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State Netvs.
ViM iivicliltiits havo organized a Board of
iri snake was kllcd near Newnan last.
; I’uriey (Unon died in Hull county not long
:*i tilt; a I vanned age of 1 )3 years.
dugiit thinks that tho best avonae to
■ •
, -U nf its citiz sus is through tlieir “bread
'( nisei u-n ly they have bubecues
■ike iip a railroad collection,
s iii t i lias a pne and of i izv niggers who dress
. -s ip as z mayesand *‘ptroot” arOund the
: i editors m ike each other* presents of mn-
Ta .se hoys are not slouches.
Ii; folks a-e having a lively time in GrifQn.
• ind s >(■ i,ibles Are all tlio rage.
" hi is in itying lii i preparati u s for tho next
T.u- in lom table Huff is putting We work
t,, • ’
! < ;i Is have a habit oi calling on tho editor
■ v ildosta Times , *
r . I • - is trouble l witty shouting and howditur
iv, Mini pantile die sireet utter twelve o clock
• ;'it. * . '• .
I -John W .O'Neal, of Valdosta is not dead,
U.ive and and ting wt;l|.
I * Va’dos a Times thinks enough cotton wil>
Ij in. [Vowadi% county for h >me consdmp
in Atlanta leave their cellar doors optfn,
fi M>w'i‘rs fall in’o ttivm.
[ I.o ilie is g ling to do Her be*t on her Fair
I' Fill.
1 .»: S;n ings lias anew paper called Ilia ‘ Mir
| 1..1S ;i very credit.th'e appeanvnfce.
\ ■ Ml of t'j • M\c ill Citizen d»n t thirik any
, , v ; u , |ij s realorsa tw > column article
if.* M lym’s court of that city.
\m rica i Union, ti at Macon, we
L dto n .tice is becoming conservative.
WJ .|j a are demanded on tlm public square
t. ia order to keep the Good T urtplars
• tom imbibing soda water with a little
id.ue” in it.
: Ji’t,. Citizen says th-U out of fifty business
i Dilt'vu only fivk advertise in their home
Ti it ice milts for the dilapidated cottrii
# that ’.‘old burg.”
6 r.rowa lias pv id t!ie State the rental due on
S V>■ for the m mth of July.
i"uf;Mge slinger.” carved another individual
'Siiui parsu vsimi in such a manner, in Mil
! i c aintv. that closed almost instant death
-• 41 about one dollar. . ,
' • iuh is in iking all necissary precautions to
j c i iicra an 1 yellow fever from entering
■ U in*.Commercial says :
I T ’Unilvof Mr. W.eaver, living on Oostananla
W I. .S ling of himself: wife and six children
V - -jearly affected from drinking butter mi.k
''i , i'Uv night. The milk was purchased
V • •' R .... and drank at supper by tbe fauii
■ 1 l it If o’clock Dr. tsilitb was called in to
V 1 Mr amfcMrs. Weaver and two of the
■ ’■« were slightly affected ; the other foh r
with bu uing in tlie throat and great
r"»r water. About lor *2 o’clock, the children
■s ieved and ull fears of fatal termination
■ .i. Two of the children are still couflued
■ - vilof the Cartcrsville Express has been on
I in l oftrs it as an o,i ilogy fu the shor 1
his piper. HeM. better stay on the
the time, we think
■ 11 is mt ia a letter i t the Atl vnta C >n
-1 i. ex >! to it irv of i speech lie delivers l in
B -.r-v it. v. Poor. Bao ! he’s like tne fellow
H imlvd the polo ami pulled it up after him.
I Atlanta papers are to be relied on, the
Ii .u Mil II use is the bVst hotel on the couti-
Ixnlof the Atlanta N T ew Era b*9 recently
* ule 1. The looil nr the Suvan 1 all the
‘ * of the people are serenade! with jclepk
__' tiu<icevery night by the Africans.
M«wick Appeal announces with a flourish,
1 - r grocery store h;is been opened in thi
?■'" °1 ileorgia.” *
ikership of the next Georgia House of
Natives is already being canvassed. The
the-following gentlemen have been tuen*
f » eoriespondent ol the Augusta Chroni
l' tninently fitted for the position ; *.ajor
k humming, of Richmond, C >l. H. T.
' '■ Os L .wades ; Col. Smith, of MascJgee*
' "t- "hilling of Echols.
the following ic the Monroe Advertiser.
‘indwelling house of Mr. AVm. Walk*r.
®— ”, f 9 JBSpy
#. , iJk Jfek ’jbp 1H Jfek jv ' *’* *ftL Jfe *
; oi’thU. county. His lo« 8 was heavy,.aß the build
'nF. with all its contents, including apparel of die
family we’e destroyed.
Hickni-ss.—We regret to learn of the prevalence
of fever in the County to agi eater extent than
usual. Mr. D.iJld Ogletree is now lyingj very low,
and we hear of other case*. Slcssrs. B H. Milner
and W. B. Meak.haVe been sufferers, but are now
convalescent. *
Nitdho Row.-—On Sunday last a noisy and dis
graceful row occurred at the negyo meeting house
ne ;r Tabernacle chifreh. It originated' between
some boys in a quarrel over some watermelons,
and grew in magnitude until the whole of the
large crowd pTtneut became enraged. Services
were suspcnitted and knives, pistols and clubs
drawn and for some time a general scrimmage
burned to be inevitable, but fortunately nothing
worse than shooting, threatenings and cursings
resulted,
A Mis. Davis, of Bullock nountv, had her throat
cut so that she died, by tome unknown party last
week.
The Work on the new market is pfog easing
finely in Savatinnh.
The Savannah Republican describes that- city as
busily engaged in improving herself. Mechanics
are busy -carpenters, brick-mesons Iron men. have
their hands full. ‘Houses are.springing up as if
tby in igic.
Stewart county has subscribed’tldOJOOO to the
B. o*. &.C. Railroad:
Mac m his a co'lored skating rink. Ye GodsJ
fllM* fragrant is that rink. ,*
Dr Innis, charged with committing a rape, was
released in Atlanta, on tl*e Ipth inst * ,
D’i'uy Freeman, aged 80 years, died near Griffin,
Su/iday evening-
Macon has received ller first bale of new cotton.
* „l lie actual expenses or the city Government cf
Macon, aoouiu to Sl'io.pOO per annum
The Good Templars are doing g >od work in Al
bany. „•
The locaj of the TaThdtton Standard informs its
readers that the improved condition of its col
umns is accounted lor by the absence of the editor.
Landhirldeis about Americas. In giving in their
tax return#, value their lands at $8 @ S2O per <
acre, bet ask $ 100 for the same lauds.
Hon P. 11 Oliver died at liis residence iu Amer
icas <m the Oth irist. He was ft go6d man and
citizen .
* «►
The Americas Republican isfsoon to be issued
tri-weekly, provided it receives sufficient encour
agement ’ . .
. Joli i McDonald of Rome was bitte.vbv a snake
a few days since, and is not expected to recover.
Dalton is havitfg gr at rev vrtls of religion now
It, is to be hoped that the editor of the Citizen
will bo benefited thereby
(Intii i b infested wan rniuvea: 8
Itasehall fiirni-hea tne loafers about Talbetton
with employment.
If wo were the editors of the Brunswick Appeal
wo wouldn't spoil the head of our paper with tue
advertisement*of even such a clever firm as Du
liignon & Deck. It ruins the appearance of the
Appeal.
The Farlv C unty Nows announces the death of
Mr Henry''Batts, one of the •oldest citizens of
HHMftir Coilnt'y. •
Groahy suggests that Gol.-Stdfs change the n«nfc
of the Albany News to “The Kiuaball House Ad
vertiser ” . ' - ■ * -
'I he News Represents Blakely as being so dull
that one active sidesman could do the business jf
“‘cfcS*tS. G. 6. (forfon fo> n«t
of (Itfmgm THe General, however, in adetter to
Colquitt declines , being a candidate for
,hatp.»dtiom
a.
near at hand.
A Saratoga letter says : f A paper lies
before me announcing the death of a once
eml mint clergy man. He died lnan-ob
BC ure village in CUbada. He - was settled
in the City of New York. His surety
was rich; large-and fashionable. .'He rode
on the wave of pillar favor. Crowds
attended his ministry, and his pay "-as lar £ p
I„ the hight of his popularity a letter was
received by the principle warden of the
chuich late on Sunday night, announcing
his resignation, and saying that he had
sailed for Europe tfi.it d*y- No reason
was assigned, and the parish were in a
state of great excitement. After a time
the pastor came back. His reasons for.
his course wen stranger thin his con mot
TUo principle one was that he was subject,
ih blackmail, and he could endure U no
longer. He was soon settled in an adj-mi
i„,city. over an important charge H.s
pApflUcriy was renewed. But soon he left,
weut U> Canada, took the place of an as*
sistant minister in a small charge, an
i here he died. His secret died with him.
’ Gratifying* His with pleasure that we
announce to the readers of the A vacate
.haute U.»n. A. 11. Swph«»*
», a series ofartioli* on the
Intemperance tor its columns. l " .
tell be readily aonghl after, and rend tell,
much interest by the members of our Or
der, as well as by all good people -ot
couutl-y.—G«’d Templars Advocate.
IVDKPESDESCE.-Be and continue p-n-r,
man while others ttrotmd yon glow
‘ hhy f.-and and disloyalty ; bo wt.hour
y .or while others beg &*'* wa *
upw.pda , . .accomplish
**£*•
uu .„t ol thtira V Ua|d for which
gracious presure Wrap yourself
others cringe ami era • friend ami
t a y .us own \ trine,. A . Q BUoh ,
your darly huud. «_ J o#Wuoche4 Horiur
S G b od.
XomriisLl —Devoted to tiro Interests or Georgia.
RAINBRIDGE, GA., ™»BDAY, AUGUST 17, 187 k
Do Not Censure Without Knowiugr-
Do not censure without kfibwittg,
Oft it hide< a noble mind, ■,- » .
Worthy of our love bestowing.
Where we least expect to find.
Mapy a heart in kindness beating,*
Making solitude its own.
With no kindred spirit greeting,
-Lives unloved because unknown.
Should yon feel inclined to censure
Faults you m iy in fcthWrW view,;
Ask y »ui own heart ere you venture,
If that lias not failings too.
. I>ct not friendly vows be broken,
Rather sti ivc a fiend to gain {
A Cruel word ih anger spoken,
Finds its passage home ag^yn..
Do not, thtfn, iq Idle pleadnre*
Trifle’with.a brothers fume ;
Guaid it as a- guilded'tu.; sure— *- * *
Sacred asryo'ui* own good-mme.
Do not form opinions blindly,
Hastiness to trouble, ,' '
Those Os whom’we thought mdrindly,
Oit become onr warmest friends.
[From the Las tern Argus
Beu Butler Es
cape.
The doughty hero of Big Beihrd, fot*t
Fish, &c., mt‘l with a mishap in Newbury
port the other day,-which nearly' deprived
the cntiiitiy of his services.
Butler aud Colonel French ere pacing
the quarterdeck in a s'y !e worthy of Ath
nii» , al Tiin Fisk. The yaich rounded to arid
oft went a gun that made the Newbury-,
porters think'of powder ships. The y awl
was brought alongside, Butler and French
seem so have attempted to get in together.
Now it is a well established fact that twO
locomotives with ‘steam’ up cannot pass
•each other on the same t rack Butler air!
Fieiich could" not* n<>r yould. they both go
down the steps at»the same moment with
out datna’ge t lieii*pidil ical economy.. French
► pitched .forward /and landed Italf in tlie
-water and hall in. the little boat. Butler
was less fortunate. He disapp'ear> and ; aiid
the murky waters of tin* iVlerj’invick closed
efrei bid bald head, ’ But not for
eVof. • • i
Ben appeared on the surface directly
with a spoilt that is represented is a cross
between that of a porpoise and" a Hump
backed whale. lie thrashed about until
the water .H'^*,Jo^A
Be'n’s bald pate left thorn little to -Dutch
and it Was not until the h m irabte gentle.-
man from Massachusetts had gone down for
the conventional third time that lie Was
ilru'gged out haif-drovviied, the m *st dilapt.
da-ted, vvoe-hVgone statesmen and warrior
tliiit ever tuinliled into the hrjnk He did
not go ashore that night, and is understood
to have taken tin b’oard more water tit in
the average Gougressmau * re quires • for a*
whole season. . * -
How TO SEE DOWN x Well —lt is not gen*
erally knoCvu how easy a matter it i3 to
explore the bottom of a well, cistern or
pond of water by the use of a coinmftn mir
ror. Wheu the BU9 is shining brightly,'
hold a anh rdr so that the reflected rays of j
light will fall irito the water, A brigtyt
spot will be seen at tht* bottom, so ligtit as
to show the smallest abject plainly. By
this means we have examined the bottoms
of wells fifty feet deep when half full or
more of water. The smallest straw or oth
er small objects can be perfectly seen from
the surface. I« the .same way one can
examine the bottoms of ponds and rivers if
the waters be somewhat clear, and not
agitated by wind or rapid • motion. If a
well or cistern be under cover, or shaded
by a building* so that the sunlight wi no
fall near the opening, it is. only necessary
to employ two mirrors, using one to re ect
the light to the' opening, and aftothet to
reflect it down into the water, Light may
be thrown fifty or a : hundred yards to the
precis^ 4 spot desirable, and then downward,
\V> have used the mirror with success to
reflect light around the house to a shadec.
well', and also to carry it f.om a south
Window through two rooms, and then into
a cistern under the north side of the house.
Haifa dozen reflections of light may be
made, through each mirror diminishing the
brilliancy of the light. Let any ««e not
familiar with the method try it, and he w. 1
not only find it useful, but a pmasaut ex
pertinent. It will perhaps reveal a mass
of sediments at the bottom «t the well that
h , s been little thought of, but which may
have been a frightful source ot disease by
its decay iu water. •
Cakes.—Tlrose .whj are compil ed to
their dikes,’ may find the follow
.‘hnrrv uptbetr c*nu», j . ...
y iL ni-epared for various callings
:::irwwtT,r «i..
for prise V™*
suitable, for carpenters, plane c ,
most relied. by lot*** »!>■««*• “** • **
palatable to-boatincit, current cake
the m-*.sl acceptable to hangmen, drop
cake • the kind indulged in by surgeon,,,
cup cake ; the moat healthy .cr plumbers,
plumb cake ; the debtor's cake, shor. cake ,
the gardener's cake', the boe cake ; he one
far summer use, the cake of.ee; ha one
ior&uu ’ u 6 . a CH ke not
.j-gSViT^tAA**-
North Carolina Election.
HUTEAT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BY
i ..
IRE NEGRO VotE. • *
[From the Releigh Sentine.j
I The majority of the votes against thn call
in tho Stato is not great In
point of numbers, but when thejeharaeter of
the v iters wlio Voted this majority, and
the circumstances tinder which they did so,
are considered, every "disinterested obser
ver must see a result of terrible signifi
catice, knd one that argues ill jor the fu
ture of the State and people.
No honest man here of ordinary inlellh
gence can pretend to deny that the great
body of this majority vote is made up -of
eighty thonsainl tiegro voters, voted solid
!y, as if voted by one man, moved by the*
deepest and most- unfounded distrust'
against the great body of the white people
of the State, without .reference to .cl ass or
condition—that bdt f<u" this negro vote
lhere # would have been buj: nominal opposi
tion to the call pf a Convention. And *it
most further be conceded/ that those ns
jfrcVes voted without the slightest reference
to the necessity for" a change of" the Consti
tution ; for even the dishonest wffictf-hold
ers who manipulate'd the negroes Were
forced to -coiKiede that the Constitution
needs to be amended ih many important
respects. This majority vote has been cast
by tfio ignorant, and blindly, without refer
ence to the jute rest of anybody but "the
offi’ee-ltolders.
dn the other hand the ■ minority, nearly
equal <o tlu majority in numbers, is mTide
np almdst wholly of the intelligent labor**
iug clii.fisi , s, and those representing the
properly and substantial commercial in
dustrial, and educational interests of the
people, and this majority vote Has been
east wth.an intelligent appreciation of the
The voters with the minority see and feel a
constitution that fixes upon them and the
State a system of taxation so burdensome
as to be intolerable—one that cuts off evory
prospect of industrial, Commercial and edu
cational success —and a system of State*
government burdensome in the most ex-t
travagiiiit degree iu the. number and chai
aeter -and pay of its officers and official
system. They see that with the public
debt of $10,000,000 hanging over them and
the assessed value of their whole property
but $120,000,000 and a State government
that requires $1,500,000 annually to ad
minister it in all of its departments; and
the amount of Fed.-ral. taxes "they must pay,
equal to $2,500,000 more—that they cannot
possibly hope for prosperity indefed, that
the very property they have niust be sold
to strangers to pay the demauded ot
them. This is inevitably so.
But the negro and a handful of white peo
ple, manipulated by unprincipled office
holders; who got into <>ffl;e by the grossest
fraud, have a numerical majority and keep
them who th*ground work of a solid
prosperity down;
We have tried this system o’s negro domi
nation for three years—there has been no
prosperity aud it is manifest there cannot
be. . •
What will the people do ? WHI they go
on without regard to live constitution and
treat it as a dead letter ? If *», what be
comes of constitutional obligation and the
sanctity of official oaths? What soit of
a people will we become ? What will the
world think and say of our morality and of
as as a State and people ? Some people
may treat thid as a. light and trifling mat*
ter ; but we tell everybody that it is one
of the deepest moment. We see 80,000
negfoeS Without p r operty, Without intelli
gence, without any settled and fixed*habits
of iitiustry and thrift, together wttb a
bare handful of white people, controlled as
one man in the fnterefct of a set of office
holder utterly unprincipled and careless
of iher reputation or siat of the State and
peopli whom they oppress,, by force of
Dumbos, voting down and hostile to the
intelligence, virtue; Settled industry and
hope thrift in the State ; they vote the
people representing these interests down
and rule th* m with a rod of rum ! That is
the case. How long shall it remain so .
vVhat must be the inevitable consequences
of SUC I a state of things ? Let the refl'ct
*j-.r p ..*p!e answer these important ques
tions to each other and firmly fi* upon some
plan so/ relief. They owe it to themselves
to do fO, ami as soon as possible. Let
them ad '
Now i the time to subscribe for the Sorias
Svs.
WALTER.
Froth Nature’s cleat distlllerv brought.
Where brightly bloom the fairest flowert;
Map’s purest, drink should there b« sought
'Mong bird* that sweetly sing for ii3uri,
•
’Tis Brewed in Natiike'S gentlest home,
In yon sileut grassy dell.
And there the lingering deer will roam, v .
To graze beside the heaving well.
And Far upon the ocean’s ty^ast,
Where humid vapors daily rise |
It left the snowy Billow’s crest,
And soar’d from earth to gem the skieß.
( » X
It sparkles in the icr eenl !
the. rainbow's softest hues ;
’Tis sprinkled o’er the roses stein.
By midnight scatter’d falling dews.
It weaves the spotless wreath of snow ;
And eiqerald sets o’er mountain’s height ;
It forms the sunbeam's golden glow,
When shed o’er peaks of dazzling white.
Or fur upon the mountain top. .
When gentle zephyr breezes blow,
’Tis there the weaiy travelers stop
And watch the Crystal rippling flow.
•
It glitters in the snowy ball,
And o’er the flowing river’s brink—
’Twas made by God in Heaven for all,
And there ’ewas-b'ess'd for man to driuk.
Oiir “Battle of Dorking.'*
A WESTERN JOKE .AT fBE EXPENSE OF
HORACE GREELY*
The PIBASTROU3 AmfIN’tiiTIUTION OF THE FaR-
Her^Journalist-President His Zeal for
Agriculture and what* Came of it —An Ru
ropean Combination Against America—Ut
ter Ruin ofthe Republic—Prince Freder
ick William Ascends the American,
Throne. • •
The following is supposed to have t been
i?tttten in 1892 by Max Adeler, who was a
the tetrible scenes which oc
ciKred at the, time of which the story tells.
The English satire, ‘The Battle of Corking,*
supplied the suggestion fdr this prophetic
tale : *
You ask me to tell you, ray” childien. of
pf the events which immediately .preceded
the destruction of the once American Un
ion, and the capture of the country by its
present European rulers, and to say.gsptue
thing also of the cause which led to these
deplorable results. I undertake the task
with a heavy lieart, for when I revert to
thaV terrible time I cannot help OonU-astmg
out proud condition up to that fatal .year
with the humiliating position occupied now
t>7 tlie American people. The story is a
short one. In the fall of 1872 Horace
Greely, the editotof a newspaper jn, New
York, was elected- President of the United
States. The people voted for him because
they thought-lie was an hondst man. And
so he was. Brit tie was also vain and
weak, arid he entertained certain fanatical
and preposterous- notions —about agricub
ttlral'maHers, for instance—which he was
determined to force upon the people at all
hazards and despite all opposition. He
believed, among other things, that every
man ought to go to the West to cam hiS
bread, and long before he was chosen
President He used to advise everybody to
move to that region, as a cure for all the
disasters that pould befall the human fam
i'y* . •./
DRITIIfQ Tits SEABOARD POPULATION WEST.
As soon as be reached the Executive
Mansion, which we used to call the White
House, President Greeley organised an ar*
my of two Hundred thousand men, and pro
ceeded to enforce the entire population of
the seaboard States westward at the point
of the bayonet. The utmost violence was
used. Those who resisted were shot down,
and their dead bodies were carried oflf to a
national factory, which the President had
established for making some kind of fan
tastical fertilizer. All the large cities
of the East Wefe depopulated, and the
towns Were entirely empty. Ihe army
swept before it millions *of men, women
and children, until the vast plains west of
Kausas were reached; when the pursuit
ceased and the army was drawn up in a
continuous lice, with orders to shoot any
perscu who attempted to visit the East,
Os course hundreds of thousands of .these
poor crea’.uies perished from -starvation.
This seemed to frighten Presideuce Gree
ley, and te sent a message to Congress
recommending that seven hundred thou
sand yoluraes of a. book of his, entitled
‘What I Know about Farming/ should be
voted for the relief of the starving suffer
eis. This was done, and farming imple
ments and seeds were supplied j and then
the millions of wretched oatcasts made an
effbrt to till the ground. Os the result of
tbip I will speak further oo
• all XUROPE IN ARMS AGAINST AMERICA.
In the meantime the President was do
ing infinite harm to the country in anothsr
way. Hi&handwriting wan bo fearfully
dnd wonUeyfuNy bad that no living man
cduld read it. And eo when Le sent hit
.first amiQal message to Congress—the doos
ument was demoted wholly to the tariff and
agriculture—a sen ten be appeared which
Bubse<juently was ascertained to be; ‘Largo
cultivation of rutabagas and beans is tbd
-only hope of the American notioa, I aid
sure. 4 The printers, npt being abla to In
terpret this, put it iu the following sorta, ii\
which it went to the world : 'The Czar* of
Russia couldn’t keep .clean if he wsaboti
Himself with the whole Atlanlio ocead
once a ddy !‘ This perversion of the mes
sage was immediately telegraphed to Rub
aria ty [he Russian minister; and the Czak
was so indignant that he immediately de
clared war.
Just at this time President Greely, un
dertook toiwrite some letters to Prince Bisa
marck upon the subject of potato rot t and
after giving his singular views at great
leng.th, he concluded with the Statement
that if the ErnpoTor, William, said that*
subsoil ploughing was uot good iu ligllt
soils, oi- that guano was better thau bone
dost, he was a ‘liar, a villian, and a slavy l*
Os course the Emperor aldo immediately
declared war, and became an ally of Rus-‘
sia and England, against which latter coutt*
try Mr. Greeley had actually’ begun hos
tilities already, because the Queen, in b©P
speech from the throne, had declared thd
Tribune’s advocaby of a tariff on pig irotl
incendiary, and calculated to disturb thd
peace of ’
Unhappily this Was not die full meastird
of our disasters. The Piesideot bad sent
to the Emperor of Austria a copy of hid
book‘What I know/&c., with his auto
graph upon a fly-deaf. The Emperor mis
took the signature for a caricature of* the
Austrian eagle, and he readily joined tbs
war against thd United States; whihi
EranCe yfftfl nravaki>ri.ju> - wiraietOx
came to Call iipoh Mr. Greeley to present
his credentials, the President who was wri>
ting an editorial at the lime L not compre
hending tne French language, mistook the
ambassador for a beggar, and Without look
ing up handed him a quarter ipid »a -order
for a clean shirty afjd said to him, 4 Gd
West, young man—go West.*
PRSSIDENT OrIeLEY AND CABINET fiANGfeD*
So all these nations joined in making
war open the United Stales. They swoop
ed down upon our. coasts and landed with
out opposition, for those exposed
of our unhappy country tfrere Absolutely
deserted. The President was afraid to
call away the army from Kansas at first;
for feai the outraged people upon the plain!
would come East in spite of him. But at
last he did sumnlon the atniy to his aid,
and it moved to meet the enemy. It was"
too late. Before the troops reached Cin
cinnati the foreigners had seized Washing*
ton and all the country east ofThe Ohio;
and had hung the President, the Cabinet,
and every metrtber of Congress. The ar
my disbanded in alarm, and the invaders,
moved to the far West; -where they found
the population dying of starvation because
they had followed tfie advice of Greeley'd
book to ‘Try, for your first crop, to raisd
limes; and don’t plant more than a bushel
of quicklime in a hill P Os course these
wretched people were at the mercy of the
enemy; who—to his credit be it said—trees
ted them kiudly, fed them, aod brought
them back to their old homes.
You know what followed—how Prince
Frederick William, of Prussia, ascended
•he American throne, and the other bomilia
ations that ensued, ft was a fearful blow
to Republicanism—a blow from which it
will never recover. It. made us, who were
free men, a nation of slaves* It was alt
resu.lt of our blind confidence in a mis
guided old man who thought himself a phi
losopher, hat who was actually a fool.
May heaven preserve you, my children;
from the remorse I feel when I remember
that I voted for that bucolic old editor.
Social philosophers in England are be
coming alarmed.over the growing excess
nf females over the males in the popula
tion. Ten years ago the overplus of wo—
men amoouted to half a million, while ac
cording lo the census, lately completed,
there are nearly a million mor* women
than men io the country*
‘Sally, what time do your folks ditje 16/
dav?‘ *Soon as you’ go away) them's
ouisaas's orders* 1
If you want to get your money back,
advertise in the Sodrsxss Eds*
NO. 12