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FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM VARIOUS
QUARTERS.
A Montenegro Loan.
London, December 24.—1 tis said
that Prince Montenegro lias negotiated
for a million loan, which the Sclavo
nians believe is guaranteed by Russia.
The British Troops Take Kintah.
The Times has a special telegram
from Penang, saying Gen. Colborne re
ports that he has taken Kintah with
out any loss. Maharajaho Ismail and
Lela fled to Palane.
A False Rumor Regarding Tweed.
Havana, December 21.—Careful in
quiry at the office of the Chief of Po
lice and at the Custom House fail to
confirm the rumor of the presence of
Wm. M. Tweed in this cit£.
The Mosel Exploder.
London, December 24.—The Pall Mall
Gazette has a special from Berlin which
says that Thomas, otherwise Thomas
sen, who attempted to destroy the
steamer Mosel, is a native of Germany,
lie was born at Bocholt in Prussian
Westphalia, but taken to America at
the age of two years.
Vessels at Sea.
London, December 24.—The bark
Capri, from Liverpool for Tybee, put
into Holyhead with the loss of her
main top sail-yard.
The bark Sparkenhoe, from Bristol,
for Pensacola, before reported aban
doned, was passed December 16.
Queenstown, December 24. —The
steamship Kenilworth, which left Liv
erpool on the 13th and this port the
following day, for Philadelphia, has
returned here, having lost her propeller.
Abyssinia.
New York, December 24.—The Wese?'
Zeiiung of Bremen contains the follow
ing account of the capture and massa
cre of a detachment of Egyptian troops
by the Abyssians. It was briefly re
ported some time ago by cable that
“an expedition of about two thousand
men, which had been sent by the
Khedive under the command of Gen.
Arendrcp, a Dane, to subjugate Abys
sinia, was drawn into an ambush and
nearly every man slaughtered. Gen.
Arendrop, Rauf Pasha, a nephew of
NubarPa3ha, and tnauy other officers
were literally hacked to pieces. Their
heads were stuck on spears before the
Abyssinian tents and the bodies left to
be devoured by the wild beasts. Of
Mackillop Pasha, said to be alive and a
prisoner of Col. Routb, the American,
nothing is known. Only one officer
(Schweizer) escaped. An expedition
comprising twelve thousand men, in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, is to set
out from Cairo without delay and will
be joined by every American officer in
the Egyptian service, including Col.
Slone.
EROM NEW YORK.
Items from the Metropolis and Em
pire State.
New York, December 24. —Henry
Clews & Cos., have arranged with their
creditors and obtained a full discharge.
In tiie Brooklyn Eagle libel suit a
verdict of £IO,OOO was given for the
plaintiff.
The Scotland lightship whlih drift
ed, now lies about one mile southeast
of its proper position, and about three
quarters of a mile from shore.
Geneva, N. Y., December 24. —The
White opriug Farm buildings and
mansion were burned. They were
owned bv James O. Sheldon. Loss,
£50,000. '
Minor Telegrams.
Philadelphia, December 24.—Dr.
Karl Kuhl, editor of the German
jyLmdest, and a well known journalist,
is dead.
Trenton, December 24 —The ninety
ninth anniversary of the battle of
Trenton will be celebrated Monday.
San Francisco, December 24.—Two
more companies have been ordered to
the Sonora line.
Chicago, December 24.—Eleven im
portant business houses at Red Oak
were burned. Loss, £65,000.
Memphis, December 24. —A. Wood
ward, who absconded two years ago
with £160,000 deficit, as County Trus
tee, was brought from San Francisco
and lodge.l in jail. He threatens to
make it warm for others who shared
in the embezzlement.
Boston, December 24.—The creditors
of Ferdinand Goldowski accept 38Jg
cents on the dollar.
Philadelphia, December 24.—There
has just been received a formal accept
ance by Pope Pius IX, of an invitation
from the Centennial authorities re
questing his Holiness to recognize the
enterprise by contributing works of
art from the galleries of the Vatican,
or from the workshops he controls. The
letters of the Pope were couched in the
warmest terms of friendship for the
United States.
ludicteil for Bribery*
Indianapolis, December 24. Harry
Halloway, Superintendent of the Post
Office, has been indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of receiving a bribe
from W. C. Mason, in consideration of
securing him the contract for repairing
mail bags. Holloway has resigned, and
demands an immediate examination.
WASHINGTON.
Postal and Other News.
Washington, December 24.—The
mails leave New York on the 29th inst.,
per the Atlas, /.or Hayti, Santa Martha
and Savauila. The mails leave San
Francisco January 3d, per the City of
Pekin, for China and Japan.
The Departments closed at noon, for
Christmas.
The payment of the January Interest
commences Monday without rebate.
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Quick Work.
Philadklphia, December 24.—0n the
29th of November last, Col. Scott,
President of the Pennsylvania Itailaoad,
submitted to Mayor Stokely a propo
sition to erect a bridge over the
Schuykill river at Market street where
the obstructure once stood and have
the same completed before the Ist of
January next. The proposition was
accepted at ten o’clock to-day. The
bridge having been practically com
pleted, was thrown open to the public,
the work having been done in less
than twenty-one days from the time
the Mayor signed the ordinance.
The following letter from a young
man was lately addressed to a Judge
of Probate : “Sir : My father departed
this life not long since, leaving a wife
and five scorpions. He died detested,
and his estate is likely to be insolvent.
I was left executioner and being told
that you were J udge of reprobates, ap
ply to you for letters of condemnation.
Hi|e sl#psltoj Constitutionalist.
*
Established 1799.
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Courtship, Marriage and Divorce-
Wedding Anecdotes.
courtship, marriage and divorce.
Two or three laughs when a lover is near;
Two or three winks with a kind of a leer;
Two or three frowns if he tries to caress.
Two or tim e “Now, don’t you rumple my
dress!’’
Two or three “Ah! wicked man, go way!”
Two or three times if you want him to
stay;
Two or three smiles to wheedle him on,
Two or three times to an ice cream saloon;
Two or three “Noes” if invited -and then
Two or three hints, meaing ‘‘Ask me
again.”
Two or three sighs and a little heigh-ho!
Two or three pats when consenting to jfo;
Two or three whiskers fond love t> ex
press;
Two or three “Noes,” all intended for
“Yes!”
Two or three scoldings, and, when that is
done,
Two or three kisses, though he asked for
but one;
Two or three billet-doux, “ Dearest,” and
then
Two or three quarrels aad make up again;
Two or three times to church or a ball;
Two or three “Feel rather timid, that’s all!”
Two or three blushes and hang down the
head
Two or three times when requested to wed;
Two or three “Noes,” and tnen “Yes, dear
est love!”
Two or three days be as fond as a dove;
Two or three times, then refuse to obey;
Two or three weeks after have your own
way;
Two or three months, if you follow this
course,
Two or three times you may wed and di
vorce ! — Philadelphia Sunday Times.
WEDDING STORIES.
We gave a couple of weeks ago a col
lection of wedding stories from Apple
ton's Journal. The following is anoth
er batch from the same source:
A clergyman on one occasion waited
for a couple in his parlor one evening,
and as they did not keep their engage
ment, he went to bed. Just about half
past eleven o’clock the door bell rang
violently. He put a cap and wrapper
on and in a state of general undress,
opened the second story window and
looked out. There stood the tardy
candidates for matrimoney. “Well,
it’s too late now,” said the clergy
man, “and it’s too cold.” “Yes,”
called up the man, “but wo
missed the train, and I sail to-morrow.”
“Well, then,.go, to some other minis
ter,” answered the irate parson. “We
can’t now,” both shouted up from the
garden walk, "it’s too late.” “Well, I
cannot marry you now,” he said, “the
servant has taken the front door key
and has gone to sleep.” “Well, then,
marry us out of the window,” came
up from below. And so the minister
took the book in hand and called out
the directions from the second story
casement, and the parties compiled
with the several orders and finally left
the fee in an envelope under the front
door, and weut out of the garden gate
man and wife.
On one occasion a clergyman after
pronouncing the benediction upon
kneeling couple before him, put ferth
his hand to congratulate the young
husband, whe;i he, with an indignant,
injured air waved his hand, saying at
the same time : “It is all right, sir, the
first groomsman will attend to that.”
The same minister has another story
of an old uncle who brought his niece
to the rectory on a cold, rainy day to
be married, and who, after the cere
mony was over fumbled about for a two
dollar bili, and not being able to find
it, said, as he handed the parson a five
dollar note : “Take the change out of
that for a two dollar job ; it is kink o’
wet-and-cold-like to-day, and I
two dollars will be about the thing.”
The following story is unique in it
self, and though slightly bordering on
the sacrilegious, is strictly true: A
hospitable city rector, in the city of
centennial glory, had a Western Ger
man missionary with him during some
convention or clerical gathering. One
night he went some distance to marry
a couple at the bride’s father’s house,
aud for company’s sake the Western
brother went with him. Suddenly the
Rector exclaimed : “There ! I have for
gotten my prayer book and these people
are Presbyterians ! What shall Ido ?”
“Vy, zurely you knows de zerviee by
dis dime,” said the German brother.
“Go on mitoutany book !”“Well, let us
see,” said the clergyman, "how does
it begin ? We will walk on ; I will
repeat it, aud you correct me if I
get it wrong.” “Yah vhole !” answered
the German. “Dearly beloved, we are
gathered here iu the sight of God and
in the face of this company—. That is
right ?” said the minister. “Yaas,” said
the German. “* —to join together this
man aud this woman in holy matri
mony, which—which—-’—what comes
next ?” inquired the perplexed rector.
“Vieh ? Let me see,” replied the Ger
man missionary, “how dees it go ? Oh,
yass !—‘Vich, being so divine aud com
fortable a thing to those who receive it
worthily, and so dangerous to them
who presume to receive it unworthi
ly—’” “Hold on man, said the aston
ished minister, you have gone into the
communion service; I can never get
straight now.”
Another mistake like this happened
to a very absent-minded clergyman,
who stood up before a room full of joy
ous people, and began the wedding ser
vice as follows: “Man that is born of
a woman hath but a short time to live
aud is full of misery—” “Stop, stop!”
cried out the astonished groom, “we
came hereto be married not burned.”
Bridal tours are going out of fashion,
and the young man can enjoy the first
blissful days directly under the watch
ful eyes of his mother-in law.
When a man becomes the father of a
twelve-pound girl, and calico is only
seven cents a yard, he can well afford
to smoke thirteen cigars a day. It’s
digereut with a woman.
There is a compositor on this paper
who invariably spells Jerusalem with a
G, and all the angels in heaven couldn’t
convince him that there is such a letter
as J. His pleasantries will be recog
nized, and we trust properly, credited—
we have been responsible for them
long enough.— Rochester Democrat.
“Yain pump and glory of the world, I
hate ye,” said Mr. Abraham Saul, of
Sioux City, milkman, as he plunged
into the lacteal Missouri’s turgid
stream. The suicidal epidemic has
struck a class where it wiil do the most
good. Conscience made cowherd of A.
Saul. —Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Last Sunday a good Christian resi
dent of this city met a colored ae
quainance whom he had not seen for
some months, and he took him by the
hand and inquired: “Well, William,
what of your future—how does it
Look?” if Purty bright, sail,” respond
ed the smiling William ; “ Ize got a
| ’leven dollar note agin a feller at de
| depot, two pa’rs ob sleeve buttons, a
shot gun a'o a knife, an’ I feel as if I
couldn’t be too grateful for all dat
wealth, while lotg ob odder niggers are
cl’re run down to one dog an’ an old
hat.”— Vicksburg Herald,
-A.TTGtTJSTA. GA.. S-A T tTIiDAY Y. DECEMBER 25, 1875.
THE RUBENSTEIN MURDER.
An Extraordinary Contract—One Man
Shouldering Another’s Sins for
Forty-Five Dollars.
The Brooklyn officers are accumula
ting damaging evidence against Pesach
Iluebnsteiu, the peddler arrested for the*
murder of the young Jewess, Sarah
Alexander, iu East New York, Sunday
night a week ago. Since his imprison
ment Rubenstein has given himself up
to the most devout practions according
to the most ofhodox Jewish rites. It
is said that he was partly educated for
the priesthood in Russia. The New
York Sun of Sunday publishes these
facts in relation to a singular contract
made by Rubenstein.
“The religious observances of Ruben
stein, the alieged murderer of the
Jewish girl at East New York, have
attracted some attention since his
arrest, but through a Hebrew corres
pondent of the Sun, other religious
notions and practices have come to
light -to which he was formerly accus
tomed, which are of more importance
and greater interest in connection with
the charges upon which he is im
prisoned. Several weeks ago this man
eutered into a contract with a poverty
stricken fellow Israelite, whereby the
latter, for a consideration of £45, agreed
to assume all the sins committed by
Rubenstein since the last day of atone
ment (last fail), and bear punishment
for them in the next world.
“ The contract was formally drawn
up in Hebrew, signed, sealed and* wit
nessed. This novel agreement was the
subject of much discussion among the
Polish Jews all the way from Baxter
street to Essex. Such a thing, though
in accord with Talmudic law, would
i not be dreamed of by any class of Jews
save the most illiterate that come from
Poland Russia, and even by very few
' of those after their settlement in the
United States, and for that reason it
caused a great deal of talk. Rubeu
| stein placed full faith in the efficacy of
! the bargain, aud stood by it.
“When, however, the party of the
first part to the contract, that is, the
party who assumed the sins, reached
home and told his wife, she was so
overwhelmed with horror and despair
and made such an ado about it, that
her husband sought out Rubenstein
again, and, tenderring back the money,
proposed to rescind the contract. Ru
benstein refused to f accept the money
or to return the instrument. The party
of the first part thereupon brought
suit against him in the Beth Hanimi
drash (a rabbinal tribunal, supported
by illiterate Polish Jews), at No. 69
Ludlow street, the cause to be tried by
Chief Rabbi Abraham Joseph Ash, of
No. 11 Suffolk street, and his two as
sistants. The suit was decided in
favor of the petitioner and against
Rubenstein on the grounds—
“ First. That there are some sins for
which not only the transgressor or the
person assuming them suffers, but also
his wife and children, and it did not
appear that Rubenstein had been
guilty of such sins. The wife being an
interested party, was, therefore, en
titled to prohibit the contract if she
had not been a party to the considera
tion.
“Second. There is a Talmudic law
prohibiting the Jew from overcharging
a fellow Jew more than one-sixth the
amount involved in a bargain. It did
not appear what Rubenstein’s sins had
been, and the question whether he did
not get the better of the other party to
his contract to a greater extent than
one-sixth of £45 could not be determin
ed. The contract, therefore, could not
be sustained.
“From this decision Rubenstein ap
pealed to the Beth Hummidrash, in
Bayard street. Here the suit was com
promised by rescinding the contract,
the party of the first part retaining the
money, but binding himself for the
space of one year to recite daily a cer
tain number of psalms and prayers in
Rubenstein’s behalf. A full account of
this case, omitting the names of the
persons interested, was published in the
Gudishe Gasctesn, a paper published
in this city in the Polish-German jar
gon, the 12th of last November.”
Many British manufacturers and
other employes have lately changed pay
day from Saturday to Monday, for the
sake of the workmen, many of whom
have been in the habit of squandering
their wages in dissipation on Sunday.
A similar chaDge is talked of in New
England.
Hot “Moody and Saukoy” will soon
be a popular drink. It takes the place
of “Tom and Jerry.”
There seems, remarks the Chicago
Times, to be a good deal of madness in
Gil Haven’s Methodism.
It is a blessed dispensation that
Christmas comes but once a year.
There may be unpleasanter things
than attenuated pocket-books, but
they do not grow in this latitude.
The man who leaves the door open
in winter is the same person who inva
riably .closes it in summer. Arrange
ments are now being perfected where
by a bounty will be paid for his scalp.
“Pa, I guess our man Ralph is a
good Christian.” “How so, my boy ?”
“Why, Pa, I read in the Bible that the
wicked shali not live out half his days,
and Ralph says he has lived out ever
since he was a little boy.”
Undo Levi—“ Now, Sammy, tell me
have you read the beautiful story of
Joseph?” Sam—“Oh! yes, uncle.”
Uncle —“Well, then, what wrong did
they do when they sold their brothei?”
Sam—“ They him too cheap, I
think !”
When a California woman defeated a
lion in a hand-to-hand combat the
neighbors were greatly astonished, but
her husband quietiy remarked : “Oh,
that’s nothing—that woman could lick
the devil !”
Christmas is at hand, and now the
fond wife steals softly from her hus
band’s side at dead of night; steals on
bare tip-toe across the room to where
his garments are hanging, and then
steals from his pockets sufficient funds
to purchase him the customary gown
and slippers,
In Baltimore recently a man stood
too near a hot stove, and his coat-tail
took fire. His wife was filling a lamp
at the time, and threw oil on the flames.
Since the funeral she has spent all her
time in trying to convince the neigh
bors that her act was the result of sud
den excitement.
Bishop Haven, in his letter to the
Tribune, announces that he has excel
lent reason for believing that the
Catholics desire “to make the Pope
President.” On which the World re
marks: This is a terrible plot, truly,
since it involves nothing less than get
ting the Pope, who is well on in years,
boxu agaju on American soil. What a
clever thing it is, therefore, in Bishop
Gil to have hit upon a master stroke
for countering it, by the simple process
of making the President Pope.
KERR’S APPOINTMENTS.
Sketches of the More jimportant Mem
bers of the CcUanittees.
[Philadelphiafrimes.]
William R. Morrison! the new Chair
man of the Ways and iMeans Commit
tee, is the Representative ef the Seven
teenth District of Illinois, including the
I counties of Macoupin, iladison, Monroe
and St. Clair. He wasfborn in Monroe
county, Illinois, September 14,1825. He
i was educated at MeK lidree College, ia
j that. State, and adopteji the profession
of law; was elected Ulerk of Monroe
county in 1852, aud iLsigned to enter
the Legislature, wheife he remained
three years; was Speaifer of the House
in 1859; served as a private in the Mex
ican war, fighting undlr Col. Bissell al
Buena Y T h;ta; in 186 ; organized the
Forty-ninth Regimen: Illinois Volun
teers, and was sever' ly wounded at
Fort Donaldson; while: commanding his
regiment in the field v*is elected to the
Thirty-eighth Congrest, and served on
the Committee on Mj itia. He was a
delegate to the Nation :! Union Conven
tion in 1866; was the Candidate of his
party for the Thirty-ni ith and Fortieth
Congresses, aud was elected to the
Forty-third, where he served on the
uommittee on War claims and the
Committee on Expes ditures in the
State Department. Hi is a strong and
influential man in the 1 7est; is said to,
be an ardent advocate >f early resump
and is ranked as a revt nue tariff man.
Fernando Wood, of >Jew Yprk city,
the second on the Comfnittee Ways
and Means, was Jpoty in- Philadelphia
January 14,1812, add r amoved to New
York in 1820. At nineteen he became
a shipping merchant, but he retired
with a fortune in 1850. He was thrice
Mayor of New York,* serving in that
capacity in 1855, ’56, '57, ’6l and ’62.
He was a member of C mgress in 1841,
’42, ’43, and again in 1i?62 was elected
to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He
was re-elected to the Ft: ftieth Congress,
and has been a mernbe: ever since.
John Hancock, the t ird member of
the Ways aud Means represents the
Fourth district of Tex, s. He was born
in Jackson county, Alabama, October
29, 1824 ; was admitt and to the bar in
1846 ; settled in Texas ia 1847 ; elected
J udge in 1851, aud vas a member of
the Legislature in 18G0 and ’6l, but was
expelled in the latter y> ar for refusing
to swear allegiance to t ie Confederacy;
member of State Cons titutional Con- \
ventiou in 1866 ; electeii to the Forty
third Congress, and served there ever
since. In the last OpnJreaß served on
the Committee on Appropriations.
Philip Francis Maryland,
the fourth member, wa| "born in Talbot
county, Maryland, September 12th,
1810, admitted to the |>ar in 1831, and
was in Congress fronj 1839 to 1841;
elected Governor of Mirylaed in 1847;
Commissioner of the l|atent Office in
iB6O, under Buchanan,imd iu the same
year appointed Seeretajy of the Treas
ury, vice Howell Cobb, designed.
Benjamin H. Hill, t|f Georgia, the
fifth member, was bornlin Jasper coun
ty, Georgia, Sept.embe 14tb, 1823; be
gan practicing law in 18 5; was a leader
in the Confederate Senate; elected to
the House last May to ill a vacancy.
Chester W. Chapin, of Massachusetts,
the sixth on the committee, was born in
Ludlow, December 16th| 1798; acquired
wealth as a manager of Gtage lines, and
afterwards of steambojit and railway
lines. He is now President of the Bos
ton aud Albany Railroad.
Ex-Speaker Blaine, o| Maine, the first
in order of the Republican members of
the Ways aud Means; jjvilliam D. Kel
ley, of thi3 city, loijgjan active and
leading member of tht:| same commit
tee; James A. Garfield,|of Ohio, Chair
man of the Appropriation Committee
of the last House, and Horatio C. Burch
ard, of Illinois, are all Fell known.
Samuel J. Randall, Ciairman of the
Committee on Appropititions, which is
the second in importlace, is too well
known to make any exilmded sketch of
him necessary. He hits been in Con
gress since 1863, and jjwas Mr. Kerr’s
principal rival tor the Speakership. By
virtue of his native enlrgy and parlia
mentary experience helis the leader of
the majority on the ftotir.
Samuel S. Cox, of Nelv York, chair
man of the committee <j n currency and
banking, was born at S anesville, Ohio,
September 30, 1824; graduated at
Brown University, Prof idence, in 1846;
practiced law, edited ;ad owned the
Columbus (Ohio) State.-iaan in 1853-4;
is the author of soveruljworks, and has
been a delegate to sc- veral National
Democratic Conventions; elected to
Congress from the Cos: ambus district
to the Thirty-fifth, Thi ty-sixth, Thir
ty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Con
gresses—from 1857 to 865—and then
removed to New York uity, where he
was again elected to he Forty-first
Congress in 1868, re-ele; ted to the For
ty-second Congress, at and after being
defeated for the Forty third, as can
didate-at-large, was -iected to the
same Congress vice ames Brooks,
deceased.
J. Randolph Tucker, < f Virginia, the
seventh in order, a gr i ndson of John
Randolph, of Roanoke, md brother of
Beverly Tucker; was bo n in Winches
ter, Virginia, December A, 1823; educat
ed at the University < f Virginia and
admitted to the bar in 1345; has served
twice as Presidential eh ctor, and been
Attorney General of tfie State, pro
fessor in Washington! College (now
Washington and Lee laiversity), and
was elected to Congressiin 1874.
Thomas Swann, of Maryland, Chair
man of the Committee Foreign Af
fairs, was born at jexandria, Va.;
studied law and served Ls Secretary of
the Neapolitan Commisiion ; in 1834 re
moved to Baltimore ; lias been Presi
dent of the Baltimore Ind Ohio Rail
road, as well as of thl Northwestern
Virginia Railroad Company, Mayor of
Baltimore and Governor of Maryland ;
was a Union man during the war. He
has been in Congress sifice 1858.
J. Proctor Knott, of Flint ueky, Chair
man of the Judiciary committee, was
born in Marion county > Kentucky, Au
gust 29,1830; studied i|.w ; removed to
Missouri in 1850, wheip he served in
the Legislature as Attoiney General of
the State and as deleg,l'e to the “ Mis
souri Convention” of *1801; returned
to Kentucky in 1862, aid was elected
from that State to tht| Fortieth Cou
gress. He is an able qian and an ex
tremely witty speaker. %
There is an old maid i(i Troy who has
such a hatred of raefi that she will
travel miles for the plqisure of saying
to an ill-used wife : “kh ! I see ! Ful
filling your destiny as l ife and mother
—ain’t it nice and sweet, and all that?”
“Take mourning for livoroe,” Is the
latest effusion of a hulband who com
mitted suicide after beiji.g sued by his
wife for a release fr |n the bonds of
matrimony. I
A deserted husband Baltimore ad
vertises his wife as hav|Dg left his bed
and board, and offers a?reward of SSO
to any white man who -,vill marry her
and take hep to Califorjiia.
DISGRACE FOR MONEY.
A Few Important Things Lost Sight
of iiLSouth Carolina—Gov. Chamber
lain as He Was and As He Is.
[Anderson (U C.) Intelligencer.]
Nothing can more pointedly illustrate
the omipoteuce which money has ac
quired in the present day than the dis
position manifested by some of the
| leading citizens of the State of South
Carolina to forego every consideration
in shaping the politics of our State ex
| cept the one of dollars and cents.
Whether a man’s course has saved the
State a few dollars seems to be the
only subject upon which they care to
think, and if perchance, the idea that
he lias reduced some expenses is con
ceived, nothing more is necessary to
give him the reputation of a reformer
and true statesman. If a man, high in
official position, who is known to have
been connected with all the boards of
puldie officersjwhich have robbed the
State of millions, chooses to profess
reform and deceive the masses with
empty words, he can get the support
of these citizens because, forsooth, the
only question before us is one of
honesty and economy ? The position
of these men is in striking contrast to
the great principles of political honor
and integrity handed down to us from
our ancestors. Twenty years ago a
man who acted as Governor Chamber
lain has done would have been scouted
by every respectable man, and nothing
short of the clearest proof of his iuuo
eence would ever have gained him
the confidence of the people. But now
there are men of standing who advo
cate supporting Chamberlain as Gov
ernor of South Carolina, because they
think he is battling for low taxes and
reforms in some departments of the
government. They forgive his past
career. They overlook the fact that
ho came into our State and raised a
negro company to garrison the county
of Beaufort. They care nothing for
the infamous frauds aud swindles of
the financial boards of which he was a
member, and which piled hopeless ruin
upon our State in the way of a
bunded debt, vastly greater than
was. contemplated by the origina
tors of the various’acts upon the sub
ject of issuing bonds.
They are indifferent to the fact that
ho lias never exposed the persons
guilty of these deeds, and that as At
torney General his advice was such as
to permit the swindles which were per
petrated, and that he did not prosecute
a single one of the criminals. They do
not think it amiss that ho has accumu
lated a large fortune, although the
same practice at law, from which he
professes to have derived his wealth,
did not make his partners wealthy also.
They have forgiven his past sins with
out any evidence of repentance on his
part.. He has neither shown up the
guilty parties nor made any return to
the State, whatever, for the frauds
which he allowed those around him to
practice.
But this class of coalition Conserva
tives go even further. They do not
care for Governor Chamberlain’s
course since his election as Governor.
& recommended the passage of the j
“Bonanza bill” last year, and when it
was passed ho vetoed it because he
was not allowed to appoint the com
missioners. He was absent from the
State during the whole of the Parker
trial, and returned almost immediately
upon iiis escape from prison, and
when he was ro-captured the Governor
and Judge Mackey were together be
fore the plan for his release was de
veloped. He was absent from the
State at the time of the failure of
Solomon’s bank, by means of which
the State lost heavily, aud the
Governor is partly responsible
for this loss. He lias appointed bad
men to office in many instances, aud
has pardoned, upon poor grounds, men
who were properly convicted of grave
crimes. He is an open and avowed
advocatekif the plan of the South Caro
lina University, which is simply a union
of the races iu our educational system,
and last, but not least, he was absent
from the capital at the time of the
miserable election of Judges, which is
just passed. These are the acts of
Governor Chamberlain, and yet there
are men who wish to give him the
support of the respectable people of
our State! Even if he had saved the
State some money, the course he has
pursued would forever damn him in
the opinion of all tnen who are firm
and decided in their.views of political
honor and social standing. .To support
Chamberlain means to support a mix
ture of races in our universities of
learning, and entail upon ourselves and
posterity the great evils which flow
from a plan, the introduction of which
tends to produce an amalgamation of
races.
There are great and grav<? reasons
which will prevent any person who
properly considers this important ques
tion from agreeing to support Gov.
Chamberlain. No present advantage
will justify us in being selfish enough
to entail upon future generations evils
from which our fathers have pro
tected us. If upon every other sub
ject Governor Chamberlain was en
titled to respect and confidence, his
message upon the State University is
enough to bring the scorn, contempt
and opposition of our people upon him.
Disgrace will be a mild term for the
opinion which the world will entertain
of us if we so far forget the great prin
ciples of morals and self-respect—
which are ours by inheritance—as to
allow ourselves, for the sake of saving
a few dollars now, to pursue a politi
cal course which will bring social de
gradation upon the people of our race
in this State. We are satisfied that
our people disapprove of any coalition
with Chamberlain or his policy.
•He didn’t look like a beggar, but he
had his plans all laid before he struck
Vicksburg, and he cleared a hundred
dollars here in two days. Ho didn’t
go around whining, “PI ;ase, sir, for
the love of God,” as most of them do,
but he walked up to a man, called him
“General” to start off with, and the
shinplssters came in faster than he
could take them. The only five men in
town who didn’t contribute were men
whom he inadvertently addressed as
“Oaptaiu.”— Vicksburg Herald.
Last night there was a ring at
Spilkin’s door bell, and a shoemaker’s
boy skipped in with a bill for “one
pair of slippers, by Mrs,
Spilkins.” “I don’t know anything
about it,” said Leander, un
easily, “do you, my dear?” Mrs. S.
hesitated a moment and then waltzed
the boy out by the ear, remarking,
“Didn’t I tell you that was for my bus*
band’s Christmas present, and that
you shouldn’t bring the bill in till the
next month ?”
A “bride’s night-dress” profusely
tiimmed with fur is on exhibition in a
Brooklyn dress-n}aker’s show-room,
MATRIMONY AGAIN.
How to Woo—Some Leading Questions
to Ue Propounded-No More Men
dacious Love Talk—What Women
May Expect from the Brute Called
Man- A Gloomy Outlook for Belles
aud Beaux—Cupid a Humbug and
Hymen a Fraud—What an lndiguant
Lady Knows About Connubial Bliss.
Mr. Editor : In view of the “ hue
and cry ” so frequently made of late
over the incompetency of the woman
of the present age to perform, with
satisfaction to the man, the duties
which, in these times, devolve upon
her, and out of a sinceie desire to fur
nish a remedy for the existing evil. I
feel impelled to suggest a few proposi
tions which, if acquiesced in, will not
only settle the question of competency
to the perfect satisfaction of the man,
and render to the woman that fairness
and freedom from deception which is
justly her due, but will save much fu
ture grumbling on the part of the hus
band, and-bitter disappointment on the
part of the wife. Now, acknowledging
the fact, the undeniable fact, the seen,
felt and accepted fact, that courtship
aud marriage have no more affinity
for each other than oil and water—
that the former is swallowed up in the
latter (ah! so deeply swallowed as often
to leave no trace behind)—that lover
and husband are two entirely distinct I
characters (who dares deny it,) and in j
view of the painful awakening after i
marriage on the part of the petted,
flattered girl who has been reared in
the accomplishments and luxury of j
the drawing-room, with no thought |
of darning, patching, sweeping or cook- |
ing—and out of a proper regard also
for the wants of the married man, I ;
propose that a man in approaching a |
woman with a view to matrimony, i
should abandon the old established j
method of wooing; and leaving “ moon -,
light music, love and flowers" to the ob- ]
livion of the “dim and distant past,”
walk squarely up to the woman of his
choice, and in an honest and manly way,
propound to her the following inter- j
rogatories, viz: Can you assure me
that you understand tailoring in all its '
branches? Will you attend strictly to J
every detail of my wardrobe—that |
nothing of which it is composed shall ;
be found out of repair—and especially !
that no buttons shall be wanting on j
my shirts? Are you a good cook, and
can you assure me that nothing in this
department shall be either “overdone”
or “underdone,” and that my meals
shall always be ready and hot, whether
or not I am detained by business or
otherwise beyond the usual meal hour?
Can you promise me that you will bo
silent when I am in a taciturn mood or
desire the companionship of books,
and when permitted to do so, will you
converse only at such length and upon
such topics as you may feel assured
are entirely agreeable to me? Are you
quite sure that you can render my life
a comfortable and happy one—that
your every effort will tend to secure
this coveted boon? If you can answer
these questions in the affirmative, I
will consent to shelter, feed aud clothe
you.
Now, young men, this is an honorable
mode of practice—nobody is wronged
nobody deceived. Under this method
a woman km vs exactly what will be
expected of her after marriage and she
is not likely then to repine at her lot in
life and feel that she has been defraud
ed. But if on the other hand you begin
to adore her, praise her accomplish
ments, her graces of mind aud heart,
and calling your muse into requisition,
write hues upon her eyes, lips, hair,
form or voice, you will surely lead the
poor creature into the belief that these
graces and accomplishments “fill the
bill” of requirements to your complete
satisfaction —“a strange belief that leans
its idiot back on folly's topmost twig,”
which she will afterwards discover to
her lasting sorrow.
Young woman—let ‘me advise you to
close your ears to tales of love aud de
votion with a stoicism never before
known. “Steer clear” of moonlight.
Keep your thoughts on brooms, cook
pots, wash-tubs and the like, whenever
a man is about, for be assured if you
marry you will form an intimate ac
quaintance with at least some of these,
iu this degenerate age. Never lose
sight of the truth of the following
words : omnisamans amens, and regard
all "love talk” as vox et prwterea nihil.
Upper Servant.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
A wheel of fortune was summarily
suppressed by the Borne authorities.
M. M. Barron, late of the Franklin
News, is about to start anew paper at
Newnan, there being two there already.
A colored man near Covington, ex
hibited two collard stalks which meas
ured six feet and a half high, and the
heads of which are as large as a half
bushel measure.
The following are the officers elected
in the Columbian'Lodge, No. 7, F. and
A. M., in Columbus, for the ensuring
year: M. M. Moore, W. M.; A. M. Bran
non, S. W.; D. Wolfson, J. W.; John
King, Treasurer ; J. Hect, Secretary ;
J. W. Hughes, Tyler.
Albany Neivs: The top crop is at
last developed, and its value is known.
We confess to a sad disappointment in
our estimate of its extent and quality.
A few fine places have yielded well
say about fifty per cent on first growth,
but full seventy per cent, of the acre
age is too poor to be estimated. There
is yet some cotton in the country, but
it is impossible to approximate the
number of bales. Albany’s receipts, to
this date last year, were twenty thou
sand bales. Our statement to-day shows
fifteen thousand bales.
Columbus Times: Judge James John
son, of this city, has announced to his
friends that he is an independent can
didate for Governor. Judge Johnson
has recently left the Superior Court
bench, and is now practicing with Col.
Ingram, Judge Johnson has been in
politics for a long time, and is well
known throughout the State. After the
war he cast his ballot and influence
with the Republican party, and ever
since has been a consistent member of
that party. We learn that Judge
Johnson is opposed to all nominations,
and will, therefore, run as an Indepen
dent, looking to the President’s mes
3age as embodying his platform, We
think anybody will meet defeat that
runs against the nominee of the Demo
cratic party, provided everything is
harmonious; but we further think
Judge Johnson will prove the most
formidable opposition candidate in the
State,
“Are you a Christian?” asked Mrs.
Van Cott at a revival meeting, of a
newspaper man who had taken a front
seat, that he might better report the
proceedings. “J guess not,” said he,
“I’m a reporter.” She passed on to a
ipore hopeful case.
New Series-™ Vol. 28, No. 102
Annie and Willie’s Prayer.
[This poem, from Mrs. Sophia P. Snow’s
Dathetic pen, was published in the Saturday
Night, Christmas edition of 1872, and again
by the American recently. The demand on
both occasions exhausted the editions of
the papers in which it was published, and
wo arc again requested to give it Insertion.
Tiiis we do with pleasure, as well on ac
count of its intrinsic merit as in the desire
to oblige.— Eda. Saturday Night ]
’Twas the eve before Christmas; Good
night" had been said,
•And Annie and Willie had crept into bed:
There were tears on their pillows and tears
in their eyes,
And each little bosom was heavy with
sighs—
For to-night their stern father’s command
had been given,
That they should retire precisely at seven,
Instead of at eight; for they troubled him
more
With questions unheard of than ever be
fore ;
He had told them he thought this delusion
a sin,
No such thing as Santa Claus ever had
been;
And he hoped after this he should never
more hear
How he scrambled down chimneys with
presents each year.
And this was the reason why two little
heads
So restlessly tossed on their soft, downy
beds.
Eight, nine, and the c’ock in the steeple
tolled ten;
Not a word had been spoken by either till
then.
When Willie’s sad face from the blanket
did peep,
And whispered, “Dear Annie, is you fast
asleep'!"’
“Why, no, brother Willie," a sweet voice
replies,
“I’ve tried it in vain, but I can’t shut my
eyes;
For, somehow, it makes me so sorry, be
cause
Dear papa has said there is no ‘Santa
Claus;’
Now we know there is, and it can’t be de
nied.
For he came every year before mamma
died;
13ut then, I’ve been thinking that she used
to pray,
And God would hear everything mamma
would say;
And perhaps she asked him to send Santa
Claus here
With his sack full of presents he brought
every year."
“Well, why tant we pay dest as mamma
did then,
And ask Him to send him with presents
aden?”
“I’ve been thinking so, too.” And without
a word more
Four little bare feet bounded out on the
floor,
And four little knees the soft carpet
pressed,
And two tiny hands were clasped close to
each breast.
“Now, Willie, you know, we must firmly
believe
That the presents we ask for we’re sure to
receive;
You must wait just a3 stiil till I say the
Amen,
And by that you will know that your turn
has come then."
“Dear Jesus, look down on my brother and
me,
And grant us the favor we are asking of
Thee;
I want a wax dolly, a tea-set and ring;
And an ebony work box, that shuts with a
spring;
Bless papa, dear Jesus, and cause him to
see
That Santa Claus loves us far better than
he;
Don’t let him get fretful and angry again
At dear brother Willie and Annie. Amen!”
“Please, Jesus, let Santa Taus turn down
to-night
And bring us some presents before it is
light;
I want he should dive me a nice little sed,
With bright, shiny runners, and all painted
yed;
A box lull of tandy, a book and a toy,
Amen, and then, Jesus, I’ll be a .'good boy.”
J heir prayers being endtd, they raised up
their heads,
And with hearts light and cheerful again
sought their beds;
They were soon lost in slumber, both peace
ful and deep,
And with fairies in dreamland were roam
ing in sleep.
Eight, nine, and the little French clock had
struck ten,
Ere the father had thought of hi3 children
again;
He seemed now to hear Annie’s half-sup
pressed sighs,
And to see the big tears stand in Willie's
blue eyes.
“I was harsh to my darlings,” he mentally
said,
“And should not have sent them so early
to bed;
But then I was troubled—my feelings found
vent,
For bank stock to-day has gone down ten
per cent..
But, of course, they’ve forgotten their
trouble ere this,
And that I denied them the thrice-asked-
for kiss;
But just to make sure, I’ll steal up to their ;
door.
For I never spoke harsh to my darlings i
before.”
So saying, he softly ascended the stairs,
And arrived at the door, beard both ot their !
prayers.
His Annie’s “bless papa,” draws forth the
big tears,
And Willie’s grave promise falls sweet on
his ears.
“Strange, strange I’d forgotten,” said he,
with a sigh,
‘ How I longed.whenachild, to have Christ
mas draw nigh!
Fli atone for my Harshness, he inwardly
said,
“By answering their prayers ere I sleep in
my bed.”
Then he turned to the stairs and softly
went down,
Threw off velvet slippers and silk dressing
gown,
Donned hat, coat and boots, and was out in
the street,
A millionaire facing the coid, driving sleet.
Nor stopped he until he had bought every
thing.
From the box full of candy to the tiny gold
ring;
Indeed, he kept adding so much to his
store,
That the various presents outnumbered a
score.
Then homeward he turned with his holi
day load,
\nd with Aunt Mary’s aid in the nursery
’twas stored.
Miss Dolly was seated beneath a pine tree,
By the side of a table spread out for her
tea;
A work box well filled in the centre was
laid,
And on it a ring, for which Annie had
prayed.
A soldier in a uniform stood by a sled;
With bright shining rudders, and all paint
ed red;
There were balls, dogs and horses, books
pleasing to see,
And birds of all colors wore perched in the
tree-
While Santa Claus, laughing, stood up in
the top,
As if getting ready more presents to drop.
And as the fond father this picture sur
veyed.
He thought for his trouble he Had been
amply i>aid,
And he said to himself as he brushed off a
tear.
“I'm happier to-night than I’ve been for a
year—
I've enjoyed more true pleasure than ever
before,
What care I if bank stook fall ten per cent,
more!
Hereafter I'll make it a rule, I believe,
To have Santa Claus visit us each Christ
mas Eve.”
So thinking ho gently extinguished the
light,
And trippe 1 down the stairs to retire for
the night
As soon as tlse beams of the bright morn
ing sun
Put the darkness to flight, and the stars,
one by one,
Four little, blue eyes out of sleep opened
wide.
And at th& same moment the presents es
pied;
Then out of their beds they sprang with a
bound. ,
And the very gifts prayed for were all of
them found.
They laughed and they cried in their inno
cent gl*e,
And shouted for “papa” to come quiok and
see
What presents old Santa Claus brought in
the night.
(Just the things that they wanted), and
[eft before light.
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“And now,” said Annie, In a voice soft and
low,
‘Y ou believe there’s a Santa Claus, papa, I
know.”
While dear little Willie climbed up on his
knee.
Determined no secret between them should
be;
And to'd, in soft whispers, how Annie had
said
That their dear, blessed mama, so long ago
dead,
Used to kneel down and pray by the side of
her chair,
And that God in Heaven had answered her
prayer;
“Den we dot up and prayed dust as well as
we tould.
And Dod answered our prayers, now wasn’t
He dood ? ”
“I should say that He was, if he sent you
all these,
And knew just what presents my children
would please,
(Well, well, let him think so, the dear little
elf,
’Twoujd be cruel to tell him I did it my
self.”)
Blind father, who caused your stern heart
to relent ?
And the hasty word spoken so soon to re
pent ?
’Tv. as tiie Being who made you steal softly
up stairs,
And made you His agent to answer their
prayers!
SPIRITUAL WIVES.
Startling Change of Base of Vermont
Mediums —-How Brigham Young
May Be Consoled.
[New York Times ]
The depressed state of the manufac
turing business is again illustrated by
the closing of what was generally sup
posed to be a large and flourishing
manufactory. The establishment of
the Eddy Brothers, at Chittenden, Ver
mont, which, for more than a year past
has been running seven days in a week,
and turning out gliosts of every varie
ty in lots to suit customers, has sus
pended. The proprietors have already
left Vermont, and are now 011 their
way to Salt Lake City, where they
promise to resume business at an early
day. Their promise, however, is not
generally believed, although they are
understood to have packed a large
□ umber of sample ghosts in water
proof boxes, and for warded them to
Utah by a fast freight line. The gen
eral explanation of their conduct is
that their business has, of late, proved
unprofitable, and that they intend to
abandon it altogether. Certainly, Salt
Lake City presents no advantages for
a manufacturing business which the
Eddys could not command at Chitten
den, while, on the other hand, Brigham
Youug claims a monopoly of communi
cation with the spirit world, and would
hardly welcome the arrival of au oppo
sition firm.
There is, however, one explanation of
the conduct of the Eddy Brothers
which is not altogether incredible, and
which hence deserves mention. Until
recently, Brigham Young has devoted
his life to the work of setting au exam
ple of polygamy to his devout follow
ers. Of course he has suffered, but he
has borne his sufferings in silence. As
one I)}’ one his locks of hair departed,
he has gone through the empty form
of buying bottles of hair restorative,
and has never once mentioned the do
mestic arguments which were the real
source of his sudden and repeated
baldness. When the avenging broom
stick smote him on the head he simply
sought the consolations of arnica, and
piously told his apostles that the con
tusions on his scalp were boils. A less
determined martyr would not have been
scalded for merely remarking that he
was unable to buy twenty-seven India
shawls aii at once, without resolving to
have an immediate revolution forbid
ding polygamy ; but Mr. Young has
always accepted hot water as part ot
his inevitable lot as the standard
bearer of polygamy; and has magnani
mously told his attending physician
that he was scalded by the cat.
But, within a fecent period, the Gen
tile courts have taken the liberty of
dragging the prophet’s domestic diffi
culties to light, and it is now useless
for him to pretend that polygamy is a
pleasure. In fact he has virtually ad
mitted that his domestic life has been
grievous and expensive, and although
he does not deem it honorable to make
any revelatiou on the subject which
would put such of his followers as have
adopted polygamy at his recommenda
tion to any inconvenience, there is no
doubt that he would be glad to get rid
of his wives, could he do so with credit
to himself, and without infringing the
law of his church. In this frame of
mind, he may have suddenly remem
bered the Eddys’ patent ghosts, and
asked himself whether he could not
praotioo polygamy cheaply and safely
by substituting carefully materialized
spirits for his present stock of wives.
The ghosts turned out at the Chitten
den factory are, as is well known,
manufactured in any style that may be
desired. It is open to Mr. Young to
order a set of wives in ready-made
spiritual clothing, and without broom
sticks, hot water kettles, or any other
wifely weapons. Their first cost would
undoubtedly be a little more than that
of au ordinary earthly wife, but they
would cost absolutely nothing for food
and clothing. Mr. Young could doubt
less buy an entire gross ot assorted
wives for the sum which he now annu
ally expends for bonnets and chewing
gum. So far as setting a holy example
of devout polygamy is concerned, these
ghostly wives would be quite as useful
as the Prophet’s present family. He
could show them to his followers, and
could dwell with genuine earnestness in
his sermons upon the bliss of his
domestic life. Peace and polygamy
would be for the first time happily
combined, and the aged prophet oould
wear the slight remnant of his hair un
diminished to his grave.
Now, if Brigham Young has made an
offer to 1 he Eddys to come to Salt Lake
City and set up their laboratory in the
prophotical mansion, it can easily be
understood why they have ceased to
produce “Aunt Jane,” “Uuncle Parker,”
“Cousin George,” and other attractive
spirits for the benefit of Chittenden
audiences, At Salt Lake City no ob
jectionable skeptics will dare to inves
tigate them. They will dwell in securi
ty and such luxury as their regular
salary will procure, and their only du
ties will be to materialize wives when
ever the Prophet may have callers who
ask to see a quantity of Mrs. Young.
The more wo think of this solution of
the closing of the Chittenden factory,
and the journey of the Eddys to Utah,
the more probable does it seem. We
need not fancy that the business at
Chittenden was unprofitable, or that
the Eddys left Vermont in order to
avoid any further investigations. A
better field has been thrown open to
them in Utah by the astute offer of the
wily Prophet, and they have wisely re
solved to become Ghost-Purveyors to
his Exoelieney the Chief of the Latter
day Saiuts.
Many a woman who continually abu
ses her husband won’t let anybody
else do it. She thinks it such a lux
ury that she needs must monopolize it,