollars.
Macon, Montickllo and Atlanta
Railroad. —The corporators of this
road met in this city on Thursday
and organized by electing the fol
lowing officers:
President —Campbell Wallace,of
Atlanta.
Directors—J. T Grant and J. 11.
James, Atlanta ; W. A. Huff, C. A.
Nutting, G. 11. Hazlehurst, Macon ;
E. Steadman, W. N. Davis,Newton
county ; G. T. Bartlett, F. Goolsby,
Jasper county; L Clower, Jones
county.
Secretary- and Treasurer—W. P.
Orme.
The road will be one hundred
and two miles long. The company
expect to make amicable arrange
ments to use the Georgia Road
track between Atlanta and Cov
ington, and, also, about twelve
miles of the Augusta and Macon
Road, leaving only fifty miles to
contract to give the full line to
Macon, The Board of Directors,
after full discussion, have no fears
of accomplishing this much needed
enterprise at an early day. No
Suite aid asked.
Trains will be run between
Atlanta and Macon without change
of cars, or engines, or shifting of
freights. —Constitution.
A Kentucky Anecdote.
General Leslie Combs made a
speech at the raising of a Clay
pole in Paris. Ky., during the cam
paign of 1844. He was so confi
dent on that occasion that lie
promised to climb that tall pole
backwards, from the stanchions
at the bottom to the raccoon cage
on the top, if the Kentucky states
man should be defeated by the
unknown candidate from Tennes
see. It was a rash promise, and
the memory cf his hearers after
wards exhibited a very annoying
tenacity. In his stump exercises
after that the enthusiastic and san
guine General could never indulge
in extravagant promises or rose
colored predictions without en
countering flashes of country wit
that put him on the defensive. —
lie never got done explaining how
it was that he never climbed that
pole according to his promise, oidy
because it was cut down and re
moved before he could get there.
Recently it transpired that two
sections of that same blue ash
pole were still standing as gate
posts in Paris, and in order to
stop the clash of country editors
round about, the General consented
to appeal on Thanksgiving Day
and perform the long deferred feat
of climbing. Sure enough when
the day came he arrived on the
ears, and was welcomed to a sump
tuous breakfast, and lie made good
Ihs promise, and made besides a
happy speech from the top ol the
gate post. llis hair was as black,
his eyes as bright when he did
this as when he made the speech
that led to in 1844 He was a
captain in the war ol 181 —, and is
st 11 so youthful in spirit and up
pearauce as to be regarded with a
sort of superstition by the people
of Kentucky. As time writes no
wrinkles on his genial face, they
begiu to think he came ovei with
Pouco de Leon, and was th<* only
one of that party that found the
fountain of health.
Judicial Circuits.— We are grat
ified that the hill reducing the
judicial circuits wa? indefinitely
postponed yesterday by the Senate
by the decisive majority of two to
one.
The more we consider it the
more do we feel disposed to con
dt-iiin it.—Constitution.
Mr, U. C. Tilghman, of Maryland,
in Attempting to cross u creek near
Easton, on Tuesday last, broke
through the ice and was drowned,
and his wife, who was with him, nar
rowly escaped the same fate.
Zaclt. Chandler Covered with
Blood mid Molasses.
At great expense 1 have obtain
ed a complete narrative of the cel
brated tight between the Hon.
Each. Chandler, of Michegan, and
Mr. Hanncgan, of Indiana, son of
ex Senator Hannegan, who was
Minister to Prussia. It happened
in the National Hotel, at mealtime.
Zacli. took advantage of the fortui
tous concourse of several persons
to abuse Vuorheea loudly while in
his presence, llis remarks re
sounded all over the dining-room,
such as “Traitor,” “Scoundrel,”
etc., plentifully consorted with
oaths.
“Dan,’’said Hannegan,“l wouldn’t
stand that foul mouthed vitupera
tion.”
“I won't” said Dan., and he
walked over to chandler and
struck him a back handed blow
which resounded like a whip-crack.
Chandler, who bad got up
wrong end foremost, immediately
struck out at Voorliees, and Ilau
gan,
tlemen, this is not the place for
personal collision—a dining-room
where you disturb other people.
Think of your positions, and do
not disgrace your constituents.”
“Who in h—l are you?” ex
claimed Chandler, and with that he
struck Mr. Hannegan with all his
force on the side of his face.
Hannegan was stunned by the
blow, which he had not expected,
being a peace maker and yot a
fighter; but he picked up a molas
ses pi’cher and brought it down
on Zach.’s forehead so that he was
covered with blood and molasses,
which, strange as it may appear,
seemed to improve his appearance.
He took up the nearest jug he
could find to strike Hannegan
with it, but Hannegan ducked bis
bead, and Each, struck an entirely
harmless person in the abdomen,
who forthwith got the cramps and
walked out of the dining-room on
his belly. Hannegan said that he
now understood that Each, meant
business; so forthwith he took
that great patiiot by the tnp-knot,
and, pushing his head down to
wards the floor,dragged him along,
planting blows all over his fronts
piece, and nearly making intelli
gent countenance out of the Sena
tor Much spent, gasping aud
frothing, Eacl ariah followed his
hair across the floor, and several
ladies, rushing in, cried :
“Oh! don’t kill that man !”
“No, ladies,” said Hannegan, “I
just want to keep him from injur
ing me, and if you will take care
of him, I shall let him go imme
diately.”
With this Hannegan gave Each,
a last shot, which effectually fin
ished him, and the Michigan Ajax
rolled over on his back, and was
wheel-harrowed away by some
of the servants —Chicago Tribune
Washington Letter.
Magnanimity— ln a horn. — It
was a magnanimous act on the
part of President (bant, that of
attending the funeral of Mr. Gree
ley, but it would have been nmrc
becoming the dignity of the Presi
dent of a great nation to have paid
his own hotel bills wl.ile in New
Y r oik. That 'lie President was a
sinoeie mourn for the loss the
coutry had sustained in Mr. Gree
ley’s death, the subjoined hill of
items sent for allowance and pay
ment to the Hoard of Aldermen of
Now York by Messrs. Darling,
GYiswold & Co., will amply prove.
Please notice the lout item :
For board and parlor one.
day for six persons &4S 00
Fires 2 00
Meals in room ... 16 16
Carriages 6 00
Wine! 00
Total *Ol 76
The idea was that lie couldn’t
grive worth a cent on less than
|l9 a day fur wines '.—Montgomery
Advertiser
The following comes from a New
Jersey correspondent, who vouches
for its entire accuracy :
“Well, Father Brown, how did
you like my sermon yesterday ?”
asked a young preacher.
‘•Ye see parson,” was the reply,
“I haven’t had a fair chance at
them sermons of yourn. Fin an
old man now, and 1 have to set
putty well back by the stove; and !
there’s old Miss Smith, ’u Widder j
Talf, ’ii Miss liylan's darters, ’n i
Yabby Birt, ’n all the rest sittin’
in front of me with their maouths
wide open, a-s wallet in’ down all.
the best of the sermon: ’u what:
gits down to me is putty poor stuff, j
parson, putty poor stuff- ’ 1
[s2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
About Backbiters.
Every community,large or small,
caa boast of a few detested indi
viduals whose chief delight is to
pry into other people’s private
affairs. Who does not know of u
man or of men who arc ever ready
to “confidentially,” "hot wee a us,”
“to go no farther,” “on the square,”
pick a flaw in the good name of
some, who, from envy or some
malicious cause, lias iiicurred.their
dislike? Who dys uot know ot
a man whose ire is aroused at a
neighbor’s prosperity ? If one is
popular lie seeks to blacken Ins’
name by vile aspersions upon bis
past character. If generous, im
proper motives are ascribed; it
devout in Christian duties, in.-inu
ations as to hypoctacy are made'.
This small but industrious class
go in gangs, and meet together to
least and prey in private, upon
the character of some one who
esteems them his li tends. They
hold their little meetings, and, il
one lias been so indiscreet or un
fortunate as to commit a single
fault, soon repented and repented
forever, they resolve that his pre
vious good character and future
upright life shall be consigned to
oblivion, while his singlo it,discre
tion is written in flaming cha rue
ters ; and at this act they point
Iheir sanctimonious lingers aud
exclaim, as they roll their eyes in
holy horror, “Judge him by that.”
Their victims are gmen whose
lives are devoted to holy duties,
and youug men struggling for
honorable positions. Even the in
nocent and helpless woman, whose
all is her good name, does not
escape their cowardly aud fendish
attacks.
Were we to attempt to discover
why such people, grown men, men
of families who value the good of
their own children, arc so moan,
we should utterly fail Their mean
ness cannot be attributable to ig
norance, tor, many tbal v»c know
who are more ignorant than they,
have bigger souls with larger char
ity. Nor can it be attributable to
their raising, for they were reared
under the influence of the Christian
religion, and occupy at this time
positions which entitle them to the
appellation of “pillars in the
church.” They are members of
orders whose prominent motto is
Charity, yet they feast and prey
upon one who, because of the se
cret workings against him, will
never awake to a knowledge of
what blighted his prospects until
sunk to the bottom of the pit dug
by the bloody hand of calumny.
Unfortunate church, or orders, or
even community, accursed by such
pests! These characters are known
by many of their community, and
are held in supreme contempt
by all high-minded people; yet,
through fear of becoming victim
ized by their slanderous tonges,
are honored by polite attention
from their superiors. We are op
posed to intolerance iu any shape
and and from all quarters, yet, if
there is a human being who should
be ostracised fr<>m society and
drummed out of a peace lov.ng
community, it is this back-biting,
hypocritical fiend in human shape,
who, “with the dark drawn dagger
of mind steals on the sweet sleep
of innocence and drinks deep the
ciiniHon current of the heart’
IJy giving them the cold shoulder,
by mining your back upon them,
by refusing to countenance them,
you do a service to your cuinmu
niiy; and the object of your con
tempt, when meditating upon your
intolerance, will have the consult!
tion of realizing that "whatsoever
a man soweth the same shall he
reap ” The lime has come when
they should be placed beyond the
pale of society, and kept, by insur
mountable barrier* beyound its
limits until they reform.— Urijjin
Neu>s.
Cincinnati is the paradise of
fools. A young man rich in noth
ing but store clothes, persisted in
paying his distresses to a maid iu
the West end. She did not smile
upon him, but he thought she did,
and on stated evenings each week
the store clothes found their felici
tous way to the home of the gush
ing creature who would not gusli.
aTlast lie fell upon his knees ; she
walked witli calm dignity, not up
mixed with scorn, from the room;
flash! crack! he lay upon the
floor, and she was bending over
him, saying, ‘ Oh, you old fool, I
wish you laid shot yourself !” It
was ouly chewed paper he had put
iu with the powder.
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No. 47.
A Story of French Life.
Charles IJussou was commander
ot a Fret) h regiment during the
Franco Piusstan war. Frederick
Ernttni was a captain under him,
and attracted the Colonel’s atten
tiou because ot his genius and
refinement. 1 liu Colonel introduc
ed his daughter Margaret, and the
young Captain was speedily num
bered among her many suitors,
and subsequently she promised to
become bis wife.
The overthrow of the Empire
and the establishment of a tepub-
Ttead form of government rendered
the adherent* to the deposed Em
peror objects of suspicion, and
many of them were forced into
exile. Liliani made bis way to
America, having liist given his
affianced two thousand francs to
secure her against want. Here he
found employment in a telegraph
office, and had soon accumulated
enough funds to bring the Colonel
and bis daughter, now in straght
enod eh Constance*, to this coun
try. To insure ki»6u conduct, Ire
visited France, and preparations
were made by the three for re
moval to America.
Meanwhile the beauti id but
fickle Margaret bad received the
attention of a cil zen, ami hid
quite forgotten lief exile lover.
Ernani had accumulated more
than a thousand francs, which
he confided to i.is lady love f i
safe keeping, after ibing which
she appeared to smile on him as in
days gone by. But tin: Colonel
and his daughter were perfidious,
and set about to rid themselves of
the lover. I hey reached Havre,
where Ernani was arrested,charged
with being a conspirator. After
several days’ imprisonment he was
released, but to find that the Colo
nel aud his daughter had sailed for
America, having fust instigated
his arrest
Ernani, stili trusting his affianc
ed, hurried to this country,landing
on Wednesday evening. He learn
ed that Margaret and Col. Husson
wero living with a friend in Grand
street, Brooklyn, and repaired
thither, renewud his declarations
of love to his lady. She, however,
turned a deaf ear, and after an
interview which was continued
several horns, Ernani went away
disheartened.
About 5 o’clock, yesterday mor
ning, officer Quinn found a man
lying unconscious in the street,
lie carried him to a police station
and summoned a physician. Dr.
Brady believed that the man had
taken poson, and upon applying the
usual restoratives the patient re
vived The in.m was Ernani, but
he stoutly denied having attempt
ed suicide. Yesterday morning he
was taken before Judge Elliot anil
examined on a charge of attempt
ing self-destruction, lie was deep
ly affected, and wept freely as lie
told the story of his misfortunes.
On being (iiHeliaPged. he wandered
away, seemingly indifferent as to
where lit; should go. Many who
saw him expressed fears as to iiis
safely.— JV. Y. Sun, 17 th.
Last week Lam a Fair was walk
ing along Rest my street, and was,
as usual, the admired of all ad
mirers, Her name passed from
mouth to month, and every one
stared fixedly after her as she
passed by. Among the crowd was
a brisk doctor from Oakland, quite
an elderly man, and he w is carry
ing a little hand vilisc with seve
ral hundred dollars in silver coin
in it He grew so earnest in his
gazing that the valise came open
and h it the numey exposed to the
multitude, who could easily have
helped tlipmselres to the twenty
dollar rolls. A friend met him an 1
said:
“Why, doctor, you will lose your
money if you are not more careful”
“By Jove! is my valise open?
By Jiive ! I was looking at Laura
Fall-; some one might have stolen
it, by Jove! Where U she gone?
Which way? By Jove!” and he
shut the clasp with a snap and
trotted <‘ff agai:* in the fair Laura’s
wake. That’s what’s the matter.
A Milwauke Indy had several
hundred dollars worth of point
lace clipped off her clothing by an
adroit thief while she was at
church singing, “Strip me of the
robe of pride ; clothe me iu humil
ity.”
A blind beggar is on trial at Roch
ester for biting off a forefinger which
a man put before tbe mendicant's
eyes to determine whether he was an
imposter or not.