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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY JANUARY * H 1867
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Only two weeks are left in which to work.
Bee our premiums of watches, offered else
where, for this month only.
Hon. T, <;. C. Lamar authorizes ns lo
deny, in the most explicit terms, the rumor
that he is abont lo retire from Sir. Cleve
land’s cabinet and resign the portfolio of the
interior. Tho rumor was telegraphed from
Washington and held that Mr. Lamar would
resign and leave public life forever, owing
to the indisposition of his newly married
wife to enter ofllcinl society.
Ox Thursday tho president received a call
from a young man whom lie had receutly
pardoned from the penitentiary. When the
president saw his card ho immediately re
cognized bis name and directed that the visi
tor be shown in. The man said he lived
Homo distance from Washington, but he had
came in outer to personally (hank the presi
dent for restoring him to liberty and to iris
family, and also to assure him that in the
Allure his conduct would convince the presi
dent that liia clemency had not been misap
plied. Tire president treated his visitor
very kindly, and, alter inquiring into his
past life ami ftiluro prospects, adviser! him
to go to work and make himself n useful citi
zen, adding that it is never too late to re
form, and that llicrc Is plenty of room lor
him in the world.
A Warning lo lire Democrat lr Parly
Tire dispatch of our Washington corre
spondent, printed In this week's paper, set
ting forth Congressman liiscock's plan for
popularising tho republican party is worthy
of tenons attention. There has been no
movement mode try the republican party
during tire prut twenty-live years so Aril of
danger to the democratic party as the plan
of Mr. Iliscock, the leading republican of
tire house. Whether the democrats believe
Ibla in lie lute or not, they will bnve a prac
tical demom (ration of it if tho proposed
plan is carried out.
It la tire purpose of Mr. lliacock, so our
Washington correspondent says, to put the
republican pally fairly and squarely before
the [country in faTur of the repeat of the
internal revenne larva It is Anther stated
that .Mr. Iliscork Iras induced nil tire repub
licans on tho borne committee of ways und
means to join him iu his movement, awl
that every democrat on that committee is
opposed to it.
If Congressman liiscock's intentions are
dearly outlined, and his plan, la carried out
•ml made a general inane, it will do more to
cripple the democratic party than anything
that has occurred in years. In the last con
gressional campaign, the democrats lost con
gressmen in Virginia and in North Carolina,
and on this internal revenue issue alone.
In one district in North Carolina, a republi
can, who hod been couriered iu the United
Flairs court for violating the revenue law
relating to tobacco, aud sentenced to the
penitentiary, but who had been pardoned
after pay ing a heavy line, defeated the regn-
lar democratic nominee. The loss of demo
cratic eoogressmen in Virginia was due
almost entirely to the fact that after the
democrats came Into power, there was no
effort made to repeal tho outrageous inter
nal revenue law.
When we consider the infamies that hare
been perpetrated under cover of this law —
the oppression and injustice lo which inno
cent urn, women and children hare been
subjected—it is not nt all surprising that
the law should lie unpopular, nor need we
he surprised if tlie democratic party should
miller more serious losses if tho loaders per-
sist in ignoring the wishes and desires of the
people.
The interna] revenne system, from begin-
niag to end,;i* a war measure and eoald not
have been inaugurated in any other period.
It wee devised for the purpose of raising
mmno for carrying on n grant war, nod
yet, nearly a quarter of a century after the
war, with the treasury filling up with sur
plus revenne, it is still in operation. The
houses of people, in a large area of country,
are still subject to visitation and search
without warrant by men who are intent only
on earning their lees. Citizens, whether
they arc guilty or innocent, can still lie
dragged from their homes and friends mid
lodged in jail, aud not a day passes that
some Ircsh outrage of this character is not
perpetrated.
The law Is not only unjust and un-Ameri
can, it ia unconstitutional for the reason that
It levies a tax on one of the agricultural
products of the country. Moreover, it is
kept up solely for the protection of an im
mense whisky ring, the mcmliers of which
have hundreds of millions of dollars at their
back, and who have their paid agents always
on hand in Washington to lobby committees
and shape the politics of newspaper corrc
epondontsj and impecunious congressmen,
In Knssiu innocent citizens are dragged
away from their homes and tried for alleged
crimes out of i each of friends and witnesses.
In this land of freedom innocent citizensore
dragged from their fuiniles without
wnrinnl, tried In unfriendly courts and sent
lo (be Siberia of the Albany penitentiary,
liven if they manage to disprove Hie charges
against them there is no method by which
they can lie repaid for their sufferings—for
the indignities that havo been put upon
them. Their families may starve and
their crops may tie ruined, hut they are help
less— as helpless as the unfortunate victims
of Hussion tyranny. Ail this is applauded
und (utinlenanced hy leading democrat! in
Washington In order (bat a corrupt whisky
ring may have a monopoly of the liquor bus
iness.
ruder these circumstances, and in vlowof
there facts, is it surprising that this law
should lie unpopular? A similar law created
a rebellion in western Pennsylvania in the
early days of the republic—a rebellion of
such proportions that General Washington,
who was then president, anil fifteen thousand
regular troops were required to suppress it.
The law now in operation will create trouble
again, for the people nre lieginning to foel
that they nrc to get no relief from the only
power lhal has a right lo repeal the obnox
ious measure.
It may sound very nice for the newspapers
to announce that "Mr, iiumgnrdncr and Col
onel Coldgut have just relumed from a raid
into Clicrokeo, f ieorgia, where they captured
nil illicit still and three prisoners, and de
stroyed three barrels of lnosb.’’ It is nover
unneunccd in lliesc beautifully written
notices that such raids cost the government
in the ncigliliorbood of live bundled dollars.
Snell announcements are very nice, lint when
the voter comes lo think who it is that is
backing up tins unconstitutional law, and
linds Unit the democrats nre as bad os the re
publicans used to be, it will lie diflieult lo con
vince him Hint it is necessary to vole the
democratic ticket in order to get rid of these
infamous measures.
Tho people expected some relief when the
democrats came into power. They expected,
and they hail a right to expect, that the ras
cals would Ihi turned out. Their reasonable
rxpeetatious in lids have been partially dis
appointed. They expected that all useless
elllccs would bo abolished, that this Internal
revenue system would lie repeated, and that
all war measures would Mopped off. They
have been totally ilisnpjiolutcd iu this. They
expected the silver question to lie settled
beyond a doubt, and yet congress lias taken
no decided step in that direction. We still
have compulsory instead of freo coinage, aud
yc-l ilw connlry is in as much danger of the
} demonetization of silver ns Iu 1872, when
the republicans were nt tlie ldgh-watcr mark
of their popularity. So far ns our own slate
is concerned, there is a rcstlcssne-u apparent
among our people that amounts almost to n
desire to call public meetings. Congress is
losing ground with the people. They believe
it is higglingbvor small matters nml over
looking grave ones. There will lie more
changes made In congress next time if tho
new Isnly Hint lnccls in Mareli does not
make a la tter record Ilian tho first under a
democratic administration.
Conricr-.Tonraal intimates that they are
no better off now than they were
Immediately after the war, the statement
shows that the free traders are in a desper
ate strait for arguments against protection.
Every community has grown to some ex
tent, and this growth, in the
aggregate, Is vastly to the advantage of
(be fanner. His market is widened and
brought nearer. Me lias been able in Geor
gia, aud, to a greater or less extent, in the
whole tontb, to diversify his crops and to
make money in ways he never dreamed of
previous to the war. The goose hangs
high. The humblest farmer can look out of
bis w indow and see the signs of prosperity
on his land. The great indnstrial develop
ment of the past year, almost without a par
allel in this country, has southern brains,
southern energy and sonthera capital to
back it, and it has just begun. The free
traders may, once for nil, wish the south, a
happy and a New prosperous Year.
A Wicked City.
An editorial paragraph in Saturday’s Ccx-
STlTt/TIolf briefly summarized the stains of
the saloon revolt in Sioux City, Iowa.
Just now Sionx City is attracting more
attention than any other town in fho coun
try. Its prosperity and wickedness are rna.
ningsncii a nip and tuck race that it is diffi
cult to tell which is responsible for the
other.
When Iowa passed a prohibition law Sioux
City decided to sec what virtue there would
he in an open, defiant revolt, ller business
men opened saloons by the score and started
breweries. From every quarter of tlio state
there was a sudden movement towards Sioux
City. The place spread and prospered as it
never had before, liaviug nullified the pro
hibition law the people turned their atten
tion to other laws. They ignored tlie gam
bling statutes. The city was prohibited
from issuing bonds beyond a certain limit,
but it proceeded to double Us lawful indebt
edness in order to make public improve
ments.
So much prosperity intoxicated the citi
zens, and they ceased to have any respect for
law. Months ago Haddock, the temperance
reformer, was assassinated, hut his indicted
mnrdcrers still walk the streets. They may
never lie tried. Only (he other day an attor
ney for the prosecution said that when the
prosecution got ready tho defense would not
lie, and when tho defense announced ready
tho prosecution would not be.
Sioux City differ from other wicked oitios
in this: In other places the lnwloss ele
ments dodge tho law; in Sioux City toughs,
however, come out openly and run the whole
machinery of tho government, courts aud
all, to snit themselves.
Such a state of affairs cannot last. It is
un-American, it borders on anarchy. Sooner
or Inter Sioux City will be straightened out
if it tabes all the hemp in Iowa to do it.
Warning About tlie Rtt.1i,—Tlio last week in
Pet uniter llicrc wax a tremendous rush of .uii-
k liters In Tils I'oN.-mcnux. our clerks worked
olslil rod day to get the nsnres oil straight. There
w ill Ik* the sntno rush the last nf January, send
in your Mii-M-rlptl.-u-- early ami then yon aro sore
or a I'iiti-e In onr New Year's is>x. Your name miry
set lust In tlio rush if you wait until tire last of
Ihe mouth. Letters are ofieu rlelaj od two or three
days, and we nre compelled lo eloxo on the night
of January nisi. Send in ol cnee and then you arc
A Queer Country.
It is reported by way of Panama that
Venezuela is undergoing a remarkable mone
tary convulsion.
At first there was a squabble over silver,
but tbe question was disposed of by a gen
eral refusal to receive it iu mercantile traits-
actions. Tho next step of the biuinew men
was to reftise all payments tendered in gold.
If the Ycneznclaus will tnke neither gold
nor silver they must lie hard to please. Per
haps they want a paper currency. They
may have adopted tho fiat moucy Idea.
But it is such a wild story that wo feel in
clined to disbelieve it. A country must be
very far behind tho times or very far ahead
of the age to refuse both gold anil silver.
There must lie some mistake about It.
fancy to a violent extent. We cannot hope
to get rid of this indifference to danger, bat
railway companies, officials and employes
may he held to a stricter responsibility.
When travelers arc w hirled along at the rate
of sixty-three miles an hour they have
right to expect perfectly equipped roads,
systems as regular as clockwork and employes
as reliable as the hope of reward and the
fear of punishment can make them. There
is, then, but one hope for the traveling pub
lic, rigjd legislation that will mike accidents
so expcn6ivo and dangerous to the railway
companiea that human wisdom and skill will
he strained to the utmost to avoid them. As
yet our lawmakers have scarcely touched the
subject. If they will look into it they wilt
find a field worthy of their statesmanship.
Brutal Treatment of a Beauty.
Our civil service commissioners should
stick to tbetr line of duty, and not out any
extra capers.
A story comes from Washington to tho
effect that one of the commissioners recently
exercised his authority in a most nojnsti-
liable way. A young lady came into his
office to be examined. She was pretty, and
red ns a rose. Tho stern commissioner after
a prolonged stare convinced himself that
his fair visitor’s fac e was largely a work of
art. After looking at her some time he
asked her if she ever expected to have a
husband. To this a prompt reply was
made, and tbe ofilcial then proceeded to say
“Well, if I were a yonng man calling to see
you I would prefer to see your face. Do
yon suppose a man is going.to fight ills way
through paint and powder on yonr cheeks,
when he wants to kiss yonr face? No, Miss!
Tlie young man wants the truo article, no
moutlifull of paint and powder. Yon have
a good complexion, good color and good
skin. Why do yon plaster yourself up with
thisstufl? I’sesoap and water, and you will
find the young men wilt like you hotter.”
The bare facts 'cany their own comment.
The ladies arc unanimous in prononucing
the commissioner a brute, and from tbeir
decision there is no appeal. Wo leave the
miserable man to his fate. lie has deserved
it all.
Tile fold Wave.
We liave iKK'n|ieil with tbe Ugliest passible
tom Ii of tlie cold wave. In tlie northwest it
tins locked up everything iu Us icy grip,
uml human cmluraiire is severely tested.
Will it lie the lost great cold wave of the
winter? The weather men aro divided.
They nre generally ugreed that there arc uo
prolonged cold spells ahead of ns, but in tills
changeable climate we must expect occa
sional cold waves until spring fairly sets in.
This is some comfort. I f we canuot enjoy
mild south winds, the next iicat thing is to
lie exempt from blizzards.
Tlie l and and Us Critic*.
The Courier-Journal baa recently, os our
rendcra know, displayed a tendency to sit iu
the corner ami whine over tlie poverty and
poor prospects of the south. We
have read our contemporary's whin
ing editorials with less amazement
than amusement. According to Brother
Wnttcison the south ts in a worse condi
tion now Hum ever. This section, poor to
begin with, has liecnsteadily growing poorer.
Enterprise) are established here merely
to laaqniah. The industrial development
that has been going on, so fur from being a
sign of increasing prosperity, is a symptom
of tlie dry rot that marks tbe decay of all
thinpi that tonch or concern the south.
This is the Courier-Journal's position. It
looks on the "Sonthera boom" with the eye
of pity and commiseration, nml it warns
everyhody that the ftiss and ilttrry over in
vestments that are for tbe most part specu
lative. will soon pass away to leave every
body poorer than before. The star-eyed
goddess lias become the sad-eyed goddea*.
and there is misery In tlie air.
This is a gloomy outlook, but it is the
only rational one far a five trader to take.
We are not surprised, therefore, to see the
Charleston News and Courier echoing the
Oonrier-Journal’s wail.
At tho same lime it is impossible
to con<eal Um fact that tbe south hss pram
pend In this prosperity the firemen nat
urally share, and when tbe,
Tlio True Democrat lo Policy.
Tho New York Ban, of Wednesday last,
lies a brier editorial article that might well
lie made a part of the platform of the demo
crat !c party. The San says:
Tho surplus In the treasury must bo got rid of. or
there Is danger of trouble. It cannot lie done by
any borlroutii! reduction of the tarlir—that? lx
clear. Bow-, then, cau the indispensable result be
attained?
The way 1- plain. Abolish tho internal revonuo.
Tlio internal toxes are alt war taxes. They wero
never heard of before the war. They were imposed
exclusively for tlio purposes of tho war. They
should be the first taxes to bo taken off.
Iti'Uiovc tlie war taxation; wipe out tbo lutcrncl
-venue; lake olf tbo taxes which It levies aud col
lects. Then there w ill be no surplus to threaten
derangement to business, no iockfug up of money
which should be circulating among the-people.
There is not n word of the foregoing that
is not true—not n word that the people of
this country do not know to bo true. Tho-
three parngmplia as thoy stand might well
lie incorporated in the democratic platform.
In oilier words, tlio democratic leaden in
congress could not more consistently further
the fortunes of their parly, or conform more
closely to the suggestions of pntriotism than
to make the Bun’s declaration their rule of
action.
But will they do so? It is extremely
doubtful. In the tint place, the democratic
lenders, or those who call themselves demo
cratic leaders, arc under obligations
to Mr. Carlisle, and Mr. Carlisle
anil the immense ring that
is bucking him would rather see tho demo
cratic parly destroyed a thousand times over
than to lift bLs bands against tbe oppressive
internal revenue system.
The Horror* of Itapld Transit.
We cannot recall a more grim and ghastly
batch of railway horror* than the collection
printed in our yesterday’* issue.
There ia a horrible fascination in the de
tails of such disaster*. It ia impossible to
skip a single line. Bren when assured that
the victims were all strangers to him, the
reader greedily reads the story to the end.
It seems lo him that ho can hear the awful
roar and clatter of the collision, tbe shrieks
of the sufferers anil the sizzle of their burn
ing flesh.
Every man feels a personal interest in a
railway accident. We are a nation of trav
elers, and wc know that the perils and the
rjsks before ns are sufficiently threatening to
be worth estimating. On even tbe shortest
trip a broken rail, a drunken engineer, tho
mistake of a train dispatcher, or the obsti
nacy of a cow may send us into eternity,
mangled, roasted, shattered beyond recogni
tion.
Perhaps we cannot have rapid transit
without these drawbacks, and we are not
willing to slacken onr speed. There is a
reckless side to our national character.
When Juice Verne described an American
engineer who hacked his train half a mile
Aunt a shaky bridge to get a good headway,'
and then fairly flew over the tottering struc
ture, barely touching the nils, and reaching
the opposite tide of the river jut os the
bridge tumbled in, he did not strsteh bis
A Laggard in Civilization.
Bpnia is gradually being jostled down to
the tail end of tho procession. Instead of
looking forward she prefers to face tlie dark
ages, clinging to their errors and their meth
ods.
It makes one's Mood run cold to rend of
the punishment shortly to lie inflicted upon
Father Galeotc. This priest was suspended
by the bishop of Madrid fur immoral con
duct. To revenge himself he shot tho priest
dead at tho cathedral door. For such a bru
tal murder the criminal certainly deserves
death, but the fate marked out for him will
awaken sympathy.
Jlelbre liis execution Father Galeotc will
be solemnly and publicly degraded from the
priesthood. His vestments will be removed
one by one. His head will be shaved and
scraped to erase all traces of the sacred oil
with which he was nnoiutcd. During these
proceedings a dirge will he chanted by the
black relied monks. The wretched man
will then he seated In a choir with his back
against on upright post. A steel collar will
be fastened around his neck, and the execu
tioner will give a turn to a crank causing
the collar to tighten, and nt the same time
forcing the point of a screw into the spinal
column. When the man's back breaks he
will lie left an entire day on the scaffold ex
posed to the public gaze.
A country which permits such revolting
torture cannot be called civilized. I’erhaps
Bpain needs Christianity more than anything
else. At present she seems to be the outcast
of the nations, a blot on the world’s map.
If her destruction is a necessary preliminary
to her reconstruction, the sooner sho is de
stroyed the lietter,
The Crlnio of Being Homeless.
In the common jail in liicbmond, a dark-
faced, bright-eyed woman restlessly beats
against the grated door of her celt, clamor
ing for the fresh air and liberty beyond.
She might as well ask for the earth. Fresh
air and liberty in this country may not be
taxed, but they come under the head of priv
ileges, and aro far from being free to all.
This woman may not bo aware of it, hut sho
is guilty of an atrocious crime, thecrimoof
being without a home. Bite is from Egypt,
and is seeking her daughter In Philadelphia.
Ignorance of onr language and inexperience
in travelling carried her by mistake to Itlch-
rnond. Wbat could tlio police judge do un
der the circumstances? Tho woman was
homeless and penniless, ami she spoken
strange tongue. There was nothing to do
hut scud her to jail. When her term was
out alio was discharged, hut as imprison
ment did not better her condition, it natur
ally followed that site was agaiu brought Ire-
fore tho judge. In order to prevent the en
tire fabric of society from tnmbling about
his cars, his honor sent the woman back to,
jail.
It is had for the unfortunate stranger, aud
somo of our sentimentalists will be inclined
to sympathize with the daughter who
watches and waits for her mother. Bat all
this is idle aud useless. Civilization is a
queer compound, and we must take the bit
ter along with the sweet.
A Progressive Disease.
The skeleton in most of the closets that
arc Airmailed with all the modem improve
ments is labeled “Bright’s disease.” Until
recently, however, this terrible malady had
some accommodation abont it. Its victims
faced it long enough to get acquainted with
it. They had time to put their bouses iu
order, and when they died it was in a civil
ized fashion, in bed.
Bnt in this age everything goes with a
rush, and Bright’s disease is uo exception.
It strikes now with the rapidity of lightning,
and with an aim os deadly. In New York,
the other day, a lady fell while going home
from chnA-h, and expired before site eoald
be carried indoor*. Bright's disease. On
the same day a Boston business man of forty-
rever, apparently in his usnai health, started
home to dinner on a suburban train. He
was suddenly taken ill, and died ia a few
minutes. Bright's disease again.
Possibly these sudden deaths were due to
complications uot understood by tho physi
cians, hot tbe medical men did not say so.
With this death's head bobbing up among
us at all times, men naturally feel a desire to
know more about it. The billions of people
who-lived before us did not take very good
care of themselves, and yet they seem to
have escaped thin grim monster. They dis
sipated, exposed themselves, ran into ex-
MM and lived irregularly, but they went
through life without hearing of Bright, and
without being tom np by his pet disease.^
Tbe thing ought to be looked into. 'VYhat
is the matter with the people of this genera
tion? IVbat is there in their mode of life
that marks so many of them as the victims
of sodden death? Until these questions are
answered no man will feel safe,
A Change Necessary.
If congress wants to present a valuable
New Year’s gift to the country let it give it
free banking. There is a great deal of talk
abont legislation for the benefit of the na
tional banks, but none abont legislation for
the benefit of the people. It is time this
beautiful tune was changed. Congress has
piped it right straight along for a number
year*, and the dear people havo danced to
with on agility that is astonishing. Bat
now they are getting tired in the calves
the legs.
The ten per cent tax which protects the
circnlation of the national banks is no long
er necessary. They are able to work out
their own salvation now if ever, and they no
longer need the protection of a prohibitory
law. Moreover, the peoplo can no longer
appreciate the benefit of a banking system
that ignores the basis of all capital, real
estate.
A change is necessary. I-’ortunate Is the
congressman who, perceiving this, shall be
able to bring it about.
Docs It Mean Anything?
Borne of our contemporaries are calling at
tention to the fact that ont of about
hundred letters of condolence addressed to
Mrs. Logan only two alluded to the Snprcmo
Being or to tbe consolations of religion.
The point is made that fifty years ago such
omissions would have been impossible, and
a century ago messages of condolence with
ont the religions element would have seemed
a mockery.
Docs this mean that the tendency of mod
ern society is to thrust religion into the
background? It is not likely that such
charge will bo brought homo personally to
tlie esteemed ladies and gentlemen who
wrote to Mr). Logan.
In this ago people regnrd some things as
implied or understood. When a man prom
ises to do a certain thing why add the old-
fashioned “D. V.?” That is understood, so
wc ore not to jnmp to tho conclusion that
Mrs. Logan’s friends arc infidels or heathen
simply because they expressed their sympa
thy in plain every-day English. It is well
not to bo too particular abont form. No
donbt the Christians of the present day are
just as good as some of their ancestors who
gave such names as “Praiso God Barebones’
to their children, and in their bills of lading
committed their ships to Divine Providence,
Forms and fashions have changed, that is all.
Captured By the Enemy.
When the average American goes through
the refining processes peculiar to the cosmo
politan society there is not much left of him,
General Adam Badeau is a conspicuous
illustration. Tbo general’s contact with the
British aristocracy has left him a badly used
up man. As an opera glass an two sticks,
he doubtless bos his uses, but he cannot ex
pect to pass for anything else.
According to General Badeau tho yonng
married ladies of America will not compare
itli their fair English rivals. The old
gentleman says:
Tlie physical charms of tho English women,how-
ever, »Io not speedily fade. Tho first cacbnntlng
grace of girlhood, of course, is easily lost; but the
rich beauty of maturity is more sumptuous, and
lasts lunch longer than with American or Latin
women. There is a iar greater number of pretty
girls in America, with a finer delicacy of complex
ion, a more exquisite symmetry of figure in tho
early outlines, but wheu you find tho foil blazo of
English beauty it surpasses tlio most perfect of tho
American type. There aro no such ravishing,
sumptuous queens in America as every notv and
then you sec iu England.
If this ia not tho next thing to treason,
wo give it np. Tho general has a tropical
imagination, and his word-painting is de
cidedly warm. “The rich beauty of matur
ity,” “the Atll blaze of EnglLsh beauty,”
“ravishing sumptuous queens!” What is
the matter with the tuou?
It is not likely that this stuff will convince
American readers. When an old beau puts
his impressions on paper ho invariably
makes himself ridiculous. To make matters
worse, General Badeau is something of an
Anglo-maniac. He would sec Helen’s beauty
In a brotv of Egypt if the duke of Omnium
pointed it out. Naturally tho primrose
dames of England nrc in his eyes lovelier
than the women of his own land. Bnt we
aro growing accustomed to these tiling-.
Fortunately the men who go over to the
enemy are tho very ones who can best lie
spared.
A Word In Time.
With the first appearance of the Asiatic
cholera iu South America we sounded a tv .tru
ing note of alarm.
It may be that the pest will he stamped
out, bnt recent advices indicate that it will
continno-to spread. While this dreaded dis
ease generally prefers the lines of travel, its
usual course is to advance westward or north
ward. This being the case the Inspection of
our Atlantic and gulf ports by Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton was a judicious step. In 1818
it will be home in mind that cholera entered
this country by way of New Orleans. It ad
vanced up the Mississippi and its tributaries,
and from St. Louis struck westward across
the continent. The danger to onr gulf and
south Atlantic ports is greater now than it
was in 1818, because tlie plague is south of
us and moving northward.
There is a hopeful aspect of the situation,
however. Onr sanitary methods hare great
ly improved since onr last tussle with chol
era. The government is more prompt and
determined in its action, and municipal au
thorities everywhere do not hesitate to exer
cise arbitrary power wheu the public health
is iu danger.
We have ample time, therefore, for precau
tionary measures. Tlie general cleaning up
of onr seaboard and gulf cities, and efficient
quarantine regulations, will save us no end
of trouble. The best way Is to begin early.
Nothing can be gained by delay.
Seuatnr .lone* Will Remain la Detroit.
Detroit, January 3.—Senator Jonet, of
Florida, in an Sotervtetv. nuaounced that he will
not ao to Wiiihington this a inter after all, but that
be \* ill riny ia L-etroit until the Florida legislature
mens, when he wilt be a eaudfdate for re election.
He had add hu friend. a mouth ago tbit he would
occupy tU real iu ;Uc senate after the holidays.
Needless to Say.
Frrm the Somerville Journal.
Sidney Smith was always rcx ij to amuse
an evening company catting paper into curious
figures and by a display of clever tricks,-for all of
which his demand in payment ms a Urn from
each young lady prevent lilt biographer tells us
that hiacanpujwasauchmcht after. i
EDITORIAL NOTES..
Yesterday’s Constitution mentioned a
"Breeches Bible," which was In the possession of
an Atlanta man. There nre, it U said, not leas than
half a dozen of those Bibles tn Atlanta. Oue of
them, handsomely bound, is owned by Mr, Joseph
M. Brown. It is worth abont thirty dollars. These
Bibles are not so scarce as is supposed. Ia the
regular edition the seventh verse of the third chap*
ter of Genetic reads thus: “And the eyes of both
were opened, nnd they knew that they wero
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons." The verso ia tho
breeches edition leads; “And they made them*
reives breeches." This one word is the only varia
tion between tlie two editions.
There is a story, told that one day, not far from
Atlanta, a young man, after listening to a certain
preacher pound and expound the scriptures for two
hour*, arose and started to leave the church.
The preacher stopped short.
"Young man!" he said.
The yonng man stopped.
“If you’d rather go to hell thou to hear mo
preach, just go on!”
"Well,” replied tbe young man, after a pause, "1
believe I’d rather!" and out he went.
A one-legged preacher in it Georgia town onco
upbraided a young man for carrying a gold headed
“There are no gold headed canes in heaven,”
said the man of God.
“No; and there are no woodeulcggcd preacher!}
there either," was the crushing rejoinder.
Once General Robert Toombs was in the supreme
courtroom wheu a lawyer inado a remark which
reflected on the honor of the state in matter*
financial. General Toombs, who was not in tho
case, arose, and with flashing eyes, said:
"May it please your honors, the state of Georgia
pays her debts! Yes, sir! Sho pays her debt*, slrt
And if sho don’t pay ’em, sir! by G—d, I will, sir!’
OUR NEW YEAR’S PRESENTS,
OVER $500 IN PRESENTS
GIVEN AWAY TO OCR SUBSCRIBERS
W Good Wishes for the Hew Year!
Our distribution ol Christmas presents ou tho
flrstof Januory was so popular, and yet so many
good workers failed to get presents, that we havo
determined to
Fill Up “A New Year’s Box”
and distribute even moro than our Christmas pres*
cuts among our January workers. Every sab*
scriber ought to be represented In our New Year’s
box. Mr. B. F. Camp, of Covington, got 3100 for
sending one subscriber, and $50 presents, 135 and
sewing machines, etc., were scut all over tho
southern states to constitution workers. Bo
sure and be in January. Here ia our plan.
Wo havo determined to distribute a lot of New
Year presents to onr friends, beginning with 9100 la
gold, and running down to less valuaale present*
to every agent. We cannot give it to tho agent
sending the biggest club, for that leaves out the
smaller agents, who are Just as faithfril and deserv
ing. We have therefore adopted^thelfollowlng
plan:
We have had printed a number of small square
tags. For every new subscriber sent in during the
month of January we will write the name of the
person who sends it, on one of the tags and put ift
inja box. On tho first of February, we will have
this box, containing the tags, taken In the presence
of threo responsible agents and thoroughly shaken
One of tho agents shall then take a tag from the
box. Tho person whose name ia on that tag shall
have tho 9100 premium. Another agent shall then
take out a tag. Tho person whoso nnmo is on Jthat
tag shall havo tho ISO premium, and to on until
tbo premioms are all taken.
This is of course no lottery or anything akin to it;
It is a free, voluntary distribution of presents to
our friends—for which thoy pay nothing, and ibr
which we ask no pay. Wo want every subscribe*
to share in this distribution. Any subscriber there
fore who sends us the name of a new subscribe*
will have his or her namo put on a|tog and dropped
In tho box. If they send two new subscribers thelz
name will be written on two tags aud put in the
box twico. Ouo who sends a club of five subscri
bers will bo on flvo tags iu tho; box,3aud will thus
have five chances.instead of ono of getting a pre
mium.
Now here are tho premiums;:
1 premium, in gold, or. —9100
1 premium, In gold, of.....~... ................ 60
1 premium, in cold, of. j®
2 premiums off 10 each.. SO
6 premiums or $5 each 25
1 preilium of high arm mnShine 21
1 premium of low arm machine .... 17
1 premium of Constitution gun . — M
10 premiums of Waterbary watches....
t W&XK1.Y CONSTITUTION..,
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Our Ladies' New Year Presents.
In tho opening of our Christmas box, when
all tho presents had been taken, there was general
regret that the ladies had notdrawnany of the big*
gcifrrcsents. Wc add,therefore, in our New Years’
box, tho following presents for tho ladies only:
First Prize for Ladies 925 in gold
Second “ “ “ 1.1 “
Third “ “ “ 10 “
Fourth, If. A. Machine "1
Filth, L. A. Machine 17
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their own subscriptions
and those of their friends. We expect to hear from
the ladies in full force.
Now, let us be distinctly understood. This is a
free and voluntary gilt to our friends and subscri
bers. We want every one to participate. To do
thla you have simply to get na one new subscriber-
Your namo goes Into tho box and yon may get the
9100 premium. For each additional subscriber yon
get an extra chance. Now here are three rules:
1st. If yon arc already a] subscriber, you most
send a new subscriber, and.forieach new subscribe*
yonr name goes in the box, once also for your own
name.
2d If you are a regular agent yonr name will go
into the box for every renewal that expires daring
December, and of course for every new •nbscriber*
Sd. If you;are not!a subscriber yonr name goes in
the box for your own subscription andjor every ads
dltional subscriber you send.
Now let every subscriber sendltn a new sub
scriber, and thus get a place In our Premium Box*
Let every agent send in his lists. Let every person
into whose.bauds this may Call send in his sub
scription at once and get a place in onr Premium
Box, and add two or three more sou to get two os
three chances.
Of course every one will not get a premium, but
every one will have a chance. A little child whe*
gets ono subscriber may get the 9100 la gold;tor fall
ing iu this, tbe 950-or some other premium. Yon
cannot possibly lose anything—ibr you give nothing
for the chance. If you get a friend to subscribe yen
do ns a favor and yon do your friend a flavor, tot
yon get him started with the best newspaper in thfi
country, and he win thank you every week lb* it*
If you take it yoonolf, you get the biggest and best
and cheapest paper in America. Now let every
body come in and get a place in oar Premium Box
and try to get one of our New Year's presents.
Of course our other premiums will be given Jolt
usual. For erery three uo«r subscribers we wiU
send one of our superb pictures, and all other pre
miums . as advertised. These special New Year’s
presents are pure and staple gifts to our friend*—
made in grateful acknowledgement of their kind-
ess and devotion.
All a ho want agent's outfits to work with—speci
men copies, posters, pictures, agent’s books, blanks,
envelopes, etc., can get them by writing torn fox
them. We offer good canvassers premioms for get
ting subscribers, and Tux CoxamunoM is undonU-
edly the best paper in the country to canvass for*
fiend for samples and ontflt if yon want
go to work. It wUl pay yon Id
a Constitution agent for the next twelve
months. Remember, that toahare In the Christmas
be received hcxeoaoxM
fice January list*