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Thursday morning, may to. i*7.
Presidential Outlook.
The whole oountry will be excited for
the next few week, until the Radical and
Democratic conventions have convened
and completed their labors in nominating
their respective candidates for the office
of President. >V ho will be the coming
tnan? The “great unknown" nominees
of those conventions is now the absording
idea of busy politiciansjindhuMr^^wfe,
< V?.'ami vil -
the present adroinis-
to disgust, it would seem,
any reasonable sot of men in any section;
but will it cauaeJbe manses of the Nfb
to *aa*their feWjP to
measure*? ThhMnarJMM
upon it the hopes of our common country
may well oentro. Tilden, Bayard, Hen
dricks and Thurman are the most promi
nent aspirants, and the best interest of
the country will lie in safe hands if either
is Dominated. David Davis, a former
liberal republican, is also favorably spoken
of, but wo hope our party will not commit
the folly of placing before the country any
other than a strait out striot construction
Democrat. If we triumph or meet defeat
let a Simon-pure Demot ratic leador be at
*.be head of the column. Such a nominee,
■re think, would concentrate the disgusted
and disquieted voters of all parties and
sections, and secure his election.
Oen. Early.
It is pleasing to look back through the
last decade to the course pursued by the
dlfforcot prominent actors in the late war,
on the part of the south, to see who
among them hare withstood the corrupt
ing influences and tantalising machina
tions of the Federal government. Whilst
it was the misfortune of many of her gal
lant officers and soldiers to return to
desolated home where their families were
battling with poverty and hunger, it is a
comfort to know that they did not stop
to repine, but casting their fortunes with
their people, they with their former gal
lantry, at once aet about building up the
waste places and with encouraging coun
sels bid them “go forward, suffer and en
dure.’’
Their conduct merits the highest mead
of praise. But whilst Lee, Early, Beaure
gard, Garden, Johnston, and a host of
othor noble spirits have thus acted, Long
street and others of their companions in
the “strife of battle,” have yielded to the
wiles of filthy lucre, and been willing to
work in any harness tnat promised them
ease and fortune.
A writer in the Lynchburg, (Va.)
AVirs, thus speaks of Geu. Early:
“Your correspondent had, a day or two
since, the pleasure of meeting and greet
ing his old commander, Lieutenant-Gen
eral Jubal A. Early. The caure to which
ho contributed many years of his valuable
life, has gone down in tears and blood.
The Southern cross no longer gleams out
like :t meter o’er victorious fields, but is
throuded in the gloom ot i.efeat o er the
graves of our loved and lost, unsullied
honor places the wreath of immortality,
while Hope, bright-eyed and smiling,
points to a future full of promise and jjJJT
to the Southland. .The grass is springing
frpsh and green o'er the last resting places
of Leo, Jackson, Stlart, AihMj, -
host of gallant oavaheru, "who
sleep that knows no wnking.” buiM.C'y
God we still have many in thalamcßllll
the living who are true to the
memories of the past, the pressing 4&|§|
of the future, and among them fw'fH!
pie of the Old Dominion proudly class
“the Hero of the Valley." The floetijM
years have silvered his hair and bowfßj
his once upright and stalwart form, bbM
his eye is as bright, and hia brain as elcarl
as when in the days that “proved mcn'f
souls,” he led his gallant columns to tri-j
umphnnt victory. Defeat and digester
cannot humiliate such a man, uK’lisi.j
walks the sacred soil of the ‘ ‘land'% atfj
love," retaining his self-respect, and thsl
love and admiration of his fellow citizens.
Contrast his course, during and since
the war, with that of those who, like
him, wore the wreath and stars. They
succumbed to the dominant influence-
Forgetting the heroic achievements £
the glorious past, they ‘ 'bent the suppi*
hinges of the knee, that thrift might f(&
fawning.” Better, far bettor for them,
bad they gone down in .the temptest of
battle, “with their backs to the fieldandj
I heir faces to the foe,” jhaMißflttißi
of Chattooga! >
11 is generally known
nually to Rome
"f wheatU-jgl
rnTi: ~7
TSSgmncenee."
Grateful as the worm that spins their
costly apparel. s7ooo—Mistletoe would
sing ‘merrily’ with that income, and give
her vorses a ‘pleasant direction. ’ Little
Bed would write up all the chores and
Smack with a zest in oonclucion of Dr.
Smith’s prescription. Certain Ossian
wouldn’t wait ‘to-morrow's sun' to make
a selection from that ‘bouquet’ of breath
ing, living, human roses.’
“But aro you certain of the $7000?”
Certain as 2 and 2 make 4.
Do you admit that 20,000 bushels of
wheat are sold from the county annually?
Let us sec: there is Chattooga, Broom
town and Dry valleys on this side of the
mountain; Texas, Dirttown and Haywood
on the other. Yes, there ought to be
more than that.; but for cotton there would
be double that amount.
Let us make a little calculation: when
wheat is worth $1.25 per bushel family
flour is worth 4 cents, course 2i, and bran
1 cert per pound. Ono bushel of wheat
weighing 60 pounds will yield 35 pounds
good flour. 5 pounds course and 11 pounds
of bran, besides 9 pounds left for toll and
wastage. We will calculate for 100
bushels. The sum stands thus:
100 bu. yields 3800 lbs. turn, flour t 4 ot. . $140.00
600 “ coarse 11 “Bt-3ct 13.00
1100 "bran “ "let,.. 11.00
$ 163.50
Deduct price of wheat 138,00
Amount of loss on 100 bushels sold . 88.80
Multiply by ... . * 8,10
Lessen 20,000 bushels sold $5700.00
“That calculation looks all right. If
Rome makes nearly SBOOO on wheat alone
from Chattooga, they certainly do intend
for Chattooga to foot the bill of their city
tax. It is only a question of time with
them.” Will the farmers stop this leak?
When hogs get in the field and are
destroying our produce, we turn them out
put up the fence. Think certain we shall
put up that fence—guess we’ll take our
wheat hereafter to Cleghorn & Wyatt’s
or Jones & Starling or some other of our
twills and have it made into flour. In fact
the bran of 100 bushels of wheat is good
in its place anyway. The man who don't
turn out the hogs and put up the fence is
no part of a good farmer.
The grange must look into this matter,
and see to it. at once. lu fact, we prefer
patronizing home folks anyway. P.
Dr. tYw. W. Hall, the editor of that
long established and valuable medical
journal, '‘Hall s Journal of Health,”
dropped dead on the street in New \ ork
on the 12th inst The cause of his death
unknown.
Washington Corres poi St.
Jt WASHiNOTON, D. 0., May 6,187 C.
L&giriation lags, but investigation is
tuluggiu ;at the Capital. The Bcnate
| occupied in a tedious wrangle over its
(risdiction in the Belknap case. All the
tat legal minds here are of the opinion
Bit the plea to the jurisdiction is good
K that no power to impeach the ex-war
■lister resides in that body, but several
■te will lie sacrificed to riietoricai and logic
■He the matter is decided. The House
jAmilig more energetic, still much
■Kae been exhausted by personal ex
Ifgßiona from different members who
en attacked by the partisan prees.
Committee rooms matters are be
jjbrisk. Most of these aro daily
fewith documents, witnesses, and
messary facilities for investigation.
K are eonstamjy arriving here for
pe of testifying. Somcjif them
jbession of valuable evidence,
brs are devoid of anything
•LaXMi deration of the Com-
K carolul estimate shows that
Hju hundred witnesses have
jgffaant sojourn at the Capital
Miring any actual service in
TMlConiUiittec so often duped
tfHMribte part its are becoming
S, ami in several instances
■Hk dismissed, without eoui
those who claimed to !■•■
*-'-® art li ,l Ihets, hut i,t) ox
to be worthless impos
of most of the Com
at cl should
•V'-y'ii'sHt it will c-t a fahuhiu
M 1 mmuf n i >fk
EHPpi order to htitig tic r
jW-'t'Cellly Us I ->fbh*
#i tin curly
|jg|nK discou•aging.
SEB3/K lirftaio aetionnccd lev
Gray and
lifTthcjMlMbWes and forgers, the
aUe| MWmoughL. j|> in the Cabinet
tr,;, and aierjjflMWdiseu-ritm of the
wra the unanimous
ent'and his advisers,
■t the United States
I article ten of the
■frig(o the oxtradi-
B action has caused
Min official circles
Ml course taken bv
a studied in
gHirntucnS. i o- the
We will
HBte t>> war about
*siß iwltoi-4 eanm :
tftet-01 1 ii. „
•filament of the
jßnultWcfln W : u|p|pi. T>|, 'wi.-.e
-wank;: -
her’ Bow street jail doors' nmf Mp
these fugitives from justice fieejjjfe pro*
upon her already thief ridden people, if
she so chooses. She can have more of
the same ilk, if she will; more vile and
even more prominent thieves than they.
For instance, Boss Tweed, the prince of
six millions, might take up his quarters
od the banks of the binnie Thames and
occasionally bull the bonauzas of London
and "corner” the bears.
The veto power will be exercised soon.
Tho President says that the enormous
reduction in the consular and deplomatio
bill will pinch and cripple onr foreigi ser
vice to such a degree as to reflect discredit
on the American people, and as he has
no desire to be a party to any such trans
action he will promptly veto the measure
when it comes to the Executive office for
his signature. Tho President has a quill
taken from tho tail of a Gray forest eagle,
captured in the Rocky Mountains, with
which he signs all the measures of Con
gress, and he does not wish to use the in
strument in anything that will detract
from the glory and dignity of the Re
public.
All the great cities are laboring under
serious distress, caused by the want of
fraction il currency. Congress.and Treas
urer New are flooded with petitions from
business men urging immediate relief,
and Senator Boutwell has come to the
rescue in a bill to increase the outstanding
currency by the issue of nine million dol
lars more. The silver experiment is a
success’ only the .Sin is not brought into
circulation rapidly enough for the busi
ness demand.
The Grand Jury of the District of
Columbia has agreed upon a presentment
against "A'm. W. Belknap, last Secretary
of War, for ihe acceptance of bribes in his
official Gen. Belkuap says that
should the Senate try him, he will be :
acquitted as he has evidence iu his pos
session which the public will be amazed
at, and which will secure his acquittal.
Many look upon these assertions as a little
game of bluff-
The erookod whiskey suits are nearly
all disposed of, and the recoid shows that
about three million dollars have been
saved to the Government > :Secretary
Bristow’s war against the ring. From
good authority it can be said that the
actual cost of the trials will not exceed
SIOO,OOO, $47,000 of which go te the legal
profession- S6OOO of this, only, was paid
iu St. Louis.
Tha Naval Committee proposes to re
duce the enlisted men from 8500 to
7500, the rank and file of the marine corps
will remain as at present. I’here will be
a practical cessation of work in the Kit
tery. Charleston, New London and Wash
ington Navy Yards. The total amount of
the Naval appropriation bill is $12,000,000
and it will be reported within the next
ten days.
The Egyptian jewels from the Khedive
to Minnie .Sherman will aeon be in the
hands of their fair owner. The Com
mittee of ways and means have agreed
upon a bill permitting her to withdraw
them from the New York Custom house.
The revenue charges against the jewels
amount to over $40,000, which makes the
permit a privilege well worth accepting.
Two of the grand jurymen selected for
the safe burglary case have privately in
timated that General Babcock is doomed.
The General's friends, however, stand
firmly by him and claim that he will be
vindicated. Congress will probably ad
journ in order to allow the members to
attend the opening exercises of the Cen
tennial.
Washington is making preparation to
receive about one-half of the people who
go to Philadclplia during the Centennial.
Every one coming from the West and
North will have a desire to sec the Capital
of the Nation.
Sometime ago the House passed a reso
lution asking the President how many
days he has been absent from Washing) on
during his terms of office and how many
public duties he had performed away from
the Executive Mansion. The President
in reply sont a message to Congress re
fusing, to comply with the requests of the
resolution. He gave a long list of Presi
dents who made it a practice to absent
themselves from Washington more or less
and perform public duties while away.
'Hie message foil like a bombshell in the
House. “Patents.”
—
It is a remarkable fact, so far as we
know up to this time, that all the corrup
tions charged and proved against distin
guished officials, such as members of Con
gress, cabinet officers, besides subalterns
of high rank all are from the uorth, save
that Gad forsaken creature, Spencer, of
Alabama, for whom there is sooner or
later an awful fate in store retributive
justice may be a little tardy in its steps;
his sins v, ill find him out, it is enough to
chill the blood of an American citizen to
read in public journals of high rank of
the fallen failures and short comings of
even Presidential aspirants, while some
of them seeui to stand well with their
countrymen, the great majority have not
lived a life above reproach, iftho charges
are true. These too are all northern save
Mr. Bristow;• will lie too fall a victim and
thereby. become the exception mark of
dwtinot|toaJtoMwßii the merr of the two
from ill A’
all come save Mr.
without exception charges are made" *
Ridiculous Patents.
The whole Examining force of the Pat
ent Office number about 100, of whom two
are ladies. Of course, among g job a
large number, there are to be found men
of every kind. Some are so illiberal that
they will never grant a patent where they
can possibly refuse it; others go to the
opposite extreme. Each one having his
own idea of what constitutes an invention,
of what is useful, many ridiculous patents
have been granted.
One man obtained a patent for a trap
for catching tape worms. This trap con
sists of a hollow ball, divided into two
parts, which parts are hinged together,
and provided with a spring upon their
insides, so that they can be made to snap
together like a steel trap. The unfor
tunate one, in whom the long drawn rep
tile has taken up his abode, is required
to starve himself for t wo, three, or four
days, and even longer. Then when the
tape is supposed to have arrived at a
proper stage of starvation, the trap is
baited with some delicious delicacy, at
tached to a long string, and swallowed by
the patient, who retains hold of the string.
The trap having arrived in the neighbor
hood of the tape, who is supposed by tnis
time to be eagerly seeking for “a good
square meal” to appease his ravenous
appetite, he sticks his head into the trap,
when snap, goes the spring, and all the
patient has to do is to haul him up
through his throat. How the patient is
to know when the trap is sprung, or how
be is to avoid being choked to death
while he is hauling the long filthy mass
up, the inventor forgot to tell.
Another obtained a patent for a com
bined plow and cannon. The beam of
tha plow was made of iron, and bored out
so as to form a cannon. Whenever the
farmer, while at work in the field, saw
savages or tramps approaching, he was
to unhitch his team, so as to get them
from before the muzzle, apply bis match,
and say bis prayers, for the farmer was a
good deal more likely to be killed by the
recoil, than the savages by the shot. In
case the cannon went off while iu use as a
plow, it was unfortunate, for both the
team and the firmer.
A patent was granted to another per
son for tyiug a brick to a cow’s tail, so as
to prevent her switching her tail in his
eyes while milking. Another received a
patent for placing a house on rollers so that
in case of an earthquake the house would'
not be shaken to pieces.
Still another recievcd a patent for a
combined trunk and house. The trunk
is made with triple walls, so that by
taking the articles out of the trunk and
extending the two extra walls, a house is
formed. Persons of small means, who
intend visiting the centennial, and who
desire to avoid paying exorbitant rates
for lodging, may find this invention quite
useful.
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