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THE BOGUS BONDS.
The Legislature adjourned without
.acting Upon the subject of the bogus
bonds, which wc think very proper,
and we hope we have heard the last of
a Compromise between the State and
the bond-holders. If a man is com
pelled to save his credit by paying a
forged note, so the State would be
compelled to pay these bonds to save
her credit. As there is no law to com
pel a man to pay a forged note, neither
is there any law to compel the State to
pay these fraudulently issued bonds.
There is no half-way ground in mat
ters of this kind, and v/e have more
respect for Gov. Brown and others,
who advocate the payment of these
bohds openly, than we have for those
who beat’ about the bush, waiting to
seC -Svhnt popular opinibn'says. Tliese
negative eh;iracters, men' who never
le:id, but follow public opinion, are
generally the most popular, and make
■a bigger fuss aftep the bear is killed
than men who' openly and fearlessly
espouse and advocate a cause. Hence
so-many politicians and editors who
fear to come to the front at the first
l)lhsh, but wait until the tight is
whipped, and then claim that they
worn for the measure all the time, but
their position was not rightly under
stood.
Gen, Toombs’, letter on the bogus
bohds is sensible and to the point,
fully setting 'forth the reasons why
these bonds should not be paid. Its
tone is manly ami sets forth the true
grounds upon which we should act.—
His letter concludes Unis:
“But upon a culm and full review of
the. whole subject, I confess 1 find no
.satisfactory basis fnr such settlement.
V/e had better ’stand on the law and
tlio right, struggle as best we may with
tlm money changers, pay the debts we
honestly owe, faithfully, honestly,
promptly by increased taxation as far
as possible, ami raise the balance at
usiCry, if necessary; call a convention
of the people, cut off the heads of the
lobby, by a constitutional prohibition
against paying these illegal bonds, and
prohibit the Legislature from ever in
dorsing another bond for any purpose
or Borrowing another single dollar,
except for the public defense. This
will restore our credit, do much topu
rify.'.our Representatives, give stability
and order and public <sontideiice by
abolishing a constitution which the
people never made, and restore them
io the dignity of freemen, Io the grand
imperishable right of living under a
Constitution made and established by
thefrwives and not by d< tested con
<pie«orß, through the instrumentalities
of carpet-baggers, beggars, brutes and
traitors.”
We agree with Gon. Toombs, that
we should have a convention and cut
off ail chance of any future Legislature
indorsing bonds to build railroads. Tt
has not only proved n curse to Geor
gia, but to every State* South. Not
<.i)c of them, if th*'system is continued,
but will prove bankrupt, and not only
a portion but the entire debt will be
repudiated. If all thieving schemes
wen* cut. off by constitutional inhibi
tion,* we would once more have Legis
latures that were honest, ami leglsla
tion for the welfare of the Common
wealth. HerWy HulMin.
Sr., vf.n dollars a day and mnxf hetf
continues to bo the motto of our Leg
islators. We had hoped that the pres
ent Legi-ldure would ieduce the pay
of the members at least to six dollars
per dnv, but it s* ems wo were mist.ik
,n. I'he roast beef comes in byway
of mileage, that i , five dollars for every
twenty milts traveled in hunting up
the State House. We would like to
see a Legislature assemble once more
that was not Ama/ry, but served more
*’ r the honor and good of the State,
than lor ./'A./ /r* .'■»•. We have not
on die yeas and nays on the passage
, f tin ’ '!, therefore, cannot say who
\, ted for or against it. Rome Jht I '-tin.
The Gatherer:
“.1 I neontlensed Trifle*.
The lore class—Scholars.
The hire clan*— Laborers.
Permanent headquarters—The shoul
ders.
Nature’s tailoring—A potato patch.
The tinal slate ot the poll—Baiduesa.
A man in the right place—An editor.
Can au elegant rogue ever be called a
gracious scamp ?
Transported for life—The man who mar
ries happily.
Piety, prudence, wit and civility arc the
elements of true nohi'ity.
she two conditions of success —Concen-
tration and continuity.
A country editor reports money “close,
but not close enough to be reached.”
A lady’s last glass before going to bed—
The looking glass.
In our battles witn temptation let us es
pecially beware of the first assaults.
Be cautious how you let fall a remark ;
it may hurt somebody seriously.
Everybody knows good counsel except
him that hath most need of it.
He that pelts every barking dog must
pick up a great many stones.
“We see,” said Swift, in one of his
most sarcastic moods, “what God thinks
of riches by the people he gives them to.”
There are questions so indiscret that
they deserve neither truth nor falsehood
in reply.
Cure for dyspepsia—Give a hungry deg
a piece of meat and chase him until he
drops it.
Sincerely to aspire after virtue is to gain
her, and zealously to labor after her wages
is to deserve them.
Sense shines with a double lustre when
it is set in humility. An able yet an hum
ble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
John Ruskin says, “It is only by labor
that thought can be made healthy, and on
ly by thought labor can be made happy,”
Beware of inquisitive people; a wonder
ful curiosity to know all is generally accom
panied by as great a desire to tell it again,
There is a man in Philadelphia who be
longs to 343 different secret lodges, circles,
etc., and knows 1,377 signs, and pass
words.
People who are in a hurry'io speak have
-seldom anything to say. Thought and
ideas presuppose yn intellectual effort.
The Boston girls hold still till they ::rc
kissed, when they flare up all at bncei
and say : “1 think you ought to be asbarn
cd.”
“Send us wives,” is the piteous plea
that comes from W ashington Territory,
and naturally the question arises, “ W hose
wives shall wc send?”
The editor of the Middletown Mail offers
“to vaccinate, free of charge, all new pre
paying subscribers to his paper fur thirty
days. . . . . ■. . 4 .
“Why should we celebrate WtuMiiiiy ton’s
birthday mure than mine?” asked, a school
•cacher. “Because he never told a .lie!”
shouted a little boy.
Foryyur own and your children’s sake,
learn to speak low. They will remember
thpt tone when you are under ’the willows.
So they will remember a harsh or angry
one.
Ina small New England town a drug
gists was surprised and disturbed to receive
at the hands of a dirty-looking custom* r
the following prescript lent— “Picas give
the bare sumpthin fizsick him 15 cents
worth.
The last. Yankee invention is a scare
crow. Not only does it frighten away
crows, but the crows are so alarmed tba |
they usually bring back any corn they may i
have stolen prior to the establishment of
the said scare-CTOW.
A Parisian philosopher propounds a
question and gives the answer : “Why
ha> nature given us only one tongue?'' “In
order that «vc should repeat but one half
of what wc hear.”
“When a fellow is too lazy to work,” ■
says Sam Slick,” hi paints his name over j
the door, and calls it a tavi rn, and makes
the whole neighborhood as lazy as him- 1
sell.
Immigration Without State Aid or
Fore : gn Capital.
Under this caption a “Practical” man
makes some suggestions in the Savannah
News, which will apply with equal force in
other localities. They are to the effect I
that bringing immigrants into a community I
unless employment can be furui-hed ri but
to induce pauperism, or to drive aw.iv citi- ,
sens already there. He advocates instead
of giving employment to trades already ex
isting an*i languishing iu our midst. He
says: Const ituiionalwt.
"For instance: We have here many
good shoemakers who have so small a bus
iness that not one of them is able to pay
rent for a store above the rank of a shanty.
Give them your order* for shoes, all you
who cry tor immigration, and they will
soon pay rent for your best stores and will
bring here to do your work the men that
you seek in vain for.
"Three soap factories have failed here '
since the war, because you did not buy their
products, but preferred to send to New
York for what you used. One still sur
vives—buy from it and its owners will
bring to you the skilled labor that State
aid cannot get, because it does not feed it.
We have wagon factories that can turn out
good wotk—but if the city wants a cart it
sends to Newark for it, and the eitixens
follow the bad example. We have in>n
laundries —but whoever wants a casting,
sends to a Northern shop for it. We have
a biscuit factory—but who eats the goods
it turns cut? We prefer Northern canned
milk to the produce ofour own daries. We
have many seamstresses, who are part of
us and need our help, but we buy North
ern made shirts and let them shiver with
cold.
“These things being so, it seems tome
that a better parallel than we present tu
the ease of Jupiter and the wagoner can
not be found. U»til they cease to be so,
we cannot keep immigrants, if tro get ttem >
for we will take the bread out of their
mouths and send it northward, whither
they must go after it or starve. How mar
ny men and women ip Savannah, will be
practical in this matter? Let us buy shyftes
clothing, soap biscuit, iron ware, and all
other articles that are made here, and in a
short time, by this means alone, they pro
duce a prosperity that will sui prise them.
If they do pay a little more for what they
buy, it is of no consequence, for they pay
only a fair rate in proportion to the cost
of living here, snd their money finally
Comes back iu some shape to their own
pockets.
Practical.
President and Wlardi-Gras.
General Grant will Visit Memphis.
In obedience to the following royal, man
date, emanating from His Cai'nival'gn
Highness, Momus, His Excellency, tLe
President, is expected to visit our city-:
Zb 777. s Ereellenay, President Grant,
most 'listinguiGu d Cousin of lite Re~
pubtie-—Greeting:
We have decreed, in horror of the Sffln
ver.-ary of our coronation, to hold high
cs.riaval here in our goodly city of Memphis,
and twenty-fifth day of the present moon,
and herewith empower //A, our Prime
. Minister and Envoy Extraordinary, to tet>
' Jcr your Cabinet and suite of Hospitalities
lof oiir realm. We have caused our grand
hotel Peabody to be prepared fir your re
ception. enjoyment and wefeomer
shad be our especial care. We trust vre
may not be denied the. pleasure of setting
r our kingly eyes upon you, and that our
- request may command your presence.
Done at cur Court of Pleasure second
■ day, second month, second .year ofour
reign. AA itness our hand and signet.
Mo.ui's, Rex Carnivalli
Attest:' Lcubry Cuss, Duke de Entcr
pris tend Count de Noses.
The above was printed on fine Si’Hr, ant?’
forwarded to the Preside t. It, is earnest
ly hoped he will attend. The Peabody
Hotel has prepared the suite ot rooms form
erly occupied by the Duke Alexis fur his
reception.
In view of the fact that a host of stran
gers from other cities will attend our Mad
ri-Gras Carnival, the Executive Commit
tee will make all necessary arrangements ‘o
entertain such visitors, and cause them to
r.'member for many years their visit to the
Bluff City.
Fighting A hales Curious and inter
esting Facts.
Professor N. S Shafer, upon the author
ityof Captain John Pease, an old and ob
servant whale fisher, writes as follow- in the
January number of the Am/rzcan A<z/ur
*'■<*.■*', concerning the fr* quent struggles be
tween the male sp -rm whales:
The coutlicis between the males of sperm
whales cause great damage to tLe lower
jaw; the evidence goes to show that at
least two per cent, are crooked n ore or
less, and one in several hundred very badly
bent by these strug.qes. There are two
specimens in the small museum nt Nan
tucket which nrc singularly contorted ; one
"f them is r ent laterally into one turn of a
spiral, tap'a.n Pease tells me that he
found one that was bent sideways at right,
angles to the ; ioper position and firmly '
fixe I there. - ** u.: ng tile p rman nt'y l:.-s
tenet! in‘.hi- 'in. p >itii n. In field- 1
ing, the males ru.-h alvach other with cj tn
jaws and strike in passing. The great
speed and power of these massive creatures
must lead to the most serious results from
such collisions. Captain Pease once found
a sperm whale nearly dead on the waler,
w ith lower jaw hanging by a single band of
ligament a few inches through. Sharks
and crustaceans were devouring the crea
ture. but the wrench which had crippled
him must have come from one of his own
kind.’’
One of the critics aptly described Bul
wer as “a man of letters among men of
the world, and a man of the wurld among
men of letters.”
The President and the Cashier of the
Chenango Bank, at Norwick, Conn., both
dropped dead in the bunding within a few
days of each other-
The Maine people don’t stop for tndes in
estimating the cold weather, but say that
the mercury fell one or two “clapboards,
as the case may be.
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