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THE JEFFERSON lH NEWS & FARMER.
Vol. 2.
TIHIE
Jefferson News & Farmer
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S. W. ROBERTS & BROI
v Terms $3 00 per Annum, in Advance,
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
• jB. W. Carswell, W. F. Deuny.
J Carswell & Denny,
ATTORNEYS AT JLAW,
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA,
WILL practice in all the Counties in the
Middle Circuit. Also liurke in Au
gusta Circuit All business entrusted to their
care will meet with prompt attention.
Nov, 3. 27 ly
J Gr. CAIN 3 ~~ Th. POLHILL.
- CAIN 5 POLUILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILLE, GA.
May 5» 1871. 1 ly.
T. F. “HA EL 0 W
W atcli JVC alier
—AND—
3=L R3PAI2IBR,
Louisville, 9a.
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kSI’EOIAL ATTENTION GIVEN to reno
vating anil repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES &e„ &c.
Also Agent lor :! le Home Shuttle Sewing
Machine.
May 5, 1871. 1 lyr:
” DR. I. R. POWELL,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
f V
i. IIANKFUL FOR THE PATRONAGE
enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con
tiiming the offer of his professional &rvices to
patrons and friends.
May f>, 1871. 1 lyr.
MEDICAL.
DR J. It. S\l l Pi I late of Sandersvillo Ga.,
offers his Professional services to the
citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years in the
profession, should entitle him to Public Con
fidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics
and the diseases of women and children. of
lice at residence, Louisville.
Louisville June '20.1871. .8 ts.
MI SC ELL A N EOUS AD VE RTISEMENTS.
SfflES TUW SPRING
AND
SUMMER GOOES.
I am now daiiy receiving choice and desir
able
•DR.V aOODS.
The latent novelties in DRESS GOODS.
LADIES MADE SUITS,
I have now on hand a lino assortment of
Cassimerc's Cottonadcs and Linen's
for Gentlemen's wear, which will be offered at
the lowest prices.
GEORGE WEBER.
Bee Hive Store.
No. 17G Broad Street,
apr IS ts. Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
V
Ga.
Possessing powerful invigorating
Theso Bitters are positively invaluable in
They purify the system, and will euro
Remittent and Intermittent Revert,
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
All yield to their powerful eflioacy. ,
Aro an antidote to change of Water and Diet.
' . to the wasted frame, and correot all . 4
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and J
The grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
Will 111 'I li' I InliH
me stantoi^v™^
jr In Young or Old,
jfvc Single, these Bitters are
.'quailed and have often been
means of saving life.
TRY ONE BOTTLE.
MILLER, BISSELL & BURRUM, Whole
.<alo Agents, aid Wholesale Grocers and Com
mission Merchants, 177 Broad Street, AU
GUST A, GA.
Montvalc Springs,
Blount County, East Tennessee.
rgIHIS FAVORITE SUMMER RESORT
J. will be opened for the reception of Visi
tors on the 15th of May. Tickets to the
Springs and return, can bo obtained at all
prominent points.
Board, per month, for May and June, $45;
for July, August and September, sti();for three
mouths $l5O.
Address for descriptive pamphlets, &c.
JOS. L. KlNG,Proprietor,
itpril 30yn ts Muntvala Springs.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, June 6, 1872.
New Advertisements.
Dissolution
—OF—
CQV&STJfmSBIP.
The Copartnership heretofore ex
isting between the undersigned, un
iter the tirin name of
SAMUEL M. LEDRREIt&CO.
is this day dissolved by mutual con
«ent.
Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK and
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are alone
authorized to settle the ultiiirs ol the
late firm, collect all moneys due,
and sign in liquidation.
SAM’L M. LEDEIIER,
I. M. FRANK,
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN
Savannah, July ISth, IS7I.
Copartnership Notice.
The undersigned have this day
associated themselves together as
Farmers for the transaction of a
General
DRY GOODS
business in the City of Savannah,
U nder the firm name of
FRANK & ECKSTEIN.
AT 131 BROUGHTON ST.
where they will continue to carry an
extensive stock ot
3 IP A IP H
AND
3
BBT ©OOBB
AND
MOTI 0 K S .
ill NEW STm..
Ntew York.
Possessing facilities to purchase
Goods
in the
Northern
Markets
on the very best terms, will contin
ue to offer such
INDUCEMENTS
as will make it the interest of
BUYERS
to deal with us.
Thanking you for the kind favors
bestowed on the late firm, we re
spectfully solicit your patronage in
future. Also an early examination
of our slock and prices.
Yours respecifully,
FRANK A ECKSTEIN,
131 Broughton St-
Parlies desiring 10 send orders for
Goods or Samples of Dry Goods will
find them promptly attended to by
addressing
P. O. BOX 3S
Savanaab Ga.
August 18, ly. n
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All and VT iUauUufl^
J. Walker Proprietor. R H. McDonald * Cos., Druggists and
Oe*. Ag'ts, Bau FrancUoo. Cal., and S3 and 3 1 Commerce St, N.Y.
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
WondeiTnl Curative Eflccts.
Thcynro not a vilo Fancy Drink, tnadoot Poor
Ruin, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Li
quors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the ta*te,
called “ Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” 4tc., that
lead the tippler onto drunkenness and ruin, lmt arc a true
Medicine, made from the Native Boots and Herbs of Cali
fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They arc the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and
A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Bcno
vator and Invigorotor of the System, carrying off ail
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person can take these Bitters according to
directions and remain long unwell.provided their bones
nre: not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are a Gentle Purgative as well an n
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as
a powerful ngont in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, ami all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young or
old, married or single, nt the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory ami Chronic Rheuma
tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent and Intermittent iFcvcrs,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys mid
Bladder, these Bitters liavo been most successful.
Such Diseases arc caused by Vitiated Blood,
which is generally produced by derangement of the Di
gestive Orgnus.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,
Pain In the iihoulders.Coughs. Tightness of the Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the Heart,
Inflammation of tbe Lungs, Pain in tho regions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, oru the
offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in demising the blood of all impurities, and impart
ing new life and vigor to tho whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, SaV
Uheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncleß, King-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch. Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Dig.
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by
tho use ot theso Bitters. Ono bottle in such cases will
convince t lie most incredulous of their curative effects.
Cleanso the Vitiated Blood whenever you And its im
purities bursting through tho skin in Pimples, Erup
tions or Bores; clcanso it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanso it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure,
and the health of tho system will follow.
Pin, Tape, and other Wormn, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the face of the earth
whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. 11. MCDONALD «fc CO.,
D r *'.'gists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco. California,
in<l 32 and 34 Commerce Street. New York.
aarsoLu by all druuuists and dealers.
DARBY’S
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID
f|lH 18 invaluable Family Medicine, toi
A purifying, cleansing, removing ba<
odors in all kinds of sickness; for burns
sores, wouuds, stings; for Erysipelas,
rheu’iiatism, and all skin diseases; id
catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria,
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash tc
soften and beautify tho skin; to removi
nk spots, roilaew, fruit stains, taken in
tcrnally as well as applied externally; sc
highly recomme'nded by alfwlio i'avc'uscd
it—is for sale by all Druggists and Coun
ry Merchants, and may be ordered di
rectly of the
DARBY PROPHYLACTIC OO.'"'
161 William Street. N. Y.
p Dec24’7o ly. rMay2 nJuneS ly
PERSON admits that a
COOKING STOVE
is indespensable in a well regulated and eco
nomical family. Therefore do not delay in
getting one » bnt go directly to
D L FULLERTON
and buy either the
"PHILANTHROPIST,’
"CHIEF COOK,”
o r
"COTTON PLANT.’
D L FULLE LIT ON. ,
Stove and Tin Ware Dealer, near Jas. TANARUS; Botfc-
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RAKE CHANCE FOR AGES ’A'§.
We will pay S4O per week in cash, and ex
pensts. if you will engage with us AT ONCE, —
Everything furnished and expenses paid. Ad-
F. A. ELLS & CO., Charlotte, Mi eh
HOME SHUTTLE ”
Sewing Machine-
Agents wanted in every county in North Car
olina, South Carolina. Georgia and Florida, to
sell this popular Machine. It makes ( lie lock
stick (alike on both sides,) I’riee, $25. For
circular, address D. G MAXYtELL, General
Agent, Charlotte, North Carolina.
GREAT MEDICAL BOOK of useful know].
edgo to ail. Sent freo for two stamps.
Address Dr. Bonaparte Jr Cos , Cincinnati!, O.
May 20, rpn 4t
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States In Circular,
Judge Harris’ Address.
At the solicitation of the Lecture Club,
Hon. Iverson L. Hakkis, of our city,
delivered an Address (one of the series
now in progress) in the old Senate Cham
ber, to the order of Good Templars aid
to tiie public. At an early hour on the
evening of the 23d inst., a largo assem
blage of the beauty and the intelligence
of Milledgeville was assembled in the
Chamber so intimately connected with
the past glories of the Statesmen and of
the State of Georgia, when the eloquent
and distinguished Orator ot the evening
dilivered a mat interesting address, ol
which the follon ing is a meagre synop
sis :
The speaker opened his address with
soino allusion to the history of tho liall
in which t ho audience was assembled,
and the hope that the State would yet do
herself and our city the justice to restore
the Capital to us. Tho seat ol Govern
ment was first lixod by Gen. Oglethorpe
at Savannah, as the founder of tho State.
Thence it was removed to Augusta
when Savannah fell into the hands of
the British in 1779 —and again, when
•ho latter followed the fate of Savannah,
was removed to Louisville. These re- I
morals insulted Irom tho exigencies of
the war—not from legislation. Georgia
was under no pledge to any of these pla
ees In 1790 the unscrupulous specu
lations of tho Land Company, and tho
odiou legislation they had the influence
to compass, greatly pi evoked the indig
nation of the people, and led to the linal
cession to ihc General Government of
the to titory now constituting the States
of Alabama and Mississippi. The tieaty
of 1803 with ilie Creek Indians gave to
the white settlers ot Georgia the territo
ry lying between the rivers Oconee and
Oemulgee ; and immediately thereafter,
■he Legsslature of Georgia set about
providing a permanent Capita/ for the
State. The borders of the Stale wcie at
last fixed such as they were to remain,
an I have ictnuiitcd, Gent/alrtp of /new.
linn was of course, and justly, considered
ot importance in the selection of a site.
A committee for the pm pose was raised,
and after suffieient exploration, the pies
ent site ot Mi lodgeville was unanimous
ly agreed on as the site of the permanent
Capital of Georgia.
Not only was this spot blessed with
the element of centrality, considered with
reference to the boundaries of the State,
but it possessed numerous other recom
mendations. The Oconee River near
this point was navigable to tbe. sea;
above this place, it fell over the magni
ficent cascades opposite to us this eve
ning created by iho Inst ledge of the
granitic formation where the latter )ietils
with a graceful declination to tlieterti. -
ry regi hi sloping to the sea shore. No
fewer Allan seven fine, bold jprings of
pure water gushed from the seven hills
of the site ot Milledgeville. The space
was covered with monarch oaks ot gi
gantic size and pre-historic antiquity—
uow unhappily destroyed to make room
for the less majestic intruders lrom for
eign lands which make our shade in la
ter years. By a unanimous vote, the
place was selected; mid a handsomer,
healthier, more fertile or beautiful site
for a future city could not have been
found in the limits of Georgia.
The Legislature adopted the Report ol
the Committee; the State had the title
to the laud ; the future Seat of Govern
ment was declared by law to bo perma
nenthj located here. Such was the ver
biage of the act. Lots were laid off, and
purchasers paid enormous prises for
them in consequence of that public
pledge. Prior to this period, no pirnia
, nent Capital had boon made. The re
moval of tho Seat of Government to At
lanta, aside from its bad policy in other
respects, was an infraction of this con
tract between the State in lSo3,and the
purchasers (and their “assigns forever”)
of properly in Milledgeville. There is
not a Court in Christendom which upon
principles of equity, would not decree
damages to the injured real estate owner
in Milledgeville—injured by Iho depre
ciation of the value of his property re
sulting from tho removal of the Capital
—T the State were a private individual
and not a public corporation. Another
fiet is worthy of ineutiou : The cost of
the original building in which we are
assembled this eveniug came not from
the pocktls rtf the tax-papers of the Stale
E'ery dollar of it was raised by the sale
of lots at enormous prircs which the lots
commanded because the State had declar
ed Milledgeville tube the permanent Cap
ital ! One lot, ns he had alwavs heard
from boyhood up, sold for near $4 000 —
a lot of one acre and covered by prime
val forest! It was considered the key
lot to the future place of trade. The lot
on which Mr. Mapp now resides, con
taining one acre also, wholly unimprov
ed except by its mnjestic oaks planted
by the hand of nature, and remote from
the Capitol, sold for S7OO.
The speaker was brought hither an in
fant in his mother’s arms, in the early
settlement of Milledgeville. The orig
inal settlers of the place were made up
chiefly of three classes. 1. Mechanics
who found here occupation in building
up anew city. 2. Hotel and Boarding
house keepers, whose vocation was ne
cessary to accommodate tbe members of
tho Legislature and others at their re
curring sessions, &c. 3. Officers and
employees of the State Government, who
were required by law to reside at the
Seat of Government. A fourth class
was soon added—a large number of Doc
tors. These men were frugal and in
itustiious. Mention was made ofanmn
ber of mechanics and others in humble
circumstances who, by frugality and in
dustry in their respective callings amass
ed largo fortunes, which, in a few'in
stauces, their descendants are enjoying
In those days, tho good citizens of Mil
ledgeville were freo from the tyranny of
fashion, and distinguished for bospitali
ty. Tbe early history of tho citv was
then traced with great vivacity and some
minuteness by the eloquent speaker, and
the changes which have attended the lo
cation of the bu-iness houses. «- well li
the fashionable residences of th" citv.
A long roll of names of the old
families was pronounced. Some have
worthy and honorable descendants
representing them here and elsewhere in
the State ; others have wholly disap
peared, at lea-t from the Speakei’s
knowledge.
Among the changes the Capitol groini is
have sustained, the speaker alluded to
beautiful Indian Mound which had stood
at the settlement of Milledgeville, a few
yards southeast Horn the building and
had disappeared : a change without im
prom me nt. A lively picture of the early
schools of Milledgeville was given, and
a just tribute paid to the sound, vigorous
and healthy mode of instruction then in
vogue. The speaker had some recollec
tions of a personal nature of the J\ rule as
administered with ju-t discrimination liy
a most admirable lemalc teacher of little
hoys and gills in that day.
The original newspaper of Milledge
ville was the •• Argils,” whose edit or was
Mr Dennis L. Ryan. The next was the
I “ Georgia Journal,” conducted by (In'
Grantlaud brothers, who came as printer.-
to Milledgeville, and who by talents ot a
very high orde , great energy and worth
of character, exercised a great and salu
tary influence in tile State. One ol them
Hon. Seaton Grantlaud, had been our
Representative in Congress, and left
behind him a largo fortune which his in
diisiry and sagacity had built up.
A vivid pictuie was then drawn of
Capt. Ambrose Day, one ol the early
“pres.-.gang" ol Georgia. Misioituues in
business clouded his eaily prospects;
and he had drowned all his usefulness in
the fatal gull >d intoxicating drink. A
faithful poitrai: of him as he appeared
in his sad decadence of character and
fortune exists somewheic inMille lgevi le
and should he p eserved. It would he
well for the G >od Templars to procure
it: No more striking illustration ot the
ruin alcohol hiings oo its votaries could
be found. The speaker alluded to the
final location of business houses of Mil
ledgeville at their present quarters, alter
two previous removals. Prior to this, a
fine spring ot running water flowed from
the site oi the present drug store ol Mr.
J. M. Clark, down a deep ravine which
then occupied the space between tiiat
dmg store and the present Masonic
llall building. In those days the stage
arrival from Augusta crossed this ravine;
and it was so deep that bystanders at a
very shoit distance from the scene, 1 >sl
sight of tlie entire stage, team, diivei
and all. win n in the depths of the la
viue. In I hose days prior to the ruin the
cu tivaliou of cotton h is wrought on iho
soil nf Middle Georgia —heloic the soil
had been washed luto the streams —a
.•real abundance of the finest fishes weie
readily caught in the Oconee river and
in Fishing creek. Now these streams
are continually muddy —their beds fill
ed with sand —and the scale fishes have
almost disappeared. When steamboats
first ascended the Oconee river, the ab
sence ol the shad (which was obsoived
about that period) was popularly atmbu
ted to the fright which tlu-se fishes ex
perienced at the uueartbly noises ol the
steamers.
Among the earlier reminiscences of
Milledgeville, the speaker described the
ducking of a common scold, under solemn
sentence of the law, in the Oconee liver,
by the High Sheriff of the county, be
foro the transition horn the rigid com
mon law to our popular code. The speak
er had also seen about the year ISI4 or
IS 15, a wan executed for the passing ol
ass counterfeit hill! The present tem
per of the age, and resultant change ol
laws, in these instances, arc striking il
lustrations of progress.
The Speaker alluded to the location
of the Penitentiary in Milledgeville as
the primary cause of seiious evil to this
town. Competition between the me
chanics living here prior to the establish
meat of the Pcuitentiary, and the eon
vicls who had been put to learn trades
during confinement, aud had remained
here after their discharge, had resulted
unlavorably- A Mechanics’ Society,
composed of tnoro than eighty members
was in existence here until the Peniten
tiary entered into competition with them
in all departments of business. Many
hiulily honorable families were mention
ed~by name, whose ancestors had been
worthy and iudustrious mechanics in the
early days of Milledgeville. The speak
er dwelt emphatically on the point that
in the early and better days of Milledge
ville there was uo “ aristocracy ’ here.
He seemed to think the genuine article
was scarce here aud everywhere in Amer
ica, even now. The aristocracy of hon
est industry and frugality evidently en
•’rors the chief admiration of the speaker
for that exalted order of human beings.
The speaker's remarks were respond
ed to frequently by bursts of merited ap
plause. We trust he may be induced
at an early day to resume these admira
ble and instructive reminiscences. X.
Southern Recorder.
Said a distinguished politician to
his son, —'Look at me! I began as
an alderman, and here I am the top
of the tree ; and what js my reward ?
Why, when 1 die, my son will be
the greatest rascal m the city.’
To this the young hopeful replied:
‘Yes, dad, when you die—but nol
till then.’
An observing individual in a heal
thy village, seeing the sexton at
work in the ground, inquired what
he was about. “Digging a grave,
sir.” “Digging a grave! Why I
thought people didn’t die often here
do they ?” Oh, no, sir! they nev
er die but once,"
Shorn' Words Exactly to the Point
—The Courier-Journal sets .‘brill
very clearly the points which wiii
pio'ijbly come before tin- Bilti'iion
Convention tor its consideration,
file wisdom ot its utterance cannot
be disputed:
As the case stands, and the situ
ation is not likely' to change mate
ri i ly between now and the assem
bling o! the Convention, the Giant
men cannot elect ima-c-i-tcd, nor
can the lob, nor yet the De;n
ociat,-. Greeley lias already been
n minuted by tbe Liberal-; Grant
will be the nominee of the Radicals;
anil, il a straight Democratic candi
date is brought into thcTield, one of
two tilings must follow: ciibrr Grant
will be elected or there will be no
election. \\ GiL- neiiliei patty can
elect, a co-n' -in at ion ol any two of
them can. I’be danger i- that the
Democracy, reiving upon :lie* dis
sensions ot ilieir opponents, may
bring out a candidate ol heir own,
aim ii that event llie etf et must in
evitably be either to drive the
masses ot lormer Republicans who
would hi lie: wise ,-upport Gr elev
to Giant, or lake the election into
the Hoti-e of Representatives.
Wiietlicr the one or the oilier Hap
pened, the disastrous effect Would
he the same .-<■ lar as the 1 Monocra
cy arc concerned. The Mouse of
Representatives would inlallibiy de
c.ile far Grant.
I lie ileleal ot a regular Demo
cratic nomination next November,
it is plainly to he seen, we could not
hope to recover from. The prestige
m the party ami its ijrganiz ition
would he gone. All the bright an
ticipations the Demoeiacy cherish
respecting the Cong'essiou.il suc
ces ion would turn out as unsafe
stall ial as the baseless fabric of a
dream. The Radicals would have
the l’icsideiit, they would have
Congress, they would have uninter
rupted dominion over the country
lor all time to come.
The Hiltimore Convention will
have it in its power to determin
whether Greeley or Grant shall lie
[’resident. The solemn respiorisi
bi'ih will rest with it ol choosing
between freedom aud chains fertile
South, and, indeed, for the whole
country. Can any one be at a loss
to foretell what its action will be?
An Important Decision -The Con
stitutionality of the Law Removing
Suits lrom State to Federal Courts. —
In the suit of Stephens vs. Howe,
Chief Justice Barbout has given a
careful opinion, holding that the
United Slates statutes of 1566 and
1867, permitting a defendant not a
resilient of the same State as a plain
iif!' to remove at any stage of the
suit his case from a S;tue to the
United States Courts are unconsti
tutional. In this particular case
ihere had been a trial in the Supe
rior Court and a reversal of the
judgment on appeal, but before the
new trial, the defendant being a
non-resident of the State, took the
necessary steps, in strict compli
ance with the statute, to remove the
case to the United States Circuit
Court.
The question, therefore, was sim
ply on the validity of the statutes.
Justice Barbour holds that under
the constitutional provision the ju
dicial power shall extend to contro
versies between citizens of different
States, as interpreted by the judi
ciary act of 1789 and the decision of
the United Slates couits; the
jmisdietion in such cases of State
and United State courts is concur
rent; that the Constitution simply
confers a personal privilege on a
non-resident party to the action,
which must be exercised at the.ear
liest moment; that after appearing
and submitting to the jurisdiction of
the State courts, this privilege is
waived and cannot be subsequently
asserted, and that the statutes in
question, in endeavering to extend
the right beyond the terms of the
Constitution, are unconstitutional
and void.— N. Y. Commercial.
The latest development of female
absurdity is the letter of Tennie C.
Claflin, in which she applies for the
Colonelcy of the Ninth New York
regiment, protesting that it would
be wrong to the memory of its dead
leader to select as its successor any
one lacking the magnetic influence
he possessed over soldiers. She
will accept the position, and pledge
herself, il elected, to give such iui
petus to recruiting that in thirty days
the regiment will he the foremost in
the State. There can he no objec
tion, she says, to me, except that 1
am a woman ; but Joan of Arc was
a woman, and while I don’t pretend
to have her military genius, it has
always been my desire to become
actively connected with the service.
In the whole rules and tactics I am
well versed.
No. 5
AI.ABAMA ViKW. “The- i
>f ihi* South i.-t determined ■ v >,■<-, <■
«K)«T»|iwis of expodii-ncv. i'll
is that attitude is ,ii prtv-eui <■> . ■,•"
••-ilaiion we think it an iniiorttiiinur
| one.
“ Tile people of tlie .South have
the greatest stake in the result nt the
Presidential contest; and they should
ini he put hnpeiessly :tt the ineicv
"id helplessly in the power of those
"h i sacrificed them at once arid if
t appear profitable will sacrifice
• Item again. We protest against
•he use of the .South as ballast for lire
Northern D- m icratic halionn.”
Acting tip in this policy, the ;!r>rtis
hoists the names of Greeley and
Ikiiwn at its mast head, with the
following as its reason for so doing:
We I relieve that ‘•all the reads
'hat lead from (ireeley lead to
Grant :
We believe that a change in the
federal udmini.-irati m is necessary
m the safety of the Southern people.
We believe that in the In eral re-
I'libiieari movement, uit h its prom
ises to lhe>tatesot local sell govern
ment, and to the nation of a return
t i the methods of peace and the eon
slitulioiial limitations of power, is
the only hope of the South.
W e believe that the election of
the candidates of the Cincinnati con*
ventio i will restore the “supremacy
oi the civil over the military author
ity,’ secure‘ freedom of person im
dei the protection oi thr* Imltiiis cor
/ins,'' and guarantee to the citizens
of all sections “ the largest liberty
cn isi-tent with public order.”
And, believing thus, we put at the
head of our columns tin? name of
Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown
and shall support these gentlemen
lor the offices of president and vice
president respectively, and support
■ hem to the end, unless as the can
vas* progresses, it shall he made
(dear to us that by another course we
can better serve the people of the
Southern States. —Selma Argus.
Tiie Striking Mania. —The la
bor que.-iioti is coming up in its most
unpleasant form in several sections
of t lie country. The riot of the
Michigan miners have reached such
a violent stage that troops are called
for, and the New Yoik carpenters
are engaged in a more peaceful
though no less earnest campaign to
secure short hours and larger pay.
The latter movement is the mote
significant, in that it is gathering
rapidly non-society men into the or
der under whose auspices the strike
is organized, and assuming propor
tions that must obstruct in an un
comfortable manner the business in
New York. It is to he regretted that
no more reasonable and effective
method of reforming their grie\ ances
has been adopted by these men, for
"fall applismers for compelling con
cessions from employers, a strike is
the most dangerous to those engaged
in it. The Providence Herald has
just emerged from a similar difficul
ty, regarding hours and pay, with
its compositors, and the result is that
the efforts of the strikers have had
no effect at all on the situation, which
remains as before. But, aside from
die almost certain failures of such
movements in a country where labor
is free, the loss to those engaging in
the strike is inevitably greater than
the surn of any advantages they
may gam if successful. The New
York carpenters’ strike appears for
midable just now, and has accom
plished a certain measure of success;
but it will hardly prove an exception
to the many that have preceded it.
Democxn/ic Dodgers. —The New
York Journal of Commerce com
ments with severity, but no more
than the facts justify, upon the con
duct of some democratic Congress
men. Those men are everlastingly
complaining, says the Journal, that
they are a minority at Washington,
and powerless; but that is not al
ways true. Some times they have
a working majority in the House,
and could make their principles, if
they have any, effective. Several
limes this session they have missed
their chance most scandalously;
notably the other day when Firi
kenlnburg’s proposition was up to
cut down the tariff2o per cent, on
a mimler of articles, forty Demo*
ciats who knew that this important
measure was to be acted on, im
proved the occasion to run off'to a
circus like a pack of small boys
Ten votes wnu'd have carried the
result and gained a little victory for
revenue reform; but all was allowed
to goby default, because four times
ten Democrats preferred to see a
man turn somersaults than to do a
good service to their constituents and
the country. The Journal adds
that there is a suspicion that tricke
ry, quite as much as wonted neg
lect of duty, has much to do with
this shirking and shuffling.