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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO oo “ six months 5 00 “ three months 2 50 Tei-Weekly—one year 6 oo “ six months 2 50 Weskly—one year a oo “ six months l 00 Single copies. 5 cts. T® news dealers, 2E cts. Subscriptiens must in ail oases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAB. G. BAILIE, ) FRANCIS COGIN\ Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON. J Address all Letters to the Constitu tionalist office, AUGUSTA. GA. 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. t m 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. To Advertisers and Subscribers. On and after this date (April 21, 1375.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in. unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates fot office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Money maybe remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. “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,