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01<1‘Series-—'Vol. 25, No. 122.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1875.
[Special Correspondence Constitutionalist.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Very Interesting Gossip from Colum
bia.
Colombia, January 22d, 1875.
Elinor of the Constitutionalist:
The Court of Sessions convened at
Orangeburg on yesterday, and on to
morrow the case of the State vs. Moses
and Humbert, a defaulting Treasurer,
will come up. Speaker Elliott is coun
sel for Humbert, and asked leave from
the House to-day to repair thithor to
morrow ; and, inasmuch as Elliott is a
personal enemy of Moses, and deeply
interested in saving his client, we may
look for some rich developments. The
plan of the deluders of Humbert, while
he was Treasurer, is to have him con
victed and sent to the Penitentiary,
til us rendering him impotent as a wit
ness against those who used him as a
tool, whereby they might rob the peo
ple of Orangeburg. Should he be ac
quitted, steps will at once be taken
against the really guilty parties, and
the Radical monster will howl as he
has never before done in this State.
Avery happy solution of the Edge
field troubles has been suggested by
ex-Governor Scott. When told that
there were colored persons down there
who were “denied the privilege of
earning their daily bread,” he deter
mined to negotiate for lands in a county
adjacent to this city, amounting to
several thousands of acres, and send
an agent to invite these people to come
up and go to work. The ex-Governor
thinks the troubles down there greatly
exaggerated, but if any of the negroes,
claiming to be out of employment
really want to be employed, they can
have the opportunity of doing so.
The Legislature will probably not
adjourn until March, as the Senate to
day laid on the table a House resolu
tion to adjourn on the 12th proximo.
Governor Chamberlain is fast weeding
out the Radicals, and soon his admin- ,
istration will be rendered respectable
by having none but gentlemen of de
cent instincts in office, and in numer
ous instances we have the pleasure of
seeing Democrats recognized. Gur
ney, late Treasurer of Charleston;
Hoyes, of Lexington, the heroic Nea
glc, Blodgett, Phyfer, Latimer, Whip
per, and a host of other hateful Radi
cals, together with the Senator from
Georgetown, have been most splendid
ly snubbed by the Governor. Whitte
more, Nash, Hollingshead and Hayne,
amongst the Radicals, are his advisers
and supporters. Amongst the Conser
vatives who support him are Duncan,
Jeter, Barnwell, Gen. Wallace, Rice,
Crittenden, Meetze, Geo. A. Trenholm,
and others, who appear to have much
influence over him—be it said, to the
Governor’s credit. When Moses was
Governor the ante-chamber of the
Executive was continually filled with
the rabble of Columbia. Now a gen
tleman can sit there with pleasure and
comfort.
One hundred thousand dollars and
over were funded to-day at the Treas
urer’s office, which bonds (the consoli
dated) have already advanced to sixty
cents on the debar, the coupons of
which are receiveable for taxes.
Much excitement has been occasion
ed here by the troubles in Edgefield,
and several of our young men prompt
ly left for the scene of the disturb
ance. The “ special” of the News and
Courier left for the Currytown section
yesterday. Too much credit cannot
be accorded your young men who came
so promptly to the assistance of the
South Carolinians. Your people are
indissolubly connected with our for
tunes, and “ the cause of Edgefield is
the cause of us all.” I have been re
liably informed that Governor Cham
berlain will see to it that Tennant and
his lawless clan are brought to justice,
and that they receive sufficient punish
ment o deter them from like acts of
agression in the future.
Chamberlain has literally surprised
eve. Tone here. Instead of making
a Radical Governor such as hia prede
cessor, he has evinced a kindness and
sympathy to Conservatives which have
given our accent people renewed hope
and deservedly depressed the Radi
cals.
Katie Putnam played “ Old Curiosity
Shop ” to a crowded house, last night,
at the City Hall Opera House. The
scenery in the new hall was painted by
Mr. E. Cramer, who will be given a ben
rtt to-morrow night by the Clara
Wildman Troupe.
Your correspondent is under obliga
tions' to the affable and highly accom
plished Clerk of the Ho ;se of Repre
sentatives, Mr. A. O. Jones, for facili
ties in the way of a comfortable seat,
&c. Mr. Jones isnot only a gentleman
of high learning and classical attain
ments, but is, withal, “ a man of busi
ness,” and is daily at his post, taking
down in rapid style and with great ac
curacy the numerous resolutions, mo
tions, etc., which follow each other
with such a degree of rapidity that if
even Wellington Deßoots Sumner was
present he would open his eyes at the
sagacity (?) of the Nation’s Wards who
are here assuming the role of legisla
tors. Richmond.
In an inland town of California id an
individual who claims to have a secret
cure for diptheria, to the sale of which
he devotes his energies. The man has
lately become religious (?) At a church
meeting he is reported to have made a
speech as follows : “I have made up
my mind to give my property to the
service of the Lord. I have several
thousand dollars in money, all of which
I bestow on the church. I have some
flue blooded stock, especially some
Black Hawk horses, all of which I give
to the church. I have also a iot of
grain and farm produce, which in like
manner I bestow on the church. There
is but one thing in all my possessions
which I reserve for myself, and that is
my celebrated medicine for the cure of
diptheria, which I will continue to sell
as heretofore, for the moderate price
-of §2 a bottle.”
A singer, applying for an engage
ment, wrote to an impressario as fol
lows ;“I am a good musihan. I pla
all music at furst site.” “ Well,” re
marked the impressario to a friend,
“ she may play by noteTbut she cer
tainly spells by ear.”
“Neuril”— The instantaneous cure
for Neuralgia Depot, No. 291 Broad
a‘reel. mhls-ly
Call at the office of C. W. Harris,
No. 219 Broad street, for Insurance at
adequate rates in non-Board Com
panies dec4-tf
We dislike to criticise, but Eneke
’was wrong—wrong by about 6,926,274
pules.
(Elk Jails Constitutionalist
{communicated. I
Woman’s Sphere.
In the struggle for existence of wo
men’s rights, many daily come to the
front pro and con. For myself, being
conservative on most subjects, I en
deavor to speak for that class of
women who think as I do. Much out
cry has been raised by the opponents
of women’s rights on the subject of
violating nature and nature’s laws. I
think if there were more deliberate re
flection on this subject it would be
seen that nature is quite strong enough
to hold her own against all comers. No
one can admire a manly woman, any
more than one can admire an ef
feminate man, but why should the de
velopment of woman’s mental qualities
be considered incompatible with femi
nine gentleness and the maternal in
stincts ? It would, in reality, only ren
der her more capable of intelligently
bringing up her children, and of being
a congenial companion to her husband.
I cannot believe that many men would
prefer the “Dora” of “David Copper
field” as a help-mate, charming, pret
ty, and womanly through she was, to
the superior mental attractions of an
“ Agnes.” I think it will be admitted
that the neglecful, heartless mothers
are not found, as a rule, in the higher,
but among the uneducated lower
classes, who are frequently found
apparently without even the mater
nal instincts of the lower animals
for their offspring. Many men who
love and esteem the opposite sex,
are loth to have innovations which
they fear will uproot the dependence of
woman on man, which to many is their
great charm. This I can readily un
derstand, for we instinctively love
whatever is dependent on us, aud
women possess the same feeling of lov
ing protection, whether they are moth
ers or not, for all children, invalids, and
for the helpless of the brute creation,
the feeling being engendered by our
consciousness of superior strength.
Therefore so long as men are superior
in physical strength, and it is to be
supposed that they will always retain
that superiority, women will naturally
look to them for protection and sup
’port, and nature here cannot be inter
fered with, but I see no reason why,
intellectually, they should not walk
hand in hand through life. In the abie
article by Dr. Maudsley, in the June
number of the Popular Science Monthly,
he quotes from an American physician,
Dr. Allen : “In consequence of the
great neglect of physical exercise, and
the continuous application to study,
together with various other inuflences,
large numbers of our American women
have altogether an undue predomi
nence of the nervous temperament,”
etc., etc.” Surely it would strike one
that the first mentioned cause alone,
would be sufficient to undermine the
health of man or woman, while the
writer is desirous of fixing tbe
blame ou the second cause. Now, the
average American girl (with the excep
tion of the Bostonian) has not the solid,
sterling education of the average Eng
lish girl. (I speak advisedly). The av
erage American girl has a superficial,
board i njg-School ed u catio u— French,
a smattering of Itaiian, German, mu
sic, etc., during which period she is
confined in furnace-heated, badly-ven
tilated schools ; then, at the age of
eighteen, her education is considered
complete—that is, she is supposed to
know enough to render her attractive
in society, to which, and dress, she gen
erally devotes the earlier portion of her
womanhood, to the total neglect of her
mental powers ; which, if she has any,
are left dormant, for girls are told that
“ men do not like clever women.” And
now we come to the real cause of
American women’s physical weakness.
Until they are educated up to the
point of conviction that the corset,
heavy skirts, high heels and tight
boots, to which so many are victims,
are not really necessary to success in
life, it is unjust to lay the blame of
their ill-health on over-taxed brains,
and the deleterious effects o£ close ap
plication to study, for it is the lack of
higher aims and intellectual pursuits,
which fetters their minds and confines
them to this narrow sphere, called,
they are told, “woman’s sphere.”
The American physicians arc unan
imously agreed on this subject,
and have for years inveighed against
the American women’s style of dress,
attributing their ill-health to this cause
alone—to which let us add—insufficient
out-door exercise, furuace-heated
houses, a great deal of exercise in the
way of mounting innumerable steep
stairs, aud unwholesome diet. I think
these causes are sufficient to insure
bad, health, leaving study quite out of
the question. There need be no
“Bloomer” costume or approximation
to manly attire, but simply the exer
cise of common sense in woman’s dress
for health and comfort, and it is here
that men have decidedly the advantage
of us. The opposers of the female ed
ucational reform are apt to take start
ling and isolated cases to illustrate and
further their \iews. For instance :
We are given by Dr. Clarke, another
American physician, the story of a
young girl “ educated to death.” We
are told that this young girl, at the
age of fifteen, would be “ seated at a
table, without books, from 10 a. m.,
till Bp. m., ceaselessly thinking and
writing.” It is mentioned elsewhere
that “ one hour was allowed for walk
ing and recreation during the day, and
half of that hour could be spent, if the
pupil desired to do so, in the
music room.” Now, I very much
doubt if a hoy of fifteen, deprived of
fresh air and natural exercise, aud
with such an unnatural strain on the
brain and nervous energies, could have
escaped without the total loss of
health. Is there anything in this
world that cannot be and is not ab
surd, and because it is possible to lose
health, that greatest of our blessings,
by foolish neglect of its laws and sim
ple rules, is it necessary that woman’s
higher education should be attended
by these disastrous results? That
most wonderful and courageous wo
man, Mrs. Somerville, courageous, be
cause of her moral bravery in battling
against the narrow prejudices of her
times, says that she never permitted
herself to' become weary over any of
her studies, but when tired or puzzled
would put by her books until another
time. To read her memoirs told in her
own simple modest language, would
convince us that women need not ne
cessarily be unsexed by higher intel
lectual pursuits, for though the friend,
and equal of most of the scientific men
of her day, she found time to devote
to her children and domestic duties as
well as the veriest household drudgery.
One thing more I would touch on, and
that is the unjust sense of propriety
which compels a woman to resort to
, one of two things for her support in
, case she is dependent on her own ef
■ forts for a livelihood —the needle or
teaching; dragging qut ei starving
existence worse than death, in a gar
s ret, or the drudgery of a governess’
t life, for which., in nine cases out of ten,
she is not qualified. If a widow, with
AUGUSTA, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 24, 3875.
children, only the former is left open
to her, as few mothers would bear sep
aration from their children unless
driven to the last extremity. I speak
of women of refinement and intelli
gence. How often have I heard from
despairing lips, in answer to nn inquiry
if there was “ nothing they could re
sort to but the needle ” —“ What else
is there for a woman to do ?” This
dearth of professions for women is
really, it seems to me, a cruel wrong.
The custom of male physicians for wo
men has ever struck me as unsuitable
and unnatural, for who so calculated
to understand woman’s peculiar con
stitution as woman? Why should not
this be considered a fitting field for
women as a profession, and one which
should be respected, and not met with
the condemnation and sneers which
have, up to this time, greeted those
who have thus braved public opinion?
This ground, I am aware, has been
gone over by so much abler arguments
than mine, that I feel the presumption
of presenting my opinions to the pub
lic when such men as Mill, Prof.
Cairnes and others have placed their
valuable convictions before the world.
Having purposely abstained from all in
fluences, and the perusal of such works
as were in favor of these reforms, I
have yet to become acquainted with
the works of the former on this sub
ject. I have confined myself exclusively
to the side of the opposition that I
might, with truth, consider these the
pure convictions of one who makes no
pretense of being stroDger-minded, but
is simply a woman, and, as such, is
convinced that, without the revolution
izing of nature, or any disastrous re
sults, “ woman’s sphere ” and woman’s
mind may be enlarged. It cannot be
my education which has imbued me
with these sentiments for it has been
that of the “ average American girl,”
and yet, I cannot fail to see that there
is a great social mistake somewhere.
Being myself in the earlier stage of
womanhood, with life before me, I
may yet see it reci ified, at all events
Bum spiro, spero.
L. Woodward.
A STORY FOR HUSBANDS.
Andrew Lee came from his shop,
where he had worked hard all day,
tired and out of spirits ; came home to
his wife, who was also tired aud out of
spirits.
“ A smiling wife and a cheerful home
—a paradise it would be,” said Andrew
to himself, as he turned his eye:; from
the clouded face of Mrs. Lee,' and sat
down with knitted brows and moody
aspect.
Not a word was spoken by either ;
Mrs. Lee was getting supper, and she
moved about with a weary step.
“ Come,” she said at last, with a side
glance at her husband.
Andrew rose and went to the table.
He was tempted to speak an angry
word, but controlled himself and kept
silent. He could find no fault with the
chop, nor the home-made bread, nor
the fragrant tea. They would have
cheered his inward man if there had
been a gleam of sunshine on the face of
his wife. He noticed that she did not
eat.
“ Are you not well, Mary?”
These words were on his lips ; but
he did not utter them, for the face of
his wife looked so repellant, that he
feared an irritating reply.
And so, in moody silence, the twain
sat together until Andrew had finished
his supper.
As he pushed his chair back his wife
arose and commenced clearing off the
table.
“This is purgatory,” said Lee to
himself, as he commenced walking the
floor of their little breakfast room, with
his hands thrust into his trowsers
pockets, and his chin almost touching
his breast.
After removing and taking things
into the kitchen, Mrs. Lee spread a
green cover on the table, and placing a
fresh-trimmed lamp thereon, went out
and shut the door after her, leaving
her husband alone with his unpleasant
feelings. He took a long, deep breath
as he did so, paused in his walk, stood
still for some moments, and then draw
ing a paper from his pocket, sat down
by the table, opened the sheet and
commenced reading. Singularly enough
the words upon which his eyes rested
were “ Praise your wife.” They rather
tended to increas ' the disturbance of
mind from which he was suffering.
“I should like to find some occasion
for praising mine.” How quickly his
thoughts expressed that ill-natured
sentiment! But his eyes were on the
paper before him, and he read on :
“lYaise your wife, man ; for pity’s
sake, give her a little encouragement.
It won’t hurt her.”
Andrew Lee raised his eyes from the
paper and muttered, “Oh, yes, that’s
ail very well—praise is cheap enough.
But praise her for what? For being
sullen and making her home the most
disagreeable place in the world ?” His
eyes fell again to the paper.
“She has made your home comfort
able, your heart bright and shining,
your food agreeable; for pity’s sake
tell her you thank her, if nothing
more. She don’t expect it. It will
make her eyes wider than they have
been for ten years ; but it will do her
good for all that, and you too.”
It seemed to Andrew as if this sen
tence was written expressly for him and
just for the occasion. It was a complete
answer to this question, “Praise her for
what?” and he felt it also as a rebuke.
He read no further, for thoughts came
too busy, and in anew direction. Mem
ory was convincing him of injustice to
his wife. She had always made her
home as comfortable for him as she
could make it, and had he offered the
light return of praise or commenda
tion? Had he ever told her of the
satisfaction he had known or the com
fort he had experienced ? He was not
able to recall the time or occasion. As
he thought thus, Mrs. Lee came in
from the kitchen, and taking her work
basket from the closet placed it on the
table, and sitting down without speak
ing to sew. Mr. Lee glanced almost
stealthily at the work in he;: hands,
aud saw that it was the bos om of a
shirt which she was stitching neatly.
He knew that it was for him she was
at work.
“Praise your wife!” These words
were before the eyes of his mind, and
he could not look away from them.
But he was not ready for this yet. He
still felt moody and unforgiving. The
expression of his wife’s face he inter
preted to mean ill-nature, for which he
had no patience. His eyes fell upon
the newspaper that was lying spread
out hcf°re him, and he read the sen
tence, “ A kind, cheerful word spoken
in a gloomy house, is the little rift
in the cloud that lets the sunshine
through.”
Lee struggled with himself a while
longer.
His own ill-nature had to be con
quered first; his moody, accusing spirit
had to be subdued.
He thought of many things to say,
and yet he feared to say them lest
his wife should meet his address with
a rebuff. At last, leaning toward her,
and taking hold upon the shirt-bosom
at which she was at work, he said in a
voice that was carefully modulated
with kindness:
“ You are doing the work beautifully,
Mary.”
Mrs. Lee made no reply. But her
husband did not fail to notice that she
lost, almost instantly, that rigid erect
ness with which she had been sitring,
nor that the motion of her needle had
ceased.
“My shirts are better made and
whiter than those of any other man in
the shop,” said Lee, encouraged to go
on.
“ Are they ? ”
Mrs. Lee’s voice was low, and had in
it a slight huskiness. She did not turn
her face, but her husband saw that she
leaned a little towards him. He had
broken the ice of reserve, and all was
now easy. His hand was among the
clouds, and a feeble ray was already
struggling through the rift it had made.
“Yes, Mary,” he answered softly,
and I’ve heard it more than once what
a good wife Andrew Lee must have.”
Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her
husband. There was something light
in it and light in her eye. But there
was something in the expression of
the conversation that a little puzzled
him.
“ Do you think so ?” she asked quite
soberly.
“ What a queer question,” ejaculated
Andrew Leo, starting up aud goiug
round to the side of the table where
his wife was sitting. “ What a ques
tion, Mary !” he repeated, as he stood
before her.
“ Do you ?” was all she said.
“ Yes, darling, was his warm spoken
answer, and he stooped down aAd kiss
ed her. How strange that you should
ask me such a question.”
“If you would only tell me so, now
and then, Andrew, it would do me
good.” Mrs. Lee arose, aud leaning
her face against the manly breast of
her husband, stood and wept.
What a strong light broke in on the
mind of Andrew Lee! He had never
given his wife even the small reward of
praise for the loving interest she had
manifested daily, until doubt of his
love had entered her soul, and made
the light around her thick darkness.
No wonder that 1. tr face grew clouded,
or that what he considered moodiness
and ill nature took possession of her
spirit.
“ You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife. lam proud of you, and
mv first desire is for your happiness.
On, if I could always see your face in
sunshine, my home would be the dear
est place on earth.”
“ How precious to me are your words
of love aud praise, Andrew,” said Mrs.
Lee, smiling up through her tears into
his face. “ With them in my ears, my
heart can never lie in shadow.”
How easy had been the work for An
drew Lee! He had swept his hand
across the cloudy horizon, and now the
bright sunshine was streaming down
and flooding that home with joy and
beauty.
m
[Communicated to New Orleans Times.
A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
Stumbling- Blocks in the Way of Pro
gress.
In a great public emergency like the
present, when civil dissentlon prevails,
we believe it to be the duty of all good
citizens to endeavor to avert, by coun
sel if possible, the evils to which this
condition of things may render us lia
ble. We shall not avert to the causes
which have produced such a lamenta
ble state of affairs. It is enough to
know that the evil is upon us, and that
we are in the hands of constituted au
thorities, who, whether partisan or
otherwise, are likely to throw their
weight and influence on the political
side to which they belong, under a be
lief, perhaps, quite as patriotic, iu their
opinion, although interested, as the
views entertained by their opponents,
the Conservatives.
It should be kept in mind, upon the
the installation of Governor Kellogg
under a decree of Judge Durrell,
President Grant, who enforced the
order of the court, submitted his pro
ceedings to Congress, intimating his
conviction that Kellogg had been prop
erly chosen, and that unless Congress
took some definite action in the case
previous to its adjournment, he would
continue to sustain him. It must not
be forgotten either, that early in Presi
dent Grant’s first term, when Congress
passed a certain act which met with
much opposition, and which he him
self did not quite approve, ho re
marked, upon signing it, that the best
way of getting rid of a bad law was to
execute it.
Fellow citizens, we all know what
law is ! It is very uncertain! There is
no case so bad that may not be won,
none so good that may not be lost, and
when we invoke law, or government,
either, we lean upon broken reeds.
Now, if our people will but consider
that President Grant is merely an exec
utive officer, placed at the head of the
Government, not to make laws but to
execute them, however absurd or un
just they should prove; that Durell, a
Judge of tho United States Court, con
strued the law in favor: of Kellogg to
suit his friends in Congress ; and that
the President conceived himself bound
to execute that decision in virtue of his
high Executive office, and support Kel
logg regardless of those who might
sink or swim by the process; then it
will not be difficult to understand the
influence by which he has been gov
erned.
It must be remembered, too, that
President Johnson was impeached for
his refusal to execute the laws of Con
gress, and for his contumacy iu grant
ing amnesty to the Confederates with
out the sanction of that body.
There is another important case in
point which we shall cite to show that
the President conceived he was per
forming his duty when he allowed
Treasurer Secretary Richardson to re
fuse new issues of “legal tenders”
upon the urgent request of the bankers
and merchants of New York in 1873,
because he decided an Increase cf tho
currency would bo in contravention of
law, although It was proposed to se
cure iind coyer the Government by de
posits of gold in London. There nover
was a weaker excuse for the non-per
formance of a merciful act of financial
relief to the commercial community.
If the President, under such circum
stances, considered it to be his boundeu
duty to execute the law, although his
fulfillment of it acted as a blight upon
industry and subjected the entire debtor
community to loss and embarrassment,
in which the whole United States were
interested, how is to be expected that
a poor single State like Louisiana, or
even several poor single States, should
not be subjected to the same inexora
ble observance of insane and stupid
law ! No ! gentlemen of Government,
of the Judiciary, of the Law, and by
consequence of discord, many of whom
would rather serve Belzebub than
dwell in heaven, your Congressmen
seek to hide behind tho President, his
Cabinet and the army—or why did
they not settle the question of the Gov
ernment of Louisiana, when it was sub
mitted to them by the President. No !
many of them threw obstacles in the
way ! They had no idea of pacifying
Louisiana, a fat goose and too valuable
as a law and tax-ridden State to be let
go without a struggle. She is weak and
a lit subject to be plucked by merciless
Congressmen and their instrument.
Nor have we forgotten the action of
the President when ho sustained that
arch-political montebank, Gov. War
moth, against the wishes of the intelli
gent and good people of the State.
Always true to his mission,.and posses
sing no reliable evideneo of the fail
ings of the ingenious representative of
scalawagism, Warmoth was upheld in
office because he was supposed to re
present tho wishes of tho Republicans
in Congress in his management of
Louisiana, and the President conceived
he was justified in executing the law
of the majority of Congress.
We do not view this horrible political
disturbance iu the same light many of
our people do. President Grant, it
would appear, is determined to per
form his duty according to what he
conceives to be the law, and his way of
getting rid of a bad law is to execute
it; aud as the enforcement of such a
law may enable him to get rid of the
bad men who surround him, just as he
succeeded in ridding himself of that
stupid Secretary Richardson,it may ena
ble him to get rid of Attorney General
Williams also, and even of some of his
pseudo friends in Congress like Car
penter, Morton, and others, friends
only so long as they may have oppor
tunity to feather nests under the aegis
of his panoply.
Again, if it be considered that officers
of the Cabinet are generally selected
by the Republican members of Con
gress and thrust upon the President
for nomination, whose influence is ap
parent in all the operations of Attor
ney General Williams, the strict ad
herence of the President to a bliud ob
servance of his determination to sup
port Kellogg in power may consign
poor Louisiana to the continued mal
administration of carpet-baggers. The
object of the majority of Republicans
may be accomplished, but so sure as
there is a power above, the wrongs
and evils they seek to fasten upon
their down-trodden fellow-citizens will
be visited upon them in ten-fold retri
bution.
It will be perceived from the above
that I desire to take a practical view of
the question ; to scrutinize the actual
situatiton, and to suggest to the public
mind the necessity of pursuing such a
course as all good citizens, irrespective
of party, desire with a view of accom
plishing the common object in view.
Tho President feels bound to execute
the law as he uuderstaudsit. His judg
ment has been impugned by a large
number of his most ardent friends His
party is divided on the question. Is it
not, then, incumbent on us as true pa
triots, as well as from policy, to con
duct tho controversy iu a way which
will cement the crystalization now man
ifestly i in action between fair-minded
men of all parties and classes, and then
obtain favorable action even from the
present Radical Congress ?
An Old Citizen.
[Paris Correspondence N. Y. Times.
COUNT DE WALDECK.
“The Oldest Inhabitant.”
As I have mentioned the “oldest
resident,” I may as well say more about
him, for in Paris there is very little
difficulty in fixing him. It is the
Come de Waldeck, now in his one hun
dred and eleventh year, and looking as
if destined to live to a ripe old a*?e. He
celebrated his one hundred ana tenth
birthday not long ago, and on hearing
of it a joker in the life insurance busi
ness went to him to induce him to take
out an endowment policy on his life.
The Count took it quite seriously,
studied the matter carefully, and
thought that he might try it next year.
Three years ago I mentioned M. De
Waldeck in connection with the pro
ject of anew theatre near the Made
leine, he having applied for the posi
tion of Director, although he would be
about one hundred aud fifteen years of
age if ho lives to see the buildiug com
pleted. He still wants the place, us he
was , Director of a theatre bearing the
name proposed under the first Repub
lic. I saw the old man coming down
the Rue des Martyrs the other day, aud
thought him looking remarkably well.
On the Empress’ birthday he sent hei
a bouquet, saying in a note that he
was iu the world before the founder of
the Napoleonic dynasty. He was an
officer under Napoleon, and was
wounded at Austerlitz, if I remember
rightly.
During the reign of terror he was,
like Sieyes, “occupied in living,” no
easy thing when one had the title of
Count, and when there was a perma
nent guillotine on the Place de la Con
cord ; but he succeeded by becoming a
purveyor of public amusements. He
said the other day that there was only
one thing pertaining to that time that
he now regretted—the costumes of the
women. There is nothing, he thinks,
which shows off the female form so
well as the dresses worn under the Di
rectory, and one may add, or so much
of it. There is no doubt about Count
De Waldeck’s age, lam told, he having
authentic documents; and the records
of the army show that he must be con
siderably over a century.
Kalakaua. —When King Kalakaua
visited the Chicago Board of Trade,
the Mayor, in presenting him to the
members, boggled and blundered over
his name’. Afterward ho said: “King,
I’m mighty sorry for what occurred on
the Board of Trade to-day. The fact
was, you know, I wasn’t thinking when
I was speaking.” The King begged
his Honor not to mention the affair.
“ You see, King,” continued the Mayor,
“ you see, we’ve got a song that ends
every verse with * The King of the
Cannibal Islands,’ and I was thinking
of that at the time.”
A clergyman was endeavoring to in
struct one of his Sunday school schol
ars, a plow boy, on the nature of a
miracle. “ Now, my boy,” said he.
“ suppose you should see the sun ris
ing in the middle of the night, what
should you call that?” “The muu,
plase, sur.” “ No, but,” said the cler
gyman, “ suppose you knew it was not
the moon, but the sun, and that you
saw it actually rise in the middle of the
night, \fhat should you think?”—
“Plase, sur, I should think it was time
to get up.”
In Paris 671 women get their living
by serving as models for painters and
ftculptors.
The Moneyless Man.
Is there no place on the face of the earth
Where chanty dwelletli, where virtue lias
birth ?
Where bosoms in kindness and mercy will
heave,
And the poor and tho wretched shall ask
and receive?
Is there no placo on earth where a knock
from the poor
Will bring a kind angel to open tin door ?
Ah ! search the wide world wherever you
can,
There is no open door for the moneyless j
man.
Go look in the hall where the chandelier
fight
Drives off with its splendor the darkness
of night ;
Where tne rich hanging velvet, in shadowy :
fold.
Sweeos gracefully down, with its trimming i
or gold,
And mirrors of silver take up and renew
In long lighted vistas the ’wildering view ; {
♦to there in your patches, and find if vou
can
A welcoming smilo for the moneyless man.
Go look in your church of the cloud-reach
ing spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same look
of nre,
Where the archos and columns are gor
geous within,
And the walls seem as pure as a soul with
out sin ;
Go down the long aisle see the rich and
the great,
in the pomp and the pride of their worthy
estate.
Walk down in your patches, and ilnd if you
can,
Who opens a pew for a moneyless man.
Go look to your judges, in dark flowing
gown,
With the scales wherein law weighelh
quietly down ;
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles
on the strong,
And punishes right,while ho justilies wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have
laid,
To render a verdict they’ve already made :
Go there in the court-room, and find if you
can,
Any law for the case of a moneyless man.
Go look in the banks, where Mammon has
told
His hundreds and thousands of silver ami
gold ;
Where, safe from the hands of the starving
and poor,
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore ;
Walk to up the counter—ah, there you may
stay
Till your limbs have grow old and your
hair turns to gray,
And you’ll find at the bank not one of the
c T au
With money to lend to the moneyless man.
Then go to your hovel—no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered so long for her
bread;
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the
death frost
From the lips of the angel vour poverty
lost—
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless while it smites you, the chasten
ing rod ;
And you’ll find at the end of your life’s lit
tle span,
There’s welcome above for the moneyless
man.
A full and well assorted
stock of Laces, Embroideries,
Hosiery, Handkerchiefs., Col
lars, Gloves, Corsets, Belts,
Ribbons, Linens, Marseilles
Qdiilts, and White Goods of
every description, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
All sizes in the best two
button Kid Gloves, at. ex
tremely low prices ; all sizes
and qualities in the best fit
ting Corsets, at greatly re
duced prices; every width
and quality in Bleached and
Unbleached Table Damask ; a
variety of patterns in Re and and
White Table Damask ; a com
plete stock of Towels and Nap
kins, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
All brands in 10-4 Bleached
and Unbleached Sheetings.
42 in. 45 in. and 46 in. Pil
low-casing.
All the best known makes
of 4-4 Bleached and Unbleach
ed Shirtings, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
Also, 50 Bales of Assorted
Factory Goods,
Sheetings,
Shirtings,
Drills,
Plain and Striped Osnaburgs,
Plaid Osnaburgs
And Fancy Plaids,
At manufacturers’ prices, by
the Bale, at
lILURKV MIBB’.
janlO-su&thtf
FURNITURE
E. G. ROGERS,
147 anfl 140 Broad Ht.,
OPPOSITE THE FOUNTAIN.
A Full Assortment of all Kinds.
CHAMBER SUITS.
New and Handsome Styles at reduced prices
PARLOR SUITS,
Great liar gains offered.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
A Handsome assortment.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
A great variety of Office Desks and Chairs.
UNDERTAKING!.
CASES and CASKETS. COF-
Jl i? a JU&dea, home-made and from
the best manufacturers, always on hand.
ootiMhii
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FEMALE COLLKGE. I.A
_ ' oa. This Institution, with
i fiS I J )S Cl *rht first-class teachers, opens
the >.pring term . the last Wednesday in
January The principal of the Music De
partment is a graduate of Leipslc and has
no superior. The Professor o/ Mod*™
Languages speaks French and German
j fluently- Ihe Art Department is first class
, Ten premiums for excellence in Music and
| I ainting have been awarded pupils of this
! College at tho. State Fair within the last 4
years. Board, with washing, lights and
I fuel per annum, $155. Tuition, SOO. Send
| wr catalogue. I. F. COX,
I 1 1 ' President.
KENMORE UNIVERSITY
HIGH SCHOOL,
AMHERST C. 11., - - - VIRGINIA.
n H* A. STRODE, (Math. Medalist, U. Va.,)
inneipal, and Instructor in Mathematics,
Engineering and Natural Sciences. H. C.
BROCK, (B. Lit., U. Va., recently Asst.
Prof. Latin, U. Va.,) Instructor in Greek,
Latin, French aud German. One ol the
leading High S hools of the State. New
term commences Februarv Ist, 1575. Charge
f, 150 board and tuition. Reference—
r acuity of Univ. of Va. Catalogues mailed
to all applicants.
I fl—The choicest in the world.—lm-
I 111 'll\l )ortors ’ Prices—Largest company
* *-*-AGmAmerica-staplearticle-pleases
everybody—Trade continually increasing
Agents wanted everywhere—best induce
ments—don’t waste time—send for Circular
Wells, 43 Vesey St., N. Y.,
P. O. Box 1287.
The Cheapest in the South
IS THE
GEORGIA NURSERY,
IV. IS.. VELSOV, Proprietor.
Three-year-old Apple Trees... Si 2 per 100.
One-year-old Poach Trees Sis per 100.
SESI> FOR CIRCULAR.
Trees sent per express and collect on de
livery. Address
W. K. NELSON, Augusta, Ga.
500 PIANOS AND ORGANS
NEW and Second-Hand, of First-Class
Makers, will be sold at Lower Prices
for cash, or on installments, or for rent, in
City or Country, during these Hard Times
and the Holidays, by HORACE WATERS A
SON, 181 Broadway, than ever before
offered in New York. Ageuts wanted to sell
Waters’ New Scale Pianos, and Concerto
Organs. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed.
Great inducements to the Trade. A large
discount to Teachers, Ministers, Churches.
Lodges, Schools, etc.
ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY
TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH,
possible returns of Thousands, is offered
by the Postponement of Public Library of
Kentucy to the 2,th of FEBRUARY next,
of their Fifth and Last Concert and Draw
ing. The Management arc pledged to the
return of the Money if the Drawing should
not come off at the day now appointed.
One Grand Cash Gift $250,000
One Grand Cash Gift 100,000
One Grand Cash Gitt 75,000
One Grand Cash Gift 50,000
One Grand Cash Gift 25,000
5 Cash Gilts, $20,000 each 100,000
10 Cash Gifts, 14,000 each 140,000
15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each 150,000
20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each 100,000
25 Cash Gifts, <I,OOO each 100,000
30 Cash Gifts, 3,?noeach 90,000
50 Cash Gifts, 2,0 R each 100,000
100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each 100,000
240 Cash Gifts, 500 each 120,000
500 Cash Gifts, 100 each 50,000
19,000 Cash Gifts, 50 each 950,000
Whole Tickets, s'o. Halves. $25. Tenth, or
each Coupon, $5, Eleven Whole Tickets, $5. 0.
For tickets, or information, address
THU. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager .Louisville, Ky.
Tickets for sale at the Augusta Hotel.
JR GIT CARPETING, 35 ctg. yd. FEJLT
I ’ ( eiumi for rooms in place of Pias
ter. KKL.T ROOFING and siding. For
Circular and Sample, address
C. J. FAY, Camden, Now Jersey.
COTTON PLANTATIONS
FOR SALE CHEAP
And on Libera! Terms.
QIX of tlio finest Cotton Plantations, all
O with Dwellings, Out-houses, Screws,
Ac., within one to five miles of city of
Bainbridge, Decatur county, Georgia. They
contain 750 acres. 1,200 acres, 1,0.J0 acres,
1,250 acres, 1,500 acres and 5,0 0 acres, ana
must be sold by the first of January to
close the estate.
WHITELY A DONALSON,
_ _ Lawyers, Bainbridge, Ga.
TO HAVE GOOD HEALTH
The Liver must be kept in order.
Sandford’s Liver Invigorator
has become a staplo family medicine.
Purely vegetable— Cathartic and Tonic—for
all derangements of Liver, Stomach and
Bowels. Will clear the complexion, cure
sic K-headache, Ac. Shun Imitatious.
Try Sh ml font's l.i ver Invigorator.
<p R q <POA Pc*” day at home. Terms free.
q)u q>£iU Address, Geo. Stinson A Cos.,
Portland, Me.
"WEEK guaranteed to Male
t*L / i and Femaie Agents, in their lo
£ £ cality. Costs NOTHING to try
m M it. Particulars Free.
P. O. VICKEBY A CO.. Augusta. Me.
aprS-suwdfr&ctf
NOTICE TO FARMERS!
3 LO WS !
l IMIB undersigned has on hand a Fine Lot
1 of Ready-Made STEEL and IRON
PLOWS, which will be sold at very reason
fttilo rfttes
The ALLEN PLOW’ of both Steel and
Iron, nicely stocked, with turned handles,
and very superior, will be sold at a price to
suit the times.
SOLI ’> and WING SWEEPS, of all sizes,
SCOOTERS, SHOVELS, HEEL BOLTS,
RODS, CLEVISES, and SCOOTER-STOCKS,
all of which will be sold Cw for Cash.
Persons who liave been annoyed by hav
ing work badly done, as well as material
wasted, will find it to their advantage to
call and examine my work before making
their arrangements.
JOHN J. EVANS,
Cor. Bay and Centre streets, Augusta, Ga.
jans-c4*
GREAT
TEXAS LAND
DISTRIBUTION!
A FARM FOR #3l
A Fine Dwelling, a Splendid Business
Mouse, or a Building Lot, for $3.00.
$300,000
Worth of Real Estate
YY7TLL be distributed among the ticket
iJ r Y.r ho .SL et i* t i Houston, Texas, March
15,1875. The hrst gift will be a Fine Brick
House, on Mam street, rental SI,BOO, valued
at SIB,OOO, and the smallest girt will be 40
acres of Land or a Building Lot. The dis
tribution eomprises over Go,Oik) acres of
good land, in thirty-eight growing coun
ties. The press of Texas anil tho South
west commend it to the kind attention of
the public. Tho State authorities en
dorse it.
Circulars, giving description of the prop
erty, the plan of drawing and other infor
mation regarding Texas, will be furnished
on application.
Every Postmaster is authorized to act as
local agent. Tickets, $3. Ten per cent,
discount allowed on a olub of ten tickets or
more. ~
W r e refer to all Banks, Bankers ana busi
ness men of Houston. I
Eor tickets, agencies and full particulars
address • WAGLEY A LOCKART
Managers, Houston, Texas.
juiIHUAVM4w
-New Series—Vol. 3. No. 20
HIGHLY IMPORTANT to the sick.
The Georgia Cough Balsam.
A REMEDY for affections of
f 8 weU ■diseases of tho
KIDNEY. J hold two certificates from the
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia
whose late sickness was caused by both of
these complaints, and were cured bv this
medicine.
MONATIIOPATON IO
Compound Bitters.
A GLAND REMEDY for the cure of
CHILLS AND FEVER, GENERAL
0F APPE^ITE ' night
diarrhoea, dysentery
AND DIPTHERIA CORDIAL.
A SPLENDID REMEDY in either case.
r °/ ton cured DIARRHOEA of an
agmvated form by a single dose, DIPTHE
RIA in half an hour. This is one of the
grandest preparations in America, and has
been thoroughly tested and so determined
by thousands.
TURKISH OIL OR I.INIMTST
THIS old and well known article for
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, HEAD,
TOOTEt and EAR ACHE, or for PAINS
generally, Is still unrivalled.
Rheumatic, Neuralgia and Gout
I’ILI>.
lIHEY do not operate, but penetrate the
. whole system, particularly the Head.
Used in old or stubborn cases with the
Turkish Oil. Price, 75 cents per box.
THE OLD GEORGIA
MEDICATED SOAP
SO long anu favorably known, for the
ariC * ESgenerally,
“so DISEASES. BLIND or BLEED
JAG PILES, .BURNS or SCALDS, RING
or TEI’pRWORM, BOILS, SORE* EYES,
LUIS, Ac. Price, 25 cents a cake.
Egyptian Healing Ointment.
USED in connection with the above Soap,
m old or stubborn cases, always gives
satisfaction. Price, 5u cents per box.
The four first articles are in four ounce
vials. Price, 75 cents each.
All of these are carefully prepared by
O* HEMB LE , Agent,
AND SOLD BY
REANEY & DURBAN,
DRUGGISTS,
-OO Broad (Street, Augusta, Ga.
jan2o-wesul2&cl2
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO 171% BROAD STREET,
Et> der the Augusta Hotel. augfti-tf
AUGUSTA & PORT ROYAL
w mm.
JOHN F. TAYLOR IW. M. READ,
1 resident. | Treasurer
The New Taylor Press
01’ THIS COMPANY is now in operation
on the lot opposite the Central Rail
road Depot.
Shippers, Railroads, Shipmasters and
others desiring COTTON COMPRESSED
are solicited to confer with the Agent- <>r
tlus Company before contracting elsewhere.
The work done by this Press is guaranteed
be equal to any in amebioa.
Besides patronizing a Home Enterprise
shippers will find it to their interest to
nave their Cotton compressed here, as it
will insure them a less rate of freight to
any out-port.
The Company is fully organized.
. READ A CAMERON,
dec!s-lm Agents.
FASHIONABLE!
Silk Crochet Jet Trimmings
AT CLARK’S.
JET FRINGE, JET GIMPS,
AT CLARK’S.
Jet Embroidery Cord,
Jet. and Silk Buttons,
Jet and Silk Cloak Loops,
Jet and Silk Cloak Tassels,
Jet and Silk Belting,
Silk Fringe, Silk Cord,
AT CLARK’S.
Cord and Tassels, Girdles,
Embroidery Slipper, and
Cushion Patterns.
Zephyr, Embroidery Silk,
Filling Floss, Beads,
Bugles, &e., &c„
Worsted Ball Fringe,
New Style Corsets,
New Style Bustles,
Lace and Lisse Ruehing,
Smoked Pearl Buttons,
Leggins,
Black and other Velvets, Swan’s Down,
Ermine, Real Hair Switches,
Real Hair Curls,
Veil Lace, Veil Tissue,
Crepe Veils, English Crepe,
Crape Lisse, Crape Collars,
Beaded Belting,
Silk Belting.
DEMORESTS RELIABLE PATTERNS.
Bracelets, Combs, Necklets, Crosses,
C hains, Silk Sashes, Silk Ties,
And many other article*.
HATS!
All the New Styles Felt Hats.
HUNTRESS AND OTHER SHAPES.
Sash Ribbons, Hat Ribbons, Neck
Ribbons, all silk fine quality Ribbons,
Laces, Cambric Edgings, Stocking Sup
porters, Steel Buttons, Spool’ Silk,
Embroidery Cord, Fur Trimmings,
Hercules Braid, Jet Arrows, Pearl
Arrows, Dress Caps, at
261 Broad Street.
WOOD!
The undersigned having opened a WOOD
and LUMBER YARD on Washington
street, opposite C. R. R. Yard, are prepared
to fill orders promptly for any portion of
the city. Orders left at W. G. Matheny &
Go s, E, C. Sorge, and A. J. Pelletier’s Drug
Store, will receive prompt attention
(igc3l-2w JNO.JI. OOOK A GO.
Captain Jack’s Cigar Store,
75 JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
riYHE CAPT AIN begs to call tho attention
. *>nd varied stock
DOMESTIC CIGARS, which he will sail
at b< ttoru prices.
Address, p. QUINN,
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