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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-31

This distinguished gentleman made a
political speech few days since at
Mansfield, Ohio, in behalf Of the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, in which
he refers TO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-31

Fly. Rocket. Financial secretar
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

Pursue all, or any of these ways, and
you will experience most marvellous
deliverance if you have not to mourn
over debased and ruined child.
Thousands Of parents have, practical
lY, adopted these rules in the manage
Inent Of their Children, and the resulti
have been exactly what one might an
ticipate, ."Their gray hairs have beer
brought down With sorrow to the grave.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

IMmIGRArI0N TO MoRGAN.-We learn
that old Morgan is soon to receive an ac-
ccssion to her population in the persons
and families OF about fifty Pennsylvania
farmers, attracted there, we understand,
mainly by the example and representa-
tions Of the brothers True, who, although
they first saw Georgia as Federal SOL
diers, arc now among the most popular,
highly esteemed and prosperous citizens
of the region. Such men will put to
shame the representations of malicious
political pcttifoggers, that Northern men
cannot live in Georgia. In month
they viii be ready to qualify that they
find the people of Georgia as friendly,
polite and orderly as any people they
ever saw in the world.--MacOn Telegraph.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18
rARmnRs CONVENTION.
MACON, December 9th, 1SG


Pursuant to call made by commit
tee appointed by an assembly of farm
ers from various counties at Eatonton,
Ga, on DIST of October, a Convention
composed Of delegates from diferen!
counties of tho State met at the City
Hall yesterday to organize an lmmigra-
ton Society for the State of Georgia.
On motion, Hon. B. T. Harris, Of
Hancock county, was made Chairman,
and Samuel 4. Echols Of Fulton, Sec
rotary.
The Chairman, after returning thanks
for the honor conferred upon him, and
stating the object of the meeting, an
nouneed it organized and ready for bus
mess.
c. w. Howard, of Barlow county,
moved that:
Whereas, Individual societies or as
sociations arc competent TO effect but
little in tho project of procuring immi-
grafton, owing to the pecuniary inabili-
ty of our people, and
Whereas, Owing to misunderstood
ing, existing in the minds of 3 number
of delegates, causing thom to be one
day behind the time Of the assembling
of the Convection
Resolved, That this Convention APP
point a committee to memorable tho
Legislature of the State of Georgia, and
pray that honorable body, at its earliest
session, that it create departments Of
agriculture ana immigration and appoint
commissioners for the same.
Resolved, That after the appointment
of said committee, this Convention add
journ until tomorrow, 10th inst.
An nendment was offered to Mr..
Towards motion by Judge L. A.@Nis-
bit Of. Ribb. providing thal, the proposed
committee report their memorial to this
Convention TO morrow, that it may be
considered and referred to other Con-
ventions, that will also meet in Macon,
for their endorsement. The motion, as
amended, was carried. A committee
appointed consists ofC. w. Howard OF
Barlow; Us. Hutton, of Bib, and b.
II. True, of Morgan.
On motion, the Convention adjourned
until tomorrow morning, 8 o'clock.
r. II. TRgE, Pres't
SAM'L A. EcHoLs, SccT
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9th.--Sumner's
Georgia bill declares the existing gov
ernnent provisional only, and in all re-
spects subject to the paramount authori-
ty of Congress to abolish, modify or
control the same, until the Legislature
complies with all requirements of the
Reconstruction acts and adopts the Four
teenth amendment, and subject to the
fundamental condition that no change
be made infringing on the right of snf-
frage of any class of citizens. The bill
directs that the Governor elect shall call
session of the General Assembly in
Atlanta on or before April next, ex-
GLIDING, unless relieved by Congress,
all who cannot take the prescribed oath.
The Governor is also empow cred osus-
pend or remove from Office State or
municipal officers, appoint others instead.
Finally. the President is ordered to place
at the disposal of the Governor such
portion of the army and navy as may be
necessary to preserve lie, property.
peace and free expression of political
opinion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18
No. So
THE POSTMASTER aENRALs REPoRr.

1d6 EO5G ASAEsi KIN GhIN& A<Ah - nHE VIVA
The N. Y. Tribune Of Nov. l6 con-
tanned an exclusive Geographic synop-
sis Of the Hon. A. w. Randall's report.
The following is tho closing paragraph
of the document
The idea that tho Pest Office Depart
ment can be self-sustaining in the pres
ent condition Of the country is absurd.
1t cannot be, and ought not to be, for
so years to come. The revenues win
largely increase, and so will cxpendi-
lures. Ten years hence estimate the
expenses Of the Post-Oflicc Department
at $40,000,000, and the revenues at
$30,000,000 This increase must go on
as long as the country prospers, and
mineral, agricultural, and commercial
business increases. The mines arc not
yet all developed, the lands arc not all
cultivated, the rivers are not oil navi-
gated, the railroads are not all surveyed,
the cities are not all built, the sea has
not given us all wo have right to ex-
act. Our country is not finished. I'M
til it is finished, he is not a wise nor
sagacious man who assumes that the
postal service will pay itself. The POST
Office Department can be made self-sus-
tanning in one way, and that is by cut
ting off the postal service in the States
and Territories where the receipts for
hostages are not equal to the expenses.
This would exclude all but Iowa and
Missouri west of tho Mississippi, and all
the States overborne by the Rebellion.
1t could further economic by with
drawing all aid from the China, Brazil,
and Sandwich Islands steamship lines,
thus saving $4,000. 1t could save
1895, 900 by aboIishing tho letter-carry-
ing system for tho cities. 1t could also
eeonomise to the extent Of over $780,
900 by 6verturning The system Of postal
cars. 1t is true that, in The pubic esti-
nation, the letter carriers for cities are
thought to be almost Indispensable, but the
system costs money and brings small
revenue. 1t is all disbursement and no
receipt. What if from 2 to "a hours
are saved in the transmission Of mails
bStween Washington and Cincinnati,or
st. Louis, or Chicago, and the whole,
West and North West, by these travel
ing post-oIiices, which put off and re- 4
ceive mails while travelling at 80 miles
an hour, and which receive mails, make
up mails, and distribute mails shey go, !.
hurrying alongH 1T costs money, and
the Government, likes miser, can keep
its money in It's chest. II gives no re-
turn and helps nobody, but is safely
boarded. A hating, timid, illiberai
policy like this will save 100000
and lo4e $30,000,000. Every dollar
put out by the Government in subsidies
to build railroads, in subsidies to aid
ocean commerce, in liberal appropria-
tons to open lines Of travel and develop
material resources in great nation like
this, is money put out at cxorbitant usury,
and will bring returns in the develop
mcnt of material wealth, and in making
the nation great and rich and strong in
every thing of value and interest to .
great people.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18
90 CO prrNZA soN.

/, Set him the example in the use OF
Intoxicating drink.
=. Let Ait, have his own way-the
"largest liberty" SO fascinating to the
imagination Of "Young America"
3. Allow him the free use of money,
without any restraining sense of respon-
sibility to parent or guardian.
f. Suffer him to wander where he
pIeascs on the Sabbath, and to spend his
evenings away from home.
5. Give him the freest access to wick
ed companions, who make mock Of all
that IS good, and contemn all authority
6. Furnish him with no high aim in
life and no steady employment. II
might hinder the development Of his
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

SUGAR CkoP.-The Alexandria (La.)
Democrat of the 18th says: eve learn
that our sugar planters express them
selves more than satisfied With their
prospects this season. The cane is
yielding beautifully and has never done
better.n
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

WHO WILL HAVE INFLUENCE WITH
GENERAL GRANT.-There is great
deal of speculation on this subject just
now, writes Mr.. Robert Bonner, OF the
N. Y. Ledger. Some people think that
Mr.. E. d. Washburne will control him ;
some say that he is in frequent and con
fidential correspondence with Mr.. A. /.
Stewart, the dry goods man; some say
that General Rawlins is all powerful with
him, and others that General Badeau
yields wonderful influence. We have
been frequently asked what we think
about the matter, and to save the trou-
BILE of further inquiry we may as wei
state our views. On one occasion, when
General Grant was riding with us be-
hind Peerless, he quietly remarked, II
should like to take hold of the reins."--
Now, we rather think General Grant
will hold the reins himself for the next
four years. He has been elected Presl-
dent and he will be President. 1T is
true that he has said that he should on
IL carry out the will of the people as de-
clarsd by the laws of Congress, but then
he will carry it out. We shall have an
administration. He will do his duty,
and the men under him will have
to do their duty. Therefore we
conclude that the most influential man
with the administration for the next four
years will be Ulysses ). Grant.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

II Cannibals-"Pa, are cannibals
those that live on other folks 2" eyes,
my dear" "Then, pa, uncle George
must be canuibal for ma says he's al
ways living on somebody"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18


While in one of the hospitals at Wash
ington she nursed to life and strength a
man who knew her husband in the army
who had been his mess-mate and boon
companion, and who, in his delirium,
constantly called upon his comrade to
come to his assistance. When the crisis
was passed and it was known that the
soldier would live, she questioned him
concerning her husband, and ascertain
ed that he was in Pennsylvania regi-
ment, having enlisted from Pittsburg
two years before. She at once address
ed Leffingwcll letter, stating in full her
efforts to find him, and detailing at
length her disappointments and troubles.
With the usual perversity of the army
mails, that letter never reached its dcs-
tination. Mrs. Lcffinswoll waited and
watched, but still no answer came, and
at length when the war was over she
set out once more in search of her hus-
band. A visit to Pittsburg revealed the
fact that her husbands term of enlist
ment had expired long before, and his
idnteitv was once more lost. She in
serted advertisements in number OF
the Pennsylvania papers, calling for m
formation of his whereabouts, and then
sat herself again to watch and wait
Time crept slowly on and still no tidlngs
of her absent one.
A week ago, when she had given up
all hope of ever seeing her husband
again, she very unexpectedly received
dircc+ information Of his place of abode
from one who came across the advertise
4ncnt of three years before. The paper
containing it had very providentally
escapeekethe destruction which usually
comes upon the dailics of the different
cities, and now was the means OF uniting
two porsonsspho for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
had been separated by cruel fate
Our heroine at once made preparations
to go to~lfcr husband, who lives in or
near Cincinnati, and who had been APP
priscd of her coming. She accordingly
left Pittsburg on Friday morning, and
arrived in Cleveland in the afternoon OF
the same day. What was her surprise
and pleasure on alighting from the cars
at the Union depot to procure some re-
freshments, to be confronted by her hus-
band. For moment they stared at
each other, and then with simultaneous
impulse they rushed into each other'~
arms, all unconscious of the gaping
crowd, who, with the usual curiosity,
had paused in their hurry to witness the
scene. The years that had separated
them, though they had silvered the heads
Of each and left lines of care upon their
brows, had not eradicated the love they
bore one another, or torn from their
hearts the memory of olden time, before
relentless fate had so cruelty thrust them
asunder. The trials Of the past were
forgotten in the present joy, and they
took the train for home at seven in the
evening, happy only in each others com
pany. 1t was while they were waiting
the departure of the Cincinnati train,
and through the kind Offices of one OF
the G. and F. railroad officials to whom
Mrs. Lefingwell had revealed part OF
her story, that the above was obtained.
Though, as we said at the beginning Of
this article, the story has the imprint OF
the romantic and unreal, still We give il
as it was given to US believing in les
trutIllulness.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

"A richly-dressed lady stopped a boy
trudging along with basket, and asked,
'EMy little boy, have you got religion 2"
mo ma'am," said the innocent, 'I'vo
got potatoes
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

YEA plate of apples was being pass
ed round to a group of children. There
was a fine red one on the top, which a
little girl took. elbow greedy you are,
said her next neighbor, "to take the
LARGEST. meant to take that myself"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18

How TO TAN SKINS WITH THE HAIR
ON.-Any one can succeed IN so doing,
by taking 2 parts saltpetre and Of
alum, pulverising them well together
spread the skin carefully, fur side down,
before it dries-apply the mixture even
", being careful to touch every part, in
sufficient quantity to thoroughly wet the
surface after it dissolVes double the
aosh side in, and roll it up closely-put
it in cool place, out Of the way Of frost
and let it remain three or four days, per-
haps more, according to the thickness ;
then unrolI, and when it gets nearly dry,
with dull knife remove the fat that
may adhere in spots, and little rub
bng will make it pliable and fit for use.
-B0St0u CultiUatOr.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-12-18
HUNTED DOWN.

A Wife Spends Twenty eight Years in
Hunting for Her Husband---She Finds
Him in Cleveland THE History of Her
Search.
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28
FINANcIAH AND COa1nfERCIAl.

New YORK, january 27-Nnon.-
Gold AIS. Wheat Tc. better. Corn
10. lower. Pork steady, at 21.75.
Freights firm. Cotton f1rmer, at 18H
@18L. - o..
Z p. M.-Upland cotton. 1sk@
18L-latter extreme rates; sales
$500 bales. Wheat 1C92c. better.
Cosn-mixed Western 1.2e(91.
white Southern 1.26@1.3 80; yellow
1.26@1.3O. Mess pork 21.37. Lard
13@133S. Freights firmer. Gold
413.
BALTIMORE, January 27.-Cotton
very bnoyant and tending up-mid.
ding held at. 1S1@1ST. Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat-Southern
2.2092.85. Corn rather better
white 1.20; yellow LII. Oats dull,
at rs. Rye dull, at 55. Bacon
sides 101s@101; shoulders 9L.
ONcINNATI, January 27.-Flour
quiet. Corn-ear so; shelled s5.
Mess pork 1000. Bacon-shoulder
914; sides 1134.
CHARLESTON, January 81. Cotton
quiet and unchanged; sales 800 bales
-middling 17H@17%.
AUGUSTA, January 27.-Cotton ad-
vanced 14@1S; sales 913 bales; re-
ceipts 744-middling 161a@16s4.
SAVANNAH, January 27.--Cotton
quiet, but firm-middling IT; sales
$50 bales; receipts 4,500.
New ORLEANS, January 27.-Cot-
ton in good demand-middling 1724
OILS; sales 5000 bales; receipts since
Saturday 5000. Sugar and molasses
active. Flour quiet -superfne 1O.O 90
@10.50. Flour dull shoulders 1O@
1014; clear rib 12A@121a; clear 1917
@13. Mess pork 22.OO. Gold 80.
MOBILE, January 27.-Sales of cot
ton $50 bales, at full prices-mid-
dlings 1619; receipts 4, 227.
LIvRRPoo1, January 27-3 P. NJ.
Cotton firm.
LONDON, January 27-Evening.-
Consols 931s. Bonds 1915.
LIVERPOOL, January 27-Evening.
Cotton sales IL, 2,OOO-uplands 7A@
~; Orleans 8@81s.
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AN ITEM ron BAoHE1oBs.-A Judi

AN ITEM FOR BACHELORS. "a Judi
cious wife lis always chipping of
from her husbands moral nature
little twigs that are growing in wrong
directions. She keeps him in shape
by continual pruning. II you say
anything silly, she viii afFeotionately
tell yon ~. If yc: S ;.;s5,sr ;s.;ss5i.ro Inst tit you
viii do some absurd thing, she will
find means of preventing your doing
1t. And by far the chief part of all
the common sense there is in this
world belongs unquestionably to wo-
man. The wisest things a man COM
monty does are those which his wife
counsels him to do. A wife is the
grand wielder of the moral pruning
knife. II Johnson's wife had lived,
there would have been no boarding
up Of orange peei-no touching all
the posts in walking along the streets
mo eating and drinking with dis
gusting voracity. If Oliver Gold.
smith had been married, he would
never have worn that memorable and
ridiculous coat. Whenever you find
a man whom you know little about,
oddly dressed, or talking absurdly,
or exhibiting any eccentricity of
manner, you may be tolerably sure
that he is not a married man; for the
corners are rounded off, the little
shoots are pruned away in married
men. Wives generally have much
more sense than their husbands
especially when their husbands are
clever men. The wife's advices are
like the ballast that keeps the ship
steady; they are the wholesome,
though painful, shears, clipping off
little growths of self-conceit.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28

The UNCHANGEABnE LAND. the
East, things do not change. AS Abra-
ham pitched his tent in Bethel, so
does an Arab Sheik now set up his
camp; as David built his palace on
Mount Sion, 30 would q Turkish
Pasha now arrange his house. In
every street may be seen the hairy
children of Esau, squatting on the
ground, devouring mess of lentils
like that for which the rough hunter
sold his birth-right. Along every road
plod the sons of Rachel. whose
fathers, thousands of years ago, bound
themselves and theirs to drink no
wine, plant no tree, enter within no
door, and their children have kept
the oath; and at every khan are
young men around the pan of parch-
ed corn, dipping their morsel into
the dish.
Jobs plow is still used, and the
seed is still trodden into the ground
by asses and kline. Olives are shaken
from the bough as directed by Isaiah,
and the grating of trees is unchanged
since the days of Saul. The Syrian
house is still, as formerly, only a
stone tent, as q temple was but q
marble tent. What is seen now in
Bethany may be taken as the exact
house of Lazarus, where Mary listened
and Martha toiled, or as the house of
Simon, the leper, where the box of
precious ointment was broken, and
whence Judas set out to betray his
master.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28
Tele graph.
cable bespatches.

LONDON, January ,26,--The lover
House Of the Danish Parliament has
unanimously ratified the treaty for
the sale of st. Thomas and st. John
to the United States. Itnow goes to
the upper Hnrse Fer CO.. a.s.Sion .Sion.
The British House Office positive
~ denies having authorized the ar
Eest of George Francis Train. at
Cork.
The London Observer says that the
correspondence between Seward and
Stanley, on the Alabama claims, is
finally closed. - ~ - "a
The tone of the Russian press has
become pacific. The Boj:sen Zeitlng,
OF st. Petersburg, urges the Czar to
set the example of O. general dis
armament.
The British Abyssinian expedition
has not advanced beyond Senate.
The English eaptives are alive and
we'll, but still in confinement.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28

WHAT DID HE WANT?-"Madam," !"
said baro-footed tar-heel, stumbling
up to the door of farmhouse near
Winchester, where q lady was stand
ing looking at the troops marching
past-"Madam, can't you tell poor
soldier whar he kin git par O. shoes?
fur I'm so hongry fur little drap O.
brandy, 1 aint got no blankit an
dunno whar I'm a gwine ter sleep
tonight out in the woods somewhar. !"
She gave him some food and q
bed-the other matters she did not
have; but told me two years after
wards, that she had never been able
to decide what the man asked for.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28

AS OUR MOTHERS Dove we're
amused, the other evening, It three
little girls playing among the sage
brush in n back yard. Two of them
were making believe keep house." n
few yards distance from each other
neighbors as it were. One of them
says to the third little girl: "There,
now, Nelly, you go to Sarah's house,
and stop little while and talk, and
then you come back and tell me what
she says about me; and then I'll talk
about he-; then you go and tell her
all I say, and then well get mad md
don't speak to each other; just like
our mothers do. you know. o!
that'll be such fun"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-28

A waggish journalist, who is often
merry over his personal plainness,
tells this story of himself: 'I went to
a chemist the other day for dose
of morphine for sick friend. The
assistant objected to give it to me
without prescription, evidently fear
ing that intended suicide. 'Pshawr
said I, do I look like O man who
would kill himself?' Gazing steadi-
~ at me moment, he replied, 4
don't know. It seems to me, if I
looked Like You, I should be greatly
tempted to kill myself