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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MAY 10. 18'!’.,
OUR NEW DRESS.
The Best and Handsomest Paper
in the World.
ITS PAST AND FUTURE.
PRICE REDUCED.
A Profusion of Thanks and et ceteras.
Now give it up. You can’t deny that The Sunny
South is now the handsomest paper in America, if
met in all the world. And is it not also the best ?
Examine it and judge for yourself. Such a variety
of reading matter was never before embraced in
one paper. Examine each page separately and care
fully.
This is the beginning of the
fifth volume,
but the paper is very nearly five years of age al
ready. The first number was issued on the 29th of
October, 1874, but for the first year it was published
only onee in two weeks. The lawyers, doctors,
wiseacres and knowing ones, generally, said it could
mot live, That a literary paper had never lived in
the South and could not live, for there was not cul
ture enough among our people. Six months of life
was the longest time we could hear of any knowing
one giving it. But still it lives, nevertheless. True
it has been a severe struggle, for, beginning as it
did, without money, credit or resources, and just
when the money panic of the country was setting
in, and in the face of all that doubt and unbelief in
the public mind, it has required the best efforts of
our lives to make it a success. The labor, solicitude
and financial cares have borne heavily upon us, but
we have struggled bravely on, and thousands of
noble-hearted Southerners have cheered us with
kind words and subscriptions, while a good Provi
dence has seemed ever near, to sustain us in mo
ments of despair. We now feel as though we had
safely passed through the wilderness, and with re
turning prosperity to our people the paper presents
Itself to each and all of them with a new and smil
ing face, and begs to be taken in as a permanent
member of the household. Will any one refuse ?
Can any refuse ?
One thing which now cheers us Is the fact that all
those who said the paper could not live, and some
in whose heart’s lurked a secret and envious desire
that it might not, are now becoming its warm
friends and wishing it a long life. Since it did not,
and would not, nor will not die, they now say
bravo’ good! long life to the brave and glorious
enterprise. We take t em by the ham.
To the brethren of the press every \vnere we feel
d eeply indebted for the sympathy and interest
■which they have ever manifested toward the pa
per, and in the future we shall endeavor to show a
higher appreciation of their efforts t^Aid ijs.
"Let all the friends of the paper everywhere now
congratulate it on its new dress, and show it to all
the neighbors and induce them to send for it with-
out delay. The price is now reduced to $2.50 a
year; $1.25 for six months; $1.00 for four months,
and 75 cents for three months. Let all labor now
just a little in its behalf, and we shall rejoice and be
exceeding glad. Our hearts are filled withgrati
tude to all its old friends who have stood by it so
long, and we wish each a long and happy life.
Onr Contributor*.—What has become of some
of our old writers? There are quite a number from
whom we should be pleased to hear occasionally.
Post Office Order*.—Make all money orders
payable to J. H- & W. B. Seals. By so doing it will
save us confusion sometimes.
Memorial Day in Atlanta—Gen. Fftahngh
k C< »._-Thls was a treat day in this city; the milita
ry display was magnificent. A number of visiting
•ompanies from abroad added immensely to ihe
.<. ene . General Lee was recei ved witli open arms
by the entire people, and his address was most ad-
nirable in every particular. It was beautifully and
impressively delivered, and he received the heart!-,
est congratulations on all sides from both sexes.
Holly Springs a Town of Mourning.—A
private note from this lieautil il little town says;
-In one particular, this is the most, remarkable
lown 1 have ever visited. Every house is a house
.if mourning. Like Ruth, they have lost their
loved tines, and refuse to be comforted. Two ladies
ra.ne into the parlor to see me, in tears. I felt as if
I had committed a sin In trespassing upon tbe
sacredness of their grief. Three hundred and seven
teen of the best citizens diet! of the fever, and the
town is dead—no lile, no euergy, but every one fix
ing up to fly away when the summer comes.
Our New Head.-What think you of it? Many
regretted ourdetermination to lay aside the old one,
but they will he captivated with t.ha newjonn. It
has no equal in the newspaper world. Seethe beau
tiful scroll, the delicate shadings, and the bright
sun just rising over the South, typical of the sun of
prosperity which is beginning to dawn upon us.
Togive you some idea of the cost of engraving,
tlie old head cost originally $65, and some change
afterwards cost $13. making $78. This new head cost
$4:i.8o. Engraving is cheaper now than when the
first was engraved.
See What a Variety!—Examine each page of
tills paper and see what a wonderful variety
of reading matter it contains. You find poetry, sto
ries, spicy clippings, wit'and humor, editorials upon
all subjects, essays, biographies, personals, stage
notes, movements in southern society, gossip about
women, domestic matters, correspon 'ence, notes
of travel, news of the States, marriages, death's,
puzzles, chess, problems, local matters, answers to
correspondents, correspondents wanted, railroad
guide, health notes (every two weeks). Was there
ever such a varieiy in one paper?
Ningnlar Name* for Post Office*.—In South
Carolina there is a post office called Bachelor’s Re
treat, one called Prosperity and another Poverty’s
Hill.
Back Number*.—Back numbers of The Sunny
f4ouTH can be had from this office at five cents per
copy. When a subscriber fails to receive Ills copy it
will be supplied free of cost.
A I.arge Edition.—We print a very large num
ber of extra copies of this number and will supply
any applicant with one. Send for it or call and ge t
it and after examining it show it to your neighbors.
The Hnnny Month for Sunday Reading.—
We shall have this paper delivered at ail railroad
points possibl*■ on Saturday or Sunday morning, so
its patrons can have it for Sunday reading. A great
many people have no other day for readiDg.
Local Agent* and P«stm**ters.—We request
all persons who iiave heretofore acted as loca!
agents for this paper to give the people a fresli stir
ring up in its behalf. Thousands of good patrons
Iiave allowed their times to expire and we hope
our agents will get them to renew. Send in the
names of all in your community who should take
the paper and we will send them specimen copies -
All Postmasters are requested to act as special agents
and to let the people know that they are authorized
to receive and receipt for subscriptions. They will
retain 35 cents for eacli subscriber at $2.50, forward
ing the rest to this office.
Ntioles' State Gazetteer.—Slides, the famous
city directory publisher, not content with getting
up the best director es of Southern cities ever seen,
has taken hold of an entire state and is rapidly
pushing to completion a directory of the State of
Georgia. He is a driving, thorough-going and un
tiring fellow, and surpasses all mankiud in that,
line of work. He is just the man for the underta
king, and will soon present the people with one of
the most valuable books ever published in the
State. It will contain all thatuny one may wish to
know about Georgia. Send him your name for a
copy. Address, A. E. Sholes. Atlanta, Ga.
A Female Drummer.—Tiie airy and indefati
gable gentleman of the linen duster and the thou
sand mile ticket now trembles to see his male priv
ilege of drumming invaded by lemale competition-
A Tennessee cotton firm has sent out a woman
drummer, who is meeting with sucli great success,
that other firms are reported to be on the point of
engaging the ready and tireless female tongue in
behalf of their busiifcesft. An enviohs co"omerciaI
traveler—old bachelor of course—says that the fe
male drummer is more terrible than a combination
of the insurance, lightning rod and sewing machine
agent. *
Shall We Idealise in Art?—“Paint nature as
it Is; you cannot improve on her” say the realists,
but no true genius ever drew uature with pen or I
pencil just as she seems to ordinary eyes Some
thing of the soul—the hidden significance, they
must feel and express or they see no true artist
For underlying all things, investing all things
With a certain indescribable, half pathetic charm
is God’s thought, God’s shadowy and as yet unful
filled purpose. It is apparent in a measure in the
beauty of the landscape, as well as in the beauty of
the human face and lorm. And genius, which is in
tuitive, which has in it a tiny pulse of the I)i vine
heart, perceives this unfulfilled thought of God, and
interprets it—shadows it forth imperfectly, but still
with a power greater than reality. The poets,
whether they use brush or pen, are not nature's
copyists, they are God’s interpreters. *
Tlie (.'liCltMliveable Bird*.—It Is a remarkable
fact that the birds sern» to live always, barring the
few which fall a prey to the small boy and tlie big
boy,, who often kill without a purpose. Who can,
tell if they ever die from disease or »)d age? They
seem never to grow old nor do we ncjsathem. Year
Abnne*. Huk bsghl to be t’wmrfril.-Osr of
the most outrageous of the many abuses that have
grown up. at Washington under, the loose manner
in which, money wrung from the tax-payers of the
country is squandered by Congress, is the encour
agement! given. So men who iiave been deOrated as
after year they command go with the seasons, ihe i candidates for Congress before the people of their
same as they liav'e done from time immemorial, ! respective districts to contort the claims of their
and their 11 umboiappears never to be diminished, successful competitors. This is an evil that lias
Apparently the .ime birds thatgreeted our grand- , grown to enormous proportions. The forty-fifth
fathers and grandmothers whe* they were hoys and ! Cvmgress wss very liberal in voting th i money of
girls witli their sweetest notes, are here to-day- ’ the people to pay the tanmerous contestants for
twittering among tlie blanches of the trees and j seats in that body. For Instance, Corbin, the car-
sh rubs as gay and frisky as they ever were. -‘There 1 pet-bagger who contesttnlthe seat of Senator Butler,,
is something almost path&tic,” says an anonymous of South Carolina, was voted $10,000, and with ti-at
writer, “in the fact that the birds remaiu forever 1 large sum in his pocket he ceasedi to. trouble the
the same. You grow old, your friends die er move t Senate. Tlie following members of the House of
to distant lands, events sweep on and all things are ■ Representatives whose seats weie contested were
changed. Y'et there In your garden or orchard are given the sums set opposite tlncir names, in addi-
V>e birds ot your boyhood, tlie same notes, the tion to their regular salary of $5,000 a year order
same calls, and, to all intents and purposes, the that they might lie enabled to pay the expenses of
identical birds endowed with perennial youth. Tlie j defending their seats:
swallows that build so far out of your reach be- ( Shelley of Alak>>ma
neatta the eaves of your father’s barn, the same Wiggii.ton of California
ones now squeak and chatter beneath the eaves of . pj l n |*y of Florida 1 " °
.*2,5tt>
. 2,600
. 237
. 1.262
. a.000
. so
. 750
. 1,500
. 1.7(H)
. 4,(HH)
. 2.5(H)
. 2,5IH)
. 1,000
the melody of that ‘pringtime when the world was
young, and life was all holiday and romance.”
A Word to the Bride*.—There are two points
on which we iy^uld specially caution young wives.
The flret is, do not run crazy when you find that
your husband is a man like other men. Let the
romance of your maiden love go for what it’s worth,
become a rational woman, and study to live as hap
pily with your disrobed idol as you can. Many wo
men ruin themselves and all who love them, by
clinging to romance. Every girl invests her lover
with a tissue of her own bright imaginings, which
makes him appear to her a nondescript creature of
human, angelic, or demi-god species. When she
is married and the giddiness begins to wear off, and
s ie pprceiv?»\Ahat her husband is a coin like her
father, uncles, and other excellent friends and rel
atives, she stands aghast. Now reason comes to
her aid; or she wraps romance around her, detests
her husband, because he is only a man, and begins
to look arou d for a super-human excellence, which
she still Imagines must exist.
Now, if she is pretty, or any man is foolish enough
70 pay her undue attentions she clothes him at
once in her fancy work, and probably becomes a
victim, as much to herown romantic folly as to his
seductions. Runaway bargains are proverbially
miserable because the ardent romance which so
overrates a inai as to make it seem expedient to
forsake parents, or husband, for his sake, will on
beingdispelled, leave its idol more naked and despi
cable.
If you discover faults in your husband, he assured
that you will find similar, or even greater f ults, in
any and every other man living; cling to your hus
band, love him for what he really is; bear with his
faults, and be thankful they are no more.
Secondly, if your husband gives you a peevish or
a short word, dexhot go and break your heart with
surmisings tliat^Je no longer loves you, aftd all such
nonsense. CotNUhjr this a fault of human nature.
Do*-s not every Fat her love her children? Yet how
often does she scold them, ana berate them saund-
ly. D<> you love your sisters and brothers, and have
you not often farted them and called them hard
names? So ^^^nsliand Rives you dearly, not-
withstandinghefias spoken to you hastily. So do
not pout and pu/l on the injured look, consider how
that would lock) in the child whom you had rated;
but meet him with a cheerful smile, and if he has
wronged you, lit will repent it, or if you were real
ly in fault, he wile forgive you for the sake of your
love and meekness*
your barn. Tlie warblers and shy wood-birds you . Acklen of L* uisiana
pursued with such glee ever so many summers ago. , Elam of Louisiana
and whose names you taught to some beloved youth j Dean llf Massachusetts.
who now, perchance, sleeps amid his native hills ^ Metcalf of Missouri..,,
no marks of time or change cling to them; and 1 Reilly of Pennsylvania
when you watffhit to the strange woods there they j of Month CaroliHa.:.'..I."""".:;
are, mocking you with their ever-renewed and joy- j Jorgenson of Virginia
ous youth. The call of the high-holes, tlie whistle The f () u ow i n g sums were paid to the men who
of tlie quail, tlie strong piercing note of the meadow- | eontested seats, or who were turned out to admit
lark, the drumming of the grouse—how these j y ie ir contestants:
sounds ignore tlie years, and strike on the ear wit h Haralson of Alabama $\500
Pacheco of California 2j)00
Bel ford of Colorado 600
Bisbee of Florida 4 ih)0
Darrall of Louisiana 1,000
Nash of Lousiana 1.000
Field of Massaciiusetts 1,500
Lynch of Mississippi 1 000
Frost of Missouri 2,000
Nutling of Pennsylvania 4.0(H)
Richardson of South Carolina 2,000
Tillman of South Carolina 2,000
These liberal suras merely serve as a temptation
for defeated candidates to prefer a claim to the seat
which the people who knew them ben would notac-
cord them. It is stated that qnite a uumber are con
testing the seats of members of the presen t Congress.
It is right and proper that Congress should give a
man the seat to which he was fairly elected, when
that is not done by the judges or managers o( elec
tions or returning boards, but. there is neither sense
nor reason in giving men large sums for contes’ing
the seat of a successful opponent, where it is cleai >
as is often the case, that the contestant cannot pro
duce the shadow of right to the seat he is claiming.
There is ’ittle doubt that the large sums voted by
Congressto those claiming the seats held by others,
is the cause of many a man preferring a claim that
he too may- be rewarded for the trouble and expense
of su«-h contest, knowing full well that he will
make more money by the operation than in any
other pursuit in which he might engage, while at
the same time he would have a jolly time with the
"good fellows” at Washington. Why should an
unsuccessful contestant be paid anything? The
result shows that he had no right to the seat he was
claiming, while If successful the salary he gets
($5,000 a year) is ample compensation for his ser
vices.
An accounting officer of the Treasury Department
at Washington, who passes upon tbe various ap
propriations by Congress, remarked to the corre
spondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean that although
he had been many years in tbe treasury-, the thirst
for appropriations exceeded anything in his expe
rience. He said our legislation, where money was
involved, was becoming very vicious, and unless
the people put a stop to it there was no telling what
the result would be. He said that tlie Iqw-ipaking
power seemed to regard our debt as nothing, And
went on appropriating money as if we did not owe
a cent, and were five times richer than before the
war, when, as a matter of fact, the people were less
able to bear burdens than then. Yet, as a matter
of fact, ihe public debt is a mortgage upon every
man’s property to the extent of ten per cent, of Us
value; for the true gold value of property was to-day
in this country not over $20,000,000,0)0. The as
sessed valuation by States is very much less than
this, and less than it was in 1870, being then $14,000*
000,000, and now about S12,000,000,000. Taking the as
sessed value as a basis, and the public deb - is about
15 per cent, of the entire wealth of tlie country—a
mortgage upon every man’s property. This officer
stated further that the expenses of the government
were now five times greater than they were iu 1860,
and that there had been no sufficient increase in
wealth, and population to justify this large increase
in the burdens laid upon the tax-payers. The esti
mates for tlie next fiscal year are about $285,000,000,
and it is not believed that so large a sum can be
levied upon the productive industry of the country
without prolonging the "hard times” from which
every section, at present, suffers.
Tliey Keem to so TogHtler
Sew Haven Register..
At»-pistois an.il the Booth family inseparable
seem so.
It won <11
tv liar it D’esls.
Chicago Tribune.
fisery speech, made in < ’ongress costUhe country about
$5,000 cash, not to mention the annoyance oi scarfing it.
Ho .Should lie Soaroliotl.
Guinesviilc Kaehi.
We hope some muscular patriot will. Ubbo.w General
Toombs down and search him. \Ye are of. the opinion
that he wearing a derringer in some of IvivIMittoii holes.
The Way to Overcome tlie Great Evil.
Jefferson Forest NfeW-s.
Let the moral sentiment of our-peoplebe raised to tha
point where it will look upon themurfitrerin the same,
light that the people in Adam’s day looked upon Cain.
And when a murder is committed’,. Set the wrong doer be
punished, and we predict that the habit of carrying CGtt-
eiUetl weapons will find few, If any foUnwc-re.
An Infantile Opium Eater.
Memphis. Appeal.
A medical man called th? attention of a Memphis.Ap
peal reporter on yesterday ui.a curious case. It was.that
of a confirmed opium eater,.aged thirteen months.. Tlie
facts of the case are these'. The child, when a few i»onths
Old. suffered from what sc commonly known in house
hold words as “belly-acUei" In order to relieve tine child
from suffering, they couanenced giving him poragoric,
and then a stronger preparation, laudanum: and this
failing in time to relieve - nis suffering, morphruo - was re
sorted to. until now tie child lets to take half t grain of
morphine at a dose in order to secure rest and relief
from suffering. Mcairn! men know, but the vorld does
not, that morphine, is. a vegetable alkaloid exiscacted from
opium, of which i\ constitutes one of the ni-iicotie prin
ciples. There is nothing in DeQuincey’s bvokon opium-
eating that equals, the above.
A Fool From Miehigm.
Chicago Times Washington Telegram.
Julius (iesar Burrows, in his character (is a Columbiana
orator, gave a lively circus performam* in tlie House-
this afternoon. Mr. Burrows is the ideal ondor of Vic
rural rooster. Burrows, it is even sa>?A, has gone to the
woods and spent hours in private - rehearsals of his
speeches. He bellows and roars. He runs his voice-first
down cellar and then up "in the attic of his chaos of
rhetorical absurdities. He has the lungs of a stt urn-en
gine, and enough muscular ability when excited to pull
up a house by the roots. He is one of the men who. aro
always offering themselves upon tlie altar of their coun
try in tlie presence of frenzied crowds, while il asked for
a mild gift of ten cents to really aid the c&uw of the
pack-mule known as “the country,” Mr. Burrows would
skillfully evade tlie practical point by another - hurst of
Michigan rhetoric.
Show It To The People.—We earnestly request
everybody to show everybody a copy of the new
Sunny South; and everybody should get everybody
to subscribe for it at once. We must have everybod
y’s name on our books. Let us hear from you.
Onr Story of Northeast Georgia.—We begin
in this issue the publication of a splendid story en
titled “Forty Years Ago,” in which all the scenes
are laid in Northeast Georgia. It was written by
Col. G. J. N. Wilson, of Jefferson, in Jackson coun
ty, which is in that portion of the State, and will be
read with special interest by all the people of that
section. Col. Wilson is a popular citizen, and a
beautiful writer. The story becomes of thrilling in
terest as it advances and makes startling revelations.
A Compliment From New Hampshire.—We
publish the following note with much pleasure:
“The Sunny South is a splendid literary jour
nal—a rival, for those old papers, the New York
Ledger, or. The Netv York Weekly. We hope the
people of the South will rally toits support,and pre
sume the publisher would like to send the paper to
all families in the Southern states, and have them
pay for the same. J. L H.
Tuftonborough, N. H.
Mr*. Lide Meriwether.—A private note from
this estimable lady who is one of the sweetest wri
ters in the South, and a sister to our destinguished
Mrs. L. Virginia French, says:
“Many thanks to the ‘Sunny South’ for the beams
that have come to me throughout a long illness.—
I would have sent communications often, but have
been unable to do so. A severe surgical operation,
performed a year ago, was followed by a long illness
And that by a paralyzation of the right arm, that for
many months, prevented me from writing at all. I
am well now, although itstill tires my arm to write
long, and will send a stray thought frequently..
With all best wishes for your success, I am.
Yours Sincerely,
Lide Meriwether.”
Take Your Local Paper and The Sunny
South.—First of all patronize your homepupprif
it merits patronage, and then send for The Sunny
South, for yourself, wife, and daughters, and then
take The Boys and Girls of the South for your
children and you will feel better all the year, and
everything around you will prosper. This is so.
Try it. But don’t neglect your home or county pa
per. As some one has said:
“You might as well forget your churches, your
academies and school houses, as to forget your local
paper. It speaks to ten times the audience that
your local minister does. It is read eagerly each
day and week, from beginning to end. It reaches
you all, and as it has a lower spirit and less wisdom
than a sermon it has a thousaud ti mes better chance
at you. Lying, as it does, on every table in almost
every house, you owe to yourself to liberally add
to its support, and exact from it as heightened a
character as you do from an educator in your midst.
It is in no sense below notice and care—unless you
yourself are below notice and care—for it Is y .ur
representative. Indeed, in its character, it is the
sublimation of the Importance, interest and wel
fare of all. It is the aggregate of your own conse
quence, and you cannot ignore it without miserably
depreciating yourself.
Liberality.—Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. of New
York, have presented, through their courteous
Agent, Mr, Joseph Van Holt Nash, of Atlanta—a
full set of the American Cyclopedia—sixteen vol
umes-to College Temple, Newnan Ga., as a token
of their appreciation of the Temple’s efforts to pro
mote the education and elevation of Woman.
This is a tribute fully deserved by the high char
acter of the institution and the noble efforts to sus
tain it on the part of President Kellogg, its origi
nator. Alone and unaided by trustees or societies,
he has struggled to carry out his high plan of in
creasing the usefulness and ennobling the intellect
of the young women of the South. To this end he
has added printing, telegraphy and other unusual
but useful branches to the regular college course.
At the same time, he enthuses each pupil by his
own zeal for knowledge and warm interest in their
progress—the interest of the born teacher and phi
lanthropist, not the mechanical interest of one
who follows the profession only lor money. With
his flue talints, Professor Kellogg could have
worked successfully in more lucrative Helds, but he
has chosen to devote his energies solely to this in
stitution, which, more than tweniy-flve years ago,
he founded in Newnan Ga. It has been his life-
work. He has put into it not only all his means,
but his brain, his life, and ably has be been seconded
by his devoted and accomplished wife. It is to be
hoped for the honor of our country, that our peo
ple will never let this institution languish, *
Destroying the Romance of History—Not
long since the Pittsburgh Leader gave a romantic
history of how Gen. W. H. Lytle finished his poem,
“Antcny and Cleopatra,” in his tent the night be
fore he was killed at Chickamauga; whereas the
truth is, the Genera! wrote the poem several years
before the war. It is wonderful what an amount of
current history isheing dissipated as this romantic
incident has been.
Within a past few months there has come a whis
per from Rome that the celebrated picture in tlie
Barberlnl Palace, so well known as Guido’s Bea
trice Cenei, is not the portrait of that unfortunate
woman, and that is is exceedingly doubtful wheth
er Guido ever ssw her. These rumors assum'd such
a shape as to he investigated by Senor A. Bertolatti,
who gives the resnlt of his inquiries in the Edin
burgh Review. He discovered that Beatrice C’enci
was executed in 1599, and that Guido never painted
in Rome till 1608, and therefore probably never saw
the girl. He also discovered that Beatrice was not
a beautiful woman^as represented in the picture*
but exceedingly plain- Bertolatti has unearthed
tlie proceedings of the court that condemned Bea
trice, and finds that she confessed having been ac
cessory to the murder of her father, and was there
fore justly executed. He follows np the history of
the w^man and shows that she was an exceedingly
depraved character, not at all likely to be painted
by Guido, ifhe had seen her. Bertolatti believes
the portrait to be by Guido, but it is not the head
of Beatrice.
And now the London Spectator robs the little fai
ry, Cinderella’ of her glass slipper. That journal
states the case thus; ‘‘The slipper was originally a
slipper trimmed with a particular kind of rare fur,
called in French vair, the fur of a creature of tlie
weazel kind. But this fur not bring known to ordi
nary Freueh story-tellers, they spoke of pantovfle de
verre—a glass slipper.” The translators adopted the
error, and so the magical slipper has made the tour
of the civilized world and has been admired by
men and women while it left its impress in soft lit
tle hearts of every name and nation. “The fur-
edged slipper,” says’ a lady writer, “however rsre
and dainty, will never be so pretty. Anybody could
dance in a pantoufle de vair,—who but Cinderella In
a pantovfle de verret”
Memorial Bay In the Sooth.
Augusta, Ga., April 26.—Memorial Day was ob
served by the suspension of business and parade of
military. The monument was decorated *ith gar
lands, and the statues of Lee. Jackson, Cobb and
Walker were crowned with laurel wreaths. Mayor
W. T. Gary delivered a patriotic address.
Atlanta, Oa„ April 26.—Memorial Day was ob
served by the whole city. Hundreds from neigh
boring towns were present, and visiting military
from Augusta, Rome, Spartanburg and Greenville,
South Carolina. The garrison band was in the pro
cession. General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, made
the address. Fifteen thousand people were on the
grounds.
Columbus, Ga., April 26.—The Confederate mon
ument was unveiled this afternoon in the presence
of ten thousand people from different sections of
Georgia and Alabama. Governor Colquitt deliv
ered the address, which contained nothing of a po
litical nature. State and national flags were dis
played.
Macon, Ga., April 26.—Memorial day was cele
brated here with much enthusiasm. There was a
parade by the Second Georgia battalion, and an
oration by the Rev. G. G. Smith, and a fine display
of floral decorations. ‘ I
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The Juror*' Te*t Oath.
Washington Post.
There is no doubt whatever that tlie jurors’ test oath is
unconstitutional. There is no doubt that the supreme
court would so decide if a ease involving the constitu
tionality of the law were presented. This is clearly fore
shadowed in a decision a few days since. Mr. Justice
Field puts the case plainly when he says that Congress
has no more right to prescribe such an oath now than it
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New Telegraph Company.
New York World.
Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday of the
Union Telegraph Company, which is organized with a
capital of 100.000 shares at $100 n share. The incorpora
tors are Jay Gould, who subscribes for $50,000 shares;
David B. Bates, 25,000 shares, ami Charles A. Tinker, of
Baltimore. 25.000 shares. The route, beginning at New
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Canada. The corporation is to begin on the first day of
May. 1879, and is to continue for 100 years.
General Dix in 1860.
New York World.
The death of General Dix and many references made
in the press and elsewhere to the changeful in
stances of his eventful life revive recollections of a meet-
fngof prominent politicians and businessmen that was
held at No. 33 Pine street. December 17. 1860, for the pur
pose of adopting such measures as might avert the dan
gers then threatening the Union and assure the South of
protection and all their Constitutional rights. This meet
ing was presided over by Charles O’Conor, who made a
long opening speech previous to taking his seat, and after
he had concluded, General Dix moved that a committee
he appointed to draft an address and resolutions.
Among the gentlemen composing the said committee
were John A. Dix. Wilson G. Hunt. James W. Beekman,
Samuel J. Tilden, Stewart Brown, Win. H. Aspinwall,
Royal Phelps and Watts Sherman. This committee re
tired to draft the resolutions, and during their absence
the late Daniels. Dickinson and Mr. John McKeon spoke,
after which the committee returned, and through their
Chairman, John A. Dix, reported a long preamble and
the resolutions following, which at the time were un
derstood to be drafted by him in conjunction with Mr.
Tilden :
Resolved, That the delivery of fugitive slaves to their
masters is an obligation enjoined by the Constitution, in
which all good citizens are bound to acquiesce, and that
all laws passed by the States with a view to embarrass
and obstruct the execution of the act of Congress mak
ing provision therefor are an infraction of that instru
ment and should be promptly repealed.
Resolved. That while we deplore tlie existing excite
ment in the Southern States we do not hesitate to say
there is just ground for it. But we earnestly entreat our
Southern brethren to abstain from precipitate action,
that time may be afforded for bringing about reconcili
ation of existing differences, and that the Union of the
States—the source of our property and power—mav lie
preserved and perpetuated by a restoration of public
harmony and mutual confidence.
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Baptist Convention in Columbus. Ga.
Macon Telegraph.
Contrary’ to his usual custom Dr. Meil made some very
touching and appropriate remarks at the dose of the ses
sion, which brought tears into tlie eyes of many. Part
of his address was:
“This is the fourth time I have met with conventions
in the beautiful city of Columbus. The first time I came
was a clerk in 1852. Then I was the guest of Rev. John
E. Dawson, who has long since gone to heaven. Next
in I860, I was the guest of J. K. Redd, now in heaven’
Next, in 1867, when I stayed with Dr. A. M. Walker and
J. E. Appier, the former of whom has also gone to his
reward. Who of us may go this year? I think perhaps
I may be of the number, but whether I live or die is of
little importance, so that I live or die to the glory of God
I have often felt that I was at the gates of death, but
without fear. I am willing to submit to the will of God
and live on, if by so doing I can thereby serve Him.” ’
Rather Been a. Nigger.
Rome Tribune.
We think we can score one for our charming little
friend, Miss Annie Ewing, the bright little six year old
daughter of Mr. J. W. Ewing. Her father was reading
the details of an accident where, by a scaffold falling,
on which three white men and three negroes were work
ing. and in which the white men were instantly killed
and the negroes escaped with slight bruises on the head.
Little Annie, who had been an unobserved but intent
listener, put in with the philosopieal remark: “In dot
case I’d radder been a nigger dan a white man!”
Bad Year For Cities.
New York World.
This is a bad year for cities. Memphis is remitted to
the condition of a wilderness; Elizabeth is in default*
Jersey City is industriously “shinning” to avoid a default
and it is now announced that Altoona is to be sold under
the hammer for a failure to meet its State taxes. The
purchase of Altoona would be a real-estate operation
from which we should say that in the present condition
of the market the largest and boldest operators might be
excused for shrinking, nor is a syndieaie likely to be
formed to acquire the stock, fixtures and good-will on
which the late owners find it impossible even to pay
taxes. Municipalities, from a commercial point of view
are much the worst managed of all our corporations for
the reason that they are given over to managers whom
the stockholders of any other corporation would employ
if at all, in the most subordinate capacities. There is
stringent need of a general reform in this matter; but it
is rather melancholy to consider that the old serious at
tempt at reform in this State resulted in a recommenda
tion which was in the first place certain not to make any
practical difference in the government of cities if it had
been adopted.
Plain Word*.
New Orleans Picayune.
The whole country might as well understand the fixed
determination of the white people of Louisiana upon
this subiect now as ever. Black supremacy will not be
tolerated here. The experiment has been tried, and the
record of its failure is the foulest and bloodiest chapter
in the history of the State. The conclusion, so far as the
white people are concerned, has passed beyond the re
gion of debate—it is on the list of fixed and stubborn
facts.
Georgia sends out of the State annually $3,500,000 for
guanos, and Dr. Pratt, the distinguished Georgia chemfst
is endeavoring to form a stock companv for the manu
facture of fertilizers in Atlanta. He says that within the
limits of Georgia are to be found all the ingredients fora
first-class fertilizer—phosphates and the materials for sul
phuric acid, salts of ammonia and potash. These can be
prepared, and a superior fertilizer made for home mm
with a capital of $100,000. 1186