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(A f ■ liSIOSIVLl ^IaWOJAH S1UO ii» l»fc IIS. * ■ ■■ ■ ■■— — ' ! * . A Family and PomtiCal 1 Jouifna * »*• 1 i-u« ». - - -.<1 »».. 4 . | •. «i ji • i • ■•»•♦ i*« • lf - r * i~,‘ .M » !- j •;-■•“?• '-•• “>~t ■■ ■■'■ : ; I t J,. • , ' V $3 a Year. p S'hr- rrr.r ■■ /ifA. ■■• 1 _; a Number 19; fofcsstomtl Cards. iOX rn^^tLaw, CAMILLA, OA. lcl>2S Ja% H, I -A-tt o rn ev-at CAMILLA^ Will Atlanta is to bATo another luge cotton factory. All the stock is taken, H York rests on qoicksand, and apprehen sions are felt that it will some day slide into the Hudson river. The building kies bony Circuit, and in the U. S, Circuit and > District Courts fur the Southern District of Go. ra-Office (Jp-stairs, over Twitty A Cul. pepper's. r : fr. fcKa LAND AND COLLECTION AGENCY. H. 0. SHEFFIELD,**' vttoW«eV aY law, ARLINGTON, GA. r WU (1 Lands looked afUf and Col- ctinns made in the counties of Early, liller, Calhoun an-l li.iker. feb28-ly Trowbridge & Hoi Unshed DENTISTS; WAYCROSS, - - - - OliOP.GIA. Tooth cxtrnctod without pain.. All work nrranted. Tcnr.s moderate. IVUI jjo any- Kbcrc <»i It. A A. ami s. F. A W. UailruuiU I nplH-l2m ‘ * JOSEPH A. CKONK, iTTOHNEYaiLAW. ill BAY STREKT, . n.rvanna11, «;A. •rririi.v. in nil the Stnto Courts, efor- to lion. T. M. XorwofMl. n|i2U2m |T. .IOXKS. JONES & ■ The Spnutae-CsakUas AlUr. LaoUvUls, Courierjoiirhal. _ • In an issue of the New York in dependent, in the year l856,nppeao ed a letter of Maty CleratmD Arnes, I then ono of the mosf brilliant of 'Washington correspondents, In Which she described a palatial borne, ’ ed or rfed tor. rich and powerful, nnd a little child, lovelv.asa dream,.prattling nkliiig promptly appeared as I d and will buck against his father, who is running the Cartersville Free Press. Both are ! lively journalist^, and will have a lively tilt Gazette says. that Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, hi bntAk-'Senator-* Spragtfe*'111 Willie Sprague. The silver The Cincinnati 160 maa,slept were out for 300 laborers on a single railroad, and only 100 could be obtain ed- m , |i - r„ m ■:! fair Sprague. The silver-haired Chief Justice has passed The daughter, her grandchild remain,' but tic felicity has forever departed. To !■ ~ scskii b l will not down. f»- . Spragus.’a counsel j to defend. !r,agaw»t..lhm suits, la thaMagj*- Ites Court at.,Washington., It is iieved. that the bute’-ers and ba rs apd milkmen, got nothing,.the. statement being mnde. that Edge- Wood, was a portion of the bankrupt, be hi_. astute of William Sprague.. It.wlU.drawn be observed that the.taxes:, were re mitted, by. Congress on. the wood property v n the grow it belonged.to the late Chief Ohm**.. , . „ . The appearance of ConkUng as ut the domes-l duly reported.by the .Washing:- tnn pnrrr*cnnm1pnls. rmiitleH .'with blc lhat theic should or such unhappy' 'rtvcla- :? unfortunate..t baft be seurats- id sorrows .and, heartburnings of a '.family should lie paraded before the 'jlhblfc fo'r' Inspection.' "We the whole-matter could or. tnata vail coaid‘he- felicity, aud tlie parties referred tp were Chief Justioo Salmon Chase, K*SI» nged ' l0theUte and that lief Justice JivedJbr\:qars in-asocial circle of which ,she was, the adorod. center. "‘ie was alway^font}.^^^adptity dlsasters which fell npon her some years.agp.eonld,,mot .make a wo- u J ,THB ce.nscs. Population of tlio lulled States 50.- | - 152,559. ! a" 1 —■ i ■* 1 ' ■ ’ 1 M Tho snporintendcnl of the census makes the, following approximate j j dement of the-popnlationof States (1 territories. It is believed to-be very near the final; figures, Which 'firie expected to bc annouaoed next ■*eek:-e- . ... ... .-. ... . ... Alabama..;.. Arizona... ...i 1 ....... Arkansas.... a : California. Colorado... . Counccticnt. Dakota... la ware...:*. of Colombia.. rida. WHEN I’.n DEAD. When FmdMd sad turned to dost ... ~mtsrika&^s&3!iii r«. %'OANU«~ v* 40,441 S02,504 •rind 194,649 Idabo.l Illinois.... .Indiana.'... Iowa...'.. 134,502 177^38 260,566 L5S8JI83 32,611 3.0^,696 1^78,358 1,624,463 South Caxolin a has 200,000 dogs. negro, in a was found in a This dead body of a tit* of preservation, hogshead of molasses recently opondat Oxbridge, Mas*. He is supposed to have been murdered and tho body thus disposed brio confetti the evidence of tbo crime. Steps Will be taken to fer ret oat the mystery „ ..... , ingithe..devotionof» lover-, Both The llraxilians are quart-ling among thopiselvcs aboiit the slavery questiou, Itr. Hi 11 far l, 4 of Georgia,. fT; f. Minr-icr at Kin. lisa Jteup pt-Misg; : iftj bU/#n^ue lin behalf of the abolitionist. The hot- blooded slave-holders arc not pleased tvitU our ex jtdad titiniatcr^tutd ahero sttornoys at Law, ALBANY, GA. • over Cei.tni' lUllraml Hank I'-’-o • . , M£#FISFS, m>jy, • - - • Georgia. FKICB-OVEK Pits I .OFFICE. wastitNO ton sritidrri -. isaswiyA A man namod Dan Iticc r-ifused to tak** a drink with ono James Curtis, in II •liri'Mta. Texas, when altercation arose- iti which shots were exchanged, Curtis waft kiUcd ahd Uiftc .wancacried to It doctor’s ortice badly woundcMl, where, r wliilc sitting in a chair, he was mortal ly wounded 1 y a halt fired though a 4b window. Tm: military of Charleston, S. will celebrate tho anniversary of the |j. vvnioiiT. i»ir.: WH IG JIT & POPE. ittorneys at Law, ALBANY, GA. f A i ilmilit'/’i Vtoro, Lfiv 1 [)KFICIv—Ovfr S. Mplyei I Her llr«Hul Ktt«l W«eblll|lhm Ma, L Due. 28, ISSU-Ulwwiy IVJf. M\ SMI lifts f Attorney Law, at' ALBANY, GA. C IOMMUNIOATIONS on biihincsH dlroctoil to J mo «i WnhliiiiKton t’ltx. «Iurln>: tho next *lx- ty days will rocclvo prompt uttmtlon. Jan. I. Issi. » \. VASOK. A. II. ALFUIENP h A soy ct- AFFRIEND Attorneys at ALBANY, GA. Law, Active nntl prompt Attention glven^to col- ii uni all irvne * **“ - nornl^ liuaiuoi*» t J’ractioo lectiom* in nil tlio court*. otUoo ov n r Southe n Exproan ofllco, oi*ih»- ; site Court House. Jand-dtf |vV. A. STROTHER, 11.2. I MJAXY. GEORGIA. i Office over (jilherrs Mi Store onlf n l«*ft at the Drug Store wilt receive >t Rontion. Jan 7-1 jr W. ALFBIEI^D. Jr £ ( twulrr. hlbit-rrict,, in tb. I Ik viri i.ii '•raae'hc* oi hi* nrofeaxlon. to the \lbmyai»tiMwrounjiug«'<Mn>try.''^)f- -D.l’Mie.'trei't JldUJ ■■ I op|«o*Ue 'oart lIoimvoB.l HOTELS. JOHNSON* HOUSE, SMSTirVlllE. OA.. i tlie place to stop ami get a GOOD SQl'ARK MEAL. THS ALBANY HOUSE! Me vricJ; Barn vs, Prop victor Albany, Georgia. T his House is well furnished nnd in ev- J cry way prepared for the accommo dation ot the traveling public. Kntire sat isfaction guaranteed. The table is sun- plied with the best tho country affords, and the servants are unsurpassetl in po liteness and attention to the wauts of guests. Omuihuses couvi'y (nisscngera to from the different railroaits prompt- ly^free ol charge. Charges i to s^it tlie ^ feimec. - ' \ ' WTpfi© tf I. J. BRINSON, Contractor & Builder ASD DEALER IN HUM'S SUPPLIES, A LliANY. GA. > Lumbar, Brick, Lathes, Lime Cement Shingles and Constantly vn hand, ami orders promptly ' filled. US*Estimates furnished for buildings and contracts taken at lowest living rates. Albany And couthwi tei i»n-o of this k.'n<l. supply the demand. l*atrpuu£c soUcitetl At S. Sterne's Store on Washington Street. Albany, Ga^Sept.9.18*0. tf TbooMuida of Dollars Are spent annually by our people for medicines made North, they are adver tised as being adapted to Southern com plaints, bet II. 11. P. is a medicine that hs* done more good than any of them, as it is especially adapted tn oar cli mate.—Xeurj (Augusta, Ga.}. i#:**!/- "i birtfnUy of (i^jneral. i(pbcrtj |).. Lee, January 19th, by turning out in uni form, without arms, nnd attending a gathering at Military llall, where an oration appropriate to tho occasion will bo delivered by Colonel Hugh S. Tltouipqqq. , - jl tV—4-f;—1 Tint only mtrvivor ofa party of ladies- Wh57W.1 ftt0(Vin‘llt-i' culis11 - nction of the “Star-Sganglod Ban nor,” which sfSffcd up tho patriotic,flrojf Trane if t^.lvoy nnd crcalcd'a Autiininf , 'iuiAcin,~Mrs. 11. S. Sanderson, is living in Uaitinioro. Site is cighty-tliree years of age, retains much personal beauty, and is cheerful, activo nnd brimful of patriotism. Tint Atlanta Daily’ Poet-Appeal says that Senator Conkllng says that if tlio Democrats trill let him alono ill the social scandal matter, ho will form a Republican syndi-Katc to help edu- Kat4 nnd vindi-Knto4lifc people of the South. He expects to thus eradi-Kate Radical hatred and cxtri-Kato the Southern States from Radical’ persecu tion. It is enough to suiforKatc us to think of suclt a syndi-Katc. Tub Arlington A eance Icarus that on Monday, of last week Mr. S. T. Lasp, of Morgan, rose at his usual hour, and, after looking after some matters oat of doors and making a tits called to his wife to get up tint on fecoitiiig no re sponse, went to Iter bedside amk to his l\orror, found her cold in tieatji. Yt> canst^of’sudden d'pSrfurebah'ucgiVen. After milking the cows and cooking sup per the night before, she retired at the usual hour apparently in good health. u Laxi>LORDS are to Ireland what tho carpet- baggers were to the South," said Father Ryan, the “poet-priest,’’ in an address in Ualtintore on Tuesday night; ‘•and tho Irish people will rid them selves ol their oppressors as tho South riil itself of the carpet-baggers." In conclusion Father Ryan said (pointing to bis head.) "Agitation here must be clear,’’ (to his mouth,) "here must be prudent,’’ (to his heart,) ‘-and here tender and impulsive, which, if fol lowed, will crown your efforts with success.” Chase. Site was a belle at Colum bus, Ohio, lit the days when her father was Governor of that Slate. Persons who knew her at that pe riod describe her as a distractinglv beautiful girl, somewhat ot the ethereal make-up of the Lucille of Chateaubriand, but a trifle more uarthy ami of the earth. -SW was full of vitspi.ttJtfidJ'rfit^ fctkl was sophisticated to tho lust degree. Her entourage was distinguished. The'men trooped after her as', tlio state troop after the sun. She was a bright, particular star to whom society did homage with a will. She’ appeared at Washington in all the glory of iter youth nndocau- ty when Mr. Clta o became Secreta ry ofilte Treasury. Site then won Die admiration of a ht-illiani and luxurious jj society. - A^iliiam Sprague, or KHoac Island, Was a Senator at that time. Ho was the reputed owner of the State,. Peo ple mitered ns they endeavored to rstiinri^nls millions, lie was the Crtss^HpJtew England; the Mi- d*. IHflran-mitlcd nil tangible ai ticlAiuto gold. Many n maiden ►ought*!.> charm this wondrous cecdings and the lady. Waldemars of Wash ington society*, said any amount of spiteful and’ crnel thing3 of Mrs. Sprague. One correspondent, de scribing the love-making of Conk- littg and Mrs. Sprague, said: > “And then, too, the reckless bold ness with which the twain carried their, little game of love. They 4ier spiriu_SUe. did .not lorn her husband. He. was not worthy off her lofre. Shb' wotrid lie diverted and her'divCrsion' was found in the Senate gallery. She has simply been . playing with fire, and that is dangerous for beautiful women. Kanaas. J ...:. I 995^33 Kentucky t. :... 1,618^99 Louisiana.-:'....,.i940,203 Maine— Maryland Massachusetts Michigan. Minnesota e a—u. ..648^45 did not seem to . make anv pretense of concealing their : hillings and •xtoinga frontiUte world. > The cor ners in the Capital corridors were not enough for.them to hide their- heads in, hut even tlio front seats of the Senate gallery.was:known oven to the servants:iii .thelobby- as the place :of rendezvous for the-lady, wliilc her Senatorial “friend” paid liis “devoirs” to the married beauty opposite from his conspicoous desk in tlio..Senate Ctianibrr. Even the Senator's most brilliant - speeches, seemed to. take their color fronrthc admiring, eyes of tho iadv in. die gallery. As she tripped down the ► lairs to her scat, it was a frequent sight . for the-knowing ones to, rlancc brer to.Conkling’s desk amt Qn this important theme now oc cupying. the thojightful considera tion of the best publicists of the country, the 3feW York”’American advances.the-following conserva-' tive idea: .“The problem must some day be solved. tp-tUe .satisfaction, of ail in terests. With l a' y^st territory wlic're th'C steam'engine ''is still un known, we conld-not afford'to dis courage .railroad enterprise; even ft the power necessarily possessed by gigantic corporations, were so arbitrarily exircise'd as their oppo nents wouhlhave us beHevc. ’ Facts are mocc.potout than law.•■'•LegiS- latiou mast accosimodate itself to the necessities of trade aqd indus try’. In a com'iunnity like the Uni ted States, Whew ’the forces' at work developing it inr-all direc- .ttons are so, far beyond itho control ....... 1,783,086 1,634,006 ........ 780^06 Mississippi... 1,131^09 Missouri 2469,071 Montana 30457 Nebraska J..... 452,432 Xevadfi..; ....t.... 62^65 .Hew Hampshire........., 347,784 No w. Jersey. ^.1,130392 Ifcw Mexico, 118330 Now York....’ 5363,173 Kbrth Carolina. . 1 . ., T .. Ohioi-.l. j.-.i Oregon.,.., Pennsylvania "‘lode Island. . ofh Carolina.. .*; Tennessee.-.‘ Texas i Utah-. Vermont 5383,173 1,400,000 3,197,793 .174,767 w 995,706 1,542,433 1307300 143307 3323SC Vlfgiflla... ,... .'..1,512.203 Washington. :.. 75,120 West Virginia. ' 618,193 WUfpnsju. 1315386 Wyoming 20;780 .50,152350 oukh the arranging of tlio.curly 0 ' _ a 'Ay hnmafj ageneyvit tfcfe Idle man of gold, but i»nc JupL pnwqr ttferuvjgiiMiaa H ChascH i-y u .-r tiie in m Ove/ llntc Chase. Tlicy were married, ngd tho event: was the most brilliant one of the kindadfeb Washington &ocjcty had I'ver IHptcd upon, and the liridc w in faTTCt than tho morning and more heautiful than tho, dream of. an hour!. 1 'The - groom was not, and is ind hnndsonth; nor was he oi paylor ,-nloiris; nor was ho intel- Iceltially a giant, but ho had money. fold locks nud the red necktie, the poshig-of tho staliviirt legs and the- In-oail shoulders,-to.say nothing of the animated war in which the Senator would rig up his trip-ham mer to crack whatever walnut-may be for the moment before dhe Sen ate--. .Within the past- year Mrs. Sprague’s attendance upon the de bates . lias been more frequent anil her. corncspundenco, . with the Senator by-means ofdtar oy«s and. tbo use of a.pcncil anil, paper—notes: passiiigto-aud fro with uuhlushing. publicity mid frequency. Almost Tim fair lvate- liml ,iievuy-,l*nun vtnnVniVd CTen irWrt*~*iring"the ,1.1 ■■ 1, it. liAliotm 1 11 tlio rmiml- * > . . brought up to believe in tho soi|nd- noss of tho old counsel: "Jt-irry never for money, nor over for lniul, Hut marry for noililng liut only love.” . She entered upon her married life tin a C2uccn enters upon tho Conduct of her realm, llor house at Wash ington was the centre of fashiona ble life and gaity. Her receptions were royal. Stic ruled tlio social world ; she had a fine literary taste and drew literary peoplo around her; she won the fcnlty of Hie greatest intellects in Gbngrcss.’ She knew how to dress ami had the. money to dress herself like a queen.’ Mon went; wild o7er her arms ami feet and her willow form, upon which the costliest of fabrics lay In gracef.il undulations. In the meantime Sprague con tracted a prevalent Wa-hingtoii habit of drinking a little more alco holic preparation than was good for liis brain or body, a tact which was nut very acceptable to the beautiful wife, who wanted a strictly sober husband, evcit if she did not break her licaK for the lovaol him., Sho wc;n44a |C|rqjw inml spent the Senator s money on the. most costly articles of personal adornment. She was ucvcrjstintcd in money by Spraguo. In 1872 the Chief Justice .depart ed.this life,and Spraguo sncciinilicd to a severe, financial pressure, and liis- millions, as often do, took to themselves wings and flew away, lie was also.defeated in his effort to get re elected to the United States Senate. Airs. Sprague’s am bition to see her father in the Wht|e House, anil his failure to re ceive the nomination in 1868 had been especially severe on her. Ills death bowed, down lier ueartvith infelicity of her life. The licy-dcy of prosperity gone, the "banquet- hall deserted, the garlauds all dead and witlicrci’ wreck of a colo- scarcc-conceatcd jubilation of jeal ous women—all these things brought about a change in the extra session just closed these prAnks were carried on in the sight ok galleries full of ordinary’Specta tors, Senators, and tiie lackeys of tho Senate, 'flic Senator, 1 a'sfeodn' as the gavel fell,'Woifld altvayk rise and s4ek 1ht> iall6ry seat ami escort the' Ttliod Qi-rkv Victoria deals with the frish queation at length in her speech trom im. ww : 1 .# io»A olio throne. The -'-Land- met 18*0 at her father s former -country-seat. J ” near Washington, assed most of his witt evidently be enlarged by Mr. Gladstone’s new bill—tho Ulster cus tom elaborated, and a general system of local vlf-goveminout inaugurated in Ireland. The measure will not be a radically new ono, bnt a supplement to the act of ISTo. - Tho Ulster cus tom, it will be recollected, recognized the tenant as a sort wf a co-partner in the soil with landlords. The bill will also he revised for other provinces. The opening of Parliament is attended with much interest. ftn At Carlisle, England^* ‘doctor was cilled one evening to a woman of fifty- six, who said she had been feeling poor ly all day, but could' give no definite aymtoms. The doctor nofioed h, and examined hi first U couldvlieebTe] or the way, but on further investigation was astonished to find bedded low back in pharynx a set of false teeth, which he extracted with little trouble Upon inquiry the woman said she had missed her teeth ibnut nine o'clock in the morning: but had no idea she had swal lowed them. It is remarkable that they had been in thephaiynx without causing her any pain for over ten boon, iilbim til the wife of the llhode Islaudfer in the most lovc-likc way to'her car-' riugc. Al3 o’clock In the Morning at that, too, But In the last “effort” of the Senator "in' the presence ot the ex-Senator and the 'daughter of tiie ChiCf Justice the diStihgdish- R;d Senatorial Pasha seemed to have ran'-tip, against hrie “kisme” when Cantin' flung in his fine teeth’tile word's thill “do mati would• dfcserve and no hiavc man wotild bein’.” This was last year., ’’The newspa pers iveru full of .this In-tnqss.^ Some of them began to rak'c ud sttA” ries about Ixatc Chase’s wildncts wiicn a society;belle at Cdlnmliiis, Ohio, but there’has liecir liblhiug related lb prove tnci.this much tlfs- cusscil woman, at that time, was any more than a little , indiscreet iu the cxuberauce of her girlhood, and was fond of adventures, its most glris of her, then, ago nie. . . .. - After the couutry had talked it-, self hoarse over the scenes in the Senate, there wasa litile. lull,--and: then came the affair of CmiouchcL. Tiie Canoiicbet business -is tolera bly familiar to all newspujior-read- cys, tltere only being a diflicuity-in reconciling two- accounts of it. In brief, Sprague was in Maine, and during his absence Iloscoe Coiikling arrived at the family mansion and remained-there twodays. Sprague returned, found Conklingy and gave- him twenty minutes to get out of the house. Oonkling left, accelera ted, it is reported, bv the appear- -auceofa double-barreled shot-gun in Writ. Sj)hi'giic*8 ’ hands. - Mrs. Sproguh snbsequently drove down to the village, and had a long inter view. with the ousted Senator. Mrs. house of Spi ed between itcrven- red- the I'hasils- view wuntne ousiea oeuator. airs, ijl’l «prague emphatically denies that s*fl of Se nat or Conkliiig.was attended by any improper .conduct on his or her part, Much comment has- been made upon the unusual appearance of Mrs. Conkling at Washington, and, her presence with her husband at a banquet given by Mrs. Sprague to a select circle of Wash in people. This is regarded as a piece ing the wreck of his millions. ‘ Ills of diplomacy agreed upon by wife. Mrs. Sprague went to live “EdgcwoodL” IU1#t8^l#Bt W . _ pa time in Rhode Island, contemplat- wife had money troubles. She had been used to luxurious living; pay ing bills of any magnitude without looking at theiu; pridiiig herself upon an easy insouciance as regards practical affairs. The taxes on the property had to be paid, and she could uot pay them. Sprague, off in. WW441'Lhtnd,; ,«jdid :|ot; or would not pay them. Hero Roscoo Conkling appears. He introduced a hill jn C01 exonipt Sp»i Was :. friends of Chief Justice Chase, Democrats and Republicans. .The taxes, amounting’ to • 120,000 'Wert remitted. . ,|-1 , , It was developed about this time that Mrs. Spragde bad been giving some very charming and. breakfasts at Ed^dwood; • i6 wntci entlcmen alone,) Mere inxiteik t other of diplomacy agreed upon by Conkling and* Mrs. Sprague to give the ■ impression of felicitous rela tions of a domestic character in the Conkliugfamlly. • ■*7 : - Thc upshot of all-this unpleasant private history is that Mrs. Sprague has applied for a divorce from Sprague, alleging drunkenness neg lect ot family and adultery on his part, and Spragne has publicly de clared that he will meet the appli cation by negativjngall the asser- is or hispvrafiina will furtlftr, Couk'.mgand’ftM^i.lgprague, their intimated criminal rela tions, “show the whole relationship and connection—and. Jt has been ‘ooustanttrom the 'rannner of 1878, ® the r jWashington.” He says he has letters In his posses- slodto back him.) < MJs. Sprague’s innsel denies. emnhaticallv that ierd wis'an?*4«A^It Canonchet to sue: hio-'- at dr taunpcl] 'a cebtaiu 1 ’•iinucliing them to.Idl in' Course. ’'They 'will nbt operatca^ the Legislator intends if their naturt is disregarded,: and they may be : lost to .progress by t&oeo who would haver thorn servo oblyAacerlain, purpose.' This great .lwailrqaduqQ.cstio.11 is not to be stu- .illeil or.^iscussed in a law school^ lie light or puhliC’ cpononiy, understand 216,140 123,f rbW’iinl 1 by -statesman wno iiiidersfaAd their riiuo aiifltheignuorcl march of civil ization. . C'piigress has.given an ex ample of wisdom by refusing, to takeariy steps in any direction bc- t'oi-e'tiro gscattfst possible amount of information had- been collected and- •d classified, as to uirord. a broad basis of i|itol|jgcnj.discussion. , . Total.... The following-is a statement of the population of loading Southern cities:: New Orioans..,........ Louisville, ^ .... Richmond... .. Charleston:.... Nashville Atlanta Memphis ■WhecUng....' Mobile.-.;....... Savannah 40,999 43,461 31376 31305 30,081 Klein and Wrong. , St, Louts -Bepablican. Tho fact that a, distorted, public opinion in this OTmtTTypjrTathcr in tbo governing section of this coun- judges tlio action of men a'c- try, , A xxl~l>-Tonod Beau, Jrish World. . . The Prince of Wales is hard up again-and ingoing to apply to Par- liauieut to help him out of his diffi culties. This poor felloW has a hard time' of it: tie gets the beggarly sfilaYy of 4200,000- a year, besides what he.draws from his estates in tlje way, of rent. He, is, is npw liiirty-nine years’ old and has all his life lived apoh monew dratvn fl-oin laljor. tPtic Iriueasliiro - operative amltbo lruUi farmer have contribu te'i from their earnings to jthe sup- poit b; ■’’this man ana his family. \Viieu eithcr ihc Irish farmer ot the 1 .Laiioisliire operative comes to want triey. neverJ think of.applying- to Parlijiment |o_, aid them, . Thny . kuoV,-'. they would he . spumed as ipanp’ers’if they sho^tld'do so.’ But this 8209,000-salaried beggar goes to Parliament withhishat-in hb hand and begs to have a few more dollars dropped in it. - His mother is a rnlU lionaire, hut--she has no intention of coming., to his assistance. .The magnificent contribution of $%50Q m-ideby her to the Irish famine has left her but little -fb'bestow on hef impecunious eon. No donbt' this stjii, now in his fortieth 'fear, has neveryet dque anything for a Jiv ing: believes with his mother that tlte English and Irish'" taX-payere ought-to foot the-bills that he Las contracted-ia-entertaining 'Sarah Bernhardt and ot'.er : “ladies” of equally strict morals. TUe Lower ... Who are J they? The"toiiing mil lipns, : the laboring man and'woman, the farmer, the mechanic, the arti san, the iaventor,.ihc producer? Far front it. These are natnre’s no bility.' No matter if tbey tire high or low in' station, rich or poor In pelf, conspicuous-or humble iu po sition, tbejr are surely upper circle* in the order of nature,-.whatever the fictitious distinctions of society, fashionable or unfashionable, de cree- It is not low, it is the highest, j duty, privilege and pleasure for ‘he p great man and high-sotiled woman to eam what they possess, to work their own’-way through life; to be the architects of their own fortunes. Some may rank the classes we have alluded to as only relatively low had in feet the middling ’classes: We' -insist they are ahsolntely the very highest If there he a class of hitman heings on earth who be properly denominated lor that class who spend.- without jng, who consume, without produc ing, who dissipate on the earnings of their fathers or relatives, without being anything in -and -of them selves. , — I T cording to the party they belong to, Is ^strikingly illustrated in recent incidents- When Wade Hampton, who is not a duellist, nor a, seeker of quarrels, wrote to Secretary Sherman denouncing a statement made, by .him as a falsehood. ;the whole Republican press broke, out into a chorus of cxccrations,against' the blood-thirsty South Carolinan, r who, it Is charged,:desired to mas sacre the heaveuiy-mlndod Ohioan; hut who a few weeks later, Senator Conkling aud cx-Sccrotary Bout- well similarly denounced a state ment of Senator Bayard as a false hood. the same Republican press failed'o perceive.in it anything to provoke condemnation ten the con trary, it applauded the Conkling act as prop! of commendable spirit. Mr. Beecher is ’ another favorite, whose words and acts are held to be inTvl%c'dj ih Republican opinion. A few years ago’This -renowned authorit itivo interpreter.of human rights and dotiss-told the working men of the United States that a dol lar a day ought to be accepted by them as satisfactory -wages,-since tlicv couldsubsiston a diet-of bread and water, without actually perish ing in tbo attempt. Becanse it was Mr.'Becchcr who said.it, the manu facturers of opinion in fheiNortii accepted it ^with nnrcsentful resig nation, and even with' some signs of approval; but cannot help re-, joicing that it was not a respectable Democrat who uttered the heart less and 'Unsympathetic words, since the- same manufacturers ot< public opinion wouldjrnveInstantly hurled him beneath an avalanche of mnle- dfetions for his temerity. The moral °f >t all is this: if a public man will take pains first to’' th6' R assure bis "footing-in thO’ Republican par ty, he may say and even do.pretty much .whit he pieties to without being called to acconnt for it; but if he dwells heyond the psle of Re publican- Orthodoxy, he cannot'bo even a .feeble imitator of the faith ful without provoking the faithfal’e withering vengcnance. «■«*!«»» Trisansfc. ■ Healthy children are naturally in dustrious. They must have ’ some thing to do, and, h; not directed- their own will he less 11 0 may r,itls egewood, too, was rented to dis- aril nguished Cabinet’ offieen'-nf a^Mt Wonders of Broom Corn. -* ■ Broom corn is likely at no distant day .to. revolutionize the bread stuff supply of the world. A process has been discovered'by which the-finest and . most nutritions food can be made from the seed to the extent of oae-balf’its weighL and leave the other "half for making beef and milk: The average yield per sere is; thxee.hundred bushels, or thirty. little feet into forbidden paths and the itching little fingers into mischief. What can we do,'who are-overburdened with work and lave not,time to teach the child its cfsons? Such a . mother is to be pitied if she has not the courage to •say, ‘’Get thee behind me* Satin,” to a few of theeverlastingmonoton ous details of housework, and have a - little fun with the children in helping them-plan .and-carry outj johnson. plan; Tor inuoceut amusement. The woman who neglecty this dnty .for the purpose of giving her time to fashion U not worthy the name of mother. She who will devote hoars to giving and receiving calls, while her little ones are in the street, or good went to , _ _ summer months. These facts led to the frequent remark that Mrs. Sprague could eunii * the 1. The Garfield administration is puz zled to get a man competent to fill John Sherman’s Shoes 1 '- The Graphic is of the opinion that the United States Government will bur tiie whole: telegraph system within a year,, and that meantime wc will hi cheap telegraphy and wide fjattuatioua in the priot of telegraph stocks. ,:u , The nomination of-Nathan Goff) Jr., of West Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy, was sent to the Senate by Mr Hays on Thursday. The selection of Goff was a great surprise, as Mr. Hayes’ iatenffons were knawn to but few. 9 m >f~ — The Commissioners ot Roods a Revenues of Pa tana countv have re pealed the old older fixing tbo amount of Equor license for the county at- 825, and have ordered that from aad- attar the 18th alt. the amount of each license shall- be $3,000 per annum. - > - Tr Hebe is atelegremto the conductor of an embarrassod’New- Jersey railway train:- “Use all the fenbe-ndlsytmeaU lay your bands on- if your coM gives out. Throw in a barn or two,'if neces sary, and if that fails, you take all the port offered at six dollars pef hundred. Keep your steam np, and come through at liny cost’’ This being a week of prayer, special invoking bfDmne favor for the’Press, yras asked at the First Methodist church yesterday evening.—Atlanta Daily Phonograph. ., . ... 1 .. Wo presume that this bad special reference to the press .of Atlanta. . The ink-slingers of that city pee so much that„is bad that they need praying for, and itis.to he hoped that when the assembled. saints reached their caso they put in their -best. licks for having the boys egeyciso more care, ip dealing out “facta”, to the public. , , TnznE seems to’be ait Itnprdssidrl prevailing that Georgia W a''greater number of lunatics' upon her' hands than any other State, but we ’loo it stated that the late returns <4f inmates in public asylums in Masskchuselts show id aggregateM 3,109^1,461 male; and 1,648 females. Five-sixths of this number' are p'aujtcrs. It i< estimated that there are' insane patients enough in that Stato in private asylums anti eared for at home, to make the' nam- W fall Art thousand.' . 1 In Geofgid; with a like population, we have hi tiie public asylums' a total of 886 patients, including 80 epileptic white patients, 34 ’colored -epileptic patients; 'abd 83 white and colored idiots. Of this number 303 are 1 white males and '288 white fcmalfefe-^&il. Colored males 60, colored females 68 —128; making a' total of lonaties of only 689 in the State asylam.' The number in private-retreats ’and cared for home is very small in Georgia. Coxobess reassembled alter, tiie holiday feeess., , In the House, after the ogpiration of tiie morning hour, My. Springer, of IUinoia, intro duced a bill for the apportionment of Representatives in .Congress among tiie several States. It provides for 293 members, the same ntimbey as at pres ent, and makes 168,498 as,the ratio foy one, member of Congress. Under this appjrtionment- Georgia present quota and Florida loces ond member. At one o’clock the nousc went into corpmittee of, the whole 9b the army -appropriation bill, which finally passed. The Inter-State cop*-- mcrce MR was next taken up, hut wehf over for the preseni.. After aang oth'- er and unimportant husinesa,'the Hooie adjourned, fat-the Senate a letter wea read from Preaident-dlect Garfield an- MJo- ■tion of- United State Ohio,-to which he -had Several resolutions aad bills of interest were introduced -and referred, after which the Senate adjourned. ‘' Blockeb is the Editor of the Fort Gaines Department of the Early County News. Blocker is going to get married ahd .bert is what Blocker says about it and his pros pective bride: Engaged — Blockeb, Johxsox. Miss Nettle Lee Johnson, of Bristol, Florida, ami R. R. Blocker, of Fort Galas, Georgia. Time, January m the love of hg head of Mini ty |witliont the haughtiness, o.f Juno. 10th;.. place,, ■son. No to dine with the frugal diet bf a sin gle one. The first Wednesday, in iun^iliX!OMtanl? - tK - ---- Monday 1 — -- I *J EIV FIxEKS, StlVlutehall Str. —ii l—U*-., Profit.-, AND SAVE TJ Middle Man’s. -WE AHE MAKI.Ni A t 0»r Flftctpry in ms qu if9i ^ *1 can Furnish not only (ho Finest Goods la * T ~ (MsUnsAat *•-- 25 Per Cent, in Price. onn'sToct op Fine Jewelry^ Solid Silver, Silver Plated Ware,!, Bridal Presents^ etc, etc. Era; m the LanoEsr-in toe (JIMISTMASPRi ItofOro. purobuUfK elsewhere. SATI^FACTI C.UAKANTKEI). We will sell Roods byexf G. O. IX, with prlsilego of. exxiiiToiagibefore chxslng. a *MLU I tiiiu w UU.S, WholesalefiRetailJerelers, 34 Whitehall,St., -zi ATLANTA, GA.' teas fcc.ortskuwwt gray*, l Universal Fatoritpi: : j - 5c, ft i BAZEE7AOT001TFE5TIONEEJ,, : Yoo wilt IliKl thrton otfraiwof tteHrawn > 0RAN6ES& LEMONS- APPLES, TStAXKT*/ t CD k PKANC ZIL ASD EX*-USn W\I+> L - KUm ALMONDS,* ETC* — ▲n ft Fall Line of t f 1 _ 1 * FANCY GEOCERISS,- „ t—psritottjW ? ■ E.:: CRITVE. a«vt to, wso-wwt ,
