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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

There seems to be general marshal1ing Of
forces from all parts OF the United States, to
make combined assault upon Congress-, and
through Congress upon the National Treasury,
under the pretext Of establishing water COM
munications between the Atlantic and the Mis-
siasippi Valley. The schemes, taken eeyerally,
are frequently hostile to each other; but COM
bined are intended to tickle the fancy, excite
the hopes, and obtain the support Of all Sec
tions Of the country. We do not know that we
can call Off at one sitting the whole Of these
jobs, but among the more conspicuous Of them
are the following:
l. The purchase Of the New York and Erie
Canal ut its cost. &c, COZ, 600
the same: 25ooo,ooo
River aboye Cairo. 2o,ooo, 900
4. The same below Cairo ..,...,...... 10,000, 900
s, Canals at the mouth 5000, 600
6. The improvement Of the Ohio River. 25o00,000
River and James River Canal. eo,ooo,ooo
and Tennessee Rivers 49, ............. 2o,ooo,ooo
9. The construction Of canal from the
aeorgia. ............:......... s5,ooo,ooo
10. Tbs improvement Of the Red, White,
Arkansas, and ouchita Rivers. ..:...' 100000
II. LATERAL canals connecting other rivera
With these water routes. 25,000 600
70. The Louisville and Portland Cana..... 2,5o0,0oo
Inronn, .-. H. 600 900
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whether Congress has any right to regulate the
rates Of fare and transportation on railroads
which connect different States, or to authorize
the construction Of any such railroads. The
amendment to the Internal Revenue bill, ap-
pointing twenty-five Treasury Agents, has been
withdrawn by the Senate.
, 1872-12-17

The reto1t men in the Chicago Gas Company,
instead Of striking as they had threatened todo,
accepted the reduced wages offered them yester-
Gay. and vent back to their work. By strike
among the stokers in the Gas Works, London
Tss left in darkness for several nights week be-
fore last, but similar result would not be likely
to follow here, for, as the 1abore1s know, their
places can easily be supplied in the winter.
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There is one advantage in having no money to
carry on g political campaign with, and that is,
that you don't have to account for it afterward.
The Cincinnati Courier (German) is out with 3
cearch- warrant to find $1,000 said to have
been contributed by the National COMMITTEES to
it's comfort and maintenance during the cam
paign, but which the local Committee did not
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The Senate, yesterday, with but three dissent
ing votes, passed resolution for the appoint
meat Of 8 Committee Of Seven to report on the
question how cheaper transportation between the
East and the West may be obtained It has also
INSTRUCTED the Judiciary Committee to report
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Tweed's counsel having failed in their motion
to quash the Indictment against him, and in the
dilatory motions they made thereafter, the
great criminal vas solemnly called upon,
yesterday, to plead; but his lawyers
we're equal to the occasion, and de-
uanded the reading Of the Indictment. This the
Court had no discretion to refuse, and, AZ the
Indictment is printed book OF 1850 pages, two
ca7s more are gained by this manmu7re.
, 1872-12-17

The Italian Society Of New York style the
immigration Of destitute Italians, which IN q
few weeks has brought 1000 lazzaroni into
Castle Garden, an "infamous white slave
traffic." and want Congress to forbid it. They
censure the italian Government; but whether
for mere negligence in the matter, or for some
share in the fraud On the poor creatures, is not
Eteta1
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Homesteads are sacrificed every day to hard
drink, but probably for the first time in the his
sorY OF the liquor traffic it furnishes home
stead to the famil; Of one Of its victims. This
unique Justice has been obtained by woman OF
Iowa, who has recovered homestead worth
81, 500 from the dealer who sold har husband the
1u1n that caused his death.
, 1872-12-17

Illinois has lost one Of her earliest and Oldest
citizens in the death Of the Rev. Hubbel Loomis,
Ct Upper Alton, who died yesterday. Mr'
Lcomis WIS aged 81 years and 6 months. He
1aa the father OF Professor Loomis, the
astronomer OF Yale College.
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The political article in the December number
OF the Atlantio Monthly, which has excited SO
much discomfort in party circles (assuming that
the verdict Of the people in the recent election
was not go much an Endorsement OF General
Grant as choice Of erils), is attributed by the
Cincinnati Commercial to the pen Of the leading
editorial writer Of the Cincinnati Gazette. we
suppose Mr. Samuel Reed is the person re-
farra6 fn
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The result Of the Hepworth Dixon libel suit
against the Pail Mall Gazette is received with
very general satisfaction by the English press.
The proyocation Of the suit vas remark made
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A case has just been tried in England which
involved the question whether or not aiding
and abetting another in committing suicide con-
stitutes murder. The English law is very clear
and wen-settled in favor Of the principle that
such an act is murder, but the trial resulted in
the acquitta1 Of the prisoner in spite OF the fact
that his cooperation in the suicide WAS very well
established. The circumstances OF the case
we're these: Two young men, named Nagel and
May, came to England from Germany together,
having considerable sum Of money in their
possession. They lived extrayagantly, and soon
found that their money bad been dissi-
pated. Shortly after this, they we're
found in their rooms, both lying
on the floor, Nagel dead. and Esy in what was
supposed to be dying condition. May recoy-
cred after two months OF intense suffering, and
VAS placed on trial for his life for murder. The
strongest circumstantial evidence WAS produced
at the trial tending to prove Mays guilt in abet-
ting and cooperating in Nagers death by his
OWL hand. It was proved that both we're found
together in their room with the door locked;
both breasts we're barred, and there was q gen.
eral appearance indicating that suicide had been
premedidated- 4 letter was found in the bed
room from girl named Burgess. which con-
tanned expressions showing that the intention Of
committing suicide had been communicated to
her. Furthermore, the Chancellor OF the German
Consulate testified that May had told him
that Nagel had first taken the pistol and shot
himself, and that he G1ay) had then taken it
and fred into his own breast. The evidence
throughout was Of q character to leave little
doubt of consultation between the two, and
premeditated suicide on the part Of both. This
would bring May within the law which defines
the aiding and abetting Of suicide as murder. It
is stated that the jury brought in q verdict Of
acquittal, partly because Of the prisoner being 3
foreigner. and partly because he had already auf-
fered greater tortures than those Of death in his
long and painful illness. It is entiraly probable
however, that sentiment opposed to constituting
the aiding and abettng Of suicide as murder had
something to do with determining the result.
A year OF more ago man and woman in Masaa-
chusetts resolved upon suicide together; the
woman died from the poison and the man re-
covered, but he was convicted Of aiding in the
death Of the woman, and punished accordingly
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M,y1CKER'S THEATRE-Madison street, between
State and Dearborn. Engagement Of Hiss Jane Coobs
- Lady Of ISons-''
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ENONS AMPHITHEATRE- Clinton street, between
Washington and Randolph. Morlacch Troupe. Tho
Scout
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GLOBE THEATRE-Desp1aines street, between Madi
son and Washington The Lela Ellis Ballad OpeEa Com
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The New York UoTld states that jusiaab@e horeicIdA
ts now held to Include g the OF every who
Kills any other account Of any WOMAN, aud of
every woman who kills eny man my account what
ever"
The question whether 3 man has right to.
kill his niece because she voluntarily enters on
life Of shame is now to be decided This in
wolves the question whether q life Of shame ia
not itself as severe punishment as the wrath
Of man or God can devise for woman.
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AIEENs THEATRE-Wabash avenue, corner OF Con
z1ess street. Engagement Of Lawrence Barrett
%+Juliua CHsaI,n
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judge that it has been e1niaently succzz5tul, If
the glowing language Of thecorrespondent may
be accepted literally. Though the idea is new
to this country, the English "bar-maid' i'll
frst-class inns is the only representative OF
what We call the hotelclerk, and it Is not ua-
likely that much Of the cleanliness and excel
1ence OF service which are found in the English
inns are to be credited to her influence.
, 1872-12-17

UbeGbues4Dp 01bbu1u*

Tuesday Morning, December II, 1879.
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POLITICAL GOSSIP AND OPINION.

The Connecticut and New Jersey pape< ~ sre
demanding (state) Constitutional reyisdcu. In
Virginia, the Legislature proposes to submit
amendments.
The next. Senatorship Of California CYica
Caszer]y, 1859 will be decided BY the election
next September; and Governor: Booth and John
B. FELTON, have come to ssgo cd understanding
that George c. Gorham shs il moi carry OF the
honors.
The vote OF Oregon:
June, Congress. Sorembe7. President.
Ru1aatt E11aoa h5p; 3d. ssa9t s1s
iOConor. 5S7
The vote OF Eashi1 4gton Territory:
1870. Dt:,eante 1877,
4i17 pen 34l lMcFadden, lib. ....425,
aa1nelde, Rep. -sf469!Gazaed, 54e
The vote Of Bost On:
1:ssy @ sssySs a:1 sss: i57s sss 5&3yis isa
CASTOR, s28Gra eley 10 407 CASTOR, L.. ,29+
Talbot, B. 6,1e4lGEs Piezce, r.. .se4i
The vote for Mayor, this year, is to be re-
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ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY. GRAND, EX-
t1aordiuaFs drawing; whole tickets $50. J. 3. MAR
TiSEZ / CO., Bankers, 10 Wallst. Boz 1855, F. O.,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
Lies Brightest Hour.

Not long since Imet gentleman
who is assessed for more than mil.
lion. Silver were in his hair, care
upon his brow, and he stopped be-
meath his burden of wealth. We were
speaking of that period of life " hen
we had realized the most perfect en-
joyment, or rather, when We Lad
found the happiness nearest 10 be un-
alloyed. "I'll tell you, said the mil
lionaire, "when was the happiest
hour of my life was earning five
hundred dollars a year, and my IA
ther did not take it from me, only
requiring that l should pay for my
board. At the age Ct twenty-five l
had secured u pretty cottage, just
outside Of the city l was able to
pay two thirds OF the money down.
and also to furnish it respectfully. !
was married on Sunday Sunday
in June-at my fathers house. My
wife had come to me poor in purse,
but rich III the wealth OF her woman
hood. The Sabbath and the Sabbath
night We passed Jenea h NY faith rs
roof, and on Monday morning went
to work, leaving my mother and sis
ter TO help in preparing my home.
On Monday evening, when the labors
Of the day were done, Iwyn, not to
the paternal shelter, as in the past,
but to my own house-my own
home. The holy atmosphere Of that
hour seems to surround me even now
in me mory. | opened the door
of my cottage and entered. | laid
my hat upon the little staud in the
hall, and passed on to the kitchen
our kitchen and dining-room were
all one then. l pushed open the
kitchen door and was-in heaven.
The table was set against the wall
the evening meal was ready-prepar-
ed by the hands Of her who had
come to be my helpmeet in deeI as
well as in name-and by the table,
with throbbing, expectant look up
on her lovely face, stood my wife. l
tried to speak, and could not | could
only clasp the waiting angel to my bo-
som, thus showing to her the ecstatic
burden ofmy heart. The years have
passed-long, long years--and world
!y wealth has flowed in upon me,
and | am honored and envied; but
as true as heaven--I would give it
ALE every dollar-.or the joy of the
hour Of that June evening in the
long, long ago!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
The Minute Hand to the Hour Hand.

"What no further?" said the min
ute-hand to the hour hand of the
time-piece. "Why, | have been all
round the dial since we parted, and
there you are Just one.fgure from the
place where | left YOU" "And yet
| have done as much work in the
time as you have" answered the
hour-hand. GLOW do you make
that out" asked the other, as he ad-
vanced to pass him. 49," was the
reply. "Your journey all round,
and mine from figure to figure, are
each an hours value; all are not able
to arrive at the same conclusion with
the same ease and readiness. But
this isno fault on either side; only
they who fancy, because they are al
ways in Il hustle, that they are do
ing the work Of the whole world, are
mistaken, and plume themselves on
an importance and superiority by
no means belonging to them. If
you were to creep like me, the day
would last nobody knows how long;
and if | were to gallop like you, it
would be over before it had well be-
gun"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
A Wonderful Old Man.

The New York Tribune has cor
respondent who writes from Cold
water, Mich, to say that he is sixty
eight years of age, that he never ut
te.ed an oath, never used a dimes
worth of tobacco, never bought OF
sold a drop of whisky for himself,
though for fifteen years he kept q
hotel in one of The Southern States,
never played a game Of marbles, OF
checkers, or billiards, and only twice
in his life has he had a pack of cards
in his hands. He has Travelled over
100000 miles and never met with an
accident, nor has he ever been q
moment late. Among other accom-
phshments, he declares that he can
repeat more of the Bible than any
man living of whom he has any
knowledge; and he further deposes
that he has given instruction to more
than 100000 pupils, that he has
preached for fifteen years, that he
has Travelled five hundred miles to at
lend over fifty funerals, and all the
salary he ever received, he says, was
a pound OF tea worth svyenty.fye
cents For ffty-seyen years he has
not been confined TO the house by
reason of bodily indisposition for
fortg-eight hours at any t me. Often
he has walket twenty-tour miles to
attend div ne service. Old as he is,
he can read without glasses.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
GOLDEN WORDS.

Sense shines with a double lustel
when it is set in humanity. An able
yet humble man is a jewel worth
kingdom.
Base all your actions upon prin'
ciple Of right; preserve your integri'
ty Of character, and in doing this
never reckon the cost.
Sincerity is to speak as we think,
to do as We pretend and profess, 10
perform and make good what we
promise, and really to be what we
would seem and appear to be.
A man who has no enemies ought
to have very faithful friends, and one
who has such friends ought not to
think it q calamity that he has enc
mics to be his effectual monitors.
The secret Of happiness is con-
cealed in appreciative content. If
you cannot have what you would
like, try to like what you have.
1t will afford sweeter happiness in
the hour of death to have wiped one
tear from the cheek of sorrow than
to have ruled an empire, to have con-
quered millions, or to have enslaved
the world.
A philosopher says that the true
secret Of earthly happiness is to en-
joy pleasures as they arise; for that
man who can keep his eye upon the
bright present, while it is bright,
tastes the cup Of sweetness prepared.
Nature is the only workman to
whom no material is worthless, the
only chemist in whose laboratory
there are no waste produces, and the
only artist whose compositions are
infinitely varied, and whose fertility
Of invention is inexhaustible,
Profanity never did any man the
least good. No man is the richer,
or happier or wiser for it. 1t COM
mends no one in any society. 1t is
disgusting to the refined, abomina-
bic to the good, insulting to those
with whom we associate, degrading
to the mind, Improbable, needless
and injurious.
Brethren, we are all sailing home;
by and by, when we are not think
ing of it, some shadowy thing (men
call DEATH, at midnight, will pass by,
will cal Us by name, and will say:
81 have message Tor you from
home; God wants you; heaven waits
for you" 1t is but hand-breath.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
A Woman on WOmen's Dress.

| do not wonder at men ridicul-
ing the fashions and fCllies of wo-
men; but | regret that many Of the
sterner sex should so seldom dis
criminate between "the wise and the
foolish virgins" Men seem to think
that all women are alike in their van
tiles and frvolities. Let me tell you,
Sirs and Gentlemen, that sensible
woman despises The weak and silly
ones Of her own sex as much, nay,
more, than you do; for sometimes,
you must acknowledge, you are so
taken by a bright eye, or rosy lip,
that you overlook the folly and fri
volity for the sake Of a neat little fir
tdttOR.
My idea of wel-bred lady is one
who is richly yet plainly dressed,
without all that ornamentation
which now characterizes our sex, and
who wears but little jewelry-a watch,
perhaps, and 4 brooch; and we will
also ALLOW her bracelets, but no ear
rings-barbarous inventions!-let us
leave them to savages, who are in the
habit of cutting their flesh for the
purpose II inserting ornaments. A
Modest woman, modestly and be-
comingly attir5d in rich fabrics
silk, satin or velvet, as the case may
be-is, in the eyes Of men, as noble
and charming vision. She may al
50, if she be of a domestic turn
which fact, l regret to say, is be-
coming rarer every day-dress her.
self neatly and becomingly even in
calico, What prettier sight is there,
in the eyes of a loving husband, than
the goddess Of his heat and home
presiding over the breakfast table in
her quiet, well-ftting morning dress,
and white collQrwith its knot of pink
or blue ribbon, her soft hair all right,
and Ter sweet face full of smiles!
Happy man! how his eyes shinel and
how delicious is the coffee prepared
by her own fair hands! And the
white bread and rolls that she made
yesterday during his absence, how
sweet aud crisp to his taste! He
goes away to his daily avocations
with a sunbeam in his heart, the re-
membrancc Of his morning goddess
haunting lin until the days decline,
when a coming vision of an evening
fairy b gins to present itself to his
MUD. And when he reaches his
h me she stands ready to receive
hm, bright and charming, in her
soft lustriJus silk aud Il flower in her
hair She rresides at his dinner ta-
ble as gracefully as at the morning
meal, just as if she had not haunted
the kitchen the best part of the
forenoon, and then is ready to amuse
her "dearly beloved" in singing to OF
/ playing upon her piano or guitar, il
he chooses music, or to talk to him
quietly for an hour or two if he
should prefer a little social chat
Oh yes! there are some happy homes
yet left in married life. Would that
there were many, many more,
"Whcre two hearts beat in unison,
And two souls seem rs one"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
Preaching Defined.

Sydney Smith thus defines the OBJ
ject of preaching: ut is constantly
to remind mankind of what he is
constantly forgetting; not to supply
the defects,of human intelligence,
but to fortifythe feebleness of human
resolutions; to recall mankind from
the by paths where they turn, into
the path of salvation, which all
know, but few tread
The aims and topics of the pull
pit have been eloquently condensed
by TaIfourd. We transcribe the pas
sage;
"The subjects Of the pulpit have
never been varied from the day the
Holy Spirit visibly descended on the
first advocate Of the gospel in
tongues of fire. They are in no dan
ger of being exhausted by frequency,
or changed with the vicissitudes Of
mortal fortune. They have imme-
diate relation to that eternity the
idea of which is the living soul of all
poetry and art. 1t is the province
of the preacher of Christianity to de.
velop the connection between this
world and the next, to watch over
the beginning of a course that will
endure forever, and to trace. the
broad shadows cast from i'm
perishable realities on the shifting
scenery Of earth. The mysteries Of
our being, life and death, both in
their sublimer relation, are topics of
their ministry. There is nothing af-
fecling in the human conditions,
nothing majestic in the affections,
nothing touching in the instability
of human dignities, the fragility of
loveliness, or the heroism of self
sacrifice, which is not a theme suited
to their high purposes. 1t is theirs
to dwell ON the Oldest history of the
world, on the beautiful simplicity Of
the patriarchal age, on the stern and
awful religious and marvellous story
Of the Hebrews, on the character,
miracles and death of the Savior, on
all the wonders and all the beauty
of the Scriptures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
G. II. G

In Maroa, Illinois, the bridegroom
does the fainting and takes the kiss
ing at the weddings, while the bride
whispers, clean on me, dearest"
Man and wife in Russia always
own their property separately, and
instances of wives sueing their hus-
bands for debt are byno means un-
common.
A Chico (Cal.) woman has de-
veloped remarkable ability as sculp.
tor, and has already produced two
statutes which elicit very general
praise.
The fashion of throwing an old
slipper after the carriage of newly
married couple is supposed to mean
that the chances Of matrimony are
very slippery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04
Spread Of Cotton Manufacturing.

The New York Shipping and
Commercial List, in its issue Of last
Saturday, in writing on the subjeo
Of Cotton Manufacturing in the
South, says:
In Georgia and Alabama the most
successful efforts have been made in
this direction, and many thousand
spindles are now running within
sight of the cotton fields. There arc
now running in Alabama six fac
tories, which number in the aggre-
gate over forty-thousand spindles,
and consume upwards of twenty
thousand bales of cotton annually.
The fact is significant of the changes
which have been wrought by the new
order of things. In the days of
slave labor, manufactures received
very little attention in that quarter.
SO long as they had a market for
their cotton, the land and slave own
ers were quite content with the til
lage oftheir productive soil, leaving
to the others and other labor sys-
TENS the manufacture Of their wear
ing apparel, and even the very in
struments with which they "tickled
the earth to make it yield of its
abundance. Now, all this is in pro-
cess of change. Mills and manufac-
tories are springing up in several of
the cotton-producing States, North
ern capitalists finding it profitable,
in conjunction with the owners OF
land and water power, to invest their
money in the erection of mills for
the manipulation of the great South
ern staple on the soil that quickened
it. Heretofore, less than one-ff-
teenth Of the cotton crop has been
worked into yarn and fabrics in
Southern factories. In the future,
the local consumption of cotton
will gradually expand, albeit, with
the superior facilities of some Of
the Eastern States, it is not prob
able that the competition between
the two sections will for many years
to come, be very sharp, or that the
products OF Southern mills will find
their way North to any great extent.
Nor is it probable that the spread Of
manufactures in the South, will, to
any appreciable extent, interfere
with the manufacturing interest Of
the North. All the products Of
Northern mills, of whatever descrip-
tion, will find, as heretofore, a ready
market, and the increase in the de-
mand will go in direct ration with
the growth of the whole country in
wealth and population; while the
South, with the advantages of hav-
ing the raw staple united with water
power at its doors, would have no
successful rival, and the value of its
cotton crop could be increased be-
yond present computation.