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■ r 1.B* "*S» TIIE C'INSTITUTION PUB. CO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878. No. 47, Volume X TEICStS OF THE CONSTITUTION «• iw <10: t)i ■ «, par^c 1. mA wiuUCLT EDITION. ro*kl "JJ'.D 10; tlx Mtk* |1 00. n,Oil*la UHK«TIO!VS.—Look M the |M 1.w (lu .... ^ -ih«ri[*lu> u>tM FeeweeA it.*Mw to MMl’ .1 BB.I — ■ ‘ Bb BI..BB nruTKct, AUlLta. CM. IIcrcniK", of tha Waabincton Poet, I, accoaad of writing lore lettera to O over. Col A Mi.eoa Gtnoa, of the New York Son, !a among the champion coc- aaltiata of tha a<e. Paevi, b.. gjoa 10 F.orlda toonnenlt with McL o. Mattara era rapidly caning to a head. MrLtn ia ahead of Ham Bard. Sam onl) nominated a preaident, but McLin alcc*ed one; bat at tha aama lima Bard ahoold have credit for what be did. It ia to be hoped that tha repnb’iean campaigner, who are to ba cant aonth will avoid tha han-rooat maaa mac tin g which made the carpet-baggers eo familiarly odiona A mono tha board of visitors to the naval academy for the Jane anamina tion, we notice the name of Daniel S Printnp, of Roma. Rear-Admiral Worden ia at the head of the list. PcaTMAersB Use seal. Kar threat- etH, regard leer of General Ur vena' law, to embargo the lottery mails. The people will sanction each a step, whether Devena does or not. Wrils the able metropolitan j inr- nala are bragging over the feats of their pedestrians, it ahoold not be forgotten that Georgia has an editor who can gallop up and down Lookout Mountain ^"without atopr.in* for refreshments. Aaornaa apple shooting tragedy has occurred—this time in Indiana. The ball miaaed the apple on the woman's bead ggd hit * boy who ' Waa playing on the on> aide of the c« ran. The little fellow never knew what bnrt him. 01 ciuree it waa "accidental,’’ but acta should be speedily paaeed providing proper pun ishment for local authorities that par- mit such exhibitions to take place. Rditoeial j ke, as related by Gil Rchetd W. Grubb, of the Dtrlen Uaaetle: At Chattanooga,vebidee were celled into requisition to ascend tha mountain. When these were brought out a prominent colonel remarked. "I have my eye on that bona.” "That is well,” remarked the genial purveyor. "I; ia all you will ever get pn him.” It was only attar much persuasion that Cilonel Grubb could be prevented from voting the man a gold-beaded MIFOSMIXO TBK ABUT. The army appropriation bill now be fore the house it the result of weeks, if not months, of cu'ting and trimming. It provides for the reduction of the number of regiments from forty to twenty-six, of the number of enlisted men from twenty-five thousand to twenty thousand, and of twenty per cent of the officers' pay. These with minor redactions, will, R is thought. Insore an an annual saving of $4 000,000. It is unnecessary to enumerate the many minor abn-ee that the bill strikes at. If it pastes ss it now stands, General Roger will be required to move bis office to McPherson's barracks, cr to some other government military building. This sufficiently illustrates the economic features of the bill. We hope the bill will be passed; and yet it ia far from certain that onr military strength should he suddenly reduced. Wi h Sitting Bull jd one frontier end predatory Greasers on another, with aplenty of warlike Indiana all over the plains, and with a budding commaoe from .Chicago to Maine, it is plain that the country has much to guard agunst But a stand ing army, especially a standing army composed in good part of officers, is not oar sole or onr best security again,t diaorderor insurrection. A well orgin red militia ia the force contemplated by the consti'ntion, and it should be made the chief reliance as rapidly as possible. Such a force would be eco nomical, always on the spot, end free of the dangers to the republic that go with a large standing army. Each elate should have, however, an efficient militia organis ttlon in order to give to the whole country e reasonable degree of security. If Wes; Virginia hkd had such militia 'organizations as Hew York sent list summer along the Erie railway, tha distressing events of toe railway strikes would never have occurred, and millions of dollars would nave been eared. West Virginia had 10 militiaoraaniraiinn mbeSa—su This was unjust to the other states. The government should increase its appro- ‘ priationa for arm, for the militia in at least the proportion that it reduce, the standing army; A liberal anna,I appropriation of that nature would promote the organ’s ition of an effi cient militia, end it would not be long before we could safely lop off another Are thousand from the costly ranks of the regular army. Ten thousand muskets backed by s well dietributedf militia, should be the aim of our law makers, thus blending economy end self-preservation in judicious proper- the law ia to stand until September, we can get along until December, and perhaps by that time I the senate will know whst it ia really in favor of. If the dishonest are to have three month■ which to contract debts and obtain release under the ab minable statute, they may as well have five months ; for they will compress into the shorter term all the mischief that they are ca pable oL I! the registers and other of beers who have pit filed from the ope- rations of the law want three active months, let them have two more, for a lika reason. The effect of any poet pooiment will be to keep np the lia'a ‘ failures and keep business interests disturbed; and it does not, therefore, much matter whether September or Jan nary is named. The only chance eecnre an immediate repeal consists throwing upon the senate the entire responsibility. This the hoos- can and should do by refusing to concur in the •enate’a latest whim. The troth is the present law should w : ped out, and atepa taken to bring next December a new act that wbnid give debtors and creditors alike a equate chance, and that would not give all of a bankrupts’ estate to officials in the shape el cost*. The present law is little more than an act for the benefit of lawyers and officials. It woo made by lawyers and officials forlawy.ra and officials. The new one should be made by the people for the people. It is a possible scheivement. It has been done in other conn tries. 11 can ba done in this len-ral act is better than state acts, and the honest lebtor ia entitled to relief. It is better him end for the country. But it is not better to band over his property third persons, or to give the dis honest debtor power to practically die late terms to his creditors. Let the boose insist on immediate repeal. V the senate back, down, well and goot; if not, carry tbe question before the peope. Failures should be mmed ately be made unfashionable. tint issues is ism. . Tbe Springfield Republican, in pre dicting the breaking up of old party Unee, says: TV- drmt rratlc hoed of onion 1, linos aa foul •' the irpobtUan Tbe flatit lor boms rslv sud dill oopnaiWT In the Booth endau, tha pi, j baarllly nnlb-d on nothing. The atakc el tha evil loot, and Iba coua quant control ol the whole oonaraai will, of cuarta nlly th part, neat ,*11. hot tha dial,Iona already appa rent will only (tow during tha ml twoyaan. Tne party moat develop tome wore tmplnne policy than it has even hinted at In the p e< a’ touae, nr n tare- acthe of tiaotd rote.a wu look alaawhtre lor n pmMontlnl Candida* and platform. Without g'lng to the trouble of troverting this, U is enough to say that tbe south can never be assured of home rule and civil supremacy until the re publican party as at present organised is wholly powerless lor ovil, and it is upon there insure and the iatue of offi cial (rend and corruption the next cam paign will be fought Even now, whilo the whole country isai peace, the lead ere ol tbe republican p rty are be wailing, upon tbe floor of congrres uid in tbe pnblic prints, the contin- tency that removed tbe military Ir. m the loath erd gave the states nto the bends of their own people the editor of 4he Rt-t ubtican knows well enough that these men represent tbe republican patty, and be most know also that Mr. iUyee baa no con siderable following except among those who call themselves independent re publicans. Tbs leaders of the perty- thrgmen who “ran with the gang.” SB the boys say—the Blelt.es, the Cock ling*, the Camerons, tbe Howes, end ell tbe shining ligbta of republicanism! are opposing him solely open the ground that he ba* been too lenient with tbe aonth. Tbe democrat* have no option but to make the campaign ol 1880 upon the issues of home role aod civil supremacy and the frauds by which the people were awicdled ont of their rghtfully-e'ected president. FACTS ABO FIGURES. Replying to the criticisms that have teen made upon Gjneral Gordon’s re cent speech on Ute finances, tbe Cin- cinnati E qairer prints some figures which will prove interesting and in structive. B> tha aide cf there migh. be placed a list of the failuree in this country since 1868, but this would by no mean* adequately represent the lissster and ' desolation that entrac ion has wrought, but nevertheless it may be elated that the number ol an- ual failures has increased from fewer han five hundred to about fourteen thousand, and the liabilities involved o there fail area have grown from nine million* a year to more than hrre hundred millions. W a commend he table hereto appended to the care- Ini consideration ol thore who igno rantly assume that b.-cause practical resumption has been reached -a (act Jus lo the passage of the silver bill— be eo called resumption act can work no harm: the sorrows oasesal assembly 1 OeAt. ledudlrg J Aw fwwolw l m-iottUt. we i June at. lass Juueao. ia*7_ Janets lass... Durirg three years of this time there were a temporary or accidental pi urea ia thia policy ol contraction, dosing with the years aa follows: Jim re. lies tej On lutThnnday the general i bly of “the Preebyterian church in the United States" met at Kooxvi 'r. Tbe northern assembly met on the same day in n northern city. Unlike the grand split In the Methodist enureh, the raptors ia tbe Presbyterian choreh did not occur until war waa actually upon us. The southern church was organised at Augusta in December, 1861 -not because separation was de sired, bat because isolation made it im perative. The southern churches were compelled So prur'iie for a court oi last resort, or lot matters go on withcn' superior c introl. And now that the war is oyer, U u found very difficult, on account of the nowise utterances of *'»* of the unrelenting leaders of the northern c'lnrchptnd more particuLrly of their official declarations, to bring the two churches together again. There is, however, a tendency among all Prea- bvtarian* to organic union, and per haps in the long future the southern and the northern chu-ch will conclude to get along with one generaljasermbly. The general assembly t. a rep re tentative body, from which there ia no appeal within tbe church. I, ia com pored of ministers and elders, a ho are expee'ed to render an account ol ihdr work to the urestr, tery that they res pectively repreevn*. We give below a list of th* representative* of Ute synod of Goorgi*: AmSsOry sgagsUe-RteJ H Manta, wits Base Mania: tffcto W A Moon, wits B L rv.lftoy ef tWmetee BrlM M CtMeell. wits Dr J O Slreq; g.Ser J P Halt, with ■n Bagnos IrmA.tere ef Start Sa Rev X M Lore. Dr TttMeir.wua MmCTsiaar. rtehtteref Mum-tee J B Sail, Elrr T W raaelv, wtm B C Jarkaos /aotyrey ef a JMa'r-Bsv I B Myna Bi det B V Waltac*. wua M aa M 47 Cow.a yrutywy if Jmvut-tarC BKtar. La SMB, linear; g Oe, T B Ma'laid. wtih a L Glu*. Jsmsii.ut: iu asset The panic of 1871 compelled tbe chief rariaUon from the otherwise nniform and pitiless policy. Too Eeqnirer thus comments: "The recent era of abundant money began in 1863 The ere ol contraction began in 1866 ’66. This ia the accompanying bnaineea history. In 1863 there were bat 485 failures in the U el ted 8tat*s, with liabilities ol bnt $6,864 700. In 1864 there were bat 530 failures, with iiabilitJee of bn’ $8 579 000 In 1.865 there were bat 530 failures in the country jutd the liabilities inv lived were bnt $17, 635,000 At thi* point.oralittle before, contraction took up the management ol the business cf the eonn ry, as shown abovs. The result we have more than once printed in detail. The annual nnmber of failures has grown from 500 to 14 000 and the liabilities from $6,000000 to $330,000,000 This is the argument.” TBE BAXKRUrr MRPSAt ACT. The bankrupt repeal bill ia still in doubt, on account of tbe ficklett the senate. That uncertain bo.'; not eeem to know its own min-' By vote of 37 yeas to 6 nays it rei. to the boost« bill to in^mediately rep.al the ' >ns statute. When a alight technical amendment in the house brought the bill beck, tbe senate took three weeks in which to consider then voted t* postpone repeal Sept. 1. The bill has again gone to the boose, and its late is uncertain. The bourn Stands 306 to 39 in favor immediate repeal, and aa it is not fickle bedy it ia believed that it will not fOMQr jn th© KQttt’d l&tMt that case tha present law has a chance of existing until aa indignant public sentiment procures its repeal. W* hope the boos* will eland by its first vote. Let the vacillating senate shonltlsr th* entire responsibility. THE BEAD TO WSS OF OEOROIA. I aed *no,’ dat one wax ’naff Jls mimin’ an* I'd cum back aa* ait d» odder ana time tar- mocrer, Easel thotdat m*y-be be em’y KJM ns two ier er qnabter like anm ob ’em do at borne.'* -Well, what thenT” **W*y be j<*a stood dar like er fool hab!n*bl fotltraf tuk an* seem'd like ba wua kinder k at. D a» I thot dat I’d korter call him ter blssef an* 1 *td dat cs rd bln atwini from whisky for rum time he mooght es we'l gimme de two drinks d-ran* den, an* 1 fumbl'd fer de quahter.** • Of eoune be gare them to yoar* "Sot dat Tae beab’d, bat be turned oat mm green truck dar dat 1 apecka be dipped oaten er ole bom-pend an ahored bit at me. like I yuz gwjne ter i»<dnate my itammlck wid pixm dir far fam de fam'l* turnin’ groan’ I” -That waa abainthe—the favorite French drink** "Well, den. de French kin bab my sheer, kaae I’m lor Morphy now tell 1 gits back horns. Dis Vperieace lets me out on deae bogus ’Merican ban whir dey kant Ulk ncr drink 'Merican no mo* den I kin prccch Latin to a bauky mole. ’Kareyerawl knows now#by one bottle of whisky tux go: mo* patxliism in hit fei de ’Merican abroad dan er tboaalnd dollar office hr* at term!” A:.d tbe old man went oat in eeareh of fresh Atteufiona Pale film bj onr Cftla*m A Call from tbe Greenback Club- lenta and Views. AXhWZlta TO C0BRX**09HE1ST8. Do re la •▼nut. May U. Mes-R3 Editors: You moat excuse a simple eooutrjmui for suing yon a question* la a i* cent letter fxoa Faria by 8. W t>, told Uut tbe presidency of one of the net _ _ the exhibit iota was Ounfcrred upon Fays-Rw a ^nuceut a parsonage than the prince royal of Pat*-Bab. N*w. wher* in »he name of old Hick' ry is P*y»-Paa, and who ia tbe orinee wn.4te*mbi buiato wear tbe diadem c It moat be recollected that oar Faria correa- pondent la now, to all intents and purpoeea, a PreLchmaa. When be lived here be »rad to call it Holland, and history baa made aa acquainted with it as the Netherlands. This latter name aigniOes the low lands, and low lands translated Into French means Paye-Bta. Hence- you aee it la %n old friend done up French. The prince of Pays* Baa la the prince of Orange .eon of the king of Holland. A WRUiELirVL JtIDB. Willie Boblnson Jlecta Bis Death on •ne Geurgfn Bona. A shocking accident occurred yeste^* day morning on tbe Georgia raliroad^juAt be- yond the depot and waxebooBe oi that company, which resulted fa*, ally to Willie Boblhsao, a yoaug man about IS yean of age. As tbe acci dent occurred at 2 o’clock in the morning there We have received through the mails volume from the pen oi Col. Charles J mas, jr., bearing the title of “Tne Dead Towns of Georgia,” f >r which we not know whether to thank the courtesy of the Savannah News or tht: thoughtfulness of the efficient librarian the Georgia Historical Society,ujder whose auspices the vomme has been published. I' is perhaps l irtunate for Georgia and her history that the taste and inclinations of one of her most dis inguished sous should have led hie studies in tbe direction indicated by the title cf the work before ns, and fortunate fur the iuture hieto, ian tbaj die scholarly attainments ui Col. Jones have been seconded by the en thuaiasmand experience, of an anti quarian laboring to rescue from ob livion any attainable fact in the history the past calculated.to illustrate the character of those hardy pioneers who first set foot upon tbe verge of tbe wii- that Jus tinco developed into a great state. Viewed in this light, “The Dead Towns of Georgia” ia one of the moat valuable contributions that has ever been made to the history oi the rtate -more valuable, indeed, than the remarkable volume oi Oglethorpe’s let- era printed a few years ago by the Georgia Historical Society. If one of the pioneers shoal 1 revisit the pale glimpera of the moon, be could not entei more heartily into the nar ration of every available fae interest in regard to these extinct Tillages than diet Colonel Junes, although, as he says, in giving the traditions aud grouping the almost obsolete memories of tbe dead loan*, ne has endeavored to revive them, ts far as practicable, in 1hs language oi those to whom we ere indebted for their transmission. The volnme before us contains ketebee and reminiscences of Old and New Ebentaar, Frederica, Abercorn. Sonbnry, Hardwick, Petersburg, Jark- sonborougb, and mkcelUneous towns and plantations, accompanied in many □stances by outline Ulna: rations of their plans. In treating oi there dead towns, CoIolcI Jones has retrained from writing of the indications of foreign occupancy antedating the establishment oi the Oglethorpe colo nies, such as those observed by D. Brahm on Demetrius’ I-land, because the theories explanatory oi their origin poteeesion and abandonment ate so nebulous as to seem incapable of satis factory eolation ; bat of tbe rise and progress, the decline and decay, of the settlemen'B already mentioned, he has written ably and, ire may aay, exhens- ively. Colonel Jones has long been known to lame aa one oi tbe most accomplished and industrious of American antiqua- and arcl ee ilogisis. With all the ardor and moca of the philosophy that are supposed to haye characterised Sir Thomas Browne, Colonel Jones Is never led into trifling and moralising. Ha research, prompted by a deep veneration lor the past, is invariably turned in a practical direc tion, an.l, in two instances at least— (the volnme before ns and “ Antiqui ties oi tbe Siuthero Indians, Particu larly of the Georgia Tribes”) -theresult thereof has been oi inestimable vatue not only to the historian, bnt to the student oi history. The Deed Towns of Georgia” is most appropriately inscribed to Mr. George Wymbxrly-Jones D R;nne, s well-known dtisea oi Savannah, who has rendered conspicuous service to the state in rescuing from oblivion the early memories of Georgia, We do not know that the volnme will be placed in the book stores ior sale, but it can be obtained from the librarian of the Georgia historical society at S,vannah The hock is issued from the Morning News office, and i s neat typ-graphy dose great credit to that well known ttblishment. wnsewiD TBS ACCIDENT, but from all the light tha^ oatd be oblnhicd with reference to the eed atTir It wema to have happened in tbe following manner : Willie Rohlnfou. the ton of a widow lady who reside* near the residence of Gen. Gartrell, baa been employed since the convening of the Methodist conference in onr city as a mailing clc-ik for their newspaper, which publishes the proceedings oi each day's aerskm. Els dutiea weresoch that be was required to bent the office waen the paper was published every morning tt S o'clock To accomplish this he would board the through freight train from August* by tbe Georgia railroad every morning aa It slowly neared the croaung at the cemetery, and ride to the city to attend to his daily d uties. Yesterday morning, as usual, he jumped on the train At his regular place of boarding it and COMMK’fCXD HIS RIDS to tin city standing on the front part of the cab, which is the last cat of the train. Wh< n the train bed Arrived vary nearly at Its destination and wa' ruining slowly along by tie side of a platform situated between the tracks, he made an attempt to jump upon the platform dom the place where he waa 5lauding. As he mtde the j amp the train start ed V r ward with a quick jerk, which had the effect of throwing him from his bstlanoe. He struck the platform and Ml backward under the front tracks of the cst| While prostrated oa the tr>-ck two car wheel, passed over the pit of his STOMACH AMD HU THIGHS rrutilatinic his body in a moat frightful but not killing him instantly. Crlea for help waa tne first inimation that the conductor re oelved that any one had been on his train, and been injured. The cries brought out conductor Norman aud hi* train hands, who, on goiny to the scene, found Robinson lying across (he track wounded fatally. A physician waa sent for and o'-ber assistance precured, but all of no avail,** yoaug Robinson only lived a few minutes alter he met with the acc denL When life hid left his b^dy, it was placed in an empty box car. where it remained uutU am iMQuarr could be held. Coroner Kile was sent for. and upon being notiflod, procured a Jury and re sponded to the call. Tbe deceased was found in the boxcar, where he had been placed by the rmp oyeea of the road after death had relieved him ol hi* sufferings. All evidence aooeasibla procured, and after an examination by Dr K J Roach, the folio wing verdict waa made up the jury: 8tatk or Gbokgia. FULTOM tOCMTT. Atlanta, Ga., May 11,1878 We a coroner's jury, this day aammoc el by Coroner William Kile, to hold an icq teat ,hj body of Willie Robinson, now lying dead in u- on th* Georgia raitroad, haring fully examined the causes of death in this case, Dr E J R-mch having made a post mortem in presence, aee of the opinion that the de ed came to his dea h accidentally by being ran over by a t. eight train of the Georgia railroad. W- are farther of the opinion that the officers ployees of aaid road are in no way responsible for raid accident. CWBranr.au, foreman; J H Holland, Moo roe Dennis, Wm Ballard, Wm F y::n Z Baher Wm Kile, coroner; E J Roach, M D. After holding the Inquest; the body was de* llvered to friends of the family, who traxufered it to the late raid cnee of the deceased. We learn that youeg Robii son had e big intention to go up to 1 oceoa City to day n excursion, and visit his slater who has been spending some weeks in that Place. He young man ot flue habits, and waa in* dattrious an' hardworking. He will be a great to his distressed mother, who for some months baa beea dependent upon him for mnch Oa yesterday mor-ing a special car coDtafelng some diattngniched visitors, rolled Into the dty. WHO THEY WU1 AMD WHAT THXT WANTED Upon iLquiry tt waa ascertained thu tha vi- iton were Mr Peter Cooper the tminent phi lanthropist, of N.w York; Prof Raymonde. man of affiir>; Mia Edward Cooper; tke Mistes Cooper; Mil Abram a Hewitt, ana Mrr. Raymond. Tne party had ju»t come from tour of inspection to limestone Springs etc. It has beea understood for some time that Mr Cooper intended to purchase this magnificent property and establish thereon a superb charity. The main feature of this dually was to be a free school ior girls- The place is now owned bj Major Thomas H. Bom*r. A CoMsrmmox reporter found his way into csr and lading into the hand a of CoL O iver H. Jones, was soon introduced in the mwt im- manner to Mr Cooper. The philan thropist and ex*can4idate for the presidency, tt Venerable-lo-iking, rather infirm old man, with strongly marked features. He wore spec tacles with blind bridles to than, and •bospitk* bly haudkd a bottle ot champagne which ha careened to the glasses upon the slightest prove- cation. At bis right hand sat the Hon. Dal Pittman, who outside of the jh len^Aropias. him self, is perhaps the most distinguished salt- money man in the world. THE CCMIAO CHAXXir Fending tha philanthropist's recovery from a tort or stupor into which he waa thrown by a statement from Mr D. M. Bain, who with tine scotch frankness Informed him in a loud voice that he didn't vote ior him for president, but vote for his son-in law, we took our teat an J prepared an interrogation. Mr. Cooper, in reply, aaid that be had spenta day and a half at Limestone Springs, and waa very much pleased with the property, bat espe cially wnh Maj. Bomar himself. Ha described this gentleman as an enthusiast uponeduca* tional and scientific tubjtcts, and one in WLom had the fullest confidence * He said, there fore. that instead of buLding np tbe school himself, he had duidad lo let Maj. Bomar d) having advanced him sufficient money to do He said that Maj Be mar woiuld commence making the neceatary improvements at once, and that matters wiuld coon ba put in ship shape. He hoped to see a very fine charity grow onto! the proposed school. He said that what money he had pat in was given purely aa an endowment, and that he never expected to re- 1 'cel re any of it. THE LADIES IMTEEEUITED THE IMTEXVIEW. after a hurried consultation among themselves, and informed the reporter that If he was seek- for information. Frofesaor Raymond would glad to furnish, and intimated that ibis gentleman knew more of Mr. Gcopet’s Ira than be die himself. It is pleasantest trip they had ever taken. A great nnmber of onr people visited Mr. Cooper his car, and were presented to the ladies OleU Bl AA IkASOR He Flails mm "American* Bar When O d Si exme heme last sight ba evidently kid soaaothlra on bis mind ally he aaid: -Lookl* heah. B aa. bow * neb longer b; a we got ter stay la dis ccwctxy !** "Oh. several men tha yet. Why r -K wa I wara't be’a ter fool 'roend in furls art*. IXaria cne pert cb my slsum dat i ter stay rite In Georgy an* newkax «Me r -WUl. I 8»cx down de street dar whealaaed er Mne dal aed • 1 Merican bar.’an’ my heart gib er flop jem like tt hao keek'd er angel i went rite lx dar widoei knoextn’ as der doah an* spoke ter de boas wt loot handin' my kyard/ ••What aid yea say r "1 abound for co*n whisky In er Mg rambler ** And what did tha man aay? ’ M Ha aaid *klBky saw* wh’Cbl tho’r that may behavestung-tled an*men: w*i.akysour,Ml said *yta. trey way, ao *Ca* Mt’a whisky,* *kaaa I hadn't aed rone ten*? jo* LoCLegib ont on da bxtl" **DM ba andentand that?** “I tods ool 'to X. rail qau fit wo', Senator G iruon’a Sprrfh Wrahioctoo Sunday Herald. 81ong4be curridois, as in tbe goesip of city resorts, tbe event of tbe week baa been tbe remarkable speech oi -Seaster Gordon. Tbe organs of Sber man aod of tbe plutocrats of Wail .-treet furiously assail General Gordon as a ‘ demtg gue” and “communist” and other polite appellations that neith- er bis senatorial associates nor pnblic sentiment will accept ms adequate to his powerful arraignment oi tbe crimi nal folly oi the prevailing financial misrule in this country. His fervid pleas ior justice to tbe people, bis vivid pictures cl tbe stork desolation that attends tbe policy of bheraan and Wall Itree>, bis multiplied citations from reports and -itber documents am ple- mented by tbe “inexorable logic of facts ” and figures, make Gordon'* argument very exbenative. Let tbe heathen roge. The Georgia senator will be satisfi:d with the shower oi eulogies and congratulations that fell ipon tim. Qioth Senator Lamar when tbe speech auished: “It wss a great tffjrt, worthy of tbe big man "that made iu” The robust B-ck, chary oi praise, as in hie brawny Speeches be is lavi h of iaci and figures proving the crimes and lil ies of radicalism in its treatment of tbe udnstrie* oi the cinntry, exclaimed from bis seat: “G ion, Gordon; I hope von will speak all day just as yon are alkingnow.” Again.at ihs seswnetnn, said tbe Kentucky eeuator: “It was a masterly speech.” A western republi can member oi tbe house, who declared that be bad beard every word of Gor don’s speech, expressed bis disgust a the unfair comment oi the New Y >rk Daws. Said be: “It was tnesbie-t effjrt made in either house this ses- ion.” Tbe republican organs dread s fair view oi Gordon by i he northern masses. Chey grieve over tbe ovation accorded 'lira at Boston tbe other day ; they bate : iim for his power 10 serve tne perse cute and maligned Bomb, which be lias fittingly represented wherever peril -r responsibility baa bad to be encoun tered. The contact of Gordon with be northern people helps to teach tbe troth as to tbe aonth. A constituency cannot be lull ol sectional bate and cl ihe instinct of violence which detiber itelj selects each (representative. This is tbe lesson that Gordon teaches by example. Hine illae lacnrymae of the Times and its confreres, PETES COOPER. ii r or OBBMjr TUX rEUBBABLB ASSEMBLED METHODISM. THE -EIGHTH GENERAL COXFER- ’ ,'f'' EXCE. pie VToetr>#<eof KnltreS'ncilfiqntlow V n<ler K vifW-Tlie Bible ekcleiy’fl Worm, Etc DAY*8 PRCCEKDISG3. The geDeral conference was called to order at 9 o’clock yea’erday mcmlcg by Biahop McTykre. Tha opeDlrg divina advice* were conducted by Rev Wm Xa rah, D D, ol the North M eeis- eippi conference. lh-> mfeute# of the precedlrg ee-sion were re vi and .pprOYcd, after a tlig'di ccirecuon. Bishop Keener lock tha chiir R. Abbey, clerical. Missus ppl conference, said be r a* to a *«e«tloa of privilege. He m<md a nc >ntl 4 erati,nof ibevo.eby which ho co fer ence agreed t» bold its rerefon ol tj-day in he baaemeU, an I re fare 1 to go up a alra to receive the fraternal aesscDgera ot the M. E. church. Tbe motkx w a stc^nded It was moY-^i to :ay the motion cn 'll. table. On this qa * t ior. n d vieicn a as eaktd. and the jea-» were found to L. WJ, and he u» a 124. So the xsouoa to fey on the table was lo.L > A Dr. Abbey ..ey. insLied on Ms motion to re- W W. Du*can. derica', South Carol na con- ierencc, exiJttn d why L* hfd made ihomoiou the previous caj to receive the meaaei. jera in the basement. v lfe had made the mutton from no liqx: at all, Wd he desired to do himself the justice to make the etateruert Jene Bor.iqr ckr ca', N«rth Georgia confer ence, aaiu he hoped the confer nee would not recocaidtr in action. It w-n d ahuw a flckle- i.e s which he wotli deplore All th* eta-ioaa had be-n b«td here in the baaiment. Here let ua rec lreour fraternal messengers The motiefl to reconaidur was pub A dirt:ion was demanded and dia yea: were found to bql92, and tt* uaya 116. So the mapian to reconsider waa lcat P..A. tt ier on, clerical. Vi'fnii conference, oflered are o alio »that no memoilal, resolution pad ioa eta change of diadphne be received after Thun ay, tbe ifi.h. jp Kee jet—That U not yet In order. There wid be a pT^er lime foe it Leave of abcentfe waa granted to Dr. J. H. Cafe ivle, c er c 1, eon h Carolina conferen e. Hia place was tuppUd by W. T Bake both in tte Cdt guioa aud cn the commiuee on Sunday brought up a question of return Uckeia bj.tkc railro da On mol di U was ordered that a apedal com mittee or rtiliosufe be appantod. The guects were taken oat riding daring the day, by a party of Atiantiana. Judge Loch, rane, with tbe gallantry for which ho la famous, took charge of Mrs. Cooper's 1U to dog. and pro* fetaed himacU to have been quite uneasy while carrying it- It waa awfol fierce. mu ccorEx on fa rhino. We clip txom a Caro.iua paper, what the dis tinguished philanthropist talked of in Char- file; ••ihe Charlotte, (N. C ) Obeerver in speakirg of Mr. Cooper’s pataing thiocgh Charlotte says: Mr. Cooper is quite* stout and heal ihy man for hia axe—he was 87 years old the 14th of last February. He didn’t talk much oi hia plana reference to the school at Limestone spring*, i disposed to discuss farming. He said going to have an experiment in farm ing tried on hia new place. About thirty years ago, continued he, a *e«dy looking man canu my office and cffeTed to sell me a great re cret for S90 He was to persistent and biacon> ditlon waa so pitiful that I finally ccncluded to buy it. I paid him the money aed he told me the accret.** Mr. Cooper then t roceeded to relate that it wcaa process of treating seed com which would doable its productive power. The corn should c overed with glue and rolled successively in lime, guano, Ac .and planted with the accumu lation thus gathered around it- I gave tbe recipe, continued ha, to a man. In New York state, and he reported that th* yield of the com v> treated waa double that planted in the usual way. I have a barrel of g.ue with po and in tend Lo try th*experiment.’ *» THE FIRE-FIGHTERS. VGUBIA'a GRAND JUBILEE. Reirplion to Gov. Colqnttt—The Clinch So. 3 Makes Water In Forty Seconds— A Banquet anil a Hide the Casa*l. Augusta, May 14 —The firemen’s pa rade to-day waa the grandest occasion Augusta has witnewed «n many years. OOVEXMOX COLQUTTT WAS PRESENT, and occupied the grand stand during the con- It raised hard until noon, bat sine i then tbe weather ha* beea p!eiaanu Governor Col quitt w*a ecorted by the mayor anl city conn cil and dUtmgulSLfld dttxeua. He rode in a carriage DRAWN BY SIX BEAUTIFUL HORSES. There were six bands playing at once, and over four hundred firemen in line. The Ci nch No 2 won the first prixs, maxing the ran and getting on water IX FORTY SECOND*. Thia aame company made last year the beat lime oa record in the Uuieed Stales. The Even tog News made THUS EDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON, which contain all the exercise* n^ to six o’clock. To-night A GRAND BANQUET la being given to Governor Go quilt at tha P ten. To-morrow the cLy government, accom partied by leading dtiz -na, will tender him ride to the canal locks, which will cornu me the day. He returns to-morrow night CHINA. Leetnreby Bev. TonngJ AH Thursday night every seat in the large First Methodist chnrch was occupied and tkv aisles were fi lei b^ a very large audience to hear the lecture of the Rsv Y King J Allen, ot the mfeitonaries or tbe Methodist Episcopal church south in China. Mr. Allen gave a fall statement of all tbe Chnrlan work now in progress in China, and prospect of it* aucreaa. In spite df the many difficulties that surround its proxreaa. Christi anity la making some progress there and has before it a rich harvest. His view* of the work are moat hopeful, and tbe details which he gave w^re full and inter ning. Mr Alien ia a moat earnest worker, having la bored with great patience and good raulU is don’t want to be cut off, and if this line If- changed there will be iucoavenier.ce and trou* ble. Is it dea’gued just to ae z; this people and carry them rffas booty whether they will or not H vou do this you will irfl et a wcuid which ytarg may not heel. „ Dr.Finky made an explanation relative to the circumstance* of the division of the conference- He aaid he thought at the time a wrorg wts being done. He aAldhe had not been on tte ccmmittee on division, but merely on a prelimi nary committee. H D Moore, clerical Alabama conference, epoketnfavorof the report and said the com mittee had carefully considered the matter and prayed ovjr it. He supposed the report was proper and just, and on it he called the prevtcu- quesiion. The previous question waa ordered. The item of the report was read and on it the vote was taken. It waa eo close by the sound that a division wm taken with the following re suit: Yeas 105. nays 100. So tbe report of the committee wai adopted. Tne yeas and nays were called for, but Blehop Keener ruled the motion too late. The following committee on railroads was an nounced : D G Godwin. W H D Lee, J M Retd. The committee on be uadaries submitted re port No 3 recommending the formation of an Indiana anautl conference and othar changes in church boundaries. The report under the rule lies over at least one day. The arrival oi S B Pretty man, lay del gate from the Baltimore conference, was announced. Oumlssio.ie—Commltteeon misstoua subuit- hai * rlgtu , 0 ttd report So 5. It propo«d certain cluuig:. la c^iea lo Jie Comuiii* from a'aa* ’ag committees were then called for and the Jollawing were offered: On itinerancy—Committee on itinerancy sub mitted report No 6 It stated that the commit tee had examined all pipers relat've o changes in the law relating to presiding elders* office and duties, and they recommend no change in the pretfit law. JE t'wards, clerical, Virginia conference, moved tt> substitute the report by a resolution changing the diec.p iae on the matter of form ing predli: g elder's districts. He aaid the com bat n ncammous in its action, and ha bop •d nis resolution would be paujd. Linos JSirker, clerical, L jufeiaua conference, offered to amend the tabs.!.ute. ihahof. C -ener—That is out of order J O A Clark, clerical, SjU-h G orgia confer* ..ce, moved that both report ana substitute lie a the table at least one day. L a Bnkhead, clerical, NorthC-ro ina confer ence, hoped the motion to ttble would para Dr Wi field, clt-ncii Littlf Hock conference morel to ameud thu motion to table by making Ute matter the special order fur Friday at lo o’clock Accepted by Dr Clark. H J A ams, clerical North Georgia confer* ence, ra ved to indefinitely postpone the amended motion. H F JoIidboe, clerical Mississippi conference, •Oai^ra motion to table be indtfiaitcly poat- pooedT Bishop Keener—* Yta, air ” Mr Jonnson stated his point’ more fully, and said he thought tbe last motion on: of order. B.sbop Kveucr—“I underst-tucl the matter.** The motion to ind-.fi iltely postpone waa loaL J S K -y, clerical Sjuih Georgia conference, moved to strike ont the auted hoar in the mo tion to table. The motion to strike oat was carried. Tbe mutton to table the report and substitute waa carried. Call for reports was continued.. Committee on publishing interest asked to turn over some papers on the hjmual to the committee on that anbj xt. On boundaries. On boundaries—Th^cxnmittee on boundaries submitted a report on item 8, report No 2, which waa recommitted. Committee retained the item unchanged. The l.em was taken up and read aa follows: That the prayerof the mimwHliste of ths Eiat Texas conference be granted, aa that the north ooLilary line of tuc Kisi T>dtaacooierence shall discipline on the subject of contributions to the B ble society. xt waa laid on the table under the rule. Bishop Keener presented Dr. Hunt to the con ference. ^ He was reciivrd most cordially and after being introduced he addressed the conference in a ry interesting speech detailing the great work which the American Bible society Is doiDg. 11 prin’S and sella the New Testament for fire cents and the whole Bible for 25 cents. He ap pealed to tte conference for the suipjrt of tbe work which was in progress. The society is working better t£au ever before and is vetting hold of the heirta of tbe people. The details which the speaker gave ot the manner in which the affiira of the eociety are carried on were heard with interest and were instructive aa to the great spread or the Bible, whicb is the dine result of the labors of the American Bible society. He referred to the effects and prospects of the foreign work of the aocie y. Before its work hi resy ana i&iee religion are falling aid fading away. Ia Japan there is such a dtmana for Ute Biole that a native publishing bou-e asks the privilege of publishing the Bible In Japanese as a fiaendal enterprise Th* B.bie is being spread ia Russia iu such a way aa it never wea.belore aud it is impossible to supply the cr jit g demand of the Russian soldiers. Tbe speaker said he had recently received from Ur Pierce a letter which nad great y cheered aed comforted him- rna*. TcUtraiue utar. Khiu came u call f. - taer in i h list, had wni.cn Lint a letter in which* AGRICULTURAL. THE El ELD—IHE BARE—TH K GAB. DEN. ido, * kdtf s Cypress river, thence up aaid ri< Upsnnr c uuty •ur line of aaid < r to tee line of Htfl rail-oad, thence wed with (he line of said real- road to the e«at fork of Trlni y river, thence down said river to ita cot flu. rice with the mam lrirutv r.ver. Provided, mat all towns and vil- iagts which are now on said railroad or shall hereafter be built, shall belong to tbe Esat He graduated a. Emory college at Oxford, Ga in 18o9,*knd aoon after he left that Uutitu.loa and entered the Methodist ministry. Hia duty pointed him to China, far aw*y from friends one and cherished ambition, but be went and haa lab xed there nobly ever amee. He now returns to hia native state after his long absence. His many friends era cordially glad to meet him and to know that he works in hia great field with Iscrea-.ing jty and na fol- Daring bis stay it is hoped that he will be en couraged la every wav possible by thoae iater- ested in miarionarv iaboca Tcxsw cooiereLce. W. 8. Bl-.ck, ciialiman. 8. X Hall, eccretAry. It was moved to adopt the report on the item. J H McLean, clerical, N Texas conference, asked the reading of the report egtin. He ad- conference iu opposition report ot ’ the commit tee, and said the conference should repre sent the wishes ol the people,which he wu sore wu opposed to any change in the present lints The first adjustment had been proper. The peo pie h vi woiked in the boundaries then l x .-d and people earnestly requxt y them alone. The change bring bid results and 1 tit;oerely hoped it will not be made. The peo ple are deirous to work just u the v have ia the past. They would regret any forced transfer euch u is proposed herd. Not a solitary voice asks this transfer, and there are plenty of peti tions against it This shows how the people etand oa the question. Ha deplored any pre cipitate action by the conference. J C Simmons, clerical, Mississippi conference asked why the proposed change Biahop Keener—*• Brother Finley cm tell you. 1 R 8 Finley, clerical, Eart Texu conference, asked that the petition of cast Texu conference be read ao that its wishes and the reasons there for could be mad? known. Tbe petition wu read by the amistant secre tary, and. Dr Finley aadretsad the conference in rapport of the committee oa boundaries- He said the change proposed bad been recommend ed to the last general conference, by peculiar muteuvres had been defettei. Tbe committee on boundaries had reported in favor of tbe change. The item had beau re-committed and now the committee return it again, recoin* men ling their former action to th* conference, It thus coma* be ore you endorsed by three sep arate recommendations. He aaid the original line had been onju-tly drawn aud had worked hardship. Tbe East Texu conference merely etked reparation for the wrong done to it by tbe original division. The North Texu confer tnce is rich in every resource andean wall spare the texritorv asked ior the B*>t Texu conference and which the latter conference mast have if it prospers to the b at advantage. Tbe change wLl not injure the North Texu confer*ace and will «ork a great good for the East Texas coofi He daimed that the people were not opposed to the change asked for. There were abundant reasons why tbe East Texu conference ahoold receive the territory asked good reason against 1: cou’d be given. All *bat it tortuous line should be straightened and made reasonable. tte constitution or the missionary board, and under the rule lira on the table at least oae day. J C Simmons, clerical Pacific conference, submitted* minority report, which wuread and laid on the table with the report of the ma jority. THE DCCTRIHK OF PERFECT LOVE On revisa la—Committee on revivals submitted report No. 8- It recommended non-concur rencc in the following resolutions and memoria' On restoration of question in discipline, “Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this liler* r L Boswell, clerical, Memphis conference, movtd to ameud the report by striking oat the word “non,** and gave hia reasons ior proposing so to do. He regarded th: question as one or very great importance, aud he wu much ear- praed a year or two ago to find that the ques tion had been omitted It wu generally tup posed that this question Is still in the discipline. The question refer* to one of the oldest and best of Bible doctrine*. Enoch walked with God three hundred year*, and attained to perfect love. H J Adams, clerical. North Georgia confer ecce, called the speaker to order, and aaid he had goue Into a discus.ioa of the doctrine of perfect love. Bit hop Keener—I do not think he la oat of order. Dr. Boswell continued his argument in favor of the restoration cf the question. It wu ne cessary. he said, to instill into young preachers tte doctrines of our church. The question h as a good object and founded on broad and jua reasons. H J Adams, clerical. North Georgia confers ence. aaid he wu a Methodist and believed in all the doctrines of his church. Dr. Boswell ar. gnad u if there were eom* opposition to the doctrine of perfection of love. There Is none. Tne report states that the question is merely rapeffinoua Bishop Keener: 'You misunderstood the broihei.'* Wm. A. Tarwater, clerical, Missouri confer ence, favored the restoration of the question and uid it wu Important that it should be re stored, u the doctrine wu now mieUng with ■opp r Billon. He, hoped the adverse report would not be adopted C. K. Marshall, lay, Mississippi conference, ■aid, u a question of privilege: “There la now worse «eniilatioa In this ball than there has been vet. We are shut up and cm yet no air.’’ Bishop Keener: ‘There la a committee to ventilate tne hall, and I hope they will attend to it.” F. M Kennedy, clerical, 8. C. conference, ■poke in behalf of the committee on revisal, and said they had thought a restoration oi the question in the discipline wu unnecessary. Tbe questions are already foil on the doctrine perfect love, and there is really no need ol restoring this question which hu been stricken out. L ’ *-•«•— —^ ^ B McFerrin, clerical, Tennessee conference, asked when mud bow tbe question wu left out the discipline. Dr Summer* made eome explanatory state-, meats on the sub j act. A committee was'appointed at Nsw Orleans the revisal of the discipline. They bad worked with grpai zed and care. Their work wu submitted at Memphis aud the conference adopted it. A great many thing* were left out of the discipline simply becau-e they were repe tition*. Tbit question wu one of many tuci wu c^niidered that the subject wu fully cov ered by tbe other questions- He himself had written largely oa the question ol perfect love, and certainly he could havd had no reason to leave out the quea lions dogmatically. It wu too late in the day raise a question on the subject. CG Andrews, clerical, Mississippi conference, said he nnp to occupy the floor for tte fltsi time two general conferences. He feared ttai many parx of tbe discipline hid been carelessly teviewed aid revised. He meant no refl ctfen any general conference or any commute* revision II the qoes'ion is important ough. ^ not to take It np ? Ought we to leave it o merely because it hu been omitted by aoi— past legislation. The doctrines of onr church must be c'.eariy and fully expressed in onr dis cipline and we can go nowhere else for therm I cannot see that the doctrine of perfect love la fnily tan.ht at present in our dLcipline. The questions ar* now too general and do not put the doctrine light The moet important question on the g-e*t doctrine hu been lelt out. 8ball we lose it? I entreat you to atop before you go further. What harm will there be in patting b*ck this qui tioa? Are you to surrender your distinctive doctrines one by one He wouid deeply regret if tbe conference ialted to walk boldly np and take a stand on this question. He prayed the restoration of the question. K H Lee, clerical, Louisville conference, spoke in favor of the restoration. Tbe doctrine of per fect love must not only be taught in our theo logical writings, we want it in our discipline. The present questions in the shape in which are cherish it. The dhtlncttve question is that which hu been left oat sod watch we want rettore. Thia is our distinctive doc trines and when men come presort themselves for our ministry, theythould be questioned in th* strongest wav on this doc trine. There is a tendency to abandon tbe dec trine of perfect love. We should cling to it all ie more firmly. Dz Lovick Pierce roes to address the confer* ice on the question. He aaid he should not fytve presented himself unasked. He had rc- innmu-j had a right to turn asidj to anything cm. 1 , Lot i. there wu any other occupation to which k« might go he had chosen next to the ministry in its holiness aud oatfuinees. 1 he ap.aker said he silil cherished the cause of Christ, and strove u earues Jy u ever to promote it- ills remark* were lull of earneianes* and were.grateiullr received by tte conference. A Worthy flaa brad CoviNGiox, May 15. —Mr. T. 8. B ack, a worthy sed honored chisen of this place, died yesterday at 1 p. bl of corrampUcn; age a. He leaves a wif• and four children. At the Ha* of • wu cleik of the superior court, a i, a good templar, a knight Of honor, a There w.a * wrong committed years ago and w* now seek to right it. (Dr. Lot ck Pierce tock a seat on tha platform at thia time, looking remarkably well and rroag.) It Line, clerical, north Texts conference, said be bad do appaal to aa^ka ta the sympathy tears of the conference. He appealed for right and jostles, and the conference should settle ita i He A yea- B oe —W* were glad to meet noon oar vi terday Judge George N L?*ter. oi Ridge drcait- JaageLtstei it will b bered, acme day* ago net with an aed'tent bv tailing down a fi ght of ataira at the Kimball bouse and breaking a large haste in his sum. He hopes to be fnhy recovered Irocs hia isjonca er* ■sny weeks. —Hoc James W Robertson, at Goth coamy, ia m rely to give f c’a. without msgnilying. ni. jlng a single fact. He would rather teas hia suae than to misrepresent, the other ode of the e -se He rehearsed tha history of thedivbion and dented any inju*t!ce done at that time. Eg wu in the minority and oppoaed any dirMon bat It was the will of the majority and w:a ordered by th* conference. The line division wss drawn by five men, every whom wu pvobehiy over flftv yean old ax the time. That e mmittee wu generous and pin dent asd it divided tbe conferecoe u beat cou:d Our report wu read and wu adopted, though there w re some protests. When tbe Wer.ans radioed cl Alabama. Mr Boberfeoa hash*d an extent ire experience in railroading, ‘ >ld make a more fl; *“ asd no one woe Id make a more fi: manager for for this railroad than Mr Robertson, of Cobb county This vacancy is made by the resigna tion of Gen E P Alexander, who Juajxe to inra— had more members, only fear teas preachers and an equal territer.. The conferences had equal start and the East Texu conference <n _ [i ^ _ no reason to ccmpUdq. Tbe people are oppesed 1 of Kew York, the secretary of the America AnruTta'to u-nne charge of the Gecrgla taife * “J change in the lire new. They are stadj ^ Society, whose stay wu necessarUy brief. Bishop Keener respond dto the words of Dr Hunt and **id he had felt and seen that the work of tte Bible society could well precede the work of missions He had been in some of tbe foreign field* to which Dr Hunt had referred and could endorse what he had said in regard to the work tht re. » The effect of the Mexican war wu to throw the entire country open to tte reception of the Bible. This wu not the objtc: of the war, but it had b Jen its gracious result- H j had heard wheu iu Mexico tome remarkable things which it m’ght not be out of place to state Severs delegates—“Go on,*’ * stale them.” The bishop prec eded— “A teutitman told mo that he wu a year or two ago travelling in Mtxico, and wnile in a wild part of th* coun ry apprehended danger from b uiditti. He approached a clump of trees u be walked alon<:. and In a tiul* space within he saw some men sitting iu a circle. He feared that he had run into tha very danger he wu trying to avoid, but he waa disc, vered and it wu too late to escape. He approached the circle and noticed that a venerable old man wu reading to tbe otters from a book. Ihe men received him politely, u Mexicans usually receive strangers they invited him to join them, and hd soon saw their kind demonstrations that they meant harm to him. At length he went up to the man and asked what he wu reading. To rarpriae and j*y he fonnd that he had b en reading out of a New Testament published by American Bible society. The English Bib.e aocie.y hu an agency in te City of Mexico, and I tbink the American Bible society hu an agency of some sort there* Mexican boy c dried a basket of Teatautsnta a fair in one of the cittra to sell, 1 hardly know how he got hold of them. But he filled basket with testaments and trinkets and went to the fair. Among thoae to whom heeold the books wu a M xican ci considerable promt- named Gomra, who greatly distinguished himself for oravery ia a recent Mexican war. Go- read the book and wu convicted that his whole conception o. dnty and religion was wrong. It wu holy wee . and this man had to take the part of Criaphu in aaoenie xbluitton which wu to go through the streets the dty. He took himself to the mountains to avoid this work, now ao disagreeable to him The priest aoon discovered his absenov, learned whereabouts and aePt for him, and told him he most play hit part He replied. ••No, I’m done with such things now. and I will never take part in them again.” The priest inaUted, anl'told him U be would only fill the part then he would not aik him again. At last he consented, bnt for tte last time. Gomes is now one of the staunchest Pro testant minister* in Mexico. Imagine how it thrilled my heart to hear the brother tell of this work in foreign lands. Oh 1 I am greatly in is- ▼or of this American Bible society.“ IHE LA aL NT RUMORS. Potatoes-Far in Notes—Fruit Trees— A Mistake—Floral Items—Tea Cul ture—Rice Culture—Rural New*— Tbe Cora Cro|»-8tay at Hobs - Grantee Convention — Home and Household — Kalslag Sbtep and jDogs-Caro of Grape Tines—Sheep Ralolngla Southern Georgia-Crop Sews. __ TEA CULTURE. To those who desire to embark in tea culture we suggest that you select a friable, pulverized soil. Draw hills with a hoe, about three inches deep The cultivation of the plant can be with the hoe or with a plow. The seed should bs covered Bnme two inches. When one year old the plants should be transplanted to permanent locations. potatoes. ■round light and kill on* the weeds and qrAss. As tUt a culti vation as possible so as to admit of an aosorption vf the water, ia very desir;> b!e. Ashes, bone meal and’ salt is an excellent mixture for potatoes. THE CORN CROP, See that this crop has a clean and thorough cultivation. R unember that grass and weeds consume a food which should go towards maturing the corn crop. Good cultivation of the crop keeps down the weeds, and aside from thia keeps the ground open to admit the fertilising influences of the air, the rains and dews. STAY AT HOME. There ere many things on the farm which requires tne constant care and supervision of the fai mer. He has bnt little time to visit town or city for the mrposesof pleasure or amusement, lis eye must see that land is iu a prop- condition for work, being neither too ueiirLborhsod V n ” •, cannot be successfully done. * Djg- raisibgrequires no hkiii, no caoiul, and but lii.ie h >me food. Ihe F^roi and Fireside says: A comparatively recent invesHgttion shows that there are over 100,000 does in Georgia, which annual' ly destroy uearly 30,000 sheep, valued at $80,000. At thia time there were only thirty-one dogs to every sheep. It is estimated that while only six per cent are destroyed by disense, fifteen « er cent are annnolly killed by dogs, t is further estimated that the dogs require as food, in addition to the 30,« 000 sneep, an amount of food which, if ted to hogs, would produce bacon enAugh to aff ird-an annual supply sat* ficient to feed 50,000 laboring men. Kansas, though one among the best adapted states for wool-growing, has 74 640 dogs. And sj it is in eveiy state in the uuion. Hardlv a week . „ . . - , , . passes that we do not see an account cf wet or too dry, to select good seed for |; heep killeJ by j™ xta planting, he is to judge how to plant, g re g a t e number itui ah.ughlered ex ceeds over 1,000.000 head. There are, exnreaalon of bta opln ioa on tbe sabjrei under consideration. He I confess that I deeply regretted when I first learned tha*. thoae beautiful words ‘Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life r bad been left oat of tht discipline. They have no business to be ont- Ira clad to disposed to restore the qieatioc The question, “are yon striving to attain per lection? - ’ ia very different from the question “Do you expect to be made perfect in love in thia life.** a great many of you are after sanctifies’ tion, bet you never expect to get. Fo.myief Jam fled this subject has hero unexpectedly dla coxed before this venerable body. I hope ■aay die. and I may aay let me be buned. before Methodism fa bereft of such a flavor aa this. The blessed faith that we may be made perfec in love by the bicod of Christ in this life E!«i ed be God that I have had an opportunliy speak to you on thia quest km. The remarks were full of unction of power od were beard with g eat Interest by the en* tire confi Dr Evens raid it waa da* to himself to ray that the committee had acted in hia absence. He ul no objection to the restoration of the quea DO. Dr J 8 Key called the previous qaestiou. was ordered oa the amendment to strike out in the advene report. The amendment was adopted by a targe majority. question areas aa to whether the item should tte on the table under the rule. The general ■:nae a emed to bs that the question should lie the table under tbe rule. > waa moved by Dr B-mmers to suspend ea and act on the amended report aloe The rote* were suipsuded and the item Tbe report waa continued. The committee sported dol-concurrence in the following me mortal* as 1 resolutions: in annul conference relative to schools, &cv under the care of the chnrch. On motion the report wu adopted Bishop Keener announced that if there no objection he would hear a re pert from the committee oa tbe Bible cause. THE XtSLR QUEST The report under conskierauoa was tabled and H F Johnson, chairman of the the Bibte cause, submitted report No. 1, which it was desired ahoold up daring th* presence of Bev A 8 HantiD jng sp m eserial* tod »ppcAt agA&it iU Thej what to plant, wnat manures to use, how to cultivate, and when to gather the crops. 1 f labor is not not to be lost, if the investment is to pay an interest, if the soil is to be improved and 1 not impoverished, all of his time and atten tion will be needed. CARE OF GRAPE VIXE1. Why do farmers deny themselves pretty much ever; luxury, while many of. them can be had at comparatively bnt little trouble? Tbe grape is a de- ]'cioU8 fruit, vet on how many Georgia f irms do we see it growing? A few vines of different varieties, planted oh sanny spo.s, or by the Bide of some bouse, if lo. ked af.er, wi’l furnish such nice frnit for the family. Triy it, farm ers Buy or beg a few vinee, make your ground rich and mellow by using the spade, and with old manures ana fiuely ground bones and ashes, and then set them ont. In three or four years the investment will pay. 0.:e thing we will add: On wash days take the soapy liquids used and pour on your grape vines. FARM NOTES. Chopped leaks or onions are an excellent raw vegetable food to give poultry for a change. I» is an excellent good tonic, and some claim that it aida toward keeping the fowl bodies free from lice. A farmer says that ever since the ^izwtic year he has given his team a pint of onion sets every morning dur ing winter and spring; they kept off the epizootic then and twice since, when it became threatening He is satisfied they are very beneficial in other ways, as his team are never sick or. off their feed. He uses the “top onion,” merely because they are plenty and cheaper than other kinds, other wise they are no better. They are al ways eaten before the com. —Crude carbolic acid mixed with sixty parts water is recommended for killing tick on sheep. * —It is a bad plan to permit poultry Count Neh*nval»ITs Wialt—Ttte In dian Troops—A Hove on You. London, April 15. —'The greatest se crecy is maintained regarding the Count 8 ihouvalofFa visit Many ver sions are current in St. Petersburg and elsewhere, bnt doubtless more or less plausible hypothesis. The Times* spe cial from San Stefano bays all the troops here will move within a few days and camp ou rising ground two miles aud a hall nearer Constantinople. A STRATEGIC MOVE. St. Petersburg, May 16.— It Is rn mored that England is sending 30,000 men from India to take Van to threaten the Russians In Caucasus. AUSTRIAN FIERCENESS. Peeth, May 15.—M. Tz a said ob jections to the treaty related as much to the stipulations affecting the eastern as the western half of ihe Balkan pe ninsula, and that the repeated insinn* ations of the intention on the part of the government to follow the policy of allowing things 4o take their own couree in the east, had never bad the slightest foundation. This declaration waa received with cheers. Credit will probably be voted by a great majority. SEVERE MEASURES THREATENED. LohD'N, May 15.—A special from Constantinople to the Times says Gen. Todleben declares that unices the Turkish insurgents disperse he will adopt severe repressive measures. A telegram from Batoum states that concentration of seven thousand Mussulman inhabitants at Lazistan, in Ardanntch district, has compelled the Hubs ans to retreat, and a rapid gath ering of armed bands renders untenable the Russian positions at Livona and on the Choruk river. ACTIVITY IN ROUMANIA. London, May 15 — Advices from Bucharest state that detachments of Russian reserves and recrnfcs continue to pass through Roumania for rtgi»> iments in the field, some totally ignor ant cf military drill. Trains of ammn nition are aleo passing to the Danube. The Russians will make additional con tracts in Roumania for transport of carts and animals. I*, is said that three thousand more have been ordered to be ready in two weeks for service eomh of tbe Danube. Renewed activity prevails in the S.rvian arsenas. < )rdera have been issued to tbe factory at Kragnjeratz to increase the produc tion of the P tebody maritime ammuni tion to amount to fjrty thousand rounds per day. All the serviceable artillery in store has been ordered to be mounted and sent immediately to the front. THE INDIAN TROOPS London, May 15 -Tne movements of the Indian troops matter will be discussed in the house of lords on Mon» day, when Btron Selbanue will call at tention to the question whether such movemement was previous, and to no tify the parliament at Constantinople Opposition, however, will not move any resolu.ion on the sobj $ct in the house of lords, and Lord Harrington’ resolution in the house of commons i declared by him aa not intended to raise the question of policy of using the Indian forces, bnt merely egal issue. The Times says that waen it is announced beforehand that the ekder of the opposition in the lower house will not raise a question of poli** i.y, and when the principal lawyer of the party n the boose of lords will not throw his obj actions into the form of a resolution, mere discussion of the con stitutional law of the cause wouid be more suitable for a debating society. The fact is, the issues of the present causes have passed beyond the control of even the British parliament. Ihe general policy of the government has received, at its moet central stage, the support of the country, and the minis try have accordingly taken steps which leave the next tarn of eventa in other hands. roost in the stables. Hen lice will attach giemselves to horses and cows seriously annoying them. To kill borers in the orchard early in the spring, and then in the fall, wash the tree in strong lye- RURAL NEWS. -rDo not stupefy your Baby with Opium or Morphia mixtures, out use Dr. Ball’s Syrup which is always safe and reliable and jjfcver disappoints, f’ Therepwtrecommend*ratitalchao^alothe ceL fl, . ’ 243 ranse. A mm need notown all the land he p?s'ures on, but can use Hun dreds and tho* panda of acres free. FRUIT TREEP. Deep planting of fiuii trees is some times injurious, iu fact, it ia better to set out a tree shallower than b*-£ »re re moval. As a matter of course, fruit n all know th.it trees Lave two kinds of roots. F.ret, the rootlets, which are . ouug and tender, r.re found near the surface, getting air and moisture to feed the tree; then the lower roots, the supporters of ihe tree and the conduo tors cf its food. As a matter of course, if, in transplanting, you bury tbe tree deep in the greund aa to have the rootlets very lar under, you work aa injury. There is another w*y by which trees are iujurtd, aud that ia by bring ing green manure in contact with the roots. The true plan is to put the ma nure on tho surface,' and its beneficial elements will be carried down on the roots. As a matter of course; yon should have rich soil into which to transplant your treeu; but if at this time manure is used, und brought in contact with the roo.s, let it be thor oughly decomposed. RAISING SHEEP AND D Ol. It is very generally co. lens^d that 1 dog raising iu the same — England pays annually $30,000,000 for imported units. —Tennessee haB twice as many acres wheat as she had last year. —The spring wool chp in Gsliforniu will be about 20,000,000 pounds, —A new kind of lung fever is killing the hogs at Biggsviile, III. -The Am< rican Pomological society will be held in Nashville in (September, 1878 • —Sheep raising is the chief industry of New Mexico. —There is no place in America where farmers feed their cows so high as with in five miles of Elgin, Illinois, anti no farmers who make so mnch money from milk. —The annual yield of potatoes in the United States, according to the retnme of the last census, was nearly 150,000, 000 bushels. —The corn crop exceeds in acreage and value any other in the country. Next in value is the bay crop, not in* cluiiing pasturage. Iu 1875, out of 123 243,000 acres under cultivation, 44- 800,000 were de v^ted to corn, 26,400,000 to hay, 11,900 000 to oats, and 10,800,- .000 to cotton. The money value of the crops, as given by the department of Bgricul'ure for that year, was, in round nnmners, $555 400000 of corn, $342, 000,000 ot hay, $294,500 000 of w heat, $272,900 000 of cotton, and $129,599 000 01 r a s. Potatoes are down for a value of $65,000,000 tobacco $30 000,000, and barley $25,950,000 RICE CULTURE. The culture of rice is attracting atten tion in some localities of tbe state where it has not been attempted before. The culture of the crop is simple, and re quires no great amount of labor. To those who desire to try this crop we say yrepare your ground well ana lay off n shallow drills, say thirty fnchet- apart. Drill the nee and cover lightly In the first workiog of the crop be sure and remove all grass and wreda. After this ordinary hoeing and shallow plow icg will be snffirienL We find in the Gainesville Etgle an interesting letter from Col. J. H. Nichols, who has been succe&sinl in growing rice in Habrr sham county. He reused a crop at the rate of 93} bushels per acre. The col onel says "the idea that wet land on!} will prodace rice is erroneous, as the land devoted to its culture by me Iasi year is as dry as any portion oi my valley farm.” GRANGE CONTENTION. The annual convention of the Broad River grange association will be held at Paoli on July 31 vt and August 1st A very large attendance is expected The several grange uigamiationt throughout the district embraced, are all reported in a live and prosperous condition. SHEEP RAISING —SOUTHERN GEORGIA. the United S;art*8, about 32,000,000 hheep and 8 000 000 dogs, or about one dog to every five persons, li/is esti mated that these*dogs eai enough, rauie from the sheep they kill, to feed and fatten 5000,000 hogs, each worth about $12, or $60 000 000 To the average farmer, theep raising more profitable than dog raising, in spite of the combined opposing it flu- enccs of dogs and their allies, politic aI wire work rs. Iu the cotton giowing states it has been democstra .ea that it costs no more to raise a pound of wool than one of cotton, and the market value of the wool ia three times asgren . It is estimated that the annua! viUUd of he wool clip in the United 8:ales is valued at $50,000,000. There must and bhouid be a more per»isu nt and nutted effort made by wool growers to proper ly protect their interests. Wik iuey make the necessary effort.? FLORAL ITEMS. —German ivy roots best in water. When well started, transfer to a flower pot, which should be kept in a sunny place. •Ferns love a thick, damp wood, where they have a rich soil, but lifele mn, and a great deal of moisture. Ti have success with them, you must ini - tate nature in its piovision Lr them aa much as possible. — Geraniums sometimes turn black hen the soil is too rich, and where they afe kept too wet. Geraniums do not need u vdry rich Loil^and it should at least one third s.iud. Red spiders sometimes trouble plants. To exterminate them, take one leaspaonful camphor to a qti ut of hot water, and pour on the plant. It is elao death to all the worms that plants are heir to. A MISTAKE. A day or two since we heard an elderly farmer, and we have heard that he was a succe?f ful one, rather ridicul ing agricultural papern and books, lo this he was wrong. No doubt his life long experience on the farm, his watchfulness over his crops, his obser vations on the weather, his care of stock, de v, was worth a great de&l to him. Perhaps had he read agricultural books and papers he ought tong since have garnered the knowledge he has been years in gaining frem experience in the farm. This ia not all. Suppose that all he has learned irons practice was all written out, what a guide for others, and what a benefit they would derive from it. Take to-day the reports cf the agricultural departmental Wash ington, or of the bureaus t f the south ern states, pr read agricultural jour nals, and their analysis ot fertilisers, < f soils, plants, bones and manures; their examination ot seed*; their investiga tions oi various feeds for stock; their speculations on diseases of grain, cf frmt, and of animals; their facta gener ally on crops, f lrniak a vasi. amount of information frem which the farmer can beat learn to be economical, efficient and practical. From these he will de rive tbe benefit of practical experi ment the knowledge of the best fer tiliser!.; the proper varieties of seed to plant; what animals are beet to raiss or jreed from; receipts for all kinds of farm purposes, and also the nature of all kinds of soils. HOME AND HOUSEHOLD. —Remedy for rheumatism—^Take a pint of spirits of turpentine, to which add an ounce of camphor. Let it stand until the camphor is dissolved; then rub it ou the part affected, and it will never fail of lemoviog the complaint. Flannel ehioud be applied after tbe part is well fomented with turpentine. Repeat the application morning and evening. I*, is said to be equally avail able for burns, scalds, bruu.es and sprains, never failing of success. Cabbage Worm.—For the benefi’ of cabbage raisers troubled with the green worm eating the heads of cabliage, ap ply as much common salt to e.;ch head as can be held in tbe hand, and shut the hand and sprinkle evenly over the head. luring Scalp.—Ww h tbe head with a nail brush well with carbolic soap, rub well through - tbe scalp, then take « sponge and rnb through the scalp, after wetting with this solution : Car* bolic acid* one drachm; calendula tincture, one drachm; can (hairs tinct ure, one-half drachm ; of glycerine and water three ounces, and perfume to suir, with roee water or any thing you like. —Sick Headache If yon have it upon getting up in the morning, take i lablespoonfui of soda (baking,) bathe ne feet in water aa hot as can be borne, \nd keep quiet, and in two hoars if re lief is not obtained, take a grain of quinine every hoar rill three are taken. —For a Coogh— Oae lemon, two ounces liquorice root, four ounces chopped raisins, four ounces fl >.x seed. Put into two quarts of water and boil down to one qaart. Take a teaspoon ful hree times a day and aa often aa you :ough. —H'lme-made Court Plaster— 1 The following receipe come to ns w ell recom mended: One ounce of French isiuglats one pint of warm watei; stir till it dis solve; add ten cents' worth of pure glycerine and five cents* worth of tinc ture of arnica; lay a piece of white or black silk on a board and paint it over with the mixture. GEORGIA CROP J EWS. —As a matter of course crops are ^ret to be made. Ere the season cl jsbs dis asters of various kinds may overtake any of the various crops, and tbe har vest may belie the present outlook. We only give the news from some lo calities that.cn r readers may seethe present prospect. Tbe Greensboro Home Journal says all sections have been recently blessed with good sea sons. —Jonesboro News: Bees which pur- In speaking of sheep culture in Geor gia, the Albany News says: There b no country upon earth wheie with ae little care and attention sheep raising can be made to pay so handsomely They require no shelter, as we have no snow and but little ice. They thrive upon the native grasses and other vege tation in the pine forests which art green throughout the year. No atten> lion is given them by their owners ex cept at shearing and marking time. Sheep are peculiarly exempt from dis ease in this section, the diseases eo pre valent with them in other localities be ing unknown here. The estimated net profit upon sheep raising in this sec tion is ninety per cent upon the money and labor invested in sheep. Sheep would thrive better with some winter pasturage, such as rye, turnips, efic, which could be produced at a very I rived the winter appear to be doing trifling cost. Improvements of breed I well. The largest swarms are coming With more care and attention, would I out, that we ever heard of, and if they well reward the trouble. lean have a dry May the ir houses will Eaogea—There is a gfensral open ^ be chock full of honey-