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MRS. McPARLASD'S CONFESSION.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, - MAT 18, 1870,
The recent railroad disaster near St. Xxxuia,
on the Missouri Pacific Road, was a terrible
affair—nineteen killed outright, and thirij
wounded. The accident was caused by an
extra freight train colliding with an express
entitled to the track. All through a inisapj
hension of orders given to the Conductors.
The Fenians arc still holding councils of
war, picnicking, marching and counter-march
ing, and preparing to tear np things gener
ally. Like the King of France in the Nursery
rhyme, they
"March np the LQ1 with ten thousand men.
And then march down again.**
The Western States arc peculiarly fortunate
in their system of immigration and in their se
lection of men and measures to carry it out.
They do not send one man over, as Georgia
did, “cabin’d, cribb’dand confined” by the
lack of means, but disperse numerous agents
all over Enrope, and place them on the vari
ous lines of steamers and at New York and
Boston, ho that from the first moment the im
migrant comes under the control of the agents
in Europe to the time when he touches the
soil of America, he is never out of sight and
never beyond the circle of their influence.
Slow She Came to Man y McFarland—Ills
I Poverty, Hi* Had Habits, and 'Violent
I Temper—Her Relations with Mr. Rich-
1 ard*on—A Well-Written Love-Let I er—
The Injustice of Society.
Condensed from the Tribune of the 11th.]
HOW 8 HZ MAES!ZD ITUt PRESENT HUSBAND.
“I married Daniel McFarland in 1857. I
was a girl of 19, bom in Massachusetts, and
educated in New England schools. I had
been a teacher, and was just beginning to
write a little for tie press. Daniel McFarland
was an Irishman of 37 or 38, who hod received
a partial course at Dartmouth College, and
hail, seven yeare before I knew him, been ad
mitted to the Massachusetts bar. 'When I
married him, lie represented himself to be a
member of the bar in Madison, Wisconsin,
with a flourishing law practice, brilliant polit
ical : prospects, and possessed of property to
the amount of $20,000 to $30,000.
HOW SHE WAS DECEIVED.
These representations, she says, turned out
to be false. Mr. McFarland’s property con
sisted only of wild Wisconsin lands, on wbicb
The Fossil Democracy of Delaware have
been holding a “While Men’s Convention.
It was not, however, a very great success
The njwonntry trains brought ten men to Do
ver, the down-country trains fifteen more, and
these were all that conld be mastered in the
State. Even Ssnlsbnry was not in attendance.
The fifteen, it is said, looked at the ten, and
the ten looked at the fitteen, and t£cn all
looked at Sam Townsend, who had projected
the movement, until some one said “Let
ns go home," when the White Men dis
persed.
Grit. Logan’* Speech.
Gen. John H. Logan delivered an eloquent
and dignified address to the Grand Army of
the Republic—National Encampment—at
Washington on Wednesday hut The speech
was an exposition of the objects of the Asso
ciation and the principles upon which it is bas
ed. Their purpose is “to promoto the love
and practice of ftatemity, liberal diatribntions
of charity and nueqni vocal loyalty." The pa
pers are load in their praises of G«n. Logan’s
speech, and it is a fact that he is a natural ora
tor. His commanding personal appearance,
native abilities, and iron determination espe
cially fit him for a popular speaker.
Woman Suffrage.
The question has been pertinently asked,
why, if the ladies really want to vote, do they
leave the work to the hands of a few individu
als? They ought to know that when they de
cide the matter for themselves, that decision,
be it pro or con, will he ratified by the men.
They should quit bleating tlieir platitudes and
generalities about their abuses at the hands of
“ the horrid men," and unite in a respectful
and dignified demand for the Ballot, if they
really want it. That would settle the question
at once. The difficulty in their way at present
is, that they are hopelessly divided among
themselves. Even those of their number who
have become identified with the Reform move
ment, cannot agree among themselves. As an
evidence of this, we may instance the fact that
two rival Woman’s Suffrage Conventions are
now in sessiou in New fork, each claiming to
be rte National Convention of the friends of
the movement. As the Choctaw Indian said to
the Preachers, who wanted them to embrace
Christianity, Settle it between yourselves first,
ud then we win bear y&n patiently!
The lady brokers of New York have ceased
to l>e a sensation. They have taken fine rooms
in Pork Bow, and fitted them np for editorial
and publishing purposes, and are fib rut to is
sue a newspaper, in which the claims of Mrs.
WoodhuU to the Presidency are especially to
be urged. The banking business has not
amounted to much. The ladies themselves are
seldom to be seen, their visits to the rooms
being rare and of short duration.
Nine or ten thousand Jews in the city of Je
rusalem are perishing from famine. In London
an association has been formed for the purpose
of relieving present distress and for establish-
jpg permanent industrial institutions among
them. Perhaps among no class of people are
the poor and disabled of their own kind bet-’
ter cared for than by the Hebrews. From this
country, therefore, we do not doubt that a
large sum will be sent to Jerusalem, and that
measures will be token to co-operate with the
London society.
An Attempt to Of order.
The Lynchburg (V*-) papers report that a
fiendish attempt wag made to throw the west
ern bound Virginia and Tennessee train from
the track, on Monday night last Near Bon-
sacks a Urge wooden till waa placed across the
track, which the wheels of the locomotive en
countered, bat fortanately were not thrown
from the rail. The aill was forced along in
front of the wheeU for several hundred yards,
whan the train was stopped and the obstacle
removed. The train waa running at schedule
speed at the time, and lrnd it jumped thejtrack
xenons damage would have resulted.
Got. Bullock.
rrou tbo Washington Chronicle 13th.)
We are gUd to know that Governor Bullock
has finally determined to deal in a summary
manner with his calumniators. An Associa
ted Press dispatch from Atlanta announces
the fact that he has brought suit for libel
against one newspaper, and that he does not
hereafter intend to allow slanders to go un
noticed, but will prosecute to the extent of the
law. Probably no gentleman of prominence in
the South baa been more earelly maligned than
Governor Bollock. For two years past the
rebel press of Georgia baa reeked with vinifica
tions of the Chief Execntive of the Slate, and
it is high time that his unscrupulous
enemies should l«rn that they are amenable
to the laws for their wicked defamation of
dfiartv. He has challenged the fullest in
vestigation into Ids official acts; bat when he is
honorably acquitted of the various charges
against him, an we feel sure he will bs, we have
no idea that the rebel war upon him will cease.
It should be a source of congratulation to all
good Republicans that, however much his ene
mies may assail him. Governor Bullock is not
the man io hesitate in the work of reconstruct
ing the State in accordance with the views of
the Government. Neither is he the man to be
intimidated, nnd we have, therefore, the fullest
confidence in his ultimate triumph over his
rebel enemies.
See advertisement of Dr. Butts’ Dispensary,
headed, “A Book for the Million—Marriage
Guide"— in another column. It should be
road by all. may 3-dAwly
Jen. Tickets and Snbpcenas for sale at this
office. apSO-diw
Foa derangement of the liver, for dyspepsia,
diarrhcca. piles, etc., Dr. Simmons’ Liver Reg.
nlator certaiuly has no superior. It acts like
a charm, without debilitating the system,
have tried it thoroughly, and speak what I
know. Rxv. a Gabdxxs,
may 17-ihtwlt Atapnlgns, Go.
Djxats abe Dasoeeoc*. —Mothers, as you
Jove your offspring, don’t fail to use Mrs.
Whitcomb's Syrup, for soothing children.
Rend the advertisement in another column,
may 17-dAwlt
only a small amount had been paid; be bad
little or no money, and no law practice of any
consequence. Very soon after the marriage he
made np his mind to settle in New York in
order to trade off his Western lands. The
new married pair came to New York,_conse-
Febm
', in February, 1858. Mrs. McFarland
:cn ill on the way with a violent cold and
fever, and they were detained in Rochester ten
days. On leaving Rochester Mr. McFarland
had to leave his watch and chain in pawn with
the hotel keeper for their board bill. In New
York City he kept her three orfonr weeks, and
then taking all the jewelry she had to'the
E wn-broker’s to pay the board bill, be sent
r home to her father's in New Hampshire.
un. Mc’rAEUXD's foveett.
It seems that Mr. McFarland was .from the
first, straitensd in his pecuniary circumstnn-
s.
Daring this fall of 1858, he had made two
or three trades of his Wisconsin lands for reel
estate, and bad made what he called excellg-/.'
bargains. Bat daring all the time I was op
pressed always by want of money, and with
jreat difficulty got a scanty wardrobe for my
>eby, which was bom in December, 1858.
In 18fi0, after I returned to Mr. McFarland,
_ suit was brought against him by some one in
Wisconsin for some money which was. as I be
lieve, the borrowed capital with which his
Western lands had been purchased. This suit
was decided ogainst him by Judge Leonard of
New York city. While it was pending Mr.
McFarland ordered me to pack np my tranks
and be ready to leave the city, as he might at
any time be anested and prevented from leav-.
ing the State. So again m December, 1860, 4
was sent back to my lather's with my baby
now aix months oldT ^
Mr. McFarland never did any work while in
Madison, or earned any money. I lived with
extreme economy, ana he bad $800 or $909
left when he readied Madison, which, with the
addition of $200 or $300 more which he re
ceived from the sale of a tract of land which
be owned somewhere, bought the furniture for
our little house, and supported us for the four
teen months we lived there. At the expiration
of this time Mr. McFarland began to grow
more and more morose and ill-tempered, and
told me finally he waa getting ont of money
and had no way of getting any. He endeav
ored to get a public offioe of some kind in
Madison, bnt was not supported even by those
on whern he counted as bis friends.
SHE BATS THAT BE tUcTBEATS HIS WOE.
Mr. McFarland was unspeakably cruel to me
this fall and winter of 1862 find 1863, while he
boarded at 58 Yorick street. We occupied the
r sleeping apartment on the parlor floor,
he conld give full scope to his furies with
out fear of being overheard. He would lock
himself into the room with me, and give way
to such terrible furies that only the extremest
wide and self-control prevented me from mak-
ng my misery known.
SHE SATS THAT HE STOKES HEK A BLOW.
One morning daring this winter which I
am noWdescribug, after Mr. McFarland had
been ont nearly all night in a drunken orgle,
and bad risen from bed in one of his wont
tempers, I approached him as he stood by the
mirror finishing his toilet, and began to say
something soothing to prevent the outburst of
ill temper which I feared was soon coming.
He turned around and struck me a blow across
my face which mads me reel backward. Al
though he bad often pinched and bit me in
some of bis fits of drunkenness, he bad never
before struck me so cruel and cold-blooded a
blow.
SHE DEBCWBSS HIS FABOXXSXS OF JtAOE.
Ho would often seise and break anything
which was at hand—lamps, glasses, mirrors,
and sometimes the. heavier furniture of the
room. Often he would rise from bed in these
uncontrollable attacks of passion, tearing away
all the bed clothing, tearing in shreds his own
night clothing, throwing anything he could
find which waa breakable crashing about the
unlighted room, till it seemed to me as if there
could be no Pandemonium worse than that in
which I lived. And all this he would do
without explanation or even a pretext for
complaint against me, and when I knew no
more what excited his frenzy than a babe un
born.
HOW SHE CAM! TO HAKE BBS. SINCLAIR A COJJ-
nnEXT.
This winter I made a desperate struggle for
life. I bad my two babies—tbo younger just
weaned; I hail this man half of the time com-
ing borne intoxicated, and I had nothing but
my woman's heart and bands to look to for
support.* I gave all the readings I could. I
did all my own housework when at home. I
took faithful care of mychildren,butIoftausank
Into such utter despondency or heart as only
God knows and can pity, when be sees the
poor human soul sinking under it
On one of these days Mrs. Sinclair came in.
I had never said a word to her about my trou
bles, and she had been too delicate to broach
the subject to me. When she went array she
mt a little paper in my band, and after she
lad gone I found it waa a $50 bank note.—
Next morning came a letter from her enclosing
another $50 note, which she said was a present
from some other friends of mine.
HER PRIDE WOUNDED.
I confess I could not endure such a wound
to my pride. I had been reared in comfort
nnd plenty, and in my veins ran some of the
proudest blood in Massachusetts. I knew not
one of my kin bad ever taken alms. I had to
use some of the money sent me, for we were
nbsolutcly pinched with went at that moment,
bnt the next wreck I sold all all our furniture,
which was bought with money borrowed of
my father, and parted with many articles of
comfort which had been sent to me from my
home, and with the proeeodsof the sales Iwas
able to send hack the money to Mrs. Sinclair,
telling her I could not yet reoeive alms from
my friends.
IIS. RICHARDSON AND 72 A MITT STREET.
Within a few days after the 1st of January,
1867, 1 found the boarding bouse at 86 Amity
street intolerable, for various reasons, and re
moved to 72 Amity street, taking the back
parlor and extension room for my rooms, and
preparing onr meals for myself, Percy and Mr.
McFarland. The rooms were very comforta
ble, and I rented them from a Mrs. Mason,
who herself rented half of the house. I took
these rooms somewhere in the first or second
week in January.
Somewhere about the last of January orfirst
of February, Mr. Bichardson come to lodge at
this bouse. He camo there because there was
a good room vacant there, and he was obliged
to move bis lodgings, which were in the vicin
ity, and he told me that he did not wish to
move very far, as he expected to leave the city
altogether very soon.
THE FLIGHT TO SINCLAIR'S HOUSE.
On the evening of the 20th, before going to
the theater, I secreted his razors, his pocket
knife, my scissors am] all articles I considered
dangerous—as I frequently did on such occa
sions—and left him. When I came home he
was still raging. He frequently had made
threats of committing suicide, often going out
of doors with that avowed purpose. On this
occasion, about midnight, he bode me an unu
sually solemn “ eternal isremfl," and told me
that this time be waa certainly going ont to
destroy hinuelf. He bad done this so many
times that I said nothing, and made no effort
to detain him. At the door he hesitated and
asked if 1 had nothing to say “in this last
parting." I said " Fean only say that I am
hopelessly sorry for you." He went ont and
in a few minutes returned as I knew be would,
cooled and sobered by the cold night air; and
then, it being nearly morning, as mildly and
firmly as I possibly could, I began to talk with
him. I told him decidedly that I should leave
him forever; that I had boras with patience
for many yean great outrages from him; that
he had made my life miserable and had often
put me in great dread of my life; that I could
not endure it any longer; that by bis outrage
ous conduct for the two days past, and by the
language he had used when be found me at
Mr. Richardson's door, he bad added the last
drop to my cup of endurance, and I should go
away from him at once. On this he grovelled
Lit i.iv fi-i: ill the 111,:.,: nVijvct penitence. He
wept and sobbed and begged me to forgive
hiui. He confessed that he had wronged me,
that ho woman would have home with him as
I had done, and about daylight went to sleep
The next morning I did not allnde to my
purpose, but after seeing him leave the house
for Mr. McElrsth's ofiicel went to Mr.-Sin
clair's, and placed myself under the protection
of his roof, and never afterward saw Mr. Mc
Farland, except once or twice in the presence
of others.
8HZ SAYS pia CONNECTION WITH US. RICHARD
SON XS INNOCENT.
Mra. McFarland protests repeatedly and in
the strongest terms that there was no crim
inal relation between her and Mr. Richard
son. •
I saw him often., and he did me many kind
nesses. I knew very well he pitied me, be
cause he thought I was overworked and not
very happy. His treatment of mo w as always
most respectful and reserved. There was nev
er, prior to my leaving Mr. McFarland, a word
or even a look passed between ns which I should
not be glad now if all the world had seen and
heard. He called sometimes at uiy room,
which was next his, bnt from its situation, and
the fact that it was my sleeping room, parlor,
and dining room in one, it was in no sense a
private room. My boy, who was then seven
years old, was always with me, and Mr. Rich
ardson's calls were made usually in the after
noon, about the time he got through work,
and oflener after Mr. McFarland had got home
from down town.
EICHABDSON DECLARES DOVE—IT IB RETURNED.
The evening after this separation took place,
Mr. Richardson called at Mr. Sinclair’s and
stayed an hour or two with the family. He
told ns all that in a few days be was going to
Hartford to finish his book. 1 was going to
Massachusetts the 7th of April, when my en
gagement expired at the theater, and I thought
if he went away in a day or two I might not see
him again, so when he arose to leave that eve
ning, I went to the door to say—what I could
not say before the others—that be had been
vary, vest good to me, that I never could re
pay him, but that God would surely bless him
for it I could not say this without strong
emotion, and while I spoke, he said: “How do
▼->u feel about facing the world with two ba-
D'.es?” I answered: “It looks hard for a wo
man, but then, I am sure I can get on better
without that man than with him.” At this,
Mr. Richardson, still holding my hand, which
I had given him to say “good-bye,” stooped
down, and, speaking in a lower tone, so that
he could not be heard through the door opened
into the parlor, where the others were sitting,
said these words; “I wish you to remember,
very glad
act words. And with this he went away with
out a single word more being spoken by either
of us. I turned and went up stairs, and said
nothing to any one that night. It may have
been two days later Mr. Richardson called
again. It happened I was in the parlor alone
when he came in. In the talk which took
place then, he told me that during the storms
of the last few days of my life he had become
interested in me and very fond of me, that I
was the woman of all the world whom he had
seen to whom he would gladly intrust the care
of his motherless children; that my prudence
and reserve during all our acquaintance, when
he knew I was unhappy, had won on him
greatly; that he loved me, and that if in any
future, however far of£ I could be free to marry,
he wanted me to know fully this feeling.—
What could I sav? Mr. Richardson had all
my respect for his chivalry and generosity to
me before lie bad spoken thus. When he
spoke, all my heart went out to him as freely
as the river flows toward the sea.
A LOVE LETTER FROM RICHARDSON.
March 31,1867.
Mt Love : If Heaven shall ever grant me
the lost blessing of calling you mine, by the
most sacred name of wife, it will compensate
me for all waiting and sorrow. And precious,
should one of us go hence by unalterable des
tiny before that blessed hour come, it would
still be blessed and full compensation to
know that yon had loved me; that you bad
found in my poor nature somewhere hidden
any worth that deserved that
And, precious, about our immediate situa
tion. There isn’t a bit of any sacrifice or
generosity about it on my part Once for all,
remember that Partly from my own rash
ness, partly from things neither of us could
control, yon and I are in a little boat on a
high aud somewhat perilous sea. If I had had
any sense you would not have been there. But
I behove devoutly in the proverb that a man
who isn't a fool part of the time Iteone all the
time. It was foolish, imprudent, cruel in me
to let you be on such a craft with me, when
patience could have avoided it, But I loved
you, nnd took no counsel of reason.
Well, darling, here we are in the little boat,
waves high, some shaiks, some pirates. For
me, it is nothing. I have act
life aud death before, and
don't disturb roe. Aud I
to die; so I am not afraid of anything in life.
But, precious, for you my heart reproaches
me, I am so sorry, when I should have been
S oar helper and comforter and shield * to have
ronght yon into such a stonu. But, darling,
if I live, I am going to see you safely ont of it
If I should not live to get into harbor with
you. tho Father will take care of your sunny
But, precious, let us take oar chances. I
have been in rougher waves before, and ridden
them safely. Let ns exercise the best seaman
ship we can, provide for all contingencies as
far as possible, and then keep the serene mind
which defies late and fears nothing but guilt
and knows how infinitesimal all these petty
things of life ore, nnd feels suro that infinite
love and absolute justice rule the world.
My darling, in all that I am to do, or have
or hope for, in life or death, you are irrevoca
bly interwoven. I regret nothing that I have
done, save just to the extent that it has affect
ed or marred your happiness. My whole
heart, my whole life, go out to you I think
I see a happy future, sunun days, loves of
children, loves of home, good to others,
know I see a loyalty nothing can shake,
trust that is absolute, a love that is utter and
vital.
Of this letter Mrs. McFarland says, “It is the
key-note of the absolute love and trust Mr.
Richardson held me for the three years which
passed until his death." To a cool observer
it seems very little like the effosion of a man
really in love, but rather to be a carefully pre
pared literary composition, intended in the
first place for effect upon the woman to whom
it was addressed, and ulteriorily for the peru
sal and admiration of her friends. It is arti
ficial and elaborate, and shows a calmness and
self-possession quite iuconsisteut with deep
feeling.
heb orncioN of m’farland.
As to McFarland himself, I believe now, as
I have believed for years, that he was a man
bom to do a murder. The fact that he was
always uttering threats of bloodshed does not
so mnch convince me of this as the fact of his
temperament, which, partly from hereditary
causes, partly from his nationality, and partly
from bad education, bad become one of un
controllable violence. I believe he feared this
himself
WHT SHE WANTED TO TESTIFY AT HER HUS
BAND'S TRIAL.
When the trial of his life commenced I com
miserated him deeply. I knew that death
which seemed so infinitely sweet and peaceful
and blcqik!, when I tamed from Mr. Richard
son's death-bed, was to this unhappy man the
most terrible of horrors. I hoped with all my
heart that he would escape the barbarous pen
alty of a barbarous law. And when I heard
that Judge Davis was engaged in the case I
went to him and said: “You understand fully
that in this case I have one interest The
man on trial is on trial for his life, but I am
no less on trial than he, and for something in
finitely dearer to any woman than life could
be. The best friends I have are assailed with
me, good people who have befriended both
the prisoner and myself If yon can only let
in a little light of truth in all this cloud of
abuse and calumny I beg that you will do it
For the rest I hope this man will not be con
victed, and no one is more willing to believe
him insaue than I am."
IIER CONCLUSION.
It is well known that I have been on trial
before a New York court as much as Dahiel
McFarland, and for a crime more heinous and
more bitterly punished in a woman than mur
der committed by a man. And it is clearly
seen bgall who see dispassionately, that wher
ever a loop-hole was opened for any tinth
about my conduct or Mr. Richardson's, it was
immediately stopped* . I have tasted to- its
dregs the cup of justice which, in the nine
teenth century, men born of women mete ont
to one whose worst crime was the mistake of
marrying a man who was half madman from
natural inheritance, half brute from natural
proclivity. Of the justice I have received, let
those who read my story be
Judge Lawrence wants Indies appointed as
census takers.
Letter from Washington.
Correspondence of the New Era]’
Washington, May 10,1870.
The information contained In your issue of
the 7th insf , that your valiant and loud
mouthed State Treasurer; * who has made
Washington ring again with his protestations
of peculations by tho State officials, had ut
terly failed to come to the scratch, even with
reassertion of his dirty slanders. This infor
mation, I say, surprised nobody bore. His
confederates in the slander trade always knew
that their stock in trade was nothing but wind,
and the parties here who wore waiting for the
investigation were equally well satisfied
that Angier’s charges were all talk, for politi
cal effect Bat it is veil to have even such
insignificant politicians as ho is exposed,
that the world may learn their tricks. What
will be the subterfuge of lies to which
these gentlemen—heaven save the mark—will
flee for shelter when the next struggle on the
Georgia bill comes ol£ I suppose bis Satanic
majesty only knows. I am looking for the
daily advent of Bryant, Angier, Bradley and
the balance of them, and when they come will
post yon of their doings. I hope their
phunds” ore not exhausted. I would be
willing to contribute a week's salary to help
them here, just to see how they will squirm,
twist and lie to avoid their pending doom.
Can’t yon take np a collection and send Aaion
Alpeoria and Bully Eryant back to our loving
embrace? I beg Aaron’s pardon for associat
ing him with Bryant, but I have partly atoned
for it by naming him first Angier, who stands
to-day a self-convicted slanderer, I don’t
could be induced to come back. Has he
called in loans enough yet to.pay the warrants?
Since I last wrote yon there has been nothing
doing in legislative circles. Yesterday the
House did nothing at all, bnt go up, look
around the Hall in its summer dress, have one
call of the yeas and nays on adjournment and
then go out to loaf where they pleased for tho
balance of the day.
On Saturday quite a party weut over into
Virginia on a little excursion along the Alex
andria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad.—
There was plenty to eat, considerable to drink,
and a good time generally, with the usual
number, I suppose, of resulting headaches.—
I can’t say that I was very highly impressed
with the desirability of a residence any where
along the line, either for pleasure or business.
If, however,-1 had as good company, and as
much of it as there was that day, aud as con
stant a supply of the solids and fluids for all
hands, I think I could endure a week or per
haps a month in that region with a remark
able degree of eqannaminity*
My brief visits to Virginia have now con
vinced me that she is the most enterprising or
prosperous State in tills Union, by considera
ble odds. However, I am told, and I take it
for granted it is so, that in some sections there
is a vast improvement consequent upon the
influx of capital and citizens from other sec
tions; of this I didn't see many evidences
along this particular road.
Just at present this road don’t go anywhere
and when it gets there it just tains round and
comes back again. It was started I believe
for the purpose of going clear to tho Ohio
river at about the mouth of the Big Sandy,
and if it gets there it will no doubt be a valua
ble route of travcL At Hamilton, its present
terminus, it seems to be wanting to get ready
for a big jump across the Blue Ridge moun
tains. '
To-day Congress is fairly at work again. In
the House the Northern Pacific Railroad bill
is under consideration, and . will doubtless be
passed when the final vote is reached. There
is, iicywever, a little party of forty-five or fifty
who are opposed to it, and they ore striving
by parliamentary fillibostering to defeat it
They will not however, be able to do more
than to delay the passage, as a strong combi
nation has been made between the friends of
this and the Southern route, which will result
in passing both measures. —
In the latter, you of the South have more or
less interest, as it is designed to afford the
Southern States the ready means of access to
the Pacific coast When these two bills are
passed wej^fRthen have provided for at least
three greawjfiPRigh routes to the Western coast
of the country, and after that is accomplished
I think we may then wisely conclude to hold on
to the balance of our territory for the future
ends of our citizens
Yesterday in the Senate, Mr. Morrill, of
Vermont, discussed at some length the ques
tions of Free Trade aud Protection. Ho took
the ground that the West and South to-day
will be more beautiful by fair protection than
any other sections. In Georgia, where yon
have been already waiting for the developing
hand of industry, the richest store houses of
manufacturing material, I should judge that
his remarks would be appreciated. I, there
fore, include in my letter a brief extract from
his speech:
PROTECTION MOST NEEDED SOUTH AND WEST.
There are many establishments started in
the West, and, since the close of tho war, in
the South, in consequence of our war tariff
To cut down the tariff largely at once, be
yond the unquestionable fact that the revenue
cannot be spared, would be to strangle in
n the cradle these new and extensive enter-
irises which our policy has invited. Sacha
course would be even more unjust to the men
thus employed than to their employers.
The data for any statement os to the aston
ishing development of manufactures in the
West and South are not obtainable; but last
August an exhibition of textile fabrics was
held at Cincinnati, representing one hundred
and fifty-five exhibitors from twenty States by
over three thousand samples of piece goods. A
more extensive exhibition even might have
been made in other departments of manufac
tures.
Let us not rudely crush out the many thou
sands of hopeful enterprises but just started
where they are much needed as educators of
the people as auxiliaries of their material pros
perity.
The action of the States of Maine and Ver-
m ont—neither of th pTn especially manufactur
ing States—shows that in me judgment of their
respective Legislatures the encouragement
given to the manufacturing interests of the
country has not been too great, for both of
these States have offered and now offer, be
yond the protection found in the tariff, addi
tional inducements to all that may be estab
lished within their limits. Maine, by statue
of March 8, 18G4, enacts that all manufactures
thereafter commenced shall be exempt from
taxation for ten years, provided the towns in
which they are located consent to the same.
Vermont, by statute of November 21, 1867,
has the same provision for five years. Those
States thus invite manufactures because they
know the advantages which would accrue to
their people. If such statutes are wise in
Maine ana Vermont, why not in South Caro
lina and Alabama? Other States through
manufactures have largely increased their
wealth and population, and Vermont and
Maine feel very much os did Themistocles
when he declared “that the trophies of Hfli-
ades would not allow him to sleep.”
The leaders of public opinion in the South
have heretofore persistently denounced all
those engaged in manufactures and all who
gave them any countenance. They bad a class
of laborers without wages which it was neither
useful nor aofe to advance or to protect All
this is now changed. It is obvious that pro
tection bv diversifying the industry will add
immensely to the wealth of the Southern
States. Self-interest will soon triumph over
passion, and chronic prejudices will pass away.
Capital will instinctively go where it is wanted
ana safe to go, and it lias no invincible repug
nance to migrating in % direction where it may
find some assurance of hospitality. If unjust
ly persecuted, it silently folds.its tents and de
ports to lands of greater promise, to establish
new emporiums of manufactures and trade
where the surroundings are tolerant and con
genial. The South, we may take it for grant
ed, will not long consent to sacrifice its present
vital interests to past theories of which slavery
was so long the conspicuous prop, and which
were ingulfed at the same moment when that
prop was knocked asunder.
The latter clause of this quotation, I ap
prehend will
some of the
tli considerable force to
gentlemen of democratic
proclivities in your State, who have expressed
a desire to make the climate rather too warm
for such men from the North as thought of
making instruments in your section, but l am
in hopes that tht* dawning of a brighter day is
at hand, when even the Democracy of Geor
gia will begin to study their own Interests a
little more thoughtfully, and will invite rather
than repel the'wealth which seeks- enploy-
ment along your streams of water power.
I presume that by the date of my next let
ter, I shall be able to tell yoq. something of
what the House is doing with the Georgia bill.
Gen. Butler returned from Massachusetts yes
terday, and the Committee on Reconstruction
will doubtless be ready to report in a very few
days. ~
Our May weather thus far has been rather
April-iah, Vegetation, however, is coming on
finely and the out-door air of the park and the
promenade -Weagerly sought after. If I
thought you f^k any special interest in the
ladies, I might gamb awhile about them and
their handsome outfits, but I fehr you would
not thank mu for such nonsense. We should
begin soon, now,’ to have our May crop of
brilliant weddings. This is a good month for
marrying, oft I know from experience.
Your typ«3 made me call Frow-Frow, a
meritorious play, last week, when I wrote mer
etricious. Index.
—i—
THE ACftL'lTTAL OF McFARLASX>.
Spirit ofthe Jicxv York Press.
From the Express, 11th.]
We have nothing to say concerning the right
or the wrong of this determination of the com
munity to iecure the safety of the conjugal tie
seemingly at any hazard. The lact that the
determination is made and will be adhered to
is plain. It cannot be argued down. It cannot
bo set askle. Proper or improper there it
stands, and will surely be maintained. The
laws concerning murder are, in such cases, a
dead letter. Let tho free-lovers engrave this
upon their memories. Public opinion is unan
imous upon this point, and libertines will do
well to bear forever about with them the recol
lection that when they enter the sanctuary of a
fellow-br ig’s household with intent to defile it
they take their lives in their hands, and be
come out-laws.
From the Sou, 11th.]
The ground upon which this acquittal was
asked for by the defense was insanity at tho
time the homicide was committed; but the
verdict of the jury is not to be taken as based
altogether upon this plea. Their minds were
doubtless influenced to a far greater degree by
tho circumstances which led McFarland to the
act, thAn by the reasons that were assigned
for believing him to have been crazy when he
did it
Let us hope that this tragedy, with its revela
tions of social corruption, its awful catastrophe
of death, and its prolonged exhibition in tho
court room, may not be without good aud
useful effects. If it shall avail to fix in the
popular mind clearer ideas of the sanctions of
the marriage tie, and of the duties of domestic
life, its darker and more shocking features
will flit be wholly unrelieved. May such
wisdom be gathered from its teachings !
From the Times, lltli.]
The jury thus saw, it may be presumed, that
McFarland's provocation had been very great,
and that it was of a nature to unsettle the
foundations of his reason. They had then the
evidence of medical witnesses, whose charac
ter and motives are beyond suspicion, to the
effect that they found in the prisoner every
sympton of insanity. It was also proved that
insanity had existed in his family. Even
without reference, then, to the connection be
tween Richardson and Mrs. McFarland, the
jury conld scarcely have brought in any other
verdict than the one they did.
From the Tribune, 11th.]
The trial of Daniel McFarland has ended in
a triumph of assassination over law'.
We had purposed a review of wliat professed
to be the trial of the murderer, but was rather
a trial of all who had been anywise identified
or associated with liis victim—wherein any
thing that could be made to prejudice them
was allowed to be proved, * while everything
that would serve to explain aud dispel the de
ceitful appearances thus created was sup
pressed—but it seems better, on reflection, to
leave comment and criticism to others. We
have full faith that the truth will ultimately
vindicate itself, and that justice will be done
to roe memory of "our murdered friend.
From the Herald, 11th.]
There is in the United States, happily, a great
regard for the marriage tie. Even where it is
not so well guarded by the laws, as in Indiana
and other States, it is defended by public opin
ion. Tho moral and religious sentiment of
the community generally guards the sacred
OHuriago relation, even where the laws are
loose upon the subject, and iu spite of the de
moralizing theories of our modern free lovers.
In the case of McFarland this was exhibited
in a remarkable mauner. But besides the gen
eral sympathy which was probably felt by the
jury for tho injured husband, there was a pe
culiar feeling of revulsion against the free lov
ers and their dangerous sentiments. Every
right-minded person saw that the wholo of
this terrible tragedy resulted from the loose
and demoralizing views of that class of weak
sentimentalists and pretended philosophers,
male and female.
From the Post, 11th.]
Such a trial is of no value in the further
ance of justice. It is a mockery of law, and
ends in the open defiance of government and
in weakening the bonds of organized society.
McFarland Inis been proved guilty of a mur
der which has hardly been surpassed in cow
ardly atrocity in all the annals of private as
sassination. That he had terrible provocation
is not a defense; no man commits a murder
without a motive, and the only use of the law
is to control motives to crime. Bnt this man’s
baseness is really too despicable to admit of
any toleration. By the uncontradicted testi
mony of Mr. Mark M. Pomeroy, he tried de
liberately to sell the story and the evidence of
his lamily wrongs, and of his wife’s shame for
money.
If the plea of insanity is made, it ought to
be decided entirely apart from all other ques
tions, and by a different tribunal, expert iu
this question, and unembarassed by personal
sympathies or by the presence of feeling in a
crowd. 1.. til some amendment of this kind
in our criminal procedure is made by law,
there is no adequate security for life or for
public order, against the maiice of any man
who may deem himself to be wronged beyond
endurance.
From the Commercial Advertiser, 11th.]
The worst feature of the case is that it was
not McFarland who was on trial but the par
ties engaged in encouraging Mrs. McFarland
to abandon her husband. The parties them
selves demonstrated this fact by employing
counsel to defend them, which was in itself a
most extraordinary proceeding. The develop
ment of what seemed to be a conspiracy
the part of perons known to hold very loose
notions upon the subject of married relations
to convict McFarland had also much to do
with creating sympathy for the prisoner, and
had its effect upon the jury. People general
ly held these persons more or less responsi
ble for the fearful drama. The result of this tral
will, we regret to say, have the effect to de
tract from the character of our criminal juris
prudence. The teaching of the verdict is that
the man hereafter who interferes between hus
band and wife is a proper subject for assassin
ation. Shocking as it is, the great body of
the people appear to believe in it
From the Telegraph, llthj
The acquital of McFarland, then, is merely
the'triumph of morality. In rendering the
verdict “not guilty,” the jurymen performed
a plain duty to society. At the same time, we
credit them with having laid down a principle
of moral law which will make such men and
women as those who brought about the trag
edy more cautious how they endeavor to put
their infamous theories into practice.
METHODISM.
The Church “South” lu Council—The
Memphis Convention—A. Proposition
from the Northern M. E. Church
So-colled.
•Wednesday’s proceedings.
Bishop McTyeiro presided.
The Committee on Epescopacy made an ex
tensive report The death of Bishop Soule
was alluded to, and a recommendation to re
lieve from active duty Bishops Andrews and
Early on account of age was adopted.
The following communication from Bishop
Janes and Dr. W. L. Harris of the Methodist
Episcopal Church (North, so-called) was pre
sented after some discussion and an address
from both gentlemen.
COMMUNICATION:
To the Bishops aud General Conference of jLhe
Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Con
ference assembled:
Dear Brethren: The Commissioners ap-
S tinted by the General Conference of the
ethodist Episcopal Church in 1868, to treat
with similar Commissioners from other Meth
odist Churches, on the subject of union, at a
meeting held in Philadelphia, November 22d,
1868, appointed the Rev. Bishop Janes and
Rev. John McClintock, D. D., a deputation to
bear to you a communication from them.
Since then Dr. McClintock has deceased, and
by the authority of the Commission the Rev.
Dr. Wm. L. Harris lias been appointed to serve
in his stead. The undersigned, now constitu
ting the deputation at the seat of your session,
for the purpose of presenting to you the com
munication of the Commission, which we will
be happy to do, either in person or by letter,
as may best accord with your convenience and
pleasure. Though we had promised ourselves
tho satisfaction of spending several days in
witnessing the proceedings of your Conference
and enjoying the society of its members, the
recent severe bereavement of our Church in
the death of several of its chief ministers,
makes it necessary for us to return as soon as
wo can fulfill the simple duty assigned us.
Truly aud affectionately yonrs,
E. S. Jaxzs.
W. L. Harris.
Overton Hotel, May 11,1870.
Tho communication was read and received.
They then presented the following general
proposition on the subject of a
UNITED CHURCH.
To the Bishops and General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Con
ference assembled:
Dear Brethren—By the action and au
thority of the General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, held in Chicago in
May, 1868, the undersigned were appointed a
commission on behalf of said church, to treat
with a similar commission from other Metho
dist churches, on the subject of union. The
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was also constituted a part of this commission.
In May, 18G9, a communication was sent to
the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The fact that such a commis
sion had been appointed and having expressed
the conviction that it would be happy to meet
a similar one from the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, for the purpose contemplated
in its appointment, was sufficient, bnt at the
meeting of the commission held in Philadel
phia November 23, 18C9, a resolution was
unanimously adopted approving the aforesaid
action of the Bishops; nevertheless the com
mission os such, and as constituted by the
General Conference, being desirous of dis
charging its duties in the fullest and most ac
ceptable manner deemed it proper to make a
further communication on this subject, ad
dressed to tho “Bishops and General Confer-’
dice of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South,’’ to meet in Memphis in May, 1870.
The fact that the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church appointed till
commission, shows that in the judgment of
that body there are now no sufficient reasons
why a union may not be affected on terms
equally honorable to all, and that equal reali
zation of such union is very important and
desirable.
Hoping that you may see the subject iu the
same light, aud that it may be your pleasure
to appoint a similar commission to confer with
us previous to the meeting of the next General
Conference in 1872, and praying that you be
prospered in all that pertains to the welfare of
the Christian church, and desiring your pray
ers in behalf of the church we represent, that
we may share a like prosperity,
We are Brethren,
Yours in Christ,
[Signed] E. L. Janes,
Levi Scott,
Mathew Simpson,
E. R. Ames,
D. W. Clark,
Ed. Thompson,
Luke Hitchcock,
Daniel Curry,
W. L. Ilarnes,
Jam*s Pike,
and others.
Dr. Reeves moved that a Committee of
nine bo appointed to take the matter under
consideration. Adopted.
A resolution was presented by Dr. Mitch
ell proposing alterations in the marriage cere
mony. Referred.
A resolution was adopted in favor of the
colored people having a distinct organization.
Adopted.
A resolution was offered by Dr. Cunning
ham, of Va., on the subject of a church organ,
to be confined to the subject of missions. Re
ferred.
After some furthbr business the conference
adjourned.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
ed reserving his thunderbolts for the evening.
Mr. Freeman Clark and Mrs, Lucy Stone pre
sented various woman suffrage arguments, and
the meeting adjourned.
Mr. Clute, a Unitarian clergyman of Vine-
Land, N. J., presented various arguments iu
favor of suffrage, after which Mrs. Julia Ward
Ho wo, a comparatively recent recruit from the
ranks of poetry and magazine writing, said
that as her auditors wero not at ail pre
pared to comprehend her ideas of law, gospel,
women and grace, she felt herself unable to
bring her thoughts home to them.
THE EMPRESS OP THE FRENCH,
on entering her reception room made what
has been styled a circular courtesy. She conr-
tesied individually to every guest, and yet
made one single courtesy apply to all. Mrs.
Howe regretted her inability to imitate that
courtesy, to each of those present, with regard
to her ideas. She then enlarged on the nu
merous views of the suffrage question, and al
luded to its progress in England and Switzer
land, and even in Italy, where, in their dreams
of liberty, men were beginning to feel that no
really free men could exist, unless free women
stood by their side. Mrs. Lippincott (black
silk and a black bonnet trimmed with violet)
is announced as the noted
GRACE GREENWOOD.
Not being accustomed to speak extempore,
she read from a manuscript, saying that she
had claimed the ballot only for three classes
of women—those who were single, with prop
erty, those who were married, and those of
whatever description who desired it. She as
sured the men that the Fifteenth Amendment
would not bring peace, as supposed, until a
Sixteenth Amendment had been passed. She
spoke of the oneness claimed for a couple in
marriage, but thought that, according to a Lite
murder trial verdict, the oneness was very
lopsided. In speaking of the conservatism of
the British Duke of Argyle on tho suffrage
question, she quoted him as saying that a wo
man should never appear on a platform except
when on the point of being hanged. The
speaker then quoted the well-known distich
regarding women, as
“A being not too bright and good
For human nature’s daily food,”
and said that she often applied the passage to
man, and connected it with “cold missionary ”
Mrs. Livermore then discussed the foolish
tendency of books intended especially for
young women, touched entertainingly on old
maids, and demanded that as Christ regarded
women ns free, so should modern society re
gard them.
ME. BEECHER
then read a letter of greeting from Theodore
Tilton, with his reply in the same strain. Tho
latter was unanimously applauded. After this
Miss Mary Davis read a report of the Now
Jersey Woman Suffrage Association, and Mr.
T. W. Higginson said that men and women
were like the blades of scissora, never cutting
so well as when together.
Mrs. Tracy Cutler and Mrs. Livermore both
spoke effectively upon the right of women to
vote, clothing the old ideas in attractive garbs,
aud Mr. Beecher reiterated in his peculiar
vein the arguments which he has hitherto ad
vanced. Congressman George W. Julian will
speak to-day.
Monetary and Commercial.
Financial.
The traneaclions have l>een light, at the following
quotations:
Buying. Selling.
Gold 113 115
Silver -108 112
New York Exchange par prem.
Commercial.
A lair business doing; no complaints; prices gener
ally linn.
Atlanta. Flouv ami (irain Miivlu t.
Flour.—Demand fair and supply good. Change of
quotations very slight. We quote:
..$ 5 50®0 00
... f. OOyTi 25
.. C 25(«'C 50
G 75(0. 7 25
.. 7 25@8 60
ml. Prices firm gt
Tho “Union Woman’s National Suffrage
Society” met in New York on the 11th. Rev.
Theodore Tilton in tho Chair.
At one side was Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, of imperishable comeliness, and on
the other sat the brave old maid Miss Susan
B. Anthony, attired, like her coadjutor, in
rich black silk. Pretty Miss Phoebe Cozzens
had changed her blue velvet coat of the day
before, for a something-or-other envelopment
of white, and sat, the queen rose of a dozen
bouquets, which stood on a table before her.
These floral tributes were rendered to the
speakers at large. Several bewitching re
porters of the gentler sex sat in front with
pricked ears and dilated pupils. Tho pro
ceedings began with the reading by pretty
Mrs. Blake (black silk with violet trimmings,)
of several resolutions approving a bill now
before Congress, to pay women Government
clerks the same salaries that are paid male
clerks. Mr. Wilcox, a philosopher in specs,
opposed the bill on the score of woman being
more economical than men. Mrs. Lockwood
sharply suggested that the philosopher there
fore should have a smaller salary than men
who consumed more
whisky and cigars
than himself. The philosopher wilted, and
Miss Jennie Collins, of Boston, expiated upon
the miseries of Massachusettsworking womeu.
Mrs. Minor, of Missouri, asserted that inas
much as the Federal Constitution had uotliing
to say ogainst the voting of women, it might
be assumed that they had a right to vote.
Many women of that State, she said, intended
to vote next fall, and if their ballots ’ were not
accepted Judge Crum intended to carry the
question into the Missouri courts, aud, if de
feated, into the Supreme Court of tho United
States.
Mrs. Stanton read a resolution which affirm
ed that the late decision in the McFarland case,
like that of Cole and Sickles, was a virtual de
claration that man might hold
rr.orEr.TY in woman.
It created a perpetual slave law for woman,
and said that no friendly hand should dare, at
the risk of life and reputation, feed, shelter or
clothe the unhappy wives of depraved men,
under any circumstances whatever. She re
ferred the audience to her speech before the
New York Legislature upon free divorce, de
livered in 1861, and obtainable at the Revolu
tion office. Mr. Stillman, of Rhode Island,
talked awhile upon equal wages for men and wo-,
men. Messrs. Allen and Davis and Mrs. Jo
sephine Griffin likewise discoursed. Miss Su
san B. Anthony propounded woman suffrage
arguments, and the meeting adjourned.
There was a lively gathering and a brilliant
platform of handsomely dressed gentlewomen
in the evening. Mrs. ‘Blake talked suffrage,
Mrs. Gage expatiated on women as inventors
and mechanics, and Mrs. Hozlitt of Michigan,
was eloquent upon the large proportion of wo
men who married men without loving them.
Added to this, she advanced suffrage ideas in
an original and powerful form. Mrs. Hazlitt
Is young and pretty, with a black eye that
conld pierce a pine plank. She is often called
the
ANNA DICKINSON OF THE WEST.
Mis. Leggett, of this city, with a wealth of
black curls, argued that there could be no lib
erty without equality. Miss Anthony urged
subscriptions to the cause, and Mrs. Stanton
suggested an appeal for the admission of
women to Columbia and Cornell Colleges, in
tlfis State. Pretty Miss Phoebe Cozzens did
not speak, as anticipated.
It was resolved to bold a women’s meeting,
subject to call, next week, to express
SYMPATHY WITH MBS. m’faRLAND
and her women friends, and indignation
against McFarland and the jury who acquitted
him.
Mr. Tilton, after announcing that several of
the ladies present would speak at tho Brooklyn
Academy of Music on Friday night, dismissed
the audience.
AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
This organization opened yesterday morning
iu Steinway Hall with a remark from Mr.
Beecher, who was in the chair, that he intend-
Extra
Family
Fancy
Wiieat. —Stock equal to the dei
$1 50@1 55.
Oats.—Demand light, at IK).
Corn.— Supply aud demand fair. The extreme prir
has probably been reached at $1 53, aud wo heard of
few loti sold at slightly under that figure.
Atlanta. Provision Market.
' larkct firm; supply good. Wc quote:
BACON—
Shoulders lLVS
O. It. Sides 18>i@
C. Sides 19 —
Hams 18 (<?»21j£c.
Bulk Meats—
Shoulders 13^'@14 c.
C. It. Sides 171,(01
C. Sides 18 @
LAltP.—Ticreca 18^@19c; in Kegs or Cans, 20c.
Groceries.
Corn Meal, 60: small lota, 1 65.
Rice, tierces, 7;*^.
Soap, 7(5:9c.
Candles,
SUGAR—
UJsH
12 <2.13.
13 (ft 14.
Extra C
Yellow C.....
Brown
COFFEE. 1UO—
Common 21(
Java, 30^05.
N. O. SYRUP, G0@85c.
Mo Lassus, 45@48c.
CHEESE—
Extra State 15 (£
Factory 20>^1
BUTTER—
Goshen 38 <5;
Tennessee 33 (z
Apples, $7 OOfelO 09,
Eating Potatoes, $3 00@3 50.
Euus, per doz, 22!,'.
Tobacco.
Tlio market is firm and active.
Unsound 60 @
Common sound > CO 0$
Medium W
Good
Whisky.
Demand good. Prices too fluctuating to
accuracy.
Special Notices.
REDWIIVE & FOX’S COLUMN.
SIX (HtEAT REMEDIES
OP THE AGE 4
HUItLEY’S
STOMACH BITTERS,
There are no bitters that can compare with these in
removing thc.sc distressing complaints. Foe sale or
be had at any drug store in the United States.
To James Ruddle & Co., Louisviilo, Ey: Gentlemen:
This is to certify that I have been for years a sufferer
and tried all the tonics I have heard of or seen adver
tised, with little or no relief from any of them. I heard
Hurley’s Bitters highly spoken of, and tried a bottle,
•with little faith in it before I commenced, and to my
surprise and joy, before I finished one bottle, I felt a
great deal better and firmly believe that one or two oc
casions it was Che means of saving and prolonging my
life. I conscientiously recommended them to all suf
ferers as the best Bitters known, and adviso them al
ways to ask for Dr. T. A. Hurley’s aud have no other.
You can use this as you think proper, if it will benefit
others. Yours truly, etc. JOHN W. DIXSON.
Louisville, Ky., December 10, 1868.
NOTICE TO MOTHERS
DR. SEABROOK’S
Inliiiit Soothing Syrup
Price Twenty-Five Cents Per Bottle.
take, harmless in its action, efficient and reliable in
all cases. Invaluable iu the following diseases:
Summer Complaint, Irregularities of the bowels.
Restiveness, Teething, Ac.
Gives health to the child and rest to the mother.
, Nashville, Tens., Feb. 12,1868.
Jas. Ruddle L Co., Louisville, Ky.—When living iu
your city I used several bottles of Dr. Seabrook a In
fant Soothing Syrup, and found it to do my child more
good and it wouid rest bettor alter using it than any
other remedy I ever tried. I can say with confidence, it
is the best medicine for children at present known. I
* you would get the druggist here to keep it. If
_ me does, please let me know; if not, send me cue
dozen by express, and I will p*y for it at the office
here. Write me when you send it, and oblige
JtfBS. SARAH L. RANDOLPH.
Hurley’s Ague Tonic.
No Arsenic—No Mercury,
PERFECTLY ut'T.t a
Agile Tonic. There have been thousands cured by
using it who havo tried the usual remedies without
benefit.
The following certificate, from a reliable citizen of
Mississippi, speaks for itself:
Meridian, Miss., October 16, 1868.
Mr. R. Y. R. Chadwick: Dear 8ir: This is to certify
that I bought from you, by your recommendation, a
bottlo of Hurley’s Ague Tonic, and it cured two ca.se-
of fever and Ague o? fifteen months’ standing. I cheer
fully recommend Hurley's Tonic to the public geucr-
ReispectfUlly yours,
JOHN B. WRIGHT.
The Wear and Tear of Business Life.
The caro and labors of business life arc apt to tell
severely upon the health and constitution of the
dent, energetic business man, and when the need of
some sustaining agent is felt, stimulants that cause
only a temporary exhilaration, and leave the syst<
in a state of partial collapse when their first effect lias
passed off, aro too often resorted to. As certainly as
fire leaves behind it a rcsiilium of ashes, the use of
the adulterated liquors of commerce produces prema
ture exhaustion and decay. Touch them not. Tone
and regulate the overtaxed vital machinery with Hos-
tetter’s Stomach Bitters. In that wholesome elixir,
the alcoholic element, which is tho purest derivable
from any source, is tempered by the choicest tonic,
aperient, anti-bilious and anti-febrile vegetable ex
tracts and juices. To strengthen, recruit, solace and
purify the system is the mission cf the great vegetable
specific. When the stomach is in a healthy state, the
bile flows regularly, the bowels perform their office
properly, and tho telegraphic fibres of the nervous
system are in perfect working order, an enormous
amount of labor can be borne without risk or incon
venience, and the direct effect of the Bitters Is to pro
mote this vigorous condition of the functions upon
which the nourishment of tho body, and its power of
endurance mainly depend. The greet tonic and altera
tive is, therefore, emphatically recommenped for its
remarkable strengthening properties, to all upon
whom the responsibilities of life press heavily, and
who feel liko fainting under the burthen. A lively ap
petite, a splcnded digestion, elastic spirits, and a mar
velous ability to withstand fatigue, are among the
blessings jnstly ascribed to the renovating operation
of this palatable and powerful cordial, and as a spring
and summer alterative, there is nothing in the materia
medica that can be compared with it
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PURIFY YOUR RL001).
H U It LEY’ 8 SARSAPARILLA
WITH IODIDE OFIPOTASH
Affections of the Bones, Habitual Costivcness, Debility,
Diseases of tho Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Erysipelas,
Female Irregularities, t istula, all Skin
Diseases, Liver Complaint, In
digestion, Piles, Pulmonary Diseases, Scrofula, or
King’s Evil, Syphilis.
To Dr. Thomas A. Hurley:
compound extract of Sarsaparilla, and commenced tak
ing it. I found that I began to improve—my cough be
came les3 severe—tho soreness of my lungs and breast
gradually subsided—my rheumatic pains less acute.
JOSEPH CLEMENT.
Tho gentleman whose name is appended to tho above
certificate has long resided here, and at the present
time is one of the magistrates of the city of Louisville.
HURLEY’S
POPULAR WORM CANDY.
As this is really a specific for worms, and the be?t
and most palatable form to givo to children, it is not
surprisingt hat it is fast taking the place of all other
preparations for worms—it being perfectly tasteless,
and any child will take it.
worm remedies known to me, with but partial sucri >
to my children, I was advised to try T. A. Hurley’s,
and since using it my children have become quite well
and healthy. Tho children would eat it all the time.
Louisville, Juno 13,1SG3..
JAMES W. TRAVIS.
A BOOK FOR THE MILLION.
MARRIAGE | tlfo^marricd or those
r* TTTTMT 1 about to marry, on the
VJ U Xl/lli. | physiological mysteries
and revelations of the sexual system, with the latest
discoveries in producing and preventiug offspring, pre
serving tho complexion, Ac.
This is an interesting work of two hundred and
twenty-four pages, with numerous engravings, and
contains valuable information for those who are mar
ried or contemplate marriage; still it is a book that
ought to bo under lock and key, and not laid care
lesslv about the house.
fruit to any one (free of postage) for fifty cents.
Aadrcaa Dr. Butts’ Dispensary, No. 12 N. Eighth St.
St. Louis, Mo.
Notice to the Afflicted aud Unfortu
nate:
Before applying to tho notorious Quacks who adver
tise in public papers, or uaing any Quack Remedies,
peruse Dr. Butts’ work, no matter what your disease
is, or how deplorable your condition.
Dr. Butts can be consulted, personally or by mail,
on the diseases mentioned in his works. Office, No.
12 N. Eighth Street, between Market and Chestnut, St
Louis, Mo. q»y 3-dAwly
DR. SEABROOK’S
Elixir of Pyrophosphate of Iron and Csili-
saja.
This elegant combination possesses all the tonic
properties of Peruvian Bark and Iron, without the dis
agreeable taste and bad effects of either, separately or
in other preparations, of these valuable medicines. It
should be taken in all cases when a gentle tonic in»-
cssion is required after convalescence from fever or
ibilitating diseases, or in those distressing irregulari
ties peculiar to females. No female should bo without
it if liable to such diseasos, for nothing can well take
its place.
James Ruddle & Go.,
PROPRIETORS
Laboratory No. 41 ISullitt Strert,
Louisville, Kentucky.
All the above goods for sale by RED WINK k FOX,
ATLANTA, GA.,
LOOK TO YOUR CHILDREN.
the great soothing remedy.
Cures colic and gripin’ ] Prlri .
WaIo .n.1 r. I * *** * y
Airs.
XVliitcomlj
Syrup.
Airs.
Whitcomb
Syrup.
in the bowels, and fa- !
f Subdues convulsions i
I and overcomes all dis-1
} eases incident to in- (
l Cants and children.
Price,
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Outs.
Price,
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Cures diarrhea, dysen-)
tery and summer f
complaint in children f
of all ages. j
It is the Great Infanta’ and Children’s Soothing Rem
edy in all disorders brought on by teething or any otb-
ercause.
Prepared by the GRAFTON MEDICINE CO., St.
Louis, Mo.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine every
where.
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