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JOHN R. SEALS, - Editor and Proprietor. W. B. SEALS, - Proprietor and Cor. Editor. MRS. HART E. BRYAN (*) Associate Editor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 2, 1878. Burton Bros., of Opelika, Ala., are Agents for The Sunn r South. Geo. W. Norman Esq. is our general traveling Agent in Kentucky and the North Western States. The Sunny South is always discontin ued at the expiration of the time paid for. THE OLD TABBY HOUSE. Our regular installment of this magnifi cent Story failed to reach us from Washington City this week. The installment has just reached us as we go to press. “tSIl Have We a Leader Among Us ? The great want of the age is individuality. There is a more universal diffusion of strength among nations and less concentrated power in individuals. We have, in a great degree, attain ed that equality for which certain reformers have been sighing—that dead level of power, in which men stand at nearly the same height, and look ing out upon the mighty mass of humanity— the great agitated human sea—we can find but few heads elevated above the rest. These are few that stand forth from the pages of literature, or the ranks of politics, with that distinct promi nence that marks the great "lights of the age.” There are but few of those master-intellects, that not only leave their impress on their own and succeeding generations, but change the very current of the age and make it follow in the oourse marked out by their own bold footsteps. The individual is merged into the aggregate. In statesmanship, we have no Pitt, in oratory, no Brougham, and in literature, although we have many polished scholars and correct writers, yet, we have no Swift rousing a nation into fury solely by letters and pamphlets his unaided hand had written; no Shakspeare mirroring a world in the sea of his own mighty and fathom less mind. The elements of greatness are now more generally distributed throughout man kind, but there is less concentrated power act ing under the direction of single will. Men, like other gregarious animals, must have a leader—some one to follow and obey—some one to give an impulse to their energies and control them by the right of the strongest spirit. Else, there will be no unanimity of purpose and action—no combination of power for single re sults and in particular directions. Superior minds are to the age in which they live, what the will is to the human organization. With out it, strength of bone and sinew and muscle is useless as the music in an unswept harp. In the gTeat battle of life, as in lesser com bats, there must be commanding officers, or else the ranks will fall into disorder, and courage and strength be wasted, because not properly directed. There must be at the head, one with clear eye and powerful voice to control and command the rest. We have had such men in the history of our country. Patrick Henry, the inspirer, Wash ington, the planner and actor, Franklin, whose genius at once speculative and practical, car ried not only his own countrymen, bnt the civ ilized world, into the fields of useful science. But our tears are dry on the graves of these, and whom have we to fill their places ? It is in politics that individual superiority is most re quisite. The present political aspect of our country is rather unpromising. The factions and parties into which its people are divided and subdivided, argue their weakness. Politi cal combinations without competent leaders, disaffection, corrupt principles, bribery, indif ference, disorder, and worse than all, great in dividual weakness—these are, as all will admit, prominent features of our Republic. Who will reconcile the discordant elements; who, by the strength of will and tbe power of intellect, will combine these antagonistic fea- tions (which can scarcely define their own prin ciples) into one or two great parties; who will throw aside the old bones of contention, over which the several factions have been so long growling, like toothless mastiffs, and point out to them better and nobler work to do ? We are fain to say, as Carlyle does, in his sledge-ham mer sentences, "A curse on your associations— we want a man. To the winds with your ma chinery-give us a man. No more of your stump oratory and public meetings—where is the man? Frederick—there was a man; Oliver —there was a man; Mohammed—there was a man. But your leagues and societies, and clubs and alliances and associations—they are a mere aggregate of atoms, without mind, without one glorious quality, without the faculty of exoiting our reverence.” • Thaae “Haster-piccM.” A certain Society gave its twelfth annual cel ebration at the New York Academy of Music lately, and we read that M; Fere, president, contributed a master-piece—the "Grand Hunt,” that attracted all eyes; that Wentz was repre sented by two exquisite Chef d'oeuvres enti tled "Spring and Autumn.” Another artist con tributed "Cleopatra’s Needle;” while M. Whel— “eminent for such magnificent productions,” had the "Circus of Apollo,” and the "Chariot of the Epoch”—a piece of political signification, in which Gambetta was charioteer. Now, would not yon suppose,dear uninitiated reader, who, sitting down to your good-enough dinner of boiled ham and cabbage, egg-bread, sweet potatoes and milk custard, dream not of the height to which the art of cookery has been carried—would not you suppose that all these grand-sounding names and this talk of master pieces and magnificent productions, referred to, works of art, creations on canvas or in marble ? Not a bit; the Association that met and exhibi ted these productions, is the Societe Culinaire— in plain English—the Cooking Club. These master-pieces were things to be eaten, sent by the Chefs—as the chief artists in the culinary line are called—from all portions of the country, sufficiently civilized to possess such eminent gastronomers. That "Grand Hunt” was com posed of meat, jelly and game, moulded or worked up so as to represent the hunt. Another of the master-pieces was an enormous gelatine of turkey, pinked at by quail. The "Circus of Apollo” was of suet and wax; and “Eve’s Fig Tree” was made of suet and preserved orange skins. There were a concourse of Chefs of all the fashionable hotels and restaurants, each of whom brought a contribution to the grand menu. One remembers the Chef in Vanity Fair, the riugletted. diamond-pinned,suave Professor, who always sat down to the piano to compose a spe cial dish, and remonstrated with the maids when their entrance disturbed him in the midst of his inspiration. What a contrast to our Southern Chefs—black Dinah in a greasy apron, taking her hands from the dough-tray to admin ister a dose of broom-stick to intruding dogs, children and dogs. * The Markham Indignant. Chamberlain, the South Carolina adventurer, has received a fresh wound to his self-love, still smarting from having his hopes torn from the Gubernatorial chair and farther blighted by the cold shoulder of Mr. Hayes. The scratch this time comes from a female claw—that of Pauline Markham, the nymph who, in very flesh-colored tights, figured some time ago in Lydia Thomp son’s troupe, and of whose lavishly displayed charms Richard Grant White—the prolific es sayist, became so enamored that he was fain to wring into one of his dignified magazine papers the information that Miss Markham possessed a ‘voice of vocal velvet and the lost arms of the Venus De Medici.’ The Markham may sheathe her voice in vel vet, bnt she doesn’t her claws, at least in the case of Chamberlain, Cardoza, Parker and Scott, of South Carolina, against whom she uses them in the spitefullest fashion, declaring she is out raged by having her immaculate name linked with theirs in the report, which she says, is in circulation that she, through her blandishments, has induced ex-Governor Scott to issue fraudulent South Carolina bonds for the benefit of the Chamberlain ring and of herself. She declares she would be ashamed to have anything to do with the distinguished quartette above- mentioned—rogues and swindlers, as she avers they are known to be. They would not dare to show their faces inside her house in New York. In fact, she indignantly repudiates these gentle men, and draws from contact with them her — skirts, we were about to say, hut she wore none when we saw her, and amend by saying that she tarns up her fat nose at Messrs. Scott, Chamber- lain Sl Co., in the most heart-rending manner. ‘The Ghost of Malm a won,” which con cludes this week, has given satisfaction to all admirers of the ingenious and lively method of French novel writing. Its translator, Mr. Charles F. Gailmard, is a gentleman of correct literary taste, and though a native of la Belle France, speaks and writes English with flueney. This acquirement renders him an «im)itnt teacher of the French language; and to all who wish to acquire this polite—and almost indis- pensable—accomplishment, we cordially re- eommend Mr. Gailmard as a first rats instrae- L. WHAT IS A LETTER J A silent language, uttered to the eye. Which envious distance would, in vain, deny; A tie to bind, wnere circumstances part; A nerve of feeling, stretched from heart to heart. Formed to convey, like an electric chain, The mystic flash—the lightning of the brain, And bear at once, along each precious link, Affection’s life-pulse, in a drop of ink. Who are the Real Aristocrats 1 Shoddy aristocracy is as plentiful now-a-days as counterfeit greenbacks. It may be readily distinguished from real gentility by its general attributes of arrogance, pretentiousness and supercilious affectation, and by its particular characteristics of showy jewelry, gaudy dress and equipage. It has been satirized and ridi culed ad nauseam; but despite of sarcasm and satire, it still flourishes, for its roots strike deep in the rank soil of national error, and it will never be eradicated until the elements of true nobility—worth and intelligence—are prop erly appreciated and made to overbalance gold in the scale of popular opinion. The scheme of general equality—which is such a favorite dream of reformers—is simply impracticable in the present state of society. There will be divisions and society will natu rally separate itself into classes; but virtue and intellect—not wealth and impudence—should be the qualities essential to social elevation. Honest industry, and poor, but virtuous talent, instead of being crushed under the heel of purse-proud arrogance, shonld be honored and commended, and placed upon the topmost rounds of the social ladder. The sweat of hard, honest labor, stains many a brow which nature has stamped with the true signet of nobility, and many a lady, in the highest and best acceptation of the term, wean sixpence oalioo and toils for her daily bread. What if the garb be Ceded, if the brow be sun- embrowned and the hand hard and horny, so the mind is refined by piety or by innate pari ty and delicacy, and the heart is true and hon est and gentle ? "The man's the man for a* that.” Aye, and the gentleman, too, if he does wear home-span ana use his sturdy arms and strong mnsoles in toiling for himself and the dear ones dependent on his labor. * Flirtin' in The Co-Edncational Universi ties. Dr. Baseoui, president of the Wisconsin Co educational University, finds that the female students of the college lose mnch less time through sickness than the males, that they are more stndious, and quicker of apprehension, and consequently bear off a greater number of honors, than their brother pupils. He finds also, contrary to the prediction of crokers—that there seems very little temptation to flirting or love-making between the two kinds of pupils. In fact, the president expresses himself disap pointed that the two sexes do not exert more in fluence upon each other. He had supposed that the result of daily intercourse and mental attrition between pnpils of opposite sexes, would be to stimulate the ambitions and excite the mental faculties of eaoh, but he finds that the male and the female pupils pay no particu lar attention to each other, and that the busi ness of study goes ou in a smooth, oommonpl&ce way, undisturbed by the fact of sex. He might have foreseen this. It is the law of human na ture, that the imagination works more potently and injuriously upon the tender passion in se clusion, than when the objects supposed to ex cite that passion aretpresent—seen continually in the every day intercourse of business and soci ety. Another circumstance may contribute to the good behavior of the co-educational classes of President Basoom’s university, Natural selec tion has undoubtedly operated in the case of the female pupils. The only females, who would be apt to embrace tbe privelege of a university ed ucation, under such circumstances, would be girls not of the ordinary pattern—superior in will or mental force, or possessed of peculiar aims, or impelled by unusual inward stress of aptitude or inclination. In a word, girls, who had in them the materials to make workers— workers in fields, out side the ordinary ones al lotted to women. Such girls would not be apt to flirt. They would feel life too earnest; their sense of duty would be too imperative. Then their temperaments would oppose no temptation. In such females, nervous activity would pre dominate over; the sensuous, the pleasure-loving, the animal. This development of nervous activ ity, at tbe expense of the emotional and sexual nature, is characteristic of the class of female workers, now beginning to take a prominent part in society. Georgia Female Editors. Three bright little papers make their appear ance at our office, edited by talented and enter prising Georgia girls.—The "Riverside Echo,’’ from West Point, is more than its name implies. Vigorous originality is seeD in some of its edit orial articles, and the selections evince good taste and care. Marietta has her lady editor in the person of Miss Sallie Long, who brings to bear on her pretty sheet—“The Calliopian Critique,” sharp wit and a sprightly intelligence. That wide-awake, fresh little flower paper— " The Acanthus ”—that sends oat its fragrance very properly tiw- a T T> T South, owes its origin to the enterprise of Miss Anna Barnes, —every girl’s and boy’s " own Cousin,”—who caters for the young folks in a style that “tickles” delightfully their eager but in truth difficult palates. Children of the nineteenth century are not to be put off with nonsense, we would have you know. They are by no means ** Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw." Besides these three papers, all published near Atlanta, there may be others edited by ladies, (we know of several who have ladies assisting in their editorial management;) and there is the little "College Bell," rung in a charming manner by the girls of "Old Andrew,” and the “New Departure,” edited and “set up" as to type, by the young ladies of College Temple. * The Charm of a Soft Female Voice. Yes, we agree with that old poet who said that a low, soft voice was an excellent thing in wo man. Indeed, we feel inclined to go much fur ther than he has on the subject, and call it one of her crowning charms. No matter what other attractions she may still havo; she may be as fair as the Trojan Helen, and as learned as the famous Hypatia of ancient times; she may have all tbe accomplishments considered requisite at the present day, and every advantage that wealth can procure, and yet, if she lack a low, sweet voice, she can never be really fascinating. How often the spell of beauty is broken by coarse, loud talking! How often you are irre sistibly drawn to a plain, unassuming woman, whose soft, silvery [tones render her positively attractive. Beside, we fancy we can judge of the character by the voice; the bland, smooth, fawning tone seems to us to betoken deoeit and hypocrisy, as invariably as the musical, sub dued voice indicates a genuine refinement. In the social circle, how pleasant it is to hear a woman talk in that low key which always char acterizes a true lady! In the sanctuary of home, how such a voice soothes the fretful child and cheers the weary husband! How sweetly such cadenoes float through the sick-chamber; and around the dying-bed; with what solemn mel ody do they breathe a prayer for a departing souL Cheap Kindnesses. Simple aots of kindness, quietly and nnosten- tationsly performed, tears of pity given to those who are athirst for sympathy, words and looks and smiles that make the tried heart forget its bitterness—these are the chance flowers sown along the pathway—flowers that may ripen into a glorious fruitage in after time, and then they cost so very little—only an effort, sometimes, when the spirit is overburdened with its own selfish sorrows; but even for this, the pleasure of doing good amply compensates, for every thorn that we pluck from the path of another, blos soms into a rose to shed its sweetness on our own. Andrew College* On another page will be found an advertise ment of this splendid college* A letter from CoL Fielder speaks in enthusiastic terms of its excellence. All eulogies of its thoroughness, fine dioipline and admirable appointments will be readily believed by those who know President Hamilton. He is a man who does nothing by halves. He would not be content with mediocri ty. And his whole sonl is in his present work—a work for whioh he is peculiarly fitted. That brilliant and permanent success awaits Andrew College none can doubt The Gallows in 1877. The hangman’s reccord for the past year shows that 83 murderers were hanged in the United States. Of this number, 47 were white, 34 col ored, 1 Indian and 1 Chinaman; 4 were hanged for indecent assault, 1 for burglary, 8 for wife murder, 1 for filicide,and 1 for fractricide. There were 3 double exeontions, 1 triple, two quadru ple, and 1 in whioh 6 men were hanged. Not a single woman was hanged; the only one sentenc ed to death, Mrs. Louisa Lawsar, of Virginia, had her sentence commuted to imprisonment for life by the Governor. Friday still maintains its reputation in the black list as the favorite day on whioh to inforce the death penalty, more murderers having been hanged on that day than on all the others of the week combined. Forty-seven murderers were hanged on Friday, 17 on Thursday, 8 on Saturday, 6 on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, and 2 on Wednesday. There were 5 executions in January, 5 in February, G in March, 6 in April, 10 in May, 15 in June, 11 in July, 1 in August, 5 in September, none in Oc tober, 9 in November, and 10 in December. Pennsylvania stands first m the list of the States for the greatest number of executions during the past year, South Carolina being second. The executions were distributed among 25 states, as follows: Penn., 16; South Carolina, 12; North Carolina and California, 5 each; Missouri, Mary land, Georgia, and Virginia, 4 each; New York, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nevada and Tennesseee, 4 each; Mississippi and Ohio, 2 each; New Jersey, New Hampshire, Delaware, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Utah, Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming, 1 each. One Horse—or Horsely, (who should be named after a longer-eared animal, member of the Royal Academy, though he be) lately dis tinguished himself by an utterance of truly donkey-like character. Three lady artists of high standing in their profession, were proposed for membership in the Academy, whereupon the man in question got up and brayed: ‘We don’t want any women-kind here.’ The ladies were rejected, not for lack of merit, but because of their sex. * An Energetic Woman. Mrs. Saurn, of Kansas, is a woman whose en ergy deserves mention. She has a farm of three hundred acres of prairie land. Last spring she harvested ten acres of wheat of her own plow ing and sowing, and put down twenty acres more. She is not physically strong. When she began her plowing she was so feeble that she had a chair at the end of her furrow, and was obliged at every second row to stop and rest. She chose this life because she had more fitness for it than for anything else that gave promise of a future for two little sons whom she desires to educate to usefulness. Her health improves, and a sheep raiser in the neighborhood has en gaged her to plow ten acres of land for him and take her pay in Bbeop. • The Storjr of Nebuchadnezzar. Among the discoveries made by Col. Rawlin- son, in the excavations of Babylon, we are told is that of Nebuchadnezzar’s hunting diary, with notes, and here and there a portrait of his dogs, sketched by himself, with his name under it He mentions in it his having been ill, and while he was delirious he thought he had been put to graza, like tho blasts of the field. Is not this a wonderful corroboration of Scripture ? Rawlin- son also found a pot of preserves in an excellent state, and gave some to Queen Victoria to taste. How little Nebuchadnezzar’s cook dreamed, when making them, that twenty-five centuries after the Queen of England would eat some of the identical preserves that figured at her mas ter’s table! Mrs. Bryan’s Stories. Mrs. Bryan’s story of "Wild Work” begins in this paper. Its main incidents are real occur rences, and the story culminates in an episode of State history that has remained involved in mystery in spite of Investigating Committees and United States detectives- Upon this mys tery, she proposes to throw some light She also begins this week a sketch in a comic vein, "Brass vs. Brains”—an attempt to illustrate the fact so often seen—of impudence and "cheek” succeeding while modest merit "goes to the wall. ” Mrs. Bryan will oontinue to write matter every week for our editorial page; her articles upon that page being marked as usual with a ' We have spoken of this as her signature before, and yet we are often asked “why does not Mrs. Bryan write more for the paper ?” She does write for it constantly, furnishing two or three col umns of editorial matter every week. Planter and Grange. We have failed, unintentionally, to note the great change whioh has been made in the ap pearance and general get-ap of this paper, under the management of Messrs. Gordon and White. It is now a really handsome and sprightly journal, and should be taken largely by all the Granges. Send for a copy. Sketch ot Bishop Marvin. In our next issue will appear an excellent sketoh of the life and character of the late Bishop Marvin, whose death has created Buch universal regret. The article will be from the pen of the Rev. W. J. Scott. The Literary Society of Adger College, in South Carolina, will celebrate its anniversary on the 8th of March, with Wm. G. Neville as anniversarian. Question for debate—“Ought there to be a Union between Church and State.” Many thanks to the Americas (Ga.) Library Association for honors conferred. We trust the Association is in a prosperous oondition. The Rossini Association. This brilliant musical cluh. whioh is one of the pets of our city, will present II Trovatore on Monday evening. Don’t fail to secure tickets. A knowledge of grammar and rhetoric acquir ed by studying the books on those subjects will of itself do very little towards making ns speak and write onr language correctly. The habit of talking properly can be acquired only by ming ling with good sooiety, bnt one can learn to write well only by praetice and by a familiar ac quaintance with good writers. We often hear persons who have no knowledge of books use better language in oommon conversation than some who an reputed aeeuxate scholars. We did not see the "Mistletoe Bough,” bnt learn that it was excellent in all its features. The Italian Opera Coning. We have been hungering for a long while for a good Opera to come this way and at last it comes and we are happy, for it is a good one. See the grand array of distinguished artists an nounced, and secure your tickets without de lay. The papers along their route are enthusi astic in their praises of the whole company,some of whom are old favorites with Southern audi ences. The people of Mobile, New Orleans, Gelveston, Houston, Little Rock, and other Southern cities should look out for their gentle manly agent, Mr. Edwin F. Gillett. They will play in Montgomery on the 27th, Selma the 28th and return to Montgomery on the 1st of Maroh and will go from there to Mobile. Simmons Slocum and Sweatnam’s Minstrels. No Minstrel troupe has ever made a better impression upon our hundreds of admirers of the burnt cork professionals than ’‘Simmons, Slocum and Sweatnam’s. Their songs are new and excellent, save now and then a sweet and familiar old ballad which is rendered for the sake of “ Auld Lang Syne. ” Their duets* quartets and solos are the best we have heard in many years. We commend them to the public everywhere as one of the very best min strel troupes now in existence. Fayetteville. Arkansas. ITEMS OE INTEREST FROM THIS LITTLE CITY, The Arkansas Industrial University is located at this place, and is a great and snccessful in stitution. Gen. D. H. Hill, of national military fame, is President of it, and is giving it his undivided time and attention. On each Sab bath afteroon at 3 o’clock he has a Bible class numbering 240 members. Mrs. Lizzie Pollard, of Fayetteville, a most accomplished lady, is president of the Memo rial Association of the county. Five or six thousand people gather at the annual meetings of the Association to decorate the soldiers' graves. There is not a whiskey shop in Fayetteville, nor any place to get it nearer than Alma, 60 miles distant. We return many thanks to the good people of this model little city for their most liberal pat ronage of our Sunny South. Gen. Hill heads the list. Miss Belle Barry, of Bentonville, Ark., wept the other day at finding her Sunny South torn. We will send her another copy if she will let us know the number. Pen Droppings. BY L. L. V. Weakness of Intellect interferes less with one's power of governing others than weakness of temper. This is most strikingly exemplified in the Stuart Dynasty and that which immediately succeeded it. In mental capacity, the former were considerably above the average of the hu man race. The first James, despite his silly pedantry, was a fine scholar. Charles the First spoke and wrote like a gentleman of calture, and displayed an excellent taste in the fine arts. Charles the Second was a man of such polish ed wit as to make him one of the most agreeable of companions, and to cause those who came within its charm to more than half forget his ut ter heartlessness. Even the second James, the least gifted of his race, was not deficient in busi ness capacity. But with all these varied en dowments of intellect was enjoiued a facility of temper which rendered him incapable of gov erning. The Georges on the contrary, who were dull to stupidity, with nothing in their charac ter to love and little to admire, were able to command respect in a higher degree than even were the graceful and easy-tempered Stuarts. The prayer of Agur expresses the sentiment of every sensible person who has rightly consider ed the legitimate effects of poverty and wealth upon the mind and heart. Poverty in that form which renders pinching and saving a constant necessity—which calculates the cost of every morsel eaten or every garment worn, cannot fail to extend a most unhappy effect on the charac ter. Wealth on the other hand is apt to beget pride and arrogance, and a lack of feeling for those less fortunate. Occasionally, though sel dom, we find natures which can bear either ex treme—which in the lowest depths of poverty regain a Micawber-like knack of hoping, and in affiuence exhibit the meekness and benevolence of St. Worthy. A competence won by exertion which furnishes employment without too great ly taxing the powers of mind or body, is the happiest condition of human life. We looked npon a strong, stout boy whose robust limbs told of strength and upon whose cheeks mantled the rioh glow of health. Here, thought we, is large vitality. Here is develop ing a physical mechanism which will neither rnn down nor wear out for many a year. What will he do with it ? Will he devote his splendid gift of life to purposes base or glorious ? That body, if he will only keep all its organs in the healthful discharge of their functions, will he the abode of a healthy mind, and how mnch of good might such a mind accomplish? We oan- not too highly estimate the possibilities for good or evil of a sound body in which dwells a sound mind. Propositions for 1878. Now is the time to begin with the new stories. For a club of six at $2.50, we will send a copy free for one year. For $5, we will send two copies one year. une year. Each subscriber now on the hoc have a year added to his time for by renewing now and sending one subscriber at same price. For a club of four, at $2.50, * send a copy of any of the Standard or any novel that may be desired. For a club of six, we will send a some photograph album. For a dub of sixteen, we will t Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary For a dab of twenty, we wil $10 in gold. (All the names mi sent at the same time when premiu demanded.)