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Cfiromcte Tanb gfnftnel.
WEDN EBDAY MA Y 6, 1874.
SPRING.
BY BOBEST LORD LTTTON.
The preen gr*»s-bl»dea aqniver
With joys at the dawn of day
(For the most inquisitive ever
Os the fl iwei-H of the field are they)
Lisp'd it low to their lazy
N ighb >rs that flat on the ground,
Dandelion and daisy.
Lay still in a slumber Bound.
But so *n, as a ripple of shadow
Runs over the shisperous wheat,
The rumor ran over the meadow
With ite ritimb rles* fluttering Seet;
It was told by the water-cresses
To the brooklet that, in and out
Os bis gaiTulous preen recesses,
For gossip was gadding about ;
And the brooklet, full of the matter,
Spread t abroad with pride ;
Bui he stopped to g >smp and chatter,
And turned so often aside.
That b s news got there before him
Ere his journey down was done : ...
And yonng leaves in the vale laughed oer
him*:
‘‘We know it! The Know i* 'jorw. r
THE JILTED.
There lives in this city a lady
Whose face is as *»ed and as pretty
As ever a poet belauded
In ma Inga l Bonnet, o' ditty.
Her hair is as soft as a baby s.
Her breath is like attar of roses.
And * glance of her eye sends a tremor
From the crown of one's bead to bis toeses.
The charm of this lady exceedeth
•file charm n the love iest goddess ;
Her figure is that of a Juno,
Improve 1 by the stay- of a bodice.
Her foot and her ankle are perfect—
Eve never yet es:e on neater :
With i he grace of a Queen of the Karine,
In danciug the ’ dip" she could beat her.
The mind of the learned Minerva.
The face of the hi shing Aurora,
The soul <f unsullied Dana
Ore ,t Jove ! is it strange I adore her ?
Adore her ? Adore her .» I worship.
And yearn ith unspeakable yearning.
Ah me ! I am going distract and
BocatiM of uo paunion’H returning.
She knows I am loving and longing,
Hhe knows l am moaning an I sighing—
In a word, to express it exactly.
Hhe knows 1 am fainting and dying.
But yet i: don't seem to disturb her ;
Mv aiigni-h amuses her rather.
Weli. well, if she over does marry.
What a treasure some fe low- w ill gather,
THE LABT LETTER.
This hand to-night will surely pen
The fatal word that rends
The chords so cherished once ; hut then
We bo h were better friends. 0
’Twill scarcely give us pain at last
To break the silken bond
That hound us to the t.-nder past,
Fair, promising, and fond.
And let it go! without a sigh—
At least with slight regret -
For belle (lavs are doomed to die,
And wo can both forget.
A friendship, which was that in name—
Rut was it more or less ?
That, broiiyh■ a sweetness into life
And left a bitterness.
I can send hack each souvenir
And calmly Heaven knows ;
Nor wish to keep one loving line,
Nor hide a withered rose !
No wild pulse thrills my bosom now,
Nor bids my fingers stay ;
Our idyl has been dead so long
We'll bury it t ,-day.
Bene ith the careless morrow's smile,
As though the tears that blot
The story of all else that’s lost,
In this had been forgot ;
And let it be a nameless grave—
A hidden hermitage—
Bui one to which our sated hearts
Hhall make no pilgrimage.
LOVE AND LIFE.
"My life is dead !” he cried, and agony,
White, rigid, speechless, froze upon his face ;
His i yes gleamed like a crystal midnight sea.
He turned to fiy she held him to tue plane.
Like the soft murmur of a Hummer stream ,
Hi r tender voice rippled and tilled tlie if om;
Her faeo transfixed, was like a golden beam
Or sunshine glorifying all the gltjßm.
qilie stood and gazed at him wijj, pitying eyes ;
“Love not 1 "as not iu.nio for love, she
said; ,
“I.ove is a passion, at it* birth it dies ;
Your burning love a'idnot your life is dead.”
He shuddered. tuyuod ft wav his face, and wept;
Heaven pity f[, euli when strong men melt to
team [ •* ‘
W th iv,useless step close to his side she crept,
softly smJ ( ,il as ihough slie had no fears.
Great bursting sobt convulsed the bonding
form ;
It. scorned as lliough tho sore-hurt heart
must break,
8o bruised and shaken was it by the storm.
Whose ruthless thirst his teiv.-s might never
, shako.
Her smile slow faded ; longingly she gaznd ;
A pearly loir swam in hor eyes' doe * nine :
Him touched hor cheek lo his. herself amazed,
Bnt conquered, as she whispered, "1 leva
you!”
Her hea l upon his breast, lie raised his eyes ;
No one might vio then how his heart had
bled ;
“Is love a passion ? then it purifies ’’
lie said, 'for neither life nor love is dead.”
lIO.MAGK.
1.
White daisies on (ho meadow groan
Present thy beauteous f rm to ma;
Pe.ioeful uiei joyful those are seen,
And peace u il joy encompass thee,
I waioli them where they dance and shine
And iovo them- for their beauty's thiue.
11.
Rod roses o’er the woodland brook
Remember me thy lovely face;
So blushing and so fresh its look,
8 i wild an 1 shy os radi ut grace.
1 kiss them m their cov retreat.
And ihi k of Ups mo u sofi and sweot.
HI.
00l 1 arrows of the nit ri v morn
Shot swiftly over eastern seas,
Gold tassels of tho l ending corn
That ripi lo in the August breeze.
Thv wilde. itig snnle. thy g orious hair,
And ail thy power and state declare.
IV.
White, red and gold—the awful crowu
Os virtue and of beauty too!
From what a height those eyes look down
t)n him who proudly dares to sue.
Yet free from self as God from sin
Is love that loves nor asks to win.
v.
Let me but loVo thee in the flower.
The waving grass, the dancing wave,
The fragrant pomp of garden bower,
The violet on tho n imeles» grave.
Sweet dreams by night, sweet thoughts by day.
AJd time shall tire ere love decay.
VI.
Let mo hut lovo thee in tho glow
When morniug on tho ocean shines,
Or in the mighty winds that blow.
Snow-laden through the mountain pines—
-111 all that's fair, or grand, or dread—
And all shall die ere love he dead.
Wm. Winter, in the Galaxy for May.
TRUE LOVE-TOKENS.
I have brought my love fjur flowers,
Dewy, fresh, and scented ;
Plucked within her favorite bowers
Oft by us reqoented.
Will she care
't hem ro wear
On her ainty bosom ?
Will she share
Perfumes rare
Os each love-gift blossom ?
Yesterdaymoru a suitor came.
With a gif most splendid :
Waited on him wealth aud fame—
He was well attended.
But his rings
Down she flings.
For they heavy laid her;
Those bright things,
Made for kings.
Will not e'er persuade her.
But my love is not afraid
Os my tender token;
She will hear what roses said.
Not in words yet spoken,
l inger tips
Hold to lips
Reddest, whitest roses:
In her kiss.
Ah. what bliss.
For it love discloses!
Now I can no longer fear.
For I'm sure she loves me ;
Toll me so my little dear.
And with truth approve mo.
Blushing red.
Low she said:
Boses' souls pervade me ;
Soft they woo
Me for you.
Aud with kiss upbraid me.
Innocent eyes and blushing cheek
Her dear s cret told me
No more words she needs to speak ;
Tranquil bliss ei.fo it me !
Neath flower mask
Hid my t ,sk.
I am growing bolder;
I can ask
In love to bask—
Iu inv arms 1 hold her.
Emilv E. Ford.
Two Inscriptions.— The Northern
Border says that a graveyard near Ban
gor has a monument with the following
inscriptions, the first verse of which
was written by the wife before her
death, and the second by the husband
after lie had married again:
•■Weep not for me. my dearest dear.
I am not dead bu 8 eeping here ;
Kepent. my love, before you die.
For you must come and sleep with I."
“I ill not weep, my do rest life,
For I have got another wife;
1 cat n t come aud sleep with thee,
For I must go aud sleep with she.”
Memorial Day was appropriately cele
brated in Savuunah, Atlanta and Macon
last Monday.
A heavy land slide occurred on the
Savanqah, Griffin and North Alabama
Railroad last Saturday.
There will he a big meeting of Gran
gers in Handersville next Saturday. Col.
T. J. Smith, Master of the State
will be present. ~
PETTICOAT, DI ELS.
RR\UTY AND PIHTOLB, COFFEE
AND BLOOD BEFORE BREAK
FAST.
The Gentler Sex as Followers of the
Code- -Some Famous Encounters Be
tween Women.
One of the contributors to the AUge
meine Familien-Zeituny has recently
had the curiosity to collect a number of
the most noted and best autenticated I
cases of duelling that have taken place j
between the members of the gentler sex.
Duels between women, says the writer, ■
during the seventeenth and eighteenth ;
centuries, were by no means rare, j
France, especially, the land par excel - j
lence of chivalry," furnishes a long list j
of noteworthy examples. The first case j
we shall cite was one which grew out |
of the gallantries of the famous Due de
Richelieu. A Don Juan of the worst
type, the dnke was in the habit of mak
ing his secretary the confidant of his
intrigues. As it cost him no effort to
swear fidelity to Susanna to-day, to
Johanna to-morrow, and the next day to
sacrifice them both to Marianna ; so, at
the same time, he for a while amused j
himself at the expense of the Marquise ,
de Nesle and Madame de Polignac.
Each of them supposed, of course, that
she was sole mistress of his' affections.
One morning, as the duke sat oyer his
coffee, his secretary handed him, to
gether with other letters, two that had
all the appearance of billet»-cloux. These
his grace handed back to the secretary
with the request that he would read
them. I’be first one ran thus :
“Mon Cheb Ami— For three whole
days I have not seen you ! These Ic.ng .
separations rob existence of its value.
When shall I see yon again ? As ever,
your Marquise de Nesle.”
“Poor child !” said the duke, smiling.
The secretary opened another note and
read :
“It seems an age since I saw you.
A horrid demon has made me restless.
When shall I see you ? Faithfully,
your - Comtehsb de Polignac.”
“What time is it?” asked the duke,
aft.-r giving a moment to reflection.
“Eleven o’clock, your grace.” “Have we
any appointments for this afternoon ?”
“No, none.” “Very well, write to the
two ladies that I hope to have the plea
sure of seeing them at my villa this after
noon—the one at 2, the other at 4 o’clock..
And let your messenger go at once.”
Unfortunately the secretary inadvert
ently asked both ladies to come at 2
o’clock. The consequence was that they
treated his grace to one of the most
stormy and painful- scenes that could
well be imagined.
The following morning Mme. de Polig
nac sent her rival a summons to meet
her in single and deadly combat. The
Marquise de Nesle accepted the challenge
without- hesitation, chose the pistol as
the weapon, and designated the Bois de
B ulogne’, of course, as the place of
meeting. They were botli punctual.
The murderous weapons were loaded,
and the distance measured off. “ Fire 1”
said Mme. de Polignac to her antagonist,
“but take good care that you do not miss
ine ; if you do, you may be sure I shall
n it, miss you.” The Marquise aimed
and fired, but the only damage she did
was to shoot off two or three branches
of a bush that chanced to be in her
range. “My indignation made my hand
unsteady,” said she with a frown. “Now
it is my turn,” cried Mme. de Polignac.
She took deliberate aim, and phot away
a diminutive piece of the marquise’s
right ear. The marquise fell to the
ground as though she had been shot
through the heart, crying out, “Oh, I
am wounded 1 Madame, I pardon you.”
Mine, de Saint-Belmont was a mas-,
culine sort of a woman. Her Jyjsbaafj'j
while in the service of the Duke of Lor
raine, fell on thehonor. After
this event, determined to man
age her,- Own affairs, and especially to
her interests on her landed
which were large. She there
fore spent much of her time in the sad
dle, and indeed in the costume of the
cotemporary dandy. To numberless
other adventures and caprices she ad
ded that of insisting on fighting a duel
with a young man who was enamored of
her wit and bright eyes. She rewarded
Ilia devotion by forbidding him to ap
proach her; but love is sometimes deaf
as well as blind. In this instance it is
possible that the cavalier put the seem
ing invulnerability of the lady down to
affectation. Be that as it may, meeting
her one day in a wood, where she had
alighted to pick some berries, he threw
himself ut her feet; but, to his protesta
tions of love and devotion, the hard
hearted Mme. do Saint-Belmont replied:
“You are challenged. To-morrow I will
run my sword through you.” And it
was as she said it should be ; the young
man was killed by the hand of her whom
he loved more than life. But hardly
had lie breathed liis last, when his fair
antagonist was seized with the keenest
remorse. She threw herself upon his
dead body and wept bitterly. From
that day she was entirely changed; she
became very devoted to the church,
heard mass twice daily, wrote three re
ligious tragedies, and gave a large share
of liiTr income to different religious or
ders. Her indignation at the young
cavalier was only an inexplicable ca
price; she had, in fact, unconsciously
loved him, as (lie sequel fully proved.
A sirni ar but Jess tragic case is r -
luted by TallemaiKl: Mme. Chateau-Gray -
de Murat had a lover in the person of a
certain M. de Codieres. One day she
thought herself justified in believing
that he was unfaithful. All his protes
tations were of no avail. She challenged
him to single combat, and whether he
wen id or uo, he was compelled to ac
cede. De Codieres appeared on the
ground promptly, and was in an exceed
ingly guy humor, for he looked upon the
affair as simply a jest on the part of his
lady love. He soon, however, became
convinced of his error, and that she was
in furious earnest, for very soon a well
directed thrust came near sending him
to the land “whence no traveler re
turns.” From the determined manner
in which she attacked him, he saw that
he must be on his guard. He deter
mined,’ therefore, to tire his charming
antagonist out, in which endeavor, in
the course of half an hour, he was so
successful that she let her sword fall
from sheer exhaustion. De Codieres
now placed his weapon against her breast
and asked, “Well ?” A look full of love
was her only reply, whereupon De
•Codieres dropped his sword, and clasped
her iu his arms. In consequence of a
simple dispule that took place during
the course of a performance, the cele
brated French actress, Baupre, challeng
ed one of her colleagues, Mile. Catherine
d’Urlis, to single combat, and further
more insisted on fighting immediately.
In her rage she went to the property
room and brought two swords to the
green room. Mile. d’Urlis accepted the
eh llenge, and was severely wounded in
the neck.
Colombey mentions a numberof duels
fought by the dark-eyed sisters of the
Iberian peninsula. Here the leading
role is played by the nava/a, the short
dagger-like knife which the Spaniard
carries in liis belt. In rage aud indif
ference to death no women of the world
surpass the Spanish. Their hatred is
like a stream of niotten lava—it destroys
everything that comes in its way. And
with their passionate natures they com
bine great native cleverness. A single
example will suffice to illustrate these
characteristic traits. Two manolas—
girls of the middle classes—of Madrid
contended for the possession of a rich
Andalusian. They determined to let a
hand-to-hand combat settle the dispute.
One bright May morning, therefore,
armed with daggers aud navajas, and
accompanied by their seconds, they
drove out at the Alcala gate. The under
standing was that only one of them
should return alive. But, just as they
reached the spot chosen for the bloody
work, they were approached by three
policemen, who arrested both principals
and seconds. The manolas laughed dis
dainfully and followed good-naturedly
to the Dearest police station. “Senor,”
said one of the would-be duellists to the
officer on duty, “these gentlemen, con
trary to all law and right, have wilfully
interferred with our personal liberty.”
“That we shall see,” replied the em
plendo, with becoming official gravity.
“Officer, what charge have you to make
against these senoras f" “Senor,” re
plied the policeman, “I had good rea
sons for believing that the prisoners
wer- about to fight a duel to the death.
For that reason we have brought them
before your iionor, that they may be
punished according to law.” “If you
please, senor,” one of the prisoners re
plied, “we have done nothing, nor were
we about to do anything for which we
can be legally punished.” Thereupon
the girl poined out to the astonished
official that the law for the suppression
of duelling applied to men only, they
being specially mentioned iu it and they
only. The legal erudition of the .Young
took the empleado completely by
surprise, and perplexed him greatly.—
Afte r a careful examination of ttie codex,
h caiAe to the conclusion that the law
did not reach the case under considera
tion, and he was reluctantly compelled
to release the prisoners, but not till he
had obtained from them a promise that
they would desist from their murderous
design.
It is related that two girls in the royal
tobacco factory recently had killed each
other in a hand-to-hand contest. The
mode adopted by the combatants was as
romant'c as it was barbarous. The an
tagonists, who were both about twenty
years old, and remarkably handsome,
repaired. O’ e Sunday morning, accom
panied by certain of their comrades, to
a village some four or five miles distant,
where they breakfasted sumptuously at
different tables. The repast ended, they
closed the window curtains, stripped
themselves to the waist and requested
their friends to leave the room. Then,
at a given signal, they attacked e«ch
other with their navajas, and cut, and
slashed, and thrust until both fell to the
floor, mortally wounded ! When a few
minutes had elapsed, their friends re
entered the room. Estefania, one of the
combatants, had received ten wounds,
from which she bled to death in half an
hour. Casilda, her antagonist, died
somewhat sooner, from a ghastly wound
in the neck.
In this instance the authorities were
less scrupulous than in the case of the
two manolas. The participants in the
horrid tragedy were arraigned and
punished.
TIIE ARKANSAS TROUBLES.
A History of the Complications—The
Division of the Republican Party in
1872—A Fight Against the Clayton
Ring—How Baxter was “Counted In”
as Governor—Rejoicing ai Brooks’
Triumph—'The President Declines to
Interfere.
[From the New York Tribune.]
Washington, April 16.—T0 under
stand the present complication in Arkan
sas, it is necessary to go back to its ori
gin in the campaign of 1872. When that
campaign opened, the Republican party
in the State was split into two factions,*
called the “Minstrels” and the “Briudle
Tails.” The division occurred a year
before, and was originally a quarrel for
the spoils, but the best elements of the
party drifted into the latter faction, be
cause it was opposing the usurpations of
Clayton and the corruptions of the State
House ring, which had carried on a sys
tem of plunder nowhere paralleled in the
“carpet-bag States, except in South
Carolina.” The “Brindles” resolved to
support the Cincinnati nominations, and
were the first to put a State ticket in
the field. Their nominee for Gover
nor was Joseph Brooks, a Republi
can, who was personally very popular,
and was a powerful stump orator. A
very small faction of Liberal Republi
cans, who had organized in the Spring,
and sent delegates to Cincinnati, agreed
to support this ticket. Later, the Dem
cratic Convention determined to make
no nomination, and committees of the
Democratic, “Brindle” and Liberal Re
publican organizations reorganized the
Brooks ticket so as to give the Demo
crats representation upon it. Thus a
strong reform ticket was formed, with
the support of all the elements opposed
to the Clayton faction. A feeble attempt
was made just before the election to
draw off the Bourbon Democrats to the
support of anew ticket, put out by the
Little Rock Gazette, but it met with no
popular response. The “Minstrels,” or
Clayton Republicans, nominated Baxter
for Governor. He had not been a promi
nent member of their party, but as an
old resident of the State, who had been
a Union man during the last years of
the war, and was believed to be
conservative in his views, they thought
him the most available man they had,
and hoped to draw some Democratic
votes from Brooks.
The Brooks ticket and the Greeley
electoral ticket were, beyond all doubt,
elected by a majority of not far from
10,000 votes, but the Clayton Ring, who
hail the entire election machinery in its
control, repeated the practices by which
they had before placed themselves in
power, and threw out the votes of entire
counties on account of irregularities in
the returns made by their own officials,
as was alleged, by their instigation. In
some counties they counted the reapm**'
from one or two townships, .iipfTrifer to
elect their county Ugh'Sc, and rejected
all the this way they figured
out aqarqority. of 3,000 votes for Baxter,
"and installed him in January, 1873, to
gether with their entire State ticket.
The same system of “counting in” pro
duced a Legislature with a majority be
longing to the Clayton party. Brooks
appealed to the Legislature, but was de
nied a hearing. He then applied to the
Supreme Comt for a writ of quo w r
runto, but the Court refused to grant
the writ. His case appeared to be des
perate. The usurpation was completely
triumphant. Tlje President naturally
declined to interfere in his behalf. It
was not the President’s ox that was
gored in Arkansas as in Louisiana, and
there was no Durell to overturn the
State government with a judicial de
cision backed by Federal bayonets.
The Republicans; as soon as they found
that they had “caught a Tartar” in
their new Governor, Baxter, began to
cultivate the Democrats and helped to
form the combination which elected
Dorsey to the Senate in opposition to
the regular Republican candidate.
About half the offices in his gift were
tilled by him with Democrats. In short,
he followed very closely the example of
Andrew Johnson, and tried to hold up
fi party composed of the Democrats and
such Republicans as he could induce to
act with him. Tho “ Minstrel” faction
became greatly alarmed ut his perform
ances, and concluded that they would
be a great deal better off with Brooks
as Governor. It was probably in pur
suance of an understanding with the
leaders of this faction that they would
sustain him, that Brooks brought a per
sonal suit iu the State Circuit Court,
presided over by Judge Whytock, for
the possession of the office of Governor
and its emoluments. Gov. Baxter ig
nored the case, attempting no defense,,
and declared that he would not submit
to the jurisdiction of the Court. Judge
Whytock, who issued the decree plac
ing Brooks in possession of the office,
was a candidate upon the Reform ticket
with Brooks, for Supreme Court Judge.
The Senators and Representatives
from Arkansas appear to be entirely
satisfied with Brook’s coup d'etat. They
speak of Baxter as a political traitor,
and say that from tho day he entered
upon his office he appeared to feel that
he was not fairly elected, and to dread a
removal if the contest should ever be
fairly adjudicated.' To mollify the Dem
ocrats, so that they would not assist
Brooks in pushing his case, he began at
once to appoint them to office and to
plot with the worst Bourbon element of
their party. It is believed that he liad
formed a scheme which had iu view the
election of ft Democratic Legislature
next Fall, and the subsequent calling of
a Constitutional Convention to undo, so
far as possible, the work of reconstruc
tion. It is this danger which leads the
Clayton Republicans to look with joy
upon the assumption of Gubernatorial
powers by Brooks. The anti-Clayton
men are naturally no less rejoiced at the
final triumph of their champion. Both
parties have had interviews with the
President, and have assurances that he
sees no cause for interfering in Baxter’s
behalf.
CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
Ail Interesting Iterview With the
Secretary of the Confederate 'freas
uay—A Fatal Mistake.
[To the Editor of the Courier-Journal.]
Louisville, Kv., April 18, 1874.
In your issue of Saturday,the ithinst.,
I notice w article from Mr. Memminger
in reply to General Joseph E. Johnston’s
theory of the failure of the Confederate
cause, viz: “The failure to ultilize the
cotton crops of 1800 aud 1861 as a finan
cial basis.”
Mr. Memminger does not agree with
General Johnston; thinks Iris memory
inaccurate as to finances, &c., and yet ar
gues that it could not have been done
at that time. I think the difficulty is
that it never occurred to the Confeder
ate Secretary of the Treasury to make
the cotton a financial basis at that time.
His article referred to above brings
to mind an interview with the honorable
Secretary in the fall of 1861—of Vhich
I have often spoken since—immediately
after the issue of his first $100,000,000
in paper but little better than that on
which lam writing. From the quality
of the paper used it occurred to me that
the honorable Secretary must be in a
strait for silk paper, aud there might be
a speculation iu a contract to furnish
him. I conferred with the late 0. Q.
Armstrong,'then of this city, aud we de
cided to try for it. I went immediately
to Richmond, called upon Mr. Memmin
ger, and offered to furnish him with as
much silk paper as would serve him for
three vt*ars, aud deliver the same within
Col. Forest’s lines in goqthern Ken
tucky, for which and my risks of money
and libertv and my labor he should pay
me $500,000 in his paper, when my con
tract was fully complied with. I said
that if successful this would make my
family independent and pay for my
risks,’aud that ft would save Iris Govern
ment $-25,000,000 in depreciation by
calling in his first issue and replacing it
with an issue on good paper; that the
very paper on which it was printed
would depreciate it 25 per cent, in 120
days. I stated further that I was just
through the lines from Indiana, and
knew I could carry this through success
fully and speedily.
Mr. Memminger replied that “they had
made arrangements to manufacture all
the silk paper they would need, aud did
not care to contract.”
I then suggested that he print his
money on good paper, call in this issue
(showing him one of his bills), change
your plates and make your money re
deanabl- at the Bank oj England twelve
months after date, I said you pan, with
this mouev, buy all the cotton in the
Confederacy at 8 cents [which I had
Beard hundreds of holders say they
would be glad to get in his paper).—
Bend all the energies of yoar Govern
ment in getting it to the seaboard. Ship
it first to neutral ports nearest your
coast, before the blockade becomes more
stringent, and then under foreign flags
to England, aud hypothecate your cot
eottou with the 'Bank of England;
hold it twelve months and you can
make it bring 40 cents, as you control
the supply. This will make your money
worth a premium in foreign exchange.—
That all the Jews would then be found
running Northern gold across the lines
to exchange for your money with which
to pay for foreign purchases; that it
would depreciate Northern greenbacks,
make their cnrrency wortliless and break
the war spirit at the North; that he
could make 300 per cent, profit on his
cotton and pay his war expenses. Then,
said I, send some of your shrewdest
diplomatists to Washington City with
letters of credit on England for SIOO,-
000,000 and buy your independence
withyonr money and save your blood.
Mr. Memmingerjreplied tha{ “it was not
their policy to let their cotton go
abroad,” and seemed to take nq interest
in tine subject. I think Mr. Memminger’s
position is an after-t-h ought, and that
he sees now much plainer than he did at
that time the difficulties of which he
speaks. . Running the blockade was
much easier then tffian later, and in two
trips through the cotton States, from
New Orleans to Richmond, every one I
saw was anxious to sell their cotton to
the Government, or anyone else, at eight
cents in Confederate paper.
It is now certain that no people ever
frittered away such magnificent finan
cial resources as did the Confederacy in
failing to use her cotton as a financial
basis, and it has since been proven how
very easy it would have been to buy
any measure through the Washington
Government.
But, “whom the gods determine to
destroy they first make mad.” The
Southern States, by their “madness” at
Richmond, placed themselves again un
der the dominion of the Washington
Government, whose madness has about
destroyed them, and with them may we
not fear the hopes of civil liberty in
America. J. W. H.
SHEEP RAISING IN NORTHEAST
ERN GEORGIA.
To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel :
There is a Spanish proverb, “Wool
grows under the sheep’s hoof,” and if in
Spain why not in Georgia ? Our South
ern country is perfectly adapted to
sheep husbandry. In this section (North
east Georgia) sheep live all the year
without shelter, and many flocks with
out food during the Winter however,
when properly fed and housed they
thrive much better. Sheep are necessa
ry for the improvement of our worn out
lands; they present the most available
means of accomplishing this result.
However, I do not propose to discuss
the plan. The object of this communica
tion, is to call attention to the great
draw back; the one which prevents
capital and energy from engaging in the
business. I mean.dogs, “both mongrel,
puppy, whelp and hound, and cur of
low degree,” especially. I admire a
good,honest, intelligent, well-fed dog as
much as any man, but for a mean, sneak
ing, hungry, sheep-killing dog,l have an
utter contempt. He and I were born ene-
we shall die unreconciled. Such
dogs rob the coffers of the State just as
effectually as did their relative Bullock,
and though we may never hope to rid
the State of them as effectually as has
been done of Rufus and his pack, still
there is a remedy. We are taxed on
sheep and why not make clogs property
as well. A special tax of at least $5
(five) per annum should be levied-eH'
each and every dog of all siz{N ( sorts
and conditions. If the not payed
it should be of the sheriff' and
all, cetinty officers (under heavy penalty
An case of neglect or failure) to kill the
dog. The tax might be very properly
applied to reimbursing the sheep owners
who may be losers from the depreda
tions of dogs. To show how necessary
such a law is there has been at least fifty
sheep killed in this neighborhood with
in the past year. These sheep were
worth SIOO (one hundred), to say noth
ing of the loss of increase, and wool.
This is more than all the dogs in the
county are worth. I am aware of the
opposition any such measure will meet
witli from a certain class of citizens,
but every man who has the interest of
Georgia at heart will lend his aid. The
dogs eat and destroy much more than
they are worth—they need thinning out.
May some man be raised up in the next
Legislature to champion a dog bill, and
may it become a law is the wish of
A Georgian.
Bland Hill Farm, April 22, 1874.
A LIVING MONSTROSITY".
An Infant with the Leg of Another In
fant Attached to Its Cheek.
The St. Louis Globe, of the 10th inst.,
publishes the following description of a
hideous deformity on the face of a child
in Brown county, Illinois :
The child was born on the 23d of
February last, and is perfectly formed,
and healthy in every respect. It is a
large child for its age, vigorous and
strong, i have said it is perfectly
formed. Excepting the right side of its
head it is, and there it presents its de
formity. From the right corner of the
mouth, extending to the outer corner of
the right eye, and thence to the ear, is a
huge mass of flesh, blood and bones,
'almost as large as the head, and weigh
ing from three and a half to four pounds.
It at first appeared to be an arm grow
ing from a sack, but now it has every
appearance of a thigh and leg, the ex
tremity armed with a distorted foot,
that bears a stronger resemblance to the
flipper of a turtle. At the corner of the
moqth is the head of the thigh bone,
rounded as if to fit the socket. The leg
is, of course, upside down, the foot near
the top of the head. About apposite
the eye is a joint, and a sort of opening,
from which protrudes the leg, which is
furnished with knee and ankle joints,
and about an inch from the ankle is the
flipper, which is turned under and
lies close to the leg. The flipper has
the bones and nails of a foot. Two
toes are in one solid lump, with a
nail on the upper and another on the
under side, witli a sort of crease through
the center of the extremity, such' as
would be formed by placing a pair of
toes together, bottom to bottom. The
toe next to it stands by itself, separated
from the others, and possessing one nail,
while the other two toes are apparently
webbed, and show a nail upon each.
There is uo heel, but the flipper turns
from the ankle, making a complete
curve. -Near the ankle it is as thick as
the instep of the ordinary foot of a well
formed infant of that age, but it tapers
in thickness until, at the extremities, it
is perfectly flat and very thin. The thigh
and leg are furnished with muscles, anil
though not under the control of the
child, seem to move spasmodically, and
to resist the touch. As nearly as can
be ascertained, the excrescence has seven
separate bones and eight joints, besides
those of the foot or flipper. At the
point where the leg escapes from the
sack there seems to be a fleshy exten
sion of the sack, giving the whole the ap
pearance of a man’s wrist at its exit from
the shirt cuff’. I turned this flesh cuff
back, and at the base of the sack discov
ered the knee-joint. Tho ankle joint is
more perfectly formed, and is more
easily rotated. The thigh (or sack) de
velops several bones, but so covered
with flesh that I could not determine
what they are, except the thigh bone,
which is quite large and prominent.
When the child was a few weeks old the
sack had the appearance of being filled
with matter, but as it became more de
veloped it assumed more and more the
appearance of flesh, and now the veins
are plainly visible. I watched the mass
for some little time, and frequently saw
it move; saw the muscles enlarge and
contract, and saw the bones move; and
this while the child was otherwise per
fectly at rest. Nor does the excrescence
seem dependent upon the motion of the
child’s fact., Several times it cried du
ring the .examination, and at those pe
riods I could not detect any muscular
activity on the part of the excrescence.
The action is more pronounced when the
infant is at rest than at any other time.
I did not notice that the child suffered
any inconvenience from the existence of
this superfluous member. It frequently
put its bauds up and placed them upon
it, bat did not apparently do so from
anv suffering it entailed. Nor does ma
nipulation seem to afford pain. At first
I handled it carefully, using a soft hand
kerchief to protect ‘it from roughness,
but I soon discovered the precaution to
be unnecessary, as'it did not seem to
shrink from the tflnch, nor did the baby
appear to experience pain. I examined
the child thoroughly and carefully, and
found it to be well formed. It has the
usual complement of limbs and organs,
all in a normal condition, and in figure
and features is a remarkably pretty
young one.
Too Witty to Live. —It was a singu
lar and terrible tragedy, that of Silva s
photograph gallery in San Francisco
lately. Silva was taking the picture of
of a little girl, whose father was sitting
near to keep the girl in countenance.
Several ladies were examining speci
mens in the reception room, and wait
ing for sittir gs. Charles
Koehenrath was sitting on a chair w ith
his back to the dark-room and in sight
of its door touching up a picture. Ed
ward Cogdon had gone into the dark
room with a picture to bring out.
There was a fire-arm discharge in the
gallery, which brought everybody up
standing, and the little girl jumped from
the chair into her father’s arms
Another discharge almost immediately,
and all started to run out of the house,
and Silva after his customers, en
deavoring to reassure them and call
them back. He supposed it was some
body amusing himself shooting rats.
He went back, looked around, and soon
discovered two of his employes lying
dead —Lochenrath lying ou the floor,
evidently murdered, and Congdon lying
near the dark roopi with a pistol in his
right hand, evidently first a murderer
and then a suicide. Both had died in
stantaneously from the passage of leaden
balls through their brains. Silva dis- |
missed his customers, as the pate gloom
cast around by those dead faces and the j
deep shadow of blood in which they lay j
made a very bad light to take pictures
in. The “stiff's,” as they are touching
ly named by the morgue men, were carted
off to the dead house.
It seems that Koehenrath was a very
jocular young man, and had been play
ing rough jokes on Congdon, who was \
about two years his senior. CoDgdon
was exceedingly sensitive, and became
morose and morbid, and finally madden
ed under the keen satire of Koehen
ratli’s wit. He could stand it no longer,
killed the joker, and then himself played
a joke on the gallows.
SOUTH GEORGIA LETTER.
[special •orbespoxdence of the chronicle
AND SENTINEL.]
Savannah, April 27.
Tlie Cremation Hoax.
I hardly know what to think about
that cremation hoax. Yvas it, indeed,
only a clever torgery ? It' hurts my feel
ings to believe that that noble French
Communist, Loehrane, was not the au- 1
thor of the glowing letter attributed to
him in the report. If he did not write
it, then rhetoric is a brazen liar, and
metaphor a cheat and a delusion. And
yet that is hardly more grievous than to
be compelled t« admit that Tom Harde
man had no hand in that delicate allu
sion to the fiery game of poker. After
awhile, I suppose, I will be able to sit
down and calmly tbiuk of these things
as a part of a clever hoax, but for a time
you must humor me in my belief that
the letters at least are genuine.
The Case of Mrs. Mary Marshall.
The case of Mrs. Mary Marshall, allu
sions to which you have doubtless seeii
in the city papers, still forms a topic of
conversation. Col. A. It. Lamar, the
Solictor General, iu accordance witli the
instructions of the late grand jury, has
filed a petition in the Court of Ordinary
praying that a commission for an in
quisition be issued, iu order that an
inv- stigation may be made as to the
malign influences by which Mrs. Mar
shall is said to be surrounded. Mrs.
Marshall, ou the other hand, in answer
ing the petition though her counsel, de
nies the existence of the alleged malign
influences, and requests, if au investiga
tion is to be made, that it be made in
open court; and she claims the right to
call witnesses in her behalf anil to be
represented by counsel. It is a curious
case altogeter. The evidence upon wliich
the presentments of tlie grand jury were
based, was, I am told, to the effect that
Miss S. A. Judd, who fills the position of
governess and companion in the family,
endeavored to get a certain quack named
LeDue, who recently flourished around
here, to alter and amend Mrs. Marshall’s
will to suit the ideas of the aforesaid
Judd. LeDue was obstinately shrewd,
He would like to undertake the job, but
then it was so hazardous. He would not
attempt it for less than twenty thousand
dollars. This was a pretty tall sum, but
the jstpry goes that the amiable M’ss
Judd agreed to pay the price, and for
that purpose she gave LeDue her note
for a certain amount, and procured a lot
of Mrs. Marshall’s jewelry, which she
gave to Monsieur. In the mean lime,
however, Madame LeDue—seer, clair
voyant and what not, the original
seventh daughter of a seventh, son
—had a slight misunderstanding with
her husband, and upon her complaint
Monsieur was lodged in jail. Here he
made confes-ion to the detective, dis
gorged the jewelry and showed the cor
respondence between Judd and himself.
Finally, Madame was arrested on some
charge and her story fully corroborated
that of her husband, with the additional
information that she' had often seen the
amiable Miss Judd fire a pistol at old
Mrs. Marshall, aud otherwise terrify
her. This is about the substance—b t
not the details—of the evidence laid be
fore the grand jury. Mrs. Marshall pub
lished a card in reply to that portion of
the presentments referring to her family
relations, and denounced the statements
as utterly without foundation. But it
was remembered by mauy that Mrs.
Marshall upon one occasion, in tlie very
remote past, hurriedly sent for several
of our prominent citizens, among them
Dr. R. D. Arnold and Gen. Auderson,
Chief of Police, under the impression
that an attempt had been made to poison
her. Under all the circumstances, it is
likely that the Ordinary will order a
commission to issue for an investiga
tion.
Political Notes,
Politically, matters are very quiet in
this section. Some of the Middle Geor
gia newspapers, I observe, have men
tioned the name of Julian Hartridge for
Governor in 1876. While this sort of
business is somewhat premature, there
can be no doubt that Hartridge would
be acceptable to a very large number
of Georgians. He is not, however,
troubled with any weakness in the
way of office-hunting. The office to
which he is elected will have to
seek him. As to the probable Con
gressional candidate from this District,
I am somewhat in the dark. There
are several aspirants, the majority of
whom are very worthy men. Senator
John C. Nicholls and Col. A. R. Lamar
are spoken of in that connection, and it
is probable that tlie friends of Col. W.
T. Thompson, of the Morning News,
will submit his name to the Convention.
As to the next State Senator, I suppose
Col. Rufus E. Lester will again be a
candidate. If he does not, lie will dis
appoint his friends. He is, by no means,
enamored of the position, however.
Speaking of tho Senatorsliip, reminds
me that Henry Smith, of Bryan, was iu
town the other day and had liis say ou
that subject.
“Candidly,” said Henry, “I think
I’m entitled to that office, an’ es Rufe
Lester don’t run, as it were, ding my
hide es I don’t. I’m willin’ to give way
to Rufe, becase he’s a friend of mine,
but dog my cats es I’m gwine to be
hacked by a common man, as it were.”
Memorial Day.
The cemeteries have been crowded to
day by those who esteem it a privilege
to decorate the graves of the dead sol
diers of tlie Lost Cause. Large num
bers of ladies and gentlemen have visit
ed Laurel Grove, Bona venture and th e Ca
tholic Cemeteries and memorial wreaths
have been laid upon the graves of all who
were identified with the struggle for
freedom. The design of the monument
to the Confederate dead, shortly to be
erected in this city by the Ladies’
Memorial Association, is one of
the most elaborate and elegant I
have ever seen, and it is to be
regretted that this shaft, a marvel of
beauty aud a monument to the devotion
of our women no less than to tlie valor
of the dead, is to be erected in the Park
extension on the southern suburbs of
the city. The proper place for the
monument, it seems to me, is the square
opposite the Court House on Bull street.
The Parle extension is so unfavorably
situated that I can but wonder it was
ever suggested as a suitable place. It
is to be hoped that the ladies may be
prevailed upon to reverse their decision.
Business, Crops, Etc.
Business is dull and seems likely to
grow duller. There is still a good deal
of activity on the Bay, but I don’t know
that it amounts to much. Crop reports
from Southern and Southwest Georgia
and Florida are very encouraging. The
rains in those sections have been neither
so heavy nor so contirfious as in Middle
Georgia, and the outlook is, therefore,
more cheerful. The results of the ef
forts of the Florida planters to profitably
grow Sea Island cotton are very dis
couraging, and, from what I can gather,
the cultivation of the long staple has
been almost entireH abandoned.
Gavroche.
COLD WEATHER.
Damage to the Cropsi
Savannah,Ga., April 29.—The weather
has been very cold last night and to-day.
Reports from Southern Georgia state
that there was a heavy hail storm, which
has injured the crops.
Wilmington, Del., April 29.—There
was a heavy rain storm accompanied by
thunder and lightninglast night, follow
ed this morning by snow and rain, ex
tending as far South as Dover and over all
that portion of the peach growing region
in which the fruit had not previously been
killed. There is much apprehension of
injury to the crops felt. Every Even
ing to-day prints telegrams from a num
ber of prominent fruit growers, which
generally express the opinion that the
fruit is not killed, but that it certainly
will be in the freezing weather that, fol
lows the storm. The fruit region not
injured before this storm was expected
to produce three millions baskets. If a
freeze conies a total failure is feared.
Farmers’ Meeting.
London, April 29.—A meeting of
farmers was held at Newmarket yester
day to consider the present difficulties
with agricultural laborers. Among the
speeches delivered was one by a Mr.
Wood, a native of England, but now a
resident of Ohio, who offered to bnng
from that State any number of persons
who, were willing to work for fourteen
shiljlings a week in place of the laborers
now lacked out.
jDcmulgye, No. 2, of Macon, has sold
itpold hand engine to the city of Bruns
wick.
eiR ATLANTA * ORRESPONDENCE.
Atlanta, April 28, 1874.
Memorial Day.
Probably the most imposing demon
stration that has been witnessed in At
lanta in ten years occurred here yester
day, on the occasion of the decoration of
the graves of the Confederate dead. Os
these heroic veterans there are buried
in Oakland Cemetery twenty-live hun
dred or three thousand ; and of this
number there was not one that did
not receive its tribute of flowers
and evergreens from fair hands on j
yesterday. It is estimated that be
tween ten and fifteen thousand persous
were in the cemetery grounds between
the hours of three and four, p. in. No
insignificant number of these were from
abroad, several having come from Ala
bama, a distance of over one hundred
miles. The procession from the city to
the cemetery alone numbered fifteen
hundred persons, consisting of Gov
ernor Smith and staff, Mayor Speueer
and the Board of Council, thS La
dies’ Memorial Association, the mili
tary companies, the Knights Templar,
the Knights of Pythias, the Good Tem
plars, the pupils of the five Grammar
Schools and two High Schools, the stu
dents of the Business College, the mem
bers of the Bar, the Catholic societies,
the police, and numerous other organi
zations. The procession was commanded
by General “Fige” Anderson, one of the
bravest s ddiers of the army? The ora
tor of the day was Col. Thomas Harde
man. of Macon, who stood at the base of
the Confederate monument, and delivered
in his happiest style a til and touch
ing tribute to the bravery and patriotism
of the noble dead who-e memory the
day sought to perpetuate. The Con
federate monument at this place is a
lofty and commanding shaft of Stone
Mountain granite, beautifully polished,
measuring about sixty-five feet in
height, and has been erected through
the untiring efforts of the Memorial As
sociation of this city, of which Mrs. Ur.
J. M. Johnson (Howell Cobb's sister)
is the President. The graves of the
Confederate dead are all surrounded
by beautifully designed hedges of
evergreeus of several varieties ; and
present evidences of continued and
never-ceasing attention; all of ,which
tends to confirm Mr. Davis’ declaration,
that however lukewarm may be the men
of the South, the patriotism of onr
women still burns with unquenchable
fervor.
Penn Bedell’s Grave.
The “ Cadets,” a military company
composed of young men of the city,
decorated the grave of Penn Bedell (who
was killed by Gaines Chisolm) yester
day. Bedeil was a member of the
“ Zouaves,” but he had many friends
in the other companies, who felt
grateful to him because in the late dis
pute between the military companies of
this place in reference to the United
States flag Bedell espoused the cause
of the “Cadets” and “Governor’s
Guards,” against the members of his
own company, the “Zouaves,” being
satisfied, as he said, that his own'com
panions were in error. The “Zouaves,”
it is said, will turn out en masse to
morrow afternoon and decorate Bedell’s
grave.
An Ugly Rumor.
A rumor was circulated yesterday
morning to the effect t hat the “Zouaves”
had taken offense because they had not
bee" invited to participate in the cere
mony of decorating the Confederate
graves, and that they had determined to
march alone to the cemetery, decorate
Bedell’s grave, indignantly turn oil their
heels and return home. Every person,
however, was gratified to learu Jhat,
whatever might have been their inten
tion, they did not see proper to inter
rupt so solemn an occasion. The fact
that this company is commanded
by John L. Conley, son of ex-
Governor Benjamin Conley, who is a
Republican, and the additional consid
eration that some of the members were
considered lukewarm supporters of the
Confederate cause, since if not during
the war, make this company and all its
movements the subject of much com
ment and speculation. It is not gene
l'slly known whether or not this com
pany was invited to join the procession,
but the prevailing impression is that it,
along with all similar organizations, was
invited, and that, for reasons best known
to themselves, they did not accept.
Congressional.
The next Congressional campaign be
gins to excite some little talk and specu
lation. The Fifth District will not suf
fer for candidates. Atlanta alone, if
rumor can be relied upon, will fur
nish five or six. The names of Col. E.
F. Hoge, present Representative from
this county in the Legislature; Maj. Geo.
Hillyer, Senator from this district and
brother'of Mr. Carlton Hillyer, of your
city; Mayor S. B. Spencer, and Capt.
Evan P. Howell, recently Solicitor-Gen
eral of the Atlanta Circuit, have been
suggested as proper persons lor this im
portant office.
Brief Mention.
Gaines Chisolm, it is said, has somfe
wliat improved in health recently. His
trial will not take place in two weeks
yet. In the meantime his friends and
enemies ai'e marshaling their forces. *
* * * Mr. Thou as P. Westmoreland,
a young lawyer, will be married to Miss
Carrie Rawsou, daughter of E. E. Raw
son, one of Atlanta’s wealthiest capital
ists, to-night. * * * * To-morrow
night Mr. Geo. Harrison will be married
to Miss Lucy Hayden, one of Atlanta’s
most fashionable and popular belles,
and the daughter of one of Atlanta’s
most wealthy citizens. These marriages,
it is believed, will close the Spring matri
monial campaign iu this city for 1874.
HALIFAX.
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OE
TUB GEORGIA TEACHERS’ ASSO
CIATION.
Macon, April 28, 1874.
To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel :
The Georgia Teachers’ Association as
sembled in Harmonic, this morning at
10 o’clock, and was called to order by
Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle, First Vice-Presi
dent. The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Branch, of this city.
The address of welcome on the part
I of the city was made by Rev. Mr. .Tno.
VV. Burke, Mayor pro term. , or as the genial
Watson calls him,'the cotemperaneons
Mayor. Mr. Burke was exceedingly
happy in his remarks. Mr. W. D. Wil
liams, President of the Board of Educa
tion of this (Bibb) county, welcomed the
Association on behalf of the Board. He
took occasion to direct attention to the
wonderful enterprise displayed by Ma
con in matters educational, and gave an
interesting resume of the condition and
prospects of the public schools in city
and county, and the collegiate institu
tions located here. He felt sure Macon
has, in being liberal, acted wisely. Hhe
had secured Mercer and the Pio Nouo
Universities. The acquisition was a
splendid one. Macon is already begin
ning to reap the advantage which come
to a city by reason of being the educa
tional centre of the State. Dr. Battle
made a most excellent extempore re
sponse.
A letter from Rev. Dr. Andrew A.
Lipscomb, resigning the Presidency of
the Association on account of feeble
health, was read. On motion of Mr.
Niles, of Griffin, it was laid over until
the time arrives for the annual election
of officers.
On motion of Mr. Baker, of Savannah,
a recess of fifteen minutes was taken.
The Association having been called to
order, a committee of three on appli
cants for membership was appointed—
Professor Orr, Chairman.
Mistakes in Modern Education.
Mr. W. H. Baker, Superintendent
Public Schools of Savannah, read a li p
uily conceived paper on “Mistakes in
Modern Education.”
He presented liis subject under three
■ heads—mistakes in ideas, methods, disci
pline First —Leading educators seem to
have misunderstood the true idea of edu
cation. The result has been the opening of
a pandora’s box,out of which have sprung
innumerable evils. Countless advocates
have appeared, each with the best sys
tem. Comes the utilitarian, with whom
no knowledge is worthy of pursuit save
tnat which has a direct bearing upon the
employments and material uses of life.
He would exclude frota the schools all
else save that which treats of nature’s
domain. The members of this class es
teem it cruel that a child should give so
much of valuable time to the “dead
languages,” whilst he remains utterly
ignorant of the chemistry of common
life. The speaker declared the same to
be true of the advocates of exclusive
modern languages, mathematics, etc.
•Second— Scholarship, however import
ant a desideratum, was not itself -uffi
cient. Tact owes its power to difference
iu methods. He was inclined to regard
all the new ideas advanced as methods
of instruction as most desirable. He
questioned the practicability of whole
sale resort to “object teaching” and
methods which require lit tie work at the
hands of the pupil. Third—He held
that, in the matter of discipline, the true
plan was to throw, in a great degree, the
responsibility of a child’s conduct upon
himself; that there was a great deal of
power in simple trust. Trust a boy’s
honor, honesty, veracity and fidelity to
duty, and you will rarely be disappointed
in him.
The paper excited considerable dis
cussion," participated in by Messrs. Eis
wald, Meyers, Orr, Barrett, Walton
and others.
Dr. Meyers urged that in educating
our children we cannot tell what avoca
tion in life they may adopt—whether
professional or non-professional. The
proper course was to so educate them that l
whatever calling they select they shall
be able to do the best for themselves
and the State.
At 12:30, p. m., Professor Morgan
Callaway, of Emory College, Oxford, 1
presented a learned and exhaustive pa
per on the “ZEthetics of Literature.” It
was a valuable contribution, and seemed
to be duly appreciated by the Associa
tion. Adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
The Association met at 3:30, p. m.,
when the report of the Committee on
Educational Journal was road by Mr.
LeCoute Stevens, of Savannah. The
report was a summary of the advantages
to be derived from such journal ;
.the probable cost of the periodical; and
the obstacles in the way of the experi
ment. The report was received and dis
cussed at some length by Prof. Oir,
Hon. D. W. Lewis, Messrs. Baker, Zett
ler, and Stevens. A motion by Prof.
Orr, to defer action and refer back to
the committee to report next year, was
lost, and a motion by Mr. Zettler to ap
point a committee of three to ascertain
at once the probable number of subscri
bers that can be secured, was adopted.
Messrs. Zettler, Lewis and Jones were
appointed such committee. The esti
mates are that the journal (forty or fifty
pages) will cost about $lO5 per month.
Adjourned.
Night Session.
Notwithstanding the inclement weath
er, a large and appreciative audience
assembled iu the hull to hear Dr. Tuck
er’s lecture ou ‘,Word-Power.” The
best description I cau give you of it wifi
be to say that it was strictly character
istic of the man—full to overflowing
with information and good humor. He
held his auditois delighted for an hour
and forty minutes.
The attendance is large and the meeting
thus far deeply interesting. Macon is
showing her hospitality ou every hand.
Loraine.
THE LITTLE SISTERS OP THE
POOR.
Among the many charities that Charac
terize the Catholic Church none per
haps is more deserving of praise than
the order of the Little Sisters of the
Poor. Their especial care is the aged of
both sexes, and in order to provide for
their necessities the Sisters call from
door to door soliciting food, cloth
ing, and, in fact, anything that the
clmriatbly disposed may see fit to
give them. The Sisters have taken
possession of a field hitherto neglected
by charitable organizations, and instead
of hurrying to the almshouse the worn
out relics of lives as young and happy
as our own they may be confided to the
tender ministrations of the Sisters and
with them find a comfortable home in
which to spend the few numbered days
or years that remain for them of life.
The following extract is from an article
which recently appeared in Frank
Leslie’s, relating to the foundation of
the order:
About the year 1840 an effort was
made by a poor priest of Brittany,
named M. La Palienr, to found a chari
table order for tlie special purpose of
seeking out and caring for the aged of
both sexes. His first disciples were
Marie Augustine and Marie Theresa, the
one sixteen and the other eighteen years
of age. The former subsequently be
came Mother of the House at St, Ser
van, and the latter Mother Superior.'
The work was so modestly performed
that the order grew with a degree of
slowness that would have discouraged
any one. except a devotee. In 1846 there
were three houses audsixteen Sisters, but
from that date its progress was very
rapid. Branches were established at
Paris, Tours, Nantes, Besancon, Angers,
Bordeaux, Nancy, Rouen and other
cities. In 1851 a party settled in Lon
don, and subsequently removed to Ham
mersmith. The costume consists of a
black dress, white hood, black cape and
a dark blue apron; and on going out the
person is covered with a black cloak.
The appearance of the Pctitcs Sanies in
this country five years ago was not greet
ed in the most generous spirit. It was
at first difficult for them to secure re
cognition, but a noble coadjutor was
furnished iu the person of Madame E.
Bayer, of Brooklyn, who took the then
strangers under her care until they suc
ceeded in establishing their Home in
Thirty-fourth street, -New York. This
charity is entitled to the heartfelt sup
port of a benevolent public. It asks but
the simplest assistance, and it guaran
tees in return the largest good. The
order is founded upon a very broad sen
timent, and the ministrations of the
Petites Soeurs invest their lives with a
beauty which can arise only from an un
swerving devotion to a Christian duty.
The following story comes from Vien
na : It is said that the pianist. Liszt,
found himself recently in the company
of a number of ladies, who begged him,
iu hyperbolical terms, to produce for
them’ “the ecstacies,the artistic raptures,”
which his'magnificent talent inevitably
produces. He obligingly seated himself
at the piano anti played. When he had
finished, some of his admirers had
fainted. “ Well,” said Liszt, “ I played
wrong notes all through, intentionally;
so badly indeed that I should have been
turned out of doors at any elementary
school of music.”
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Prices, $25, $37, $42 and $75. Fully war
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receipt of price, or by Express'. C. O. D. Refer,
by permission, to Mrs. Dr. L. D.Ford. Aurusta,
Ga.; Mrs. Dr. Wm. Pettigrew, Langley, S. C.
N. B.—Agents, with small capital, wanted in
twenty two lying, between Chatham
and Habersham, to Whom exclusive right of
sale will he given. Send for illustrated circu
lar and samples of work. Address
A. B. CLARKE, Gen'l Agent.
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NOTICE!
HAVING this day sold mv interest and
geod will in the late firm of DICKS,
BRIGHAM * HOUSTON to Mr. WM. H.
BRIGHAM. I take this method of thanking
my friends and the public generally for their
patronage, and solicit for the new firm a con
tinuance of same. E. N. HOUSTON.
Augusta, Ga., April 22, 1874.
Th business of the late firm of DICKS,
BRIGHAM A HOUSTON will he continued, as
heretofore, at their old stand. 127 Broad street,
under tho firm name of BRIGHAM A DICKS.
Thankful for past favors, we trust to merit a
continuance of the same.
ap24-6 BRIGHAM A PICKS/
TO SAVE ONE DOLLAR
P A RE.fi TS SHOULD BUY
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Sheldon Springs, ShMdon, Vermont,
Eight miles East of St. Albans.
Mineral water aud baths. Pure air. Excellent
Table. Write for Circulars of terms
and rooms.
Address. DR. S S. FITCH, 714 Broadway,
New York, 25’Tremout St., Boston, or at Con
gress Hall.
Board very low. Open May until December.
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time without change of diet or occupation.
Price, 25e. a box. Sold by all Druggists.
Dr. Tilths Hair Dye.
THE Hair is the greatest ornament of the
body. Dr. lutt’s HAIU DYE changes
faded or gray hair to a beautiful glossy blaok.
It acts like magic. Sold everywhere.
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aud causes tlio body to gain fiesh and increase
iu weight.
KEEP THE BLOOD HEALTHY
And all will be well. To do so. nothing has
ever been offered that can compare wi ll ibis
valuable vegetable extract. Price. ; .-l a bottle.
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New York. novUfebtindi'.ffi-tutUsa V \\
which <lr>o9 not dry tip a cough nn<l leave the cans#
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irritation, thus removing the causo of the complaint.
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by a timely resort to this standard remedy, as is
proved by hundreds of t. stiinoniuls it has received.
• The genuine is signed “/. JJultn" on tho wrapper,
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144 S«II00L TEACHERS WANTED
rpo engage during the Si>riiifc ami SumiiuT in a
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SEND FOB THE
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AWAY (almost). Tea, T< ilct Sets and everything
else same way. Call or send for Catalogues.
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Agents! If yon want to make money, sell
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The biggest thing yet. Humor, Wit, Pathos, Life,
Fuji ami Laughter, 3 0 Comic Cuts. Tin* people
yearn for it. It will sell in dull times !! Show it to
am n and lie surrenders. It is sure every time.
Don’t bother with heavy books that nollody wants
Humor is the thing that takes. Agents wanted
evei'ywhere. Send for circulars aud extra terms to
To-day Publishing Company, Philadelphia, New
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MillioiiN of Acres
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IN NEBRASKA,
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Ten Years Credit, Interest only 6 per ct.
Descriptive Pamphlets, with Sectional Maps, sent
f'lVr.
THE PIONEER,
a handsome Illustrated Paper, containing the Home
stead Law, mailed free to all parts ol'the unrid. Ad
dress, O. F. DAVIS,
Land Commissioner IT. P. K. It.,
marllMw Omaha, Neb.
itemedy
"ret'uroH by Its mild, heal
jSfit,, mg properties,to which
tlio disease yield*
f when tlio system has
f i been put In perfect
yr order with Doctor
lMcrcc’s Golden
Tied Irul Discovery, which should
be taken earnestly to correct blood and
system, which are always at fault, also
to act specifically, upon the diseased
glands of the nose arid Its chambers.
Catarrh Itemedv- should be applied with
Dr, I J lcrco’a Nasal Douche, with
which tnodiclno can be carried high up
andper/ccfhf applied toall parts of pas
sages and chambers lti which sores and
ulcers exrat,and from which discharge
proceeds. So successful has this course
of treatment proven, that the proprietor
offers 8500 Reward for a case of
“Cold in Head ”or Catarrh which ho
cannot cure. The two medicines with
Instrument, for $3, by all druggists.
JIDGE FOR YOURSELVES.
Examine It, Try it and Buy the
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ing by Hound ; a oornjflete Rystem of Phone ie Short-
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trials, speeches, sermons, &c. The Lord’s Prayer is
written with 49 strokes of tlie pen, and 140 words
per minute. Tlie 'Unemployed shohld learn tills ;trt.
Price By mail, 50 ceut; * Agents wanted. Address
T. W. i n ans ,v cm., 139 s. 7th st., Phil., Pa. 4w
u pBV()[tOtIAM;V or Will, I'll VI! ViI.VJ.”
lL How either sex may fascinate and gain the
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stantly. This simple m* ntal acquirement all can
possess, free, by mail, for 25c., together with a mar
riage guide, Kgyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to La
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For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
Use
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
TUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BONES.
A TRIED AND SUREREMEDV.
Sold by Drtlggil ti. 4 v\
WORKING CLASS
home, day or evening; no capital; instructions and
valuable package of goods sut tree by jn il. d
dress, with six cent stamp, M. Y<K NG k CO., 173
Greenwich Bt., New York. morlfl^w
The Highest Medienl Authorities of Europe
say tho strongest Tonic, Purifier aud Deobstruent
known to the medical world is
J CJ RUB EBA.
It arrests decay of vital forces, exhaustion of the ner
vous system, restores vigor t<> the debilitated, cleanses
.vitiated blood, removes vesicle obstructions, aud
acts directly ou the Liver ond Spleen. Price, |.l
b fill'. .Kill % M. K j:i.L« )«»G. IX Platt St.. N. Y.
chPff) A WHEK TO AGENTS. , ! ’ 1 - mu oni
v'/V fkD out. Three valuable samples tor
iJ li l cents. J. BRIDE, 707 Broadway, New
• York.
DR. J. P. FrTT.Rß.—Bein«? awnrn, rnya. I graduated at tl.o
University of Penn'a in 1 SI. ftn<l after 30 years’ experlem*,
perfected JJ r.I'HI lcr’n VcgetablcKheumstic
tiyrup. I guarantee it au inlahiblo euro for Nerve, Kid
ney aad Rheumatic disease*. Bvrorn to.thls2Cih April. DTI*
* F. A. OSBOURN, Notary Public, Phila.
T7s Clcr 272103 Cured by it, and Will setb-fy *ny onr'w-nt
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de<3J-4w _ __
EE W A TT KIRS r U C LA S S
BOOK AGENTS
At once, to sell two of the most popular works ovar
published :
UtJ DaVIIG a record of prison life at Fort
, 5, DUil Uisp) t .i >wa rf,by Hcv. I. W. It. llaudy.
AND
MARSHALL'S LIFE OF
Gen. Robt. E-. Lee.
fjr Bead for Circular at once.
TURNBULL BROTHERS.
4w BALCMORB, ill.
RUPTURE
TDIAI’PC or Rupture. Fine Steel Spring,
I coated’ with hard rubber, hu liiy
polished. Free from all sour, rusty, chafing, st rap-
Tiim/ <>r girthinc nnp easantness Cool, cleanly,
fight safe and durable. I naffeeb dby bathing. Al
ways reliable. Every desirable pattern, including
the new llajid Rubbek Elastic Moht fai;,*. .sent
bv Mail or KxureßH. Sold by all d< ah r*». bon 1 -<*r
illustrated Catalogue. Latab’te, 1,31. Chestnut St.,
Phila.. aud 737 Brd’y, N. Y. # Beware of Japaimed
imitations. L__ __
KING’S CUKE
FOB
Chicken Cholera l
Is THE ONLY SFECIFIC YET DISCOV
ERED FOB THE DISEASE.
It has been used for two years as preventive
and cure with almost COMPLETE success.
For sale by Merchants and Druggists gen
erally. Prepared by d b . WM. KING,
apT-dlAwGni Athens. Ga.
A. a A xr\ A per day. Aijcnta *wanted
VI ll vVll everywhere. Particulars free
MU TO WU^£So. Alß myVw^
Miscellaneous,
(HFTtNTEMSE
THE ONLY RELIABLE GIFT DISTRIBU
TION IN THE COUNTRY!
$60,000 00
IN VALUABLE GIFTS!
TO BE EIKTItIBUTED IN
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GIFT ENTERPRISE!
TO UK DRAWN
Monday, June Bth, 1874.
TWO GRAND CAPITALS OF
85,000 each in Greenbacks !
Two Prizes of SI,OOO )
Five Prizes of 500 >■ GREENBACKS.
Ten Prizes of SIOO each in )
One Horse and Buggy, with filver-monnted
Harness, worth sS<i(); l Fine-toned osewood
J iano, worth $560; 10 Family Sowing Ma
chines. worth irlO i each; 5 Five Gold American
Hunting Watches, worth each; 5 Gold
Watches and Chains, worth S3OO each; 10
Radios’ Gold Hunting Matches, worth SIOO
each; 800 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting
Watuhes (in all) worth from S2O to JOOd each;
Gold Chains, Silverware. Jewelry. Ac.
Number of Gifts. 0.500. Tickets limited to
60.000.
Agents wanted to sell Tickets, to whom lib
eral premiums will lie paid.
Single t ickets. ft ; Six Tickets, $5; Twelve
Tickets. $10; 'lVimtv-fivo 1 icketi , S2O.
Circular* containing a full list of prizes, a de
scription of the manner ol drawing, and other
information in reforoiico to tho Distribution,
will he sent to any one ordering them. All
otters must ho addressed to
L. D. SINE,
Box 86. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Main Office, 101 W. Fifth Street.
np27-d A wsw
Tiie Oiliest Furniture House io t&c State,
PLATT BROTHERS,
252 & 2it BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA,
Keep always on hand tho latest stylos
of
FURNITURE
Os every variety manufactured, from tho
lowest to the highest grades.
Chamber, Parlor, Dhiing-lloem,
AND
Library Fompicte Suits, or Simple
Pieces,
At prices which cannot fail to suit the
purchaser.
IJ N I> E fig T A Si E N in
In all its branches. METALIO CASES
and CASKETS, of various stflos and
make. Imported Wood Caskets and
Cases, of every design and finish.
COFFINS and CASKETS, of our own
make, in Mahogany, Rosewood aud Wal
nut. Am accomplished Undertaker will
bo in attendance at all hours, dav and
uight. PLATT BROTHERS,
212 aud 214 Jlroad St., Augusta, Ga.
oct 25—j an 14 -<Jt &w 1 v
' "low^eseiwoir
b Soiled In all Climate,
AND FAMOUS FOB BEING
E222T TO’USE!
CHEAPEST TO BUY 11
sell m
sN v -V i* 1 -////> Famous fur doinjj m n ro and
BETTER COOKING,
§ «*»*<»«
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'ilinu any Rt ivdoftlio co.;t,
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. ‘ Espfflai!y Adapted
um R iWif B
BGIiX) JBYT
Excelsior Mauulacmring Company,
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AND
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OFFERED FOR MAKING
B HE a a—
DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
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DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
Is put up in Full Weight Cans.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER
Makes Elegant Biscuits and Bolls.
DOOLEY'S YEAS/' ROWl>Ei;
Makes Delicious Muffins, Griddle Cakes, Corn
Broad. Ac. ■
DOOLEY’S YEAST PO WDER
Make* all kinds of Dumplings. Pot Pies, Cakes
and Pastry, nice, light aud healthy.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is the Best, because perfec ly pure.
DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
Is tho Cheapest, because full weight.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Be sure to ask for
I)OOLE\'S YEAST POWDER
and do not be put off with any other kind.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER
Is put up iii Tin ( aim of various sizes, suitable
for Families, Boarding Houses, Hotels,
Restaurants and River Lake and
Ocean Vessel on short or
long voyages.
The Market is flooded with Cheap, Infori r
Baking and Yeast Powder of light er short
weigh. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER is war
ranted full strength and full v.eight.
Sold at wholesale and retail, generally
throng I out the Un ted Ntateu, by dealers in
Groceries mid Family Snpe.has.
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TrUEMKItH. AGRICULTURISTS and Dealers
Jj in Fertilizers have now an opportunity of
obtaining this valuable manure in SMALL Oil
large lots: at importers’ prices,. by
applying to tlie Special Agency just established
for tire puipoaeof delivering Genuine Peru
vian Guano to consumers at any accessible
port or railway station in tlio country.—
Full particulars given in Circulars mailed .free
ou application to H. BALCAZAK,
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REFERENCES BY PERMISSION :
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