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The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06
From the Atlanta WeekIy9

This morning we were sitting in our sane
tum reviewing new book by poet of At
lanta who, by the way, owes us for three
years subscription to the Weekly. His
verses show total lack of poetic fancy and
command of language, while their general
tone is an insult to the enlightened intelli-
gence and aesthetic interpretive perception of
free nation. The book is absurdly bound
and ridiculously printed. But this is~ di-
erosion. Eternal going is the price of get
ting there-and if we stray in the fowery
paths of objurgation, we shall never arrive at
our anecdote.
We heard a knock at our door, we vocifer-
ously murmured "come in,'' and man en-
tered and stood before us. He was the most
pronouncedly lugubrious object we ever saw.
The nap of his hat was brushed the wrong
way, his necktie expressed detection and a
sense Of the general nothingness of every
thing, and from the very set of his coat we
judged that life had no particular attraction
for him. Don't you know me ?'' he inquir.
ed. We mentally ran through our list of ac-
quaintances and said gently that we didn't
recall his name, but were sure we'd seen him
somewhere. He looked at us sadly and re-
marked 81 was the Funny Man." We didn't
say calais, poor Yorickp' W. Shakespeare
had made the observation previously and
there is honor among = authors. Still we
didn't remember that man. 'Pve left the
other paper now" said he ''and wish you'd
give me work on the Weekly again.. Then
we remembered all about him, how one day
last spring we dismissed him because the ex-
penses of the Weekly had disgusting little
habit of exceeding the receipts and we felt
that paying man to be chronically comical
was, although fun to our readers, death to
us, metaphorically speaking. We glanced at
him, we felt it wouldn't be the correct thing
to ask man that looked as solemn as he did
to make jokes for our columns; it would be
like asking the Dying Gladiator to show off
his celebrated trapeze act, offering piece of
BURBERRY pie to the skeleton at the Feast, or
expecting Death on the Pale Horse to jump
through hoop. So we said in our most SYM
pathetic tone, "Well-you may write an arti-
Gle on the epizootic, and there are two or
three volumes Of heavy polemics that you can
review-and you'd better sit by the front
window, it will attract serious-minded set
of subscribers. Then the sub-editor in his
pleasant way asked the Funny Man home to
dinner with him. The sub-editor has just
confided to us that he forgot to leave any
money this morning with his sister to pay
her dressmaker's bill, and thought he would
rather take friend home with him at noon.
1t is now half-past five p. M. The Funny
Man has been sitting at the window all the
afternoon. Two deacons and an undertaken
have subscribed already to the Atlanta Week
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

PLAYING games on the aged is not always
productive OF fiattering results. An old gen
tleman VINO frequently comes in when we
cts, made his appearance yesterday when p a.
Stunning our blandest smile, we passed Mn, :
copy of the last report of the Connection
Board of Agriculture. He was yerv r,',oI
pleased with it. He looked it all over snd
then turning to the beginning, commenced d4 ~
read it, read it aloud and we hope to he NJ
nominated for Office, if he didn't 90 clear
through the volume, carefully and intelligent
ly spelling the long words, and sitting be-
the levity out of us.-Danbury Ne,cs.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

A Georgian pedagogue, having his orthog-
raphy aspersed, shot his critic to vindicate
his 'pistolary correctness.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

With gentle footsteps the beautiful snow
stole down from Heaven, and the dark-eyed
mud reached up and licked it in.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06
at random strung,
BY future poets shall he sunp


BY future poets shall be sung"
The night has come but not too soon;
Westward the course Of empire takes its way;
Ye banks and braes of Bonnie Doom!
Blue spirits and white, black spirits aud gray.
Rocked in the cradle of the deep,
Old Casper's work was done;
Piping on hollow reeds to his pent sheep,
Charge, Chester, charged on, Stanley, on!
There was a sound of revelry by night
On Linden when the sun was low;
A voice replied far up the height,
Tall oaks from little acorns grow
What If little rain should say,
have not loved the world, nor the world me;
All! well day
Woodman, spare that tree!
Ny heart leaps up with joy to see
primrose by the waters brim;
Zaccheus he did climb the tree;
Few of our youth could cope with him.
The prayer for Ajax was for light,
The light that never sea shore.
Pudding and beef make Britons fight
Never morei .fI
Under spreading chestnut tree,
For hours thegither sat,
L and my Annabel Lee;
mans man for a. that
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
And waste Its sweetness on the desert air.
In thunder, lightning, or in rain,
None but the brave deserve the fair.
Tell me not in mournful numbers
The child is father of the man;
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber
They can conquer who believe they can.
A change came Ger the spirit of my dream;
Whatever is, is right
And things are not what they seem;
My native land good night
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Edmond About's arrest by Germans has
been worth 10000 francs to him in the sale of
his description thereof
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

A man may think freely without being a
free-thinker. Some of our bigoted friends are
unable to understand this.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Pittsburgian philologists are puzzling their
heads to find out how a very African fellow
citizen came to be called Barney Mahoney.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Any one can drift. But it takes prayer, re-
ligious principle, earnestness of purpose, con-
slant watching, to resist the evil of this
this world-to struggle against the tide.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06
Gossip and Gleanings.

A man has been found at Wilton, Conn.,,
who declines postoffice.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

If all were rain and never sun
No bow could span the hill;
If all were snn and never rain.
Tbere'd be NO rainbow still.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

There are a good many bars to the success
of the Sunday law in Chicago; in fact, about
twenty-five hundred of them.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06
POETRY.


The poem below, which was first published In the
Knickerbocker Magazine, is made up of single lines
from twenty-five English and American poets. be-
ginning with Longfellow and ending with Byron. 1t
wonld take some time to afix each writer's name to
his line or lines though the majority are, of course
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

'sDo you think it safe, my DEAR" said
husband to his wife, ''for me to take off fan
mel when it looks like spring." perhaps
So" replied the wife, shut never saw any
flannel that looks like spring ?''
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

The Spectator says the next step in econ
omy of fuel getting to be a pretty serious
consideration in England) is solid bottom
for the coal CRATE. Strange, as usual, that
nobody thought of this before.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

1t occurred to Danbury scholar, while
writing composition last week, to make the
remarkable statement that San OK does not
taste as good as an oyster, but it can run
faster.'
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Douglas JeIrold was once asked by an in
tolerable bore, who affected to be q poet Of
the Milton school, whether he had read his
descent into He'll" ''No, sir" responded
the irate wit, ''but should like to see it.''
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

The President and the Postmaster General
are of one mind in regard to the ranking
privilege. The President ''now suggests
modification of that privilege to correct its
garing and costly abuses He would pre-
fer the total abolition of ranking. but, falling
to accomplish that, he would accept the par
tial remedy.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

The favorite punishment of the Lynch
Law, tarring and feathering was instituted in
the time of Richard Occur de Lion who de-
creed, says Anquetil in his Historic de France,
that whoever committed theft should have
warm pitch poured over his head, which
should then be powdered with feathers.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

When Prince Napoleon was recently told,
by French policeman, that he must forth
with leave the territory of the republic, he
said to the man: ''What, sir! you wear the
cross of the Legion Of Honor, and you can
convey such message TO a Napoleon ?"
Monsieur" replied the officer, with cutting
politeness, 81 received that cross for good
conduct at SedanP' Prince Napoleon had
nothing further to say.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

While every body knows how candies and confsc-
tions TASTE, very few people are aware Of the per-
fectlon which has been reached in the art Of manu-
featuring them. At this establishment besides the
large number of hands employed, may be found the
highest perfection in machinery, such IL Is used in
the largest manufactures of the kind in London or
Paris.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

One of our citizens went to the cars this
morning to see his wife of, and having two
or three minutes before starting time stepped
around the corner an instant" He returned
just in time to see the train moving off, and
slapping his leg emphatically, he regretfully
enunciated: 81 oughtn't to have taken SUI
gar."-Danbury Ne,os.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

A young man in company the other even
ing was suddenly observed to stare violently
about the room. There was wild look in
his eye, and a dreadfully compressed express
sion in his mouth. To all questions he made
no answer, and the company were beginning
to think he was insane, when he gave a quick
gulp, turned deadly pale, and in moment
left the house. BE had omitted to throw out
his chew when he went in
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Big Mr.. Ha,ckins (sententiously)- "Do
you know, Mr.. Jawkins, it has often struck
me that one mans food may be another
mans poison"
Little Mr.. Ja,okins, (nsore sententiously)-
"Well, won't 60 so far as to say that. Mr..
Hawkins. But am certainly of opinion
that what may prove sminently beneficial to
the health-a-of one individual-a-may
prove extremely detrimental, and, indeed, alb
solutely fatal to another iRdividual-a-dif-
ferently constituted-ar'
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Tommy has discovered wherein his mother
resembles time. 1t is not that she lays her
hand gently on her fathers brow, nor that
her footsteps fall with noiseless tread, nor
that she waits for no man, nor that she writes
no wrinkles on her azure brow, nor that she
acts like time, nor is it her age, nor any of
those things, Tommy AYERS. He says you
might guess all day. 1t il that her noblest
offspring is her last, ''and that's myself" \
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

Elder Of .tourteen-"where's baby
Madge?'
Madge-"In the other room, / think,
Emily"
Elder Of fourteen--'Go directly, and see
what she's doing, and tell her she mustn'tp
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

A venetian flute player has invented new
model for violin with metal strings which
pass entirely around the drum Of the instru-
ment and give quadruple the volume of an
ordinary violin.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

The word 'shumbug' is derived from the
Irish word ''uimbog'' meaning soft copper;
that is, worthless money. 1t is curious to
note that the opposite of hunabug is the word
sterling, also taken from term applied to the
coinage of Great Britain.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-06

A gentleman gave letter Of introduction
to student of music about to visit Leipsic,
who wished to put himself under the instruc-
ton of Prof. -, famous teacher of music
in that city. Upon the students return
home the gentleman asked: ''How did you
like Prot. -?" sob, wonderfully! He
gave me fine lessons; but he is very singular
man. He kept praying all the time he was
teaching me- 'Praying! What do you
mean?" "Well, while / was playing he
clasped his hands, lifted his eyes to the cell
ing and kept saying, Good Lord what sin
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23

sail "a on uplauds, andiXdf on ses islands. To
haVre' lc on uplands. Ooastwlse-tn New
YorE, BY steam, &c on guplands and - on sea
islsnds;5s2R fierce on rice; coo q bblonEosln;
oy SAL, -c q b on cotton; 20 p fierce on
rice; 6oe = Dbl on rosin; s11@12 2 H ON lumber;
$l2Sl2 20 p II on timber. To Bostyn, by steam
xc on uplands and 50 80 2 tterce On, rice; by sci,
&C p ID on uplands; rosin Toe; resswed stuff
$l29l2 so; timber sis@1s 50; phosphate ssts5 so.
To Providence, by sail $lo@1l q II on boards;
- q b on cotton; by steam Xc via New York.
TO Philadelphia, by steam 10 on uplsnds: 81 rs
p tierce on rice; coo p Dbl on rosIn; Sion spirits,
Through bills Of lading given to Boston, Proyt.
dence and the New England cities are regularly
Issued on this route, and dispatch guaranteed.
By SAIL, So p II on boards; $l2 on timbe-;-S
ton on claJi g so on phosphates. To Baltimore,
by steam % p b; by sail $s@s 50 q II on
boards; - on timber; So so p ton at city; SAC
so r. tom up river On phosphate rock. vessels
are; In demand by our merchants to take lumber
freights from Georgetown. s. O.. Darien and SAITH.
Ia River, Ca, and Jacksonville, Fla, to Northern
ports, and $lo@12 R.M are the rates on timber
and boards. 80
EIcHANas.-stsrling 90 day bills 2oX@2oK.'
DOMESTIC ExoHANGE.-The banks purchase
sight checks on New York at x@x per cent. on,
and sell at par.
.GoLD-l2X@13H. s.= .f.,. ..-g - go
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
TRIRUrE OF

A. a meeting of the congregation OF st.
Matthew's Episcopal Church the following pre-
amble and resolutions were ADOPTED:
whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty God to take
from our midst our beloved pastor and friend, the
Rev. Stiles R. Mellichamp. who departed this LIE
on the 18th day OF October, at Lang syne, St.
Matthew's Parish, in the seventy.third year Of bis
age, after q long and useful life, devoted to his
God and fellow-man, loved and revered by all
who knew him; be 1t
Raso1ped That we sincerely mourn bis loss,
and deeply sympathize with his afnlc'ed family.
Resolved, That a page IN the journal Of our
church be appropriately inscribed 70 his memory:
RESOLVED, That these resolutions be published
10. the Oraugeburg Times and the Cnarls.ton
daily papers, and that q copy be sent to hs be-
reaved family. ~
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
s11eHr RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Card OF Thanks 10 the Oficers Of the
Train.

Card OF Thanks 20 the Officers OF n
Train.
The day express train from Columbia 70
Charleston met with an accident yesterday
morning at a point about four miles below Column
bia, which might have resulted seriously had It
not been for the prompt action Of the conductor,
Captain VIM. A. Bradley, and the engineer Mr..
sigwald. The accident was caused by a broken
rail-, which was passed in safety BY the whole
train except the rear car, q first class passenger
coach, which ran OF the track and was thrown
over upon Its side. Fortunately the SAFETY
coupling, in use on all the cars OF this road, gave
wsy In time TO prevent the other cars from being
dragged from the track, and there were but three
/ or four men in the rear car, none OF whom re-
ceiyed injuries OF any consequence. The follow
ing is o card from the passengers, In regard TO
the conduct OF the officers OF the train:
We. the passengers on the day passenger tram
which left Columbia on Sunday, the 22d lnstant,
return our sincere and grateful THANKS 10 CaPtsin
WIN, A. Bradley, conductor, and @r. slg~aiu,
engineer, for tneir promptness and courage ~
the accident that occurred to the train; meIuas
| believe that had 1t not been fortne QUICK ssopIage
of the train an accident OF q far more SERIOUS
nature would have occurred, anu many 'n'eo
would have been lost. n,rae
Stoned : Samuel W. Melton, George Y. Giyae,
! Charles b.. Sperry, @. T.. Levy "; NJ Levy
/ theodore Pollock, william Read, Jonn WillhHs'
Iamss A. Spencer, James Goats, EmonB Jones,
M. ], Hirsch and others.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
WHO BURNED
Moro Light on tho Dark Subject
TO THE EDITORS OF TIE NEWS.

More Light ON tno OerA SuoJeo"
TO THE EDITORS OF TIE NEWS.
I see by q paragraph In The NEWS OF Inc
21st instant, that General Sherman IN evidence
before the British claim commission denied tna1
he issued orders to burn Columbia, and nis aonls'
sions OF the correspondence between him ana
General Hallecf: should satisfy any impartlai
mind that his denial is fully entitled to respect
hut should there be any 30 obdurate as TO require
corroborate proof OF General Sherman's position
In that respect, allow me to contribute my ml'e
az a volunteer In his behalf.
During my sickness in New York after the eVae'
uatton of Charleston, I was staying at Pon'lns
Hotel, In White street. One evening gotia CASUAL
conversation with a guest Of the hotel, wh1 naa
been there near three months without our having
had much intercourse. On learning I was q reel.
dent OF Columbia prior to the burning OF .ns'
city, and that my store was burned, ne sIasea ne
wa. with shermsn's army in the engineers
denarment. and set Ore to my store. His ORDERS
wsrs Hrs, TO fire the ststehouse, and "est my
wv WILLIAM AsHToN.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23

KID GLOVES, Of best quality, (Alexandre's
Grande Duchense,) have been reduced to
81 rs at Uferhardts. Also. the latest in Lace
Collars, and In al DresS Goods, IL; put: down
in price. Fine Broche shawls are being offer
ed very cheap, and a beautiful Black Silk Vel
vet for Cloaks at $12 so, worth $40. French
Black Silks and German Cloths and Cassi-
meres, especially in black, are selling at rs
per cent. under late prices. Please do not
forget the corner of King and Market streets:
UFFERHARDT'se declS-Wfmtu4
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
DR. FILTERS VEGETABLE NRHEU.

! warranted under oath never TO have failed to
cure. $500 Certificates or testimonials OF cure.
including Rev. O. 3. Ewing. Media Pennsylva1is;
Rev. Joseph Beggs, Falls Of SchlylkM, rniiSaei'
New Jersey; Rev. Thomas MaEpny, Ftankiord,
Philadelphia; Doctor Jennfngs aud D0ctor walton,
Philadelphia; Hon. J Y. Greeley, memoer Con-
dan Nav JeraaV: ax-Sanstpr Stewart Ba1tuoore
eI.Governor PoHel, Kentucky ndSheusands OF
others, warranted TO cure OF money Ietnnded.
F On. GEO. ADLIERs AEeutSS
julyl-1ys @nafHsO9s00t
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
DEATH OF GENERAL Al. WRIGHT.

It gives us ~mu5aasorrow to announce the
death OF General A. R Wright, one OF the editofs
or the Augusta Chronicle q Sentinel and member
e,ect from the Eighth Congressional DISTRICT Of
eaoro,a. Well may the community In which 10
lived, and which he adorned deplofe ns a.m y,
:, loss. Well may his Borrowing associates say u
him that he was a brave soldier, an able )uriss' q
matehless orator. General Wright had q most Oh
va,m personal friends 10 Augusta, and the re-
snect and esteem OF the entire community. De
was . man OF high Intellectual attachments M
.ter,inu character, and we extend our earnest
symnatnies to those to whom his death mas
wrought the keenest bereavement.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
,,,,r,or cation n1arkots.

oRANaBBuRa, December 20
Sales during the week 400 bales. we quote:
Ordinary l5c; low middling Tx: middlng a.:
ANDERSON, December Is.
The cotton market has been bIisk and Lively
during the past week, with prices signtiy 40
vanced. Prices range to-day from lSh 10 I7%c.
Sales for the week 49, bales.
- GRRRNyuLB, December 10.
Cotton Is selling today attic. -.~m
Low mIddling 1shalsc; $50 bales sold during
the week. a'a,i -u
~ YoRYv1LLR, December 10.
Market.buoyant at ful prices. " hundred
bales have changed hands during the past week,
at prices ranging from 10 10 Ihc..Dem
good. - .u.,e
Low middling TX and midulngH17H. Inc
market closed quiet and steady. m
There was an active demand to-day Tor gu
graues from low middlinR up. at quotatlons Eor
the lower grades the demand s not equal 70 tne
stock, which Ia very full. We repeat Yesterday
quotations as follows: Clean red l6halI, orol-
nary l6xs17, good ordinary TN. low mlddangs
Tx, middllngs lsh. The receipts To-Day were
COLUMBUS, December 20.
To-day our market quiet, owing TO sifl1genCy .!
money. Sales s6 bales at the following ngule, as
outside: Ordinary 1oKal7c, gooo Ordinary LIZ
ike, low middlings lsc, ml99nngs !oSsLoMe
1oI home none for New York, ZIG
m j,ayannsh. mono for speculation; weeks re
cs,nta 27Ts bales against 1904 the previous one,
and s2os the corresponding week last season;
shipments 1878.
Market issteady; ordinary 15kc, good ordinary
1sHc. strict good ordinary 113sc, low m1ddunR
1iEa1Sc; middlihg 1870.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-23
THE COURTS.
Municipal d


A. Friendly, residing at ACC King street, chin
| ney on nrs, TIVE dollars. Jack Piersoa and aeorg'
| white, colored, drunk, disorderly and ngntlna
| one dollar or ten days each. Peter hanlssul'
/ co,ored. lodged by q trial Justice, delivered u
warrant. VIM. Watson, colored, found Win COT
ron tiles. s~upuosed to be stolen, turned over 70 8
trio, Instice. Pat Kelly and Charles Douglas, Wnlte
NO, FIRING miniature cannon, loaded Win Dull
,ots one dollar each. Patrick O'Brlen, PatricH
CuSord patrick Osossfeld and John Kelly, ap'
nlisd for lodging, discharged. Thomas nelson
and q. smalls, colored, disorderly and lighting,
two dollars or twenty days each. A Dag OF cot
ton found in the rear Of the P stofice, ana sup
nosed to be stolen, turned over to the detectives,
vIth ,na,ructions to Investigate the case. A store
housa in tne rear OF the Postofice found open,
and lot OF cotton, suppose cd to De stolen, found
therein, detectives ordered to investigate.
Common Pleas.
No business was transacted in the Court Of Com.
mon Pleas on Saturday.
Inferior Court.
rba ,urors for the January term Of the Inferior
oourt were drawn on Saturday. The grand
,urors are the same that served during The last
sitting. The following are thejurors:
GRAND JURORS.
Joseph P. Howard, Thomas CARLY, E. n. Pitray,
William GoWan, Vim. b. jenkins, Robert Wells,
ysmes Whipple, Edward Weatners, A. A. Aspinall,
Rani. Hernandez, George N. Little, h. l. Bent.
ford, O. +. Burke, Samul Perroneaq, :. L. Law
Con. WIN, Glover, Philip Blaine5, F. Lance.
PETIT JURORS.
James Gardner, Jr., city; Nathaniel Singleton,
John's Island; P. Oullinane. city; samuel Glover,
BACK OAK; George Ingrabam, Edward O0roett,
,cIty. Thomas Wright. Johns Island; Thomas
Fields. John Msgrath, m r. Nelson, p. w.
Gibhea. j. 8. Aloergottie, Robert Nelson, city;
Thomas Cohen, EdIsto Island; Charles SILVER,
Stephens; James Minott Edward Smiley, city;
John VI. Bradley, Furtz's Old Field; J. Bruce how
ard. W. r. q. Hampton, city; Prince kamorlgnt,
Black Oak; Aaron Righton, Charles Wnserson,
VIM. Harrison, st. Stephens; James Oliver, J. !.
Buck, city; I'm. Auyrell. CHRIST Cnnrcn; josepa
Green, 81. Thomas; Stephen y. thompson, JOINS
Island: Henry Bsscum, Elias Levy, city; Jerry
Pyatt, st. James's Goose CreeE; {. g. FOLEY, city;
Joe GourdiD. Black Oak. @
The United States Court.
In this court, on Friday, Mr.. John Ficken, OF
Charleston, was appointed q special master to
take testimony and report in the case OF J. and 7.
?. Green vs. Cyrus 3. Baldwin, receiver. The In.
junction in the case Of HsSilton Young and
Beach vs.. VIM. Young. was dissolved. The case
Of Daniel Scanned and Charles Madden in re q.
and O. Railroad was ordered to be heard at Balh-
more, on January 20. John +. Craig, @. David.
son, Elisha Young, Charles Franklin and Munson
were bsiled to appear at the April term Of
the court.