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It u remarkable that the cathedral Xh* flpoakonhip §f tire Georgia
towns In England are precisely those where
parliamentary corruption has been proved
most rampant. * , .
A gas company lies been formed for
lighting Jerusalem, ami a street car com
pany for connecting tliat city with the
Mount of Olives is hinted at. '
Dr. Graham, of Louisville, in his 07th
year, has gone on his regular annual hunt
in the mountains. He saya every au
tumn since 1830 be lias eaten venison of
his own killing and cooking.
Time 2 a. m.: *My dear,” said lie, ’■‘'a
all right. I’ve been down getting tb’ re
turns. There’s no us’n raisin’ a row.
’Taint my fault. What you want’sh
earlier returns?”
Two Texas desperadoes agreed to fight
with knlres in a closed room at Fort
Worth. They put np their watches as
forfeit, and, as both bsd shown reckless
daring in former affrays, ft is believed
they fully Intended a deadly duel. They
were prevented by arrest.
Tub Osscrvatore Romano tells its read
ers that, notwithstanding the terrible
trials under which the Irish are now suf
fering, the faithful of Cashel, mindful of
the need- of the Holy See,have contributed
a sum of money equivalent to 60,000
francs for their Archbishop's present to the
Tope.
“I would rather vole for a long-eared
donkey than for you,” said an indepen
dent voter to a Galveston candidate. “Ob,
come now, you ought not to allow your-
selfto be influenced by family tics,” re
sponded the candidate. TLa voter has
been puzzling Ills head ever since to find
out why the crowd laughed.
A valuable heifer belonging to a far
mer near Northallerton, in England, re
cently broke its leg, and It had to he am
putated. The animal has since been .fit
ted with a wooden leg, on which it moves
about with the utmost ease, which proves
the absurdity of hastily ordering the de
struction of animals that meet with such
accidents.
Decently Frof. Huxley said that
ninety-nine men out of every hundred be
came simply obstructive after CO years
old, and were not flexible enough to yield
to the advance ofuew ideas. The world,
he thought, would be benefited by any
man who had taken part in science being
strangled after CO. This may he meant
for Brother liuskin, who lately wrote to
Glasgow students that he loathed liberal
ism.
“A young lady, well known in Liver
pool on account of her beauty,” says the
London Tru% “wa3 married last week.
When the canon who was officiating read
the words, ‘love, honor, and obey,’ the
young lady declined to repeat the last.
Three times the canon paused for an echo,
hut in vain. Then he went on with the
service. But is this young lady married
or not? What—iliould her disobedience
lead to an interview with Sir James Han
sen—will that eminent Judge rule on the
subject?”
New Yorkers, says the Sun'of :be3d,
who did not visit Printing House square
last evening missed a notable sight. It
was no longer the familiar square of the
daytime, but a surging human sea, and its
voice was as the voice of many waters.
In the brilliant illumination of the elec
tric lights, those thousands of upturned,
intent, eager faces, varying in expression
with every fresh bulletin, were a study
for a painter or a philosopher.
Many I’yatt rejected John K. Arnold’s
offer of marriage for a long time, at Kim
berly, Pa., but he was persistent, and at
lengtii slur consented. There was a great
wedding, aud the couple went off on a
tour. After a week the bride returned to
her home, declaring that she had no re
collection of any thing between her last
refusal of Arnold and her awakening to
find, to her great surprise and displeasure,
that she was iris wife. She insisted that
•lie was out of her mind during the in
terval, and declines to even see her hus
band.
A party of miners were snow bound
on Needle Mountain, Colorado. The drifts
were high around their hut on every aide,
and it became evident tliat, as their stock
of provisions was small, they must quick
ly dig their way out or starve to death.
One was too III to stir, and the others
cast lots to determine who should stay
with him. Food and fuel enough for a
week were left with the two men, and the
others started on their desperate journey.
The distance to the nearest settlement
w as only four miles, but they were flw
days on the Journey, and their sufferings
were intenso from both cold and hunger.
It is uncertain yet whether the sick man
and his companion survived.
MR. Tilden Voting.—At 1 o’clock
yesterday, says the Sun, Samuel J. Tilden
left his home at 15 Gremercy Park, and
walked unattended to the polling place
in Fourth avenue. It was in a plumber’s
shop, between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets. There was no throng at the polls,
but the few that were there recognized
Mr. Tilden, and crowded around him as
he stepped to the ballot boxes with a
bunch of tickets In his hand. He un
covered his head reverently and, as the
inspector loudly asked him his name and
residence, gave the requisite answer.
“Tilden, S. J.,” shouted the inspector.
The clerks looked over their books, re
ported tliat the name had been duiy ro-
cistered, and then the inspector unfolded
the ballots and said loudly: “He votes all
except the constitutional amendment.
Then Mr. Tilden put on Lis bat and slow
ly walked home alone.
ForHcsbands Only.—A correspon
dent of the Baltimore Sun, writing from
California says:- A cure for wife-whip
ping was authorized by the last Legislature
of Nevada. The authorities of Austin, a
mining town in that State, have erected a
whipping-post to punish summarily
wretches who abuse their wives by blows,
We wish it were practical to apply appro
priate correction totlie no less unmanly
tyranny of unfeeling exaction and cruel
words by which too many husbands keep
their wives in never-ending tonnent. l
man had the brains he boasts he would
speak ever kindly to the moib.-r of his
household, if it were only for selfish mo
tives. Make your wife happy by tender
and affectionate treatment, and yon will
make your home a paradise more precious
than gold and costly mansions. We ad
mire the Hindoo parable (and believe in
its instruction) that describes a woman
at the gates of Heaven praying that her
naughty husband might be admitted.
“He was ever kind and truo to me, ami if
you would make me happy I must share
with my husband.” Instantly the portals
opened, and the angel bade h m enter
..Because of tby wife’s prayer thy sins are
forgiven tbee. Those who live in harmony
am earth, In heaven are not divided.
House of BepreoeBtotiYes.
The unanimous re-election of Hod. A.
O. Bacon to the office of Speaker of the
House of Representatives in the Georg’a
Legislature, was a graceful and felicitous
act that reflects great credit upon that
body. In view of the fact, too, that the
Speaker was a pronounced member of the
minority or Norwood party in the late
gubernatorial canvass, It affords the pleas
ing assurance of restored harmony in the
ranks oftbe Democracy at this moment,
when tbo result of the Northern elections
has made more manifest than ever the su
preme necessity for perfect union among
our own people.
When.the name of Hon. H. D. D.
Twiggs was placed m nomination, that
gentleman arose in bis seat and In an ad
dress replete with patriotism and good
feeling retired from the contest. Ho spoke
as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Representa-
tives: At the solicitation of warm .person
al friends, I consented to become a candi
date for the speakership of this honorable
body. I know from the earnestness and
interest exhibited by the friends of the re
spective candidates, that the contest would
be a splendid one, but I have hoped that
it would not be characterized by discord
among ourselves. I certainly intended to
conduct it in a spirit of firmness and
honorable rivalry. Recently, however, I
find that it has evoked a sentiment of bit
terness which 1 earnestly deprecate and
with which I have no sympathy what
ever. The harmony of the Democratic
party in Georgia is, in my judgment, par
amount to the consideration of any man’s
ambition or the furtherance of any aspi
rations. [Applause.] The intelligence has
just been borne to us on electric wings
tliat disaster has befallen the Democratic
hosts, who had marshalled their squad
rons in this their greatest struggle for con
stitutional government. It is therefore
more necessary than ever that we should
not only preserve and protect the sover
eignty and autonomy of onr beloved
State from the assaults of power and the
encroachments of a centralized despotism,
but that we should invoke and encourage
a spirit of concord and harmony among
ourselves.
If we will cultivate and promote this
object, standing as we do fn the house
that our fathers built, whose foundation
is npon a rock, the storms and floods will
beat upon it in vain. [Applause.]
In consideration of these views, I have
decided to withdraw from this contest,
and in doing so I earnestly invoke a spirit
of harmony and good feeling in our ranks.
[Applause.] Let us then devote ourselves
to the best interest of our grand old com
monwealth, and she will move onward in
the constellation of States to a higher de
velopment of the proud mission to which
she is called; the perpetuation of liberty
regulated by the grand trinity of her polit
ical faith—“Justice, Wisdom and Modera
tion.” [Applause.]
In retiring, permit mo to return my
warm and siucere thanks to those friends
who havo honored me witli their zealous
and hearty support. [Applause.]
Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Bibb, bad been
previously nominatedhy Mr. W. L. Hutch
ins, of Gwinnett. There being no other
announcements, the House proceeded with
the election of speaker forthwith, and
Major Bacon was unanimously chosen on
the first call of the roll, naving been
conducted to the chair, ho said:
Gentlemen of the House of Representa
tives: I most sincerely thank you for this
expression of your confidence in again
calling upon me to preside ovei the delib
erations of this house. The peculiar cir
cumstances under which you have be
stowed this liouor upon me comuiaud my
most earnest appreciation. In making
your selection, you have ignored the
unfortunate divisions of the past, and
THE GEBERAL ASSEMBLY.
Atlanta, Nov. 3,1860.
those who so lately stood finu in opting ^ourebe adopted till new rules are
ranks have by this action said in no; " rfectC(K Adopt ‘ d .
uncertain tone that those di visions shad p By M Rankin, of Gordon—That the
not he perpetuated, but that they shall he
healed and forgotten. In the consumma
tion of this noble resolve I pieJge, you,
S ntlemcn, my most hearty co-operation.
this connection much depends upon the
action of this Legislature, and in the
administration of the duties of this office
I shall faithfully endeavor, by perfect ' ' commissioner of land and immigration
impartiality, to promote the restoration of ( Mr . Kortliern , of Uancock-A resolu
posits each name, are sounded by the tell-1 Politics on Bob Tail Crook,
ers first, then repeated by the clerk, and «< m tell ye wliat this ’eve Crowbar city
then entered on the Journal. j needs an’ must bev,” said Slatners. John-
, . , ... . Pending the completion of the consol i-i 90 n, as he mounted a barrel and looked
lire General Assembly met at the hour > dation of the vote,! am compelled to send around on the miner*. “We want a city
often this morning, an! was called to or- this letter off so as to meet the mail. I government—a common council—a body
der by Clerk Goetchius, and the first hour 1 ** ... •>
was consumed in calling the roll, and
■wearing in tlie members by Judge Pate,
of the Oconee circuit.
ELECTION ON SPEAKER.
Mr. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, put the
name ofHou. A. O. Bacon in nomlna-,
tion.
Mr. Warren Maze, of Richmond, nomi
nated Hon. H. D. D. Twiggs, of Rich
mond.
Mr. Twiggs rose, and in an eloquent
and forcible speech withdrew from the
contest, basing his action on the ground
that at this time the integrity of the Dem
ocratic party was of more Importance than
the personal ambition of any dtizen, that
the race between the several candidates
had engendered feelings of a hostile char
acter among their friends, and that, there
fore, in order to prevent any discord in
the party, he would withdraw his name,
with thanks to kts friends for tbeir good
reeling and support.
There being no other candidate in the
field, the Hon. A. O. Bacon bad a walk
over the course, and after a formal call of
the roll, was declared duly elected by the
General Assembly to preside over them as
their speaker during the present session.
speaker racon
was elected by a vote of 163, and on mo
tion of Mr. Anderson, of Newton, was con
ducted to the chair by Messrs. Anderson
of Newton, Twiggs of Richmond and
Hutchins of Gwinnett. Upon taking the
chair, Mr. Bacon made a brief address,
tliaukingthe House for the honor done
him.
Considerable feeling of a severely ran
corous nature was developed by the race
lor speaker.
The election of Mr. Bacon was opposed
openly by the Executive and his friends,
who supported Judge H. D. D. Twiggs,
of Richmond ; but upon scanning the
ground carefully they found that the op
position could make no headway against
Mr. Bacon’s popularity.
A caucus in opposition to Mr. Bacon
was held the night before the election, in
which strong efforts were made to secure
his defeat, but without success, as his
election was assured before lie was nomi
nated.
Judge Twiggs withdrew as soon as nom
inated, and Mr. Bacon went through the
form of an election, receiving a unanimous
vote.
The election of Mr. Bacon to this im
portant post of duty, which he has filled
with such honor and dignity so many
times, shows beyoud a doubt that the
confidence the representatives of the peo
ple have always reposed in the honor and
impartiality ot your distinguished towns
man has in no wise diminished.
We congratulate “the Speaker” on his
renewed accession to honor and office.
election of clerk.
Mr. Barrow, of Clarke, nominated for
the office Hon. Mark. A. Harden, and Mr.
Miller, of Houston, nominated Mr. Henry
A. Goetchius, of Muscogee.
The result of the ballot stood: Harden
136, Goetchius 30.
speaker pro tem.
Mr. Anderson, of Newton, nominated
the Hon. n. D. D. Twiggs, or Richmond.
Mr. Twiggs having no opposition, received
159 votes, being a unanimous vote.
boob keeper.
Mr. Miller, of Hancock; Mr. Thomas,
of Fulton, and Mr. Camp, of Douglas,
entered the race, which resulted in Mr.
Miller coming first under the wire by about
ten lengths.
MESSENGER.
For this office Messrs. J. R. Smith, of
Coffee, E. D. Andrews, of Banks, and
W. R. Richards, of Carroll, were nomina
ted. Mr. Smith, of Coffee, was elected.
Mr. Bunch, of Laurens, offered a reso
lution to extend tlie privileges of the
floor to the press. Adopted.
By Mr. Howell, of Cobh—A committee
of three to select a chaplain. Agreed to.
By Mr. Miller, of Houston—A com
mittee on rules, and tliat the rules of tlie
Senate be informed that the House was
ready for business. Agreed to.
The members then went Into the
business of selecting seats for the session.
A message from tlie Senate was received
announcing the organization as perfected,
and tliat that body was ready for busi‘
Carolyn*.
* Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5, 1860.
THE HOUSE
met at ten a. m. Prayer by the chaplain.
The journal was read and approved.
Mr. Turner moved to reconsider the
action fixing the hour of meeting at nine.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Hammond, of Thomas, was sworn
in.
Mr. Lester oflered a resolution that the
members from the various judicial cir
cuits meet in caucus on the question of
judgeships, etc. The resolution was lost.
Mr. Hunt—A resolution to communi
cate with General Francis A. Walker, and
ascertain the population of each county
from the tenth census, with the view of
representation in the General Assem
bly.
Mr.Dubignon, of Bald win, chairman of
the committee to interview the Governor
relative to his will as to the day of his
inauguration, reported that bis Excellen
cy desired said ceremony to take place on
Tuesday next.
Mr. Estes, of Hall, then read the 49th
section of the code, which directs that the
day of inauguration take place during the
first week,by joint resolution and, in lieu of
the same, take place on the first (Saturday
of the term by virtue of operation or Jaw.
The committee were then remanded to
the Governor properly instructed as to the
law for the benefit of ail parties.
A message from the Senate relative to
the same subject matter was received.
A message from tho Governor was re
ceived, which communication was the re
port of the commissioners relative totlie
examination of the title to the “City Hal!
property” in the city of Atlanta. Said
report announced that the said commis
sioners had accepted a fee simple deed
to the property from the city council of
said city, and further tliat they had fixed
the value of the old capital at Milledge-
ville at $80,000, and had submitted the
same to said council of said city, h ut up
to tlie time of making their report the
commissioners liad not heard from the
said council on said proposition.
A MESSAGE
From the Senate announcinglhattbe Sen
ate have passed a resolution fixing the
time of the inaugural ceremonies on next
Tuesday at 12 m. The House concurred
in (be resolution.
Mr. Bice, of Fulton, offered a resolu
tion that a committee be appointed from
the House and Senate to confer witli the
enmmitteo appointed by tho City Coun
cil of Atlanta on the question of building
a new capitol. Adopted.
Tho House then adjourned till 10 a. m.
to-morrow.
Atlanta, November 5th.
THE SENATE
was called to order at 10 o’clock by Presi
dent Boynton. Prayer by the chaplain.
The journal of yesterday was read aud ap
proved.
A message was received from tlie Gov
ernor that W. R. Giguilliat was contesting
the seat of Senator R. B. Harris of tlie
second district. On motion of Senator
Wilson the matter was referred to tlie
committee on privileges aud elections.
Senator Reid introduced a resolution
that a joint committee be appointed to
notify Gov. Colquitt that the returns Have
been counted and that lie is elected, and
asking what time it will suit liim to be
inaugurated. Adopted, and Senators
Fouclie and Reid appointed on the part of
the Senate.
The Senate iu executive session con
firmed E. E. Wingfield judge of tlie Coun
ty Court of Wilkes, and J. B. Pilsbury
judge of the County Court of Sumter
county. Carolyxn.
Atlanta, November Cth, lS3f>.
Tlie House met at ten a. in., pursuant
to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. H. H.
Tucker, D. D. The journal was read
and approved.
Mr. Lewis, of Milton, moved to recon
sider tlie action of tlie House relative to
the appointment ot a committee to confer
with the railroad commissioners. Pend
ing the vote ou the motion, the introducer
of the resolution askiug for the said
committee withdrew it.
Leave of absence was extended Mr.
Foster on important business.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, offered a resolu-
that five hundred copies of the report ot
that harmony which has been so suddenly
disturbed. I thank you, gentlemen, for
your kindness, and enter upon the dis
charge of the duties to which you have
assigned me.
These remarks of the speaker are in
excellent taste, and should meet with a
warm approval from every Democrat In
the State.
The General Assembly begins its sit
tings under the most auspicous circula
tion to appoint a committee in concert
with the Senate to inform the Governor
tliat the General Assembly was ready for
business, and was also ready to hear
from the executive.
A resolution appointing four pages, at
$1.50 a day each, was edopted.
Tlie House then adjourned until teu a.
m. to-morrow.
Atlanta, Nov. 4, I860.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, President
, mav liave A short Boynton in the cliair. Rev. J. P. Duncan
stances, and, we trust, may batea.nort ^ choeen diap i ain and prayer was
and harmonious session,
How to Treat a Watch.
oflered by biro. Messrs. Joidau and King,
Senators from tlie third and fourth dis
tricts, put in an appearance, and were
Having obtained a really serviceable j swonl j„. Leave of absence was granted
article you should, in order to produce , g <)na t or Treadwell, of the forty-second
satisfactory results, follow out these rules: | d | stricti
Wind up your watdi at the same ltour ev- ; <joI. Avery brought in the biennial mes-
cry day. This is generally done at the! sage of t i, e Governor, which was read,
hour we retire to rest, or perhaps better: upon motion, two hundred copies were
still the hour we rise. Avoid putting a ordered printed for the use of the Senate,
watch on a marble slab or near anything Mr , p ar kg offered a resolution providing
excessively cold. The sudden transition [ for lbe appointment of a special joint com-
from heat to cold contracting the metal, mittee 0 f t |,ree from the Senate and a like
may sometimes cause the mainspring to | number f rom the House to confer and re
break. Indeed, tlie cold coagulates the , rt t0 botb Houses what officers are to
oil, and the wheel-work and pivots work- ( J, e 0 | ecled by this Legislature, and to sug-
Iim, less freely affect the regularity of tlie t a day when said election shall begin,
timekeeper. When we Wy our watch I l dopled '
aside we ought to slope it ou a waicn- a message from the nouse was received
case, so as to keep it nearly in Uie same [ and concurred in.tliat both Houses meet in
position as it has in the pocket. In laying « oJnt session to count and consolidate the
aside your watch be sure tliat it rests on . yota f or governor and State house officers.
its case, as by suspending it free the action p ar ks Meld rim and Westbrook were
of the balance may causeoscillation, | appoinled a , tbat committee on the part of
which may considerably interfere with its t $s enate .
s °If you would keep your watch clean
you must be quite sure that the case flu
firmly, and never put it into any pocket
hut one made of leather. Those pockets
to”mti» kcS’Sl.mSbi*sm“ll, In Of-
der that we tnay feel the resistaiic» ot tlie
stop-work; then we can stop
outforcing anything. It ,s
that the square of the key should corres
pond with that of the wattdi. I™]*
aree. it may in a short time cause the
wiud-up square to suffer from undue wear
rnd te^herectiijing ofwlddt b rather
evnensivc. The hands of an ordinary
watch can be turned hackwards without
much risk. It is, however, always better
to move the hands forward to adjust your
watch to correct time.
A skillful watchmaker one day thus
reasoned with a customer com
plained of his watch: “\ ou ^“Smmnte
said he, “that your watch gains *
a mouth. Well, then, you wiU congratu
late yourself when you have Iiearn me.
You are aware that in your watch tta
balance, which is the regulator, makes
five oscillations every second, which is
four hundred and thirty-two thousand a
dav; so that your watch, exposed a»J
the vicissitudes which heat and cold
occasion it, the varying weight ofU>e air
and the shaking to which it is su ”J*”f d ’
lias not varied more tbau a nlidU ^j
month or two seconds a day. It has om>
acquired with cacli vibration of the bal
anc a variation of tlie two hundred and
sixteen Jhousandth part of a second.
Judge, then, what must bo the extreme
perfection of tho mechanism of this
W A watdi cannot go for an indefinite pe-
At the expiration of * certain ' e “‘
S r a person possessing a watch of
oJod’quality and desirous of of preserving
^ir'Brrsfd'LiTaK
m hands; an incapable workman may
On motion of Mr. Payne, Judge Lester,
of Cobb, and James R. Brown, of Chero
kee, were invited to seats on the floor.
the nousE.
The House was railed to order by the
Speaker this morning at 10 o’clock. Pray
er by tho chaplain, Itcv. John Jones, D.D
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
A member offered a resolution that tlie
House meet at 10 a. m.
Mr. Hansell, of Cobb, moved to amend
by inserting 0 a.m. as the hour of meet
ing. Adopted.
The Governor’s message war received
and read. [The message will be lound
elsewhere.] , . ,
The ceremony of swearing in several
members lately arrived, here occupied
tho House. , .
A seat upon tho floor was tendered
Hon. Emory Speer.
Mr. Northern, ol Hancock, offered a
joint resolution that at 12 m. both Houses
assemble in the hall ot the House of Rep
resentatives and proceed to count tlie vote
for Goverror as provided by law. Adopt
ed.
Mr. Miller, of Houston, offered a reso
lution looking to tlie appointment of a joint
committee to inquire what officers are to
be elected by the General Assembly. Read
and adopted.
Seats upon the floor were tendered Hons,
Nichols, Persons and Crawford.
jfr Reese, of Wilkes—A resolution to
print 1,000 copies of the Governor’s mes-
je^iundred copies of the constitu
tionof 1837 ordered printed.
A message from the Senate, agreeing to
meet and count the votes for Govemorand
State-house officers was received.
non. G. N. Pierce and Judge Pate were
offered seats on the floor.
Tlie hour of 12 m. having arrived, the
Senate, headed by their president and
secretsrv, entered the hall of the House
of Represe.itatives, and after the appoint
ment of Hon. W. P. Price on the part of
tlie Senate, and Messrs. Davenport, Jen
kins and Estes on the part of the House
as tellers, proceeded to count the votes for
Governor and State-house officers. The
returns of the several counties filled a
large hamper. The process of counting
the votes is as follows: The packages of
returns are opened by the clerk, the names
of tlie counties and of the candidate for
IU1 flBnasj 1 * . ... rtf the MW- of til© COUullcS , •
great injury to a watch even or l “ e SUD 1 “ acb office> aud the amounts recorded op
plest construction
be priuted. Agreed to,
The committee appointed to discover
what offices are to be filled by the Gen
eral Assembly reported by their chairman,
Sir. Miller, of Houston, who stated tliat
there would be a minority report sub
mitted on Monday next, and asked that
action be postponed till then. The com
mittee recommend that tho elections be
held next Wednesday.
SH. Miller asked that 300 copies of the
report be printed. Agreed to, and the re-
port made the special order of Monday af-
ter tlie reading of the journal.
Tho majority report, signed by Slessrs.
Tarks, Sleldrim and Westbrooks, of the
Senate, and Mr. Miller, of the House, re
port tliat the following officers are to be
elected: A United States Senator to fill tlie
place left vacant by tho resignation of
ilen. J. B. Gordon, a Chief Justice to fill
the unexpired teiru of Judge Hiram War
ner, resigned, also a Chief Justico for the
six-year term beginning January 1,1881,
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
to fill tho unexpired term of J..dge Jack-
son, ending January J, 1883, an Associate
Justice to till the unexpired term of Judge
Logan E. Bleckley, expiring January 15,
ISSo. „ „ .
Judges of tlie Superior Court are to bo
elected to fill tho vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Herschel V. Johnson in
the Middle Circuit, term expiring
January 1st, 1883; of the Coweta Cir
cuit to fill tlie vacancy left by the resig
nation of the Hon. Hugh Buchanan,
term expiring January 1st, 1881; of the
Chattahoochee Circuit left vacant by tlie
resignation of Martin J. Crawford, term
expiring January 1st, 1881; also judges
of tlie Albany, Atlanta, Blue Ridge,
Cherokee, Eastern, Western, Oconee,
and Southwestern.
Among the most prominent of the can
didates for a seat upon tho Supremo
bench, is Hon. D. A. Vason, of Dougher
ty county. Judge Vason comes endorsed
by tlie bar of bis circuit, and still further
by Ins eminent character and personal
honor and integrity. If it should so hap
pen that the judicial robe should he laid
upjn tho shoulders of tilts eloquent and
accomplished gentleman and jurist, tlie
State would secure a certainty and accu
racy in the administration of her laws
which is needed materially in tho just and
able enforcement ot law.
The contested election cases will come
up for trial probably next week or the
week after. »
The General Assembly is composed
largely of new men who have either never
represented the State before or who have
been out of offico’for a long time. It is
therefore hard to predict what will be tlie
temper of tlie body on general legislation.
Tlie most important matters to be con
sidered will bo the questions involved In
the action ol tho railroad commissioners;
the M. &B. extension; the furtherance of
the noble work of Mr. Francis Fontaine
in tho immigration scheme; the providing
for a compilation of an official State his
tory, and tho election of law officers and a
U. 8. Senator.
THE SENATE.
Tlie Senate met pursuant to adjourn
rnent and was called to order by President
Boynton. Prayer by the cliaplain. The
journal was read and approved. The
committee on rules for the government or
the Senate reported aud their report was
adopted., . , .
Mr. Byrd oflered a resolution, wide a
was adopted, providing for a special com
mittee on immigration, to consist of five
members.
There being no businew before tho
Senate it adjourned at 10:30 a. ra., until
Monday morning at ten o’clock.
CArolynN
At no other season ot the year are
coughs and colds so prevalent as at the
present time, and every sufferer should
check his complaint at once by the use of
Dr. Bull Cough Syrup, and thus prevent
it from leading to serious lung affections
Price 25 cents.
to make ord’uitnces and enforce ’em—a—
a-—”
The rest of bis speech was drowned by
the cheers of tlie crowd. It was in ’50,
and Crowbar city was a collection of
shanties and huts on Bobtail Creek, in
Nevada. We were doing well enough,
and the camp was peaceful and quiet.
Slathers Johnson was the laziest miner in
the camp but was looked up to as a great
politician. Back in the States lie had been
constable, overseer of highways, tax col
lector, school inspector, ami so on, but yet
his hankering was not satisfied.
It was finally decided that Crowbar city
be divided into eight wards, and tliat each
ward be entitled "to one alderman, while
a mayor, treasurer and clerk should be
elected at large. There were about four
huts or tents to a ward, with a constitu
ency of from five to eight persons for each
alderman.
“Howshall we proceed to elect ?” bland
ly inquired Slathers as he remounted the
barrel.
There was a dead silence for a minute,
and then Raccoon Bill of the bloody sixth
ward, threw his hat on tlie ground,
pulled iiis shooter and blandly inquired:
“Ari thari any buzzard hero from my
ward who don’t think I’d make a howlin’
old alderman? If tiiar’ ar 1 , let him edge
up tliis way for about ten seconds.”
No one edged and Raccoon Bill was
declared tlie unanimous choice of the
electors of bis ward. Several others elect
ed themselves in the same off-bamf man
ner, aud there was no trouble until Blue
Clay Smith said he thought he could rep
resent the eighth ward about as well as
any other resident vulture. If not, why
not? Three resident vultures at once
stepped forward to contest his election,
and there vas a four-handed fight which
lasted ten minutes and decided the elec
tion in favor of Cross-Eyed Turner, of
Ohio. Slathers was then elected mayor
by acclamation, as were also the other
general officers, ami the largest hut in
town was cleaned out for a meeting of the
common council.
The eight aldermen sat on the ground
in a circle, and the mayor sat in the cen
tre on a bag of meal and opened the ses
sion by saying:
“Has any alderman any motion to
make?”
“I’sposo amoshnn that this ’ere lion-
orablo body provide itself with a bar’l of
whisky at tho expense of tlie city would
be in order,” remarked the alderman
from tlie third.
“Not by adumed sightl” bawled ono
of the crowd at the door.
“Order! order! or I’ll bust a dozen
heads out there!” shouted the mayor.
“See here, old boss, hain’t you puttin’
on a heap of style fur the fust meetin’?”
asked the alderman from the sixth, as he
leaned forward.
“There’s a moshunpendin’!” answered
the aldermtfu from the third.
“Which’ere motion is as fullers!” re
marked tlie alderman from the first, as
lie hit the chap from the sixtli on the
car.
There was a little performance of “eight
hands around and mayor in the middle,”
and it was fifteen minutes before order
was restored. Then tho alderman from
the fourth shoved ids bitten finger into
his pocket, and said:
“My constituents, who ar 5 among tlie
heaviest tax-payers in tho city, believe
tliat the price of washiu’ Is too blamed
high, and they demand—”
“When did you ever have any wasliin’
done?” demanded tlie alderman from the
seventh.
“Git tho drop on him, Bill!” yelled a
man at the door. . •»’*• ! " -
“Order! the mayor commands order!”
shouted Slathers.
Three shots were fired, four or five al
dermen knocked down, and when tlie cy
clone passed everybody had his shooter on
bis knee.
“When interrupted, we war* about to
take up the order of unfinished business,”
remarked the mayor, as he nursed his bit
ten ear.
“I move that we adjourn.”
•‘Adjourn bn blowed.”
“Question!”
“Ayes and noes!”
“Order!”
“Some onery coon out thari lias kicked
my dog!” said tlie mayor as the yelps of
tlie canine rose above all other sounds.
“ Sot down, you old he-wolt!” yelled
some one, and then the light was upset,
and the circus began. We locked the
door on the crowd, and got tinder covqr of
the rocks, but that house couldn’t hold
them. Iu five minutes they were fighting
all over town, and every ward had a rally
and a knock-down. It was four weeks be
fore all the bullets were dug out and the
broken heads healed up. Slathers lost an
car and two fingers, and his farewell
messago was brief. He wrote:
“Aldermen: Fame is a mockery, office
Is degradin’, and I resign in favor of any
coyote you kin agree on. Romans, fare
well. I came, I saw, and got chawed.”
But Crowbar city has bad enough of
politics
The Task of an Express Messen
ger.—A gentleman who became inter
ested in the’subject. and made close ob
servation for several years, says the task
of tlie express messenger, so far from
being a light one, is one of difficulty and
peculiar risks. Tho gentleman says he
rode many thousand miles Iu tlie car or
apartment assigned to tlie messenger, and
was made familiar with his duties. He
is Ilia own reliance, and cannot, as
clerk, call to Ills assistance, at any time,
those around him. He is the custodian of
valuable property or money in transit,
its watchman, and is responsible for any
actual loss or for damage resulting from
the careless handling of a package. He
must always be on the alert, watching
every ‘stranger, or railroad employe who
opens his door or passes through his divis
ion of tlie car, for lie has no right to be
stow full confidence on any one outside of
his own superior officers or immediate as
sistants. At each station where the train
may stop lie must, in the quickest time,
both deliver, receive and receipt for pack
ages of value and beheld by his signature,
lie is also bU own clerk, keeps
his own accounts, and this while
tlie train is in motion, for
he must be ready for the
next station and tlio homo office. Then
again lie is more exposed to danger than
other employes, and I do net refer to the
risks of temptation, but to personal haz
ards, such as a man is always encounter
ing who is supposed to be in charge oj
treasure, and who rides day and night on
trains filled with passengeis of all grades
aud classes; but lio must be sitspicious
and keenly watchful as well for ills per
sonal safety as that of the property ho
guards. It should be added to the honor
of this largo class of young men
in our country tliat they have justified
the confidence reposed in them, not only
by their superior officers, but also that of
the whole public. They are a great credit
to tlie hard working men of this age, add
to the education and institutions of th'ff
nation. Their training and daily life en
courage exact habits, the prompt dis
charge of duty aud obedience to authori
ty; and, here let me remind them that no
man ever learned to rule" tvdll until he
first learned to obey well, and there is
always a great satisfaction in rendering
obedience to a wise law or a just master.
A Sensible View of the Situation. Gazette, he was engaged as a hostler fo
In the American system of popular e<ec- j ‘E? ° f w* 1
tion, may ho found a prarticil Veconcile- * ! bein f ? J! *
nient of the two great historic torces-fato h^mI w. i w L
and free win. It is very seldom that the ! d . , r , ’ s *- e walke ' 1 ' h ™ n S h the V! Jj
result of a cortesl at lhe polls is a fore- ! ™ L5. n, ‘’ '* 1
t in the rail of 1877 he shipped on a coast-
matter how much pre-| V(!sscl at Uob#rt tj! ownj aRd f()r
gone conclusion, no matter now much pre
vious canvassing is done. There is in fact
as much uncertainly beforehand about the
outcome of such struggle as there is about
the fortune o! a battle. War is the arbi
trament of arms, and an election is the
arbitrament of votes. Both have their
strategy, tbeir logistics, their grand and
minor tactics; but foremost among their
features of similarity is the doubtfulness
of victory. The myth of Mars was a
recognition of the superhuman element
which, whether we call it Necessity or
Providence, controls and overrules the
combats of armies. Is there not in the
fight of political parties at- the ballot
boxes a like occult, superior power tbat
determines the result, so tbat the voice of
the people becomes, in the highest and
tru st sense, the voice of God?
It is a pleasant but fallacious theory
that the machinery of sutlrage U a means
or ascertaining the popular will. Practi
cally it is often far otherwise. An ideal
election, on anything like a large scale,
is an impossibility. Our actual elections
are vitiated, to a greater or less degree,
in the first place, by the bribery, corrup
tion, uudue persuasion, intimidation or
deception of voters. While the voting Is
in progress there are false personations,
repeating and other kinds of fraud in the
matter ot depositing the ballot,. When
the polls are closed there is lalse counting
of the votes. Then come doctored or
forged returns. Not infrequently there is
a rascally revision by returning boards
that additionally falsifies the supposed
popular verdict. These considerations are
enough to show tbat the presumed end of
getting at the will of the people is not
really attained.
■ Our plan, however, of deckling who
shall hold the offices and what policies
shall prevail is, with all its imprefectious
and abuses, the best perhaps that could be
devised. It does not assure the success of
tbe party wblcb is numerically the strong
est, for a minority lias sometimes carried
our national election, while our local con
tests very often turn out adversely to the
wishes oftbe majority.
The comparatively modem device of re
quiring only a plurality of votes to make a
choice is of itself, so far as it goes, an
abandment of tlie principle tbat a ma
jority should rule. The whole question is,
in fact, one of mere convenience. Tbe
system of Ircqucnt elections saves us
from tbe peril of revolution. These
elections arc a method of
effecting changes in the men who admin
ister tlie government and in the measures
of administrative policy. In practice they
amount to little more than would the pe
riodical drawing of lots to see which side
shall win, and the results are equally for
tuitous. For the lack of any better sys
tem we must worry along with the pre
sent one as best we can. Some consola
tion may be found in tho conviction, for
those of us who entertain it, that Provi
dence will someltow help us to pull
through, aud that in the end tlie seeming
evils we are called on to oudure may be
adjusted to tbe general advantage.—Phil-
adetphia Record.
Compressed Women.
A New York correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Enquirer says:
Iu one large dry goods store I counted
among the corsets eleven different kinds
tliat were warranted to make women’s
bodies shapely without pain. That prom
ise was variously worded, but in every
case it was a delusive snare. The waist
cannot be squeezed without hurting.
Whether the hones of a corset run per
pendicular, horizontally or diigonally,
they are bound to be uncomfortable if
they condense tbe wearer too much, the
assertions of manufacturers to the contra
ry notwithstanding. I wear a corset,
bear in mind, and therefore know what I
atn talking about. There is no occasion
just now, however, to raise a
cry on this subject, for too
tight corsets are tho exception. Some
women are foolish enough to dangerously
compress their vitals for tho sake of un
natural slenderness, but fashion does not
require it. As they are now generally
worn, corsets are more a comfort than
otherwise. Women with much flesh ou
tbeir bones would not like to do without
them. Tlie present evil practice in tills
direction is that or forcibly flattening the
bosom. Time was when roundness there
was something to bo proud of, auu was
artificially produced it nature had not been
bounteous; now flatness is considered de
sirable, and is often attained by wearing
corsets high, stiff, and binding in front.
Tliat this folly is perilous must be appa
rent to every sensible person. In proso
as well as in poetiy, tlie female breast is
susceptible, and will not bear hard usage.
There is much
ingenuity expended on cobsets.
About no other article of dress is a
fashionable woman more finicky. That
is why dealers are compelled to keep so
many kinds in stock. But women who
can afiord it have their ccrsets made to
order, often paying as high as $25 lor a
plain, though carefully fitted, one. Those
who demand of their dress-makers tbat
their bodices shall fit like a glove, without
a wriukle or a strain, must consent to
wear corsets always of the same size and
shape. Otherwise, a perfect fit onr time
will not be so at another. Mauy women
are so soft and plant that they can be
shaped by .a corset to almost any desired
figure; but having choseu a model, they
must stick to it, or alter their dresses with
every change of stays. Formerly, when
skirts were voluminous, it did not matter
what the corset was like below tho waist
line; but now, witli skirt3 lying flat over
the hips and abdomen, the outlines of tho
entire trunk ore of importance. This has
led to tlie extension ot corsets downward,
until women who are at all round are
commonly encased from shoulder to
log. Tlie corsets displayed in the stores
with their ribs of bone and metal, look’
like rows of ancient armor. The length
ening is a .good thing, because it equalizes
the pressure aud prevents a girting in of
the waist alone. Some of the corsets
made to order by really skillful artists arc
wonderfully clever productions. They
are constructed after the most careful and
elaborate measurements, and with a
view to improving tlie wearer’s figure.
The Roll of Honor.—The progress
of many a bright and promising scholar is
often arrested and discouragement brought
on by absence from school caused in so
many cases by a cougli, cold or sore
throat. Give Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and
let your children answer “present” When
tho roll is called. *
«Tis autumn, and* the leaves are dry
and rustle on tbe ground, and chilly
winds come whistling by with low ana
pensive sound. To guard against coughs
and colds you should go to Lamar, Ran
kin & Lamar’s drug store’and get a bottle
of Coussen’s Honey of Tar. Price 50c.
White's Cream White Vermifuge is tbe
best worm killer. octl2tf
£53.66 Aseal’s Proflt per Week.
Will prove it or forfeit $500. $4 outfit
free. *. G. Rideout & Co., 218 Pullen
street, New York. oct28
ABibd’s Fearoftre Dead.—It is
not mere sentimentalism tliat pleads in
favor of the most merciful form of death
being adopted in tlie case of tlie slaughter
of animals iutended for human consump
tion. There is no question- tliat much
suffering would he spared cattle if they
were not allowed to see cacli other
slaughtered. Not easy is it to conceive
the kind of torture they feel and cannot
express. How observant are animals is
proved by a case which came under my
own observation. Among the inmates of
Riy house is a jackdaw, as lll-grainsd and
vituperative a bird as ever accepted, under
protest, human companionship and hu
man attention. He prefers so distinctly
sleeping In a cage where no enemy can as
sail him while he is off his guard that lie
is allowed to have his own way in tlie mat
ter. One day, while lie was in tlie cage,
some dead pheasants, which had just ar
rived in a hamper, were placed beside
him. His dread of these M as remarkable
to witness. A bird whoso whole time
was passed in defiance of things stronger
than himself, in aggravating a mastiff
tliat would not make two bites of him, or
in pinching snrrepitiously the flamboyant
tail of his arch enemy the cat when it
came within reach of his cage, went at
this sight into an ecstasy ol terror which
could not be appeased until the uncanny
objects were removed. What instinct
caused this strange demonstration in tlie
presence of death shown in one of its
race, albeit so different a species, is not to
be guessed. Much food for reflect iou ami
■peculation is, however, afforded.—
Gentleman's Magazine.
A Printkb’s Journey' Around the
World.—A Scotch printer, without a
penny in his pocket, arrived in Detroit
one day last week, after a four years’
journey around the world. He sailed
from San Francisco as steward of a ship
bound for Tokio, but iu consequence of a
quarrel with tbe officers was compelled to
go ashore at tbe Sandwich Islands. After irons. Ask for 1 ond s Extract,
setting type in the office of the Honolulu other,
several months was knocked about
tbe East Indies. Shipwrecked, he was
picked up by a merchantman, and was
taken to the Suez Canal. From Egypt lie
traveled as servant to Eugilsh travelers,
and as a vagabond through the Holy
Land, and at last brought up at Constan
tinople. In this way be went up tbe Dan
ube, and during tbe summer of 1S78 was
a sailor before the mast on the Baltic Sen
In the fall be traveled ou foot to Geneva
and Rome, whence be sailed to Genoa,
made his way to Madrid, and at last ar
rived in l’aris ill March, 1879. After
working as a printer in job offices several
weeks, he earned enougit money to pay
his passage to London, and in July sailed
from Liverpool to Havana and then to
Cliarleston, S. C., where ^ arrived about
a year ago. Since that.time he has tramp
ed through most of the Eastern States,
and la now on his way to San Francisco.
A Born Inventor.
Somewhere about tbe year 1780 a trav
eling mill-wrigbt, footsore, and with the
broadest Northern Doric accent, stopped
at Soho, the engine factory of Boulton A
Watt, and asked for work. His aspect
was little better than one of beggary, and
Boulton bad blddeR him god-speed to
some oilier shop, when, as he was turning
away sorrowfully, Boulton suddenly call
ed bun back. “What kind of a hat’s yon
ye have on your head, me mou?” “It’s
Just timraer, sir.” “Tinimer, me mon;
iefs look at It. Where did you get it?”
“I Just made it, sir, me ain sel.” “How
did you make it?” “I Just turned it in the
iathie.” “But it’s oval, molt,
aud tlie lathe turns things
round.” “Awee! I just gar’d tho
iathie gang anithcr gate, to please me.
I’d a long journey afore roe, and I thoebt
to have a bat to keep out water, aud I
badna muckle siller to spare, and I made
me aue.” By his inborn mechanism tbo
man liad iuvented an oval lathe, and
made his hat, and the bat made his for
tune. Boulton was not tbe man to lose
so valuable a help, and so tbe after-fa
mous William Murdock, the originator of
locomotives and of lightning by gas, took
suit and service under Boulton and Walt,
and in 1784 made the first vehicle im
pelled by steam in England, and with the
very bauds and brain cuuning that had
before produced tlie “tmimer hat.”—Bos
ton Journal of Chemistry. ' -
Falling From a Balloon.
New 1 ork, November 1.—A dispatch
from Paris to the Evening Telegram says
a frightfu. and probably unprecedented
balloon accident occurred last evening at
Courbevole, near Paris. A large crowd
liad assembled to witness the novel and
perilous ascent of a gymnast called Au
guste Kevarre, who, with inexplicable
foolhardiness, liad volunteered to perform
a number of athletic feats on a trapezo
suspended from a Montgolfiere balloon
named the Yidouvillaise. Rejecting the
advice of bystanders, Navarre refused to
allow himself to he tied to the trapeze.
There was no car attached to tho balloon.
At about five' o’clock tlie Yidouvillaise
was let loose from its moorings, and rose
majestically in the air. Navarre, hang
ing ou to the trapeze, appeared quite con
fident, and repeatedly saluted the spec
tators.
When, however, the balloon had reach
ed a height of nearly one thousand yards
the crowd was horrified to see him sud
denly let go the bar anti fall. The tragic
descent was watched in breathless excite
ment. At last tlie body reached the earth,
striking with such force that it made a hole
in tire ground two feet deep and rebouud-
ed four yards. It was crushed and man
gled almost beyond, recognition. Mean
while the balloon, freed from its human
ballast, shot up with lightning speed aud
soon disappeared from sight. Late in the
evening it burst and foil at Mcnilmontant,
much to the consternation of tbe inhabi
tants of that busy Parisian quarter.
The Whitehall Review thus describes
the Empress Eugenie’s new English home:
It is a substantial aud admirable speci
men of early English architecture, the
lower part of red brick with drcssin.zs and
mullioued windows of stone, and the up
per also of brick, but rendered over in ce-
meut aud picturesquely relieved by pan
els in leak. The whole building has a
comfortable, home-like look; aud the eye
rests content on the beautifully wooded
and park-like grounds surrounding it. A
couple of carriage drives, with corres
ponding lodge entrances, leud to a hand
some portico paved with tiles, tnrougli
which you pass to the entrauce hall; be
yond, up a flight of steps, is a stately inner
hall or corridor. Here is the principal
staircase, leading to a magnificent suite of
reception rooms. Tho drawing-room is
superb, and the outlook through
its bay and triangular win
dows is charming. Opening out of this
stately saloon is a smaller and more cosy-
one. The library is nearly twenty-five
feet square. The domestic offices are
completely shut off from tho inner hall;
there are a largo kitchen, scullery, house
keeper’s room, servant’s hall, pantries,
dairy, storerooms, extensive ranges ol'
cellars, with furnace and smoke-room for
the hearing apparatus and batli-rooms.
To get an idea of tlie marvelous complete
ness and self-contained character ot the
place, remember that all tbe gas used iu
the house is made on tho estate, tbat
water is supplied by steam power, aud
that there are hvdrants both inside and
out, in case of fire. There are pleasure
grounds all round the house, some six
acres of velvet lawn and emerald turj;
lawns, flower beds, terrace walks, shrub
beries, lawu tennis and croquet grounds,
all in extreme good taste and skillfully
planned. The park, which alone cov
ers sixty-eight acres of ground, aud
the woodlands have serpentine walks and
drives; tlie timber is remarkably fine, and
beside tho ordinary forest trees there are
some specimens of very rare conifera:.
Tlieie should he plenty of game, and as
for fishing, there are ornamental lakes,
with wooded hills, a boat-house and a
fishing cottage, or summer-house, with a
fireplace, so that in winter it will come in
well for skating parties. A cricket ground
is planned, so that there will be amuse
ment for everybody. A kitchen garden
covers three acres, abd there are green
houses, vineries, peach, Camilla, cucum
ber ami melon houses; and finally come
a couple of three-stall stables, with six
loose boxes, all most complete and spa
cious, as well as tlie usual harness-room,
coach-houses, a cottage lor the coachman
and bedrooms for tbe grooms.
An Historic Diamond Lily.—In a
jewelry shop in Minneapolis, Minn., is
beautiful ornament in tlie shape of a
diamond lily. It is about four inches
long, and has an interesting history. It,
at one time, was ono-eighlh of the crown
tliat Napoleon Bonaparte presented to ids
sister Caroline at her marriage with the
famous Yoachim Murat, “Lo Beau 5a-
breur,” afterward King of Naples, and
was made from spoils and contributions
received after the battles of Eylau and
Ansterlitz. Tills royal gift became the
property of the ex-Queen or Spain, aud
was sold with her other jewels in Paris at
auction for 20,000 frauces, and bought
by the Roumanian princess, Cleopatra,
who died recently. At the sale of her
effects tlie crown became the property of
a New York diamond importing house,
and was by them divided into eight por
tions, ard has been sold with the excep
tion or this piece. There are 123 dia-
monds-of the first water in the lily, the
center stone being a remarkable gem. It
has been purchased by a Minneapolis
gentleman for $3,000. ^ •
Pond's Eztrset
Not very long ago, a lady voluntarily
called npon the editor of the Worcester
“Press” and desired him to notice the
fact that Pond’s Extract cured her of a
long-standing Catarrh. She was prompted
to do this by a spirit of gratitude, and
that others might kuow where to find re
lief for this exceedingly troublesome
disease.
This remedy will promptly relieve, and
speedily core catarrh. Beware of imita-
a -i- usrfTake no
JVC,
GRANT-CHAFFS*,
The CtoMeral*a T—geat Ma Married
to the Cslewds Wr WiaiOri Bath
ter.
New York, November 1.—There was
an unusual flutter among society people
tins afternoon,occasioned by tbe marriage
of Ulysses Simpson Grant, youngest con
of General Graut, to Miss Fannie J. Chaf
fee, only daughter of Senator Cbailee, of
Colorado. Tbe marriage has been the
subject of discussion among the elite of
New York for some time past, and has
been regarded as a social event. Tbe en
gagement bas attracted especial attention,
taken iu connection with Mr. Grant’s Cal
ifornia experience, and has been exten
sively discussed here and in San Fran
cisco. The bridegroom is a lawyer of
this city, who lias already won some dis
tinction hi his profession and whose pros
pects aie of the best. The bride is tbe
only daughter of Senator Chaffee. She ia
a blonde of tho fairest type, aged about
twenty-two, shd has been a prominent
belle in New York society since her in
troduction here. Tbe courtship which
has resulted m her marriage with Mr.
Ulysses Graut is a little over a year old
aud is described by the intimate friends of
both as a match of pure love. The en
gagement has existed nearly three months,
and bas been thus early consummated on
ly at the earnest solicitation of the bride
groom.
Two weeks ago the date of the cere
mony was fixed for this afternoon and i%
accordance with arrangements the cere
mony was to be strictly of a private na
ture. Rev. Dr. Newman was engaged by
Mr. Gram ill person to perform tbe cere
mony, which was in accordance with the
Methodist modified form ol the Episcopal
church. At four o’clock carriage lined
the sidewalk between Fifth and Sixth
avenues and tbe few selected guests wh<^
were to witness the ceremony were con
gregated in the parlors of tbe Chaffee
mansion, No. 28 West Fifth-eighth street.
Tbpse comprised General Grant and Mis.
Grant, Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant
and wife, Jesse Giant and wife, Senator
Chaffee, Mr. and Mrs. Elkins, 1 Mr. and .
Mrs. Hamilton and a few of the imme
diate relatives and personal friends of
Senator Chaffee.
At 4:20 p. m. Rev. Dr. Newman entered
tlie spacious parlors and was met at tbe
folding doors by Mr. Grant and Miss
Chaffee, the bridegroom ou the" right and
the bride upon the left. Rev. Dr. New
man occupied a position upon tbe left of
the bride in front, and at the right and
left were General Grant, Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Honore, Mrs. Elkins aud the remainder of
the guests. Tbe ceremony included tho
ring formula of the Episcopal church and
was placed upon the finger of tbe bride by
Mr. Grant, who made the responses in a
clear, strong voice. Tbe bride was attired
in a rich bridal costume, which elicited
tbe admitation of all present, and she
responded in a decided and comparatively
unembarrassed tone. The wedding ring
was of chased gold, with a diamond aud
monogram, anu was a marvel of taste and
costliness. After the ceremony an ele
gant repast was served in the parlors, for-
iiisbcd by Delmouico aud prepared for
the sixteen guests who were iu attendance.
The presents, which were profuse anl
costly, were not displayed. The happy
pair will probably make an extended trip
to tlie West and Soiflb. To attend thia
wedding General Graut has yielded his
vote in Galena, 111., aud will not visit the
West, as ho previously intended.
A Vizit to the Garden of Eden.
A couple of bouts’ ride over a most
wretched bridle path, up and dowu rug
ged mountain passes, brought us to this
charming oasis called “Ehden.” The
Arabs assured us this spot was the real
Garden of Eden, and judging from the
intense curiosity they evinced concerning
ourselves and our traps, we bad no diffi
culty in believing tills to be tbe gardqti
where our first mother Eve dwelt ere she
grew too fond of apples.
ThisEdc-n is situated in a pret y little
valley in the heart of the mountains, at
an elevation of some 500 feet above the
level of the sea. Water is abundant here,
and consequently everything is green and
fruit is plenty. Tho valley is full of vine
yards, with pomegranates and fig trees,
and olive aud Mulberry plantations, and
overtopping the whole can be seen some
immense walnut trees that look as old as.
the world.
As I am writing these lines, sitting ou a
camp stool in front of my tent, I can see
the whole population of Ehdenr collected
round our camp staring us in the face.
Young and old, men, women and chil
dren, are pressing forward to have a good
look at us; and some of these wild chil
dren of Eve have climbed up the trees to
have the luxury ota bird’s-eye view of
our camp. Long before we reached our
camping ground the news bad boeu
brought that a caravan of people from be
yond tbe mountains, and perhaps, oh,
wonder! from beyond the sea, was com
ing to camp in their oasis. The news
spread like wild-fire among tbe tribe, and
there was a general rush for tlie best
places to see us come in aud get off our
horses. The women left their work In
the fields, the men left off playing on the
reed-pipes, and the children left off crying
to see us coming. Barnum’s circus arriv
ing in a village “out West” never created
such a sensation as we did on approach
ing tilts earthly paradise. As we filed
past this aule of human beings, we were
greeted with shouts and mock salutations.
The women giggled, tbe men smiled, tbe
children roared at tbe queer figure we cut
in our European costumes. Two ladies
with us were made tho objecss of a very
popular ovation.
The green goggles which some of my
companions wore seemed to raise the
enthusiasm of the crowd to its highest
pitch, and many a swarthy finger waa
raised from among those Arabs, pointing
to these green goggles, while the women
called to each other and raised their chil
dren in tbeir arms to make them eojoy the
treat. Meantime my friends, quite un
conscious of their gr$at popularity, did not
know what to make of all this crowd.
But, as we drew near the tents and I
helped Mrs. E. off her horse, the crowd
pressed so much on us tliat Halil and his
men were obliged to drive them off, and to
have ropes stretched around to keep the
intruders out.
Here, witli plenty of elbow room, I en
joy the scene, which, indeed, is very pic
turesque. When the excitement had
somewhat subsided I strolled out to eqjoy
tbe gorgeous sunset. The western sky
was aglow with luminous tints of orange,
pink and purple. This glow lasted but a
moment, and all was hushed in the gray
tints of evening.
Later la the evening some young men
and young women were admitted to our
dining-room tent. These Arab women
were dying with curiosity to see and han
dle the clothes and trinkets of our lady
friends. Velvet seemed to attract their
attention and admiration more than
anything e!s n , save perhaps our
watches and gloves. The gloves
especially seemed to puzzle them. The
Countess took out her repeater and made
it strike for them. They seemed delight
ed, just as little children would be, with
tlie sound of the tiny bell. Soms of these
pretty Arab girls asked me, through our
dragoman, it ali the ladies iff oar country
were like the two that were with us. 1
told Halil to ask these girls what made
them ask tliat question. They answered
with a giggle and shy look from their
roguish eyes: “If they are all so targe it
must be a very hard work for the poor
horses to carry them.”-— Chicago Alliance.
Time Worth More Than Money—
You have all beard the saying, “•Time is
money.” If you were interrupting at his
work a mason paid by the hour,
or one of tlie young women in a factory
who Is paid by the pieof, they might say
to you, “Tim? U money; avory quarter of
an tour you take up is the loss of so much
money to us.” But time is more than,
money, more costly and precious
money cannot buy it—you cannot tell Its
value in gold. And God has given, tn
none, young or old, more of this costly
article tb$u cadi needs, lie has mpivsur-
ed nut to each just his needful portion, in
which to do his work, and to lie owe lor
eternity. What then, are we to Uiink of
one who should, do with bis time what
we supposed the workman to d° with Ida
wages—throw tbe pne-hjlf
sway?
