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VOLUME IV.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, I&70.
NUMBER 25
The
An obligation by n State or municipal cor
poration, should be held os sacred as those of
the citizen. Every individual citizen is a
party to the contract, and its faithful discharge,
aa per the terms stipulated, is an obligation
binding alike in conscience and in law. To
repudiate a State debt, or to tail or refuse to
make provision for its payment, is ss dishonor
able as the repudiation of n private debt
There is no diflerenoo. The principle is' the
same. There is ns much moral turpitude in
the one ease os in the other; and public policy
demands even a more scrupulous discharge of
a public, than of a private obligation.
The bonds of this State issued before the
war, bearing six per cent interest, are now
due and tailing due. No adequate provision
has yet been made for the payment of these
bonds. Even those issued and disposed
of in England, years ago, known as
ihe "sterling bonds” and which fell
due in 18G8, are yet unprovided for. In
addition to these, there art sOmo two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
due one of the New York Banks, for amounts
ct advanced by it to meet the interest on the
8tato’s bonded debt, in January and July of
tho present year.,
No provision has yet boon made for the dis
charge of these several obligations; while tho
— necessity for such provision has been pointed
out to the Legislature by the Governor, and im
mediate action has been urged., Prompt action
is demanded by good faith. Oar credit will
otherwise suffer. Some provision should 1 be
had for the discharge of the State’s sacred ob
ligations. Tho Legislature has authorized the
Executive to effect a loan to the State by bond
or otherwise for the purpose of raising funds
to pay the members of the General Assembly,
and we learn that immediate steps hove been
token to carry out the wishes of the General
Assembly in this regard. This is all well
enough. Bat it is just as important that
some provision bo made for the payment of
the bonds of the State now dao and lolling
duo ; and tho responsibility now rests with
those Democratic members who voted down tho
measure, a few days since, providing for the
issuing of new bonds as the means of effecting
a loan for the payment of bonds already doe.
Are they going to advocate Repudiation ? TWc
shall see. _
The State Read.
One of the Ku-Klnx organs in this State,
speaking of the recommendation by the Joint
* Committee of Investigation, that an appropri
ation be made for the purpose of repairing tho
rood bed, purchasing rolling stock and motive
power, and building bridges on tba State
Road, says, - ...
* This request appears somewhat extraordi
nary, when it is remembered that the Atlanta
Eisa, not more than four months ago, an
nounced, with a grand flourish ot rhetorical
trumpets, that the entire lino was fully equip
ped and in a better condition than when flrat
built
This statement is essentially false. It is
worso than false, lor it is a misrepresentation.
What wo stated some two months ago, was,
that the Road was then in better condition (or
wonld bo when projected repairs were comple
ted) than at any time sinco the close of the
war. And this statement was true. Tbo war
loft the Road a complete wreck. Little re
mained but the road-bed. The rolling stock
and motive power was indifferent as to quality
and wholly inadequate as to quantity. The
bridges were mere temporary affairs, impro
vised for tbo demands of tbe hoar. Others of
more permanent character, were hastily con
structed and of very indifferent material.
They held up very well the first two or throe
years; but when the present Management
sumod control, they were rapidly giving way.
r The same is true of much of the rolling stock
and motive power and other equipments of the
Rood, os also of many important sections of
the road-bed itself. This necessitated outlay,
and hence the payments into the Treasury
have been smaller than when repairs were not
absolutely necessary.
Tho not earnings of the Rood wonld of
coarse put the lino in excellent condition in
the course of time; bat 'freight blockades,
such as we have had every season since the
war, aon be avoided only by patting tho Road
in first-class order, and by increasing its roll,
ing stock, motive power and other necessary
equipments. Hence tho recommendation
of tho Joint Committee of Investigation. The
recommendation is reasonable, and will be
concurred in, we doubt not, by every candid
and fair minded man in Georgia who will no-
qaaint himself with tacts, and who will not
permit himself blinded by mere partisan bate
and prejudioe.
Stic Stem- From tho DmOy New Erafof the 2d lnstsntl
E KI11ST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
Laying tiro Foundation Stone with Ala-
* Eloquent Adilrcoors front
Tho he liardy-Carller Homicide.
The Romo papers of the 29th contain the
particulars of an unfortunate difficulty which
occurred between two highly respectable citi
zens of that plaoe, on Sunday morning lost.
It seems that Mr. Camille Le Hardy and
Henry Carller were both of Belgian extraction,
and are said to belong to the nobility of their
native country. They were also brothers-in-
luw. For some time past, they have been liv
ing on the some farm, near Rome. Mr. ear
lier went there to reside os the age tit of Le
Hardy whilst the latter was absent in Europe,
and, it is said, refused to leave the farm when
ho returned. Trouble grew ont of this, and
Curlier was fined for assault and battery. Tbe
ill-feeling increased, and, on Sunday morning
last, Carlier refasod to allow Le Hardy to put
his horse in tho stable, which they used
common. Le Hardy then went to the house
and sent his son to pat the bone in the stable.
Carlier laid his hands on the boy and Le
Hardy fired through a crack in tho stable, in
stantly killing Carlier. He then went to Rome
and delivered himself up to the authorities
who released him on $5,000 bail. The Coro
ner’s jury returned a verdict in accordance
with tbe above facts, stating that they believed
Le Hardy to be guilty of manslaughter. The
affair causes universal sorrow in the commu
nity.
School Books.
The school room is one place where partisan
politics and sectional animosities should never
be permitted to intrude, either in the form
oral instructions or lectures, or in the form
textbooks. Tbo school room should be kept
as clear^of those things os the churches. Any
effort to introduce them, from whatever source,
should meet with unqualified condemnation.
And tho practice of forcing upon the Southern
public n stupid and inaccurate class of text
hooks merely because they are claimed to cmin-
ato from some publishing house of "Southern 1
proclivities, or because they are represented
by some "Southern’’ Agent, or yet because
they are of tbe opposite etripo, is au insult
the intelligence of Southern teachers.
Text books should stand upon their intrinsic
merits. Neither polities, sections, or religion
should have anything to do in determining
their adoption or rejection by Southern teach-
Yesterday, according to axmonneement, the
foundation stone of the new church on Peach
tree street was laid by Grand Master Lawrence
with Masonic honors.
Tho Lodges met at their hall, on Whitehall
street at 9 a. is., and an occasional Grand
Lodge was formed of the following officers, all
with tho exception of the M. W. G. M. being
■acting”: •
THE a BAND LODGE.
Samuel Lawrence, M. W. G. II.; David
JIavcr, M. W. D. G. M.; L. Cohen, G. & W-J
E. Williams, G. J. W.; J. T. Slaughter, G.
W. W. Boyd, G. &;W. F. Parkhuist. G.
D.; A. L. Grant, G. J. D.; Rev. W. M.
Crumley, 1 G. Chaplain; T. Schiff, G. Steward;
S. Rosenfcld, G. Steward; F. F. Taber, Archi-
L Love, G. S. B.; L. R. Lanier,
Tyler; A. C. Ladd, G. M.
The preliminary proceedings having been
transacted iu the Lodge room the procession
formed os follows:
THE FEOCESSI0X.
Two Tylers with drawn Swords.
Tyler of the older Lodge with Sword.
Two Stewards of the older Lodge.
Entered Apprentices.
Fellow Crafts.
Master Masons.
Fast Secretaries.
. Past Treasurers.
Post Junior Wardens.
Past Senior Wardens.
Mark Masters.
Past Masters.
Royal Arch
Select Masters.
Tho United States Post Band.
The Knights Templar.
Grand Tyler with a drawn Sword.
Grand Stewards.
Post Muter with a vessel containing Corn.
Principal Archetect with Square, Level and
Plntab.
Two Post Masters with stiver vessels, one
containing wine and the other oti.
Grand Secretary and Treasurer.
One Light borne by a Fast Master.
The Great Lights supported by Stewards.
Two lights borne by Past Masters.
Grand Chaplain and Orator.
Grand Wardens.
Deputy Grand Master.
Deacon, GRAND MASTER, G. Deacon.
Two Stewards.
Grand Sword Bearer, with drawn sword.
Brother J. H. Boring carried the Great
Lights. Brothers Stewart, Armstrong and
Nathan, the Vessels containing corn, wine and
oti, and Mossrs. Franklin, Porks and Solo
mon, the lesser tights.
The Knights Templar turned ont a large
body, larger than wo have seen for some time,
and presented a fine appearance- The officers
command were W. H. Taller, E. C.; M.
Corput, C. G.; R. M. Rose, Generalissimo.
Thu Procession passed down Whitehall to
Alabama, theuce to Broad to Marietta, down
Marietta to Peachtree, . thence to the Church,
where a vast concourse of people, principally
ladies, were assembled. The Grand Lodge
and the escort of Knights were accommodated
with a position on the platform.
THE CEBEUONV.
Silence having been oommanded by tbe
Grand Master, the Grand Chaplain offered up
prayer, after which an ode was sung by tho
Atlanta Quartette Club.
A list of the articles depaitod 1 in the cavity
was then road by the -Rev. W. P. Harrison.
They incladed the newspapers of the day,
the by-laws of Masonic, Odd Fellows and
Good Templars Lodges, coins and currency of
the United States. Some of tbe Masonic
Fraternity added specimens of paper money as
Jar back os continental times.
LATINO THE STOXE.
Tbe Grand Master then, with tbe assistance
of the Grand Architect, then laid the stono with
duo solemnity, tbe band meanwhile playing, and
the following colloquy took place:
Grand Master—Have we here the first great
light in Masonry?
Grand Chaplain—It is in my hands most
worshipfaL
Grand Master—What promise and instruc
tion doth it afford?
Iu answer, the Grand Chaplain repeated
several texts from Josia, Zachariah and the
Psalms.
The contents of the silver vessels, corn,
wine and oil, were then poured on the stone
with the following invocation :
'May the all bounteous author of nature
bless the inhabitants of this plaoe with all tho
Lea, conveniences and comforts of life,
assist in the erection of this building, protect
the wokrmen from every accident, and long
preserve this structure from decay; and grant
to us all a supply of the oobn of nourishment,
the wine of refreshment, and the oil of j.
Response—So mote it be, »mm.
The public grand honors wen- then given,
and the quartette chib snug another ode.
The Grand Master then addressed the assem
bly to the following effect:
The ceremony jnst performed, friends and
brothers, is eminently characteristic of Free-
r. There is nothing superfluous, noth
ing showy about it It is simple, pointed,
direct Its symbolism is sufficiently opened
in the brief invocation for nourishment, for re
freshment, and for contort and jay.
The same form, in substance, has been from
time immemorial used by our fraternity on all
such occasions as this, attesting both the an
tiquity and the worth of our institution.
Most appropriately does Freemasonry ap
pear here to-day. Side by side with all true
religion, it is ever ready to bless and to cheer,
and to bid God-speed to every effort made by
man to bring himself nearer to the perfection
of that High and Holy One in whom we all
“live and move, and have our being.” For
this is the very end and object of Freemasonry.
To raise man oat of darkness into light—ont
of the pit into which he has fallen, and to
cieonso him from the stains of depravity with
which that fall bos carried him, is the business
of Freemasonry. And in this it knows not,
and cannot know, any sectarianism. It puts
no constraint on any man in point of creed.
In this, its catholicity is wide as the limits
God’s earth itself. Binding its disciples only
to a recognition of the one tree God. It leaves
to each the choice of his own form of belief,
commending unto all that charity which
"seeketh not her own.” In that charity, and
in that catholicity, our strength lies.
With propriety, and delight then, do we
unite here toeluy with these our Brethren
the laying of a foundation stone off an edifice
to be dedicated to tho worship and praise of
Him, who is God over all, blessed forevermore.
On the altar here to be erected will be spread
the same Holy Book which lies ever open
oar table as oar First Great light. From the
same source we learn His marvellous and mer
ciful dealings with His people of old—His holy
will, and gracious promises unto all who will I The Judiciary and the "Democracy.”
be obedient thereto. From its stndy all may It was the French Jacobins who substituted
learn what service will be acceptable to Him. j the tribune of the Mob for that of the law
May they who shall worship Him here, wor- I Courts; and it was American Jacobinism,
ship Him “in spirit and in truth," offering otherwise “Democracy,” that abolished the
onto Him the sacrifice of clean hearts nnd time-honored system of Special Pleading, broke
down all the legal barriers to Attorney’s privi
leges, and supplanted tho Jndgo with the
ignorant, cunning and unscrupulous 1 dema
gogue: Time was, in the history of American
Jurisprudence, when an Attorney's license was
at least; presumptive evidence of tho learning,
of tho intelligence, and of the high personal
character of the licentiate. Time was, even
in those States where the Judiciary is now
elective by tho mob, when a Judge was some
thing more than au unsuccessful lawyer, or an
ignorant and conscionsless political dema.
gogue, without either education or personal
character.
The system of Special Pleading and the
rules of run prius, as practiced in tho Eng
lish Courts, and at transmitted by heritage to
this country, embodied the accumulated wis
dom of ages. It kept out of the profession a
class of ignorant men who, in some of the
States of the Union, are a disgrace to the pro
fession; and it had a tendency to keep tho ja-
dioisry unspotted or ihuse demagogical tricks,
| and to guard the profession against that dis-.
contrite spirits, which HehathdodaredHe will
never despise.
May He bless and prosper this work until
the building rise a finished temple unto IBs
service, and long endure as His dwelling place
on earth.
May He bless and prosper this community,
inclining their hearts to His service, mid giv
ing them unity and peace. ■ i
May He enlighten us more and more with
the light of His eternal word; graft in our
hearts a love of tho truth; give us to have
charityunto all men; lead us in tho way of all
righteousness, and finally save ns all with an
everlasting salvation for his great name’s sake.
To which the brethren with one voice re
sponded, “Amen! So mote it bo V
The address was listened to with profound
silence, and appeared to interest, to the great
est extent, all within tho sound of the Speak
er’s voice.
Tbe Grand Master then addressed the as
sembly on the duties and objects of masons
The benediction was then pronounced by
the Grand Chaplain, and the procession was
reformed and proceeded to the First Baptist
Church, on Walton street, to hear the
BXV. W. r. HABIUSON’S ADDEE30. *
By 11} o'clock the First Baptist Church wss
crowded. A great many ladies were present
After prayer, by Eev. W. M. Crumley, and
singing, by the choir, the Rev. W. P.
Harrison arose, and announced as
HIS TEXT,
12th verse of the 28th chapter of Genesis:
id he dreamed, and he behold a ladder set
up on the earth, and tbe top of it reached to
iven, and behold the ’ angels of God
on it”
Explaining, in a few words tiro connection
the text with the oocagjon which bad
called them together, the speaker dome to
THE STOUT or JACOB AND ESAU.
The respective characters of these two men
drawn in a vivid manner. Dr.
Harrison dwelt particularly upon the charac
ter of Esau, as the finest example of a noble,
bat unregenerate nature to be found in the
Scriptures. Esau was emphatically a brave huM- and he would mekTthe Mobsoperiar
man, endowed wrth those manly attributes to fa Jndge . by maldng tho Jodge fcel ^
which naturally command our admiration. I coogt^jd dependency upon the issue of an
He was a hunter, delighting iu the sports of SSUiSS election, at which he most
tbe field, and nothing was more repugnant to enter M a e9mmon electioneerer.
his nature than chicanery, treachery and Th* has actually been done by the “Do-
other kindred arts. j mocracy” in many of tho Middle and
_ . ,AOOB> . Western States. It originated, we believe.
On the other hand, was. “dweller m tents. fa Xennessee witb ^ of American
What phrenologists coll too organof locality, I Demagogues, Andrew Johnson. Tho spirit
was largely developed with him. His domestic Qf ^ Jacobin loadcr of 1850 . was ^ght ap
tastes endeared lum to his mother and made byhis admirora in and iD otber
C^r favorite. States where the Judiciary has been stripped
the deception, j £ dignity and its prestige. And now the
Which he practiced on Esau, was described by ^ j** influence is being felt in many
Dr. Harrison in eloquent and forcible language. 1 Qf ^ Wcstern statea _ Even Georgia
Tho artifice which covered Ins departure, and CQmea iQ for ber qaantam of ^ Jae obimcal
the details of his flight were related nt length. ,. rcform/ . Tbo rcpodiation of the time
Which Jacob saw T on thTs^ian plain was do- hono f* d of ***** . was
1 supplanted, under Democratic administra
tions by tho Broad Gauge system of slatternly
has been tried in some localities, and its fail-
las been conspicuous in each instance.
No matter what demagogues may say or pro
mise to the contrary, the price of wages
will invfvrLibly be diminished in pro
portion with the diminution of the
number of working hours. But the benefits
of c*-operative associations arc tangible and
avaihble. They benefit the porducer by
giving him the entiro earnings of his labor,
and they benefit the consumer by reducing the
costof the manufacture. Hence to encourage
co-operation, and discourage political vampires
and predatory politicians, is the true policy of
worlang men for the future. .
scribibed in a peculiarly happy manner. Ail
lading to the first corner-stone, laid by Jacob-, , . , ... .
_ „ . , . .«■ . * .. . petitions, so mnch in favor with men who
Dr. Hamson spoke of the ceremonies of that 1 f . .
, - __ - 1 „ , , . .. . . .. I have neither the capacity nor tho industry
day. He paud a wdl-doaerved tribute to the j ^ nQ ~
Masonic Order, and concluded with the hope
that they might have, on the spot which they
had that day consecrated, finch a ladder as
Jacob saw in his dream,
blessings ascending and descending.
THE BENEDICTION
to master the law as a Science. And -oven
when the Executive of the State issues a State
paper recommending measures for the punish
ith benefits anS I ment contem l ,t8 > and the preservation of the
' dignity of the Courts, he is ridiculed by a
Jacobin press and held up to scorn by canting
Demagogues.
Was pronounced.’ The choir joined in a hymn j Jaoobins carry partisan politics into the
and the audience disperaed. The proceamon w Courte . ftud bccarae a Jadg0 ha ppe n8 to
reformed and marched off to the stirring mu| |)oan appoiutco of a ExwJtivo,
sic of the hand.
Tho arrangements of brother A* C. Ladd,
Chief Marshal, were excellent, and wero ably
seconded by brother George Hammond.
The Church, itself, has previously been no
ticed in onr columns, and a full description
given of it. When completed, it will be the
most elegant of our church edifices. The
basement is nearly completed, and under the
very efficient supervision of Mr. C, Jones, the
foreman, we may expect to see the beautiful
design of W. H. Parkins, Esq., tho architect,
roar up and become a prominent and perma
nent ornament in onr midst.
gU8ting species of buffoonery, which is rapidly
becoming the reproach of American jurispru
dence.
But this did not suit American Jacobinism,
otherwise “Democracy,** any more than did
the Girondists’ reverence for law and decency,
suit the French Jacobins of 1798; and Ameri
can Demagogues, in imitation of their French
exemplars, sought to break down the barriers
to a profession honorable alike for its high
standard of learning and for the brilliancy and
culture of its members. Your American “Dem
ocrat,** like your French Jacobin, is a Leveler.
What the indolent representatives of the mob
can never hope to reach through patent indus
try, by reason of his want of both intellect and
character, he would pull down to his own de
scending slopes. He would abolish the pro
fession of the law, by abolishing jurispru
dence as a Science; and he would substitute
something akin to the Debating Club for the
law courts of Blockstone and Chitty. Law as
a science is his pet aversion. A Judiciary
clothed with the power to punish contempts
is his horror. Ha wonld. have a legal profee'
sion accessable alike to the ignorant and to the
Gratis.
A fellow at Forsyth, in this State, who hap
pens to control a font of badly worn type, and
who, publishes something in imitation of a
newspaper, about the size and color of a dirty
diaper, is very solicitous for a “notice”* at the
hanib of the Eba. We feel kindly towards
all men, however destitute they may .he of
eitherJbrftino n» o nn ^ KraAding, who have the
hardihood to publish a newspaper under the
vicisitudes a ttending the advent of this Dirty
Diaper. They should have the sympathy and
commiseration of all humane men, and espe
cially °f the profession to whoso rank they
aspire- From our heart of hearts, we wish
this unfortunate creature no serious harm; and
wo can do him no more charitable service
than refuse compliance with a request to bring
his Dirty Diaper before tho attention of the
public!
those I have thought necessary to make, it
will be impossible to put the Road in first class
condition and supply it with sufficient rolling
stock and motive power to do the heavy busi
ness anticipated by you this Fall, without au
appropriation by the State for that pupose.
The Joint Committee of our Legislature ap
pointed to investigate the affirirs of tho road,
recommend in their report to the Legislature,
an appropriation ai once, for putting tho road
iu first-class condition; and a bill, as I learn,
has been introduced for that purpose. Should
tho recommendation of tho Committee be
promptly acted upon, I hope to be able to
place the road in a condition second to that of
no railway in the United States, and conse
quently, in a condition to keep clear of all
“freight blockades”during the ensuing season.
Thanking you for your timely suggestions
and with sentiments of great esteem, I remain
yours very respectfully,
. Fosteb Blodgett, Superintendent.
Vsrennci.
This is classic ground in French history.
Three quarters of a century ago, the fugitive
King, Louis XVI, and his wife, Marie Antoi
nette, “the Austrian,” were captured at Va-
xennes, at the instance of a village Po6t Master,
who identified the disguised fugitive by his
striking resemblance to the current profiles of
the King. They were escorted back to Paris
amid the jeers and insults of an infuriated
mob.
This noted village is again looming up in
French history. The telegraph announces a
probable battle between Varennes and Stenay
and from the relative position of the two ar
mies, Varennes is likely to become os famous
in 1870 as it was in 1,798.
Wliat Answer 1
The credit of the State should be carefully
guarded by the Legislature; and the people
baVe their eyes upon those Democrat^ who
voted down the proposition to authorize the
istfue of bonds in payment of bonds now due,
and soon to be due. They are waiting to see
what proposition, if any, “Democracy” will
now bring forth to meet the lawful demands of
creditors, and thereby save the credit of Geor
gia. “Democracy” cannot long delay in this
matter without incurring the charge of Repu
diation, either direct or indirect* What do
they propose to do ? We await their answer.
3Ir. Greeley Between two Offices.
The venerable editor of the New York Trib
une is standing very much in the attitude of
the mule between two fodder stacks. On the
one side of him is the position of Minister to
the Court of St James; on the other is the
nomination to the Gubernatorial office of New
York. Between the two, he may loose both.
Whilst Mr. Greeley could not fill both places
at tbe same time, no one donbts his ability or
fitness for either.
The Wcutern and Atlantic Railroad.
General Grant.
My first impression of General Grant,”
writes on old Democratic leader, “is that he
has, to an eminent degree, carried out the
wishes of the "people, and at the same time
justified the hopes of the most earnest Repub-
And this, we may add, is the senti
ment of every liberal, fair-minded man in
Georgia. It is no uncommon thing to hear
the better class of Democrats, and even those
who went mad over Frank Blair’s letter, or
who were lashed into the support of the Dem
ocratic ticket in 1868, rejoice at the result
which mode Frank Blair a Life Insurance
Agent, and which affords Mr. Seymour elegant
leisure for the study of pomeology. They
recognize the fact that General Grant has
given us an eminently sound and safe adminis
tration, and that public confidence is firmer
now than at any time since 1859. The finan
cial administration has been honest and
straightforward. The public debt has been
steadily diminished, whilst taxation has
not been increased. Revenues have been
collected and honestly accounted for. Inter
est has been reduced. Our national credit has
steadily gained in strength. Our bonds are
better than those of any of tbe European gov
ernments. In our national securities, foreign
capital now finds interest and surety. The
policy alone of the Administration,
is sufficient to endear it to the hearts of the
pe°p<*- .Jtpr
No one donbts—not even the most rabid
and virulent Democrat donbts—but'that -we
have a pure administration. The air has cone
of those suspicions of debauchery and cor
ruption which signalized the administration
of Buchanan or the still more unfortunate ad
ministration of Johnson. We have no foreign
complications. All feel that the President has
done well. The People are satisfied, although
a few restless partisan politicians may not be.
Republicans cannot afford to abandon tbe
campaign by abandoning the Administration
for a new nomination; and the progressive
Democrats have lost confidence in the pro
posed “third party” movement, looking to
the nomination of Jhdge Chase, in 1872.
The New York Press.
The “Young Democracy ” of Gotham is to
have an organ. It is to be called the “ Free
Frees” (a misnomer) and a young gentleman
formerly connected with the Beportorial corps
of the Herald is to be the editor.
The “Old Democracy” have an organ in
the treacherous World; the “Know Nothing
Democracy " are to have the old Washington
Intelligencer, and the “Bed Hot” department
still have Brick Pomeroy's.
rather than of a drunken mob or a mere tool
of roughs and bullies, he is denounced
by men who, perhaps, owe their position
to the abolition of the old system of msiprius,
and the Judge* treated with studied contcmp.
And -bcciinso the Governor wonld preserve
the, ljignity of the law courts, by re
commending punishment for these con
tempts, Huch as is in vogue in Virginia,
New York and Pennsylvania, and which
has been tbe custom and practice in
England for centuries, these Judges are set
upon by a reckless partisan press, and ridi-
cnlcd for making an honest effort to preserve
the dignity of the profession nnd the parity of
the State Judiciary.
Democratic Aspirant, to Congrei
Democracy is on the lookout for a candi
date for Congress from this District Floyd
county has two aspirants, it seems; one in the
person of Col. W. B. Terhtme and another in
‘Capting Scott” of the House—a gentleman
who, according to the Rome Commer
cial, is' ready and willing “to bleed like
bog for bis party." Bartow has
one in the person of General W. T. Wofford.
The General is not sufficiently extreme to fill
the bill, it seems. Gen. Young is also under
stood to be in the field. Ditto of Mr. Ander
son of Cobb. And it is said that Mr. W. H.
Halsey of this county Is also willing to accept
the nomination. It is also understood that
CoL Luther J. Glenn of this city wonld prob
ably accept the nomination. There nro doubt
less others.
Working men ami Demagogues.
The Cincinnati Labor Congress suffered the
usual infliction of excessive chin music. Po
litical hacks were on hand as usual, all with
axes to grind. Aspirants to office who had
worn out their welcome in either or both po
litical parties, and who had been securely laid
np on the shelf by their respective organiza
tions, naturally enough blundered into the
Labor Congress, and monopolized the time
with political discussions. Thus it was that
the old brand of discord found its way into
tk(^.’Cincinnati Congress. Laboring men
arid mechanics, who had assembled
to discuss co-operative projects and otber
means of emancipation from the tyranny of
capital, were forced into silence by dema
gogues who were seeking nominations to
Congress. No system or plan was tlucidalcd
in tbe interest of the working men. Every
thing was politics; and false faced friends,
and hypocritical interlopers, who seek to
champion the cause of Labor as a stepping
stone to their ambition, perverted the
whole object of the assemblage, and passed it
into history as a failure.
It will ever be thus just so long as working
men consent to lend .a willing ear to dema.
gogucs. Politicians will seek their votes
doss, but they otherwise hold no interest
in common with the Labor Movement. But
for this error in the very inception of the
meeting, some practical plan for cooperative
Societies might have been discussed and deter
mined upon.
Cooperation is really tbe only thing possi
ble of immediate attainment that will protect
tho laborer from the exactions of the capital-
st An Eight Hour law will not do it. This
A AMD t
XWAYS, I
125, 1870. J
Vsx&ntwsT&’s Office
Nashville amd Ciiattamooga
NaMUVILLE AMD NORTHWEMTEOM U.UL'
Nashville, Tens., August 25,
//oil Ibster Blodgett, Superintendent, ttv.. West
ern and Atlantic Railroad, Atlanta, Georgia:
My Dear Sir—I have just returned from
Georgia, and having passed over the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, both in going and re
taining, I request to say, and trust yon will
not take offense at my saying, that yon have
a vast amount of work to do on your road bed,
bridges, Ac., in order to insane safety and con
venience in tbo transportation of tbe heavy
business, we anticipate the coming season.
lost season’s blockade qf freight at Chatta
nooga will readily remind yon of the mud of
additional engines and cars on your rood, and
we expect to not only maintain, but gcatly in
crease the freights tho coming season.
You will not feel surprised ot my anxiety
for the good condition and fall equipment of
your road, when you reccollect the fact that I
am officially connected with three hundred and
thirty miles of railway north of your road,
and with about two hundred and thirty miles
south of your line, and connecting directly
each end of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and onr success in a great de
gree depending upon tho promptness with
which the freights may be dispatched over your
road.
This is not a question that interests alone
your road and oars, bnt one which effects di
rectly or indirectly every citizen of Georgia,
and those in the West trading with your sec
tion.
Trusting that these considerations may
stimulate you to put forth your usual seal to
meet the crisis now upon you.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
E. W. Cole,
. President, etc.
DAD, 1
T ’ J
"Westehn akD Atlantic Railroad,
Office Superintendent,
Atlanta, Georgia, Ang. 29, 1870.
CoL K TU Colt, President XashvUleand Chatta
nooga and Korih Western PrUroad, and Oen
eral Superintendent Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, XashviUe, Tenru:
My Dear Snu—-In response to your esteemed
favor of the 2oth inst., would say that I fully
appreciate the force of the suggestion yon are
pleased to make in reference to the condition
of this road, and that I am still doing every
thing in my power to put the road in first
elass condtion.
To this end almost the entire nett earnings
of the road have been expended in payment
of contracts for material and stock made by
my predecessor, and in the purchase of new
iron, rolling stock, motive power and equip
ment for the road ordered by myself. But
for these necessary expenditures, I would
have been able to make larger payments into
the State Treasury than perhaps have been
made for years past, as the business of the
road been larger than heretofore.
These expenditures have enabled me to pn fc
the road in better condition than it was last
year; but there is, as you suggest, much yet
to be done in order to meet the demands of
trade.
There is some forty odd miles of the Road
that requires new iron; the safety of the
Road demands this, and I hope to bo able to
supply it soon. We also need at least 250 ad
ditional freight cars, and at least 5 more first
class freight engines. These, in addition to
the repairs of bridges and rood bed, which
you suggest, will require additional heavy out
lays of money; and in view of the heavy pay
ments made, and to be made, for repairs and
stock contracted for by my predecessor, and
War Notes.
Thu partly Father Hyadnthe entered as a
private, in one of tho volunteer regiments des
tined to defend Paris. He has since been
promoted to a sergeantship.
Tbe wife of Prince Salm-Salm, who is re
ported to have fallen in one of tho recent bat
tles, lias just given birth to a son. She has
just passed an examination for surgery, and
is doing good service in. hospitals.
The principal singer of the Marseillaise in
Paris now, is Mademoiselle Teresa. A corre
spondent describes her appearance as follows
‘This girl is the beau ideal of a street heroine
of the first revolution. She wore a red frock,
a blue corset, and a white scarf; her sleeves
were rolled up, just like a washerwoman com
ing from her tub; her corset was open in front
with a sort of affected carlessness. In this
manner she stepped to the foot-lights, and
sang the Marseillaise with overpowering ardor.
There is something singular about the play of
her features, her dark eye is first dosed, to
shoot a moment afterward a look of fire; her
voluptuous mouth pouts, her beautiful, vigor
ous form trembles with exdtement, and then
her voice breaks forth like a torrent, without
cultivation and art, but powerful, sonorous
soul-staring.”
It is abundantly evident that every shade of
public feeling in France, with the exception,
perhaps, of the Socialist faction in Paris,
united in defense of the country against the
Prussians. Even Victor Hugo has returned,
after a long exile, in the costume of one of the
National Guards. If there is any discord,
is to be adjourned until after the conclusion
ot the war. Until that period arrives, the
present Government of Napoleon, will have
the entire command of the resources of the
nation. The war, in every sense, is one of
populations, about equal in number, against
each other. That it will have a speedy end,
unless there is an intercession of the
other great powers of Europe, is highly
implobable. The remark of the Emperor,
that it would be a long and bloody war, is ap
parently verified by tbe present outlook. If
the Prussians have any hope that tho march of
their armies will cause a revolution in Paris,
that will forward their views and lead to peace,
they will be mistaken. It is not likely that in
any event a revolution will occur; and if there
u>, U will only ho for tho pm-poao of weilding
the forces of the Empire with the greater abil
ity against tfie foreign invader. Torrents of
blood are bound to flow, and with alternate
fortune, before the waves of war will be stilled.
The New York Tribono is gaining great
credit by its expensive enterprise iu procuring
war news by the Atlantic cable. Its full ac
count of tbe battle of Gravellotto—telegraphed
at an expense of over $2,200 in gold—was
published in New Yo*fe before tho details were
known in any European -capital.
Tho Emperor Napoleon fcas studied Crosar’s
Commentaries on the Gallic ssur very thor
oughly, it is said. The first sentcoco, “Gallia
omnis in partes tres divisa cstor aC Gaul is
divided into three parts, must, in view aS the
three armies of the King of Prussia, .face a
new significance to tho Imperial author qf-tbcj
Life of Cresar.” No wonder ho goes about 1
muttering* “On m’o ccupe.”
Tbe idlo tale about Eugenie’s latter to Victo
ria, and the answer to it, is officially denied, but
not before any reader of sense had contradict
ed it for himself. All the nonsense reported
from London of the hiding of tho Empress’s
brooches and tho sleeve-buttons of one prince
and tbe pocket money of another, in all odd
corners of Europe, may be dismissed to ob
livion with it. It is not in the Napoleons to ac
knowledge themselves beaten till long after
they are bo; and when their valuable* are car
ried over the frontier, no special correspondent
will be invited to inspect them on the
and to report the fact
The Times says a good many people
ought to know better seem to imagine that,
in the event of the overthrow of the Second!
Empire, the dynasty of Orleans has special
claims on the suffrages of the French nation.
It may readily be admitted that the present
representative of the family, the Count of
Paris, grandson of Louis Phillippe, is a man
of respectable talents and of liberal senti
ments. However desirable these may be in a
ruler of France, it is, however, obvious that
an aspirant to royal power must be able to
show something more definite to entitle him
to the unanimous support of the people. He
must either be able to appeal to the principle
of legitimacy, which underlies monarchial in
stitutes, or he must be able to show that the
family to which he belongs has established a
prior right to the throne by its past services
in the cause of liberty or national progress*
Any other arguments might be heard in sup
port of his cigima to become the President of
a republic, but are in no sense relevant to the
foundation of a hereditary monarchy.
AN ENGLISH LORD IN TROUBLE. I deceased (who, we believe, was, at tho time of
stcamwt-n. 1 deoth ’ "» der mto cliurdi-cer-
tomly a member and communicant thereof),
The Cincinnati Commercial haa the follow- ***"“* whhffiha P Sdd- diS00UrSe ’ dnriD8 th °
: I would not wish to embitter your tears—
On Tuesday an affair occurred onboard the I but it is my duty to tell you that ho whoso re-
steamer Bristol, of tho Fall River Line, which J mains are now lying here met his death owing
camo near resulting fatally to one of the offi-l to a false standard of , public opinion. I ask
cers of that boat. Mr. A. G. Sisson, the de- j you: Why is it made obligatory on the part
tcctive attached to the steamer, while perform- j of young men to submit themselves to thi«
ing his regular midnight rounds, on the look-I public opinion? I say to you that if your
out for state-room' robbers and Indy insulters, 1 tears are sincere and your sympathies are true,
saw a man on tho outer guard in the rear oft then you. will consecrate this occasion by. doing
tho social hall endeavoring to obtain an en-1 all in your power to improve this community
trance to a lady’s state-room through the win- and to rid it of this false standard of public
dow. As no men aro allowed in this part of j opinion whiclrnow prevails in onr midst. If
the boat after dark, and tho actions of tho your tears and your sympathies are genuine
man being very suspicious, Mr. Sisson ap-j and could bring back to life this genial, gen-
proached close to him, and pulling out his j erous-hearted young man', 'What would not this
dark lantern, threw the light _ full in j city give to have this young man alive here
his face. With the fierceness of a tiger, tile J to-day? I.charge it upon yon in God's name
an sprang at Sisson, and dealt him J to do all in your power to remedy the
. terrific blow on the skull, which felled him | false public sentiment that now prevails and
senseless and bleeding to the deck; and while 1 which has resulted in the death of this kind-
in that helpless position, the then unknown I hearted and beloved young man. I charge
man administered kicks and blows to the pros-1 upon you, young men and old men, while
trate man, until finally, not content with his j your hearts are open in view of thin great af-
fiendish work, he lifted Sisson up from tha J diction, to receive instruction, in order that
deck and hurried him to tho rail to toss him. 1 you may make this community different from
into the Sound. .As ho was being bom along I what it is. If our homes ore not to bo draped
the deck, Sisson gradually recovered his I in mourning, if our hearts aro not to bo rent
senses, and just as he was being pitched over- J asunder by grief on such occasions os this,
board, grasped tho man by his person, 1 then we must remove this false standard of
which caused him to cry out with pain. J public opinion in regard to dueling, and re-
The cry roused the officers and pas- I solve before God to-day, that it shall be done,
sengers, who came to the scene of The bar and pulpit have spoken, tho local-
excitement. The man being secured, was put press next utters its protest against the bar
in imnR and nnon heincr search.-*!, was fnrmd 1 hariam of “ the Code.” TIia Avalanr'>innF Slut*
in irons, and upon being searched, was found barism of “ the Code.’’ The Avalanche of Sat'
to be Lord T. Donald Campbell, son of the 1 urday, commenting upon the tragedy, says :
Lord Chancellor or England, -n-lio arrived in J The laws of Tennessee describe the dueling
the steamer Scotia last week. Some of the i code as one of crimes against society, good
passengers, finding that it was a real live lord, I order and peace. But public opinion must
were loud in their protestations against a Lord 1 sustain the laws, and unite with them in con-
being put in irons. Immediately after the ar-1 demning the code.. It is falsely calledthA code
rest, a lady’s blade silk belt was found near I of honor, but itis every thing else. The bar
the scene of the encounter, and as no owner I and bench have not done their duty, and the
has turned up, there is a mystery in relation 1 ministers of. our holy religion have failed in
to it which is yet unsolved. Lord Campbell J their duty even as promoters of peace. The
was taken to Boston as a prisoner, and turned 1 law is clear where It describes tho dueling
over to the United States authorities, charged I code as a crime against the State and its peace
with assault with intent to kill upon the high 1 and dignity. He who lives by the “code” is
is. I very apt to perish by it But the peace and
Throughout the whole affair Campbell 1 happiness of families demand that the “code"
showed signs of insanity, and the United | be assigned its proper place as given it by
States Commisioner before whom he was I the law of the land. Bnt the people must, by
brought adjourned the case until a competent | their opinions, compel every one to feel that
medical examination could be made. The | there is another and a better code—the code
doctors declared him to be of unsound mind, I of peace, of order, law, whose observance is
and Lord Campbell was remanded to the care I honor indeed. The cowardly opinion, full of
of the British Consul, wao at once placed him | error, which stood behind theyoung man, lash
in the lunatic asylum at Somerville, Massachu-1 in hand, is above all, guilty of his blood,
setts, until his friends in England could be no-1 It is the sentiment, which falsely makes it
tilled. Influential citizens iu Newport, among I not only honorable, but fashionable to observe
them L. P Morton, Esq., took the matter iu J the “code,” that is more criminal tba" the
hand, and telegraphed that Campbell showed j code itself! Society has submitted, under
unmistakable symptoms of insanity while on j protests, and with suppressed indignation, but
board of that steamer. 1 has'failed in the full and honest discharge of
It seems strange that, knowing this fact, j its duties. To do this will not restore life to
some steps were not taken to prevent such a 1 the lamented dead, but will, we trust, prevent
dangerous character being let loose upon the the sacrifice of other victims, and protect tho
community, especially as he was provided with | peace and happiness of families.
letters of introduction to some of the ^beet
families in the country.
Mr. Sisson has recovered from injuries so as
After the Buttle of Wocrth.
,. , . v , , - , , Edmond About describes the scenes after
to attend to his duties, but bears a mark on | — , ... .
Via* xx.; 11 hi* rrr*v« the buttle of Woertii as follows:
his skull which he will carry to his grave.
The Lord C. now says he supposed that the
“One sees solid regiments, who proudly re-
THE “CODE.”
officer was a robber, and he intended to throw I treat, while a tew bad soldiers, disbanded, lost,
him overboard. He now wants to settle the I demoralized, and disarmed, throw themselves
matter, and offers a good round sum to help 1 desperately into each by-path. I arrived just
the officer’s wounded head and feelings. 1 in time to stop three wretched Turcos, mount
ed on-artillery horses, as they were entering
an old quarry with the hope of making a short
cut from the field. Our artillery, must have
The Memphis Trngcdy-Thc Bench, Pul- J been roughly used, so many caissons peas along
pit m»d Press. | the road without guns. But here come one or
From the Nashville Banner, 30th.] I two regiments of the line quite firm, tolerably
Memphis has the call on duels. Two have I complete in numbers, rifle on shoulder, and
occurred within a very short .space of time, I knapsack on back. Behind them Marshal
while challenges are about as common os nom-1 McMahon, calm, dignified, almost smiling, and
inating conventions. The Memphis papers ol I fresh os a rose. I salute him as he passes. He
the 27th and 28th are full of the details of the j responds without noticing me. One of his
last fashionable rencontre, resulting in the I aids, M. d’Alsac. names me. Then the old
death ol a worthy young man, who has been I hero stops, and tells me quite simply the
compelled, under the inexorable regul -tions I story of bis defeat, thus: T had only 35,000
of the code, which seems to command more I men, and I found 150,000 in front of me. We
respect than the laws in that vicinity, to sur-1 have given away before numbers. They have
render up his life. One of the reports ’ of this I killed or wounded about 5,000 men. But we
trageay tells us how the people of Memphis I shall have our revenge. Explain this to the
were “never more horror-stricken, and never I public. But where are you going iu that
more impressed with the barbarism of tho code;” I direction?’ *To Saveme,’ I replied, ‘You
and that “whatever the horror of the public, it I will be captured. The Prussians will bo
bore no comparison to the frantic grief” of 1 there in two hours,’ says the General. ‘I
the youth’s mother and other kindred. And [ have my wife and children there,’ I answer,
yet we are told that influential citizens knew I God preserve you. Do not fail to say that
of it beforehand; labored for days to bring I the morale of tho troops is excellent.’ Wo
the affidr to an adjustment; one of the papers I shake hands.
even announced the performance about to be I “I exchange a few pleasant words with M.
had several hours before it actually took place, I d’Alzac, and I search vainly in the ranks of
and sent its reporter to the field; there was a I the staff os it moves on for the laughing and
] procession of carriages to tho scene of liostili-1 kindly face of M. de Vogue, officer of ordnance.
1 ies, and yet there wero no police, no Sheriffs, j This fine young man,, fall of promise, was
or any officials of that sort on hand to preserve I killed by a ballet throagh the forehead, nnd
tho peace. Inter ortna silent leges. I General Colson with a bullet through the
The killing was permitted in the open day I heart Both of them were struck down by
the presence of a numerous audience of I the side of the Marshal, who was reckless of
gentlemen—“a day too bright and a scene too | his life. Last comes a regiment of Turcos,
glorious, as the newspaper says, for so melon-1 the most complete and finest of tho three,
choly an occurrence as was about to ensue. I These fellows have not thrown away their
The notes of the birds floated by on the mom-1 knapsacks nor their arms. One of the
ing air, the perfume of flowers regaled the J first comes out of the ranks and clasps
EAST TENNESSEE NEWS.
KNOXVILLE.
Quite a number of new streets arc being
opened.
Rev. Wm. Graham, pastor of the Episcopal
Church, left for Baltimore, Tuesday, to take
charge of a church. The depot and work
shops of the East Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad were draped in mourning, Tuesday,
in consequence of the death of the President
of the Road. CoL Thos. Calloway.
CHATTANOOGA.
Mr. Robert Knauf has disappeared iu a very
mysterious manner.
Vagrants lodge in the car shed every night
Heavy chancery sale coming off in a few
days.
Men like Ex-Governor Johnson, Judge Pope,
Judge Andrews, Judge Parrott Judge Greene,
Chief Justice Brown, Associate Justices Mo-
Coy and Warner, are denounced as ignorant
by ignoramuses who can see nothing good in
a Republican appointee to office. Either of
these gentlemen havo doubtless forgotten
more than these Democratic blvthersifites ever
knew. *
senses, and every thing seemed to give praise I me around tho neck. It is i
to the Author of the Universe. Yet in the I Dory, a fellow-journalist and the w
qf all this, men were intent upon each I cellent fellow begins by telling me: *1 have
other’s iflood.” The preliminaries were as | been to your house; it is empty. All your
cooly arranged as for a prize fight, a barbecue, I people are safe but you. I, as yon see, am
a camp-meeting, or a hanging. “Two saplings 1 firm as a post Oh, my poor friends ! What
were cut down and transplanted after the J a disaster. We will repair it though.' Ho
gronnd had staked off, so os to af-1 runs off and disappears in the motley crowd
ford shelter to .each-” Everything was com-1 of his comrades. A little farther on I saw a
fortablo and regular, fqr tho death of one or I civilian dressed in a short coat of grey velvet
both, and to the complete satisfaction of the I who marches like an officer between two corn-
interested audience. Tw«j6)iQts are fired and I panics of the line. It is M. Guildran, the
one poor victim falls murdered upon the I artist of the Illustration, an old Mend of the
ground, and another stands erect a murderer— I day before yesterday. He carries his portfolio
all is justified by “the code.” Inter anna silent I across his back, and to-morrow morning at
leges. The wounded says, “I am hit,” j Pfalzburg he will, no doubt make a sketch of
and looking toward his adversary, exclaims: 1 this shameful retreat ■
“I never said anght against yon or injured you ] “At the gates of Saveme, the panic-stricken
in all my life.” And then tho sad recital goes I are flying iwapg the railway or hiding in the
on in the words of the reporter: I gardens; but some good regiments of tbe lino
Said Mr. Hamlin, “Is it a killing wound, are tramping in steps through the streets,
doctor?” I Their passage, calm and courageous, is not
“It is a serious wound, Ed,” replied Dr. I over before II o'clock at night These last
Saunders, “and I can give you no en-1 belong to the Fifth Corps. They leeched
couragement” Reichshoffen too late to give battle,—
.fired too high, didn’t I, doctor ?” asked 11 find the little town a prey to a panic really
the dying man. fabulous. Marshal MacMahon arrived there
‘Are you in pain, Ed?” asked one of the I on Saturday night at 11 o’clock, followed by
the remains of his army, and preceded by a
w xx% I am not in pain," he said, “but 1 swarm of breathless fugitives. In the twmk-
I feefsuah a strange sensation here,” placing I ling of an eye Saveme saw itself filled
his hand tmiiis side, the wound meanwhile I with the First Corps, which the foe luckily be
having been bandaged. lieved to have retired upon Bitche. They mess
A pause. The wounded man’s eyes began 1 ed together where they could—those most for-
to turn glassy. He was losing consciousness. I tunate, in the houses of their townsmen; those
It was plain the sands of life were running out 1 who had brought away their knapsacks and
kgt. I camp equipage, under their tents; many upon
Said Mr. Scales, his second, bending over j the pavements and in the fields under heaven’s
him, “Don’t you know me, Ed?” canopy. The night was passed in terror. If
Thera was no response. the enemyhaff known tow to profit by the
“He will never know you again, Scales,” opportunity, he might have made 10,000 or
said Dr. Saunders, very gravely. 15,000 prisoners at one blow. The population
After a little while there was a contortion of J was only half re-assured by the presenco of
the body, and then an exclamation something troops broken down, starved and discomfited,
like “Oh. my poor mother!” then all was I Some families got off by the mail tram at mid-
silent as the grave again. (day, the last that went from Strasbourg.
In three quarters of an hour from the time I * 1 • ~
when the pistol was discharged, Hamlin lay a Five Young Men StrneU Deaf In one
corpse on the spot where he received the fetal I ,. s . .
butot. It entered the right side, passed We gave publicity to a rnmor yesterday
through the liver and through the leftside. morning which we regarded at tho time as
Then the newspapers, of course, giro the nothing more; nevertheless, we gave it lor
personnel of the chief actors; of all the sur- what it was worth, and waited for farther par-
geons engaged, and the seconds; all theoor-1 ticulars. Yesterday we learned that the re
spondents, and the “cartel” and minnle de- port was true, and we gathered the following
tails of the preliminary arrangements follow—; additional facto: Five young men were gath-
very interesting reading, no doubt, to curious I ered together in a room at Helena, Arkansas,
readers of morning papers, and especially to ] one evening last week, and when they separa-
disciples of “the code,” but very sad to the] ted for the night all were as well as usual,
relatives of the deceased. The seconds, toe] Next morning the alarming foot was discovered
next day, even published additional details of] that they were all completely deaf, and
other letters omitted in the first publication, most, of them suffering * ““■’’Y
Then the expounders of the law meet together i pom m the head. No relief could bo found in
to pass tribute of respect They lament the] Helena, so four of them went to hew Or lain
loss of their deceased professional brother, i for treatment, and one camo to Memphiss
bnt no word of condemnation of the unlawful This Utter was J “.B°^yonngnntn who
and “deep damnation of his taking off’is con- has lived tore till recently.. Ho formerly
tained in their consolatory resolutions. clerked at Mansfield 4: HtRbees drug store.
Then comes the impressive and imposing and previous to that time clerked for Gilbert
lunoral, the Bacred edifice being filled to its nt- ( 4 Higbee. Ho is well known here, and
most capacity. The altar all draped in sombre meeting an acquaintance yesterday he was
black cloth, relieved with beautiful crosses accosted,, when he drew forth a pencil and
composed of the fairest and most ehoice flow- paper and wrote, “I cannot hear a word you
era, while a dim religious light shines through say; I have been struck deaf. Various coo-
tto window over the altar, on which is in- jecturea have been made aa to toe cause of
scribed the momentous word “Christ is Risen.” this singular occurrence; some ascribe .it to s
Tho names of the pall bearers, the badges of direct visitation of Providence, others, of
mourning upon their arms, the immortelles upon superstitious minds, to some subtle influence,
the coffin, tto dirge of the organist-Profi Win not of God nor yet of man; while some seek
kle-even the names of tho choir, the tenors and to find a scientific cause rathe condition of
the bassos, and the songs they sang-all these [the weather, or what they ate and drank on
details are given, bnt they do not bring back | the occasion. — Memphis bun.
toe dead to life nor relieve the shocked moral " >
sense of the community from a recurrence of The Knights of Pythias have met with con
such enactments by virtue of “the Code.” siderable success in Charleston, and a new
The acting clergyman, a personal friend of the | lodge is to be established there.
