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VOLUME XL1I.J
M ILLED&E VILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 15, 1372.
NUMBER 42.
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Id PLBLJSHKP WEEKLY
IN MILLKDGEVILLE, GA.,
BOUGHTON, BARNES & MOORE,
(Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets,)
At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year
S. 14. BOUGHTON, Editor.
ADVERTISING.
Transient—One Dollar per square of ten lines for
(jr.tin.srlion, and seventy-five centsfjr each subs,
qaeut continuance.
Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit
t »ries exceeding - ix lines, Nominations for office,Com
jjjdnicatious or Editorial notices for individual benefit
charged as transient advertising.
LEGAL ADVERTISING?
Sheriff’s Sales, perievy of ten lines, or less,.... $ 2 50
Mortgage ti fa sules, per square 5 0b
Citations lor Letferd of Administration, 3 Ub
Guardiauaiiip, 3 00
Application for dismission from Administration, 3 00
•• “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00
•< “ leave to sell Land, 5 00
. .• for Homesteads, j 75
Notwito Debtors and Creditors 3 00
gj: ;s 01 Laud, Ac., per square 5 00
•• perishable property, 10 days, per square,.. 150
Extra.' Notices, 30 days, 3 00
fursc.osurc ot .Moi tgage, per eq., each time,.... 10C
Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sairsof Laud, Ac., by Administrators, Executors
or liuardians, are required bylaw to be held on the
first Tues-iay intlie^nonth, between the hours of It
in ttie forenoon aud 3 in the afternoon, at th. Court
jfnuse in tlie County in which the property is situated
Notice of these sales must he given in a public ga
xsttc 10 days previous to the day of sale.
Notit -sfor the sale of personal property must b
£ vm in like manner 10 day s previous to sale day.
* Notices to the debtois and creditors of au estate
n,u.t also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will he made to the Court ol
Ordinary for leave to sell Land, Ac., must be publish
ed lor tvro months.
Citations for letters of Administration. Guardianship .
As . innst be published 30 days—for dismission from
/{ministration monthly three mouths—fordismission
f : >m Guardianship. 40 days.
liul'-a fir foreeluoureof Mortgage must be publish
«d monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa
■in lor the full space of three months—for compel!
tag lilies from Executors or Administrators, where
bond a as been given by thedeeeased.the full spaceof
three mouths.
Publications will always be continued according to
th»*c, the legal requirements, unlessetherwise ordered
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
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Agents for Federal Union in New York City
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ed to leave their favors with this house.”
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RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE.
Ar ival and Departure of Trains at Milledgeville.
MACON A AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
liny Train.
Dawn Train to Augusta arrive* at Milledgev., 8.17 a.m-
Up Tram to Macon arrives at Milledgeville, 5 24 p.m
Night Train.
Arrives from Anguata at 12:20 a m.
“ “ Macon at 12:15 a m.
EATONTON A GORDON RAILROAD.
Up Train to Eatonton arrives at Milledgev., 8.45 p. m
Down Train to Gordon arrives “ 2.35 p.m.
Post Office notice.
Milledgeville. Jan. 18, 1872.
From and after this dale mails will close an follows :
Made for Atlanta and Augusta and points beyond
gsinjrmitth and east, wid ciose at 8o’clock A M.
Mails tor Macon. Southwestern Road, and points
beyond, going south-weft, will close at 5 P. M.
I!»i a for Savannah and Florida close at 2.-15 P. M.
Mm s for Eatonton and Monticello closes at 8:45- P M.
Office hours from 7 A. M. until G.30 P M.
Office open ou Sundays from 8 to 9 1-2 A. M.
Money Orders obtained from 7 A. M. until 5 P. M
JOSIAS MARSHALL, P. M.
Church Directory.
BABTIST CHURCH.
Services 1st and 3d Sundays in each month, at 11
o'clock a in and 7 p m.
Sabbath Soheoi at 9 I -2 o’clock, am. S N Bonghton,
8npt. Rev. D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Tlonra of service on Sunday: 11 o’clock, am
tiff 7 pm. .
Sunday School 3 o'clock p in,—W E Fiankland,
Superintendent.
Friends of the Sabbath School are Invited to visit it
S S Misaionaiy Society, monthly, 4th Sunday at 2 p ni
Prayer meetiug every Wednesday 7 o’clock pm-
Rev A J JARRELL Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Jerviees every Sabbath (-xeept the 2d in each mo)
si I 1 o’clock a in and 7 pm-
Sabbath School at 9 1-2 am. TT Windsor, Snpt.
Praver meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m.
Rev C W LANE, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Without a Pastor at preeeut.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock, a m.
Jfiillcbgcbilk business |)imtorn.
Attorneys at Ziaw.
IVERSON L. II ARRIS. Office on Hancock st
L 11 BRISCOE, office at City Hall.
McKINLEY Sc BARROW, office over Clark's Drug
Store.
CRAW FORD Sc WILLIAMSON, office in Masonic
Hall.
^ANFORD A. FURMAN, office over Stetson's Store.
I W WHITE, office in Masonic Hall.
W. G McADOO, office at residence, cor. Jefferson
and Franklin streets.
Notary Public.
PETER FAIR, office at City Hall.
Physicians.
Dr. S G WHITE, office at residence on Jefferson et.
Dr. G D CASE, office at residence on Wayne st.
Dr. W II HALL, office over Clark’s Drug Store.
Dr J W HERTY office at Drug Store of Hunt,
Rankin At Lamar.
Dr G EDW ARDS, office at residence on Jefferson et
Southern Express Co.
OFFICE at Conn's Store. W T CONN, Agt
Sank Agency.
SOUTHERN INS Sc TRUST CO.- -R L HUNTER,
Agt-—Office in Waitzfelder's Building, up staiis.
Western Union Telegraph Co.
Office in Milledgevilie Hotel— Operator.
Family Grocery <2l Provision Souses.
■>A Vl’lj A. COOK, No. I Mi Hedge vi he Hotel.
/. K. DANIEL, No. d Milledgeville Hotel.
G. YV. HAAS, No b Milledgeville Hotel, (uorth end.)
C. YN . GAL’SE *fc CO., eadt aide Wayne street.
T, A. CAKAKEit, Agt. 3d door from corner ot Wayne
and Hancock atreeia.
MOO HE Ac McCOOK, "2d door from S. E. cor. of
Wayne &. Hancock street*
1IENUY TEMPLES, Haucck at. east ot Wayne.
SAM WALKER, Huicock st., next to City 11 all.
P. M. COMPTON & SONS, Masonic Ilall.
J. B, M UNDAY, Way lie st., uorth of Masonic Hall.
1 M BONE, Butcher -**Yieat Store at C B Muuday’s.
E. J. W HITE, \\ uyue st. next door north of P. O.
(Sign ol tii© Re.i Flag and YViiite Star.
H. E. HENDRIX, YY'ashiugtou Hail.
W. T. CONN, Wayne st., Brown’s Building.
C. H. WRIGHT A. SON, Wayne st. west side.
PERRY «& DENTON, west cide Wayne st-, 2d door
fiom Haucock &t.
FRED HAN FT, Wayne at, west side.
MILLER ED YV ARDS, Haucock st. op. Washington
Hall.
N CALLAWAY, Hancock st.
M B JOEL. Hancock .ft, opposite Washington Hail
BROOKS Ac. ELLISON, Hancock st., opposite Fed
eral Uiii.in Printing office.
.V F. SKINNER, Wayne st. near the Factory.
Dry Goods Stores.
ADOLPH JOSEPH, YVa tzfelcer’s Building.
YVLnDSUR Al LAaUAR, under Newell s Hall.
IlOMAS Sl SANFORD, under Newell’* stall.
lOEL JOEL, Hancock st opposite YY’ashin^ton Ilali
ti. ADLER, i\ aahiuglou llad. Also Family Groceries
J. ROSEN FILL vV BRO., at “stelso;. 3 ouie."
A. BisLTlOif, No j Milledgeville Hotel.
CLINL Ac. (^ClNN, YY'ashm^ton Had.
Drug- Stores.
JOHN M. CLARK, S E corner vY'ayue Ac. Hancock st*
HUNT, RANKIN Ac. LAMAR, (represented by B R
HLRi'Y,) Waitzfelder’s Building.
Millinery Stores.
Mr* P A LIN DRUM, W'ay nest, Brown’s Building.
Ylra. N S HOLDR1DGE, No 2 Mil<edgevihe Hotel.
Miss MARY GAKREIT, next door west YV ash in 'ton
Hall.
Furniture Store.
W Sc J CARaKER, Masonic Hall.
THERE )» NO DEATH.
BY LORD LYTTON.
There is no death ! The stars go down,
To rise upon some fairer shore ;
And bright in Heaven’s jeweled crown
They shine forevermare.
There is no death ! The dost we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellowed fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize.
And fetd the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless a>’r.
There is no death The leaves may fall,
And flowers may fade and pass away ;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coining of May day.
There is no death ! An angel form
Walks o’er the earth with silent tread ;
And bears our best-loved things away.
And then we call them ‘‘dead. - ’
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers :
Transplanted into bliss they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad these -cenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song,
Arouud the tree of liie.
W here’er he sees a smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light,
To dwell iu paradise.
Born unto that undying iife.
They leave us but to come again ;
With joy we welcome them the same,
Except their sin aud pain. .
And ever near us. though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread ;
For all the boundless universe
Is life—there is no dead.
Jewelry Stores.
T WI EDEN MAN, Wayne st, opposite Milledgeville
Hotel.
OTTO MILLER & CO, Wayne st.
JAS SUPPLE, Wavue st, north of Post Office.
Photograph Gallery.
BROWNE BROS, over ••Stetson’s Store.''
House Furnishing Store.
JOS STALEY, S W corner Wayne aiul Hancock sts-
Bar Rooms.
C CALLAWAY, Hancock st op. Washington Hall.
W HOi.DEK, uuder Milledgeville Hotel.
H HOLDER, Leiaeua old stand.
G LEWIS, Hancock street, east of Wayne.
G LlN’Ctl, Wayne st. Staley’s old stand.
Bar Boom A Billiard Maloou.
B KELLEY, up stairs over MooreNt McCook’s.
Confsctionerys.
T. CONN, Wayne st. Brown’s Buildiug.
W HAAS, No b Milledgeville Hotel.
K DANIEL, No 3 .Milledgeville Hotel.
B JOEL, Haucock st., opposite Washington Hall
Bakery.
FRED IIANFT, west side Wayne et;
Milledgeville Manufacturing Co.
COTTON Sc WOOL FACTORY—F Stunner, Supt.
Wayne st.
Tobacco Manufactory.
8WEANEY Sc EVANS, Wayne st.
Warehouse,
JOHN JONES, Hancock st. near Jefferson.
Mills.
HUGH TREANOR S Grist Mill, on Oconee river.
JOHN JONES Steam Cotton Gin and Grist Mill, Mc
Intosh street.
Lodges,
I. O. G. T.
ItlillrdgevilSe l.odgc No 115 meets in the Senate
Cnair.ber at tile State House ou every Friday even
ly at 7 o'clock. C P CRAWFORD, W C T.
2 P Lank, Sec’y.
Cold Water Templars meet at the State House eve-
J Saturday blternuon at 3 o'clock.
MASONIC.
Rrnf'volrnt Lod^c No 3 F A M, meets 1st and 3d
Saturday nights of euch month at Masonic Hall.
0 D C'A=t, Sec’y. I. H HOWARD, VV. M.
Temple < hnpfrr meets the second and fourth Sat-
ariiv nights to each mouth. _
ti I) Cask, Sec’y. S Cl WHITE, H P.
Milledgevillr I.odgr Perfection X.'.Sc A.\
* It.', meets every Monday night.
SAM’L G WHITE, T.-.P. G.’.M.-.
Oto. D.^Cask, Exc Grand Sec’y.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Varor—Samuel Walker.
B ard of Aldermen.—I. F B Mapp;
|T A Camker; 4 Jacob Caraker; 5 J
* Henry Temples.
Clerk "and 1 reasurer—Peter Fair,
liur-hal— J B Fair. Policeman—T Tuttle
B .puiy Marshal and Street Overseer—Peter Ferrell.
koitoD— F Beeland
City Surveyor—C T Bavne.
City Auctioneer- S J Kidd.
Finance Committee — T A Caraker.Temples^. Mapp
Ihreet “ J Caraker, Trice, McCoinb
Land “ McConib, J Caraker, Trice.
Cemetery '* Temples, Mapp,T A Caraker.
Board meets 1st and 3d Wednesday night* in each
•t mth.
2 E Trice;
H McComb;
Milledgeville Hotel.
CALLAWAY Sc TRICE, Proprietors.
Livery and Sale Stables.
y. W. HARRIS, Green st., near old Darien Bank.
Contractors & Builders.
EVES Sc McELFRESH.
JOSEPH LANE, Shop on Hancock st, east of Jeffer
son street.
E T ALL1NG.
VVM MARLOW, (col’d) Brck Mason.
Shoe Stores and Shops.
FRED HAUG, Boot and Shoe Store, Wayne streef-
D SHEA, Boot Maker, Brown’s Building, up e:ai'»
HAL LOFT1N, (colored) Shoe Shop, cor llautock
aud Wilkinson st*.
Tailors.
THOS BROWN, Shop ou Wayne st. south Post office
W SUPPLE, upstairs Brown’s buildiug, Wayne st.
FRANK FOARD,(cot’d) over C H Wright Sc Si*.
Carriage, Wagon and Blacksmith Shop*.
GEO A GAllNLER, on McIntosh si.
PARKER &. COLLINS, Gardner’s old stand.
JAMES SHERLOCK, Blacksmith Shop, Wilkinson
st opposite new Livery Stable.
JARRATT MITCHELL, (coi'd) Blacksmith Shop,
Hancock st opposite oid Court House lait.
WILKES FLAGG, Blacksmith Shop, Wayne st.
F.Z! KIEL REYNOLDS, Blacksmith Shop, Wayne st.
BEALL Sc RA1FOKD, jcol’d) Blacksmith Shop,
McIntosh st. opposite tile Steam Gin.
Fashionable Barber Shop.
H G HEATH, over Wiedemann's Jewelry Store.
Harness Shop.
JOHN SINTON, (col) corner Hancock and
kinson Street*
Wil-
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ji-geM. M. Bell. Ordinary—office in Masonio Hall
P L Fair. Clerk Sup'r Court, “ ||
Obsffiuli Arnold. Sheriff, “
0 P Bonner. Dcp'ty Sheriff, lives in the conntry.
Jo«im Marshall Uec.’r Tax Returns—at Post Office.
L N Lallawav. Tax Collector, office at hi* *tore.
H Temples. County Treasurer, oflice at his store.
Lire Cushing, Corouor, residence on Wilkinson st.
J«an Gentry, Constable, residence on Wayne at, near
the Factory.
MEDICAL BOARD OF GEORGIA,
hr. G. ]) 0*8* Dean. Dr. 8. G. WHITE, Pre*'dt
kegnlar meeting first Monday in December.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Dr TIIOS F GREEN, Superintendent.
® R Bell, Tr. Sc Steward.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
D B Sanford, Sec’y. JOHN JONES, Chief.
T.ie M Sc M Fire Co. meets at the Court Room on
'h» first and third Tuesday nights in each month.
CALL m SEE US
co,
C. W, GAUSS A
D ealers in
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
E'QUORS hardware,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, SHOES,
la fact everything usually kept in a First-class
family Grocery & Profision St«r®<
East side Wayne Street
Agents for YVhann’s Raw Bo»«
‘’'“per Phosphates
B. All Derating indebted to us aie earnestly re
jested to settle at ouce.
0 W. GAUSE. H. M. BOSE.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 6,1872. 28 tf
Ilow Mr. Greeley Was Affected
by the Startling News.—Mr. Gree
ley was iu his editorial room pending
the ballots, and of course very much
interested. As the ballots progressed,
he outwardly preserved all appearance
of calm ; but those who know lus pe
culiarities were conscious that he was
inwardly very much disturbed. It is
well known that Mr. Greeley, al
though enabled to preserve an out
ward calm, from his louj public life
and practice of speaking before large
audiences, is of a highly emotional
and nervous nature, and keenly excited
in ali matters that interest hun per
sonally. He said in conversation im
mediately befoie his nomination was
received that he supposed, of course,
the Trumbull votes would be transfer
red to Adams and the latter nomina
ted- When the dispatch was handed
to him from bis confidential agent in
Cincinnati he opened it quite uncon
cernedly and read the announcement
of his own nomination and the con
gratulations of Mr--Reid. It didn t
appear to disturb him in the least.—
He continued his conversation and
proceeded with bis writing.--A’. Y.
World.
A little boy at Athens was burned
to death while kindling a fire with
kerosene oil.
Professor Mosre—A Story of His
Adversity.
[From the Washington Capital ]
We happened to meet Colonel Strother,
the famous “Porte Crayon” and, the talk
tnrning as usual upon Morse, the Colo
nel said :
I knew him well. I took lessons
under him in drawing and painting.
I first saw him when he was a competitor
for the remaining panel in the rotunda of
the capitol. I thought then he ought to
have had it. I think so yet. He was
not a grand artist, Lnt he was enough to
save us from ridicule. The job was given
to Mr. Powel. General Scbenck did that.
The general probably did not know one
picture from another but Mr. Powel was
his constituent, and he believed, did
Schenck, that something in the way of
ait should he done for the Miami bottoms,
so he worked at it till he got the commis
sion.
“And one day,” said we, “Congress
From the Baltimore Gazette.
NOT FOR GREfihCY!
The nomination of llcrace Greeiey
and B. Gratz Brown, by the liberal
Republicans, at Cincinnati, will be re
ceived by the country with considera
ble surprise. It was supposed, at one
time, that a candidate for the first
place on the ticket, less obnoxious to
the Conservative masses would be pre
sented by the Convention, and the
initial proceedings of that body indi
cated the existence therein of a degree
of wisdom and prudence which its
final action has failed to justify. It is
useless to waste words at such a crisis,
or attempt to excite hopes which can
never be realized. The selection of
Mr. Greeley places an impassible bar
rier between the Liberal Republicans
and the Conservative masses of the
will give General Schenck permission t«
and
found
He had
For the Federal Union.
A RADICAL. ITBE.
‘•How They Take the Tribune in
Palestine.—Some ill-natured people
have long considered the Tribune as a
drug, but few have claimed that it was
also a medicine. No one who has been
familiar with that journal’s boasting
could have doubted that it claimed to
be taken everywhere, even in Syria
But it appears that in the East it is
not taken as a periodical, but as a po
tion. Whether it operates as a purge,
or by emesis, as a diuretic or by dia
phoresis, is uot stated, but an Arab
doctor came to Rev. Dr. Jessup, while
that gentleman was in Beirut, and
begged for several cld papers. He
was given a few old Tribunes. A
fortnight after, he returned boasting
of the cures he had perfected, and ask
ing Dr, Jessup to go and eat fruit in
his vineyard.
Mr. Jessup supposed that the man
had taken the papers to wrap up his
nostrums but as he approached the
house he exclaimed ; “I thank you
very much for those Frangy journals.
There is nothing like them. They
have wrought « onders upon my pa
tients.” Imagine Mr. Jessup’s sur
prise when, upon entering the house,
he was asked to look into an earthen
jar, in which the newspapers has been
dissolved to pulp by means of soak
ing them in water and then in olive
oil. Quantities of this delectable
mixture had been administered to cred
ulous patients. The belief of the old
Hakeem was that the writing on the
Tribune had some magical effect in
driving away disease, and its curative
properties were wonderful.”
Doctor Greeley tried it for a time
on a public functionary in Washing
ton, distinguished beyond others by
his position, aud the medicine paper
signally failed. The case, however,
was a hard one and its proper treat
ment involved in doubt that all paBt
experience failed to make clear. In
deed the peculiar habits and penchauts
of the gentleman alluded to were bo
foreign to anything that the people
had ever before witnessed some came
to believe that his mind was diseased,
others thought he had none, time de
veloped that he had, but it was limit
ed to one idea. The case was a novel
one, and it is but justice to Dr. Gree
ley to state the fact, that to this day
political doctors have failed to agree
in regard to this man’s case. Some
held that his insatiable desire for pro
perty was strong evidence of moral in
sanity, others maintained the contrary
ou the. grounds that he was indisputa
bly the best judge of brandy in the
country, that his practice of worldly
wisdom was commended by the party
of progress and high moral ideas that
put him in power, that he but illus
trated the cardinal principles of the
party, and that it would be a reflec
tion to—you know the rest yourself—
that they elected a well, we never
speak ill of the dead, and he must be
dead for he was reported speechless
long since.
Murj hy says that what is one man’s
meat is another man’s poison, now is
it not possible that the Tiibune may
have had something to do with this
Washington man’s death?
Is the Tribune a specific or
A Cure All?
The steamer Fanny was coming
down the Upper Mississippi, loaded
with pig lead. As she was going over
a shoal place, the pilot gave the signal
to heave the lead. The only mau for
ward was a green Irishman. “Why
don’t you heave the lead ?” “Is it
the lead, your honor ? Where to ?”
“Overboard, you blockhead !” The
Irishman snatched up one of the pigs
of lead and threw it overboard ; the
mate, in endeavoring to prevent him,
last his balance and fell into the river.
The captain, running to the deck, ask
ed, “Why don’t you heave the lead,
and sing out how much water there
is ?” “The lead is heaved, your hon
or, and the mate’s gone down to see
how much water there is.”
country. He can never receive the
remove that terrible product of the Mia- ! support of the Democratic party, or
mi bottoms. But about Morse.” 'any respectable number of its mem-
“Well I engaged to become bis pupil, bers. The meu, or clique, in our
subsequently went to New York and ranks who would foolishly endeavor
him in a room in University place. b r j a g about such a consummation,
d three other pupils .and I soon ■ , d fae he( , atom8 . His re _
round that onr professor had very little , . . ,. . ■,
patronage. I paid my fifty dollars; that cord, as a bold, vindictive, and uncom-
settled for one quarter’s instruction, promising Radical, is too fiesh in the
Morse was a faithful teacher, and took as minds of the people to make him, in
as much internst in our progress, more in- any sense, a popular candidate; and
deed than we did ourselves. But he was he aud his followers must be content
very poor. I remember when my second with the strength they will have in
quarter s pay was due him it did not come their own household, and not expect
as soon as he expected, and one day the . ; n ‘
r • j i . i to earn any accessions from the Demo-
protessor came in and said courteously. a, ,
“Well Strother, my boy, how ate we off cr&t ' c or Conservative ranks,
for money 1” If, through patriotic and prudential
“Why, Professor,” I answered, “I am motives, there has been in the past any
sorry to say I have been disappointed; disposition shown by a portion of the
but I expect a remittance next week.” Democracy of the Union to yield to
“Next week!” he repeated sadly; “I
shall be dead by that time.”
“Dead sir?' 1
“Yes, dead by starvation ”
I was distressed and astonished. I
said, hurriedly.
“Would ten dollars be of any service ?”
“Ten dollars would save my life ; that
is all that it would do.”
“I paid the money, all that I had. and
we dined together. It was a modest meal,
but good, aud after we had finished he
811 This is my first meal for twenty-four | »>ocratic intermeddling, to fight
hours. Strother don't be an artist. It
means beggary. Your life depends upon
people who know nothing of your art, and
care nothing for you. A house dog lives
better, and the very sensitiveness that
stimulates him to work keeps him alive
to suffering.”
“I remained with Professor Morse three
years and theu we separated. Some
years afterwards I met him on Broadway
one day. He was about the same as be
fore, a trifle older and some what ruddier.
I asked him how he was getting on with
his painting, and he told me that he had
abandoned it; that he had something bet
ter, he believed ; and told me about his
proposed telegraph. I accompanied him
to his room, and there found several miles
of wire twisted about, and the battery,
which he explained to me. His pictures,
finished and unfinished were lying about
covered with dust. Shortly after Con
gres* made an appropriation, and Morse
was ou the high road to wealth and im
mortality.
How the Case was Put.—One of
the foremost lawyers in Canada is the
the pressure of events and accept the
action of the Liberal Republicans, the
course of the Cincinnati Convention
has put that question beyond all dis
cussion. It is now, we rejoice to say,
among the things that were. It was
and still is our earnest desire to have
a Democratic candidate, an honored
and well tried statesman, from our
ranks, and not be compelled, by the
force of circumstances or unwise De-
un-
der any other banner. From this
hour, henceforth, the Democratic col
umn will move on unbroken. Its or
ganization, once threatened with dis
memberment, will now bo stronger
than ever. There will be no faltering—
no backward steps. In the wild chaos
that exists in the Radical ranks, the
election of the Democratic candidates
for President and Vice-President is as
certain as the coming of the election
day, if the Democratic National Con
vention only exercises in its delibera
tions an ordinary degree of wisdom
and discretion.
The day for entangling alliauces has
past, happily for the party and the
country, there is but one path left for
the Democracy to tread, and that is,
adhesion to its own principles, and the
selection of wisi-, pure and honest
statesmen as its candidates. The
time and place for the meeting of the
Democratic National Convention have
not yet been agreed upon, but the soon
er this is done the belter. In this be
half we earnestly suggest the city of
Baltimore as an eminently fitting place
for such an august gathering. Its
il service reform, it was replied that a
board of eminent men had been ap
pointed to consider the subject, and
that the President would be guided by
their conclusions.
Their report was made, and adopted
by the President, and a great flourish
of trumpets was made over this re
form, which might quite as easily have
been introduced three years before;
and it had hardly been adopted when
it was announced that the rules would
be temporarily suspended whenever
the admiuistratiou thought proper.
And lastly, to the charge of present
taking, the reply made is that the
whole matter was talked over in 1SG7
by Colonel Forney, Mr. Justice Carter
and Senator Thayer and General
Grant’s chief of staff, and it was deci
ded that, as General Grant had saved
the rich a great deal during the war,
it was only fair that he should get
some of it himself. All these accusa
tions, however, are merely matters of
detail. Those who distrust the admin
istration have an underlying ground of
complaint, which would require a
great deal to remove.
It has often been repeated, but re
petition does not weaken its force. It
is, that when General Grant was
elected, four years ago, it was the
popular belief and understanding that
he would bend all his energies to the
work of purifying the government, of
redeeming it from the corruption into
which it has fallen, of assisting those
whose object it is to make political
life in America ouce more respectable
aud honorable. Instead of doing this
he has allied himself with the very
men whose names are by-words
throughout the country for those
vices which he expressed his desire
root out; and he has lent his warm
assistance to petty factions, warring
not for any political object, but for the
control of plunder, and he now de
mands his re-election on the strength
of these services to the country.
By the law of March 12, 1863 (vol.
xii, Stat. at Large, Sec. 3, p. 820, Ac.)
suit could be brought by owner for
proceeds “ at any time within two
years after the suppression of the re
hellion.”
This limitation expired 20th Au
gust, 1SUS; therefore, no suits could
be brought thereafter, and none have
been. After the statute of limitation
commenced to run, an abstract of all
cases pending in the Court of Claims
shows as follows:
Suits pending were for—
22,819 bales cotton from New Orleans, average rain*
in Treasury.... - —$2,779,809 34
23,416 bales from Mississippi, Arknnsa*.
Tennessee and Northern Georgia,5,092 953 40
37,316 Savannah upland, Georgia 6,457,874 18
851 bales Sea island 197.253 29
3,417 bales Charleston, S. C. Uplai d 460,539 30
463 bales Charle.-ton, S. C., Sea Island..83.528 64
30,171 bales Mobile. Ala 493.877 45
849 bale* North Carolina .....71,952 75
Queen’s Counsel O’Reilly of Kingston,
who secured such a reputation by his
successful and highly dramatic man
agement of the prosecution of Whelan
for the murder of the Hon. Thomas
D’Arey McGee. Tall, handsome, flor
id, portly, jolly of eye and mellow of dations it can afford the representa
voice he recalls irresistibly the Irish ! tives of the National Democracy, make
counselor of fifty years ago, alike pre- it, j n every way, suitable for the occa-
pared for the bottle or the bar, ready ! 8 ', on . Should our beautiful city be
with a joke, a challenge ora demurrei. | 8e | ec ted, we promise a hearty wel-
Well, Mr. O’Reilly was once engaged ; come to the thousands who would
for the plaintiff in a suit where it was throng here in the discharge of their
sought to recover 82,000, alleged to be momentous duty.
due by defendant, who denied the ex- | —
istence of any liability whatever. It, From the Atlantic Monthly tor May.
was on a country circuit. The jurors ! skbiois bolt at “the mib.”
were of the agricultural persuasion.
From the Washington Patriot.
Revolution and Repudiation.
During the progress through th
South of the national forces, towards
the close of the war, a large quantity
of cotton was seized at different points
belonging to private citizens.
This cotton was taken under color
6fthe captured and abandoned prop
erty act, which, in fact, had no ap
plication whatever, and no more jus
tified the seizure of a bale of cotton
that a man was in possession of than
it did his watch, oi his horse, his
grain, or anything else. It was nei
ther abandoned property—for it WcS
taken from the possession of its owners
—nor was it captured property, ac
cording to any definition ot that word
to be found among any people living
under the Christian dispensation.
It was a lawless seizure of private
property—a sequestration by force ui
the private property of certain persons
—not because of auy offeuse they bad
committed, but because it was cottou
—easily converted into money—found
in large quantities; and after all it
was only spoiling the Egyptians—they
The Atlantic
For two mortal days the counsel on
both sides pelted them with authori
ties, references, objections, cross exam
inations, rebutting evidence, testimony
in sub-rebuttal—Heaven and the Chief-
Justice only know what—till the hon
est farmers were reduced to a comatose
condition. All this time O’Reilly had
stood aloof, aud when he rose, a mourn
ful sigh broke fiom the twelve jurors,
sure that he, too, would bring down
upon them a perfect avalanche of au
thorities. Judge of their surprise and
relief when the meinent counsel in
his blandest voice commenced ; “Gen
tlemen, I shall not seek willfully to
confuse you with false quotations,
couM.se juu wu,. ’ laments actually made and the
which cannot aject the judgment of (, |julc „ ullll , er J reIative3 . If the
honest and sensible men. The ease ls p (esident bas thoounj relatives
a very plain one. My Cent says the , for offie e, the appointment
defendant owes him two thousand do- . , (j ,„oy possibly have been
lars; the defendant says he owe my J 3 ^ 0 „ t!le
client nothing. 1 hey have been talk- j if be „°| y tbirteen
inc the matter over two days, and come . , i . j :
° . . * , J V i . . relatives who seek omces aud are eligi-
to no conclusion. 1 ask you to look at ... . ., °.
.. ,. c J . , - . , b e uuder the constitution, the appoint-
this question from the standpoint of - - 1 *
your own plain practical common
seuse: Suppose that any one of you j
were about to trade horses—(here the
jurors pricked up their ears)—to trade
horses with me; I repeat, with me.
You asked one hundred dollars. I offer
ed eighty dollars. We couldn’t come
to terms. We naturally went to some
honest and sensible neighbor, as might
nouesi auu BCII5IUIC naiguuui, aaiuigiii rimm charfrp of all that these familv
be your worthy foreman, and he deci-1 rl . ° ,’ . \
ded’that we should split the difference, a PP^'"' ees ’ several were incompetent
»the fair thing between man and man. |«» “j° tbar _
would be i bein S the Casey,
of New
I Orleans, no reply has been made. The
country has as yet been spared hear-
m, ^ . ,, T . . , ,j J in a fit and honest manner, one of them
That is ail I ask you to do-just deal i ft-»v ot
fairly between us, os you
dealt by I leave my case in your j
hands.” In five minutes the jury re- i. , - . „
turned a verdict for the P l,intifrfor|"‘8 b y*‘y 0,oli ; c, “ l "’ ,w “ rthat ‘ l ‘ CK
one thousand dollars, that being their i 0 l'P u,ut, ” e “'» •""•
way ofBplittiug the difference between . rtil 1 7 ,°[ r iu num e., —
nothing and two thousand doliars, and | reported, but only three In the see
the plaintiff has not ceased to regret to I °“ J P 1 **’ ( he ch "S< ! ““*• , “ tb “ ““
thisdav that he did not bring suit for!” 1 'T n re " l »” 8tra ““ e ’ the ^ rMI
J .... o 'dent has allowed an obscure and lin-
] were mere rebels* Why stand upon
i a mere questiou of abstract justice 1—
easy communication with aL parts o I 'p ruef 8ame reasoning would have
the country, and the ample accommo- j ju8tified tbe 8ack of the city . but D0
matter for fiat.
Well, this cotton was sold. Large
private fortunes were made by loyal
Treasury agents who manipulated the
business. What remained, some
twenty-six million, found its way into
the Treasury. Congress kindly said
to the sufferers, if you choose to go in
to the Court ot Claims, aud admit that
we captured your property and did uoL
take it by mere high-handed robbery,
and can prove that you have always
been a loyal citizen, &c., why, you
may have what we received for your
cotton, though that is a small part.
Claimants, representing about half
this sum, brought suit within the time
limited by law, and if they all recov
ered judgment, the Treasury would
unjustly retaiu halt of the proceeds of
this disgraceful enterprise..
The Supreme Court of the United
States has solemnly decided that this
cotton, or its proceeds, never belonged
to the'United States, but still belongs
to the original owners. That these
owners, who have taken the amnesty
oath or been pardoned, may prosecute
their suits, if commenced in time, in
the Court of Claims, and have judg
ment for the proceeds, on proving
ownership and seizure. Many judg
meuts have been recovered and not
yet collected. It is almost incredible
that any one, in either House, or in
any department of the Government,
could be fool or knave enough, for
the sake ot perpetuating the original
injustice, to make another attack upon
the Judicial Department of the Gov
ernment.
Tbe amendment was pushed through
the Senate by Senator Morrill, assert
ing that unless passed the Treasury
would be robbed by rebels ot $70,-
000,000.
But it is asserted that the judgments
in the captured and abandoned prop
erty suits will absorb a large amount
of the public funds. Without any
commentary on such a proposition,
let the facts be examined.
By the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, May 11,1S68, Ex. Doc.,
No. o6, Seiiate 2d Sess., 40th Congress,
p. 33, the total amount of proceeds ot
sales captured aud abandoned proper
ty covered into the Treasury, will be
found to be $2-5,257,031 62. To this
AT
.noMthlr Attack* l*rc»idcat
t.rant.
The replies of the friends of the ad
ministration to the charges made
against ttie President have been from
the first considered merely as re
plies, singularly ineffective. The of
ficial reply, to the charge of nepotism
was that, instead of having appointed
J twenty-four relatives to office, the
President had only appointed twelve.
But the difficulty with this method of
meeting the accusation was that it did
not go far enough. Obviously the
question was not whether the number
of th^se appointments had been exag
gerated, but what the proportion was
between the whole number of ap-
ment ot twelve shows a different spir-
i it.
To have made its reply complete
the official organ in New York ought
to publish uot only a complete list of
all the relatives of the President and
Mrs. Grant, but at the same time furn
ish lull information on the other points
we have indicated. To the most se-
92,571 bales, worth..... .$15,727,788 35
It will be seen that if every dollar
sued for was recovered under judg
ment, the case would stand as follows :
Amount proceeds of sales oi captured
and abandoned property in Treasury,
$26,092,460 96; total amount of all
suits pending when limitation com
menced to run $15,727,788 35; leav
ing in the Treasury a balance of $10,-
364,672 61.
By reference to H. R. Doc. No. 97,
hereinbefore alluded to, it will be
seen (p. 10) that there were received
and disposed of by tbe Uuited States
Treasury agents 156,387-j bales of cot
ton ; the number sued for being 92,-
571 bales, leaving yet unclaimed 63,-
716-J bales.
The first suits for cotton came to a
judgment at the December term, 1866,
since when, up to the 4th ot April,
1872, last month, the whole amount
paid out bus been $2,858,612 02, a
per First Comptroller’s record in
Treasury Department, being but $048,-
135 06 more than was paid out by
the Secretary of the Treasury prior to
March 30. 1863, when the fund was
ordered to be covered into the Treasu
ry, and which was paid out with
out the authority of law.
When this couutry was governed
by statesmen the independence and
dignity of the Judicial Department
of the Government was respected;
private rights established by solemn
judgment were secured; but with ig
norance and fanaticism nothing is safe
or sacred.
The time was, if the Supreme Court
had decided that the Government had
in its possession money that did
by law belong to another, no Senator
could have been found either to ques
tion the decision, or to vote to with
hold the money. In other days they
respected the independence of the Ju-
dicial Department, and no Senator
inquired whether it would pay to be
just, or how much it would cost to be
honest.
for four thousand dollars.
It is estimated that $75,000,000
worth of fuel is burned yearly in the
United States. Locomotives consume
over $8,000,000 worth of wood annu
ally, and over $100,000,000 worth of
sawed lumber is yearly employed in
building and its manufactures. Four
millions ot acres of forests disappear
every year before the axe to supply all
these demands.
pudent adventurer to amass a fortune
j by a systematic system of plunder, un
j der the protection of the authorities oi
the government, it was replied that
the general-order system would soon-
be modified. And it has been modi
fied, aud no one knows to-day whether
Leet retains the control of it or not
To the charge that the President took
no interest in the most important po
litical question of the day, that of civ-
Here is a story of Bishop White-
house: In a discourse one Sunday eve
ning the Bishop was telling his congre
gation how he had once been lost out
on the prairies of Illinois, and had
wandered for a long time, weary and
almost hopeless. At last he saw a
light, and made his way slowly to
wards it, shouting for help. “ Just as
I thought I could go no farther,” said
the Bishop, “and was about sinking
down in despair, the door #f a cabin
opened before me, and the long-looked-
for Sucker came.” This totally un-
iuteutional pun spoiled ihe effect of his
story, tor how could a western congre
gation help seeing the fun of it?
Ten Millions of Fighting Men
—All the principal countries of Eu
rope, except Austria, are reorganizing
their army systems. Germany is
about to increase her available milita
ry force by 400,000 men and Russia,
whose army, including irregulars, has
hitherto numbered 1,309,000 men on
a war tooting, expects, under the new
system, to have a force of 2,992,809
men at her disposal, not reckoning
the local troops and the militia. The
new military organization of France is
not yet decided upon, but it is believed
that its result will be to increase her
army to 1,400,000. Italy, whose war
establishment hitherto amounted to
519,630 men, including reserves, pro
poses by the plan of reorganization
which lias been adopted by her gov
ernment to raise a force of from 750,-
000 to 800,000 men. The Turkish
army, when on a war footing, hashith-
j erto consisted of 270,000 men, inclu-
i sive of the nizams or militia. It is to
be increased to 600,000 men. Final
ly, the military force of England at
home is to be raised under Mr. Card
well’s scheme to about 300,000 men.
When all these plans are carried out
the total war establishment of the ar
mies of Europe will be increased from
6,166,000 men to about 10,000,000.
It is to be understood that this num
ber of men is not to be actually with
drawn from peaceful pursuits at one
time. The plans, proceeding more or
less upon the Prussian idea, are to se
cure a military training to a large part
of the male population which may be
promptly drawn upou in case of war.
The eruption of Vesuvius has en
tirely ceased and the inhabitants of
the endangered villages have returned
to their homes,but a terrible hurricane
has since swept over the country .devas
tating the crops which escaped tbe ef
fects of the eruption, and greatly dam
aging the villages.
A burglar was convicted in New
can be added sales of the quartermas- York on Monday by a curious bit of
ter of the Department of the Gulf, N.
O., A. B. Holabird, (see Ex. Doc. 97,
H. R., 39tb Gong., 2d sess., page 39,)
which amouuts to $834,529 34, or a
total receipt from this source of $26,-
082,460 96, aud this balance remains
after the Secretary of tbe Treasury
has paid out of the fund on an ex parte
showing $2,210,476 96. See. Ex.
Doc. H. R., No. 114, 29th Cong., 2d
t Cress., p. 13.
circumstantial evidence. He bad
prized open some drawers with a clasp-
kuife, which broke, leaving part of tbe
blade behind, *and it was foui d that e
knife in his possession corresponded
exactly with the broken blade left m
the wood.
The Detroit Free Press says Greeley
is a strong man with whom to demor^
afize the Republican party.
