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GEORGIA WEEKLY,OPINION
THE J9&TOY 'OPINION.
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DTfV^J'.WnUMS ANtf J. B. BTJHBLS.
OFFICIAL PAPES FOE TEE COUBIIK8 OF
Baldwin,
Bartow,
Butt*,
CuroU,
Chattooga,
Clayton,
Cobb,
Bade,
BeKalb,
Fayette,
Forsyth,
Fulton,
Gordon,
Grocno,
Gwinnett,
Harralaon,
Hoard,
Honry,
Jasper,
Monroe,
Murray,
Newton,
Paulding,
Polk,
Spalding,
Sumter,
Upson.
■ATIL-A-JSrTA., O-Jh..:
SUNDAY MOBNXMQOCTOBER20,
Union Reconstraotion Ticket.
ihiety-fiftb senatorial district,
II. V. n. MI 1.1.1:11, of Fulton.
JAMi:s I,. DUNNING, of Fulton.
It. J,. ABCIM, of Fulton.
KIIIN If. FI/YNN, of Fulton.
W, C. LEE, of Clayton.
IlKNllY C. COLE, of Cobb.
DAVID lRWIK, of Cobb. . : .
A New Issue.—The recent election* in
tlio Northern, Middle nnd Western State*,
may be regarded as nn indication of a pur
pose on the part of tho Northern people to
vote down tho proposed Constitutional
Amendment. This will defeat what has
Been termed “manhood suffrage” in all
those States which can establish their claim
to constitutional rights as members of the
Union. But hot* will it Bo with Georgia
and the othfcr Gulf States whose present
status is that of a conquered State out of
the Union 1 Clearly, that CongTess, as the
representative of tho Victor, has the right
to impose Its own terms npon the con
quered States.
But the result of these elections will cul
minate in a new issue at the next session
of Congress—an issue effecting tho rights
of tho Northern States. Indeed, Mr. Ste
vens, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Sumner,
of Massachusetts, have already sprung the
issue. It Is this: Has ( Congress the power
to pass a uniform franchise law, to bo en
forced in each of tho States, and In disre
gard ol the wishes of the people of the
States ? Several of the extreme men of the
party have declared In fovor of such a law;
nor is it lmprobablo that some such meas
ure will be up Immediately upon the as
sembling of Congress. Snch n law has al
ready been enacted for tile Southern States;
but the power to enforce it Is derived from
U10 law of Nations—is predicated upon the
assumption that they are conquered States
oct of tho Union—and not in accordance
with the Constitution of tho United States.
Whether the people of the Northern States
will submit to such a measure, if carried,
remains to be seen.
A Babe Chance fob Profitable In
vestment.—The Crntehticld House, of
Chattanooga, enjoys a national reputation.
No gcutlcman or lady who has over trav
eled over either of the great railway
thoroughfares centering at Chattanooga,
but who has seen tills House and become
its temporary guest. Its location Is such
as to make it tho most valuable property
of the kind in the United States, it luid
become proverbial liefore tho war. as one
of the best paying establishments in the
United States. During nnd since the war.
when railroad travel was greatly Increased,
it amassed a mammoth fortune for its
lessees.
It has but recently been destroyed by
lire, and it will bo seen by the advertise
ment of the Proprietors, Messrs. W. A. & II.
I,. Spencer, that they propose, either re
building it themselves, or leasing tho
grounds to capitalists for a term of years
To men of means, they offer a rare oppor
tunity for an investment. It cannot fall
to pay an enormous dividend. There is
not, in our opinion, a better opening for
prolUable investment In the United States.
The peculiar advantage of its location, its
national reputation nnd its contract with
tlio roads centering there, conspire to make
suceeoAil competition impossible.
In case tlio property is not leased, tlio
Proprietors will rebuild it themselves.—
Contractors will, therefore, And it to thoir
interest to address tho Messrs. Spencer at
Social Circle, in this State. They ore gen
tlemen of character and reliability.
Klopemext near Macon.—The Macon
Messenger of yesterday says a certain pret
ty and fair damsel from Southwestern
Georgia, whoso name it Is unnecessary to
mention, aa It has since been changed, In
spite of wind nnd weatberand parental ob
jections, acting on that beautiful scriptural
quotation, “Whithersoever thou gocst I
will go, thy pcoplo shall bo my people,
Ac.’’ left tier home and its endearments to
follow and share tho fortunes of the mtn
»ho loved. By previous arrangement the
parties with their escorts met at the Macon
depot Wednesday night and took tho train
Immediately for Grlttlii, tho residence of
the happy bridegroom, where they wore
duly united In the bonds of matrimony.
I’nosrECTiVECiiANOc in the Cabinet,—
Senator Patterson, tlio President's son-in-
law, stated publicly,' that Ooverhor Noy-
uiouV will succeed Seward. Prom a similar
source It Dlcarned that Frank P. Blair, dr.
General .McClelland and Gen. Ewing are
named for tho War Olllcc.
Tiie Ou> Error.—Wo hope when our
country exchanges get done copying from
Use New York papers about tho Mrs. T.ln-
coln scandal, they will tell ns what Is going
on in their respective localities. A coun
try newspaper is worthless, pxeopt for its
local Intelligence.
To be MAitmttro.—It Is new reported
-upon reliable authority,” that the female
man In petticoats, Anna Dickenson, is to
he married sure enough. Pity the poor
devil who gets her.
. Tho Cotton Tax.
Memorials jure hying circulated forslg-
jinturcs throughout Hie West and South,
praying Congress to repeal tlio tax on cot
ton. This tax Is heavily oppressing cotton
growers, and is paralysing all trade based
upon that staple. Speaking of tho matter,
tlio Chicago Tribune says:
“A general despondency exists among
tho planters, ns tho reduction In price has
been so steady nnd so long continued, that
tho avails of tho crop will hardly more
than suffice to pay off their indebtedness.
Many of them will bo ns poor ss when’ they
started. Most of them commenced plant
ing after the war with very limited means
and under very disadvantageous clrcum-
stnuoyv They not only owe their factors
and commission mcrcbsnts for considera
ble advances, which roust lie paid out of
tho amount realized from tills year s cron,
but thoy contracted for labor on a basis
price for cotton much above what will lie
actually realized. Under tlio expectation
that quotation* would not foil below a cer
tain figure many ventured on expenditures
for fertilizers, lor improvement of fences,
for erection of buildings and for other
kindred objects, which, although valuable
additions to the wealth ot the country, sre,
nevertheless, in tho present juncture, so-
rious embarrassments to tlio ownei*. ’
That tho Government should step in and
demand two and a half cents tax on cot
ton, Just nt a time when everybody is dis
heartened, is inexplicable: Tho . parties
who advocated the passage of this unwise
law, are beginning to see their mistake, and
ft Is hoped that tho pleasure will be acted
upon Immediately upon the assembling of
Congress. _ ■
General Grant and tun Prxsidenct.
Some of Gen. Grant's political enemies^
says the N. Y. Sun, are nominating him
for the Presidency. At least the Inference
is that the nominating partita are his ene
mies, for’they could adopt no more effec
tual plan for Injuring his prospects than
that of trotting him out upon tho course so
long- before the race. In the first place
however, there Is no reliable evidence that
Grant wants or would aocept a Presiden
tial nomination. He has a for more envia
ble pokltion where ho is, and ono which he
can hold for life. If ho were to go Into the
political contest for President ho would
necessarily become a partisan, thereby in
curring the opposition of half tho people
in the country, and making himself the
object of all tho ill-feeling and partisan
malice that foil to the lot of Presidential
aspirants. If ho were elected ho would bo
bored to death by importunate office-seek
ers. and at tho end of a brief lour years, or
eight at most, be would be jilaced iipoii the
shelf of obscurity with such fosslisas Fill
more, Pierce and Buchanan. But If
Grant Is really nmbltlous to sit In the
Presidential chair, the best policy for him
and his Mends Is to keep Just ns quiet os
possible for the next eight months. Grant
appreciates this fact, ns his rctlccnccahows,
and his only danger, therefore. Is from tho
indiscretion of ills friends.
A Hew Style of WaferTnll*
the Era belongs, thank Ood, to no party j
therfdre, her advocacy qf Gen. Grant for the
Presidency, in 1888, Is upon the broadest
and most comprehensive national grounds,
Era.
Tho Era la in a great hurry to begin the
Presidential contest. She is entirely too
fast. If ehe don't hold up a little, the will
burst tier boiler and spill her water.—la
grange Ueporter.
Mob Violence in Savannah—A Negro
Tarred and Feathered—Particular! of the
Affair.—It was announced In the Savannah
papers that on tho 17th at 4 o'clock Aaron
Hurt, a demented; Inoffensive negro, would
address tlio colored men of thnt city.
Tlio Republican of the 18th contains the
following account of the affair and Ita sad
results:
Aaron appeared at the time, and a table
was carried Into the square for him, and
about live o'clock a number of negroes
and a few whites had assembled there, and
Aaron mounted tho table and commenced
to speak, and in the course of ids remarks
Church # .
Atlanta t)lkt‘.—'WEEUW ^RETTYMAN, P. E,
Atlanta, First Charge—Jerome Splliu.ni.
Second Charge—,!. Thomas Johnson.
Forsyth Circuit—William Brewer. One
to lie supplied.
Kingston, Adalrsvlllo and Pine-log Cir
cuit—J. Johnson. a, down tiie .treum in, way ue took,
CartcrsVIlle, Brandon's and Stllcsbor- Ml ‘ l"* 1 " *** “'“‘I""* * * lu '
ough Circuit—John Murphy.
Little River Circuit—Peter Groover. i Alu \ though i put on u *tarry c
Cedar Town—'Wm. C. Walker. 1 foel quite io*t without my gown.”
Campbell and Carroll—J. B. Powell. One Thi n he Used hi* eye on th« shining »rm k,
, lM* Bi.mtlln.l J*'* 1 . h.u gown was heavy itml held him buck,
No fleet in Ilcarem
Talking of «u<-U till Uto one evo,
Of the various doutrlnes the saint* believe.
That night I stood in a troubled dream.
JJy the side of a darkly flow lug stream.
And a “Churchniiro" down the river uatne.
When I heard it strunge voice call 11U name
"Good father, stop; when you «vo** till* Udu;
You must leave your robes on the other aide.”
But the aged father did not uiind.
And his long gown floated o ‘
istcu to the teachings of dema
gogues.
A policeman came up soon alter and In
quired of Aaron if he had given notice of
the meeting to the Mayor nnd Sheriff; ns
required by ordor of Gen. Pope. He re
plied that he had not; nnd the officer then
fold him to get down, and took him to tin
barracks, where he was released from cus.
tody promptly by I.lout Howard.
Aaron states thnt a colored man who
said his name was John had been witli him
nil day. and had invited him to dinner, hut
ho declined. Alter his release from arrest,
this man John again appeared, and nsked
him to go to supper with him. nnd be nt
lirst declined once more, but afterward ac
cepted the Invutldn. suspecting no evil.
Tlio two .walked along to the house of
John, on the. ontaklrts of the city. About
half,past seven o’olock, when they were
pnsslug: along In the rear of tlio Bryan
How, car* " -•
Cotton in Mir.LEDaEVii.LF_—A private
letter, dated Mllledgcville, October 13th
says:
Tho low price of cotton, though ruin
ous to us. will bo advantageous In certain
results sure to follow. The demand for
negro labor will not he so great; wo will
have to hire for part of the crop, nnd let
cotton be the surplus. I shall pay special
attention to raising stock, plenty of hogs,
corn, rice, Fmall grain, mako tiie planta
tion self-sustaining, and then what I can
In cotton. Then ujeotton crop la extra,
and what it brings wo can keep in our
pockets. There will tie a vast change In
the planting system; heavy manuring to
mako one aero bring its hale, land lying
out In pasture, where stock con be raised
and foil, plenty of hogs, col to, cattle, sheep,
Ae. This will Bo my plan, nnd It is tbt
only plan to save us."
ON Dit.—It is circulated In Alabama,
upon the credit of Lewis E. Parsons, Mr.
Johnson’s Ex-Proylslonal Governor, that
there will be qualified suffrage established
In Alabama, by tho Btnte Constitutional
Convention. Mr. Pa none opposed “qnall-
Bed" suffrage In June, 1888—the time when
that monsuro was practicable In Alabama
and In other Southern State*.
Male Colleob at Newnan.—Tho Trus
tees of tho Malo Academy at Nownan havo
called a mcctlngof the citizens to consult
about the interests of education, and to
devise means by which a new aqd cqmmo-
dious house may he erected.
Personal.—General Wager Hwayne left
Montgomery on the morning of tho 17th
for this city. Tho Sentinel says lie -will
probably return. Saturday night, with the
order calling the Constitutional Conven
tion together early next month..
tJT Tim Republicans of Maryland have
nominated Judge HughlUBdiid for Gov
ernor. Resolutions were Adopted-in fovor
of Manhood Suffrage, and of Gen. Grant
for tho next Presidency.
Hr Major Wm. H. Polford, for many
yean Secretary and Treasurer of tho Mont
gomery and West Tolnt Railroad, died ot
his residence in Montgomery, on the 17th
Instant. i iHjfnTi , ; •’!'.<
I.ee Col:ntt.—By ordor or Judge Vason.
the Leo county Superior Court ha* been
adjourned to the lirst Monday In Novem
ber, on account of slckncsa in tho county.
Mebriwethek.—Messrs. Hall and Brad
ley are tlio Democratic Union Conservative
undldatcs for Convention In Merriwcthcr
county. _
HTCp to Hits date only 0M petition*
aider the Bankruptcy avQi have been filed
la kUssvhneetOk Proceeding* are In pto-
!n Ml rases. _____
1>r. Hail, while in the north pole re
gion* dine* on btoe pnnnds of frozen mret
to keep him w»rdr>
W, east of the jail, six negroes jumped
out upon them, exclaiming. “You d d
s—s of b 1 where are you going?"
John then ran at tho top of his speed.
The men seised poor Aaron, stripped him
of his clothing, covered him with warm
tar, nml then emptied n ling of feathers
over him. They made threats of shooting
him and then left.
After tho perpetration of this outrage.
Aaron, covered with this curious guise,
made Ills way to the police tmrrnrks. where
some warm water quickly divested him of
Ms unnatural covering, a couple of blank
ets were given him to wrap up in, and lie
was allowed to lie down and rest.
The man who gave Ida name us John was
no doubt a decoy duck. His name proves
to be something else.
IJeut. Howard immediately determined
to (jo his utmost tq ferret out the authors of
this nlost Infamous outrage.
Aaron Hurt,, us .we state in another par
agraph, Is a poor Ignorant, demented crea
ture, doing no harm to any one. He was
body servant to t 'ol. Payton Colquitt, a
distinguished officer in tho Confederate
service, and commander of the 48tli Geor
gia, who was killed lit the battle of Chtca-
inauga. and whose remains Aaron carried
front the Held of battle.
.Vigilant search was being made for the
parties supposed to have been implicated
In the outrage during last night; and we
hope that some, if not ail of them, may lie
brought liefore ills Honor, the,Mayor, this
morning, and lie dealt with in the most,
summary manner.
Bonnes—Exhaustion.
BT W. 0IUIUSB SIMMS.
on no wt.rr. wnun.li-,1, scant of tirea.|ih,
so ,1 i.|io"r,«<',l of Hope. So coni oftlSil.
That DOinctimcs. in the dread of thlt dursrse,
I hall persuade myself to Sy to death I
Uut evermore springs up the generous Faith,
Looking a Coddois! and the Tito renews.
Al grasses, sweetly tod by Heavenly dews;
■Sadi again ujisprlng, andtothesky,
look, glad to fmurgeon I Shall it lie In Taint
1 know that most of pleasures end iu pain,
And pain and pleasures in eternity i
And thus we struggle no—so live, so die;
llappy, if yet. upon tho hinted true
Thors may ho Urults’twould please a Cod to see.
Snuthom cl; fa.os.
Chickens Hatched doth Eoos Twelve
llt’NiiMKD Years Old.—Tiie Parris corres
pondent of the Nation scutes that the
guests of the Abku Dennis, curate of the
parish of St. Elio. In tho Faubourg St. An
tonio. dined n few days ago on fowls whose
Immediate ancestor he says figured on the
table of the great Frankish King Ditgoliert.
When thu Abbe Dennis laid tiie first atone
of the church and presbytery ho has built
bv his own exertion*, on the site of tiie old
chattcau nml gardens of liagnliert. a hen’s
neat Hill of eggs was discovered beneath
the ruins of the undent building. These
eggs, more than twelve hundred year* old.
were about to ho thrown ‘away by the la
borers, when tiie Abbe, remembering that
wheat ha* been grown flrom grain found in
Egypt in mummies, dated back from tlio
time ot the Pharoahs, bethought him that
possibly there might ho life in these eggs.
A secant of thu institute consulted Ht
once In referenco to thcse’prcciou* relic*of
an age when there was aa yet no France to
detest "Perfidious Albion.” or fo be Jeal
ous of needle guns advised their belt
forthwith confined to a hen of approvi
success in the maternal capacity; this ad
vice hiving been acted upon, tho good euro
and hi* friends had the delight or witness
ing, twenty-one days afterward*, the
hatching of a lino brood of chickens, the
direct , progeny of the denizen* of King
DagoberU* barn yard. Tho fowls thui ob
tained havo been carefully kept from any
mleaUlance witli their congeners of less an
cient blood, and tho Abbe lias now a yard
ao well replenished with “King Dagolwrt
fowls'’thnt he not only snppiTcs his own
larder with poultry of tills illustrious
breed, but it about to organize, at the sug
gestion of numerous friends, a sale of
“KlngDagobert eggs” for the benefit of
hi* poor parish.
Tjia Negro in Europe.—Mr. G, IV.
Smalley write* from London to tlio Antl-
Slaverv Standard: "London Is not behind
I’ariv-VTr lrs -tndlfThrenoo to color. Tlio
Duolics* of Southerland's Minns are lamons
in America a* admitting lwth races of our
countrymen. Other* less famous are just
as liberal. I havo met negroes four or five
times nt dinners nnd parties in private
houses. I should be Just as likely to moot
them if l went, not to Radical, but to Tory
dinners; or, at least, the negro, if shut out,
would not be shut out for Ids color; Ids
politics might nxcludo him, forsoclcty lias
opinions nnd sticks to them. I niet Sella
Martin and Ida wife at Mr. Adams' on the
evening of the last Fourth of July. Let
us hope Mr. Johnson will not recall his
minister on that account. Mr. Adams'
rooms were filled that night with Ameri
cans almost cxclnalvely. If any body felt
himself outraged by the presence of Mr.
Martin and Mrs. Martin, tho fooling was
kept under control.
■It get* lata wry early oowdays.
to be supplied.
Palmetto, C'amphellton nnd Pine Grove
F. Burrow.
Oxford Diet.—J. W. YARnonorott, I*. E.
Oxford and Covington—Albert N. Lee.
Newton Circuit—George Ansley. Ono
to be supplied.
Mossy Crcok and Dry Pond—James L.
Fowler.
Rock Spring and Walton Countyc-A.
Dorinan. One to tie supplied.
Griffin, First Charge—II. Breckinridge.
Second Charge—Joseph Lane.
Van Duran—Anderson Talinagc.
Forsyth—John Walker.
Joncsborongb—S. D. Brown, J. T. Smith.
MrDonqngh—George Kendall.
Butts and Jaaper—S. M. Tidwell.
Thomaavllle—To ho snppllcd.
Dafton District—IL n. Waters, P. X.
Dalton— W. D. Smith One to he sup
plied.
Walker and Catoosa—To he supplied.
Dade County—To bs supplied.
Rome and Omjia Circuit*—A. W. Cald
well, James McHenry.
Connasaugn—J. M. Hall.
Fair View—Newton Trimble.
Elljay-B. M. Hlpp.
Fannin County—To be supplied.
Daldonegii—To be supplied.
La Grange District—J. H. Caldwell, P.E.
I at Grange—C. M. Caldwell.
West Point and Long Cane—To las sup
plied.
Whitrsvilli—To he supplied.
Olielikn—Tb l» supplied.
Columbus—C. W. Parker.
Franklin—Jacob Freeman
Gramvlllc. Hogaiuvillc and Greenville—
Tit lie supplied.
Heard Circuit—H, P. Lurondcn.
Newnnn—George Standing, Henry Elder.
J. W. Talley. James P. McGee ami John
A. Met hiu-hcn transferred to Alabama Con
ference. '
Delegate to. General Conference—John
W. Yarbrough; alternate, John H. Cald
well.
To preach the next Conference Mission
ary Sermon—J. II. (,'aldwell; alternate, A'.
Dorman.
To examine candidates for admission on
trial—Tiie Presiding Elder and preacher in
charge.
committee of examination.
Firs* Year—Wcaley Prettymnn, J Mur
phy and .1. J.. Fowler.
Second Year—Win Brewer, JcromcSplll-
man and .las. }!• Hall.
II. Breckinridge, Statistical Secretary,
reiairtiHl the number of members and pro-
bAtfonera. 'J.7.VI; laical Preachers, Cl;
Number of Churches 40, valued at 810,100.
The amount raised within the bounds of
the Conference for lieucvolciit purposes,
8X703 SO.
On Sunday, at lOtj a. m_ Bishop Clark
preached an uhle and Impressive sermon
to a largo and appreciative audience In
Davis' Hull, after which lie ordained ten
white deacons.
At 3 o'clock, in u., I lev. J. M. lteid D. It.,
of Cincinnati, prunchud In theaame hull a
must eloquent and touching surmun on the
humiliation of Christ; niter which the
Bishop, assisted by live Elders, ordained six
white Elders. At tho same time four Eider*
from otiier Churches took u|khi themselves
tho ordination rows, and received their
credentials accordingly.
At TJ4 o’clock in the evening. Rev. Dr.
T. H. Poame, of Knoxville, Tennessee,
preached in the new chape!, after which
tldrtocn colored Deacons were ordained.
The place for holding the next annual
session ofthe Conference will bo settled
dnrlng the year by the Presiding Elders.
J. It. Caldwell, Secretary.
Wesley Pretttman, Asa't Scc'y.
the other *Mo.
Hut hi* bilk mowii floated oil the tide;
‘ * nsked in that hlintnif »ix*t,
r*:tl V
hiiniutaln e
Whether he hdoiigud to • th* Church "’or not.
Then down to the river n Qunkor atrayed,
1 cannot go any other way
Then he buttoned hi* coatotralght up to hi* chin,
Uut natron® wind carried away hi* hat;
A moment he alien tly sighed over that,
And then, m he guzed to the farther shore,
Thu coat slipped off and was seen no more.
As he entered heaven, his suit of gray
Wetot quietly sailing—away—away,
And none of the unguis questioned him
About the width ol his beaver's hr I in.
Xext came Ur. Watts with a bundle of 1'salmfe
Tied nicely up in bis aged arms.
And hymns as many, a very wise thing,
Thnt tho people in heaven, "all round,” might
sing.
Hut I thought he heaved an anxious »igh,
As he saw that thu river ran broad and high,
And looked ruthur surprised as, one by one,
Tho rsalms and Hymns in the waves went down.
And after him with his Mas..
Cutne Wesley, the pattern of godliness,
llut he cried, •* Dear mu, what shall 1 dot
The water has soaked them through and through. 1
Away they went down the swollen tide.
And the saint astonished passed through alooe,
Without his manuscript* up to the throne.
Then gravely walking, two saints, by naoM f
Down to thu stream together enme,
lint as they stopiied at tho river’s brink,
I saw one saint from thu other shrink.
may I ask you friend.
Tiie Sopthvhn Cotton Claim*.—Tlio
judgment, ot the United State* Court of
Claim* In the Southern cotton cases,
■warded by rioirt in June last to loyal
Southern clad id - mounting toono hun
dred thousand di U-.r* (not 8X000,000 or
83,000,000 aa hermotoro reported.) have
been adjudicated and payment mada upon
the face of the Judgment*, »ficr a reduc
tion of two nnd a half per. eeut. by the
Secretary of the Treaaun - . These are tlio
first Judgment* rendered by tlio Court of
Claims in fovor of loyal Suiithern claim
ants for cotton captured by the United
States force*, the proceeds o[ which were
turned over to the Treasurer. Twonty-
seven esses were tried ami submitted to
the Court nt It* session lust winter, only
fourteen of which were decided in fovor
of Lite claimants. The decision In tlio re
maining cusca being reserved. Tho stic-
eoaafid claimants are residents of Charles
ton. Mobile and Atlanta. Tlio Court re
quired of these parties the most stringent
proof that they never voluntarily did any
act in furtherance of tho rebellion; one such
net would imvedestroyed their claims upon
tho Government.
The Smoker's Adventure with a Doo.
gentleman about to travel on n French
.jfroad had. at the time of entering tho
car. an iinllghted cigar in hi* mouth. Ob
serving that there was u indy in tlio com
partment, lie was nhout to rcpluco tiie cigar
in hlseaso; when lot from tlio lady’s net
there rose a fierce ilog< in threatening at
titude. At the same time the iadysnatched
tiie cigar from Uio gentleman's mouth and
threw It out of tho window, with the re
mark : “ I dislike smokers, they make me
111." Tiie gentleman, with a polite how, re
joined, “I do not like dogs: they annoy
me.” Then seizing the animal By the Back
of the neck, be pitched Idm efter the el-
* Hut / Arc. been itlRpcU, a. you'll ace n
, the right,
Apart they went from tin. .vorhl or .In,
llut at Jail logetber they entered in.
Ami now, when the river wn. rolling on,
A ITeshyterlnn ehnrch went dowti,
Ot women there iecmo,| nn Innumerable throng
But tho men I could oounl a* tho passed along.
And oonccrnlng tho road, .they could never agree.
The old or the new way, which It could he,
Nor ever a moment paused to tblnh
Thnt both would lead to the river', brink;
And n snn,«) of nvirm I r'.ng long and loud,
Came ever up from thn moving crowd. <
"You're In thu old way, nod I'm In the new,
Thnt Is tho rnlse, and till, u the true
Or, “I'm In the old way, and you're in tho new,
7m1 Is the falve, and llw. I. the true.''
But the hsWArenonly teemed to .park;
Modrst thu .Hten walked, trad meek,
And If ever one of them chanced to soy
What trouble, .be met w Ith on tho way,
ltow she longed to paiete the other aide,
Nor feared to cress over the iwetlieg tide,
A voice from tiie brethren shun;
“ lost no one .peak hut the holy men t
For hove ye not heard the word, of Paul.
“ Oh, let thu women keep silence all? ’ “
I tva'ehed them long In my curioua dream.
Till they ttotal by Uie Ism.ers ot the stream;
Then, lust a. f thonght. the two ways met.
But all the brethren were talking let.
And would talk on, till the liuavlog tide
Curried them over, aide by side;
Side or .Ido, for the way was one,
Thu toilsome journey or file was dime.
And all who in Christ the Saviour died,
Cameou* '" ■——
Nn forms
No gown
No erneil
For all hail put onC'urlat's rigliteousnct."
Woman's Rights and the Wkslktans—
A Npfrjr VthtUe.—'Tho Wesleyan Culifer-
JMicc. in session nt Cleveland, li.nl a spirited
(llacttsainii un Friday over a report by the
Rev. G. W. Bniumn on tlio state of tiie
country. In wldch woman suffrage was ad
vocated. Tho Iicv. S. M. Snyder, of llil-
nuls, opposed tiie proposition, argued
against female suffrage, and proposed to
strike out that part of the report which fa
vored It. Mr. Bitltram replied. Several
other speakers followed on both sides, hut
the prevailing sentiment was for tho ex
tension of tho privileges of the ladies.
Tlio Rev. 8. A. linker, of New York, said
ho had onec strong prejudice* against fe
male siill'rago; yet. In common with oth
ers, os I read and learn, my view* nre
changing. Too long have I placed women
in the Hat of colored men nnd idiots. One
of the host judges' In Israel Was a woman,
and In the days of tlio apostles there Were
deaconesses. What are rights f As it na
tion. wo havo tried to stand on the broad
platform of representation nnd taxation.
f ;olng hand In hand. Society ta to chang
in' Hint tho married women hold the titles
of real estate largely.. Woman’s power to
govern! Sir, say wlmt you will, woman
rule* tlio world. Brother Snyder's wife
governs Idm; nnd 1 ronfess to a similar
weakness. Love Is that ruling power.
Notice the mother's love! How it con
trols! In woman's presence, profanity
ceases. “Women not warriors?" Joan of
Are is a clear argument. We respect thoso
who hare equal rights witli ourselves. If
women lind a right to vote, intemperance
Wnnld vanish.
Tlio Rev. L.C. Partridge said Wesleyan*
wort the wrung people to put down wo-
nien. ainee they vote III. ail our churches.
Half of tiie delegare* to lid* Convention
were sent assisted by women's votes.
The amendment failed by a large major
ity. uijil.Um.repoi't wu* adopted by a large
New Staple.—In a Georgia lottor re
cently published in Now York, wo find the
following:
We have In the South a new staple said
to be superior to the best cotton, hemp or
tinx. It Iscalled “Laratc,” and it* fibre is
*ld to bo “ purely white and of a silky ap
pearance—liner than cotton or flax linen,
and atronger." It will produce 800 pounds
to the acre, and will yield three of four
crop* in one season without replanting.
It was sold In England for slxtr-llvo cent*
per pound. It was discovered by nn Aus
trian Botanist in Java, and by 1dm lntro-
dneed to the planters of the West Indies
and tlio Southern States.
fTIie.Boston Post'* Washington cor-
resjioiident eaya: “An attocliment has
!>.rn issued for Gen. linker, to tiring him
before the Judiciary Committee, and it Is
said he fa how under arrest. The General
will Be required to explain many of his
statement*, which are In direct conflict.
oMoamlntf l*res!dent Johnson.”
i TELEOfiAFlIIC INTELLIGENCE*
I. Freni the New York Free. Association. '
Richmond, Gel. 18.—With a view to
making General Schofield defendant in a
cate of mandamus, and to exhaust tiie
remedies under the Reconstruction Act,
General Imlaxlen. under advice of counsel,
appealed from the decision of the Kegi*-
tratlun Buurtl.
The fnlluning Is the Commanding Gene
rals reply:
flD'qit* Finer Military fttsr.t
Richmond. Ya.. October IN. ]8tl7.J
Mr. Imbodkn—Sir: In reply to your
commiiiilculliin. submitted t i-dny. appeal
ing from the decision of tlio Board ot Reg
istration in the city of Hlohinoitd. In re
jecting you as a qualified voter. I am
'directed by tiie Commanding General to
Inform you that the decision of tho Board
of Registration is sustained.
Very respectfully, yonroh't serv’t,
8. F. ChalFIn. A. A. G.
The Conservative* are Bill of hope.—
Never was there so much energy shown
in a canvass than Is now being displayed
by both sides; each is sanguine of victory,
and both are doing their best.
Tiie moderate ncgroe»»redlssatlsfled with
the Democratic nominations. They say if
Studlvant and Evans were dropped and
two negroes substituted on the ticket they
would carry It, and a torrh light proces
sion would crown the triomph; but as it
Is they will vote for UiiDnicutt’s party.
There was a grand Hannicutt meeting
he'd In the Capitol Square, and was ad
dressed by Hr. HunnlciitL
The Conservatives are hoMIng a meeting
and are confident.
The Congressional Railroad Committee
are at work and have had several railroad
officers before them to-day.
General Washburn, of the Congressional
Committee, addreesed a meeting of Radicals
on tho Capitol Square to-night. He spoke
for more than an hour, and gave good ad
vice to the negroes, and related many an
ecdotes, which pleased hie hearers very
much.
Boston, Oct. 1.8.—Benzine, with which
w.omcn were cleaning ftirnltore. Ignited,
causing the death of one and terribly burn
ing another.
A premature explosion of slate blast, at
Burlington. Vermont, Injured 7 persons,
3 fatally. Two kegs,poured Into tliccrc-
icc and ex ptorled. It I* supposed to have
been occasioned from fire remaining from
previous blast.
Havana, Oct. 17.—Santa Anna lias Been'
sentenced tb 8 years’ banishment.
CABLE DISFATCRES.
Tlio Emperor referred the Austrian Blsh-
hops' protest against Concordat to the Min
isterial Council. The Ministerial Council,
Napoleon presiding, resolved that France
should immediately intervene for the set
tlement of the Roman question, without
any longer acting in concert with Italy.
Tho London Times urges Italy to seize
Rome, and then treat with France. It de
clines tlio boldest policy tho best for Italy.
New and strange.
Mrs. Cobb, eemellmes styled the “Female
Pardon Broker.” was In Washington on
thu 15th. looking ns piquant and interest
ing as ever.
It Is stated tint tiie St. Nicholas Hotel,
Kew York, Is to have u change of proprie
tors.
Jarrett. Palmer and Whrntly have mado
850.000 eacli out of the lllnck Crook. Tiicy
mean to make it 8100.UU0.
Tiie Pacific roast Is supplied with icO
from a cave In Oregon, plan)’ miles in ex
tent, where the water freezes as It drips
through.
Dennis McGrath lias commenced suit
K ainst Mrs. General Sherman, in Si.
ails, for the recovery of a cow, which lie
alaims to be hla property.
Kew York has thus for paW over four
and a quarter millions for its new court
house.
One of the latest announcements In the
Parisian fashionable world Is tlias a return
to crinoline is threatened.
Bread at Paris has gone op. It is now
nearly six cents a pound.
Governor Brownlow win, If hot too fee
ble to travel, take a trip to Europe nt aq
early day, for the recovery of his health,
S hether he la elected to tbo United States
state or not.
A diamond worth 83,000. lost by a gen
tleman named Evans, In Lonlsvlllc. six
months ainee, and for which ha offered a
reward of 81,000, waa found in Nashville,
hi poiseMion of a gentleman from Cincin
nati, named William*, who claims that he
purchased It.
“Mike” McC'oolc,and “Joe” Coburn havo
agreed to contend In the ring for the pugi
listic championship of America and 810,000
aside.
A number of form* in the Valioy of Vlr-
inln have lately liccn fold to pur-
iascr» from Pennsylvania, and other
Northern State*.
Robert Lincoln, *on of tlio lute Presi
dent, has Just Been admitted to the bar in
(Thicago.
Boston derive* a yearly revenue of
88X030 from Quincy nnu Faueull Hall mar-
ket*.
Tho nowest style of chignon i* called tho
Bismarck.
It is stated that the cut o’ nino tails is
used In the Tciincsssce penitentiary.
Gen. Sheridan's reception in Boston cost
that city 850,000.
The girls of the blue grass region of
Kentucky are said to be tiie handsomest in
the country.
Iicv. Miss A. J. Chapin has been called
to the pnstorato of a church nt Mount
Pleasant, Iowa. She Is said to l>o a ilucnt
preacher.
A Memphis paper says it will “present
to It* renders on each Sabbath an editorial
suited to tho day," nnd begins with an
essay on graveyards. 4 , t * .
Yellow Fevee in Mobile.— 1 The Mobile
Advertiser of the 17th rays:
Mobile hu (teen fortunate In having a
visitation of Yellow jJaek in hla mllatak
form, and we are hippy to chronicle the
foe I tin* the dreaded fever appears about
to Mia • lam of Ojtmnea from tb* Golf
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