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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, - HAY 11, 1870.
Boons or Bute Ceotbax. Coamrmx, 1
Usios Repcbucak Pabtt of Geoegia, !■
Atlasta, Ga., M»y 10,1870. )
At a meeting of tho Pepnbljcnns, held in
this city on the 27th alt, the nndersignod
requested to call upon tho young men of the
Republican party in Georgia to organize a
Young Hen’s Republican State Central Club,
and to effect a thorough and complete organi
zation of the young men of tho Rcpnblieah
party throughout the State.'
In accordance with said request, I hereby
give notice that said Convention trill meet in
the city of Atlanta, Wednesday, 21st of July
next, at 10 o'clock A. V. Each county will be
entitled to double the number of representa
tives it has in the lower house of the Legisla
ture. It is hoped our friends will see thatthe
several counties in the State are ftxlly repre
sented. Fosteu Blodgett,
Chairman State Central Committee.
J. R. W. JoHWSToa, Secretary.
Radicalism ” Arraigned.
The lost intellectual spasm of the Bryant
Organ was brought about in an effort to moke
the “Radical" party responsible for rapes,
thefts, meningitis, trichini and rinderpest
We presume, that Filygamy, Onigamy, adul
tery, measles, chicken pox and whooping
congb, will bo ypbrnced in the^ftext bill of
indictment! f
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Rather too Sweeping.
Noticing the opposition in some portions of
Louisiana, by Democratic leaders, to the Sys
tem' of Free Schools, a Philadelphia paper
makes it a text for a loeture upon “the blind
ness of the Southern people." We beg leave
espeetfoUy to suggest that a few score of sore
headed Democratic leaders, and political ad
venturers and mountebanks, do not comprise
“ the Southern people." On the contrary, tho
“ people ” of the South, baring the exceptions
named, are not “blind” to tho importance of
Free Education.
ttsny.
What was the inducement for a certain well
known professional gentleman of this city,
who is a Democratic wirepuller, to call at a
certain honso near the Store's School on Friday
lost, and wbat was the amount paid on hand,
and tho amount agreed to bo paid as a con
tingent to secure the services of Aaron
Alpeoria Bradley to go to Washington as a
Democratic emissary?
Bradley seems disposed to do his utmost
for his “best friends,” and left on the Satur
day train for Washington! Who furnished the
money to pay Bradley's telegram to Goneral
Butler and General Logan, denouncing
General Terry and Governor Bullock, because
'TTntmoy did not git back?, pay? We have all!
the points on this last move of the Bryant
Democracy, and congratulate them upon the
final consnmation of the trade by which they
have secured the fellow-mate of Bryant,
Bradley of Sing-Sing.
T-- . oitjr and harmony of action by the
|tiblifltn members of the General Assembly,
,te session, touching the administrs-
Govemor Bullock; their unqualified
>ent of the proposition that the
rnment is provisional; that it
| derives its authority not tom the new Consti
tution, but from the acts aFCongress; and their
timely rebuke of Mr. Angier and others who
churned to represent Republican sentiment at
Washington, cannot tail to impress the mind
of every impartial and candid man in Con
gress.
Thors is not now, nor has there ever been,
any foundation for the report, .(so industriously
circulated* abroad), that a division existed in
i^^Rltepublican party in Georgia,
.two men who, to obtain office, imposed
Ives upon the party in 1808, now seek
their return to the Democratic fold
a bitter and unprovoked warfare
upon tho Governor; and in order to justify
themselves before the eyes of the world, as
well os for the purpose of making themselves
available's with the Democracy, falsely allege
that their opposition to the Executive proceeds
from personal considerations merely. They
attempt thus to weaken public confidence in
the Republican organization, by defaming
Gov. Bullock, who is its acknowledged head
in Goorgia.
The recent proceedings of the General As
sembly, effectually disposes of this pretension,
by disclosing the nature of the coalition be
tween these pretended Republicans and the
old Democratic leaders; as also by tho prompt
and united support of the Executive by the
Republicans in both Houses.
Hr. Bryant, who was the Democratic nomi
nee for Speaker, at its organization in January,
is now the acknowledged bailer of the ex
treme, reactionary Democracy in the House;
whilst in the Senate, Mr. Candler and Mr. Bams
stand in a feir way to be supplanted by the
old “Wliaboo,” whoso virtue was severely
tampered with by the Democracy in January
last, over the contest for United States Sena
tors! /
Outside of meriwparty Uses, the real people
of the State manifest deep disgust at the per
sistent aryl peevish opposition of the Demo
cratic faction-—a faction that has fought Re
construction incessantly through its pro
gressive stages for the last four years. And
the tact-that the racks of the Opposition have
been reinforced by snch accessions as Bryant
Bradley, Angier, and Caldwell, does not serve
to mitigate their disapproval. The substan
tial men of tho State—those who do not make
politics a trade and who desjfe a speedy set
tlement of onr troubles—accept the Congres
sional policy of Reconstruction, and are anx
ious for the admission of the State in accord
ance therewith. They recognize the fact that
since the present government is provisional
only, it can rest upon tho new Constitution, and
therefore enter upon its legitimate functions asa
permanent, legal government only after the
reconstruction process has been completed i:
the admission of the State to represetation.
And they understand also, that inasmuch as
the present government derives its authority
from the laws of Congress, and not from the
new Constitution of the State, it cannot
be reasonably incorporated into the govern
ment which is to rest upon the Constitution
but that the members of the Legislature and
the Governor will, under tho terms of the
Constitution, be entitled to hold two and four
years respectively from tho date of the or
ganization of the legnl Government, and not
eight months ns contended by the opposition.
We hope, therefore, that Congress will pnt
a prompt qnietus to this wrangle by passing
the Cessna bill, or by adopting Mr. Payne's
plan of settlement, anabasis of compromise
between our Republican friends inWoshington;
and ns also the most satisfactory mettodyHs-
sponding to the necessities and wishraof the
masses in Georgia, irrespective of mere party
lines.
At lnnta.
The wonderful growth of the city of Atlanta,in
tlie last fire years, and its prospective increase,
in population astound the denizens of older
places. None, save those familliar with the
characteristics of this people, can comprehend
the impulses that have moved so large a num
ber of them to concentrate here determined to
bnild np a great inland town.
The salubrity of the locality, the purity of
the water, and its centrality, have caused it to
be chosen, in this new era of onr history, by
various classes of men, hailing from every
clime and nation os their future home. Vast
changes bijve taken place in the last decade in
the political relations of the agricnltnral la
borers in the Sonth. Tho principal cause of
political and social irritation and ngitalion be
tween uym of Southern birth and men of
Korthcnnorigin has been removed.
’the late civil war, probably more
lion of men on both sides of the con
1 this locality and remarked its adap-
or the purposes of on enterprising and
conceniated population. No sooner was the
war ended, than thousands of enterprising men
tnmedj their eyes thitherward. Capitalists
from tyo North, sensitive as their class always
ore of profit and loss to be gained or incurred,
soon met hero and grasped hands. The poor
man, Sjth no capital, and the formerly rich,
who ffid been impoverished by the results of
the wp, saw here encouraging signs, invithig
energy, industry, skill and talent
The results of this rushing together of men
of Tii ied characters and origins is a communi
ty til generis in many of its features—a city
cosmopolitan in a degree heretofore nnexam-
plejf in the history of any Southern town. So
rapuTbas been the rash of population hither,
that much of the capital brought hero has been
employed in erecting houses to rent or to be
used as homes by their owners. The census
is such that were the ingress of people to cense
the natural increase of - the population would
preserve its rank among flourishing and grow
ing cities.
The very rapidity of the growth of the city
has tempted many capitalists to prefer invest
ments in real estate and improvements thereon,
to embarking in merchandise and manufactur
ing. Yet the almost uniform success of the
business men of the city who liave embarked
in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits,
backed by substantial capital, is no less re
markable than the profit of real estate specu
lations.
Substantial capitalists have always been suc
cessful here. The trade which can be com
manded by this central point, if capital but
invites it, can hardly be estimated. There is
no trade that is successfully pursued here,
which can be overdone by increased specula
tions.
Drcrrmc of tlie Public Debt.
The redaction of the public debt for the
month of April, 1870, is $11,G97,793 29, and
since the 1st of March, 1870, is $17,461,142 82.
The amount of decrease of the debt for tho
corresponding period of last year was only
$6,666,869. The Administration came into
power embarrassed with the extravagant hab
its of the preceding administration, and en
tering upon the second year, it win be seen
that the promises of the President have been
fulfilled, the decrease of the public debt being
*10,798,273 82 orer that of March and April,
With tho receipts from infernal revenue
the income tax, tho reduction of
Hid proposition of the Georgia Repub
lican?; The issue niade by the Demo
crats, is simply that the government of
of 1868 was legal, regular and permanent; that
it rested, not upon the law of Congress, bnt
upon tin; now Constitution of the State; that
it dated from tho attempted organization of
Jqly 1S6S, and consequently terminates. .plication the scheme of popular education.’ It
ignorance than to sea them Wolf educated,
simply beeadsS it is a principle and a part of
tho policy of the party in power to pnsh this
subject of popular education to the last ex
tremity.
It is a cardinal principle with tho Republi
can party in Georgia to push to a practicafap-
Letter from Wathingtoiii
Correspondence of the New trill
Washington, May 3, 1870.
Trickster Joshua still swings on tho gate
and hangs straddlo of the fence of tho legisla
tive gardens, waiting and watching if-per
chance any plain of goodlnck may drop, ready
fell; that Reconstruction, as a legal proposi
tion, was an accomplished feet in December
1869; and, consequently, that Congress had
no Constitutional authority for the Act of that
date, extending the powers of the District
Commander, and providing for on organiza
tion of a legislature by the persons named in
Gen. Mead’s Proclamation of June 1868. In
other words, that the Act of December 1869,
was a mere nullity, practically and legally
nothing more nor It
Here, then, is the real issue. On the one
hand, Congress is simply asked to stand up
to, and maintain the integrity of its legislation.
On the other, it is asked to practically nullify
its former Acts, ignore the men in Georgia who
have successfully carried out the policy of Re
construction, and accede to the modest de
mands of those who have persistently and con
sistently opposed Reconstruction throughout
the whole canvass, beginning in March, 1867.
Under these circumstances, it is a matter of
deep concern with Georgia Republicans, to
see their friends in Congress wavering, or
doubting as to the coarse to be pursued. We
are willing to believe that those who favored
the Bighorn restriction, are honest in their
convictions of duty ; bnt we can bnt express
great sorpri.se at their apparent misconception
of the real issue and of their apparently
limited knowledge of the real condition of
affairs in Georgia. Bnt as they have already
committed themselves against tho Georgia
Bill as originally reported, and as the Pome
roy substitute seems not to be satisfactory to
either side^ the Cessna bill or the measure
submitted by Mr. Payne, strikes ns as fur
nishing the the basis of a compromise upon
which onr Republican friends at Washington
may all unite, and which will, at the same
time, be accepted os satisfactory by all Re
publicans in Georgia.
and wc have no doubt we shall have many
learned discussions on tho merits of jalap, am
the modes of sawing off the decaying limbs
humanity. . Aery little 'jalap, knift
saw-teeth will do for me. Ind;
is known that many Democrats, while profess
ing that they are friends of popular education,
are using their influence against the cause, on
the ground that as they have not the appoint
ing power, they will do nothing.
To snch men as these is due the fectrthat
nearly two years have elapsed that Georgia is
without free public schools.
These Democrats glorify and (if the world
permitted it,) would sanctify themselves by
speechifying and declaiming in favor of public
education.
This, it is important to remember. There
are not now Public Schools in the city of At
lanta, simply because the Democratic party
have thrown obstacles in the way of the recon
struction of the State.
The city of Atlanta wishes to establish Pub
lic Schools. It cannot do so because, J>y the
obstructions thrown in the way of complete
reconstruction, the Legislature is incompetent
to authorize the city to act
There are no Public Schools throughout the
State of Georgia, not because the people are
not desirous of establishing them—or not de
sirous of supporting them; bnt because the so-
called Democratic party—the party in oppo
sition to the Government—are not willing to
establish them until they can fill all the offices
that would or might be created by th^ estab
lishment of Free Schools. •
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incontinently to gobble and appropriated, to cMcf *Sn ls«enr*r. The eaHorW*ofoor contmpo-
Tlie Georgia CaM-What la tlie re ml Iuue
Involved 1
It ham been asserted by the Democratic press
that it was the policy of tho Ex
ecutive, and of the Republican party of Geor
gia, to procure such Congressional legisla
tion as will extend the term of his office, and
that of the General Assembly-men, beyond
the lime specified, in the new Constitution of
the State. This assertion has been very gen
erally echoed by the Northern Democratic
press; and it has Loen accepted as troth by
one or two Republican journals abroad, whose
editors have been deluded by the assumption
of the Bryaut Democracy that there exists a
division among the Georgia Republicans, and
consequently that the party is by no means
united upon the Issuejinvolved in the Bingham
and Pomeroy amendments.
This assertion, and likewise the assumption,
•is false. It is false in feet, and false in its
application. It is not true that Gov. Bullock
seeks to prolong his term of office, or that of
the Assemblymen, ono day or one hour beyond
the time prescribed in the new Constitution.
That is not the issue; and every intelligent and
fair minded man in the State (be his political
faith what it may,) knows and secretly admits
it Nor is it true, as assumed by Judge Bingham
and those Republican presses North that sus
tain him, that there is a split in the ranks of
the Republican party in Gobrgia touching tlie
issues involved in the Georgia Bill
An accurate knowledge of the facta and in
cidents connected with tho political history of
this Stato, since the act of Congress of March
1867 went into fall force and effect, ought to
be sufficient to disabuse rhe mind of any hon-
■est man of the falsify of the first assertion;
whilst a reasonable acquaintance with the po
litical status and record of Mr. Bryant, and
the other Democratic leaders in this State,
ought to reder a denial of the second wholly
superfluous.
The present Executive and General Assem
bly of Georgia, was elected in virtue of the
law of Congress, not under the new Consti
tution of the State. By the terms of this law,
the officers thus elected were provisional;
deriving their authority from the Acts of Con
gress, and not from the State Constitution;
and they cease to be provisional only after tho
State shall have been fully admitted to repre
sentation, and therefore not until after the
Reconstruction Acts shall have become inop
erative. That this Government was provis
ional the Act of December 1869, abundantly
shows; and if provisional then, it
could not have. been other than
provisional anterior thereto; for any
other construction would involve an absurdity.
It would likewise make Congress guilty of a
gross violation of the Constitution, in the pas
sage of on ex post fado law. Bnt, if the gov
-eminent was provisional, it must be provi
sional still; since onr Senators and Represen
tatives are still debarred admission to the
National Legislature. Indeed, the Georgia
Bill itself, with the Bingham Amendment, as
it passed the House nearly two months ago, is
an admission- that onr State government is
still provisional; and, consequently, that leg
islation is necessary to place this government
upon the new State Constitution.
Then what is the real issue involved in the
Georgia case ? Clearly this, that the Republi
cans claim (and justly) that when the present
government ceases to be provisional, it then
(but not a day before) enters upon the term
for which it was elected; and that term, os
prescribed in the new Constitution, is four and
There never was a time in the history of
Georgia, when the demand for educated men
and skilled labor was so great as at present
This demand has grown out of the new order
of things, resulting from the issne of the war,
and from the awakened interest iu Internal im
provements, agriculture, manufactories and
the new and diversified channels of commerce.
And in the very nature of things, this demand
must continue to increase.
It therefore behooves every young man who
expects to keep pace with the progress of the
times, to address himself earnestly and
zealously to the work of mental culture,
preparatory to usefulness and position in the
new field now being opened before him. If he
expects to be “a man amongst men,” and not
be left in the back ground by those whose op
portunities have been better, be should
loose no time in definitely arranging his plans
for self-education. Fine coats, patent leather
boots, fast horses, meerschaum pipes and
dogs, will never be permitted to dispute
precedence with books and periodicals* in the
mind of a young man who has determined to
struggle for honorable position in the great
fnture of Georgia.
The time has been, under a former decade,
and under tho old order of things, when a
vast area of half cultivated land, or a regi
ment of slaves, atoned in a measure for the
deficiencies of education, and offered a con
venient substitute for that intelligence and
culture which, nnder our new civilization, will
constitute an essential passport to respectable
position in t^o social, commercial iand politi
cal world. Bat that time has passed, never to
return.
No yonng man who possesses a vigorous
physical constitution, is too poor or too friend
less to acquire the means of a thorough busi
ness education. There is really but one seri
ous obstacle in his way; and that is, an unal
terable purpose, deliberately formed, to have
an education. This point past, the fnture is
opened to promotion and usefulness. One
hour each day Of the year, earnestly devoted
to study, will make him an educated man by
the time he attains his majority, and, if kept
up, will make him a scholar at forty.
Thus by a judicious economy cf time, and
the cultivation of correct taste and habits, the
poor and friendless youth of to-day, may place
himself in a position to taffe respectable rank
among the men who are to give tone and di'
rection to future legislation, and identify him
self with those who, in the possession of a
cultivated mind, possess a capital that is be
yond the vicissitudes of time or the caprices
of trade.
Public Education.
The question naturally arises in the mind of
every one who feels an interest in the recuper
ation of Georgia, Why is it that tho constitu
tional proviso commanding the Legislature of
the State to establish and provide for a system
of Public Instruction free to all has not been
complied with ? Let facts utter the answer of
this question.
The Governor of the State nnder the Con
stitution appoints tlie State Commissioner of
Public Schools. The Legislature has to pro
vide by law for the support of the system of
Public Schools. The definition of most of the
duties of the office of School Commissioner,
the prescribing of his salary, etc., devolve upon
the Legislature. That our State is without a
well defined system of public instruction, and
that there is no School Commissioner, or
State Board of Education, is dae to the non
action of the Legislature, nnder a mandatory
proviso in the Constitution, which its mem
bers swore to obey. The Governor has
been desirous to see inaugurated just such a
system of schools as the Constitution com
mands the Legislature to provide for.
After the colored members of the Legisla
ture were unseated, there was a clear majority
of Democrats in both Houses of the General
Assembly. This majority persistently ignored
the school question. It would not be jnst to
charge the powerless minority with derilection
in this regard.
Sensible Democrats, indeed men of all clas
ses in this State agree, that a system of pub
lic Education practically in existence is a ne
cessity; that the present population demand
it—that it is a necessaiy policy to invite pop
ulation, and a means of retaining onr popula
tion within the limits of the State. But prac
tically there is a difficulty in the way of the
inauguration of a system of public schools.—
The Democrats in favor of a free school sys
tem, pass by every proposition in regard to it,
because they fear that Democrats cannot
shore os largely of the loaves and fishes that
will fell upon the educational table os will the
members of the Republican party.
Now to dispell all snch fears it is proper to
knowingly assert, that it is not the desire of
the Republican Party of the State of Georgia
to appropriate all the profits and honors of the
inauguration of the Sytem of Public Schools
contemplated by the Constitution of Georgia.
That party will stop not to enquire what may
have been the antecedents of any man who
may be a friend of Public Education.
Yet it is lamentable to note the feet, that
there are numerous men in tho Stato of Geor
gia, who ore quasi friends of education that
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Charge* Against the Gov<
The Eka of yesterday morning contained
the notice of the Committee, calling gpon the
public to present any and all charges which any
one might desire to make against the Governor
to the Committee. The novelty of snch a no
tice lead ns to make inquiry as to the cause
for it. As the result of snch inquiry, we
learn from reliable sources that the Commit
tee, niter organizing on Thursday ljjst, sum
moned Treasurer Angier before them, and
asked for his charges against the Governor;
whereupon the “watchdog” of the Treasury,
disconcerted manner, stated that he had
no charges to make against the Governor;
that all he had ever said was in response to
Resolutions of the Legislature, which had al
ready been published, and referred to the
drafts made upon the Fourth National Bank
03 a part payment for the furniture placed in
the Capitol’ -He farther stated that he had no
specifications, but could loon the committee
his scrap hook, Ac.! The Committee, not
having any use for Angier’s scrap book, re
quired him to make his case in writing.
Tho Committee then invited th^Crovcmor
to be present with them, and stated that the
Treasurer had no charges of malfeasance or
fraud aajfts't him. The Governor .expressed
astoi^5Mit that the ring leaejer of the
derers against his official and personal
character, should have so ignominiously failed
in his boasting assertions of fraud, robbery
outgeneral corruption, and asked the Com
mittee as a favor that they would advertise
to the public and give ample time for any and
everybody to respond with charges, if any
there are to be made.
The Governor stated to the Committee that
the impression had been sought to be created
throughout the State and the counfry, through
the newspapers, that he had corrujjtly used his
official position, and that the Treasury was
being robbed; that fraud and corruption were
not only winked at, bnt participajftl in by the
Executive. He therefoi-e desired ylat unusual
opportunity should be given those who believe
these slanders to bring np the evidence, so
that when the false fonndationnLthisi whole
scheme of forwarding political Vnds by per
sonal abase is exposed, there may be no
ground to cry “whitewash.
The committee, therefore, give the notice to
which we have referred.
We also learn that a leading member of the
Bryant faction stated to a gentleman on yester
day, that “he never had believed any of
theso stories about Bullock,” etc., etc.
Verily, these slander mongers are a sickly
set! When askod for facts, they have none to
offer.
the satisfaction of his hungry maw. His im
patience that the fruit so slowly ripens, don’t
seem to exhibit itself in any other than the
usual method, that of throwing mud and turf
at everybody else who he fears has any chance
of getting the prize he covets. I am afraid
that before he gets his expected monthfoll he
will find that the fell frosts have touched the
fruit, and that he will have finally to con
tent himself with the old cry of sour grapes!
I guess we might as well let him stay here, for
the probability is that if he was at home he
would be concocting and operating some
scheme of his characteristic devilment. Hi*
attempt to creep out of the responsibility for
the lies regarding the use of State bonds and
the funds of yonr State Road, for tho corrup
tion of public men, would bo laughable if they
were not disgusting. He has yet to learn the
practice of that cardinal maxim of debauched
Democracy: never tell a lie unless you intend
to stick to it
Your Democratic press seems to bo
mixed state of opinion about the Pomeroy
amendment and its effects upon the status of
political affairs in Georgia. I don’t see that
they need fret themselves into a perspiration,
because tbere is about as much chance of its
becoming operative through Representative
concurrence as there is that the city of Boston,
steamship, will yet come safely to port
Sportively speaking, it is a dead cock in the
pit.
Are we a white man’s party, or are we not ?
seems to be the problem which Democratic
journalism is puzzled to find a solution for,
just at present Have you noticed how regu
larly it happens that just about the day after
the journalists of that party, in every particu
lar locality, indulge in either a lachrymose
wail over the proclamation of equal rights, or
in a direful denunciation of tho “nigger,
proclaiming that the amendment is a fraud,
the fever for celebrating breaks out among our
folks, and a big procession of the newly en
franchised waves its banners and shouts its
hosannas under the very eyes and ears of tho
white man’s party advocates. A friend of mine
who used to reside in your adjoining State*
Tennessee, once owned a spunky little four-
year-old bull whose doily habit it was, just about
the time when the passing train was expected
to plant his bovine majesty in the middle of
the track, head down and tail up, and bellow
defiance at the coming locomotive. Now, this
ball was a sharp little fellow, and he always
was smart enougn to jump out of the way just
in time to save his carcass, until one unlucky
day ho jnst nndercalculated his time by a few
'seconds, and was consequently knocked into
the kingdom-come of all animals. So these
Democratic despisers of the onward march of
events have been standing on the track of pro
gress, hurling defiance, and shaking their
fists, imtil the irresistible logic of feet has
knocked them off their pins and into the
ditches of the road-side, whence, unless they
are soon taken by charitable hands to a decent
burial, their carcasses will pollute the political
air with a foul stench. We shall soon see their
epitaph written: “Not only dead but stink-
cth.”
rarics are read closely, and the selections therefrom are
made with a view of giving the reader the spirit and
gist of article. The comments (when any are made)
are either in brackets, or in onr regular editorial col
umns. In no case where, (by inadvertence) a represen
tation is not fairly made, will we fail or refuse to make
the correction when attention is called to it. On the
contrary, it win always afford pleasure to make any
corrections of this kind. A mere peevish assertion,
however, in general terms, that the representation is
unfair, will not command attention. There must be
specifications, and this is in a courteous spirit.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL (DEM.)
Grows felicitous over the prospect of what it
is pleased to term “a Radical split” It says:
Mutterings of discontent have been for three
years past coming np to Washington from the
West. The great agricultural interests of that
rich and populous section have been groaning
nnder the injustice and illegal exactions of the
present prohibitory tariff laws, and have
sought through their representatives in Con
gress to procure a modification or repeal of the
more odious features of the existing law.
These appeals have been smothered amid the
din and excitement growing out of the efforts
of Congress to secure a perpetuation of Radi
cal rule by dragging into the political arena
the everlasting negro question.
The West can, however, be no longer kept
quiet by the continued agitation of this played
out subject They demand that there shall be
a radical change in the policy of the govern
ment on the tariff question.
DECORATION DAY.
SPIRIT OF TIIE GEORGIA PRJE
TUB COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, (DEM.)
ith a verbosity and flourish of rhodemon-
that ought to drive the impatient to a
hasty conclusion, proceeds to say that,
If the Era is blessed with the "‘three grains
_ ^ of ctynnonwfiense” and a single scruple of
h <£p*^M£onunoint l g^i sty to garnish it, will it please
S3, our Inform us whence Governor Bollock derives
Ms tuUi)ODjtjc,<4BU)ow it is that, ho and the
Era claim for a “provisional” Legislature a
Constitutional term extending two years longer.
(The Enquirer is respectfully referred to an
editorial in to-day’s Era,]
HEALTH NOTES.
BY JOHN STAINBACK WILSON, M.D.
Tlie Symptoms of Disease in Cliildrcn.
For tho purpose of aiding mothers in the
early discovery of the existence of disease, we
will now give a general description of symp
toms which may be properly called the “ lan
guage of disease ” :
THE COUNTENANCE.
Mothers who so delight to gaze on the sweet,
placid faces of their children, when decked
with the roses of health and wreathed with the
smiles of innocence, need not be told how a
well child looks. Any departure from health
will soon be read in the face of her child by
the fond mother. But then the language of
expression needs some interpretation, and we
will attempt to assist tho mother in determin
ing what the ehariges iu the countenance
mean.
We are glad to find these evidences of dis
content in the Radical ranks. We think they
clearly foreshadow* the early defeat of that de
structive party, and in that view they will be
hailed with delight by every true lover of Con
stitutional Liberty in the whole country.
(Does tho Chronicle understand the real is
sue involved in the proposed Tariff Reform?
If so, is the Chronicle for or against tho pro
posed reform?] /
Editorial Gladiator*.
The New York editors havo descended from
the McFarland trial to the most disgusting per
sonalities. They havo been calling each other
liars and puppies, and sneaks and free lovers,
and loafers and scoundrels, until that style of
verbiage has become “stale, flat and unprofita
ble.” And now they begin to talk about raw
hides, ratans, boot leather and nose pulling.
The following sample of dignified journalism
is from the Commercial Advertiser of the 4th:
We therefore inform the editor of the Inde
pendent that as we have kicked nothing mean
for a long time, he will be very likely to be in
troduced to tiy onr calfskin the first time we
chance to meet him. It.is the only way to
treat such fellows. We shan’t hurt him, but
merely kick this Uriah Heep of the press.
And if we ever so far forget what belongs to
manhood as to do anything os mean as this
fellow Tilton is capable of doing, we shall ex
pect to be hoisted.
This kind of reading may suit a New York
audience, bnt we judge that, outside the com
munity of prize fighters and professional
bruisers, the personal difficulties of men who
happen to be connected with the press, pos
sesses little that is attractive to the public.
And without wishing to be considered meddle
some, we take the liberty of suggesting that these
gentlemen owe it to their profession to settle
their personal difficulties outside the colnmns
of the newspaper press. In the language of
the Philadelphia Press, “it is humiliating to
the whole journalism of the country when its
active members in any city choose to turn
themselves into paid gladiators for the amuse
ment of the populace. It may pay, but is
none the less discreditable. We are glad to
believe that in Philadelphia it would not only
not pay, but would result in positive loss.”
The House yesterday passed a joint resold
tion declaring that whereas the 30th day of
May, annually, had been agreed on and ap
pointed to be the day for the decoration of the
graves of soldiers who had died in the defense
of the Union against rebellion, therefore that
day should hereafter be regarded a public
holiday, to be forever observed as such by
tho people of the United States. The pres
sure was too great for even our Democratic
friends to resist, and without a word of objec
tion, they permitted the bill to go to its final
passage. Do you think a Democratic Con
gress would adopt such a measure as that ?—
While it was going through the parliamentary
steps, I could almost hear the gritting of teeth
hich showed the effort it cost some of our
anti-war and rebellion sympathizers to keep
still.
THE CUBAN QUESTION
Is still full of interest It Is true that as the
Spanish grape vine telegraph Is managed and
controlled, we are only permitted to get a view
of one side of the case, and that evidently col
ored by the hue of Spanish influence, but that
does not do away with the great question of
principle involved iu the contest Whether a
people shall be free to govern themselves or
not, is the true question, and jnst as surely as
the right and the good must eventually tri
umph everywhere, just so sure it is, that free
dom and the rights of men will be vindicated
and established on the queen of the antilies.
I am sorry that I am not at full liberty to tell
you what I know about the movements now
going on in this county to send aid to the
straggling patriots. It won’t be many days or
weeks at furtherest before we shall wring even
from unwilling Spanish sources, the acknowl
edgement that the insurgents are not so feeble
os they are now represented to be.
Slavery Under a New Na
The following order from Gen. Terry sets at
liberty two colored children who were held in
bondage under an order from the Court of Or
dinary, as apprentices.
There have been several cases of this kind
of hardship in the State, and we hope that the
Ordinaries will reverse their action without the
intervention of the District Commander:
Headquarters Military Dist. or Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 1870.
Special Orders No. 8.
L It is ordered that in the esse of Rillah
and Gcorgiana Jackson, the indentures of ap
prenticeship be cancelled, and that they be
restored to their fether; and farther, that the
Ordinary of Houston county, Georgia, refrain
from any steps or measures looking to the tak
ing of them from him in the future.
By order of Brevet Major General Terry.
J. H, Taylor, Asst Adjutant General
Official: R. P. Hughes, A. A. A. G.
Removal of Norris.
The following order has been issued by tho
District Commander, General Terry:
Headq’bs Military District of Ga,
Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 1870.
General Orders No. 17.
John C. Norris, now discharging and exer
cising the functions of the office of Sheriff for
the county of Warren, Georgia, is hereby re
moved from said office.
By order of Brevet Major General Terry.
J. H. Taylor, A. A. G.
Official: K. P. Beerker, A. A. A. G.
Gov. Senter has issued a proclamation au-
THE MONTH OF FLOWERS
is always inaugurated here with exhibition
balls, given by the various professors of the
art terpsichorean. Last night two of these
recherche affairs took place, and were the oc
casions of grand assemblages of the elite of
Washington society. The masters and misses
of the schools led off the evening’s programme
with fine exhibitions of their proficiency in
the poetry of motion. Two of the professors
received testimonials from their pupils in the
shape of elegant gold watches, with accom
panying ornaments.
The little folk exhibition over, the elder folk
unbent their dignify and danced the hours of
night away into the dawn of day.
BOTH THEATERS
opened last night with dramatic attractions.
At Wall’s Opera House, Laura Keene and her
troupe gave a version of the latest theatrical
sensation, “Frou-Frou,” which is about as
miserable a piece of nonsense os ever dis
graced a stage, or disgusted a sensible’ audi
ence. With such players as Miss Keene keeps
in her troupe, she ought never to consent to
the presentation of such meritorious produc
tions as “ Frou-Frou ” Is.
At the National Mrs. D. P. Bowers appeared
as Mary Stuart. As I was foolish enough to
waste my time looking at Frou-Frou, I can’t
tell you how Mrs. Bowers performed. I
told that she had a fine audience.
SOME DAYS DELAY
is likely to ensue before the cousideration of
the Georgia bill will be renewed, owing to the
feet that the House has agreed to take a recess
from Thursday next until Monday, in order to
give an opportunity for a slight honso cleaning
process.
General Batler is still absent in Massachu
setts, and probably will not return until the
beginning ot next week.
The able Democratic representative from
New York, the Hon. John Morrissey, put in his
second appearance of the season in the House
yesterday. His ruby face shining ontin strong
contrast to his fall suit of raven hair and
whiskers, attracted notable attention.
We are also the victims just now of a Visit
E HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCII (DEM.)
Writes np the Savannah Editorial Convention.
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL, (DEM,)
After frankly acknowledging that it had noth
ing new in the way of editorial effort, makes
this explanation:
That intolerable nuisance, the Georgia Leg
islature, never satisfied except when drawing
their nine dollars per diem, has resolved to
meet again in July.
The present session has been devoted to
paying all the expelled negroes back wages
and rations, and fixing matters so that Bul
lock can manipulate*the contents of the treas
ury without let or hindrance, and be able at
the same time that he pays the interest upon
State Bonds, to deal out such additional sums
as may be needful for bis own wants and those
of his friends.
(We think its readers will gene ml h’ agree
that there is nothing very original in all this
gabble.]
THE MACON TELEGRAPH (DEM.)
Says of the Cessna bill:
We don't believe it can pass. We believe
Bullock is virtually beaten, already, and has
made up his mind to do his do towards ruiu-
ing the State and punishing the white people,
between now and next November. Let ho
man, woman, or child give him the least
chance to brew fresh deviltry at Washington.
(No one, we presume, expects that the
Cessna bill, pr any other measure looking to
the completiCTi of the work of Reconstruction
or to the enforcement of the now Constitution,
will give satisfaction to that desperate faction
which has persistently opposed both the Re
construction policy of Congress and the State
Government set up in accordance therewith. ]
THE MACON JOURNAL (DEM.) ,
Comes promptly to the defense of Wetmore,
the faithless Ordinary who was removed some
days since by order of the District Command
•. It says:
The public will decide that Wetmore wiu
right in this matter, if no other, or, that Gen.
Terry is wrong iu assuming the exercise of the
power of removing civil officers without trial.
Wetmore simply said Bullock was not Gover
nor; if Bullock is Governor, why does lie not
protect the citizens of his State?
(“Protecting the citizens of the State” must
mean giving office to defunct Democratic pol
iticians; otherwise, the phrase as here used
seems wholly without meaning.]
THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, (DEM.)
In the course of an article on “The Habeas
Corpus in Georgia,” says:
A military government is no new thing in
this country, and wc should manifest no greater
surprise to see ono quietly submitted to by the
whole North and West than wc are now that
we see oue, by the consent of the American
people, permitted to exist in the State of Geor
gia. This form of government is a necessary
consequence, inasmuch as the Constitution of
the Republic is shattered, mangled, tom and
virtually rendered a nullify by those represen
tatives who were sworn to maintain it in all its
pristine glory and strength as the bond of
unity between tho States. They arc now
actualities, and though thev may be but
temporary in their duration, they arc liable to
be established at any time, or whenever a
majority foiled and beaten back in the Courts
sees proper to resort to them in order to con
trol public affairs. They wero bom in the time
of excitement when war raged in the country
and when the blood of Americans ran in rivers
down onr hillsides and ncross our plains.
Though there is no actual war at this time, it
appears that a military government is a
necessity. Because the period of excitement
and its attendant passions and prejudices still
exist; because tho voices of equity and reason
are drowned.
[We believe the Republican was among the
Georgia journals that sustained the action of
the Confederate Congress in suspending the
privileges of the writ of Habeas Corpus in
18G3-4.]
THE AUGUSTA CHBOXICLE AND SENTINEL (DEM.)
Has a kind word for Wetmore, as a matter of
course.
THE BAINBRIDGE ARGUS (DEM. )
Utters the opinion that there is less prejudice
against the negro in the South than at the
North. It says:
The negro has ever been sincerely respected
amongst ns; and while, in some instances, he
was, in tho time of slavery, treated, by ignor
ant and debased masters, with inhumanity,
this was an exception to the general rale. Our
criminal code made no distinction between
white or block; and the penalty for maltreat
ing, maiming or killing a negro was tho same
as in the case of a white person.
[The negro as a voter (now that he is a voter)
is an object of solicitude with tho Georgia De
mocracy.]
THE ROME DAILY (DEM.)
Is still living, but is still spewing epithets. It
has a hard time.
THE ROME COURIER (DEM.)
Says of the Legislature: x
The citizens of Georgia will rejoico that the
Congressional agency that has been ran for
several week.4 past in Atlanta, by a vile set of
plundering bummers under the leadership of
R. B. Bollock, has adjourned to the first
Wednesday in July.
[This is rather stale. Can’t the Courier get
np something new?]
Of the Committee of. Investigation, the
Cornier saieth:
We have no doubt but that the committees
of investigation—a majority of whom were
specially selected for that purpose—will ex
hibit the “whited sepulchre, beautifully plas
tered, [and at the next session. The State
Road, that now has a smash np nearly every
day, and pays no money into the treasury,
when its net proceeds ought to be, at least,
$50,000 per month, will doubtless be present
ed os a model of good management and econ
omy; and it will doubtless be ascertained, af-
A CONTRACTED BROW
Indicates pain ia tlie bead. And this pain in the
head is often the first sign of approach
ing inflammation, and of that much-dreaded
disease, Dropsy of the Brain. “But fc ” says
Dr. Bull, “if this sign is passed by unheeded,
and the above disease is threatened, soon tho
eyes will become fixed and staring—the head
hot and moved uneasily from side to side upon
the pillow, or lie heavily upon the nurse’s
arm - the child will start in sleep, grinding its
teeth, and awake alarmed and screaming, its
face will be flushed, particularly the cheeks;
its hands hot, but feet cold; its bowels obsti
nately costive, or its motions scanty, dark-col
ored and foul.” —
IF THE LIPS ARE DRAWN ATART
So as to show the teeth or gums, the scat of pain
s in the intestines, *says the same writer.
In affections of the bowels the expression of
the countenance is quite characteristic. There
is a peculiar peevish or fretful look, sharp fea
tures, sunken eyes, paleness and sometimes a
dark color of the lips and skin surrounding
the mouth. These symptoms generally attend
the several forms of inflammation of stomach
and bowels, and diarrhoea. In the worst stago
of these disorders, the face becomes thin and
sallow; the lips are stretched firmly over the
gums, and are pale, dry and cracked, while
the tongue is heavily coated, or red and slimy.
The milder forms of disorder in the bowels,
sucli as colic and gripings, will be indicated
by twitcliings and contractions of the face,
which will come and go with the intermittent
«iiu that causes them.
‘IF THE NOSTRILS ARE DRAWN UPWARDS AND
NO QUICK MOTION,
Tain exists in the chest.' 1 Besides the above
symptom, inflammation of the lungs, croup,
or any other disease that interferes much with
the breathing, will be marked by a dusky, re<}|
swollen appearance of the features, and livid
tips, which are widely opened for the purpose
of facilitating the entrance of air as much
possible. “Convulsions are generally preceded
by some changes in the countenance. The
upper lip will be drawn up, and is occasionally
flush or livid. Then there may be slight squint
ing, or a singular rotation of the eye upon its
own axis; alternate flushing or paleness of the
face; and sudden animation followed by lan-
gor. These premonitory signs will sometimes
manifest themselves many hours, nay days,
Our Washingtou Letter.^
CoifreS^ohdeuce of tho Kew Era.]
Washington, May 6, 1870.
If you have ever entertained any doubt of
the feet that modem Democracy Is thoroughly
opposed to the progressive spirit of the age,
you would have that doubt 'dissipated if you
were here to witness*tho impudent self-asser
tion of which that Democracy has been guilty,
in a meeting of what we should naturally
suppose to be, one of the most learned
scientific associations on this continent Jnst
think of it Here in the Copitol of the re
generated nation, right nnder the shadow of
the temple of liberty, with the reverberation of
that mighty voice which scarce a month ago
proclaimed the equality of man on this con-'
tinent, still ringing ill our ears, an assccl.i-^|
tion of men who claim to dwell in the pure air ”
of the upper mountain regions of science,
above the level plains of political strife, have
dared flaunting their feeble foHy in the face of
the nation's law, to decide that a man's right to
representation in their august body is de
termined by the color of his skin. And when
the source of the report recommending this
conrso of action is traced out, we find that it
emanates from three men, one of whom is an
ex-rebel Surgeon, and the other two Northern
Democrats of the deepest dye. I have no de
sire to .state these gentlemen unfairly, but I
havi no thing and the better sentiment of this
country will have nothing but condemnation
to set upon the course of the American Medi
cal Association for its dirty work of yesterday.
In itself the work don’t amount to much. Such
straws asjhat, heaped mountains high would
not check the inevitable want of events. And
while here in Washington, these dispensers of
jalap, 4)nd presenters of pills, are vainly pro
testing, the echo of these utterances comes
back to ns from a Connecticut Capitol where
a Democratic Governor is fulminating a feeble
bull of protest against the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and from tittle Delaware where a party
of insignificant fools are organizing what
forsooth they call a white man’s party.” God
help us, these are curious times in which wc
have fallen. Nobody seems to be very much
alarmed about any of these doings, but quite
on tho contrary, there is much amusement in
witnessing ^the dying struggles of decaying
political theories.
THE PAINE BILL.
Is the latest manifestation of a desire to do
something in Congress for your State. I sent
you a copy of it the day after it was introduced
and yon have no doubt commented on it be
fore now. I cannot see that in essence it dif
fers materially from the bill of Mr. Cessna
now in the hands of tlie Reconstruction Com
mittee. The adjournment over until Monday
next has somewhat delayed action, and there
will probably be no report, from the Committee
until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week-
Meantime it may be safely asserted that the
new course taken by your Legislature in giving
assent to Gov. Bullock’s propositions, is hav
ing a good effect upon the minds of members.
The proposition to investigate the accounts of
your State Treasurer, has rather proven a Ro
land to the Oliver of the intriguing conspira
tors, who sought by raising the cry of thief!
thief! against honest men, to get themselves
clear. Another wise step which you have taken
is to begin clearing away the rubbish which
has hung around the party in your State. You -
want to get entirely clear of such cadets
as Aaron Alpeoria and his fellows. You
want, as lias boon done I see in tlie case of
the Ordinary of Chatham county, to rid your
selves of all trash. If the Democracy want
them, why just let them take them. If they
find anything useful iu. them, it will probably
be ijjp.de available in the way of political pot-
stewing, and dirty-kettle washing. Now that
A. A. has gone into the affiliation of Democ
racy, let him come back and renew his appli-
before the attack occurs; and if noticed in
time, nud.saitol*r-«wHiart-aidTc3ortol to-the4“ tion for ^. admission to llio Supreme Gourt.
ter careful investigation by these honest white-
washers, that no funds of the State have been
misappropriated by the Governor. .
Here is a direct imputation against the per
sonal character and integrity of the gentle-
occurrence of a fit may be altogether prevent
ed” Mothers should profit by this last re
mark. More or less fever is also a frequent
precursor of approaching convulsions.
THE EYES
Are among the most expressivo features of dis
ease, as they are in health. In almost all
forms of disease they become dull and inex
pressive, giving to the whole countenance a
heavy gloomy appearauce. But in some dis
eases of irritation, and more particularly in
acute inflammation of the brain they acquire an
unnatural pearly brightness. The pupil or
sight of tlie eye is contracted in the first stage
of inflammation of the brain, and still more in
inflammation of the membranes of the brain
commonly called mcnentjitis t but in the last
stage when there is water on the brain, the
pupils are dilated and .the child does not no
tice anything that is passing. Except in very
early infancy, the direction of one eye instead
of both to an object, or in otber words a kind
of side look, indicates disease of the brain or
threatened convulsions.
THE GESTURES AND ATTITUDE.
“Iu infants old enough to be playful and
easily Tanmsed when awake, tho commence
ment of disease is frequently signalized by
their ceasing to be attracted by surrounding
objects by their listlessness and dislike to any
movement, and by the difficulty experienced
in exciting their smiles or that peculiar loving
sound by which they express their satifection
or delight when well. As indisposition creeps
on, the infant begins to give evidence of its
uneasiness by frequent startings and- general
restlessness; supposing that it has begun to
support itself—to bold up its head—its sudden
ly ceasing to do so, and at the same tinra that
it assumes the posture and movements of ex
treme langor, is clearly indicative of that
muscular debility which so commonly pre
cedes an attack of acute disease. The pain
of inflammatory affections often causes the in
fant to avoid all movements or, in inflammation
of any part of a limb, all motions of the affec
ted member; so in severe abdominal irritation
or inflammation the child lies quiet, with the
knees bent and drawn upwards, twisting about,
however, and uttering loud cries on the sudden
accession of pain. An acute spasmodic pain
iudnees immediate contraction of the whole
muscles, and the infant starts in terror and
surprise. There are a few particular gestures
which point at once at the seat of the disease:
“ as tongue speaketh to tho ear, so the gesture
speaketh to the eye.” Thus, in inflammation
of the brain or its membranes, the hand is fre
quently raised to the head, attempts are mode
to tear off the cap, and a quiet movement, as
if striking the air, is performed, while the
head is moved from side to side as it lies on
the pillow. In disorders of the tongue or
feuces, (throat) and daring dentition the child
presses its fingers into the month, or seizes the
nipple roughly and greedily, or nibs the gums
with anything it can get hold of. In croups
and other diseases producing difficulty of
breathing, it pulls at its larynx, tries to com
press it laterally, and by its urgent cries, till
placed in a sitting posture, indicates the seat
of suffering and its painful effect, while, in
great prostration from any cause, the hand
wanders automatically over the bed, plucking
at the counterpane, etc.
THE SLEEP.
Little need be said nnder this head.—
All mothers know the difference between the
eep tranquil, and refreshing sleep of health,
nd the disturbed unquiet restless startings of
disease. We will only add then that many of
the movements, and expressions of counte
nance already described may be seen even in
sleep; and that they then become in many in
stances more expressive than in health. For
the child being wholly unconscious, it is plain
that tlie sTn^^ims are the natural iuvolnnta-
Perliaps his aspiring friend the Chief Justice
would now give him his influence.
PHIL SHERIDAN,
you see lias put on the war paint, and gone
o.ut to see about Vincent Collyers’a “biggest
Indian war.” I guess we have about found
out that the Quaker policy of moral suasion
with red-skins won’t work. Unless there is a
endless cessation of troubles out there, Philip
will be apt to give those wild unmannered vil
lains a taste of his qualify, that y^n’t set well
on their stomachs.
JENCKES CIVIL SERVICE BILL
lias gone to the shades of retiracy. I don’t
think we shall hear of it again this session.
No fallacy of the system of setting up two or
three or half a dozen men to make appoint
ments of men, for whose performance of duty
others are to be responsible, is so absurd that
hardly worthy of notice. To give you
some idea of the extreme nonsense of this sys
tem, take this instance: A few days ago a
man who was an applicant for a position here,,
and whose merit as a soldier and gentleman
was perfect, was rejected because he couldn’t
name the exact year in which some fool or
other was beheaded in France. I doubt
whether there are half a dozen members of
Congress who could answer the question, off
hand. The charge of incompetency made*
against Government employees, so sweepingly. ^
is like a great many of the charges of corrup
tion which we see so rigorously hinted about
tho country, in opposition journals. While I
admit that as a general rule there is nothing
in our ordinary clerkship to attract a man of
independent spirit, I do not believe that the
great mass of these persons are either
incompetent or useless. I know that the system
of business transactions here is not calculated
to call ont the talent of a man, but rather to
repress it, but I do not believe that if every
place in Washington was filled by those who
could answer correctly the whole of a string of
one hundred miscellaneous questions in geog
raphy or history, either domestic or foreign,
the public service would be any better supplied
with business talent than it now is. What wc
need is thorough business men at the heads ot
bureaus and departments, the simptification of
the present abstruse method of keeping public
accounts, and the apportionment to each em
ployee of sufficient work to mako liis employ
ment remunerative to the government The
best test of a man’s competency, or a woman’s
either, is their capacity to do as full a day’s
work as would be required in a thoroughly or
ganized business establishment in the* com
mercial or financial world. Apply this test of
competency and wo should soon get rid of the
idle and superficial clerks. Another cardinal
doctrine of my belief Is. that the party in power
has full right and claim to the'patronage of the
Government. I knUw that in these “indepen
dent” days there are a great many ready to cry
out against any snch doctrine, but that don’t
affectmy opinion concerning it. I believe in
the old democratic theory and practice, ‘to tho
victors belon^thc spoils.” Index.
An Old Fallacy Exploded.—'Thirty or
forty year* ago, it was the fashion to administer pow
erful purgative* a* “spring medicines.'* Terrific doses
of salts and senna,'calomel and jalap, or glaubcr salts
were given to all the members of a family, whether
sick or well, by way of preparing them for the warm
weather in prospect. This pernicious custom isnear-
y obsolete, but tliero are some old Bourbons of pri
vate life, incapable alike of forpettlng anything or
learning anything, who obstinately cling to it still.—
Nothing could be more pernicious, more utterly un-
philosophical, than such an onslaught on the vigor
and elasticity of the system. In order to enable the
physical structures to resist the enervating effects of
spring damps and summer heats, it should be toned
and reinforced, not relaxed and weakened. The best
medicine agent for this purpose is Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters. Its effects is to tone the stomach and
liver, gently relievo tho bowels from obstruct!our,
brace the nerves, improve the quality of the blood,
stimulate the appetite and cheer the spirits. In this
improved condition the organization is capatlo of re
sisting unhealthy influences, which would prostrate
enfeebled system. A vigorous digestion is abso
lutely essential to health, and there is no danger of
the stomach ox in it* important office
if this genial vegetable elixir is taken regularly as a
stomachic. None of the tonic tinctures or extracts
will supply the place of tho Bitters, for the simple
reason that they operate as astringents only. In fact,
in ordinary practice, five or aix prescriptions would
