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WICI >N ESD AY - - JANUARY 3, 1877.
HANGER* or MANHOOD.
lIY WM. CULLED BRTAKT.
Youth ' whose ingenious spirit, just nd kind.
Looks from tbe gentle eye, that open brow,
Wilt thou be ever thus m hesrt and mind,
As guileless and as merciful a* now r
Behold this streamlet, whose sweet waters
Among'ireen knolls, unbroken by the plow,
Where sold flowers woo the bee, and wild birds
Safe neste and secret in the cedir
This st: earn must reach the sea, and then
Its pu itv and peaceful mood * til keep,
Knt change to bitter bnne. and madly roar
Among the breakers there, and toss and
And diTthe helpless bark against .the shore.
And whelm the drowning,seamen ‘"the deep.
[ international Hevieo for January.
IN MKMOKIAM.
Oh shining brow and golden hair.
And eves that looked beyond the blue
Lear face, that grew from fairto fair.
The same, yet always something new.
A sweeter dream who ever dreamed,
Than came with his soft lips to ours .
Blent with his life our being eeemed
Browned in the glowing soiU of flowers.
All through the years his beauty shone
His path and ours appeared the same,
And everv good we called our own
Was linked with his beloved name.
Oh heart of od that pities all!
Of, Love that gives and takes away .
Confused and far t, on Thee we call
Yehknow not how we ought to pray.
Save this, that, in our doubt and fear.
We wait as loving children should ,
We carmot see nor far nor near,
But trust that somehow all is good.
MEMORIAL VERMES.
For Lillie Annie Molalr.
Only two brief, bright chapters.
Written in letters of gold ;
Only a few short pages.
And the story of life is told.
Only two tiny rose-bud^
Combined, form her wreath of vears ,
Now. when her birth-day approaches,
We'll hallow it with our tears.
Fairer than marble statue,
Carved by the sculptor skill,
Htie lay in her rose-wood casket,
Beauteous, white, and still.
A shower of gold her ringlets
Fell ’ronnd her flower-hke face,
Ala ' that such wealth of beauty
Should wither in death’s cold embrace.
The sound of her light young footstep
Gladdens our hearts no more ;
Her voice Is hushed in our dwelling,
Its music on earth is o er.
Wo mourn for thee -oh ! how vainly,
The sun of her life has set—
The angels have claimed our Anpte,
Our fairy, and household pet,
Our little Freddie is lonely.
He misses his play mate bright.
Her words of greeting at morning,
Her fond, loving kiss at night.
And the mother—alas! heart-broken,
She kneels by an empty chair.
And weeps that the chilling grave-yard
Has hidden her child so fair.
The pangs of her cruel suffering
Hhe bore like some patient saint,
Ne’er rebellions murmur.
Never a word of complaint.
And at last, when all was over,
We felt 'twere a sin to weep,
As she lay like some waxen image,
Wrapped in eternal sleep.
Only two white milestones
Wore marked on life’s dusty way.
Then from the realms of twilight
Hhe passed unto perfect day.
Loved ones, with faith and patience,
Chastened, we’ll kiss the rod,
And follow otir darling’s footsteps
Up to the House of God. A Friend.
-LET IIS HAVE PEACE.”
OH ANT BREAKS AGAIN.
110 “Weaken*** 4‘on*ilerably Wlbe* to
l urry Out t lie I.iiw— % wait* the Action of
ilic KrffUlnlive Brunei* of tle CSoverninent
-\\ ill Aurtwer lhe lloune Ue*olution.
Washington, December 24.—ThePresi
dent to-day accorded another interview
to Mr. Gobright. The conversation
was of a social and somewhat explana
tory character. The report of the inter
view is as follows: President Grant, in
the course of the conversation to-day
said in reply to a question that he had
no knowledge of a Democratic armed
conspiracy South or West, as had been
reported. He had information merely
of organized rifled companies in the
South outside of the militia. He
was not apprehensive of armed collisions
in connection with the Presidency, no
mutter what might be the fears of oth
ers. It seemed to him that all the peo
ple desired was a fair count of the elec
toral vote in the Southern contested
States in order to be satisfied of the re
sult, and that the reports of the several
committees now there, on the true con
dition of affairs, would have a ten
dency to solve existing political diffi
oulties. It was certainly desirable to
establish the actual fact of the election
of either Hayes or Ttlden, for neither
would feel satisfied if any doubt re
mained of his election, because in such
case his jioeltion as President would not
command the geueral support required
for that station. The President re
marked that no one could suppose that
lie had any connection with or relation
to the declaration as to who was elected.
That must be determined by tbe legis
lative branch of the Government, when
lie would gladly make way to his suc
cessor. Ho was now anxions for the
corniug of the 4th of March, when
freed from official cares and before re
establishing himself at his home in Ga
lena, 111., where he owns a liouag,he
proposes making a voyage to the West
Indies, visiting Havana and other points
of interest. He has deferred his
voyage to Europe till Juue for
the | reason his youngest son Jesse
will not graduate until that time,
and he is desirous of taking his son
with him. The President said that dur
ing his Presidential terms his health
had been very good and it wo* now ex
cellent. The President, recurring to the
reeeut election, remarked that he should
promptly recognize whoever tbe Senate
shall declare his successor. With this
his political feelings wonld have noth
ing to do. It must be recollected that
several years ago, during the Guberna
torial contest in the State of Arkansas,
and when both parties represented their
respective “cases at' Washington, he
recognized the Democrats in pref
erence to the Republican, becanse
by legal representation the former was
entitled to tins position. While it was
true that the Presidential term com
mences by law on the 4th of March, it
did not necessarily follow that the Presi
ded elect shonld defer taking tfce oath
of office until that time. He might tefce
it immediately after the declaration of
bis electron, and enter on the perform-
Huoe of his duties as President on the
4th of March, the Jay of the retirement
of his successor. The President intends
to reply to the House resolution calling
for information as to the sending pf
troops to the South and the authori
ty tinder which he did so. In
all such proceedings he endeavored
to keep within the limits of the law,
having always previous to acting eon- j
Milted the Attorney-General, his legal:
.idviotr, and besides the Democratic
House Qt Representatives during the
former session of Congress emphatically
declared that all citizens of the United I
States shonld *W protected iu their
rights. He further a*id, with regard to
Hcmliog troops to the Sofctb. though it
was for the above mentioned pttfpose, it
would be remembered that Gen. ffr@Dk
Blair wanted troops sept there for a
different purpose, saying in his letter to
Colonel Broadhead iu June, 1868, that
4hea was but one way to restore the
Government and the Const!tation, and
-.that was for the President elect to ue
•ehire the reeonstruction acts null and
void, and compel the army to undo
the alleged usurpations at the
Seuth, and leave the BLhite pes
pit* to reorganize their o,wn govern
ment.s.. Surely, said the Preside*,
the army, according to General Blair,
,eo*ld be used to wipe out governments,
it coaid, iu my opinion, be employed to
s sapport them.' The Democratic Nation
al Convention, after fhis letter was writ
ten, nominated General J?lair for Vice-
President ou the ticket with Governor
Seymour. The Republican State gov
ernments at tbe Sonth bad nothing to
<.tpect from the JDemoerata. Under
itiwir rule all such government* would
fade out, as in Mississippi, where Gan*-,
xal Amos was legally elected Governor,
imt was foroed to vacate the office, and
is now a fugitive from the State.
H> <<raal SpUm Brutaw.
{Poston PrraUt.j
Washington, December IS.— The
President pardoned fcmr more whisky
thieves to-day— two gaugers and two
storekeepers. This leaves only McDon
ald and Jovce now in the penitentiary,
and a great deal of infineoce is at work
to secure their pardon also. McDonald j
will probably be pardoned very scno, as j
he is nearly* dead with a very paiafnl t
dhti'ase. Ex-Governor Fletcher, of Mb
■soitri. is here in behalf of Joyce, and
ssvs Umt the Judge who sentenced
Jo'voe at Jefferson City has agreed to
.wmmpnd his pardon. This will se
<hiw his pardon. It is scarcely more
than a year since ttw #rat convictions
were eocnred, and the jail delivery is
♦practically complete. Long before
£rot flaosontof the White House qwy
wh*v tifief will be out of jail The
President takes a savage delight in set
ting these aeaesAixels dree, because he
thinks he is epiLing ejr-Seqrqtary Bris
tow.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
WINTER FASHIONS IN NEW YORK.
I’uhlui la Far—t averlns* and Maffa— What
i* Warn on the Head—Cambinatiaao af
Flash aad Cbeaille—Tfht Flta All Raaad—
MacriSclo* toailort- Holiday Gouda.
[Spec.al Correspondence of the Chromate and
Sentinel.]
New Yob*, December 21.
Far*.
Since the creation of new animals is
not as easy a matter as the manufacture
of new materials, it follows that we are
compelled to find scope for the indulg
ence of our fancy, in ringing the changes
on snch as we already have, instead of
finding sweet discourse in a description
of ever-recurring novelties, as in other
departments of attire. Wecouldnotbe
fashionable if we were not capricious;
so we seize on one kind of far, then on
another, and after a little throw them
aside, hate them as much as we once
loved them and turn with all our hearts
to something else. Our special rage
this Winter is for silk, lined with squir
rel fur. Then comes seal skin. We do
not adore it as we did three Winters ago,
and if it was not very desirable in it
self, we should ere this have grown tired
of it; but it is really “just the thing,
in fine qualities, dressy enough to be
appropriately worn with handsome cos
tumes, yet adapted to general wear
Next in order come lynx, and
black marten, showing the long,
flowing fleece at present so much
liked. We turn with forbidding frowns
from miDk ; we will not have it. Dealers
buy it np, and our hearts tell us that we
are unjust, but for all that we will not
wear it. Those of ns who have a set
left on hand take it out for rainy days
or for a visit to a poor relation, and
some few elderly people buy it. Er
mine, too, suffers the consequences of
ill humor on our part, though it is worn
sometimes in the evening. What shall
be said of chinchilla, in its soft gray
and our owd elegant black and silver
fox furs ? The three so beautiful that
choice among them becomes a difficult
matter. Sables cost frightful prices and
can never be popular, because the or
dinary run of mortals must content
themselves by looking with mingled
envy and veneration on the lady who is
able to display them.
MnllS
Are about the same sizes as formerly,
with a tendency to become smaller, and
boas remain from a yard and a half to
two yards in length. But at present,
as we are slightly deranged on the sub
ject of fur trimming, we feel unhappy
unless we UftV® a muff the material of
the costume, trimmed with fur to match,
tbe far trimming taking the place of
the boa around the neck.
In looking at people’s heads, by which
I mean yonng ladies' heads, I am tempt
ed to think with Hamlet, that “ the
times are out of joint.’' Surely it seems
a mistaken idea for a pretty girl to wear
an ugly, hard brim, so far down over
her eyes that the said eyes are not of
any visible service to her, while the
crown, going up with a jerk at the back,
is filled in with roses which seem placed
in position just the reverse of where
they might du most good. Perhaps it
is that the young lady pay prove indis
putably that she has adopted the french
twist, since that is the most prominent
object at the back of her head. But.
no advantage without a corresponding
disadvantage. A “rat,” standing end
wisp is a necessity in order that the
proper twist pay be of right proportion.
This “ rat," howeypr, is the skeleton in
the closet, of which' outsiders should
know nothing, and it is woii that the
young lady is ignorant of the fact that
the pressure of the elastic often causes
the lower end to escape from its cover
ing giving rise doubtless to strange
perturbations i the breast of an ad
mirer, unless, indeed, bp lie a widower.
In general, millinery is not as pptisfac
tory as it was last Winter. Some ban
nets are handsome, but it is a sombie
Bort of handsomeness, and so far from
enlivening the gloom of Winter, is per
haps in too much accord .therewith. In
contrast we look back regretfully on the
pale ivory felts of last season. Bat they
are gone forever, brought to up early
doom by our frantic rage for tlpp. for
evening wear, however, we must have
something of light character. So in
consequence we find charming bonnets
of pale plnsh or velvet. Plush indeed,
being the “latest,” isthemore cherished
in our fickle hearts, so if one wishes to
prove to one’s next door neighbor in
particular, and to the community in
general, that one has a really new bon
net, let one have one showing plentiful
combinations of plush and chenille,
Don’t forget the last mentioned, for it
is certainly one of our newest and there
fore best beloved ideas.
IJuftte4 Loug Drawn Out.
We are none of ps tall enough. So
Dame Fashion, that we may look nar
row (and therefore tall), ties us oae}t,
ties hs down, ties us all around, and
where wp are not tied we are pinned.
Our sleeves pne tight-fitting, onr waists
are long, and petticoats aria taken off the
bindings, and put on close, elipging
yokes. Corsets are made longer than
before and more tightly 5 laced, Our
heads are finished witli high hats, and
overskirts are long. Gloves are long on
the wrists (if the quality be inferior let
them be loug), and onr boots come High
on the ankles. Thus equipped, we are
sent forth to do battle with a world full
of mud boles, unswept pavements and
other steru <e*ljties. Our
Red PeUtePJ?)*
Are our chief consolation, and tb,rough
thick and thin are shown to an admiring
world. For general wear, we find them
in rod fe}t, prettily ruffled, but exquis
ites wear crimaop uptiu, richly quilted,
while ladies who delight in wordly
pomps, but manage it in a more sober
sort of way, choose black satin. There
are symptoms of impending insanity on
the subject of Smyrna lace. We are ta
king to it more and more. First we
trimmed our uuderolothing with it, in
place of Hamburg embroidery, which we
all ran mad about, until our washer
woman tore the veil from our eyes, in
tearing into shreads the dainty work
with which w* pleased ourselves so fool
ishly. Smyrna lace Is durable as the
material, they say, and as jpe pan never
get enough of anew thing, we are trim
ming our collars with it, and made ip
silk, are festooning pur bonnets, -and
our babies cloaks with it,
Gar K<uw>-
Pretty stockings, shoes ditto, plush,
ohenille, greenish cream or se* foam,
red, red petticoats, the French twist,
fancy pockets, Smyrma lace, long waists,
choked up tuoks, fur lined cloaks, pull
backs,general unoomfortableness. Please
fake note that “bustles” are not upon
tl*e fisf, for we now make as many ef
forts tc coupeal them as we formerly did
to show them, jid whereas in days gone
by each true woman ifilt herself blest in
the consciousness that be* Jjnstle was
conspicuously large, so now tnn psm e
right minded individual rejoioes to know
that she wears one of proportions so di
minished U* render it matter of spec
ulation whether b,e worn or no,
adopting, so far, at any rate, s her bus
tie ia concerned, the remark that .‘/there
is as much finish in the right conceal
ment of things sc in the right exhibi
tion of them." In fact, wpare beginning
to think them “horrid/’ and soin® of
us have discarded them altogether.
Orient nt Bimhw*.-
An individual who, after suoeeeding
in praiseworthy efforts to find the door j
knob, and ascend the staircase, be
thought himself of bestowing a kiss of
peace on bis sleeping Mary, bnt found,
too late, that .conjugal caress had
been expended on an /Oriental masque,
the shock restored him to his sennas In
the spin* ,of ginst judge, I have review
ed the matter, ##d' & y opinion is that
Mary had as good <$ right f*j besmear
that masque with salve upon tfie jn pitie,
and tie it on while aha slept, as he tb
come home bereft of that reason which
la s} chief ornament of a man. Life,
liberty ft}/} the pursuit of happiness are
inalienable pff*!*, under our constitu
tion, and if any poqr minded
woman £h4 B hex happiness by
sleeping in a masque, she isyerv caany
made happy. Many do, and enthusiasts
wear perfumed gloves to outdi A
lover as he gazes with rapture on the
S*£t cheek of his innamorata, or
lifts, icryor of devotion, her delicate
hand to hi s siormf Jins, may not dream
fcow much he oyes ft'lfea magic results
of m Oriental masque. jPemapp $ js
better fib# fee never should,
a,t*V*V
In looking around just fiow flop a y
be struck with the changes whioh during
the last ten years has taken place in our
principal resorts of shopping. Formerly
we istt Pp country stores the keeping
of “all sorts £ f things, ” the phrase used
always with some Oyufempt. But now
►we seem going back on <%***>lyes, and
returning to old starting points. Gmj
a few of our leading merchants, each as \
Tiffany pe fjnnthea, the great fnr deal- i
ers, on Union devote them- j
salves to one tiifiig, tpa majority of
otii&M adopting each year mfifs ?nd
mote Ums Bazaar style of doing twsi
aftafl Sn/j toole is by the
holidays, where the smstf <4 objects
presented under one rfiof js wonderful-
Sum assigns-
Water-proofs are now an iotaresting
question, and here we have the “New
port," which is a loose sacqne, slightly
dofchle-breasted, with cut-away jacket
fronts op# the longer ones, and a
French* back, fhfl “Amaranth” polo
naise is novel and distingue, tight fit
ting and in prineesse style. Other new
designs are the “Juana” basque and
“Graziella” overskirt. And now until
the New Year, good bye from
Rosalind Mat.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Peace ar War ! Which Will Yaa Hare t
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
It is well for tbe people to reflect
seriously, and for themselves, on the
situation of the country, before our
rulers “let slip the dogs of war.’ It is
a truth “mournful yet pleasant” to con
template, that the love of liberty is
innate and universal in the human heart;
vet, in all the ages and centuries of the
past, how few nations, Btates, peoples,
have’ been able to enjoy it without
abuse, or to maintain it without loss. It
is a truth, which we remember and re
cite with pride, that the people of Geor
gia, os shown by their history, frem its
kindling fires in their Colonial struggles
against savages, wild beasts, and un
broken forests,to the hour when Lee sur
rendered his sword under the apple
tree, and destiny pronounced the dread
word, “lost cause,” have been devoted
to the cause of liberty, regulated by
constitutional law and legal restraints,
in peace and in war. In peace, their
virtue and intelligence have been con
secrated to this cause; in war they have
freely given of their substance, and of
fered up their best and bravest sons as
a sacrifice. But eleven years have
passed away since Georgia closed hPr
last, great, but unsuccessful struggle for
this sacred cause, leaving her, and her
Southern sister States in the contest in
poverty, in sorrow and under oppres
sion. Her widows are yet in mourniDg;
her orphans are yet in the streets; her
people are yet in poverty; the graves of
her fallen heroes are yet iresh; and the
memory of her conquered and dispers
ing armies, as wearily and sadly they
marched with their backs to their vic
torious foes and their faces towards their
desolate homes and loved ones, fills the
heart at this day, with a sadness that no
tongue can utter.
Yet Georgia did not despair when the
struggle closed in disaster. With a
courage which no wrong could destroy,
with a spirit which no oppression could
break, and with a sublime faith in her
destiny which no difficulty could appall,
she applied herself at once to the va
rious industries which support life and
produce wealth; and to the expulsion
from power of the Radical vermin, pro
duced by the hot breath of war which
had seized her State government and
were reducing, to the extent of their
power, to putrifaction and carrion the
whole body politic, Thanks are due a
kind Providence for the success which
has attended her efforts and for her
hopeful future, if left to herself to man
age her own affairs under her local gov
ernment. And, now what ? Alas!
what ? Eleven years! What a short
period of time in the life of a nation !
But so it is. Now we of Georgia, a
State of the American Union, are threat
ened with another war; and men who
but lately assisted in the bloody work of
“taking off” their countrymen and
brethren, fighting defensively for their
rights and their homes, are turning their
eyes to Georgia and her sister States ef
the South for help. Strange, wonder
ful, is it not ? Yet so it is. A brief recital
of faots: The two great political parties
in which the people of the Amerioan
Union have arrayed themselves to
maintain distinctive principles and pol
icies in the administration of the gov
ernment, voted, on the 7th day of No
vember last, for their respective candi
dates for President and Yioe-President
of the United Stntes. The Democratic
party affirm that their candidates, Til
den and Hendricks, were fairly elected
by a majority of ail the States, by a pop
ular majority of over a quaYter of a mil
lion of votes, and by a decided majority
of the electoral votes, if honestly count
ed; but that, to defeat the will of the
people thus expressed, the Republican
party have by means of “ Returning
Ropfcl ß ” —a new element in politics—
falsely and fraudulently taken the elec
toral votes of three Southeru States
from Tilden, to whom they were due,
and counted them for their candidate,
Haves ’.The Republican party reply “No;”
the' “Returning Boards” of the three
disputed States, South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana, were composed of honest
men—what a lie I —and that they acted
in stript conformity tp Jaw ih pounting
tbe votes of these States for Hayes and
Wheeler, and that they are fairly elect
ed. Both parties now propose, through
methods which are claimed by their re
spective advocates to be constitutional
and legal, to have their respective can
didates duly declared elected at the
proper time, pud then duly inaugurated
as President of the United States on the
4th or sth day of March, 1877. Then
our great country will have two Presi
dents. Poor France can hardly keep
one President on his feet ; but then
Americans may attempt greater things
than the French.
If our Constitution authorized a dual
executive, Tilden and Hayes are not
twin pplifipal brothers that they may
harmonize in tffp joint administration of
the Government/ Rut it authorizes no
such thing; and these rival Presidents,
in the event of their inauguration, will
appeal to their respective parties to sup
port their plaims. Bet to whom'and to
what will these parties appeal ? That is
the question. The reply made to it, by
some gallant spirits North and South, is
“war;" and it seems to me there is logic
in the reply. This is a dreadful issue,
and produces serious thoughts and in
quiry. Such au issue as two Presidents
cannot arise under our written Constitu
tion, in which the mode of election and
the method of obtaining the result are
so clearly defined as to exclude all prac
tical dflnbt and difficulty, except through
tho most wantpn and reckless disregard
and abandonment of constitutional ob
ligations on the part of tfiose charged
by the people with the duty of ascer
taining arid announcing the result of
the .election. Thp two houses of Con
gress, assembled ip p.ouyeption, consti
tute the only tribunal to papeftpin, de
cide and declare that result. Now, is it
possible that this high tribunal, this
high court of original and exclusive ju
risdiction, when acting jointly, or when
severed and acting as separate houses,
will dare force upon this country the
dreadful issue of two Presidents and a
civil war to support their rival claims ?
If such an issue is forced, it will be ac
complished by a violation of sworn
-duty amf the Constitution; and its guilty
authors, whoever tjiey may be, will de
serve the “deep damnation- °f tbe eter
nal infamy and remorse of Judas. Let
the pronounced contempt and soorn of a
betfaypd people, apd of the virtuous
and good pf all mankind, poncentrated
into thunder? pf indignation, blast the
miscreants with fpar pnd (fismay while
living, be their requiem ip and
make the infamy of their names immor-
tal.
If the issue of two Presidents be
foroed upon the country, how shall it be
decided? It is not likely that the par
ties supporting the rival claimants
would consent to refer it to judicial de
oiajpu bj the highest Court under the
Constitution • yet, an issue might pos
sibly be formed and submitted to that
Court, involving the construction of that
clause of the Constitution) authorizing
Jhe House and Senate to decide the re
sult Of sie electoral vote, and the
House, in a certain, contingency, to elect
a President/ which would dis
pose of the whole question. Would
such A disposition of the controversy be
better than war ? If either party should
be dissatisfied flight abide their
tiipe. Appeal Jtp th.e pebple, the sqqrce
of all power, and append P onßtltu '
tion. In the conflicting poiiafrnctions,
however unreasonable some of them
may appear, given by the two political
parties to that clause of the Constitu
tion which authorizes Congress to ascer
tain and decide the electoral vote, exist
our ta°sd serious, if not our only diffi
culty; at this tup®. If this course should
not be pursued,' anqt|hßre'b fiv Ignoble
ratfppt there lies an appehl to arms, to
war and to Bnt What haVe the
American people po ' pppp from civil
war? ’l’pey haye lately passed through
one, but what have they gained by it ?
They saved the casket, union, but lost
the jewel, Liberty. They saved the
Union, bnt the Radical party imme
! distal" 7 so pinned it together with bayo
nets tiiai it might not rip again, and so
soiled it with fraud and corruption that
the fathers, if permitted, iff £hj.a Cen
tennial year, to rise from their graves,
led by Washington and Jefferson, would
not recognize-tbe thing as their work.
The Union, as it has come out of the
: °f civil war, is as nnlike its former
j self as oap cf the charred and blackened
| masses of htimAn fiesfi js the ashes of
the Brooklyn Theatre was'unlike the
form of life and beauty it once was.
whose peal has been intensi
fied by civil strife into madness and
frenzy have torn the Government from
its oonstitntional orbit and now madly
drive it thmngh the bonndless space of
passion and ambition, spreading dismay
among the people, and destroying or en
> dangejring all their rights and liberties.
; These patrio t* and statesmen find their
: type in the lonatie, who, down
1 the engineer with a billet of woofl, sei*-
led the engine, and, turning on the
i sips, m, swore he would never stop the
train tpijl had driven it on burning
wheels, and with its Hying freight,
through to the moon. .. AH aboard,
geptlemen, for the moon,” is the order
of Engipeep Grant. Yet this man is the
child Of war, 9nd from the paps of his
dear mother sacked the milk that gave
him all bis power.
When and when did the sword,
drawn by civil strife, preserve and per
petuate a Republic with its free institu
tions, when the power of the ballot box
had failed ? Civil war again ? Why,
since tbe close of the last one, only
eleven Summers have come and gone;
eleven white winged angels, streaming
with light and radiant with beauty,
strewing flowers over the graves of its
heroes. War again ? Beware, lest yon
create in your degenerate countrymen a
lion’s thirst for blood which the red
gore of a hundred battle fields will not
satisfy. Yet, there are those who speak
as flippantly of forty millions of people
engaging in the patriotic and Christian
duty of cutting each other’s throats for
their rivsl Presidents as a half dozen
bullies would talk of showing their
qualities “in the brave squares of war”
for their favorite game cocks in the pit.
Mistaken patriots, hold thy tongues
from spitting war and thy hands from
the fatal blow,until all tbe resources of all
the virtue, patriotism and wisdom of
the country have been exnausted in ef
forts to preserve the peace; and until
the prayers of the true and good men
and women of this unhappy land have
been offered up to the God of nations.
What can the South hope from civil
war ? What more can she do for Ameri
can liberty than she has done ? As one
of the original thirteen States, she
helped to win it from Eogland a hun
dred years ago. “Solid,” as a Roman
legion, she has since fought for it to ex
haustion and failed. “Solid,” as unity
itself, she has voted for it, and will con
tinue to do so. Is there more hope iu
blood and anarchy than in wisdom and
peace ? Is there more hope in the
ashes, left by the fires of civil war, than
in the prosperity of peaceful industry ?
Is there hope in perpetual civil strife ?
If so, then, I fear that not only the
South, but America may well exclaim in
the language of Antony, who once bore
on his shoulders one-third of the “solid”
world:
•'My good stars, that were my former guides,
Have empty left their orbs, and shot their
fires
Into the abysm of hell.”
But in the event the present troubles
terminate in war, who shall determine
the attitude of the South ? Her leaders?
No. Northern Democrats ? No. Edi
tors? No. Who, then? She, herself;
her people will determine it. Heaven
give them wisdom if the supreme hour
of necessity shall come. But let not the
conspirators against the liberties and
peace of the people of this Union pre
sume too much. The South is peaceful;
she prays for the continuance of peace,
but she is not indifferent. Her valor is
imperishable.
But why should the issue of two
Presidents, and a civil war to support
their rival claims, be forced upon the
country ? For what ? To settle a con
tested election? For wbat? To con
strue the Constitution by the sword ? Is
steel better than wisdom ? Is blood
clearer than light ? Is the logic of ar
tillery more unerring and certain than
the learning of statesmen and the de
ductions of reason ? Is there no way to
construe the Constitution except by
fire ? Alas ! for a people who reach so
dire a necessity. Where are the pa
triotism and statesmanship of our fa
thers ? Did they, too, with their noble
spirits, leave the world ? Have not the
spirits of the sires been reproduced in
some of their sons ? It is to be hoped
that the leaders of the contending po
litical parties have statesmanship and
virtue enough to settle the present con
troversy without an appeal to arms. If
they have not, let the Amerioan people
cry halt to their leaders and settle the
controversy themselves. Then, in the
historic light of a hundred years, let
them recast their Constitution in the
mould of experience, and peacefully
preserve the blessings of liberty to
themselves aud their posterity. Lastly,
to complete the patriotic work, let them
give usurpers, conspirators and public
plunderers a fall which shall, like Luci
fer’s, occupy “nine days” before they
reach the bottomless pit of infamy as
signed them. Ex-Confedebate.
CHRISTMAS.
A Cold, Wet and quiet liny—Only One Aeei
dent—VVlint the Carele Use of Fire-
Arms Bid*
Nobody was able to grumble because
Christmas was not a Wintry day, this
year at any rate. Sunday night a storm
of sleet prevailed, aud on Christmas
morn house tops and pavements and
trees shone white and ghastly in the dim
light. It was a true Winter picture, but
it had tho effect of keeping the majority
of people within doors. Later in the
day the ice began to thaw, and the
streets were soon in a state of muddi
ness that bade defiance to any but the
most determined pedestrians. Despite the
slush and ioe and oooasional rain, Young
America was out with his usual strength
of lungs and fondness for fire-works. The
ordinary amount of “ popping” was
done and money expended. The cannon
"popper” predominated and the debris
on the pavements at the close of the day
demonstrated that votaries of this form
of celebrating the festival had not been
idle. Egg-nogg was not wanting nor
was it neglected, yet it is a noted fact
that there were fewer intoxicated men
on the streets than for many years past,
on similar occasions.
As far as we liaye been able to learn
there Yveye but two accidents wprth
noting, and this was caused by tfie care
less use of fire-arms. About half-past
six o’clock Monday afternoon, as Mr.
Samuel Martin, a young gentleman em
ployed as book-keeper by Mr, W. C.
Sanders, was crossing from the north to
the south side of Broad street,at its inter
section with Mclntosh, and when near
Brahe’s corner, he felt something strike
him violently on the right side of the neck.
Putting up his hand he found that he
had received a wound from whioh blood
was flowing. Calling to two gentlemen
near by he informed them that he had
been shot, and asked them to assist him
to the Globe Hotel. The gentlemen at
first thought that he was joking or had
been struck by a ball from a Roman
candle, bpt as he insisted that he was
woundpd, they pomplieil with his desire,
and assisted him pp the street.
they reached the fropt of the Central
Hotel Mr. Jfartin bsd bpoopie so weak
that it was neeesspry to carry him into
the building, A messenger was then
sent for two surgeons. Upon their ar
rival they probed the wound, whioh was
on the right side of the neck and ranged
downwards, but were unable to find the
ball. Mr. Martin was then carried to
Mr. Sanders’ residence. He was doing
very well yesterday, his wound, though
painful, not being considered serious.
The ball narrowly missed striking the
jugular vein. Mr. Martin does not
know by whom the shot was fired.
He is certain tliat it was purely acciden
tal and was probably fired by someone
some distance up the street. It evi
dently came from a very small pistol.
Monday whife a little boy. a son of
Mr. L. Warner, was pouring powder
from a ffoftlp Pff fPWP H? e t?° ,
suddenly exploded and put tpe boy s
hand in a painful manner.
The ctHinUif!*,
The usual Christmas servioes were
held in the Catholic, Episcopal and
Lutheran churches. These churches
were beautifully and appropriately de
corated with evergreens and flowers.
The Hotels.
The hotels set forth fine Christmas
dinners for the edification of their
guests. We return ppr thanks to the
proprietors of the Augusta ana Globe
Hotels for invitations to partake of
their hospitality on the occasion.
Death of Miss fiiLoiop M. Stqvai P. —
The sad intelligence received in this city
Monday morning, conveying the news
of the death' of Miss Eloise M. Stovall,
at hpr fiome IP partersyille, Ga., cast a
deep and impioyabje phgdpy oyer the
hearts of her many friends sad relatives
hers. This lovely young lady was a
daughter of the late Jno, W. L. Stovall,
Esq., formerly a resident of Augusta,
and but six months ago was with her ac
quaintances in this city, amid scenes of
gayety and pleasure, bright and happy,
sparkling and joyous, surrounded by
cherished companions, admired and
loted by ail. "Her many accomplish
ments and 'perstmal charms, brilliant
mind and fcweet, amiable disposition
constituted her fjie bright particular
treasure of the home circle, apd
about her the lasting regard of all with
whom she was thrown. Her short, vio
lent illness which, alas, too soon stamp
ed death’s own signet upon her oold,
pure brow was borne with Christian for
titude, and although deprived of speech
to tfie distressed ones around, her mind
retained its clearness, and calmly rested
its hope and faith upon that Saviour
Whom she had early learned to love. It
was with the dawning light of Christmas
morn that her young life went out, and
her immortal spirit, bright and free-,
winged its flight to join in the heavenly
chorals around the Great White Throne.
Admitted to the Bab. —John M.
Graham, Esq., was admitted to the Bar
in Atlanta last Saturday. Mr. Graham
has been studying law in the office of
Judge Lochrane for about a year aßd a
half. He passed a creditable examina
tion. This we learn from the Constitu
tion. Mr. Graham is a native of Au
gusta. He is the eldest son of Mr. An
drew Graham, and i® in his eighteenth
year. This young gentleman has a fine
prospect before him. He is a close stu
dent and is possessed of a good intel
lect. His character is without spot or
blemish. Hit. friends here will be glad
to learn of his success. We predict for
him a bright fntnre. Mr. Graham will
continue to reside in Atlanta and 1° re "
main in the office of Judge Lochrane.
The avenues leading to an early grave
have often been opened by a cough or
oold. Thousands have been cured and
I saved by Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
WHAT HE WILL DO IF ELECTED.
Hi. Southern Policy—Sharp Slob, at Grant
—Opposed to Carpet-Basism and Scala
waxtery—ld Favor of Capable and Hon
est Local Government—An Answer to An
Augusta Letter.
[ Cincinnati Commercial, December 20th.]
The warlike Hewitt heard so mnch
about the refection of Southern Demo
crats that he called a caucus of South
ern members at his house on the night
of the 16th. It was ascertained that
there was still a solid South. So the
dispatches say. Ben Hill explained that
he thought the peaceful inauguration of
Hayes a better thing than that Grant
should hold over. Lamar said tbe South
could not affiliate with the Republican
party. The main matter, however, is
the alarm of the New York Democrats
about a Hayes movement in the South.
They had heard so much ' about it that
they thought it well to cull the roll.
There is a fact or two behind this that
shonld be considered most attentively.
The Southern Democrats lrnve not been
seconding the extreme meas ures of the
Northern Democrats. They have ex
erted not an irritating, but a soothing
influence. They should have full credit
for that. Perhaps the reas on they as
sign for the caution that they display is
not agreeable, but it is strong. It is;
“We had an immense number of offers
from the North of help if we resisted
the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
We did resist, but no help came, with
the exception of a few straggleis aud
one organized company from Southeru
Illinois, commanded by a kinsman of
Gen. Logan. We had the fighting to do
and got the worst of it. Now those of
fers are repeated. .We are told to go
ahead and resist the inauguration of
Hayes, and they will reinforce us. Our
reply is: If you please, take the head of
the column and we will bring up the
rear. We once waited for your rein
forcements and they came not.”
We have not altogether despaired of
reinforcing the party of American Na
tionality and general freedom and fair
play from the white men of the South.
We are aware that the majority of the
Southern whites were opposed to seces
sion, and only terrorized at last into tho
fatal policy that made war necessary, by
desperadoes. We remember the old
Whigs of the South, and the Jackson
Democrats who detested disunionists,
and put down nullifiers; and we hope
the race is not extinct. The misgovern
ment of the South through Grant’s ad
ministration is not an obscure fact in
history. In the first place, Grant was
not, in the slightest sense of the word,
a statesman. He was our most success
ful General, and by all the
we had to elect him President. In the
second place, the South did not give
Grant a fair chance. He had a great
deal of good fpeling toward the South,
and put forward his old friend Long
street. How was Longstreet treated ?
Was there anything in the treatment of
Longstreet by tho Confe’derates calcu
lated to encourage the President to a
liberal recognition of Southern men of
his class ?
Grant became entangled in his favor
itism, and had bad advisers, and when
he attempted in vain to discipline the
most distinguished Northern Senators,
he was forced into close relations with
persons unworthy his confidence. There
was carpet-bagging and scalawaggery in
the South that was deplorable, and that
had the countenance of those high in
authority. The State that suffered most
was South Carolina, But the time came
when there was a chance for an honor
able Republican administration in that
State. Governor Chamberlain feught
the battle for reform within his own
party ; and we have seen how he was
supported by the white men of the State
whose complaints of corrupt rule had
been most bitter. At the termination
of the war a statesman was President of
the United States. Abraham Lincoln
had during the war attained the stature
of statesmanship, and we have not had
a statesman at the head of affairs since
he was assassinated. We hope the
quality that was lost in the Nation’s
need, and that has been so long and
painfully absent, may be restored with
the accession of Hayes. He said of
Southern affairs in his letter of accept
ance:
“The condition of the Southern States
attraots the attention and commands
the sympathy of the people of the whole
Union. In their progressive recovery
from the effects of the war, their first
necessity is an intelligent and honest
administration of Government, which
will protect all classes of citizens iu all
their political and private rights. What
the South most needs is peace, ami
peace depends upon the supremacy of
law. There can be no enduring peace
if the constitutional rights of any por
tion of the people are habitually disre
garded. A division of political parties
resting merely upon distinctions of race
or upon sectional lines, is always unfor
tunate and may be disastrous. The
welfare of the South, alike with that of
every other part of the country, depends
upon the attractions it can offer to labor,
to immigration and to papitaljbut labor
ers will pot go, and papitgl will not
be ventured where the Constitution aud
the laws are set at defiance and distrac
tion, apprehension and alarm takes the
place of peace-loving and law-abiding
social life. All parts of the Constitu
tion are sacred, and must be saoredly
observed—the parts that are new no less
than the parts that are old. The moral
and material prosperity of the Southern
States can be most effeotually advanced
by a hearty and generous recognition of
the rights of all by all—a recognition
without reserve or exception. With
such recognition fully accorded, it will
be practicable to promote by the in
fluence of all legitimate agencies of the
General Government the effort of the
people of those States to obtain for
themselves the blessings of honest and
capable local goyernfnfept. If elepted, I
shall conaicle/jtnpt only pay duty, but
it will be my ardept qesirp tp labor for
the attainment of Ibis end- Jiet h 36 as "
sure my countrymen of tho Southern
States that if I Bhall be charged witn
the duty of organizing an administra
tion, it will be one which will regard
and cherish their truest interests—the
interests of the white and of the colored
people, both and equally—and which
will put forth its best efforts in behalf
of a civil poiicy which will wipe out
forever the distinction botweep' N'o>th
and South ia op* Oduani'oo Sountry.'’
We said editorially, on the day of the
publication of this letter :
“ The Governor is not less felicitous
in his remarks about the South than in
other parts of his letter: ‘ What the
South needs is peace, and nops Abends
upon the eqpMjuijp* offh T e law.’ ‘ The
welfare of the South, alike frith that of
everyother part of the country, depends
upon the attYucfiop if qau offer to lftbor,
imtpigrptjpg ftfld papffaL All parts of
the Constitution are sacred,' These are
worthy sentences, and the express de
claration that the South shall have fail
clay in the largest sense if Hayes guides
an administration, should be accepted
with all the sincerity with which it is ut
tered. It may be that he has taken ad
vice as to the construction of those pac
sages in his letter relating to the civil
service and the finances. Perhaps seve
ral hands upd Ppaopß have peen employ
ed there, but that portion of the letter
touching the soutn is distinctly from
Hayes himself. The language has ffis
personal force in it. ftPff he means every
word of ijs. I'pe Southern journals and
speakers, that lorm and express the pub
lic opinion of that section, ought not to
treat the kindly and words
of the Republican candidate with in
credulity apa hpstility. There' is a man
ly gopd will in those line* of the paper
to which we are inviting attention that
should be estimated according to its un
questionable earnestness. They can see
much in the lines, and, between them,
of the manner of man Hayes is, and it
would be weli on all accounts, we thiuk,
to do him justice and reciprocate his
consideration,”
Referring fg these matter? in the
cotfrse of the campaign (September 27),
we saicl:
belieye thftt the worst thing the
people of the Sonth could do for their
peaoe and prosperity, comfort and repu
tation, they are doing in boosting the
Democratic party, which, when they
leaned upon it in the day of their
trouble, was a broken stick that wounded
them. We have a chance now—the con
dition is the defeat of the Democracy—
to better the directing will anff intelli
gence of the Administration. States
man is a lofty name. We use it sparing
ly. Statesmanship is the skilled appli
cation of practical wisdom to current
affairs. Let us see if we do not find the
flavor of it in these words from the let
ter of acceptance of R. B. Hayes, of
the Republican nomination for the
Presidency, and whether a cool reading
of these words in this heated term of
the campaign, does not help us to con
fidence.”
There has been a feeling in the coun
try that it would be well if Governor
Hayes, under the present circumstances,
could speak words of good will to the
people of the South. What better words
could he select than those of his letter
of acceptance to which he has recently
pointed as the h.est expression of his
views he could give ? What could he
say more happily adapted to the suscep
tibilities and interests of the Southern
people than that on a condition the jus
tice of which all must admit he would
labor through all the legitimate agen
cies of the General Government to pro
mote the effort of the people of the
1' Southern States to obtain the blessings
of honest and capable local government?
It is gratifying and not surprising to
know that there are Southern people
who did notsupporfc Governor Hayes for
the Presidency, who are looking to him
with sympathy, and with confidence that
his peaceful inauguration would be far
better for them than the reaction, ex
citement and confusion, the uprising of
impracticable but irritating and danger
ous aspirations, that would accompany
a Democratic administration; and Gov
ernor Hayes wonld be untrue to himself
if he did not understand the growth of
this sentiment to be a promise that he
might indeed expend his best efforts in
a oivil policy that wonld wipe out the
distinction between the North and
South; and we do not doubt that he
would find methods and opportunities
for the appropriate recognition of this
auspicious sentiment.
INCOMBUSTIBLE SCENERY.
Dlou Boucicault’* Latest—A Preparation
which Renders Theatrical Scenery Abso
lutely Fireproof.
New Yobk, December 20. —Since the
terrible calamity which shrouded our
sister city in gloom—the burning of the
Brooklyn Theatre—the press has teemed
with suggestions and opinions as to the
best means for the protection of life in
theatres, and u_t a day has passed since
that event that some new idea has not
been presented. At the same time the
city officials, those of the building,
police, fire and health departments,
have been busily at work, examining the
places of public resort, recoin lu ending
changes in their construction, offering
ordinances well-nigh obsolete, and gen
erally making themselves more useful
than they were ever known to do before.
But while the press has not been idle,
the city government has bestirred it
self at last; the managers of the various
places of amusements have also been
awoke to the danger that lurks between
the flies and borders, and their dimin
ished audiences and the nervousness
that exists among the timorous portion
of the community, have convinced them
that no considerations of eoohomy must
stand in the way of their buildings and
appliances being rendered as secure as
human ingenuity can make them. Thus
a very general disposition has been
evinced among managers to take ad
vantage of the suggestions made in the
daily papers, and there is scarcely a
theatre in this city or Brooklyn but has
been supplied with improved fire-ox
tinguishing apparatus and numerous
preventives against the all-devouring
element.
But it has remained for the indomit
able Don Boucicault, who is now de
lighting thousands nightly by his match
less impersonation of Conn in the
“Shaughraun,” at W&llack’s Theatre, to
exhibit in practical operation a means
of not only rendering fire on a stage im
possible, but by the knowledge of this
fact to prevent the panic in an audience
that is the principal danger. His plan
is simply to render the.scenery, borders,
woodwork, even the stage itself, of
theatres absolutely and entirely fire
proof, and this at a cost comparatively
insignificant, ever since the Brooklyn
horror. Mr. Boucicault has devoted his
leisure hours to experiments having this
end in view, and although ho does not
claim originality for his method—hav
ing himself employed it twenty years
ago—yet so little is it known and em
ployed that the experiments conducted
to-day on the stage at Wallack’s were
entirely new to the managers, actors,
firemen and officials present.
A Preliminary Trial,
Attended with the most satisfactory re
sults, took place yesterday, and was
witnessed by only a few persons, spe
cially invited, but to-day a general invi
tation was extended and a large number
of professionals and officials were pres
ent to satisfy themselves that the ac
count of the previous day’s proceedings,
published in a morning paper, was true.
On the stage two large pieces of cloth,
on which scones aro painted, were sus
pended, one of them partially painted
to show the color when applied over the
preparation. A hose was connected
with the gas, and from the nozzle a
flame five feet long and the thickness of
a man’s body was directed against the
scenes by the enthusiastic actor. It
would not burn, not a spark was visible,
although the heat was like that of a
blow-pipe, and any ordinary fabric would
have blazed in an instant. The jet was
then held stationary against the scene,
and after some difficulty a hole was
made in the cauvas, although no flame
was to be seen. The fabric simply
crumbled to ashes and fell to the floor.
Pieces of rope and wood, also prepared
like the scenery, were next submitted to
the fierce flame, but they stubbornly re
fused to burn in the least, and were as
strong ahd whole after as before the or
deal of fire. The expeiiments were
watched with the greatest interest by
the distinguished gentlemen present,
and Mr. Boucicault cheerfully answered
the queries made by many. It appears
that he endeavored to have the same
preparation introduced in the London
theatres some sixteen years ago, but
without success; he even offered the
ballet girls of a certain theatre material
suitable for skirts, made uninflammable
by this process, at a less cost than the
ordinary material pould be purchased
for, but they refused to use it. He
hopes, however, that the recent disaster
will convince managers of the absolute
necessity of adopting this precaution.
The FreparaMoa,
The material used was exhibited on
the stage and its preparation freely ex
plained. The material to be rendered
tire-proof is first soaked in a solution of
tungstate of soda for half an hour; after
drying it is primed with a solution of
silicate of soda, after which there is no
danger from fire. The materials cost, in
quantities, about eight or ten cents per
pound, and the expense of rendering
the entire scenery, stage, etc., of any
ordinary theatre absolutely safe, need
not exceed SIOO to $15(1 Scenery al
ready painte<| is rend prod fire-proof by
applying tbe nahjtqre t° the reverse side.
A rapt very pleasing tp, managers is that
when the canvass' is coated with the
silicate, which 18 used in place of the
whitewash usually applied as a ground
work for the paint, it is not necessary to
use any glue in the paint, as it adheres
equally well and has a brighter color, as
was evidenced by the sample on exhibi
tion. The tests were in all resnepfa ex
tremely satisfactory, apd ii Mf* Bouel
cault by hiS let-dsUess" pluck induces
manager fa 'adopt this preparation, he
will lilye"eafned the undying gr >titude
of all theatre-goers, as he has now se
cured their lasting admiration,
SOCIAL, SCANDAI.S IN VUV(X LlgE.
[
A somewhat singular and interesting
case has been before the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs. Lieut, Spen
cer, pf the Tenth Cavalry, was stationed
at Fort RiohardsoD, Texas, in 1874. On
returning to the fort after a month’s
campaign against hostile Indians,|he was
informed that sundry scandalous reports
affecting the honor of his wife had beer
set afloat by two other ladies of the garri
son. As the offenders were womPh he had
no personal means of recess, and he ap
plied to the commander of the fort, Col.
Wood, fo interfere. The Colonel prom
ised several times to attend to the mat
ter, but neglected to do so, and finally,
on Spencer’s importuning hum, told him
“to shut up amf leave him at once.”
SpenSvl l , a condition of great excite
ment, returned to his quarters and ad
dressed the following letter his com
manding officer:
“Scurvy, duly 111, 1874 —Col. Wood-
Sir; Any officer who refuses to shield
the hpnpr of the wife of a brother officer,
when clothed with the power to do so,
and appealed to dispassionately, is a
coward or worse. This has been your
action in my case and I denounce you
as a moral coward. To the Secretary of
War and the civil authorities I propose
to submit my case. T. J. Spends?,
“First Lieutenant and Bipypt Captain,
U. S. A.”
waiting this letter Spencer was
tried by court martial and dismissed the
service. He has now applied tn Con
gress to be reinstated, and the committee
look favorable upon his application.
They say “that military discipline im
peratively demands subordination and a
proper’respect for superior officers, but
in this case allowance should be made
for the nature of the provocation and
the condition of mind under which the
offense was committed. The families of
officers at our Indian frontier posts are
peculiarly situated. Daring the cam
paigns of their natural protectors, left
dependent upon the care and considera
tion of others, they naturally look to the
ranking officer present for the mainten
ance of social peace, and especially for
protection from scandalous attacks upon
female reputation, which unfortunately
for the real or fancied inequalities of
social condition in garrison life, are of
but too frequent occurence. ”
Colic Mixtube fob Hobses. —The fol
lowing is from an experienced stableman
of this city, who considers it tffe most
valuable and successful of all remedies,
and worthy to be kept always on hand
by those who have valuable horses and
mules.
Half a fluid ounce Chloroform;
Half a fluid ounce Tincture Cloves;
One flnii ounce Tinctnre Asafcetida;
Half a pint of Whisky.
These are to be mixed, and added to
one quart of water; then shake well, and
give one 41811 of the whole mixture for a
good dose,
Mr. Joe H. Lumpkin, of Rome, for
eight years sheriff of Floyd county, is a
candidate for Door Keeper of the House
of Representatives of our State Legisla
ture.
COTTON MANUFACTURES.
THE FUTURE PROSPECT IN THIS
SECTION.
A Better Outlook—Larger Export Demaud
—Stock* Light—Large Dividend* a Thing of
the Fast.
Yesterday a reporter of the Chronicle
and Sentinel called on Mr. W. E. Jack
son, President of the Augusta Factory,
and Mr. H. H. Hickman, President of
the Graniteville Factory, and asked
them several questions in regard to the
future of cotton manufacturing in this
section. Mr. W. C. Sibley, President of
Langley Factory, was absent from the
city—at Langley. The reporter first
called on Mr. Jackson, when the follow
ing conversation ensued :
Reporter : What it the outlook for
cotton manufacturing in this section,
Mr. Jackson ?
Mr. Jackson : I regard the outlook as
decidedly more encouraging than it lias
been for one or two years. The stock
of domestic goods in New York and
other cities is light, and prices have ad
vanced a quarter of a cent per yard.
This means one hundred dollars a day
more for us. Six or seven months ago
we had to carry a very large stock of
goods. This load was a heavy one, but
we have now gotten rid of it and can
breathe freely again. The export de
mand has been large, as yon will see by
last Saturday’s New York Journal of
Commerce. The exports of domestic
goodsfrom New York, from January Ist,
1876, to December 19tb, 1876, amounted
to 68,841 bales. In 1875 the exports
were 35,265 bales, and in 1874, 26,253
bales. In fact, the exports from that
port this year have been larger than any
year since 1860, and greater, with two
exceptions—lß6o and 1859—than any
year since 1848. Boston makes a simi
lar showing. The Journal of Commerce
says, you see, that “the condition of
the market is one unnsual to this period
of the season, but since it is the result
of the most legitimate action, namely, a
large increase in the expoit movement
and a compelled curtailment of produc
tion, if distributors would have the
merchandise after the new year opens,
to secure it, higher prices on very many
styles will have to be paid. Supply and
demand will regulate the cost, and as
export is consuming largely of the re
ceipts of many learliDg styles, the force
of our remark can be readily under
stood.”
Reporter: Will you declare a dividend
on the Ist of January ?
Mr. Jackson : That I can’t tell yet.
The reporter next called on Mr. Hick
man.
Reporter: What is your opinion in
reference to the future of cotton manu
facturing in this section, Mr. Hickman,
as far as regards existing mills ?
Mr. Hickman : It is certain that fac
tories will never be rble to pay again
the enormous dividends they have in
past. I think we will always be able to
sell our products, and with good man
agement pay from eight to ten per cent.
Stocks of domestics are light. I have
now orders for two hundred and fifty
bales ahead. Everything has shrank in
value and men are becoming satisfied
with seven per cent, interest on safe in
vestments. In manufacturing, if we
come out even at the end of the year
there is an actual loss in the wear and
tear of the machinory. When I took
charge of the Graniteville Factory the
capital stock was $716,000. I bought
up shares enough to reduce it to $600,-
000. These shares were cancelled.—
Then two hundred thousand dollars
worth of improvements were made, so
that the capital stock of $600,000 actu
ally represents $900,000. I know at the
time when factory stocks were bringing
snch fancy prices that that state of
things could not continue. They had to
come down with everything else.
Reporter: Will youdeolare a dividend
on the Ist of January ? *
Mr. Hickman: Probably a small one.
Reporter: Two per cent.?
Mr. Hickman: Very probably.
Wobth Knowing. —Prof. Wilder, of
Cornell University, gives these short
rules for action in case of accident: For
dust in the eyes avoid rubbing ; dash
cold water in them; remove cinders, etc.,
with the round {:oint of a led pencil.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water; never put a hard instrument into
the ear. If any artery is cut compress
it above the wound; if a vein is out com
press it below. If choked, go upon
all fours and oougli. For slight burns
dip the part in cold water; if the skin
is destroyed, cover with varnish. For
apoplexy, raise the head and body; for
fainting, lay the person flat.
VEGETINE
PURIFIES TIE BLOOR,
Renovates and invigorates the
Whole System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
ALTERATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT
AND DIURETIC.
VEGETIN.E is‘made exclusively from the
juioes of carefully selected barks, roots and
herbs, and so strongly ooneentiated that it
will effectually eradicate from the system -
every taint of Scrofula, Scrofulous Hu
mor, Tumors, Cancer, Canceloua Hu
mor, Eiysipelac. Salt Rheum, Syphi
litic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at
tlie Stomach, and all diseases that arise
from impure blood. Sciatica, Inflamma
tory and Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Gout and Spinal Complaints,
can only be effectually cured through the
blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Pdseases of
the Skin, Pustules, pimples. Blotches,
Boils, Tetter, Mchld-fiead and Ring
worm, YEGETjNE has never failed to effcot
a permanent! WT-
For Pains in the Rack, Kidney Com;
p(aints, ptropsy, Female Weakness,
Leucoyrhiea, arising from internal ulcera
tion, and uterine diseases and General De
bility, VEGETINE acts directly upon the
causes of thAso complaints. It invigorates arrd
strengthens Ihe whole system, acts upon the |
secretive organs, allays
ulceration and regulates the bowpja, ’ |
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual i
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart.
Headache, Neyvousmesm s>.hd
General Prphtraiipii of the Nervous
System,' no medicine ha given B ucU per
fect satisfaction %a the VEGETINE. it purifleß
tho blood, <d e * nße * *ll the organs, and pos
soßßea a controlling power over the nervous
system.
Tho remarkable cures effected by VEGE
TIrJE have induced teany physicians and apo
thecaries whom we know to prescribe and use
it in their own families.
In fact, VEGETINE is the best remedy yet
di-covered for the above diseases, and is the
only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet
placed before the public.
THE BEST EVIDENCE.
The following letter from Rev. E. S. Best,
Pastor of M. E. Church, Natick, Mass., will be
read with interest by many physicians. Also,
those suffering from the same disease as af
dieted the son of the Rev. E. S. Best. No per
son can doubt this testimony, as there is no
doubt about the curative powers of VEGE
TINE : , , ia „.
Natick, Mass., January 1, 1874.
Me R. R- Stevens : Dear Sir—We have good
reason for regarding your VEGETINE a medi
cine of the greatest value. We feel assured
that it has been the means of saving our son s
life. He is now seventeen years of ago; for
the last two years he has suffered from necro
sis of his leg, caused by scrofulous affection,
and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw
him thought bis recovery impossible. A coun
cil of able physicians oould give us but the
fainteat hope of his ever rallying, two of the
number declaring that he was beyond the
reach of human remedies, that even amputa
tion could not save him, as he had not vigor
enough to endure the operation. Just then we
commenced giving him VEGETINE, and from
that time to the present he has been continu
ously improving. He has lately resumed his
studies, thrown away his crutches and cane,
and walks about cheerfully and strong.
Though there is still some discharge from
the opening where the limb was lanced, we
have tho fullest confidence that in a little time
he will be perfectly cured.
He baß taken ahout three dozen bottles of
VEGETINE. but lately uses but little, as he
< eclares that he is too well to be taking medi
cine. Respectfully yours, E. 8. Best.
Mbs. L. C. F. Best.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.
If VEGETINE will relieve pain, cleanse, pu
rify and cure such diseases, restoring the pa
tient to perfect health after trying different
phvsiciins, many remedies, suffering for years,
is it not eonclneive proof, if you are a satf =rer,
yon can be cured ? Why is this mscheme per
forming such great cures ? It works in the
blood m the circulating fluid ? It can trulybe
called' the GREAT BL&OD PURIFIER The
great source of disease originates in the blood,
and no medicine that does not act directly up
on it, to purify and renovate, has any just
claim upon public attention.
Recommend it Heartily*
South Boston, February 7, 1870.
Mb Stevens : Dear Sir—l kave taken aeve
ral bottles of your VEGETINE, and am con
vinced it is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia,
Kidney Complaint, and general debility of the
can heartily recommend it to all suffering
from the above complaints. Yours, reßpeet
fnliy Mbs. Monbob Pabkeb,
J 386 Athens Street.
Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston,
Mass.
Vegetino Is Soli by All Druggists.
nov!9 —wlm
STEAM ENGINES !
EMore effective and more
complete, and more readi
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the market. Practical im
provements accumulated
from twenty years’ manu
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reputation maintained, and success estab
lished. . . .
Send for Circulars, descriptive, and contain
ing testimonials concerning our PORT
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novl6-eod<kw2m
IN 5 w AdvortlNenieiitN.
Just the Things for Christmas'
AND
New Year’s Presents !
Another Assortment of Black Silks, similar to the one just sold oni, will
arrive during the first part of the week by express, and will be sold at
prices that will astonish those desirous of purchasing such Goods.
Also, anew selection of Handsome t’loaks will be displayed on Monday
morning, at
MULLARKY BROTHERS’,
262 BROAD nTRRET.
decll-dtw&w
GREAT EXCITEMENT
niMDTjT Will
CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS “ALL THE GO.”
THE PLACE~"fo~GET THEM,
L.. RICHARDS’
AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE.
Will; HE YOU WILL FIND THE MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF DRY GOODS AND
Noljpns in the city. Dress Goods of every description—from the finest to the cheapest
in all the new colors. Black Goods—in Crape, Cloths, Bombazines. Henriettas, Caßhmers and
Alpacas, from the finest to the lowest prices. Calicoes-best makes, from 8 cents to 5 cents a
yard. Miscellaneous—Furs from fine to *2 a set. Cloaks from fine to $2 each. Shawls from
hue to 25 cents each. Ladi s’ Neokties, a great variety, from the finest to beautiful, all silk at
2o cents each. Belts of every kind, from the finest Zone belt to 10 oents each Handkerchiefs
—Embroidered, Silk, Hemstitch, from the finest to ihe lowest prices. Gents' Neokties Bows
and Scarfs, the newest styles and colors. Gents’ Handkerchiefs in linen and silk, from the old
Bandana to tho cheapest. Gloves for Gents, Ladies and Children —a great variety. Gents*
Cotton Flannel Drawers of the host material, made in a superior manner. Gents’ Merino Shirts
and Drawers from flue to 50 cents each. Ladies' and Misses’ Merino Undervests and Pantaletts
from fine to 50 cents each. Doylies and Napkins, from flue to 50 oeuts a dozen. Towels from
fine to 6J cents each- Table Damask from fine to lower grades. Turkey Red Damask a supe
rior article for $1 a yar I. Turkey Red Table Cloths, beautiful designs, all sizes. Piano Cov
ers beautifully embroidered, all colors. Bedspreads from fine Maiseilles to 75 oents each.
Bed Blankets from tho finest to the lower grades. Flannels, all kinds and prices. Cotton
Flannels, from the fino English to 10 cents a yard. Cloths—Cassimers, Waterproofs, Jeans.
The Fredericksburg Cassimers, all at the lowest prices. The “Wenck” Perfumes and Toilet
Preparations, Extracts, Colognes, Florida Water, etc., etc—the best in use. Perfumers and
Atomizers—a Lady’s toilet not complete without one. Fancy Articles—Jet Jewelry, Necklaces,
81ia"l Pins, Scarf Pins, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Hair Pius, Combs, Toy Trunks,
Pocket Books, Razor Steel Scissors. Machine Needles and thousands of articles, all at the low
est pricos. All Domestic Goods at Factory prices, by the piece. Motto : Not to be Undersold.
Old friends and customers from the country will please give me a call before making purohfLsea
elsewhere. I will guarantee to do better by them than I oould while connected with the Fred
ericksburg Store, as lam now ALL ALONE, and my expenses a great deal less. Those at a dis
tance that cannot visii the oity send for samples and make your selections from the best stook
in the city at the lowest pricos. Will pay all Express charges to your nearest depot, when your
order amounts to $lO and over at Retail per cash, or the Goods to bo sent O. O. D. Please Bend
your orders direct, as I will take great pleasure in filling them, whether small or large.
L. RICHARDS,
_j!ectodf 209_Broad Street. Nxt door to Jas, Q. Bailie k Bro’s Carpet Store,
Dry Goods! Dry Goods!
P. & M. GALLAHER
HAVE just received their Fall and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, consisting in part of an
elegant line of
Dress Goods in All (he New Shades,
A SUPERB Stock of MOURNING GOODS, such as Bombazines, Caslimers, Alma Cloth,
Merino, Henrietta Cloth, etc. A complete Stock of HOSIERY, Table Damask, Irish
Linen, Towling, Napkins, Doylies and Marseilles Quilts. BLACK SHAWLS, Merino, Cashmere'
and Bombazines. NOTIONS, Corsets, Kid Gloves (best makes), Neck Scarfs, Rnckings and
Ribbons.
West-of-England Broadcloths, Doeskin and Best French and
American Cassimers, together with a Full Stock of
Kentucky Jeans,
f
ILL (IF WHItH WILL BE OFFERED AT BOTTOM PRICES.
P. & M. GALLAHER.
GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE
OF
DRY” GOODS
AT THE
Old Fredericksburg Store!
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
To Cl OSE OUT WINTER STOCK, we will sell THIS WEEK, at GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES,
FINE CLOAKS,
SHAWLS, SCARFS.
MIMES, RUGS, ’
CRUMB CLOTHS,
DRESS GOODS, DOLLS,
FANCY ARTICLES, AC.
FOR REAL BARGAINS in FINE GOODS call THIS WEEK at the OLD FREDEHICKS
BURG STORE, Comer by the Planters’ Hotel.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.
dec24-tf
CLOAKS, CLOAKS!
It) ARRIVE
FRIDAY MORNING,
ONE HUNDRED
ELEGANT CLOAKS,
|
FROM $3 TO S3O.
JAMES A. GRAY & GO.
GO Tlo
Christopher Gray & Cos.,
FOR ;
Sensible, Seasonable Christmas Presents.
We will receive Monday, by Expresij, quantities of CHOICE
FANCY DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, suitable for presents, which
we WILL, as we always do, SELL.
Christopher (jrray & Cos.
dec!7-tf _ a
- H. TRUMP.
220 BROAD STREET, CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK.
GOODS.
No sueh Exhibition ever before mad<[ in Aognsta.
Oor Line of Imported French presents, entirely anew
thing.
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