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MACON. FRIDAY, APRIL 16. 1869.
VOL. XLIIL—NO. 22.
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Cotton Culture in Enropc.
We lay before our readers this morning the
fourth number of a series of articles on “Cotton
Culture in Europe,” from tho pen of Mr. Edwin
DeLeon. These articles have attracted consid
erable attention, and have been read with gen
eral interest:
ronos CULTURE IS EUROPE—EGYPTIAN COMPETI
TION WITH AMERICAN COTTON.
The competition of Egyptian with American
cotton, tinder normal conditions, never can
amount to anything very serions, for the fol
lowing reasons:
Firstly—Tho area of land adapted for cotton
cnltnrc in Egypt is limited, and during the late
war its full capacity was developed. We know
precisely now the bounds and limits of its pro
duction. under the greatest stimulns, and that
production cannot bo made to exceed (150,000
bale*.
Smsifiy—Under ordinary circumstances and
jt ordinary prices, it pays’ better in Egypt to
cultivate grain: of which from two to three
crops can be raised on tho same land annually
to one crop of cotton, which is, besides, more
exhausting to the soil.
Thirdly—The labor in men is limited, in
comparison with which thoSonth soon willcom-
stand, both blnck and white; and tho labor of
Ej.'jpt is nnskilled in cotton cnltnrc. Besides
tbirh, the Egyptian lands cannot continue so
coed a yield for consecutive years, because they
ve no fertilizer? or modern improvements.
Fourthly— Labr-8aving contrivances, in which
machinery and steam supply Unman muscles,
ue available to us, bnt are not to the Egyptians.
More than once during the last few years, the
cattle plague has almost swept away tlieir beasts
of burden—a loss which as yet has but partially
Uen supplied.
Fifthly—The superiority of the American
cotton to all other kinds, for the manufactures
of England and of tho world, according to the
testimony of the best authorities, including the
English experts themselves.
The India Sural* have long since been with
drawn from the competition; but lately an ef
fort- has been made to set up the Egyptian
“Jfilin'* os a successful rival to the cotton of
onr Southern States.
A few years ago, Mr. J. B. Smith, member of
Parliament from Stockport, after thorough prac
tical examination of the whole matter, made a
must exhaustive report on the different quali
ties of cotton required for English manufactur
ing purposes, in which he arrived at the conclu
sions that "onr (British) great consnmption and
dtnnnd are for the soft, white, silky, moderate
ly long cotton of America, tho quality nsnally
called-Uplands,’ ‘Bowed Georgia’ and ‘New Or
leans.’ It eaa be consumed in any quantity, for
it is available not only as weft, but for warp, ex
cept for the finer numbers. We need and con
sume nine bigs ofTEis cotton for Tib e bag of all
other qualities put together.” And tho reasons
he gives for this are conclusive. The long sta
ple cotton is used for making the warp, as it is
technically atllea—that is, tho loDgitndinal
threads of the woven tissue. Those threads of
the finer sort—say about 50’s—must be made of
long staple cotton, such as onr Sen Island and
the Egyptian. For the numbers below 50, best
medium staple will do.
The medium staple cotton, on tho contrary, Is
used partly for the lower numbers of “ warp”
(and enters largely into the production of the
vast quantities of cotton-yarn and sewing-thread
tiported.) but mainly for the “weft,” or traverse
threads of the woven tissue. It is softer and
drier than the long staple, makes a fuller and
foamier thread, and fills the fabrics better. The
long staple cannot be used for this purpose to
advantage; it is ordinarily too harsh. For the
nrp, strength anil fibre are required; for the
veft, softness and fullness. Now, as the lower
ambers of yam require a far larger amount of
n* cotton for their production than the higher,
tad constitute the chief portion (in weight) both
toexport and consumption in Great Britain, and
«tv«tf yard of calico or cotton doth is com
posed of from two to fivo times os much weft as
Tirp, it is manifest that the cotton of medium
<Uple is the kind for which the demand mnst be
aost constant and greatest, in the proportion of
ae to five.
The short staple cotlofl (Surats) Is used almost
uclusively for weft (except a little for candle-
rick. or for the very lowest numbers of warp—-
•iy tecs and under—bat it is different in chnrac-
>: from the second description, as well as
•toner in fibre. It is drier, fuzzier, more like
»«gh wool, and it cannot bo substituted for it
rithout impoverishing tho nature of the cloth,
aaking it thinner after washing, and can only
a blended with it with much caution and in
Wt moderate proportions. This species of
*ton is found in Upper Egypt, as well as in
Mix. After thus classifying the cotton, and
■*sg fully into the peculiar characteristics of
;*s, this great British authority goes on to say,
'rill be seen, therefore, that while we re-
for our manufactures a limited quantity of
ike first and third qualities of raw cotton,* we
M xnd consume an almost unlimited supply of
|«coud quality. In this fact lies our chief
IMty; for while several quarters of tho
;; ikapply tho first sort (long staple), and In-
Iwald supply enormous quantities of tho
Effd (short staple), tho United States have
alone produced tho second and most
7 kind (medium staple).”
r-'-wgh the stoppage of the great bulk of
■fcjrioa for three or four years compelled
'-•icturers to adopt snbstintes for it, yet it
' f Hmne it previons position now, since
r ,°f the Rnbstitntes ltavo proved equal to
Ifipaxl article. Both Australia and Egypt
IP* fiae long staple cotton, though Mr.
Pk declares onr Sea Island to be “ the finest
p *«ton in the world,” and in classifying
Wan. thus describes it: “ The point we
r to bear in mind, then, is this: Onr desid-
w t? if Bot K ' m ply more cotton, but more cot-
l/V“* tame character and price as that now
from the States. ” That problem Brit-
has never yet been able to solve;
rv'-hwtgi, American cotton has more com-
fi 8 ° w *h® n before tho war, when Mr.
1 Maiming up was made, it still must
palm, and tho Egyptian, neither
»or in qnantity, much less the Indian,
|bith!f~P utc »*■
"fiMd, also, to tho gathering in and
**of tho cotton for market, the Amer-
I “7; ti3 has the advantage. Tho cotton gin
f Stable to the Egyptian cotton
. jrAy-he experiments I lrnvo witnessed; it
““TO of the cotton “Mnko," and much
^*rotto a was lost in the cleaning, under the
Egyptian process.
Lrf ei P*uments we saw made were with the
taw-gin, and experts from the United
- vaowere trying to introduco the arti-
•kdir 1 mat ^ et i uiado the essay. The cot-
roller gins, manufactured in
Jh/i and consist of two rollers—one of
- ''. e °ther of wood—placed obliquely, and
• U ff "heel moved by the foot The
• i ““ re was only estimated at Bixty per
I process.
0tt ^ n ’ a Packed in round bogs in tho
’ , Pressed by roughly mado screw
ri InVi mtK ^ our old-time Bouthem
a kvU . randria it is prepared for exporta-
a 8 pressed into square bales by hy-
•f^ore. It cannot be doubted that tho
‘Ji R"en to cotton culture, its improve-
, .j rile immense profits realized from it
Pa* 4 six yeare, have elevated Egypt
!! Sci«’ °* ooropetition. But natural well as
and the character, both of its
f t?a4, r of government, are ever at work
|Vo com petition with American cotton a
" * on the part of the former.
Sixthly—Tho labor and expense of irrigation
in Egypt must be taken into account. A cotton
plantation there is os troublesome os a rice-field
with us, and therefore it will not pay to grow
cotton there at a price which would *be remu
nerative to our Southern States. It did pay
very handsomely at the prices which ruled du
ring the sjtoppago of the American supply, but
thoquestion is now to be solved whether the
groin crops will not pay better hereafter as they
did formerly.
A tabular statement will show more strikingly
than words the great and rapid development of
cotton culture in Egypt, verifying tho promise
made by Said Pacha, in 1851, to the then
American Consul-General, on his taking leave
of him: “If your people will stop tho cotton
supply for Europe, my people must go to work
and moke it for her.”
I*OTJNDS OK COTTON EXPORTED.
Qrua- B-'t»’n. France. To all Countries
1*53 .2r.«39«*» 107M.W0 4iSS5 3j()
43648,500
•S’*
1955......
..2\000,0ftn
.,33.060.000
Total three yea«
Average
7,600.000
9,£00,000 S6.874.3i0
.144,405 000
.. 43,102,000
Pounds.
45.ao.ooo
61.300.000
292 590,090
T «... _ Bales. Pounds.
In ISO E,->iit exported
tqEns|«nd„ ....100.0CO of 450
In 1S62 hevi t cap irt.d
r tn , ’ J*;*" 4 .144.000 of 450
In 1 6> K.ypr.exported
.‘Vj? 11 ' 0 ? "; .650000 of 450
lu JSC0 hnslandrecciv-
Cifrmn »meric-i -...1.115,890.605
Pbus, Egypt s best year fell short of tho Amer
ican average contribution before tho war nearly
three-fourths, which will show the character of
the competition.
Commencing with the year 18G3, the exporta
tions of Egypt, chiefly owing to her cotton, havo
actually (Joaliled, thus making our loss her gain,
and malting an annual increase to her of at least
§50,000,000 increase from that source alone.
The year which has just expired will test whether
the demand for cotton can keep pace with the
snpply, and demonstrate whether onr dethroned
“King” will “enjoy his own again.”
A Terrible Experience.
A man will go blind, and mad, too, from fear;
I have seen it happen, and if you mind listen
ing, will tell yon the story. I was apprenticed
to a builder when I left school, and soon got to
like the trade very much, especially when the
work was perilous, and gave me a chance to ont-
tlo the other lads in daring. ‘-Spider" was my
nick-nntne in those days, for I had out-grown
my proportions, end partly because they said I
could crawl along a roof like my namesake.
When I was about ill fee and twenty, I was
working with the fatnons Mr. and went
down with his picked hands to carry oat a con
tract he had taken in Canada. While there, I
fell in love with the prettiest girl in Canada, and
that is saying a good deal. For a time I fancied
she liked me and that I was getting on very well
with my love making, bat I soon found my mis
take, for an old lover of hers joined our men,
and Mary gave me the cold shoulder directly.
You may believe this sweethart of her’s (who
was called Ben Lloyd) and I were not the best
of friends in the world; bat I am not tho sort
of fellow to harbor malice, and when the bid
dings to the wedding went around, and I knew
that tuy chance was gone, I made the best of it;
I kept my sore heart to myself, and determined
to heat down jealousy, by being great chums
with Ben.
I went to tho wedding, and there were not
many days when I did not steal half on hour to
sit by his fireside, which was as bright and cozy
and home-like os you’d wish to see—Mary being
the. soul of order and industry. It is not per
haps the usual way of driving out euvy, to go
and look at the happiness another man has done
yon out of, but you know the proverb says,
‘What ia one man’s meat is another man's poi
son ;’ and so it was. I got to look upon Mary
as a sort of sister, and Ben had no causo for
jealousy, although there were plenty of evil
tongues to put him np to it.
Tho contract was nearly np, when a lightning
conductor upon one of tho highest chimneys
sprang, and the owner of tho works offered our
master the job.
“It’s just the sort of thing for you, Harry,
said Mr. ; when he told us of it.
I accepted it off hand, and then Ben stepped
up and said he’d volunteer to be the second man
—two being required-
“All right," said the master, “you are the
steadiest headed fellows I have. The price is a
S od one, and every penny of it shall be divided
tween yon. We’ll not fix a day for the work,
bnt take the first calm morning, and get it done
quietly."
So it was that, some four or five mornings af
ter, wo found ourselves all ready for the start
The kite by which the line attached to the block
was to be sent over the chimney, was flown, and
did its work well; tho rope which was to haul
up tho cradle was ready, and stepping in, Ben
and I began the ascent
There had been very few people nbont when
we went into the yard, but as we got higher, I
saw that tho news had spread, and that the
streets were filling with sight-seers.
“There's plenty of star-gazers, Ben,” I said,
waving my cap to them ; “I dare say they’d
like to seo us come down with a run."
He said nothing, and never moved. Then
looking up, I saw we were close to the top—a
few yards more and wo would be there; yet
those who were tnming the windlnas were wind
ing with'unabated speed. A sudden thrill ran
through my bBood nnd' set my flesh creeping,
they had miscalculated the distance, nnd with
tho force they were' Winding at, and the rope
must inevitably break When tho cradle came in
contact with the block. There was no time to
attempt a signal, only an instant to point out
the danger to Ben, and then to get hold of the
rope, and by going hand over band, reach the
coping before the cradle came up. This was
done quicker than I can toll you, Ben following.
Tho cradle came on; then, as I anticipated,
tho rope gave a shrill, spinning sound, liko a
riflo hall passing throngh the air, and snapped.
Doan went tho cradle, and there were we left,
nearly three hundred feet in tho air, with noth
ing to rest upon but a coping, barely eighteen
inches wide.
Ben shrieked out that he was a dead man,
and cried, “Tell me where I can kneel, Harry;
show me where I can pray to Almighty God, for
I cannot die this way!”
“Huah, lad,” I said; “don’t lose heart; God
can hear you jnst as welt sitting as kneeling,
and if yon try to get np you’ll tumble, to a
moral certainty. Think of Mary, man, and
keep np.”
But he only shook and swayed more and
more, groaning nnd crying ont tbnt he was lost,
and I could see that if ho did not mind, he
would lose his balance.
“Get hold of tho rod," I said; thinking that,
even sprung as it was, the touch would give
him courage. . ' ' _ _
“Cannot yon keep qmet? answered Ben,
speaking in a strange lone; and turning to
look, I saw he was deadly pale, huddled up to
gether, with his eyes fast shut.
“You’ro not frightened, old chap?'
“\Vbat that’s to yon V
“Ob, nothing; only we are getting up pretty
quickly, and yon' have abetter head for work if
vou'd get gradually used to the height.
“IVheruisit, boy?” ho said hoarsely; and
then looking into his face, which was turned to
mo I saw that his eyes were drawn together,
squinting and bloodshot, and knew that the
fright had driven him blind. So pushing mj-
self nearer to him, I plaoed my arm aronnd his
waist and worked round to the rod, which I put
fah£band; and then I looked belovr toseo
whether they were trying to help ns; bnt there
W Th<Tyardwi«fuIl of people, all running hither
and thither; and, as 1 afterwards knew, all in
tho greatest consternation, the cradle having
fallen on one of the overseers of the work, fall
ing him on the spot, and so occupying the at
tention of those near that we unfortunates were
for the time forgotten. I ws. straining my eyes
in hope of seeing some efTort moade to faelp
whe/T was startled by a horrible yeU and
brought to a sense of new danger, for
round, I saw Bes chomping his teeth, and foam-
ingat the mouth, and gesticulating manun-
e&rthly way. Fear had not only bbnded him,
but erased W» brain.
I asked.
Scarcely had I time to comprehend this, when
he began edging his way towards me; and every
hair on my head seemed to stand on end, as I
moved away, keeping as far off as I could, and
scarcely, daring to breathe lest he should hear
me, for see me he could not—that was my only
consolation. Once, twice, thrice, he followed
me round the mouth of that horrible chimney;
then, no doubt thinking that I had fallen over,
ho began trying to get on his feet. What could
I now do to save his life ? To touch him was
certain death to myself as well as him, for ho
would inevitably seize me, and we should go
over together. To let him stand was to witness
his'equally certain destruction.
. I thought of poor Mary, and remembered
that if ho died she might care for me. The
deni put the thought into my mind, I suppose;
but thank God, there was a stronger than Satan
near, and, at the risk of my life, I roared out,
“Sit still or you will fall, Ben Lloyd!”
He crushed down and held on with clenched
teeth, shivering and shaking. In afterdays he
told mo he thought that it was my spirit sent
to warn and save bint.'
“Sit still,” I repeated from lime to time,
watching with aching eyes and brain for some
sign of aid. My lips grew dry, my tongue lit
erally dave to my mouth, and tho perspiration
blinded me.
At last—at last—hopo came. The crowd be
gan to gather in the yard, people were running
in from distant lanes, and a sea of faces were
turned upwards; and then some one who had
got a speaking trumpet, shouted, “Keep heart,
boys, wo'llsave you!” A few minutes more
and the kite began to rise; higher it comes, on
and on. How I watched tho white-winged mes
senger, comparing it in my heart to an angel;
and surely, as an angel was it permitted to come
nearer and nearer, guided by the skilful flier.
The slack rope crossed the chimney, and we
were saved.
I could not shont hurrah, even had I dared;
but in every beat of my heart was a thanksgiv
ing to the God I had never truly known till that
hour, and whose merciful providence I can never
doubt again.
Tho block was fixed, the cradle came up again,
and Ben, obeying my order, got in. I followed,
but no sooner did 1 touch him than ho began
trying to get out. I got hold of him, and taking
it into his head that I was attempting to throw
him over, he straggled and fought like the mad
man ho was—grappling, tearing with his teeth,
shouting, shrieking and praying all tho way
down, while the cradla strained and cracked,
swinging to and froliko the pendulum of a dock.
As we came near the ground I could hear the
roar of voices, and an occasional cheer, then
suddenly all was silent, for they had heard Ben’s
cries, and when the cradlo touched tho ground,
scarcely a man dare look in. The first was a
horrible eight, for, exhausted, by tho Struggle
and excitement, &s soon as the cradle stopped, I
bad fainted, and Ben, feeling my hands relax,
had fastened his teeth into my neck!
No wonder the men fell back with blanched
fqces; they saw that Ben was crazed; but they
thought he had killed me, for, as they said, he
was actually worrying me like a dog. At last
tho master got to us, and pulled.Bcn off me. I
soon came round, but it was a long time before
ho got well, poor fellow; and when he did come
out of the asylum he was never fit for his old
trade again.. I gave np tho trade, too, soon
after, finding that I got queer in the head when
I tried to face height. So, you see, that morn
ing's work changed two men's lives.
Charming Women.
There are certain women who are invariably
spoken of as charming. We never hear any
other epithet applied to them. They are not
said to be pretty, nor amiable, nor clever,
though they may be all three, but simply charm
ing, which we may lake as a kind of verbal
amalgam, the concentration and concretion of
all praise. The main feature about these
charming women is there intense feminality.
There is no blurring of the outlines here; no
confosion of qualities admirable enough in j
themselves, bat slightly ont of place, consider
ing the sex; no Amazonian virtues which leave
one in doubt as to whether we have not before
ns a youth in petticoats, rather than a soft and
tender woman.
A charming woman is woman all over, one
places her glory in being a woman, and has no
desiro to bo anything else. She is a woman
rather than a human being, and a lady rather
than a woman. One of her characteristics is
tbo softness r.nd exquisite grace of her manner,
which so sweetly represents the tender nature
within. She has not an angle anywhere. If
she were to be expressed geometrically, Ho
garth’s line of beauty is the sole figure that
could be used for her. Sue is flowing, graceful,
bending in mind as in body; she is neither self-
asserting, nor aggressito, neither rigid nor nar
row; she is a creature who glides gracefully
through life, and adjusts herself to her compa
ny and her circumstances in a manner little less
than marvellous; working her own way without
tumnlt or sharpness, civaping round insuperable
obstacles, and quietly w|anng down more friable
opposition with that gentle persistency which
does so much more than turmoil and disturb-
Aflktrs In France.
napoleon's speech to the council ot state.
From Galicnani’t Mauenjar, March 25.1
The following is tho text of the address which
the Emperor delivered in the Conncil of State,
when opening the proceedings at the Toileries,
the day before yesterday:
Gentlemen: I have felt anxious to preside
this day over the Council of State in order to
explain to you in what order of ideas I had
placed myself in inviting the Ministers to sub
mit to you a bill relative to the suppression of
workmen's livrets. Society in our time, all must
admit, comprises many opposite elements. Do
we not see iu fact, on otic . certain legiti
mate aspirations and jnst Oc-siroB of improve
ment; and on the other, subversive theories
and blameable cupidities? The duty of the
Government is to resolutely satisfy the first, and
to firmly repndiato tho second. "When the pres
ent state of the greatest is compared with what
it was in tho last century, there can bo only con
gratulations on the progress obtained, on the
abuses destroyed, and on the improvement in
public manners. Nevertheless, if lhe social
plagues of the most flourishing populations be
probed, there will be discovered, under tho ap
pearance of prosperity, many unmerited griev
ances which call for the sympathies of all gen
erous hearts, and many unsolved problems
which solicit the co-operation of all intelligent
minds.
It is with such feelings that laws have been
elaborated by you and adopted by the Legisla
tive body, some entirely philanthropies], liko
those of public assistance, mutual aid and insu
rance in case of an accident or death; others,
authorizing the workmen to unite their savings,
to oppose tho solidarity of wages to that of capi
tal ; allowing them at tho same time to discuss
their own interests at public meetings, and in
fine accrediting their testimony in the courts of
justice. The suppression of the livrets—an act
demanded above all as a moral satisfaction in
order to relieve workmen from vexations for
malities—will complete the series of measures
which place such persons within the sphere of
the common right, and exalt them in their own
estimation. I do not suppose that in following
that policy I shall dissipate all prejudices, dis
arm all animosities, or augment my own popu
larity. But of one thing I am well convinced—
that I shall derive from it a fresh energy for
resisting evil passions. When all useful amelio
rations have been accepted, when everything
that is right and jnst has been done, order is
maintained with the more authority; that force,
ia such a case, finds its support in the fact of
reason and conscience being fully satisfied.
A New Oath of Office.
/•’•■o.'.i the Xotional Intellijencer.}
Senator Trumbull, on Monday, reported from
the Judiciary Committee, without amendment,
the following bill, prescribing an oath of office
to be taken by persons who participated in the
Lite rebellion, but who are not disqualified from
holding office by the fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
“ That, when any person, who is notrendered
ineligible to offico by the provisions of the four
teenth amendment to the Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust
under the government of the United States, and
shall not be able on account of his participation
in the late rebellion to take the oath prescribed
in tho act of Congress approved July 2d, 1862,
said person shall, in lieu of said oath, before en
tering upon tho duties of said oath prescribed in
the act of Congress, entitled fan : ..scribing
an oath of office to be taken by persons from
whom legal disabilities shall have beenremored,’
approved July Uth, 1808."
The oath prescribed by this act ia as follows:
“ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
support and defend the Constitution of the Uni
ted States against all enemies, foreign and do
mestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the same; that I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose of
evasion; and that I will well and faithfully dis
charge the duties of the office on which I am
about to enter. So help me God!"
ItuuiH from the Monroe Advertiser.
We are informed by Sir. Lake, tho efficient
Railroad Agent, that 42(58 bales of cotton have
been shipped from this point daring the present
season. About 150 bales are now stored in tho
warehouse. Before the season is over at least
5000 bales will have been sent forward to mar
ket—putting into tho pockets of our planters
nearly §500,000.
The probability is that the crop will bo in
creased this year, though whether tho receipts
of the crop now being seeded in this and the
counties tributary to tins market, will amount
to more than §500,000 next season is a matter
of serious doubt.
Judge Alex. M. Speer, who lately removed
from this place to Griffin, is erecting a fine
dwelling-house in that city.
We havo to chronicle another jail delivery.
On last Sunday evening, while the guard, Mr.
Callaway, was at supper, the two negroes, Pat
terson and Henry Trapp, assisted by their
friends on tho outside, made good their escape.
ance. _ _ . No part of tho blame, we feel assured, will fall
Even if enthusiastic—which she is for wt, upon Mr. Callaway. Tho fault seems to lie in
either as music, ua painting, or as poetry—she 1 j n tbo total unfitness of the jail building to tho
is enthusiastic in such a sweet and graceful way gjg for which it is designed. Wo hope to see
that no one can be offended by a fire which gome move made to render it secure, if, indeed,
shines and does not burn. There is no touch t bat is possible.
of scorn about ber, and no assumption of supe- j \y e J ea m that there is to be a May Festival at
rior knowledge. She speaks to you, poor ig- [ High Falls, in this county. Indian Spring,
norant Philistine, with tho most flattering con- . Barnesville, Griffin, nnd, we presume, also For-
viction that you follow her in all her flights; j 8 y tb, will be represented on the occasion. We
and when she comes out, quite naturally, with ; l;now of no more appropriate spot for such a
her pretty little bits of recondite lore or profes- j celebration than the point indicated. The mag-
siouul technicalities, yon cannot be so boorish , nificent scenery of High Falls has become his-
as to ask for an explanation of these every-day
matters, which she makes so sure you must un
derstand. Are yon not an educated person with
a soul to be saved, and can you, then, be ignor
ant of things with which every onu of culture is
familiar? She discourses confidentially of mu
sicians and painters unknown to fame, and
speaks as if she know tho secret doings of tho
conservatoire and R. A. council chamber alike.
torical, and is well worth a visit. A gay time is
anticipated.
The celebration at High Falls will not inter
fere with the one at Forsyth, and we renew our
invitation to tho young ladies and gentlemen of
Macon to join us. We hope also to see repre
sentatives of the Macon aud Atlanta press on
hand. Wo have engaged front seats for them.
, , ... ... .. , „„ .. ; A very destructive fire broke out on tho plan-
The mode s and the methods, the loves and the taUoa of Mr John Goodnjan> last Friday. From
hates of tho wholo artistic world are to her ,r rt.irwlmvm’c nlnnlnlinn. in snre&d into .Tndan
things of every day life, and yon cannot toll her
that she is shooting her delicate shafts wide of
tho mark, and that you know no more of what
she means than if she were talking in the
choicest Arabic. „ of fencing having been consumed upon'Judge
If she has been abroad-and she generally , p i in & tion Mono.
.A Iwi.n m<a*A rtV Inc. _clio n't 1 1 nnltl* fMlr. l.f-r < *
Mr. Goodman’s plantation. Is spread into Judge
Bankston’s—from thence to Mr. Goggans’—and
its progress was finally arrested on Mr. Moses
Dnmas place. The injury done is reported to
be very serious—more than a thousand panels
has been more or less—she will pour out her i
tender little rhapsodies about palozzi andvillc
of which you have never heard, bnt every room
of which Bho assumes yon know by heart; aud
she will speak of out-of-the-way churches, and
grim old castles perched upon vine-clad mounts, |
as if you were as well acquainted with them as j
with yonr nativo hamlet; and she will bring I
into her discourse all manner of Italian techni-
The farming Interests of Washington county
arc represented to be in a very promising condi
tion. A heavy cotton crop is being put in tho
ground, bnt with average seasons, enough corn
will be raised for home consumption.
Itapc anil SnmniHry Punishment.
Tho Albany (Ga.) News, of the 13th instant,
nicolities, as if von understood tho subject as i has tho following:
well as sho herself understands it; though your j Only as a warning to both races, we give pub-
learning is limited to a knowledge of flow much j lioity to an outrage and tragedy that occurred
was done in juto and tallow, or how many pock- j in Southwestern Georgia within tho last week,
ets of hops went off in tho innrkct last week. If Wo withhold names, timo and place, for the
she has a liking for high life and titles—and
what charming woman has not?—she will men
tion the names of all manner of courts and
dukes and monsignori unknown in English
society, as though they were her brothers;
but if'you were to interrupt the gentle ripple of
hcrifpoech with snehrnde brenkw.itersas "who?”
and “what?” the charming woman would think
yon a horrid bore, and no man would w illingly
reasons that we do not desire to parade the nn-
fortnnato woman before the public, orgivo
prominence to the retributive justice that so
soon overtook tho fiend.
A negro fellow watched for,] aid intercepted
a young lady at a spring, seized her, choked
her till sho was unconscious, and gratified his
bestial lust A soldier of the lost cause,-with
bnt one arm, cirae upon him in the act, grasped
face that. Ono may be a rhinoceros in his own j him and cried for help—nono_ came. The no
haunts but ss the fable lells us, oven rhinoco- j gro tore loose, bat left a portion of shirt in the
roses are ashamed of their parentage when hand of the ono arm soldier. This detected
among gazelles. Never self-asserting, never, him a few hours afterwards, when he was taken
contradictory, only swee.tlyand tenderly patting . t*« a tree hard by, and placed at the lower end
von right when you blunder, tho charming wo-, of a suspended rope. ,..V;
man, nevertheless, makes you feel her superior- "fte wish itdistinctly understood that we ap-
itv True she leys herself, as it wore, at your | prove and endorse the action of the jury that
fee't. and gives you a thousand delicate flatter- i tried and executed this fiend; and that we are,
ies—indeed, among her specialties is that of be- ‘ heart and soul, in favor of its repetition wher-
ing able tb set yon on good terms with yourself, 1 ever, whenever, and by whomsoever a similar
and her art of subtle flattery; but, despite her > outrage is committed,
own self-abasement and your exaltation, yon [ ~ "ft ~ 1 . .
can bnt feel that she is your superior, and that, ( St Augustine is to have a new hotel. A
fdthoneh she is too- charming to acknowledge i company have leased the flue lot opposite the
what would wound your pride, yet sho feels it, | Presbyterian Church for a term of years, and
too and tries to hide it; all of which has the* propose to erect a new hotel, moderate mze,
effeot of making yon admire her still more for with first-class outfit in every respect. Estima-
grace qnd taet she baa displayed. ted cost, §50,000.
Dolly—A Western Drover’s Ntory.
My name is Anthony Hunt. I am a drover,
and I live miles away upon the Western prairie.
There wasn’t a, home within sight when we
moved there, my wife and I, and now wc havn’t
many neighbors, though those wo havo are good
ones.
j.One day, about ten years ago, I went away
from home to sell some fifty head of cattle—fine
creauturcs as I ever saw. I was to. buy some
groceries and dry goods before I came back, and
above all, a doll for our youngest, Dolly; she
had never had a store-doll of her own, only the
rag babies her moiher had made her.
Dolly could talk of nothing else, and went
down to the very gate to call after mo to “buy
a big one.” Nobody bnt a parent can under
stand how full my mind was of that toy, and
now, when the cattle was sold, the first thing, I
hurried off to buy Dolly’s dolL I found a large
one, with eyes that would open and shut when
you pulled a wire, and had it wrappod up in pa
per, and tucked under my arm, while I had the
parcels of calico aud delaine and tea and sugar
put up. Then, late as it was, I started for home.
It might have been more prndent to stay until
morning, but I felt anxious to get back, and
eager to hear Dolly’s prattle about her dolL
I was mounted on a steady-going old horse of
mine, and pretty well loaded. Night set in be
fore I was a mile from town, and settled down
dark as pitch while I was in the middle of tho
wildest bit of road I know of. I could have
felt my way though, I remembered it so well,
and it was almost liko feeling it when the storm
that had been browing broke, and the rain poll
ed in torrents; five miles, or may-bo six, from
home yet, too.
I rode on as fast as I could, but all of a sud
den I heard a little cry like a child’s voice. I
stopped short and listened—I heard it again. I
called and it answored me. I couldn't seo a
thing; all was dark as pitch. I got down and
felt about in the grass—called again, and. again
was answered. Then I began to wonder. I’m
not timid; bnt I was known to bo a drover and
to have money about me. It might be a trap to
catch me unawares, and rob and murder mo.
I am not superstitious—not very; but how
could a real child be out in the prairie in such a
night, at such an hour ? It might bo more than
human.
The bit of a'coward that hides itself in most
men showed itself to me then, and I was half
inclined to run away, but once more I heard
that cry, and said I:
“If any man’s child is hereabouts, Anthony
Hunt is not the man to let it die.”
I searched again. At last I bethought me of
a hollow under the hill, and groped that way.
Sure enough, I found a little dripping thing that
moaned and sobbed as I took it in my arms. I
called my horse, and the beast came to me, and
I mounted, and tucked the little soaked thing
under my coat as well as I could, promising to
take it home to mammy. It seemed tired to
death, and pretty soon cried itself to sleep
against my bosom.
It had slept there more than an hoar when I
saw my own windows. There were lights in them
and I supposed my wife had lit them for my
sake; but when I got into the door-yard I saw
something was the matter, and stood still with
a dead fear of heart five minutes before I could
lift the latch. Atlast I did it, andsaw the room
full of neighbors, and my wife amidst them
weeping.
When sho saw me she hid her face. “Oh,
don’t tell him,” sho said; “it will kill Inin.”
“What is it, neighbors ?” I cried.
And one said, “Nothing now, I hope. What’s
that in yonr arms ?”
“A poor, lost child,” said I. “I found it on
the road. Take it, will you, I’vo turned faint,”
and I lifted the sleeping tbiDg and saw the face
of my own child, my little Dolly.
It was my darling, and none other, that I had
picked up upon the drenched road.
My little child had wandered out to meet
“daddy” and tho doll, while her mother was at
work, and whom they were lamenting ns ono
dead. I thanked Heaven on my knees before
them alL It is not much of a story, neighbors,
bnt I think of it often in the nights, and wonder
how I could bear to live now if I had not stopped
when I heard the cry for help upon the road—
the little baby cry, hardly louder than a squir
rel’s chirp.
That’s Dolly yonder with her mother in the
meadow, a girl worth saving—I think (bnt thon
I’m her father, and partial, maybe) the prettiest
and sweetest thing this side of the Mississippi.
From tho State Agricultural Society.
Office of the State Agricultural Soenrrr, >
Atlanta, April 9, 1SG9. f
1. The Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington City have called on me for the names of
the officers and members of all the County Agri
cultural Societies in the State. The object of
the Department is to form an Agricultural Direc
tory to aid the Department in making its com
munications and its distribution of documents
and seeds and plants, directly to those individu
als who from the fact of their organization, are
supposed to bo most likely to appreciate these
favors of the Department and comply with its
rules and conditions, and to aid the various
State and county organizations in their inter
course and correspondence with ono another.
I, therefore, request all county societies to re
port the names of their officers and members to
me as soon as possible.
2. It is particularly important to havo this in
formation in my office now, to enable me to
send out the premium list for tho fair of No
vember, 18G9, at Macon. With this premium
list is published tho proceedings, in fall, of the
Agricultural Convention; while assembled in
this city on the 13th of February. These pro
ceedings embrace not only the action of tho
Convention, but the views written out by them
selves of the planters who participated in the
discussions of the meeting on the subjects of
plows, plowing, freedmen's labor, fertilizers,
etc. The document is valuable, and deserves
the attention of all thoughtful, progressive men.
Copies will bo sent to tho Executive Committee
in such numbers as they may request. Copies
will be sent to officers and members of County
Agricultural Societies as soon as their names
are reported to this office. Postage one cent
per copy.
3. Copies of the pamphlet trill bo placed in
the offices of tho Ordinary and Clerks of each
county, with the request that they be kept there
for reference by all citizens who may not re
ceive a oopy.
The Ordinaries and Clerks are requested,
under no circumstances, to permit the copies
sent them to be taken from the office.
4. A number of copies of valuable Public
Documents will be sent to county societies- re
porting their organization. Some new rare im
ported seed will also be sent.
5. The press of this State are requested to
publish this notice. Acknowledgments are dne
for their prompt attention to such requests in
the past. . Day. W. Lewis, Sec’y.
Andy Johnson’s Great Speech
r.t Nashville, Saturday night, was addressed to
six thousand listeners, and makes ten columns
in the Nashville Banner. The Bannerkays of it:
No intellectual or physical weakness mani
fested itself, surely, m his powerful effort of
yesterday. Though, doubtless somewhat wear
ied with travel and much recent spealring in
the open air. for three hoars he kept that vast
audience enchained, and, invoice and* manner,
seemed as fresh at the close as when he com
menced the speech. We need not, at this time,
comment upon the various effective points of his
speech. Itispublishedmfnll elsewhere, and elo
quently speaks for itself. His exhaustive review
of the national finances and the bnrdeti of tho
publiedebt, with his solemn warning to the peo
ple ; his timely and pertinent counsel to the col
ored people, who owed their emancipation to
himself; his terrible denunciation of the leagues
nnd tho league managers, and earnest protest,
in the name of republican liberty and constitu
tional government, against martial law in time
of peace and the monstrous wrong and injustice
of taxation without representation, were telling
points that left their impress deep in the hearts
of his hearers. *
There was a slight fall of anoxtia Norfolk on
Sunday morning last.
A Peneoal Explanation.
The last number of the Atlanta New
Era
Major M. R. Delanj’s Leetare on tbe .
African Race. L ; : |
t'rnm the Aetr Orloant OrttcctU nf iht lOtA. J - , • niaaii >
This negro deliveredhislectnre.entitled “The u en gaged in a personal explanation reapon-
Progress of Civilization and the Origin of Races , sive to the following:
and Color,” at the National Hall, Poydras street, Willard’s Hoisl,
last evening, before an audience composed al- Washington, D. O.. April 8, 1809. £
most exclusively of negroes, and not the most , tv- c— in , . 1.
intelligent of nfgroes atthat, with the exception ! I>T p^ U<i Bard ’ EdU ^ and
of some twenty-five or thirty persons, who, from I _ .' • Ha-
their educational advantages, could have under- ! . : 9“ the roaming of the 6th tout, I saw
stood the major’s argument and theory of the ; m a “oniing paper of this city, a special tel-
origin and grandeur of the colored race in tho i «8 ram from Atlanta, giving language, said to
ancient days when the city of Thebes was built j “ ave appeared the previous morning in your
He commenced his lecture by a severe repri- ! paper. I could not believe tile dispatch tree,
mond to the colored raco in general for their be- i aiu ^ anxiously awaited the arrival of your lama
ing ashamed of their color, and by tho general j of 1116 Gthinst, in which it was said to have *p-
weakness of tho defence of the mulatto, quad- 1 paared.'
roon and octaroon, as to their having colored > .. ^ave this moment received, by to-night’a
blood in their veins; that the main object of ! your issue of that date, and am pained to
IaaImwa — - — — A— X.. w *. . • v _ c DP A IV> ft f tL A fnlnrrKAvw wno iwiiv Y4- AV- Aw.4—- I.A
this lecture was to induce a pride of race among
the colored people; that before he got through
he would compel any of the first families of Vir
ginia, the haughty South Carolinian and tho
supercilious Louisianian to acknowledge the
see that the telegram was true. It therefore be
comes my duty to myself and to you, to inform
you of my view of the article which appeared in
the New Era of the Gth instant, headed “Lies,
Lies, Lies,” and of my determination in the
dignity of the negro, and the quadroons and the P r ® mls es.
octoroons be proud of their colored blood, but 1 care not hing for your assertion that you
the colored race must be true to themselves, j loathe us monsters in human shape; I care no-
and not live by hanging on to tho skirts of the
white people; that his object was to diffuse
knowledge among those of his own race, to
mnko them equal to the requirements of the age
and progress of civilization among other races
of men, with a specialty of tracing their origin
from the descendants of Noah.
Ho disputed the Gampollion theory, which i3
that the man first created by God was black,
when the Almighty, not being satisfied with his
work, created another, who was yellow or red;
this not pleasing him much more than the first
he created a third man, who was white, with all
the characteristics of the Caucasian race ; bnt
claimed that the first man created (Adam) was,
ns his name signified, redoryellow. Thisbronght
him to the point, who were the present progen
itors of the present races ? Tho sons of Noah,
and they were Shem, Ham and Japhet. With
the descendants of Ham he would deal mostly,
whose four sons settled in various parts of Eas
tern Asia and Africa. He contended that civil
ization was propagated by three agencies—emi
gration, revolution and conquest; that Nimrod,
tho mighty conqueror who founded tho Assyrian
empire, was grandson of Ham, and, therefore.
a_ negro; that with his conquests ho carried
civilization into Asia; that Sesostres, the great
Egyptian kjpg, who founded the city of The
bes, on the bonks of the Nile, with hi3
1,200,000 men, carried a still higher order
of civilization into tho same country, and who
set up two pillars on the banks of the Indus,
with this inscription upon them: ‘’Sesostres,
the King of Kings, has conquered the world to
the line of these pillars," was another negro,
that the Egyptians who held the children of
Israel so long in bondage were negroes, and as
the highest encomium heaped upon Moses is
that he was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians; that the Jews borrowed their re
ligion from them, together with their laws, for
instance, Jethnra giving laws to Moses, which
were reduced to statutes and written in the
Book of Judges; that tho building of the Tem
ple was not completed until visited by the negro
princess, who supplied it with treasure, and en
tered the Holy of Holies through her wisdom,
whore none but the two grand masters were
permitted to enter; that Christ, the Saviour of
the world, was warned to go among the negroes
for safety, until they who sotlght his life were
dead. After the mission of his ministry and
his condemnation to death upon the orosa as the
type of salvation, which was to have been borne
upon Calvary, tho plan of salvation would hnvo
been defeated but for the negroes who bore the
cross instead of Christ.
The lecturer then gave his views upon the or
igin of color, giving the physiological construc
tion of the skin, which contains the matter of
color. In the substance termed rdcmuwsum ia
the coloring matter, said he; this structure
which is cellular or honeycomb-like, in the pure
white racs is nearly empty, or containing a per
fectly transparent substance, the retemneosum
itself being colorless. In tho yellow races the
coloring matter in theso cells is red, slightly
modified by tho economy of tho system. In the
black races the coloring matter is the same
without any modification, being intensified by
concentration, becoming a pigment, which is
simply concrete or concentrated rouge, so that
tho color of the blackest African, and that of
tho rosy tints on the cheeks of the most delicate
white, or Caucasian, lady are identically the
same in substance, that in the white being but
ronge in small quantities, mixed with colorless
matter, while that in the African is compact by
concentration.
As a final to his lecture, the lecturer again
urged upon his hearers to be true to themselves,
that they need not be ashamed of their origina
tors, for no race on the face of the earth had
such a history as theirs.
It was certainly a remarkable lecture to come
from such a man.
Important to Letter-Writers anil Ad
vertisers.
A Chicago cotemporary warns its readers of
a fact not generally known, viz.: that according
to a recent change in the regulations of the
Fostoffice Department, no letters addressed to
initials will be delivered at any residence or in
any postoffico box. Tho man who addresses his
communication to A B 0, box 10,001, may rest
assured that his epistle will never be deposited
in the box in question; but that, on the other
hand, it will be immediately and effectually de
stroyed. : r I
That the above is a fact, it says, can readily
be learned from tho postffioce authorities of the
city. Advertisers in particular, and the public
in general, will see the necessity of governing
themselves accordingly. If Miss Susan Sniff-
kins advertises for correspondence, and desires
that the replies to her gushing appeal should be
sent to a particular box, or a particular resi
dence, die need not sign herself “ Rosebud,”
or “The Lone Heart," bnt must forsooth give
her full real name and address, unless she is
wise, advertises in tho Republican, and says:
“Address Rosebud, Republican office.” And
for the same reason, if Mr. John Jones has
found anything, lost anything, or has anything
to sell, ho. will remain unsatisfied until dooms
day, if he simply gives his private box, and de
sires people to address “ J. J.”
A Romance iu Colorado.
A letter from Denver says: “A very pretty
romance, in which a woman is not mixed np, has
jnst happened in the mines. It runs thus: A
soldier who had served through tho war, soon
after his discharge came West to seek his for
tune. He drifted into tho mines, and got hold
of some claims which wore discovered to be very
rich. His captain who had been 'very kind to
him in the service, lived far to the East, and
thing for your charge that we are incarnate dev
ils ; but when yon publish to the world that you
hope we may perish In/ the wayside, and that the
State'may never again be cursed with onr pres
ence, I cannot and will not stand it.
You. may attempt to construe it away as a
figurative expression ; you may attempt to ex
plain it away; but with me, when a man ad
vises the taking of my life, no construction or
explanations will suffice. To the common
reader, to the great masses of the people, it can
me an but one thing. It means that the assas
sin must strike me down npon the wayside, and
never permit me to return to my wife and
children.
When it becomes necessary as a condition
precedent to the further preservation of my
life, for me to tamely submit to publications in
stigating my assassination by the wayside, then
life will possess no charms for me. My nature
forbids it.
Therefore, I demand of you a clear, unquali
fied, and emphatic declaration in writing, that
in said article no allusion was made to me; or,
if allusion was made to me, then I demand a
most complete, unqualified, and absolute with
drawal of said article in so far as itallndes to me.
Iu doing this, 1 am not engaged in child's
play, but, upon the contrary, I am terribly in
earnest.
I shall he at home in a few days, unless, at
your instigation, I perish by tho wayside, and I
hope to find upon my arrival a compliance with
this reasonable demand. You can address me
at Atlanta through tho postoffice. Should I not
find an answer ■ to this upon my return home,
your refusal to answer will be understood as a
refusal to comply with my demand, and I will
give you notice of iny return and will wait
twenty-four hours nfter said notice for a reply,
as I will take no advantage of you.
Henbx P, Farrow.
Mr. Farrow is evidently in a State of mental
disquietude and dissatisfaction. The New Era
complains that his construction of its language
is forced and unnatural, and avers that he was
but using the customary license of politicians
who draw figures of speech from the field of
battle to express mere'political defeat and dis
comfiture ; and that he is &6tua»Ly averse to
lawlessness and assassination, and if for this he
is “to bo shot down in the streets, be it so.”
We say, in tho words of Gen. Grant, “let ns
hate peace.” It is the business of administra
tion men particularly to set us an example of
docility and quiet. . « f t H
■***•• .—Aiiae
A Case of Spontaneous Combustion.
The New Orleans Crescent publishes an ac
count of .the death of a young man in that city
by spontaneous combustion. He had been a
hard drinker for manyyears. He died on Tues
day night, and the appearance of the body is
described thus:
“Lnylay was stretched npon the bare floor in a
perfect nakedness, his eyes almost out of their
orbits, his whole frame distorted, and the body-
in a curious state of ebullition—we might state,
the flesh much swollen and perfectly translu
cent, and the blood coursing in the veins seem
ing to be rushing through them at a fearful
rate, as was easily exhibited by, its abnormal
appearance, seemingly filled with foreign glob
ular bodies. The epidermis, in spots varying
from the size of a pin’s head to that of a small
apple, would become inflated, and suddenly the
blisters would collapse, very like as the bubbles
on the surface of a boiling pot of starch, or
other thickened liquid. As the blisters sub
sided, they left on their surface a hot liquid of
yellowish red color, which trickled down the
sides of his body and stained the floor, the idea
of wiping it off having been abandoned, owing
to the copiousness of the flow. To remain ana
view the sight was more than we could do, and
we retired once more, to return, however, about
_8 o’olock, upon being informed that life was ex
tinct in poor Lnylay. During our absence the
body had apparently exuded all that it contained
of_ blood or liquid matter, become perfectly
drieefatpand shrunken, and as black as char
coal/’
The Daughter at Home.—To be able to get
dinner, to sweep the room, to make a garment,
to tend a baby, would add greatly to the list of
a young lady's’ sccomplishments. When can ws
behold a more lovely sight than the eldest
daughter of a house, standing in the sweet sim
plicity of her. new womanhood by the side of
her toiling, careworn mother? Now she pre
sides at the table, now directs in the kitchen,
now amuses too fretting babies, now diverts
half a score of folks in the library. She can as
sist her younger brothers in their studies, read
the newspapers to her father, or smootoe toe
aching brow of her fevered mother. Always
ready with a helping hand and cheerful smile
for every emergency, she is an angel of love,
and a blessing to the cirdo. Should she be
called ont of it to originate a home of her own
would she be any less loving or self-sacrificing ?
"■ [Lynehlirry Virginian.
New York thieves have in training a number
of dogs for summer operations. They are
taught, by repeated endeavors, to rush into a
room and seize from a counter a parcel and
quickly bring it to his master. Their counter
is mado so as to resemble those in banks, and
the parcel is covered with yellow paper, and
made to look like the packages of bank notes
that are exchanged from one bank to another.
The design is to take or Bend by a confederate,
one of these dogs to the door of a bank or bro-
finding himself in want of a partner, the young ker’s office, where a parcel or package of bank
soldier determined to_ write to tho captain, who
was poor,- and ask him to come out and share
with him his. good fortune. He did so. The
captain camo, and the ex-private made over to
him, as a gift, one-third interest in all his mining
claims. The captain was a shrewd man, the new
firm' prospered, and presently the generous
young minor sent for an old friend who had
been with him as a private in the same company,
and made oyer to his comrade another third of
his mineR. The companv prospered amazingly,
and grew rich.. "
A few weeks ago the captain and the third
member of the Jinn, longing to rejoin their
families, and f eeung that they were rioh enough,
proposed to sell out. They did so for §100.000
each, and the rich ex-privato was the principal
buyer. The other'day the trio were seen walk
ing along the street arm in arm, apparently
contented with the affairs of this world. They
notes is seen to be lying on toe counter, and
send him in. Tho trained animal darts in and
seizes the valuables in his month, and rushes
out to the place where he expects to find his
master.
A Welsh clergyman applied to his diocesan
for a living. The Bishop promised him one,
but as the clergyman was taking his leave he ex
pressed hopes that his lordship would not send
him into the interior of the principality, as his
wife could not speak Welsh. “Your wife, sir!”
said the Bishop, “what has your wife to do with
it? She does not presto, does toe?” “No,
my lord,” said the parson, “bnt she lectures.”
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A gentleman from Paris paid a visit to s
country dame, in whose parlor he saw the por
trait of a lovely woman of about five-and-twen-
. . ty. Upon the entrance of the lady the visitor
are all three on their way East, the head of toe : naturally asked her if. the picture was a family
firm going to visit the ex-partners, whom he has I portrait, and was told 4h*i it rapnaehted her
made so rich. After a short stay in the East, | deceased daughter. “Hu it been lope since
the rich yotmg soldier will return West and con- you lost her ?” asked, the gentleman. “Alas,
tinuo his mining operations. In order to prop- air,” replied the lady, “she died jmt after her
erly complete the story, the head of the firm, j tnrtb, an d I have had the portrait tjhttad to
whole East, ought to fall in love with the sister represent her u she would appear if she bed
of otoe of Iris partners, many her, an^ bring j lived until now.” . . ■ / ;.' ; e
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her West as his bride.
TK* New Tack Herald tnteraU
branch office in Brooklyn.
Hon. HonmoBarieoim y
a knk, Iowa, from injuries
.railroad accident ~
