About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1887)
/ 1 u 1 THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA M SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1887. PUBLISHED EVERV SATURDAY BUSINESS OFFICE21 MARIETTA ST. J. H. SEALS. - - - - Terms: Two dollnni per Annum One dollar for Six Months Advertising: Ten cents per I.ine Seventj-tive cents tier Inch .tST-Hni Htcrihere iihonld always Rive the name «>f the postoffice to which their palters are sent S»nnrs delaye and inscumcie* are apt to follow a disregard of this rule Among thousand* of subscribers i* is difficult to find a particular came without a certain kpowledire of the post<»ffice address If yon wish your pater discontinued or chanced address a card to this office and not to traveling agents, and name both offices TO CONTRIBUTORS. 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We invite special attention to the exceed ingly entertaining article on the 8th page, from the pen of the lion. At ni. L. Scruggs, Ex-Minister to China. Don’t allow its length to prevent your reading it. Hon. J. C. Clements. We must return thanks to our distinguished Congres nan from the Seventh Gcorga Dis trict for four new, bright and crispy bills from Washington in payment of his subscription to | Tin: Sl-n.nv Soi th. In the midst of his press-| ing cares as an earnest, honest and faithful I Congressman he remembers the Editor and | sends him money right from the lithographic | stones. The ordinary custom dirtiest and raggedest money found. Boscoe Conkling. The Boston Globe says, Koscoe Conkling went to Logan’s but not to Arthur’s funeral. This brings to mind the real reason why Ar thur was not nominated in 1884. Ilis old stal wart friends went back on him, and the new friends he had sought to please, the civil ser vice reform people, were neither willing nor able to save him. Logan had votes enough in the convention at Chicago to have nominated Arthur, and Conkling, through Platt, could al so have brought enough men to his support to have made his calling and eieclfon Mire. But when the crisis came Logan telegraphed his delegates to go for Blaine, while Platt, the shadow of Conkling, seconded Blaine’s nomi nation from the platform and ostentatiously worked for it until it was made. Gladstone’s Hardihood. Almost simultaneously with the announce nient of General Logan’s death at the age of 01 years, came the news that Mr. Gladstone was celebrating his 77ih b'rthday in good health and spirits, writing a combative review of Tennyson's latest poem, and preparing to renew the parliamentary battle for home rule Keeping in mind the comparatively recent deaths of Mr. Arthur, General McClellan, Mr. Hendricks, General Hancock and General Grant, all at ages considerably under that al ready attained by Mr. Gladstone, who is a by- no means lonely instance of longevity among English statesmen, it woul 1 certainly seem that public life in tiiis country puts a more severe strain upon men than that of England. It would be worth while to explore this matter thoroughly, and find out whether English po litical leaders do live longer on the average than our own, and if so, why? end the can Vie rood A Note from Bill Nye. Our last issue contained a buriesqui cut of the famous humorist, Dili Nye, in search of the temperate South, and lie writes us tiie following ell iractcri tic note on the subject: J. H. Seai.s, Editor Siawy SorTii: lam indebted to you fra life-like picture of my self in your paper of a week or two ago. U is a good picture, and the artist lias succeeded in catching the expression in away that is re garded here as little less than an inspiration. We are still having a little dash of climate now and then, some of which enters my hum ble abode and remains there unt 1 it gets its feet warm. I am inclined ;o be indulgent, however, and no man can ever say that 1 turned a perishing climate out of my- door when the weather was too inclement for it out side. Wishing you and the Si nm Soi hi success, I remain, Yours truly. Him. Nte Indecent Advertising. We believe there is a law in Georgia, and probably in other States, which prohibits the public exposure of lewd p.ctures, and the soon er the authorities begin to enforce it the bet- ter for the public tnorais. Indecency seems to have been turned into an advertising agency, and deliberately made use of to attract atten tion. If a man from mere lasciviousness were to violate the law it would at once be agreed on ail hands that he deserved punishment, and the criminality is none the less when inspired by love of gain. We are not sure, indeed, if the offender out of ill-regulated passion be not less guilty titan the one who coolly and delib erately transgresses as a pure matter of busi ness. The advertising photographs and lithographs of the tobacconist trade are p -culiarly offen sive. Each rival manufacturer seems to try | and out do the other in devising v ilgar pic tures, which, tlir.ugh the retail dealers, are j scattered a .road in the land, to the disgust of j all right thinking people and the demoraliza- j tion of youth. The law, as we understand it, is express that any one who shall exhibit any j indecent or obscene lithograph, photograph, | engraving, or picture, or manufacture thesame j with intent to expose them to public gaze, j shall be severely punished, and we call on the proper authorities to enforce it. The prose cuting officeis of this and ot er S'ati s, where like legislation exists, arc not doing their sworn duty in allowing the present general and habitual violation of this salutary- statute. Public indecency is a vile offence at anytime, but is particularly rank and gross when de liberately made a regular business. Apart from its immorality, we are of opin- A Christmas Incident. He was not a rich man. In his home were some comforts, but few luxuries. He could ill afford, had there been the wish, to excite the energy of the less fortunate by an ostenta tious display of wealth. That his family might live in moderate ease require 1 skillful andun- remitted effort. He did not feel that he could bestow much in charity—he felt it important that all his creditors should pay their just dues. ()n the eve of Christmas a sura long due him came to hand. It was not a large sum, but it’s coming was most seasonable—for it fitted exactly a place whi re tin re was a painfnlly felt demand. At first the feeling with which tlie hill was folded ai d laid away was one of unnnxcd pleasure. But soon he began "0 think of .he one from whom the payment came. He knew him to lie poor—much poorer than him self. He was fully persuaded that earnest ef forts were made all the time to get a moderate living without harming any one. and that these t ITorts were not always crowned with success, lie could not doubt that often the wife and children had to go without healthful food or decent raiment. “This little sum,” thought he, “which has be n owing so long, and which is now so gladly received, has been paid per haps by allowing bare feet to press the frozen xro uni.’’ Then there rose up before his vision the pleading, anxious fines of little o-.es watch ing to see if the Christmas morning should bring them some pleasing eifts and his own heart was pained as he anticipated their cruel disappointment. He found himself calculat ing the happiness which half of that bill would bring to that household—how many faces it would make joy ful that wou’d otherwise be sad. As be thought of all this an impulse to pay back in presents to the children of his late debtor the sum which he had a little while ago rejoiced at receiving, grew stronger and strong er. Without wailing to debate, he obeyed the generous moving and hurried away to a shop and invested the whole sum in gifts that would please and at the same time hem fit. The next morning he took occasion to be where he cou'd see his poor debtor’s chi'dren, and he felt abundant y recompensed for his sacrifice by a sight of their happy faces. * • “Unnatural Characters.” In criticisms upon works of fiction we some times see it asserted that one or another of characters delineate d by the writer is not true to nature. We apprehend that those who make tiiis criticism are not duly considering what they say. What they should say, in or der to lie strictly truthful, is that they have never known just such a person as the one d. scribed. But tlie several trails portrayed nil not be unnatural—for it is beyond the pow- r of the imagination to conceive a quality of | character that it lias never known. One may j indeed imagine new combinations of weli I known tra^s, and it is ability to do tiiis which constitutes originality of inventi in. It ispos- | sible too to assign to one particular character- | istic a prominence such as is not observed I among mankind generally. It is to be doubted I iiowever whether the brain of the novelist or I poet ever fashioned characters more grotesque j than are to be found when we come to discuss the world’s population. Cranks full of vaga- | l ies, and influenced by whims and caprices, are to be found almost everywhere. The writer I who paints liis characters from life, will have as odd people figuring in his pages as if he depended wholly on his fancy. Boundless as is the range of the imagination in some of its MUSINGS OF MY EVENTIDE. Character of Lady Macbeth—A Study- in Mental Physiology. BY REV. A. A. LIPSCOMB, D. O. FIFTEENTH PAPER. Lady Macbeth comes upon the stage holding in her tiny hand the fatal letter and scanning its contents. It is an instant revelation of tlie woman who is to take up and finish the work of the Weirds, yea, the only agent who can consummate the task which they themselves were incompetent to complete. “In herself is all her state/' she lacks no equipment for her office. One pictures her as the human person ation of fascinating evil, not in the style of the old painters, as large limbed, athletic in mould, and with muncular force dominant and features coarse; but one pictures her after the manner of Dr. Buckniil and Mrs. Siddons as a small Scotch-cel tic woman, thin, pale, and delicate; one of the “tough tender” t> pe of womanhood; lower face tapering .and expres sive of no animality; lips chiseled to the em phasis of speech; temples indicative of the ideality of action; muscles above the eyebrows corded and bold, lying in repose but waiting for a summons to energy; the eyes themselves deepset and lustrous with reserved potei cy, mouth as yet closed but involuntarily moving dejpd&of tlie accented silence; and the entire ffijysique transparent to stired up re servations of strength, passively tremulous with unused vitality. But these phenomena of the iower air soon yield to the commotion gtfiWKupn in the upper atmosphere and immedi ately she exclaims: “ Thou shall be what thou art promised/’ and then in the consciousness of exuberant power, “Hie thee hither That f may pour my spirits in thine ear, A«4>chastise with the valor of my tonugue” etc. *‘T(JSbe Won't. Sho Won’t.” The New York Sunday Mercury says: An extraordinary procession entered a Brooklyn court last week. The central figure was a wo man enveloped in blankets and bedding. She had remained in bed and defied the officers of the law to arrest her, and they had picked her up and brought her along. It was another il lustration of the old prove rb, “If she won’t, she won’t, and there’s an end on’tl” It is on ly in the City of Churches that such things are possible. Mr. Beecher had some experi ence in this line when Mrs. Tilton dragged the little red lounge into court. It may not be as picturesque on this side of the river, but it is quieter—and a little more inoral. Technological Schools. We favor the idea of technological schools, bnt think there is an inseperable legal objec tion to their estiblishment by the State, the constitution of Georgia forbidding taxation for educational purposes beyond instruction in the elementary branches of an English educa tion. But for this, the experiment might be tried, and yet what, after all, was the old-fash ioned system of appreaticeship but a means of imparting a technological education. A lad was bound out to, say, a carpenter, and the master, out of a reverent care for his own in terests, took good care generally to have his apprentice learn his trade well. The sooner and better be learned it the more profitable his services to the master during the term of indenture. Perhaps the world has become too nice and refined to recur to this system, but it was a good and useful one for all that. The Drummers. The drummers have had a bigccnvention in Atlanta. We note, however, that they seem ashamed of their popular name, and style themselves “Travelers.” There is nothing wrong in being a drummer, or in being called so. Everybody laughs wLen a barber insists that he is not a barber, but a tonsorial artist, and our friends, the “Travelers/’ might take the hint. One of the grievances considered by the convention was two dollars per day board in tlie country, districts for fat bacon swimming in grease and biscuits heavy as lead. Undoubt edly this is gross injustice to both stomach and purse. Suppose some tracts be prepared, setting out the sin of extortion and teaching a few simple recipes for the proper preparation of food. Let these be distributed freely, and good might result. tantof cheatirg. A dealer who will deliberately violate the law in one particular will not hesitate to do so in aivtf'gave ubrid we think, on a test, it wovyd the grosser; on «? ad veTtiseme11 t,The r i J Hcr, tiiS wares. The underlaying idea of such business can hardly be any other than that custom is better attracted by the filthiness of the adver tisement than the goodness of the article. Even if this were not so * ~ cost of these cards is an important consideration. Many of them are arthtically executed, evidently at no little expense, and we may rest assured that this item is not forgotten in fixing the price of the goods, so that whichever way it is looked at the use of these vile devices is a pecuniary in jury to the customer. The g*eat and main ob jection, however, is immorality, and we ear nestly invoke as against this evil the en f orce- meiH of the law. She strikes the iron cord of self-reliance with no uncertain hand, she has doubts of Macbeth; none of herself. Learning soon after that the King would come to the castle that night, she rises into a strain of utterance and prays to be unsexed, her milk must be turned to gall, and thick night must be palled in dunnest smoke of hell lest her keen knife on the wound it makes, and heaven cries, Hold!'* What is noticeable here, and subsequently when Macbeth reaches the castle is her medapboric language, the rapid and intense production of images jik they rush upon her personal thought now in sole possession of her in the clutchings of a terrible earnestness. Neither now ror afterwards has the aroused woman anything to say in crim ination or even depreciation of Duncan. Can she be a fanatic of ideas ? Not assuredly of the sort that finds it necessary to clothe the object of its mi Uadi cm lions with the hateful qualities represented in the vocabulary of virulent detestation. From all this, she is ab solutely free. She is not the Niagara of tin* rapids, northe Niagara of the subsequent wa ters chafed within the imprisoning battlements of rock, but the Niagara of the citaract dash ing itself in full volume on the shattering rocks. Just here, we catch a clear view of hei corn! tion in the light of physiology. Continued SOUTHERN LITERATURE. Interesting Sketches by Judge Wm. Archer Cocke, Florida. No. 20. ned attention. directed to body organ of the only intensifies tal sensibility, and, as change the brain in it feet the ingredients d: to a state of mind not ion but exagerates nien- Dr. Take argues, may ■? structure as well as al- of the blood. Beyond , . , . , . ... powers, m others it is confined to very narrow ion this lewd style of advertising is a conconn- T . . . . . , , . . . . , , , , . , I limits. It has created great realms .and given to them all the seeming of actual scenery. It 'KU-M.'-'lovr, yonK iver logical consistency to J h IjC IV'~1, with affected sccuwmeear' and inado oj^Aer h t«4 be<i-q’SW.*i8-n—:V_-» , ft’dr /. can range through all tlie boundless expanse of space, leaping at a bound over the vastest extents of space. But just as human art stops and will always stop at the point of imparting life to a form, so imagination finds its limit at the point where it would assign some new passion, impulse or emotion to one of its creations. It may arrange in unexpected com binations; but the results of its labors will be merely old principles in new connections. In the sense of making up personages with char acteristics that are not found in life, no author presents unnatural characters. - , Real Reform. That perpetual bug-bear, the Tenure of Office Act, is up again under discussion in the Sen ate. It is first cousin to that other fraud, Civil Service lteform. Both are shams and snares, because equally built on sandy foundation. The true regeneration of the civil service lies in retaining all ministerial officers for good behavior. Under this rule the incompetent man will, by experience, become skilled, and the dishoaeBt man, by interest, be made hon est. The veriest fool would strive to become proficient rather than lose a good berth for life, and the grandest knave would not take even a *5,000 or? 10,000 bribe, at the risk of losing, if found out, a $2,000 or $3,000 office, running as long as he behaved. Moreover, there are but just so many offices, and if the only chance of an Out to become an In, would be to catch an In in some rascality, what a splendid corps of amateur detectives we would have. Each office-holder would feel that the eyes of the country were upon him. He would join the church, and ten horses could not make him take a drink, attend a political meeting, or play cards. It would be the regeneration of each place—man, not to speak of its good effects on the country at large. Of course, no such sensible rule will be adopted, but we, none the less, teach the true doctrine. Why Cannot Many Do So? It is claimed that the chances are largely against money-m iking by tilling the soil under the piesentorder of things. As a matter of fact, the larger number of those who are trying it are falling farther and farther back every year. But we hear now and then of one who is making farming a decidtd success—who is improving his condition at a rapid rate. Ever and anon, it is reported through the papers that this or that farmer has been blessed with a large yield as the resnlt of a well directed effort, and then we learn occasionally that the hireling of a few years ago is the hirer of many laborers. These instances prove that it is not impossible to make money, with free labor and cotton at low figures. With skill and econ omy and energy the thing may be done. The question presents itself why it is done by so few? In the cases that do prosper, it is not dis cernible that there are any exceptional advan tages in their favor. They do not find richer lands or secure more efficient labor. They do not possess any power of attracting the clouds to dispense showers upon their fields. In all these particulars they are neither more nor less favored than others. The difference lies chieflly in the faith and the will. A great many of our young men who engage in fann ing start out with the conviction on their minds that they are going to f lil, and as a matter of course they do fail. They g-1 at it in a faint-hearted, loose-handed way, that makes success almost au impossibility. They have no faith in themselves, and no one has any in them. Few of them have money and quite as few inspire the confidence which renders cap italists willing to risk advances. There never was a time when a young man who evinces determination, energy and shrewdness could command a larger or readier credit than now. Some who have little save these qualities to pledge are procuring loans that with judicious management, may make them masters of in dependent fortunes. Why cannot many do so? Simply as we think, because our young men are distrustful of themselves. Had they more faith in their own abilities, they would be more astir in enterprises and this would be get a stronger conlideirce on the part of others in their future. « • Too Much Cotton Sampling. The Macon Telegraph says there is no telling how many people make a living by picking cotton from the time it leaves the planter’s gin house until it reaches the factory. An effort is being made to curtail the business. After several years of wrangling, committees of the Cotton Exchange of New York have agreed upon a plan for selling cotton, which, if adopt ed at a meeting of the members called for the 18tli instant, will make cotton samplers feel very unhappy. The plan is to deliver 50,000 pounds on a contract instead of 45,000 pounds, as heretofore, and the cotton is to be marked good ordinary instead of strict ordinary. If the rules are adopted they will take effect from September 1st. By this plan cotton will be soli on a certificate of inspection, and this does sway with sampling the cotton every time it is sold. In war days and since when the same lot of cotton was sold half a dozen times a day a new set of samplers had a whack at it every time. There are some very rich cotton samplers to be found in New York and other places. Sunny South Seminary* This popular institution closed its first term on the 23rd of December, with a very fine concert. The hall was handsomely decorated, and the beautifully dressed young ladies and bright sweet little girls, entertained the au dience admirably with both vocal and instru mental music. The spring term opened on the 3rd., under favorable auspices, and with many new additions. The corps of teachers cannot be equaled anywhere. The practical young ladies of all sections are taming to the new features of this ins.itu tion. It stands second to none, and patronage is flowing in from all sections. Into this institu tion enter no sectional or denominational feel ings; all climes and Christian creeds are rep resented and welcomed. Important Differences of Opinion. The Sun says, take the taxes off from whis ky and make it cheap. The Star says, take the tax from coal and make it cheap. The Sun says, take the tax from tobacco. The Star says, take it off from wool. The Sun says, do away with the taxes which the liquor and tobaefco dealers pay. The Star says, do away with the taxes that the children and women pay. Children do not drink whisky, nor do wo men drink much of it. The repeal of the whis ky tax will not help any woman who toils day after day to feed ani warm her children. But if coal is cheap every woman and child in the land will be comfortable. Children do not smoke, nor do women smoke much. The repeal of the tobacco tax will not help the shivering mother nor the babe that sleeps under the blanket that she has knitted. But if wool is cheap every mother and babe in the land may be well covered. Tlie Star thinks that well-ripened whiskey is good when drank in moderation. And it is a fine thing to think that the cheering glass helps to support the Government. A Democrat is always willing to pay taxes when he drinks a glass of whiskey. The Star thinks that full flavored tobacco is a great solace. And it is a fine thing to think that every puff helps support the Government. A Democrat is always willing to pay taxes when the comforting fumes of tobacco mount to his brain. The Sun calls the whiskey and tobacco taxes war taxes. Are taxes upon coal and wool peace taxes? We should call them taxes that wage constant war upon the comfort of homes, upon the labor of industry, and upon the earn ings of the poor. Taxes upon whiskey and tobacco are volun tary taxes. No one need pay any of them. But taxes upon coal and wool are as inexorable as fate. No one can escape them. Is it possible that any one can be found who will take taxes from whiskey and tobacco and leave them upon coal and wool? Yes; the Sun is such an one. But then the Sun is not a gjod thing to look at doubt, Lady M. is at least on the verge of this stae. She is fearmlly accumulating the worst elements of morbid action, a d the utii y in tlie functions of imagination is seen in her con- central ion on k single class of epithets such ns “chastise.” “unsex,” “dunnest smoke of hell.” In ibis lierce inaugural loa changed movement from the pretermituralimi of tlie wierd sisters to tie naturalism of the one woman, we sec how she grows to tlie new situation and what vast resources sho lias at command and intends lit all hazards to employ. The presence of JJacbeth acts as a still further ir- iiii' on h'j, impi*inato purpose. “You shall ft to he^rne'mf of quick murder, but his MEMOIRS OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE, 11V A. L. LONG. Tlie above work issued in fine tityle with two very accurate likenesses of Gen. Lee, is in ev ery respect not only one of the most interest ing, but is truly one of the most instructive histories of the remarkable person whose life it presents, in all of its grandure and purity, its moral excellence, and practical usefulness. The author, A. L. Long, was military Secre tary to Gen. Lee, and afterward Brigadier- General, and Chief of Artilery Second Corp*, army of Northern Virginia. It presents his military and personal history; embracing a large amount of information hith erto unpublished, together with incidents relat ing to his private life subsequent to the war; compiled and edited with the assistance, of Brigadier-General Marcus J. Wright of the ar my of Tennessee, and agent of the United States for the collection of Confederate records. Gen. Long became blind after the war, yet he was enabled to write and compile the valu able memoir containing facts cognizant to the author, and documents of undisputed accura cy. He served on Gen. Lee’s staff during the most important period of his military career. He acknowledges receiving valuable assistance from his wife and daughter, his two sons Miss Lucy Shackelford, (now Mrs. Charles Walker) and also Col. C. S. Venable, Maj. Peyton, Maj. S. V. Southall of his own staff. General Lee -eriously contemplated during the last years of his life writing a history of his campaign, and had been repeatedly urged to do so by ais friends, yet he postponed it, though it appears that he had began to collect material for this purpose. He wrote to vari ous commanders, asking reports of operations for the last campaigns of the war. To Colonel Taylor, his late adjutant-general, he wrote: “I am desirous that the bravery and devotion of the army of Northern Virginia shall be cor rectly transmitted to jtosterity. This is the only tribute that can now be paid t© the worth of its noble officers and soldiers.” The members of Gen. Lee’s family knew the high esteem lie felt fr-r Gen. Long and assisted him in preparing this work by placing many letters and documents left by him in Gen. Long’s possession, to be used for the purpose Gen. Lee had contemplated, writing a narra live of the campaigns of Virginia. The work which is published by I. M. Stod- dart & Co., has a very striking “Publishers Note,” wich we consider valuable, as it bears reference to the manner in which Gen. Long was enabled t« acquire possession of many im portant papers and letters, on which this histo ry is based. The work while being a memoir of a South ern Genetal in the late war betwe n the States has yet a 'air and just national*cast and bear- in::—decided in its view, in favor of the great efforts of the Southern States to establish “The Southern Confederacy/’ it is free from nceriinoin , ill-temper or harshness to the ad herents of the Federal Government. The c apters on the Mexican war is directly applicable to national history; tlie military and political actors connected with it* grand anti important events. The ch pter on “A Divided Country” at the commence<t ent of the causes which indue-d the war, is fair, just and tine. General Lee considered slave!y as an imtitution as a moral and political evil, yet it was idle to expatiate on its disadvantages, ai.d he was opposed to the agitation of the subject by the Northern abolitionist, or the interference o? the Federal G >vernment. The teige of Petersburg, preset ts a collec tion of histone events, military and political, which are not only well related, but represents very beautifully and clearly tie grand and high order of military talent of General Lee, as we 1 as the many incidents- showing his high, jure, moral and pioi s Christian character, all c f which seemed to brighten and strengthen all difficulties and disasters that clustered and thickened around his pathway. The retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox i*Excellently related, and the whole matter of the. surrender presented in tine historic st> Ie Lee, and his officers Aind soldi' rs who so long hair resolves and lchronic delays arouse and jocalize ail her iniajhty energies. “In tlie all hail hereafter,” what arapture! andthen in the reference to his letters as transporting her be yond “the ignorant present” and assuring her of “the future in the instant,” what a bound of exultation! The,intermittent operation of tlie mind in its higher activities is well understood by thinkers. We waste and renew. We waste as the condition of renewal. Like the tides of the sea, we have our ebb and flow—the outgo ing and the incoming waves. A beautiful picture follows, which Sir Joshua Reynolds said affected him like the painting of a land scape in repose, The king and his party come to tlie Castle and Lady Macbeth performs tlie duties of hostess. She has versatility in ad- di r ion to her other gifts and she is on the level of the occasion with the graces of hospitality. Macbeth is more than ever Macbeth. For awhile, reaction is a flood and the “deep damnation of his taking off” has scarcely honored*liis rhetoric and heart be fore we have the ridiculous lapse into pity as a naked, new-born babe striding the blast, etc. But he is sane enough to know that he lacks the spur to prick tlie sides of his intent, and seems for a second lobe in a fair way to es cape the thralldom of his wife. “We will pro ceed no further in this business.” Observe, however, the tenacity of this woman as if pos sessed, like a demoniac of New Testament, times, with an alien spirit. The heart rests after each beat, and we gain thereby in the ag gregate, each day, some eight hours of rest if not repose. On the contrary, the impetuous woman, thoagh she has these restful periods, has no rest, no quietude, but ip more and more intense and excited. Ins: ead of tender com passion, she has only the pity of contempt for her husband in the sore strife of his spirit; and she is as wily and dexterous as Cassinis in whetting Brutus against Caesar She is a mar vel of continuity in the way her physical na ture sustains her purpose—nerves and muscles drilled to military precision. The time has come to change her tactics; and now you have her in taunts of cowardice, in charges of hy pocrisy, and in the climax of wifely resentment, “From this time, such I account thy love.’’ Lured on to the verge of the feudal gulf, the edge fast crumbling under her husband, what remains to complete the measure of the auda cious invocation to be “top full of direst cru elty?” Only this: “We full” Into that tre mendous -‘Nay,” she gathers all her imperi ousness and Duncan is a dead man. How shall the dramatist keep this wicked woman within the pale of onr sympathies? Wc cannot say with Dr. Johnson, "She is merely detested." No; she is not a monster; she has monstrous qualities which she has im ported into her blood and nourished at adopted offspring; but not a monstrous nature; she ha$ no innate devilishness; nor is she a Jeze bel or a Regan or a Goneril. Without any sensual basis for a superstructure of this sort,, she is simply the dupe and victim of an mag- ination that in its width of range arid colossal might is despotic over her and Macbeth. Dra matization soon reaches its limits with most persons. But Lady Macbeth has all her invo cations answered so far as actual deeds are concerned, and while this galvanizing imagin ation has unhindered sweep over the intel lectual and spiritual nature, the deep-seated sensibilities hold out against the terrible in surgency. “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it.” SUNDAY LAWS IN LOUISIANA. The New Code Generally Observed Yesterday Throughout the State. New Orleans, La., January 2.—Despatches from many points in the State show that the Sunday law was very generally observed to day and that the people express great satisfac tion at the result. In this city 400 or 600 per sons mostly saloon keepers, obtained an in- juction from the C.vil District Court forbid ding the city or parochial authorities from in terfering with them in conducting their re spective lines of business as heretofore until the constitutionality of the Sunday law is fi nally passed upon by the courts. On the other hand the officials charged with the duty of enforcing the criminal law asserted that they would disregard the action of the judge who granted the injunction and proceed by filing information against all who violated the Sunday law. The threat caused many of the persons who hai joined in obtaining the in junction to close their establishments. had withstood with unparalleled bravery and virtue the unequal task. There is a most captivating chapter in this work which presents General Lee as a soldier. With the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia his military c .reer ended, the au thor continued his intimate relations with him to the close of his life. He presents a very in teresting view of his ear y military labors, en gineering and organizing abilities, breadth of vim, skill as a strategist and tactician, diversi ty of methods, influence over his men, ability in defence and in attack, and wiih great jin lice and fairness a companion with celebra e Ijrnerals; and remarks, “There is a sort of in fallibility in an undivided popular judgment, and the whole Soutli looked to Lee as its great est man. < if the great soldiers opposed to General Lee, some may have equalled him in single qualities, none in the combination of qualities; they were great in some directions, he in many.” General Lee was both by nature and educa tion a great soldier. By di;ig> nt study under the most favorable conditions and by long and varied experience lie became a master of the Science of War in all its branches. The quick eye of General Scott discovered in him early in the Mi xican war what he comprehensively ex pressed, “A man of all kinds of merit.” We heard General Edward Johnson remark that “General Scott loved and admired C olonel R. E. Lee more than any officer in the United States Army.” Tne author continues his examination of General Lee’s character as a man, his guiding principle, sense of justice, firmness in decis ion. General Grant respected him highly, and said: “I knew there was no use to urge him to anything against his ideas of right.” The work of General Long has some very pleasant and instructive chapters on General Lee, lTesident of Washington College, and home and society life. He gave as President of the college such satisfaction and admiration on the part of every one, as to admit of not the slightest faultfinding or objection in the most minute point—indeed, it was the most unqual ified approval, regard and love. His home and society life was in all respects charming; and the letters published in this volume dis close ths mutual ties of affection and confi dence that bound the members of his family together. “General Lee’s domestic life was noble in its purity, admirable in its loving in dulgences and devotion, and happy in all tlie family pleasures that rule in refined homes;' thus writes the noble author, his constant as sociate and friend for many years, and up to the close of life. The universal high estimate the public placed on General Lee is not surpassed in hu man history. Our author has a chapter enti tled, “The World’s Estimate,” and remarks, “One whom, like Washington, we may desig nate as ‘first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.’ Throughout his whole life this greatness was at every point evinced.” Many of the leading papers of the North spoke of him in exaulted terms as to his talent and purity, “while from Europe come no uncertain sound the eulogistic tones of those best fitted to judge of his military ability and manly dignity and eminence.” * A distinguished Latin writer alluding to one of the Autonines, remarked, so faultless had been his official life as emperor, and his pri vate life as a citizen that no one had ever been heard to say an unkind word of him in any re spect. How applicable is this to Gen. It. E. Lee, and especially wore exalted, as it applies with a higher moral status to one living under the present system of Christian enlightenment, than existed in the palmiest days of Roman greatness. The Christian influence General Lee exer cised over the society he was in, the communi ty and indeed the whole country where he was known, and also his efforts to impress it into the hearts and minds of the students at the college over which he presided, is a bright and grand feature in his character. The author correctly, and very beautifully expresses it: “He had a loftier idea of education than that comprised in the laborious task of the text book. His view of a true education embraced the moral expansion of mind and soul, the im planting of high principles of manhood and a delicate sense of honor, and be often expressed himself as feeling that his duty would be ill done were not his students led to become con sistent Christians.” A bright Christian character in a public man is the highest, best and most useful that can be presented to the human mind and heart, ana should be held up in its fullest and strong est light to the young and the old of every community. We take pleasure in quoting from our distinguished author. He says: “The Christian character of General Lee was one in whicli the tenderness, forgiveness, philanthropy, and purity of the real disciple of tlie true Christ conception was the impulses, and not the haughty, austere self-satisiaction of the unrelenting, exacting creed of those who consider themselves tlie elect.” The chapter on tlie death, and memorial cer emonies is very beautiful and impressive in style and sentiment. The author alludes to the oration delivered by the Hon. John W. Daniel, soon to take his seat as United States Senator, ft is truly an oration of wonderful eloquence, high and elevated principles of pure morality, with a bright view of true Christian ity that will number it among the first produc tions of this age and country. The author ob serves, “but words could not portray the man ner in which the auditors were affected by its inspired utterances.” Father Ryan recited his famous poem “Tlie Sword of Lee.” Then Miss Julia Jackson, the daughter of General Lee’s beloved friend, drew back the curtain from the exquisite mar ble figure. There is a beautiful drawing of this recumbent statue with this volume. We have alluded to General Long’s lodng his eye sight. There is a very striking and impressive fac simile of tlie dedication written by the autnor on a slate used by the blind, with the words, “ To the disabled Confederate soldiers, tlie gallant men with whom he has a right to sympathize; the author respectfully dedicates ihe following pages.” it is with our feelings touched that we make a quotation of the following piragraph which eloquently alludes to the condition of the ai- tlior, and a touching point in history “As I recall the past, and the four years of tlie war con c back and move in silent pr. ces sion before me, 1 can easily forget that inori than twenty years have passed away since I selected for Gen. Lee the spot at Appomattox where his tent was pitched for tne last time, liis in age stands out ch arly before me, but it is unnecessary to describe I,is personal appear ance. The majesty of his form will endur sin marble and bronze, while his memory will pass down the ag s as repre.-enting all that is great est in military art, as well as what is truest, bravest and noble.t in human life—a soldier who never failed in duty, a man who feartd and trusted God ai d served the generate' n.” We think it very applicable to quote the fol lowing true and eloquent passage from the pen of Col. Wm. l’rci ton Johnston, cited by the author: “General Let’s closing hours were consonant wi h his noble and disciplined life. Never was more beautifu ly displayed how a long and se vere education of mind and character enables the soul to pass with equal step through this supreme ordeal. Never did tlie habits anc qualities of a lifetime, solemnly gathered into af w last sad hours, im re grandly maintain themselves amid tiie gloom and shadow of ap proaching reath.” The happy death of a Christian should be proclaimed iO the world. It is the brightest, clearest and strongest ai gument to the unre pentant, and will banish skepticism from every reasoning and sound thinking mind. We commend this work to tlie reading com munity of every class. It. is pleasing and in structive, its style is pure and ehgant, its tone and temper liberal and just, its st dements true and sustained by documentary and historical evidence. While.it is a South'm work, it is unbiased and liberal, ai d will take high posi tion and rank as a gem in our national litera ture, and will be clnrisli d by a national ap predate n of the grand, beautiful and true in history, in tale, t, in learnitig. in refinement, in morality and pure Christianity. The idle clamor of a few newspaper scrib- bli rs at one time, as to the capacity of General I. ee, did not make an impression on any one against him, and we satisfactorily qtrite the truthful remark uf Gen. Long, the author of this column: “The charac - er of the great, soldier a "d woi- thy citizen speaks for itself in tlie foregoing pages, and every anc can form liis own opinion I from tlie life story we have told. That this opinion must be an exalted one alike with mil itary authorities and with tlie general public there can lie no question, since ail must admit that the biography of a nebltr man and au abler soldier was never written.” The author acknowledges his obligation to General Marcus J. Wright, of tiie Confederate Army for the interesting social and domestic features of General Lee’s life. General Wright has been for some years past Agent of the United States War Department for the collec tion of Confederate rec rds. The work has an appendix of nearly two hundred pages containing official reports of the ,*"ndi is 0 f : jAiinuy made by General Lee latlic War T)ef*^,mfni at“»;omm£S. Ms..}- or them are for the first time published, and they form an interesting and instructive fea ture in the political and military history of the Confederacy. Tlie report of the Congressional Committee on the conduct of the war (Feder al) was also submitted to the author, and it gave him valuable information hitherto un known to tlie general reader. It is a high en dorsement too of this work for the author to have received tlie cordial concurrence, as lie has of General G. W. Custis Lee, General W. II. F. Lee, Major It. E. Lee,Miss Mildred Lee, Governor Lee, and other members of the fam ily. The author also had an opportunity of showing at tlie War Records Office official papers, and the confidential letter books of General Lee never before published, and which gives great value ill understanding the military operations of the war as well a. the talent geni us and character of General Lee. Gladstone bitterly denies that he is ready to modify in any manner his home rule ideas, as was reported in Saturdays London papers. Captain W. G. Raoul, retiring President of the Central, it is understood, advised all heads of departments not to resign, as some intend ed. It is believed no changes will be made until after March. It is said that nothing will be done at this session of Congress toward settling the silver question. Congress se'dom acts as promptly as it ought to. ft delays until delay becomes dangerous. A Kentucky bridegroom killed himself be cause his mother and sister objected to having his bride live with them. A man who can’t make a home for himself and his wife has iW business to get married. It is said that M-yerbeer could whistle “Yankee Doodle” when iie was 3 years old. Then there was more excuse for killing him then than ever afterward. lie retrieved his character for mueic later on. “You do not seem to like my singing” said the amateur to his friend, “but let me tfcJkvnn that I have made many a dollar by my voice.” “Why, do you mean to say that any ons would pay you to sing?” “No; they pay me not to.” There it more real moral and mental good effected by the Sunday school than by any other influence. Its pleasant and instructive associations retain their vitalily years after the preachers and teachers who labor in it are dead. Every good man and woman should exhibit active sympathy with its aims. Many years ago an Englishman named Burke obtained a hideous notoriety for killing people and selling their bodies for dissection. His name still survives in the word “burking.” Equally diabolical monsters are reported as having been arrested in Baltimore for murder ing a poor woman, whose corpse they sold to a modi-al college for $15! But how did they take her life that the learned doctors di 1 not see ii had bt en t; k n by violence? Doubtless the gallows will in due time receive the assas sins, if tlie story of their crime be true; but, if true suppose tue faculty are heard on the abovo point. Tiie French are beginning to be seriously concerned at the progress made by art in this country, and tlie prospect of competition which may deprive them of a very profitable business. The last three numbers tf L’Art contained very pointed articies by Alexander de Latouron “American Museums,” in which he expresses alarm, and warns French artists and the French government that the immensy advance made and still making in art in 'his country will soon place America in the lead c. nations, unless France renews her effor.s or maintain her superiorly. on je j One of the New Year’s facts stated in l' Massachusette papers is that the savings ba; W. v»i l: 4Rt>i,Tte7,OOji ic, deposits, increase of C per cent, over last year. Tl? little trifld is said to belong t> the workii men. The Missouri Republican, apropos this showing, mares the following comment: “The working people of Massachusetts have an average of $80 on deposit in bank. The far mers and farm laborers of Missouri and Kan sas have not as much as $10, and a great many of them are in debt besides.” THE GATE CITY GUARD’S CURSION. EX- What British Officials Say of the Re fusal to Let the Georgians Enter England. There was a good deal of discussion yester day among members of the National Guard and military men generally over the report pub lished in the World that the British authori ties had refused permission to the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, Ga., to enter England on their proposed European tour. A World re porter asked Consul-General Booker if he knew why this refusal was made. “I know nothing about it except what I have seen in the newspapers,” was the answer. "But there is an old English law prohibiting the landing of foreign troops under arms on British territory without permission having been first obtained. Of course this is seldom asked, and to my knowledge no foreign milita ry orgenization has ever been allowed to enter England in a body. I hardly think that the report that the application of 'he Atlanta or ganization was refused was due to the fact that its Commander or any of the members are Irishmen. “The fact will no doubt be recalled by many that permission was refused the Sixty-ninth Regiment of New York to go into Canada,” said the British Consul in this city. “That was four or five years ago, and there was some little excitement at the time. A number of Irish societies of Montreal or Quebec had in vited the Sixty-ninth Regiment as a body to visit them on the occasion of some celebration The Government of Canada indicated that it would be better for the regiment to remain at home. The Dominion being regarded as British soil, the old English law forbidding foreign military organizations to land, was tlie basis for this action of her Government. It is not customary, I believe, to permit military of other countries to land as a body in British possessions, and it is not strangd that the re quest should be refused.”—New York World. OUGHT TO PAY FOR THE SLAVES. What Horace Greely Thought was the Duty of the North to the South. Richmond, Va., December 3.—Rev. Dr. William Norwood, a prominent Episcopalian minister of this city, was the clergyman who performed the marriage ceremony on the occa sion of the wedding of Horace Greeley. Dr. Norwood was at the time the rector of a church in North Carolina, and the future Mrs. Greeley was a “Yankee school teacher,” living in the same parish. When Mr. Greeley visited North Carolina on his courting expeditions, he and IJr. Norwood struck up an acquaintance which lasted to the close of Greeley’s life. At the end of the war, when Greeley visited Richmond to go on Jefferson Davis’ bail bond, lie sought out Dr. Norwood, his oil friend. They discussed the late war very earnestly. The subject of this debate is made public to day by Dr. Norwood. The point which caused their warmest expressions of differing opinion was Dr. Norwood's assertion that the North was legally aud morally bound to pay the South the full market value of the liberated slaves. Greeley at first treated the propositions as monstrous. Finally Greely said: “I will think over the subject as you have presented it and see you before I leave Richmond, when I will let you know my c inclusion. ” When Mr. Greeley returned later in the day he said to his old friend: “Doctor, I have thought it over, and after weighing the matter I am convinced that the North ought to pay the South for the slaves.” There is a great deal of good fun gotten off at the expense of the necessary banking regu lation to correct no errors after the money has been carried from the bank. The following is an illustration: “There’s a littie error here,” he saiil, as he poked his head through the lit tle window. “No errors rectified after leaving the desk,” responded the cashier. “1 know; but you see—” “Don’t block up the way. It can’t be helped now.” “Oh, well, if you say so I suppose it’s all right,” he said, as he glided from his place. “Only you gave me a twenty for a ten.” It is rather remarkable how very different the customs are in different countries respect ing women’s dresses. A Washington corres pondent says that the dresses of the society ladies of that city are “more decollette this season than ever before,” which is Baying about all that one can say in print It is curi ous that the Persian fashion permits the expos ure of the lower limbs nearly to the waist, but jealously guards and conceals the bosom and neck, while the American fashion permits ths exposure of the upper half of the body, but protects the lower. It would be dreadful should the style of Teheran and the style of Washington join hands. The ice palace about to be erected iu Mont real is to be on a much larger s;ale this, than the one of last year, and visitors to tlie^" carnival are to be treated to a great many new features. The palace is to consist of $25,000 blocks of ice, will be brilliantly lighted by electricity, and will be defended against a mock attack in which 3,000 snowshoers will participate. One big corporation proposes tc spend $10,000 on the procession, while anoth er will construct an enormous oven, bake bread, and distribute it to all comers. A liv ing arch is to he erected on Victoria squaWif" . managed by snowshoers. The only drawback to the prospective enjoyment is a possible blizzard, with mercury down to nowhere. And now the telegraph messenger boys havs struck. This is the second juvenile strike on record. The first was a school-boy strike for less study and more play. The pedagogue came down with his birch on the ring-leader, and the emente ended as suddenly as it began. There is unfortunately no schoolmaster to call on in the present stride, but there are pa rents who should bring the urchins to terms. There are always poor, dependent people who suffer in any kind of a strike, and in this cast there is doubtless many a widowed mother brought to want by her boy’s refusal to work. We have received the following tempting card from a most excellent lady in Florida, the wife of the proprietor of one of the best hotels in that State, and it is exceedingly diffi cult to resist the invitation. But busineis will prevent our accepting it this season, Col. Seals : The Bay is full of ducks—the banks replete with oysters, quail in the woods —-hsh in the water, and ,he brightest, sunniest clime you will ever see for winer. AU ibis, with a room at the Hotel Sterling awaits you. No frost here yet, gardens full of vegetables. When may we expect you and party? Yours Truly: „• i, ™ Mas. C. L. S’ I inellas, Fla.
