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W. It. ISEN.NET,
11. M. Mi-INTOSH, - - Editors.
THURSDAY. FEBRI MtV 2,5. IST;
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Hiidical E\triiv:i^.\iic(*--I > rosjn‘('!'.
of Hf'tmichmetit.
Mr. Dawes, of Ma auliHaotfs. i
wmtly nuuli; a telling sji. •• h a,u Mst
the fi\traviijnuce of 11,. presented
ministration. If there was any pi--
pert of reformation, wo niii/lit ho] ••
that the frequent expense s of the mis
managmnent -not to mtv the fraud
anil corruption of those in power
inipfht produce pood r< -lilts, lint
sins I how can the ltadieal party econ
omize ! It is notorious that iu the
South those who join that party, wifli
perhaps a rare exception now and
then, do it for the sole purpose of the
pecuniary benefit that, they see before
them. Perhaps some of them are
satisfied with the pay that properly
and legitimately belong to the po*>-
hJjiwsL'jew occupy, yet it is no slander
lOrilit l - most of tlym are al
ggflPfuiffipita see tlu^>> : .iiciv.:'-1.
and not a*few care very little h nr il i
increased, since it inures to their bene
fit. As an illustration of the inex
cusable 1 expenditures in salaries, Mr.
Dawes gave numerous instances of
ports of entree where the receipts were
not equal to the amounts paid the of
ficials—the principal business done
by some of these dignitaries being to
draw their salaries. If our premises
are correct, with what
ment can they preach eci mumy to such
a party? Hold out the prospect of
gain to win them over and then tall;
about economy ! NYhatwouldbecome
of the new recruits who were tempted
by the glittering prize?
It is said there is honor among
thieves, and certainly the Radicals
will not “go hack on those who have
cast in their lots among them for the
sake of the spoils.
"Well, the poor fellows ought t >
have something for the si'evitii e the;
have made in joining such a party.
They cannot consol- themseh.es with
the delusive idea that they are patriot .
working for their country's good, for
alas! the history of the Southern
States has shown that each State lues
deteriorated in property just in pro
portion to the time the ltadieal party
has had control of it. They cannot
hope for honor and fame, for who ever
heard of a people that honored t!v - v
who brought about their destruction
or became the. instruments of th i op
pression ? It is the “cohesive power
of public plunder” that forms th
common bond of union between our
opponents, and if that tie is broken,
how can these discordant elements he
kept together ? No wonder thatmet.,.
of Mr. Dawes’ brother Radicals wi re
somewhat restive under his damaging
array of facts and arguments. 15ut
there is no chance for reformation in
this part v. The only hope is that til
people may one. day become tired of
the extravagance and frauds preo
ticedby this party, and depriv - th.-m
of the power they so long held and
used—-not to advance the prosperity
of their ountn, hut for their own
personal wealth and aggrandisement.
Grant's Oho an. the Washington
i hroniclc, does not like the Granger l
"wuff a cent.” This should, as we
have no doubt it will ho, encouraging
to this organization. Referring to the
resolutions of the National (1 range, the
Chronicle dispenses this sarcasm :
“It is a refreshing and inspiring'
sight to see with what earnestness the
late session of the National Grange j
solemnly resolved against fashion, and
then 'tjth equal fervor passing a res
olution in favor of suppressing selfish
ambition. Nothing could be rnoi-e op
portune or signilicant than this heroic
conduct, and we confidently look for
ward to the filial extinction of both
these evils with which humanity is af
flicted. The resolutions are expected
to ojjpmte first, on the members of tie
grange, after lliis the unregenerate
public will receive attention.”
The receipt of a copy of the New York
Evening Mail with a blue pencil mail;
around a flaming article, which we
suppose the sender expected us. to
copy, is hereby acknowledged, but we
can’t “blow that horn' with apul't
occupying twenty-five dollar’s worth
of space just for the. sake of getting a
fifteen*dollar advertisement. When
ever wo puff a man or his private en
terprise he must is- deserving and his
enterprise praiseworthy, or else hi
appreciation of mantel's ink must, b
demonstrated by the appropi'i.ili i e
a reasonable amount of grcc.ifbaekr.
That’s what makes the printer’s lin
gers nimble and heart glad now..: da; ■
The Geougia . Leotsi-atithe.- The
Bgaleerams in our daily exchanges e, >i
Hwmnothing of interest to (his section
HHMtttft.U' tk.-. t is being den . 1
HBKiiiv ; and v.< have
|^Mhklk>)V'!
Bk- .. • % <ly will udj. 10-da
Soig,: -- . : • :>gi.
.V(R!'(T I,'! I tt.VI. HUi’KOT—Rl'iN I’A
<;!( ASS.
We are under obligations to Col. E.
C. W.ui hi'-a copy of the- monthly re
port of the ih partnu nt of agriculture,
which coiitiuns many statements in
teresting. especially to farmers.
Among .-ther thing-- we notice the ar
ticle on Guinea grass, which Me bub
link below for the. benefit of our read
ers. Our great need of this section is
a grass tha-t can stand our hot sea
sons. Further north the Blue grass
Clover and several other varieties of
grass flourish well, and are an abso
lute necessity for these regions, but
“away down south ” we have never
found umThmg to exactly supply their
place, although we are satisfied that
much could be made out of our com
mon crab-grass, did we give proper
attention to it. If, however, this
Guinea grass should prove the de
sideratum so long sought for, it will
be n valuable acquisition to our section.
Of course it will take time and further
experiments to determine u bother it is
truly valuable or a humbug. Wo are
I not of an over sanguine temperament,
; and are not disposed therefore to fall
in love with everything new that is
; proposed. Still, we should not close
oiircy-5..;: weary thing like improve
ment. The Bible injueffiTu v is-*-f*Wul.
one: “Provo all things; hold fast to
that which is good.”
Guinea grass.— Mr. C. Codrington,
of Florida, formerly of Jamaica, com
municates to the Department a paper
touching the cultivation and natural
growth of Guinea grass in the AYcst
: Indies, and its introduction into Flor
ida. Speaking of the island of Jam
aeia, he says lie has never known the
working mules there to get grain of
i any kind, and if offered to them they
: would not eat it, yet they are as hard
worked as any stock in the world ;
Guinea grass being the only feed sup
j plied. Of course, therfoiv, in those
islands this grass is not considered a
noxious weed, a ; is too often regarded
.by Southern planters. The people are
onlv too glad to have ;t. and, where
it thrives, abandon every other culti
vation to make way for it. Once es
tablished. very little cultivation is r< -
qilired. * Hired laborers go through
the fields cutting out the young freon
with mue/te/rs, (a kind of cutlass, at a
cost of about 25 cents per acre. Mr.
: Codrington says:
“ On coming to Florida I percieved
at once that the great want of the State
was a good grass to suit the climate.
I wrote to Janmeia for some seeds of
the hardiest variety,' there the “St.
Mary's grass. '' This I planted in the
spring of 1872, and got about twelve
plants to grow. As fast as the roots
got sufficiently large 1 took them up.
separated them and replanted, some
roots giving me twenty-live, to thirt-v
t plants; but ! found that tie- planting
should be done immediately altera
heavy t ain, when the eftrtli is quite v.a t.
1 continued this operation until Sep
t'i.U'i r, when ! ah will the plan's to
go to seed. IV rt of tile seed I gath
ered, and hit some to drop. Th.
plants stood sevtral severe fro.sis be
fore the grass was killed. I then cut
it off and steel; even then eat it with
avidity. This spring the old roots
sprouted again, and all around them
i mint (.-ruble young plants came up from
the seed that had been sown tic l lusU
autumn. 1 continued the same sy s
tem this summer that I did with my
plants in 2572, with perfect- slices s
Others, who procured plants from me
an.l have foilowi and the directions, have
also succeeded, and now it only re
quires enterprise to make this State ]
the grazing btate of the Union; for j
the success of the grass I i-{insider es- j
tublished beyond a dotlbt. The land j
L used was the poorest, worn-out pine
hind: too poor even to grow sweet
potatoes. I had the. grass 8 feet high
in some places, and I cut some of it
three times during t-lic summer.
He adds, in a postscript :
In planting 4mm roots, the tops
should be qjit off before planting; and
do nnl plant the roots straight, but
ilia slanting position, almost lying
down. Do not plant deop: about four
inches of the stem should bo out of
the ground.
A letter on the same subject lias
boon received from Mr. Adams, of
Jacksonville. Fin., to whom a small
quantity of seed, received from Jama -
ica, had been sent by the Department
for experiment. He sowed the seed
in rather poor, light land, slightly
manured. It grew rapidly and stead
ily, even luxuriantly, “and has at tin
height of two feet (December 11) been
cut three or four times during the sea
son, and is now flourishing finely'.”
Mr. A. continues :
It does not spread from the root
during the first season as much as I
had expected, showing that probably
the best, way to start, a field is by broad
cast or drill sowing. But as to its
adaptability to the climate and soil of
tiic South, and <>l Florida especially,
i where the givati - t. agricultural need
is confessedly a grass that will bear
sun and drought,) I have not a shad
ow of doubt. In ' two-thirds of t-lie
northern and southern extent of the
State cattle are raised without any
feed or care except grazing at large;
yet there is an annual increase of
more than 30 per cent. So that with
n * to supplement the
natural or wild grasses, Florida is;
bound to be an important cattle and
stock raising State.. ■
Ex-Gov. S(\vniour writes in ft pri
vate letter which lias found its way to
the press: “\Vken you go to Albany, i
| t the. museum of natural history,
geology,Ac., in the Stale Agricultural
Hall: ask the keeper to-show you a!
piece of coral stone which to my knowl
edge has been dripping oil for twen
ty y ears in Unit Ini': i : . ll Ttm.v |
throw some light on the 'oil question.’ ” -
The TYniporaiK'tt Crusade-
Drunkcum ss is antmmixedevil, and
yet it is rapidly on the increase. In
our own country particularly, wlu r
we live in all respects at stteh o 1 r*’
neck rate, the ma of stimulant;, h -
come tube looked on as pcrleetly, ex
cusable if not justifiable. Indeed
they are pk-ad.-l for as nee.-.yiry.
There is no one kind of business that
violds so large a profit to him wlm t. >l -
lows it, the liquor business. There
is nothing that brings a huger return
to the government in taxes. Though
entirely prohibited bylaw in some lo
calities. it requires cciiseh ss vigilance
to enforce the law. And it is with the
utmost vehemence, atl-l even virulence
that the enactment of laws prohibit
ing, or oven restraining the sale of in
toxicating liquors is opposed. This
does not spring from any ignorance
of or disposition to deny the evils of
the traffic. Its very warmest advo-
cates do not pretend that it is wholly
a benefit to the race. Though ready
to claim all that can bo claimed for
it, from the instances in which its
medicinal properties have been
used for man’s good, none are so ex
travagant as to claim that the good
arising from the use of alcoholic
drinks exceeds the evil. The train of
evils PtUawiuq in the stem of drunk-'
chucks embraces the wind# catalogue..
There is not a baso propensity but
wlnit is stimulated by it. Though at
the beginning of his career of drunk
enness a man may be noble, and right
minded, and highly honorable, it will
be a marvel if he continues so to the
end of it. Ordinarily, manhood suc
cumbs first of all to this vice, and
then lying, fraud and beastliness fol
low. While these things are gener
ally admitted, however, it is not gen
erally thought that Icy Motion upon:
this subject is justifiable or prudent.
The difficulty!’ securing 1- Me,
tion has friends of ft mpor
ance to devise, various schemes to pre
vent the growth of intemperance. Or- ‘
ganization has been invoked. Indi
viduals Lave boon solicited to Seek the
aid of associat ion with those thus or
ganized to maintain temperance.
And many men have been not only re
strained from going into this vie.-,but
have actually been reclaimed from it. ;
This plan embraces the idea of re
forming the individual and thereby
purifying the masses. Some of these
organizations have called for a pledge
of total abstinence during connection
with it ; others during life. Woman
has always been found active in her
effort* to insure the slice-, ss of tin s
movements ; and indeed, this may In
said of lu-r in* connection with every
scheme of f< nna ranee that In.;; ever
been tried. Decently shell;.is : do;
ed anew plan in some of -the XovJi
ern and Western States. Sin has at
tacked the lion in i■■ *
0
ci'lu Lev
arc ! iborip;. ••• ith :-te: *1 ei rgy
Ob oursuadc them to abandon the trrf
i Hi
ception and rapid growth of i! : a un
dertaking. AWcr-to it will finffi'y l
grow, none are able yet to predict.
The character of the leaders, who are
ladies of culture, and social position ; :
the. fact that it is woman, whose per
sistence in prosecuting every under
taking has . become proverbial ; the I
rapid spread of the organization, and !
the great success with which their ef- 1
forts have been already crowned, give j
ground of hope.
Their plan is to go in companies to I
the dealers in liquor, and by entreat- j
ies indues them to abandon the busi-1
ness. Eloquent portrayal of the evils j
resulting from the business, prayers, j
and tears combined, poured out, too, j
by the most delicate and amiable of i
our race, can hardly fail to move the j
most of men. But where obduracy is
found these ladies quietly move out
side the liquor shop, and hold a relig
ious meeting of some kind. And thus
they carry on their work. What will
become of it no one can yet toll. That,
this or some other plan may prove to
be efficient in checking the growth
yea, in plucking up and utterly de
stroying this great physical, civil and
moral evil intemperance- must, lie
devoutly wished by every good citizen
and Christian.
—The Gainesville liayte, alluding
to the direct trade movement inaugu
rated by the (rrangemcn, says: The
fi matioh of this comp tny w
hailed wit 1 delight by all who and sire
to see the material advancement of
the Mouth. Direct trade is the le v
note of the true independence if the
Southern States. We may plant
every inch of our country in cotton,
from the Potomac to the Rhyl ramie
that will produce if, and th. n-maiii
der in cereals ; we may build facto tie .
at every mill-shoal in the country,
and still we will be “hewers of wood
and drawers of water” for the Yankee
end of oyr country, until we have
direct trade, and save among us the
profits that have always gone to build
up Eastern trade marls. We see. in
this move of the Grangers, a praeticsL
solution of a question that has lonjil
been a mooted one among our people.
If the Patrons of Husbandry never
put on foot another scheme in (ieor
gia, and never accomplish another j
bit of good, this direct trade move-,
ment. of the good the organization 1
has done.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Fort Gain, is to have anew pa
per call and the .1 /e.-i,-eager, mid edited
: by J. Tj, Tucker.
Th • i leanest man in the Elate iu
: now in Cartersvillo. He stole a blind
! musician.'.s aeeovdeun.
_ A farmer living near Columbus
is said to have - MMI.OOO in rush. Ihe
- next thing we expect to hear of him
will la-his nomination for Governor
or some other office that would swell
! his already inestimable misery, by
*•
-The (Vilnmbns fact-.vies will take
nine thousand bales of cotton this sea
i son.
The Ti.iiiesville On :■ lie man is
afraid that the Legislature will move
the county site of Liberlv county. If
it does, the probability is that Ac’will
inove, too, and from the fuss he
makes we judge lm must have his rice
patch planted.
-—An enterprising colored agricul
turist in Savannah raises his cotton
from the sample rooms in the city.
This mode of raising the snowy staple
is evidently not looked jupou with
much favor by the police, ah they have
removed him from liis profitable field
into the county jail. When .shall tin
rights and uninterrupted freedom be (
vouchsafed to American fre< men?
The. Atlanta men still pro
claim that they receive no more dead
head favors. Whereupon the La
Grange Jb-portcr rises and says that;
it has the best authority for stating
that no less than four frec-lunch es
tablishments have been forced tor ovi
away from the vicinity ol’ the Herald
office within the last six weeks.
The Clerk of Council of Savan
nah has declared war up l or uu-dogs
of that city. It is estimated that her
canine population numbers about
2.201). when only ffom lour to six ■
hundred badges are sold.
—Dr. James Swan Su'".v;in, if Sa
vannah, died at his resilience in (hat
city no last Saturday.
-Some men have a very limited
conception of the general disposition
of females. It; is marvellously strange,
too, considering the advantages they j
have of hotter informing themselves j
of their peculiarities, how men will;
blindly get themselves into trouble, j
An unsuspecting follow was passing 1
by a house iu Savannah the other day,
and healing the cra-s of a woman!
whose husband was giving her a dress- -
ing down with the bed-cord, patriot
ically rushed iu upon the ;eeue anil
•.• , 1: ; r •• :
sure to state thr. Re. injured wile
went for that follow aijkst sight, and
, * M*. sP®*,
j*
* m ' ■ 1 vc" 1
• and i
/
Hou : nl<rtil by some of he piu
Up;-! m: of At; mt.a < the ’
In hie, vcsjuU.sc dei-’firing th" invita
tion Kimball says :
“Had y > i honor.-1 kky m.
fcuffivg' : for chief Aiagi tnu.- of i.c,;-
noble e umuou'A . 5 i, 1 eoa’M ;n.-t ;,.tve
esteemed it higher jhan I do to be
addrcs.-cd as the pwE-.n embracing
that tuiergy and enterprise wliich you ,
honor. But. gent!men, while you
for the moment forget the man, I deg
not; neither do I forget that my ‘good
name.’ which I have been taught from !
my infancy to regard, and which I do j
still regard of vastly more value to I
myself and family than all the world:
beside, has been and is still being
publicly assailed by my enemies in
your very midst. And though I can
not doubt that you, with a host of my
friends (to thousands whom I was per-'
sonully unknown), stood unmoved Ip
the calumnies of the hour, and the
clouds which hang over and about
my name do not cast even a shadow
across your vision on my honor and |
integrity, and while I thank you from
the bottom of my heart and inmost
soul for this confided 1 , I iv-.-urc you.
my friends, in all kindness, that I can
not accept, even from you, any pnUir
demonstration of confidence and
regard, until after the people of Geor
gia arc satisfied that the broad, sweep
ing charges which have been made
against me, personally, in connection
with the. late administration, era not'
only without foundation in fact, but
utterly false. I affirm boldly, that
during my entire residence in Geor
gia, I committed no act in connection :
with my private or .public cub uprises
that lam cither ashamed of or afraid
to have publicly investigated bethr
the world—and which 1 am not able
triun.iplmutly to defend- -and wliich
time, in its unalterable linilicat:- n ol
justice, sooner or later will over
whelmingly evidence.
—
The Em: tk ok Cahckt-iiam lit i.t: is
Texas. -The in w government in Tex::.-;
finds itself consul.rably cmb.-.iT,cased.
There is not a dollar in the J is usury, ;
and all the money belonging to the.
school fund, to the several sinking!
funds, and all other special funds, ha
been used to pay current expenses.
Avery large amount of St ate warrant;
have been issued, but their amount
.cannot be ascertained. There is an
fiiiHtalliiiont of interest on the -State !
debt falling duo in March, for which
there is no money in the Treasury.
There is no fund to pay the expenses
of the J,cgislature. The Governor
recommends the immediate ascertain
ment of the imfsianding debt, and Ihe
prohibition of the isaic of any more
-warrants. While he advises that the
.inl 1 1 p.-y interest on the outstanding
I llonl ing ii.■ 1■ L until such time as the
State can raise the revenue with which
1 Is pay it, he insists that hereafter the
policy of “Day as you go” ho strictly
iiilliia-i and to, anil that no expenditure
be authorize 1 without provision being
made for flu needed revenue. ’1 lie
i\ lon ol!leers leil the 1 looks anil ae
e Hints ", i heir several departments in
gui at infusion. The intention of the
i. is to pay off the debt ns
rapidly as possible, reduce expoudi
itm coniract no more debt, and
i put 1 ixtaion down to the minimum.
A . . 1 b aln.
At La dinner of tile Massachusetts
- lb-ess '.sc-leiation oil Monday, alter
('-i.no; , \ ing. ley’s speech. Mark Twain -
; was cr-lh-d on. He said he was not
jirepai'i and to make an extempore speech 1
and Had never sung a song, so he ,
would tell an anecdote, as follows:
"AY hen J v.ns crossing over from :
i England the other day, there was a j
youth on board about sixteen years old i
| whose nationality 1 will not expose,
j who occupied iii: entire time eating,
; when there was anything to eat, and
I thinking about the next meal between
'times. LauAter.] I don’t say he put
j his mind to it, for lie didn’t seem to
have any mind. When sent out from j
the table lie used to go up into the j
smoking cabin and lie around there i
asking i )ol.ish questions. This boy
never asked a question in the - whole!
vuv-i p- that indc-aied the presence of
be.'wlcdgi- of any kind whatever, and;
In- came to be a pirfi-et nuisanco to j
ev rylio iy, and wo tried all possible
w;i; s of ei iirtliing him anil making him '
■ r op; kbig these questions. But, ils j
! 'I, on Kingsley reminds me of j
on -ion when I came up into the
com in very ill humor —not
the humor a man ought to be in to .
li: . i pali ally to silly questions. The ,
qu lion the boy began with was ag
gravating, because anybody knows
ii. tic 1 l'.rst plc.ce a man goes to when.
!: ■ re.- • L'-ndoii is Westminster
Abb- '. am! tlm next place is Shakes-;
)i. .’ s burial ground; and that this
h.-v ..liould ask me, deliberately and
v. i: >i innocence about him as lie :
li. ~ ; , !;• nl was in London, I went
:-) V-. c-dostcr Abbey! That is
• V , w;. i; volt said ?’ ‘ Villen you
w. :v ::i London iv-iv veil at AVost
' eAb!-.;••?’ ‘ No.' I said, ‘I stop-
ped i : . -aghai,Us Hotel.’ • Laughter, j
• Ts;:'.’ in- said, ‘it is not a hotel.'
u liter, i‘ Wi 111 1 liil, ‘ what is it ? j
‘ Wisy.it is a church,’ I said. ‘Amin
u!-- ’ you said it vis nil abbey.
Well,’ he said, ‘it is ail abbey and :'.
a Liiivh too.’ I said L don’t know about
that. You appear to be getting con- j
icd in r tements; hiw can it
Is an abbey and a clmrch at the same
time?’ f Laughter.]
“.Ymsker gentleman was sitting -
icie:c,w! o-i nationality I will not men
tion, who said i( was perfectly true
th: t :. a al •! ey and th, ehureh were the .
a:. ',: :. cm. ! :ai:. 1 1 was mill'll iikiiig-;
1 1 - him [laughter], and asked
lit:-i ‘Wie.Te is tin piaci l —this church: 1
Lm. ion ?’ ‘Oil yes!’ he says, •■•!
• • -i:. i in Lu: Um. You lm - v
■ U ■ DaiiiHuis-r.t l-niidings arc?!
*] ii par; of the e’a: iicment ? ‘No,’
.1-1 lie. ‘A’.’hnt has l arlicunent got
to do with it?’ I asked. ‘lt has not
gi ‘ any thing to do witli ii; the abbey]
1, it.’ Said I, ‘Do you ku-nv
1 c AYi -.!minster abhev is from
Hotel, where I lived? He |
i epp -se you know it is some j
-li-ci-d Said J, ‘Of course it is
1 ’. on -.’ 'Fivi- or six miles,' j
a ‘i 1: 1 -. said !, ‘didn’t you :
■ ■ .- knew bolter than to get tip
civ in the morning anil travel four 1
.o mil. s to church, when there nr<
. !■ n y of eli-iuelus all a.round? He
, T didn’t cyou to go to
■ I'.;--- S.d' f, ‘What diid you cxjiect
me to do? J.te said, T,ook at tlic mini- j
nen: ; and things, monuments of
cv j-\b sly !ii:d has done anything and j
hi: i‘bodies aiv-himcdthere.
1 said, ‘Do y-m mean to say that they
actually take up the planks anil bury
men under the floor?’ He said there
were no plm ks there. I said, ‘Do
they bury them right under the seats ? j
H - id, ‘Of course they do.’ Said I
that In lt-hj Laughter.] ‘AVell
lie said, ‘I don’h know whether it is !
healthy or not, they do it in allcknrell
esd I said it was a curious custom, 11
hadn’t heard of anything like it. If any j
of my friends were in Westminster
d,h! ey I should not want people sit- j
ting round on their tombstones.’
1 ter. J He said, ‘You didn’t
hear i}:< Canon, then?’ ‘I don’t re
member,’ Reid I; ‘I an a man of
p. ace, and don’t know anything about
artillery, anyway.’ [Laughter and
applause.] By thi'f time the boy had
not yet ival.e 1 up, but the rest of the
company which bad gathered armijid
had and no WC stojqicd the fun. As
‘her.- : n no moral to the anecdote j
won’t at! nipt to put any to it. But,
ns I said, in the absence of having a
spec- !>. to make to you, I thought I
wou'd -.imply tell an anecdote in hon
or "Ii aeon Kingsley.’
The Indians ran in some ranchmen i
near Big Springs, Nebraska, the other |
and: y, Wh( a “forty cavalrymen under
Cart. Mills.” the telegraph tells us,
“left imm-diately by rail, and will on- ■
(leavov to strike them.” AYe have al- i
ways believed that if our cavalry on
the plains were permitted to travel
:c ’ y ran and put lip at a first
class hotel every night, they would
exterminate tin ! ndianf in six w< ek
(Jouri T-Journal.
Important question discussed by a
debating society in Westmoreland
couiii v, Penn.: “AVhcthcr an untidy :
woman with a sweet temper is to be
preferod to a tidy one with a sour j
temp-er?” Tlic controversy, according
lo tin- la;.! report, was still raging, j
and no vote had been taken.
-—Fourteen fathers in Quincy, 111.,
have signed a pledge not to allow .
their daughters to take music lessons ■
until they know lio\v to make good !
bread.
WAYS OF Oil I? FATll*!'S.
oAltliY (OS<JIU!SS!<>NAh (TSTOMS.
s.inii l IVciilliirltlas of “tlic Itetter Days
liftin' Riquibli' 1 .”
•AYlien t-ho present gwemment was
first ore mizod under the constitution
: in New York, iu ITS!), it was custom
ary for tin- Senati l to sit with closed
1 doors in all cas'-s. executive and leg
[ i -daiive. This practice was continued
i till tlic 2!Tli of February. ITIIJ, when
l the famous contested election ot'Al
bert Gallatin was under discussion.
It was then directed, by a vote of 1!)
to 8, “that uni I able galleries be pro
vided for flu! Semite Chamber, anil
that, the same be. opened every morn
ing, except in such cases as, in the
opinion of the Senate, required secre
cy.”
. “ADVICE INI) CONSENT.”
In forming treaties, and in making
appointments, the “advice and con
sent’' of the Senate is required by the
constitution. AA'ashington very nat
urally gave these words their obvious
meaning, and thought the advice and
consent should lie obtained before
hand. In executive sessions, there
fore, he attended the Senate in person,
and took the presiding officer’s chair.
The latter was assigned a chair on
the floor of the Senate, and was con
sidered as the immediate presiding I
officer, putting all questions to tile
Senators, a !;,i ,;ns:v, r “.Aye or “No.'
The President consulted the Senate;
before concluding the negotiation of
Indian treaties, and had General
Knox, his Secretary of AVar, present, ;
to give, all necessary explanations. ;
Tlie other members of his cabinet at
tended the Senate, when required, to.
bring papers and give explanations ;.
a method now supplemented by their
annual reports. The Senators of
those davs thought the former mode
the best to obtain the exact informa
tion wanted, and the best security!
against the appointment of incompe
tent Secretaries.
OTHER CUSTOMS.
Other customs connected with the
inauguration of anew President, ha
fallen into disuse, such as the procla
mation by the Chief Justice, after nil
niiniStering the oath, “long live George
WoHii'gton, U; efficient of the Unite l
Si : s the Fn indent then rep iri
to church to attend Divine Service,
accompanied liy both Houses of Con
gress ; then reel inducted to his new
house in a coach and four by a com -
uiitt.ee of both Houses (somewhat. I
belii vc, after the custom of the Mass
achusetts Legislature in those times'-,
and a formal answer by tlic House,
1: i,:, iI • hum. 1 ■MU, ' : ; U -s
was the e.ustoni in the Massachusetts
Legislature since my recoil, etion.
Instead of taking the “advice" ami
ashing the “consent" of the Senate
beforehand in the formation of treat
ies, for mam' years they have been
generally negotiated without even the
knowledge of Senators, and their rati
fication urged as an administration
me.is.ire.
A G-'lov.cl Fishbiuirno having been
nominated as collector of Bc,\aanah,
as rejee -d by tie- S- . .b 1 . :;t. the
wishes of the Georgia ‘■Senators, who
preferred another man. Warrington
ivjfs evidently iinnoved by this rejec
tion, as the colon el lad linen a favor
in' ollici r with him during the revolu
tion ; and ii i , m scried t’.at la- never
presided nt ary more executive kc;s:-:-
ioi;s, aed the attendance of his secre
taries also so-in fell into disuse.
i nmauETiT: i or the i*isition.
AVhen -ie! Quincy Adams was
‘'jeer-'fa.: uof -Hof t- >n 1322. he entered ;
the ii .. i. fi '••• said ie request Tim-'
otliy Fuller, of or some
ot iier ns ml e l . • make a'-all for a j
cel l- in panel 1 i-oma-cted with his fa
luoua eourr ussy 1 hen pending with
Jonathan Russel], respecting the fish
ery question at the treaty of Ghent.
His political opponents in the -violent
Presidential campaign then opening,;
affected to consider his presence in
the House a great violation of “the
proprieties of his position.”
President Polk consulted the Senate
in the formation of the Oregon treaty
of 18-Mi, asking their “advice” before-1
hand, on the point of establishing the j
boundry line with Great Britain on 1
the parallel of J!) degress.
Secretary Chase was frequently in .
attendance in one of the committee
rooms during the sessions of Congress '
throughout the late war, when his
important financial measures were
under discussion. AYonld it not have
been more direct, and satisfactory for
the secretary to have been present in
the House, to have given all nece; : sa ?
ry explanation in person, as is done :
by cabinet ministers in the British
Parliament ?
Ba&Lou's Magazine for March.—
Tlio March number of this valuable
family magazine is published, and is
fully equal to any issue this year. It
contains stories of sentiment, of ad
venture of the sea, and every one
should subscribe or buy a copy for the
sake of seeing what a nice publication
can be produced at a low price, and
only a very large circulation will war
rant the selling of numbers at 15 mints
each, or :?!.r>() per year by mail. To
tlic subscribers a pretty ehrnnio is
given, which is worth much as an
ornament for any house in the conn! ry.
Here is a list of the contents for the
March number, which will hear look
ing at : “Heads of the Pcpole;" “An
Extinct Bird;” “Curiosities of
“The Sumatra Jtaffiesia;” “Captain
.Uiek’s Legacy;” “Jo’s Rival;” “A.
New Year's Idyll;” “Tlie Mutineer’s
Fate:” “An Unfortunate, Match;”
“Song;” “Theodosia’s Love;” “Beyond
tlic Picket Lines: or, Ariu.v Reminis
cences of Captain Jack;” “English
(lamlidates for Matrimony;” "The
Stone Bride;” “A Night AYateh;”
“Old Saturday;” “The Count Do
Lavilliire;” Our Young People’s
-Story-Teller.- Leila Grey: or, Twice
an Orphan;” “The. AYoniiorfui Baby;"
Curious .A I alters;” “Ruthven’s Puzzle
Page;” “The Housekeeper;” “Facts
and Fancies;” “The Skaters.- (Hu
morous Pictures.)” Address Thornes
A- Talbot, 3<J Brumfield Street, Boston.
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