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"sg. - TIIE ( OXsriTLTION PUB. tO ATLANTA, GEOllOlA, FOlt TIIE WEEKL ESDIXG^IUESDAY No. 27, Yolumo TEH MS OF THE COSSTITUTIOX WKKKLY KIMTlnN nm+ il ® moi.ihr SI 10. Payable l*xtk ml lb* prlrt'efi mm KXI IRATl'tKH. lb* pap-rf; IN _ riplrea formard (W nmcj for IfMNftViM, tar-Rfy-four torerttoi •, fjfl oil Am.x«arti aad (/Artel mAmmtImwM, fl prr ipmr* •rt UimriHm I cm Mr -qaere mrh *idtMmal I^rrtio* lt<i«h>— Xatrm. KmmU • Hue. Mxrru— Mtf Foa»ral MeOcae. 0 V r *' t * m mord«, 7.S rente »*ch. Nm c.* of W«r.te, U» Rr»t. Ixwt sad Po«n4, Hoarding SI word* SO . 0*MMt’NIf’<TrON« mot M eCT.«M»l«4 by ibr inw r.Mr>« tnd address of tbe wntrr. t «»4rr to rrcrivr attest oc. R.jr« u U Sta*a K/lyte trill MX be returaed. oowinTnrnoif. humnu. (im. 1 US MSI MIC BTMTKM. Mr. H*eph*na belie too the adoption <>f a metric *y»t*m io both public end private sflxira to unavoidable, and that Die longer it ia delayed the greaterwill be tbe difficulties is the way of ita adoption. He has, therefore, prepared a bill making the aystfm obligatory in all governmental transaction*. This bill will be presented eoon after reoeea, and will t e poshed to paaaege willi all ot Mr. Hyphens' accoatomed seal and ability. Under the new ayatem the following tables would supplant tbe complicated fables that have perplexed old and young from time oat of mind: ■OKBY. TBK KAVIOATIO:y or ,ut ocmclou. d . ylu Th. same r.umher coaid pick the other two crops in three days." A matter great i tereet to our peo- j T he commUriorer gives many ex- pl». and one which w desrined to citrt tr>cl#1 , run , writtcu by farawr , mo oTcrp«*wcncgii fl-icnceoo tbe future « that aisles nr med. These letters, in progress of Georgia ia the work of im- the opinion of the comm eeioner.juatifv pfOTia* our inland river*. W« have the „ t , it , ion th4t tiie placability of heretofore, through the column, of The militating 'he tea-plant snceesafufij io OtaaTiTCTiow, endeavored to ahow the this country U no longer n matter of .rauir, of this work by piwnitg npr.n doubt. On the subject of preparing the the attent on of the people and of con- tea iravrw f >r one the report ray.: “A* greea the practical remit* that would a brurinera, and in competition with the follow iu completion. O.ir attention ia ch eep labor f Chinese, it would be an tees lied .o this .,ueatiou of internal im- j , XI , er |ment iu thi. country.**,«,ally ae provemenla by an article in a rrcent \ r<!gar ,, 9 llie cnxrMr lrtlc!e . As the ieaue of the Macon Telegraph ; fin „ „„ nTriy , Mve china, , nd th , recounting whet he. artery flnet . Mrer _ lbw woold ^ no c i Ulna—.. •Ritter ioo*iteiiter*...... .V........V.isaliaatickiootcr’ The decimal progression would do away with all the inconsistencies, per plexities and incongruities of the exist" iug system of weights and measures. The four first rules of arithmetic would be all that tiie average student would need, si:d it ia claimed that the adop tion of the metric ayatem would. In solving mathematical problems in our schools, aave oje fail year's study in a hoy or girl's collegiate course. Mr. (Stephens' bill ia ao framed that the puhdc use of the system would soon he followed bv ita use among the people. The real object of the bill ia to advance the metric cause all over the world. It ia the coming system of the world, and Mr. (Stephens looks for ward to the time when there shall be no diversity of method in determining the quantities of exchangeable com modi lies. The metric systtui was adopted by Fiance, after a long course <f agitation, about twenty-five years jg a (Vooe that time It haa been adopt ed for use by more than half the in habitants of the civilised world, ll was legalised in Ureat Britain in 1864, and in Germany in 1868. Its adoption in the United Htatea would speedily make it ihe world's system Some of the department* do not like it. The ancient mariner from the Wabash thinks it would ruin his char ami chart-mape, and the dtpertinent of slate **ia indisposed to recommend the obligatory use ot the metrical eye* tom in all transactions between iudi- viduats." Hut Mr. Stephens sayn that whenever a destiny iiecomea manifest ly inevitable it is the part of wisdom to advance to meet it, rather than to await the lingering process by which it mud accomplbli itself. The only way to remove the cumbrous system now in use ia to adopt a common system. Such a system is ottered in the metric, according to which the- weight arid dimensions of every material thing, "whether solid liquid, or gaseous, whether ou laud or on water, whether in the earth or iu the air, and whether determined by the scale, plummet, balance, bar/mc icr, or thermometer are ascertained by a method absolutely uniforu', entirely simple, and iqually suitable w the use ot a 1 mankind, reetiug upon a single invariable standard of linear measure, with multiplies and sub-multipliea, like those of our moiotary system, ex clusively decimal, with appropriate names, similar in all languages; and itself secure against the possibility of change or loaa through carrier sneer, or accident, or design, by being construc ted on scientific principles and copied for distribution among the different nations of the world. 1 We hope Mr. Stephens’ bill will be come law, even if it uq advisable to let a considerable period elapse before it lake* effect. been accomplished by Colonel Frobel in tbe way of opening up tiie Ocumo'gee rivtr to navigation. Colonel Frobel, wbo is the engineer in charge, began operations at the mouth of the Oconee about the middle of Au gust last, and bis working fores naa reached Reuben's cut, a point about orty miles from whare the work was inaugurated. This cut-off haa always been esteemed by pilots and riyer men one of tbe moat serious obstacles to navigation between Macon and Darien, and the Tel« graph learns with satisfac tion that the work at that point has pro gressed sufficiently far to make the navigation safe for rafts and steamboats passing it at alt stages of water with or dinary care on tbe part of the pilots Below this point the navigaiion ia safe, but additional work will be required in removing the logs which have lodged upon tbe bottom and in the bights. Work will also be necessary at Tighl- man's bar, which does not affofd suffi cient depth for steamers drawing four feet, at extrazne low water. It la ihe object of the engineer to give the beat possible navigation for the vessels ply- og upon the river aa high op aa it is practicable to push the work, by the re moval of logs and fallen trees, which, la fact, present almost the only obstruc tion to the free passage of boats and rafts at any stage of tbe river. The Telegraph draws a -rigorously glowing picture of tbe results likely to ensne when this natural channel of commerce ia opened between Macon and Darien, but in no essential ia the picture over* drawn. Tbe whistle of the first vessel that steams op the Ocmulgee to oar city will, at one blast, add the prosperity of a doxen year's growth to her trade and to her commercial im portance, and give her a pcsiiion of commanding importance among the business centres of Georgia. We join with our Macon contemporary in urg ing Georgia’s representatives in con gress to keep a vigilant eye upon Geor gia's interests in this important par icular—not only with reepect to the improvement of the Ocmulgee, which ia now progressing so favorably, but with respect to the improvement of other streams which the hand of providi nee ban fashioned into natural trade channels. tition in theee grades if the manipula tion of the leaves were carefully and aocceaafully attended to, while the possibility that modern methods and appliances might be substituted for the tedious handwork of tbe Chinese seems to promise sufficiently well to make the experiment a w use one. The con clusion I reach ia that, whether or not the cultivation and coring of tea can ever become an industry among ns, it is plain that there are thousands of families in our land who y profitably cultivate the tea-garden, and can at joy ita fruits as they do those of the orchard or the berry-patch, and have the agreeable sensation of drink ing a beverage never before known in this country, from a grade of tea worth iu Ctt* and Japan from $5 to $14 per pound.’* Tbe culture of the tea plant is not a new idea in this country, or an original ore with the commissioner of agricul tore. Dr. Juntos Smith made very careful and extended experiments with it at Greenville, 8. C., about thirty years ago, and reports his success in the pat ent office reports from 1848 to 1859. In Liberty county, Georgia, the plant has been successfully cultivated in a limited way many years, and experi ments ars now being made in California by a colony of Japanese. TUX COS Ft:DEM A TK A SUITS. SKCMMTAXT SVAMTS" SPEECH. The administration has concluded to consider the unexpended balance of the Confederacy in Ihe bank of Eng land sour grapes and let it go at that. Solicitor Raynor some time since called the attention of Secretary Sherman to the amount of these assets and urged that steps he tskeu to recover them 16 ttie United States as being the legal suoc« ssor to tbe Confederacy. Tue sec retary, sensible of the delicacy of the subject, referred it to the secretary ot stale and to the assistant secretary of the treasury for a decision. Mr. Con nor, solicitor of the department of state, wade an adverse report on the ground that it would open many delicate questions which this government was not anxious to enter into. The secretary o! state him self objected lor the reason that he was not willii g to ask any favors of the British government. As to bringing suits in their courts it was also remembered that in the irquiries instituted by the administration of President Grant, through its agents, Caleb Cushing, Judge Redfein and Jndge Titus, who were seut thcie at different times, the British government expressed u*c.i perfectly wi ling to recoguixe the United StattM as the executor oi the dMunc’ coufedetacy, and to turn over its assets, provided the Uuited Stated were wil- > assume the liabilities to British subject*. Assistant Secretary French, In an exhaustive opin ion, also reported adversely, concluding that iu view of the attitude of the British government on the ques tion, it woold be melees expense to prosecute the claims. This may be n- garded as the end of this question. The amount of theee assets is estimated at $10,000000, and they are probably in the bank of England aa a permanent deposit. As that bank is a joint stock association, ita stockhalders are, there fore, the perpetual beutficiaries, the residuary legatees, of the conledcrocy In another column will be found report of Secretary Evartt* speech at the Sew England society'* dinner in Sew York. Mr. Hayes was | and there ia therefore no doubt that the speech expresses his present senti ments. It is nothing more or leas than a declaration of war against Messrs. Conklin* and Blaine and their allies, or rather it is an acceptance of the war offered by the allied force*. When Mr Everts asys the president never entered on devious paths, ana doee not mean to, he told the Conkling crowd that be had no compromise to offer—that he would pursue the course he had ana' ked out without deviation. He knows their intentions, and defies theireff irta. Mi. Kvarta* remarks indicate a fixed deter miuation on the part of the adminis tration to wear the Gonkling BUine al liance out. It can do it. LUCIEVS SCHOOLMISTRESS JUDOS JSQ. L. UOTKlSa. An article in Thk Cokctitution of Tuesday morning relative to the appli cation of Styles T. Bochins, colored, for admission to the bar—written by one of the reporters of this paper—does Judge Jno. L. Hopkins, one of the attor neys appointed to examine tbe appli cant, great injustice. The impression conveyed in the article is that Judge Hopkins gave Hutchins a more rigid examination than he would if the ap plicant had been a w hite man. The ar tide was handed in late at night, and thus escaped the eupervUion that would have prevented its appearance i that shape. From a personal knowledge of Jndge Hopkins, and an intimate professional association with him, we are well tied that he could not be swerved from what be considered a proper discharge of duty, either iu this or any other matter. He discharged the duty re signed him ss be does all ihiugs pertaining to his profession or business'—thoroughly, competently, aod without the slightest partiality. That Jndge 11 illyer gave the report made by Judge Hopkins preference over the majority report made by the attorneys associated with him, is evi dence of the high esteem in which hn opinion on legal matters is held. It is not only so w ith the court, but with tbe members of tbe bar, ami we do no< doubt that the three gentlemen associated with Judge Hopkins would follow his legal advice sooner than they would their own. During the time he was judge of this circuit a man who was not compe.ent to dh charge the duties of an attorney was not admitted. He rejected a con siderable number, probably more than any other judge in the state did. We nformed that the examination made by Judge Hopkins of Hutchins, was taken down in short hard, and that those wbo are curious to see it can readily do so. We voluntarily publish these remarks, as an act of jus- l. MAJOR S1^TT«'» Oim On the night of the £hl of December, !>TS the down train kfi l>u; one pa*etiiK«r a*. Gu'tet’avtlU. and tfci* pajaccser didn’t appear be ia a very xenial mood Oteyptog from t'i« •Ieeplnc-c*r, be beckoned to a p»>ru*r—Gullette* ville «u beioantt.* to put oa ciij air* in Ibtti **1m »he tiurepM op- n V* **Yasser. I’m de foy what ” • Get my trunk, atd tur yourself about Ik” Tbe >one was not gruff, but it was decidedly impatient, so much so that It struck the attrit ion of the porter, who, as he wheeled the trank n the direction of the to r! In the hand-cart that served all tbe purposes of aa exp'es* wagon, remarked to hi* paru cr: He's mighty ap* wld ’la moof—you hear me honey!” -Spec* he mlsi ’la dinner,’* responded tbe other who was older aad more experienced. Den I would’u’ like ter ter ketch ap wld ’Im on fas’ day.” remarked tbe other 1*01601100X17. -Look ter me like he’s wotmer deee yer kinder w’lte men w’at you ain’t r* so texaim foolin’ longer—wunn< r dam koo k’.ux fellers w’at picks you up unbeknownst an’ allies ’fore dey puts you down sc in- Dat w’at bo look like ter And yet the weather was enough to pat one oct of humor. Wei ? You would have thought so if Ton bad been iu the shorn of the traveler wbo trudged along the streets of GnliettkTiUe. It was worse ihtn wet. Tbe moisture seemed to be a pan of the atm^rphere. It clone to the treee and to the houset uuUl it cjuld no longer dine, and then compromised by colkctiag into exasperating little drops tt at ran along the over hanging limbs a util tbe; <r>a!d .run no longer, and then incontinently, and without any pre vious warning worth speaking about, fell upon -tonvoevtx and whatsoever might happen to be iu the way. The coldly disagreeable mist seemed to ocas? from Nowhere, and it was only when the Demon of the Wind, * lumbering in the vast and mysterious hoUowa of the night, stirred his dusky wings uneasily, that you oonld be persuaded U was going Anywhere. the weather affect ed the temper of the tail traveller, it certainly did not ma erlaliy affect his powers of locomo- tkio. He strode forward firmly and rapidly, and had aooc cromi d the hospitable threshold of the Plan tern hotel, kept (Vo quote from the lo cal paper) by that moaigeuialof landlorcs,M» jar Andy Iliads The entrance of the traveller in to the apartment which waaat once the bar. rux ptloa room and parlor, created quite a little alir around the fixe. Ju >g-. Palm i* waa caught with his ha .d in the air in the act of explain log to Colonel Potte. at me atomise problem in political economy, while Major Blaits himself was found nodding In a chair; and then, with one accord, they stared at the new comer. Major Batts, puffy and othdois r we at once to his feet with— -Come in Kurnei! Taxe a cheer.” The stranger divested himw.ll of bis heavy overcoat, sho/k the water from the crow a of his hat. and strode to the counter, looking pictur etqnety tall by the side of the dumpy landlord Drawing the dingy register towards him, he wrote his name, and it stood out dear and casr acuris'Jc among the cramped writing that pre ceded it ss the nan seemed to stand ont among other men. * Lic.xn Luc spin. Bar akto- sio, Texas ” •* Want a room, kurnei V* -tab ably. What lime docs the Rockdale coach leave f” - Four o'cteck, knrn.-l. Shall I book you 7” Th-; iu» jor pul* d his pencil in the air with quite a business like fiuuriah. ” Yea.” ” All right, K« met. Draw up a cheer eu toast your shins. You'll hc» c-.nap’uy in the u Alt! Judge l’nibize-j, Kurnei Lumxduu, Kurnei Potte, Kurnei Luin-dcu, of Texis—’low me lei make you iuterdncml. geu'lcmcn. Jidge Pbius- Jedge of our spetrt-or cote,” tho puff, landlord added by way of explanation, * cc Kurnei Potte Is our e’.ister geuci’i.” Yea, sir J" c utinued Ihe msj* r. after a pause; im’ll Rev comp ny. I bloeve—J-:ems! Jct-mr! , Joems!" to one of the n>gro purlers who waa nodding on Lain-tl>.u’a trunk— 1 ” Jecma, didn’t tbe lady lu numb r ’Itres aav wau'eltogo to Kuckviile in the momiu' 7” - Y’asaer, dat> what she say. Kyarline bo say she biot.-da.er go.” E.i she’s got a young uu ’long, too," said the major, Kupplemoutiug the negro's confirmation* - 'Pears ter in>* thet *euce I lie <.* render wium- hev gut to galdin”bmt by then-elf wu-aer'o . You uovdu'l toil me genii- nun! ’taint a gwineier do, on it oa^hter bd stoppui Wtor* is witniucu's pmeo 7 i wy -bet wiuinscu’a place teat home.” ” But suppose shch’S no home?** Lumaden suggested. Ih-nking of the lady aud her ll:tlc child in No. 11 ’•Well, then.” responded Mr j >r Blaits, warm ing with his theme, "they ou^hter hev homes cn ef they haiut got uoae they oughter go ter teach in’ in uric. -Oh, of course! * raid fAuntrien, In a tone of suen searching sarcasm that the others were im pdlsd to take another look at him * On, of course; that is a remedy lor homelessness lha. never occurred to me before. It it Wurth imin tiering. ’ Tue major, under tbe Impreasioj that his guiuentb-td te-eu met with hearty approval couuuutd loentarg- upon what he conceived the sphere and duty o! women, and would bmnllD' updiMlauatr- .xcUUn*l th, m.J*. jumping up frem h»a chair in anua -menu J j | -This la what Is k ft of him. major.” itplkd 1 Lumvden. with a smile. I W* 1. I will j«’ be doggo! ed!” and the M m*jor subsided again in his chair. * Tula bangs j • ennything lately. I wish I may to everlastingly I shot ef I ain't a good mind ter wake up the j en all hands have a regtrier apree. r Prae uaeter to go to sthoohwith your m* t n she’d ' to ding Nation glad ter see you.” The major’s I enthusiasm wou’4 not down He snook I Lac a with Lumsden several time*, mode him j stand up, wa kei ail aroa> d him and gave him j j number of thorough Inspections. Well, dog my cate, Looah!”—after < ae examination.- - ’Hit locks like provsder.ee. I lot biu sctcely a week sente I got a letter I < InwM*. carried i: held himself well in Ut left his trust lying ill aud untimely places, to vvery m«n. was a tUs Lute* .en I epc*k of props, br.ve aal Arue,” c'V.am have different a you hare enumerated. >ahd well- enough. The urt live brilfij <cough to « rivcry fir,” s'ld the lady -was ins resaUofcir* pd bis natural nobility. I __ believe Luden Lut»1.us as too true to himself hr . B Mm eat I »<> circamatatcs^to Interpoae between his Him 111 drxp down en P I ,, n » »„«t m« okiRm. Did von know him Chris’mus fixlus. Brue s bin h’gh up fer gwlne I J hut I’ve b’nsorter ho'dln’ Lack, but I’m done j kickin' now ““JL a „"SS .*n»l lo be» ItokndBuTOcrtul- tee parted. known to me an [all the bosses In town.” Thus th« Mr j ir, hospitably garrulous and mlstakably gla l to see the man he fondly colled | 1 ’ Loosb,” conUnncd to telk lor more than an noar. and wn«» he finally suggested to the vie- I I tiia of h e enthuvl&mn that it was bed-time, the | i c ock pointed to an hour so far past mldidght I 1 that Lamsdcn concluded to sit by the die m- ’ stead ot retiring. -Ail right, Looah,” ihe major remarked. 'Make that nigger keep up the fler. Plenty er wood out here in the passigt. Dou’t 11 fergUter tell the genti’i ’bout me en Pruea ] I THK UTTLX •CHOOLXtSTXXSS The truth is. Laden Lumsden’s mind wa* busy with the pasu He had no inclination to sleep. He waa about to revisit scene* that for | ] ten long years had existed f«»r him only in ory. SU.ce the winter of lsCi, when he entered h _ the army a sixteen year old boy, be had never set I hie tone must inevitably have betrayed him had foot within the corporate limits of Rockville I not hu companion torn to Intent upon deftnd- where mil hte previous life had been spent. And ing Lnden Lomsden. "She was probably not as yet, it seemed to him, as he sat there lx king at I ' the ember*, that the incidents and faces belong-1 < iLg to those sixteen years were more precious in I i hUcatxmatlon. and more vivid in Lis memory I t than all Ur Varied experiences of hlsla’er life I i It was curious how the most trivial things I« pressed forward for recognition. In tbe vast I rial proodnn that mastered before him I in the glowing embers, he could perceive the j asked quickly. i young man that bis I is dead and hurled'these several years. Should friends, and re- I you ever meet yoar friend the schoolmistress, call their "oddities and ptculiari'ks; but he I and, knowing heretoUmately os you do. feel smiled grimly to think that among all the fair * '* “ “ ’ faces with which memory had contrived to or- | i nament her sadly be wliching panorama, to not tic* to a conscientious mu who w;s discharging a duty h« CO ltd not wre i | doubtl aa nave comiuued avoid, but who was ailling to " 1 any duty ase ^ued him without shriukirg 16ca. Did you know him il: eagerness in her'tone. & he knew himself. Fate ncllned to speak a little jji to well, ma-lsm. He 'iulc n: of rldUrolous ro- •cbofllmistiew, thiC6hcd a disrespectfully of her, was threshed by the ARwc^Urereres In tnru and ran off to the ware. J fii.v. -jianlug, unly, fo: our young Hotepur. Yti- knows but if he had ■ ffijra&i? 008 riatress you speak of wa* ras only two years older a little embirrs red laugh toe other, n?” iu coaid ever have known the unrealities of romance id Lnmsdsn,” he coutin- I am tokl, pretty much her young ladies, and, as hooka, lived happily foi- Lumsden to toe day ol turned as a lover ; wbe cat turatully indignant, stood lor item ed to stand) before him. jLotien Lumsden! ied to say) why do you persist in attempting to deceive yourself and m*7 Are you a child, that you should thus endeavor to away from tbs truth? Are you afraid Memory said, or seemed to say) to trust mb with a secret, that yon canro', hld- from me 7 Are yon afraid for me to whisper in your ears the name of Charlotte David sou, jour schoolmistress? Yes, your schoolmistressl Are you ashamed of it? Why. she was but two years older than you, (Memory askl, or seemed say,) but how Infinitely your superior! You remember well enough when she took charge oi the select high ic'iool in Kocaville in the spring A 186!; you know well enough the plans that the boys, of whom you were toe eldest aud the leader, had formed io defy the authority of the yackee woman, as all of you called her; and you remember how astonished you were when school opened to find a girl at the teacher’s desk apparently bat little older thsn your sister would have torn had she lived —a modest, gentle girl, the music of whose voice fairly took your breath away aa the ap pealed to the pupils, (specially to the older boys, to aid her in the performance of her du ties. You re member. Luden Lumsden.(Memo ly said, or seemed to ay), how you mentally vowed to become the champion of that little woman who waa ao far away from har home and fr.ends; you remember how well you kept f her to to assured that foolish enough to be faith sy say as much on the au- iew his inmost heart.' f -a loug pause, as it teem- , then toe lady gently re- DAWNED. SOSO or TUS CHATTAHOOCHEE. Riverside Echo. Out of the bllsl of Habersham, Down the vailaysof Ha!i. The hurrying rain, to reach tbe plain. Has ran tbe rapid and leapt th*- fall. Split at the rock and together araln, Aorertad his tod. or narrow or wide, A »d fljd from folly on every side. With a lover’s pain to attain the plain, "Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the Talleys of Hall. AD down the hills or Habersham. -All through the valley* of Hall, The rushes cried abi U, abid* Tbe wilful water weeds held me thrall. The laurel, slow-laving turned my tid*. Tr.e lams and the fondilLg grass said ofay. The dewberry dipped far to win de'ay, • And the H»t> reeds sir bed abbit, cbids. r the hills of F abenham, *’ i of Had. > manifold fair tatea ot enaae, toe poplar MU. Wrought me her shadowy self to hold. The chestnut, the oak. the walnut the pine, Ovcrlcar.ing. with flickering meaning and sign. Said, pou not»aid.UuM moai/re'd Dtp UuuUm ofUu \ui*cf UaUr.ham, Ttute s'.adu in Uu xalUyt of llall. And oft on tbe hills oi Habersham, And oft in the Talleys of Ball. . The white quarts shone, and the smooth brook stone Barred me of passage with friendly brawl. And mtby a metal lay sad, alone. And toe diamond, the garnet, the amethyst. And the crystal that prisons a purple.min Showed fights like my own from each cordial - m «4n»XUl*...' *1- 1 . .ebJUxe, In the tods of the Talleys cf HalL But oh, not the hills of Habersham, Dices of duty call- plain, nr dowr Downward t main. The dry fields bum and the mills are to tarn And r thousand meadows mortally yearn. And the final main from beyond toe plain ■’— **" *•*•*—“ ” .beraham, valleva of Hall. —fldnty Lanier. IS GEXEBAIa. —Gen. Sherman gets a salary of $18,- 000 per year and salts down $10,000 of it. —Gov. Connor, of Maine, who about to enter upon his third term, is not 39 years old. —The United States utilises in agri- cnlture 10 per cent, of its area; Great Britain 58 per cent, and Holland 70. —Wallack’s, the Union Square, and park theatres, hew York, have stop ped advertising by bill posters.—Boston Post by the way of San Salvador, by which route, Mr. Stanley says, they will reach a larger j opulation than by any othei. —The Consolidated Virginia mining company last night shit• ped , .* , U>ars uf bullion,” weL-lmi*: 12 671 pounds, and worth $405,4SS 06. This gives as the total shipment of the company for No vember the sain of $1,417,103 4S. The California company last night made their firbt shipment for December. There were shipped 35 bars, weighing 4.265 pounds, and worth $151,150 60. This makes a total shipment la*t night from the bonanza mines of 134 bars, weighing 16,936 pounds, and worth $555,638 66. More than eight tons of gold and silver bullion is pretty good for one night—Virginia City (Nev) Enterprise, December 12 — Queen Victoria, if ia said, took no notice of the Duke of Norfolk’s marri age because the bride was a convert to Roman Catholicism. The queen dees not dihlike Catholics who have been brought up in the faith, but she dislikes converts exceedingly. The following story, which may or may not be true, is told concerning hen The eld> st son of a Catholic peer married the daught er of a former prime minister. After they had been married some four or five years the lady determined to join the church of her nusband. The queen ■heard of this, ard the. rirst time she saw, the Wife«*id to her: “I hope Mrs. So-and-so, mat Wbs^-F-i.iJrela a*un; 1 hope you are not about to abandon the faith of vour fathers." Thia mo nition from the mouth of royalty had the desired effect, and the lady has rom that day to this remained a staunch Protestant. When remonstra ted with by some of her Roman Cath olic triends she replied: “How could 1 become a Catholic when her majesty wished me not to do so." —Mrs. A. T. Stewart met with a se rious accident at her residence, at ThirtY'foarth street and Fif h avenue, Saturday morni ng. She had dressed for breakfast and was descending from her bedroom to the first floor of the house. Her foot slipped and she fell heavily upon the marble steps, breaking one of the bones of the left arm near the wrist, and inflicting braises upon her right shonlder. She walked to the bottom of the stairs and called her maid. That done, she sank into a chair, and was with difficult} prevented from fainting. Drs. White and Marcy, the family phy sicians, were summoned, together with ciouaa had cleared ing had come. The day hang in the clatefque, every breeze a colon into flame. Luclen It fsalnx tola phantom of layllxht searching through secret. Placing the child ’s lap, he said: ie outside,” and without banks ol the lady, he open- osch,called to tie driver, ment had climbed to the 1 through valleys went the following the muddy slf followed swollen loually pluuged through es and country mansion*, ad the negro huts and oddly i, with grotesque lacking d stand os sentinels oi i that stretched away bus the hours slipped away e to the suburb# oi Ruck- nr seized Lums-len to walk ircupon he told the driver ; at the hotel, sprang to i r : ground, the coach awing, your word; you 1 down the hl£h»ay that was so familiar to his of your schoolmates I youthi ^ t4 ^ leIl standing in the road, a reinember how, when said something dterepectful of Miss Lottie (as I Granger i n )£, native plao*- Th« sun shone ih? children called her) you felled him with a I b.lghtiy. tbeA-ather waa genially bracing, and bAll-bat; you remember h »w joa wore ko»t In | ne gtroiled iVturehr < ■fur reboot hours ia order that you might be punished for flghliug; and yoa remember, oh, bow well 1 Memory said, or seemed to say) how proudly you held out your hand to receive the harm'eaa Utile blows from Miss Louie’s ferule. AGRICULTURAL. ITFJf.l OF ISTJtCREHT TO TBS BAS JL T THE FLOW UASltLB. The State Axrlculfnrnl Department —I'linCnM—Orunineniol Tree*—About Poultry. tbe giound whereon his boyish feet had so often trod. It all appeared to long ago that the fact that be was only twenty-six years old came to him iu the rbape of a mental turprise. Hia youth gray in a night—his mun- You remember tbe very words—they were I had vague and uncertain th ‘ , “ 1 ,h * t between vou. “nucieu 1 • I w j lb j u ^ h our Journeying came into tbe the last that passed between you. "nucieu I •he arid—and, ah 1 to what influitenete U-nt ness was her voice' attuned have broken the rulre ” ‘'Y’er, Miss D>ttio ”Yoa did wrong ” ”1 did right, Mb* ltottio ” ”1 must i-unish you. Lucien.” And then, after it war over, c*n you ever forget iM mnry said oreeemed to aaj) what followed?-how you turned and faced her. when you bad nearly reached the door, your face tfl«me with the overmastering power ol your feeling*, and asked: ‘ Do you know why you have punished me. Miss Lottie?” aad hex response. -Because you did wrong, Lucien," and your rejoinder: ••You have wuippjd me because I k>vjj you, aud you know it !’’-can you ever forget all these things ? Can yo i forget iMe nary said, or to uy.) hew utterly crashed aud crexed village Here all waa new strange. Ntw Laden! you I l>a inhcg. lud been erected upon the public tquare, and strange people locked cmiousiy at him as be patted. The hand of improvement hod even touched the old hotel, and the court house was not he building under tbe eaves o which he had stoned toe swift-winged martins. A stranger had charge of the tavern, and, instead o( th* bell that a negro used to ling up and down toe pi»zz», vociterous y announcing to the hungry that their hour had come, a con sequential-looking daikey hammered away upon i' noisy gong. To this appeal, Lumsden was not s ow iu making a suitable response, but among those wbo followed bis example, he loosed in vain lor a woman aud her little boy. The next morning—Cnriztmas bay—found -Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, testified in court the other day that he thought be owed Horace Greeley's estate about $40,000. —Dr. Holland thinks the editor of he Presbyterian Banner is a foo’, and the editor ot the P. B. thinks Dr. Hol land ia slangy- Now for wah. — Secretary Evarts is credited with the remark that David Davis was too political on the bench and too judicial in the senate. —An enthusiast is'an individual who believes about four times as mueh as he can prove, and can prove four times as much aa anybody else will believe —The New York correspondent of the Independence Beige introduces European readers to two American statesmen, M. Bruckner, of Missouri, and M. Daniel Worhees, of Indiana —Young man! write no more love letters. Do your courting by telephone, and if the course of true love does not run smooth a breach of promise will fall to the groond for want ot documen tary evidence. —Only three wite-murderera were hung last week; one at Annapolis, Md.; one at Canton, N. Y.; one at Nashville, Tenn. Two others in Rhode Island and Virginia received commutation to pen itentiary confinement. —As the acrobatic mosquito shoul ders his valise and goes into winter quarters in the stove oven the festive bedbug laughs himself almost crazy over the thought that he'll have it all u» himself till spring. —Hereafter the governor of New York will be furnished with a house by trie people. The mansion at present occupied by the governor, for which Mr. Tilden paid a rent of $10,000, has been bought for $45,000 by trie stale. — One of the saddest things to be seen at the tabernacle is the lonely father who enters his babe as a compe titor for one of the prixei. homing thereby to get means to bay necessary Dr. John C. Minor. The injuries were found to be confined to a simple frac ture of the radius of the nght arm, about two inches above the wrist, to gether with the braises already men tioned. The brt ken bone was set. In the afternoon Mrs. Stewart was report ed as able to walk about, though still suffering from the pain and stuck of the accident. Mrs. S„ewart is 70 years old. FOHUUA.L VVBBSST. —General Gordon has l>een concilia ted by the app< intment of his brother- in-law to en important department clerkship.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, rep. —Iu the expectation that the row won’t be patched up th* next time, the Georgia legislature will give Gordon another chance in the senate.—Chicago Times, ind. —Attorney General Devena recog- nixes the fact that there are too many lawyers, and his remedy is to turn a lot of them into judges of a new Uuited States court he proposes to establish.— Boston Herald, ind. —Judge David Davis, we are glad to know, has come back to spend his va cation at home. Ihe visit will recupe rate his wasted frame, and he will do well to feel tbe pnLlic pulse upon the prairies and ascertain how his constit uents stand upon the questions which he will be required to dodge after the | length Li AM SILICAS TEA. DceiMi ibe uu.1 usual jeer the inter nal revenue hnreeu collected ue.rly . million from tbe capital, oi banks, oi which amount Georgia paid $17,742; South Carolina, $6.«81; Tennessee, JS.StiO, Alabama, $5,BUS, and Florida, $;I00 About three million, war. col lected from the dapoute ol bank., which amonnt Georgia paid, $13,8,9; S'Uth Carolina, $5132; Tennessee, $14 506; Alabama, $7,493,and Florida, $2,096. Tina at last reta all things even. General Butler’, .on, who graduated (rom Went Point last inuimer, ha. been attached to a co'ored regiment on the Rio Grande, the mm to which tl e colored Cadet Flipper i« attached, her ture. Cefote her do* aad iobhiug as General medeoe. where sreat pieparelwn. it her heart weu.u break T Cau jou turret how I were urekirg ft.. « ot the ohKbne i„u cos science .mote you I-how Jou mated | tesUvala ot St Nicholas Here ho home, bed up a Uuie bund.e ot clothe., wrote I with a welcome at once heart j and auotetojourecbonfmlalreia lull*,he wild*. | and here he met mary who much greater | ytotesuUoas ol love and appeals for furgDcuees tt. ludg-.‘ Pbiuaz.e and | j a *nutoer wet k was wiUi toe twc.fto Geor gia regiment ia comfirls for his sick wife. —Texarkana is on the border of Tex as and Arkansas. The line separating the states runs through the centre of the ton n or towns, for there are two, with distinct, independent g vern- ments. —At the proposed celebration ot his silver. weduing, the president will in vite all who are still living of those who were present at the nuptial ceremonies on December 30,1852, at Cincinnati. They then numbered forty persons. holidays.—Chicago Inter-Ocean, rep. — Senators Gordon and Hill very effectually played thunder in giving their reasons the other day for the con firmation of Wade’s appointment to the collectorihip of internal revenue iu Georgia. They were so incompre hensibly inditffeet as to declare that they opposed Wade for the reason that he waa not a m ;n« f good character, just as if the radical majority in the senate had not voted within the last ten years to confirm hundreds oi other appoint* mente for apn*reatlv no other reason. —Louisville Courier Journal, dem. To be Remembered Hr. Why not beautify your farm house by fruit trees and shrubbery ? Remember that the tree one plants survives him; the grape vine remains when the hand that plant* it is cold ; the rose bash blossoms when he who planted it in the yard is alone in the quiet house of death. Fruit, shade and ornamental trei8 remain a monument to the name and virtues of the departed. Ornameaial Free*. A co-respondent from one of tho northwestern states wishes to know if in Georgia forests we have anv orna mental trees ? We can assure him that we have sufficient numbers to give va riety to our land scape scenery, giving too variation of outline, and diversity of foliawe. We boast of the verduae of our forests in summer, and of their glorious autumn coloring. We have a large number of ornsmeutal -trees, among Them trie'forma l i^and-headed chestnut, and the pyramidal oak; the maple, b?au iful as it is, and the mas sive grandeur of the magnolia. The flowing grace of the elm, and the exu berant richness of the willow, not only the stiffness of the poplar but, the ex- quiaitenesa of the fringe tree; not only the gaudy berries of the haw and dog- woou, but the feathery foliage of the aspen. We have some with light, others with heavy foliage. Some with beautiful Bowers, others with conspi- cious fruits; each and all possessing some wonderful characteristics which make variety, and add to the expres sion of every forest or ornamented ground. The Agriculture of Geoiil*. Thia great interest is intimately con- n< cted with the business and pleasures of our people, but in a great degree the main source <>f our wealth, ana a per manent abundance, involving our com fort and liappine s, and if we expect to advance the state in prosperity aud I»ower, we must do all we can to pro mote her agriculture. As this great in terest flourishes, the whole state flour ishes, and as it declines the state must suffer and decline. Improve Ii With a little labor and care, the far mer's wife could greatly improve tbe appearance of many of the little farm houses, to be seen through the country. The house could wi’h hut little trouble be smothered in roses, swathed in jessa nines, with uonev suckles tap* ping at the window panes, and wiste ria making tiie porch a bower of blos soms. New Mode* of Farming. There are still many farmers in our state who reject the modern improve ments in farming, and will not use the modern agricultural implements. This is natural but not wise. Progress has many impediments. Motion ever meets with resistance. There is no ad vance without friction. Conservatism opposes innovation. The fossilized ever regard with aversion the living, and aggressive. The old man keeps up the struggle with the new man; the old natuie with the new nature. Information Ahorit Poultry. If farmers would tcllect they would readily see that there is no cheaper food than poultry. One bushel of corn will keep a hen one year, and during the year she will lay probably over . . i th#. Hhrarv thev had half‘an honre’ talk I lion roubles a month, the gift of the •ccmedtotejjbut ycu cranotdeceive | ^VgSa ol ^.udeI (xar. It is probable Milan wi 1 not | and kisurly tested toe Bledsoe vintage, ’’there j of my guest* you haven’t seen. You re- | member Charlotte Davidson ?" “You mean Mrs. Herrick. 1 presume, unde.’ ••Yes; Mr* Herrick. She is here with her I little boy. tibe came yesterday. Somehow the had taken up the idea that you were dead, j wa* compelled to show her your letter to o vtnoe her to the onotrary. and when she read it •OLD fcL” JHJT KIYMKSIPK LCMO. W« here received Ui.Sralmuiib.rol TL. Kitereul. KcLo, e new mod immUt little peprr, edited end pub- liebed by Mia Lna!* O. Chieholm, oi Wret Point It re not Meted whether the publiceUcn ie to be ieeued weekly or monthly, hoi we preeunte it u to be A weekly- ll ie cmrefully edited, ertie- licily nude ap, end cerrue ebont it e ,.ry indication oi tuccce. Tbe moet noteworthy leetnre of tbe number be fore ne ieihe "Sir, of the Chelteboo- rhM> - written by 8 duey lrenier, which we produce elrewLere. It ie euted thet lliae chi-holm re tbe --edilr.ee end pnblieber,” bat thie ie probebly etypo- .repbiral • "tor, for if .lie ie th* “edi- * rr r w ajjc is th* publufiirmis. Th* sub*3riP<i°» I***^ * W* i!aewiaw *=• EM ~ ' V thi M * cot i* Gen. L* Doc, the United 6ut« com missioner ol agriculture, has prepared a pamphlet ou trie culture of the tea- plant in America. Ue is firmly con vinced that the $20000000 in coin that we send yearly to China and Japan should be kept at home. Ue even de clare* that w« should not only supply the home demaud bat ahead compete with the cart in supplying foreign mar kets The pamphlet givee a detailed history of the cu tivation of the tea- plant in the east, and then coutinnee: -Trie latitudes in which tea is srccetw- folly cultivated in China, Aseam and Japan correspond with those of the state* of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. Weal Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennemee, Kentucxy, Arkansas, Mis souri and a portion of the Pacific coast, and me conditions of temperature, aoil, etc., are elao about the a rate. Successful ex per ments in tea cniture, already made Mo Bobbluc I« Out. While they were resting flora work noon ytsteid iy, Amos said: * 1 hcaAM er white assn reedia’ in «1e paper als roncnlu’ dat Mum wax ’batin’ now w hander dors wr zenny "Shoes*r ssvd 014 Si: ’’You’se jot dal 'wrong ecad ta'mwl. sho! ’ - Ho, mb; dat wax what he red in de psprr! - Whuddcr dere wux enny hell?’ ’ repeated Si "Yes.sab: whuddrr when tx man rive up hyai he went tax heii. «i jcee dissolved tar due’ agin!" - Lxkkic heah : 1 don’t want no Vpute noboddy. but af enny man oome fooha' ’re me wid dat sorter akrip’.ur he's xwiae ter Leah me ait up yaader toier ahouiin’ tones!” said Si. "Way is dat r* •*K«se taint swine ter do! Yar Jfwa make nipry belrto dar aint no heahartet an* what yer comes ter Eb-^ry st con’ house'll to needed no promptings to recognize toe boy whom they hail known to well in the tale, retber grave Colonei I'oCte expR-eect an .u'.eruper*to deair I rjl4 iciea; iu tiie val;ey ol Virgiui*. Y u aa) I y° u,l 2 t 4 to taie whai they called "a iuo»u-fl.tin* nij;ht- I ^, jlH ^ mot id. Lucien Lam deu, t Memory I as soon as all greetings were over, boreibimrff C4p ' and reure-a oeaire whtaa tirey were no; j s ^ or My>) but yen ctunot deceivt I library where t oH half an onre slow in grau'yioc. af er making several emus j ^ You remember how you refused furioa. h I sB toemscivcs . . „ batvsin appeals to Lumsdeu to join them (oxlouih. aud how. when you learned that wine. lh( . ¥ „ t , nwn 1 Maj jX Blatta showed them to their apartmienu I CbarloUe Davidaou hoa married a refugee t om I Lncien, said the general, as they sat down with gieat ceremony, and then returned to the I r eUaeaMe you turned your steps towards Text* bar. -The drip-drip ol the rain oontinned upon I wtterei from toe first prosperity naa been your the ouuide aud the gutters seemed to never tire | guehl mid tenant. of their uonct mons gargle-gurgio Lumsden 1 f a queer mood did Lucien Lnmsden sit •at dreamily gazing lu to too glowing embers I aud commune wito his other self—that uyste- endeavoriug. in a vague aud curiously careless I rumt presence which persisted 1* blowing th- way—as it soemdd to him—to recall once more I t^tato of life upou the dry-bones that la> to life the faces and aceacs which had b-«a fa- I blraching in toe shadows of the Vailey of the miliar to his lost youth. Mi jor B attr sat ovc T | post—until the clumsy old clock upon toe oq the other side, rubbing hts chin thoughtfully and woodering wby toe new-somer. wbo .bad , Jt _ — . w«ia»errtlas Lucien Lomsden. was going to I .. cliuntk;betn ig gernpw uh a dicker wood.” Laden. Her husband Rockv.Ee Of Major BlaUs’s curiosity ton much I . ^ question arose from the I yearn”—Lamwlen rose abruptly from his chair mntotneseid: ii It was cordial it aas also dis- I ^ u baggage upon which he had been t.eep- and strode “O and down toe room ’wd 1 interested; and it had made, in a small way. • iat _ wtm a yawn and shiver. p«ooeeded to thought 1 would tooonie a . aiplomal of Ihe m,jjr. ^n,7nc«W old trend-Urettro.Mid w« .xn. by pvln« tt. poor ttln, . home. I thtaJ: -■EUgnt hud timre oat juider, .i’n’t they, 1 ; the ueble. creating whet I ndght h»Te done won., Lncien. Lender the knBKlV ladicMlng T.xo by pointing beck- ^fbenM -JL,n 8 de M*.M»w f -xclMmedthepnend. P-dhtiwre. wauls with hia thumb toward an imaginary I cattle.” In anotner tan minute- I e ]m . the*'bro*d belt of sun- map in the direction of the dingy old register. I Lomsden had bolted a couple ol oold bisculta, I , )i7ht lhal fl xxltKl toe avenue hear teU.” be coatirued, withoat waiting for a pitce of fried ham. and a cup of hot oeff* ^ j hLexo ” said Lomsden. hurriedly, and rep y to hia qatstion. "of a mighty sight er I and by that ume too coach waa at toe door. I tITin?T ln hi# V cice ; ’*1 believe I folks packin’up toerduda an’ leak n’out fer Then there vu some delay waiting forjudge * renew my acquaintance with her,” Taxes. Tears ter me that luck’s a long way* pbinazee and Colonel forts, who Anally couclu- ^ ^ from bbrary. down the star* the comer fer a mm what’s got ter hia I ded te> wait over uutil noon; whereupon. Host- I portico and out after the slight figure tip an’ rack off ter Ttxaa, aa* that’s what I tells I lex Jim, the driver. * 1 ‘ ow *^* he *4^*“ I that still walked brirkly forward. He was In —The tramp ia the balance of power. He is the “devil” that the policy of the Tribune would loosen and let up the national cr«diL Ouly the democratic party, backed by the solid and con servative south, stands between. De stroy that and the national debt is gone. It waa the conservative charac ter of thi- (rreat party which secured the slaveholder his right to his slave property under the constitution. It :s „ .,.• nv I the same conservative character which —Poor Milan Obrenovitch has beeC no WMC u, . r8 bondholder bis proiierty deposed by .Sultan Ham.d. And jet ja hj9 lKIIlda a ^ in9 t the wild l.e«tinc% the impudent prince is pointing his — — guns at Nitsch and pocketing one mil- hundred eggs, and is then still suitable for food. Farmers do not pay sufficient atten tion to their poultry. Should you have hen houses, do not have them too high from the ground. Have it well venti lated, or so arranged that it can be. Rye bran, mixed with wheat bran or corn meal, is good for fowl stock. F-jwIs are fond of water, ana they should at all times have access to clear, sweet, fresh water. Corn aad wheat meal mixed, and about one-third vegetables, ■ is excellent for poultry, and to it add occasionally a little pepper and salt will improve it. (leorgln Moral Items. - Reports are favorable pretty gen erally from all sections of the state relative to farming operations daring the past year. Fanners too are in a better condition pecuniarily than they were last season. No longer’u ylstiddy Sid Griffin tole me I hiswtiip he wux gwlne ter Texas soon • t be sole his cot- I leaden, awl lupaen’atx ’aid.' area L ’you be tter I states Mali” marked in yellow stay ’round here wher’ folks knows youer bon- I door, rolled across the pub.ic square Ef you kin git rich in Ttxaa you king! | into toe Rockville road. The lady rich in Georgy, er cunjwner'e else. A rollin' I with her little boy. was already iu the coach L’don’tnever tether non*." 1 when Lumsden took bis seat but it was too -And .totdM 8t.l«y" l. qaired Lnmrfen. | n.uk to ji.tias Uii-ir i.e-a. Tne Ume <><>f 1 2* ml thro «wT aa’ de btu*e* twixt ’em ’U b» jatehoursa Hit’s meushty hard ter keep ’< urate now wld dc sheriff an’ he'll bofe ’fore dar errs •*Dcr yru'se eu de ride ob de fish an’ brtss- *^TiIu*ss right, ho^ey! Ef yoa tink you** gwiaeter teebed s wurid ter p ay snow aomewhsr youse rung. Du's er w pUce j as berant h.wh f«r da frredmsn back an’ chkkin- ne painted to foaruMl eqnnrter. TbeiewMno throngb »Ue IMnwd dewl .wey. Ae^ui! feinted n^T.y\ M-jue E.en. n.l .n««led. to d«dewey. 8Le 1 n't here « .mere gnat . w.wl " Lncien. Her huebendhM been c«d theee lour o feu lignUyeero.eUie t»ce«ofhi« j ^ OTS|IU4e hte j. te . lt Memed tea neer ing with gir.Uh grace upon its parasol, mt.de a pretty silhonette against toe borixon. There was something touching and appcsUns in the attitude. Poor little ftoure! looking so long irgiy toward toe wtst! Lorn, den came very affecting lively interest. was wide aw toe and taika-ive, but he soou • Oh, Si.1! Well, Sid. h.-. tbe Jnnidct white I ^a» oi ,nccrmUj 4 to the eesy eweylrg I „ ,u°l.^e’fieire d!d tan you ever run agin. He ups ca u t, -Major. 1 motioo ol tor iosch. , I tiehe called strain- “will 3 xhe. *ssettin’ hen don’t lay no x'ggs’ Hit’s j • Yoa wtil be mo re comfortable, msdair,’ I tie. necauca sgatn. wut 3 The parcsol fell to the you not speak r, aho's youer | Lumiden finally ventured to remark, "if you will allow me to take roar utile boy.” Silence ooce more reigned in the bar, and | "Oa,a thoua*i.d thstos! No. He would be more toe m*j jt’s curiosity got the better of | too great a trouble him. finally, he made another effort. 1 bkeva vou said you didn’t want your bag else tuck up. didn't you kurnei T’remsxted the major with gratnivore solicitude -No. there's no need to bother about it," said Lumsdeu. "I wan: to go to hocktil e to-mor r. But it are ms to me tost four o'clock is an y hour for toe coach to leave." Youer m’Abty rtaht ’bout that, korneL Hit’ in several of the scales mentioned, uure graraliy, etas lj|rwtns ur swap my aim- amply justify tho opinion that it can | ku lex« - be made an industry in this country of i giraacr Bat Troi immediate advanu«e and profit. A 7^,* n V es in the town of Norcross little calculation will show the pn fi s J -^btiv. lnalhseat youth, fifteen y«ar> which may be derived from an are* of I see. five tret tevta inches high, and wetgtu Uhd rouraiaing 2,000 U. P l«ra ihr* years old. Th. third year the yield J ^ ^ ., K i a ate Ufe. He basocr would be 187 pound., the fourth jeer . .diL.kof ««nte. n«r» chew of obMon. 312 pound*, Ihe dfth year 500 pound*, w unohed. Hi* omni4c*toa u pud. h» »ad .he mxth year 750 1 .. ,cd* per «re. j When the leaves are abundant, one j ^ Abhorreoce lor strata, spirits person can gather sixteen pounds per ( ^ aobseeo from his taUacy. This is certified d*y. bus the »en«e reeuh of » day’* ; w he wnclf tree hy ni* * , . . re L Turner, a popular mwchgat of oui work may not * acred ten to twelve ^ Ua cf thta re-murkaole aad -Lumadsti! Lomsden: Lemme see — Lnms- poonds. The letv.S are gathered witaeTamer. U there a psralU- den! 1 fitaremeiatecepny sica name*s Lus>- fhrse different periftis, yanging from ( amr In to* mate? U so. let b.m or Usir nsa s U«Lh u c^Ustter, oud. oa *o »tr*| VjC 9Q3A4*. tit* r#l'*AlR£ . Q ^ om ^3 rt joy emrh atom re** usL- «asli i»zOqBt?39 •:• - •- ,S» All***! *»f fRf ^NfSisiM in ••Not st all, ’ and he reached over and lifted the tittle fellow from toe lsdy’s Up. Who got aroused by toe transfer. •• x xind teatleuiAn, darting; yju must be a very Lice bey, now." Me dood, mun.ua,” whereat tae little ncstied so coafiiingiy ia Lumsiieti’s arms that the letter expentr.osd a thrill that was account er that kussid tittle railroad down J peculiar and pleasing, tber. Th, st**ei,*ct to hctch if. rain er thine ..Wh.ti*jottrn«ne, mjUlttenun? They don't m-K’n git thoo chutgin- one *tad» **■*« hnoten Ln ttmen Hetw.c*. tool'foie they flx upennuthcroce. Eon hit In | “He i» trying :o ~j.’ ein-med Itw with Uie dedfetehid Nation they tranter do it fer I* I » little fl-itttrtng l.agti that aoanded aweetly tnote'n I kin tail. Yr*. air !** continued the | mndoal in the old coecn. “that hi* mai tr. after a pauae, daring which the emphatic Lnden Laauden Herrick" Ttetiewoe with which he cnetrad hie toheeoe wa# I •-1 jtn-dea'a heart gare one leap toward* hia anil* aa aSgtriicuit aa wocda-' Ye*. air 1 HU-. 1 thnwt and then fdl hick *lmo« paleclera Hera a wnndallna fee-. Kn’ they're mighty high mint >*a the Chariot e Daridaon of hia yonth 1 Here Doll Underwood'* homo*." wa* the one woman whora memory, beridm “Underwood la at ll tunning the coach. 1 that of hia dead airier, waa de« to him 1 This U^j- I child wa* her child 1 He had heard her TOice The ancalioa aronred Major Bl.tta'e eurfoeitj. I —he had touched her ha: d 1 -Lotd b.cw row. yea 1 Dotph U jndetwood'r bin -oh! happy thoughtshe had remembered haulin' the real's betwixi GnllettarUle and I hint well enough la rail her boy by hia name, leek Trite nigh onto forty rrer Yo* tram like There and a hundred other thooght* Boahra* yon know tm! iotcnLj km down aooat Keek throngh Lumtdct.'* mind In an lna.ant, and rille. kurnei ? 1 aseti to uump 'rund them dig- I the midst of them all. he was humiliated by toe right smut when 1 wni n young 'on." | knowledge that, with all hia coolnere and aalf p«ttiaghM kaee sJfccnoaasMy and smi'.iag at toe ssdirons. "Ob. yo!” Lem ales replied, ”1 have a goad With the tears streaming down her face, she turned sod cried: ••Oh, Laciez! bow-covld you be so cruel heart was broken yesterday.'* And then, as if by that means to maud matters, she fled into mamma 7 ’ asked to* child, I to arms. The marriage, or, rather, I should say the wedding took place that very night. Even toe general instated upon it. and the gaeste—well a> a matter of course toe guests insisted upon it. and af»et It w- s all over Major Btatta who. wlto hia wife, sad arrived in du~ time, remarked la the presence of the whole oomoany: "Dadfetch me ter toe dadfetchid Nation.ef I did n’t feel jes like boo booin’ when I seed Loosb a etannln’ out toer ard that little gal a hangin* onto ’im, en I tell gents, ef I bad er open ed up vou’d heeia beilcnn*. wouldn’t they itoo?” and Prue, toasappes'ed to.remarked qrietly but flrnuy: —* how. Tf □ l a nan* a. rnnac m aware J. C. H. icy kiu-iolki down to that bailiwkk " den.** said to*. cta.r n ^ vivdy. “■yo® oogfet to k Biedroeri’* r "WeU. ,to*fetire, my tti4< tc to* dadfetrfcei 2141 f%*txat LUte Lx*h Iw^.iwrier. mbCL •■umA i*f C -V wi’down (.rtseghtto Ue could not control toe auer trejd- as'ioa ol delight; toe fright:dly Hire* feeiicg I oi ;oy if gave Him to teel tost ne was once more in toe presence of nis tittle rchoolmistiww The humiliation was keener, and he came to bis senses sooner, when he remembered that Abe was marned. The remembrance cooled him | "Lacten Lumsdeu Herrick-a brsTe name 1 Only ”’ oe remartei. *1 o- ew had a fiieud . i ‘* j ' ^ J - J • J ALICE LA SEFS LOVE. Twas a gem ol the brightest hue. Pure as the diamond’s lustrious glow; Kfcher by far than the mines of Peru. Yet, soon it waa mingled with woe. The plighted troth—toe solemn vow. Was eoshrintd in her heart's deep core. And aeaied with a kiss on tbe trow. The warmest ever had preri it before, Ob what a pure and holy thing. Was toe love of fond Alice's heart. Like the first of breathings of spring. When the roaea theirsweetneas Impart Twas a vision of beauty, too bright, (Matchless light ot to* seraphs shore.; Cl vtoed to ita robes of v«wtol white. Was tod dream of her innocent love. Theauulreht wax gilding her toy, »LiL lb. tf.pe .Jt jove’a **?]/ day. Il fahit&tu *ets haL. Aud Dopr - tyKt AfU —There are ninety-three democratic membara of the Ohio legislature. It ia estimated that on the first ballot for senator in caucus,Pendleton will receive 37 votes, Ewing 24, Morgan 21, Hurd 4, Ward 4. Payne 3. General Steedmau, of Toledo, believes that Hurd will be nominated. —Dr. Dio Lewis is now astride a new hobbv-horee. In feather pillows the doctor has discovered the Herod of our modern civilization. He attriDutes the majority of deaths among yonng chil dren to overheated brains, the result of lying on feather pillows. —The Dufaure ministry in France sends Marquis de Banneville, a moder ate Bjnapartiat, as embassador to Con stantinople. The Bonapartiats of France were once the strongest friends of Tur key, and Banneville’s coarse will be watched with interest. —Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague paid $2,000 a yard for dress maierial a few years ago, and now her husband's paper sell at 2J cents on the dollar. What a sudden transition from affluence to pov erty. The lady above named is the daughter of Simon P, Chase, ex-secre tary of the treasury, and her hnsband an ex-United States senator from Ki »dfc Island. —It was at a charity ball; the girl was pretty and exquisitely dressed. She said: "Now, Mr. , don't yon pu’ my name in the paper, nor tell what I had on. I have worn this draws once be fore, and its horribly old. I was going to have a French dress from Worths, but it didn't get here, so I bad to wear this. Now mind, don't pat my name in the paper, but if you do, send me —“Women have the mastery of color,” said Sir Joshua Key- olds. Bu’ when a woman wears a green skirt, with a brown overdress and a purple necktie, with a brown or yellow ribbon in her hair and a bine bonnet with a salmon-colored feather and red flowers on it, *nd * drab vail over her face,men color haa the mastery of woman. —Said Mr. Whittier once: “It was a wonderiol thin* to tee one’s aelf in print for the firet time. I ahall never feel ao well again. * * * It a not true, as has been said, that I dash ol my writing rapidly, and send it to the printer withoat any correction. I don t believe anybody does that, or haa a right to do it. —In an account of the honre aod the habit* of Lord Chief Justice Co; kburn, of tramp suffrage. The slaveholder 1 fate is the bondholder's warning. —There are one hundred and fifty- two democrats in the house of repre sentatives. Of these ninety-three came from the south, as against fifty nine from the loyal north. Of the ninety- three from the south forty-four served in the confederate army and eleven other* served the confederacy in a civil ian capacity. It ia very clear there fore that, the one hundred and forty- one republicans in the house rt present the loyal eentiraent of the country. And yet the democratic party claims to be par excellence, the party of pa triotism and the constitution.—Wash ington National Republican, rep. A BLESS ISO ON 7 US DANCE. BY IBW1N K0SHELL. Don't jeflge us hard for what we docs-you knows it’s Cbristmuz night; An*slide balance ob de yean, rtebt’s we klr- We laborers In de viceya’d—workin’ hard, workto' u ae— Now, ehurely you wont notus, 11 we eats a grape or two, takes a spell— Bekaae, nex* week, i bor twloet as w Remember, Mahar—min’ dta, now-de itoful- Ix ’pendin’ ’non de iplrrit what we goes an’ *does lt in; An* in a rigbehis frxn dances.’ ".ng; a material decrease in tho amount of corn and cotton produced, but, on the other hand, tbe wheat cron was much better than last year, the amount of home-raised pork ’is greater, but above all and more than all, closer economy has been practiced iu many of the details of living, aud the aggre gate of debt reduced. ThiB improvement is not indicated by any material increase of money in the farmer's pocket, but has a deeper and broader' foundation—upon which, prosperity may be slowly but surely built. The farmers are gradually real izing their situation—their altered cir cumstances resulting lrom the revolt tion of labor and the loaa of property. Speculative ventures iu planting cot ton—to replace in a few years the loss of the patrimony and the accumulations of ball a life time- are becoming ex ceedingly rare. Many are now begin ning in earnest to adopt and practice that policy they have long openly advo cated but practically repudiated—rais ing farm supplies on the farm. This policy in years past has been advocated by many to induce others to plant leas cotton, whilst its advocates have quiet ly enlarged. their cotton fields for the greater harvest and higher prices. But the higher prices have not been at tained and their hopes have been dis* appointed. There is a decided and increasing tendency to diverrifi-id farming, stock raising, fruit growing and Final! grain crops, and a disposition to develop the minor resources of the farm —sorghum, sugar cane, millet, chufas, Ac. Id speaking of cotton raising, the commissioner says: The farmer who has made an average crop of cotton, and prudneed at the (tame time a fnll »upply of corn, fodder or hay, syrnp, potatoes, vegetable*, bacon and lard, etc., and a stock c f hogs and cattle for next year, has done a profitable year's work; and just in proportion as he has neglected these supplies, his profit* have been less and less. Of stock growing he says: It is en couraging to note the increasing dispo sition to Improve the common breeds of cattle, sheep and hogs, by the intro duction of thoroughbred animals, which is indicated in the correspond ence of the department. There are really no insuperable obstacles in the way, to prevent success in the ordinary stock husbandry. The farmers of Georgia can and should produce all the bacon, beef, mutton and wool, butter and cheese, consumed in the state. TIi© (.tillIn. We take pleasure in laying before our readers a letter on the subject of the chnfa, received from Mr. & G. Wallace, of Stone Mountain, and would say to him we are always pleased to hear from him, giving the results of his planting: The earth almond, or more o mm n- ly called the enufa, seems to be daily gaining favor among our farmers. The chufa was introduced into this country through the agricultural department at Washington in 1853. All kinds of stock and poultry relish it, but its chief value is a teed for bogs—for pork mak ing. It is nutritious, sweet, oily and pleasant to the taste. Hogs grow and fatten rapidly on it; it is a cheap food too for making pork. Hogs have been seen leaving corn to eat the chufa. As a flesh producer the chufa ia equal to corn. The chufa is much more produc tive on one acre of ground tyan corn. The most suitable aoil for the chufa is a light, loose, sandy loam, rich in de composed matter. Have your ground well prepared by deep plowing and thorough harrowing. After preparing the ground and planting yonr crop, keep out all weeds and grass until tho plants shall occupy the entire ground in the drills. The tops of the chufa can be utilized, as they make good hay. Cut when fully grown, and before the tips begin to die. Stonb Mountain, Ga., Dec. 20, 1877. Agricultural Editor Constitution: I must, tell my brother farmers something about tbe chufas. I had the good luck to buy one gallon of the chufas from J. Ben Wilson & Co. last April was a year ago, at fifty cents per quart, which I i bought was a big price, but I would not take twenty live dollars a quart for and not get any more, and 1 planted ’he gallon about the 20th of April and tuado twenty bu> hels of the chufa* of which I sold some to my neighbors and they are all highly pleased with them, and some of them say they believe they can raise 400 bushels to the acre. All that planted thia year say that they are again to plant larger patches this next year. Everybody is highly pleased with the chufas. I am now gathering my crop of chu fas. I will get 200 bushels to the acre thia year on common upland that did only make fonr barrels of corn to the acre. The chufas will beat raising corn .to fatten hegs on, or chickens, geese and children, as all like the chufas. think very strange about me —Houston Home Journal: It is a , g^yjuj, tjj e geese k>ve them when they notab e aud pleasant fact very few farm j ' w & n t h e ground, but I will tell you laborers are prepan. g to change their * QW ^ t BlarUK i. My patch waa «4darters for another yuar. The negroes i c j 09e roy house last year and the nave learned that it is better, to keep a Sickens would scratch around the good home than to seek a better. * ' Every sober, industrious farmer, may in Georgia become a freeholder of the soil, may have a house which he may caU his own, and by reasonable toil and frugality may rear, educate, and comfortably endow a family, and this withoat binderance. —Georgia offers a climate in which scarcely a vegetable, or fruit, or cereal grain, may not in some portion of it be successfully cultivated. —Tbe lands of Georgia are good, the air pure, health excellent, water sweet and plentiful. What more is desired? edge of the bunch to get the chufas as they grow so thick in the bunch and hing under the ut the chufas did orthegeeae. The corn in the crib Ice-house that I hem on. I have A Specially. Col man’s Rural World thinks it bet ter for farmers to select one good breed of hogs, or sheep, or cattle, or horses, or poultry, and make a specialty of it. Secure the best of that breed, and give it your special attention. He thinka tbe farmer will soon become known in that particular, get good prices and make money. Apple*. Prof. Beal recently read an essay be fore an agricultural college on apple cultivation. Ue thinks young trees should be treated very much as you wou'd treat a hill of corn. Hoed crops will answer in a yonng orchard. Sowed crops will do more harm to young trees He thinks it a good plan to keep young trees mnlched. the geese gol bunches afte no*, hurt the chufas only and meal iu woold have gathered a quart under one bunch and the bunches only 14 inches apart. I would advise all farmers to get the chat fas and plant very largely aa it will fill our smoke-houses with good meat and much cheaper than it can be raised in the west, and then we will have meat at home and won't have to send our surplus money to the west after our Pffnn, T a G Wallace. It seem to me—indeed ll do—I xnebbe mout be That peopte^aly ought to dance, when Christ- sob min’ we’xgwineto We hs's no Uarp to soon* de chorda, toholp to sin*: , . . , in’ tode girt we has we does de be* know.*— You biers ns, pleace sah, ebencf we’a < wren; tr-ntant; , .. y.rare den we’ll n ed de blenin’ more n ii doin’ r’ght: An' let de blesato’ stay wtd ns, untell we o to die. An* go<* u iflal Yes, teU dem preahta anjnla we’a a-fwine to Osr voloai wt-’sadrainin' for to sto«de dory the London World cites among the OMahw-!®;: usual guests at his lordship s lively no “ • 1 yo’ chill en soon, an* take ’em dinners the pleasant presence of the eminent counsel who haa eclipsed hts fame as an American statesman bv those achievements which have plrced | him in the front rank of English com- j mercial lawyers, Mr. Benjamin, Q. C ! — Mr. Stanley’s discoveries on the J - Congo are to be improved immediately. Pfiris^ ror^pondent announced, that ritoryTaudhave put the Rivs. C. Gren ex-Queen Isabella, ctf Spain Flatted feu and W. Comber, who Mve been D >n Carlos: This causes much pom- labiricg for aonje time in th* Came-* ment, notw^hstand ing'the statement* room*.' at ihe bead ^ the £* jsdition. ’ published that the visit had DO polftl'Al ! Thsf V* to into lip inferior. » r *<**- Dip yoar brash in BOZO DO NT, Scour yoar teeth above, below; In a week’s tiu e, Ma’am, you won’t Find a speck in either row, dec25 deodlwAwlt Dob Oath, .net ttareo Ia.br! 1. IyjMXjs, December 26.—Tbe Times’ Ind i to Come. Kegularity, older and syBtem are, perhaps, as necessary in carrying on armiDgasanyotherbnainesa. Farmers should have a day and time for every thing, and then see to it that the work aet apart lor that day or time be done Do not delay or pnt off, bat finith the job at the time yonr beat judgment has decided it ihould he done Yon will find that it will reduce your work and pay more for your labor. Prom tbe atstlcnlmr.1 Department Dr. Thomas F. Janes, commission*- of agriculture, has just issued his sup plemental report of comparative total yield of leading crop*, cost profit* un- Georgia offers every advantage and inducement to northern or weatern people who desire to oome south. There is no better climate in the United Sates, nor is there a healthier state in tne union. The water cannot bo ex celled. That ol middle Georgia ta cool and abundant. North Georgia ia finely supplied with pare freestone water, ao cool and.pleas*nt that ice i*,not needed. The mineral spring* are of the best kind, and many seek them for medt* cinal purposes, and are greatly bene« fitted. All througo the state are attractive waterfalls, which affords power for turning much machinery. Ita religious and social advantages are rarely sur passed. It* railroad facilities are excel lent. Towns, villages, poet offices, churches, and public roads, dot all sect lions. Gold, copper, |ead, iron, marble, limestone and granite are found in quantities. The soil producee all the necessaries and most of the luxuries of life. In many localities there is a good supply of fish and gune. In short, Georgia is a good state to settle in and with little capital, energy, and a fair amonnt of labor, any one by farming can work his way up. General Mural Items. —It is estimated that the amount ot batter and cheese produced the year past ia 428 860,000 pounds; valued at $124,000,000. —Tbe *ppna.l consumption of **.heeee der different systems of labor etc.^ : n T b ^u“XsS« is lsSToOO OwT* say^Thf .ho*rr^kht“ fO.OWuOO in^bitants, or4j pounds to crease m the \ “^l^me^partments of France an “«tb'c n S'^d“.ldor^eCo^ anneal bonnty gaM ^nca.i..gven to I a lo thewmrimm. the owner of a fireteclass dairy huiL report; a large increase in the sorghum, and a small decrease in ground peas and chufas. Ia speaking of tbe condition of the farmers, be sayK “The fanners are in better condition in every section ex cept eouth-weat Georgia, and particu larly so in north and south east Geor gia.' These have been favored with better seasons snd have produced larger crops of corn and cotton than tho other sections of the state. For ihe state at large, by average of the aecuoira-57 percent of the correspondent* indicate their condition as “better,” 18 aa the gome” aod 25 as “worse” than last winter. On .lie whole it is aafe to say that the fanners of Georgia are in pet- fer'vondition in several respects, than ifviata laot. year. There ha* lieen the owner c. —Fret Bouchardat, of the Parisian council of hygiene, call* attention to some oi the Cincinnati hams, imported into France. He says that they are enveloped in a cloth saturated with a yellow substance which ia bichromate of lead -a ready poison. —Agriculture, said Socrates, is an em ploy ment the moat worthy the applica tion of man, tho moet ancient and the most suitable to his nature. It is the common nurse of all peraona in event age aud condition ol life; it is the Somme of health, strength, plenty and richness; and of a thousand sober de lights and hohest pleasures- It is the mistress and school of sobriety, tem perance, justice, religion, and, in short, oj all the virtues, civil »thi military, \