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MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1867.
VOL. 2, NO. 15
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G of every doecrip-
IcrcuX OF Grn. Toom
is.—A letter from
ihiagtou, Wilke* conn
v, datod 26th, and
thc.Constituii
o-inlisays : “ The
Robert Toouibs rc*n
meil to his home
4 ii village thi ■ cvcnin
Let tli * past be
to weep o’fcr the
■ of hb daughter.’'
Cis. Grant on the Military Govern-
ptBii.u—Gen. Gnvnt. on good authority,
,sported as saying that he regards the
£!it»ry Government Bill as very unwise
y.ntion. , So says tlio Washington corre-
, jtlent of the N. Y. Times.
A SrooESTioN.—Wo would remind some
v ,.);e who seem to bo unconscious of tlio
. < that the Sherman military bill has not
!f t passed into a law, and that it is possible
nt»er may ho a law. Advice, therefore, to
;k Southern people to accept it is premature,
jml, in effect, will prove a most unwise invi-
ition to Congress to impose ‘ho burthen
upon us. U would bo, at least, respectful to
the President, if we liavo no self-respect or
regard for car own best interests, to await
Ms actionon the bill, before wo take counsel
of unworthy fears.
IstrEAcnMENT.—A member of the House
Miciary Committee stated on Saturday that
kre was not one word of truth in the statc-
;cct that thccomJuittce had agreed to pre-
Mt articles of impeachment to the Fortieth
Congress. It was stated to be legally impos-
Oie for a committee of this Congress to sub-
i.t any report to the next Congress. Are-
Art, however, will be made on this question
s this Cougress.
$T The Philadelphia Bulletin says that
jr. Stevens has prepared, and will report in
1 iiy or two, an elaborate confiscation scheme
L-tiie South, which ho will support in a
.\tully prepared speech.
This looks very much like the Radicals
ijdercd the Sherman bill, and our submis-
l a to its • requirements, a settlement of all
.atroversy!
But Tlmd. Stevens may rave on. His con
■Mtion tchctne, like all other violations of
ba for lamentnl law of the land, if passed,
in never bo executed. Whether some be-
ieveit or not, there is a power in this coun
ty monger than the arbitrary will of a Rad-
al majority, and beforo which the latter
ill be made to bow. Let our pcoplo take
image. All is not lost, ns evil counsellors
ould have them believe.
The Micrinan Bill ami l>uty of the
South.
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done
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clause.
office;
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Tax President.—The following paragraph
been traveling round for the last tight or
-1 months. We reproduce it in our columns
lit morning, in the absence ot later and
i»e refreshing intelligence:
I learn that tbo President is yet cheerful
cl hopeful ot tdthMte wcoess, :m l so tar
m evincing a disposition of acquiescing in
it insane legislation ot Congress, is more
Geraiincd th.in ever, since their atrocious
signs have become fully developed, of firm-
adhering to his constitutional position.
A Reasonable Request.—The Richmond
:quircr closesuu editorial as follows: l -\\ c
■ treat the men of the North to take counsel
their own knowledge ot human nature—to
■suit their interests—to remember their
tbs and engagements—in their dealing!
i.ththu South. If they will not admit us
oar privileges at Washington, at least
wens to peace in our local affairs. Let
Samson whom they have captured and
i.se eyes they have put out, be useful in
*mill, instead of making ot him nn occa-
3 of general calamity.”
Amur at i ns: South.—The Charleston
httury e-aya to explain the present appn-
^1 apathy among the Southern people on
abQc affairs. We fear the apathy is about
'•^broken, and in the wrong direction—to
'•train—that we are about to substitute au
unity that will lose the whole strength
'Oar position and make n clean surrender
■ ®cr enemies. The Mercury's reasons,
•^afbjwliy apathy should exist, are good,
^aagive them as follows; “ The cause of
^presentsilence and inaction is that they
they are powerless to stem the
. iejd violence; that they cannot,
[hoot (U-iroving both the liberty and the
-‘•mtu] interest* of the country, agree to
<bmr.:: is that are made of them: and
s however much they may be oppressed,
7 cannot bo dishonored, and absolutely
*' permanently ruined, save by their own
?*•, B “ides this, they kuow also that in the
7"*?! party there is no final plan, and that
7!* j* UO guarantee whatever that any hu-
>*hon, any ruinous and fatal concession
."’•tbo Southern people might take upon
^’•■C'Ves, would do any more than to serve
13 excuse for further exactions and harder
tf'ThcWa shington Republican sta* 1 that
. °**h >dy made a will in 1856, w *ch de-
1 that lie was then worth fifty mil-
. flcrliwj, and it estimate* that the
g" of his fortune by good management
. .t amount to one hundred million
-five hundred million dollar*.
■ ft It is the intention to commence the
" irrntt early in March. His counsel
v tnviy engnged in preparing his defense,
principal witnesses for the govern-
- s t. Marie, who discovered Surratt
‘jj! !|,, 5 Weichman. who testified before
h it ry Commission, and the man who
_' f * the firearms trim Mrs. Surratt at the
.‘ n Maryland. Tney ure all in Wash-
Krom the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
a * * * -* . * ♦
From til's general exposition it will appear
that the fundamental design of the entire bill
is to destroy the rights of States. As these
rights have been plainly and unmistakably
guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, it
follows, by parity of reasoning, that not only
does this bill destroy State Rights, but, defy
ing the edicts of the Constitution, effectually
overturns that instrument and assassinates
Republican liberty throughout the land.
Hard words and persona^ sarcasm cannot
avail, and although little else but ridicule re
mains. let us, for once, if never again, try the
potency of argument. This argument need
the shape of essay prpolitical
On the contrar^ the people and
houldtukeit to themselves and
active principle. This can be
by an appeal to tlie Courts against sueff
A case can be made undet the
which prescribes eligibility to
institutional, and so decided by
the Supreme Court, we have little faith in
man.
But, we do not despond as to the interpre
tation to be placed upon it by that tribunal.
Antecedent decisions warrant just conclu
sions. If decided to be illegal and uncon
stitutional, the President can render its pro
visions virtually inoperative, and another
step is thus forced upon Congress, which may
he the final spasm of insane wrath and lust
of power. At all events, it is obligatory
upon us to make some effort to defeat this
machination by a last resort to the forms of
law. Failing to accomplish anything by this
honest effort, wo can endu/o with patience
and becoming pride, until some future day of
reaction and reason. * * * *
Should the vcco bo overridden, as it un
doubtedly will be, the Supremo Court must
bo looked to ns a last refuge of those who
love liberty at the North and South. With
the law of the land as interpreted by its high
est tribunal to back him and his party, it will
be hard if the President and liis adherents
ennnot sustain themselves. We can do noth
ing; they can do much. The vital moment
is at hand to test the value of Conservatism.
If not entirely effete, a determined action can
accomplish great things lor the country's
present welfare and future rep ore. The cause
is in their keeping; the ark of tlio covenant
is in their hands. What will they do with it ?
Meanwhile, let us be calm and collected.
Let us, os far as practicable, be independent
in our own peculiar concerns. Let us prac
tice economy and industry. Above all, let
us keep out of debt and avoid unnecessary
wrangling or disquiet. Even as we write, the
spring comes gloriously up this way and
promises an abundant harvest for the hus
bandman. An untimely frost, or an inclcin
ent season, may spoil the prospect, but it
would bo lolly to make sure of the frost and
neglect the concerns of business. Once upon
a time, for tbo sake of the Confederacy, we
wore homespun and lived within ourselves.
As great a cause demands our best sacrifices,
a return to the Spartan virtues of those days
will be a good beginning for us all. They
will teach us patience and give us strength.
Patience and strength ot character arc the
grand requisites for an oppressed peoj ■
They wield a wrondrous moral influence and
cool the hottest animosity, at last
llera is a promising field for the daughters
of the land. They should set the example to
men of this era ns they did in the era that has
passed. This is no time for extravagance—it
is tho hour of self-denial. Mothers, wives,
daughters! ye were never so beautiful In
satin ns ye were in homespun. If a cause
could have been saved by devotion and sac
rifice. its salvation would have come through
you. If a cause can be saved by mortals at
all, its beatification is wonderfully within
your sphero nnd influence. The rough expe
ricncc of war failed to tench U3 important
lessons. We rushed into all manner of thrift
leaancaa; we spent fast nnd foolishly tho little
substance that was left: we returned to the
fripperies of fashion and the gilded idols of
society. Even in this last calamity God may
conceal a providence. We have drifted nway
from sublime principles. Ho lifts His rod of
warning. Had it not been lifted, whither
might wc not have gone f
Wno are Ineligible to Office?—The
Whig of yesterday »ays as to tho list of the
proscribed:
“It does not include lawyers, clerks, sheriff's,
constables, commissioners in chancery, com
missioners of revenue, tax assessors, surveyors,
militia officers,sergeants, members of councils,
and perhaps others who have taken the oath
—for these arc neither officers at nil, or are
merely ministerial officers, not embraced in
tho term ‘•executive or judicial.’' Tliev are
therefore neither disfranchised nor rendered
ineligible to office.”
This is a plausiblo view, and the one we
took some months ago. But we are now in
clined to think that the operation of the
amendment will be as we stated on Iriday
las*, and which was on Saturday very clearly
stated by the Enquirer, ns follows:
“That'is to say, no ono who had ever held
an office, State'or Federal, which required
him to taka an oath to support the Constitu
tion of the United States, and afterwards
took the Southern side in the late war, either
by active participation or by giving aid and
comfort.”
And for this reason : There are but three
departments in the Government, accord in
to the Constitution—namely, the legislative,
the executive, and the judicial. The amend
ment evidently prceeds on the assumption
that such is the organization of all the States.
Its language is:
“As a member of any State Legislature, or
as an executive or judicial officer of any
State."
So that clerks, sheriffs, constables, commis
sioners of the revenue, [not commissioners in
chancery, we think, who are officers of the
court only, | and surveyors, are proscribed.—
It is a question to be decided judicially,
whether any city officers elected under a char-
tor are affected.—Richmond Dispatch.
Tick Effect of it.—The Journal of Com
merce is dwelling upon the paralyzing in
fluences of the schemes of reconstruction now
agitated in Congress, as already felt through
out the South, and which, eventually, must
react upon Northern industry. A Bingle
fact shows how powerful is the influence thus
exerted in discouraging the investment of
capital in that part of the country :
We. are reliably informed that, to-day,
several English gentlemen who visited this
countrj with the full expectation of purchas
ing cotton lands, to tho extent of £23,000,000,
have abandoned their purpose, in view of the
uncertainties of the future, aince the designs
of certain Radical politicians have become
more fully disclosed. Planters are ready to
make favorable terms for the sale of real
estate, but, at present, find few who are will
ing to buy. They are apparently doomed to
a still more hopeless poverty, and there is
general gloom and discouragement, in that
section, auioDgall ciassesof people.
Letter on Fertilisers.
Oconf.e Place, Washington Co., \
February 13,1687. j
Mi/ Dear Sir:—Your letter of the Pth in
stant, making inquiries as to the best Com
mercial Manures, quantity required to make
it pay, as also its application to land, has
just reached me at this plucc.
I have had so many letters of n similar
character, that to answer them has become a
source of much taxation on my time ns also
a great nuisance, but when addressed by an
old school mate, and one with such pleasant
relationship as ourselves, I assure you it af
fords me pleasure to reply.
To answer your first inquiry, as to the best
Commercial Manures, I will occupy a posi
tion contrary to the opinion of many, as most
brands of fertilizers have certificates of their
superiority, mid some such I have found al
most valueless, and could mention some, but
will forbear and answer your questions direct
—that is. the best manures in my-judgment.
I have had probably as much experience in
Commercial Manures as most planters, and
do not flatter myself in stating, even more.
You may recollect the State Agricultural So
ciety offered a prize at its last Fair in At
lanta fer the best experiment in Commercial
Manures. A9 a competitor for that prize, I
planted twenty-six acres in experiment, using
all the brands I could get in our markets, as
also in Baltimore, of much reputation. As
to tho result, you can see by referring to the
Southern Cultivator following the Fair.—
The next year I seloctect eleven of the best
and most, successful and added to the list W.
Whittlock & Co., Cerealizer, a favorite brand
with some of my Hancock friends, which had
just been introduced in Georgia.
In this second experiment I did not see
fully the result, having joined the Confeder
ate army. I left for the seat of wnr in July
after its'breaking out in April. At that time
the contest was between W. Whitelock & Co.,
Turner’s Excelsior, and Number one Peruvian
Guano —tb>> ibnnrr evidently having the ad
vantage, and my Superintendent reported it
held it through the crop. In my purchase for
the crop of this year, I have ordered W.
Whitelock & Co.’s Cerealizer and Turner’s
Excelsior. These are manipulated manures.
I have also ordered Number one Peruvian
Guano, Dissolved Bones, Salt nnd Land Plas
ter, to manipulate myself. This is a favorite
fertilizer of my very clever friend and distin
guished planter, David Dickson, who recom
mends a mixture of equal quantities of each,
except the plaster, one half the quantity of
the latter. For instance,'one hundred pounds
each of Peruvian Guano, dissolved bones
and salt, and fifty of plaster.
Various fertilizers have recently been in
troduced, among them the Pacific Guano,
which proved well on my crop of last year.—
No other of the recent introductions have I
any knowledge of, from experience. Here
let me state the importance of a State Cliem
ist who could do immense good in analyzing
the various fertilizers, and give us sonic in
sight into their merits or demerits. Well as
to the best manures, my answer is, I show my
faith by my works. I tliink those I ordered
are the best. I think in dry seasons White-
lock can outstrip them all, and in wet, I have
my doubts whether he has yet been excelled
I am not personally acquainted with Mr.
Whitelock nnd know'nothing of his integrity,
but N. A. Hardee, Esq., of Savannah, tells
me lie is a man of strict integrity and high
senso of honor; at any rate, I have never
been disappointed in a barrel ot his manipu
lation—hence I have ordered largely of his
manure.
I advise all friends not to use tho Peruvian
Guano alone, particularly on dry and thirsty
lands, for in dry Weather the cotton will fire
and throw off the leaves and pods. Turner's
Excelsior has been a favorite fertilizer with
me—lias proven well to crops as well as by
analysis. I would mention others tried in
my experiment, but will not tux you with it,
ns your inquiries are only for the best. Your
second inquiry as to quantity that will pay ?
3Iy reply is, be governed by your supply.
It will pay with from CO to 350 pounds per
acre. If you can apply three hundred and
fifty I advise that amount. IE you can’t ap
ply more than fifty, use that much ; you will
be paid in good seasons from fifty to even as
high as one hundred nnd fifty per cent for
the money invested.
Some consider manures extravagantly high
—my opinion is, they will pay much better
at present prices of cotton an;i prices of fer
tilizers than before the war. Cotton you
know is not short of two hundred per cent
higher than before the war, whilst fertilizers
are not fifty per cent higher. 1 am now back
ing my judgment by purcknsir g sufficient to
apply to every acre of cotton I plant, even
new grounds that has never b-sen cultivated,
but the timber is ’.veil deadened on it.
Your third and last inquiry as to the best
method of application (of couree you mean
to a cotton crop) nnd which is the crop it
pays best with us ? My usual plan lias been
to open a deep farrow, either with a two-
horse double-winged plow or running first a
scooter plow, and reversing the direction and
running in same furrow a lnrjje shovel or
double-winged plow—in this, deposit the
manure.
It is not so material in the application of
Whitelock that it should be put so deep;
you can put it in a lurrow only run deep
enough to prevent the weeding hoe from
chopping it out in thinning out your cotton.
When you deposit your manure in the fur
row, throw your beds to it, and it i9 ready
for planting.
I mention the above as it has been my
usual plan, but from experience I prefer a
different method, which I advise you to
adopt, at least in part ofyour crop. I intend
doiDg it in most of mine, particularly when
the grass is most likely to annoy me.
Run off your rows and throw two furrows
to it, that is, list it up as usual; this can re
main or not, as you prefer. When you are
ready to put in your manure, run a deep fur-
tow with ashovel or double winged plow in
one ot these listing furrows and in that put
the manure. I put the manure in front the
hand in weather that it will not blow away ;
in windy weather I prefer the common goard
with a long handle put to it of sufficient
length to reach the ground, have it so punc
tured in the bottom that the minure will es
cape freely by shaking the goard—hold it in
the furrow and none will escape; some use
tin trumpets, some machines, and are content
ith their plans.
My reason for recommending- the manure
pat in the listing furrow is on account of the
grass growing sj luxuriantly immediately
over the manure. When put off, it gives you'
the advantage of putting the sweep or cul
tivator to it and get the most formidable
grass off, which you will find is great advan
tage. Don’t be afraid your crop will not get
manure. I agree with my distinguished
friend Dickson in the January number of the
Southern Cultivator, that the crop will get it
if job keep it off the stumps and out of run
ning water. I believe I have covered the
ground ofyour various inquiries, and by fol
lowing my suggestions or by adopting some
things better. I wish yon much euccess.
Your friend, T. J. 8kith. '
Col. Mark Johnston.
The Fashion*.
3ECEl*TION AT THE TUILERIES AND
DHKSK3 WORN AT COURT.
The Paris Exhibition.
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION—PROGRESS OF
TIIE BUILDINGS—THE GREAT LAKES—THE
BEE-HIVE—FINE ARTS —MONSTER RESTAU-
RANT, ETC.
A Strong-Minded Woman In Full
Possession or the Government.
The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati dr ^m> st . 8W int ° * he spirit land very
often by the assistance of Morpheus. He has
and commenced to electioneer against the
Susan interest.
The first thing he did was to incite some of
, the rabble to shout, “ IIow are you, Susan ? ”
“Down with the petticoats!” “We’ll beat
The local of the Buffalo Commercial is a j fHe bring-up-tlie-babies-on-bottles party ! ’’
And to make use of other equally facetious
exoressions.
AS SEEN IN a DREAM BY a BUFFALO EDITOR.
Paris, February 1,1867.—The event of the |
week is the second reception at theTuilerics. j
Three thousand invitations were given out, ;
and the three thousand attended, in the rich- Commercial is well informed on “Exhibition
est toilets. All the gentlemen wore tight ! matters. He says: lately 6een the iuture of strong minded wo- bj an overwhelming majority of seventeen,
silk stockings, ending in a buckled shoe.— | The Imperial Commission has just published the men in one of his dreams, and he narrates be- and wen t to Congress.
rrulatious lor admission fees during the coming low what transnirprl * e right on dl
But it was of no avail—Susan was elected
Their leggius or culottes, are made of white ! regulations lor admission fees during the coming low what transpired:
cloth and tile tails and colla’s of their coats I Exposition. The latter is going to be divided into 1 u EPO rter dreameth another dream
worked with gold. The sha le of the coat is | ^porter dreameth another dream.
blue.
The ■
enumeration of the ladies dresses
would bo but a repetition < f the fashions I
have described since the op. ng of the sea
son. The great feature wa ^atin, which is
made a fourreau, with t'. r'st extravagant
lengths of train. A ” front piece,
under the wain! - 1 ' •*.l‘°5arger than the
width of two hands,Ajst, to hich I should call
an apron, If it were )(pence V gh, is the great
novelty. No one ~wel! < it is meant for,
nor its origin; nf -7f j _cmakt is pretty, but
all call it chic, and theft ~ posed to mean
something enviable f5 if f degenerated
idiom.
There were oceans of snowy white organ
dies worked with floss silk and gold; plenty
of plain tulles covered with white ruche and
vaporous under-skirts, entirely without any
other trimming beyond pearl bead lace.—
All were flat in front, and there were velvet
and satin-bodies with basques cut in one,
very low, either round or square. The low
chemisette is plaited and edged with an in
sertion and Valenciennes.
As I have frequently said, sleeves are mere
bands—a puff or anything that will trim
round an arm hole. A pretty dress I did
billaucourt; each oue provided with ticket offices If there is any one thing we particularly
and ushers.; uoless than tiftoensuch offices will be pride ourselves on it is our talent tor dream-
m the Champ de Mars aloue; the price 01 admission . r
varies with the entrance selected. Season tickets, lu ?‘ , , , .
not traDslerable, for ladies, will cost sixty francs; I We presume we have made bigger runs on
for gentlemen, onehuudred francs; weekly tickets 1 a dream that ever were made by one with
six lrsuics. . , our limited tacihties.
On April t the day of the opening of the Ex- .‘.Gq although we don’t make a business of
position, tickets cost twenty.imnes; tor j t . we should ?iwo^ *ee tne who „. ould
it, we should iincc se e tne hm
undertake to discount us.
And we took this for the text of our dream.
The elective franchise, we thought, had
been made universal.
It was caucus night in our district.
And the free and enlightened women and
seven OAVa. five arid
jranc in tbe atteruoon and two francs in the morn- |
ing, when entering by the park; and one franc fifty
ceutimes la the alternoon, and two lranc» fifty
centimes in the morning, when entering by the !
garden. As the season ticket is not transferable, j
the holder is always bound to prove his identity;
before gaining admission. In order to obviate
this difficulty, ke may add his photograph to his [ men i ia d assembled in the back part of a la
card and leave a second one with the office, and be ! c sa i oon to select delegates.
admiUed after comparison. A queer regulation « ^ Anthony acted ag chairman.
The buildings are pushed to completion with j She was dressed in cavalry boots and a
vigor and energy. The Emperor is twice every short tailed coat, with the stem of a brier
week on the Champ de Mars and the Trocaders, ! wood p ;p C sticking out of one of the pock-
loeking alter the workmen and their work. Isear ; . 11
to the Seine the international circle, the pavilions , .
designated for uhotography and photoscnlpture, | Parker Plllsbltry was Secretary.
the various guard-houses; tbe kioske and the ad- j He had on a large waterlall and a check
joining nulls are nearly completed. IntheTuni- apron, and held Susan’s hat, which served as
sian section six genuine Tuuis workmen are eu- a ballot box.
Lucy Stone wa3 playing a game of “ seven
gaged finishing the oriental wooden ornaments
and laying the moslae floor of the pavilion. The _ -. , ,
Chinese pagoda, erected behind this African up With I red. Douglass, lor beer for the
*lmr*inr(». nparlv comnleted. Ep-vrit will exhl- I crowd.
Most ot the women ot the neighborhood
structure, is nearly completed. Egypt will exhi
bit a splendid temple, adorned with columns, re-
tue ear,
admire, because it contrasted with tbe gor- minding ot the tunes of the Pyramids, aDd sever- | W pre there and voted frequently. °
geous glitter around me It was made of .The pavilion of , Qnc woman led her togbandJa by ti
tarlatan cut in three flat skirts which v\ ere 11 wea]th and t ' luxury tbat wlu dazz | y even Parisian j took some tickets out of her trowsers’ pocket
sown in tlie waist like flounces or tlie olct ■ c y C5> N ear by stands the Catholic Church, al- and ordered him to “put ’em in.”
school. The bottom of each was scollopped j rea dy finished, and exhibiting everything apper-j jyj an SWO re he wouldn’t do it unless his
round wide and lined with pink tarlatan, j taining to. the I wife would promise to go home and get his
taining
The ! bishops of France I
which crave the dress a rosy appearance. ■ . 1 c , lr , lv > P
u 1 % *1 „ „i,;..i-nrnnniontpri nnW until ’ the mo»t precious aud sacred relics of their dio- supper. .
back ot tlie skirt mbs ornamented only with , andUterary end artistical treasures, dating She declared she was no longer his slave,
a loug sash which widened gradually • f rom remote ages and hoarded in their Cathedrals. | and* would see him first.
till it became a train at the bottom. Both it will he a sight worth seeing. t ^ en too fc ^ er b y the collar, and tried
flounces and sash were bordered with slightly I Near by stands a wind mill, set In motion by f h f om the h J ouse .
taLtkl I>ink nnd nhih The deevos were clock work, delving all changes of weather, and 10 i° rce H 5 r , 2 ‘ .
twisted pink and white, lie sleeves were . remarkable > for usTngenious contrivance. To its She resisted, when Susan jumped over the
a la juive like wingt>. luc neau-are.^ a ( extends tho artiiicial pond, adorned by light- ; table where Fred, and Lucy were playing
cordon of apple blossoms. I houses fifty feet high, and oL-playing all the im-! aud pitched into the man.
The Empress wore a yellow satin robe, < provements from older times up to our scientific I wfo t ad at tll ; 3 and too k side with
trimmed with bouillons of tulle, under which ; age. An immense number ot workshops and ma-1 B
Aon. forth 1. fop £. had . : g-JSWSggtf. St I to the nose „d kicked the
diadem of the same in her flair. I lie impe- wor ^ 80 th 0 various processes may be com- j out of the hands of Parker, who had got
rial family entered the Salles des Marecaaux pared, and progressive and improving results be , up on a c i, a i r to be out of harm’s way.
at uine o'clock, and advanced straight to the attStaat ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ soon as the disturbance was over Park-
wood houses representing a Russian village in i cr gathered up the ballots and returned them
miniature, Interspersed with Swiss country houses | to the hat.
courtesy ing guests. To the right of the Em
press there sut Prince Napoleon, to the left.of j as now adopted by the Russian peasantry,
the Emperor Princess Mathilda. The ladies i Swedish and Spanish pavilions bordering (
_ There was a heavy fall of snow at
Shreveport on the 8th inst.
H The
Emperor Princess Mathilda. The ladies ; Swedish and Spanish pavilions bordering on the
of the palace, ambassadresses, Ac., took seats 1 same, and widely differing in taste and structure,
around tlieir Majesties, all accorefing to rank j ar |XmidToffh^Erial bee-hive will also
and station. At twelve they, rose and walked seen a crystal palace, an immense hot bouse, a
through the different reception rooms, after ; botanic diorama, a Colibri pavilion, a kioske for
Some chap who was working for the o*her
side accused him of putting in a handful that
didn’t belong there.
And here a general row took place, in which
all participated, and during which all the
c j r-.- ,i; —. «. -----, .. tumblers were broken, and Mrs. Pillsbury’s
which they entered tbe Gallcne de Dianoand : flowers and bouquets, a special bond for the carps i, , knocked through the window,
sunned. ! o' Fontainebleau, a fresh and salt water aquarium, “J"*™™* and
supped.
After
kept up till three in the morning
After supper they retired, but the ball was J ^ £2 hSltor tho exhibitioner all dc-
, partmeuts of the fine arts i3 nearly finished, and
this senson; the collection will rival anything to be seen inEu-
Etnernlds are the favorite jewc
irreen silk is also in great demand. The great ■ rope. The special depot, in which all the street
Llo« ia In mm nunr-Gcv < f bead and : railroads of Faris and its suburbs will converge,
idea la to wear a far^e qua i cmioana , is complct ed ; and a fine structure it is, offering to
jet embroidery round wai. • 1.1 G o.l alter : (mr -j Vlnitnm nil kinds of comfort and
noou dresses; some eud In',very long glass
bead fringe. BjKfc ptwlt oe*soie>watsthands
with square basquines. Yuii;i;lj* z J !->lly
points arc fancilul trimming.-. well known that in the over populated Celestial
Never was foulard so much sought atteras it ; jr mp ; rt > poor people construct rafts, covei them
is now, and no fashion can be more welcome. ' with soil, in which they plant their vegetables and
It is as prettv as satin nnd not half so expen- flowers, and upon which they construct little
• _' r ,„ lnirclioftt shades of i chalets, in which they and their families live,
S I-’, C, the lot idlest ! floating up aud down tho splendid rivers of their
which tlie follow mg arc the pret tiest at mgnt. . coan j r y_ Genuine Chinese will arrive and exhibit
Primrose, wallflower, Parma violet, roseleat i bero these specialties of their country. Other
and pea-"reen. When cleaned they look i rare treasures lrom China and Japan are expected,
like new, when creased they are ironed, when : and it is already conceded that this section will be
. , , !, , «_ j one of the most interesting of the coming mdus-
stained they can be washed. j and scientific tournament.
Feathers and feather band3 are ana wlu oe At tbe suggestion of the Emperor, a monster
fashionable for some time to come. Striped restaurant is going to be established, in which,
silks arc trimmed with plaited ribbon, en daily, 400,000 rations shall bo prepared, at very
toW* round the bottom ; G ape plaiU j ,?Parlf and partly to a.sUt'thecouotr,
are much. worn, round bonnets, ancl ielt.io , p Cop i 0i visit the exhibition, in defraying
hang entwined with flowers. I cannot admire - their expenditures. As the Emperor wishes that
them. Our spring bonnets will either be very j five or six persons from eacn of the thirty-
tint or all “Bolivar” riiane—hi'di up in the six thousand communities of France shall come
fiat or au -MOUVar ^ ; t 0 Paris to profit by the practical lessons taught
air, like coal scuttles, andflat behind. ^ I by ..the Exposition in all departments of human
The prettiest hat will be Ceres, a Kind oi ( aertvity, he deems it indispensable that provision
Watteau, trimmed with bunches of brown I bo lna do for their cheap accommodation. The
berries in a garland of frosted leaves, tied on i teachers, who will come here lrom all parts of
witli mate* or «trnwloolor«l trim's Bonnet : France at the suggestion »f the Minister of Pub-
Wltu maize or st raw coiorul-l o i lie Instruction, will be lodged and boarded gratis l
strings will be narrow. ! tn one of the many college buffings in tbe metropo-
. j lis.
An Ingenious Machine.—An ingenious. But instructive, interesting and amujiug as all
mechanic of San Francisco, California, has - these items will bei they will, by far be surpassed
. , , _ . * 4. „:i in importance as the results suggested and erlgi-
recentlv invented a machine for Ia\m„r I natad. by tho Exposition. New organizations will
road tracks, which must work a revolution | date lrom this jair> \ya hear, already, that a cen-
iu that character of labor, ns it can lay the 1 tral office of all the co-operative societies ofEu-
ties and iron, and complete as it goes, a dis - j rope will be permanently established in this eity,
fqnce of two nnd a half miles ner dav with where patterns or large stores of their werks will
tance ot two ancl a halt mues ptrcia., wuu | bo con f iuuallj exhibited lor sale or for exchange
the aid oi twenty men only. The model is , the different associations,
now on private exhibition, and has been ex- *^3 gigantic plan bad long ago been spoken of
amined by the moot experienced railroad men | by tbe propagators ot tbe communist and socialist
in tlie country, nnd pronounced perfectly j principle*, and Louis Blanc bad elaborated it in a
r .c,ic.bk- ,J dmplc. TUo ro.,1 mtt* fat! .SgSflSAtoSSffl
be graded, of course. The balance ot the gnj Jq Germany where they have been developed
work is admirably performed by the ma- to a btate of proficiency and prosperity, by the un-
cliine, and tlie only work to done behind is tiring and masterly efforts ot Shulze-iielitsh and
the filling in or anchoring the ties. , compeers. Since the past year, the Emperor him-
r. • ,7 , . r\ o ‘ self takes a great iuterest in the organization of
It is alleged that ex-Governor San.ord has 6Ucb gocietles in France. I have informed you
examined it, nnd pronounced it perfectly leas- tbat when, lately, the silk-weavers of Lyons threat-
iblc and practicable, and he is considered ened serious disturbances, Lavalettc, the Secretary
The police were finally called in, and suc
ceeded in quelling the riot and dispersing the
crowd.
The Anthony ticket was unanimously nom
inated.
^ J We thought we’d see how matters would
par-sengers and visitors all kinds of comfort and j work, and kept on with our little dream un-
nccommodatioH. I .-.lection i
fcSSf Sffi&STid ff”
Quinn tbiSr fldnHntv ioldniln »nr1 crnrflf»na It. is ! {IFlci SllC And Pfirk-GT TOtlC JLlOUUCl 111 COQip&ny,
stumping the district.
Susan did the speaking, while he offered
the resolutions.
Which mostly had reference to the absolute
necessity of an immediate and radical change
in the existing order ot things generally.
Man, Susan casually observed, whenever
she made a speech, had at length, it was true,
been compelled to yield certain privileges to
women.
But was this enough ? Would they be con
tent with the small concessions made ?
Not if she knew herself, it wasn’t; and
she rather guessed they wouldn’t.
Women were still in a measure ruled by
men, Susan was in the habit of continuing.
This should no longer be.
The voice of woman, like that of a night
ingale, should never be mute.
It should be heard in our legislative halls,
and the opinions and votes of women should
shape the course and determine the policy of
the nation.
Though well enough in tlieir places, per
haps men were miserable devils on an aver-
ln-rii authority, having bad great experience of the Interior, waa instructed to organize such
in that lino of busine^ ' societies forthwith, and the Emperor advanced
in mat line . . considerable sums out of his private puree too ssist
in starting the same. Something of the kind had
already existed under the name of “Societe des
The machine will cost about $2,500, com
plete. It not only lays the ties with median- i
ical precision, but cuts the grooves for the ;
rails and lays them ; drives the spikes, and ’
completes, Is the most minute particular, the
entire work. It carries its load of ties and
Docks dn Travail,” but now they will be organized
permanently, and from this mutual co-operation
all over Europe will undoubtedly date the emanci
pation of the working ulasst-s.
But all other brauvhes ot human activity will be
rails, and occupies a space equal to abbot two not less benefited. If the Emperor will not see
platlorm cars. Several of the most enter
prising capitalists have takeu the enterprise
in hand, and a machine forjiructie'il work is
being built.
The News from Ireland.—The New York
Express 1ms the following in reference to the
recent news from Ireland;
his proposed Congress of Princes convened in
Paris, lie will enjoy the numerous congresses
of industrial aud scientific princes. We shall have
a congress or astronomers, architects, natural
philosophers, and so on. The Emperor is right
when attributing immense aud beneficial results to
this undertaking; when for the sake ot this Expo
sition he does not allow himself to be swayed or
age.
They should be put down; and if women
were true to themselves, nnd struck out
straight from their shoulders, this would be
speedily accomplished.
For her own part—and she presumed Miss
Stone and every right, strong-minded young
woman would say the same—she stood ready
at all times to forsake her children and her
home for the cause iu which she was en
gaged.
There was a high old time on the day of
election.
And the women of both sexes lought no
bly.
One influential female politician was
mountad on a flour barrel in a grocery near
the polls, haranguing a room full of voters.
She was endeavoring to impress upon the
minds of her fellow citizens the magnitude of
the wroDg they would do tlieir mothers and
their country should they fail to yote the
ticket headed by Susan.
She continued in an eloqueut strain for
some time, and concluded by singing the fol
lowing, while holding a roll of postal cur
rency in her hand:
Oh, when I net in my weaving way,
I spend my money free.
Here’s go ><1 Lager, come and drink—
Oh, Susan is tlie gnl for me.
Accepting the invitation, the Crowd, com
posed about equally of men and women, made
a rush for the bar.
If their devotion to the Anthony cause was
in proportion to the quantity of beer tbey
dragged iuto any political difficulty ; it will be a lu „„,„ uluuu „„ j — w
traVernlzatiou ot the human race indeed, and in its ; . « , r was no doubt whatever that
grand results surpass th« most sanguine expacta- j drank, there was no doubt wuatever mat
excita- t j ans u j- the gteatest enthusiast. I have made i Susan was the gal for them.
pt right on dreaming.
Things were muchly different from what
they were previously before.
Men did not sit in high places and make
laws for the land.
The women did that—aud a good many
other things beside.
But tlie men were still permitted, as an es
pecial favor, to saw wood and dig canals, and
carry muskets, and lay brick, sing bass, and
drivo tr^ok, ancl rich.
ft. being provided, uowever, that uo man
should collect his wages, or have any thing
to say in the disbursement thereof.
Iutants no longer clung to their mothers,
and pautomimically demanded their daily
milk.
They knew better the preeious dears.
And invariably relied upon their fathers
for tbe performance of those littler offices
necessary to their comfort and well being.
Most of them died early to be sure; but
tbat was nothing.
The world was bound to be redeemed, and
woman to have her rights.
Oh that all these things couid have been
real ?
Why did we dream ? Or why did we
awake ? Why did wc go into Jones’, next
door, to sec if ho had got through with his
week’s washing ?
What possessed us to help him wring his
clothes, and to go on top of the shed to assist
in hangliing them out ?
Where is the demon that prompted us to
venture so near the edge of tbe roof that we
lost our balance and fell over ?
Awaking with a start, to find the sweet vis
ions vanished, and the voices in our dreaming
all melted away.
Terrible Rencontre.—On Friday night
our city was.the scene of one of those unfor
tunate occurrences which at all times are to
be regretted. Towards dark Mr. M. Bridwell,
our Assistant Chief of Police, met a man in
the saloon of Henry Smith, near the Postof
fice, by tbe name of Joseph Williams, from
Rogersville. We learn that Mr. Bridwell had
seen Williams a short time previous, and
Williams took exceptions to the manner that
Bridwell looked at him, and made the remark
in a barber shop tbat if Bridwell ever looked
at him in that way again he would kill him.
Bridwell was informed ol the threat, aud
soon after met Williams at the saloon, where
words passed, and at the request of the pro
prietor the two stepped into the back yard to
talk the matter over. They soon returned,
when words were again angrily passed, and
Williams drew a revolver and shot Bridwell
in the left eye with two successive shots,
when Bridwell drew his revolver and shot
Williams through the abdomen. Each fired
four shots, but onlj r two took effect on Brid
well and two on Williams.
Williams is mortally wounded and cannot
recover. Bridwell had one eye shot out, the
ball entering the eye and coming out behind
the ear. He is at this time in a critical situ
ation. The whole affair grew out of worse
than nothing, and should prove a warning to
all young men to avoid getting into a pas
sion.—Knoxville Commercial, 24th ult.
Cure of Delirium Tremens.—'The Philadel
phia Ledger says:
We took occasion, some months ago, on tne
faith of good medical testimony, to invite atten
tion to the beneficial effects of capsicum, or red
pepper, in delirium tremens. Since then same
well marked cases have occurred in the practice of
Dr. Lyons, to whom we made reference at that
time. This gentleman lava deserved stress on the
symptoms during a brief butva.riable period which
precedes the fully developed attack of delirium
trerm-ns. These are olten anomalous, unintelligi
ble to the patient hhneelt, aud n»t always under
stood by his medical uttendun ;. In this prelimi
nary stage arc met with tremor, sleeplessness and
general distress and anxie y, without a trace of
delirium. In other cases slight illusions prevail,
without tremor, from which tbe patient can, byan
effort, arouse himself, and, unclur siroag exertions
of the will, even command his faculties for a time,
and pursuehis business avocations, to break down,
it may be hopelessly, a few hours afterwards, If
his coudition is neglected, misunderstood or mis-
tieited.
Under these cirenmstances the treatment by
capsicum comes in very opportunely; and it is by
its employment wc may cut short the disease, and
bo save tiia patient from the consequences of his
imprudence, and possibly restore him to a re
formed life. In the case ot an individual who had
taken six grains of opium within a period ot two
or three days, without sleep being procured or any
relief to the illusions, tremor and distress under
which lie labored, a twenty-gra n dose of capsicum
iu a large pill was followed by a deep and refresh
ing sleep tor twelve hours. The patient awoke
from this conscious and resiorea. In another
case a thirty-grain dose had to be given before full
relief was procured, and in one or two instances of
individuals of confirmed and Intemperate habits,
it was found nccesjarv to repeat the dose some
throe or four times. As at present employed, tbe
capsicum is given in the form of a bolus made up
with hon.v ot roses, but Dr. Lyons suggests the
feasibility "ot its bring conveyed to the stomach in
a capsule.
The Empress Carlotta.—The Memorial
Diplomatique says: The reassuring accounts
of tlie progressive improvement in the con
dition of the Empress Carlotta which we were
enabled to give, while so many journals re
presented her state as desperate, ure daily be
ing confirmed. A recent letter from Miramar
announces the attacks from which her Majes
ty has suffered at continually lengthening in
tervals ha ve now completely ceased. By the
last English packet, which arrived at South
ampton on the 30th of December, tbe Em
press Carlotta received from her august con
sort letters in which he explained the zeal
situation ofMcvico, and stated his determin
ation to summon a national Congress to pro
nounce upon the future of the country. The
Empress conversed about the subject of these
letters with the utmost calmness, expressing
Truly may it he said tho Irish are. an „» I P| „
de people. Forgetful of the ridicule that special arrangements to keep you fully informed | Great excitement prevailed at the place ot i her satisfaction at finding the Emperor hol<£
has been (leaped upon them from time to time, of all the proceedings, and the large circle of your ■ voting, and much enthusiasm was manifested | ing to his post of honor, where she hopes to
they are very anxious to hear something about intelligent readers shall not be disappointed by j w j, en g usan made her appearance. rejoin him as soon as tlio national CoBgresa
their unhappy country. Although denounc- J 0Jr “ ,l0 correspon en^ ^ ^ Which she frequently did, driving ■a tan- shall have made known its decision. Until
ing some false leader a moment before, the asy-A Snanisli gentleman residing in this 1 tlem team, with Fred. Douglass sitting by her then the Empress perceives the necessity of
faintest inkling of a fight at the other side of ■ l l ? r ttnd W J, 0 ia in a position to be in posses- I side > and Luc y St , on , e . a ? d A. ntoinette Brown | her remaining in Europe. It is this which
the Atlantic sends th -m into a whirl of ex- - - f , ub , j n{or mation, tells us that he occupying a seat behind. . j has greatly contributed to restore her matured
citement. They give a wild “ Huzza! ” aud ■ . {rom t h e City of Mexico as to the ; The horses and carriage were placardeu j serenity of mind, for but recently she evinced
. ntention ^ of the En> p/ ror Maximilian. He withjarge posters. J great impatience to r f tur “ Mexico.
is assured, by persons who have a right to
know, that it is the firm determination of the
Emperor to remain and share the fate of the . . - . . „ .,
friends of »«« «md orde- » diatijrted Ten iThadTheT'been no ! Fatal Affkav.-A most unfortu.at* dr-
C0 T7. ■ dSa lure o? thei’rench fw ? ” inquired a third. cumstance transpired in this city yesterday
Hip intprwrtinn of *mv foreign oower is “ The country must bo saved, and the wo- afternoon, by which Clem. C. Howell, Ksq.,
this afternoon. With respect to the two ves- * t M t and the rathering raen * re men to do it,” declared a fourth, j lost bis life at the hands ot C. C. Green, Esq*,
. odious to Miramon an^ One fellow who had been peddling Antho- ] both well known and highly respected citi-
\f»rr v who have for a lom? time stood nv went up to Susan and wanted to zens of Fulton county. Ol the origin of the
Marquee, who have for a long tune stooa ^ difficulty, or to which of the constants
i'o ufv Adjustment of tltoi! Situ told hitu sho hsd already given him should tie altsohed tho blame for the painful
»»'« «■*» aha agnmd to, .ad couldn't «. ttan.aotio:,, .. have »t> kuo»Wgo, It ap-
uissensious » nt m , 6 f him pears to have been a matter ot a pnvfttft char-
wish ottlie es an , • . He threw away bis tickets and posters, and acter about which same misunderstvsdieg
nation, but he w 11 not desert Mexico so long 9ai ™K7eb7go somewhere, forffil him. bad arisen. The occurrence is deeply te
as such men desire him to remain.-A™ Or- ^ Antoinette a „ joined greUed by the numeroua friend3 both gen
expressing their perfect willingness that he . tlemen.—Atlanta Intel.
Advices from Rio Janeiro state that himself should travel the same road, and be . ~~
kSHThere is no Government in tho world large numbers of Americans who lately emi- subjected to the system of treatment invaria- S3?” Connecticut Millentes are getting
. .... Li-i. ,l. o n_r s.-.J^ nr or.tio^r* rh«r<* tlieir ascension robes ready for June Iain
then rush to tho recently discovered head
quarters, thinking that there a solution was
to be found to the meagre intelligence con
veyed by the cable dispatches.
Contrary to expectation, our reporter was,
therefore, not a little surprised to find the
office of D. C. E. Gleesos fairly thronged
with anxious faces when he paid a visit, there
sel- reported tn have arrived with Fenians • , , ■
and arms in Ireland, General Gleeson says
they were dispatched from New Yoik, just
at the moment when the whole affair was
looked upon as a bubble, and were intended
to put into Ballinskalling Buy, a convenient
harbor to the South ot Valencia. Gleeson
also states that Stephens is in Ireland, *t the
bead of about 300 officers, who are all known
to have left this city.
In
“Down with a woman’s weakness,” read | short, the' physical and mental condition of
one of those. the Empress Carlotta is as satisfactory as can
“ Let every man whose mother was a wo- be desired.
leant Picayune.
whose credit stands so high in the European grated there are forced to beg their living, as biy practised there.
market as that of Chili. they can get no employment. He immediately went over to the enemj
next, when they expect to “ go up.”