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Tlie Greoi-o-ia. Weeklv Telegraph.
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UiCON,
FBIDAT, JUNE 11, 18G9.
"^Supreme Court ol Georgia
™ Atlanta nest Monday. The cases from
** 10 cow* hi as fourth on the docket, and
^ fifty-nine cases before they will be
* * jt ,riil probably bo the third or fourth
b - eS sion before the "White case from
4 ® m circuit comes up. This White case
"" celebrated black case. It involves the
' ^ of the eligibility of negroes to hold
^Georgia, and will arrest the attention of
^Jfeole State. It will settle the point one
ot i,er. It is true the Constitution
: . the Legislature the judge of the qualifi-
“ of members, but it is also true that the
!- t»tive and constitutional interpretation
■ mast ultimately decide the question.
Cincinnati Southern Railroad.
' 4t lantt Intelligencer of Saturday con-
following special to Gov. Bullock:
Cincinnati, June 4, 18C0.
, „ inoo£ra , bv unanimous vote of Council,
the terminus to-day.
'Z ji W. H. Habrison, Chairman.
Zfwntest was between Chattanooga and
’ r He” and there was originally a tie vote
^ the two places. But good sense has
.Zb and Cincinnati will come down
: .T, into the bowels of the land, and find
tjket in the great cotton region, instead
: Jing her produce, like coal to New Cas-
.. Knoxville, in the heart of a great grain
, .pjjace country. It is a wonder to us that
jP «sany delay in coming to a decision,
r nhennore. Cincinnati at Knoxville wonld
;! l«n out of line to port. At Chattanooga
duee and merchandise can find conveni-
outlets at Charleston, Savannah and Bruns-
v which last will be the grand point of ship-
* of produce to the West India ports. The
Kreacer attributes the unanimous decision
foL Halbert, who went to Cincinnati as soon
; , pertained there was any difficulty.
Affairs in Atlanta.
.. all departments of trade and occu-
’’y complain of dullness and scarcity of
\Z Railroad men are arranging for vari-
Zcheilules for summer travel northward,
one from Atlanta from New York, via Au-
a Columbia, S. C., and Charlotte, N. C.,
nip will bo made in 47 hours.
uL E- Halbert is arranging a schedule via
-jsrille, Ky., and the Pennsylvania Central,
thifh the trip will be made in 57 hours from
istitoXew York, with one change of cars
yst Louisville.
Re National Hotel is still kept finely by Mr.
B. Pond, and the wants of the guests of the
are attended to after the most approved
Glad to find they use a better quality of
jhing water there than formerly.
P. W. J. Echols’ agricultural implement
ji to be seen what is called the “Needle
It is the invention of a Air. Scatter-
of Georgia, ini8G0. A circle of needles
fkats the saws. Thirty circles of needles
Jo the work of fifty saws. It is said besides
hag the lint of the first qnality, the gin is
to the finest varieties of the staple.
tansm Wheat.—The Borne Courier of
trday says there has been a very consider-
dedine in wheat in this market in the last
days. A Ko. 1 article of red now command-
only $1 SO.
le same paper says: “After a dry spoil of
i two weeks, on last Thursday we had a de-
fulraiu—a real good season—that fairly
es the growing crops and all vegetation
h for joy. There was quite a little dash of
at first, with the rain, bat we have heard of
very serious damage from it.
Iiere is to be a big reaping match at Cave
on the 10 th, and the Buckeye, Bussell,
:!i Ohio and Excelsior machines are to
r their speed.
In Poutical Horizon.—The Bev. Profes-
Farman, of South Carolina, an eminent di-
and scholar, in a letter addressed to his
aghter, residing in New Orleans, dated May
Isays-’
lie present aspect of onr political horizon
portentous, I fear, of coming evils. The
stations have already been destroyed. The
ul fabric has tottered and fallen, and from
i its mins we see every stronghold of lib-
assailed by the pickaxe and the battering
Anarchy must ensue. Civil commotion,
'-sual accompaniment, must then dash the
aents of society with violence against each
*r, and the whole terminate probably in the
ihlishment of an oligarchy or an imperial
■eminent.'’
splendid and comfortable trip to the North
7 of Savannah and Philadelphia Steam-
p Line—fine ships, excellent accommodations
cheap as any other ronte. The great ad-
-**8® of this trip consists in being on smooth
-itr, twelve hours, which time would be
31 on the rough ocean in going to New York,
this qniet sail you regain strength and feel
■iwhed on landing. An excellent route for
ondeveiy one will find it expeditions
i»fe.
^i*Law Firm.—Georgo T. Bartlett, Esq.,
Moaticello, Georgia, an attorney of several
practice and experience in the courts of
has associated himself with A. Proud-
• Memphis, and opened a law office in
ldt J- By reason of industry, attention to
»ad skill in the law, we have no doubt
" gentlemen will have a fair share of the
~ cf ’ in their line.
- Far K Washington - .—Another fire oc-
~ . in Washington, NVilkes county, last
" night The Gazette says it consumed
^*of Capt John T. Wingfield and the
'•^th shop of Mr. Lorenzo Smith. Two
anj one ij 0rsa perished in the flames.
J "ait estimated at about twelve or fifteen
dollars.
GrsmaiES Planters, tell us bow it is
guanoes. How do tbe guanoed and
^•guanoed crops compare? Do you see
i in this stage of the season, and
Ult; We want to know.
Thomas Will Case.—Judge Wor-
. bounced decision in this case on
e revoking the wilL The case goes to
^eCourt.
p.^^pondent ours has been reading the
jjj 80 closely that he has imbibed the
. ‘^eas, and discourses so nearly in the
' ! lte • IBs difference is immaterial We
•-i\ ‘ ^ wish to involve our*
513 a dispute about its paternity.
the size of a man’s head are said,
* cons am ' )US ^ n ^ ex> *° Bave fallen in Noxu-
Mississippi, on the 12th instant
j_ P*persays: “Whereverthe tornado
tommies touched a field, universal min
Ito^'^Portment has received informal
, effect that the Brazilian and Argen-
- , 0tit . ies who control the La Plata below
intercepted Minister MeMa-
■'atiu 8 . stot5li8GoTermn ent McMahon
’''aud^^ 011 ° n A P rU l8t > ascended the
3il 0 J 01ned ^pez. The State Department
call the attention of the Argentine
dig*., ° n 40 fftct of 016 interception of
^ 6S , and demand that the practice be
Tbe South as a Bread Country.
New Wheat.—New wheat was ground at the
Palace Mills yesterday. It turned out fine look
ing flonr. This would be a moderately good
bread country, if it had half a chance.
[Columbus Enquirer.
This is a good text for an interesting dis
course, if one had time to hunt up the facts.—
We suggest to some of our correspondents who
have more leisure’ to look up the statistics and
compare the actual productive capacity of the
two sections. The result, we are very sure,
would surprise people who are accustomed to
consider the production of breadstnffs in the
Southern States as something a little outside of
a true natural economy—as more or less a strag
gle against nature; whereas, on the contrary,
the climate of the so-called cotton States, is a
better one for wheat, than the wheat growing
States so-called by eminence. That this is actu-'
ally so, isdemonstrated by the fact that Southern
flour is better than Northern flonr. The point of
relative quality settles the contest.
Now, we are not going to say that an acre of
barren Georgia upland, scratched over and sown
broadcast with a thin seeding, as we commonly
do it, is going to rival in production an aero of
rich Ohio, Illinois, or Minnessota bottom land,
cultivated as it should be. That would be ab
surd. But we believe actual investigation
would show a far less difference in the general
average yield than is commonly supposed. We
are not disposed to admit that the actual differ
ence, under all existing disadvantages, is two
busheli an acre. We may be wrong, but this is
our impression.
Next, we mean to express the opinion that
the same labor and expense on the common up
lands of Georgia will produce a larger quantity
of wheat than upon a similar grade of lands
farther North, and a better article.
Another point, which may be accepted as true
beyond controversy, is that in general, tbe
Southern lands are far more easily tilled and
therefore a greater area will be covered by an
equal amount of labor and expense.
Fourthly, wo believe the Georgia climate is
far better adapted to the production of wheat
than even that of Ohio, and the crop is less lia
ble to disaster.
Fifth, with first-rate tillage—such as it is the
real interest of Georgians to practice and bestow
on all crops, we can produce a heavier yield per
acre than can be made in any of those Northern
States.
Sixth, we believe if two farmers of equal ca
pacity, skill and capital were to start out to pro
duce wheat for a series of years—the one in
Georgia and the other in Ohio or New York, or
in any other place not provided with an extraor
dinary capital of inexhaustible virgin soil, tbe
Georgia wheat grower wouldbeat bis competitor.
With these views we look upon the South, not
as “a moderately good bread country,” but as
naturally the best bread country on the conti
nent. All she needs is intelligent labor to vin
dicate this opinion.
Negbo Disturbance in Oglethobpe County
We are permitted to make the following extract
from a letter from a gentleman in Elbert county
to his son in this city. The letter is dated 31st
May.
“There is a report inElbertonof a threat
ened insurrection among the negroes at Lexing
ton, Oglethorpe county, bnt that it was sup
pressed before any damage was done. A negro
gave notice that the blacks threatened on a cer
tain night to kill some of the most propiinent
citizens of the place, and then fire it; but the
timely information put the people on their gnard
and the negroes did not rise. A warrant was
issued for the arrest of the leaders. One of
them refused to surrender to Wm. Edwards, the
officer, and drew his gun. Edwards then shot
him through the body, and be fell dead, and is
still laying by the roadside. I have not heard
that any of them have been arrested.”
The Eblangee-Aesiand Suit.—The case of the
United States against Erlangeu, banker, and
Abmand Beothebs, ship builders, which in
volves $6,000,000, arising out of a Confederate
ship contract and the deposit of money for carry
ing out the same, will be brought before the
French Court of Appeals in a short time. Jules
Favbe has been appointed principal counsel for
the United States, in place of M. Bebbteb, late
ly deceased. The whole case will be re-opened,
and additional testimony will be introduced to
rebut certain affidavits which were put in evi
dence at the last trial.
Behind on Cobn.—The local of the Telegraph
yesterday spoke of somebody who had “a mess of
green com for dinner last Thursday," and claim
ed this as “the first of the season for this sec
tion.” We advise the local and his friend to
buy a first class ticket in Noah’s Ark. The
writer had green com week before last, and
never said a word about it because he knew his
crop was backward. Many others are in the
same condition, bnt are afraid to speak because
they are ashamed of their gardening. Green
corn, indeed—perhaps somebody will boast
abont a mess of green peas. Mr. Local—green
com and green bom.
A bill is before the Canadian Parliament re
specting seduction. It provides thnt a seducer,
under promise of marriage, of an unmarried
female of previous chaste character shall be
punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at
the option of the court, but shall not be con
demned on tbe sole evidence of the female.
lVortii Conrt — Negro Convicted of
Murder—Crops.
On Tuesday morning George Fowler (colored)
was arraigned for killing Peter Jackson (col
ored), in December last. The evidence showed
that he went to where Peter* was splitting rails,
with a double-barreled shot-gun, passed the
morning’s salutation, and upon Peter's telling
him that he—Peter—wanted nothing to do with
him, discharged a barrel loaded with bnck-shot,
emptying it into the body of Peter. Drawing
np to fire the second barrel, Peter cried for
mercy, and begged him not to shoot. George
pulled the trigger, however, and the cap burst-
ed, and the piece did not go off. He then threw
down the gun and seized Peter’s axe, and struck
him several blows on the head—bursting the
skull every blow. The brute was fully develop
ed, as usual in snch cases.
Abont G o’clock, v. il, the jury retired, and
after and absence of some ten minutes, returned
with a verdict of guilty of murder.
We found the planters generally hopeful of
crop prospects, and heard no complaints except
of backwardness. Com and cotton look well,
but are behind time several weeks. The crops
are in a better condition than we ever saw them,
and it is generally conceded that this hot weath
er and the rains we are now having, will bring
them out.
We met an intelligent gentleman from Monti-
cello, Florida, who authorized us to say that
there are no caterpillars in Florida. He inform
ed us that crops were clean and promising,
though backward. The worm which was, by
some, mistaken for the caterpillar, has disap
peared, and the cotton plant is healthy and vigo
rous.
Since our return we leam that the Court sen
tenced George Fowler to be hanged on the 9th
of July next. We congratulate the people of
Worth on the prospect ofhanging—the first they
ever had.—Albany News.
Manistee BuaLixoAJai is said to have rebuked
the foreigners who thought they “outranked”
him in Paris, in the following style: “We
Americans do not raise the question of rank.
We receive all gentlemen as occupying a com
mon level. But if you raise the question of
position, we outrank you. You are nothing
bnt dukes, marquises and counts. We belong
to the royal family. We are the equal of our
President. We are all heirs apparent to the
throne. We stand up for our order, and If need
be, we fight for onr order.”
Charles Lever says that Americans are wholly
deficient in dignity, their only idea, of which is
intense pomposity.
CITY -A.FDP-A.IItS.
The Post-office Again.—We learned from a gen
tleman on the street yesterday, that Turner had
sent orders here for the immediate fitting up of the
Bond Store, on Cherry street, as ho intends to make
that bunding tho Macon Post-office. Our informant
gave ns this as semi-official information, with the
remark that he had no doubt that it was true; but
Mr. Bond says be knows nothing of it.
It is also stated that Turner has expressed to a
friend in this city, by letter, bis determination not
to return to Macon, as he fears that bis life would
bo taken; and that be will appoint a white deputy
to conduct the post-office. We do not vouch for
these statements, and give them as they are fre
quently repeated on the streets. We do know,
however, that the hopes cherished by all of our
people that Tomer would never be the Macon Post
master, are now nearly extinguished, and the be
lief is almost general that he or his deputy will
soon be installed in the office.
As to Turner’s fears for his life should he return
to Macon, we have only to say that if be really en
tertains them, he is a greater fool than we have
heretofore believed bim to be. Ho knows that bo
is as safe here as elsewhere if he conducts himself
properly; but be is one of tbe infamous few in this
State that have got office and power by slandering,
traducing and misrepresenting tbe people of Geor
gia. He baa no real fears of returning to Macon,
but would, doubtless, like to make it appear so to
tbe authorities at Washington.
A Brace of Pascals—One of Them Shot at.—
Yesterday evening about sunset, as Capt. Simpson,
of our police force was riding along Walnut Street,
near tbe intersection of that street with Second, be
met two negroes, one of whom he recognized as
Wiley Thomas, the notorious rascal and thief, who
choked Capt. Lloyd’s washer woman recently and
stole his basket of clothes, and also robbed Mr. Ir
vin. After passing tho negroes a little, Capt. S.
turned his horse around and rode toward them,
and the ono whom he did not recognize,
punched Wiley in the side and motioned back to
Capt. S., when Wiley immediately started toward
the river; but seeing that he was about to be over
taken, he jumped over a fence into the shrubbery
just back of the Lamar house and made his
escape. Capt. S. then returned and overtook the
other negro who had a carpet sack, and drawing his
pistol commanded him to stop. The rascal com
menced begging, and telling Capt. S. not to shoot;
that he had done nothing; it was the other negro
he wanted. The Captain told him he would take
him along anyhow, and to march straight down the
street in front of the horse or he would kill him.
The rascal did as he was bade until he approached
nearly opposite Mrs. Ellg’ residence, on the porch
of which were seated several ladies, when he dodged
around the boxed trunk of a large tree between
Capt S. and the ladies and made across the street,
knowing that he could not bo firsd upon without
endangering tbe life of some one of tbo ladies.
Capt. S. whirled bis horse out of line quick as possi
ble and fired, but without effect The shot made
his horse perfectly unmanageable with fright, and
before he could check him up and get another shot
the negro had managed to jump into the bushes
where his accomplice had escaped, and both got
away before the Captain could obtain assistance.
Capt S. describes the last mentioned negro as
very black and very much resembling Bob Wagner
in size and appearance. Tbo carpet bag captured
from him contained a fine pair of pants, a pair of
boots and an overcoat, the latter, probably tbe
property of Mr. Bees, as he was recently robbed of
such a coat.
Sebious Accident.—Wo should have mentioned,
in yesterday’s paper, arather serious accident which
occurred on Sunday morning last, to Mr. Bobt. Wag
genstein, tbe Confectioner, andMr. Louis Yannucki,
saloon keeper and oyster dealer, of this city. They
were out riding in a buggy, and when descending
Cowle’s bill, near the comer of Bond and Orange
streets, one of the shafts became detached, which
threw tbe buggy on the horse, and, becoming fright
ened, be ran away, upsetting tbe bnggv and throw
ing both gentlemen out violently. Mr. Waggenstein
had an arm broken near tbe shoulder, and Mr. Yan
nucki received a bruise or two on tbe bead and a
right sharp one onhisleft leg.
Fine Yineyaed.—A gentleman just returned from
Marshallville, informs us that the vineyard of Mr.
J. A. Sperry, of that place, is certainly one of tbe
finest in the country. Our informant says be count-
ed-on one vine, twenty full bunches of grapes. Tbe
grape growers of Germany, France and this coun
try, will yet discover the adaptability and superior
ity of Central Georgia lands for tbe culture of tbo
grape.
Off Again.—Eleven members of the “Grid-iron
Club" of this city, supplied with rods, tackle, boats
and bait, to say nothing of the unmentionable etcet-
ras,left with the Savannahboysyesterdayfor another
fish in the Ogechee river. May they have the same
success that attended their last big fish down that
way.
By the way, we take occasion, just here, to “chaw”
and swallow all we said about them during their
last excursion, and own up that every man in the
party that left yesterday, is a gentleman and scholar.
Changes in Postal Boute Agencies.—Tho fol
lowing changes have recently been made by the
Postmaster-General, in tbe postalronte agencies on
tho different railroads in this section.
Southwestern Bailroad—Bobert Calvert, vice
Jas.Beekman, removed.
Muscogee Bailroad—Mr. Edwards, vice Mr.
Chovin removed. It is also reported that Mr.
Kingsbury, on this road, has been removed.
Macon <£ Western Bailroad—Geo. H. Herrington,
vice A. McBaldwin, removed.
One or two new route agents have also been
placed on the Central Bailroad, in place of old ones
removed; but we have not the names of the new
agents.
Mr. Calvert, on the Southwestern Bailroad, made
his first trip on Tuesday last.
At.t. Again Quiet.—With the departure of the Sa
vannah boys and Ames’ big show, the life, bustle
and stir in the city for the last few days also de
parted, and all is again quiet and dulL
The ice-cream saloons and on the shady side of
things are the only places now whero anything like
comfort can be had, as he weather is at full summer
heat and tbe dust on the streets is becoming a per
fect nuisance to pedestrians.
Southebx Expeess The kind and gentlemenly
attaches of this indispensable institution have our
thanks for many favors, and particularly in the way
of furnishing us almost daily with copies of the Sa
vannah papers in advance of the mails. We know
it will look like returning the compliment for us to
speak favorably of tbe gentlemen running the South
ern Express business at this point; bnt wo know
also that they are most steady, worthy and reliable
men and have often heard such remarks within the
last few months, and from no one, or from any
source have we heard a word of complaint. In these
disjointed times and when so many bad and negli
gent mf n are in public places, we consider it a bless
ing to have such men to deal with as are now in the
Macon Southern Express office.
Death of Wm. Wood.—We regret to announce
the sadden death of this old, much loved and re-
epected citizen of Macon, which occurred at his
residence on Washington Avenue, at 2 o'clock r. sr.
on Tuesday last, in the 72d year of his age. He
had been the county Surveyor of Bibb county for
the last twenty-five or thirty yew; was a man of
vigorous intellect, and a master mathematician. He
had been a little feeble for a week or two prior to
his death, but his own family failed to perceive any
symptoms of speedy dissolution until within a few
moments of bis death. One by one the old and
venerable landmarks of the city sink to rest.
Shoffino.—We noticed many ladies out late in
the afternoon of yesterday shopping along in the
stores on Second street. Fixing np for a trip to the
Springs probably. But, then the ladies, at all times,
are natural shoppers. Gentlemen can no more
achieve distinction in it than can hens in trying to
follow ducks in their sab-aqueous evolutions.
New Wheat.—Farmers in this section are now
busily engaged in cutting their wheat. It is said to
be of a very to quality, though we have not yet
seen any in the market, We leam that the first
new wheat of the season will be received to-day
from Gordon. It was purchased there for a gentle
man of this city at 41,75 per bushel
• - V- • •’ /’■> ■„
PICTURE BOOK WITHOUT PICTURES
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
Translated from the German for the Macon Daily
Telegraph.
CONTINUED.
THIRTEENTH EVENING.
“ I looked through an editor’s windows,” said
the Moon ; “ it was somewhere in Germany. I
saw beautiful furniture, many books and a chaos
of newspapers.
Several young men were present, the editor
himself stood before his desk; two small books,
both by young writers, were to be advertised.
“ ‘This one has been handed to me,” said he,
“I have not read it yet, but it is handsomely
gotten np; what do yon think of the contents?”
“Oh,” replied the one—he was a poet himself
—“it is fine, though somewhat lengthy, but,
Good Heavens f The author is still young, the
verses might certainly be better. The thoughts
are sound—there are, however, a great many
common places among them 1 But as to that we
cannot always think of something new. You
may, however, praise him! That he will turn
out anything like a great poet, T do not believe.
Bathe is well read, an excellent orientalist, has
a sound judgment. It is he who wrote the pret
ty criticism of my * Fantasy about Domestic
Life ;’ we must be indulgent with the young
man.”
“Bathe is a thorough ass,” remarked another
of the gentlemen present. “ Nothing is more
dreadful in poesy than mediocrity; he exceeds
that on no account.”
“Poor devil!” said the third, “and his aunt
feels so happy for him: It is she. Mr. Editor,
that has got so many subscribers for your last
translation.” “Good woman! yes, I have giv
en a short notice of the book. " Unmistakable
talent! a welcome gift! a flower in the gar
den of Poesy; prettily gotten np, etc., etc.
But the other book—the author wishes me
probably to buy it! I hear it is praised. Ge
nius he has! Do you not think so, too ?”
“All people say so,” replied the poet,” bnt
therq is something wild about it, especially the
punctuation is original! ” *
“It will do him good to find a little fanlt
with him, or he will conceive too great an
opinion of himself.”
“But that would be unjust,” said the fourth;
“let us not criticise small faults, but enjoy the
many beauties that can be found there; for he
excels them all!”
“Nay, if he is really a true genius, he will
stand a sharp criticism. There are people
enough to praise him; let us not make him
quite out of his wits.”
“Unmistakable talent,” the editor wrote
down; “the common negligence; that he can also
write unhappy verses may be seen on page 25,
where two hiatusses occur. Study of the
Ancients is recommended”—eto., etc.
“I departed” said the Moon, “and looked
through the windows into the house of the aunt;
there sat the honored poet; the tame one; to him
rendered homage all the invited ones, and he
was happy.
“I sought the other poet, the wild one, too ;
he was, likewise, in a large company, with his
patron, where the book of the tamo poet was
being discussed. ‘I shall read yours, too, said
the Macaenas, but, to speak candidly, you
know that I never withhold my opinion from
you. I do not expect much from it; you are
too wild—too fantastic! This, however, I must
say, as a man you deserve every respect! A
young girl sat in a comer, reading a book:
“In the dust the talent’s glory.
But commonplace gives fame;
Though quite a common old story,
It will ever be the same.”
FOURTEENTH EVENING.
The Moon narrated: “On the forest path
there stand two peasant’s cottages; the doors
are low, the windows some high, some deep;
around them there are buckthorn and barberies
growing. The roof is mossy and covered with
yellow flowers and house-leek. Barecole and
potatoes are the only growth of the garden; on
the hedge blooms an elder tree and under it sat
a little girl; her brown eye was riveted on tho
old oak tree between the two cottages.
It was an old withered trank, sawed off above;
upon it a stork had built her nest; she stood in
it clappering with her beak. A little boy came
up and placed himself beside the girl; they were
brother and sister. “What art thoulookingat?”
asked he. “I am looking at the stork! ” she re
plied. “The neighbor told me she would bring
us a little brother or sister to-day; now pay at
tention when it comes!” “The stork will bring
nothing,” said the boy, “thou mayest depend
on that; the neighbor told me so, too, but she
laughed, and therefore I asked her if she could
confirm it by saying ‘Bei Gott.’ She could not
do it, and I see now that the story about the
storks is not true, and that we children are im
posed upon.
“But where should the little children come
from ?” asked the girL ‘‘The Dear Lord brings
them under his mantle, but no man can see him;
and therefore we do not perceive it, when he
brings them.” In the same moment something
rustled through the branches of the elder-tree;
the children clasped their hands, looking at
each other; it certainly was the dear Lord,
bringing the little one. And they grasped each
other’s bands, the door of the lionse was opened,
it was the neighbor. “Come in now,” said she.
“See what the stork has brought, it is a little
brother!” the children nodded; for they knew
already,that he had arrived.
FIFTEENTH EVENING.
“I glided over the Luneburg Heath,” said the
Moon; “a lonely cottage stood on the road ; i
some scanty bushes were growing near, and a i larging its usefulness, the “Athens Wheat Club”
nightingale that had gone astray warbled. In has been changed to tho “Agricultural Club of
out of the question. The clown bounded into
the air, and melancholy was forgotten. And
yet she had only spoken the the truth. He lov
ed her—-he loved her passionately, as he loved
the sublime and great in art! On her wedding
day he was the gayest figure, but in the night he
wept. Had the public seen his distorted face,
they would have applauded. In these days
Columbina died. On the day of burial they did
not expect harlequin to show himself on the
boards, for he was an afflicted widower. The
Director must have something veiy gay repre
sented, that the public might not miss too much
the lovely Columbina and the nimble harlequin.
Therefore, it behooved the clown to be doubly
entertaining. He danced and sprang about with
despair in his heart They applauded and cheer
ed: “Bravo, bravissimo!” The clown was
called for. Oh, he was incomparable. Last
night the little humpback wandered beyond the
gates of the city to the lonely graveyard. The
wreath of flowers on Columbina’s grave
was already withered. There he sat down. It
was worth painting—his head resting on his
hands, his eyes turned toward me; he looked
like a monument, a clown upon the grave—
bizarre and comic! Had the public seen their
favorite, they would certainly have applauded:
“ Bravo, Pulcinella; bravo, bravissimo.”
SEVENTEENTH EVENING.
Hear what the Moon narrated to me! I have
seen the cadet become an officer and dress for
the first time in his magnificent uniform; I have
seen the yonng girl in her bridal-dress, and the
prince’s young bride happy in her state attire ;
bnt never have I beheld an exstacy like that of
a little girl four years old, whom I have been
watching this evening.
She had received a new blue dress and a new
pink bonnet; the finery was just put on and all
called for light; for the beams of the Moon,
penetrating through the window, were not light
enough and other lights must be lit. There
stood the little girl, stiff as a doll, holding her
arms anxiously from her dress, her fingers
spread out, Oh, what happinesslbeamed in her
eyes, in her whole face! To-morrow thou shalt
go ont in the dress! said the mother; and the
little one looking up to her bonnet and down
again on her dress smiled delightedly.—
I “Mother,” she exclaimed, “what will tho little
1 dogs think on seeing me in this finery ?”
EIGHTEENTH EVENING.
“I have told thee,” said the Moon, of Pompeii,
this corpse of a city, exhibited in the ranks of
living cities. I know another one still stranger,
it is no corpse but the spectre%f a city. Where-
ever tho jets of fountains are splashing in marble
basins, I think to hear the fairy tale of the
floating city. Yes, the jet of water may tell of
her, the waves of the beach may sing qf her.
Above the surface of the sea there often rests a
mist, this is her widow’s veil; the bridegroom
of the sea is dead, his castle and his city are
his mausoleum. Dost thou know thin city?
Never did she hear the rolling of the wheels or
the sound of the horse's hoof in her streets.
There only the fish swims abont and spectre
like flies the black gondola across the green
water. I will, said the Moor, show thee the fo
rum of the city, the largest square in it, and
thou wilt think thou art transported into the
city of faiiy tales. The grass is growing between
the large tiles and in the morning-twilight thou
sands of tame doves flatter around the high iso
lated tower.
On three sides thou art surroundedby arcades.
Beneath them there quietly sits the Turk with
his long pipe, the beautiful Grecian boy leans
against the column contemplating the trophies
erected—the tall masts, memories of van
ished power. The flags are hanging down
like mourning crape. There rests a girl;
she has set down the heavy buckets filled with
water; the yoke, on which she has carried them,
rests on one of her shoulders; she leans against
the triumphal column. It is no fairy castle, but
a church,which thoubeholdest before thee. The
gilded cupolas, the shining balls all aronnd are
sparkling in my light: the magnificent brazen
horses above have traveled as toe brazen horses
in toe fairy tale—they were first here, then
away and have traveled here again. Dost toon
see tho exquisite paintings on walls and window
panes ? It seems as if some genius had yield
ed to the whims of the child when he adorned
these strange temples. Dost thou see toe
winged lion on the column ? The gold is still
glistening, but the wings are tied, toe lion is
dead, for toe king of toe seas is dead; toe vast
halls are desolate, and where formerly toe rich
est paintings sparkled, toe naked wall now looks
through. The lazzaroni sleeps under toe arcade
toe floor of which only toe most distinguished
nobility was formerly allowed to tread upon.
From toe deep well, or, perhaps also, from
the prisons by toe Bridge of Sighs, lamentations
are heard, as at toe time when toe tambourine
resounded from toe gay-colored gondolas, when
toe wedding ring flew down from the sumptuous
Bucentaur to the Adria, to toe Adria, toe Queen
of the Seas. Adria wrap thyself in cloud! Let
toe widow’s weeds veil toy bosom! Hang it above
too Mausoleum of thy bridegroom; marble,
spectre-like Venice. Jabxo.
[to be continued.]
News from the Athens Banner.
Cotton.—Y7e are pleased to be able to state,
as we do upon the authority of numbers of per
sons who know what they are talking about,
that toe appearance of cotton has greatly im
proved within toe past few days. It has now
changed from yellow and red to a beautiful
green, and begins to look strong and vigorous.
The past few days of very warm weather have
had a marked effect upon it.
Agricultural Clur.—For toe purpose of en
tile frost of toe night she must die—it was her
parting song I heard. The red of morning was
gleaming. I saw a caravan of emigrating peas
ant families that were going to Hamburg to
reach America by a ship, where toe prosperity,
of which they had dreamed, would flourish for
them. The mothers carried toe small children
on thoir backs; toe larger ones tripped by the
way; a miserable horse drew a cart with scanty
household furniture. The cold wind blustered;
therefore, toe little girl nestled closer to her
mother, who, looking up to my waning disk,
thought of their bitter distress at home and of
toe heavy taxes which they had not been able
to raise. And so thought toe whole caravan;
the red twilight of morning beamed for them as
the Evangel of toe sun of prosperity, that wonld
rise for them; they heard toe dying nightingale
warble—she was no false prophetess, but a
harbinger of happiness. The wind blustered;
therefore thfey did not understand her song:
“Sail confidently across toe sea!” “The
long passage thou hast paid for with all that
Athens,” and will hereafter be known by that
designation. A preliminary meeting for this
purpose was held last Saturday, and an organi
zation was effected, at which a committee was
appointed to solicit our citizens generally to
join the new club.
If we understand toe matter aright, it is not
intended to conflict with toe “Clarke County
Agricultural Society,” but to be auxiliary
thereto.
We hope to see toe old society “in full blast'
at an early day, with its annual fairs, premi
um lists, etc., as in ante bellum times.
Premium Wheat.—We will probably be able
to give toe result in our next issue of the con
test for wheat here this year, as most, if not all
of toe premium acres will probably be cut this
week. We regret to leam that some lots are
affected, more, or less, by rust.
Negro Kit,led.—We leam that a negro named
Warren Hays, was killed last week near Lexing
ton, while resisting an arrest by toe civil au
thorities. We are informed that a negro who
was toine, poor and helpless thou shalt step had been exercising a pernicious influenceupon
upon toy Land of Canaan. Thou must sell I toe negro population for some time past, had
thyself, thy wife, thy children.”
But not long shall last your sufferings. Be
hind the broad, fragrant leaf is lurMng toe
Goddess of death; her greeting kiss breathes
deadly fevers into toy blood. Sail on! sail on
across toe heaving waves! And toe caravan
listened rejoicingly to toe song of the nightin
gale, for it predicted happiness. The day was
breaking through toe high clouds; peasants
walked to church over toe heath; the women
sablyclad with their white head-dresses ap
peared like spirits that had stepped from the
been warned by unknown persons to leave toe
community, and that, after making threats of
what he would do, a considerable number of
negroes armed themselves last Wednesday night,
organized into a colored ku klux klan, and
threatened violence against some three or four
white men.. No overt act was committed, how
ever, as the whites had got wind of toe affair
and were prepared to protect themselves. It
was thought advisable afterwards to arrest toe
ringleaders, and warrants were issued against
them. They all quietly submitted to an arrest,
old church pictures. All around the wide deso- i except toe negro Warren, who was armed with
late plain, all around toe withered, brown,sweet! a gun and swore he would not he arrested. It
broom, black, scorched, plains between white
sand bills. The women carried their hymn-
books and wandered to church. Oh! pray, pray
for those who are wandering to their graves be
yond toe sea. .
[The poet alludes to the States of South
America, especially Brazil]
SIXTEENTH EVENING,
is said that he was a desperate fellow.
There is a man near Kansas city, Mo., named
Jacob Femance, who is over one hundred and
eighteen years old. He stillshows considerable
activity, and cultivates a little garden, in which
he takes great delight. His eyesight is better
than it was years ago; his voice is not strong,
I know a clown,” said the Moon,” the pub- j jf he converses freely, and apparently without
lie cheers as soon as it sees him. Each of his j ^ abor *
movements is comic; each throws toe house in- J The velocipede is condemned by all toe Eng-
to loud convulsion; and yet nothing is affected 'Bah medical journals. The Lancet says that
in them, it is gennine nature. When still as a the exercise, like toe gymnastic feats, requires
little strippling, he skipped about with toe boys,
he was already a clown; Nature had destined
him for it, providing him with a hump on the
back and a hump on the chest. The inner man,
however, toe spiritual,was richly gifted. As for
deepness of feelings, elasticity of mind, no one
surpassed him. The theatre was toe world of
his ideals. Had he possessed a slender and
well-built body, he would have become the first
tragedian of every stage. The heroic, the great
filled his soul, and yet he must turn a down.
Even his grief and his melanoholy only contrib
uted to toe comic dryness of his sharp-cut face
and roused toe laughter of toe numerous public
that showered applause upon toe favorite. The
lovely Colombina was friendly and kind to him,
yet would rather many Harlequin. Indeed, it
would have been too ridiculous if Beauty and
Ugliness had united. When Clown was ont of
humor, she alone was able to win a smile, yea,
even a hearty laughfrom him. At first she was
melancholy with him, then somewhat quieter,
bnt at last, full of merriment
“I know very well what is toe matter with
you," said she. “Yes; it is love.” And he
could not help laughing. “I in love 1” he ex
claimed; “that would look droll!” How toe pub
lic would applaud.” “Certainly, it is love, she
continued, adding with comic pathos, “It is I
whom you love!”
One may say aq, knowing that toe thing
/' V !¥&
for safety that it shonld be carefully regulated,
that a high rate of speed should only be grad
ually acquired, and that great efforts should be
studiously avoided. Under these circumstances
the use of toe velocipede becomes a toil and
not an amusement.
A man, named McEttrick, has just walked
one hundred miles within twenty-four hours, at
Boston, for a purse of $250. The actual time,
including rests, was twenty-three hours, forty-
two minutes, fifteen seconds.
The magnolia tree, toe pride of Southern for
ests, has at last been put to a practicable use.
An Illinois basket maker has established himself
at New Orleans, and is making beautiful baskets
from the wood of this tree.
At toe Tenahely (Ireland) petty sessions, the
other day, a little girl was prosecuted for taking
up, when passing through a bog, two wild duck
eggs. The bench imposed a line with costs, or
imprisonment, on this little (fluid of a poor
laborer.
Dexter has been beaten by a velocipede in
Jersey City. A mile was made in two minutes.
Who will give thirty thousand dollars for that
velocipede?
■ Indiana presents for toe “championship”
an old gentleman of 97, who, not content with
reading without speotaufles, has just ploughed
up three acres and planted it in corn.
IMPORTANT ADDRESS TO THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA;
By Col. George N. Lester, Home Com
missioner of Immigration.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS.
'Atlanta, Ga., June 1,18G9.
To the People of Georgia: I am prompted
by a sense of official duty, ag • we ll as by a sin
cere desire to benefit toe State and people, to
address you in this form. In toe month of
March last, I had toe honor of being elected Do
mestic Commissioner, nnderanact of the Gene
ral Assembly, entitled, “An act to encourage
Immigration into toe State of Georgia, and toe
investment of capital in lands.”
By toe second section of toe act, it is
my duty to faithfully devote myself to toe “en
couragement of toe immigration of good citi
zens, laborers, artizans, mechanics, etc., and to
toe investment of capital in lands.”
My position has thrown me into an extensive
correspondence, with persons residing in differ
ent sections of toe United States, upon toe sub
ject of immigration to Georgia, and toe invest
ment of capital in her lands. This correspond
ence, together with what I continually seem toe
newspapers, discloses toe fact that toe Northern
people have a settled impression upon their
minds, that a general spirit of lawlessness and
mohocracy prevails in Georgia—that lynching
is either approved of or winked at by our people
—that toe civil administration does not afford
adequate protection to life and property—that
toe uves of men are destroyed on account of
their political opinions—that it is not safe for
Northern men to reside in Georgia—and that
officers, courts and juries, either from harmony
of feeling with offenders, or from indifference
to crime, will not bring to punishment those
who violate laws.
There is no just cause, whatever, for this im
pression upon tho Northern mini I well know
that toe great body of toe people of Georgia are
opposed to violence, lawlessness, lynching and
mobocracy, in any shape, and in every form.
I know that they love law and order, and
social quiet and moral progress. Yet a wide
spread imnression to the contrary exists, and is
doing us incalculable damage. It is injurious
to our reputation as a State, and to onr character
as a people. It is an unjust impeachment of
the integrity of our Jndges, the fidelity of our
officers, and toe virtue of our juries. It very
greatly endangers our political rights, and if not
removed or counteracted, will constitute an
effectual bar to immigration, and hinder all in
vestments of money from abroad. No man will
seek a home where he thinks it nnsafe to dwell
It is bootless to discuss the question, as to how,
or by what agency, these improper and unjust
impressions found a lodgment in the Northern
mind. Suffice it to say, that they are enter
tained, and are doing us injury, and gready re
tard the prosperity of toe Commonwealth.
As a citizen of Georgia, jealous of her repu
tation and sincerely desiring toe prosperity and
happiness of her people, I want these unfounded
impressions removed. I want toe Northern
people to look at Georgia in her true light and
do her people justice. That acts of violence
have been perpetrated here, I will not deny;
but I do most roundly deny, that the great mass
of our citizens have any sympathy with crime,
or give any approbation to lawlessness. I free
ly admit that we have in Georgia, just as they
have everywhere else, rough, reckless, hot
headed, indiscreet, violent men, who sometimes
commit acts of violence, and perpetrate out
rageous crimes; but these men are compara
tively few in number, and are no correct type
of Southern character in general. The large
majority of our people are good, true and law-
abiding. They deeply deplore every act of
crime and lawlessness, that bad men commit,
and will, I feel confident, exercise their power
to bring to punishment, those who violate toe
law, and to prevent the occurrence of crime.
Now toe question arises, what can we do more
than we have already done to remove toe hurt
ful prejudices that are entertained or fostered
against us ?
Many of the public journals, and the judges
in their charges to toe grand juries, and the
grand juries in their presentments and others in
circular letters, have endeavored to counteract
these prejudices. The railroad men of toe
South, (at the call of Colonel E. Hulbert, toe
energetic Superintendent of toe Western and
Atlantic Bailroad, which belongs to the State),
have met in Convention and invited the people
of toe North, to visit and examine onr country,
and invest their capital in toe rich fields of spec
ulation, which our State so invitingly presents,
and to this end they have reduced railroad fare
to almost nominal rates. The hotel keepers of
Georgia, and elsewhere in toe South, have also
pledged a reduction of hotel fare. The plan
ters, farmers and manufacturer?, of toe State, re
presented by their best men, have also met in
convention, and extended a cordial invitation to
toe people of the North and of Europe, to seek
homes and invest their money in onr genial
clime, pledging to all who may come, a cour
teous and hospitable welcome.
The Legislature of Georgia conforming to,
and carrying ont toe popular will, has passed an
Act, elected officers, and appropriated money
for toe express purpose of encouraging toe im
migration of good citizens, laborers, artisans
and mechanics, and toe investment of capital
in lands. Can it be said with any semblance of
truth or justice that we have done all this, to
get Northern men to settle here, simply that we
may have a chance to insult them and take their
lives ? Will any one pretend that all this trou
ble and expense has been encountered simply
to induce Northern men to invest their capitfJ
in Georgia, that we may rob them of it ? The
idea is absurd. Men and property is as safe in
Georgia as anywhere on toe globe. Wo may
do one other thing that has not been done, and
I sincerely hope that our people will make haste
and delay not to do it.
Let public meetings be held all over the State,
and especially in those counties in which law
lessness has been most frequently perpetrated.
Let these meetings be attended and conducted
by our best and most influential citizens, and
let a solemn declaration be pat forth that we
have no sympathy whatever with lawlessness,
crime, violence or lynching in any form; that
we will not tolerate them in our midst, nor will
we give support or countenance to those who
perpetrate them; that toe few instances of
lynching, and other acts of lawlessness that have
occurred in Georgia, shall be toe last, so far as
we are able to prevent their recurrence ;* that
no citizen of any color shall be molested, or
treated with violence on account of his political
opinions; that law, and toe administration of
law, shall be upheld and maintained; and that
full and complete protection to life, liberty and
property shall be guaranteed and given to all
who now reside, or who may hereafter seek
homes in onr midst, or invest their capital in
onr State. Let all grand juries, composed as
they generally are, of our best and most intel
ligent citizens, also speak out on this subject in
their general presentments, and when we shall
have done this, and shall have faithfully endeav
ored to cany out toe resolves, all cause for prej
udice against us will be removed, and, in my
judgment, our troubles wilt cease, and peace,
prosperity and happiness will smile on ns again.
With toe earnest hope that onr good old com
monwealth may speedily enjoy her former—
aye, more than her former prosperity, I am
your obedient servant and fellow citizen,
Geo. N. Lester,
Commissioner of Land and Immigration.
I fully and cordially concur with toe Domes
tic Commissioner in the foregoing communica
tion. . . Samuel Well,
Foreign Commissioner.
I must fully and heartily concur in the rec
ommendations made by toe Honorable Com
missioner, and do most confidently believe that
toe good people of onr State do deprecate toe
acts of violence which have occurred, andtliat
it is in their power to take such steps as will
make every citizen, be he rich or poor, native
or foreign, black or white, secure in his person,
his property, and in toe enjoyment of his civil
and political rights; and I do earnestly recom
mend that the good people of onr State give
expression to snch a determination, and that
they exercise their moral and physical power to
toe end that absolute security and peace may
prevail, bringing with them inevitable pros
perity. Bums B. Bullock.
The Belcher-Cobey Case.—The investigation
of the case at E. A Corey and Edwin Belcher,
charged with destroying government papers,
knowing them to be suen, was continued and
concluded before toe United States Commission
er at Augusta on Monday. Tbe testimony hav
ing been heard, toe Commissioner decided that
the warrant against Belcher and Corey be dis
missed and toe whole matter referred fothe
Commissioner of Internal Bevenue at Washing
ton, D. C.
A London clergyman advertises that he will
“lend” his weekly sermons for half a crown
apiece, or four for ten shillings, warranted “or
iginal earnest and evangelical”
Edwin Fobbest is now in his sixty-third year.
It is said that he has been upon the stage about I
forty year*. - •«. t
The War Over tbe Graves.
Perhaps toe best idea of toe facts and feelings
involved in the recent onslaught by the “Grand
Army of the Republic” upon the graves of the
dead Confederates, may be obtained from the
following by toe Washington correspondent of
the New York Times:
The only events of any importance which oc
curred here to-day (Sunday) were toe decora
tion ceremonies of the soldiers' graves at three
or four of toe smaller national cemeteries, and
toe religious observances in most of the church
es. The sermons had more or less referenoe
to toe same subject.' Considerable bitter feel
ing and animosity appears to have been aroused
by the distinction made between toe > rebel and
the Union dead in the solemnities of yesterday
and to-day. The nnlrindness, to give it a gentle
term, finds vent in newspaper communications,
church sermons and general conversation. The
members of the Grand Army of toe Republic, in
maintaining their side of. toe ease, and one or
two of the city clergymen have expressed them-
selyes in strong terms in reference to it. _ Bev.
Mr. Newman, Chaplain of the Senate, in his ora
tion yesterday, held that the Representatives of
this nation could never sanction the decoration
of toe Confederate soldiers’ graves until it had
been first decided by the Christian Church to
pay honors to Jndas ‘Iscariot, and until we had
ourselves agreed to commemorate Benedict Ar
nold. In Alexandria no distinction was made in
toe matter of decoration; flowers were strewn
on Union and Confederate alike; and at Arling
ton yesterday a few flowers were thrown on
rebel graves. In more than one instance toe
military interfered and ordered them to be re
moved. The Grand Army of the Republic in
tend to issue mi order on toe subject in a day
or two, defending their action and replying to
the criticisms which have been made thereon.
A Trip Among the Farms.
We had occasion since our last issue to visit
toe town of Madison, Fla., a distance of abont
45 miles from Thomasville. Traveling by pri
vate conveyance, we had a fair opportunity of
noticing toe crops along the road, and although
the weather was dry and warm, taking all toe
difficulties of toe season into consideration, we
thought toe com and cotton very well advanced.
The owners, when asked, reported their crops
backward, but all seemed cheered by toe pros
pect of a very fair crop, provided toe caterpil
lar does not appear. We were gratified to no
tice immense fields of com and oats, all along
the road, toe latter new ripening for the sickle;
and while cotton has by no means been neglec
ted, tho farmers have acted wisely and planted
for an abundant provision crop. The dry
weather afforded an abundant provision crop.
The dry weather afforded opportunity to destroy
toe grass, and it was pleasing to notice that
nearly all toe industrious farmers could boast
of clean crops. Their stock, like their fields,
were in good condition, and should the season
continue favorable, farmers along that whole
route will be blessed with plentiful crops.
[ThomamUe Enterprise, 2d instant.
Disgracing .Patriotism.
That officer of marines who so outraged all
toe decencies of humanity at Arlington perhaps
thought he was in some way commending him
self for great zeal to toe powers that be ; and
either he has a most unjustifiable opinion of
those powers, or it is a bad omen for toe coun
try if they are to be pleased in that way. Does
this functionary reflect toe views that prevail
near headquarters ? Is it possible that we can
not see how to be patriots withont being brutes?
Is it possible that our respect for a great cause
requires us to exercise a mean supervision over,
the actions and thoughts of those whose sorrows'
differ from ours in their direction? Is this hor
rible tyranny of a majority to go into toe sacred
domain of toe grave, too, and shall no one be
grieved over, or mourned with sentimental
usage if happened to be wrong? Shame on the
zeal that pursues a quarrel beyond toe grave.—
In the United States of America .freedom has
been much cramped for some time, but we al
ways desired to believe that it was only necessa
rily so. Permit us, men in authority, to believe
that there is still freedom for a woman to go to
toe grave of her son or her lover and cast upon
it a token of remembrance. If there is not,
what better ate you than toe brutal despots that
made Austria a byword among nations ?
IN. Y. Herald.
Women Suffrage.—Yesterday, in toe John
Street Methodist Church, the women voted for
officers. The polls were open in toe afternoon
and evening, and toe rain kept toe ladies back.
About six o’clock, however, they came in an
avalanche—a hundred together. One woman,
who saw her husband about to vote, pounced
upon him, took toe ticket out of his hand, and,
having inspected it, said, “You may vote that,
dear; it is all right.” 'Whereupon one of toe
elders groaned inwardly, and said, “That's what
we’re coming to.”
Shortly toe question of lay representation is
to como* up in toe' Methodist Church, and on-
tliis subject toe sisters are to have a vote. They
will carry the change that has so long been
sought.
In the Woman’s Convention yesterday, in
Boston, Mrs. Livermore said that “the tempe
rance cause and women's suffrage now go hand
in hand, and when women get toe ballot—as
they surely will—they will make a clean sweep
of all liquor-dealers. It was false to say women
would make dissolute toe politics of the land.
She defied toe Evil One himself to make it worse
than it now is. Instead of polluting it she will
purify it.
Perhaps the good elder was right, and we are
coming to a state of things when women, hav
ing toe ballot, will declare war upon whisky
sours and King AlcohoL Then, too, they will
teach their husbands how to vote, and exercise
that gentle censorship whioh was so effectual
yesterday among toe Methodists.—New York
Commercial. ___
Dat’s Wot I ’Spect.—In toe olden time, when
toe planters were less thoughtful for the spirit
ual than for toe corporeal health of toe slaves,
Colonel Ramsey saw his boy Dan (aged forty)
going one morning, Bible in hand, to ohuroh.
Knowing that Dan was not a person with strong
literary proclivities, toe Colonel said:
“ What are you doing with that Bible, Dan—
you can't read'it?”
“No, massa, can’t ’zactiy read ’em, but lean
spell ’em out a little.”
“What’s toe use of spelling it out? You
can’t understand it any way. The Bible, for
instance, says that * the very hairs on our head
are numbered.’ Now you haven’t any hair on
your head—nothing but wooL What do you
say to that ?”
“Yes, massa, I ’spect dat’s so; bnt I spell out
one little, verse, which say daton de last day do
sheep dey will gof>n one side and de goats on
todder. Now de sheep has de wool, but de goats
dey got har, jast like white folks; and I ‘spect
dey ain’t gwine to be saved—dat’s so I ’spect.’’
Symptoms of Old Maidishness.—Some symp
toms of old maidishness are thus described by a
Scotch paper: •
When a woman begins to drink her tea with
out sngarT—that’s a symptom. When s woman.
begins to read love stories a-bed—that’s a symp
tom. When a woman begins to say that toe’s
refused many an offer—that’s a symptom. When
a woman begins to say what a dreadful set of
creatures men are, and that she wouldn’t be
bothered with one for all toe world—that’s a
symptom. When a woman begins to have a lit
tle dog trotting after her—that’s a symptom.
When a woman begins to have a cat at her el
bows at meal times, and gives it sweetened milk
—that's a symptom. When a woman begins to
mb her finger over toe chairs and tohles to see
if they are dusty—that’s a symptom. When a
woman begins to go bed with her stockings and
flannel nighheap on—that’s a symptom.
A letter from Turkey says that some time
ago toe Ottoman Bank' received a lot of green
backs from an American, traveler, which wore
sent to New York for negotiation. They have
been returned as spurious and counterfeits, and
the bank is infot several thousand dollars.
There are now living, in Chattanooga County,
Tenn., Mr. T. P. Carroll aged fifty-two years,
and his wife, fifty-three years of age, wherhave
had twenty-four children, twenty sons and
four daughters, in twenty-four years, all single
births.
Six attempts have been made within a year to
assasinate victor Emanuel
It is reported that Mr. Sanford, the American
Minister to Belgium, has sent in his resigna
tion.
Prince Augustus, of Portugal isTtoe last ru
mored nominee for the Spanish throne.
The Washington Star says .that the new iaitH
of paper money, of all denominations, will be .
ready for distribution to too public on the totqj.-.
duty. .
The Paris Gaulois says that to« Prinoeqfc -
Wales, before leaving Pans,* invited the Pr
Imperial to visit England, and tost toe Emptoor- -
Napoleon accepted toe invitation.
A Newbueo servant gifl
week with a pail of I