The weekly new era. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-????, January 07, 1872, Image 2
Official Journal %»f Uic l uiUil HtMlcl*
Official Journal or the State of Georgia
ATLANTA,
::: JANUARY 10, 1S7S.
Atlanta and Her Schools.
Within tho next few days will be inaugu
rated in Atlanta a system of Public Schools,
similar to tbat«which has been so successful
in other localities; and which, in our candid
opinion, ia to do more lor tho moral and in
tellectual deration of onr society, and per
haps more to aid in tbe substantial growth
and prosperity of onr city, than any enter
prise yet projected.
This great work has been the result of two
long years of patient and earnest effort on tbe
port of tbe friends of edneation. The foun
dation has been well and deeply laid. Tbe
appropriations by the city hare been liberal.
The act of tbe Legislature, and the ordinance
of Council, under authority of which this en
terprise has been consummated, are judicious,
liberal, and comprehensive. Large and com
modious buildings hare been erected; tbe ser
vices of on able and experienced Superintend
ent havo boon secured; competent teachors—
most of the in well and favorably known to our
community—have beeu elected; a judicious
selection of text books has been mode, based
upon intrinsic merit alone; rales for the gov
ernment of the schools have been submitted
to, and approved by tho Hoard; and we shall
be greatly disappointed if, within a few years,
tho good influences of this well digested sys
tem is not felt, not ouly in Atlanta, but
throughout the entire Stole.
It will induoe a better o’:as* of men from
abroad to become permanent oitixens of our
city. Skilled mechanics and artisans, mer
chants, traders, professional and business
men, will all seek permanent homes where
openings tor basin** arc better and more nu
merous, and where tho facilities for educating
their children are equal, if indeed not supe
rior, to those offered in tho great cities of the
West.
Of course these schools will cost money.
Property holders well understand that, and
have cheerfully submitted to the taxation to
defray this expense. And they do this all the
more cheerfully, because they well know that
the increase in the value of city property
must always be in exact ratio tc the number
and dons of citizens that is to augment the
growth of our city. Henceforth, in Atlanta, as
iu Philadelphia and Hartford and Cincinnati,
the children of the .skilled m cbanic, the
artisan, and tbe d<ty laborer, will be afforded
the moans of obtaining a splendid educa
tion a far better education thau has hereto
fore been possible, even in some of our aca
demies of a professedly high grade, and where
tho cost of entering a son or daughter amoun
ted to a positive prohibition except to the
wealthy
Tbc*eT*ciioo!s will of course, in a very short
time, swallow up all the private schools of the
city; and in anticipation of this, some
of our ablest and most experienced
teachers, male and female, have sought
and obtained positions as teachors in the Pub
lie Schools HMMvgiug into theso schools
a number of schools already estab
lished, and tons are among the most
prominent and influential citizens of Atlanta.
Ta« Ctearokfe Railroad Seize
It is already known to^lho reading public
, that Governor tJonley has, under authority of
\ an act of the Legislature, approved March
«iz--*d tho Carter*villa and Van Wert
What la the Democratic Majority In Geor
gia I- Which la the I'arfy!
On the ith day of November last theTieg-
islaturo of Georgia, then in session, reoog-
LizJQ Hou. Benjamin Conley os the Governor
of Georgia. This was done afler a full can
vass of all the circumstances, and after amplo
discussion of the legality of Governor Conley’s
claim to tbe position. He became possessed
of the office in tbe manner and by the means
constitutionally appointed. This was con
ceded, even by his political opponents.
The unejpired term to which Governor
Conley, in virtue of a Constitutional provision,
acceded, was for about ten months only. Both
Houses of the General Assembly had been
organized subsequent to his accession to the
office; and the very words of the Constitu
tion, applicable as well to all special as to
general elections, are that, “The returns for
every election of Governor, after the first,
shall be sealed up by the Managers, sepa
rately from other returns,and directed to the
President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and transmitted
to Hie Excellency, the Governor, or the per
son exercising the duties of Governor for tbe
time being, who shall, without opening soil
returns, cause the same to be laid before
the Senate, on the day after the two Houses
shall have been organized.” The fact that
compliance with this constitutional provision
was wholly irreconcilable with a scheme for
a special enactment or order for an election of
Governor, for the unexpired term, was ap
parent to all.
Nevertheless, aa election was ordered Ly the
General Assembly, and the farce of a popular
ballot gone through with on the 19th of
December last. We, ot course, intend no diw
ipect by calling this a “farce;” hot that it
s a £*rctfgf id nothing more, appears from
the fact that out of 205,000 votes in the State,
leas than 35,000 were polled 1
Mr. Speaker Smith—a very estimable gen
tleman, so r as we know, to the coantrary—
now claimfc trr be Governor in virtue of this
electiou. To enforce this claim, and otherwise
reorganize the Stale Government in the inter
ests of a political faction, the Legislature con
vokes on the 10th instant, ami a long, turbu
lent, aud expensive session* is anticipated.
No political party can loDg survive such a
record os this. The movement was inaugu
rated over tbe solemn protest of many of the
ablest and most astute leaders of tbe Demo
cratic party. Its wisdom was doubted, and
the project disapproved, by legal gentlemen of
all shades of political opinion. The Demo
crats claim a party vote in the State ol from
120.000 to 130,000. The question therefore
now is, which ia the Democratic party, the
35.000 who support this scheme or the 95,000
who either opposed or stood aloof from this
revolutionary scheme of reorganization ?
Tie Best Joke Yet.
Alluding to the late election farce in tLis
State, and to some remarks of tbe Eba touch
ing Mr. Speaker Smith’s Claim to tho Guber
natorial office, the Colnmbns Enquirtr of the
6th says:
We do not know how man j vote* were c**» iu the
State; but the fact that fire counties gave »vea thou
sand votes for Smith, and not.fcolf a doeen for any
seelse, ia rather damaging to the Eoa'k estimate.
And the fact that 55,000 are considerably more than
3-30tlia of 200,000 (the estimate of the number of
Tr.se in the 8tste) suggests that the Essie as faulty
In the working aa in the atatement of a mithemaiical
proposition.
the confession of the Enquirer is, that
it does “ not know how many votes were cast
in tbe State ” at tbe election on tbe 19th De
cember. It docs not. therefore, dispute the
truth of the statement that there were not ex
ceeding 35,000 votee cast. The voting popula
tion ot the State is estimated at from 200,000
to 210,000 votes. Hence the correctness of
the statement that not «*cetding three -
twentieths of the entire rote of tho State was
cast for Mr. Smith. Will Mr. Smith path a
claim that is no better supported by the peo
ple than this ? We hope not.
But, says the Enquirer, Jtee counties gave
7,000 votes for Smith, “ and not a half a Cozen
for any one else!'* Considering the fact that
Mr. Smith was the only candidate in the field,
and consequently the on/’/ candidate of this
three-twentieth vote of the State, this state
ment ia decidedly refreshing !
The election law was held to be illegal by a
large and respectable number of Mr. Smith's
own party. Others of the same party opposed
the election upon grounds of mere expediency.
The Republicans declined to euter the contest
at all, under any circumstances, believing the
whole scheme unconstitutional and irregular.
The Smith faction succeeded in polling not ex
ceeding 35,000 votes, out of a Democratic vote
of say 150,000, as claimed by thi Democracy
themselves. And now the consolation is, that
there were “not a half dozen votes cast for
any one else" except Mr. Smith! That the
Enquirer is merely jesting over this matter, is
apparent from the following paragraph, taken
from the same article:
▲ majority of oil the rotes cast it aD that is required,
and this the people of Georgia well knew when so
many of them staid at home on the day of the election,
not caring to give a full vote to a rand date who had no
oppotftion.
These admissions of the Enquirer embody
everything asserted by tbe Eju. Perhaps the
very gist of the controversy is the legality of
the election itself. It was simply because
seventeen-twentieths ot the voting population
of the State believed the election to be irregu
lar and unconstitutional, that they took no part
in it. Having beeu held, eveu by so insignifi
cant a minority, the validity of the election is
a question for tbe courts.
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A
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The Storm Brewing.
Mr. Speaker Smith, who was elected
Governor on tbe 19th, by about 35,000 votes
out of 205,000, lives in Columbus. From the
tone of the Democratic papers of that city, it
would seem that he seriously intends playing
the role ot Governor for the unexpired term of
about nice months. But how to proceed
seems to be the question. No definite plan of
operations seems yet agreed upon. The va
cancy is already filled, and this in the manner
prescribed in the State Constitution. Such at
least is the opinion, it would seem, of a large
majority of Mr. Smith's own party. Suppose
lyfpartisau friends in the Legislature should
recognizo him as Governor; and, encouraged
by this, he shonld open an offico aDd claim to
exercise the functions of the Executive ? In
that case, we shall have two Governors, just
as was predicted in November last, when the
bill providing a special order for a special
election was passed over the Executive veto.
This contingency suggest* itself to the Co-
:: .i r , L rnd placed U.e same io the h od 4 Son. That paper, of the SU> inalant,
f ft Bert Ivor. The Receive appointed was [- < —rf .
.. ....... _ * r . —A The cpAf pr«maca%l»at if tho pernon filling any of-
1 I iuioLi-k I riutap, 7<lce shall neglect or refuse to t:irn over to bis sncccs-
and a gentle- l BOT the records, books, and papers of bis office after
•"to personal character.
B. tho provision of the act, under auth r-
ity of which this seizure was made, the Be-
cuiv.T is to apply the earnings of the Boad to
the extinguishment of its unpaid obligations,
for which the State is liable in virtue of its
ind' A.-scment of those bouds. Failure to pay
tho interest on the bonds, on the part of the
Company, ui v lo ibis step obligatory upon the
Governor in order to secure the State. Such
is the law.
In virtue of his appointment as agent of
tho State, Colonel Printnp, as wo learn from
tho Cartersville Express, has endeavored to
take formal possession of the road, aud to
cuter upon the dischargo of tho duties of his
position. But he has beeu restrained from
doing this under local process. The Express
alleges that an injunction has been granted
by a local tribunal, restraining all levies upon
the road by its creditors! And in virtue of
this'!ujauction, the shuriff resisted its posses
sion by Colonel Print up.
Thus the matter is s.id to stand. We give
the facts as wo learn them from the Express.
They certainly present au anomoiy in the his
tory of modern legal proceedings.
Thr State Lunatlr Ar.ylnst Report.
The ruport of Dr. Green, the superintend
ent and resident physician of tbe State La Da-
tic Asylum, contains sonic very interesting
facts in relation to that institution. It ap
pears that the aggregate number of patients
in the asylum daring the period embaced
in the report—or from January l to Octo
ber 1, 1871,—was 439, of which 22 were pa
tients, 12 were part pay patieuts, bnd 405 were
pauper patients; 55 out of tbe whole num
ber admitted were idiots, 47 were epilep
tics, and the remainder wtre lunatics.
Doriug the above mentioned period there
were received into the Asylum 3f male, and 22
female patients. Of tbe 439 jntients iu the
institution duriug that time 23 lied, 1 eloped,
and 29 were discharged.
There existed at tho close df the year 1870
an outstanding indebted n ess of pU,07G. 30, gro w-
ing oat of the inadequacy of-tho appropria
tions of 1368 and 1869. T^e indebtedness
has beeu reduced to the amefcat of $3,272.28
by payments from tundaflhi*cd from pay pa
tients and sales. Thcroifevfj, yrnaipjggj
yA^jlon* Ooicber Si *671. JfTFmale, and 183
female patients; in all 380.
Book Notice*.
Dakota Last, os thi Beaut* o:
original illustrated Historical and
presenting a combination of Marvel
Wandering Fancies, Singular Events,
talities, all interwoven with graphic
the beantifal scenery, and
of Minnesota. By CoL Hawkins,
Home Gazette. For sale by
etia street, Atlanta, Georgia.
In external appearance,
most attractive of new Boo]
cal execution is faultless. It
lustrations, and also a finely t
the great W*st.
Tbe book is written in that
place style, 30 attractive to the a
of books of travel. It is very li
dessert, aud easily digested
weary and overtaxed brain. It, howe 1
tains some valuable information coni
tbe habits and customs of Western life
is not easily obtained elsewhere. It
baps, above the average of such books
cies of American literature at om
tboric and popular. It would be orna
ment in any parlor or drawing room; 'It is
rather light for the library.
The Debatable Land Between this Would au> the
Next, with illustrative narrations. By Bo bet Dale
Owen, author of “ Footfalls on the Boanjry of
Another World." New York: G. W. CarlrfokiCo.,
Publishers.
As a mere literary production this voltyneis
by no means entitled to the highest plact. In
this respect it is not ap to Mr. Owen’s wil
known .standard. And yet its style poftses-es
the rare merit of conciseness. There #e
some repetitions, but these, owing to
nature of the subject treated, are pardonafle,
perhaps necessary. ,
Owen, as is well known to tho&femd-
Ith his writings, is not an affilQfiox
ian; or rather, in justice to him,fw*
d say an orthodox churchman. H<
longs to the Spiritualist school of re]
belief; not to tbe exclusive, as taugb) by
George Fox and Swedenborg; but to tfa{ uui-
versalist school, as represented by tbe modern
Epiphanist. lie rejects the clement of^infcd-
libility, in all its forms, whether appjed to
Church, jiftest, or Bible. He .seeks, iu Jho vol
ume before ns, to show that religion, jlftch as
Christ taught, though sure to prevail in tie
end, is yet seriously choked by human (feels,
and sorely pressed by superstition. It is can-
batted on the one hand under the banneiof
Infallibility, and on the other by the vigorois
pioneers of Science. He endeavors to shiw
that, in this strait, experimental evidence
of the existence of modern spiritual phenom
ena, if it can bo had, would assist Christian
ity beyond measure. Ho seeks to show, also,
that if we will ba: open oar minds to the
truth, we shi^l obtain, as the r. aiiLyaafl tne
character of there phenomena, -ptod^xl)Delu
sive of the existence of intermundane laws.
The volume opens with a very lengthy but
able aud ingenious address to lio Protestant
Clergy. This address occupies nearly 181
pages of the book, or nearly one fourth of the
entire volume. In it he briefly the
rise, progress, aod result of tbe ieformation
of tbe lGtb Century; endeavors to prove that
Luther and Calvin predicated thefr syftems
upon tbe Epistles of St Paul, rather than
upon the synoptical record of Chrises sayings
and doings; consequently, that ttnir system
is based upon tbe idea of infallibildy, in that
they accepted as infallible the Apostle oT the
Gentiles. That the failure of Protestantism—
aud he endeavors to show by statistics tkut it
is a failure, or that it is at least rapidly be
coming so is attributable to the fact that the
Reformers rejected the spiritual tenets 91 the
mother Church, whilst they exchange! the
Infallibility of the Pope for the Infallibly of
the written Epistles of St. Paul, Ho a
ingeniously to tbtrold argument, that fi
fallible revelation, long existing iu del
THIS DEATH PENALTY.
Remarks Marie by Judge Jolin L. llopki
Passing Sentence Ip cm Tltomas^
Si, at tbe Last Term or Clayton Su
Court. ’
deth i
blood, by man stull his
Here is an extract from a Review, in the
London Times, of Earnest Renan’s late work
•• Democracy is by it? nature envious, given to mi
t*rial pleasures, ignorant, and consequently frivolous,
inimical to all superiority, eag -r to place obstacles iu
the way of real merit, to destroy all that surpaas it:
cosy of access to charlatans, complaisant to flatterers,
impatient of discipline, it can only exist in an aimos-
plu-re of intellectual mediocrity and moral debase
ment, and commonly cuds in despotism.**
Th« anathemas of the French philosopher,
and the comments of the London Times, were
donhtf&ts levelled at tho Paris Commune,
would, however, be difficult to convince the
average American that American Democracy
was wholly absent from the mind of the
writer when tho above was penned ! “ Organ
ized I 'norwuce” was tho term applied to the
thing called “ Democracy” in America, by a
distinguished statesman of England some
year*
Tnnprrsncr in Congress.
Hr. Senator Wilson gave a temperance lec
ture in Boston, last Sunday evening, worth
noticing, because he said that in Congress
during The last seventeen years he had found
that tho members who nsed alcohol were inva
riably the first to be prostrated by protracted
work. “ Iu my experience,” he said, “while
Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs
I always found that the men to be relied on
wtrathe meu who drank not at all.” However,
Mr. Wilson thought tbero wi re fewer drinking
:u<-n in Congress now than when he first went
to it. F< nm-rly the night sessions were dreaded
on account of tho debauchery to which they
;;uvo rise. Now, about one-quarter of the
Senators arc pledged temperance men, and
there is not what may bo called “a hard
drinker” i:i tbe Senate at all. The facts are
about the . amc ia ibe House of Represents
tives. Once the departments were full of
drr.ukon men, now they are the exceptions.
Comiug from a source to be relied npon, these
are interesting and cheering facts.
the same are denyiDdetl, complaint can be made to the
Judge of the Superior Court, who must grant an or
der, setting a time for a hearing, and requiring each
delinquent to show cause why be should not be com
pelled to deliver up the Kome: that tbe Judge shall
proceed to inquire into the circumstances, and if it
appear that such books are illegally withheld he must
order the same to be deliver, d iustauter to his sac
censor, and the punishment of failure is flue and im
prisonment till tbe books are delivered up.
The Judge of the Superior Court gives judgment
id an appeal is bad to the Supreme Court. The lat
ter Court is divided in opinion. What then t Here
twin Governor#, and who shall be able to identify
the true and the false Dromio ? We are not all Fal!-
staffs to know by instinct the true Prince. One good
Governor at * time, is enough for Georgia, bat two i«
coming it strong. This trouble coaid have been
avoided, if the Legislature had refused at once
promptly to have recognized Conley as Governor, kc.
Theso points were hiutcd at by the Augusta
Constitutionalist, pending the discussion of
the special election bill in tbo Senate; and in
view nf ibe improbable snecess of tbe party
that should be elected, in obtaining possession
of the book;;, papers, and great Seal of State
under legal process, tbe whole scheme looking
to such election was disapproved. A quo war
ranto would bring up the main constitutional
question upon which this whole controversy
hinges. Thus placed upon its merits, few
lawyers of intelligence and experience doubts
but that tbe plaintiff would fail utterly.
Then what ? As a question of laic, tbe
issue will have been decided. It will thence
forth become a question of enforcement of
law. Let sober minded men think of this! It
involves much more than we are apt, upon
first thought, to suppose. It might not, nec
essarily, grow into a second Don’s Rebellion:
and yet it wonld involve complications and
contingonces which we in Georgia have hoped
would never recur. We have had quite
enough of Federal interference, have we not ?
Surely Georgians ore competent to manage
their own local affairs, and ought to do so.
Publlr Keltool*.
The city of Philadelphia Los 380 Public
School houses, 1,539 teachers 134,574 regis
tered pupils, and school property valued at
$3,315,407. The city has upended for
school purposes duriug tbe past tear, $1 491,-
029. She pays her male teacher an average
of $137,54 per month; female leathers $43.40
per month.
Such statements as these going cut to the
world, are among the causes to which that
beautiful oity attributes her marvellous
growth and prospertv during the past ten
years.
Army Necrology for 1871.
There were forty-five deaths among the offi
cers of the United States army during the
year 1871. The most prominent in this list
were General Robert Auderson, of Fort Sum
ter; General Ketcbum, for whose murder Mrs.
Wharton is now on trial for her life, and Pro
fessors Mahan and Angel, of the Military
Academy. Among the officers retired, num
bering in all eighteen, tho most prominent
were Major General Hartsnff, Assistant Adju
tant General ; Paymaster General Brice, and
Assistant Adjutant General Hiram Leonard.
Nine and a halt months is the length of tbe
nnexpired term to be filled ont by Governor
Conley, c-r by Mr. Speaker Smith, shonld the
(\>!» is decide in his favor. Tbe time is short;
rut to impatient office seekers it doubtless
8 • in? au age. The Columbus papers say that
Mr. Smith ia already overwhelmed with appli
cations i »r places. This is what may be
tenut-d set-king a short office at very long
range.
Thr \rw t'aNgn-uion«l i)f»tric-<*.
The new Apportionment Bill, as proposed
in Congress, and as it will probably become a
law, gives Georgia two additional members in
Congress -making nine in all. It will, of
course, necessitate the formation of two new
Congressional Districts in tbe State, and like-
i a readjustment of the boundaries of tbe
present districts.
This readjustment of districts is a matter
for tbe State Legislature, of course. It is a
work of grave importance. It should receivo
due consideration before any decisive action ii
had. As far as possible, tbe wishes of The
people should be consulted. Wo do nof mean
the politicians; we mean the people. There
shonld be no jerymandering in the interest of
gentlemen who aspire to Congressional honors.
Tbe general political interests of the State
ahould not be sacrificed to thoseof mere party.
Of course, such an effort will be made; but
the honest and patriotic men of either or both
parties are expected to oppose it. Failing in
this, they must expect the execrations of the
people, however much they be whitewashed
by partisan allies.
The New York Sun sees “a good thing” in
Georgia. The lease of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, is not, according to the San
just what it should be. It was “a fraud upon
tb^ people of the State,” aud tbe Sun feels
called npon to “have something more to say
on this snbject,” Ac.
The lease was a Democratic measure, as
cry body knows, and yet the San accuses Pres
ident Grant with being one of tho parties lo
the transaction !
What next ?
lightened centuries, to the castody of fallible
men; that it was translated by fallible meu,
at first into Latin, after a thousand years more
into modern tongues; that it was gradually
separated by fallible men from apocryphal
matter; that it was finally adopted, more than
three hundred and fifty years after the cruci
fixion, by a Catholic Ecnminical Council, and
a Catholic pope, who announced what books
should be included in the canon; authenti
cating the whole as the word of God; and
finally that it has been and still is interpreted
by fallible churches, who differ grieviousJy in
their several constructions of its meaning.
He then eudeavors to show a necessity for
other revelation than that set forth in the
written Word; that this revelation is not only
possible, under certain conditions conforma
ble to intermundane laws, but that it is actual
—a veritable reality; and that tho phenomena
of these spirit manifestations, will, when prop
erly understood, lead to the rejection of the
cumbersome human creeds of the orthodox
churches, and place Christianity before the
w’orld disenthralled of superstition.
Unlike Macaulay, Mr. Owen does not there
fore believe that a Christian of the fifth cen
tury with a Bible was upon au equality so far as
religions progress is concerned, with a Chris
tian of the nineteenth century with a Bible.
On the contrary, be does not believe that rev
elation ceased entirely after tbe first centirj
of the last eighteen; but that a Christian to
day may, by putting himself under tbe same
intermundane laws, according to which the
rcaght, receive
Thomas O’Neal, who was
the mnrder of Joseph M. Antho-
aat« d on Thursday, the 21st alt.
.dered a verdict of “guilty.” On
’riday tbo prisoner was brought
ceive sentence. The following
report was written tor the Eba.
ncer, Esq., of this city.
L, Hopkins, in passing sen-
iomas O’Neal, who was convicted
of Joseph M. Anthony, on the
of December 24, 1870, at Jonesboro,
county, said:
Thomas O’Neal, you have, by tho jury, been
found guilty of murder, and tho inexpressi
bly painful duty remains 1 or the Court to pass
upon you the senience of the laic. Y’our trial
has beeo conducted with «]] the patience the
Court possessed, and with aH the attention it
could command. It was participated iu by a
jury who were impartial and hrnj C .,t. I ob
served every witness; I thiuk I heard every
word spokeu by them. 1 have no cause to
snspect that the result, dreadful as it la to
you, was obtained otherwise than by juk
ami impartial means. If I had the sus
picion that partiality or bias had entered
into your case, it would be aa exceedingly
painfni reflection to me. The result, tho ver
dict of guilty, was inevitable. There was not
any cause, from first to the last sentence in the
testimony, no mitigating circumstance to re
lieve it from what tbe law calls murder, mur
der without one particle of evidence to pal
liate, excuse, or justify it. The circumstances
surrounding this case are not only peculiar,
but very painful. It was unusual, unnatural,
that a man of Anthony’s peaceable character
should fall by a pistol shot. He had not in
vited it by a violent course of life, as it aj»-
pears from the testimony that he was an inof
fensive man. It is certain that, from his last
distinct utterance on earth, anger had no place
in his bosom. With that sentence failing
from his lips, yon killed him. With tho state
ment, “I am not mad,” his last distinct and
rational utterance, he went to the judgment
bar of his God. When a violent and lawless
mau falls by violence, dreadful as it is, it is
often the sentence of a just public that he de
served his fate; though it was unjust to kill
him, the moral sense of tho people is not so
outraged, nor its condemnation so marked and
universal, as when au innocent aud inoffen
sive man falls at the hand of his fellow
man. On the other hand, it seems strange
and unusual (bat a youth of yoar age,
a boy not yet 21 years of age I believe, that
you, before attaining your majority, should
have reached the utmost limit of human
guilt, and have incurred the highest and most
awful penalty known o human laic, or that
mau cau inflict on man, that penalty is about
to be inflicted ou you. Your character has
been partly formed, I have no doubt; aud
your fate has been procured to some extent
by the nse of pistols and whisky. The carry
ing of concealed weapons brings you to the
gailows. Your mind inflamed with ungov-
erx r -d passion; controlled by bad habits; you
go about armed with a deadly weapon for the
purpose of agression, proceeding step by step
till an innocent man is shot down without
canae.
I wish it wore in my power to impress on
the minds of tho young men of this county
or two important truths in reference to
the formation of character. I can hardly
hope to do so, as these matters are presented
to them every day, from the pulpit, from every
good book, and every day’s experience. An
act once committed is ended for ever,
it is no longer in the power of man
to undo what is done; a man may change
or abandon his course of life, but when an act
is done it is beyond man’s power to recall or
alter it. How important then is it that every
act should be right: there is no thought iu the
mind of mau that does not enter into the
formation of his character for good or bad;
no step from his infancy that does not lead to
good or bad. There is a point when the
formation of character begins and assumes a
definite coarse, every after step strengthens
and establishes that character; if his course
be downward it is step by step to utmost de
pravity, till ho dies, and where the evil life
ends hell begins; on the contrary the practice
of good deeds, and the formation of good
habits finally become so nermanoat that they
are as~dffficult to shake off as the evTl man’s bad
habits are, and it becomes as difficult for the
good man to do wrong as for the wicked man
to do right; thus he goes in the grand ascend
ing scale of virtue till he also dies, and where
the good man’s life ends there heaven begins.
At this time you staud at the utmost verge
of evil. Every word I have said to you this
morning is to try, if possible, to turn you from
the awful end while there is life remaining.
Life has closed on Anthony. All that was
mortal of him has ceased to be, but his spirit
lives, and as your accuser it lives at tho bar
of aa avenging God. It has goue before you.
Realize it! Your days ou this earth are few;
you have to die; it is the sentence of the law,
and it will be executed. Ail that is desirable
of earth is yours no more; your parents, your
TI1E FISK-STOKE5 TRAGEDY.
Jim Fisk Shot amt Fatally IVoanAfd in
the Central Hotel— Edward Stokes the
Assassin—The Victim's Condition After
the Shooting—Intense Excitement.
Wo copy the following dispatch from the
N^hville Union and American of the 7th, as
it ijtes fuller details of the Stokes-Fisk trage
dy tt) to the time of Fisk's death than we are
likely to receive until tho arrival of the New
York nails:
New 1 1'obk, January C.—James Fisk, Jr.,
was sh<t twice in the breast by Edward
Stokes, ;t the Grand Central Hotel, at twenty
minutes fast four o’clock this afternoon. The
affuir took place in the vestibale. Fisk was
assisted to i chair. It is thought that he can
not survive. Stokes was arrested and con
veyed to the ifteeuth precinct station house.
Fisk had just alighted from his carriage and
entered the hofcgl when he was shot.
FUETHER PARTICULARS.
New York, Jaiuary 6.—The following are
the circumstance* attending the Fisk shooting
At 4.V P. M a carriage stopped at the
The Kn-Klnx
entrance of the Gland Central Hotel, contain
ing Fisk and a companion. Tho former
alighted and enterel tho hotel for the purpose
of proceeding to lis room. Just us he
ascended the first ste^ Stokes came out of an
adjoining passageway, unperceived by Fisk,
and unbuttoned his coit, drew out a revolver
and rapidly discharged three shots at Fisk.
The first lodged in Fisk’s shoulder. The
^teond whistled close by tis head. The third,
W1 di more fatal direction, took effect in the
abdomen, inflicting a morUl wound. Fisk at
once sta^ered and fell, wh’Je Stokes, casting
a look of twtred on the prostrate form of his
victim, said, i« savage tones, “ I have done for
the son of a ~— this time.” Fisk evidently
recognized his assailant before falling, but
made no remark. Immediately after the
shots were fired, the hotel employees rushed to
Washington, D. C.. December 30,1871.
Hon. John Pool, Washington, D. C.
Mv Dear Sir: I havo reeeived your letter
of the 27th instant, covering ono from Colonel
Carrow, United States Marshal of North Car
olina, from which it appears that certain in
terested persons pretend aud are trying to
produce the impression that the late change
the office of Attorney General indicates on
the part of tho Administration au abatement
of vigor in prosecuting offenders under the
recent legislation of Congress to enforce the
rights of citizens.
I am not acquainted with the motives which
induced Mr. Akerman to resign, but I know
that the President was perfectly satisfied with
the energy aud zeal displayed by him in pros
ecuting members of tho Kn-Klux Klan.
Judging from tbe evidence elicited upon re
cent trials of such persons, this Klan is an or
ganization that no Christian or civilized gov-
ermnet can tolerate, and if those who commit
or countenance its atrocious crimes expect any
favors from me, they are doomed to signal and
bitter disappointment.
I do not abandon the hope that all good cit
izens in the Southern States, for the sake of
their own safety and happiness, as well as from
other considerations, will assist the public au
thorities in breaking up all combinations of
men formed to disregard law and destroy the
peace of society; but ifYlnreasoning and de
fiant crime makes it necessary, the President
is determined to use ail the power which tho
Constitution and laws have placed in his bands
to protect the lives and property of peaceable
citizens and maintain the supremacy of the
laws. Yours, very truly.
Geo. II. Williams.
“ When Eve brought wo to all
Old Adam called her woman,
Aud when she woo'd with lovo so kind.
He then pronounced her woo-in an.
But now with folly, dress, and pride.
Their husband’s pockets trimming.
And if by noble actions
Men into giants grew.
How few tall men the city.
In its best days, could show.
If men's stature was the measure
Of tbe deeds they do,
And if ignoble actions
Would make men smaller grow.
We are glad to see that the Savannah Re.
publican has resumed publication. It is one
of the oldest and ablest of the Georgia press;’ iracleg of tll0 Biblo were
and though, as we thiuk, ou tho wrong aide | manifestations such as promised by Christ, not
in politics, we osteera it among our very best
exchanges, and wish it a prosperous career.
The thirty-seventh ticket for President and
Vice President, proposed by the New Y’ork
Sun, is Lyman Trnmbull, of Illinois, and
(who would have thought it), S-a-m-u-e-1
Jay T-i-J-d-e-r, of New York !
What next ?
Sir Charles Dilke, the great Euglish Re
publican, tired of the persecutions to which
be is subjected in his own couutry has gone
to France. But the French Republicans have
placed Sir Charles under closo surveillance,
aud that geatlemau is very much disgusted
thereat.
There is too much fuss made about the In
ternation Society. It is not so very danger
ous, after all. As soon as it becomes a really
strong party it will split into factious, as other
similar organizations have done before.
The Washington Gazette pitches into “ru
ral editors” on account of their propensity
for “sponging »nd dead heading.” Some of
onr metropolitan editors might well profit by
the hint
Ireland calls upon Victoria to give her a
“home rule.” But Vic is in doubt as to
whether she wil! herself have a home to rule
much longer.
Camilla is to have a paper called “ The
Comet.” We trust that it will not be as flashy
and short lived as comets usually are.
Gambetta is practicing law at Marseilles.
He is still considered tbe nf ing hope of tbe
provincial cities.
George Francis Train threatens to sue every
newspaper for libel that calls him a lunatic.
John Boll spends $10,000,000 annually on
his religion and $540,000,000 for liquor.
Quite a number of our Georgia papers are
coming ont in new dresses.
to his immediate disciples who attended li|m
m person exclusively, but to all his followers,
it whatever age or country.
The book evinces much historical research,
and great familiarity with church history; and
is written in a spirit of liberality and candor
that will command the respect even of those
whose religions beliefs it assails. No attec
tive and fair minded reader can doubt but
that Mr. Owen honestly believes all he here
sets forth so succinctly and forcibly.
Atlanta Medical and Scboical Journal.
The December number of this sterling jour
nal has been received.
The original departmect is of a high order
and ia worthy of special notice, occupying
it does no less than fifty pages of the number
under review.
Among these we no ? ic;> “The Causation of
Diiease—Contagion,” by Frank A. Ramsay,
M.D., of Knoxville, Tennessee; “A New In
strament for Treating Locally Certain Dis
ease of tho Genito-Urinary Organs, Male
and Female,” by William Abram Love, M. D.
of Atlanta; “Tbe Hygiene of Gestation,”by
Joha Stainback Wilson, M. D., of Atlanta;
Reports of the Atlanta Academy of Medicine;
by J. T. Johnson, M. D., of Atlanta; “Ab
stracts and Condensations from German Jour
nals, ” by C. H. Rauschenburg, M. D., of At*
lanta.
The Atlanta Medical Journal cannot fail to
commind tho attention of the medical pro
fession with its able corps of contributors and
collabtratcrs. We are pleased to learn that
the Journal is rapidly attaining the position
which it so richly merits, and that the reports
of the Atlanta Academy of Medicine, and
other articles are extensively read, copied, and
favorably noticed.
It must be a source of gratification to the
editors of tbe Journal that tbe physicians of
Atlanta are so well and numerously represent-
in its pages.
Tbe next Presidential election occnrs in
leap year, as have all such elections since the
foundation of the Government, and as all such
elections must continue to do, so long as they
remain quadrennial.
tho scene. While some c^xed for the wound
ed man, others seized Stok .s, who seeing es
cape impossible, made no resistance and was
promptly handed over to tho police. Fisk
was quickly conveyed to his roo*i where the
surgeon of the hotel was soon in attendance
on hin». Meanwhile telegraphic dispatches
were sent for further surgical aid and for
friends of Fisk. The scene at the hotel after
the shooting was one of extraordinary excite
ment. Crowds coming from matinees of the
various theaters hearing of the occurrence,
thronged the corridors of the hotel, eagerly
discussing the event and making inquiries
about the particulars of tb* outrage. The offi
cers who arrested Stokes conveyed him tt» the
Fifteenth preciuct station house, where he vj
now lodged iu a cell. The wound in Fisk’s
abdomen is similar to that which caused the
late Vallandigham’s death. The doctors are
now (8 o’clock), probing for the bullet, but
have not yet succeeded iu finding it. It i>
not supposed that tho wounded man can sur
vive until morniug. Tho coroners have been
sent for to take out a post mortem statement.
Surgeons are in constant attendance od
Fisk. There is considerable nervous prostra
tion. His couditiou is considered critical.
The opinion of tho surgeons iu attendance is
that ho would certainly live over night, Chas.
S. Spencer, one of Fisk's lawyers, stated in«
crowd at tbo hotel that Stokes had already ob
tained $50,000 from Fisk, and failing iu hii
last attempt had, like a coward, shot Fisk.
He also said that when Stokes left the court
to-day, he was perfectly cool and collected.
Many friends and acquaintances of Fisk are
at the hotel, Wm. M. Tweed among the num
ber . Fisk is calm and collected, and was able
to converse. At about 9 o’clock the Coroner
heard the statement of Fisk as to the shooting.
About half past nine he was engaged with his
lawyer, D. D. Field, making his will. The
doctors were unable to state up to 10 o’clock
whether the ballet penetrated an intestine,
consequent^ there seems to be a hope that
the wound may not prove fatal.
[By reference to our telegraphic columns
this morning, it will be seen that James Fisk,
Jr., died at 10:45 a. m., ou Sunday morning.]
A Contrast— .Drift of Public Opinion I
From the N. Y. Tribune, 3d.]
Those conservative journals which affected
to disbelieve all reports of the existence of
Ku-Klux in South Carolina are discreetly mute
npon the subject since the complete rout of
the order iu the United States Circuit Court
prominent citizens have been already
convicted, aud one of these is now a fugitive
justico. Eighteen indicted members
the gang have made clean breast
of their doings, and have pleaded guilty
to tho charges against them. It is said
that these unfortunates were forced into
‘■he company of tho Ku-Klux under throats
a ^inst (heir lives, and that their confessions
imp-cato citizens of their county who occupy
tho bluest social positions. It is apparent
that the «y 8 tem of terrorism which has pre
vailed in st*Qe parts of tbo South has been
severe enough to drive into the ranks of the
Ku-Klnx many men who wonld otherwise
have been indifferent to what was going
Now that the courts'« a ve broken up this ty
ranny tho unwilling *nbalterus iu the gang
are glad to tell what they know about it
From the Nashville UnV»n and American
same date:
The Radical Judges and packed negro juries
who are conducting the Ku-Klux trials at Co-
umbia. S. C.. have evidently been appointed
t* convict From tho first day tbo court was
opened until tho present time this has Seen
mauifest, and it ia really wonderful that tL«*y
havj not been able to ferret out more cases ot
the au-Klnx thau they allego to havo discov
ered. With average intelligence they could
have turned their unbounded authority and
pliablewilnesses to better account.
THE KU-KLUX.
Rev
uwii Counsel Disgusted — Wtiut
nly Johnson Said at Columbia,
REAL ESTATE.
The Safi*! in
nt for Our Yc
unfortunate brother, all the dear objects of
life are to be parted with, and the grave must
close upon you. It was ou Christinas Eve
that you took the lifd of Anthony; it was the
evening that preceded the anniversary of tho
birth of the Savior of mankind. From Him
springs your only hope. As death approaches,
the truth, aud it is tbo truth, worth more than
coantless worlds, is ready to impress itself on
your mind aud heart. Earth has no real
or permanent happiness. At best it is
life of trouble and privation. No
i is free from trouble, so it is wisely
ordered that we may part with it without re
gret. When the old man has outlived the
joys of earth, descends calmly to the grave, and
and instead of lood back to life without regret,
invited by that hope which springs from faith
Christ aud a hope of resurrection, he looks
beyond the grave. But a young man sum
moned away from companions and hopes of
life, it mU3t be bitter to him, his mind mnst
be filled with vain regrets. Hurnau agency
can not procure for you a pardon from God for
this monstrous crime or exemption from tho
tortures of hell. Escape therefrom and a share
in the joys of heaven can be obtained
alone by you, by urgent prayer to God and
faith iu His Sou who died that eveu such as
you might be saved. Direct yourself to this
at once. Yoar trust or hope iu man from
this time forward must bo iu vain. Put your
trust iu God alone, aud He can pardon even
the shedding ot Anthony’s blood. Trust iu Him
and in Him alone. Doubt not the merits of
His Son. I would not part with that hopo for
all worlds; the hopo, the belief, the nnfiuling
faith that when the grave closes upon me,
heaven awaits me, that is worth more than all
on earth, that is certain; and this may be even
for you, direct your thoughts, your aspira
tions to this; even for you He can grant a /ull
and freo pardon; seek earnestly the pardon of
your sins from him, and look uoc to man,
you can have no hope of pardon from man,
that is beyond your reach. Call to your aid
good meu, invoke their advice and prayers,
that, as all earthly hope closes, you may have
hope that your spirit will livo in peace in
heaven alter your body shall have been given
as a victim to the violated penal laws of your
State. That you may direct yourself to this
eud and accomplish 'it will be the earnest
prayer, not only of myself, but of all who fed
an .interest in your spiritual stab*.
Let the prisoner stand up.
Tbe jury having rendered a verdict of guilty
in this case, it is considered and ordered U;
the Court that the defendant, Thomas 0’N- ft l»
be taken from the bar of this Court J> the
jail of Clayton county, or if that is unsafe, to
the jail of the adjoining county, mere to be
safely kept till Fridav the sixteenth day of
February, 1872. And it is father considered
and ordered by the Court* that on said day,
between the hours of It’ o’clock in the fore
noon aud 3 o’clock in the afternoon, that
within ono half nrfle of the court house of
Jonesboro’ the Sheriff of said county do hang
the said Thomas O’Neal for such hi3 offense
of murder by tho neck till he is dead. The
execution of this sentence shall be in private,
with sufficient guard, and such . relatives and
friends as said Thomas O'Neal may desire
present.
A Century of European Progress.
A Berliu paper with a weakness for figures
publishes some curious comparisons of the
condition of Europe at tbe present timo with
its condition a hundred years ago. Europe
now has 300,000,000 of inhabitants; then it
bad about CO,000,000. The six principal
powers of Europe now engross four-fifths of
jts population, as follows: Russia 71,000,000;
Germany 40,000,000; France 3C,500,000;
Austro-llunpary 30,000,000; Great Britain
32,000,000; Italy 20,500,000. |A hundred years
ago the five great powers had but half the
total population. This was before tho parti
tion of Poland.
From the New York Tribune.]
We believe the Democratic papers, which
deny that the Ku-Klux outrages have occurred
in the South, or that any necessity exists lor
the interference of the Federal authorities in
preserving the peace in that part of the coun
try. have not generally published the speech
of Mr. Reverdy Johnson at the Ku-Klux trials
in’fcolumbia. Mr. Johnson is a'witnesswffoui
they cannot refuse to accept. lie ia not only
a conservative in politics, but ou tbo occasion
when this speech was made he was actin
counsel for the Kn-Klnx prisoners. If it had
been possible for an honest aud reasonable
mau to listen to the disclosures made in that
court room and then pronounce the stories of
outrage false or grossly exaggerated, we may
be sure that Mr. Kexerdy Johnson would havo
done so. But this is what the prisoners’
counsel said:
“ I have listened with horror to some of the
testimony which has been brought before you.
The outrages proved have been shocking to
humanity; they admit neither of justification
nor excuse ; they violate every obligation
which law and nature impose upon men.
These men appear to have been alike insensi
ble to tho obligations of humanity and reli
gion; but tho day will come, however, if it has
not already arrived, when they will deeply
lament it. Even if justice should not over
take them there is another tribuual from
which there is no escape. It is
their own conscience, that tribunal which
sits in the breast of every living man, that
still small voice that thrills through the heart,
aud as it speaks gives happiness or torture—
the voice of conscience—the voico of God.
And it it has not already spoken to them in
tones which have waked them up to the enor
mity of their conduct, I trust in the mercy of
heaven that a voice will speak before they
shall be called to the dread tribunal to ac
count for their transactions in this world.”
The defense set up for Lis clients rested
upon the plea of mistaken identity. There
was no attempt to deny the facts of tbe crime,
or the existence of the murderous organiza
tion. Thus, wo have a full confirmation of
the story of midnight murder aud violence
which our correspondents in the South have
already related; and ia the developments of
those trials we submit that the policy of the
Republican party in dealing with the Ku-
lvlux disease finds an ample justification.
The Alabama and Chattanooga Kuilro?'*
From tho Chattanooga Times, of Wednes
day, wo learn that the trains on the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad were stopped Tues-
day, at Atiala, *>y order of Mr. W heeler, Su
perintendent of the Southern Divisiou. This
cuts off communication between Nashville
and the couutry with which we were jnst re
suming a profitable trade. The reasons for
Mr. Wheeler’s action are stated to be based on
objections on his part to some investigations
which Gen. Wofford had instituted into Mr.
Wheeler’s way of doing busiuess. By an agree
ment between tho representatives of the States
of Gaorgia and Alabama, General Wofford,
the Receiver for Georgia, has control of the
road between Chattanooga and Birmingham,
while Colonel Gindrat Receiver for Alabama,
controls the souther-a end of tho road. Col.
Gindrat appointed fls his superintendent Mr.
Wheeler, and General Wofford appointed
Colonel Wkite as superintendent of the
northern division. General Wofford having
repea*~*dly received information that Mr.
Wheelcr and the employees selected by him
were collecting more mouey than they were ac
counting for on freights and passage, directed
Colonel White to institute a system of checks
which would put a stop to this kind of pecu
lation. Mr. Wheeler seems to have objected
to this interference with what he considered
his vested rights, and stopped the trains.
This will be bad news to our cotton factors,
and wholesale houses generally Since the
roud resumed operations, several weeks ago,
wa have had liberal receipts of cotton from
tho section through which it runs, and the
merchants of Nashville were beginning to
send large bills of goods. We trust that the
trouble will bo adjusted at a very early day.
A eotemporary praises tho temperance arti
cles of the New Y’ork Times, bat asks how it
13 that the proprietors of tbe Times
part of their publication building to ono of
the most magnificent whisky mills in tho city.
Tho Under of a new religions sect has ap
peared in Russia, giving himself out to be the
S^jioar. He preaches polygam}', abrogation
of all denominational creeds, aud entii
ligious license.
The policemen of Rome are to be placed
“on [regular beats.” It would be better lo
place them on the track of “regular dead
beats. ”
Although an investment iu real estate may
not at once Jkovo lucrative or yield au imme
diate income \o the purchaser, we havo found
from experiete:o that all judicious invest
ments, made either in farming lands or su
burban property adjoining a growing aud
prosperous city, invariably result in a fine
speculation, or in all events in one that is
donhly sure for a good paying investment.
In tho product of tho soil all wealth has its
origin. The inductions farmer must always
have a market for his wares. What he has to
seU are the absolute necessities of life, aud
he who does not proximo them must obtain
them of him who dqgs. Whatever jpay^bo aj
man’s business, however much money he may
control, he mnst look to the tiller of the soil
for that which will sustain life. There may
be local derangement, but on the whole there
is of necessity a market for every important
product, and the producer must always be
sure of his living, so long at least as ho is
owner of the land ho cultivates. In every
department of life suushiue and shadow alter
nate, but if tho foundation fails the ruin of
the superstructure is inevitable.
The possesiion of real estate is a substantial
capital. If jue’g title is good no thiof cau
steal it; it zuteds no insurance policy to make
it safe; nothing short ot au earthquake can
swallow it. A good farm or suburban garden,
.vitli rich soil judiciously managed, whether
t* commercial gold value go up or down, is
still the source of a good living. Whatever
else a man may possess he cannot afford to do
without real estate sufficient to make himself
and family, if he has one, a good home.—Ex.
ti£RMAN IMMIGRATION.
The Current Again Turning Weitwo
Daring the period of twelve years, from tb«
beginning of 1859 to the clove of 1870, 2,2f-J.
500 German immigrants arrived in this ©opn
try. The largest immigration of this ffirilty
class of our foreign population in * single
yoar took place in 1800, when ins aggregate
was 124,766. Tho war with France stopped
the tide for several months, s* that the total
for the year 1870 foil to 91.010—but since the
peace the old desire of t>° Germans to fiud
new’ homes here has returned with such vigor
as to create alarm i« Cabinet of Ber
lin. It is not, therefore, surprising to
hear that the. government of the new
empire is dtjrifctog schemes by which to
keep tho German people upon German soil.
The first jadication of this movement is an
account of an agreement between the Govern-
meuts ot Berlin and Vienna, to divert toward
tho Austrian Empire the flood which is once
*iore setting westward. It is understood that
no measnre of coercion will be employed to
effect the desired result, but Bismarck and
Buest have settled the preliminaries for the
indirect exercise of powerful influences. The
German Empire is overstocked with labor,
and wages are low; but Austria lacks supplies
of workmen, both in her factories and her
fields, and offers prices fifty per cent, higher
than those now paid in Germany.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAX.
I vide utis and Coupons—Are They Sab-
PERSONS AND THINGS.
By Mail to the Era.]
The Russians are said to be the best li
guists and worst dancers in the world.
A plain white dress without or flower of an
kind is the severest test of a woman’s beant
and complexion.
The Grand Duke will attend the Centan
of American Independence at Philadelphia,
July, 1876.
They say iu St. Petersburg that the Czar,
owing to his enfeebled constitution, intends to
resign next spring, and will pass tbe remain
der of his life iu the Crimea.
Justus von Liebig, the celebrated chemist,
is ftboat to withdraw from the University
of Munich. Ho will hereafter reside at Hei
delberg.
When Prince Bismarck heard that Boast,
his former rival, bad been deposed, be
up angrily, aud exclaimed: “ What folly
this ?” ^
General Read, tho American Consul Gen
eral at Paris, has been made a member of the
Anthropological Society of Great Britain. *
The drab overcoats now so generally worn
by gentlemen were fashionable three genera
tions ago, aud were called box coats.
The Washington Star says that the new
stylo of collar for gentlemen is something
wonderful to behold. It grows ont of tbe
ueck like the leaf from tbe cornstalk, and then
spreads all over a man like the harness of a
Good Templar.
The Grand Duke Alexis is going to partiq*-'*--
pate in a buffalo hunt under the direction of
General Sheridan. The party expect to la*v« r
Omaha for the hunting grounds ou the iOthoI
January. ' •
Ladies who have just returned from abroad
report that large paniers havo gone entirely
out of fashion, and overskirts are made short
and plain. They also report that the latest
style of dressing tho hair is in a simplet*oil at
the back, and the front hair smoothed 1
the forehead and put back plainly 1
ears.
Photographers assert that the onljjt
succeed in taking a really good likeness is*
when they come across a face entirely desti
tute of expression, and with large, heavy, and
decided features.
The following notice, printed on colored
n s card boards, with a nice border, bang* cp in
a place of business in Rome, N. Y T .: “ Mebbe
you don’t petter had loaf rount here, ven you
don’t got some peesniss, ain’t it ? ”
Miss Nellie Wharton, daily described by the
Herald “gusher” at Annapolis as possessing a
“face whose spirituelie beauty might haunt
the memory forever,” is an exceedingly sensi
ble and accomplished, but at the same lim^.
an exceedingly plain yonng lady, who frankly
confesses the very great annoyance which
those buncome compliments occasion her.
Tobacco users w ill plei
tote mm* * mu*
has just ‘filed from excei
Having smoked and chewed
years, her constitution^ was ruinod, an
died a victim of bad habits at tbcrgr<*
of one hundred and eighteen yeart..
There was a kiug in Eogiand when iSbaks-^
peare lived there, and doubtless every dOttikitP
the realm kuew his name familiarly;
many knew the name of the poor play writi-r ?
But now, almost every child thaMfpsakfl VkeJ
English language knows of Skakspeare and
his writings, llow many know of James ah
hi9 writings? Very few. Thus the man of
high position died with his position and his
day; but the mau of merit only began to live
when he died.
TOBACCO. jr
\* it a l*oi*oa !—Tin Opinion of an Emi
nent Physician.
We clip the following from a recent article
on “Tobacco,” written by Dr. James C.
Jackson:
Let me enumerate some of the disei
which arise from, or are directly oo«sed
the use of tobacco.
(а) Sick Headache.
(б) Mucous Dyspepsia.
(c) Nervous Dyspepsia.
(<!) Liver Complaint.
(e) Heart Disease.
(/) Bronchial Soro Throat
(</) Cancer.
(h) Enlargement of tbe Spleen.
(i) Deatoess and loss of Sight
(j) Vertigo, often ending in Appoplexy.
(k) Paralj’sis of the legs.
(/) Piles.
(m) Debility of the Sexual Organs, ending
in Inipotency.
(n) Sciatic Rheumatism.
(o) Derangement of the Kidneys, not nu-
frequectly terminating in Bright’s Dis-
(p) Intense voracy of appetite, overcoming
all personal restraint.
(q) An unconquerable thirst for alcoholic
drinks.
(r) Great susceptibility to billions and ty
phoid fevers.
(*) Such derangement of the brain and
nervous system as to induce, under cir
cumstances unfavorable to health, soft
ening of tho brain.
A horrible list of ailments this
to frighten any boy, or man, who has left in
him moral sense or self respect enough not
to be willing to die the death of a fool.
The question whether dividends and cou
pons, payable January 1, 1872, are subject to
internal revenue tax has been decided by the
Commissioner of Internal Rcvenuo to the
effect that the tax must be taken off’-that is,
collected from the applicant at the timo of
payment, but that officer withholds the publi
cation of his opinion until next Tuesday.
The New York Journal of Commerce is in
formed that the commissioner—or some one at
the office assuming to speak for him—remarked
some days ago that he doubted if the tax is
legally collectable, but he thought the best
way would be for the department to insist on
it, and let tax payers sue to recover it. The
Journal commends this spirit to the notice of
those w ho sometimes think it is too severe in
its comments upon the doiugs at Washington.
Notwithstanding this decision by the commis
sioner, it is announced that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will pay their coupons in
full, without any deduction for Government
tax.
llow «o Walk Gracefully.
Dr. Dio Lewis writes as follows upon this
graceful subject: “A graceful walk is rare. A
queenly, clastic step atones for a homely face.
It was her expert walking from ono side of tho
stage to the other, while she never said a word,
that constituted Mrs. Charles Kean’s great at
traction in a play thut had a run of one hun
dred and fifty nights. Tho prerequisites for
fine walking are: First, shoes made to fit the ■
feet: 2d, the clothing about tho waist loose. The , ..
corset is a deadly enemy to fine walking as it j The ^ atican, which some now style The
is to life. Third, carrying tho chia close to 1 Pope’s prison, contains deven thousand
tho neck. The soles of tho shoes should cor-! apartment*, has
Didn't Know Adam.
As Artemus Ward was once traveling in the
cars, dreading to be bored, and feeling miser
able, a man approached him, sat down, and
said:
“Did you hear the last thing on Horace
Greeley ?”
“Greeley? Greeley?” said Artemus, “ Hor
ace Greeley ? Who is ha ?”
The man was quiet about five minuter
Pretty soon he said:
“George Francis Train is kicking a
good deal of a row over in England do you
think they will put him in the Bastile V”
“Train? Train? George Francis Train?
said Artemus, solemnly. “ I never heard of
him.”
This ignorance kept the man quiet for fit-
teen minutes; then he said: f
“What do you think about General Grant’s
chances for the Presidency ? Do yon think
they will run him ? ”
“Grant? Grant?, hang it, mac,” said Arte
mus, “you appear to know more strangers
than any man I ever saw.”
The man was furious; he walked up the car,
but at last came back aud said:
“Y'ou confounded ignoramus, did you ever
hear of Adam ? ”
Artemus looked up and said: “What was
his other name? ”
respond precisely to the bottom of the feet, as
outlined by a pencil mark drawn around the
foot. As now made, the sole is an inch and a
half smaller than the foot, aud the result is a
plentiful crop of corns and bunions, aud in
conjunction with the high heel, an awkward
gait aud bent position of tho body in walking.
equal in extent to tbe area of the city of Tu
rin in the year 1800.
By the death of Hackett, the American
stage loses its only representative of Falstaft,
and the Euglish stage has no actor really
capable of filling tho part.