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Xlie Greorgia Weekly Telegraph and ^OEtona^ dc M,essender.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, DECEMBER 17 1872.
“Republican simplicity.”
Tbe Columbus Enquirer of last week men
tion* the faot that some of the best lad es of
that city, were walking Bread street on the day
before, dressed in the plaids and checks of the
BUgle and Phoenix and Clegg and Co.’s mills
oi that city.
That is highly honorable to the Oolumbns
ladles, and if all the wives and daughters of the
Sonth, and all the husbands and sons of the
3outb, too, had, direotly upon the conclusion of
fif, adopted plain habits of dress and living,
drawn mainly from their own resources, and
Midi as good sense and sound judgment every
where would pronounce beooming a people who
been coDqaered by their enemies—who had
tost hecatombs of dear friends, relatives and coun
trymen, in the struggle—had lost their proper
ty—had lest their liberties and were under the
feet of strangers who despised and hated them,
wo should have gained the respeot of the world
^-we should have gained entire freedom from
jtbht—ease—domestio independence, and have
^tC nothing whatever, beyond a few flashy gew-
^ws and a little style and fashion so-called.
Xnd it is not too late, now, for ns, aB a peo-
;p!e^ to abjnre flash and foolish extravagance,
and strive for pecuniary independence and sec-
gml prosperity by abandoning expensive bab-
iisand praotioes, whioh really add nothing to
the sotid oomforts and enjoyments of life, bat
jsriously impair both.
iZooaomy is the road to wealth, whether of
nations, states, communities, or individuals.
by jcealth, we mean that kind of wealth
which is essen'ial to oomfort and happiness.
ito do not mean the wealth of great hoards, but
uhat wealth which makes the community and the
jaan responsible—which fills his larder with gen
tians supplies and delivers him from the terrors
And persecutions of the sheriff and the tax-
gatherer—which enables him to make his home
the abode of pease and plenty, and saves his
£aoe from the wrinkles of anxions care and de
spondency.
Let the people of Georgia realize the sitna-
t£on nowund provide for it Prices, (in respect
unprivileged and unprotected valuables,) are
fast coming down to the specie standard. The
direct taxation by the Federal, State, connty
ud municipal governments amounts to from
rime to seven per cent on the va’ne of prop
erty. The practical operation of taxation by
ifce protective tar ff compels every man to tnrn
orTto the United States government and to pro
tected manufacturers from twenty-five to fifty
cents cn every dollar he earns, and it is a fact
shat the expenses of living are rapidly increas
ing from year to yeir.
Every min can see for himself, if he will,
diat that great, once prosperous middling class
of the United State*, who used to control the
country and sustain the pillars of Chnrob and
&*t«; n*e deingdemoralized and weakened, and
•.•a^gjuking down, as in Europe, towards the
posit.diTSsi “t*® I- 0 **«ntry. Wealth aggregates
:tl •jhA 'iOa iiaina.and poverty on the other. We
are creating a notimi'y of purse-beaters find a
jounoon dity of the mass who find it harder and
harder to make both ends of (he year meet.
Yew and vast combinations of weilth are form-
rag, and power, financially as well as politically,
Ze rapidly stealing fr m the many to the few.
MU the forces of finance and of politics are
••apfdTy 2:-<bering under the control of these
c-jrsMhat-ons.
Vow the remedy with us of the South is very
inadequate—very incomp’e'.e, it is true; but :t
is all wa have—and that is, to encocr ge do-
'amtic and sectional economy—habits of living
Tk'cuiafed to make wealth diffusive. That is
{he only safe condition of a republican people
s nd government. We may depend upon it, that
• country made np of nabobs and peasants is
set going to be a republic very long in charac
ter, whatever it may be in name. The glory
tod safety of the country demand a general dif-
Jadcn of wealth as well as cf political power;
for the lessons of the election teach ns that
wealth is entering very deeply into the essence
iff political power, and learning to wield it by
sentroDing voters.
lire “Epizooly,”
.according to the Conrier-Jonral, has about
inhausted the field of operations in Louisville,
isd is now taking a reluctant leave of that city.
•There has been,” says that paper, “some cases
si relapse several of whioh have proved fatal.
In one stable a horse was driven in before dark,
sad at 10 o’clock be was dead We fear that
dere of this sort of thing will result from com
peUiDg the poor animals to resume their bur
dens too early.”
So also, in Nashville, as we are credibly in-
farmed, there have been several cases of very
ssdden death from rapid driving or severe
'abor daring tbe convalescence of the animal.
The type of the disease in Macon has generally
reen very mild and we have heard, so f <r, of
ka* one death from it within tbe city limits.
When the disease first appeared, we snpposed
uid'superannuated animal* generally employed
In propelling one horse drays, would find in it
a speedy and-happy release from their labors;
hat,, though all of them have had it, and most
af them have been at labor, yet not one has
died, so far as we know. Pexhap3 there was
wot vitality enough in their attenuated frames
to get np a dangerous inflammatory stage of
She disorler. Bat whatever may be the cause,
these predestined victims of “epizooty” are ell
cafe so far. It is the highly fed and pamper* d
weed which has suffered most, although there
have been altogether but comparatively few
uu9 of severe attack among them. It is well,
however, to remember the d nger of too rapid
driving or impradent exposure. Wait a few
days longer, and we trust that the horse malady-
in Msooa will be merely a memory.
Complimentary.—The Savannah Njws says
die following ole leant things of one of our rep
resentatives in the next Legislature, and, we
hope, the coming Speaker of the lower House of
lit it body:
Capt A. O. Bacon, of Macon, candidate for
Speaker of the Houbh of Representatives, is
siso in the city. Mr. Bacon is a gentleman of
acknowledged talent and ability, and is an honor
tot he oonatitaenoy which be represents in the
Scneral Assembly. He is not only noted for
his high mental qualifications, bat is ad
judged <o be one of the finest looking men in
she State.
Mas. Obuh'i Will —From an exemina
tkn of Mrs. Greeley’s will, it appears that she
appointed Mr. Greeley executor, and Ida Gree
lev executrix. She bequeathed to herhusband
ill her pioturea and Btatnary, a rare and valuable
collection, and instructs Ha Greeloy to appro
priate $100 for tbe purchase of some additions!
memento of her affection for her husband. In
- ease of Mr. Greeley’s dying or marrying again
Mrs Greeley’s real estate was not to be sole
or ths principal of the property used by
sitherof the children wi h >ut tbe joint consent
of Ida Greeley and Judge Hart. Mrs. Greeley
had a policy of life insurance on Mr. Greeley’s
life to the amount of $10,000 to $20,000. It is
also stated that the owned some Tribane shares
and various other stocks, besides the real estate.
The New Yoke papers tay the first “struck”
Jury known in this country has been ordered to
be empaneled in that city to try the title to the
great Jum-1 case which involves the possession
of property wonh $6 000 000—all in New York.
The panel from whioh the Jury will be “struck”
consists of 48 prominent oitizens from whioh
Ihe oouosel on each side will strike one name
jft*r another nntil only twelve remain.
Bargain and Hale.
It is more than-hinted in the Carolina papers,
that on the 3d instant, after the withdrawal of
Merrimon and Vance from the Senatorial contest,
when the Democratio vote was scattered upon
no less than seventy candidates on a single bal
lot, a ooalition was formed between the former,
and tbe Radicals, predicated upon a pledge that
Merrimon wonld not oontest the gubernatorial
election before the Legislature.
This point settled, blaok spirits, tawny spirits,
mottled and mulatto, all oonrentreted npon the
bolter and elected him over the gallant Vanoe.
And it is thns that onr insidious and unre
lenting politioal antagonists, who are in a
minority in Georgia, hope to compass the
downfall of the Democracy, and pave the way
for their own supremacy. Friends, patriot*,
ye, who call yourselves white men and Demo
crats, soont and scorn any coalition of this
charaoter. Do not allow yourselves to be made
cats paws for the advancement of the altimate
ends of nnprinoipled men, and at the cost of the
peace and harmony of your own race and party.
Bat some allege the ward nominations of
cities, and the selection of candidates for connty
offices when made in oanens, are unfair, and
the result of what is termed the packing pro
cess. This may be trae in exceptional inat inoes
But whose fault is it, and what better plan can
be adopted ? When due notice is given to the
people, or any party, that nominations are to
be made, and all are invited to attend, those
who absent themselves from these primary as
semblages have themselves alone to blame for
the selection of men distasteful to them. And
when the people have assembled, how can a
nomination be made with any show of fairness,
save by the application of the ballot ? It is then
and there that the qualifications of aspirants
should be folly discussed and weighed, and
when once a decision has been reaohed by the
aotion of a majority, all present and participa
ting are in honor boned by it, and those who
fail to attend, have no just cause for complaint
What if tbe plan of an open field and no nom
inations were adopted ? In that oase the c?n
test most assume the form of a scrub raoe, and
a multitude of candidates wonld divide the vote
of tbe party. Under these circumstances, it is
easy to conoeive that a compact vote of negroes
or scalewaga, though not amounting to one-half
of the aggregate vote, may sweep the boards
and defeat iii» will of a majority. Hence the
necessity of pariy nominations, and adhering
strictly to the organization of which yon are a
member.
We trust these remarks will be duly consid
ered on the eve of onr city election. A ticket
has been nominated by tbe negroes and Radi
cals embracing many worthy names, several of
whom have declared that they will not allow
themselves to be used in tbe interest of each a
cl»S3. The prime object in view is the defeat
of the regular Danocratic ticket. Fellow-
citizens, is there a man among yon who will
aid in this snioidal attempt? We hope not.
Stand by yonr colors, and redeem onr fair city
even from the impntation of Radicalism. Is it
not enough for yon to knov that Jeff Long,
Sneed, F.tzparick et id omne genus sre the
leaders of this movement? Wfiat more net-d
bo said ?
Lively Times Among the Sewing Ma
chine Folks.
A recent Washington letter says that the
patent for tbe Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma
chine soon expires Daring the last session of
Gongress there were several unsuccessful efforts
made to have it extended, but the application
for extension of the patent is still before tbe
Senate Committee on Patents, and it is not
likely to be reported this session. In case Ihe
extension is defeated it is tbe opinion of many
posted in the mannfaotnre of sowing machines
and other patents that the price of sewing ma
chines will be brought down to tw.n'y dol-
1 trs or twenty-five dollars. In the testimony
filed before the committee, and given by skilled
mechanics, it is stated that the average cost of
manufacturing sawing machines is from seven
dollars to twelve. This machine, like many
others, is owned by what is known as the “Sew
ing Machine Combination,” and the applica
tion for the extension of the patent is in tbe
name of A. B. Wilson. Many of the smaller
sewing machine companies oppose the exten
sion with all their power. There is on file be
fore the oommittee petitions signed by over
twenty thousand persons, many of whom have
from one to fifty machines in operation in
maofactnring establishments, asking that the
extension be refused.
Prospects of tbe Postal Telegraph
Iniquity.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun writes that th^ Postmaster General
has strong backers, both in and oat of Con
press, for bis postal telegraph project. It is
elaimed by the advocates of a government pos
tal telegraph projeot that they have a much
stronger support in Congress than at the last
session. Yet they say they do not expect to
accomplish anything definite at this session, but
they intend to keep * pegging away,” and feel
confident of attaining success before the expira
tion of the next Congress. The end may be far
ther off than they anticipate, however. It is
notorious that even in England, where there is
a much more wholesome dread by those in au
thority of invading private rights than in the
United States, the postcffice employees have
made nse of the oontents of telegraph messages
passing through their hands. While it is true
that the advocates of the postal telegraph are
strong in numbers and in influence, it is equally
true that many warm and powerful friend< of
the Administration are outspoken in opposition
to tne measure, and, as intimated above, tbe
former may flad tbe fruition of their hopes de-
iaved much longer than they anticipate. That
a bill will be reported at this session is, of
coarse, well understood, bnt there will probably
not be time for mnah debate upon it.
A Fnzzle for Physicians—A Man Swal
lows bis Teetb and "Will Lives.”
The New York World, of Sunday, says the
report that a man living in Newark, New Jersey,
bud swallowed a set of false teeth is causing
quite a sensation in that city.
The sufferer, Mr. William Fiokel, states that
for several years past he has used a set of fabo
tee'b, fastened to a gold plate, which filled the
roof of his month. The plate was secured in i
place by side clasps Two weeks ago to-m irrow,
Picket took his Sunday afternoon nap in bis
chair, his head bemg thrown back upon tbe
back of the chair. The sleeper’s snoring loos
ened the plate, and it fell down his throat. He
awoke and immediately lay down npon the fl ior
andjattempted to oongh it np. He was unsuccess
falandsentfor a physician, bnt nothing could
move the teeth which had lodged in the lower
part of the gullet, just above the breast-bone
In the effort to remove the plate with instru
ment:), Dr. Cutler pushed the plate into the
stomaob, and when the instrument was with
drawn it was covered with blood It was
thought that if the effort had been successful
the man wonld have been killed by withdrawing
the plate through his throat. Daring forty
eight hoars thereafter Mr. Picket suffered great
agony, bnt at tbe end of that time the plato
passed from the stomach into the intestines.
No.w Mr Pickel attends to his business, wbicb
is that of a machinist, and says be suffers only
occasional pains in tbe back. There have been,
it is said, two similar oases in this country, each
of which resulted in the de ith of the sufferer.
In one case ihe teetb were found in the sac of
the heart. In tbe other case the sufferer died
while Hn operation wa-i being performed to ex
tract the load.
The Lumpkin Independent relates a charac
teristic incident. A negro was put upon the
stand as a witness, and tbe Jndge inquired if
he understood the nature of an oath. “ For
certing, boss,” said the oitizen, “if I swear to
lie I must stick to him.”
IHE UKORU1A PJBESS.
The County Court of Wilkes oounty has been
organized more than six months, and yet there
has been only one ease disposed of in which a
jury was demanded by the aoonsed. This faot
seems to dispose of one great objection urged
against the organization of tbe oonrt.
We find this item in tbe Washington Gazette,
of Friday:
What Woem Out Land in Wit-web Can Do.—
Mr. G Toombs of thiB place, measured off
forty-eight acres of land on his plaoe fonr
miles from Washington. He put on the land,
as a manure, cotton seed and plaster, no other
manure being used, to the value of three dol
lars and a half to tbe sore. This land is old
land whioh has been in onltivation for a very
long time, and wob considered worn ont forty
years ago. Mr. Toombs has gathered, ginned
and packed from these forty-eight sores forty-
seven bales of cotton averaging in weight 450
pounds to the bale.
Large droves of tnrkies from North and South
Carolina, are the last sensation on the streets of
Augusta. Some of the droves number over
two hundred.
The Atlanta Herald learns that the Georgit
Railroad is doing a very heavy freight business
just now being so mnoh crowded that it cannot
get cars enough to carry away from that city,
tbe freight on hand. The Atlanta and West
Point road is also doing big business in np
freights, mostly cotton, from the Southwest.
The Bmoswiok Appeal of Saturday, saya:
The Brunswick and Albany Bailboad—Pbo-
po.-moN or Bondholders.—The capitalists who
bold the bonds of the Brnnswiok and Albany
Railroad have made a fair, just, aud equitable
proposition for the completion of that impor
tant line of inter oommanic8tlon, and whioh, if
aooepted by the General Assembly, will insure
tbe completion of the Road at an early day.
Mr. W. W. Morphy who wa3 sent from Europe
by the Foreign bondholders to represent their
interests and who is also clothed with authority
to speak for the American bondholders, was in
onr city a few days sinoe, and stated distinctly
and unreservedly, the proposition of the oapital.
ists who hold the bonds of the Road. That pro
position is that the bondholders will disoharge
the indebtedness of the Road and oomplete the
same to Enfaola, if the State will give them a
valid indorsement of fifteen thousand dollars
per mile, on their bonds as the Road is com
pleted.
Warrenton is groaning in spirit over the apa*
thy of the hens of that section—the Warren-
toniens bemg compelled to import eggs from
Atlanta aud Augusta at 40 oents per dozen.
At the monthly sales in Rockdale acd Morgan
oounties, last Tuesday, laud sold at $8 to $19
per aore—some of it without any improve
ments.
The ootton exports from Savannah on Satur
day, footed np 5,332 bales, valned at $485,977.
The ste m*hip Saragossa arrived at Savan
nah from Baltimore on Tuesday at nooa, and
sailed Friday at noon—her large cargo having
been discharged and another equally large taken
on in just 24 hours.
Mr. J. A. Sorugg’s gin house in Warren
county, together with nine ba'es of ootton, was
burned last Wednesday morning. Incendiarism,
it is supposed.
The Columbns E-.quirer says:
Death of Judge Cheney.—We hear with
regret of the death of Jndge Isaac Cheney, of
Talbot connty, whose serious illness was notioed
in this paper of yesterday. The sad event oc
cnr,e I at the residence of his brother, in this
city, about 6 o’clock last afternoon. Judge
Gbeney was proprietor of Chalybeate Springs,
and a highly esteemed citizen of Talbot. He
was, also, well known in this oit.v. He con
tracted his fatal illness while in Florida with
the late hnnting expedition, and returned ou tbe
teem r Farley Wednesday night in a dying
condition.
Savannah can boa't the champion boned man,
certainly. The Advertiser says:
Diamonds — Recently there came through the
Savannah city postoffice a register* d tetter from
some foreign country, containing $20 000 worth
of diamonds. Tbe gentleman to whom t* e let
ter was addressed voluntarily tcoh it to tbe Cus-
tom Hou*e and paid the legal duties npon it.
The Uuited States District Oonrt closed its
fall term at Savannah on Saturday. Its next
rm opens in April. The Uuited States Circuit
Court will probably adjonrn Saturday.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, of Sand -y,
says:
A Heavy Loss.—Yesterday between one and
two o’clock. Mr. S P. Weisiger, the bookkeeper
of Col M. P Stovall, cotton factor, doing busi
ness at No 5 Warren Block, went to tbe Mer
chm's’ and Planters’ National Bank, by direc
tion of his employer, and checked ont $4 000.
The money, which consisted principally of $50
Un-ted States Treasury notes, he placed in a
side pocket of his coat and then remrned to
CM. Stovall’s office. After remaining there a
short while he proceeded (o his boarding house
on Broad street, where he laid down npon the
bed in his room to sleep for a few minutes.
Upon his awakening he discovered that a por
tion of the money, which he h-d placed in his
pocket, was lying npon the bed. He counted
this and found that it only amounted to $800,
and on examining his pocket he discovered that
the remainder of the $4,000 had disappear
ed. Investigation soon explaintd the man
ner of the disappearance. In the pocket in
which the money had been placed was a
hole through whioh it bad evidently slipped and
fallen npon the pavement as Mr. Weisiger passed
between the back and CoL Stovall’s office. Mr
Weisiger immediately hurried ont to endeavor
to find the lost money, but only sueoeeded in
recovering $180 of it, which a gentleman picked
np near the bank. The remainder, $3,020 in
all, he was unable to find- Of tho sum of $3,020
which was lost, Mr. Weisiger says there were
twenty $10 bills, and two $100 bills, while the
rest were $50’h, in United Slates Treasury notes,
he thinks. The amount—$180—which was
found, was all in $10 bills. The $3 020 y t «t
large consists, therefore, of tw > $10, two $100,
ana fifty-six $50 bills Mr. Weisigir immedi
ately placed the matter in the bands of the po
lice, who will very probably be able to disoover
the parties who found the tost money, and thus
succeed in recovtr.ng it.
Mr. E. F. Ring, a portrait-painter of some
reputation living at Atlanta, took 420 drops of
laudanum last Friday night, and died the next
morning. He had been drinking very freely
for several days.
The Atlanta Herald, of Sunday, says Mrs.
Maria Jonrdan Westmoreland was to leave that
oity last night for New York, where she will
anperintend the publication of her secoLd novel,
“Ciiff Jtd Troup,'* a Gtogia story of thirty years
ago, and whioh will be issued in Janaary. Hon
A. H. Stephens will appear as one of the char
acters, under the name of tbe Hon. Reuben
Hall. Mrs. W’s publishers are so muoh en
couraged by tbe snooess of “Heart Hungry,”
that they will publish “Clifford Tronp” at their
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own expense.
We find this in the Athens Northeast Geor
gian.
Bow at Watkinsville.—Saturday last, two
gentleman were going up tbe street in Wat
kinsville. There was a small bridge over a
ditch, on which for or five negroes were etand-
iog The gentlemen asked the negroes to stand
aside and let them pass. They moved and
gave room, but as tbe two orosRed the negroes
began cursing and abasing them This brough'
on a difficulty, the negroes fighting and at
tempting to use gun*. There was a grocery
near, and several white men in it, herring the
noite, ian ont and took part with the two gen-
tli meu. Oiher negroes oame up to nssif-t their
own color. A Justice ordered the Bailiff to ar
rest the negroes, and he succeeded in grresting
fou- of them. Some outsiders said they would
have revenge. On Sunday night the Bailiff’H
wood shop was burnt, and he lost about fonr
hundred dollars in tools, timber, eta.
Abbeville not Destboyed —The Abbeville
Press and Banner, of the 27th instant, makes
the following gratifying announcement:
The reports of the late fire here were very
much exaggerated. Instead of a town in af h s,
only fonr stores, and those by po meins tbe
finest, were d-istrojed, and the stocks of goods
were principally saved ; the loss in stock bemg
for the most part covered by msniauce. Mr
Robinson, and perhaps Mr Aiken, will iehnild
soon, and new and oommodions stores will in
dne time rise npon the present v»eant lots,
The late fire has not materially crippled the
business of Abbeville.
Tbe Bjterjr o T Dover.
Philadelphia, December 8 —The mystery at
Dover, Delaware, has been explained. Profes
sor West was not kilted. It now tnros ont that
he killed a colored man, nameJuDknown, whom
he had hired temporarily. After doing so the
hands and -feet were cat off and buried. His
object, it is said, was to make the authorities
believe the body was hie, so that his wife oonld
obtain an fnsnranoe of $25 000 on his life. He
acknowledged to John O’Grady, sn ex-special
officer of this oity, that he had killed the negro,
bnt that was in self defence. West is now in
jail.
Tbe Horse Disease In St. Lents.
St. Louis, December 8 —The horse disease is
on the increase here. Nearly all tbe streetcars
are withdrawn. A meeting will be held to
morrow for the purpose of organizing a volun
teer fire department.
Protection or Cigars.
Nxw York, December 8.—At a meeting of
cigar makers, Saturday night, it was resolved to
obtain signatures to a petition to be presented
to Congress asking that the taxes on home made
cigars be abolished or reduoed so as to enoonr-
age domestio mannfaotnre.
New Orleans, Decembers.—A large meeting
of capitalists and propertyholdera have resolved
to send a delegation to Washington to represent
the exaot condition of affairs there. Judge Da-
roll has issued a sweeping restraining order on
the application of O. O. Antoine, against Gov.
Warmoih and all other Htate officers. Clerks of
the House and Senate, Chief of Polioe and
others, preventing any interference whatever,
wiih the assembly of the Legislature, and for
bidding all persons from participating as mem
bers of the Legislature who have not been re
turned as members thereof by the Custom-house
Returning Board, and whoBe names are not
■ransmitted by Geo. E. Boose, Secretary of
State, to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk
of the House.
Hexleau News.
City of Mexico, December 1, via Havana.—
Lerdo De Tejada was deolared elected President
on the 16 b of November, and on the 18tb a
decree to that effect was published, when the
diplomatic corps visited him in an unofficial ca
pacity. To-day the new President took formal
possession of his offioe, and to morrow the dip
lomatio corps will make an official visit Prep
arations are making for a series of festivities in
honor of his election. Several ohanges in tbe
Cabinet will be m .de immediately after the ad
journment of Congress, whioh takes place on the
15th instant. An eleotion for President of the
Sapreme Oonrt has been ordered for the seco.d
and fourth Snndays of February. ’ Generals
Anga Aiiglesis and RivaPolioios are candidates,
Newspaper Items—Fire in New York.
New Yobs, December 9 —The reported con
nection of Sobnyler Colfax with the Tribnne,
and Oakley Hall with the Herald are authenti
cally contradicted.
The editorial and composing-rooms of the
Daily Express were damaged ten thou*aud dol
iars, bnt insured The Messrs. Brooks lose a
valuable library. [ This item suggests that there
may have possibly been a fire in New York, bnt
we have no information abont it—Ed.]
Fire in SU Lonla.
8t Louis, December 9 —The Comstock
Company’s furniture ware rooms were bnrned
to day. Loss a hundred thousand, and insur
ance sixty-three thonsand.
The New York Commune.
New Yore, December 9.—Tne Federal Coun
cil of tbe Internationals have resolved on a
mass meeting at Cooper Institute on the 14 b
inst.. for the relief of the widows and orphan-,
of the executed Communists.
A tetter from Wendell Pnillips was read, say
ing that the French Communists are entitled to
the respec* of the civilized world.
James Hogan, of East Broadway, is missing.
Wiirinotheift Quiet.
Tbe Herald reports New Orleans remarkably
quiet. The Warmothists intend to exhans
every lawfnl power of resis'a.ce to arbitrary
power, bnt in no event will they countenance
violence.
rongrresslonnl.
Wasehnoton, December 9 —In the House
heaps of bills were introduced and referred,
und< r the call if States.
Senate.—The Ohio Bridge bill passed. A
resoln'ion for a special committee of five to
consider the question of che p transportation
from ibe West to the seaboard were introduced,
bnt objected to and laid ovi-r.
Fire In ionnect'cnt.
Windsor, Conn., Djeembei9.—The Reynolds
Woolen Mills were burned last night. Loss
$G0,000
Federal Rctn.ns from LonlHlana.
New Orleans, December 9.—Toe Custom
bouse Returning Board give full retnrr s of the
November eleotion, giving Gian' 14 624—Kel
logg 18,861 majority, and the election of tbe
eu^re State Republican t-cket. Tbe Legisla
ture has a large Republican majority on
joint ballot. The impeachment of Warmoih—
tbe dispersion of his Legislature by Federal
troops, and Warmoth’s case for contempt im
pend to-day. It is believed the Governor will
be imprisoned.
Terrible Storm in Fnxlnnd.
London, December 9 —A terrific westerly
gale, oausing great destruction to property of
nil descriptions, prevailed yesterday throughout
Eugland. The telegraph wires were prostrated
ana many buildings demolished and others
damaged in this oity.
A large number of pedestrians were dashed
to the ground by the violence of the hnrrioaue
Street lamps and advertising boards were
ihrown down and many persona injured by tbe
flying debris Dispatches from the seaport
towns report numerous marine disasters.
E’ght ships were blown aBhore in the harbor of
Plymouth.
The flag ship Narcisns, of 2,665 tons, parted
from her moorings in the harbor of Deavenpott,
bnt the ersw succeeded in again anchoring her
before any serious damage was done.
Gunnery ship Cambridge and three, small
merchantmen lying in tbe same harbor, alio
parted fn m their anchors and were blown
ashore The crew were tn great danger, bnt
were resoued from their perilous position.
Tbe Storm lu England.
London, December 9.—The telegraph wires
in the noith cf England, whioh were destroyed
bv the storm yesterday, are not yet working.
D.epatoheu from all other seolions of the conn-
try bring Dews of great dest. action of property.
The gale was as severe in Wales and Ireland as
in England, and was aoeompanied by lightning
and rate. Many townB were flooded. Several
vessels are ashore in Cork harbor. Tne damage
to property in that city is very great. Many
buildings were unroofed and trees blown down.
Three pinnacles of tbe tower of St. Thomai’
Church, Exeter and Devonshire were blown
down while the congregation were at worship,
aud falling on the roof ornshrd through into
the body of the church. The congregation was
Heized with a panio at the first intimation of
danger and rnshed from the building. None
were killed, and their esoape is regarded as
miraculous.
Tbe steamship Leborra, from Sunderland for
New York, w-ut ashore and was wreoked off
Lewe.-toft. The crew barely escaped.
Many of tbe huts need by the troops at Alder,
shot were destroyed.
At Oxford, the chapel of the O'Niel College,
Oxford University, was badly damaged, and
the freight depot of tbe Great Western railway
was entirely demolished.
Lond-.n, Deoember 9.—There is anxiety over
the t-teamship City of Brussels, now over due.
The h irbor of Cardiff is orowded with shipping,
wind bound.
A number of cottrges at Bridgewater have
betn prostrated.
A ffiilrs In Paris.
Paris, Deoember 9.—The appointment of
Goulard, Minister of the I-terior, Leon Say,
Minister of Finance, F ntaine, Minister of
Pnblio Works, and Ca'm iunt Prefect of the
Department of the Seine are published this
morning by tho official journal. Though the
ministry as now formed it is regarded as transi
tory, tbe above mentioned appointments indi
cate tbe termination of tbe orisis and secure
tbe government the support of the Bight Centre
and the Left Centre.
Congressional.
Washington, Deoember 9 —House—Under
the regular call a resolution to amend the Con-
stituion to authorize Congress to fix a uniform
time foe State elections; to complete tbe James
River and Kanawha Canal; repealing the tax
on spir.ts made entirely fiorn fruit; for a ship
canal near St. Poillips, La ; to repeal tbeiio-i-
Oiad. The Civil Rights bill was discussed, and
finally buried by reference to the Committee on
Revision of tbe Liws; to bridge the Arkansas
at Van Boren; to extend the Southern Claims
Commission four years; by Gen. Yonng, to
remove aM political disabilities; also, for the
relief of the Ca'.holio Church and members at
D .ltun, Ga.
A bill removing the political disabilities of L.
Q. O. Lamar, of Mississippi, was passed.
Mr. Aoker moved to suspend the roles and
pass the bills removing all politioal disabilities;
failed of a two-thuds vote: Yeas, 102; nays,
84.
Senate.—The conference report on the bill
to regulate the oonstraotion of a bridge over
tbe Ohio river was concurred in, whioh passes
the bill.
An ineffectual effort was made to have Wood-
day (so the Operator says) set apart for the
French spoliation bill.
On a motion made in the Supreme Court to
day to restrain Jndge Darrell, of Louisiana, of
the Cironit Oonrt, the Supreme Oonrt reserved
its decision.
The Louisiana Noddle.
New Orleans, Deoember 9—The Fusion
Legislature ais-mbled at Lyceum Hall. Each
member on entering was served with a restrain
ing order. The military still bold Mechanics In
stitute. Tbe members oredentialed by tbe Cus
tom Honse Board, reporters and custom parti
sans were admitted. Both claim a quorum.
The olerk of fee old Honse, whose dnty it was
to oall the foil, is incarcerated by the United
States Marshal.
Tbe Mechanics’ Institute Legislature is or
ganized. Lowell was eleoted Speaker. Senators
holding over protested in writtog against the
manner of the Senate organization.
Pinchbeck stated in the Senate to-day that
Warmotb and Weed, of the TimeB, went to
Pinohbaok’s honse at 12 o’clock, last night, and
offered him $50,000 and the appointment of a
large number of offices if he (Pinobback) would
pursue the oonrse whioh they wonld point ont.
A resolution impeaching Gov. Warmoth was
New Obleans, Deoember V.—The Warmoth
contempt oase was postponed until to morrow
on aooonnt of tbe illness of Jndge Darrell. Tbe
Jadge and Olerk of the E'ghth Distriot were ar
ranged before theSupreme Oonrt for contempt,
and fined $50 and 10 days'imprisonment. Gov.
Warmoth pardoned them.
The Custom-house Legislature passed a reso-
tion calling formally npon the President for the
aid guaranteed by the Constitution, when the
State is threatened with insurrection.
New York, Deoember 9.—Stokes* trial was
not taken np.
It is reported that the Union Bank of Brus-
self, has fai'ed. . The Post says this institution
has aooepted largely on aoconnt of shipments of
petroleum and other American products here.
The lossep, however, oonld not have been on
account of petioteom acceptances. In well in
formed circles here, it is thought the suspension
was oansed by losses in the Russia trade.
A private dispatch states that the Union Back
of BrnsselB has been grafted an extension of
four weeks.
Cincinnati, Deoember 9 —The steamer l^rahk
GraOy, wi'h five hundred baleB of ootton, sunk.
A clnb of ton persons of Columbus, Indiana,
Hold the capital prize of the LonisviUe Library
Lottery.
Cincinnati, December 9. —The roof of Wall’s
City Water-works fell to-day. Two were bnr'ed
and three fatally injnted.
New York, December 9.—Two days’ run on
the Mutual has ended. The bank has paid ont
$65,000.
The immense portrait of Wm. M. Tweed has
been moved from the Supervisor'll room.
Montgomery, Deoemoer 9.—There was no
qnornm in either body to-day.
Turin, December 9.—The floods in the north
of Italy continue to spread. Some of the larger
towns are threatened.
Beblin, Deoemter 9.—Counties’Reform bill
finally passed the Upper House The Catholic
church edifice in the oit) at,d province of Posen,
which beloDgtotheGovernment, hasbeenelosed
because a special service was celebrated there
in, placing the church of Posen, in her present
rials, under the especial protection of the Most
Saored Heart of Jesns. The pastors of the
cbnrches and the teachers in the Catholic schools
uave been summoned to appear before the
magistrates for examination ot the charge of
publicly reading an exciting pastoral letter is
sned by the Arobbihhop of Poaen.
Paris, December 9.—The police entered sev
eral wine shops, yesterday, aud seized copies of
petitions for a dissolution of the Assembly,
whioh were circulating there for signatures.
AN U1>D NI OK V.
Horace Greeley’s Ea. Jy Career.
Greeley’s boyhood (and his early manhood
too, tor that matter) w .s passed in great poverty.
As a boy he worked with his father on the stony
little farm Hts tow shirt was never bnttoned,
his tow pantaloons, by some strange freak, bad
always one leg shorter than the other, and his
big h-ad was enrmonnted by a specially ragged
straw hat. His contempt of externals was lit
tle regarded by a family that despised them too,
and a r . fourteen, when he emerged from West
Haven, he must have presented a very odd ap
pearance. Tbe occasion of bis leaving the pa-
ternal home was an advertisement which ap
peared in the Nonhern Spectator, a weekly pa-
per published at Eist Pouliney, fur an appren
tice in theeffi -e of that journal. He showed it
to bis father, aud asked permission to try for
it, to whioh his father reluctantly assented. Ac
oordingly, iu the springtime of the year 1826,
Horace, dressed ai usual, but with the addition
of well worn shoes of tbe denomination of “high
low,” witbont. stockings, aud with a j -oket, pre
sented himself to Amos Bliss, one of the pro
prietors of tbe Northern Spectator, and enquir
ed, “Are you the man that carries on the pnnt-
ng office ?”
Mr. Bliss looked at his questioner with nn-
disgnised amazement, and replied in the affirm
ative. Horaoe continued : “D in’t yon want a
boy to learn the trade?” “Well,” said Mr.
Bliss, “perhaps no. Do yon want to learn to
set type?” “Yes 1 do," drawled ont tbe yonng
aspirant for typographical honors, in snoh a
queer, touching, earnest way that tbe hear, of
Mr. Bliss melted within him, aud though tbe
apprentice he bad expeoted when he inserted
tbe advertisement was not in the least like the
present applicant, he queitioned him kindly.
He fonnd him well read aud most intelligent,
and so intiodnced him to the foreman, who set
him at once to work. Horace soon learned the
rudiments, though he was bnt tbe bntt of his
fellow-woikmen for seme time, bnt he never
heeded their jibes. The tactios of passive re
sistance conquered, and from that moment he
was on tbe best terms with all the workers in
the establishment. His omniverons reading
became the subject of astonishment and respeot
and he was shortly afterward introduced into a
debating society called the East Poultney Ly
ceum.
The same > winter he became a member, and
was soon one of its leading debaters. All sub
jects seemed alike to him, and he was always
interested in every question discussed. Hts re
ligions and political opinions were already
formed. In tbe former he was an Universalnt,
and in tbe latter he believed in Henry Olay. In
all discussions be was listened to with great at
tention, although the poverty of appearance,
the awkwarduets of the few gestures whioh he
employed, aud the peoulisr high pitch of his
voice, were against him. But he was a great
reader, and had a wonderful memory. Dates,
names, places, figures, statistics, all the driest
minutiae of history and politios, wore as fresh
inhiu memory as tbe most interesting incident*
He boarded at the tavern at East Ponltney; and
a distinguished physician of New Yoik has re
corded the following interesting reminiscehce of
his first encounter with the alter* ard famous
Horace Greeley s
“ I went to the tavern, put up my horses and
went in to dinner. There were a good many
people present, the Sheriff of the connty, and
an ex member of Congress included, and I was
considerably abashed at first by so mnoh good
company, bnt I had scarcely begun to eat when
my eyea rested npon so sitig tUr an object that
the morsel rem lined suspended on my fork,
and I Oonld do nothing bnt stare. It was a tall,
pale, white-haired gawky boy seated at the
iarther end of the table. He was in his shirt
sleeves, and eating with a rapidity and awkward
ness I have never seen equated. He never
looked np, nor seemed to pay tbe least atten
tion to the conversation, which was becoming
quite animated. Some measure of an early
Congress had been mentioned, and a question
ba t arisen how certain members h d voted on
its final passage. Tho Sheriff, a very finely
dressed gentleman, and qniie a personage in
my est mution, to my banndle.te astonishment,
referred'he ma'.ttrto the gtwky boy, saying,
‘ Aiqt that right, Greeley ?’ ‘ No,’ said he,
witbont ceasing to eat for an instant. ‘Hal'
chimed in the ex-Congresi-man, • What did I
tell you ? I knew I was right ’ • No,’ said the
gawky boy, ‘you’re wrong, too. Then he laid
down his knife and fork and gave the whole
history of the measure from its inoeption to its
passage, detailed tbe state of parties at tbe
time, Btattd tbe vote in dispute, and named
the leading speakers for and against the
measure. I listened opened month; but what
surprised me most whs that the company re
ceived it as pare gospel, and os settling the
m i ter beyond dispute. I never met him again
antil he was the famous editor of tho Tribune.
In June, 1830, the Northern Spectator was
discontinued, and the printing office broken np.
The concern did not pay. Horace Greeley, who
had been in the yearly reoeipt of $40, had not
saved a cent of it. Neither had he spent a oent.
extra number at
penae, m whioh it was announced th« 0Wa *l-
Cabin would be resumed in a fe* bW li< ho»
family political paper. 0 n the 5th W . 6e *»
ber it appeared, and reapediamoA^*
On the 10 th day of April 1841
dnoedths New York TrfffieL
oaah capital, but he had great
unbounded credit. Men believed boito uo
pacity and his horerty, and thoee
him once stood by him forever af ter
U f u “f n , w b° furnished the type Wa8t Nte.
who had furnished the type torth.u *««
Post on oredit, and who had unlimi l i) tlrtl ' 11 8
denwi u» the yonng editor. It was cnlx
No, 30 Ann street, and wasone-thhd ^^tt
the present Tribune. Horaoe Greet* 1“* «*
tor and proprietor, and Henry J e
charge of the literary department
the fine art, and genera!fntellg£
joined the New Yorker some years L, He h*d
had distinguished himself by hte eleST’^
his keen sarcasm, and his letifcetio s !&
motto of the paper was the dying
rison, “I desire you to understand BiI-
ciplee of the government. I wish tfcjf®?*'
out. I ask nothing more » lu 1?*
cent. It met with great oppositR* 801 *
Sun, also a one oent paper, edited br V °d 1116
on sound Democratic principles”
became mterestsdin and snpwirtfd
»®°hvigor, that on thesevem
^ a “ 03111011 01 11,900, withm22» k,it
than they could well rereive The
vertiaing was raised from fonr to
line. To crown the triumph, Thonn-\uv^ *
became the business manager, an “entM^
the copartnership wiih Horae* .
Shortly aft.rwardthe Log CahnLdlh/v J ’
Yorker, which had been dragW K on”
Mr. Greeley’s Last Days.
A New York dispatch to the We S! ern p r .»
dated Nov. 30th, says: Ftes ^
In an account narrating at length th»
lvh of tho u. , f\ La eiosici
All be oonld possibly spare was sent to his
father, who had left Westbaven, was engaged
in olearing wild land in Pennsylvania. When
his oonneotion with Mr. Bliss oloeed, his ward
robe consisted of two ragged shirts, and the
pocket haudkerohief in whtoh they were envel
oped, with his last half year’s wages, of twenty
dollars. He had a sore leg, bnt in spite of this
he determined to walk to Pennsylvania. Before
he quitted East Ponltney,' the boarders at the
tavern where he had so often held forth, and
been the universal arbiter, determined to show
their friendly feelings and good aiahes, in some
way most nsefnl to him, so they presented him
an over ooat, the first the yonng man ever pos
sessed ; for the good son rigorously denied him
self warm olothiDgthiongh the fierce winters of
Vermont, so that he might send the more to bis
parents, straggling with the difficulties of wild
land in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Horace was twelve days on the jonrney, and
arrived there at laBt, with his leg frightfully
swollen. There was a dootor abont twenty-five
miles from his father’s olearing, and to him he
limped. “Ha,” said the doctor; “von don’t
drink liqnor, yonng man.” “No, doctor,” was
the response; “neither use strong drink nor to-
baooo, and I never will.” “Thank your luoky
stars for it. You’ve a bad leg, as it is; bnt if
you hsd been a drinker, yon’d bave had no leg.”
The doctor’s treatment was skillful, and he oared
the limb, though with great d ffienlty, succeed
ing finally by the nRe of eleocrioity. As soon as
he was comparatively all right he sought for
work, and obtained it on tbe Erie Gazetje, edit
ed by a Mr. Sterxell, who reoeived him with re
luctance, because he looked so green. Bnt in a
few days he was in high favor in the oompo3icg-
toom, and was placed on the footing of a
regular typographer, getting his twelve dollars
a month and board. All the intervals of labor
he spent in reading, especially politios, nntil
bis amount of information became a proverb.
Bnt he still dressed in the old homespun and
presented the same forlorn appearanoe. Mr
Sterrell, who bad taken an immense liking to
him, said, “now, Hod. don’t dress so hideously.
Yon’re earning good wages. Let me give yon
an order on a store for a good snit” Horace
stammered out his thanks, bnt refused He
said his father was on a new place, and he
wanted to help him all ho oonld. To so noble
an answer nothing oonld be objected, so Mr.
Sterrell desisted, and allowed him to dress as he
pleased.
On Friday, August the 18.h, 1831, Horace
Greeley landed from an Albany tow boat,White
hall, olose to the Battery. His available capital
was ten dollars and seventy-five cents. Appre
ciating tbe narrowness of his means, he secured
board at the rate of two dollars and a half a
week. They he looked round among all print
ing offices for employment, bnt all scouted him
—taking him lot ? runaway apprentice, and re
fusing utterly to listen to his explanations of his
personal history. At his boarding house he
learned fiom one of the inmates that West, of
No. 85 Chatham street, was in want of hands,
aud to Wen he determined to go. It was 5£
o’clock, and the office was not yet opened It
was on the second fl ior, the ground floor being
occupied by a bookstore kept by McElrath &
Bangs. Horace Greeley sat down on the stone
steps to wait. Fortnne, which always favors the
brave of heart, favored him. The first jour
neyman was a Vermonter, who was moved by
the artleRS tale of the singular yonng man,
and determined to befriend him. A man was
wanted for the composition of a polyglot Testa
ment, and be advised him to apply to the fore
man, (Col. Porter, afterward of the Spirit of the
Times,) for the job. When he came he stared
at He race, bnt listened, good hnmerediy, to the
pleading of the Vermonter, and agreed to give
him a trial od tbe testament. Horace Greeley
worktd throughout the day with his nsnal in
tensity and siienoe. When night came he struck
off a proof of his day’s toil and handed it to the
foreman, who was astonisbed to find that it waB
much greater in quantity, and infinitely mare
aocurate, than any day’s work which had ever
been performed on the Polyglot. He was at
onee engaged at $6 a week, and respected in tbe
office as a prime hand. He had a way of talk
ing while working, when he knew his company,
that was very diverting. From the great treas
urc-house of his memory he drew forth endless
stories of interest. He was great on politics,
an religion, and on the then prevailing topic of
Masonry. He waB as ardent au anti-Mason as be
was a worshipper of Henry Clay. The men de
lighted to say a wo; d against h>8 idol, or to praise
his bete noir, just to set him going on his favor
ite topics.
OoL Porter, the foreman at West’s in Novem
ber, 1821, started for himself as editor of the
Spirit of the Times, and Horace Greeley came
with him as oompositor. For this paper he
composed a mnltitnde of articles and para
graphs cf no great value, bnt he threw them
off with surprising facility, and waB of great
service to tie editor, whose staff was Bomewhat
soanty. He remained with the Spirit nntil
October, 1832. when he went to visit his rela
tives in Ntw Hampshire, returning to the city
ir/November, and going to work for Mr. R; d-
field, a stereotyper in large business. In De
eernber, howevor, he got a lift. He entered
into partnership with a Dr. Sheppard and a Mr.
Story in the starting of a two cent paper,
Horace Greeley to be master printer. He ob
tained the necessary type from George Brnce,
the great type-fonuder. wbo was so impressed
with the ca .dor and honesty of young Greeley
that he let him have the type, though neither of
them saw very cleaily how it was to be paid for.
On the 1st of January, 1838, the new paper,
the Morning Post, mide its appearance, and
three weeks afterward it perished of inanition.
But the printing firm of Greely & Story did not
die, being supported by the printing of Sylves
ter’s Bank Note Reporter, which was sure pay.
Little by little they got more and more work,
m.ttl they were quite prosperous, and began to
accumulate capital. Francis Story was unfor
tunately drowned on an excursion down the
Bay, and his place was taken by bis brother-in-
law, Mr Jonas Winchester. The change in
tbe firm brought no change in the business,
whioh went on increasing steadily.
Abont this time he embraced tbe dietetio no
tions of Dr. Grtham, and went to board at the
Graham Hotel. In J innary, 1834, tbe firm
which now contested of Horace Greeley, Jonas
Winchester & E. Sibbett, determined to start a
weekly paper, and the result was tbe New York
er. Before it was started, James Gordon Ben
nett came to the office and told Hcrece that he
was going to start a one cent paper and oall it
the Herald. He wanted him to join «s printer.
Greeley declined, having the New Yorker in
contempla’ion, bnt recommended Bennett to a
yonng man. who did join with him, but subse
quently left him after the burning of the Herald
offioe. The New Yorker appeared in March,
1834, and had a first sale of 100 copies. In Sep
tember tbe eirenlation was 2,500 copies, and the
second volume began with 4.500 Horace Gree
ley was the editor, and enjoyed himself thorough
ly in bis work. He wrote like a giant on every
subject. The subjects ou which he was moBt at
home and which excited most attention, were
“The Interests of Labor,’ “Speculation,” “The
Science of Agriculture.” “The Usury Laws,"
“The Currency,” “National Couventnns, ;
“Capital Punishment,” “The Pnblio Lauds,”
and others of tbe same solid charaoter^—
* In July, 1836, he married MiBa Mary Yonge
Cheney, whom he had first met at the Graham
Hotel. The lady was a teacher, aud had ns ar
dent a thirst for knowledge as her husband that
was to be. They beoame engaged, and when
the lady obtained a situation rs teacher in the
school at Warrenton, North Carolina, they cor
responded nntil Mr. Gieeley, believing his pros
pects to be good enough for ma'rimony, went
down to Warrenton and was married to the
lady m Immanuel Ohurob, by Rev. William
Norwood, of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Gree-
ley chose this church because he had conoeived
a great admiration of the matrimonial service,
which he had heaidnn the oooasion of the mar
riage of his paituA llr. Winchester. Three ^m withlhe tooUhIt”he has beoo«««^
years afterward, th« New Yorker was partially _ , * .. *»,* man is
hours at a time. Through the day he
often doze in the car and catch sna ches of 1
Upon his return to New York
fonnd to be rapidly failing, an 3 it
passing sleepless nights at her bedside tJu!!
moJ. 8 ° 8h0wslgn8 of Steal mental dS
ms RISIGNATIMJ OF STOCKS
On one occasion, while the OD^iti™ „ ^
was criticising his Pittsbnreh sreeeh v P ^
»If they make the issue
u’.date, Tm bound to be defeated”
sideration seemed to weigh on hie qT
when he supposed he was akn- tn ...iV;
his hands lo his head and cry out ‘‘0n d ” P u
though suffering intense paia jf
when his wife died he began to rto/JnS
atioDS of great grief, and it vaa then that he te
said to have shown the first positive evident
of mental derangement IbeNovembereUction
seemingly did not interest him. Hit detent did
not seem to surprise him. He deceived hia
friends by receiving the news with perfect iu-
difference.
Louisiana and the Federal Govern.
” meat.
The Administration has taken the case ot
Louisiana in hand, and deciding through t
Fedeial Oonrt who shall compose the Le^ial*.
tore of that State, directs the Uuited Sutea
Marshal to enforce the deoiteon by a sufficient
military force. This, of itself, is a startling
illustration of the degradation to which the
States have been reduced by t e Eidicite We
suppose it would startle even them, if the usage
had been applied to New Y-.rk or Feans;lvani,
bnt being applied to States of their own manu
facture for which they cannot help feeling i I
very natural contempt, they think nothing o! it
Nor will Ihe American people, although, in the
progress of nBnrpatioD, this action will become
authority and precedent, and no donbt be ap- ]
plild to properly constituted States by end by.
For onr part we are heartily sorry for the co-1
alition of honest and respectable Democrat!
with such a man as Warmoth, by which they I
become in any manner identified wi .h his mote- j
meets aod fortunes. Can a man tonch pitch [
and not be dc-filed ? There is a minority of
Democrats in that State, ontsidaof which is cut
black level ot villainy; and, although tbe posi
tion of the Democrats and tax-payers is desper
ate, still we think they tan gain nothing bj
joining hands with any faction of the Ridia!
thieves who plunder that unhappy State. Itii
better to handle not. Hands off.
Tbe Knoxville aud nation Ruilrod
The Savannah Advertiser has the fol’oviti:
We were honored with a call, on jesteidij; I
from Col. Wm. K deGraffenreid, the Fr- I
of the Maoon andKnoxville Road. In tbe conne
of conversation he informed ns that tlunwi
bad been put under contraot, and that wutics
short time the work would be oommeuecdoi
pursued with vigor. As the contemplated rc»d |
will form an important link in sborteoirg com
munication between the seaboard and the West. ]
onr people will be gratified to know test i
necessary financial arrangements have bees
made to secure its oons’raotion.
Highly Important to Lovxes.—” Jennie
Jane,” in her last fashionable letter, commmii-
oateB the following highly impor ant inm cf in
telligence to yonng gentlemen abont to invert
of their superfluous stamps in s circle: Lrlw
finger :
A change is imminent of which loves
desire to be informed : Solitaire diamonds'.:!
no longer considered suitable for eLg'g®®*
rings. Large, pure sapphires, which sipmif
faithfulness, have taken their place, or form 1 -!
oen'rel figure of a design, which makes dia
monds the ontworks and the sapphire tbecea“
of attraction.
relinquished. It had numerous subscribers, bnt
it did not pay, through some defect in the man
agement. During the last year, Mr. Greeley
undertook, in addition, the enlite editorial
charge of the Jeffersonian, a campaign sheet
started in Albany, which lived just one year.
Thus from 1838 to 1839 he had two papers to
provide for, papers diverse in character, and
pnbiisbed 150 miles apart. Nothing but inten-e
energy and wonderful facility of literary compo
sition could have enabled him to bear the strain.
In 1840 occurred the “Tippecanoe and Tyler
too” campaign. No man contributed more to
keep alive and fan the popular enthusiasm than
Horace (iieelev in his w.ekly paper, the Log
Cabio, which was published simultaneously at
New York and Albany. It was a small paper,
about half the size of the Tribnne. Of the first
number, no less than 48,000 oopieB were sold
Subscribers came pouring in .at the rate of 700
a day, nntil the weekly issue* was between 80,-
000 and 90,000 Ic was a zealous advocate cf
the agricnb oral interest, or, as the paper ex-
presaed it, of tbe cause of the Log Cabin against
that of the Castom-bouBe and Presidential pal
ace. To this periodical, Mr. Prent-ce, of the
Louisville Journal, contributed many of his test
wi-t oisms. It abonndtd with g>od things, with
pithy arncles ou tue same subjects that had
been treated so well in the New Yorker, and
with those campaign songs that had so great a
A Convict Heir to a Fortune—TbemM
strange story current of an extraordinuj “•
of good luck falling to the share of oae »
hitherto “tortane had cruelly scratched.
years ago a young man, respectably
and a native cf Chester, became souie*" 1 ^ J
torious in this tocality for the reckless
he was living. Becoming involved is ^ThU
honest transactions, he was apprehended, “
and sentenred to a period of iran.-portat»m
few months ago an old gentleman died
neighbor! o->d of Chester He left several ,
and land worth abont £30,000,
thousands in cash, but left L0 , o/fteir to
were set od foot ss.to f on ud the
the oldmans property, ® ndlt „ *®_w iritf
next of kin was a
had long sinoe been lost sight of > MCaa n
was supposed was dead. Thecircnmstance
accident illy to the knowledge Oi ^
officer connected with the Liveiipooto 0 ^’ rt3
found that the convict was the mir la
wanted fo .-the old man’s wealth. “ liro mpt!j
Home Offioe, aud the authorities tte ,.ilyii***
took the matter np, and after some ( bid
found that the man, after Ins V. to ni;
bben removed to a penal settlement v
that he bad obtained his liberty; f^mer
at the present time a prosperousis /^lintei
in that country.. The detective' haa ^^r
him with the faot that he has “ tC0
to a large property; but the m an , .,, tf <«
his Australian home, and it is don •
the prospect of becoming a Chestm ,. ,^4-
will tempt him to revisit tbe scenes o
fnl fofiies.—Liverpool Mercury
Greeley'* Daughters.—Tbe , 0 tti
bnne, of Friday, says with ti ol
proposed popular subscription for
these yonng ladies: pgfefct
That of his estate there is e “°, r /.jians o(
to quiet all these generous app( c " i,ion ,el *
community. And even if the r Jh®*
less, we most be allowed to say frie n *
Greeley are in ihe bauds of
who will oare for them with * d 0 ,ultertf
and unremitting tenderness, . poncr
nize and repay the debt of B 1 ?'; 5 *ronglf ‘
to their father—* debt which « • isjof*”
can never be adequately diach* asss'J 0
fhziug pnblio may confide in ai(J , 0 : ih^
that the young ladies are now c »re f
wbo will be glad as well as ab » ^ ^ it dj
every want and oomfort, and skt! no <4J
the death of their father eball u
in their methods of life an
We announce the determine
at their own urgent lequea*- , ledb .
It is said that the fortune mb ‘ ^
yonng ladies will wuoat to at 1** *