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BY J. T. W ATERMAN.
PERRY, GA., JJUI.Y 12, 1872.
YOL II, NO. 26.
lonston Home Journal.
biday MORNING, JULY 15, 18721 -
WARREN NOTTINGIfAM,
Attorney H * Law
PERRY, GA.
BILL promptly attend to all-business en-
tostal to ms-care. Special attention,given
^ Qje coUection of claims. jime28tf '
DUNCAN & MILLER,
ATTORNEYS at uw
PERRY, GEORGIA.
£DWiN martin,
a «tor»gy4.at 3E£i*ieK?
fluey, gloegja.
Will give.prompt attention to all busiriefe-
entrusted to him in Houston and adjoining
counties. Collections, a specialty.
BUFORD. M. DAVIS,
Attorney at Xiftw,
. PERRY, GEORGIA,
Will practise in aU the Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, and in-others by special con
tract. jau2G
FROWN’S
Opposite Passengev Defiot,
MACON, GA.,
Vi, F. BROUN & CO., Proprietors,
Fred. A. Richards, Clerk.
SPOTS WOOD HOTEL,
MACON, GA
Nearly opposite tire Passenger Depot.
Gnly one minute’s walk.
THOS. H. HARRIS; PnoritiEion.
G ARROLt
MASONIC INSTITUTE,
CARROLLTON, GA,
Mrtj. JXO.M. RICHARDSON, President
This Institution, under the fostering
care of the Masonic fiiiteniity, rcgulariy
chartered arid organized, is devoted to the
Thorough Co-education of the Sexes,
on the plan of the - beat modern Practical
tSthabis of Enrupe and America.
Board and tuition at reasonable rates.
Location, high and healthy; climate and
water delightful.
Spring term begins Feb. 1, and ends
July 17th. Fall term beg'urs Aug 1, arid
emis Nov. 20th. Send ibr circulars..
janlS-Siu
F. A. JOBSON,
CrunsmitlL,
PEEEY, GEOEGIA.
FIRE ARMS
Of every description repaired or remodeled.
Repairing of Sewing Machines,;
4RD ALL KINDS OF
BRASS,
STEEL,
COPPER,
LIGHT IRON,
BRITTANIA, or
SILVERWARE,
Bone with neatness and dispatch,
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
NOTICE.
AJ1 Persons, having articles in my shop thatliaye j
tieeu repaired, are requestei to j>y charges and'
take them away; and hereafter any article not
paid for and taken in ten days after bums ttuiehed
will bo sold to pay charges. ®, A. JQBSON.
Dr. J. C. GILBERT’S
Is the place, to buy PURE-and UN ADD L-
■ ' TSRATEP medicines.
HE SEILSrAT Um* PRICES.
&ALL AND BUY YOUR SUPPLIES
TERMS. STBLGTLY;CASH. .
dee28-t ' .
Coual and Jg,pan
VAiYsrxsH:,
J. C. GILBERT’S DRUG STORK
WindoTT Glass and Putty
FOR SALE BY
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LONG TIME AG.O;
Or,'Houston ia the Olden Time-!
BY .* BESIDENlX OB FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
Xuniber XII.
©n.ab'earififui, bright Sabbath day-
in May, 1828, the Sabbath-school still
in existence and'pi'o%>ering in the Ml
E. Church, was organized. Jolin Chain
and- OoL Cobb-were the tending spirits
and originators -of that canse in our
Community.' Of its importance land
valjie to-the moral and religious'inter-
estsof society and to individuals bo
ons can form any just-estimate.' Years
afterivstrd- tlie Sabhafo -sch obi in the
Baptist Church yrris organized and is
yet prosperous, dispensing i Es'blessings
npw as it bos dq|ee sin ebit was institu
ted. Many who are yet living remem
ber the- beauty of that Miy Sabbath
dnd the -large assembly : present at the
old' academy to witness the opening of
pgr-* first seliool, The house was
crowded, the windows and- doors full
and many were Outside who could uot
get ia to witness or take part in the
exercises. Many things might be said
in reference to its first organism and
the interest first' manifested by ali as
compared with its present: features in
these respects. I desist, however, for
reasons not necessary for me to men-
tion here; For several years past but
two of its original members whose
names remained dnfoeroll were living;
"test y-*ar one of them, whose loss to
the' school eaffnever he overestimated,
ended bier bright, useful career leaving
for -orir ericOtiragemont and example a
record which wo hope never to forget
Or fait to imitate, trusting that our de
parture may belike hers—triumphant;
and tha t “she being, deadyet speak-
speaketh” may be true of i:s.
One other scene : a Baptistineeting
lieldin the Methodist Church,the large
crowds present., and the ministers, one
of wliom wore a suit resembling very
much the Continental' costume,' with
'his white hair down on his' shoulders
reminded me of the picture I had seen
of WilKain Penn as he is' represented
in conference with the Indians under
the large Oak at Philadelphia. Dir-
ring,this meeting I was impressed with
the plain,'simple dress and manners of
those who attended from'a distance;
indicating clearly-that their attendance
was prompted by the desire to be beno-
Stted, and they were'not disappointed.
The ministers of every.denomination
in-their dress conformed strictly to the
simple primitive styles peculiar to each'
aud'.thoir people (who r althbugli'not as-
exacting as the good old man who tried
in every way to compel Mr. afterwards
Bishop Bascorn to adopt his notions of
the proper dress for a preacher) were
plain and economical themselves and
• loved to have it so.” Then- ministers
“were of them,” on a level with, nei
ther above or beneath them. They
were-deficient in one respect, but in.
that not unhkoithe membership of the
churches in the- present-da v, namely ;
the material support of their pastors
whicli.is their due. But enough, for
perhaps I have already said too.much
here, as this subject is considered by
some not the business of contributors
to the'secular press.
I saw only a few days since at his
post Uncle Samuel Anthony. HS ap
peared the-same in every particular as
he did when I first, saw liim forty years
4go, perhaps. He still lives a consis
tent, faithful and .efficient represerita-
tive of his church. Whiled! looked sit
him I remembered-a refn.irk madeby’
Sopie one pot long since, t-hat “Ue 'wus
fee-only remaining link between his
church of the present'day and that of
former, days-upon which' Ichabod was
written,’’ and thought the one who said 1
it did not-have Ms'-eyes half open, for
while it te^true that/there is no man
who has more friends and fewer ene-.
mies, who-wields's, greater' influence
and who lies nearer the heart of the
masses and more faithfully' represents
the former glory of foe ckurelr lie has’
served so long and welL There are
-now. and we. predict,there will be nu-
til Hie dosing up of -the-Christian sys
tem,others whoseiives wifi warrant- the
opinion that upon fee elfnreiies belong
ing to apd which are integral and es-
seritiHlparts of it will never be Written
i the forma: glory • lias departed; ”
never J : • . - - . . ' --
Again memory goes back, and is. wont
fo linger around and speak’ of individ
uals, whom we were taqght to respect
and revere—whose pcfftteitnresare still,
lifelike, their kindnesses sensibly felt
and- even, now the ' distinctive tonefof
their voices feBL. upon > pur -soap,* but -I
mnsk away- ■ Memcayy till, xaembty.! plates the law and has military officers -nidnriy cause; while at frequent periods
thQn.niysteripris-.reaiinder of.fbe'S.weefr ^tpfilldvHppdtiuiis.” T “So did' Jack- 'fo has' maishafled her hosts and
and and bitter past, drive, not away
these departed loved and honored
if we coaid, forget tkemhere, and trust
that at Qr.r antieipated re-union their
society; and their benefits may increase
and heighten our joy forever.
Germany has a newspaper ofie 'hun
dred and eighty-six years old.
JAMES, THE; BANKER.
Some Facts about the Self-nominated
Candidate.
[Special Correspondent of- tlie-VIoming JTews.J
Atlanta, Jnly3j i872.
JOHN ir. J.V3IES, RANKER.
Miv jolm H James, banker and May
or of Atlanta, is a candidate for Gov
ernor 1 . Hewas pnt up last-Sunday
morning. That was fonr days. ago,
and yet there is some-taik of-taking
him down already, because he has not
developed -the strength that was ex
pected. Indeed,! there are -people who
!jhink that Mr.-Jamea is being used by
the parties now having him in -charge,
and that when they shall have bled
him sufficiently, he will be thrust asid
and'another and a stronger nag, nl
tied out, brought-forward to make the
race, I know uot how this is, biit I
am-much mistaken -in the man if. Mr.
James a Hows this, th ing. to be. done.—
Many of our people think he has not
made a particularly brilliant Mayor;
blit he is evidently of the opinion that
he .could do better as Governor-of Geor
gia, and he is anxioos to try it.
HAVE WE A FINANCIER AMON& E8?
The friends of Mr. 'James wisely base
Ms claims upon bis great skill as a fi
nancier. This is unquestionably his
strongest card." It is'well known that'
lie quit the country - during the war,'
and people say he made a great deal of
money while absent at Naasan, and in
the Northern cities. No one but a
man of financial, ability could ‘nave
done that. Such men as Governor
Smith and Generals Gordon, Colquitt,’
Banning, Wright; Doles, Young,
Semmes, Thomas; Cook, Tige' Ander
son, and thousands of other heroic
spirits, half famished and half naked,
might offer-their bodies a living wali-
against the invader, but this ’ astute
moneychanger wiistoo shrewd for that.
While they were holding the enemy at
bay, lie was luggingin tlie money.—
Tliere eau be no doubt that he is a great
financier. -
A LITTLE SPECULATIOX,,
After his return to Georgia, Mi-.
James built a very showy house here,
with two great wings to it," the like of
which had never been' seen before in
this city. Time, the ’ work was done
rapidly, and the doors and windows
did hot fit well, and nearly ail the
chimneys smoked so badly that some
of the rooms were rendered almost nu'--
inhabitable. For this- or soine oth
er reason; Mr, John H; .James fi
nally “prevailed” on B u i l o c k’ s
Legislature to buy the house for
her Ex icuiive mansion, at the enoT - -
uious price t>f §100,000. Competent
judges think it is worth, perhips §±0,-‘
000, and the furniture possibly §3,000.
' nuLlook’s remedy.
To rCm.Ndy the defect in the* chim-
ueys r the luxurious • Bullock had the
fire-places closed, arid registers put up
at-a-eost of about §0,000. These reg
isters, as'I -am infurmed, require near
ly half a ton of anthracite coal a day to
heat the house. So, with James’ srno-
key cMmneys on the oiio hand, and
Bullock’s costly heating apafatu's. on
the other, the .present occupant of !the
house m-nst 'he in a fix. If he used the
fire-places, he is liable" to- be smoked
out, and if lie resorts to the registers, '
liis pockets are bound to be burat oiit.
The sale of the r establishment, there-'
fore,/attwieefte real value,- was a- Very
clever'frirasaetion, uind uo one bat tlte'
best sort of afihaucier could have man
aged the speculation so -adroitly.
JAAISS AS A DEALER EV BOSfr3.'
. Mr. James has made-money, in otlier-
wayS; however.- He is’a ’banker, and;
deals in'bonds; and lends liis v money at
high rates of interest. He isstill add
ing to hisriehes, andifhe were Govern
or, there is no telling- how Much lie
would not make. The ‘‘rings” herd,
and elsewhere .understand the situa
tion; as well : as Ms great skill, and are
anxious to make him Governor. It * is
claimed that lie even--turned Henry
Clews down lately in a eertaiii bond
-fransiiction' -
Talking of Grant’s shortcomings,
Ms.supporteps remind ns of a poor fel
low.who applied to a manager of a.thpr:
atre oued for an engagement as leading:
tragedian. “Bat you- liave a husky,
disagrdeable voice,’-’ remonstrated: the
rnansiger; - ‘So bad. Kean, ’’-responded
the. applicant. - “You have -crooked
legs.” “So had Garrick.” “You have'
ia bad figure.” “So. had Booth.” “Yon
have a dull, disagreeable face.” “So
had Bannister.” “But. you have all
these defects;” ‘ ‘And -so the mbre re
markable,” closed np fbe stage-struck
mortal And now one says of Grant:
“He puts relatives .in office.” M§a ffid
Madison,” roars the backers.- “He vi-
‘So-vdid.
!e gives offices in re-
friends. of my .youth, noE-erase. -fpom. -jils favorites out of the public eriM”-^
YQllJ- faiflifnl ftvarn o 1mnrvif.inTiS Tlvr! T^/^Hr ” rlrtoc oTl f]iA. u
yonvfaithful record. t^eiF!adinonitioiLS' “So did Polk.” “Bat he does-aHthese Las raised anew her
andenftrmritfyomft-^ —-^,,1.1 ^ot thMos.” “So much the more remark-'
things. ”. “So much the more remark-
. able. ’Rah for .Grant!’’
eannotbe mneli worse,” »
Elaqaeilt Exfracts.
We Make the folio wing extracts from
the address of Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle,
b£.being.'inahgnratedas President ttf
Mercer University. We regret that onr
space does not .allow the publication
of the entire addi'ess : -
-Let the denomination rise to the
height of their grand opportunity; let
them ascend tlie-mount of vision .and
survey the enchanting-landscape'of the
.promised land'; let them calcnlate-the
magmtude- of the interest, the moral
grandeur of the.en ter prise, the splen-
dpr of the achievement, the glorious
reward that waits to .crown their faith
ful efforts. Let them dontemplate'the
thousands and tens o£^thons:inds of
yOuug, ineu, who, in successive gene
rations, rescued from, ignorance, pau
perism,. degradation and. obscurity,
shall by tlieir cultivated talents become
sources^of happiness and pride to their
families, ornaments of society and in
struments -of untold usefulness and
blessm'g' to their age. Let them, meas-
fire the'egllateral and incidental bene
fits such an institution will shed upon
-the conTuiunity, the denomination, the
generation ; the reflex influence upon
themselves, blessing their-hearts, their
.homes,'their business, and elevating
tlie denomination to a position at once
.honored, influential and commanding.
Let them unite in heart and voice and
hand; let all personal and sectional
bitterness be buried ; let every one of
this mighty cloud of witnesses lay a
helpful offering on the altar ; let ns
swell our endowment to the practica
ble million, and your college will .be
come, iu spite of opposition and rival
ry, the focal Baptist University of the
South. ■
the-past- attests .the tenth Of C
prophetic words ; “He'that falleth ort
this; stone shall be broken, but on
whomsoever if shall fall, if wiH grind
Mm to powder.” We inffist tliat fehris-
tdanity-has eVetytlimg to hope -and--
•nothing to fear from trae-sciencej that
sciencegis emphatically the misteess of
Teligion ; that its advocates .shoidd be
qna'ified to meet the champions at
error upon this territory on. equal
terms ;■ and that in a Christian Univer
sity every facility should be 'afforded
for obtaining the most liberal 'aqd
thcrougli seientifie edueatiOn.
A Wrecked Menagerie.
Every year teems with astounding
and usefril' discoveries, valuable and
wonderful inventions, and new appli
cation of natural forces and agents.
Discovery leads .to invention', and in
vention prompts and promotes 'further
discpvery. The world lias not ceased
to .wonder at the -revelations, of those
two magical instruments, of science—
the one opening to our view innumer
able -worlds, the systems. of jin-,
told magnitude rolling in unmfeisnra-
ble .space ; the other disclosing un
counted multitudes of living organisms-
in a single drop of water —both filling
the soul iii unutterable awe in.the .con
templation-of* tlie majestie cosm'is of
God. And before wo- recover breath
the .sjieeiroscope submits to our .analy
sis the very materials, of'which that
blazing sun and that feebly flicker
ing star, are composed. Science, lias
changed the aspect of the world. The
steam engine . and the telegraph have,
revolutionized commerce, government,
international policy, war, and even .the
.eyuTeuts of human thought. The Siiez
Canid the Mt'. Cenis Tunnel,, the Pa.-,
cifie' Ihiifroad—all the offspring of
seiehee—have subdiieG, the miglity im
pediments of nature, and brought into
close cpiunninroation regions... of. the
earth separated, by. distance and appa
rently insuperable barriers. The time
is not far distant' whan such an ad
vance will have been made iu.seientifie
discovery and invention, that even if
the old fiction of. the. philosophers
stone or. the omnipotent vril oi a re
cent utopian dreamer be not realized,'
science will'possess "the key. to every
secret apaiimeirt of nature’s mysteries,
and with magic wand, evoke from mine
and' mountain, from atmosphere and
ocean, every agency and appliance of
Utility, comfort and convenience.
Another and imperative reason for
the encouragement, of scientific study
in onr University- course,us the impor
tant relation it smstainsto theology and
the'credibility of cliristian revelation.'
It has been feMridtliatit is the tehdenay
of scientific investigation to foster rm
ligions.skepjneism. We do not' assent
to the induction. Wliilie some leading
minds have in their zeal for- natural law
and second causes forgotten the great
first canse, the original framer aiid up
holder of law, while a Spencer, a Tyn
dall, a Darwin, have assailed the bul
warks of inspiration and endeavrred
to 'undermine the foundations of Ghris-
tian faith, yet intellects as profonnd
and vigorous have stood on tlieSe very
defence^ and Mined with weapons
forged in the arsenals of science have
done successful battle for the trntlL
And while infidelity has essayed eyeiy
w&ipon and every mpi-liod of strategy
for tlie overthrow of. ehnstia'nity;;
and every new "discovery ji; aid of her
v» if'- q-ivco umuci iii ro- ^ frayfaynaaK!
Jjirn.” “So did Walpole.” “He feeds tian faith ; and while driven success
ively from each new stronghold, she
with re-
- . V - mi
of revelation be alarmed. The gates
of hell sliall not prevail" against the
-“Abb you not . alarmed" at 'the ap^
proach of-thekmg'of. terrors?” said'a rock oh wMeh the chnrch
minister to a sick man.-—*‘OIi 9 ho; X
have-been livingsi^ and tMrty years . —. . t
with the queen of terrors—the king s tilL alter all the assaults, unsliuiien
and immoyable. The experience of all
Let it be ohr ambition riot only •<&’
maintain, bnt to advance the high
standard of our Mercer. Let ns re
solve that we shallmot drily be abreast
of the age, but. in the very van of the
colrim'ri of progress. She has had a no
ble career. Her history from its un
pretending beginning to the present,
has -been one of which'the Baptists of
Georgia may well be prorid. The aim
of its founders has, .to. a gfeat extent,
been realized—fo furnish a sound ed
ucation to the' Sous of the State, arid
to ^prepare sanctified intelieet for the
noble work . of,, the. -Christian.. ■ min
istry. The past is secure. Hun
dreds ef her Alumni, in this and other
States, are fulfilling the lofty destiny
for which: the- Maker endowed them,
in, offices of the Church and ; State, arid
iu less conspicuous stations of useful
ness.' The past.-is riot only secure but
-honorable. The-work of those vener
able men, whose , efforts and benefac
tions have reared, sustained and per
petuated tMs institution—Mercer, of
noble fame and blessed memory, _the
wise and zealous Saunders, the-pure
and serapMc Mallary, the bold elo-
qnent Dawson and hosts, of. worthies
whose names will ever - be associated
with 'the'Iristitrition, will stand an im
perishable. monument-to- their memo
ries. The labors, of Smith, a.Dagg,
a Gnnvford,, a Moll and a Tucker, with
their faithful Colleagues in. instruction
have been abundantly vlionored and
blessed; let tlieir successors carry on
the good work to its subliiue and be
nevolent aecompHshmeut.-
Iri the New York Sun we get a. graph
ic account oth°w old John Robinson’s
menagerie was wrecked, and the ani-
mals tntaed' loose. We make some
extracts:
The rail tract passes through West
Haven, a pretty village on the shores
of-New Haven-harbor and the Sound,
and.adjoimng the city pf New Haven.
Here. First avanue intersects the track
—the crossing being made by a single-
span wooden' bridge, of .an oid-fash-
ioned style. <' It was jnst- about the
gray-of "the morning when the locomo
tive and first , car passed the bridge
An Item Evvry Miui Sho.tltl Reaffi .
- We have'prbbably all Of ns iuet with
iustances in which a word heedlessly
spoken' against the reputation of a, fe
male, has been magnified by Mabmoas
minds, .nntiTtlie'elbnd has become dark
enough to overshadow her t whole exis
tence. ■ To those wha aro aceastpmed
—U:jt necessaiuly from-bad motives,
but from thoughtlessness — to speak
lightly of females, we recommend three
“lihitS”-‘as worthy of consideration.
Never use a lady’s! name' iri an 'im
proper pLice, at an improper tiirie, ot
in mixed company.'' ' .
"'Never make any assertions abouther.
that, yori think, are untiri e . allusion
that you feel she herself. would blush
•to hear. • . - - .
When you meet men who. do not
sernple to make use of woman’s uai
in. a wreckless and unprincipled. mari
ner, sliiHi them, for they are the very
Worst members of the commnnity^-
men lost-to every feeling of hmrianity.'
Many a good Woman’s character’lias'
been ruined arid her heart broken, by
a lie, 'lniiriufactured by 'some viHaiii
arid repeated where it should not-have
been, arid in.preseriee of those whose
little jndgriient could ,'rigt; deter them
.from.eirciilating the foul-aud bragging
report. A slander is soonpropagated;
and the' smallest thirig derogatory to a
woman’s character will fly in.the.wiogs.
of the wind and magnify as it 'circu
lates, until its monstrous weight crash
es the poor, unfortunate victim.
•Respect the name of a woman, for
yOur mother, arid as-you would hive
tiieir names untarnished and ' tlieir
lives nuembittered by itie slanderer’s
biting fongue; heed the ill that yonr
words may bring upon the mother,, the:
sisteiy or the wife of some fellow crea
ture.'. . . • ' , .
Ax the late commimionL in ihe Amei-
ica,n Union Chorch in the cify of Rome
no less .than seventeen clergymen were
present and- joined-in celebrating tbe
Lord’s Supper. . The interest of. tire
oceasiDir was-increased by the remem
brance of the long ages iu which !Pro-
testarit churehmeu were n^tralloWed to
meetTri that cifyfor-sneh a- prifpose,
unless under the special proteetibri of
some foreign' embassy. '
Ax English writer advises young lu-
whife she has-subsidSzed evejfy sdeuce. dies to look fovorabfy npon those enr
- Then a terrible crash -awoke every
man g.nd beast on the trapi, and there
was a scene of indescribable uproar
and confusion.' The bridge hadfallen
on the teain. - Meantime the train was
going ahead arid the heavy timbers of
the bridge were grinding through the
ticket wagon and the wagons on the
following cars, literally smashing therii
into-fragments.
Gd Robinson, was asleep iu the tick
et wagon; but he awoke very quickly. 1 jj! jg t 0O j^te
The-top of his wagon was -eut off arid
forced clear through the Mexican lions’
cage.: At the same instant -the ticket
wagon-was nearly pulverized, even itg
desks and other fumitnre sharing 'the
same fate, and -the fragments | were
hurled a distence of fifteen feet. Mr;
Robinson miraculously escaped with a
few slight braises..
The lions set up a roar, and their
cages were hurled from the car, sirigu-
JLarly escaping .comparatively unharm
ed- ONext was the zebra cage) This
Was smashed to splinters; and the ze
bra, severely' wounded and wild with
pain, made for the open, country.
Next came the monkey cages. The
train was. still moving, and the falling
bridge timbeTS.still.erimeliing up the
cages;. There were fifty monkeys in
the cages, which, were smashed to
atoms. Fourteen, morkeys were killed,
being either stabbed .by splinters,
crushed between pieces of wood, or
inn over by the-cars. A few clung to
the ruins; but nearly ail, chattering
and screaming with fear or pain, sprang
from the wreck, bounded up the em
bankment, some perching on fence
rails, arid then all scampering for trees,
many of.them clinging to the branches
of.apple or, cherry trees, and wildly
scat-teriDg-therfruit.
- The cage coritainiug the cassowary,
white pea-fowls, and other rare birds,
was crushed to atoms and the Mrds es
caped. ’ The cage with tlie parrots-,,
mackdaws, .cockatoos,.silver and gold
pheasants, and- t-he vulture was also
crushed. Many of foe.birds, including
thevuTture, flew to the woods, foe para
rots.and' others filling foe air'with
their unearthly screams.
In the variety- cage -was foe tapir,-
wMch was.badly hurt. The copia barra
also sustained injuries, and its-cage
was .-hurled-from foe car.
- .-The' tank cage, containing the , seal,)
had its front strived in. Tlie'seal set
p a frightful barking, adding materi/
ally to' foe discordant chorus of bowl
ing beasts, sereaminghirds, arid shout
ing meri.
The front of the sea lion’s cage was
stayed iri, and it is feared-that the sea,
lion iuinjured internally, for he liris'
been in a torpid state ever since. This
is the biggest sea lion ever brought to
this country.' 1 ——P*— 1 -— “—
nitbe.^gjeq
a fierce roar the 'tiger'bgnnclec! for the'
opening. Equally-prompt -vas, a -man
who threw a plank oyer foe' gap and
sprang upon it to keep it down. Other
men-were summoned,-and after a des
perate sfruggleHie beast was. ehained.
to liis cage. ;
Another lion cage was broken and
foe beasts'iriade frantic' efforts to ^es
cape,-all foe. time bowling vigorously
Men rushed to. foe-groimd arid nailed
planks .over foe gaps. '
The alligator and snake cage was
broken bperi'-arid home snakes' ; w.ere
dost, among them , a boa-'edhstrictor
twelve feet long,which is prObftMy-fHd-
iug in'the West . Haven woods. The-
ostrieh eage' was sMyered, but foa- as-
trieli was secured after along search.
Several cages remained ■ uninjured,'
arid the.horses eseaped almost unharm
ed, as did the heavy curiosities: Of-
foese histis the frig.elephant. Empress
wMch^as greatly a^fated- Just nf-
dowri'foe ofoer-beastsin its car. One
aftetianothi'r''the- poor eainels' went -
down under terrific strokes from the
elephant’s tjrnrik. Theri Empress dealt
a felling blow to ffiefoiifialo^ laid out
the throe-horrind ox, arid yfiriiahedlby ]
knocking.doivn foe duly aniaial then
of
gaged in agricultural pursuits, giving
us a reason that their mother Eve-mar-
threatened airmMlat-iou -to* the chris^ however, that the gardener lost his site
ried a gardener. He forgot to add, , The search above described occupied robbery of the mails. The p'ost-maa-
I Ann ll-\ ,-fc V, n l , r\ ,,4-rt n I) r\ - nil 4"1»O TY1 OT) I — £ 1.1. I _ 1 i. Ill ? i.t_ — XT-
t Of foe number upwards of 100,-
chief corner-stone Of our faith abides 000 go mad annnaUy, and bite .about
10,000 people. On foe whole,
crop cannot 'b'a said to pay.
foe
the car, while Empress still-slashing
herdfijnk wildly about apparently -rev
gretting that there were no more beasts
to conqaor. Ainoiig^' oilier animals
which escaped . were the tapir, a silver
.lion,, the'ietemeinon, arid the eopia-
Tbe Greeley Question in a Nutshell.
Even the Gffiappaquaeks (excepting
orie or two whom Greffiey has Mfoertd
designated as “perspicuous and sub
lime liars 1 ’) do not attempt to defend
foeitcriri.dids^e cm foe ground of Ms
fitness for foe officet nor yet on that
df hia ^mijiaSfy.Wifo foe sincere pur
poses of foe Opposition. “We_ concede
his unfitness.” they say; “we know he
is an unconscionable Md a^; ‘an in-
spiredharlequin;’ a self-conceited hnm-
ba^r tab' Tmciatiyated pretender m
knowlc^er pf sfl Mnds; a.
theorist; an eRratic and unreliable ri'
der of-hobbies; a fomncial idiofy a
mediaeyaLhumbrig ra political econo
my; an egotistical blatherskite; a cen-
tralfratidnist; a. foampum of paternal
government; a stupid Believer ' in foe
omnipotence of legislation; a- villifier
of all who differ from' hint in opiMon;
a consummate political quack;- -foe
most gullible of mortals, and- foe ever
convenient tool of political adventurers
andlcuaves; we concede-all this—pity
’tis, ’tis true—we .sincerely wish’ he
was oat of foe way; and that- we had a
respectable candidate in his stead; bnt
Conundrums.
^ Yidiat-did'.Adaffi' Srst piarif iri tin
Garden of Eden? His foot.
' Why te a Railroad c ar 1 i k e a bed bug?
Becanse it runs ori sleepers-
What’s foe reason why - nature will
have her way? Because she is femte
nine. - '
Why are women like parrots? They
are willing to be caged if they have on
ly a ring to playwifo.
H a young lidy wishes‘a yonnggeii-
tleman to Mss' her, what paper would
she mention? No Spectator; no Ob
server, no Watchman, but. as many
Times as yori plerisa , , • .
The Postal Record gives some in
stances offorgetfulness andinattention
that appear simply fatuitous and ab
surd. Imagine four hundred-foonsarid.
letters sent to the Desed Left®? Office
last year for foe want of stamps.—r.
Three thousand letters were -pnt into
ever. And in these letters so carelessly
deposited were found checks and drafts
to foe amount of three millions of dol
lars, and over ninety-two thousand dol
lars in cash . Much, of this sum was of
course l-etumeil to foe owners, but
much of it was lost irretrievably, and
was doubtless the cattee of trotible,
chM^s’M'dfehonraiy, md^many .
trarigeriierits;'" .
A Singular Death;—On Saturday
morning'Paul- -Brehm; a -German by
birth, fell into foe cellar of foe ice
house of Hr. F6sf„ a biitclier, at High-
landtowri; Baltimore countyte He was
riot missed until one-of foe men eub
ployed abont foe place had occasion tp
go'tb'foe' cetlaar, wh,eri“Sriehm was
found suspended from ari ironhook-in.
foe'Cellar,. The deceased, in an effort
tcrjjn down iu tbe ceTLar^ .missed liis
•footing and.fell, his chin, striking: foe
iron-hook,: whiek mitered foe throat,
and caused ..speedy death. Justice,
Swayrie held an inquest;; and foe jury
rendered a verdict in ; accc?rdance- wifo'
foe abbve facts.;—Bdilimare -Sim, 1st ~
hist.' - 1 :
. The MeantnO *i
Black gave the New "Dirk Sun reporter'
foe following weR considered definf
tion ofDmnoeracy: “Democracy means
common sense'arid common honesty
organized fo? political purposes and
applied to pliblic affidrs. That te the
substance of all its platforms, and foe
abjeet rif Ml its. sirrig^es.', Jts success
results in! obecKepce to • law; in - foe
practical .recognition, of indiridual
rights and the autonomy pf foeStetesj.
fanfoe friifofaTdtetribution of justice ? -
iri-liberfy,' -order -and peace;.in -that
moral elevatioH which alone cap -give
dignity to foe character or stabdify tp.
LfBfDpN.'M J AnxERS,-T--Prentice MriL •
ford, writes from London: “They
make youdake-off your, bonnet at the
theatre,,^ A young woman opens the
ter the shock EmprSs begad krireking !pew door for you ate the church. Jftpr
breltes and.walking sticks must not be
taken into foe public galleries or mu
seums, by reason of foe propensity of
foej^ritish.tp pffoe vases, pictures and
r are delivered np at.
ecked'arid handed back
on emergence without charge. Girl
newsboys are more numerous than
among ns- Fire escapes are. kept ini
the church yard.”.
"
INDS Sro-
_ diamond fields of South Af-
i riea have been thrown into a state of
i-ijo little excitement over a very serious
less than a minute, and. all the men of fo e richest district in the dig-
. . were promptly out at work; The first gings having left the mail-bag unate
nafaon in consequence of the match. work to do was to seen?s-foe fiercer tended for a-few moments, some one
— '--’'animals, -and then the business of faun- walked off with it and its contents, six
The dog census of-foe United States ting up foe escaped began. pounds of diamonds, worth half a mil-
ieMend. i. pot dowa at 21,000.000. At a mod- '15 t^plLd “ “
n ’“ erate computation each animal costs Many strange birds (including the vul- A Welsh paper in Pennsylvania says
.#
.-—-fori
ture)', the twelve-foot adaconda-, and of Greeley; *“Blp 11 Greeley mlffu
wenty-foree monkeys; a few: curious drmpl tamppl nypant in writt wemnix
snakes, remains at-large, and they will dr gunnozlt.” This mayor may not
doubtless agiflvto the comfort of foe be true. We shall await certain devel-
people in ^ertdl^yen and neighbor- opments before we venture to decide
hoot whether it is or not.