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THE GAZETTE
BUMMKRVII.I.K, <;A.
.T. A. CI J3MHN'r,
EDITOII AND PROPRIETOR.
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orn of thin papor aro ahrajm welcomed. New* of
all klndM 1h preferred,oapooinlly county hhwn. if ,
you wlh to Improve your Rolf in writing jra<
tioe can aid you. “ Practloe make* perfect."
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THURSDAY MORNING, SKIT. 0, 1K77-
For Senator.
4‘J District:
JUDGE SAM EEL HAWKINS.
OH CIIA'ITOOOA.
Subject to the ratification of a Demo
cratic District Convention.
Senatorial.
Chattoooa Cos., Ga,, Sept. bull.
Editor Tribune: As (.’hai tonga fount;.-
will he entitle.l to tlio unuxpfi.-1 term ol
Col. J. K. Gamble, as Senator of t lie I2<l
Senatorial District wo be* leave to pro
soot the name of Judue Samuel Hawkin'
to the voters of the district, ns a gi-ntlm
man everyway “worthy and well qualified’’
to represent the people of the t lire tin
ties fur tlio said unexpired term.
We hope the name of Judge Hawkins
will meet with no opposition, as we nr
justly entitled to Idle remainder of tie
term to which Col. Gamble was elected.
Judge Hawkins is too well known
throughout the district to need any
special commendation, and we hope he
may lie triumphantly elected.
llis course in the Conititutional (' in
vention has mot with the hearty ap
proval of the people of the di .1 riot, wmrli
tins fully proved him to bo well fill 1 I :
tho position of Senator
Many V oik its.
Tho above we clip from the Koine
Tribune, of the 10th inst., concerning
which tho editor of that paper says: it i
"signed Many Voters, and endor-e I to
us by a number of tho best and most
prominent men of that county. We
heartily endorse their choice for Senator,
and will cheerfully and heartily support
him against tho field, * * because of
tlie eminent fitness and availability ol
the man.”
Wo also heartily concur with the Tri
bunc, and also hoist at our mast-head the
name of Judgo Samuel Hawkins, and
humbly ask all tlio people to say Amen.
The Work Before Us.
Tho coming session of the Legislature
will bo an exceedingly important one.
Should tho new constitution be ratified
(of which there is no doubt;) the delicate
task of ro-distriotiug the State into judi
cial districts in such manner as to equal
ize the labor of the judges, making tlio
maximum of said labor corrosp nd with
the general condition of tho country. I lie
election of such judges whose term may
lruvo expired, h his with the many other
duties that will he required, in putting
the Stato government into smooth run ’
ning order under the new constitution
may well he considered un important
work. The people, therefore, should see
to it, that men well qualified in every
sense should be selected to pe.form it,
lest the people might lose the splendid
opportunity of putting into practical op
eration the provisions made for retrench
ment and reform in our new lui'dainoutal
law, (election for ratification and mem
bers of tho General Assembly, first Wed
nesday in December next.) It is hoped
the people will seriously think, und when
the time arrives be prepared to cast their
votes from that high, moral standpoint
of American citizens, determined to take
care of tbeir country. It is now or never
with the people of Georgia.
Stephens - Cot:stitution.
A reporter of the Augusta Chronhh
and Constitutionalist, lias beer, interview
ing the HOll. A. 11 Stephens on the new
constitution, and as our readers may be
interested in learning the views of tin
great Commoner, we comb use them for
the edification of our readers.
lie thinks the new one is preferable to
the present one, and even superior to
that of 179 Sand admires that fcaturi
that secures perfect equality and protec
tion to all before the law without regard ,
to race or color; He has no objection to
the details into which the constitution
goes, it might well have gene father, in
regulating railroad freights, it lias morel;
asserted rights which the State already
possesses, which must be exercised with
justice to the railroads, and lie is well
pleased with the provision making lobby
ing a penal offense.
Ho says the provision allowing appeals
from one jury tu another, is a return to
justice and will great v lessen the labors
of the Supreme Court, by bringing the
administration of justice hi me to tl.e peo
ple, prevent so many motions for new
trials, and can thus have full opportunity
to pre.-eiit the entire case, lie approve
the cLu-e allowing parties too poor to
pay costs in the Supreme Court to n ake
affidavit in Jbi run pauperis, also that
which makes the jury, in criminal cases,
judges of the luw ns well as of the facts,
which puts it in possesion of this power,
which rightfully belongs to them.
The curtailment of the salaries of the
Judges, and other offices, lie thinks was
a mistake, but it was yielding lotheim
peiativo demand of the people, which
will save fully $2110,000 annually to (In
state; and with tln- limiting tho nun her
and salaries of the clerk,- in Executive
and other departments, and tlio election
of’Stuto hone officials by t In; people is
right, as well i.s the licit;.r> of the
JuJgesby the legislature, also tl,-- les
sening the ] utronage of the governor.
Tlio feature that no money can bo drawn
from the Jr .usury, only by a vc-Lc of tin
majority of members elect’d to each
house, he I Links is anew- fc tun- in
American oiisiiutiui)-, which he highly
approves. The prohibition of q■ri 1!
legislation is right, so that nl.-o of
more new counties, but he a- -in and an in
crease of members ti) the G m . 1 A >c n
bly, to 100 Kci a tors and : 00 lepro-enta
fives.
Ho likes the cdiiealiotial clause, espe
cially that 0: e allowing the General As
sembly to make appropriations lor the
benefit of the Univi-r. ity I.>r the colored
people, in the came way as for (be whites
The provisions u-lative to taxation, are
the best to that effect ever in- -rp- rated
ill any fundamental law in the history of
civilization.
'1 lie homestead, bethink bus been dis
posed of as Well us it could have been;
prefers it to the existing 1 no, but the
waiver should not have been allowed.
The capitol question lias been properly
submitted to the people, but be prefers
Atlar tu.
The subject matter of lien:; of mechan
ics and laborers, is a cue for the law
makers, aid is very propeHy kept out of
the constitution.
So much for the opinions of this great
man. He accepts wlmt lie can get, be
lieving it to be the best of any other, and
will vote for ir.
-<y. ♦
Ihe Capitol.
We regret very much to see tile ill feel
ing and personal spite being engendered
upon t lie part of the citizens if MiUedge
ville towards Atlanta, in m-ferct ee to the
Capitol question. This way of calling
Atlanlians “roughs anl thieves,” is not
llic proper way to induce people t vote for
Millodgevill-j, and wo can assure tlio Mil
ledgeviiic people that if this system of
electioneer!-;g i.s resorted to, mi lp mi led
in, she might as well, fir-t as hist, hang
her harp upon the willow, an 1 Ti l fair
well to nil hope of ever securing the ub
feet of her de ire. For the people know
full wen such an allegation is altogether
unfounded in uTI end that, such a charge
against Atlanta, la ui,i ,||! with malice
aforethought, with intent to secure a
selfish end. If tin is the kin ! of iug.T
Milledguville intends to present ; > an in
telligent people to bias them in favor of
their location, she will to sadly deceived
in the end, and mortified at he attempts.
’I In re is one thing, we presume, may
be said with certainty. \\ bother tie fu
ture Capitol is decided to he at Millcdgi
ville or Atlanta, anew liou-e will have to
bo built. It is said, and we piv.*umo it, i
liot questioned tho one in Atlanta i.s not
safe, and tlio old bull-ii g-in M tiled . vilk
are entirely too small and are utterly in
adequate.
Now, if it be decided to carry it back
to the old rest, then the people , f the
Slate will have to foot t/n- <•/.-/, o-.. 11, it
necessary to cruet the 1 unite bunding . 1
but if it is located a: Atlanta -that, city
is under certain obligations in reference
to ibis matter, which will roiiove- the peo
ple u’ ti greater portion of the burden and
which she will no doubt most assuredly
keep and perform.
Thun the question for the people to
determine i-, not which is the pi ior claim;
or by what mean , whether fair or foul,
the Capitol was carried to Atlanta, but
which i.s tho it me eligible place? Which
is the more accessible to the whole peo
ple of the State? Which is tho more uc
cessiblo to people coming from out cf the
State, from the north, south, east and
west? Lot every voter take the good ol
the whole people into the account, in di
viding how to veto, ati I not merely the
individual preferences of a certain lo
cality.
an 4 .
It is said, “necessity brows no law ”
So now that “Quinine is so high in price
in Europe, that doctors are using instead
tho liquid solution ol Strychnine, and
find it nearly as efficacious and much
j cheaper.” The march of science works
wonderful ami useful dovc.opiucnts. We
i bid it Gou speed.
During last, year there were born in
j Minnesota 10,NIP boy -and lit,Oil girls.
( T these there were ;';-0 pairs of twins,
I y sets of triplets and one . I quaddrupiots.
! If Minnesota does not bear ofi the pialm,
what Slate does? We give it up.
Fo-ter Blodgett is not entirely pleased
with the new destitution. W 0 are satis
ti-d now Hi> all right if i\ ter objects
| tu it. *
Here are the Benefits.
As our readers will dosiro to know vvliat
good tho Constitutional Convention has
done for the people if tho State, we ex
tract from n cotemporary the following
which all would do well to preserve for
future referei ee:
I It has stricken from the-bill of rights
J overyttring that was offensive to tho peo
| pie of Georgia.
It lias male Hie term f ofu-.-i) of the
Governor two years, and and elare that he
shall rmt be eligible to rc.-iet-ii ,11, after
Hie expiration of a second term, for a
I cried of four years.
It has taken from the Governor the
poser of api ointment of J udges, Attor
n- y <>. 1,1 , .1. , Notary Public
and u lier - T.i -avc in rases of va
j e re.i--s.
Ic ha rc Di ■ 1 hi salary from four
{tin- .nd in tbi r thousand dollars per
I annum.
It ha reduced the pay of bis clerical
I'm fn m the -Jin often thousand to six
i thousand dollars.
1 1 h.-r- given th 1 election of Treasurer,
Comptroller Gem ral and .Secretary of
State to the peoplt.
it has forbid them receiving for them
selves any lee or perquisites, and compels
them to pay the .e into the troasury of
the State.
1 has limit'd the pay of the clerical
force.
It has made it penal for the treasurer
to receive any fees, intciv-t or reward
from any hank, corporation or person for
the u.-e of the money of the State.
1 1 Ii 1 s reduced tint term of the Supreme
court Judg s front twelve to six years;
Superior court Judges from eight to four
years
It lias fixed pay of those officers for the
I resent, hut authorize the legislature,
by a two-thirds vote, to change their
salaries.
It has given the election of Judges
and Solicitors General to tho Legisla
turc.
It has given the election of Attorney
General to the people.
It has restored the grand jury sys
tem.
It has restored the right -f appeal from
tine jury to another.
it has made the session of the Legis’a
ture b.ennijl, and limited its duration to
forty days. It lias reduced the pay of
members from seven to four dollars a day
and mileage ftoui twenty-live cents to ten
cents. It has reduced the ter uof Sena
tors from four to two years.
It has ordered that the pu li; printing
shall be given to the lowcs* bi 1 ier.
It has limited tin; pay ol tin clerk of
the House and the Secret try of the
Senate.
It has forbid railroad corporations inly
ing up competing roads or to take
stock in other roads, thus preventing
them from involvin themselves ruinously
in debt, and utterly impoverishing tho
honest owners el stoex.
It has forbid their m anding ruinous or
or unjust diserituiuati ui against any town,
city or cornu:: 1 -)'-
It ha - m 1 ic tii tr mop rtv subject to
taxation, as the prop, n/ of individuals.
And, hi tier tli 11 ail, it. has limu?d the
pott'-rs of taxation to vHam speoitieu
purpose-; it. has forbid tho creating ot
any del t, except to pay existing debt, to
supply <.l mil dein-ieiie in revenue, and
to repel invasion or suppress insurrection.
It forbids the State lending her credit
to any individual company, corporation
or a-soeiation, or becoming an owner or
stockholder in any company, association
or corporation.
It. also forbids the General Assembly
from authorizing any county, city or
town to do the saute, expect for schools
or charitable purposes.
It forbids the State a-suming the debt
of any county, municipal corporation or j
political divison except in cases of in
vasiou, insurrection ur war.
It tuak.-s it a felony for any officer of
the government to receive interest, profit
or perquisites from the use or loan of
public moneys.
it declares forever null and void all
bonds >0 pronounced by the people in
their vote on the Ist of May last.
It authorized the sale of the interest
th<’ State owns in railroads, the proceeds
to go to '.. lyuiont of the bonded debt
of the State, ana to no other purpose.
hi the language oi General ’i oombs it
has “locked up the treasury and put the
key iu the pocket of the people.”
It has given the people the right to
locate their capitol, and to choose either
tho "old'' or the “new” homestead.
And, if ratified, it will save to the peo
ple of Georgia, who are >0 burdened with
I debt au i oppressed with taxation, the
following umoun of money annually:
in the Executive Department $ 8,400
In the Judiciary Department— 14,525
In one session of the Legislature
annually 111,000
I In pay of members an! clerk hire
of one biennial session 55,000
Total slsS,o“s
If you want a monument, tomb, head
stone or anything else made of marble,
; we would advise y-m to call on Jones and
I Eduioudson, at the Botov Marble Works
This Way.
People complain ot “liar 1 times, and
in doing so, we, either directly or indi
rectly. lay the cause at our in .-hbor -
door. Is not each one re-ponsib'e? Are
we individually doing anything to relieve
the country of its distresses? Or are we
not engaged in continuing and f.i.-tensng
the distress upon the land? It ?
Let us ask, is not every one ryins? to
relieve the distress by making T-otton?
Cotton is the grand pans- ia tor all our
financial ills; and yet it proves mi i;jni
futuiu, and lures its devotees t ill further
in its labyrinthine difficulties, until it h -
well irigli bankrupted, not only individu
als, hut the whole country.
Cotton-making has been the popular
policy in the South, formally long, weary
years in the past, and more e penally,
since the late civil war. People have re
sorted to it more in lute years than form
eily to redeem they say, their lost for
tunes. Hut instcud of becomin - l.ctt--r
off, they are tho more surety w-ir.-e "it
now, than at the termination of tin- war.
Cotton does, not bring the desired relief,
and it does seem that every lefl.-etiv c
mind should at once grasp the - filiation,
retrace his slips and advi-e a ore sure
way.
Is there a Letter way? There !,u: it
is made up of litt.e things and hen. i.
not appreciated. Why nut Ue.-ist from
making cotton, and turn tin: attention to
something else? Is it not ft i-t l- ? Is it
not practicable? Let 11 ,-.1 An ex
change has this item.
“1 he dried fruit shipment iron: <m tin
the present season, by a-i a - 1 : t■ g
ment of figures, is 1a . bunds. . 1 -tx-.
thousand pounds, wuiel, .1.
price of eight cent- |ir 1 "in i.-.- - tic
handsome yield ol t. \ n!y lima: md i i-lit
hundred dollars. The A’. - say-: “It
will be seen that diyi -: iiui- cat, ,m :
to ycild our |>enple a In I n ■ i.-r. .in
just at a time when it is in >-t. m . 1
and we trust they wbl hereafter m
more attention to it.
And yet the market i.s imt i:i ■. -t' :p
plied. Ti.is is an artieie .u" < xti ■;
well as lor home consumption- lln lo
an- 1,200,000,000 ol people in the -.v.-rid,
and too many dried 1 caches an-1 apples
cannot b-) thrown upon the market, pi j
pie wi 1 cat, even if lln-y luvt t go ..alt'
naked.
Look attbe revenue dial might : . y .t .-
ered from raising butter, chick. .. . : - .
honey, cheese etc. A cuucspiiudent ot
the Atlanta Constitution .-;y- 'nut Ai. ti,-
ta, of ilMot, uses hall a iniilwti and ..... ■
worth of butter, anl more than a iniiii .11
chickens in a year - And so it is ut eveiy
thing that is to eat, raised iu gardens and
011 farms, and yet the u tiling-are 1.
ered beneath tin: notice of eu.tiva . .. 1 ir
market, in which there are millions which
could he readily realized it people w aid
but bestow that attention the subje. t re
quires.
So also rai ing sheep, i-itt! . and ati
such. There’s the mutton, .-ut.-c, hides,
wool, tallow, beef ets. Then there’s h 11-
ey, millions of pounds 0011. J ho rui-ed and
sold, with a very small outlay and tr-.moi :
ami he remunerative to the nviie.-.
The heavens above us arc made up of
little stars, their un and moon; tl.-earth
of little | articles of dust, the oee.itt of tiny
Jrops of water, and man’.- iiic ..f lit*',-
trials, joys, etc, so tho farmers greatest
interests are ’cade up 0) little things,
now litilo heeded. Let can -t - ami
retrace Uis steps, and .’-'ok a’t. r these
little things which make and beLmg to lie
prosperity an 1 w,- I! th.
Mourning at Funerals.
In a late number of th.- Rome .' .-c,-
we find a well timed c-litoE tl un-l-t th
above heading which we most 0 >rdialiy
and heartily endorse Tli- tyrant fi-!t
ion has existed f if -•■tifrio- a-.d _!i
the press has hurl- lat it . an
atheinas and th.- eh a- Ii has e vin.- ' i
against its eciitin.ru:and the in- lien,
world has uttered it- solemn pr iti ts it
still continues. In many in-tances aftn
a pro’.raeed illness the head ' a family
dies and Ills Let-caved wi; -
are required to t r.-wa-;' -.vard
robes and deck tbeti-.-.-’v .- n .. .-irolti.
weeds, even who , i 1 ■ ml .-i t t .
tiler had die 1 I- ci . ra;a a II: v
left toa sad life ~f tod an i ; nurv What
we wou and ask is tln- use n- : . tn-.k
their grief uio.-e , ant wln-n th.-ir f'u
ture is embitter. 1 with toil and hard
ships? AVhat occasion uod- rsu.-h cireuni
stances can there, b lor ai\ 1 ti.-in. their
grief? But in too many in-t.it.e -it i- a
mere mockery. Some ladies love t- uro.-.-
in black beean-o they are toil by tln-ir
friends it is becoming to tl. .n an 1 they
are sometimes seen wearing it for a rela
tive who ought to It tve been hung • e.,rs
before.
When will the .■. i-. .- •:* Hr- ; ;
come into play to rebuke this cru.d ty
ranieal fashion? The modi -tl profe-ion
lave in hundreds of instances in tin
country, and Europe and -non .cod the cus
tom as one pernicious to health from the
inhalation of the poisonous dies u- .] to
give lasting oolor to this -a : . > apparal.
Thousands of delicate tciu.ii, -i ay, t
hurried to their graves by-yielding to this
inexorable, but w think x -eru! .. fashion.
Let the lasl.ioti be 1 stab'.:-Led to wc.p
' some other color for black has been abus
ed long enough.
The remarks of'the Conner were • com
ment on the directions given by Brig tarn
■ Young in relation to bis funeral which are
I as follows:
We particularly alm re the common
-erisc of his wish that tlio male members
ot'his family should not weir crape, and
that “the ferna! ~ -hould buy in' black
■ bonnets or dre-- s. tt >r black veils, but
if they have them they are at liberty to
wear them.’ This is excellent advice lor
Gentiit-s as well a- Mormons, or the fash
ion of wearing black to expre-s grief for
the d.-alh of relatives lias become a great
social al ue. Tin* expenses to Brigham
Young's family would, of course, have
i been very great, as he left seventeen
v iv. -and fifty four children; yet even
in an ordinary Gentile family the cost of
mourning apparal i- often a heavy bur
den. Persons who ate unable to par
ch'.- - ' .-I ey-da r clothing are - equir
el by tbi: foolish cu.-toiu to array them
selves in sable garments, f.: which they
frequ ntly eiiiit-ot 1 ay. '1 bus in order to
rho i tln-ir sorrow, they n.ust run in debt
| and add to the gloom of tl c funeral pe
cuniary trouble-. Funerals are male
I fantastic .by the combination of the uri
i dertaker and the dtess maker. Brigham
Y >ut .- - wed wi-dom iu forbidding hi-
I family to indulge in the senseless mock
ery of mourning dresses, and his example
: in tlti- resp- i-t i- one wlii-th it would he
| well to imitate.
LADIES COLUMN.
L ,tter3 to I'auaj Ladies.
Before entering up 01 the subject so
j leeted, I requ t a’i t fumble is and meta
; physical judge-., to bear with the humble
I wrt'er of the e letters, and forbear, if
1 possible, from cutting them in w >rtb ! ■
bits with the di ,-e.-ting Made ot oynieui
1 critiei-m.
Actuated hy the 1. --1 of motive;, 1 pro
; cci and to addi-e-s a f-w remarks to you,
I young ladies, wholi -.ve never given much
1 serious thought to scriou, subjects—you
| into whose live- have come only-un-bint
i and flowers --mile- and bi i-be- moon
j light and mu-ic; yo :. wliosc troubles
am 1 j*t t itaoto bavnic wept over
“Hi.- sorrow-of Wert her,” ha ing sigbeu
| with “ Minnie Merle” thrimgn many try
j ing ordeals; nr jrl-ved. with iinutt. fable
! woe, at the unhappy termination of the
j romantic eottriship of Derby Dale, and
| her dashing highway-rubber lover. To
I y-’-i, who have been .-hollered from th
j storm of life by kind pareu an i loving
I ItieiKi-; you, who have as yet, roamed
etdy through the “gardens of gayety,’
and plucked the purple p.,nsies of pleas
ure —to you ti.e-e 1 --11 rs are lovingly an 1
hopefully .-üb.oi.t-,'.
Truth, bi auty, hope—how naturally
tin: A• rds ,-lU-ei >IC t- U other ! It .- ht
urai for u-, in the morning ol life to hope
for h.tppine-s! To expect in the dim,
| distant future to fin i that L.r which wo
,-l-ek ! slow often we overlook juyz and
blessings it, the pa hwa. of the present
and direct our longing . yes toward t.iat
"phantom t u .ll happiness, ' which,
| though eagerly pursued, is seldom over
| taken.
To be lutppy 1- the desire of everyone;
yet how various are our \ lews of perfect
i Miss! How unlike our longings, different
! idv.as ,f what happines- i>, or should he.
| I he millionaire grieves for none gold
i the learned scientist thirsts for more
- knowledge, and the z aims Christian
| prays for more faith.
Experience t. a. lies us that we are
never, at all times, contented; that life is
real; th.lt sorrow, trouble und disappoint
ment may m ine when we least expect
them, and now, to prepare f.-r these dark
hours, which the future hold., in store for
you, is the object eftbis letter.
It is of the u’tu st importance that
young ladies should "know themselves’
before emering society, and extending
acquaintance with the world. They
should uudcstand their tastes and tem
pers, should examine their hearts and
. ml what are the requisite* to their hap
t files.- bef. re bee .tiling entangled in mat
riiuony; they should eudeav >r pj repress
the uii.-.a, so popular with school girls,
that life outside cf schooldays, is as a
picture, pc-rflct in rainbow tints, and sun
shine without shadow.- l. rgetting that
shadows add in.auty to the picture. They
should endeavor tv- subdue the dangerous
exuberance of a fanciful and vivid imaci
nation, which causes s,-ntfine.-> ,1 y .tiny
people sometimes to magnify common
persons into gods and goddesses and , heir
faults into attractions.
The Miul-eru-iiing, heart breaking
troubles we read of in works of fiction,
and tin. 1 often iu rc.it li.o, are but the re
-1 suit of visionary creations ot the fancy; 1
imag.iiury e inception.- .d'' qualiiicaii, of'
favorite pers its, who, when practically
weigh.d, are found sadly wanting in:
many p rfeetions. Then cotues “that
exquisite misery which springs from Ji- j
appointment," >r the wild resolution
to try, and u:e of a broken heart, because
Jack or I’oliy are not so good, so hand
some or talented, so unselfish, or so pier
feet as ver? Lord .Mortimer and Lady
Redmond.
The w. man who excites her imagination
by continually reading sens
! and pepper and sucar love stnri^
| out making an effort to di-cern the tiu
from the false, the real from the ideal, is
ever iu danger of becoming the victim of
a wayward destiny; the inmate of a luna
tic asylum, a peevish, disagreeable wife,
or a miserably rnoroso old maid.
ft is easier, if we would do it, to look
ufion tilings as we find them here in ev
ery and iy life, that there are joys and sor
row-, sunshir.e and ,-hadjws, roses and
thorns, hopes aud fe.u >. For we find
perleetion no where in nature; why then
expect it in human nature, which is at
best, but a compound of good and evil,
strength and weakness, knowledge aud
ignorance, generosity and selfishness?
By being moderate iu cur expectations
of earthly happiness, our hope may he
realized; if nut the disappointment will
be less severe. By exercising the judg
ment, as w -.1 as consulting the heart, iu
! the election of our friends, we may ruit
un... Ic ciia: ,cd to ohoose well and worth
ily; bo. we ieuru to think calmly, di-pas
-t. nately, and come to judge accurately
1 ot their merit- and taults.
Au American autbore-u, highly appre
ciated iu the merary world, to writing on
thi- subject says; “There is a heartless
' cant affected by people who are embit
tered into malignity by o.d age; people
alio teach that a fit preparation for
'Life's realities,’ is a mastery of the judg
ment uvei tile heart —a thorough subju
, gation of impetuosity to eom.uon sense—
an un." l ing znd undermining to the last
at. ;. ■; the castles, which children and
1 y.jiitii- will creel with only air for louinia
and su; crstructuro. Ot suHi per
.-..ms she enquires; “Have you ever
j thought of the meaning of that text. If
u a...u loves not h.s brother wlmur ho hath
-i 0, tiuw can he lovo Go-i, w!,om he
liath not .-eon t
If ot.; frieutis and acquaintances were
• a ii,- -i. yti - tandaril ol hu . all excel.cnee
a- j. ..it i u_.. I in tin charaeters ol tiis m
ta.t.ol.: tier ics and heroines, thole would
exi • no necessity lor this cruel .-upi**Cß
-of their imagination, this constant
guarding of the tongue anil heart, and
"dm .ix into in-ensibility all g.mus
| impulses. ' but the Su ans and Johns of
1 lot.- meg. and, real world, though very good
q.i.- may u-.t prove altogether so true
m ti teiid.-t. ip and devoted in love, as
were the “Ivinas'’ and “Muieolws” of
i her beautiful ideal world.
lienee, as you value your future hap
pitie s, look upon fife as it really exists
miong us, and rest assured that no p>er
oit po-M-.-.-cd o’ sound practical sense,
reffi-.-tr. ami reasoning powers, good
pm. .oeiit, a... and resoiatioll, w,.i ever,
utnf.-r Hie most iiying cireuuistanees, he
eome the victim of a “broken lieaf*."
La Fayette .Sept HKll. M>
Linton Stephens.
(’ol. Jam - I). Wudd.-ll ma,
t c usiderci a public benefactor, |
i as lie lias eoilee. cd and put ill
! tiie . pistolary correspond.: no#
1 St: pimiis with h;s brother, the
H- Steph. us from early boy-bo
o.-utii - pel" led it; ; ..iso the 1
e.-.i.v- oi tho former by many oft.is
! tut)--:s and I rietids
it ; r... .j tho case that, a single slaliij
I ; .u-.- ii ) such men a- L-.titon and
A;, x n . r Stephans; ami that the- tusk
; of ti e hiographer of the di tinguislic J,
; ii- ■ m e-i j i Ist, sh aul - 1 also fall upon oiio
: ,-f G ■ ..-la - cultivated and native ous,
making it strictly a Georgia book.
l - V letter- arc g ms of thought, aud
trly show the inner and bettor
par:.-of t*' : brothers, writing to each oth
t. .. •al atlccti. to, never expecting
i tin r i- ~; -to be read by the million.
1 i'itis r-o k should certainly he in the
j i. i.il- if ev .ry reader in the br ad laud,
a . t hem we cummend it,
A- the v.ites of the people vril he- call- and
| Jfi; in . -It- rt time, for the location of the
I capitol ut Hi: State, it is becoming the
mi'! a’ ruing question, aud is beinl; warm
ly dis.ussc Iby the pres-. Milledgevi.lt
i.s making a heavy fight for it; so is At
lanta. f.pon this subject tho Atlantr
hide }>■ nde.it has the iollowing ptrtineut
1 remarks ;o make:
"The idea of locating S'ate capitals Li
' unimportant, inaccessible places, has be
come obsolete. The State capitol is not
i found amid the hum of in lust y, th
.1 mg of machinery, the bustle of trails
the busy haunts of men. Who wants th
! Capitol stuck off' in a country viilagt
vher- alt that there is to attract, is th
cat of government? When a mail, or
woman or the children, go to the Gapiti
they want to see a large, bustling city
with its hurrying trade, its gas lights i
water works, its vast manufac- ories, i
park-, it- places of amusement, at
countless attractions, only to he found >
a large city.
Certainly, the people will never vc
Go irgi is Capital from Atlanta, the prie
: of the South I' ’
File this away for reicrcr.ee, from t’
dictionary of the future: Fraud, nou
Lat. fraus, fraudis; Fr., Sp., Fg-, a
Ital., fraude: l J r. trail. ] Ihceptton u.
beratcly practiced with a view to gai
imr ao unlawful or unfair advantage: a
I tificc by which the right or interest of a
other i.s injured; injurious stratagem
joebradleyisui; deceit; trick; h^yesLm,