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SATJRDAY, JANUARY 23, lb?s.
.1. V. G.AIX AIIKIt, Editor.
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Now*papi' Law.
1. Any per'**'' l wlifl takes n nit j ter rrf!M
Inriv from tiw po*t-offi<w- -whether directed
to his iiuni!' or another's, or whether lie
has subscribed vr not —it ivt/u/Htihla ftn
4he prNfntmtt.
. 2. if fl person orders hi* paper discon
tiimnd, be must pay nil arrearage*, or the
publisher Bay ramtiinte to send it until
payment is mode nnd collect tlm whn|f
amount, whether tlm paper is taken from
tiiu office or not.
3. The Cmirtiihave derided tlmt refusing
to bike newspapers mill periodicals from
the j*>Bt-offiro, removing mid leaving them
nnc.dlod for, in jirinui fact* evidence of in
tetiomi.il fraud. tf
Florida.)
Them munt be norno reason why Flori
da ban town cursed with Radical supre
macy, and in now ft some degree cursed.
The curae is the sad effect of some cause,
what is that cause? is the object of ou
qniry, tlmt the remeily msy also be discov
ered and applied. Is it intellectual supe
riority over the Democratic party? No,
for nine-tenths of the Radicals are negroes
unlettered and utterly ignorant in every
thing pertaining to statesmanship, is the
Radical standard of moral excellence
higher tlisu the democratic standard?
certainly not, for nine teen-twentieths of
the white Radicals are thieves and plun
ders aud refugees from justice, taking up
their abode to elude itt*t> • " oilier
HtatcH, am* w curse Florida witli their
hated presence mid villainies. Do they
possess the wealth of the Stab 1 ? Certain
ly not, for nineteen-twentieths are mere
tenants at will, homeless, penniless, and
entirely dependent upon the people that
constitute awl makes up what is claimed
to be tin) Democratic party. The Dem
ocrats poasess nearly all the wealth and
intelligence, and all tin; honor, integrity
and moral exetllemwv Then why is it
that ignorance, indigence, corruption mid
vice obtained the ascendency over honor,
intelligence ami wealth. These engines
that are so powerful in evesy other conn
try have been and are now powerless for
good in Florida, We again enquire why
is it that the very elements of weakness
that is every shore else powerless, should
claim, and absolutely obtain the asces.
denoy over the elements of strength and
greatness? when we say strength, W 9 mean
what constitutes the power of a iitato,
honor, intelligence mid wealth. When we
say weakness, we mean the opposite of
those elements of power, aud not to num
ber*. It is true that numbers control the
elections, but is there no power by which
the numbers ought to be mid could be
-controlled? We think there is, the intel
ligence ou one side with the capacity to
mould, to shape mid direct public senti
ment with the powerful engine of wealth,
to enforce obedience to the intellectual
laws, and a high standard of honor to
secure to nil equal rights under the law.
Then why is it that these potent means
have not bocu used in the various politi
cal campaign in Florida. Tlioir non nee
was the causes of every democratic defeat
in the State. Why was General Finley
defeated? Was not bis opponent into!
k'otunlly anil morally inferior to him.
No mau wilt gainsay tin; proposition.
That tlmt is the cause of these despic
able results. The cause and the fault is
in the democratic household. There is
au absolute deriliotion on the .part of the
democrats throughout the State, in the
non-use of the elements of strength they
possess and possess almost exclusively.
Have they used their intellectual power
in the convincing of stupid and nntraiued
minds? Have they even attempted to per
suade the Ixxdiy citizens (the negroes) to
stop and reflect, until their minds oonld
lie convinced of thin error, and shown the
light of truth in reforeuoe to their .condi
tion, and the condition of the State in the
weal of which they should feel a deep in
terest? This power is lost sight of on the
pari of the Democrats and not rendered
cfScations. Wealth in another poer that
has been permitted to lie dormant when
ft oonld have been wielded with remark
able efficacy in eh otion canvasses. Honor
seems to have been lost sight of or Gen.
Fiuley never would Unvo been defeated by
Walls. The blame lies at the door of the
democratic party. If every Democrat had
used his intellect, anil properly applied Ids
means, being stimulated by a high sense of
honor aud State pride, General Filthy
would have been elected h'y an overwhelm
ing majority, but no, there was ro concert
f action; there was no concentration of
powor, and this defeat Will lie succeeded
from time to time, until every Domoemt
shall realize the fact, that, the result of the
election depends upon his individual ac
tion, whenever all the true conservatives
determine to work together as one mail,
asing every element of strength and pow
er, then tl e State will . e redeemed from
nuliesl misrule and good government re
stored. There is scarcely anything more
contempts!.!.- than a meek submission to
outrages, when we Imre the power to pre
vent them. Tim democracy of Florida
passes the mind, the wealth, the honor,
and it is hut an indubitable evidence of
cowardice, to permit ignorance, indigence
and vice to obtain tli mastery.
Mouduy utoniiiig old Timia 0. ('iiniji
firll, Hr . til.- kii>K of tho Mriuioali conuty
iiogioua, liirivi fl in Snvavaah nmTor enii
toly fi-om Dali.*n, and was KhlkoJ tin
oantv jail, j*nquutoiy to Ijriup mol t<>
tho poaitontiory, to whK’h inatilntion ho
was aoutonoi <1 foir ono year fry Juilgo
Huury B. Tonipltina in tho Suporinr ooni t
of MilnUodi oiiiiiny on Satuiday lust. It
a[>|>oi'n Unit, m his capacity ns juntiiw* of
tho jioimio at Darien, tin. atiid Tunis onui
mitted a white man to jail (who had hoon
anestod on some trival clnu-RO profornsi
by a Uoßro) hcoauou ho could uo pay the
coats. The party had old Tunis in .ii-U and
for false imprioouiuont, uiyl it was upon
this ebargu Unit he was Uiod aud con
yioted.
Drunken Phi!, theridali-
Jt ever a mau could by individual exam- ]
pie justify a rule of act ion for inilliora !
this niiiii, Gcn.isl Blicridnii, does it. No
mau in the military service of the country
shoo!.1 he allowed (o drink a drop of in
toxicating liquor. The rudo toper in
whose hands the peace of a Hints- and the
lives of tlimiKnuds tremble ns does his
cocktail of a morning, Ibis be-starred
Landsknec ht who applies to the President
of the L’. ited BtHte to deelsie outlawry
against nntried citizens, and whose exense
for the application is branded as a be by
the leading prelates of the h ading Chris
tian chuu'lu-s at Louisiana, were, as we
write, n fitter inmate of un ineliriate asy
lum than of the heildqiturters of a Gen
eral charged with the preservation of
peace nod the iofliiuininbie and almost
maddened masses of Louisiana. A thou
sand fohi safer 10-day would it be to have
Uutlcr passing mgxr for Ids brother at the
levee, or “confiscating" the silver spoons
of a hundred M. Villenenves, than to have
this rnuu Sheridan in command, pacing
Canal street in jingling spurs, liioodshot
eyes, aud face breathing slaughter through
every liquor-reddened pore of its tell-tale
skin. If mitsanero is not to he provoked,
in excuse of usurpation, this man
should at once bo removed, not only
from command, but from the army.
Like Hlieridan, the men woo selected
him for his present work got drunk with
blood and whisky, to vomit crimes affect
ing a nation. Their turn may conic, will
Colne, lint this iimu's turn should come
now. At this very moment he is aa a match
in a powder magazine. The fear of him is
shared by every leading journal in the Un
ion, irrespective of party. He is branded
as a liar by the most trustworthy men in
Louisiana, irrespective of party. The
Tribiini- says of him ; •■Sheridan is in New
Orleans, anxious for riot, and with all
means in his hands to excite one.” The
AVir York Timat says of him : “Hutu
moment afterward a still better idea strikes
him, and lie auya, 'll is possible that, if the
President would issue a proclamation de
claring them banditti, no further notion
need lie taken t'rrrp! that ithirh would r<
opnn 7,0>.' If this menus anything, it means
that General .Sheridan would forthwith
proceed to hang or shoot as many persons
as he choose to bring under his own des
cription of ‘banditti.’ We have, then, a
plain proposal tlmt the President shall
‘declare’ an indefinite number of citizens
‘banditti,’ and that General Sheridan
ahonld then deal with them without bene
fit of judge or jury." TW?i Wovltl says of
him: “He inks to have the people of;
Louisiana reduced to the condition of a j
homeless anil friendless tribe of snrnges,
that he ruuy perpetrate upon them a fresh
Biegnn inusanerp. That a mau holding j
Um’bighest position but one in the luilita
ry service of the countiy, and by his posi
tiuu presumed to hold the sentiments of a
soldier, a gentleman, and a Christian,
should tranquilly make ami publish such
a proposition as that, is a monstrous and
houible thing.” The prelates of New
Orleans denounce him as a liar. Their
protest will ho found in another column.
We eon Id fill The ./to./ Hook wit h extracts
from our exchanges, nil going to show
tlmt lying HlieriJan’s presence iu New
Orleans onuses the most general disquie
tude throughout the countiy. His unlit
ness for Ids preseut comm mid is intuitive
ly felt liy all the people of tho North,
East ami West, liis selection for that
cammaud is inexplicable ou any supposi
tion but one. That is, that he was sent
there to provoke justification for that
massacre which ho is fitted to execute os
no mau ever was siuee Huynmi. Every
minute lie remains iu power in New Or
luniis the fate of Drogheda bungs over
tlmt once gay aud polished city. It is not
in the name of party that tho Archbishop
of Now Orleans, tno Bishop of Louisiana,
the Jewish Rabbi of tno Temple ami the
rest of the prelates there, come forth to
deny the truth of Bheridau'a excuse for
his demand to be permitted to slaughter.
It is to the interests of a common human
ity these men speak. Iu the name of that
humauity, if for no other consideration,
the immediate removal of General Sheri
dan is demanded. If Grant leaves him
there, Grant himself should bo shot to
death aa the betrayer of his country,—
.Vir York Do;/ Dook.
A JowisJt Legend.
Aooording to Jewish and Mnhounulun
tnulition, King Soloiuou who was wiso ie
youd all other men, know tho language of
animals, and could talk with the Beast of
the field and the birds of the uir, A rab
hinti.’.l story is told of him, which is in
this wise:
One day the King rode out of Jerusalem
with a great retinue. An uut hill was di
reeted iu his path, and Solomon heard its
people talking.
“Here comes tho great King,” ho hoard
one of them suy. “Uis fiattorers i*;ill him
wiso, nnd just, aud merciful, but he is
about to ride over us, and crush us with
out heeding our suffering.”
And Solomou told the Queen of Sheba,
who rode with him, what the aut said,
And the Queen made him answer;
"Ho is nn insolent creature, O King!
It is lietter fate than tie deserve*, to be
trodden under our feet.”
But Solomon said:
•'ll is ti e ;nwt of wisdom to kan n of the
lowest and the weakest.” And tie com
manded his train to turn aside and spare
the nut-hill-
Then all the enttrtieis marvelled greatly,
and the Queen oi talndsv litiwed her head
aud made otwisnnee to Bolomoti.
"New kis*w I tin* seen t of thy wisdom.
Thun list.mat ns patiently tothe reproach
cs of tin* fumble as to the flatteries of
the great.”
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The Temperance )K*nple of Acworth
lUiulo un upon ftglit on tho litpior tmfio in
thoir Into municipal cli ctitui, tuul • l*a*to<l
a onine 1 who will refuse to luvne I quor
tleaU'rs tlii.s year. Acworth is one of the
m*Ht stilK.-r mid piuspcioui villagi a iu
G coi'gia.
1 rf 1 Bft.
DON'T STIlt VD THE NOXKUYS WITH YOUR PARASOL.
Ladica should hr ve ry careful on visiting wild uniiual exhibition*. Not long since
a fu*liioiiiiblu lady was mdnml to point out to lu*r companion a inonkey, that ahe
thought reaembh* blfn very much; the animal aceming to nndorotond tin* lmly con-
NviHiitifUi, mnl not iking to he pointed at, and considering himuelf Iwtter looking
limn the gentleman, weized the puntHol nnd ml need it to it* present shape. Afer the
lady lute! her pariiM’l returned by the keeper, he began to give a tluncription of the
aniliifilH in th ■ show. “Thin. !.wl;G*niid gentlemen, is the natural kangaroo—the an -
iuiid what appiom'heH to muu second only the bAbbotm; it iikipi* about with much ve
locity on it hind legs, of w hich it has two, from rock to rock. It would be much
inure lake man it i hadn't tail but this defect it remedies with much art. It, curls
it gontley into its wiiirttcont pocket, aud nobody is any wiser. It feeds principally
upon what he can get, aud is found in the island of Borneo, which I have u brother
who was born there myself. My brother has often seen the kangaroos ns well as my
self feeding upon dams by the sen-shore, admiring the sweetness of the meat, and
shaving linmselves with the shells. Tho kangaroo is remarkable for his valwc, which
iH a natural decavity in bis* abdomen, into which he puts his kittens, and is exceed
ingly portable. These arc the guinea pigs from the island of Guinea; they utu as
yellow ms guineas, nnd cost one guinea a-picce.
Tlio Blue and ray.
By requeat we copy tin* following letter
written by Mr. \Y. ti. H*briu to the ikii/y
Vicktbttrynr, and published in ibut papei
some time in October last :
The following letter bus been received
by Captain John D. Beuird, President ol
the Order of Blue aud Gray, recenth
formed iu this city. The writer is an ex
Confederate officer, but like every noble
warrior he it* willing to take tho hand of
a former foe, and walk along the path of'
peace and good-will with him. lbn* 1 i*
the U tter, well w*rt-h an uttei.tive rending: j
Lotfit*Virajß, K v., October 3, 1874. j
Mr. John D- Rcair<l:
Dkau Bin: -Your new Order (Bln** and
Gray,) junt hucli a one as I huv® often ad- j
vocatud, feeling iffwayn that the true and
brave soltliers of both armies, Confederate
and Federal imtHt me and hurl the iufa
moiiK politicians from p*w*r, tau.s ernwi
ing out the acetUing cl etnte w inch they
would engender. The woldicvy of the late
armies eonld ami would, if they taut an
'opportunity, h#k>d settle all t.hu trouble
! cauaed by their mutual enemies.
You have my*warmest support in your j
effort to bring about harmony and good |
I feeling among the aoidiers of the great .
i contending arniieH, a result which nnisi ;
1 he attained unanimously mo soon as the |
people of the two sections understand
each other aright. Tbo trouble that oin !
I people have just pa.ssetl through in Hou- ;
isiana is most dreadful, and should opeu ;
the eyes .of all honest nu n of both him*- .
! tious. 4 ‘Wonhi to God that, in tliiH our ;
| day of strife against corruption and thiev- |
! ery, we, the sohlicrt*, ciuild pour from tin*
| urn of charity the oil of concord upon our i
| national wounds and oonld see oneo more
| the animosities of a great people quieted
into the affection of a common brother
hood.” The soldier# of the unco contend
ing armies fully understand each othci ■
and are willing to meet ou one common
platform of friendship.
It Ims been truly said that “liberty in
its last analysis is the blood of the brave.
Surely we have lost enough brave men
from each side to till tho blootlv abyss,
and now let us bridge it over with good
feeling ono for the other, show our brav
ery by being geuorons and unite in one
common cause.
Let us send honest and competent, ex
Federal ami ex-Goufederate soldiers to
Congress and to our Legislature; let us
meet each other half way and ere long (
peace, glorious wished for peace, nnd true :
harmony will reign thftkughout our now
and i stracted count ry.
I say oneo again, go on with the good
work. All hail to the Blue and Gray.
God bless lira order 5\ c know our unty
and if wo do il not we are criminals in the j
sight of God and honest soldiers. lam
truly yours, W. H. Si.uiuno,
Late of 0. S. Army.
Two W ys of Solving a Problem.
General Sheridan is reported as saying:
“There is a great problem lying back of
all these troubles, Tho making of laws
taxing a people by a party that pays little
or no taxes is a subject which needs to be
j handle with great delicacy.” Packard, on
1 the other hand, writes to Grant that “the
j political problem iu Lonsiana is to be
| mastered chiefly by 85,000 negro votes,”
who belongs altogether to the party which
pays no taxes. Grant sides with Packard,
as he sides with Shepherd in the District j
of Columbia, and sends down General
Sheiidau aud the army and navy of the
United States to cut the Gordian knot with j
! the rude edge of the sword. The people ;
! of the South ti ll Gran , as their fathers in !
1770 told George the 111., that they will j
; not he taxed without representation, j
! Grunt, imitating his predecessor, declares
I that; they shall, and sends tho army aud
| navy to enforce his declaration. So the
| old issue is joined again, and God defend
I the right! -X Y. San.
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*The UrijJiit New says
Freeman i a claimant Oragress
and the 17ourt of claims for a large amount
on account of tosses rest;King from the
war. and that he is likely to have Home
trouble, ax evidence is being taken as to
his former record.
Tmistm'r Jimi'K propows tlmt tin- ,
i xonipt ii homD from taxation, in oiut r
to iiuhioo lur owu citizous to pinvliase j
thorn.
A Coffee county man one Immii-.-.] anti \
soven yoars oki raise.l his owu pix.visiou j
anil hunts his owu game.
The Convict Question.
Govern a* .Smith’ views on the subject of
onr convicts are sound. The present pol
icy of farming them out is at once impo
litic ami dangerous. W hile there will al
ways tie men willing to hire the criminals,
iieeanse of the cheapness of their labor,
nevertheless, we do not believe there is a
single community in Georgia which relish
es the idea of having murderers, burglars,
and other desperate char ictern at large in
their midst. We say at large, because the
convicts hired to farmers and others are as
free practically, as if they werejiot uud ;
sentence for crime.
What we need is a good State prison.
The old penitentiary nit Mill dgev ille could
lei used fur confining criminals .sentenced
to short terms of unrrrisonmcnt, and for
female coiiviclw; but for men hi nteuced to
years of punishment it is nec< saury to have
some sort of sulsitnutiai inditing eonstuo-
Uil where they can bu k.qH seoirely con
fined slid profitably employed.
It is not ..nr desire to have a Bt-;i e pris
on erected in Atlanta, In-nee we trust that
nobody j’l ehargs ns with recommending
the eoustriH-tiim of one with a view to tile
pecuniary bcilefit this city would derive
from the expohse of Imildi, g. As it is no*
necessary for tiie Htntc prison to W at tile
,State capital, one can be erected anywhere
within our limits. We ml vis.* one because
under the present system, the punishment
inflicted upon our criminals is really no
punishment at all. Hiring them ou t to farm
ers is merely an apprenticeship and not a
correction of crime, it wc could always
rent their Libor out to Contractors for
building railroads, no objection would Ik
otter' and, because the lain.r is hard amt tin
discipline rigid, hut wo eauimt always find
employment of this kind for them.
A permanent arrangement must be
made, uud, if our financial condition will
permit, the sooner rt is made the betfi't it
w ill lic for the morals of the State. Some
of the State prisons of tin North are really
great manufacturing establishments mid
are self-sustaining. Why, not h.i\ e one on
the same plan? No doubt there would he
the usual demagogical cry übout “convict
lalror,” but as economy as well as our duly
to society demands that eve shpU utilUe
tho labor of convict*, the clamors of
thoughtless men should not prevent our
establishing such a penitentiary system aa
will punish crime without burdening hon
est men with flic maintenance of criminals
Certainly something has to bo done.
Every year witnesses au r increase iu the
number of our convicts, amt, as our popu
lation increases, it is but natural to expect
that there will tie a proportionate increase
of criminals. Wisdom, therefore, would
suggest the importance of at once pro
vid.ug for tu.* effective punishment ol
those who trespass the law, and endanger
society. Atlanta Ava-s.
Wo mx) giving both sides of the tnw con
troversy. Here is what tho Griffin .!/.*-
seut/er says:
Tho lien law is one in which the people
of middle and lower Georgia are vastly
more interested in, at this time, than they
are in usury laws and constfHitinn.il oon
veutio. s, for it is a mrt<*r of meat and
broad witli hundreds of them, for, without
tiie re-enacting of tie* loin law, w hile the
abominable homestead clause of the Con
stitution remains in force, the poor man
can get no credit, without, which many of
them are compelled to suffer. The law
makers of the country have ruined the
credit of the people by unju t ami un
wholesome laws, mnl, until these evils
run be remedied aud set right, it is the
duly of the Legislature to pass such laws
as will give credit aV.d promote the agri
cultural and mercantile interest of the
State. And a strong lien law, one that
will guarantee payment, is the only tiling
that ean give any credit to tiie fanners of
Georgia at this time, for tho merchants
are in such a condition that they cannot
sell goods on time unless they are made
sure of their money, and with a homestead
of thirty-five hundred dollar-guaranteed lo
any mnl. who owes one of tlmt value, there
is no basis of credit, mid until tlmt clause
in tiie Constitution can be amended tie
lien law is all absolute necessity, and tin
people will hold this Legislature to account
unless they do something to restore credit,
and they believe the lien law to be the
best and surest means.
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Tbo .1 (Uitthi Herald tliiijkn tlmt the
LeiriKlaturo "ill either call a Ooustitn
tioiml CoßYVtrtion peremjitorily, or snh
mit to a of tho Jieopln the question
of cu Hi ig irae. It also thinks tlmt the
will rt■- uaet usury laws, al
lowinj* inU'rest ns liigh as ten per emit.
The Hvritftt is an advocate of these
measures.
The steamer Clyde has commenced run
uiug regularly uu the AiUimaku River.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[Hpccial TulogranM from tins llorauig New*.]
Atlanta, January 19.
TIIK UOUKMTEAU.
Howt-ll’a bill, fixing tin- lionn sti-ml ex
eni|>tiiui at a ilmiiMiuildull.ini, wliicli e
liefi-ateii )i-st* r.lav, wua recousiJcii-il tliia
murtiiug.
HI LLH INTHOI.ICBD.
Tin; following bills worn introduced in
the Senate:
By Mr. Arnow—To provide for tbo reg
istration of electors in certain counties.
By Mr. Gain —To alter and amend the
bills providing the mode of distributing
the public school fund iu the various
counties of the State.
By Mr. Reese —T i allow Judges of the
Btqiorior Court to draw jurors from the
!h>x to serve on eertaiu criminal eases.
By Mr. Kibtiee—To rnii.ee the compen
sation of tile Clerk of the Superior Court,
fixing the salary at four thousand dollars.
CO NT'DIM ATIONS
In executive session the following ap
pointments by tiie Governor were con
firmed: Thomas P. Janies, Commissioner
Agriculture; Geo. Little, State Geologist.
The following County Judges were con
firmed: J. 1,. Harden, Liberty county;
H. W. Hopkins, Thomas Comity, arid
James Callaway. Solicitor of the County
Court ol Alitehell i.ouuty.
IN MKMoBIAM.
In the House, Mr. Bacon, of liibb, read
j resolutions of respect to the memory of
Garnett McMillan. James Hunter, Clmrlet*
|T. Gotwh' aud Il'iuhip Heott, which were
1 adopted by a rising vote. Eloquent eulo
i g : t* were pronounced by Messrs. Bacon,
of Bibb; Turner, of Brooks; Carlton, of
Clarke; Anderson, of Cobb, and Harmon,
of Houston.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks, delivered a
beautiful and touching tribute to Captain
Hunter, causing tears to flow from many
hearers.
HILLS PASSED.
Tu the House tin* following bills pasaed:
To amend tb- Constitution requiring
voters to be residents of the State one
i year and of the county six months before
being allowed to vote.
To consolidate the offices of Tax Collec
tor and Receiver of Pulaski county.
To alndish the office of Treasurer of
Pulaski county, aud vest his duties in the
j Judge of the County Court.
COLoKr;j) EDUCATION.
The following bill was introduced by
Mr. Speer: To repeal tho act to equitably
adjust tin* claim of the colored race for a
portion of the proceeds of the agricul
tural land scrip, and provide for the estab
lishment of a State Normal School fur
colored youths.
Louisiana.
Probably Judge Sp • r’s renolntion on
Ijouisiana will he adopted by the Cotnn it
i tee iD I the State of tint Republic.
JUiKJE lIEESE.
It was incorrectly reported yesterday
i that Judge Reese was opposed to a con
; vention. I should have said that he
favored a co.. vention.
l)K. FELTON.
])r. W, Tl Fidtoii, ( I <*ngr .s'rrmn * lect
f Un the Seventh Dist ict, (h li’rer and his
: speech b-night. It i pronounced by
judges to Ihj one of the ablest m tlu ir
recolletioi, and <rtie giving marks of
. stati*smiksliip t>f unusual order.
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tVrdvHRU.’-iIONAL.
Waßioton, January 20. Tu the Sen
ate. Mr. Clacton inlrmhu-ed n bid to pro
■ t(M't tTich State of tle Union against inva
sion, and for other R’feriiug
to tlx* tJoiomittc** on Military A flairs.
Mr. Irwin has written to tin- House of
fering to purge himself of contempt, and
j answer nil proper questions. Ho will b
t xainined to-day.
A resolution ending on the President f* -r
f information to tiie use of the military
in Vicksburg was offered by Mr. UTirien,
of Maryland, lad was objected tu by Mr.
Ix) iieij, of Mississippi.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
W.vsiiiNaroN, January, 20 -The Cabi
net yestiMtlay considered the Virginias
matter. Except Fish, tiiere whs ntmuimi
ty that the matter should be pnsb> l In
■ this connection if is stated on ex.ee!lent
authority that the vessels of the Gulf
Sqiuulron are ordered to coni and rendez
vous at Key West.
A number of Democrats consulted at
the Arlington. The nuance question dis
turbed the unanimity of the meeting. The
details are inaccessible.
ouant’s outbade endorsed,
Ne\y Yobk. January 20. —At a meeting
of the Central Republican Committee last
night resolutions were adopted sustaining
throughout the actiou of President on the
Louisiana matter, uud setting forth what
ever was done tlmt was illegal it was not
j done with the knowledge of tho President,
and with a sincere desire on the jmrt of
the officers of the Government to perforin
their duty.
STANI.SU POLITIUH.
Pauls, January 20.—The Republican
j Emissaries from Barcelona ami other
towns are in conference for the purpose of
inaugurating a general rising against Al
j fonso. The issue is a plebiscite whether
! a Republic or a Monarchy under Don Car-
I loa.
FATAL FIIUS.
Brooklyn, N. Y„ January *2O. —The
grocery of lialdeeker. corner of Hoyt and
i Pacific streets, is burned. Five are dead
from suffocation or leaping-from windowc.
Two Model Epistles.
j The following lovely epistles were laid
on our table the other day with request to
publish in hope of the owner again eom
i ing in possession of them. As fcboy ar*
fair specimens of letter-writing, we |>ub
lish them verlnstint:
Wake County, (L,,
Slutcnille, August IH, 187-4.
Miss A- i> : My U sjH cful\
; aud Regarded friend I will now obtain the
Previous Pleasure ami opportunity and
very Respectulv dropiug you a few lines
liopeing that my very uninteresting words
may be appreciated very much as I do not
perfest to beau art ter by any means what
ever 1 would Dot discourtinnre my address
i with you for many times its value for
when others are Surround me and others
harts are fchyne I lets it be an Easy task
Sometimes to think of yon in all depart
ments of life bwt I will not to all ob
serving thinking minds it is a & ifeident
Pi*oposition to meet Suocessfnlly this new
I iuqoreasioiY of the mind as yv>m* iyvvely
aj>pcnriDCo are Sucwsslidlv in Peking
the effect of my gmnl marls, this leaves
much agitated in mind by being ahstan of
your Present liopeing that it may meet
you with much Joy Respeefulv vours
J. J. H .
Quitman, Ga„ Jan, 13th, 1875.
J. J. H , are ortherised to invite you
!to attend a candv-puling at Mr. Palmers
to night, and to Miss A I also request
of your company to attend if no previous
\ engagement.
State NEWs.
There are 115,330 white vt/ters iu Gcur
giu, against 81,220 colored.
Newton couctv is harboriug a survivor
of the buttle of tVaterloo.
When Mocou puts up that soup house,
the Star laid better look out for its
“Hum."
A drunken negro was run over and killed
by a train near Columbus, uu Saturday
last.
The Valdosta ‘J ime jfLuims that burning
the woods has seriously injured the range
for cattle and driven uwfty the game.
Th® dwelling house and kitchen of Mr
Iverson L. Griffin, of ValdosU were
burned last week.
A fann of seveKty-flvo acios in B<nth
western Georgia produced 318 bules of
cotton lust season, ami plenty of com.
The tax on real Estate in Griffin is sls
pi r thousuud sill the Uliir amt Cultivator
mourns deeply over the fact.
There are in Georgia 27,535,039 acres of
improved land, valued in the aggregate at
896,511,965.
A party of negroes attacked a white man
in Carnesviile recently, which resulted iu
the killing of two of their number.
“Out of the fullne4* of ttie heart, sjMak
eth the month." According to that, Hun
ter of the Milledgevillc-NashviHe t. wry
tfatunhsif, must have been very drunk last
week.
Ed. Hicks, of Macon, Inis an agrionb
tural show in operation. Among the m *re
prominent vagetables are a ruttlcsuakc
skin six feet long and a fourteen pound
potato.
The Macon Telegraph and dies xunger tells
of two Southwestern Georgia widows as
follows:
Mrs. Wrn. Harden, of Randolph county,
Georgia, who buried her husUmd about
a year ago, and was left with a helpless
brood of children, superintending her farm
in iierson, has raised au abundance of cm
and meat for her family for the gprM ut
aeasou, and now has one of the must prom
ising crops in the county. She ia young
au<l pretty, aud would prove a capital
prize to some eh v**r fellow, provided hr*
could win her. The same ludy has a wid
owed sister, Mrs. L., heiutiful and wiu
ning in person, who by the labor of her
own nnaided Ungers bus rear* and and w.-ll
nigh completed the education of three
p.ornising children. Deferently aud with
the profoundet admiration, we uncover in
the pl'eaence of theae noble womeu, ami
command their example* to the daughters
t>f Georgia.
Pickpocket* are on the go iu feLvHunah
One man had lm picket-hook, witii suiue
eighty dollars iu it raioed the other day.
Col. Charles T. Goode died at Amer
ious last Thursday morning at 3 o’clock,
of congestion of the hi am.
Col. Goode hail been attending Dooh
Superior Court at- Vicnmi dming tin- week,
and returned tu his home Wednesday
evening. He had gained tbo eiivirthle
reputation of being the silvery tongued
rator of Georgia, ns the Jv.ktjYaph says:
• Uis eii queiice was like the flight oi an
eagle strong, steady and upward, never
failing or flagging; but on and un until
the eyry was lesclied upon rhe monutaii.
top which is forever Imt.heil iu the liglit of
the sun. Al.w! that lit* should have been
snout off—in the meridian ff manhood
ami iu the morning of hia renown, tli
work was hardly la-gun, when it wa
emletl; bin situ had i;;*illy h*t?h u when i’
set.
He married a daughWr of Gen. El
• Warren, of IVrijr, His remains wen*
' iuterreilin the family ccmetoy nt tl*at
pJ-ce,
Dr. J. N. 01?| h nt. of Ji ftYrston v an
ty, write® ihus to a friend:
At the winding up of rv ty er>] for th.
loKt few years, I I,*m; tui ti notire from
this and that ( rack farmer, of whut a tr*
utemhiua erop cifitou made, up* none oi
a halt aenrof land, tiiking Htate j foinlUim
:aml m-mliKg ttn® *t -eksof cotton t Livei
pool, Ac., when peihaps their entire crop
would hot avtL.ge wie hak t® every thr e
a**les or tT! bushels *>f com t> the were, no
wheat, t nits, potasH-a or iu< at, yet tiny
gi t the pr. *■ snmpU , kkium *ml raputati m
of In iug great farmer*. A-tymi paused my
farm several times last y*>n r uml looked at
ray stock. I will give you the rewiktsof my
Yrt.\e rs farming with a little sqitud •!
wages hands, running 51 plows, 100 acres
in eoi n and 95 im i’ottou, surveyed 1,450
1 umbels corn, fodder in pr portion, 135
bushel® wheat, about the same amount ot
oats, 130 bushels clean peas, 100 bushels
sweet potatoes, 50 bales cotton, weighing
from 450 to 550 pounds, 0,000 pounds
pork, and 80 gallons flue lard. My eroje
pers also made tiue crops, and raised some
meat. Only six torn* off rtilizers were
used on the plantation. I also raised fine
crop® of vegetables and fruits. Don’t un
derstand that I want my mime in any pa
per, uot at all. Iha e just given you a
true aud private statement of my tittle,
crop, as you noticed it last year, and 1
thought you would like to know how 1
wound up,
A Terrible Tale of the Sea.
British ship Etixine, bound from North
Shields for Aden, was destroyed by lire
in the Boutk Atlantic iu August last. The
crew took to the boats, winch soon sepa
rated from each other. Tue ( c upanta of
one boat Install their provisions and water,
ami, after imbuing the paugn of hunger
fur some tune, drew lots tu decide which
of them should he lulled to preserve the
lives of his companions. Th®lot fell upon
an Italian sailor, who was killed aud cut
up. Only a few hours afterwards the oth
ers were picked up by|tln Dutch ship Java
Packet. The Baku ia liandelsblad of the
34 of December says; *‘For several days
they had eaten nothing, and had endeav
ored to quench thirst by sea water, so that
one of them wholly exhausted, strove to
stub himself iu despair. He was, however,
restrained by the- others, who proposed
that, considering the circumstances, it
should he decided by lot which t>f the six
should be the first victim to save his com
rade® for awhile from death by hunger.
In conformity with the plan, six pieces of
wood of varing length were cut; the mate
held them in his hand and each of the men
drew out one; he who drew the longest
was to fall. Francis Bhufu, an Italian,
was the uufortuuate. who the lot assigned
for it. Meekly aud without a murmur he
submitted, aud soon he have up the ghost
by the knife of his hungry fellows. Some
hours afterwards, and when they had just
commenced their horrid meal, a sail was
sighted on thehoiison, wither course was
immediately shaped. Ou the evening of the
sums day—August 31—the live rescued
persons, completely exhausted, reached
the deck uf the Java Packet. Capt. Trap
pen aud his subordinates immediately did
all they could, by careful treatment, to
make the five unfortunates forget as much
as possible the misery suffered. Yester
day they wore brought here, naturally des
titute of everything, and are living in a
sailors' lodging-house m*ar the wharf.Tne'.r
mimes are James Archer, second mate;
August Muller, Victor Sandctrom, Mau us
Sehutt and Alexander Yermeulin, sailors.
Their rt maiuing comrades in the two oth
er boats inive, according to a Lloy’s tele
grs m. arrived safe at bt. Helena, without
acentent.
W. 0. R. MILLAR
Mauulacturura of
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