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VOLUME XXX\Ii]
MILLEDGEVILLE,. GEORG IA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, !S65.
NUMBER 21.
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labor, holidays, rations, and so on, will be
fruitful sources of discontent and trouble
unless there is a uniform practice estab
lished anion" neighboring farmers. We
are aware that it is proposed to fix prac
tice in some of these matters by statute,
but then no law can meet all details, and
no law will undertake to fix a maximum,
while it may establish a minimum. The
proper course is for the fanners of acouu
! ty to meet and arrange all these details
it S3 a year in -Advance. | among themselves in a spirit « f comity;
ill J ! and in due regard to mutual convenience
and the particular circumstances and sur
round in
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Comer ok Hancock Wilkinson Sts.,
ADVERTISING.
vcikST.—One Dollar per square ofMen lines for 1
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Once more : we assume that the great
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'exe-t-dini' six lines, Nominations for office Com- w ill be the unreliability of the labor.
Nations or Editorial notices for individual benefit,) | X |,o best and kindest of planters in - the
j olden time found their hands “playing
possum,” or taking to the swamps when
the crop was in the grass or in any critical
situation requiring special attention or ef
fort. Now it is no matter of fancy, but it
will be one of almost certain experience,
that all the crops in particular localities
will, in some periods of their development,
get into this situation. It then becomes
“root bog or die.” You must master the
difficulties or forfeit the year's work or a
larger portion of it. Just then, however,
labor begins to desert you and you have
to replace it. It becomes economy to of
fer very large inducements, and you are
ready to do it. You find your neighbor’s
laborer lurking about your premises in
breach of bis contract, and wliat is to hin
der j on from putting him to work ? W ill
not many do it ? and in due time all the
settlement get to bidding ^-against and
riven in like manner 19 days previous.to .vi • day. j preying upon each, other. The law ought,
X -Hees m i indeed! to step in here; but how powerless
' vittin- tlritXjipiicHtiun v.iil be made to tl.e Cunrt of j s j aw when not backed bv intelligent and
" Ijjiud. must uC iniudfcii* | • |p • •
' ’ 1 ! °?tive public opinion.
Now what the planter needs in this
case, is a thorough understanding and
agreement.not to hire these refugee Hands
on any tenns. It must be understood that
the laborer must bring a certificate of
character, and honorable discharge, and if
any others are lurking rcund, it shall he
the duty of ali who know it to see that
they are dealt with as vagrants and made
sert ‘ ; to give an account of themselves before
n « ! n-A»lr A f oil 1 the nearest magistrate.—If there is any
Book and Jok work, of all kind.., ^ other wny in whicll fariners can promise
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED themselves a reasonable degree of protec-
_ mm ■ 4 h 3.' f* C £. ' HT* a ? . 1 ,1 1 / ~ ~ *
^'nications *
•"; TC( 1tramiml advertising.
Legal Adveutisiso.
SierifTs sales, perlevy often lines, or less,
S .. Mortgage ti fa sales per square,
Collector’s Sales, perequare,
Potions for Letters of Administration,
„ “ Guardianship,
Letter* of application fordism’n from Adm’n
i* “ “ “ Guard’n
in'ii'n for leave to sell land,
Notices to Debtors and Creditors,
Sale* of land, Ac., per square,
‘ .. perishable property, 10 days, per square
jyray Notices, 39 days,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq.. each time,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
c f.-md &• bv Administrators, Executors or j
fiasiTiat are required by law to be held <•« «l»? f}'>t I
in the month : between the hours of 10 in the ,
forenoon and three in the atternoon, at the Court house
ktlie county iu which the property is situated •
N'.itie,: of these sales must be Riven in a public ga- .
•gtte 40 davs previous to the day of sa.e. , j
Votiei-s for the sale of per.oual. property must be .
■ ’ irevious.tosali
AotlCetlBU appiieniiuii ' , ,,,,1,1,1..
Ordinary for leave to sell Laud, e.,ims j 1 active public Opinion
eJ for two months. .... 1 --
Citation* for letters of Administration V, uni diantv.p
fcc','m'ust'be published 30 days-for dismission from
Administration, monthly si r month* .or dismiss.on
from Guardianship, 4b days. ,
Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub..-.tea
oitlily for four months—for establishing lost pawn,
i, r thr full spore 0/ thrre month*—(or compelling'titles
f, om Executors or administrators, where bond lir.s
been given by the deceased, the full space of tl.iee
months. . ,. .
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or-
pgree ot protec-
_ , tion from each other ami from contract
r?* When Tsubscriber^fiodsTTross markon J breakers, it does not occur tons.
iUpaoerhe will know that Lis subscription has j I o sum up : the farmers ot every coun-
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew- j*ty should come to an understanding, not
ed if he wishes the paper continued. only upon these matters, but also upon
rp vredo not send receipts to new subscri- the equally important concerns of planta-
bets. If they receive the paper they may know < (j oa ;iru J general police—the protection of
tint we have received tlie money. j their stock, &:c.; and when you have ac-
rr Subscribers wishing their papers changed comp i ls i, e( ] these points of mere indispen-
from one post-office to another inust state tlie jy regulation, it seems tous you have
”” “4 P ” ,r0 v" h,Ch ' b,.t entered upon the threshold ct the
1 ■ = proper business and utility of county ag-
I'nroii) on “M ootimoB uparr ihai ir«. licultural associations. Meeting once a
j week, or fortnight, at the Couit House,
these organizations could be of immense
utility in interchanging the results of ex-
i pcrience under the new and difficulty prob
lems now before the country. We com
mend this subject, without further enlarge
ment, to the good sense and discretion of 1
our planting readers. It seems to us there
aie fifty reasons why we should have these
associations in the South, to one why they
f should exist and flourish in the North and
West. But there they live and thrive from
| generation to generation as permanent in-
! stitutions of the country, while here they
have had hut a temporary and fleeting ex-
| istence, and, so far as we know, not one is
I now alive.—Journal & Messenger.
A T T IS 8 # OFFICE.
Nigger, let her be!
You t'lmll not steal iny sow '.
You think because you are free
Y’ou’ll have her any how.
rns my old fathers sow,
was raised around this lot;
Then nigger leave her now ;
Thy hand shall harm her not.
Twi
Slit
Xiirg*
Or
That good old useful sow,
Whose pigs both large and small,
You've stolen anyhow ;
And v.-ouldst thou steal them all ?
r, now forbear;
Withhold that deadly stroke .-
l.?e here I swear,
Thy wooly head will get broke.
When bnt an idle boy.
Oft on her back I’ve rode;
And ’twas my greatest joy,
To see her bear the load.
I'de take her by the ear,
tho' a friendly hand—
. n ,vc this foolish tent,
Hot let that old sow stand!
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The l'c!!ici« cf a l.ifc of CiMHipntien.
[From the Cincinnatti Commercial.]
■ The subject of this sketch is very well
known to many people of this city. Four
J years ago James C was not worth
; a cent; then, managing through his
• relations with several persons connected
! with the naval rendesvous at this point to
become intimately connected with that
branch of the recruiting service, commen
ced the days of his money making and da-
I ted his extraordinary fortune. For the
! information of many who may as yet be
I ignorant on this subject, we will state that
>»niii) —.. I o a t, of (be many millions of dollars made
We Lave been importuned to some fur- .through the enlistment of soldiers and
tier reioatk upon a suggestion thrown j sailors, and the sales of their credits by
Government officers, a fair proportion pas
sed into the bands of third parties; and at
this point, where hundreds of thousands of
! ay is not oaseu upon piuvuvu* v-j,” dollars were thus dishonestly acquired,
rience, of which we have none, but only | “Gunboat Jimmey” was in reality the ac-
upr.Q gome general observations and the j tivo»worker for those in authority, and
tttte primafacie aspects of the case. I shared with them the proceeds. He was
!V a take it for granted that all our plan- I sharp and energetic, and very shrewd in
ate actuated by a desire to do full i the business, and so well concealed his
justice to the laborer—to protect his rights j operations that the Government detect-
a well as their own; and indeed he is brft ( ives, and those who were jealous of his
a simpleton who fancies there can be any- remarkable good fortune, sought in vain
thing like order and prosperity upon any for some method of exposing him and those
alter basis. The laborer must be secure for whom be operated. Up to this time
and content, or his service will be neither j 0 f Iasi year our subject had realized at
satisfactory nor reliable. j least $150,000—the proceeds ofeulist-
hut independently of this general truth, j mt ,„t operations and the sales of naval
the force ot which all must admit, ha'--e I cre dits, half of which wore Hie well known
0l >r farm in" friends considered how much “paper credits.” At the age of twenty-
^content "and trouble may arise from j five our.subject had arrived in possession
tt -re want of uniformity in the compensa- j of an independent fortune—made through
C ? i e t us suppose a case : Here are | bis own operations, however questionable
■ i , 1 f. ,• ..... a < • _l,„Wo clmll hop flip. rpKiilt.
Mv heart-strings round thee stick.
Close as thy hide old ft lend!
Ti on nigger, dress that brick,
And leave iny old sow’s pen !
Go nigger yet not slave !
Go nigger, leave this spot!
YViiile I’ve the power to save,
Tby lmnd shall harm her not.
Island Ckff.k, Dec. 1865. »
Coiiut; Agricnllnral A«»oci:Uiosi".
out casually a few weeks ago, in reference
to County Agricultural Associations, it
is, bowever, well to premise that what we
say is not based upon practical expe-
i.et us suppose a case, mu, : mo “ -i- YJ V u ,.
Ie ‘giiboring plantations or farms. A pays, j n character. W e shall see the result.
- - • 1 Small in statua, hut with a well devel
oped and shapely form, our subject was
favored with a handsome face, perfectly
re<nt!ar features, and sparkling, intelligent
f‘ s liands ten dollars per month and food
*•* full lor their labor. B pays six dollars,
food, clothing and medical attendance,
fo 1ms made an arrangement with his hands
for a per ceutage of the crops, and pays
nothing but food meanwhile. The negroes
from the different plantations intermix,
discuss the question of wages among’them-
Ee 'ves, and although it might puzzle a
^’hite man to tell which class had the ad-
'antage, it is very clear to our mind that
toe difference iu the tennis will be a fruit-
foil source of discontent aud trouble. 1 he
a egro who bad the most ready money
" ill probably be the emissary ol discord,
"hereas, if all were on the same tooting,
toerc would be no occasion for dissension
at >d fault finding.
Again, all the questions about prices of
of play was one of bis pleasures. Nighi
after night of last Winter he passed in
sumptuously furnishing gaming rooms,
w here, in the maddening excitement of
faro, bis thousands aud teus of thousands
melted away. Playing modestly was
something lie could not understand; he
would always l>et high—very 7 high—so
high that the entire interest of the game
was always centered in his play wherever
be happened to be. lie did not seem to
play with the hope of winning, for lie was
scarcely pver known to draw out. He
seemed to think nothing of losing a few
thousand a night.
lie sunoumled himself with a crowd of
dissipated and frivolous young men, who
were always at liberty to be merry at bis
expense. To backmen, be was a bone
covered with juicy meat, and thousands of
dollars were swallowed up iu hack and liv
ery bills. In bouses of prostitution, of tbe
luxurious class; be was a thribly welcome
guest at all times, for ho thought nothing
of a bill of a hundred dollars for Aviue, in
a single evening ofdebaucbe.
He kept a mistress—a fascinating wan
ton, upon whom be lavished money with
an unstinting hand, anc[ on account of
whose infidelity lie at one time attempted
to commit suicide The career of wonder
ful dissipation was, however, soon brought
to a close. A few months only, sufficed
to bring him to the end of his purse—to
eat up the last cent of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and to place him a
thousand dollars in debt—to make him a
thousand dollars poorer titan nothing.
We next bear of him as dealing faro at
$150 per month, in a Baker street gamb
ling house, and then as instituting suit
agaj^st the proprietors of a certain gamb
lingwouse in which, as he alleges, be hist
$37,000 of his fortune.
Such then briefly stated, is the sudden
acquisition and still more sudden loss,
through dissipation, of a fortiftie of $150,-
000; the possessor of which, while he had
the shrewdness and energy to acquire it, I
lacked the character to retain it.
Einllirr Kuu^li linncyciiooii.
On last Friday morning an athletic young far
mer, in the town ofWaynesburg, took a fair girl, ‘
“all bathed in blushes,^front her parents, and
started tor the first town across the Pennsylvania
line to be married, where the. ceremony cold be
performed without a license. The happy pair
were accompanied by a sister of the girl, a tail, |
gaunt, sharp featured female of seme thirty seven j
summers The pair crossed the line, Were ntar- j
tied, and returned to Wellsville to pcss the night |
People at the hotel where the wedding party stop- !
ped, observed that they conducted themselves in
a rather singular manner.—The husband would
take his sister-in-law, the tall female aforesaid, :
into one corner of the pallor, and talk earnestly to
her, gestickulating wildly all the time. Then the
tall female would put her foot down and talk ;
to him iu an angry and exciting manner. The
husband would take his fair young bride into a
corner; but he would no sooner commence talking
to her than the guant sister would rush between j
them and join in the conversation. The people!
of the hotel ascertained what this meajit about
nine o’clock that evening. There was an uproar
in the room which had been assigned to tho new
ly married couple.—Female shrieks arid mascu
line swears startled the people iu the hotel, and I
they rushed to thespot. The gaunt female was pres
sing against the door of the room, and the newly-
married man. mostly undressed, was barring her
out with all might. Occasionally she would kick
the door far enough to disclose the stalwart hus
band, in his Gentleman Greek Slave apparel.
It appears that the female insisted upon oc- 1
cupying the same bed with the newly married I
pair; that her sister was favorably disposed to the
arrangemf nt, and that the husband had agreed to
it before the wedding took place, ami now indig- .
nantly repudiated the contract.—'Wont ycu go
awa v now, Susan V said tin? newly-married man,
softening his voice.
‘No,’ said she, ’I won’t—so thete !’
‘Don’t you budge an inch!' cried tiie married
sister, within the room. _ |
‘Now—now, Maria,’ said the young man to his
wife, in a piteous tone,‘dou t go to cuttiu up in
this way; now don’t.’ » j
‘I’ll cut up’s much as I wanter!’ she sharply
replied. .
‘Well,’ roared tho desperate man, throwing the j
door wide open and stalking out among the crowd, 1
‘jest you two wimmin put on your duds and go:
right straight home and bring back the old man j
and woman, and your grandfather, who is nigh
on to a hundred; bring ’em all here, Hi marry the
tcholc caboodle uj 'em, and ice'll all sleep together !’ ^ :
The difficulty was finally adjusted by the tall
female taking a room. Wellsville is enjoying j
itself over the sensation.—Cleave-land Plaindcttl- |
Horace Greely on Reconstruction.
Tbe follojving letter was published in
Washington on Tuesday :
To the Editor of the Intelligencery
In your issue of this morning you have
spoken of my presence in Washington,
and of my view of tbe political situation,
in terms which seem to require of me a
few explauatory words. I herewith sub
mit them : I desire and labor for peace.
Peace between ourcouutry and all others.
Peace between the North and South.—
Peace between white and black. We
have bad enough of war and waste, of
havoc and carnage, for at least a century.
Hence I have long labored and still labor
for true and lasting peace. I can conceive
no possible good to our-country, to any
country, to any section, race or class, that
is likely to be secured or promoted by
alienation between tbe President and tbe
Congress of tbe United States. On the
contrary, it seems to me that every peril
that now threatens us, every evil that now
weighs upon us would be aggravated ; eve
ry good put at hazard, every hope cloud
ed, if not blasted, by such a malign, un
toward collision. I have come here to
do whatever I can, however little that
may be, toward avoiding such a catastro
phe, but I am not, as your paragraph
would seem to imply, that I am the ad
vocato of any especial plan of reconstruc- I
tion. I urge only that the President and j
Congress, each respecting the others eou-'
stitutional prerogatives and personal con- j
victions, shall freely and trustfully confer, I
discuss and consider with a profound de
ference for each others patriotism, and an j
earnest desire to agree on a course of ac- J
tion which they shall mutually deem just
and beneficent. Let the great problem
of reconstnjfflon be approached from all
sides in this spirit, and 1 feel sure that a
benign solution will be speedily attained.
Our difficulties are aggravated by the fact
that our position is essentially novel. 1
can recall no parallel in human histoiy.
it is complicated by questions affecting the
natural rights of freedmen, and our moral
obligations to them as our human allies in
The Press oil the President’s Message. t
The President’s Message has called forth I
comments from the leading journals of the
country, which, although characterized by I
diversity of opinion indicative of their pre- i
possessions, and proclivities, give clear |
manifestations of approval ol the general l
tone of its positions with regard to the j
grave subjects now agitating the country, j
The sentiments of moderation which it :
breathes, tBe maxims of forbearance which
it inculcates, the distrust of arbitrary :
power which it expresses, and tbe whole- j
some warning which it utters against tbe |
protracted exercise of military rule within j
From Washington.
Nhw York, Dec. 13.—Tlje Times
Washington special says : ComodoreHall
lias been relieved from command of the
Philadelphia navy yard ; Comodore E.
Elfridge succeeded.
The Herald's Washington special says :
Gen, Grant had an interview with tbe
President yesterday, and communicated
to him the result of his observations du
ring' his recent trip through Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Geor
gia. He was everywhere respectfully re
ceived by all.
Tho majority of the negroes in these
the States, seemed to have commedned 0 - . -
l h'emselves to the acceptance of the entire I Stat f s a,e ln comparative idleness, and
conservative press north and south. Qf j n car!y aH refuse to renew their contracts
course among the radical politicians and I V 1 ! 11 .' 1 . after Christmas, believing a general
extremists it is not so favorably received. ' n *sion of property is to take place at
Tbe Washington Intelligencer says “it tnn ®*
1 lie Southern men of influence were
outspoken in favor of complying with any
demands the President might consider
necessary for their restoration.
Gen. Grant believes that the people of
the South almost unanimously desire a
speed}" re-admission to their old position
in the Union, and that their professions of
future loyalty aud good behavior are hon
est and sincere.
is a masterly State paper, and for clear
ness and elevation of style, it will class
with any of its predecessors. Every pro
position is so simply and clearly put that
its statements carry conviction, while the
whole argument is clear and connected as
arc the waters cf a crystal stream.” The
New York Express says, “it responds to
the anticipations which conservative, patri
otic men, looking to the good of the whole
country, had been led to indulge respect
ing it. Whether as it regards cur domes
tic relations, or foreign affairs, it is patri
otic, straightforward aud, statesmanlike.”
I he Philadelphia American, pronounces
‘fit a document that will challenge the ad
miration ot the public far and wide ; that
its tenor on the restoration of the States
and rights of freemen, is such that if at
length Congress see fit to act rather than
wrangle, it will harmonize with his views.”
The Philadelphia Ledger is equally ap
proving in the opinion that “it will chal
lenge attention and approval, not less on
account of the great questions which it
treats titan of its intrinsic merits ; that as
a Slate paper it deserves unqualified
praise.” i he New York Herald regards
the Message as a “conclusive vindication
of his course.” .The News, of the same
the late momentous struggle. That avc ma
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of
Yours,
Horace Greely.
Household Servants.
The difficulty of obtaining household
servants continues here without abatement,
and yet it is believed that if all would
work there would be a superfluity of them.
The ambition of the freedmen and freed-
A Sew Wrinkle.
At the burial of Lord Palmerston a most
j extraordinary intideni transpired. After
the body bad been deposited in-tlie tomb,
the officiating clergyman began the ritual
of the dead, and pronouncing the solemn
words with due clerical decorum, carne to
i that never-to-be-forgotten phrase : “Ash-
j cs to ashes, dust to dust.” Universally
| as all men know, at this stage of the in-
I torment^ fragment of earth-inold is crum-
‘ bled upon the coffin. Not so, bowever,
j with my Lord Premier. *IIe was no shar
er of the common lot; for, instead of the
i base sod the Chief Mourner (hired for En-
glisli funerals at so much per head) show-.
! ered upon the old man’s metalic case a
number of diamonds and- precious rings!
We do not wonder that the spectators are
| represented to have been astonished at
this unusual proceeding. It almost paral
lels George the Third’s sepulture, in which
eighty years of rottenuess were shrined
in gold. We think it an undignified de
parture from a custom sanctified by neariy
ev*bry Christian creed. Still, we cannot
quarrel with defunct great men and their
mausoleums. At the present time, politi
cians seem to control religion. Queen Victo
ria is a Pope in balmoral skirts. Palmers
ton created bishops. If they happen to be
interred a little differently, is it anybody’s
business ? As so many outlandish things
have been eliminated within such brief
intervals, who can tell wliat phantasma
goria live men may exhibit for the edifica
tion of the departed. Is it to reason thus:
Into a statesman’s grave jewelry shall be
thrown; into a farmer’s, a bunch of tur
nips ; into a garroter’s, a pair of brass
knuckles ; into a carpenter’s, a chisel;
into a steamboat captain’s a smoke stack ,
into an ex-quartermaster’s a Confederate
bond and Abstract L ; into Beast Butler’s,
a Newgate calendar; into a Major Gea-
and a copy of Sher-
Beecher’s and Brown-
ulpbur—and so and so
example wluch is permcious. twns of grave moment has ever, ou the | j, wi| , be sc 6 cn tL>l we i, ave 66 said Dotb .
Some of our families arc without any i whole, cettained so much that will be gen-. • of t|w |adiog Into yourgraTe , 0p he-
sort of help. Ibey arc willing to pay for : orally and justly approved, with so little , n ® t|lere iWI be cast ‘ mar igold
it, to treat the servant as a white servant j that will or should provoke dissent. It is j an( , viole , But fat0 . molher of our
is treated at the North or in Europe. All ; a btate paper, he says, “of signal ability ; )iai>n ; a „„a
they ask is a decent respect to the duty j and of universal frankness, dealing unre-
wbich is owed the moment the servant servedly with every great-question of in
takes the obligation. When we say that ternal and external policy, aud calcula-
there is not one instance in five cases where ' ted to increase the hold cr its author on
the moral law is respected, wc underrate ' the regard and confidence of the American
the trouble that our citizens have been | prople.”
obliged to succumb to. With a thousand j qq ie Baltimore Sun, although express-
idle persons in the city, who, under, a pro- ; rj g the belief that the message came short
per regard to duty, would welcome their 0 f the just expectations of the Southern
opportunities, there is hardly one in ten of people in regard to the question of recon
the freedmen aud freedwomen who will be
city, welcomes it as placing the President
promptly re-establish the Southern States j **j n direct opposition to the foolish and Yin-
in all their original rights and liberties | dictive policy of the .Republicans as devel-
without sacrificing those of any portion ot | °P e ^ by the representatives of that party in
the American people is the earnest desire j Congress. I lie World, althougu appro
ving" the general tone, thinks that tiie mes
sage lea\’es something to be desiderated
in point of vigor. The Times regards its
views as “full of wisdom and conveyed
with great force and dignity ; that the
whole document is one of which every
American may well be proud for its eleva
tion of tone, its practical wisdom aud its
great exhibition of the national strength
women is to go to housekeeping. That is 1 aud glory but, then, tbe Richmond Whig
considered by them tbe acme of bliss, and
a full assertion and fruition of their right.
But those who are in a condition to under
take tbe expenses are comparatively tew.
They give-tone to the others who are not
in so good a condition. Imitatn-eness—to
use a phrenological word—is especially
strong: in the black man. What tbe best
alludes that the Times would have said
the same If the message had beeti deliver
ed in Choctaw. The Journal of Com
merce pronounces it “able and vigorous,”
and destined “to take rank among the no
blest documents of our History.” The
Evening Post “finds it frank, dignified,
direct and manly.” The philosopher of
of them do is wliat the worst of them j the Tribune, although having implied bis
aspire to do—and so it turn3 out that eve- j dissatisfaction by insisting that Jongress
ry colored person is aspiring to tbe dignity ! and not tbe Executive, is the true expo
l freedwomen who will be j struction, admits frankly that tbe geneial
tempted by any offer, or submit patiently tone 0 f its positions i? very gratifying,
to the necessary control which the hirer 1
Revolting Exhibition.—For the last few
days (say* the Chicago Times) large
crowds have been seen assembled in a
corner of the Court House Square, staring
with stupid wonderment at one of the
most repulsive exhibitions e\ _ er shown to
: the public. In a small covered wagon,
i drawn by two dogs, sits a maimed soldier,
, or a man in soldier’s attire, a woman, and
1 a little girl. The group sitting there
eyes. He dressed with great taste, in
clot bin" of tHe most.costly and becoming
description. His fingers and shirt-front
wove always brilliant with diamonds, and
a massive gold neck-cham and Jurghen-.
sen watch completed bis ornamentation.
Gentlemanly in Ids manner, generous to a
fault, and always kind and obligmig, e
soon found hiinself whirling ab«ut in a
constant round of dissipation, which was
so congenial to bis disposition. Women,
cards and wine took hold of hint; and held
him with a vice-like grasp. Habituated to
excitement, by the peculiar business in
which he bad been engaged, the phrenzy
(tjr* A Washington special correspon
dent telegraphs to Forney’s Press as fol
lows : “The Union members of the Sen
ate will bold a second caucus oti Monday
morning, at ten o’clock, for the purpose of
considering the reconstruction resolution
offered by Mr. Stevens on Saturday even
ing, the 2d of December, and adopted in
tbe House on Monday, after the election
of Speaker Colfax. Some ambiguity iu
the resolution Yvill necessitate a change,
and a number of Senators are themselves
in doubt whether tbe Senate ought to con
cur in its general scope and object. There
seemed to be a determination to stand by
the President among the Republicans iu
Congress. His message has given such
general satisfaction as to secure him the
confidence even of those who do not agree
to all his suggestions. It may be said of
the President that lie is the most successful
of our statesmen, because he lias present
ed the most generally acceptable plan tor
solution and settlement of our national
disturbance.”
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette telegraphs that paper
on the 11th instant., as followj: “For the
first time to-day the conservative wing of
the Union party co-operated with the
Delnocrals. Air. Sutnner called up his
bill confirming*the titles of freedmen set
tled on the Sea Islands by Gen. Sherman’s
order, to their lands and moved its refer
ence to the, Military committee, which
was known to be friendly. Messrs. T. rum-
bull, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Morgan
and Harris voted with the Democrats, and
carried it instead to the Judiciary Com
mittee, supposed to be hostile.”
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Figures won’t lie, is an old homely
expression, but few men can look on
fashionable women’s figure now-a-davs
and suy as much.
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inuVt Lave ove*/ the hired. Occasionullv’, ! • ^ hese nrc tlic vre-ws of some of tbe j stretch out their eager hands on every
at exorbitant nrices one can "et a day’s Ing ° Ui *7’ ° /1 C ., We j side, for a time gathering in tbe five cent
at cxorbitdiit piices one can a . !? n .i may add the remark that most of them ! nWps tWt g rMt ;ino & n thfim from fiVC .
work, but generally nothing more, and concur , n the opinion expressed in the pa-
it is so that the hirer is ready to submit to ppr last n;nne( ], that tbe President takes
'.able position.in asserting that
any insolence, and to do Yvork, in order t
meet a trouble which counsels patiencound
submission to tbe command Yvhich tbfetscr-
Y’ant has of bis necessities. In short, the
servant exhibits no sense of obligation—
no disposition to perform his or her part of
tbe contract.
Well, now, what from this can be ex
pected, but a growing distrust of the freed
men and freedwomen—a Ylesire to get rid
of tbe necessity of employing th<?m ; and
earnest aspiration for the presence of duti
ful white servants, yvIio have learned that
for money paid, something must be given
in return ?
We desire very much that Wendell
Phillips, or some man of his Yvay of think
ing should come hither and look into tbe
matter—t%ke a household, and see how he
could get along, with two or three thous
and idle servants lying about tbe streets
loo e, getting a precarious subsistence, and
willing to steal to make up for tbe neces
sities of their idleness. Such gentlemen
would go back to Boston wiser it not bet
ter men.
There is only one way that yvc can see
to get rid of this preplexing and daily
annoying trouble; that is, to invite ser
vants hither, and leave the freedmen aud
freedwomen to be starved into some form
of duty. A thousand white servants could
find employment within twenty four hours,
aud we pray that by some process they
may come to us.
Where’s the White Man’s Bureau ?-
According to the address of the State
Teacher’s Association ot Tennessee;
there are S9,000 adults in ihe State
who can neither read nor write, and
300,000 children without school ad
vantages. It seems that one quarter
of the adults are totally illiterate.
an impreg
tbe elective-franchise belongs exclusively
to tbe several States, and that it is but just
to wait for experience to show wliat use
the black race will make of its freedom
and means of advancement in the social
scale before the question of political privi
lege can fairly aqjl wisely be considered.
And that the almost unanimous judgment
of the country will sustain the President
in the declaration ihat this great, this mo
mentous subject, which, not ripe for judg
ment, is nevertheless, now and at all times
beyond tbe scope of Federal action.
(Sav. Herald.
The State IIouw Eierliouft.
Without questioning the capacity of his
successor, Mr. Burns, we regret to see that
Col. Thweatt was defeated for Comptroller
General, in the election on Friday. This
is one of the offices to which the principle
of rotation ought not to apply.
Our friends, J. W. Burke & Co., were
we see elected Public Printers. There
is scarcely a bouse in tbe State so well
capacitated to fill the functions of this of
fice satisfactorily, and aside from our
regret that our Milledgeville compeers,
should have lost almost the sole pecuniary
inducement, we are pleased Yvith this ap
pointment. It strikes us, however, that
the public printing ought to be done at
the Capital, and there need be no extor
tion about the business. Fair prices can
as well be established and maintained for
printing, as for laying bricks, or any other
mechanical labor. I here is nothing more
mysterious about it.—Journal Sf Messen-
g?r.
A two-headed child lias just been
born in London. . Nothing new.
pieces that are thrust upon them from eve
ry side. When they havegot sufficient to
reward them for exhibiting, tho woman
deliberately unhooks her dress in front,
and there the wonder seekers see, coiled
up in her bosom, a rattlesnake about four
feet in length. As soon as it is exposed,
the reptile shoots out its head, darting it
rapidly to and fro, and slowly uncoils it
self, as the woman, taking it from its warm
nest, holds it tip for inspection, while the
man narrates how every third day she
suckles it as she would a child. She then
slowly rolls it up again around her hand
and returns it to its former quarters. This
exhibition is of itself sufficiently disgust
ing, but it is followed by another still more
so. The marly removing his hat from his
head, passes his fingers through bis hair
and draws from its nest, amongst his shag
gy locks, a spotted toad, black and yel
low, which be permits to crawl around bis
neck and over bis face.' Tne man boasts
tBait there is no show in America equal to
this extraordinary exhibition. He might
boast Yvith truth that there is not one to
be seett««qually as disgusting.
Disposing of the Freedmen.— I he Chron
icle and Sentinel, of Augusta, says :
We are informed that about a thousand
freedmen have already been sent from this
section to the Mississippi Valley. These
parties refuse to make contracts with their
former owners. They probably think
that those Yvho provide for them in days
past will have to continue to do so, wheth
er they work or not. But the authorities
are pursuing a course which will soon dis
pel this delusive idea.
Why is a faithful printer like an ar
dent lover? Because he “sets up” a
great deal, and employs an occasional
“em brace.” .