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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1870)
. MBnwv iWßnwv •:« " • *■■" •« ■ • «■ ■ -"*■■■ ■ 01je wcchlii Constituticwaltst BY STOCKTON 4 CO. OUR TERMS. The following are the rates of Subscription : Dtisv, one year. |lO 00 W*sklt, one year $3 00 In the Dusk of Christmas Eve. BY EDGAR FAWCETT. By the firelight’s quivering crimtoa, While the Winter sun sinks low, Let as watch till the first vague star, wife, Has dawned o’er the glooming snow; For if ever onr lost ones may wander From the realms of their rest, I believe That they seek ns as visitant angels, In the du-.-k o! the Christmas Eve! And onr lonelier anguish of longiug, Onr thrills of inteuser despair. Are born—who may tell ? —of a viewless em brace, Or a shadowy hand on our hair! Ob, the darlings are near us to-night, wife, As we watch the sell hearth-glimmer weave Strange pictures on ceiling and curtain. In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve! And pitiful Memory’s enchantment Has mingled the gloom round ns cast With a glow as from ashes ol embers That crumble on hearths of the past! And a note of boy-laughter, long vaui bed, Or the gold of a ringlet, each leaves An echo, a gleam, that forever must haunt The dnsk of onr Christmas Eves! And the children draw near once again, wife, And marveling hark to the qnaint Immemorial holiday legend Os the bountiful reindeer-drawn saint. Let us murmur it now till the shadows G* the desolate chamber believe That they fall as of old round the dear ones, In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve! Let ns mnrmnr it softly; who knows, wife, Bnt a whisper will float, in reply, 1 Clear and sweet, through the compassing dim ness, As proof that our darlings are nigh ? For if ever tbeir footsteps may wander, From the Heavenly Home, 1 believe They will seek ns as visitant angels, In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve. Christmas. [The following verses on “ Christmas and its emblems, the Box, the Laurel and the Holly,” were written by Mrs. Hey, wife of William Hey, Eeq., of Leeds, and published in London in 1839 :J Now stir the fire, and let its glow Shame the inhospitable scow; With all that nature yet can show From Winter’s wreck, Lanrel and box and holly bough The casement deck. ’Tls joy to hear the snllen North Summon the rushing tempest forth; For then aronnd the social hearth Friend meeteth friend, And kindly words and looks of mirth Sweet influence lend. But is’t mirth they always meet ? Alas! sometimes a vacant seat Bespeaks the circle incomplete; Some voice is mnte, Whose welcome was aforetime sweet As evening lute. Bnt while from friendship’s silken string Each year some pear! is scattering, We’re taught by each lost year to cling More firm and true To those yet spared by Tiipe’s rude wing— The cherished few. Prayers I Don’t Like. I do no* like to hear him pra^ Who loans at twenty five per cent., For then I think the borrower may Be pressed to pay for food and rent. And in ibat Book we all shonld heed, Which says the lender shall be blest, As sure as I have eyes to read It does not say “ take interest.’’ I do not like to hear him pray On bended knees* about an honr, Fot* grace to spend aright the day, Who knows his neighbor has no flour. I’d rather see him go to mill And, buy the luckless brother bread, And see bis children eat their fill, And laugh beneath their humble shed. I do not like to hear him pray, “ Let blessings on the widow be,” Who never seeks her home to say, “ If want overtakes yon, come to me.” I bate the prayer, so loud and long, That’s offered for the orphan’s weal, By him who sees him crushed to wrong, And only with the lips doth feel. I do not like to hear her pray, With lewelled ear and silken dress, Whv.se washerwoman toils all day. And then is asked to “ work for less.” Such pious shavers I despise; With folded hands and face demure, They lift to heaven their “ angel eyes,” Then steal the earnings of the poor. I do not, like such soulless prayers ; If wrong, I hope to be forgiven ; No angel wmg them upward bears— They’re lost a million miles from heaven. Ring Out, Wild Bells.. Ring ont, wild hells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the slight; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow ; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring ont the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we se,e no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Rin<r in redress to all mankind. R ng out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring ont the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of tbe times ; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But og the falter minstrel in. Ring ont false pride in place ami blood, Tbe civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth arid right, Ring iu the common love of good. Ring not old shapes of foul disease, King 00l tbe narrowing lust ot gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring lu the thousand years of peace. King in the reliant man aud free, Tbe larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Rt’iv oat (he darkness of tbe land, King .a tbs Christ that Is to be, l Ttnnynm- I Cairo Correspondence of the London News. The Sheik’s Ride. CELEBRATION OF MAHOMET’S BIRTHDAY AT CAIRO —SNAKE SWALLOWING, PUNCTURING, AND GLASS CRUNCHING —A HOWLING PAVE OF HUMAN BODIES —TOE SHEIK IN THE ROLE OF “ DEATH ON A PALE HORSE.” The great public ceremony of the Mus sulman year took place to-day, and the prostrate bodies of fanatics were ridden over by the Sheik of Bekree, live snakes were eaten, glass crunched and swallowed, bodies slashed with swords! cheeks and breasts pierced with sharp metal instru ments, which were left sticking in the wounds they made, and hundreds of men aud boys shrieked and writhed and wrest led in what professed to be a mad ecstacy of religious fervor. All this was gone through in the public streets, in broad day light, and in the presence of as many look ers on us could be crammed together ou the flat roofs or could see from the win dows of the houses or at the gratings of the mosque at which the festival culmi nated. In the year 996 of the Hegira (A. D. 1548), Sultan Murad, known to us as Amurath 111, institutiteid the strange fete in honor of Mahomet’s birthday, which is so little known and so rarely seen by Europeans. Under its title of Doseh, it is, however, looked forward to all through the twelve months by devout followers of the Propiiet. The chief performers were of the rank of what are called “street Arabs” at home, though here and there men of a grade high er wound themselves up by shrieks aud prayers, aud then threw themselves down with the rest. There were a few minutes of indescribable confusion. The street was so crammed that a human body laid across it iu the middle touched the feet of those standing on each side. When two or three hundred people lay down at ,once, they were cuffed and sorted, admonished with sticks, wedged in and arranged, until the heads were all one way and the naked legs and feet in another, in regular line. There was little ceremony now. What sounded uncommonly like good stiff oaths In Arabic were shrieked at the men lying down, and sticks and the hand were again freely used upon them. Meanwhile the excitement in creased all round. Some spectators chant ed prayers monotonously,; others contrived to hold back fanatical friends by force, and others again seemed to regard the whole proceedings with just the sort of amused curiosity one would give to the prelim inaries of a clever and exceptional acro batic feat. The live figures on the road way below us were so near our elevated chairs that we could have touched them with our umbrellas without rising. They lay with their faces downward and on their stomachs, and were, thanks to the care and labor of the holy men who had lugged and cuffed them into place, so thickly and neat ly packed as to suggest the top layer of a sardine box, or Norfolk biffins, as seen caked together in the shops of Covent Gar den. It was clear that there could be no evasion uow, and that, unless they got up and ran away, the Sheik’s horse would trample them under foot according to pro gramme. Yet those excluded from want of space wailed piteously, and one ragged demoniac of twenty broke from his holders with a mad howl, and, burrowing head foremost like a rabbit iu the humane pave ment, succeeded in wedging himself in where an extra inch had seemed impossible. Despite the cut and dried character of many of these arrangements there was plenty of genuine emotion. The faces of those waiting to be trodden on were hidden by their attitude, but their naked legs twitched more and more convulsively as the music heralding the Shiek drew near er ; and, though the better dressed among the native lookers-on were impassive, nnd in some instances jocular, the affair was sufficiently serious to make the European eye-witnesses hold their breath and grow pale. The procession came steadily on, musi cians playing strange one-stri uged instru ments, clashing cymbals, banging small tambourines like hand drums, and ail ac companying themselves by unearthly howls and yells, and marching slowly, and with naked feet, four abreast upon the recum bent bodies. Flag-bearers came singly, their banners furled for the moment to prevent their hitting the pendant lanterns, and rep resenting the several lodges or orders of dervishes they preceded. All howled. Then, when the little street was fullest, and when the discordant din was at Its height, a stout white horse, with a pale-faced man of forty five or so, turned the corner. This was the Sheik, and in another situation in life an impartial observerer would have declared he was drunk. He was propped up on his horse by a stout attendant on either side of him, and seemed to have no more voli tion than a sack of potatoes. His eyes were closed throughout, his face was white to ghastliness, his body had the helpless swaying motion of a corpse held up. He was gorgeously dressed, and wore an immense tnrbanbf a green shawl pattern. His hands held the bridal, but they were limp aud use less, and his horse was led by two attend ants. It was a fine animal, but so very quiet and stepped so giifgerly that some observers insisted it had been specially trained. The convulsive twitching of the arms and legs of those prostrate grew more and more pronounced, and theu the tramp ing under foot begin. Wc were at great pains to observe how the animal trod, and where, and there can be no doubt of the realty of the ordeal. Sometimes on the centre of the back, oftener between two men, so as to stand on tbe fleshy parts of the sides of both, tbe horse went steadily on until all down had borne a portion of it and its rider’s weight. No oue seemed ! much hurt, however. The very tightness I of the packing gave a certain power of re ; sistance to the concrete mass of humanity; 1 and directly the Sheik passed, those lx-hind jumped up, many of them going forthwith j into convulsions or into what looked like j epilepsy. 1 One rugged fellow Immediately below us 1 kicked aud struck out his arms, foamed at ; the month, and threw his head wildly back, until a remedy which reminded one of the fight between King and Heenan was ap | plied—both his earn being bitten an a re ! storatlve by pious friends. For a few min* utes—that is, until the Sheik gained the* ! <ioor of tin mosque, arid rode over more bodies wiihlu It—all wan wild confusion. | Those rising up were embraced, while they plunged, and cried, and kicked, like men pustossed. j The UOrange JUjeoUr tells of the death lid Mr. Jesse M Haralson, an old citizen, AUGUSTA, GA. f WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1870. [From the Newark Daily Journal, -December 17. Bribing an United States Detective. A NEW YORK LAWYER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. One would scarcely think, to look at the pleasant, round, jolly face and well condi tioned person of Mr. Ichabod Nettleship, that lie is one of the smartest detectives in the service of the United States under the charge of Col. H. C. Whltely. Still it is eminently so, and yesterday witnessed the enactment of one of his richest cases, being the handing over to justice of a New York lawyer and a colleague named Phillips, the oue having attempted to bribe and the oth er for conspiracy. It will be remembered by our readers that last Tuesday a week ago, a liquor-sell ing place,'at No. 20 Bank street, carried on in the name of one Hittermkn, of New York, was seized by the Government officers, and the persons carrying on the business arrest ed for doing a wholesale business instead of retail, for which they had only been licensed. The parties arrested were Charles Phil lips and Henry Wilson. They were held in SI,OOO ball each for examination the follow ing Friday. In the meantime Detective, Nettleship, who hail charge of the case, waited on by one H. Lowenburg, an attor ney and counsellor, of No. 133 Nassau street, New York, who represented himself as cotiusel for Phillips and Wilson. Re tiring to a private room, where he had the detective all to himself, he quickly came to the point aud said he wanted to have “ this thing fixed.” The “boys,” he said, were poor! and he (Nettleship) could make noth ing out of the case by pushing it. By this time the officer perceived the shadow of a green-backed mouse, aud thought he would see how far the man of law would go, so he told him he would see what could be done. They parted, and Nettleship did proceed to see what could be clone, and at once communicated his suspicious to Col onel Whitely, District Attorney Keasbey, Com. Whitehead and others, by all of whom he was advised to go ahead. One or two other meetings took place between Nettle ship and Lowenberg, and it was all arrang ed that the examination of the accused should be put off, that the live hundred gallons of liquor should be rescued from the Collector by a fraudulent bond, and that the case against Lowenberg’s clients should virtually be quashed. For this Nettleship was to receive S3OO. Now for the denoumerd. Everything was all arranged, and “ Net tle’s” plans fully matured by yesterday, and in the afternoon Lowenberg appeared to fix the thing up completely. The person who was to sign the bond that would “ rescue” the liquor was on hand also—a brother of Phillips, one of the accused. The bond was duly signed and delivered over to Deputy Collector A. Matthews, amount all retired from “Nettle’s” room except himself and Lowenberg. Then the hitter, as soon as the door had been locked, count ed out S2OO and threw It on the table, say ing: “I must have the other SIOO for jny fees.” Nettleship at first demurred, but Anally picked up the roll of greenbacks— the “ mouse” whose shadow he had seen some days before—aud placed them in his pocket. All this little transaction was closely watched by Mr. Russell Applegate, who was secreted In a coal closet in the room, and whose eye was at the back of a nice little hole that had been purposely pierced in the lintel of the door. “Come along now,” quoth the detective,” and we’ll get the bond fixed by the Commissioner.” In he went to Mr. Whltenhall’s office, closely followed by Lowenberg. Nettle ship, throwing down the roll of bills, then said: “There, Mr. Commissioner, is S2OO this man has given me as a bribe to clear his client.” As he spoke he turned to poor Lowenberg, who for several moments could not realize his exact position. He Anally stammered out in broken English, “ I didn’t give you any money." Nettleship replied that he thought he himself had a hard cheek, but he (Lowenberg) had u, harde* cheek still. 'This scene can be better imagined than described. To sum up, Lowenberg and Newton Phillips were then arrested and each held in $5,000 bail, Messrs. Jacob Lagcwiez and 8. Schener becoming the bondsmen. The penalty, in case of conviction, is a fine three times the amount of the bribe offered and three years State prison. In conclusion, it is due to Mr. Nettleship and the other officers to say that no case of the kind could have been more adroitly worked. [From the Tnrf, Field and Farm. Adah Isaacs- Menken, The name by which she was best known to the public, was a strange compound of tender sentiment and wild passion. She was gifted and full of vagaries. Oie who was once her husband, R. 11. Newell, has furnished the public with some of the inner glimpses of her strange life. Most of her tempestuous poems were written about the year 1860, when she was living in poverty, in New York, desolate in heart and soul. These poems were first published in book form under the title of “Infelicia;” and while the volume was coming from the press in London, the Menken was dying in Paris. Mr. Newell tells us that none but Miss Menken herself knew what her true name was; hut he has reason to believe that her father’s name was Spenser, and that he was a grandson of the Revolution ary General Spenser, of South Carolina. In writing to Mr. Newell before her marriage to him, the actress briefly described her daily life in New York: “Yon wouldscarcely believe that I get up every morning at half-past five, and sty my prayers, and read my Bible, too. You do not know that I often live on a shilling a day, and that I work besides. I can copy for lawyers, write letters to a country pa paper, teach a little music, teach girls stage dancing—all of which I have done— besides trying to write a book since this, correspondence commenced. My dear fath er-in-law (Mr. T. II ) assists me by car ing for his grand-chlid, my baby. He is able to do so, and regards It a privilege to do anything for Ills son’s child. I might hay. a home In Ills house, but I could not live dependent on any human creature. Were Ia single woman, aud, to marry a man of wealth, whom I loved, I would not j be dependent on him farther than the roof covering us both. For my child It Is, of l oourse different. I don't believe In auy NMiiseless similes shout oaks aud vines. There are certainly no ‘creeping tenden cies 1 about me; f want to be the oak —all ' outers do, I belters; I pride myself ou hsv- 4ng something strong and self-reliant lu my,nature. “ "or see how I have opposed myself to ill fortune, while storm after Storm has swept the horizon of my life, stripping me of my few cherished joys, until I am utter ly alone. The s'torms within have ceased, tears have gone back to barred cells, and I stand upright, looking forth over the de vastation that lies around me. “ I want to show the world that I am not a helpless, moaning woman, but one who has a soul and mind of her own, inferior to none. “ I know and feel that there are hungry cries within the heart, but sorrow must hush " them. Sometimes they burst their bonds and swell up to the surface ; then I forget my strength, and, like a little child, reach forth my arms to cling for shelter from the hurricane.” There is something touching in this, and if one should read it without knowing the history of the woman, he might be tempted to regard her in the light of a saint. With all Mr heroic aspirations and beauty of thought, the Meukeu was not free from coarseness, or site would not have indulged in those debaucheries that shamed the very name of refinement. Had her trials been of a different nature from what they were, we can readily believe that her character would have been different. Her genius and her beauty would have charmed the world, but she would never have been saintly in her virtues, for the reason that a restless, boundless sea of emotion would have made her sensual under all circumstances. But the more we learn of her life, the more we are puzzled hy her history. Certainly, she was a strange womanly compound. Another Mining Horror in Pennsyl vania4—Loss of Life. —Maueh Chunk, Pa., December 18.—At Stockton, two miles from Rnzleton, about,s o’clock this morn ing, the ground over a mine which has not been worked for fifteen years gave way.— One block of houses fell in s!i quickly that t wo fgjjnllies living in them had not time to get away, except one little girl, who got out of house, but not far enough away to escape falling in. She fell on top of the houses!*, and w\s rescued. Three families living la he adjoining block had just time enough' to get out before the whole block fell in,. Ten persons went down with the housed|viz: George Swank, wife and four childr<&, and Mr. Retch, wife, child and mother. They are still in the mine, and must eertainly be dead—either smothered, burn*4or drowned. The-Hazleton steam fire engine has been throwing a continual stream of water into the since daylight, to extinguish the flames. The firemen are doing all they can. They have taken charge and extended a rope around the hole, allowing no persons inside. ..Trains are running every hour from Hazleton to the scene of the disaster, .and will,.continue until the. bodies are re covered; which will not be for some time, as the ground is cracked around for a con siderable distance, and is stil’ fallin», so that It is dangerous to go to work. The excitement is very great and Is increasing. Families Iff the vicinity are moving out of their houses. It is the general opinion that others will fall in. There Is also danger of the mins taking Are. The mines are known as the East Sugar Loaf Mines, nnd are owned by Messrs. Lindermann & Bkeer.— Mr. Asa Packer, of Maueh Chunk, former ly owned them. PoUsniVe, December 19.—A dispatch to the Daily Journal, from Hazleton, says the cause of the accident was on account of working the breast in the colliery too near ‘he surface under the houses, there being only about twenty feet space left where they caved in. Only a few days before a couple of persons in a truck were pitched into a similar hole, where a foundation of tbe railroad had given away over some workings that approached too near the sur face. Alexandra Limp —A Successor to toe Deposed Grecian. —Alexander the Great, as history Informs us, had a slight imperfection In the setting on of his head, which inclined a little to one side. His courtiers, therefore, felt it incumbent on them to affect awry necks, and did so ac cordingly. Alexandra, Princess of Wales, has unfortunately contracted a limp from rheumatism ; and now, as wc hear, the liege ladies of England have taken to limping too, and “halt!” is the latest command given by fashion. That the “ Alexandra limp ” will find Its w. y hither ere long is a thing to be expected, and, indeed, it is stated to have already made its appearance on onr fashionable promenades. The desired limp is obtained simply by we iring shoes with heels of unequal height, and the deformity thus produced is no greater than that which characterizes the “ Grecian bend.” A necessary accompaniment of the “ Alex andra limp” will be a walking cane, which will lie very- appropriate for the walking do'ls that adopt the gait. The fashion, of course, will lead to a modification of most of our present dances and tbe invention of now ones. Lapsided waltzes will have to be devised, and In doing the “German” crutches will probably come to be the pro per thing. As the skating season is at hand, It would be a neat idea to carry out the “Alexandra limp" on Ice. Wc have had ever so many good things “on ice” already, and why not the “limp?" The girls of the period are capable of action on any of these suggestions, and they should by all means begin to have their balmorals altered at once, if not their morals. A Question. —A young mother in this city, on the important occasion of making her little boy his first pair of trowsers, con ceived the idea that it would lie more econ omical to make them of the same dimen sions behind and before, so that they might be changed about and wear evenly. Their effect, when joiued by the little fellow, was very ridiculous. Papa, at first sight of the baggy garment, burst Into a roar of laugh ter, and exclaimed, “ Oh, my dear, how could yon have the heart to do it? Why the poor little fellow won’t know whether lie's going to school or coming home.” (Dayton IMyer. W iiat Nut?-—Robert Hall, formerly foreman of Wood Brothers’ printing office 173 and 175 Greenwich street, New York, fitted himself up s printing office from the stork of his employers, selecting therefrom type, galleys, cases, Ink, bronze powder, bra** rules, furniture, regleta, cuts, &<*., to the extent of about $250 lie wm held for trials at the Tombs. Signor Borra’s Plan for the Introduction of European Immigration into Georgia. Signor Joseph Borra. 1n connection with the Italian Consul in New York, and his brother in Italy, is engaged in conducting Italian immigration, and desires to inform tlie people of the South who are interested In the matter, that whenever the necessary arrangements for their reception shall be perfected, he will bring over a large num ber of agriculturists. Signor Borra was himself nil extensive planter in Virginia for the ten years pre ceding the war, and may be presumed to be familiar with the wants of the South. He has already engaged a company of French hatters, and proposes to establish a hat manufactory, cither in Savannah or some interior city—Savannah is preferred, if the necessary lands can be secured for the establishment of the houses and work shops, on terms that will render it possible for him to undertake the project. To enable him to undertake the introduc tion of immigrants ou an extensive scale, it Is absolutely necessary that he have a plantation or island, of from five to ten thousand acres in extent, near the city and easily accessible therefrom, to be used as a landing place and depot .for the immi grants, and where they can be assured a means of making a living until such time as employment with planters shall be found for them. The Committee of the Atlantic Conven tion having the subject of Immigration in charge, are invited to confer with Signor Borra, and aid him in securing the end de sired. He proposes as follows to that committee: Ist. That they procure an island upon the salts for an immigrant lauding place and depot, and sell the same to him upon the following terms: Payment for It to be made In three equal instalments, the first payable in 1871, the second in 1874, and the third aud last In 1875. 2d. That they furnish to the colony from twenty-five to fifty mules; stock and agri cultural implements sufficient to work the land to advantage, and provisions sufficient to last one year. All these things to be paid for at the end of the first year. 3d. That said committee furnish immedi ately from ten to fifty acres of land upon the river for the establishment of a hat factory, tannery, dyeing works and other manufactories requiring fresh water ; to be paid for at such time as shall be agreed upon. It is expected that the colony so estab lished will remain a grand centre, into which European labor will be gathered, and from which it may be diffused throughout the State. By this plan the immigrants will be as sured a means of livelihood until employ ment can be obtained for them, and plant ers and capitalists will always have a re liable stock of labor to draw upon, as they may require It. It Is believed that the plan proposed will be found very beneficial to the State at large, aud all persons feeling an interest in the matter are cordially invited to confer with Signor Borra and compare views with him. In particular, he desires to meet the Convention Committee, before referred to, for an interchange of views, and will be pleased to receive any suggestions or re commendations that their wisdom nmy offer. Tiie Daughter of Van Dorn’s Slayer Takes the Black VniL.—The secluded and elegant chapel of the Convent of the Visitation, on Cass avenue, was crowded yesterday with ladies and gentlemen, the occasion beiug the Interesting and impres sive ceremonials connected with the public reception Into conventual life of two young ladles, one assuming the irrevocable or black veil, and the other the white symbol of her novitiate. An episode of this character Is one o peculiar attractiveness, even to those Im mersed in secular concerns, and whatever creeds may be embraced in the audience, none can be Indifferent or insensible to Its influence. In itself, the spectacle of two fair girls in the radiant bloom ol youthful life, deliberately adjuring the world, which means everything earthly most treasured, and assuming the obligations nnd cutering the permanent seclusion of conventual existence, has a serious, If a half mournful, beauty of its own. But when It has annex - ed to it the solemnity of religious ceremo nials, it becomes one which leaves on the mind a vivid and enduring impres sion. The lady who assumed the black veil yesterday was Miss Clara Pfiters, daughter of Dr. Peters. She is a convert, wc are in formed, from the Protestant faith, and In her profession as a nun evinces the reality and earnestness of her convictions. It is a year ago since she entered the order and assumed the white veil. She becomes in religion Sister Mary Paula. The other young lady who made her first profession was Miss Jane Sheppard, ap parently not more than twenty years of age.— St. Louis Republican, Dec. 17. " Undtsprivauied.”—“Undisprlvacled I ” What a word I It’s the newest thing out, In Boston. Mr. Lowell lias, with great labor and sweat, with the Atlantic Monthly for a fulcrum, and a very long poem enti tled “ The Cathedral ” — Uterus a non—Tot a lever, pried it off from the. banks of the Charles river and dropped it with a poly syllabic crash Into the tide of the language. “ Undisprivacied ?” It means—easy enough —the opposite of mvltepublicated, nnd It is made by a process of accretion, simple as congelation. The foundation of the word —the basis of this four-story pollysyllable with a French roof—ls “privacy.” Yon take that word to start with—go at it with a club and knock off the end of it—punch It into t'ie shape of an active verb—freeze on the privltive prefix die, and upon that taek the negative t —sec?—just as easy as rolling off a log. After ail, what’s the use of having all these component, constituent and simple words, unless once in a while you can put them together—Boston-sash lon—and make a regular old parollelopipcd of a word, that you can’t take to pieces without iiitro-glycerlne. Here’s the “IV dteprlvucled,” for Instance. What a tri umph of verba! architecture tint Is I The only objection to It Is that If It aliould hanfien to drop down Into the tropics it's liable to thaw and break all to pieces. | Hartford Post. Tim Houthweetern Railroad has agreed to extend from Albany towards Blakely If the citizens will contribute one half VOL. 29. NO. 1 Reonault de Saint Jean D’Angley, M arshal of France.— One of the oldest of the Marshals of the Second Empire died in Paris on Tuesday. Auguste Michael Marie Etienne Regnault de Saint Jean D’Angely, Count D’Angley, Marshal of France, Colonel of the Imperial Guard, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and Vice-President of the Senate, was son of the famous General D’Angely, and was born July 29, 1794 lie entered the Military School of St. Germain in 1811, and served in 1812 as sub-lieuteuaut in the army des tined for the invasion of Russia. His re giment. was almost, annihilated at the battle of Leipolc, and after taking part In the last campaign of Napoleon, before the occupa tion of Paris, and accepting service under the restoration, he accompanied his old master to Waterloo, and was nominated by him chief d’escadron on the battik-field.. In 1825 he took part in the campaign in the Morea, and in 1840 was appointed to the military command of the department of Mcurtlie. He was General of Division, and commanded the Army of the Alps under the Republic in 1848. In 1851, just before the roup d'etat, he was for a short time Minister of War. He joined .the fortunes of Louis Napoleon, aud, after the accession of that adventurer to the throne, was made a Senator, aud subsequently a Marshal. The Blessing of the Ducal Hat and Sword to Rome.— Rome, December HA. —The ceremony of blessing a ducal hat and golden sword—which marks the eve of Christmas in St. Peter’s—took place to-day. It is an old custom, dating back six liuudred years. The sword, which Is a model of artistic skill, was specially manufactured in Paris for the occasion. It is adorned with dia monds, rubles, sapphires, and emeralds.— The hilt is In the shape of a dove. A splen did ducal hat of purple-colored silk, fnrred with ermine, nnd surrounded with a novel hat-band made In the form of a crown, and decorated with precious stones, Is attached to the sword. The hat and sword are de signed tor one of the crowned heads of Europe, but the name of the sovereign Is ah present withheld. Some suppose that Napoleon Is to be the favored monarch; but his present relations to the Holy See are not of a character to warrant the belief.— The ruler of Belgium is uamed as one of the candidates for this precious gift. The Pope blessed the sword and hat in the afternoon, and then deposited the gifts, pre paratory to their presentation, In the chapel. Educational Appropriation. —At the recent meeting of the City Council of Sa vannah, the following resolution, recom mended by the Finance Committee, wall adopted : Resolved, That the sum of $17,000 be ap ?roprlated to publl education for the year 870, over and above the funds- derivable from the capitation tax already appro priated by law, the said funds to be pay able with said funds derivable from the capitation tnx as aforesaid. In seven instal ments, during the year 1870, each instal ment being payable at the rate per capita of the number of scholars certified under the hands of the President of the Board of Public Education as beingiu actual at tendance on the schools timler the superin tendence of said Board of Public Educa tion at the date of said certificate; Provided, The sum of Halil instalments so payable in the year 1870 shall not exceed the sum of $17,000, adding thereto the sum derived frort the capitation tax for the year 1870; and, Provided further, That said appro priation shall he In lieu 6f all claims of said Board of Public Education against the city of Savannah previous to the year 1870. CnuisTMAs Piety in a Meat Markf.t.— The Christmas season Is celebrated in a novel manner in the new meat market in Jersey City. The owners of the various stalls have mingled somewhat strangely theology with beef and mutton. In some portions of the edifice legends of the Day of Days and scripture sentences bearing upon the anniversary of Holy Nativity—sur mounting as they do noinerons hindquar ters and turkeys, plucked tor the spinning jinny or the pot. Above a poultry stall ap pears the inscription, " To you this day is born a Saviour;” while near by is a sen tence from the prophet Isaiah, proclaiming that Imtnanucl has come, and that he was born in Bethlehem. Snatches of Christmas songs, carols, miniature angels and cheru bim are scattered In s me portions of the market; but they arc so arranged as not to hide the jolnta and poultry from public view.— New York Sun. Accident.—Mr. Bearden met with a serious accident on last Saturday evening, while attempting to cross the railrofid with a loaded wagon about two miles above the city. One of the traces broke while the wagon was on the track, and as Mr. B. was endeavoring to remove the wagon a train of cars came In sight. Realizing his situ ation, with great presence of mind, he ran down the road and signaled the approach ing engine, but either failed to attract at tention or was disregarded. The train dashed ou killing one horse, seriously in uring the other, ami completely destroying the wagon. Commissioners were appoint ed to appraise the property, and assessed the damages at $250. —Madison Examiner. The Atlauta Era reports that the store ()T Messrs. Blalock & Bro.. in Fayetteville, was destroyed by fire on Thursday morn Ing last. The fire, from the following cir cumstances, is deemed to have been (he work of an incendiary: Mr. Ayeher, iu go ing toward Fayetteville, about one o’clock on that morning, met several negroes, all of whom appeared to be loaded with goods. He went home, and about two or three hours afterward the store was discovered, to lie on fire. It is supposed that the ne groes had broken Into the store to rob It, and after getting all they could carry, either set fire to the store or left a candle burning, from which fire was communicat ed to the building. Messrs. Blalock St Bro.’s entire stock of goods was consumed. Loss, oetweeu four and five thousand dol lars. The editor of the Thoinasrllle Knterjtriee bus been presented by Mr. W. J Robert*, of that comity, with a turnip of the red top strop leaf order, measuring thirty Inches lu ulreuiuferencH ami weighing eight and three quarter pounds,
