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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
TiTfiwSf •» creaturea bcarin *
1»© imago of man, the toady i« most con
temptible. Ueiawithoiitanyicttledopln-
ionf. He hai no well defined creed, either
in politic* or religion. Ho ho* neither
friend* nor cuemle*. Ho neither com
mands reapcct nor Inspire* confidence.—
Hoi* simply nothing and nobody-one
thing to-day, something else to-morrow.
He never had an independent thought,
never assayed an original idea. The utj
men to whom he toadied despise him.—
Jhclr most natunral impulse Is to kick him;
l)ut If thoy ho in need of a servant,they will
titc him. The toady is a sort of perambu
lating scullion—a sort of animated boot-
jack—whom politicians arc In the habit of
using and others kicking aside.
Strange that we have mentnrough whoso
\clns course the Anglo-Saxon blood, w ho
will lend themselves to such base uses.—
fc’Tls true ’tls pity, and pity ’tls, ’Us true.”
Grant and thk Reconstruction Acts.
A Washington letter, of the 23d instant
to the New York Times, says: ‘•Considera
ble comment Is being made upon the fail
ure of Congress thus far to tako any mea
sures for amending the reconstruction
acts iu .the particular wherein they were
shown to be very faulty, to-wit, the failure
to confer upon Gen, Grant precisely the
.eamc powers ns were conferred upon tho
"District Commanders. It Is well known
that Congress at the July session supposed
that it had so amended the nets as to give
Gen. Grant this power; hut a strict con
struction of the language failed to confirm
this theory, and Gen. Grant's revisionary
section has accordingly been confined
simply to the matter of removal, appoint
ment, and detail of ©flieors. 1 am not
aware that he seeks any additional power
under these acts, but it. is quite probable
that if Gen. Grant now possessed authori
ty equal to that of tho District Command
ers. some of tin* recent remarkable action
of Generals Ord ami Hancock would be re
vised in accordance with the true spirit of
the act-.
Wonderful Coincidence ok Idea*, and
Language.—A leaded editorial in the At
lanta Opinion of tho 24th instant appeared
verbatim ct literatim in the “ Round Table”
a few days since.— Col. *Sun.
This is a mistake. The Round Table is
not entitled to the credit. The article was
taken from “All the Year Round,’* and by
gome mistake, the proper credit was omit
ted. It was not “ a leaded editorial in the
Opinion,” nor was it so Intended. We re
gret such an oversight, and are glad that
our attention has been called to it.
Failures in Coi.umrus.—Wo have re
ports of a imiubcr of largo failures among
the merchants and business men of our
sister city of Columbus. Many of the par
ties who are reported as having faded, are
among the heaviest capitalists and ablest
financial men in Georgia. Wo hope tho
reports may he exaggerated.
CgrThcre D a place in Columbus called
‘•Dog Alley.” it is a living typiilcntion of
Perdition: the rendezvous of all the “fast
ones." and the Imv ones. A couple of
••young gents" were found there a lew
night- -luce, dressed in crinoline, and !
ma relied ufi’to the police court.
Come out foii Grant.—Gov. Brown-
low, of Tennessee, is reported to have de
clared for Grant, as tho Republican candi
date for President. A Nashville l'tter
says this is done in compliance with an
agreement that ids own nominath n to the
Vice Presidency might he secured.
How it Works.—Pennsylvania l aS3‘d a
law last winter making nine hours a d ly’s
work. The Reading Railroad Company
have carried it Into effect in all branches
of their business, reducing tho wages of
their workmen In a corresponding ratio.
This will he the result of nil similar at
tempts.
Life in Gotham.—The New York Sun
knows of a l»oor woman there who em
broidered a child’s garment by fourtc;. n
day*’ steady wor j. thereon, and received
therefor four dollars. The material cost
seven dollars, and the merchant sold the
garment for seventy-five dollars.
Beecher as a Novelist.—Tho London
Athencum says of Mr. Beecher’* novel:
“The present work shows that a man may
be a fluent preacher, and brother of a clever
woman, and yet break down when he at
tempts to write a novel.”
TnB Verdict in tub Rau.ko.vd Cask.
The Macon Telegraph learns that the jury’
in tho case of Johnson vs. Macon and
Western Railroad Company, after being
“hung” for some time, brought in a verdict
for plaintiff of 97|775.
Weston for Vice President.—Acting
upon the theory that the man who displays
great cleverness of muscle should be pro
moted to some high civil station, an Illi
nois paper has declared for Weston, the
pedestrian, for Vice President.
Poetical.'—Jubal Early, a name asso
ciated with the military operations in Vir
ginia in 1864, and with apple brandy, is
farming on the battle-field of Lunday's
lame.
The “Post” Revived,—The Athens
Post, an old favorite journal in East Ten
nessee, has been revived by Us founder,
Sam. P. Ivins.
CS^Znehous Greeley, father of lion,
Horace Greeley, died at Fort Wayne, Penn.,
on the 18th Inst.; age 1 80 jeirs.
Cotton in Montgomery.—Middlings
quoted on the 26th at ll^all^c. Few
sales. Receipts from wagons light
In reply to the enquiries of a correspon
dent, wishing to know “Iu what year
suffrage was conferred on negroes in the
State of New York; and what was the
complexion of the Legislature, and who
was Governor,” Mr. Greeley, through tho
Tribune, say*:
“Underthe first and second Constitu
tions, or from 1788 to 1823, there was no
distinction of color In tho qualifications
for voters; tlicro was a property qualifica
tion affecting equally both whites and
black*; all a negro had to possess more
than a white man was papers or other sat
isfactory evidence Hint bo was a free per-j
son, ami not a slave—slaves, of course, did
not vote. The men of the Revolution
never doubted tho fiee negro’s right to the
ballot. But In 1S21 a Convention was call
ed to revise tho Constitution, and then
came the clamor of rich versus poor, and
a grand movement in favor of abolishing
all manner of property qualifications was
inaugurated and successfully carried
through so far as white men were concern
ed; but a colored man was required to
possess a freehold estate of $250, to ho
three years an Inhabitant of the State,
and for tho last year of tho elec
tion district in which he voted.
This Constitution was adopted by u vote of
74,732 against 41,402. The Constitution
was again revised In 1810, but the rather
feeble effort made to place colored voters
on the same basis with whites met with
very little favor—the only modification
being on the’minor point of residence.—
That Constitution (under which we now
are) was adopted by*2*21.528 against 02,430.
“ The question N naturally up again In
the present Convention, and may in due
time come before the people; hut past ex
perience gives little hope for the friends
of impartial sufi'rage. In the votes noted
above the Democratic party conspicuously
opposed the repeal of the property qualifi
cation; a few, doubtless, voted the right
way, but where one Democrat voted "Ye.*”
probably ten Republicans voted ‘•No.”—
Our Senators and Assemblymen have had
no direct vote in tho matter; tho most
they could do was to favor tho submitting
of the question to the people. Whenever
that has been proposed, the Republicans
(and before them the Whigs) have pretty
generally favored such submission, while
tho Democrats have almost unanimously
gone the other way.”
The Fashions.
From the Home Journal we take tlfc fol
lowing concerning the hair:
Curls have nearly • altogether repluc^tt
plaits and bandeau/, for evening wear, es
pecially at the Opera. To look effective,
the curls should commence at the very top
of the head, and the hist ringlet should
reach very low down the back. What is
called the Marguerite stylo of arranging
the hair is adopted by a few, and the plaits
In these eases are of wonderful length. So
much false hair D worn that but little
space Is left on the head for flowers and
wreaths; in fact, the very narrowest ban-
drau/, and the slimmest •rarlands possible
to arrange, are tho only head-dresses to be
seen,at the present tune. Small leaver
headed all over, and made up Into a 6m.-
t'f nix. »re fashionable, likewise a trellis of
lilies of the valley and lilac mixed, as well
as plaits of velvet with a gold tassel at one
end and a boquet of gold flowerets at the
other; these encircle tho head,and are fast
ened at the side, sometimes with tho addi
tion of very fancifully made pendant orna
ment. The rage for wearing false Jirtir is
increasing rather than diminishing. For
merly rigidly scrupulous people demurred
at a single plait, and added to it the natural
growth, when that growth was scanty, in a
sly, surreptitious manner; but now no
such scruples exist—false chignons, false
curls and false plaits are to be found on one
head at the same time, and neither blushes
nor hesitation arc thought of when con
fessing to these artificial additions.
The same paper gives the following de
scriptions of striking lints and walking
dresses observed on the streets of New
York:
A handsome dress of dark brown vel
veteen oyer nn underskirt of rich brown
silk, made with a bias flounce of silk
aro;,nd the bottom. She usually wears
with tills suit a pretty brown silk bonnet,
with a fall ot brown lace over the chignon.
and ornamented on the inside with a wreath
of small moss rosebuds. The strings are
of brown ribbon, and are fastened loosely
under the elfin with a rosebud.
One recently Imported from Paris, con-
gists of an underskirt of light blue corded
silk, embroidered in the centre of each
breadth with a bunch of flowers dono in
line white (loss silk. Over this is a dress.
cn redingotc, of rich black velvet, trimmed
round the bottom of tiic skirt with satin
folds and heavy silk fringe, with snr/ue
trimmed to correspond, and ornamented
with a wide sash tied round the waist.—
With this bonnet of light blue velvet,
beautifully trimmed with white blonde
lace. Another of blue cloth, prettily
trimmed with black braid; with bonnet to
mutch. Another a handsome black cloth
suit, looped tip over a black and white
striped silk; black elotli Marque; bonnet of
black lace. A suit of black and crimson
mixed poplin, trimmed oil the skirt and
Marque with leave* of the same material,
also attracts attention, while another
which attracted attention is of black cord
ed silk trimmed with bias folds of blue
satin.
Velvet bonnets on any color to corres
pond with the toilette, are now trimmed
with gold or silver aigrette, laid upon the
edge of the border. We see much less Jet
upon bonnets than was worn Inst winter.
There seems to lie no new similes in the
way of liars; young ladies almost univer
sally wear the flat loquet. This somewhat
singular headgear, placed on the top of n
high chignon, conies sloping over the fore
head, and to it is attached a utusgite toilette
of black lace, coming down just to the lips,
and tied In lappets at the hack. We saw
r tonuet of this style, the other day, made
of violet grosgrain silk, bound with velvet.
The masque toilette was fastened round
the edge with gold corn flowers. Others,
of brown velvet, are trimmed round with
a garland of tinted foliage of different
shade* of the same color.
The Career •# the Great Ilothschlld,
•I LsnStnt •« Narrated by Him*
«e|f,
(Extract of s Letter from sir Thomas Powell Bux
ton to 311m Muxton.]
Devonshire Street, FeKty. 1834.
We yesterday dined at the Ham House,
to meet the Rothschild*, and vofy.stntr
It was. Jle (Rothschild) told (is bis
and Adventures. He was third son of tho
hunker of Frankfort. “There was not,” lie
said, "room enough for us all In the city.
I dealt In English good*. One great trad
er came there who hud the market to him
self; lie was quite the great man, and did
us a favor if he sold us goods. Somehow I
offended him, and ho refused to show us his
patterns. This was on Tuesday. 1 said to
my father, ‘l will go to England, 1 I could
speak imthing but German. On Thursday
1 started. The nearer I got to England,
the cheaper goods were. As soon as I got
to Manchester 1 laid out all my money
things were so cheap, and made good prof
it. (soon found that there were three
profits—on the raw material, the dyeing
and the manufacturing. I said to the man
ufuctnrcr, “1 will supply you with materi
al and dye, and yon supply me with man
ufactured goods*.’ So 1 got three profits
instead of one. and I could sell
goods cheaper than any body. In a
short time 1 made my -6*20,000 into £00,000.
M v success all turned on one maxim. 1
said I can do what another limn can, and
so 1 am a mutch for the man with the pat-
tei ns, and all the rest of them! Another
advantage 1 hud: I was an oil-hand man;
I made a bargain at once. When I was
settled in London, the East India Company
bad $800,000 of gold to sell. 1 went to the
sale and bought- It all. I knew the Duke
of Wellington must have it for the pay of
his army in the L'eifinstila; I had bought a
great many of hi* bids at a discount. The
Government sent for me ami -aid they
it. tin
ot kn
it to I*.
Ml. I
: all that,'and 1 -
France, and that was tho bc-t bn-inca* I
overdid.” Another maxim mi which he
seemed to place great reliant e was novel'
to have anything to do with an unlucky
place or ail unlucky man. "1 have seen,”
said he, "many clever men, very clever
men, who had not shoe* to their feet! I
never act w ith them. Their advice sound.*
very well, but late is against them; they
can not do good to themselves; and if they
cannot do good to themselves, how can
By aid of tin
axim
■•tho
aired three million* ot
—, “that your children
noney and business, to
re important tiling*. I
am sure you womu not wisli that.” Roths
child—"! nm .sure i should w isli that. 1
wi-!i them to giveiuiudaud soul,and heart
and body, and every thing t«> tmsin<*>*.—
This is the way to be happy. It require* si
great deal of caution to make a large for
tune. and when you have got i;. It require.-;
ten time* a* much wit to keep it. If l
were to li-ten to all the project* proposed
to me I should ruin niy$cl! very soon.”—
••Stick to one busim-**. young man.” Raid!
he to Kdwstrd; ".-tick to your brewery,
and you may he the great hvower «vU-L«m-
don.’ lie si brewer, ami a banker* and a
merchant, and a nnnuf.icirmw. and you
will «oon he in the Gazette. <Vnc ( of my
neighbors is a very Ill-tempered man; he.
tries to vex me, anti ii is built a great Uirgt*!
place for swine close to my walk; so when!
I go out I hear l!r*r. grunt, grunt, squeak
squeak; but thi* dues me no harm.
J am always iu good humor. Sometimes. 1
to nnitt-.j my-eli; ] give a beggar a guinea.*
Ife think* it i* a mistake* ami, for fear £
shoq'd find St out, oil’ho run* as hard as!
he ran. 1 ndvLc you to give a heggnrai
guinea sometimes; it is very amusing."’
The daughter* arc very pleating. Tin
second ami i* a mighty limiter, and the
fitlier lets him buy any lmr**s be like*,
lie lately applied to the Emp'ror of Mo
rocco for a li rat-rale A rah liorao. The Em
peror sent him n magnificent, one, but he
died as he landed in ‘England, The pour)
youth said, very feelingly, "tied v a* tin*:
te*t misfortune lie had ever suffered.”
Ami 1 felt .-Gong sympathy ; •*'«» him.
forgot to say that as soon as M. ltuiiihdiiid;
came hero, Bonaparte came hero. "Tin*
Prince of Ho**e Owe! ” said Rorhwlfild.
my father ill* money; there wa* no
timoto he lost; lie sent it tome. I had
£000.000 t > arrive unexpectedly ly post,
and 1 put it to such good use that the i’rinee
made me a present of all hi* wlues and
linen.”
. Grant—Ilia Private Li tter to
the President— Its Style—Grant on
the Lusk Case—Grant's Presidential
* Damaged—The Ciiam: Men
Jubilant.'—Washington. Dec. 22. 1SU7.
The principal topic of conversation here at
this time i* tho attitude in which recent
vent* have placed Gen. Grant. Hi* ••pri-
ate letter” to the President cxpuduhUiiig
gain*t the removal of Stanton, ha* created
quite an excitement. The contt ms of tlfi*
‘ were well-known to tho parties in
Congress who were instrumental in un
earthing it. and It is therefore supposed
that it* publication was sought with mail-
motive*. No real friend of the Gen-
ertainly could desire such a disclos-
liu opemlontly of the impud-m-o and
ignorance exhibited by the writer, the
style, grammar, and orthnyrajJty of the
Inal arc absolutely appalling. Even
orreeted for publication, there i* not a
single sentence of grammatical English
from the beginning to the end of it. Be
sides all this, it defend* the w hole conduct
of a man whom Congress Itself has aban
doned to tho merited fate of a di*com fitted
petty tyrant, who has not this moment a
friend on earth. Grant excepted. Surprise
1* also expressed that Wilson, chairman of
the House .Judiciary Committee, should
have exposed the endorsement of Grant
upon the vindictive and lying report of
Holt in tho Lusk ease. Altogether, those
exposures have ruined Grant's prospects
for tho Presidency, and it is supimscd In
well* informed circles that the mends of
Chase will in a short time bo in the ascend
ant, if they are not so already,—Cor. Jlal-
Oazette.
Tiik Georgia Convention.—Thing* as
seen Abroad.-—'The Atlanta correspondent
of the New York Times says:
Since this day week, l find a great change
in the views of individuals anil the position
of the various sections ot party tow arils
each other. Tho belief is prevalent and is
prevalent and Is widely whispered, though
not yet openly stated, that Blodgett and
Bullock, ami a few others of subordinate
degree, constitute a ring who are striving
by nil means tngctholuof the government
of Georgia, manage the State Railroad,
control all the orth cs, and generally make
a very good thing. As the circumference
of the ring Is not large, those who cannot
possibly stand wltl.ln It. and those who
would not do so If they could, are on the
qul vive to defeat any such scheme. When
ever my sueh scheme is made manifest, it.
will be bitterly denounced, and l believe it
will be defeated. The nttempt to thrust
tJT*Ifnti A li moniiiMu i« Hniionnrftl tn Bullock over the bends of the Union men
or lion. A. II. Stephen. I. announced to of Geor „ lat t , the manner horn, Is resented
lecture In I hlladclphla toon on the conilt- as nn Indignity, nml the most violent op-
tlon of affairs In the South. 1 position It threatened.
Mltehel Declining
|££ 8S M MM r •* American
Irish Citizen Officio 31 Barclay Sr.
New York, Dec. 1U, 18«7.
To Colonel William B. Roberts and Jobu
havngc. Esq*.;
Gentlemen—The tender you have mode
to ino of tlte Presidency of tho reunited
Fenian Brotherhood, though It has embar
rassed rue, could not fall to he gratifying
on two accounts: First, that It proves con
fidence in me personally • ntid next, tlmt It
marks tbo moment of a reconciliation be
tween two bodies of patriotic! Irishmen
having the same object in view. On this
reconciliation, brought about by yourowu
dibi t*, gentlemen, allow tin* to congratu
late you.
But. after sufficient time taken for con
sideration; after reading the Constitution,
and holding some conversation with some
of tho leading members of those organiza
tion*. 1 must beg leave re*|H»ctfillly to de
cline the honor tendered, and the respon
sibility which they would pay inothocoui-
pliineiitot imposing upon me. And I have
the less regret in coining to this conclusion
ns it cannot be said 1 throw any obstacle
In tho way of a reunion of our country
men. That reunion i* already effected,
with a provision for electing a President
in ca*« of my refusing.
It is useless to enter here Into any
count of the various reasons (some* of a
public, *otue of a private nature) which
compel ino to decline. My country men
know very well that I have the fullest
sympathy with the object of Fenhiuisni.
that is the dcstrm-th a of British dominion
in Ireland; and. therefore. ! expect they
will give mo credit for inv valid reasons
without tny entering Into detail.
With thank* for your courtesy, got
men. In the execution of your mission, and
assure mu * nf r.vp'ct for’vou per-onallv. I
have the homo- to be y«mr obedient ‘
The Southern :: pr* : « Company, plaint
i error. .lo*.*ph M. Newby.—A
unpsit front Richmond County.’
i a LKEit. J.—1. An Express Coin pa i,
!e!i jHtr.-ne* continuously, for anv pe-
1 of lime the business of tmiMportii
.. tN. pa-rknge*, etc., is a common t an 6
and In <*i*e Of loss the presumption
law is against it, and
U. i
•>* the loss was oceasioi
' God or the public enet
•d by tin
ics of tin
out* the Southern Express Comp:
! a receipt acknowledging the de-
liv« ry of certain good* "to lie forwarded”
ud expressing in the receipt Unit the
’.iMpnny would not be liable for any lo-s
ivm any causes whatever, except for fraud
gros* negligence; and that where no
aliie of the property was specified in the
•< fipq the Company would not be Raid,
or a-inn exceeding fifty dollar* tor each
iuchage: Held, that the receipt is evident**
ailv sil‘ the reception of the goods by the
ompaiiy for the purposes therein specified,
ud ',*• not evidence of any o> press cote
ivct: Held, also, that an express contract,
in-ii as contemplated by the Code (see
A ll.; cannot lie proven In this way. and
that the giving ot such a receipt, and the
• cp mice of It by tlie.hliip|H'r. do not ro-
•v«* the company from the liability 1m-
srd by the law upon the common ear-
Tbo liability of carriers com me in*-*
'tell he receive?the gqous. and If they be
he must slioN^.stich facts as will relieve
him from liabiUty'or he Will he held re
sponsible. 1
I. The Court ip not bound to give in
charge a general proposition, though it bo
the law, unless it he applicable'to the facts
of the ease; and, if such general eh:
be requested, he may. modify or add to it.
mis to make it pertinent to* tho issue to be
5. The goods in this ca«c b-’.ng at the
place where the company tign-e to receive
-them * to be forwarded,".the responsibility
onipany, ns a common carrier, com
menced. and the verdict ot the inn. there
fore. was right (Code 201.1.? f
Judgment allinnefi.
Houriiilk Affair—An Klt-yh Kills
his AWj c/\—On Wednesday iRVinom, last
horrible nil air took phoo at llatbmo,
Montgomery county, resulting In the death
of Mr. W. S. William*, the keeper of the
famous elephant Romeo. It appears that
the huge monster, had been placed in win
ter quarters at the above place, and on
Wednesday morning was visited by hi*
keeper, wlio found it necessary to adminis
ter a punishment, lie left him and re
turned iu a short time, when the animal
turned on him furiously, seized him with
his trunk, and hurling him on tho ground,
thrust one of Ids tusks—the partially bro
ken one—Into Ids body. Several nieiihear-
„ M Bikinis* cries, ran in to him. The ele
phant released ldm, and did not attack tlte
oilier*;, but poor Williams was so ter
ribly injured that he lived only about an
hour after the attack.
Mr. Williams belonged to London. Can
ada West, where lie owned a farm, lie
vas about forty years of age, and was untr
ied, Ids wile being with Idtii at ilatboro.
lie was Borneo’s keeper before for five or
six years, but for about ten years he had
been otherwise engaged, until Just one
year to a day betoro Ids death, when he
again took charge of him, and had been
with him ever since.
Borneo is the largest elephant in tiie
lilted Hates, and does not often give
trouble. Since Ids fatal attack on wil
liams he Ims shown no anger towards oth
ers, but it has Icon -o 8 dered nceossniy
i secure ldm witii heavy chains.
The Wonders of Niagara B eve a led.
The great gale of last week produced some
curious effects at Niagara Falls. The
strong easterly gale sent the waters of
laike Erie westward, leaving the Niagara
river anti tributaries lower than ever
known before. Bufialo creek was so
that all the vessels ill It were grounded,
and Niagara Falls was a rivulet compared
with Its native grandeur. The bed of the
American branch was so denuded that It
was |K)ssildc to travel in its rocky l*e»l
without wetting the feet, and mysteries
that were never before revealed came to
light on that day. Bocks that heretofore
were invisible nppeared in their ftiU-gmwii
deformity upon the •tirlaee. and grear was
the consternation among the tinny trllies.
The Three Sisters were accessible to lont-
pnwiciigvrs, and many traversed where hu
man foot had never trod, with perfect Im
punity and dry feet. Below the Falls the
water was fully twenty feet lower than
usual, and Lite obtest inhabitant gazed iu
wonder at the gran I transformation. Near
Stis|»c?i*lon Bridge, the celebrated rock nt
Winner's Mill, upon which a drowning
man caught and was rescued several years
ago, which barely projects Its bead above
tbe water, wet laid hare twenty feet above
the surface. When the gale subsided, tbe
water returned to iu usual course, and
“Niagara wa* herself again.”
Ex-Gov. Ishain O. Harris, of Tennessee,
i* preparing to open a law office In Mem-
ttenaemfeertke Poor.
Remember the poor, for bleak winds are
blowing.
And brightly the frost-pearls are gllst’-
ning around,
The streamlets have ceased all tlielr musi
cal flowing.
And snow-drifts is scattered all over the
ground.
Remember tbe poor In their comfortless
dwelling*.
Ill-chid and Ill-fed, and o’er burdened
with care:
Oh, turn not away with a look so repell
ing,
Thy kindness may save them perhaps
from despair.
Remember the poor when the hearthstone
U cheerful.
And happy hearts gather around Its
bright blaze;
There are hearts that are sad, and eyes that
are tearful.
As bright a.* thine own in their siinuDr
days.
Misfortunes may scatter thy present pos
session*.
And plenty, to |»overty, leave thee a
prey;
IIow bitterly then wilt thou think of the
blessings
That Charity u«ks from thy riches to-day.
Remember the poor as they thankfully
gather
Each round hi* rich table with luxury
spread;
Thou too art u pensioner on a rich Father,
For health and for friendship, for rai
ment and bread.
If He hath been lauiutiful with n like
spirit,
Dispense of Unit bounty what Charily
claims;
Far greater the treasure thy’ soul shall In
herit.
en thy broad on the waters returncth
again.
inli* r tin* poor—this thou art com-
■\i\ionr thus kindly ivinembered
I'Mliute i'iou shalt not send empty-
huiidc'i.
dad an:! m warmed, end unfed from
Thy pt-a'i e in fid* life shall b» like the deep
l\ log thy ut-lconie to Heaven shall
•Ye faithful and hi eased of my Father—
•on* kirlier:
I ic. to ..tin i —ye did it to Me.”
• t in * Wii i..—To promote her hus-
baml's inieiV'l.. -l.e attended in It * little
4iop, where-he liottg: t rags, sewed pam
phlets. folded newspa|cr*. and sold the
few articles in w hich lie do dt. Mieli as ink.
papers, lampblack, blanks nnd other sln-
■|»nerv. At the same time, >h«* was an ex-
llcnt housekeeper, nnd besides being
•onomietd herse f. taught her somewhat
careless, disorderly husband to be econo
mical also. Sometimes, Frarklin was
lothed from bead to foot iu garments
which bis wile bad both woven and math,
and for a long time she performed all the
k of the house without the assistance
of a servant.
Nevertheless, she knew how to he
liberal at proper times. Franklin tells
u* that for some years after his marriage
his breakfast was bread nnd milk, which
they nte out of two penny e:tl thern vessels,
with a pcwler spoon; but one morning, on
going down to breakfast, lie found upon
the table a beautiful chi tut Ihiw). l’r« m
lilch bis bread nnd milk wa* stcandig,
with a silver spoon by its able, which ban
cost a sum equal • In our currency to ten
dollar*. When be expressed Ids jlsfonFli-
m.uit at this unwonted splendor. Mr*.
Franklin only remarked, that sin* thought
her husband de.-erved a sllvJr sjmon and
china bowl a* much as any of In r neighbor*.
Franklin prospered in Ids bus nc>» until
he became the most famous editor nml limit
flourishing printer in America, whbdi g:r e
ldm thep oisnre ot iciicviug Ids wife fmm
the cares of bndnes*, and enabled hinrto
provide for her a spieious and well fur
nished abode. >Ue adortied a high station
"as s! •• had borne a lowly one. and
presided :tt her hushjiiid’s liberal table as
•aeeful’v a* when Ic* are Ids breakfast of
■cad and milk trout a two-pennv bowl.—
mton's J.ljeot Franklin,
Dry Goods Trade ix New York.—A
New York paper ol late date, commenting
on the dry goods trade iu that city, says:
u tion* in domestic* are on a lim
ited scale., except in standard qualities of
brown sheetings, prim*, cotton-fl tnnels,
and a few styles n| woollen-*. The*to. , k of
sheeting* iu iir*t hands is very greatly re
duced. and prices are a shade ’higher than
last week, hi bleached goods prices are
linn, but tli re h little doing. For prints
the active demand is about over, und man
ufacturers are now employed upon the
lighter patterns for the spring market.—
Brices are well maintained, und an advance
may he expected when trade open* again.
In other desorptions of domestic* there i*
no change of importance to be noticed.—
Woollens of nil kinds are heavy. For for
eign goods the demand is very limited, ex
cept Ibr a few styles o fancy good* partic
ularly adapted to the season, and Import
ers can distribute their stock only by the
help of the auctioneer. The Import* are
very light, ami tho amount of goods en
tered last week for duty at the euatou-
hotise Is about one-quarter less than for
the corresponding week last year.
Eurorkan w can da l.—The seandal-tnon-
.. *rs of Baris assert that the Princess do
ublets anxious Ibr a separation from her
husband. Prince Napoleon. His infideli
ties have lately been so flagrant us to drive
her to despair, and for some time past sue
lias re ft i soil to see the Prince. Tho pro
posed interview between Prince Napoleon
and Victor Emanuel, to which the news
papers of Euro|s> have hitherto attributed
great |ioliticul significance, is believed to
refer exclusively t«* tills domestic “unpleas
antness.” What adds to the exasperation
of Madame Clotllde an? the slights which
she constantly receives at tiie bands
of tiie Empress, who is extremely
jealous of dotihle, on account of the line
family of children which the latter Ims
borne to her liege lord, anti who, more
over, dislikes her a* a daughter of Victor
Email tie!.
Misdirected Letters.—According to
the Postmaster General's report, not less
than a million letters were mailed last
year without signatures, and misdirected,
or so badly directed, that the address was i
totally uidnte.ligible—these were de. j
stroked. More than a million and a half!
others—1,611,686—were restored to their I
writers by the care of the dead-letter oflh-e. :
Thus It seems that at least two and a half
million of mistakes were made in an o| -
oration which one would think likely to
enlist the sufficient ea:o of tlm writer, t! e
addressing ol a letter. These letter* eon
mined nearly 9150.000 in money, bills of
exchange, deeds, checks, etc., to the value
of over 95.000.000, and over 40,000 contained
photographs, jewelry, etc.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE
From the New York Fre*» Association.
Washington Items*
Washington,' Dec. 27.—Tho Cabh .
meeting was unimportant. General PopB
removal was not discussed.
Generals Sherman and Gillum visit '
the President this afternoon.
General Johu 8. Mosby Is In town.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day 921'.
000.
Washington, Dec. 28—Screw Pile Lig
House, Deep Water Shoals, James Rive £
will be lighted on the 15th of Januur >
visible nine mile*.
11 hief Justice Hlnugli, of New Mexic |
was killed In a rencounter with Cup :
Pyersoii.
Boyce. Miller & Co’s, distillery, CUkIlS
nnti, was burned to-day. Loss half inljl|
lion dollars.
The Receiving Teller, Siiarmouut, of th $
Bank of Boston, is short $50,000.
Alntmnra Affairs.
Montgomery, Dec. 27.—Nicholas DnvFm
a prominent Radical of North Alabama ^
has published a letter fully endorsing th. j
addresses of Messrs. Semple, Speed am *
oilier*, protesting members against tin
pro j.used Constitution.
The Huntsville Advocate. Radical organ '
calls lor tiie reassembling of tiie Conven
tion to modify the objectionable feature*
ot tiie proposed Constitution, namely : the
clauses about schools, ami I he franchise
ami registration oath. That paper say*:
"If the Constitution is not modified, en
vironed a* we are, ami almost in n stated
Uiiaivliy, its adoption can only be accepted
a* a choice of evils, not defended as right
ami proper; but it is iu our power to modi
fy the evils now. and for that purp< se Mill
the Convention together attain.”
Sheets, of the Tuseunibia North Ala
bamian, repudiates the nominations made ■
by the self-con.-tltuted isditlcal Conven
tion.
1 ho Huntsville Advocate repudiates the
action of Radical meetings in North A la-
bum", and says the white unionists are ig
nored am! rejected n- unsound.
The Conservatives nil over the State are
nrou-ing. and are determined to n-e every
effort to defeat the Constitution. In North
Alabama wldtes who went Into the Radi
cal party are leaving it on account of the
objectionable features of the Constitution.
Richmond, Dec. 27.—Gen. Schofield, at 1
tin* request of Gov. Piorpont. ims i>*t.e! un
order removing the Board of Directors of
tiie Eastern Lunatic A-yltini. for violating
the State law in the disbursements of
money, nml lias appointed a Board of army
oflieera iu their stead.
l.oiiiftlintn Con vein Ion.
New Orleans. Dec.27.—‘The Convention
adjotirnee at 21*. M., and reassembled at
5 i*. Mm and was still in session at 0 o’clock.
The reports of the Committee to draft a
Constitution are still up for consideration.
Foreign.
LoXdon, T)ce. 27.—A dispatdh from Dub
lin says an unusually largo number of let
ter* were recently received at tiie post-office
there, directed to prominent offic ials. Each
o;ie of these was loaded with explotdve
materials, designed to kill the person ad
dressed. A policeman of thocity was hor
ribly mangled by one which he opened.
Judge IklifttcuU Miot.
Mouii.k. Dee. 28.—District Attorney. J..
V. B. Martin, met Judge Bustced, of the
United States District Court, this morning,
in front of the Cost.>u ilmtsc, and said to
the Judge:
•• Will you allow that indictment to take
its course ?’*
Judge Bustecd replied: "Sir, the law
mu*t take its course.”
Mr. Martin then drew a revolver and
fired three shots at the Judge, who fell, two
bulls taking effect, ono below the hrco>t
hone and tiie other in tiie left leg.
Mr. Martin had been Indicted by the
United 8rates Grand Jury for revenue
frauds and extortion. He is now in jail.
Judge Bustced's wounds are not consid
ered mortal.
Greenbacks and Scecik Payments,—
The following is the text of Mr. Secretary
McCulloch's note to Mr. Shennan. read In
tho .-enutothe day before the recess;
Treasury Department, Dec. is,
Sir—Your favor of this instant is re
ceive*!.
It is not my intention to retire and can
cel any United States notes this month, nor
will the condition of the Treasury and of
tiie country justify me In making tiie usual
contraction in the month of January.
It may he proper for me further to say,
that while 1 entertain the opinion that an
early return to specie payments is indis
pensable to the national prosjierity, and
that specie payments cannot bd re
stored without a curtailment of tho
pu|K ( r circulation of the country, I
shall not continue to exercise the |H>\vitr of
reducing the circulation ot United States
notes conferred ii|h>ii me by the act of
April of 12, I860, unless I have reason to
suppose that 1 shall be sustained in doing
so by Congress, nor until Congress shall
have a lull opportunity for determining the
future financial policy ot Lite Government.
Y’oti can. therefore, say to your committee
that there will l*e no contraction of the
currency by the Secretary during the pres
ent month or the next. 1 am. very truly
yours. Hugh McCulloch. See’y.
Ron. John Sherman, Chairman, etc.’
Hard Times in Georgia.—Acte
Dec. 26.—The Times’ At lam a, Georgia, cor
respondent says: One of tiie largest and
wealthiest merchants in thU city told mo
till* morning that since tiie passage by the
convention of the temporary ordinance
prohibiting the levv ot executions nml
sale of property he has been unable to col
lect a hundred dollars, and that nil busi
ness except a little retail trade, Is practi
cally dead throughout the State. A num
ber of agents of Northern mercantile
house* are here, looking as black a* u thun
der do id. They are not collecting u dime.
I never saw such stagnation nnd utter
want of confidence. Credit is dead mid
buried
K9"An editor In Minnesota is determined
to break up housekeeping and go ttoardlug
with Ids delinquent subscribers the remain-