Newspaper Page Text
HP?* <&e«wi«i» SfterJtftgr an5> BmximsX & Wh&isumgsfc,
Tie Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, GA n OCrOBEB S3 1878
THIS GEORGIA FttESS.
and again in the leg. The wounds are
•aid to be painfnl bat not dangerous.
No blame can be laid upon 'Wimberly, as
he only meant to defend himself from the
uncalled for attack of a man bo mncb
stouter and older than himself. We learn
be acted'with courage and coolness.”
PuuWSisoi Rewarded.—The Bue
na Vista Argus says there live9 a couple
Da. Felton has turned his batteries in g^igy couBty whose ages are about
on General Gordon, and all his organs I e q Ua j. When the gentleman was quite
and aids swear vengeance on the General. yoUD g be addressed his “present wife.
Perhaps they have heard of gnawing a who declined his proposition, not from
file, and want to see how it tastes. I dislike, but forreasons satisfactory then
This Wat, Mb. Findley.—The Con-1 to both parties. He then sought the
stitution says:
On yesterday morning the following
advertisement appeared in the Constitu
tion:
I will bet $25 that Reuben Arnold is
hand and confidence of another lady,
whom he married and lived happily with
for many years. After her death he re
newed his devotion, and addressees to
the choice of his yonth—who had never
married. The conditions which prevent-
olected to Oong~."ZSrSSLr-
*“***• I. w ‘ V aat F I - I had oeaaedtoetiat, bnt others equally
Early in the morning l ers egan I M p reB8 j„g and equally as satisfactory to
^Tnoy thSculation in their bo ^ *** uke “ their | lft ° es *
7 tiTL;- hZwi I , ivuLZ I and she declined to accept a second offer,
eyes andmoney jn their hands.'They Hfl thenaddreBSad and ^ arried a second
*4* whom he lived happily for
C P * several years. After berdeatb, he again
S*? -T^Hnn 1 PtP ^ addressed the lady who had first won his
Mr. Findley did not happen in during I a ^ ectio ? 0 « and had taice refused offers
f aZr^a «o thaw wero aTl 1 ot marriage from him, and for good rea
sons. She had never married, and the
the day, and so they were all disap
pointed. We suppose he will be in this
morning. Just let him walk up to the
counter, and he will find the money
waiting for him. His bet sold at a pro*
tnium on yesterday. There was no use
in advertising for takers. If he feels
disposed ho can get one thousand dollars
taken on the same teems this morning,
and mach of it, if not all of it, at the rate
of 3 to 1 on Hammond.
Hut, in the meantime, the money is
-waiting for him at tho Constitution coun
ter.
About tareo hundred horses and mnlee
have been sold at Augusta daring the
circumstances which heretofore had
caused them not to marry being removed,
they were married and are now happily
journeying together. She was his first,
second and last choice.”
Whebk are yon, gentlemen of the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist ? Or rather
where is the C. and C ? We have missed
it for three days.
Gov. Smith had a rough time at Ham
ilton, Harris county, last Thursday. He
was so booted aud hissed by the Harris
men thit he was compelled to etop speak-
eetson at prices ranging from $85 to $300 ingi He c i osad ; by thanking the crowd
for the former, and $G0 to $175 for the £or mafiiDR ^es of themsolves.
latter. I Pibx at Talbotton.—The Coiambus
.Me. Jesse Carroll, who died at At- J Enquirer-Sun, ot Friday, has the follow-
lanta last Saturday, was a Knight of j j D g .
Honor, and his littlo daughter who sur- Tbe Tjdnab i 9 ml ii 8 0WD ed by Persons
rives him will receive $2,000 from that I &, Dozier were discovered to be on fire
order. I yesterday morning between 3:30 and four
A man named E L. Pierce, formerly a ££*^£3 fifty^rdsTrStaa mUla
New York dry goods merchant, died in Bayg be heard a noiso ab ont 3:30 o'clock,
the Augusta hospital last Thursday of [ and very soon auer he saw a light 1
bilious fever. and thinking they were firing up the en-
Saor His Wirr-We quota this from K^e preparatory to grinding and ginning,
„ H I told his driver to get up, as day was break-
the Savannah News: | B g_
These mills, with their fixtures, cost the
late Thomas H. Persons $8,000, and was
a very valuable pieoe of property. There
were ten or twelve bales of ootton in the
seed and abont two hundred bnsbels of
Yesterday morning between 11 and 12
o’clock the serenity of the neighborhood
of Walnut street, near Zably, was distur
bed by the report of a pistol from the
bouse oconpied by Thomas E. O’Sullivan,
immediately auoceeded by a pieroing wail I grain in the mills, all of which, with the
of agony. Considerable exoltement pre- I mills, were entiiely consumed by the
wailed in theneighborhood, aud Mr. Hen- dames. There were sixteen or eighteen
ry Bail, clerk in the store of Mr. George bales of ootton packed, all of whioii was
Wellbrook, on the opposite oorner, rush- saved.
ei over to tho house, and, obtaining en- Unfortunately for Messrs. Persons &
trance, passed through to the rear piszza, I Dozier, they did not have a dollar of in-
where he found Mrs. O’Sullivan prostrate [ saranoe on the mills, and the loss is a
on the ground in the yard, and her hus-1 very heavy one.
band, Thomas E. O’SaHivau, bending j Tax Augusta Evening Chronicle “hears
f 0er k® r ; From a terrible wound in her I run j 0 ra” of a sharp personal epat between
left tcmola the blood was flowing freely, „ , „ .. j _ _ ,,
and the poor woman was moaning pit Generals Butler and Gary, at Edgefield,
oously. Mr. Bail, with the assistance of South Carolina, Thursday afternoon,
the busbanti, removed her to the piszza, I They were opposing counsel m a trial.
upoa'the w?ound*wuha General Gordon, soys the Darien Ga-
View of slannohing the flow of blood. [ zet ~ e < haa incurred the displeasure of
Mrs. O'SollivaD, in answer to a question, the Independents because he has taken
.replied in a faint voice, “Tommie has the stump in the interest of organized
Bhot me, ’ and then sank into a slate of n „ .
aemi-nneonsoioosnes?. A messenger was Uemocrary. Do these fellows imagine
at once dispatched for a physician, and that their barking and enarling at the
is a short while Dr. Chattels arrived, and, I chivalric Gordon helps their cause ? If
3“ examining the wonnd carefully, sta- itdid not ahow tho Tanke8t ingratitude
*ed services wonld be ot no avail, |.. ,. , . J, .
u lbs injury WfZtlTattkthe woman lt wonId be a ®usmg. The Georgian
oonldfisre but a few hours. Saab relief who etoop3 so low as to malign and tra
ils was poesible was rendeed and ihb'pfeT- I dues the man who has done so much for
eician left. Meanwhile Mr. Bail went af- j jGleorgia aud the South must indeed be
ter Ponoemsn Jisecb, who lives in ihe vi-1, . . „ - , m . T .
ninity, and who was off duty. Ho found * oat t0 a116enBa sbame - ^ ne Int5e *
him at home, and the offieer promptly re-1 pendents are reduced to desperate straits,
sponded, Bnd prooeeding to the house ar- and their defeat i3 inevitable. They
nS^’nnl'Ll 211 (wh ° ”2 l6fl ha™ made a fatal mistake in abu tag
premises nor shown any desire to escape) 1 *
mule, will make the same number of! Mr. Barbie’s Card,
bales. ' * Nxw Yobk, October 15.—To the Editor
One or its Enrxcr*.—TYe find, and f^^^f^^Si^Your ro^ueBta night
heartily endorse the following in the La-
And carried him to the barraoks.
Fali.tnoto Piece3.—The Constitution
says u the moat casual observer cannot
fail to eee that the Arnold movement in
Fulton county is rapidly going to pieces.
Zt has never been deemed poesible that
it could hold together for thirty days. It
General Gordon. The people of Gec.gia
know him and have implicit confidence
in him. His course in the present crisis
will endear him still more to eyery true
! Georgian.”
A Hoeeiblx Outrage.—We find the
has never had any “bottom” in it. It I following in the Savannah 2feus, of Fri-
^w\jaeed on fallacy end mischief—the I
product tff sore-heads and malcontents— aa £; . , .
without excuse for its formation or Dr. Thomas Haiden, who returned to
strength in its system. It opened with the city yesterday from a visit to Bryan
a hurrah, and is going to pieces amid Neck, Bryan county, famishes us the
general derision. Its ad captandam ap» particulars of a most diabolical outrage
peate and its high-sounding promises,
actstg npon idle and inflammable flat
ters, gave it at one time an apparent
volume- It is now dwindling day after
day, and losing its grip npon all its strong-
holds.”
The Columbus Times notes tbe fact
that all tho men in that locality who
sympathize with Dr. Felton also support
Mr. Harris, and ate very violent against
General Gordon.
iCoUGii ON- THE “Farmer.”—Qnoth the
Constitution: Colonel Arnold speaks ot
the vilo insurance companies who rob our
people. He borrows money from an in-
anrance company in 187i, and after keep
ing it seven years they bring anit on the
note. He pleads usury, and wants to
scale the debt because be borrowed green
backs and they have appreciated in value,
and calls it robbery. We would like to
hear what tho insurance companies think
<of Colonel Arnold’s conduct.
Thb Jonesboro News says nearly all
the cotton in that section has been pick
ed out, and will average about half a crop
The Buena Vista Argus says: Mr.
Lewis Scott and Miss Missouri Adams,
daughter of Mr. James Adams, eloped
Thureday, the lOlh instant, and were
married at the residence of the groom at
5 o’clock p. m., by Mr. W. P. Spinks, ex-
officio J. F. Mr. Scott has married hiB
fourth wife, and ia 72 yeara old, while his
bride is about twenty.
The Dawson Journal saja 150 bushels
of corn in the shuck were sold last Satur
day in that place for forty cents per
bushel, and advises farmers to hold for
higher prison.
Dr. J. M. Buchan has resigned the
-postmastersbip at Eastman, and a peti
tion favoring a lady of the place is being
circulated.
Thebe is a speck of war in Glasscock
county on account of “moonshine”
whisky.
W« find this in the HawkinsviUe Dis
patch
Mr. J. A. Hickson, of Houston county,
•who, with his brother, was here on Satur
day last, informed ns that he has already
picked, pinned, packed and brought to
ifawkiniville, forty-fiva bales of this
| year’s cotton erop, and that he wilt
get twelve bales to (ha mule. But Mr.
Hickson said bo had understood that Mr.
J. J. Welkins, of Pulaski, had alieadv
gathered eleven hales to the mole.
It was Mr. J. J. KinChen whom we
Mentioned in the summer as the Falsski
farmer who weald probatly make sixty
bales of cotton and two thousand bushels
of ooro w.th six mule?. Mr. Kinohen
•was la town on Monday, and told ns he
had gathered sixty bales of ootton, and
■wilt likely get two or three more
'bales. As for his oorn orop, he says
that it is even better than he expected.
He has hauled in abont bslf bis crop, and
irhoa turned out better than be estimated.
Vue Albany News say a on Wednes
day last, while “the up-bound Bruns
wick and Albany train was stopped at
Pearson Station, one Nnngazer, of that
place, became offended by a little trifling
circumstance, in which George Wimher-
17, 1110 young Express messenger, was
conoerned. Ha entered Wimberly’e car,
abased, onrsed and struck him. Wimberly
afterwards stepped out of the oar. Nun-
gaser attacked him a second time, when
Wimberly drew hie pistol and fired on
hie assailant, shooting him in the thigh
attempted by a negro npon the person of
are3peotabta lady of Bryan county, as
related to him by the lady herself.
The lady, who resides in the neighbor
hood of Bryan Neck, about ten miles
from Station No 1J of the Atlantic and
Galf railroad, left home about 10 o’clock
yesterday morning to visit the family of
Mr.Zittrouer, tho deputy sheriff of Bryan
county, living about a quarter of a mile
distant. On reaching the house she
fonnd that, the family was absent, and
that there was no one on the place save
a negro man named Giles, whom Zittroner
had bailed out of jail, where he had been
confined on the charge of stealing some
jewelry from Mr. Samuel Keller,
The lady then started to return home,
and had pror eded bnt a short distance
when aho noticed that the negro Giles
was following her, and told him he bad
betisr go bark and attend to his workrr
Mr. Zittroner might punish h’m. Fre-
c lining that the negro wonld retain she
c: rimed on her way, giting no farther
heed to him. The fiend, however, bent
npen bis diabolical purpose, crept np be
lt d her, a >d i e she was aware of his
proximity, chef id bis arm* aronnd her
waist and threw her violently to the
gronud. The *‘dy fortunately retained
her presence of mind, and Intuitively di
vining his vill&'noas designs, managed by
almost supernatural strength, bom of the
peril of the bonr, to partially free herself
from bis grasp. The negro, finding him
self foiled, drew a knife and threater ,
to kill her If she did not snbmit t • hitr.
By a dexterous blow aimed at his arm "•«
lady attack the knife from his hand, and
it flew off some dif tanoe and beyond bis
reach. He then s''zsd a small pine knot
lying on tbe ground, with whloh he aimed
a blow at her head, bat she saooeeded in
dodging it, end was stmok npon the left
hand, injuring it tenibly. The straggle
continued fiercely, and the determined re
sistance of the beroio woman rendered
the biute perfectly furions, and he bit her
severely on the left arm near tbe shoul
der.
This col flict bad lasted some time and
might have resulted In the wretoh over
powering bis vlotim, bnt for tbe fortu
nate approach of Captain William Brails-
ford in a baggy. The rattling of the
wheels soared the negro who, releasing the
lady, fled to the woods. Captain Biails-
ford on reaching tbe spot, discovering
tbe deplorable condition of the lady, assis
ted her in bis baggy and oarried her to the
residence of Captain Harden, as her hus
band was absent from borne. She was
at Captain Harden’s bouse when Dr.
Harden left for Savannah, who states
that her nervous system was fearfully
shocked, and serious results were appre
hended. Her olotbiug was tom almost to
shred?, showing bow terrible had been
the straggle in defens3 of her honor.
Some time after this ooonrrence the
busbAnd ot the lady returned home, and
npon learning of tbe attempted ontrage,
immediately started in pnrsnit of the ne
gro, being joined by some of tbe neigh
bors, who were greatly excited over the
atrooiooa deed. We are informed that
tbe colored people in the neighborhood
joined in Ihe pnrsnit, and were bitter in
their denunciations of the eoonndrel.
Should he be oaptured the incensed peo
ple will see to it that be reoeives tbe pun-
iabment be deserves.
Good farming seems to pay in Meri
wether conntf. The Vindicator says
Stephen Williams has made this year,
with one mule and his own labor, ten
bales of cotton and two hundred bushels
Grange Reporter:
One of the deplorable effects of tbe di
vision of the Democratic party in this
district, is the use that is made of the ne
groes. A large majority of the negroes
are very ignorant. They have no appre
ciation of the dignity and sacrcdness of
the right of suffrage, and in exercising it
they are open to all kinds of corrnpting
influences. They have no compunction
about making their votes a matter of
merchandise; before the seductive infia-
ence of whisky, they surrender without a
murmur. They fall an easy prey to de
signing politicians, and are led captive at
will.
This work of capturing the venal vote
is already begun in this district. We
have information, which we consider cor
rect, that in the neighboring town of
Greenville night is made hideous by the
howling of negroeB, more or les3 under
the influence of liquor. They “hurrah
for Persons,” and “hurrah for Harris, 1
with as much vehemence as if they had
some idea of what they are hurrahing
abont. Fistol shots are frequent, and
peaceable people dread to go about the
public square.
may be that both parties will dis
claim responsibility for tbiB state of
affairs; it is certain that each will assert
that it would not seek the negro vote
the other had not already done so; but it
is equally certain that such assertions
are subterfuges, and that one party haB
no right to do wrong because the other
does it. It is better to suffer defeat than
to debauch one’s fellow-creatures—even
though they he negroes.
We protest against this equabble over
the negro vote. We protest against the
fieroe partisanship within the party which
makes such things justifiable in the
eight of Democrat?. We protest against
the encouragement which the leaders
give to this partisanship. We protest
now, as we protested before, against the
conventions which Drought the party in
to such an unhappy condition. We are
aware that protest is unavailing; but it
is our duty to make it, and we pnt it on
record with as much earnestness a3 if it
could avail something.
The Ferry Home Journal is “afraid
farmer Arnold is neglecting his cow vine
yard. It is time he shonldbo harvesting
bis beef patch and ginning his hay crop.
His chicken salad plants should also be
set out stance.”
The same paper tells of a pea vine
grown by Mr. Bushrod W. Johnston, of
that county, which covered about seven
hundred and fifty square feet of ground,
and from which he picked 14,553 matured
peas, weighing over sir pounds.
The latest gin bonfires are reported
from Troup and Henry counties which
caused the loss of seven bales of cotton,
and large quantities of ootton seed. The
latter was the seventh, this fall, in Hurt
county.
Butler Item?.—The Ferry Journal re
port them es follows:
Eev. Wyatt Brooks died on WedneS'
day morning last at 6 o’clock.
Mr. E. D. Allen had another attack of
paralysis, while in his store on Wednes
day evening last.
An old man got dinnklast week, and
was put in a goods .box, nailed np, and
was shipped to Macon, bnt the man got
sober and broke oat before the train
came alon». ' '
The Augnsta News reports freights
over tho South Carolina Bsilroad heavier
this season than at any time daring the
last four years. Daily one hundred cars
of cotton go forward, while from thirty
to fifty tons of merchandise come South
over this line.
The Reporter says Mr. Frank Eidley,
of LaGrange, ''accidentally exploded half
a pound of powder in a bureau drawer
several days ago, which blew off his
moustache and eyebrows, and burnt his
face quite badly. The exploeion took off
the top of the bureau also.”
The Cuthbeit Appeal has the following
in its Fort Gaines column:
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Julias
Hudspeth took a kerosene lamp and went
into her kitchen to prepare breakfast be
fore day. Attracted by some noise, her
husband went into the kitchen, and fonnd
the lamp in fragments and his wife lying
dead on the floor. Whether she died of
heart disease or from inhaling the gases
of the exploded lamp, is not known.
The Borne Tribune tells this horrible
Btory:
Our woitby townsman, Mr. Green M.
Stewart, had a little ohild buried some
four years ago on a lot in the oemetery,
by its grandfather. The lot was the
property of M.s. Hughes nee Miss Lizzie
Boac j, an aunt c7 IL j child. Lately some
family dispnte arose between Mr. Stew
art and tho Hughes, and Stewart was no
tified to remove the child from thebnliar
lot wb6re it htd lain so long at the feet
of i* i grandsire. This Mr. Stewart al
leges he was going to do ti soon as the
oily wonld grant permission, it being
against the san' ary regulations to exheme
aoorpse in hot weather, Stewart had pur
chased a lot, and had a plaoe ready for
the ohild, and only awaited frost to disin
ter and remove it. Wedueedry we are
to 1 Mr. Hughes, becoming enraged at
Mr. Stewart’s delay, went to the grave and
dog np the litUe coffin and threw it on
tl s sidewalk, to be burst and trampled on
by dogs or anylhirg else t», oame. For
tune* fly on; sexton, Mr. Jh^es Motions,
from whom we hea~d the story, discover
ed it, and had it interred at once.
or two ago at the Union Olnb has induced
me to look over the Tribune of tbe last
two month?, and to hand you what I have
to say thereon.
Tne Tribune ascribes to me while in
Florida, November and Peeember, 1876,
the sending of certain telegrams which
I never sent, and the receiving of certain
telegrams which I never received. One
decisive instance will here suffice. Ci
pher telegram 78, as translated and
ascribed to me, is a forgery. It mis
states the situation as I knew it. It ir
addressed to H, Havemeyer. I never
sent a message to or through any Mr.
Havemeyer in all mj life,
Th Tribune affirms that “after Novem
her 22d not a line wassentby Mr. Marble,
even in his most secret ciphers, implying
a belief that the Democrats had any
right to the vote of the State.” My pri
vate telegrams show the contrary. My
several dispatches published by the New
York Herald, World and Sun, the Cincin
nati Enquirer and Commercial, the Chicago
Times and the Louisville Courier-Journal,
justify that belief wita the proofs now
sifted and incontestible. This fiction
and that forgery are the two remaining
hinges upon which the Tribune bangs
every subsequent falsification ot my
opinions, purposes and acts.
I shall let these thirty or forty broad
sides of disparagement pass on Into eotoes
more or less noisy, because there hap
pens to be no telegram, imputed to me, as
there oan be no telegram verily mine,
that cocfliots with one faot, namely: I
never attempted, furthered or executed in
any mar aer, direot or indireot, or even
assented to, or oonourred in any proposi
tion, purpose, scheme or effort to buy the
State canvassers’ certif sate of the vote of
Florida, or even to hire them to certify
that vote, as it was oast by her people, for
the 'i'ilden Eleotors. Ileal or pretended
brokers overran Tallahassee, flushing the
game whioh Noyes bsgged. From such
peopla I reoeived mauy propositions that
one Bepublioan member of the Board, or
both, could ned must be bought to tell tbe
truth—turn State’s evidence trod brave
Bepabliosa revenges—else they ’would
never give their certifloato in accordance
with tbe troth confessed since by one of
them, MoLin, and established loDg be
fore tbe county all the Governmental
powers of the State—that the people of
Florida on November 7th bad chosen the
Tildeo Eleotors,
Though always informing the proper
officer of the National Democratio Com
mittee of the course of events, I never
reported,for I never had a syllable of con
sultation with Mr. Woolley or anybody,
Democrat or Eepublic&n, which favored
or even tolerated the accentanoe of any
such proposition. None were ever dis
cussed by me. On the contrary, I re
pulsed every approach of that sort on the
spot. My decision, never debated, was
nowhere questioned. Was that decision
an error? The facts, which no candid
man now disputes, were then plain, as
their duty was plain, to every member
of the Florida Board. The foremost Bz-
publican antagonist, in our long conten
tion, Gen. Francis C. Barlow, as I heard
and believed, had privately told McLin
and Cowgill so. In the behalf of the
Democrats from the North so had I; and
I telegraphed when the Board went into
session an intimation of my belief that
the right would prevail. A few hours
later their certificate to the reverse of
the truth dispelled my illusion. What
American citizen would then conceive
that a President de facto, by means of
one forged and two false State certifi
cates, himself tho chief beneficiary of
their purchase, would reward nearly
every known agent and accessory in that
crime with a share of its fruits, and this
sovereign people tax themselves $150,000
for tbe annual wages of that successful!
fraud! Manton Masuls. i
4
How GurUon Got Bis Interest.
New York Son.]
A tew years before the war he pur
chased, with .Commodore Vanderbilt, a
majority of the stock in the steamship
line running from New York to Aspinwall
and from Panama to San Franoiaoo.
Each wanted to buy the other out. Van
derbilt finally offered a large turn, reach
ing several millions. Garrison accepted,
and Vanderbilt paid bim in notes bear
ing interest. Af t6r they bad xna toe some
time, Thorne, Vanderbilt’s son-in-law,
went to Garrison and told him that they
(the Vanderbilts) didn’t want to be pay-
inz interest any longer and offered to set
tle for the full amount. This was accept
ed. Vanderbilt sending around a check for
the principal. Commodore Garrison put
it in his pocket and walked down to Van
derbilt’s office. No. 3 Bowling Green.
“Look here, Vanderbilt,” he said, and
striking .the paper against the palm of
his hand, “£ want tbe interest on thiB
money.”
“Do yon ? What’ll yon do if you don’t
set it?”
“Do 1 I’ll show yon what I'll do," re
plied Garrison, cloeiug the coor and lock
ing it. No one knew what passed, but
ten minntes afterward Garrison emerged
from the door of No. 3 bearing a check
for the full amount, principal and inter
est. Neither of the Commodores could
evir ttf prevailed on to disclose the secret
of that interview.
ot corn, and that Billy Brooks, with one ing|die,
Botanic Treatment or Yellow Fe
tes.—Dr. S. Alexander, ot Clinton, Mis
sissippi, closes an account of his plan of
tinting yellow fever, with the following:
In confirmation of the superior suooess
of the physio-medical system of practice,
Z would snbmit the following statistics:
Dr. F. Stotesbury, ot Savannah, Geor
gia, treated 119 oases, lost 8; Dr. W. H.
Baldwin, of Natchez, treated 62 oases,
lost 2; Dr. D. F. Nardin, of Charleston,
S. C , treated 100 cages, lost 3; Dr. T. C.
Gayle, of Memphis, Tenn., treated 143
oases, lost 4.
We are astonished at the endeavors of
parties to introduce new remedies for
coughs and kindred complaints when
they should know that the people will
have Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and noth-
Gen. Gordon and tbe Gampalc
Atlanta Constitution.]
We learn that some ot tho independentu
throughont the 8tate are leaning threats
of vengeance against Senator Gordon fox
taking part in the canvass m the con
tested districts. They have formally
warned himoff, and advised bim that they
wonld “beat him for the Senate” if be
came into the skirmish. General Gor
don is doing his honest duty by tbe
Democratio party, whioh is the part,
that has caved tbe State and honored t 'm.
If he did not have tbe manliness to st"id
upfor the Demoargoynow, he would de
serve nothing at its bauds. The me a who
are fighting the party now—the EO-oalled
leaders, we mean—may jmt as well un
derstand now ps any other time, t»-ot t! o
people have drawn the lines now, and
will remember on whioh side every icon
stands. 1 be Demosratio party is pat st
issue on its integrity and its honor, and
it will have no totsranco for tulr .a ct
laggards.
As for General Goidon, ho can, of
course, laugh at the men who threaten
him. Their wordy assaults remind us of
a little story that wo commend to all con
cerned. There was an old woman in
North Georgia that had a little fico sho
was very proud of. One day corps after
corps of Bragg’s army was filing past her
humble cottage. Every few minntes her
little dog would rush out and bnrk at
the soldiers. “Come here, Trip,” she
would cry, confident of her dog’s powers,
and fearful for the Confederacy, “esmo
here, Bir I don’t yon bite the army!”
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Tbe Wile ot Henry Clay.
George W. Banck, in Lexington (Kj.) Tran
script,
What Ashland won'd have been but for
Mrs. Clay the good Lord only knows, for
her husband was at tbe eapilal of the ns-
tion more than half his time. She atten
ded to everything, i' 'lading five sons,
who, ecoordtng to their old teacher, Amos
K mbal!, were cot the meekest of (he
lambs that gamboled at Aabknd. She
managed the faros, with its crops and live
stock, her household affairs, a largo fam
ily of ebildren and not a few negro ser
vants, ao well as to assist largely, in keep
ing np Mr. Clay’s fortune, which was
constantly subjected to hetvy drains.
She often pulled the finest of her vege
tables with her own hands, and sent them
with bntter, milk and fruit, re&alarly to
the market to be sold. Khe often said,
“My [ohildren laugh at me for selling
such things, but they never objeot to the
money I get for them.” Her treatment
of her slaves will be judged from her orv
tom of rewarding them at the close of tse
week in proportion to their industry ard.
good oonduct. Saturday everiug at Ash
land, with the “darkles,” was synon: atone
with Mrs. Clay's business table oovered
with little piles of silver money. Tbe
wife of the “great commoner” oared
nothing for general and fashionable soci
ety, and it was fortnnate, under the otr-
oumstanoes, that she did not.
The Fanfulla tells an interesting story
of an impresario who recently sot sail
from Italy for New Orleans with an opera
troupe. On tho voyage three men d's-
covered that they had been engaged as
tenors—only and absolute tenors. A
tremendous row was the result, at the
conclusion of which they went to hunt
for the manager and upbraid him for his
treachery. He replied: “My children, I
krow that people wholly unworthy of
regard have lowered the profession of
impresario in the public eyes. I, how
ever, am an honest man, and you can de
pend upon my luyal performance of my
obligations. In each of your contracts
it is provided that there shall be but one
leading tenor. There are three of you.
However, no sooner shall we have arrived
at New Orleans than one of you will in all
probability die of yellow fever; the death
of another may bo eonfidentty expected
during tbe period of rehearsal, and so
when we really begin business there will
be bnt one of yon left. He will be the
sole and leading tenor of the company.”
The Name of Ike Paper Not Glr«
en.
Norristown Herald.!
Six vears ago two young men in Phila
delphia inherited from their father abont
$80,000 eaoh. Sinoe that period one has
died poor and the other is now driving a
fatnUure'oar for a living. The name of
tbe daily paper they started is not given.
P£ila-)xlpk7a, October 14,1878.
A GLANCE AT THE JERBETS.
The writer’s retnm “excursion ticket’*
ca’led for the roondabont course via
Long Branch, to the “Quaker City,”
effected by steamer to Sandy Hook and
several changes npon railroads, the
names of which he could barely decipher
on each coupon, much less recollect. It
was one incessant round of “punching”
and hop and skip from car to car to the
perfect bewilderment of the passenger.
Indeed, your scribe did getinto the wrong
coach once despite his earnest inquiries
with unsati8factory responses from every
body who would listen to him, and was
actually put off for an hour or two at a
place called
EABHINGDAL3,
and compelled to wait at a orosa road for
tbe train he should have taken at Long
Branch. But, then, he was not sorry,
for the opportunity was embraced to take
a stroll over a neighboring farm and see
the process of breaking up and turning
under tbe sod of fallow ground with one
cf those tremendous plows that we, rf
the South, know nothing abont, and
which ent ditches in lien of furrows. The
whole soil, in huge swaths, was
TURNED T0P3T TUBVT,
while a many toothed harrow followed
behind tearing to flinders the tough sods
and rootlets, and combing over tbesur-
faoe as smoothly as a garden rake. The
rye was then harrowed in a second time,
and the worE was done and completely
dono. What would not such handling
accomplish forthe“redold hills of Geor
gia?”
The Jersey coast is miserably poor, ex
cept in spots, the soil being composed of
sand and pebbles diversified by immense
salt marshes and bogs. But tbe antiring
population have found ont at least one
profitable crop which can be grown in
these bogB,to-wit:
CRANBERRIES.
They are indigenous to that region,but
when the plants are duly set out and cul
tivated with hoe and rake, the yield is
enormously increased. Cur ploughing
friend said as many as five hundred
bushels may be raised per acre. One
band will gather from two to three bnsb
els each day, and everyone knows the
high prices they always command. The
profit will rival that of sugar or rice cul
ture, and is far ahead of cotton. The
present seasoa the yield haB been greatly
diminished from a severe frost when the
plant was in bloom. Poor as wa3 the face
of the country, every rising spot of ground
or tract that conld
POSSIBLE BE M»DE ARABLE
was ocoupied and diligently cultivated
and villages and dwellings almcst cropped
out of the marshes. A moiety of such en
ergy and industry would transform Geor
gU into a very paradise of fruits and
flowers.
When the train headed for the interior,
however, after the lapse of afewm : le3,
how utterly changed was the lands- pe
and country. Splendid farms, already
green with wheat and rye, and dotted
with costly barns, neat homesteads and
smiling villages, appeared on every hand,
and it soon became apparent that New
Jersey has indeed been appropriately styl
ed the
KITCHEN OABDEN
cf New York and Philadelphia. Oar fel
low passengers were very taciturn, not
to say gruff, so that but little eajoymont
could he derived from their companion
ship.
The most civil person we encountered
was a North Carolina negro, who said he
“knowed a man from do Souf ebry time,
cause ho was always kind to a cullud
man.” By far the most enjoyable por
tion of the trip was the passage through
New, York bay to Sandy Hook, skirting
as we did the whole length of beautiful
STATEN ISLAND,
with its lofty and palace cro wned heights.
The whole offing was white with sails
moving in the direction of every point of
the compass, and giving a fitting con
ception of that immense and world ex
tended commerce which has made New
York what she is, a great and opulent
metropli?.
The “Branch” was nearly deaeited,
though tbe mighty “main” still stretched
far away, its blue expanse glistening in
oiim’a vnwa wtIsiIa a oilfP (.haab* A
the sun’s rays, while a stiff breeze sent
the combing surges high upon the beach
bnt to break and retire and come again.
It was night when, half starved, (hav
ing partaken of neither dinner or lunch
all day), the writer found himself in
Philadelphia, and was soon comfortably
accommodated at the
COLLONADE HOTEL,
which is in every respect “first-class.”
Philadelphia seems to have received a
permanent impetus from the immense
influx of cash during her Centennial
days. But fow stores and dwellings bore
tho once so frequent eign “to let,” and
a great desire to witness this oonsnmma- seized and inoaroesated many weeks
tion. — — - '
A VENERABLE PASTOR.
The Rev. Silas M. Andrews, D. D., a
ative of North Oarolins, has filled the
pulpit of the Doylestown Presbyterian
Church for forty seven years, and ia still
in vigorous working condition. At the
close of the forty.first year of his pastor
ate he had baptized five hundred and
thirty-five persons, reoeived into the
communion of the church 651, officiated
at 940 funerals, married 813 couples, and
delivered 6.875 lectures and discourses.
Verily who can estimate the amount of
good achieved by this faithful servant of
tbe Living God.
ON THE WISO AGAIN.
-Monday morning found the writer
speeding Southward, toward his much
loved home, and now he writes currents
calamOf on the rail or otherwise, and just
as the oDportunity presents itself, with
out regard to place or dates.
Our first pause was at
NEWCASTLE, DELAWARE,
where one night and part of a day was
passed with that gallant soldier and
skilled medical expert, Dr. George Troup
Maxwell, late Colonel of the Fifth Con
federate Florida cavalry. His many
friends will ba glad to learn that the
Doctor is Governor Cochrane’s Chief of
Staff, and at the head of bis profession
in Delaware.
Together, we rode behind a swift horse
to Wilmington, distant six miles, to pay
onr respects to
SENATOR BAYARD.
Unfortunately that distinguished gen
tleman was absent, fulfilling an appoint
ment to speak at Georgetown; but we
found his sged and equally celebrated
sire, formerly a member of the United
States Senate also, at home, and Mr.
Pepper, the law partner of the present
Senator. They both made themselves
exceedingly agreeable, and we returned
after night delighted with onr visit.
Many think Mr. Bayard’s prospects for
the Demooratio nomination for President
have greatly improved or late. The wii-
ter, speaking for himself, oan only say,
despite his hard money proclivities, he
would xejoioe to have the privilege of
oasting his ballot for a statesman so pare,
bo noble and so oapable as Senator Bay?
ard for the first office in the gift or the
people.
BALTIMORE.
Bnt here we are on Tuesday, the 15th
instant, in the Monumental City, whioh
so greatly endeared itself to the South by
her heroio devotion and sympathy for the
“lost cause,” when Maryland was in
chains.” Thousands of poor Confeder
ate prisoners havo cause to remember th
liberality and effeotnal assistance reoeived
at great personal risk, from the people,
and especially (he noble women of this
city. God bless them all.
Business appears to be active, save in
the
tUOAB BETIN1TJS3,
which have nearly all ceased to operate,
owing to tbe atringenoy of the times. Bat
even this seeming misfortune may have
p oveda “b* seeing in disguise,” as the
sewage and refese of these establish
ments have not, as hitherto, been ponred
into tho “basin,” corrupting its waters
and gendering noxious exhalations and
any meant of malaria. As a conse
quence, tbe health of Baltimore has been
excellent, and “yellow Jack” has kept at a
respectful distance.
JOHN MEBBYMAN.
This famons guano maker, farmer and
stookraiser met and captured tne writor
just when the day was drawing to a close,
and carried him off to his model farm and
beautiful home, sixteen miles from Balti
more, near the North Central Railroad.
It must bs confessed ho made bat feeble
resistance, having long desired to see Mr.
Merryman’s blooded stock and agricultu
ral operations.
After exchanging salutations with the
excellent wife of our host, her mother,
and a moiety of his
ZEN 8UBVIVINOCHILBSEN,
all of whom form a most harmonious and
happy household, the writer sallied forth
with Mr. Merryman, and visited the mag
nificent Herefords, and Merino and South
down sheep, whose numerous bells fe 11 .
softly upon the evening air. 'We saw one
steer that weighed 2,300 pounds, and an«
other, only three years old, that pulled
1,630. Then there was a “bunch” of
young bulls, awaiting delivery to an 11-
iinoie stock-raiser, which at four months
of age had been sold at $50 apiece. It
would be a misnomer to call them calves.
They were in reality little giants among
cattle, and nearly as large as the average
Georgia three year old. The proprietor
received five dollars per month for the
keep ot these animals until taken away,
after the four months had expired. But
it was the
milch cows
that formed me chief attraction. We
walksd through the comfortable stalls
with the genial owner, and heard him ex
patiate npon the pedigree and peculiar
excellence of eaoh animal, and saw a
stoat white laborer exhaast their lacteal
reeonroes. This was done secundem ar-
tbeshops were crowded with visitors and) tern, sitiing npon a benoh and asing both
purchasers.
WANNAMAKEB
is the A. T. Stewart of Philadelphia,
though his several stores are not so pre
tentious architecturally. But as to the
extent and variety of his mnltitndinous
wares and pretty things, and the crowds
n attendance, we could detect no differ
ence. It is a mammoth establishment,
resembling a great bazir within itself,
where all the products of art, fancy and
skill may he seen and purchased for a
moderate consideration,
THE TIMES NEWSPAPER.
We called npon Colonel McClure, the
able editor of this popular journal, and
fonnd him to be a courteous and very
pleasant gentleman. The success of his
paper has been remarkable, and it iB now
j«atly regarded as one ot the best and
meet aatertaining news mediums in the
Uaioa. It was started March 13 th, 1876,
aad the Sunday issue Sept. 80,1878,
The Weekly appeared March 3d, 1877. At
pteeeab the daily circulation is 40,0C9
and the Weekly 25,000. The tone ot the
pqper, though professedly independent, is
Democratic. Unlike hia contemporaries,
however, Colonel MoOlnre regards the
lale western elections rs a triumph for
th* nation? ’ Greenb&ckers. He Bays de
spite the Republloan p'-ra’ity in Ohio a
majority of the voters favor “soft money”
an$ the cause baa gained ground both in
Iowa and Indians. But we aro disposed
to think that ultra greenbackery, the kind
that smacks of the
COMMUNE AND AGRARIANISM
reoiived i.s death blow in the reoent elec
tions.
Gsd grant that it may be so.
A VISIT TO DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
After enjoying the hospitalities for an
evening and night of Mr. Champion, of
vhe firm of Zeilln A Co., formerly of Ma
con, in b ! a charming Germantown home,
the writer at tbe olose of tbe week ran
np to Doylestown, that prettiest of Penn
sylvania villages, and spent tho Sabbath
with General W. H. H. Davis, who has
just returned from tbe Paris Exposition,
aud was one sf the jury of three to whom
was submitted for examination all the
arm* and monitions of war on exhibition.
Hia>ssoolatea were two noted 06lebrities
of Ihe French and Spanish armies.
The General saya the French are the
moat economical and thrifty people in
the world, and almost every tradesman
and laborer lays aside something eaoh
year for a “rainy day.” The soil is own-
ed for the most part by email farmers,
who utilize everything, and eke ont a
comfortable subsistence from the pro
duct ef their labors.
Ths prioe of admission to the Exposi
tion was twsnty cents only, and as a
financial anooesa the affair was a
WRETCHED TAILUEE.
General Davis says, even the aetutect
Frenchmen affirm tbst the present gov
ernment is by no means popular or sta
ble. It is held together simply because
the several opposing faction* are nnable
to combine, and by tacit consent, there
fore, allow ths existing status to con
tinue. The young Prince Imperial, the
son o( the late Louis Napoleon, Is said to
be a man of great culture and promise,
and it would not be surprising if his vola
tile countrymen should restore him to
the throne of hia fathers. We confess to
hands. The creamy fluid flowed in tor
rents at his msgioal manipulations, and
we thought at onoe that milking should
be numbe ad among tho sciences. »How
mo**y ot onr Southern people know how
to amuse, pacify and wheedle “Old Brin-
die” out of her delicionr, bnt jealonsy
withheld treasure ? The writer has never
yet been able to seonre the services of a
good milker and usually is compelled to
foot the feed bill of his cow withoat en
joying the profit thereof. Onoe when an
OBSTINATE ETHIOPIAN COOS
refused to perform that offioe he essayed
the task^tn person, bnt might as well have
attempted to bleed a statue of granite.
“Kary” a drop would come, puli as we
would, and the experiment ended with a
vigorous Innge from the horns of the en
raged cow whioh left a new pair of un
mentionables in tattera, while he hitr-elf
narrow'? escaped impalement. But to
retnm from this digression.
Mr. Merryman keeps all of hie heifers,
but sells the males as breeders. He has
none but the best imported stock on hand,
or their issue, and at this time,
ELEVEN SPECIMENS
are on exhibition at the several fairs in
the North and West. From these he has
already, the present;aaason, pocketed nine
hundred dollars in premiums, and since
the war his prizes, in the aggregate, ex
ceed ten tnousand. Many of Ihese pets
are daguerreotyed, and distributed with
pride by the owner to his guests. More
perfeot specimen.® of cattle were never
seen, and tho wisdom of the postulate
that it costs as little to keep a blooded
beast as a scrub, is most forcibly iliac-
(.rated by the example of this big hearted
farmer.
THE MEBBYMAN FABM
possesses a historical interest. To the
uncle of the present proprietor was
awarded the prize as far back as 1824 by
the American Agricultural Society, of a
solid silver pitcher for the beat cultivated
farm in the United States. This was
awarded in person by the great Lafayette,
and we saw the cherished vessel, having
inscribed upon its exterior the oppropri-
ate legend. It may be safely affirmed
that since then, the property has steadily
advanced in value, and is now a modal of
agricultural skill.
The premises embrace BOOaorea of
gently ro'ling land, divided as follows:
100 acres in wheat, 75 in corn, and the
remainder in grass snd oats. The wheat
yielded an average of 28 bushels per acre,
and corn over 50 bushels. The total of
the hay was not given, bat 16 aores tam
ed oat 40 tons. One hundred tons had
already been disposed of, while the sale of
sheep, cattle and wool is $2,000 per an
num. The profits of the farm are over
$5,000 the present year. Lime is the
principal fertilizer used for the grass
orop, and is applied as a top dressing.
For the other crops, fifteen tons ef the
Merryman compound are expended, to
gether with a large amount of farm-yard
manure. The mansion is a commodious
stiucturs of etons, and the barns fash
ioned after the completest style.
A WAB BVMINISOEKOS.
Mr. Merryman was a warm sympathizer
with the Confederate cause, and In 1861,
by order of the Federal General Cadwalli-
der, waskuooked np out of bed one night,
Fort Henry for obejiog his orders _.
Lieutenant in the Maryland State t.oops
to
BUBN TBE RAILROAD BRIDGES,
and thus prevent the further psseage
south of the Union foroes through Balti
more. He sued out a writ of habeas cor
pus, whioh was tried before
CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY,
who ordered his immediate release. Bu
Cadwallader ejected the U. S. Marshal
and teferred the ease to FreBident Lin
coln for his decision. That Radical mag
nate sanctioned the declaration of mar
tial law in that instance and refused
libeiate the prisoner. After a long time
he was released, no one appearing
against him in coart. In commemora
tion of this event and through gratitude
to the Chief Justice, Mr. Merryman
named an infant son in his honor, and
had prepared a
SILVER VASE
with the likeness of Justice Taney on
one side, and bis own on the reverse, with
an inscription of the order issued by the
Judge for his release. But we cannot
dwell longer npon this pleasant visit.
A GLIMPSE AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
One o’olook. p. m. of Wednesday the
16th instant, found the writer at the fed-
e:ol seat of government, where, want of
through connection South, at night,
foroed him to tarry until 9 a. n. the next
day. The streets wore comparatively
deserted aspeot, and the absent i of the
army of professional lobbyists, intrig
uants, offioe seekers and congressional
hangers on, orealed a marked and pain
ful void. Bnt we learned one lesson at
least, and that is, why the denizens of
the White Honse “vamose tho ranch”
every summer.
UXQUITOXa
are the potent cause, and if they pitoh In
npon “hie Frandnlenoy" and family with
half the venom and persistency manifest
ed In the onslaught npon this deponent,
ws should go to Long Branob, California
or the North Foie to avoid them. So
that question it settled, and neither Gen
eral Grant or Mr. Hayes are to blame for
deserting their posts in the snmmer sol
stice. Query: Have these insects been
eqnallv spitefrl and mnllilndinons in
days of yore? We trow not. For even
the tough epidermis of old Hickory oonld
not have withstood their painted thrusts
“between the joints of the harness,” or
wherever the slightest exposure of per
son invited attack.
The Presidential mansion and tho Capi
tol, though already too grand for
REPUBLICAN SIMPLICITY,
are being touched over afresh, and made
still more magnificent at the C0Bt of tax
payers, and thousands have been expend
ed of late m beautifying the several ap
proaches to the latter. Well, Uncle Sam is
fair game for ail, and blessed is he who can
most deplete the old gentleman. This is
modern morality, taught by those who
occupy the high places of the land.
A STRAIGHT DASH FOB HOME.
But we are again on the rail, coasting
the beautiful Potomac, crossing river and
plain, plunging through the bowels of
impending hills, whirling along through
hamlet, town and city, oompe'sing whole
counties and States, and &most annihi
lating space, until ’ i less than twenty-
seven hours the impetuous iron horse
pauses at the Union depot of the
GATE CITT.
Here we found Wrenn, and everybody
else, blowing np their approaching fair
and straining every nerve to make it, as
we trust it may prov . a success, despite
yellow fever influ -ncee and the overshad
owing influence of Georgia’s great an
nual exposition, which has the first and
greatest claim upon her agricultural sons.
But there is room enough, and spectators
and contributors in sufficient abundance
to make of each a grand and represents,
tive display of the might and resources
of this flourishing commonwealth, and
most earnestly do we hope that North
Georgia will gives generous support to
its own bantling, whilst the broad middle
and southern zones of the State where, her
AGRICULTURAL STRING! H
mainly reposes, we doubt not, will oome
up >-and'y to the rescue, and mske such
a demonstration on the 28th of October
as shall exceed any former exhibit of
that noble Agricultural Association in
the palmiest day j of the p&Bt.
We were sorry to note some feel'rg be
tween the two cities on the subject of
their respective fairs, and depieoate the
same. Bnt certainly Macon is guiltless
of any blame in ine premises, and onr
Atlanta friends tho aid not foig&t that she
responded with
EL2VEN HUNDRED REPRESENTATIVES
at the last Fair of the State, which was
held in their own good city. But we
come to proclaim peace, not war, between
the two citieB, and trust that the inhabi
tants of each will turn out generously to
the support of both exhibitions.
A brief delay of two hours, and again
impelled by one of Mr. Wadlej’s best
engines, under the command of the
GENIAL BSNNEAU,
tho writer was off for your I&Vcly city,
which, taken all in all, we have never
seen equalled at the North or South.
There were several incidents by the way
which may be alluded to from the edito
rial sanctum, but time and space are up,
and as Fio Nono College looms into
view, these etchings by the way must
cease incontinently. ' H. H. J
, 'Tib better to have loved A2fR
BX3XA.YSD.
wh#n 1 bnt hear
niit !i a .u ®hout ot happy jirla and ban
! . Tbe ™ ia no merry 552 s
children rear?
Hj chilara are all dead. Yet Hi* not cl«*w
1™ S ho, tac( mj d£ i ®J s r
Are ail about me. Fancy half destroy. 1
“ icJ ,err
fSSSSffi &K5W!:!3a , '>'
J ?a*r laid—the turf o’er each de&rhA*.
Ifeel their presence-hear the pUsuan® sm"
Of their aweel voices. Ah, ahoildl
And low these dear dr2m“?h ?dre» Vh?
heart would break. reu, - taci1 a?
CHILD Lass.
J oy aver tnpa. Who mourn, Wv. 1 ? 0 ® 4 Gnei
Hath had to lost,. - cst » even the
A Rhyme for Nebuchadnezzar
■Washington Post J
The sweet singer ot MiouigAn has laid
in four reams of paper, and is now enga
ged in wi.tlng a Biblical poem. She has
Eoraioheda l the hair off thalcpofher
head banting for a word to rhyme with
Nebuchadnezzar Wei'. Whitman would
make orrxticn xbjme with it, and go
alraio ht. a“egfl.
A card from New Orletuu, dated Sep
tember 21,1878, shows thus:
The undersigned certifies that he held
for collection for account of Meters. Riv
era Bros., 71 Maiden Lane, New York,
half ticket No. 52,313, duel, in the
Louisiana State Lottery, which drew the
capital prize of $2,500 on Tuesday, Sept.
10,1878, said ticket having cost the sum
of $1 at the office of H. L. Flam, 319
Broadway, N. Y., and that the amount
was promptly paid on presentation ot the
ticket at the office of the company, by M-
A. Dauphin, F. O. Box 692, New Orleans.
T. M. Wxscoat,
Agent Sonthern Express Co., New Or
leans .
Why may not the rea dir hare eqnal
prosperity in making a similar invest
ment. ootl6wedsat
Some ot tne old Thiel’S Spoils.
Lowell letter in Boston Herald, j
It is known that, in addition to the
money which was brought home from
the war by Butler aud his friends, a
good deal of loot fonnd its way here
from New Orleans. It is a face in the
knowledge of Lowell ladles that, after
the capture of New Orleans, the mother
of General Butler, (a most excellent wo
man) displayed to her friends a very val
uable silver service of rich and antiqne
design, but, after the question of spoons
began toba agitated, this silver service
disappeared from view, and was never
seen by. anybody in Lowell afterwards.
Mercantile D»aetbbs.—According to
the quarterly oircnlar issued by tbe mer
cantile agenoy ot Dun, Barlow £ Co., the
number of failures in the third quarter
of 1878 were 2 853, with liabilities reach
ing $66,000,000. against 1,816 in the
name period of 1877, with $42,000,000 of
liabilities. In the first sine months of
1878 the failures numbered 8,678, with
$197,000,000 of liabilities, against 6,565
failures with $141,000,000 liabilities same
time in 1877. The inoreese in the pres
ent year ie owing to the fact that a large
number of those engaged in business
sought to avail themselves of the nation
al bankrupt law prior to its expiration on
the 1st of September last. The circular
adds that the trade of the country is be
lieved to have survived what threatened
to be a serious shock to confidence and
credit, growing out of the circumstances
of the repeal of the bankrupt law, and ex
cepting tbe unfortunate epidemic in the
South, the general conditions of trad? are
more healthy than at any time ainoe 1873 g'sta.
From lore a pure fountain 19
“a®** Mflfsrsst.
And Warn never WabAXTStraSi
The lore of children, had I hut had &
—Chaa, Quiet
WAITING FOR THE FROST.
8t;l* lifts the Iffy in the mild, elm air
Its cup of perfumed enow,
mu ,t . ar ‘ hke - B Ieam the myrt'e blossom, ww
Tha Autumn rosea glow; 5 "“W*
Thu fragrant beauty seems the mask of D,an.
The wbugMfag efcuihwiud is his pmsoMd
bright days to end.
OP'tjmgQod! in mercy to us send
The white gif t of Thy frost.
Froni its cold touch the pestilence will fly,
AMpamssut houses will their doors ua-
And mourners who hate seen their loved ones
Yet,*shuSderrmg, feareffthoT helpless hands'
to hold.
Will seek, with tears, tho graves from which to.
dsji
Love, terror-haunted, turns away.
All powerless, Lord, at Thy dear feet we bow:
If Thou delay how many lives are lost t
We ask a blessing never prized till now—
The v bite gift of Thy frost.
—Harper’s ‘Weekly.
GOLDEN-ROD.
When Fortune waves her wand of gold
O’er cities by the sea,
ThovDda shore takes Fashion’s mould,
And blooms in gayety.
There Plea Hire brings her iris throng
To fret the dark cliff's nay.
And mock with airy dauco and song
The ocean’s tombre sway.
All summer long the cream white aail
Laughs at the sea gull's toil.
And brazen hoofs like quick dropped hail
Beat the aurf haunted soil;
And lightest fall where grandest meet
The trysting land aud sea
Sweet vows of love, formed but to greet
The lips of revelry.
Is life, then, such an idle fete,
A wild, swift dsnee and free.
With ravished draught of wine poured Iato
In dream lands by the sea ?
Ah, Gaiety—’’tie but tbe mask.
Subtle as Sorrow’s own.
To hide wan prayers that vainly a:k
And tears that smiles disown,
To hide the heart’s pent woes that wake.
O restless sea with thee.
Whose billows set to rhythms that ache
A reckless melody,
To hide the soul’s licked deep unrest,
Wnh thee. O dreaming Sea.
Whose kiss is on the horizon’s breast.
Where heaven stoops to thee.
A Hambzeg oomt is ooceliering a will,
one of tbe olauses ot which the teataloi
bequeathes his “everlasting onrse” to a
lawyer of tho oity.
FROM ACUaE TO CHRONIC
an easy stage in cases of dyspepsia. A
slight attack ot indigestion, especially
when there.is predisposition to digestive
weakness of the stomach, must speedily
culminate in the more obst oat a form of
the disease. It is well, therefore, to
adopt preventive measures early. Al
though Hostetter’8 Stomach Bitters over
comes, if persisted in, cases of dyspepria
of long standing, it iB obviously the part
' wisdom to use it ere the malady ae-
sumes a ebron e phase. Thn ia particu
larly trne, because as dyenepsia advances
it engenders other bor 1 ' y evils, such aa
disoider of the. liver, constipation or nc-
dne loosen- of tbe bowels, nervous dis
orders, Y 'chondria, sleeplessness.
These mala es are both preventc 1 and
remedied by the Bitters, but how muc’i
better to check them in their outBet with
the great alterative, than to wait uni
they established a firmer foothold in the
sjsfsm. Surely the advisability of tb'i
must ba apparent. octl5 Iw
To Prevent Coogbs and Cure
Colds.
A reliable remedy is necessary in every
bo isehold. Barker’s Ginger Tonio is
, •••t Ihe medicine needsd. It radically
cutes Coughs, Colds, So.e Throat, Bron
chitis and even Consump on if nasd in
time, by its powerful sp o.fio action on
the Stomach Kidneys, Skir ; Liver and
mucous jtfsces of l throat and Lunge.
It t 'com if' s tbo onre in a v nderfully
short t: me, r -d re moves all pain and sore
ness of the lunge. It is also a most val
uable stomachic remedy, effectually re
moving Dyspepsia, Headache, Liver Dis-
oiders, Costivenes?, .Ne. mstess, J w
Spirits, We kef nines*, Hear'.barn. Cramp',
Palpitation ot the Heart, Soar Stomach
eta, and gives a cheering comfort and
freedom from pain that surprises every
one. Bnya $1 bottle from your drug
gist, Boland B. Hal*, or a samp’9 bo' .lo
at 15 ots., and test its merit?.
Oct.l 3mOi
An Undeniable Trails.
Yon deserve to Buffer, and If you lead a
miserable, unsatisfactory life in thia beau
tiful world, it is entirely your own fr ult
and there is only one excuse for you—
your unreasonable prejudice and skepti
cism, which has killed thousand*. Per
sonal knowledge and common sens9 u?-
soning will boot show yon that Green s
August Flower will cute you of Liver
Complaint or Dyspepsia with all its mir-
erable effects, anon as sick headache, pr •
pitation of ii.« heart, sour stomach, hat’*,-
ual oostiveness, dlzaines?, oftto head,
nervous prostration, low spirits, etc. Its
sale now reaehes every town in the West
ern Continent, and not a druggist but w :, I
tell you of its wonderful cures. You oan
bnv a sample bolt.e for lOo. Three doses
will curs you. jolj8 ly
The Gseat Family Medicine.—Doc
tor Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and
Ague TonioJ No case of incurable Chills
has yet presented itself, where this scien
tific and safe medicine has been employ
ed. No case has been so obstinate as to
resist its prompt and masterly action.
No man baa been so reduced by malarial
influences, but with its use has come up
perfectly reconstructed. No pills or pur
gative required with this medicine.
Wselock, Finlay & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For sale by all druggists. ocll7-2w
Butler tbe Cipher . Telegram
Man.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Commercial.]
There are many circumstances which
lead almost irresistibly to tbe bolief that
Ben Butler is at Ihe bottom of ibe cipher
telegram disclosures. It ie known here
that they were in his possession at one
time last winter. They are in Ibe nature
of bricks, whioh he is throwing out in bis
general purpose to make both of the cld
parties odious and build up a third of
matchless purity, with himself at the
head. If he did not f uinish them for
publication, he was undoubtedly instru
mental in tbelr seeing the light. He has,
it is believed here, a large bundle of ol-
pher dispatches of somewhat similar im
port from Republicans, coveting the same
period,which be will allow to b£ printed
before the election and thus help along
tbe matchless third parly.
Ths Grand Central is now offering un
usual inducements to business men, fam
ilies and tourists. The. prices for board
have never been so low, and the table is
■till kept np to its first-class high stan
dard. octl5eodlw
As ice disappears under a Joly eun, so
fat disappears under the use of Allan’s
Anti-Fat. Those having uselessly tried
other remedies are readily reduced from
two to five pounds per week by this great
remedy for corpulence. Sold by arng-
oetl9dwsn)lt