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VOLUME 2.! fHE CHATTOOGA ADVE3TI3ER TH-RMAHET) A srMXEHVTLtE, HA., EVERY FK [DAY MORNING. HATES 0F SUBSCRIPT!o\. *ne Dopv One Uar :::::::: }2 00 ■ l >ne Dopy Six M nths ::::::: $1 00 j No SuL-oription will be taken for a less ; time than -ix mo ths. , OUR A !> Vk '(TLSJNC lIATES. j tfh, !", in o l 'lts ti month- Jl2 mou's I I 1 square $4! 00 J i 00 jslol 00 I 2 squares J til 00 $lO 00 I$ 15 00 ;s s<uiares $S' 00 *l4 00 *2O 00 } column sl2 iOO S2O tHt |s3o |OO 1 column S2O |OO $33 00 js6o 100 I column S4O 100 $75 00 | 100 |OO I{ A II LOADS. Western & Atlantic R. R. Change •»!* Sclietlule. On ami after this date the Passenger tnt'ns will run on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road As FOEDOWB: Western Express, connecting for New York and the West,. leaves Atlanta. 10:00 P. M. Arrives at llalton, 3:09 A. M. Arrives at Chattanooga. S:US A. M Day Passenger Train, to the North and West, cßriyiug Pullman Palace Car to Ixuisville. Leaves Atlanta, 8:30 A, M Arrives at Dalton, 1:34 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga, 3:50 P. M Lightning Express—Pawamgcrs leaving Atlanta by this Train arrive in New York the second afternoon at 4:44 P. ». 14 hours and 35 mitt utes earlier than Passengers leaving l y Augusta the same evening. Ixavcs Atlanta, 5:00 p. M. Aarrives at Dalton. 10:00p. M. Soutlmni Express, carrying through Pal ace ui lr in Louisville, North and West, tieave Cns urtoc ra, 4 45 p.m. Arrive a' A'ianta, 11:20 A. M. I »a. Pa-ongtr Train from the North aud West, latave Chattain-' -a, 5:50 a. m. Arrive «t Atl.intji, 1:101’. K. ACCOM V.ODATIOS TEA IS. Leave, Dalosa 12 45 A- M Arrive,.' *’ AtlinUfc. 9:50 A. M. JOSEPH E. BROWN. President. Quickest and Beet Haute o THE NORTH, EAST&WEST LS Via J tonisville. THREE Bail- Express Trains running through from Nashvtl’-e to Louisville, mak ing elo-e sonneethms with Trains and boats tbr the KO£?K, EAST AND WEST. ■vh t'ti.-ic. rc or Cars Ftti I.OCI'tYIt.LG'M St. Louis, Cincinnati, Tndianapolis, Chicago, Cleveland, Pitts burg, Philadelphia ana New York. ONLY ONE CHANGE TO .UTIVfIIE 111SBI\GT0\ 4 MSTOIi Quicker time by this route, and better accommodations, than hy any other- Se cure speed and e >mfort when traveling, by asking for Ticket s By the Wav of Louisville. Ky. Through Tick ts and Baggage Checks may be procured at the office of the Nash viile and Chatta> nogs Railroad at Chatta nooea. and at all Ticket Offices throughout the South. ALBERT FINK, W. H. KING, Gen'L Sup’t Gen’l. Passen er Ag’t. .Juneß. Saint Louis, Memphis, NASHVILLE & CHATTANOOGA It AIL ICO t» LINE. CENTRAL SJJORT ROUTE'* o Without Change of Oars to Nashville. Me Kenrie. Uni n City. Hickman, Co lumbus. Ilumh-ddt, Browns ville. and Memphis. —o — Only One. Change To Jackson. Teun.. Paducah. Ky.. Little Rock, Cairo, and St Louis, Mo. MORE TITAN 15© Hilcv Shorter to Saint Louis Than via Memphis or Ixuisville. and from 8 TO 15 HOURS QUICKER!! Than via Cos inth or Grand Junction. ASK FOR TICKETS TO MEMPHIS AND THE SOUTH WEST VIA CHATTANOOGA and McKenzie:: AND TO St. Louis and the Northwest via Nashville and Columbus—all Rail; or Nash-, viile aud Hickman—llail and River. THE LOWEST~SPECIAL RATES FOR EMIGRANTS, WITH MORE ADVAN TAGES. QUICKER TIME. AND FEWER CHANGES OF CARS fcaS-TH AN ANY OTHER ROUTE, Tickets for Sale at all Principal Ticket Offices in the South. J. IV. THOMAS. GenT. Rupt. W. L. DANLEV, G. I’. AT. Agent Ma?«h23.nT. Nashville. Term. Roms Railroad Company Clifinrye of Schedule. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN- Leave Rome 8:40 a m Arrive at Kingston 10:30 a m Leave Kingston 11:48 a m Arrive atllnme 1:00 pm NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Rome B:4<> p m Arrive at Kingston 12:40 a in Leave Kingston I:I8am Arrive at Home 11:20 m •@L Connecting with trains on the Wes tern k Atlantic Railroad at Kingston, and on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad at Rome. C M. PENNINGTON. Eng, and Sup’t. Dirt Town, Ga., July 30, ’7‘2. Mr. Editor: i should have replied to my friend j Hill’s long and spicy communication to the readers of the Adtertiser be fore now, but tiave been sir.ee the ap pearance of his communication quite ill. I now propose to review some of his statements, and also correct some of his mistakes. The gentleman made some explana tion* in relation to the expense of the election anti jury t ickets, just as I e.v peeled. What right had the Ordina ry to send a constable to //ay wood to superintend the election four days at $3,00 per day? I had as much right to send a bailiff to Summerville as he had to send one to Subligna. How would it have looked if I had have sent to Town a bailiff to superintend • the election there ? Everybody would have said I was not using the econo my that I should with th# people’s money. The Ordinary had no such tight, and counting $12,00 for this young man, he pretends I made a mis take. I made no mistake, anti I re peat. the election at Subligna only j cost $75,00. The Ordinary says there were three extra juries last year— on a fare count the extra jurors or th : new jurors that were added to the old panel did not take the 8723. Why did lie not tell bis readers what become of the ; $252 paid under Judge Harvey's or j ders? Why did he not tell his road’ j ere how long the two persons were i it: jail at <»0 cents per day? and also ! the lunatic at $5.00 per month, which cost the people $282? Why did he i not tell Ins readers what case Haw -1 kins and Gamble were employed in? i Why did lie not tell his reader* why j it was that he paid Milton R r hit.es2o i damages—White’s damage case was j not before the jury, nor did they »- ward him anything. Why did the Ordinary not foot each fiscal year’s receipts and disbursements, and show -the people his stewartship without be coming so excited? It is an old ad dage, and a true one, '‘that a gaulded horse will wince under the lash.’’ The Honorable Ordinary says that tny “calculation made from the re ceipts of 1871 was over an average of the six years since the surrender, and that 1 should have noticed the differ ent amounts it took to make the sum of $42,49 45 as given in the receipts for last year, the sum of $355,50 paid in by former Tax Collector, which was not any part of the tax for last year.” In my calculation I left out the $358,50, to have taken that a niount into the calculation it would be $20,496 70, instead of $21,990 70. So you will perceive that 1 made the calculation from the proper receipts for 1871, which in my judgement was not over an average year since the war. Again, my friend Hill says “that I ought to have known under Gov Jen kin’s administration State tax was 1 only three-tenths of one per cent. ! and in ’66 the county tax was only ! 25 per cent, on the State tax, and in j ’O7 50 per cent, was levied on the j State tax. Since that time the State I tax has been four-tenths of one per i cent, and the county tax ranged from 150 to 100 per cent, as was required by the several Grand Juries to make the improvements.” Now I under stand from this statement that 25 per cent, was levied for 18G6 and 50 per cent for 1807. Now three-tenths of one per cent would be $36 on a tax paver of $12,000, and 25 per cent on that for county purposes would be $9, which wotHd be $45 on the tax payer of $12,000. This 25 per cent : would bring to the county SI,OOO. — j Then 50 per cent would* be $lB for j county purposes, which will bring to ] the county Treasury $2,000. Now ■we have $3,000 for county purposes under Gov. Jenkins administration.— Since his administration the Ordinary says that “four-tenths of one percent was levied for State tax, which will make the tax payer of $12,000 pay to the State S4B, and 100 per cent oti that will be S4B, which will makes9G paid from the tax payer of $12,000. This 100 per cent or S4B on the sl2- 000 will pay into the county Treas ury over $4,500 for 1868, and the same calculation for 1869 and ’7O would be over $13,000 and the 924 per cent for 1871 will lip over $3,800. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1872. Now add the sums together you will I have over $20,000 paid into the county j Treasury since the surrender. I ap- i prebend my former calculation of 21- j 990 approximated very nearly to the j true sum. Now let us see what improvements | have been made: We all know that ! two bridg.s have been built across Chattooga river at a cost of 3,800 dol-! lars, mu 600 dollars paid for the i bridge across big Armuohee, and 400 i for the bridge at Dr. Cheney’s, which i will make 4,800 paid out for bridges. Add to this 1.800 for the jail you will have 6,600, and 400 for improvements on the Court-house w ill make the sum 7,000 dollars. Add to this 1,200 for for jury tickets and bailiff’s certifr cates will be 8,200 dollars. The elec tion eqpenSe and Judge Harvey’s or ders 562 dollars you have 8,762 0C dollars which embraces all the large items that I now remember. I may be mistaken in my calculations, but in my judgement it approximates very nearly to the receipts and expend - tures. But, when I examine the books, which I propose to do, at the Ordinary’s invitation. Then I can give to the public a correct statement of the whole matter. The Ordinary says that lam an “aged man, and that my record is known to he an authodox Radical.” I know that I am an old man, but yet a pretty close observer in money mat ters. Politically I have always been a Union man , opposed to secession and every thing that pertained to this un natural, unprecedented and wicked war, my skirts are clear of the blood that so profusely flowed from the best and bravest men on earth. I had congratulated myself writb the idea that I should hear nothing more of Radicalism, when it is fully ascer tained that the so-called Democracy are going to vote for the embodiment of Radicalism. Everybody knows that //orace Greeley was always an abolitionist, and has done more and said more, and had more influence with the American people for emancipa tion than any other man in this na tion. Everybody knows that lue had mote influence with Congress in the passage of the Reconstruction acts than any other man in America.— Everybody knows that Horace Gree ley was toremo. t in bis advocacy of the 14th and 15th amendments. Eve p body knows that lie not only ndvo> valid civil and political rights, but now ad o ales social equality with the negroes. Everybody knows that lie lias been a life-long high tariff mail, and now if be had it in his power he would prohibit the importation of for cign goods at one dash of a pen.— Now if 1 was w rong in the support of j the Reconstruction acts, my friend I //ill is now - wrong for supporting the great leader of Radicalism. If I had have said as much as some gentlemen have about Radicalism, scallawags, carpet-baggers, and negro equality, and then coolly vote for Greeley, I would hide tny blushing face. Now, in conclusion, I have tried to make my calculations so plain that any tax payer can make his own cal culation from his own tax receipts.— Three-tenths of one per cent makes the tax payer on SI,OOO pay three dollars to State, and so on for every thousand dollars worth r,f property — 25 per cent on that will be 75 cents for county purposes. Four-tenths of one per cent is four dollars on the thousand to the State and 100 per cent on that will be four dollars, which will make eight dollars on the thou sand. All that is necessary is for the tax payer to look up his receipts for the last six years and see which is right, the Honorable Ordinary or my self. There can be no barm in ascer taining the true statement, as every tax paver is interested to the amount of his tax. If the Ordinary has done his whole duty in the proper inanagei ment of the finances it should be his delight to show his constituents his acts and doings, without being so much irritated. Public men or pub lic property and their acts are subject to the severest scrutiny and criticism, and it is propei that they should be. VVrsley Shropshire. General Banks (Jut for Greeley. We ask especial attention to the sollowing letter from Gen. Banks of : Massachusetts. H is reasoning is dis passionate and his motives for leaving the Radical camp 'and supporting j Greeley are such as should influence every thinking man in this canvass. Boston, July-31, 1872. Mr Dear Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowledge by this note, in addii tion to ohr conversation to-day, the receipt of your invitation to address the citizens of Lvnn on Thursday evei ning, in support of the re-election of President Grant arid the policy of his ! administration. No invitation could have greater weight with me from any' part of the country, nor from any portion of my fellow-citizens, and it Btj*' great pleasure to assure you that nothing could be added to your suggestions, as the representative of the citizens of Lynn, to induce me to accede to your request. Their kindness to me many years since Is a continuing lily remembrance and nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to renew my associa tions with them, but I regret to say that I am not in accord with them in regard to the Presidential canvass.— Against my wishes and mv personal interests, 1 am compelled to believe and to say that the perpetuation of the present policy of the Government is not for the advantage of the coun try and that it will not tend to estab' lish its former good aud prosperity, nor to promote the interests of any class of citizens. No personal feel ing of any form or character enters into this judgment. It is in view of general principles and public inter ests alone that I am led to this con clusion. The uniting of the masses of the people of all parties, sections and ra ces in support of the grand results of the war is indispensable to the perma nent establishment of the general re cognition of those results. It can be secured by no other means. We shall be forced to this conclu sion sooner or later. United action upon this basis has been the hope of my life. I fervently desired it during the war, and in the reconstruction of the States subse quent to the war. I believe that it is now tendered in good faith iri the nomination of Mr. Greeley, and for one I cannot reject it. It is what I desired, and its consummation, ah though sudden and startling, does not alarm me. My duty to myself and my country requires me to give him my support. 1 canuot advocate ydtir friends a different course,.w-hSch nei ther my judgment nor jriy"heart ap proves. It grieves me most deeply to'sepa' rate myself in %r act from any of those with whom f have been so long associated, anil to wlimit I am* greatiy indeb*?ee, GoUr ‘-JUi <<,■ that the result will justify my action;gtve to the country that peace and pros perity which is the object of all our labors, and secure to every citizen civil and political equality, and the freedom which was won’by the sacri fice of so many valued lives. Accept the assurance of my lasting friend ship and esteem, and believe me, yours, Ac. N. J’. Banks. lo James S. Lewis, Esq., Lynn. Clover.— *F all sown clover has suc ceeded admirably when sown early enough. From the middle of Sep tember to the middle of .October is the best time for sowing. Select red laud; old land with the surface soil washed away and the red clay exposed, will if properly broken jip and ma nured make admirable clover. Pul verize the soil thoroughly. Now is the time to begin the preparation.— When the pioper time arrives sow the seed, and brush in, pass the roller over, as the very young plant is liable to perish from the surface getting too dry, if it is not pressed down s6mc what after being ploughed. Super phosphate is a specific for the clover plant—but here as elsewhere stable manure does admirably. [From the Auburn (N. Y ) Democrat Grant to be Sued. The following letter was written to George L. Watkins, Esq., who resides in Scipio. The writer is no less a personage than ex-Mayor and late Postmaster of the capitol of the Uni ted States, Sayles J. Bowen. It will explain itself as well as one of the dishonest acts of him whom the Re publican party have elected to the Presidency, Irid whom a portion of the same men are trying to do again: Washington, July 18, ’72. £?. L. Watkins, Esq : Mv Dear Sir: I was much pleased to receive from you your kind and en couraging ietter of the 15th inst.— You are right in stating that I know something of General Grant’s busi ness qualifications as well 4s his char acter for honor, honesty, and truth. 1 had a business transaction with him in which lie cheated me out of twentyi five thousand dollars with a coolness and deliberation that would do credit to any blackleg. In the mail that carries this letter I send a copy of the | Transcript , a paper published m this city, containing an article relating to the transaction alluded to, every word of which is true, as I stand ready to prove by Grant’s letter and the origi l rial contract in my possession, in deed the Transcript has dared the Grant papers here and elsewhere to deny a single allegation in the article, which they have not had the temerity to do, as everybody in Washington knows it is true in every feature. I intend to prosecute Grant 3 .Yore our courts, and have made arrange ments to commence suit against him ! at the next term, when the whole mat- ter will be shown up to the world in evidence that cannot be disputed.— This affair is only an index to Grant's private character. He is a miserlv, sordid man, and will resort to any thing, evasion or invasion of law and justice, or anything else that an hon orable person would despise, to put j money in his pocket. By his specu- \ lationsin Seneca stone rings and other scandalous jobs, through bis military coterie about the White House, his presents, and farming onto! official positions he will leave the Presidency on the 4th of March next as rich as a Jew and as infamous as he who be trayed his Lord and master for thirty pieces of silver. ITis habits are of the worst possible kind, and his asso ciates of the lowest order. Indeed, his instincts are low and vulgar, and he is never so well satisfied as when in company with horse jockeys, smok ing cigars, drinking whisky, and “talk ing horse.” Demoralization and cor ruption are the order of the «day in all sections of the country, and these have their origin in the White House and at Long Branch. Examples set there are followed by their parasites until their influence has ramified every town and county in the nation. Gree ley will end this in a trice. Your friend, kc., <V. J. Bowen. The Levees of the Mississippi.— The levees of the Mississippi have been a constant source of danger to land along the banks of that river, and indeed for many miles inland.— At the best of times they were con stantly giving way: Since the war they have bepn entirely neglected in many places, and the rising waters annually overwhelm some of the South west. Southern papers are now argu ing in favor of anew plan for stay ing the ravages of the swollen river, il’licy say that the system of levees is false economy. The river bed is con stantly becoming higher on account of them, until at last, if it is not stop ped, the river will run on a natural so much above the surrounding irnitritry as to be incapable pf proper restraint. The right way to control these waters is to connect the river by canals with the various neighbor ing rivers and water and with the Gulf. These would carry off all the surplus waters, and at the same time form new arteriesjof commerce into the whole interior cotton regions of the South. Floods would he impossible, and the means of agriculture would be infinitely increased. The diffusion of water surfaces thus caused would also be a great benefit to the quality and quantity of produce, taking one year with another. The facilities of transportation would also be infinite ly augmented and canal boats propell. ed by steam, it is supposed, would do the great burden of the carrying trade twice as cheap as either railroads or steamborts are now doing it. This would be a magnificent system of canals if it could be put in operation as proposed, and would doubtless work a revolution in the commerce of the Mississippi Valley, if not of tho world. The Factory Girl. Writing from Boston to the Chi cago Journal, a correspondent re lates the story of such mutations in a life as may he considered charac teristic of American experiences. In 1865 there came to the metropolis of New England, from Penobscot, in Maine, a young orphan girl, who, af ter vainly striving to mantain her’ self comfortably at home by school teaching, had decided to essay the fortunes of a UatrU*ry gii I in » Jailer city. Entering llte Hoop-skirt man ufactory of a private firm in Boston, she devoted all her energies to a ' mastery of the business, that her con finement to mere drudgery might not be long protracted, and this to such efiect that in a year's time she was promoted to the position of saleswo man. In two years more her superi or mental capacity and practical tact made her the chief saleswoman of the establishment, ind through this last position she was brought to the ac quaintance of a certain rich Califor nia merchant buying good for his store in San Francisco. The ac quaintance matured into a mutual re gard of a graver nature. The girl, well as she was doing, had a woman’s naturaly earning for woman’s domes tic kingdom and when the Califonian closed iiis business account for the time by asking the saleswoman to go back with him to San Francisco as his wife she yielded a graceful assent. After a quiet wedding the two de parted together for the Pacific coast, where the ensuing four years were passed with all the harmony and prosperity requisite for the smooth est progress of married life. The wife now of a rich man, and the pos sessor of abilities and personal come liness to grace a high social station, the former factory girl assumed a J commanding position in the society of ■ ■■■ —BBnaWI 1111 Mi H—» her new home, and became a leader in matters of aristocratic taste and fashion. After four years, the Amer icanism of her destiny found tragic demonstration. Some months ago her husband was tempted into one of those extravagant mining speculations which are the bane of Caliafornia, and entered too deeply to be able to with draw before the inevitable collapse and crash. In a few hours of sinking values lie was dragged down from wealth to poverty, and revjngod him self upon fortune by committing sui cide. The sound of the fatal pio«n> shock awoke the bereaved wife from her four years dream of happiness and plenty to the old r eality of her girlish homelessness and want. The expen ses of the self-destroyer's burial left her with barely enough remaining from recent wealth to secure her re turn to Boston, where she is once more working for a livelihood as though the Californian episode had never brightened her existence. Solitude. — //ere is something for that class of business men who prefer to keep their goods and wares on their shelves rather than appear anxious to sell: A young merchant who is trying to struggle along in a falsely economical way, took a class in a Sunday school recently. During the progress of a lesson lie asked, “What is solitude?” and was visibly disturbed when a mis choivousboy promptly answered, ‘The store that don’t advertise.” The Adams Express Company lias on its pay rolls 3,508 men. All the expresses in the United States have 9,396 men. The railroads have in their employ 168,303 persons, of which 1,902 are named as officers, 7,- 374 as clerks, and 154,427 in other service. Kentucky sportsmen are using ni tro-glycerine to catch fish with. A pound of it exploded below water re cently, elevating eighty-six of the fin ny tribe, Weighing from a half to thir teen pounds each. A baby lately had the misfortune to swallow the contents of an itik bot tle. Jts mother, with wonderful pres ence of mind, immediately adminis tered a box of steel pens, and two sheets of foolscap paper, and tho child lias felt write inside ever since. The Greensboro Herald says: Remarkable Family. —There are in this county five sisters. They have all been married, and all have been widows. Two of them have never changed their names, though one lias been twice married and the other once. Three of them have their second hus bands. They have all made excellent wives and mothers. Is There a God? How eloquent does Chateaubriand reply to this inquiry: “There is a God I The herb of the valley, the cedars of the mountain bless Him; the insect sports in his beams; the elephant salutes Him with the orb of day; the bird sings Him in the foliage , the thunder pro claims Him in the heavens; the ocean declares//is immensity; man alone has said, “There is no God!” Unite in thonght at the same instant the most beautiful thought in nature; suppose that you see at once all the hours of the day and all the seasons of the year; a morning of Spring and a morning of Autumn; a night bespan gled with stars and night covered with clouds; meadows enameled with till nn.i iLr-r,’- v ~-ich wrniiv j j fields gilded by tints of Autumn, then alone you will have a just conception of the Universe. While you are gaz ing upon the sun which is plunging under the vault of the West, another observer admires him emerging from the gilded gates of the East. By what inconceivable magic does that aged star, which is sinking fatigued and burning in the shade of evening, reappear at the same instant, fresh and humid with the rosy dews of morning? At every instant of the day the glorious orb is at once rising, resplendent at noonday, and setting in the West; or rather our senses deciove us and there is, properly speaking, no East, West or South in the world, everything reduces itself to a single point, from whence the king of day sends forth at once a tri ple light in one substance. The bright splendor is perhaps that which nature can present most beautifully; for while it gives us an idea of the per petual magnificence and resistless power of God, it exhorts at the same time a shining image of the glorious Trinity!” A Noble Benefaction- The Trustees of the Louisville Med ical College, (Louisville Ky.) have created one of the most liberal bene factions ever coufered by a public Institution. have instituted ajae I NO. 32- Ben ficiary Echo ars/tip for each Con gress ton a' District in all of the States. By this means very many poor but deserving young men will be enabled to obtain a thorough medical educa* tion. Any one wishing to take ad vantage of this Benefaction should write to Dr. E. S. Gaillard, Dean of the Faculty of the Louisville Medical College, Louisville Ky., when he will receive a college catalogue with full information in regard to all that is necessary for him to do to secure one of these Scholarships. IFith proper ,UU '“Y the names of those who have secured the Beneficiary Scholarships will be known only to the Dean of the Faculty. In accardance with the old Ilippo cracic oath forbidding physicians to charge families of each other for ser vices rendered, the Faculty of this College will make no charge for teach ing sons of physicians, and as no physician charges a elegvman’s family, the sons of clergymen will receive the same priviledge. The next College session begins Octoder Ist. 1872. As the lecture fees charged for each stu dent who lias not obtained a Benefici ary 1 Scholarship, amount to ss2o, annually, tho public can appreciate the extent of this benefaction. Radical Pludering in Washington- Tjie l’ittsburg Post says: “Since Washington City has been in posses sion of the Radicals, it has, as a cor poration, been the scene of most unmitigated stealing. The last de velopment shows that under a resolu tion appropriating six hundred doila •» to grade one of the streets, $230,648,- 30 has been expended, for the evident purpose of improving the value of tho real estate belonging to the Chairman of the Street Commitee ! The debt of the District has grown $9,500,000 within a few months, and will doubt lest go on increasing ad infinitum. Stealing really seems to bo the normal condition of Radicalism, whereves it exercises its baneful influence. Cities, counties, States, and the General Government, all in their turn or alto gether, have undergone this bitter experience.” The Crooked “Straights ” The handful of malcontents who have had the termerity to call a con vention of nobody but themselves, will have a delightful time of it fight ing their old comrades, and ninety hundredths of those opposed to Grant. Certainly the only sympathy they are entitled to, and can claim, is from the ranks of the worst enemies who ever battled against the South. Why form a half coalition only, which will place you in tho condition of those who, being “neither hot nor cold,” will be spewed out of the mouths of the entire nation? Have you consid ered the matter, gentlemen, and ob tained your final consent to give a half vote to Grant, by refusing to support Greeley or running another ticket? Is it possible, too, that you have the cheek to suppose that all of the patriotism and intelligence of the country is concentrated in yourselves ? Verily are we tempted to repeat for you the vulgar proverb, “llow we ap ples swim !” Os tho “immortal few” who have thus rushed against tho bosses of the united Democracy, we know but little. One of their num ber, however, an ex-member of Con gress, was recently an out and out Greeleyitc, when the Convention met in Atlanta to send delegates to Balfi raore, but has always been notoriously a Seward man, and great at ground and lofty political tumbling. An other was Kimball's “right bower” and in Southwest (J-eortrin. T and a tiiird boasts that even Seymour and Blair were not “straight” enough, to suit his Democratic stomach, albeit,, lie himself proved so “crooked” in the race for Legislative honors, that he ran hundreds of votes behind tho party and got tkrought by the skin of’ his teeth only. But we sh-iil wage no war against these deluded and mayhap disappoint ed individuals. Let them “severely alone,” and they may get so lone some that for mere company sake, (hey will fall into line, and swell with their voices the choral thunder which shall hail Horace Greeley President of the United States.— Macon Ted. Famine and Cannibalism. — Many facts have been given of the lato dreadful famine in Persia, but one incident is now related so intensely horrible as almost to surpass all belief, although seriously mentioned in tho Levant Times. In the Persian city of Flamatan two women, aided by seven others, stole three children and ate thc-m. They were arrested, and the bones of the dead children found partially concealed in their clothes. The Graud Vizier condemned the two women to the gibbet, and their com panions in guilt to death in prison. At the end of a week five of these seven wretches were found dead in the prison, after having devoured the other two.