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ERROK CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT-’’—Jejf&raon.
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26. 1871.
NUMBER 17
ifcKIo Jutitligrnccr
TtLaN A GEORGIA-
♦♦♦ —
We •nesttay April 26, 187 I.
JtS’lle Ciirhll f N llfton.
Tliifi world m i wi.t 'i] era singer will be
Savannah on the 20 h an I 27th ol this month.
<»oi-A ’Inline.
The Air Line Eagle. (Gaincsvlle) pays that
the pold mines wh eh ar • heme worked in th
vicinity, are payi 1 g andsomely, with flattering
prospect* of a - ge yn Ids. It al-o says that
tranelereof retl estate are occurring every day
fieri. W. 8. Walker.
We had the pleasure of a ca'l irom Gen. W.
8. Walker to-day, and we are glad to be in
form d that !il h s arc-pied tl e agency in Allan*
t» ol that mammo'b fire n s ranee company, the
“Liverpool and London and Globe.” His name
is a guaranty ol the efficient conduct of the
agency aud i's continued success.
HuMlneBM Directory <•( the State.
Dr. W. G. I'li 1 '; s. w ho is co: n- ct* d wilh the
Augusta Chronicle > nd Sen'incl, paid us a vi-it
tu-Cay, and pT< s-nti d lf> our n tic* an enter-
jiri-e, which that joi rr.a! lifts undertaken, and
whicii wilt commend n»< it load tiuslnc-s men
—a complete Dinct> ry ol the State of Georgia.
As a book of retererec , and as an advertising
me’iuoj it will no in'auahle to that class ol
people. It w 11 tie confined to business houses
in iha H'ato of Georgia, its most important cities
and towns
Dr. Phil ips informs us that he will begin to
canvass ibis city to morrow, in lire interest of
this work, und his veibal explat aiions ol its
advantages wi 1 he more cflectmd than any no
tice w e can give ol ti. Wo be-peak lor him suc
cess in h.s undertaking.
On our Table.
The April number ol the Atlanta Medical
and Surgical Journal (new series) has been
placed on our table.
This journal was lonnded in 1855, but its
publication win suspended in September 1861,
on account ol the war. It was resumed in
1800, but owing to adverse circumstances grow
log out of the war, it was suspended again in
1808. Under diflerent circumstances, and wilh
brighter prospects of success, it now makes its
appearance again.
This nutnbt r contains a large amount of
original matter liom the editor and contributors,
upon interesting .subjects, besides the selections,
comprising in uli six’y-four pages. We do not
assume to lie competent criiics of a woik of
this kind, but from glancing over its contents,
we venture the opinion that it will take equal
rank with any other journal in the South, de
votee to this department of literature and
science. The reputation of its editors and con
tributors gives a guaranty ol this. We have
no doubt that it wtil rereive a liberal share ol
patronage Irom the proles-ion . The mechanical
execution ol me «voik is in good style
Edited by W P tVYstm r.uan I, .Vi. D , Pro
fessor oi m«- Pnneiiile- an Practice ol Surgery
in the At'ai 'a VL-oical Col ege, and J. G. West-
more lai d M. I), Probssor ol Mat*ria Medica
and riierepeuues in A aaia Medical College.
Puiili-hed al ihe I r.ie Georgian Book and
Job P. u ing estatilistim in, Atlanta, Ga.
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An Inipiirtniil Judicial Decision.
We pubosb below Irom the Savannah News,
a statement ol an important dtcision rendered
last Saturday, in the Unwed Mates Circuit
Court, n w silting iu Sivmnuh. It givi s
noi nsiem debtors a great a I vantage over
residi in credilois where the relict law is set up
in d« tense.
The case was as follows :
Wiliam Daw«on vs. James Rank ; n and Wil
liam L Sit n y. iMoii n 10 d smi.-s loT want
oi jurisd cl mu ; moi o overruled aud defendants
on ered to plead lnsianier.
This i> an ii t>”e- in. ami important case. A
judgment was obtained in tin S a'eCouit, Mus
cogee coutry. Denude ms aopealed to the
{Supreme C reri, aud gave tioud fi r $33 000, with
Salisbury ns stcurily. The j dgincut wa-
affirmed Tin plain ill aud security tailed to
pav tin 1 judgment, ( it s In ing an old debt, tin
relict laws oi ilu Stale emhatrassed pltiuiiff)
and n< w t>'n n ll Inis ti ti-l. rrel tin jurisuic
tion by puing the principal aud security in the
United States Circuit Court.
a tuom n w . m me to dismiss on the ground
tint plaiulitf bad ins judgment tu Hie Stale
t ourt, and leim dios under his execution.
The Court ruled tout the supetcedeas bond
was a new conn ,ct that ''a lsouiy had not yet
been stud in tin S a'e Court: that by the bond
ji atm ill had 'he right toenioicetbe same against
principal and security jointly or severally. He
had elected, us he had me light to do, to sue
Jointly.
The ithet of this decision will be to enable
m at) piano Us who are t on-ies dtn's to escape
the operation <>t ihe re.iei law. it. J Moses
for plaintiff, Pe.i'iody A Biaunon and T. M.
Norwood lor defendants, fine case was fuhy
argued upou authorities.
A lll>l>> for Ori>ut,
Ever since Gram's advent to power, he and
id- paity have been on the hunt ior a hobby
upon which he may ride into the next Presi
de lial chair. Having “no policy of my own,”
upon whicu the Government was tobeadmiuis-
teted, a hobby ol course was necessary. It was
not considered safv for hi it, at once, to throw
liimseli irrio the arms of me extreme Radicals,
aud begm auotl er crusade against the South ;
his report to President Johnsou, as to the condi
tion o' uflurs at the South, was of too recent a
d itt* lo allow tit that. It would have been too
l)oi • ed. He concluded to take it e-isy lor a
wi e and like Micaw!er, “wait lor something
t tun up” that would lurnlsh the desited hob-
. Beiug a military man, he wanted a hobby
ti. iue. Ti e A a'a na Claim- question, it
’bought, might lurnish tt. It was made
t ooiiiient sojeci oi foriigu negotiation,
r with Ing and was freely spoken ot by
■o . ; the moutn-puces ed"the administration,
country had jus; had in nigh oi that si rt
lea-aulut s-, and was start ed at the idea
0 a t jut ton of it. Grant bucked down, ana
ti e liieh Comuiis-iou took charge of that- com
p’ atioa. In the meantime he was worfcu g up
a - tie r bo by iu the C&rnb-an sea. He
1 ..tight he hid stri.es the popular pulse then—
t ery thing ior Brother Johnaihin’s :&ste:
it: to: st destiny, extension ol tirnt. ry—Ban
1 o i go. That wdl take certain’}- with the
]> -. pie, “whose will ; s always my policy”—that
shall be t‘e hoeby thought the Pros de-t
Bu\ aH<! Bu;nn»r nd n!iu z the iic. rngi le
Su ter ■. . 1 - v- nr, made- short work ot th ,t
in iu U scherne—lire bu;Lle bur led, ajud
Gr.iui bickeJ dowu again- g;acetuliy dis-
m ii.;e.l that hobby. Wha next?
He sent lor Morton, and imormed that Sena
tor ;hat the High oommlssiou had stolen his
war thunder, aud Ban Domtugo bad been rid
den down—struck laute to Use “ horse talk”—
we must start someihiug else; we must
ra sc a row ot some sort, or the party is gone,
an i ’lie Presidency lost. Ku-Klnx, Southern
• m; ages, let that tie the cry 1 Agreed. Morton
rusts Lis committee; sends lor “truly loil”
witnesses from all parts ot the South, who
mai uiaclure lor him “ a tale ol horror.” Grant
senus in his message; the incubation is had,
amt forth comes the Ku-Klux bilk This is the
last card, we shall see how the game ends.
1>.
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From the C nclMAti Enquirer.
Love and Lnnaer.
. During Dr Lab:, don's sap-rintendency of
L n.’vi w As him there wdevel >p*’d one of
the most in e est'mr r.-nmiceo n rial Ji e that
h vg evercon.e to our kr-oN't-ege a<= a ebrot.icl
of jiAMinv events. Th<-f are’he-e; About
five rears >-ince a young lady aud gentleman ot
differ) nt lamilie , residi- g not far Irom Co urn-
bus (b >ih of wh im were p'>sse-sed ot abun-
darce ot tti-s world’s coeds, and might be
termed mill oos res.) tormul -in a< quaintance
whi^h, ere suspicion darkeued the parents’
m nds,
KIPENED INTO AFFECTI N
as fond as the m st hon*et and truest hearts
io Id pissililv desire. Being t e'gl.b irs on not
’ ery in itna e tinn-, m tar as ltu older part ot
the ta• j.iiy were c< ncerne 1, the frequent Ute a~
tele* iu d i terviews ot the two youths were
peimitted t ecaitse, as alleged by the amoret,
they “simply meant Irteudsiiip” The true gui-e,
Irett ng and chafing U'jder its mask, soon mant-
fis'ed i'selt so potuieuly that the betrothed
lady was
CONFBOHTED BY HEB FATHEB,
and throwing her arms around I D neck, and
gazing into his lace, eontes-ed the “ rofi irarx-ach-
meut” In an instant she was fotc.-d irom i is
tm race, and with a-j t xi’D-ssive eX|X>-lulaiiou,
acC'iOipauii d by vi "lent a ger, she was ordere
toher TiKim to wait fanner pr«K-e< d ngs. The
mother was soon mane aCqiiain ed with the turn
iu aflairs, and ii d g; a ion intense and po :t v<
drove ner at otic* to h-r daughter’s cliamber.
where she lound the child walkii g the floor iu
a BEAT AGONY OF MIND.
It is not pos- b e to give the c mversation, but
let it suffice that the mother contr.butcd largely
t > i he gi l’s sudeimgs, and left her almost a
raving u.anm -.
Immediate y a leter was sett to the young
man, who, up to that tim •, whs iu tills- ui guo-
rance of what was iraLSpirme at h s pn speciive
tather-m-law’s hi Use, pus tively for -ldutug him
ev. r again to cro-s tneir treshh id or tv< r to
speak to tin young lady again, t h<-young mar,
wlio only a lew dais oefjte had aravtd at his
majonty, was not lo'h to 1 elieve i i the truth ol
the maxm, ‘ Audaces Jortuna juval,’’
“FOBTCNE FaVoKs THE BUaVE,”
and at once determined on an elopement. His
plans were suspected, ano b lore the day arrived
fixed upon lor the accomplishment of hts pur
poses, the fath’ r and young lady werehundrecs
of miles away from the lover and the home ol
her youth. When the intelligei ce teached the
young man that she had been cariied away, be
Bought to learn h r whetea-iouis, but every ef
fort was alike f ui le-s and, ul d.-r
fearful tortures of mind,
which overiaxed all the energies ot his manhood
in his eflor.s to repulse it, lie succumiied, and,
in six uionilis, became au inmate of the < entral
Lunatic Asylum, at Columbus, the lather paying
handsomely for his son’s care aud attention in
ihe pay ward ol that institution. In the mean
time the daughter was on the bauksof the Hud
son, tempted with all that luxury aud coutlori
could coumbule to make
LIFE A “HEAVEN BELOW.”
To all of these she lurnt d a dt al ear, and within
the year she, too, became a lunatic, at.d in fa
cial apjieatance urnbiy in contrast with her ap
pearance whin with light and glte.-oine beau
she mernlv enjoyed Hie flic-side ol her h'me
His lather brought In no Cmciunaiti and com
mitted her as a pay pa tent to the teuder mer. ies
oi Dr. Langdon of Longview, where ia a suit ol
rooms, her every ueed would be attended to.
In these two institutions.
BOTU WERE PRISONERS,
each without the kuo.vledge ot the parents ol
the other
Winn the Cent!a’ Asvlum was de-troved by
tire the young mau was oue ot the number
trausleirt-d to the Longview Asylum. Btuiaih
the siime r of both we;e residents, not the least
susjiicious that each were dwellers in the same
atm< sphere.
Our readers are doubt!e-s aware that Thttrs-
davsate vi-tting days »t tongvtew.aud it is
not uncommon lor con.-idt r . e numc ers to be
come visitors on that day. Ou Thursday, a lew
weeks s nc--, the
FATUKK OF THE YOUNG LADY
called to st e hts daughter, at d .' h- ushered into
one ot tin rei e tion r outs to the tight of ihe
hall lead it g troin the main (tion ) entrance.
While c’;i seted in ibis room a
SISTER OF THE YOUNG M‘N
called, and with her bru h r i c upied a sofa in
lr rotunda Tin- i tirview win lather and
daugh er termii a’ed first, and as site was being
n d i c osa ihe rot. nda hi hi r ward the young
man cm ht a side clane.- at h- r face, and, wilh
a sen am aud a ’ onnd, rushed toward her! The
young ladv, startled, tu’neil and
RECOGNIZED HEII BI THOTnF.D
and instantly cm h w sin tneo hei's i ms. Over
come by tu<- ix i era nl and in a fa utmg condi
tion, the two weie forcibly s*parati-d, and the
young lady was conveyed to her io^in. The
fat hi r and sister cordially shook hands and
egg'd tor a
HKCONCI) IITION BFTW EEN TnErtl FAMII.IES,
and, it possible, make the eflort to resto e the
two, whose aflliction. they a.l to deeply lamented.
Dr. L o.gd iu w i» l ousu..ed, ai.d wlieu acquaint
ed with tie facts orueied tnai the loving p.-di
houhl sec- ei ch ' ther daily tor a few moments,
and be assured that
IHEIK ULTIMATE UNION
was only aqinsiiouot lime, end i h it the parents
had consent, d to their union. Day a ter day,
and wick uf er we k jia-sed with a very notice
able and appreciable iinpioveinent iu the con-
itton ot both. Ttnir parents made weekly
i it- 1 , en 1 each endeavored t - outvie the Oilier
n their aittutii ns and affections
In the short space ol five n o- tbs b th
WERE PRONOUNCED CURED,
and together icturned to the hi tnes of their
youth. A cneeiful g eettug uut them on their
relurn, and soon both were in the full enjoy
ment of their tire ides as ot yo:e.
• Immediately preparations wee made for the
matrimonial fete that would unite two bappv
hearts in on?. l’he nuptials were celebrated
with great eclat, every thing being done that the
m. s 1 lasti l ous could desue This lat'er event
having ie.euiiy ociurred, t e heaxealy couple
are now ii. t .e noontide ot their honey moon.—
May we not all w;sh them a long and happy
iiie ?
A Y. ung man, whose mausta.he is visible
by the aid ot a inicr scoi e. was tt.e victim ot
misplaced cot tideuce a short time ag >. He l ad
been particular y sweet on a very young lady,
and had previ usly paid her several visits, i lie
gill’s j)aieu s, tbit kini t’Oth too y. ung to beg n
k eying company with each ollur, gave them a
genie liirt to that efleit first, ty calling the
gill out ol the room and sending her to bed;
ai d second, by the lady of Ihe h< use bru ging
:nto the roam a huge s ice ot hie d and butter,
with molas-es attachment, and saymg to the
\outh iu her k n est manner, “ I litre, Bubby.
take this and go h. me; it s a long way, and
your mother will he a> xmus.”
St. Jerome mentions a widow that married
her twenty-third husband, who in his turn had
been married to twenty-wives—surely an expe
rienced couple ! A woman natm d Elizabetn
Mast, wuo died in F.oreuce iu 1780, hat teen
married to siven husb-tmis, alt ot whom ste
outlived. She e p.oused the list at the ace of
00 When ou her death te.l she ma ej the
good aud ban points n each ot htr husbands, and
having lmpariiaily weighed them iu the t> dance,
she siugled out her tilth .-p mce her favorite,
ami desired that her teiua.ns might be inlet red
uear hts. 'i he death oi a aoijier is ttcc.rjec
in 17 s -4, who had five wives, a:.d hts widow,
•ged ninety, wept t ver the grave of her f< u th
hu-.bat.i1. Tb--wri , r h.im ’ntioned theselacts
naively ,-d **1 s ' 1 be w ; was omch
at.aCa.eJ , . it .11 r i ige stale ’
A UaLLFvRNLan, Whose wedding day was
fixed, d:d no; appear ai the appointed time and
place, but sent a n tt to the clergyman, saying
that ha had just received a let er from his wite
in the Last, and thereby had his mind recalled
the to tact that he was tnirne i years before—a
circumstance which nad. entirely escaped hts
memory.
A husband two years af.er marriage met an
old friend, who congratulated him upon his im
proved personal appearance, but said, “It seems
to me you have grown smaller.” “No wonder,”
was the reply; “ever since I saw you I have
been coming down handsome.”
An aged conple in a New York village re
proved a young man lor familiarities w ih their
daughter, when be thus to them did reply:
“Well, you needn’t be so bouncy about it; we’ve
been married a year.”
Small Items.
“A Young 8hakertss” says in a note, that the
assertion often made that the Shaker males
hate the females, and vice vena, is not true;
“ior we love each other be Jer than we can ex
press.” :
The ch' lera ha* broken out in 8t. Petersburg.
Victor Hugo has given in his adhesion to the
Paris Canununbts.
The Independence Beige states that citizen
Blancbet, who forms part of the new govern
ment of Paris, was formerly a barber at Brus
sels.
The natives of the 8sndwich Islands eat tur
tles, dolphins, flying-fishes, etc, raw, consider
ing that the flavor is lost in cookmg, and the
richest possible treat they can enjoy is to haul a
flsh Irom the wa’er and literally eat it to death.
The Rev Mr. Stewart mentions: “At 8iho
Sibo the queen, Pauhui, was seated a fa lurk on
the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap.
On this a monstrous cuttlefish had been placed,
irtsh irom the sea. and in all its life and vigor.
The qneen bad taken it up in both hands, and
brought its body to her m< nth. aad by a single
api hcation ot her teeth, the black juices and
blood wi h which It was filled, gushed over her
facx and neck, while the long sucking arms ol
the fish in the convulsive paroxysms of the ope
ia‘ion were wr,thing about her heal like the
snaky hairs of a Medusa.
At the beginning of the Franco German war
two barbers in Temesvar, Hungary, agreed to
commit suicide ii the French should be con
quered by ihe Pms-ians. They were as good
a, their word. At the new3 of the aurrender of
Paris both blew their brains out, leaving a letter
which ended with “Vive la France!”
It is stated that Bret Harte ia under an en
gagement, made belore leaving California, to
write a play for the theaters, in which he will
probably put upon the stage some of the ebar-
ac’ers which his poems and stories have made
famous.
One evening, in a mixed company, Douglas
Jerro d aDd some friends were piaving a game
io test their knowledge of Shakespeare. Each
person was to name an object, it mattered not
wbat, to the guest next to him, and the latter,
under pain ot a.iorfeit, was to give some quota
tion from ihe poet to i.lustrate it. To Jerrold
was given the word “ trtaimill,” and he hardly
hesitated o moment before replying, in the we 1
known language ot Lear, u Down, thou climbing
soi row I ”
Negro Voting —Mr Clarence Logan, o’
Philadelphia, just returned Irom Savannah, hav
ing observed toe election there, has made a
statement that in one ward in that city several
negroes weie suj plied by a wag wilh labels ol
Oi star’s rat aud roach exterminator,” and
vo’e 1 th< m as ballots. Some of the very intelli
gent sufliagans noticing a cut of a rat on the
suppostd ballots, asked whatWt meant. They
were told that it sto d lor the “rat-ification oi
the constitution.” They wondered, believed,
and voted.
There may sometimes be met in the streets of
Portland a bright-eyed, rosy little woman,
usually accompanied by two children, one a fair
lit tie girl, aud the other an app’e-munching
urchin. Nothing extraordinary about that; but
then by hangs a tale. At the time ot the “ia’e
UDleasauinuss” this little lady’s lover was a sol-
lier, and was down with Phil, Sheridan in the
Bhenaudoah, where he lost a leg. The lady’s
lriends no ifled her that of course she would
regard tbe engagement as cancelled. “I shall
do nothing ot the kind” she replied. “Wbat
marry a one-legged man ?” “Of course I’m
going to 1 Why, bless your souls, il they’d shot
James all away and saved the leg, I’d have mar
ried that 1” ‘1 hanK Heaven, says a local paper,
she was not reduced to that. James has a good
coik-leg, a good situation, two nice babies, and
one ot the truest and best little wives in Christ
endom.
A traderman who failed in Bangor, Ma ne,
wrote over ihe front door : “Payment suspend
ed lor thTty days.” A neighbor reading this,
eaiil: “You have not dated tbe notice.” “Ho,”
said he, 1 don’t intend to do so. It would run
out it 1 dia.”
The bodies of Generals Thomas and Lecomte,
killed at Mouimartre, were placed in oak aDd
lead c iffins and temporarily deposited in a vault
it the old cemetery, Si. Vincent. Sixteen
wounds were to be seen on tne breast, arms and
head ot General Clemim Thomas and nine on
the corpse oi General Lecomte. The bails,
which have been preserved, were fired from
ediassepots. The victims must have been shot
at alter they had lallen. The watches and other
valuables iouud on them have bean returned to
their families. Ohe bail had cut the gold chain
of General Thomas.
In Louisviil -, on Monday last, two men were
killed >>y a large rock lalliug ou them, two men
wer- murdered, an editor committed suicide, a
pain er was found dead in his Le i, aud two
i ases of cowhiuing by women occurred—all ot
which made up a programme ot honors un-
qualcd in oue day any wheie else that we have
v et heard of.
Woinan’a Love. *
A virtuous woman is the very embodiment
and personification of love. The true begin
ning and end ot all that is pure and worthy of
womankind, is love. Love may be made to con
stitute all woman’s happiness; but it the
heavenly pa.-ston be perveited, it proves tne
ource ol all her sorrows. Very beautiful indeed
is pru ciple ot love in woman; it constitutes a
roseate atmosphere “in which she lives, and
moves, and has her being”—and it lorms a halo
of cekstian purity to surround her. Its light
shines in the glance ot her eyes—beams in the
smile upon her lips—at.d makes the music of
her softest tones; for the melody ot a woman’s
voice is but a prolonged echo of the spirit oi
love. Ii is imposs ble to think ot the beneficient
yet un ibtrusive influence ot a virtuous woman,
without experiencing a sense ot most exalted
admiration. Behold her as the obedient daugh
ter—how much she will tndure, through what
triuis she will pass, and how goading must be
come the parental tyranny ere she will allow her
spirit to rebel against he authors of her being!
Beholu her when lovag some object worthy oi
her devotion—mark her unvarying constancy—
the resolution uniting with tenderness in the na
ture ol her affection —the tenacity with which
she clings to him whom she knows to be de
serving of her iove 1 Again, behold her as the
wile jealously welcoming her husband home—
leediug her spirit with the memory of his looks
aud smites when he is absent—and with all tbe
sulilimesi elements of an ever-enduring con
stancy and iaith appealing to his soul 1 And,
lastly, contemplate her as the mo'.her, pressing
her new-born babe to her bosom—studying to
trace in its little countenance the lineaments.oi
its sire—and loudly making imagination con
tinue ihe work in this respect beyoud the pciut
where v<-r smiliiude has slopped. Yes; woman,
wh*.n im ued with a pure aDd virtuous love, is
au augtl-creature; and well may poets strike
iheir lyres to sing her praise—well might the
warriO'S ot old have dared deeds of high em-
prize tor the meed ot her smile—well may ihe
student trim his lamp to write essays upon her
manifold good qualities! All th- se tributes and
all this homage does she ties rve. Last at the
cross and e»r iest at the grave ot our Saviour,
she teaches to tne s ncere Christian some of the
sweetest and honest morals ot his iaith; and
(bus is the name oi woman h .llowed by re
ligion likewise as well as sanctified by by love.
Great is fashion. A New York “ society pa
per” announces the marriage of a lawyer in
that city, and says the young couple will give a
series ot day receptions ai their residence, but
owing to tbe recent death of the groom’s
brother, no eVeniDg entertainment will be
given.”
Carried to Macon — The man who had the
fight v illi *l,e police 'he other day. and gave
h,s Da ui- as Durand, turned out to be the J.m
Hay wood v. ho had escaped from the Macon jail.
He was tarried, yesterday alternoon, by an offi
cer to that city, where he will probably be tried
tor the offense of larceny.
We learn that.ii.is probable Mile Nilsson,
accompanied by a fine troupe, will shortly visit
our city. This will, indeed, be * rare treat to
those ot our people who are fond of splendid
operatic singing.
A handsome private dwelling is in process of
erection at the junction of Pryor and Fair
streets.
CounublalUIem.
The following is a pithy Scotch argument in
favor of matrimony:
Jeroy ia poor, and 1 am oocr.
Ye’ we wifi wed. eo ear no g^are!
And should the balmies to uTcome—
Aa ftw that wed but do h&v ivme —
No dou H t that heaven w.U star J our friend,
And bread as well aa children vend.
So three the hen in farmer’a yard,
To live alone she find? it hard:
I’v known her to wea r y very claw.
In search of corn amornc the itrmw.
Bu r when in qneeto; ci eetlood.
She clucks amoig her chirping brood;
With joy we see the Fe:f-eaice hen
That scratched for one could scratch for f en,
Those are the th >nghia that m ike me willing
To take my girl without a shilling;
And for the S’dl-eame cause, yon see,
Jenny resolved to marry me
CITY ITEMS.
The first of the fence around the City Hall
is being put up to-day, it will be very neat and
substantial.
Strawberries are ottered for sale at various
places in the city. As yet however the prices
rule *o high that this delicious fruit is hardly
within reach ot those who have not a decided
superabundance of greenbacks.
We are pleased to see that the Street Com
mittee have taken bold ot Loyd street and are
doing good service there. JE'ne indications are
that the street will not ofifr be improved bn
that the culvert in the ravine below will be ex-
"ended.
Wr learn that some parties in Atlanta are
sending on their claims against the Government
under the recent law of Congress, in respect to
paying to Southern loyalists lor property dis-
troyed or taken from them during the war by
the United States military forces.
The Depaty Marshal received a dispatch
yesterday from the jailor at Macon, announcing
that be would come up and lake charge of Jim
Haygood alias William Durand. This Durand
is the man who was bcated by the police. He
was.it seems, an escaped prisoner from the
Macon jaii tvhere he was confined under a
charge of laiceny.
Dr. A. C. Ford.—We notice that Dr. Ford,
of the firm ot Ford & Campbell, Dentists, has
removed his office to the opposite tide ol White
hall street, where he is very handsomely fixed
up. Every convenience for the prosecution of
his professional duties has been secuied, and
arranged with unexc< lied taste.
The excavation lor the new buildings on
Whitehall street progresses finely, and our peo
ple may soon expect to see handsome stores
take the place ol the old vacancy which has so
long resounded with the crying of the auctioneer
and the music ot the hand organ in tbe monkey
show, and the fiddling ot p r ize candy sellers.
The case ot the Statu vs. Founds, who was
charged and convicted of the murdei of a mas
named Harrison was reversed to-day by the
Supreme Court, and a new trial was ordered.
This case was argued last week by General
Toombs and Judge Stephens as attorneys for
Pounds, and by the Cleik ot the Supreme court
tor the State, and the case was reversed on ac
count of error in the charge ot the Court below
The Telegraph & Messenger speass with re
gret of the contemplated removal oi the Rev
E. W. Warren from that city to Atlanta. It
says that “his pastorate in Macon, and his
whole professional find social life here have
been fall of good fruits. Strong in the happiest
result* upjn all interests aLd classes aud he
will leave behind a substantial record and a
hearty appreciation which will ever be a pleas
ant and profitable memory.”
Every intelligent builder who knows the
value and importance of gc o l doors, sashes and
blinds, well n ade, of good and ih iroughly sea
soned stock ; but many are uninformed of the
best place of purchase at the lowest prices. For
the benefit ot such, we would refer to tne
Messrs. Whitlock & Co., 254 & 256 Canal Street,
New York, who have always on hand an ex
tensive and well selected stock. Their new
Circular and price list is sent lree, on applica
tion.
Undeb the heading Southern Independence,
the Macon Telegraph and Messenger has a
lengthy article on the Atlanta Steam Brewery,
C. A. Goodyear, proprietor, which, setting forth
as it does, another enterprise that is last placing
Atlanta foremost among the cities ot the South.
We quote the following: “That we of the South,
especially the State of Georgia, are divinely la-
vored to take care of ourselves, and throw ofl
the dependence on the North, that has charac
terised us in the past, has long been our firm
conviction, etc.
The article goes to show the large increase in
the consumption of malt liquors during the last
twenty ytars, a beverage which, as it aptly says,
“is countenanced by the medical haternity,
and moral in its effects,” and further shows that
owing to the general belief that Ale and Porter
could not be manufactured in our climate to
stand the test of summer beat without spoiling.
Agents ot Northern homes have enriched them
selves by their commissions on sales, and cur
country drained ot so much ready money.
Mr. Goodyear has proved, beyond a doubt,
by the best skill in the art ot brewing, that the
climate of Atlanta is equal to any, and second
to none, for the msnafactnre of these healthful
and nutritions beverages, and for keeping qual
ities and purity, his Southern malt liquors are
superior io any ever offered in onr market. The
Atlanta Steam Brewery is strictly a Southern
institution, such is the enterprise of its proprie
tor, that trees that were standing within a mile
of the Kimball House are now made into bar
rels, and in the cellars of hotels, stores, private
and boarding houses now groan with the mighty
strain otthe Irothmg ambrosia of hops and malt.
Barley is being planted here lor him, aad a -
ready his agents are known Irom the sea to the
gnil, across tbe State of Alabama to Middle
Tennessee. The Atlanta Steam Brewery is a
credit to Southern enterprise, and we cong’atu-
late Mr. Goodyear on tne brilliant success of his
addition to the unparalled enterprise ot Atlanta.
The Automatic Fire Alarm and Police
Telegraph Apparatus.—We witnessed this
morning come of the operations ol tbe Auto
matic Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph Appa
ratus, and were highly pleased with its work
ings. The instruments are not costly and are
placed in various parts of the city, say iu some
ten or twelve districts, numbered from one up
ward. Whenever a fire occurs, any persoh can
go to the nearest apparatus and sound the alarm,
which would strike in each district and at each
engine house, the number of the fire district
where the Fire Department would be needed,
thus saving tbe time it would take to run eway
off to an engine house. The ap inatiis can be
so ai ranged as to strike the r> g_oar tire bells in
the engine bouses with as great lorce as that
now in use; besides, tbe U3e of the apparatus
would prevent false alarms, for often when a
lamp explodes or a chimney is burnt out, per
sons unacquainted with the cause, would start
ofl to give an alarm, when it is probable, that
with an alarm apparatus just at hand, no un
necessary haste would be made. Where there
are wooden buildings to be saved from fire, the
greatest need is dispatch, and has been lound
extremely difficult to get the engines notmed
and out in time te do more good than to pre
vent the spread of the conflagration. This is
especially tbe case when the buildings are dis-
’ ant from the main streets. Savannah has been
one among the many places that have tried
this apoaratus, and we learn that it has given
satisfaction there.
Washington, April 18—Pleasanton decides
that certificates ot discharge in bankruptcy dis
charges government claims against bankrupts.
Thomas A. Marshall ot Kentucky is dead
He was judge of the Kentucky court of Appeals
22 years.
The Senate Ku-Klux conference agreed that
the test oath be modified, so it may be exacted
upon motion ot the District Attorney, and sup
ported by discretion i t the court
Paris ADrii 18.—Firing still going on around
Paris. The Government troops have carried
important points, but the general situation little
Changed.
The Time’s (London) special dispatch says
Prussia will intervene in case the Commune
Bhoold be .victorious.
A dispatch from Versailles says the Prussians
have agreed to stop revictuaiiug Paris vta St.
Denis.
Washington, April 17.—The conference com
mittee, it is believed, will modify Sherman’s
amendment to the Ku-Klnx bill, and reject the
iron-clad oath.
Clift was confirmed Collector of First Geor
gia District.
Judge Chase is on the Bench to-day.
Legal tender case will be argued to-morrow,
George Applewhite, one oi the most notori
ous ot the Roberson county,North Carolina,out
laws was killed by a party ot citizens yesterday.
The Government continues to temporize with
the insui gents in Paris. Auother account says
that the communists gained a dtcided advantage
in repulsing an attack of government troops on
Saturday.
There is a strong feeling in Ohio in favor ot
Beu Wade’s nomination lor Governor.
Mexico, April 18.—Jaurez is gaining ground
tor the Presidency. The Farcies accuse each-
other oi attempting to bring Mexico under the
American flag
Bornero, minister of finance; Mijica, minister
of war; Abucar, minister of the interior, and
Leodvedre, minister ot j us'ic •, have been im
peached and will be tried by the Supreme Court.
Their conviction ia regarded probable.
London, April 18 —The Loudon Times has a
leading editorial on tbe question oi the Alabama
Claims. Is not at all saguine ot it* immediate
settlement.
Washington, April 18.—The legal tender
case was argutd lo-day, tbe Attorney-General
representing she Government.
In the Senate, a resolution requesting the
President to detail an officer ot engineers to
assist in the survey tor strengthening levees m
Louisiana.
Blair, supported by Thurman, offered a reso
lution calling Upon the Attorney-General for the
stipulation between him and the counsel of
Yerger, oi Mississippi. No action.
The Senate passed to-night the Ku-Klux
conference report by a vote ol 32 to 16.
In the House there was an exciting debate,
but no important action.
The Speaker announced as the joint commit
tee on the South the iollowing members: Po
land, Maynard, Scofield, Cook, Coburn, Steven
son, Buckley, Lansing, Cox, Beck, Vorhees,
Vantrump, Waddell, and Robinson.
The Democratic caucus to-night adopted an
address to the American people, which will he
issued to-morrow.
April 19—Senate.—The Senate asked for a
conierence committee upon the deficiency bill
where it is still hanging.
House—Ku- Klux discussed, and no prospect
ol adjourning to-day.
Paris April 19.—No change in the general
situation.
The Commune of Paris claim to have re
pulsed the Government troops at all p tints
It is estimated that negotiations will soon be
re opened with 'liu Government at Versailles.
The London Times’ sptci ti praises the Ameri
can gnus used in de’ence of Paris.
A sliglii e ir hquiike iD Scotland.
London April 19.—Di-patches contused—
there has been heavy fighting around Paris
without any decisive results.
It is said that the Nationals are greatlv dis
couraged at their losses, and that the spirit and
discipline of the Government troops are far from
satisfactory.
Washington, April 19.—The House refused
to concur in the conference report on the Ku-
Klux bill, and another committee was appointed
Iu the contusion it is iaipossitile to ootain the
exact features of either the Ku-Klux or defi
ciency bill. Sherman’s amendments to the
former seems to be the chief point of difference,
aud it is reported that the Senate will recede
irom it. Tnirty Republicans voted with the
Democrats, defeating the conierence report on
Ku-Klux. Both houses have taken a recess to
await the action ol the new conference com
mittee.
Markham, of Madison, Ga.. and Bond, ol
Macon, Ga., confirmed as Pos'tnasters.
Columbia, April 19.—Governor Scott has
been interviewed by the Charlesion News, aDd
said a great deal about the financial condition
ot the State. The substance of his conversation
is that the amount ot the State debt had been
giossly exaggerated, that the b mded debt is
less than eight millions, and the floating debt
about one million ot dollars; that an extension
of time ot paying taxes involved will be made
necessary; that the taxpavers conveution in
May would create a better feeling by preparine
the way to give a lair share in State offices to
men of experience and ability. He pronounced
ia lavor ot a minority representation as a cure
for present evils ; that Ku-Klux streDgtbtDs the
Rep ihlican party ; that in his future policy he
would act without regard to party in making
appointments.
Pabis, April 19.—Terrible fighting around
Paris on Tuesday. The conflict raged all day.
Towards night the Nationals became panic-
stricken, and flea precipitately towards the city,
leaving dead and wounded thick in the roads.
1 he inhabitants of the city are leaving oy thou
sands, and tbe wildest excitement prevails.
A late London dispatch says that the insur
gents are falling to pieces.
Washington, April 20.—The House adopted
the Ku-Klux bill by a strict party vote, but the
dispatcher do not state in what shape— whethi r
the Senate receded irom its amendments or not.
Sherman said, not one offender will be con-
victed-not one dollar’s damages will be obtained
under it; the only virtue leu in the bill wa9 the
employment of United Slates forces when nec
essary. We infer Irom this that the iron clad
oath and Sherman’s amendment for damages,
were str.cken out.
Paris, April 20.—The substance of the nows
from Paris is that the fortunes of the insur
gents are rapidly einking.
Washington, April 20—Both Houses ad
journed at 2 o’clock, but the Senate, by procla
mation, is called to meet in extra session on the
10ih May.
Beast Butler defended himself against charges
made by Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, in the Senate,
and by Mr. Farnswortn in the House. Tnis
led to a fierce attack upon him by Mr. Farns
worth, and Mr. Beck. Farnsworth charged
Butler with embezzlement and perjury, and
said he could prove tbe charges. Beck in de
fence oi Mr. Davis impeached Butler’s truthiui-
ness and charge. Quite a scene took place in
which the Beast was badly worsted and ex
pose! to ridicule and contempt.
The substitute for Sherman’s amendment
makes the reiulsal to prevent, or aid in prevent
ing, Ku-Klnx outrages, actionable at la v.
Cnipman, Radical, is elected Delegate to
Congress irom ihe District oi (Jolaoibia. -
I he Democratic Congress have issued an ad
dress to the people of the country, in which
they charge Congress, aided by the President,
with doing everything that malicious ingenuity
could suggest to irritate the Middle and sou h-
ern States; that gross and exaggerated charges
ot disorder and violence have originated in the
mi-chievous minds ot managers in the Senate
and House, and helped to inflame the popular
Ieeling; that no word of conciliation, ot kind
encouragement or fraternal fe lowship ha- evi r
b en spoken by the President or Ooi:g.es= to iue
peo; le ot the Southern States.
Tbe address entreats the citizens in all parts
of the country to spare no eflort to mantain
peace and order,and not aid the Radicals in their
efforts to stir up strife and render the i3sue3 ot
the war, which they are attempting to do in
order to divest the attention ot tne country
irom the corruption, which prevails in tne ad
ministration oi affairs, and the deogerous at
tempt they are making towards the creation oi
centralized military government.
Paris, April 20 —The Government troops
are unwavering. They command aU railroads
leading mio Paris. Although fighting is still
going on at different points, me situation shows
Uiat the insurgents are about to be overcoats.
Washington, April 21 —In the organiza
tion ot tne government o' the District of Colum
bia under the late act oi Congress, the President
has appointed all Republicans to the Upper
House.
Making a JInui The Yantty ot Mere
Worldly Success.
Thrreisio iffi uliy in “ maM"gore’s mark”
in tnis wo r l 1. But what kind of iraru it i-,
afier it is n a <-,h s m ich t<> do with on .’a hap
piness. b vh here and hereaf er
Ambition is a gtvd thing if it act under moral
limits, hi d prop s"‘s to itself worthy ends. Bui
succe;s ia a mere world;y career ought cot to
be t nr-ugh fi.r a young man’s ambit*- n. i- ti
nt t inqiroi’c-r for one to begin life -ith an aid.-ni
purpos ■ to obtain » ealth. But there should
sometronv higher th-an that before every young
mau, aud that is « haracur. A mail’s own sell
is more valuattie to him than any amount oi
riches. Wealth is not
AN AUXILIARY TO HAPPINESS.
A man’s own nature is ihe primary aeent in the
production ot happiness. Thousands ot men
get rich without happintss. Other thousands
gain happiness without ever becoming rich A
man should make his first “ mark ” ou himaeli.
You are placed in life to build up your man
hood. All right indu-tries, all care and enter
prise, all hopes, tears and soreow- are formative
i' flaences—lessons which Provid-n<e sets to
men in the scho il ot life; and while they may
result in producing wealth, they have tailed oi
their end it they do not produce manliness.
In the long run
A TRIED AND PROVED CHARACTER
for truth, honor, and honesty is the best capital,
and gives the largest interest To be sure, thesi
things will not alone j Uah a man forward. He
must have g od sense, enterprise, skill, perse
verance, and steadiness. But more men stumtih
irom want ot moral qualities thau irom waut ot
busmens capachy. Meu do Dot put theit stan
dard ot integrity high euough. They do not
cling to it with euough severity. When every
thing is prosperous men do not feel the need
ot high reputation. Bat
WHEN TROIBLE COMES
then its saves thi m A good character is to s
man wbat a pontoon train is to an army. An
army may march for days without needing i,
and it may even stem a hindiance; but tbe first
broad and deep river reveals ns va'ue.
Tin re is a silent law, ot which men are most
ly unconscious, that works incessantly in human
affaire, and
INFALLIBLY DETERMINES RESULTS.
It may be called the law of industrial equiva
lents. In the great strife of commercial life',
he gains winch men seem to make, without
uaving rendered lor them a (air aquiva'ent iu
ome shape ot w’rik, skill, thought, or other val
u^ble quality, will not nuild them up. The
good old B< ok c urious mtn about “making
uaste to he rich.” To do one any good riches
must lie earned. We mint render a lair eqoiv-
aeut ot service for every hundred pouuds.
Money got by gambling, by trick, by the lowtr
lorms oft peculation, seldom stays by a man.—
Every young man
SHOULD BE WILLING TO WAIT
till he ha-i (airly earned his money by good hard
work, and enough of it.
All gene;ous nature-' promise themselves that,
if prosperous, they will use their money benevo
lently. Thousands iorget the promise. The rea
son is that i hey put off a generous use ot theit
means to a future day. Now, every man should
tie doing as he goes a'ong what he proposes to
do when he has m-o'e his l< r une. it you a e
stingy lor ioity years, in hope of getring money
to be geneious with alter that, you will find
when age to nes, that the inelin t on is dead
Men must cariy along with them the tss ee,
feeliDgs, and hibits out ot which tuey expect ti
xtraci happiness in mature life. Watch lest
prosperity destrdj^fct.erosity.
An Incident— itccousiructlon.
Some thiity-five years ago there were two
youths entered at West PoiDt for m litary educa
tion ; one ot them was irom the State ot Iudi
ana, and the otinr oue was irom her sister State
f Kentucky. The iwo wi-ie fuends in their
vouil.tuhdavs, and termed tl-ose youthful at
tachmrnts which West Point knows so well how
to instil into the hearts oi its pupils. Time
passed on and the t«o were cadets, graduated
with honors, and were c mmitsioied as Li u
tenants in the United tftaies army, and entereo
different branches ot the service wdh j r. u !
pints and am -i mus of honor aud distmc ion
A ew ytars more went aud came, and the
unhappy retention divided the North aDd the
South into hos ile foemen; 'ndiana with hei
Liieutemu t in the Union, and Kentucky with
her Lit utenant in the Uontederacy.
The pr- ud spirit-; ot these two youths then
grown to lull manhood, in the prime ot life, led
them with strong aspirations to danger’s bloody
fields, tnat they might win and wear the
soldier’s honors
Many a hard-fought battle told its tale oi
daring deeds, while each in his cause rase from
rank to rank, xn 1 station to ststioD, until each
one wore the bright star oi major-general Not
satisfied with there gay trappings, the struggle
tor fame was manitested on every occasion
ill the two bigu officers met on the deadly
field ot Chicamauga, where many thousand
soldiers laid dowu a victim’s life. Yet they two
survived, ana trod the paths ot lame to the
flattering music of hope’s delusive dream.
Time passed, the war emied, me Indiana
cadet on ihe conqueror’s side, Kentucky’s in
the couquired ranks
Since (Jhickamiuga’s he stile ranks met face
to face, these two warriors never met again til!
he second day ol this month, when by accident
at the Exchange Haul, in theUityot Galveston,
Gea. Joseph J. Reynold, o' Indiana, and the
Unfed Biases Army, met Gen. Simon B Buck
ner, of Kentucky and ol the late Confederate
Army, w tu a cordial greeting,as ot o.d.anutb-
cadet’s familiar “How are you, Joseph? and
How ar- you, Simon ?” to d that reconstruc
tion had biotti-d oul i« rever all ihe past of ho tile
eeling leaving but tbe memory ot ihote brighter
days, when as famil ar ri nds they irrd the
grounds at West i'oint to ihe mamal music ol
me fire and drum. May we have more such
meetings and greetings till war shall be though'
ot n ) more, aud ati be peace and harmony again,
lor of such is the c n i.iie reconstruction.—
Flake's Galveston Bulletin.
A Skeleton and a suspicion.—A skeleton
has just been myMeriously discovered in Bed-
fora county, the Iollowing account ot which we
take from the L\ nchburg Republican: About
tn miles noith ol L b riy, in Bedford county,
is a mountain, so rough and wild as to be un-
inhab table, except to wild mrkeys and rattle
snakes, and it is never invaded by civilized man
except lor the sake oi game At the base ol
thi3 mountain are some ot the finest farms in
the county, and the fields of waving grain and
green clover contrast beauiitul y wim me rugged
mouniain scenery, when viewed in ihe blazing
sun ot summer. Among these farms is one ot
peculiar beau y and value, on accoum of its
advantageous locat on, the owner of which, for
the present,-shall be name e<-s Borne years ago
—how long is oi no consequence to the pnblic
—a young man, whom we will call J., arrived
irom a foreign land, and instimt-d a suit in
oue ot the courts of trie county against the
owLer of this property, claiming to be the
rightful owEer o! it, and it was ihe < pinion oi
competent authority that the stranger would
have no difficulty m establishing his title to
the e.-tate. But b - re the time arrived lor
ihe cure to come up in court the stranger
suddenly an 1 mysteriously disappeared,and has
never since i-cen s en. The suit was erased
f om tbe docket, the matter lurgouen, and even
tae tame oi me young contestant lost sight ol.
A few days ago, a negro, rambling over ihe
mouDtam in the neighborhood oi the larm ailu
ded to, in search ul a hollow tree susceptible ol
bemg converted in'o a horse-trough, selected an
old che-muttree which had a large opening at
:hs root, und prod tded to fell it to the ground.
EnSic•■-’)' thi-> 'ree he lound a human skeleton
iu a ptr • t sia'e of prese; vation, and me dis
co veiy at ■ ..ce set th-s nerglib -rbood to think
ing. B.ng i arly enough, mne-Leuijo o; ihe
community came to tne conclusion that the
.keltion lound was that of the foreign contest
ant in the lawsuit before mentioned ; but how
it came to be there is the great mystery, which
will probably never be solved.
The haDeirg of Mre. Laura Fair, now on trial
for the murder ot t nttenden, in Ban FrancLco,
is a con.-ummution devoutly to te wished. A
woman wno has married anu disposed ot four
husband , wth an unimpaired capacity to marry
and di~pore oi as many more, whose attacks of
catamenial maduesa come wuh alarming re
gularity and unheard Ireqre cy, and is withal
so di ad a shot wuh the p s o , is not safe to run
at large.
It is suspected that over ten thousand copies
of the New York Tribune are worn in the pan-
iera ot Kansas ladies.
Small Cupping*.
At a recent w-dding in L- ivs 1 i 1**, Kc. the
flrst^ bridesmaid, the b' amifuf d ug; t r of a
milliona-rc, had freaneed to acc-'m-viny the
huppy c uple od the bridal tour, and the n ce>
sary outfit hid 1) en duly packel. Sirangefy
enmieh, a young salesman, wh »-e e vi ma"her
omud parents ha 1 some time before- int. rlfic ed,
and who haa ' een for mon'hstrav- ring on busi-
> ess, app>ar«d at the wedding a« a; jnviled
s£U st. The bridesmaid,soon after 'he c remuny,
complained that her Fhoe p nched and slipped
out to change it. She did not rekir ■ at orce,
and search revealed the tact that she had tiepned
mto a carr age with her lover and repaired to a
quiet church, where J. vV. Van Ciu e and Miss
Kate Jefferson we e made one. They accom
panied the other couple in a co-eqna' capacity.
General Imboci' n, ot great Confedeia'e re
nowD, was marred recently to a prominent
Vireinia beJe, y is* Lockeii, ot Mnh'inhun- —
The happy pair arc now in tbia e: y, -.ad ihe
ecipienta ol many social civilities.
In Boston the 'ailors send out dnunirg letters
'o some of their customers in ti e iollowing
torm: “You will p!e ise call and pn voir bill
or buy some more clothes witlo '. tie’ay. I
lon’t care which.”
A ceh-bnui d profe-*or, thinking *•■ p rnlex an
unfortunate pupil, one day, put bin M e follow
ing que-t'on: “Piav, sir, can. you ;• 1 ni«- how
long a man can live without i iains ? ” T > v’...eh
the pupil, ii okingin the face ot the ; : - ■ • .t.-v-,
promptly, but unexpectedly, re ri o ;: 1 flo v ofd
may you be yourself, professor ?”
The landlords of Hamburg have sot iheir
■a'es aga : n-t the “pretty wa ter gir ” i.ursiu-ce.
I'hey have organized themreivc in' an asmeisj-
i tn wt-ieh ha* -parsed a law ior ...wing i;«
members t . le t tbe b semen's, or any oi ^ VtjpWfr
o' the hi uses < f whicu they i.te <h j-r •!««.--orsT 1
tor drinking saloons and other re§p f * of qm-. c -
ri inahle am sem> nt iu which won n nr - un
ployed as waitirs.
Vicksburg is afraid that tl v >:i-s>-i;pi river
is g ing to lake a short cut and le \' Urt veive
miles inland.
The artlo s ce erositv of you'll ti- ill istraled
in an incident t->lJ a ii tie Alb my !-ov, i.G l-icc
besmeared with rnola-ses, anil hi- m i tiuUcring
iathebreiz-, running up lro:u lb: i rear flour
ishing a dirty shingle, anti screaming at the top
of his voico to a comrade : “Oh, Bill! Bill I net
as many boys and slrngh s aryou ca.n,f -r there’s
a bin hogshead of ’lasses busted on tire [lave
ment—busted all to smash !"
A little five-year old boy was be; g v: true ted
in moral by his grandmother. Ti. old lacy
'old him that all such terms aa “by nolly,’ “by
jingo,” ‘ by tbund>-r,” etc., were en’.v minced
oatbs, and but ii tie better than any .. lior pro-
tanity. In iact, she said, he ci-uld tell a pr cane
oath by the prefix ‘by.” All such w re oa’hs.
‘Well, then, grandmother,” said the 1 tile hope-
ul, there’s a b>g oa'h in the newspa >er—‘By
telegraph.’ ” The old lady gave it up, aud the
boy is bewildered on morality.
Laying Up Treasure.—Probably ili: most
heavily-insured life in the United Bt: t . is that
ot A. S. Mansfield, ot New Orleans, upon wireli
'here are policies to the amount oi £450 OuO.
Next come VV. W. Switzer and John Howe, o{
St Louis, and VV EL Lang, of Cincinnati, inch
ot whom are insured to the extent <4 £300,000
Hon. Mores H. Grinnell has written a le'rer to
'he President, proiesiiug against his removal
f om the naval office Naturally enough, a
opy of the leiter turns up in the 1 an la of a
certain gentleman mimical to the President.
The subr-iaace of the complaint is that having
giveu £5,000 reward ihe [ u chase ot a li ns • P>r
Grant ami £1,0j0 o the t'on-iec ient ejectu nlast
*<ek, he ought not io have b-en tumid out.
tie claims to nave spent £16,000 more than his
salarv, lor election pireposes.
Last Sunday, Henry Ward Beecher lost his
>ext. Wi'h the utmost sang froid lie turned
over leaf after lea , hunting wi ll ms ti: g r ver.-e
afier verse, aDd nn ally said, without looking up:
‘1 find I have made tlie wrong entry for my
ext. Please be pa'ient a moment. I have
Known m-mstirra to i03j their texis after they
Had begun their sermons. I think i is fierier fo
lose it 0) fore Th re!” as his eyes fina'y lit
up' n the pas-age, “ I got the wiong t.-ook, the
wrong chap er, aud the wrong y. ree.”
The former Lady Bui wer,.wlio iias been living
V"Ty quietly of la’e year-*, seldom toii-g in:o
ociety, is stated io have been writing a retigious
novel, illustrating ihe conversion of a 1 i-h on-
ittie woman of ilie world through a long s-ries
>f afilii turns. Tiie new book is said io be as
d flerent as can tie from her earlier works —
•• Cheveley ” and “ Bianca Oapello.”
An Elmira farmer wrote to Mr Greeley f >r
advice as to the best method ot killi: g lice on
inimals, and Horace told him 'll .t lie only
thing ho ever found that was worth a— (-ut
you know how he talk )—was a fin*-tooth Comb
ami the tbumb-nai's He says a go >d tbum’ -
uail mashist can mash all you hate got in had
an hour.
A journalists with a statist eai turn h .t
found ont that the London ntw-pnjv-rs bate
contained in iha last three years i ot less'ban
178 obituaries of Dr. Livingstone, ihe Ahuma
xplorer, any of which, he adds, is good enough
for a man really dea 1
A Cleveland Catastrophe.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader of the 3d instant
says : Some two weeks ago a fine-looking young
man, tall ana well proporin ned, came io ih'3
city and stopped at the New England H '< i,
registering his name as Mr Creighton, of Ns ;v
York. He said lie was expecting h*s wi e ev< i y
day, and in a few days a lady came, whom he
introduced as Mrs. Crtigton, and the pretend 1 d
man and wiie, as hippy and lovin. : tv. odov
passed a f*-w jojotis days togetl. r Batim! v
evening, however, an unpleasant v -i'ur . rriVt .
The couple was reluming from su- ; < >v < n : n
eldferly lady r advanced, and takiD. Mu'. CreLli-
ton by the arm, c tiled her “ my da • hrer ” ai ti
asked her if such tilings could be Id.e im tir j,
with a younger daughter, had con " 1- 'he w..y
from New York to catch the lugd v> s, and f< 11
• (Jn igh-
j-a>p, and,
up ste ra
alter their,
, a arimag
. ' cal lingo
her sh ck
l t In rlie
the fctree’,
take ilit-m
right upon them. Tlio pretended
ton slipped away Irom her mot hr;
lollowed by her husband, ru:-l,
toward the room. Tbe mother re i
begging every one to rtup the fugi
the whole house with her cr;..
Creighton a tew epithets, of v. ii
wa3 not very large. The pursuer >:
hall?, and the puisu d emerging ini
took a ca’riage, ordering the driver l
to the Atlantic and Great West, n d-pot, and
a a few moments telling him to take them to
the Detroit boat. Tbe mother wen' i • the d. po!,
and not hearing of them there, called, in tire
services ot a de'ective, who soo ■ ;onud tire
couple on a Detroit st* amer ready e.ve.—
The mother here took possession oi her <iuUi.ii-
ter, and in tbe evening lclt ior New York Mr.
Creighton pretended to give up the wom^n, out
it was tun posed that he departed on tne same
train with her, and he must have eaticed her
Irom her parents again
A-Dam Hokea*-Ttie April Font Julie of
liie iTAaeon |l<a.) 'felcjcrapli.
The old saying about the great u; t u:ce a lie
will travel while truth is putung or u-> boots is
likely to have another verifies*n.re iu ib>: case oi
a clumsy hoax publ.sbtd in one of tne Southern
papers, aDd new going the rounds ol tlr- ri«i <-ai
press ol tbe North as a genuine fact fixe Ma
con (Ga ) Telegraph, a wen known an-.t re-pec-
lable Democratic paper printed au im possible
story of the seizure or a m n (a Radical} uear
that ciiy by a ba:.d ot masked Ku-Kfox, of his
being flayed alive, and finally skinned and
roasted whom at the stake. The very «. xrrava-
<ance of the parricu are, the Dame of tne pre-
tcoked victim—Adam Sekoh (Adarn Uokci) —
and the circumstances that the narrative ap
peared on the first day ot Aprit, should have
been sufficient with any sensible reader to
stamp tbe story as a burlesque, although a very
stupid one. But there is hardly a Radical pa
per that has not r» produced it wish Marling
nead-lines. The Telegraph-is ot coureie very
much mortiefid now, and ei.deavora to exp'ain
that the purpose of its reporter was to ridicule
the cock-and-bull tales ot Ku Klux outrages,
manufactured tor pnlitreal purposes at the
North, but unforiun i’.elv for the truth, not one
Radical sheet in a hundred will have ft.e can
dor topubiish its correction. Tuey are not only
eager to make capital curt ot tue blunders ot
the Sou'heru papere, but to assist iD circulating
thetinventionso: thetrown party coicnporaries.
There ia the e.lly story, invented by tne Com
mercial Advertiser, ol this ciiy, ihat the World
editorially prophesied 3500 majority ior Gaver-
nor English. Ia view ot the uncertainly of
mostelcctronf.it is not to be presumed that even
the most stupid ot papers, not even the Com
mercial it?eli,would be guilty of predicting ex
act majorities beforehand. Yet the hoax ia
copied into some ot the country papers, and
perhaps finds a lew rustic Radicals credulous
enough to believe it.