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ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTII UTlQN. JANUARY 1. 1878.
The Atlanta foiihtitutlon
WEEKLY EDITION.
TKBMS OF WEEKLY.
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/UK EASTERN HULVGOLK
The armies of Rniwia had dating (h«
p ml week, r.ot the Tarka, bat the vig
on of wirier to contend with, and the}
dd not make much heed way against the
more form .tiab’e foe of the two. The
weather at Ktreronra baa, however,
moderated, and the probability ia that
an assault on that ciiy will toon bf
made. It ig now practtcal T y invested
•n t fear render can not be long de
Ujti.
Xn« de«*rnet!on of the bridge* acrosr
the Dir.nU by ice, and the heavy fall
of snow throughout Bulgaria has great
It Impeded all military operations o<
the Rmran*, and the indications now
are that they will be content for the
r»ex» (ti« weeks with efforts to
k* *P np supplies. The bleak plain*
of Bnlguria ere bad enough, and the
psmc* of the Balkans most be effoctn-
ally bl< eked rgtinst movements of ar-
•tilery and supplies. The winter in
t ie raft ia aa tnoch more severe than
mini as the winter in this country is
milder. Before the snow came the ar
my ot the caarowiteh waa preparing to
rrs* the Balkans at the Shipka
Tr<-j*n pas*, while the army of the
Grand f>nke Nicholas and of the 8er
vfons were en route to Sophjjt—Teavink
General Todlehen to assail Itnatchnk
and the western side of the qnadrilat*
eral, aod General Zimmerman, SiHsfrta
and the /astern aide of that great de
fenstve position. The four armies will
hare to act independently, until victory
enables them to form new combinations.
This, however, invo’ve* no rhk, es any
one of the four armies can withstand
any* offensive movements that the
Turks are now capable of.
No developments of importance in
refr r noe to p^nce negotiations came to
hand daring the past England is cer
tainly preparing to fight, if need lie in
r rd< r to protect her “interests." She
could throw a hundred thousand troop*
info Roumelia. She could pay and
thus reirspire the army of tlie eultan.
She could bar the way to Constantino*
pie for at least a year. And
hy no doing she m*gM
involve all Europe in war. Germany
wotihl certainly take a hand. IJat En
gland will not go to war. She has no
< x i-M 'ai i- n of doing no. Her commer-
rial people do not want it, and none of
the queen's subjects relfoh the idea of
giving apaie’ance to the Mah jimm-dan
i*i their war ayailist Christians. Ruttafo
• .hinot afford l *eur muter Ei gland far
away from her hiee* of supply. Gcr
many wants peaco. The way oi.t I*
plain and easy. The Biark uta and the
I > ml audio* will become free, whi'e
i'.'.pt and the Sacs canal wil
he annexed to the kingdom upon which
the Min never sets. The other question*
are eaay of settlement. Loi.g before
the Kotriiana rau break through the
h»roug Adrf*»nopl« line of d« fonae—-per-
Imps before they can reach it, the di
pl .rnaU will 1m at work arranging the
P 'in-* «.f pc • re. We do not de> pair of
n f,i uriaetory |w*sc© before spring comes.
toward the far, dim
where the day had disappeared, she
aaid ventis^/•To tub Pin."? There
w*..s no appfacne. Hilarity waa dumb,
uliy the alienee the New Tsar wss
born *
—Ah, wsll! Let m hope that Ike
year of Seventy-Eight will be aa kind
to urglj as the dear old ypar of Seventy*
ScveiT; let us ft- pe, indeed, that the
fa'ure it has ia store for as ia even
happier and more propitious than that
fa ure which b%« now become the Post.
by the demonetlsttlon of silver ? Is
this just ? We have shown that is not
expedient. Why not therefore-respect
the almost solid will cf the people of
Georgia by voting to give ns back the
dollar of the fathers with all its old-
time purchasing power? These are
qsrBtions that Mr. Hill should thor-
ocghiy consider before he voteeaa a
senator from Georgia in favor of n
policy that is fast destroying values
aod filling the land with ruined banka
and business men.
TH* EXrKDlESVT OF SILVER
Ser.atsor Hill admits—if we rightly an
dersTAnd his position oa tLe silver
bill—that it is both legal and honest to
pay the b.mdfl in silver, but be claims
that i: ia not expedient—that we would
lose money by adhering to the term*
of the contract. This of course reduce*
the m ti ter to add!fion, subet ract ion snd
division, and as we have a few fignrea
that may not be «t Mr. Hill's Bugera*
end, we offer them in the hope
hat they.will thus be placed where
they will do the most good.
Mr. Hill wou^d have us believe that
the rtmonetisation of silver would stop
all refunding operations, and that we
would therefore lose two per cent.
S year’ on all of the debt that
had not been refunded. This looks
planaib’e at first sight; but aa we are
now dealing with fignrea of arithmetic
rather than of rhetoric, let as ace what
the exact truth of the matter is aa far as
the public debt I* concerned. We will
not take the figures of “the silver luna
tics;” we will adopt the figures of the
New York Financial Chronicle, one of
strongest organs of the monometalists.
The ssvjng by payment in silver ac
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7 UK OLD YEAR A Sit THE SKW.
It Hcems hnt yesterday that, with an
cnthuMWm h *rn oi the occasion, we
were sllcng’g d ia making prepara
tions to welcome the New Year to hit-
own and to hul fxrewell to the Old. It
m t-ma t*nt y«sterday, and yet the yeai
that was new has become the year tha
Is old. The days, sombre or sunny,
lmvo Hlipl-od qnietlv into aei<».ms, aud
ti e H-ns-Mis, in the midst of all the
co> fu-i' tiH su»t turbulence of our little
w rM, have rerenely but quickly
l*r< »qht. iirtto the end of the year. It ha*
been .i hraveaud happy year-ajoyfu>
;-.<1 ,« <! rrowful year -a delightful and
a »i.ful year; it hss l>een the htvit and
w. s; of years, this year of Seventy-
' on. Ii l»iwt watch d with ns when
u, u f crossed our thresholds, an uuwel
c- nte true t; it has smtltd and seemed
.•I ahen happiness and content eat
s’ « nr firesides; it has shared out
tr.-nbl-** end witnessed onrtriamphs-
tl i: y t ar ol Seventy-Seven. It has been
loyal to its trusts and faithful
ton-sol; it hbsbr tight us the cold
ui» m t v days of winter, hut it has also
hr--inlit tin the delightful (lave
spring; it has brought death, d<sola-
ti 'Ti and dtsRs'er, but it has also
h ii *h! life, and love,and happiness
»h s \ ear »*f seventy seven. The way*
u .nd "etsonahsve not be»*n altogether
uupr.-pltiouH, and even wheu the dsyi
were dark and gloomy the sun
h is s-uietimes shone through
the ctond-nlts in thia the best
a d w>;rbtof years -the year of Seventy
And yet, with all its troubles, and
trial?, aud triumphs—with all 111*
di ivies it has wrought—it seems but
y** 'erdsy that J »y and 8>rrow clasped
hands across the tbe cradle of the new
\»*ar. There was much merry-nimkirg.
\ u will remember. The Christmas
« r '? l ad tcarcely died npon thr
cf the dear little children
wht n they were called upon
to r.dd their sweet, fresh voices to the
ch on? with,which the New Y. arwa*
ureeusi. The solemn pomp with which
we buried the Old waa without pro-*
te: cc, and the enthn iasm with which
wcgri*tV(d the birth of the New wa*
M o: au^msly hearty. It will Ire a
l»r-Tve, ar.d bright, and lusty New Year,
we waid one t » another, and we will
give him pnch a welcome a*
becomes this, the lab&t sou
acd heir of royal Father Time. Where
upon one and all proceeded in divers
« N’t'* make preparations for the com
s: f v ‘ walv 8 ven. Fair women and
v ni>|i girl? joat blooming into mald^n-
’ ' «r*sytHl thvm>elv«*8 in holiday
.iu.o; dr'lightiul young men pur
i xd! v.h bouquets of wax flowers f oi
t . : r but: vnholee atu! parted their bait
i *o ecurely ia the middle; while th*
c'd ‘ova, who had no hair to part wottl
tv king o # , but plenty of youthful
blood in their veins, mingled with tlu
watchepa Then, w iihoue accord, they
eat tl’.emwlvea down to a feast tha*
waa graced with generous wine, and
there was much merry znakirg. Tb*
waning hours wTeused to flutter b^ a-
birds belated in the night
and the little children
ilv, vd aud sang in the brilliantly
lighted parlora. And when the tide of
happiness seemed highest, you remem
her, aud the toasts were flying iron
mou.h to mouth, and dainty hand.*
give apid.ause, a young g'rl, marvel
b-nsly beamifa!, roee, smiiing and
bhrshlr^, and with a goblet brimming
w t generous, sparklieg wiue pro*
j* ' cd a : Mi**. "To the Future !” aht
*a? i. I * *-'• received with ^eat en
thiis’j^n; y^ssas diuked sm'>rtJy to
c ■ '•. r aud the baud eh kiny
* i..i the hoard was almost t*>if
In its Searthie* Bcf>rv the hi
lartv had fairly subsided (you remem
horl a lady tall, commiudu g and won-
troualy fair, rose and *Xqod aiih her
.!aa empty and ievened. It Wa-
a-*lr ough s -rrew had suyed to waiter
tv. S.ie was fair, bat, oh »o pale
-s ! wacl Toocliisg the golilet lo her
..p- akd poiuiirg, as h seemed,
To bring out thin small balance in
favor of gold payments, a term
thirty years is required, and alto an
Immediate refunding into fours of not
-nly the outstanding s x*
and fives, but also .
the fonr and a half per cents. As
part of the bor da can not bee tiled—the
tour and a ha’f percents within fifteen
vears - in many years to come, and a
the prospect for iumWlately refund
.ng the whole amount at four per cant
is simply ridiculous, it is plain tha 1
the “be t” figur- s of the Wall street
organ show at the outride nothin;
more than a s'and • if. If Ihs Financial
Chronicle cannot cipher out a bett
salt in favor of the single standard,
Hill will Ci-rUiuly find
difficult lo Huhdtantiate his argument oi
expediency by any other figures than
those of s;*eech. His p ditical night
mare wi.l not do it.
The truth is, the figures of the Finan
rial Chrouii le are onesided and falla
cions. Ihey stretch thr saving by re-
fnixling to the utmost—U4 what might
lie hnt is not, and probably will not bt-
within at least on® decade, while they
do not state the entire saving that
would follow the it srit ition of silver
payments. Eight per cent on the
whole debt, $^1*00,000 000, would
be $170000,000. The annn
Awing in interest would be $7,700,000,
ir $t!32.S00000in thirty years— maki’i
an aggregate of 3108,000 000, ngains.
p-Mstble but very improbable saving by
• mmodiate refunding of $2-13,541,800
This is the whole truth in figures,
igunst which unsupported statement a,
however plaaaible, are al.ogeiher
u pel 11 arms.
B it the public debt is not a’l that we
owe. It is in Let only a small part of
our indebtedness. It amounts to twen
tv-two him 1 red million.*. The handed
in lebtedness of our states, counties
cities, towns, railroad.* and other corpu
ration*—mostly created before 1S73
is u Jt less than four thousand mill
rn re The committee of the chamber
of commerce of New York City—an
authority that Mr. Hill certainly will
not dispute in his present wa ? of think
ing—says there are twelve thousan-
ini lions of indebtedness payab
coin, including the national debt, atatf
d« bis, city debts, ©irporate dvbis, rail
ro*d debts, mortgages and individoal
debts payable in coin. In view of thr
fact that this immense mass of iedebt
edness must bo paid In coin—a good
shaie of n being held abroad, and very
tit le of it In Georgia—will Mr. Hill as
that silver payment ia inexpedient
the. people of Georgia or to the peopl.
>t theae United State*? The annual
interest ou this indebtedness would
at six per cent $720,000,(XX). D:es
raske i o difference to ttie debtors
whether they usual pay thia enormous
annual bill at the rate oi 10S ecu
on the dollar or not ?
Bat this is not all. Professor L botil-
laye says that if you (strike
of existence silver as money got
wi*l be appreciated one-h*
perhaps, at lea-nt one-third, to the inju
ry of thp debtors—to the ruin of thi
debtor nntioas as well as individuals
If we decide to permanen’ly demone.
tice stiver, tha mttal will soon cease
be a standard oi value anywhere, and
all the dangers spprt-h- nded by the
ablest financiers of the world wou!
follow. This means ruin to the debtor
class, aud tne creditor class den
because it would put the former uud:
their feet.
Do we deserve to become the bood-
men of the bondholder? Or. rather,
does the bondholder deserve gu<
service? Let as tee how the sccouu
stands. 1: ia a phun matter of arithme
J*u. 1 — Aiu nntot grv*a*
t*'Ck b ■..«!• of Ue oveniKr Yt'ue
of .-^c-uuiontbedo' *- j:
J*“. i.!»7*.—li.vcxt». zvor.v^A ;r.uu
l' ;itc-x.1 St to* on th.*t U.nJ» *: t>
jw fios (MuAc yrw
Is, l» i> -’KoHt by UwTio d 1
bondsci c**T>Ktci:tbci:nenh-cK
bot;»t. ooehUcrBi* on ih. OoJKr,
iuut *o'd u u t» w. «vb f t Ji j*
caa.m**iuKair*re.cT...^_.... j
Jaa T.Mfpi-Wrew os ^percent
oft:, uuoou. 00t-**Ki*uui:c**ii5
o*u.» uj r. r Jrun
TKSSKASftBS DEBT.
The entire debt of Tennessee on the
first day of the new year wil! be *$23,
195,736 This turn iztc'udea the follow
ing questionable items:
War latrww $ 4 000 ISO
Interwt upon this to Janutry, 13*8- 2,800.000
Cumfcoand leciat under tb« iuad-
imc «ct of :S7S Jjk#/»
B-owolow bond* ouuumdixjf SjBlOOOQ
Msklni tbe *Rri-fEte. tUAO UX)
The tax payers c-f tbe state have
never admitted tbe equity of’any oi
these items, aud wken they are orn.t-
ted tbe debt is reduced nearly one-ha.f.
The final offer cf the creditors was
credit $11,597 868 upon the
whole debt of $23 195,736 at aix per
cent la other words, they simply pro*
pot ed to throw out the war intereet, the
mpMund interest and the Brownlow
bonds, none of which had been equar-
ly recognised by the people of Tennes
see. These facts should be taken into
consideration.
The propedtion of tne bondholders
left intact tbe ante*war debt, both prin
cipal and intereet; and although the
state was greatly impoverished by the
war, she should have accepted iL The
senate did pees a bill accepting this
offer of the b mdholdam, bat the house
promptly r» jected it by a vote of 19 to
51. The house even refused to pass a
bill providing for tbe submission of the
senate bill to the people, nor would
they accept a bill to fund the debt at
fifty cents on the dollar with four per
cent interest; and the two houses ad
journed without effecting any adjust
ment whatever of the debt.
Tbe result is greatly deplored by the
press ot the . state. They want
tbe term ot confusion and inter
est-accumulation endid. Aod it
doubtless would have been had not
the ques-ion of receiving coup ms for
taxes come up. A majority of the
legislature would uot consent to make
the bondholders preferred creditors ol
the state. But for that demand, a biJl
would have been passed providing for
the funding ol the debt at fifty cents,
with interest at the rate of four per
cent, for the firs: five 3 ears, five per
cent, for th® next five years and six
per cent, thereafter. The “coupon-
ers,** as they are called in Nashville,
defeated this proposition and the
whole subj( ct goes to the people. The
next camptign in the state will turn to
a great extent upon the questions con
nected with a settlement of the public
debt. The p tpeis from K’ oxvil.’c to
Memphis demand final action on the
embarratsM-gs-hject.
OS A HUM MUG Blit US SEST.
BT HQBA GOOD ALB, AC ZD ISDu
And when July, with aeorchlag fcewt.
Had drv d She meadow g •*■ to tay,
AxkI piled In Mack', about the Sett
Or Iracrastte the bamlt lay.
Within the neat u softly mtde
Two uoy, aoowy epi were laid.
Bat when October's ripened fruit
And state y forests lest their crown.
a'mir stood was ba'cbed and reared and Sown
Tre mossy aeat wse left aloes.
And now the blU*are cold and white,
•Tla sever'd from ii» uttre booxh;
We «*x j npoo it with deifctr:
When.- are- it*conrieg builders now T
Far ia tbe saury soath they ram.
And Were 10 us iheir northern home.
—St Nirholas for December.
IB OESKUAB.
—There are thirteen vacancies In the
medical corps of tbe army, which will
I be filled by the Appointment of such
j rcraoua as may pass a satisfactory ex
amination before the board now in
aeasion in New York city, consisting of
Surgeons Jos. B. Brown, Jos. H. Hill
and O. A. Alden, United States army.
This board, which met ou the 7th of
November, will probably remain in
session untfl the hitter part of February
to select suitable persons for appoint
ment in the corps.
—If it be true thaTThere » some
thing not entirely disagreeable to ns in
the misfortunes of our dearest friends,
itmaynH perhaps jar very aerioualy
npon the feelings of New York a pecu
lators in real estate to learn that the
value of ground in and about Berlin,
which went np enormously daring the
period immediately subsequent to the
war oi 1870 71 and the payment of the
“milliards'' by France, Lao fallen as
enormously of late. A property bought
five years ago for villa-sites at tbe price
ot 2,550,000 marks was sold the other
day for 258- J (<0 marks.—N. Y. World.
AS ASSY OF O me KBS.
B/ actual count it appears that there
are two thou* nd two hundred and
eighty-six uflke.s ia tho army. The
number of enlisted men does not ex
ceed 19,000—so that it the latter were
equally divided among the former each
offici r would find himself at the head
of a force of eight men. 8 > great a dis
proportion has swel e l the pay cf the
officers considerably boyond the com
bined pay , of the enlisted men.
And yet the officers are not overpaid,
* tbe i dlow.ug table shows; a second
lieutenant of iufiutry gets $1,400 a
yesr, a first lieuteuant of infantry
$1500, a captain of infantry $1,800, a
sec.md lieutenant of civalrv $1500 a
year, a first lieutenant $1,600, r. captain
$2,000; maj >r* of tufa.;try, cavalry and
aritiery $2,500; lieutenant colonels
$3 000, and coiouela $3 500. This does
not inclnde quarters and fuel in kind
cominuUtijn of quarter.-) a^l fuel
when not with trope. These some
times go far inward payirg au officer**
expenses.
These salaries are not large, but they
seeui to be sufficient,for we find that the
line of promotion is choked up at the
opia ir.nstqueiice cf ihe inconvenient
goad health and longevity of the tenior
fficers. A table in the Army and Nav>
Journal gives the average age of the
mor regimental officers:
c.VALET.
Otfoneto 50 4 lo
Mt-uu-naui ColoutU..^. at 5.10
ABTUDJCEY.
Colonel*
LkuWUBUl Col«ael*
Major..
UFAETET.
. 52 4 5
Li?d'eoaai Coioac.s
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The Journal iu the interest «f what
it doubtless considers efficiency, but
which looks more like the interest of
the junior officers, insists that an army-
retirement b 11 is very much needed—
that promotion should be quickened
so that a lieutenant would not have to
wnt until he is fifty years old to be en
titled to the title of •’kurnel.'' The
Journal may b3 right. It is a hardship
to have to wait so long. A man can do
better than that in G-*orira.
—Now plant your diaries of 1877—
Boston Globe.
•Si many Chicago banks break th*t
the Moffat register is spoken of.
—France has had moetv fonr minis
ters nlnce September 4. 1870, the birth
day of tbe present republic.
-Twenty-two hundred people are
employed at the A. T. Stewart store in
New York.
—It is proposed to build a railroad
from Orange Lake toS*n Mateo, Fia.—
distance thirty miles.
—Now we have 24-bn*ton kid gloves.
Tbe next will have 240 buttons, and
then there'll he no other garment re-»
quired.
—Matrimony, nowadays, may still be
'summed op as “two a uls with hot a
single thought”—how to get rid ol one
another.
—Ei.’hteen-butt on kid gloves are
the latest. They come np to the shoal
der mud meet the short sleeves*
—George Bancroft ia working away
on the new volumes of his History of
the Uuited States, opening the era of
the federal government.
—The principal articles exported
from the United states to Europe are
grain, pork, pnma donnas, lard, sav
ings bank presidents, meat, butter,
heiresfes, weather predictions and
horses.
—Mies Lizzie Caperton, the eldest
daughter of the late United States
Senator Allen T. Caper:on, of Union,
Monroe county, West Virginia, has
obtained a clerkship in the treasury
department.
—The vast region of Alaska, for
which the United S'ates paid seven
and a quarter million dollars, is now
virtually owned and controlled hy the
Alaska Commercial company. Hutch
inson, Kohl A Co.
—Mr. Scott Russell the builder of the
crystal palaco at Sydenham, has offer
ed to convert the coliseum a* Rome into
a world’s fair bniiding at the trifling
expense of stretching a valarium over
the top and putting in new benches.
- It cast a gloom oyer an entire
ciiurch f dr the other nigtt when the
minister's son walked up to the grab
b gand prize cake table, and demanded
that the game be explained to him be
fore be bought his chips.
—Among the candidates for the seat
of Hen- George R. Dennis, of Maryland,
whose term expires in 1879, are Hon
Montgomery Blair, ex-Governor Pnilip
Frai ci« Thornes, ex-Governor James
Black, Hon. Robert M. McLane, and
Senator D .-unis' brother.
— Bob Lincoln, the late president's
son, refused the office of third assistant
secretary of state three times, and now
Secretary Kvart.s has decided to discon-
59 2-tt
Tukre is nothing surprising or griev
ous in the announcement that Japan
baa renounced all comme<c al treaties,
and will revise its customs duties at
pleasure. The truth is, Japan has be
come tired oi Ei.g i*h supervision, and
will hereafter act independently as to
her import! and exports. N arly all
of her imports come frem E igland,
and the latter power induced her to
*'a7 » heavy export duty ou tea. Left
to hereeif, J qoo will doubtless adept a
tariff that will bear more iquaily upon
the cations that trade with her. Et g
land will come iu for a share of it,
while this country will perhaps be
henefitted by a reduction of the export
du:y on tea.
tinue it, the office being entirely useless
and cos ing the government $3,000 per
annum.
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T Ul)
Fruta wTrlcn anooai ue i
mint raiTfi in *rvtnUcAAh»
lj«uot t«oua* .* u <1 1.800 4») ao
C3cwr pwflti by brc-lba.derr.9l AC lu>
These sums an- so Urge that the mied
aimoit refuses to c nprei.er.d them.
TLirtv-two hundred millions! The
profits of the |*e pie have been swal
lowed np in paying interest on these
bonds that origins’ly brengh’ the gov-
err.m- a: only about 55 oeuu> ^old.
Under such circumsunoea, shall the
taxpayer be denied the right of hold
ing the bondholder to the terns
of the contract ? Must we be
»'• m j*e led to duditige contracts made
before 1873 in a ruocev appreciated j«it.-a (kir.cte«r.
.wlmenw HM*«.
Wa?hixoto.v, December 29 —It will
be n collected that about a «ear ago a
widow named Oliver brought a suit
f gainst Hon. S.uion Cameron for
breach cf marriage pv mire. Nothing
has been j ubliciy known concerning
this suit natil to day. r now appear*
from awta etnens in the EvenfrgS ar.
:h t it was abandoned in January or
February last,the widow Iravir g wraivtd
lumber preceding? in e naidtration cf
$1000.
Dip your brush in SOZODONT,
Sc -ur your teeth above, below;
11 a week’s time, Ma’am, you wool
Find a speck in either row,
dec25 deodlw&wlt
— A. B. Mai *n*y, - D, PhiUdel*
phis, Pa, savK* 4 1 find I> . Bull's Cough
Sy rup nice lien i, havmvr a ready sale
^iid rendering ui re satisfkction than
any Conga Syiup f har- ever sold."
Aybk's Amkiucan aim as ac is cow
ms«*y for del.vary by it* tr-gz.<s, a d w« etc
fnw to w.y tk^t we have n*d thi- w-^icosb*
Tis :tr ®:th nuirfaction ani pr fit. It coc ai-**
An AAUwUtUEgAicocnt of u.frm»Don. «k'ck ie
x*afa: u» rver>b<d>, »na *io®» bo* to tmt
i*jAr!y a2 h- d-nun ftoa wh ch -,ecp> rafer.
It tn' ArtAb:y rucuca- nd» tie b.r: rexned cs to
br«e»p:«ywi. irrecp^UTc of Ayer's Panulj
VcC &zm, and fa n xfc. t, liA e-1 the b«*t SMdl-
cd adv.ca by ®b»ca a ar at u-Aorfy of assarts
can ba treated ?aceea*ra:ij Thr aaccdcAr;
aitrlci'B* aai jam ar? tbe ba*t com,ilation
that cotatm ac4cr oar notice, ard tb* bcokla a
fr«h ae contribn’km to oar cnjoyoent every
real. ■( Belt
—Mr. Gladstone spent an hour re
cently in inspec irgthc Trojan antiqui
ties which Dr.Schliernann id arraninog
fer pubi c exhibition at the S *uth Ken
sington museum. Hi-* visit was follow
ed by one from the Prircesg Ionise and
Maiquis of Lome.
—In personal appearance, William
Lindsay -chief justice of the Kentucky
court of appeals, and a prominent
senatorial candidate—s tnewhat resem
bles J asrit'tt Iltvrlan, except that his
foce is rather dark ard as devoid of
beard as is a maiden’s cheek, while
Judge Hsrlsn hss a fine moustache and
a ruddy complexion.
— Another international msrriage will
probably occur during the coming year.
The •ngsgement of MissTeiry, of Fifth
avenue, New York, to B roo Albert
Blanc, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary, of Italy, to the
United States, is announced. The lady
is r f Cuban parentage, handsome and
highly accomplished.
—The expenses of Stanley’s great
African j >nroey. just concluded, have
t»een ab>-ut $115.0tK) borne equally by
the New York Herald and London
Telegraph; more than any previons
African expedition, private or govern
mental, and giving, for that matter,
m<>re complete and impofant results
than any other.
— Annually, for ths last decade, there
has l»een paid to the Briri-h govern
ment by ili» bank ft England a sum
slightly in excess cf $17,500,000, repre
senting the unclaimed dividends on
consols. In other words, $580 000.000
of the English national debt will never
have to be redeemed.
—A correspondent writes: “There
can be no question of Coukling’sabilitv,
but he is au entirely diflV-re*’t type of
man from Gordon, The 1 itter is warm
hearted, impulsive, generous, charita
ble and manly. Tne former is cold,
ca enisling, politic,, imp'.ac b e. and also
manly, but with a manhood subservient
to his politics and his ambitionA* 1
—Tlie price of a human j w at the
eeat of war iu Bulgaria is about $2 It
varies accordibg to tfe regularity,
soundness and whiteness the teeth.
In Paris the qnctaticn is 50 per cent,
greater at wholesale rate*. Tbe ghastly
wares are conveyed in cases contain
ing 500, and the teeth are extracted
after their arrival at the city 10 which
the jaws are consigned,
—The Toronto Globfc says that the
negotiations for the con.-olidati »n of
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into
one province are progressirg favorably,
and it expresses a wish Uiat Prince
Edward Island c mid be taken in at
the same time. Tbe united province
w«‘nld then have an erea of about 49,
333 tquare miles, with a population of
from ,00.000 to bOO.OOO.
—There are no lack of applicants for
the position of consul general to PariA
Besides ex 8 nator Hitchcock, General
Ed. McCook, ol Colorado, and Frank
Reeder, oi Pennsylvania, are said to
be candidates. Thu salary is $5,000
with a liberal allowance for fees.
—Dr. Dio Lewis is now astride a new
hobby-horse. In feather pillows the
doctor has discovered the Herod of our
modern civiliz ition. He attributes the
majority of deaths among young chil
dren to overheated brains, ihe result oi
lying on featb* r pil’ows.
—T flis aud Bucharest are the two
head centres in the rear* ot tb* Russian
armies operating ia Europe and Asia,
to which officers withdrew, whenever
they can get away, for relaxation, amid
cards, champagne, bails and theatres,
rimes never were so lively and stirring
in theae two towns.
—Celia Lewia.a pretty Jewess of New
York, eons her husband i r divorce be
cause he obtained her nnder false pre
tences. B.fo -e marriage he claimed to
be a Jew. Nv»w it appears that he
Christian, and she warns to get r.d of
him.
—The New York B Me erciety pro
poses to save $43 000 per annum bv
having its pnnung dore by contract.
Tbe announcement of this intention
was created a testing of intense disgust
among the employees rf thesocieiv,
who will be among the “outs*’ when
the new arrangement goes into effect.
—Bond Tom, though his name is
Thomas Greene Bethnne, never parts
his hair in the middle. 80 here is one
black man who is not a servik imitator
of the whites. I* would be very easy
for Thomas to call nimeelf T. Green
Bethune, and even to prefix the trade-
mirk of gen ns, “profereor,” bit be re
trains. May his audiences always be
large.
—With a view of obtaining an add>
Uonal safeguard against the fraudulent
practice 01 “washing” cancelled postage
stamps, the postmaster general hss d>-
rec.ed specimen stamps of tbe ne,two
aud three cent denomination s to be
prepared, with inclosed- borders of
white around the rest of the designs.
The adoption oi these new styles will
probably be officially entered at an
early dav.
—The natural pearl banks of Ceylon
are threatened with rivals by the es
tablishment of artificial beds, where
the breeding and rearing of pearl-bear
ing oysters may be carried on like any
ordinary occupation. Such, at le*sl, is
the prospect opened up by the experi
ments of Lientenmnt Mariot. of the
Frer ch navy, who has proved that this
species of bivalve will bath produce
pearls and reproduce its species quite
as well in captivity as in open sea.
—Wild waa the night, yet a wilder
night
Hung round tbs Infant's pillow?
And :t jraUed And »hrt*k*'d with all Its might—
(How they wUbed U UDdertbe billow!)
Now. Dio Lewii was standing by—
He knew what illtd the kjoauw;
He c; led, * O bo! aoaus »tnwl H»nu!"
And the infant ceased to “hoUeS*'
—The London Whitehall Review
places the income of “Bonanza" Mac
kay at twenty-five dollars nsr minute,
and of the English Rothschild at twen
ty dollars per minute. But while the
capital of the former may Be nominal
ly the Largest in tli It is a var
iable kind, depending upcflP the capa-
biliteaof the Big Bonanza mines, which
may some day become exhausted. The
gold of the Rothschilds, ou the contra
ry, ia in solid coin, permanently in
vested, and that constitutes the differ
ence.
—“Mre. Wallingford” is once more
occupying the attention of a Philadel
phia court, being this time charged
with sending out libels against a Chest
nut street merchant, Mr. C- Benkert,
some of which got into circulation,
though the American District Telegraph
company refused to deliver them so
soou as by accident their character bad
been known. Circulars denying his
daughter's legitimacy were thrown into
the yard of tbe school the attended.
She had also charged Mr. Benkert with
stealing a $1,000 bill from her. “Mrs.
Wallingford" was held in $2 000 bail.
—Joseph Cook is getting rich in the
lecture business. John R. Gough is to
make a lecture tour iu England. Col
lector Simmons of Boston lectures 1
New England audiences on “fleform,
Jo qnin Miller is on the platform this
Bess m. Thirty-one women are giving
readings throughout the country. They
areebe per than lecturers, and exceed
the demand. Burdette, of the Bur
lington Hawkeye, is on a lec ure tour
in the east. Gen. Banks has made
few engtgements. Mrs. Livermore
booked for the year. Beecher lectures
two or three times every week, and haa
reduced his price from $500 to $200.
Wendell phillips has just completed
tour of six weeks in the west
A few weeks ago a colored barber
shot and wonnded in the face a eon of
Congressman Wm. D. Kelley, as both
were riding in a street car in Philadel
phia. The negro pleaded guilty to as
sault with intent to kill, and to carry
ing concealed weapon a Un the former
charge he was sentenced to two years
and a half in jail, and sentence on the
latter charge wh8omitted. Now comes
Congressman Kelley wanting to inflate
the barber's sentence. It is not un-
usual lor a judge to reconsider a sen-
teuce for the purpose of lightening it,
but a motion to reconsider, in order to
have a heavier eentence imposed, is
something new to the Philadelphia
lawyer.
— On Thursday, Dec. 13. 1877, Pro
fessor J. H. Ken, who is professor of
chemistry and geology, Colorado col
lege, had the honor of moving the drv
—A hopeful sign for the futnre of the
negro Is the announcement from An-
ynsta, Ga, thata number of influential
colored men of that city have commen
ced a movement looking to tbe organ
ization of a cotton manufacturing com
pany of their own.—Chicago Tribune,
rep.
—When an attempt Is made to cap
ture and return the San Elizano
butchers, or to deliver np the multitu
dinous Mexican robbers who have
made an uninhabitable waste of one-
fourth of tbe state of Texas, it will be
time euough to compliment the D.ax
1 jang with a desire to tranquilize the
i rentier.—Chicago Times, ind.
—We, for our lives, can't tell which
are most opposed to the interests of the
sooth and west—'the democratic New
York papers, or the radical New York
papers.—Vickburg Herald, dem. No
difference between them. Ttey are
two sonis with but a sing’e thought;
two hearts that beat the south as one.
—Memphis Avalanche, ind.
—The republican legislature of Ohio
excluded negroes from the state militia,
so that only white American citizens
can became brigadier generals, and knr-
nels aud things. Whenever a war ie
imminent our republican friends of
Ohio will he found offering the negroes
about $1,200 bounty a head to tight,
ble< d and die in tbe hosts of freedom.
New York World, dem..
—If Elihu Waibburne has, as is al
leged, a weather rye on the presidency
iulSSO, he is pUjing his cards very
shrewdly. He b is in his lecture no in*
eideutal express! >na of opiuion on the
“ policy.” But he has much that is cal
culated lo warm the hearts of two very
numerous classes of American citizens
—the Catholics and the Germans.—[S:
Paul Dispatch, rep.
—It is a noticeable fact that the
northern democratic press ia gradually
wheeling into line with the west and
south in favor of silver. There are at
least two newspapers in- this state
which have taken this stand, and there
are others either showing signs of a
similar course, or taking refuge iu
silence. The party is bound to be
solid, whether it is right or not.—New
York Tribune, rep.
—Mr. Chandler adof ta the more he
roic method of “branding" the presi
dent as ap ally of the democrats, and
after declaring that “silence is a crime;
acquiescence and inaction are political
death," proceeds to “read” the presi
dent out of the party. The country
awaits with subdued cariosity to hear
what Mr. Chandler proposes to do
next. - New York Times, rep.
—Senator Conkling seems to be re
garded as the regular republican party
at precent. Ihe death of Senator Mor
ton removes his most powerful rival
for the leadership, and Mr. Blaiue has
lost half the spirit and audacity that
made him bo formidable a year ago.
Cmkling is in the prime of bis powers,
and has the field all to himself. He
dobsesses little of tbe popular element,
out the party is willing 10 overlook
that. It wants the administration sub
jugated, and it looks on tbe New York
senator as the right man to do it.—St.
Loun Republican, dem.
—A well-informed gentleman of Co
lumbus, Ohio, who has carefully can-
va?s« d the feelings of the democratic
members of the legislature, makes the
following estimate as to how they are
divided upon the senatorial question :
He gives Mr. Pendleton, in the house,
21 votes; in the senate, 5; total, 26
votes. Mr Ewing, in the house, 14
votes; in the senate, 7; total 21 votes.
He puts down the positively unpledged
and uncommitted votes at 25, some of
whom will never g > to either of these
leading candidates named. These men
are “solid” in their determination to re
cognize ucobstruBive worth rather than
obstrusive solicitation. They hold the
“balance of power.”—Cleveland Plain-
dealer, dem.
bones of five different creatures, j^jich
had been ideepiog for countless ages in
that most lovely of regions near the
foot of Pike’s Peak, known as the Gar
den of the Gods. The largest reptile,
if we may judge from the judge which
be occupied while lying supinely upon
bis back contemplating the grandeur
of his surrounding\mast have been
117 feet. It was tound in the lower
cretacions formation of one of tbe
smaller ridges of the garden, and about
500 yards east of south from the fa
mous gateway. The rocks are nearly
perpendicular, aud the animal appears
to have spent a long period ot its freed
existence on its b^ck.-Denver Trib
une.
At the recent meeting of the grand
l f dge of English Freemasons, when the
Prince of Wales was renominated grand
master for the ensning year, the pro-
gran 1 master, the EjtI of Carnarvon,
called attention to tbe action of the
grand Orient of France, who had struck
otit from their preliminary declaration
words expressing belief in the existence
of God and the immortality of the soul.
He said that in ordiuary cases the
grand lodge would have no right to in
terfere. but that waa a matter which
called for notice, aa the French Grand
Orient could not effect these changes
without affecting the Whole Maeonic
body throughout the world. Tbe lim
its of Freemasonry being very wide,
included Roman Cat h dice, Protestant a
Mussulmans, Calviniste, Lutheran*,
and Jewe, who were all bound by the
principles of religion, and there could
be no such principle without God. A
committee was appointed to inquire
into and report upon the subject
—The little French prince imperial
is booked for marriage with the daugh
ter of the ex queen Isabella of Spain,
and aisle* of King Alfonso. Ha should
be married next month at the Bame
time with Alfonso. Isabella has saved
a good deal of cash ont of the general
wreck, and so has old Christina, her
mot her. They are pushing large claii
agaiiibt the Spanish government Mbo,
amounting to some millions, and can
give Ihe girl a good dowry. Alfonso’s
future wife, the infanta Merceries,
daughter of the Duke of Montpensiei
and Isabella's sister Louisa, is getting
her bridal dress made in Paris now. It
is described as beiog Composed of white
voltct with a train “five yards in length
and trimmed with fringe mixed with
silver. Tne front ol the robe is in
Lyons satin ornamented with pearls.
Nine diamond broaches with pendant!
and a mantilla of ''point a raiyui ie*
(bearing the arms of Spain and ail the
royal families which have been united
by marriage to tbe royal Spanish race)
will finish this magnificert toilet.
rOLl+ACAZ, COMMENT.
—Treasury girls, Mr. Congressman
Blount, of Georgia, ia a bachelor.
New York, Herald, ind.
—Mr. Hayes hasn't any second-term
worry, and that that takes a great load
eff his mind.—Springfield Republican,
rep.
- A general > ssembly ought at once
sweep avray the last vestige of parisan
rancor and sectional strife.—Now York
World, dtin..
-'’Hayes is trying to do too much
the country, and all the time the party
is goii g to pieces.—Philadelphia Times,
ind.
—There are good reasons for believ
that Lawyer Evarts has ceased to .
gard his de facto secretaryship as
eienping-stone to the place of president.
—New York Sun, ind.
— General Toombs is going to the
Paris exposition next summer, and
saya he does not wish to go as a com<
mireioner bat as a gentleman. Does he
mean thnt the commissioners a.e not
going as gentlemen ?-Boston Adver
tiser, rep.
—Evarte* friends say that Schnrz _
the Jonah who is imperiling the snip,
while Schnrs's friends are equally con
fident that it is Evarts. As to the rest
rt the crew it is doubtful if the would
be broken-heerted if loth were thrown
overboard. —Occam*:i Times, rep.
—Can any one toil ns when and
where a woman was executed by the
law in this country daring ;he last ten
years? lf there are any mstarc-s we
do not recall them.-[Bos. P.*at ] O
yea; women are still hanged in Geor
gia. Gov. Smith esq give you the pt r-
tienlars.—[Louisville Courier Journal,
dem. .
Harkness and Grantland began its
labors Thursday morning at the city
hall with Judge J. D. Sherrill presid
ing. After organization the court pro
ceeded to take testimony and is still
engaged with the numerous witnesses
who have been subpoenaed. It is im
possible to tell when it will get through
as it ia a long, slow, tedious task and we BeiUtet: Prof. DaWolt
cannot, of coarse, sarmise what will be
the result until a full hearing is had.
W. N. McDonald, an ex-Ta> lore-1 All others have evaded arrest, and still
ville tax constable, and formerly of I bid defianrr to the laws of tbe at t*.
Memphis, Tenn., was fatally shot’ on I This te-rible condition of tfl irs mus
the 22d, at the former place, by Thoe. cerse; the laws must b - enforced, and
Bishop.
—The Charleston, S C, descendant
! the /Pilgrim Fathers celebrated the
fty eighth Anniversary of their New
E iglaud society i in that city on the
—The absnrd proposal to annex Li
beria to the Uuited States, which has
recently been made by a number of
rontheru demagogues, many of them
colored men; is not likely to meet with
much favor in the negro republic. Ac
cording 10 recent advices from the west
coast of Africa, it seems that the Libe
rian government has no desire to en.er
into closer relations with this country,
but is exceedingly aDxions for a more
intimate connection with Eugland. T<
this end, aud for the pnrpoee, if possi
ble, of negotiatings loan of $10 000,100
recently authorized, a native Lbe.ian
envoy is shortly 10 be dispatched to the
court of tit. Jameo’. These facts are
worthy of consideration in connection
with die exceedingly wild statement*
recently made in the sonih regarding
Liberia, and the anxiety of the govern
ment to euconrage emigration from the
United States.
—The Columbus Times has had an
interview with Major Moees teaching
the present status of the North and
Sonth railroad. Major Moees, it will be
remembered, bid off the road for $40,-
500 several weeks ago when it was sold
by the state. He bid it eff with a hope
of saving it to Columbus, and expected
that the people here would raise the
money at once. In this he was disap
pointed—Columbus, which is a great
town in many respects, is powerful
elow when it comes to taking a step
which will do her great good. Like
the “piney woods turtle,” she needs a
coal of fire on her back to make
her move. She failed
move in this matter, and
though M*jor Moees made liberal ar
rangements with the governor, nobody
here could be induced to step forward
and pat up a little money on the bid.
Seeing that he could expect nothing
from Columbus Major Mows, entered
into negotiations with some New Yorx
parties hoping to induce them to put
up the money and take the road as an
investment. Be-fore he could arrive at
any dt Suite understanding with these
parties his time for raisit g tne money
bad expired and bo the bid was consid
ered cancelled. Just at this juncture,
Mr. Kelly, who represents the Ala
bama nnd Chattanooga railroad,
stepped in and, it is believed by Major
Moses, has bought the road. Ii is
probable that the A. & C. road has
taken it as a speculation and after run
ning it across the mountain will pot it
np for snle again. Seventy thousand
dollars will take up the bid and extend
the road. When extended and oper-
a ed for two or three years it will be
worth di uble the morey.
If it be true that Kelley has bought
the road, and that the Alabama and
Chattanooga road is going to extend
over Pice Mountain, it is glorious news
for Columbus. When the North aud
South road g.-la over the mountain,
thousands of bales of cotton which now
go to Weet Point, LaGrarge, and other
points, will come here, and all the Mer
iwether and upper Harris Cuunty trade
which Columbus once had will come
back to her. We sincerely trust that
the matter is to have this favorable
issue.
H ntoc Home Journal: We alwayi
regret to Bee families se.ling out, house
hold goods being sacrificed under the
aulioneet's relentless hammer, and the
owners preparing to seek the fickle g-ai
des*—fortune—in new and strange
countries. Often it proves indeed
wild gor ee chase, and the change
made from had to worse. Only a few
find benefit and increase in wealth, or
rise in eocial position. The many find
their dearest Leper b'ighted, aud have
to face the bitter foe, misfortuue, in the
shape of dhe&se and poverty, among
uusfmpathizing neighbors and faraway
from the scenes r» n lered dear by s creu
associations. Our best wishes always
go with the emigrants.
—Columbus Enquirer: A duel wa 1
fought yesterday morning just upjtosite
Columbus, on the Alabama side, be
tween Messrs. Washington Drssau and
G W Gustin as principals, with R W
Patterson and A. P. Whittle as seconds
respectively. These gentlemen, all
the legal profession, reside in Macon,.
Georgia, and are young men. The
weapousnsed were pistols,the distance
chosen fif een paces. Dr. George
Grimes, of thi* city, was the surgeon
nresent. Two shots were exchanged,
after which the “affair of honor” was
honorably and amicably settled. No
oue waa hurt. ’The party
went to the grounds in a quiet manner,
ar.d returned to the city
and demeaned themselves in such a
way as to try te prevent comment or
any excitement whatsoever. The ori
gin of the duel w^sone, of course, of a
—The sonth is said to have made a
bargain with Mr. Hf.yes. Was it a bar
gain to receive and rely on the assur
ance that Mr. Hayes, when president,
w- uld do his duty under the constitu
tion ? There was no other bargaining
then this. Indeed, the south has every
reason to be disa ppointed at the wide
difference between promise aud per
formance on the part of the president.
In making appointments in the south
there is little evidence that Mr Hayes
!Z better or woree than his predecessor.
From Mr Hayes the south now expects
nothing be ter than fine words. It is
his fault if more than that was at one
time looked for. Nevertheless, the
sho'tcomings of Mr. Hayes are not
sufficient to excite any sympathy with
his present aetailants. Nor will the
country pay much head to an indict
ment draws’ by politicians so reckless
and und unscrupulous as the Chandle a
and Blaines Mr. Hayes ia as far above
them as he is below tbe group of the
presidents who gavfe dighity and stabil
ity to the newly-born* republic.—
Charleston News and Courier, dem.
—Amonz the most absurd proposi-
lions that have recently attracted the
attention of this government is tha!
which relates to the taking measure;
for the recovery from tho bank of
England of balances remaining to the
credit of the southern confederacy at
the time of its collapse. This is a cun
ningly devised trap that has been in
vented for the purpose of betraying
this gsvernment into some sort of re
cognition of the confederacy tnat will
commit it by way of precedent, s 1 that
it cin be held responsible for i:s conse
quences. Most assuredly if
we put . ourselves in a po
sition te collect moneys doe the com
lederacy. we cannot consistently de
cline to pay its indebtedness. We are
of opinion that this government lias
sufficiently committed itself to the
confederacy wnen we honor its war
riors and statesmen with places in the
administration of its affairs, without
bec lining the executor oi its estate in
Eugland or elsewhere. Thus under
the encouragement which comes of
preferring a confederate to a union
soldier in filling the places in the gov
ernment, those who failed to overthrow
it are making gradual approaches to its
capture.—^Washington National Repub
lican, rep.
MOUND A BO Ul IN OEORUIA.
— A j )ke must not only have powder
iu it, but the fuBe mast be fixed so it
wiil explode right under their noses be
fore some of these western editors can
see a joke. Tne Courier-Journal now
ups and says that “the Georgia legisla
ture will be petitioned to inhibit the
sale of tobacco to minors.”
- L ; ttle Willie Matthews, of Oath-
Oert, is lying in s very critical condition.
He was in the woods hunting last Tues
day, when his gun went off accidentally,
kicking him in the stomach. He fell
speechless, and has been in that condi
tion ever since.
—The poems of Paul Hayne are em
braced in the curriculum of the eenior
class of the Texas Military Institute,
—Rey. A. C. Reese, of Carrollton.,
the Times says, has killed the finest
wild turkey of the season. It weighed
twenty-tour pounds.
—At last accounts, the O nnt Jo
bonnes B. G. was heading for Atlanta
He wants to spend the New Year as
far away from T nomas ville as possible.
—Even in Butler, Taylor c Minty, the
popping of the occasional fire-cracker
was prohibited by the city counciL
—Mr. Hodges, late associate editor of
the Perry Home Journal, has severed
his connection wi:h that paper.
— Judge Wm. P. Smith has levied the
Gainesville street railroad.
—The SammerviUe Gazette has
dosed its fourth volume.
—TLe Griffin Nq»b says that the
court election case between Messrs.
private nature, which concerns no one
except the parties thereto. All con
cerned are gentlemen of the highest
standit-g The fight took place about
daylight between the plantations of
Mr. James Abercrombie, deceased, and
Mr. Hale, probably two miles from the
cay Only the five persons named were
present. Ic is reported they fought
with Smith & Wesson's pi*to1s, navy
size. The parties went thither in car
riages. x
— Cedartown Express: The mail
hack came as usual on Thursday morn
ing, crossing Cedar creek on the bridit*
at Haney’s mill. On i«s return, the
driver, a negro, concluded to crons at
the upper ford. He Lad on board two
passengers, a commercial agent named
F .A Butler, whose residence is Knox
ville, but U doing burinees for the
fi;m of Pcnnimau & Brother of Balti
more, and a negro named Jack Ste
phenson, of Cave Spring. From what
we can learn the mgro driver aud tbe
negro passenger were nnder the influ
ence (f liquor, so much so, that Mr.
Butler refused to cross the stream. He
jumped ont The negroes, hack, horses
and mail were swept down the t-trenm
The negro passenger and horses were
drowned. His body has Bince bc*en
fonnd. The mail and Mr, B.'* bapgape
was lo3t. Ma&rs Haire and Richey,
two beef merchants of this pi. c». hired
a horse and buegv from II. P L-ia.p
kin to go to Cave Spring They at
tempteu to cro*s the tame etreem at
the lower ford, but were swept away
The young men escaped drowning, but
the ho K: wav drowned and the buggy
torn to ; ieces. I*, is repor ei that a
wagoner with ids v«g >n attempted to
cress and wu* swept away. We cm
obtain nothing aulhei.tic f cm
The ab >ve is given a* ;he IaU st. Fur
ther developments may bri g sadder
news.
j> irs ia n x s.
—S. Mars, a R enmond, Va., yoiirg
mau, w»« commit led to j <ii, on the
24 h, for forgery.
—William fffcfs. of Bader eoun'y,
N. C, was dr w eu in a fla .poud ueai
£!ain't* mill on the 18 h.
—The Greenville (*S. C.) Eiterprise
reports the suicide o'* G. He.<ry Hiett
nc^r that pi.co last Fi dvy.
—The ehiaraent of oranges from the
S*. John’ 8 river country iw, so far,
nearly double that rf previous years.
The city of Jacksonville is ye: in
deb:?d $120) in rcrip to : arses tern
from tlint place to Fe»nandiua.
—The Carolina Spartan announce**
the death of B .rry H rlan, a respecta
ble cvlored man of 115 y^ars of age.
— Burt R:g-da'e, of Milan. Tennes
see, wh- u*6..ul ed on the 20 h by two
negroes, and his throat dignity bu.not
fatally cut*
—The Wadesboro (N. O) Herald
says Mr. Wilbur lfonnau, if Randolph
county, fell in a well Friday and was
fatfclly injured.
— Petersburg (Va ) Index and Ap
peal 1 Mies R -gerp, a Wake county, N.
C., centenarian spinster, h*s cat her
third set of teeth.
—Ihe Mt Airy (N. C) Watchman
learns that Wm. Cloud,' of Patrick
county, V*l, knocked his ,wife in the
head ai d then cu r her forest.
—The Floyd (Va ) Reporter announc
es tbe acquittal of Jos. P. and Pieakant
Nowlin, in Franklin county.
—The commonwealth of Virginia
recovered a judgment for $11,000
agiinst the sureties of Richmond, the
erstwhile Caroline county treasurer, on
the 21-it.
—The New Orleans Democrat an
nounces the contemplated resignation
oi General McMiUen as a member of
the house of representatives from the
Carroll parish.
—The Rothchild murder trial at Jef
ferson, Texas, has been continued un
til the April term and Rothchild re
manded to jail.
—A eteam launch, built in England
tor Mr. Aator, arrived on tbe Divid
Clark, at Jacksonville, Fla. Thursday
last.
—JL F. Waters,cf Charlottesville, V
waa recently drowned while attempt
ing to crews 1 (ie Yellowstone river in
Montana. - ' v '
in the city, and is going to ride fifty
mile? wi hln two and a quarter hours,
twelve Lurees changing uorsee eve-
mile.
—Orange county, Fla, expects to
win iiteg priz > at the approaching state
fair to be held iu J .t ksonville, for the
beet display of tropical frmta and agri
cultural products.
—It is said that Simon Conover, of
New Jersey, sr.d carpet bag senator
irom Florida, will be an independent
candid fte in Le m county, next year,
for the itt tsuate.
-Shelby (X. C.) Aurora: A little
daughter of W m. \Y right, about seven
vears c!d was burned to death near
Double Springs church, in this county,
recently.
—John Baxter received his commis
sion ni» United S ites circuit judge Sat
urday, and took the oath oi office at
Knoxville, Tenn He will enter upon
nie duties at the January term of tlie
federal court in that city.
•The Raleigh (N. C ) Observer's
Favetteville dv patch announces the
killing of a colored man at that piece
named Matthew Morgan bv a white
man nafhed Lett Sikes. Sikes was
promptly arrea ed and lodged in jail.
—The C>nc'»rd (N. 0) Register’s
Mecklenburg county letter speaks of
the destruction by fire of John Mean's
house, near the Cabarrus line, and of
the suff<>cation of a six or eight year
old boy in the flvmcs.
-There has been a drouth in the
vicinity of R o Grande, Texas, since
April. In consequence there is no
pasta rage there, aud the suffering stock
ib only kept alive by feeding off the
prickly pear, from which the thorns
are first cut.
—New Orleans eocial circles are re
tried te be agitated over the hidden
dentity of the lady member of one of
the prominent families of the city who
lately d ed in New Yorx nnder such sad
circumstances, and who figured as Mrs.
May Bell.
All the unoccupied stores am
warehouses in Tampa, Florida, are used
for packing oranges. There are nine
business houses engaged in packing and
shipping oranges, giving employment
to mnuy persona.
—A real “live” duke and duchess
were in Cedar Keys, Florida, some time
ago. Tiipee were the Duke and Duch
ess Foster, from Sweden via England.
They are now on so excursion to sonth
Florida, having chartered a boat from
the Keys for the trip.
Richmond Dispatch: The superin
tendent of public instruction has issued
a circular notifying countv and city
superintendents of a dividend of 25
cents per head of school population
amounting altogether to $120 92525.
Richmond city gets $ 188 50; Henrico,
$1,431; Hanover, $1 559.75; Chester-
field, $1322 25; Manchester, $458 75.
—Conway, Arkansas, Traveler: A
gentleman of this town possesses a
chair that, according to the statement of
different parties, once belonged to An
drew J ckson, having been presented to
him daring one of his heated campaigns
by an admiring triend. The chair is
constructed of hickory saplings, skill
fully woven together, is very stout and
has quite a capacity of 8f at.
—The Wilmington (N. C.) Star re*-
ports the failure of the jury to agree in
the Pender superior coart in the case
of a Brinson county white man who was
charged with stealing a five cent spool
of cotton. This is the third trial, tbe
case having been twice before the Sam
son county court. The three trials have
cost the two counties nearly three hun
dred dollars.
—Tue Farmville (Va.) Mercury has
information from Richmond that some
years ago a member of the state senate
stated that he believed a half million
of dollars had been stolen “ down in
the basement’* of the capitol. A leading
detective said to-day that if the legisla
ture wou'd r ffer a reward he was in
possession of c’ues that would lead to
tlie detection of certain parties never
snspecied.
—New Orleans Democrat: It is re
ported at the city hall that Major E. A.
A. Burke proposes to institute legal
proceedings against Mr. Thos. Layton,
president, and the directors of the
Southern Bank, claiming one hundred
thousand dollars damages for the ac
tion of the bank in preventing the can
cellation of M*jor Burke's bind as ad
ministrator of improvements daring
the years 1875 and 1876
—Rev. Dr. Lafferty, of the Richmond
Va, Christian Advocate, is mentioned
as a candidate for the vacancy created
at Bishop Marvin’s death, which the
Dispatch of that city deems to be an
improper choice, inasmuch as those
who wi»h to be bishops mustn't make
people laugh.
—Henry Schreiber, convicted at New
Orleans for embezziemt ntlast January
criinii als be brought before the courts
for trial, >r tho'p»op'e will inaugurate
court uior3 terrible, speedy and sure
than that n cogr. xsi\ bv fuod.vnen'fcl
’.aw. As a I-.w-abidiiig cit x :n, we irn-t
such a m s >rt wiP not be made c.mpul
sory Ilur. ae must have protect! jo for
l»fo, and if the legs lv c irstitutcd au-
thori ie; fail 10 affotd it, theu Judge
Lynch will b; 1 fore, il to strike terro*
to the be.Tts o: evil d -ers, by c invert-
the limbs of r« e* into gibbets, ar.d
removing the 0. u.tiry ct rcu h&n*ic<l
mm'.1. reis **
—J. H. Whairier, thffTSforeh Carolina
Uiisu-rian. iu his account c f the early
litne.' and rn.-a *..i A.term me county,
quotes from Si rauchey's ( ec- tary ol
the colony o' Vi’gtnG iu 161b; ‘•Hn-
terii of Travalic 1 ' the following noiic*'
of the L di*’i prince*: “Ihe young
woman go rot sholowidin their own
ompany until they Ins uigU eleven or
twelve ret Urn* of the leaf old, u^r are
they much ashamed there* f; and Po-
chahuntas, a welt featured but wauioti
young girl, PowaUn's (laugh.or, some'
times resorting to our fori,of the age o*
ten or twelve year*, got the troys forth
with her into the market place and
made them wheel, foiling on their
hands turning their heels upward,
whom «h3 would f dlow, ac 1 wheel so
herse f, naked aj she w«e, *.11 the fort
over. The ereat King Preplan called
a young daugVe’-of his, whom he
loved so well, P.chabu'i’ae, which may
signify a L i e wanton/’
Elizabethtown (Ky.) N ‘ws Char
lotte (Va.) letter: Elgar A. Poe was a
amdentof this university when he was
18 years of age (1826.) I am informed
by a class mate of his, Wm. Werten-
baker, Esq, the university librarian,
AGRICULTURAL.
.mo: iirr nova UPON rtf kpa hm.
of lou FI » IHK-Thf .l*e *-f t nwl»
t’lu«lnz-Euilsr»ll:)n l.* u.vri; t%
Be uiliil -a Heme.
muter, , iuo university iiuiauau,
that Poe was a student whilst here,
having obtained distinction in several
studies. He pronounced as false tbe
statement of Mr. Griswold, who wrote
his first memoirs, that he was expelled
from tbe university, Poe, he says, was
fond of gaming, and lost large amounts
of money at the earth table whilst here;
he expressed much regret to my infor
mant on one occasion that he had con
tracted large debts at gambling, and
fixed the amount at $2,000, but he was
earnest and emphatic in the declara
tion that they were debts of honor,
and he intended to pav them as soon
Jaa he could. Like many school boys
d^reho are doffed “bad,” he had that
school boy propensity of nting his
knife npon tne benches; his name is
cut on a bench in one of the lecture
hall*, aud also on the mantle in the
room he occnnied.
A NOBTUMM* BUGBEAR.
and sentenced to the West Virginia
E diiiieiitiaiy for one year and a day,
oh been pardoned by the president,
and Fred Baxter, convicted ot the same
offense in the same city, hxs been
r quistiioned to Philadelphia for trial.
—New Orleans Democrat: John E
B »ehler, Jr., charged by Mr. John E
Linglea, president of the New Orleans
Sanitary Excavating company, with
breach of trust ana embezzlement of
funds to the amount of $1 000, was
to answer before the superior criminal
court, under $2500 bond. Boehler
went to prison in default.
—Gotz ties County (Texas) Enquirer:
The banks in to wn are full of mortgage*,
deeds of trust and unpaid notee; our
merchants* safes are full of unsettled
bills; the sheriff has thousands of dol
lars of unpaid tax accounts, and tbe
people have nothing but their property
with which lo pay either.
—Bishop J. W. Hood, on the recent
Salisbury, N. C. colored conference:
The title of the connection whose con-
fererce assembled in Salisbury is the
“African Methodist Epit-copal Z or
C lurch in America.” It has no con
uection w hatever with tho M. E. church
north. Oi the 220,000members report
ed at the last general conference, not
more than 20,000 are in the northern
states. As the title indicates, our
church is composed of colored people.
Oar preachers, from- bishops down, are
a.l colored. The south, by its great
preponderance in numbers, exercises a
controlling influence in the general con
ferences.
—Danville (Va.) Register: We heard
of a curious case of absorption the
other day, which will be of interest to
the medical profession at least. A
negro woman of Henry eonnty, about
sixty years 01 age, and formerly the
property of J. R Fontaine, deceased,
was ill lor a long lime, and imagined
♦liat ahe was “tricked.” She died, bat
previous to death requested Dr. Smith
to make a pott mortem examination,
which he did, aud found in the uterns
the remnants of a feet us, part of the
* knll and other bones remaining. The
fretus, it is not doubted, had been there
k number of years, and had been nearly
all taken np by atMorption, thus caus
ing ill health and ♦foa , h.
—New Or'.eius Democrat, 22!: We
understand that the mayor and city ad
miuistrators were yesterday put in
mind by the attorneys representing the
old consolidated city bondholders of
the propriety of levying the special tax
required by the celebrated thirly-
B**v-*nth section of * he consolidab d ac* of
1852, to be assembled in January next,
and that it was intimated to those offi
cers that in default of buch asse^mem
their official sureties will be held re
sponsible.
—Alexandria (Va.) Gazette©, 221: A
final decision has not yet been rendered
ia all of Mr. McVeigh's cum. On yes-
tarday the chief j notice oflhe supreme
ct urt of the United S ates, in the care
of the bank cf the Old Dominion vs.
McVeigh, npon the application of the
bank,granted a writ of error in the judg
ment of tbe supreme c^urt of appeals
of Virginia. It is understood th t the
writ of error will also be applied for '
the same court.
—In the yacht race for the ambsse
dre a stakes, run on the 8*. John's river
on Christmas, nnder the auspices of the
Florida yacht club, the yacht “Georgia”
won the first prize, ana the “Sadie” tie
second prize in the first class. The
“Lottie” won the first pr'se, and the
“Henrietta” the second prize in the
rccond cla*s, and “White Cloud" the
firs: prize and “Ruth” the second prize
in the third class.
—“ Eight homicides in one year, and
only one party has manifested a dispo
^ition to court a judicial investigation
FROM MR. M A TUB.
Editor Patriot: During the fall
and before my retirement from the
Patriot, I saw it frequently charged in
republican papers that the southern
democracy intended in case they ever
got control of the government to make
an effort to pension confederate sol
diers for injuries received while in the
rebel army. This I thought very un
reasonable, verv unjust to the southern
people, and hence a very improper
thing to publish. In order therefore,
that I might be able to give my reader*
correct imoimation on thia very imror
tant question I wrote to Henator Ben
jamin H. Hill, of Georgia, as
a representative southern man for
his views on the question for
publication. No reply was received
until a few days since, when the fol
lowing lengthy and trank expression
on the subject in Mr. Hill's own hand
writing arrived, aud whiah I hand you
for insertion in tbe Patriot, hoping
that it be re copied extensively by th*»
press both in the north and south, and
that its publication may do much to
wards bringing ab mt a better under
standing between the two .formerly an
tagonistic sections of our common
country.
Many foolish and impractical) e meas
ures are advocated by extremists of
the south, yet much needless fear ex
ists in the northern mind as to south
ern intention*, and I believe that this
letter af Senator Hill if generally read,
would have much to do with curinu
both these evils. Hoping, therefore,
that you may find room f »r the valua
ble communication in your next issue,
and that it may find its way to the
readers of many other journals through
out the country, I leave you the origi
nal, which reads as follows:
W. H- Mails.
FR M SENATOR REN IIILL.
U- 8. Senate Chamber.
Washington, Dec. 17, 1877.
Mr. W. H. Maple, editor of the
Chariton Patriot,Chariton, Iowa: Dear
Bir—I beg that you will pardon this
delay in answering your kind letter ol
Octol>er 25 h. It waa laid aside for care
ful attention, and, in the pressure of
engagements, was neglected.
You state that “much is being said iu
the northern press in regard to the eui»*
posed intention of thesou hern democ
racy to claim, (in the event of obtain
ing power), pensions from the United
States government for confederate sol
diers ou account of injuries received
dnring the late war.” Yon, therefore,
ask “my views, and, so far as I know,
the views of southern statesmen gen
©rally on this subject.”
The patriotic expressions with which
you nccompany this enquiry, ss well ss
the importance of promoting a correct
understanding of each other by the
peopled the different Kectfoneof our
country, entitle you toji frank and ex
plicir answer.
I do not know a single public man in
the soul h who entertains the iuea, in
any possible contingency, of claiming
i»en8Mn8 from the United Buttes gov
eminent for confederate soldiers Such
a claim would be absurd ia itself, and
is clearly included iu the prohibitions
of section four of the 14th ‘amendment
to the constitution. By the terms of
that section every man who takes an
oath to support the constitution ie
bound to provide for paying pension*
to the federal soldier*, and is equally
bound not to provide for pavii g any
pension to confederate soldier*, nor
“any debt or obligation,” incurred it
aid of the confederate stales. Thi*
constitutional provision in thiB amend
meat 14, cannot be changed by the
southern democracy if every man in
the sonth desired the change, and 1 do
not know of one, nor do I believe there
is one, who would, under any circum
stances, ask the change.
It is deep'y to be regretted by evfcry
true patriot that so m my things arc
said by the press and leaders of the re
spective sections to keep alive a dis
trust of each other among the people ol
the different sections. This, in mj
opinion, is the greatest sin of this gen
©ration, and it ia the most common sin
To ere is scarcely a day that. 1 do no;
read or hear something of th t motives,
or purposes, tempera or conduct of th*
southern people which is not only un
true,but which ia actually tnanu/fecturod
for the sole purpose of keeping alivt
the passions of the war for mere parti
san purposes. It is eften said that il
tlie southern democracy obtained i-o*er
they will claim pay for their siaves.and
for their confederate debts, etc., and
yet every “debt, obligation and claim”
of this kind is exoret-ffly declared “ille
gal and void” by the 4th section of the
14ih amendment. 80 it is otteu said
we will refuse 10 pay the pensions to
tbe federal soldiers, and yet the same
action of the 14 h amendment express
ly declares that “the pub.ic debt of the
Uuited States including then® pensions
and bonntie ,” “shall never beqms
lioned.” And I tell you now the
southern senators and representative-
never wifi question them, but will
always pay them cheerfully, faithfully
and Uberally.
The truth is, the brave men who
f jught the war aud the people who bore
its losses have long since agreed it
should end. Certain politicians, who
took none of its hazards, who bore none
of its losses, bat who reaped much of
i:s spoil, and who live upon its pusiqus
and owe'ail their greatness to it* follies
and crimes, are not willing that the war
shall ever end I hope that all the
people of both sections will food learn
tbe plain, truthful lesson, that no man
is or cin be either a statesman or a i*a
triot, who teachts the people of OLe
section to hate or distrust the people
of another section of a common coun
try.
We, of the north and south, have had
d : ff rences. Tho*e differences have
been feettled, and neither statesmen,
patriots or honest men will do any
thing to disturb or re-open the settle
ment, but will do all in their power to
re-inap;re mutual confidence and g >od
will
With high regard, I am
Yours very truly,
Betti. U. Hill.
I'.mlgrn’lMjr iu Umnla
A cnrreapoi deot o. r the Ard >rmn
(SC) ImelPgancer say*: Georgia,} er-
haps more than any other soutl.»rn
*tate bcioi gir.g to the cotton belt,is e.i-
rirhei by her miuea of iron ore, gold,
mica, copper, j-ta:e, etc In the lime*
Btohft region, the burning and prepara
tion of l>mo will, at no tiinu ut day,
become an important branch of indin-
•ry. Her timber and water power
un*urp*s c ed, her soil fruitin', and cli
mate salubrious, Georgia present* the
richer, attractions to the intelligent
emigrant.
Mure • tlenilon.
In some matters connected with
farming, p'auters do not bestow the
pains, c»re and requisites necessary.
Iu the matter of hog raising, too
many neglect to look sufficiently af
ter tueir hogs, and satisfy their con*
reiences buying meat, hy saying they
cannot rah e it. It ro quires c a ie and
o&in* and fo'd, to raise a sufficiency
• .f f *od to do a form. Give your
hogs a plenty tfgood food. A fow
icres of clover for h g* to gr; ze, a fow
in pease, anil in addition to thoe, corn,
and no man cvn complain cf not being
able to raise meat.
Flwral Items,
—If yon would have beautiful plants
and a profusion ol flowers and foii&ge,
use rich soil.
—Yon will gain nothing by placing
your seeds or plants in the open ground
before the wesson is warm enough for
things to start well. The best time for
this work is directly before or after a
rain. After a rain the soil is loaded
with water and evaporation takes place
slowly.
—By shading the ground when seeds
have been sowm, with glass or paper
until the seedlings commence to push
through the soil, a very little tprick
ling will suffice. As scon as the seeds
sprout the shades should be taken
aw«y.
—Seeds rhould be sown in fine,
porous 8-til,either naturally so or made
so by culture or adding eaud.
— If seedlings are to be transplanted,
do so before they became tall and
weak. As soon as the second set of
leaves appear it may be done.
—As to the summer manngement,the
soil should be frequently stirred during
the growing season, and especially soon
after a shower. Finely breaking the
urfabt- with a hoe or email rake after a
rain will enable it to retain moisture
much longer than if left to become
hard.
—Provide etri 1 gs, stakes and trellises
to climbers to top heavy plants, aud to
guide the yonng tend rills cf climbers
that aie stretching < ut for support.
—Study to iinDrove the sh^pe and
beauty of plants hv jndicions stopping
or pruning. Siuiply pinching out the
terminal eye of most kinds will not
mar their beauty, while it will cause
new branches to strike out below iu a
way th A will greatly improve them.
Beautify Tour Hamm.
Why, farmer, should not your home
be made pleasant and attractive? Why
not surround your house with ever
greens and flowers? *Tis true that
japoufea’s, fuchsias, hibiscus,l.iutanr. as,
magnolias, veronicas, formosaa, ami
verbenas, may require too much care
aud attention. D so. Adorn and beau
tify your homes with such vines and
flowers as all love, and that do not re
quire extra attention. Have bushes ut
honeysuckle, bowers of sweet briar.
Let jessamine cluster around the walls,
and gilly flowers scent the air. Have
roses and lilies, and banks of violets.
These things will add so much to the
attractiveness of your home. Then too,
the cultivation of a few flowers is a del
icate pleasure, bring joy to the heart,
and awakens gentle emotions of senti
ment. The hand that cuitiv n tee flowers
is not closed against theory of the poor,
nor the wants of the weary.
Would Like to Nov
Ye-! we would like to see Georgia
filling up with good citizens, aud par
ticularly tansiem. With formers who
arc able to buy small farms, wirii en
terprise to beautify them, and with
energy and good judgment to work
Iheir lands so as to in; we their hums
sustaining, Good, practical working
men, with some little means, is wlmt
we want. Farming, like every other
business, requires some little monev,
for he who depends on merchants, or
others for all they eat or wear, for
money to buy stock, tools, Ac, will
Hod that farming in that wry does not
pay anywhere. Every day we see peo
ple leaving Georgia to g*> west, some
say we should take steps to induce our
people to remain where they are, ;f
for no other reason, to keep outsiders
from finding out that Georgia is not a
good place to go to, as her people are
forced to try some other sta?e to mnkw
a living. Other states must *ee pros
perity anroug us, that we can support
ourselves, and in a great measure live
within oureelves, b.lore they will give
us thtir citizen#.
AKrtcnlturnl Pim
—The total yield of the vintage for
champagne this vear is raid not to ex
ceed 2,200,000 gollona.
—The Oiiio State Agricultural pocie y
takes ground in favor of the preserva
tion and renewal of f« .rests.
—Tlie straw* ^*f wheat, rye and oats,
contains about five per cent of a*h.
—John Johnson, the voter n New
York farmer, has frequently fed out to
his ctitle forty-five tuna of oil cake per
year. He has always argued that
xrain and stock and grain raising must
go together whore it is propoteJ to
keep up the fertility of tbe soil.
—One pound of corn, oats or barley,
is ooaal, as regard the food it furnishes,
to 7) pounds of mangel*, 10$ pounds
of Bwedes, 115 pounds of hay, 3j
pounds of straw, or 85 pounds of cab
bage.
Ueorjcln Rural Kulea.
—On Georgia soil every product con
ducive to comfort, health and luxury
is, under the blessing of heaven, at the
command of the cuL tvator.
—There are hundreds of acres of land
in Georgia that are fit places for man to
beautify, over them tbe plow should
pats, aud on them flocks and herds
should feed.
—The State Agricultural s'icietjr will
hold its February meeting in Ameri
cas.
— The following officers are to serve
♦be Mate grange tne current year: Col.
8. J. Harrington, of Colbert, was elected
worthy master, vice Hon. W. H. cham
bers, resigned ; L 8. McCurdy, secre
tary, vice General E. M. Law, resigned;
I. F. Culver and 8. A. Bparkman, mem
bers of the executive committee, and
Colonel Chamber* was unanimously
elected state lecturer.
Rural Brcillira.
—The cultivation of flowers baa a
tendency to soften the affections- they
endow the earth with poetry of thought
and lead us tea life of pare and just
motives.
—An apathetic disregtrd of order,
’tdutiry and perseverance by the far
mer will be seen on bis farm in many
unfortunate results..
— In agricultural business there are
two extremes. At the one extreme is
placed the reckless speculator who
catches at every new theory, however
visionary ; at the other, he with whom
a fufficient reason for avoiding every
improvement, however much recom
mended by experience, is iust that it
is an inteiferecce with old rules and
habits.
tm *ie«r P«wl<.
If a ben’s spur ie hard and tbe scales
ou the leg-i are rough, she is old- A
yonng hen has small sour*: the legs are
mootn, the claw* tender aud short,! he
comb thin and atr oth.
An old turkey h is rcuvh tcalra on
the legs, ai d long, s;roii - claws. Thee
is a d fl renc - in size of the wattles of
the neck and the e’astic shoot u;*on
the nose, between an old and young
turkey. ,
An old go:’.se hn» rough L gs strong
wing*, a thick bill, a leuden e * of skin
und« T *he wings, ar d a c^ar-ei et*B of
the skin.
A young p g»u has pale color,
smooth w-dv’ii, louder, ard yellow long
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