Newspaper Page Text
Choctaw Mission.
At the last meeting of the Flint River
Association, cm motion of G. W. Milner,
twenty-one brethren agreed to pay Ref. Ba»
ker, a native Choctaw preacher, S2OO to labor
as missionary among his people. After due
consultation with the mover, I propose that
we send the money to C. N. Newton, our
Treasurer, by, or before, the 10th of Novetn
ber. If four other brethren are willing to
aid and give him $250, it will not be more
than he ought to have. Brethren, let us be
certain to send the funds by the time specified.
J. M. Wood.
Antioch Church, Butler, Ala.
We have just concluded a series of meet
ings at Antioch church, Butler, Ala., and
knowing that it ever rejoices the hearts of
God’s people to hear of His merciful dealings
with His people, we hasten to give you a
sketch of the meeting, with circumstances by
which they were surrounded. This church,
for a long time, had been in a state of desti
tution. Owing to adverse circumstances, they
had, until recently, been unable to procure a
pastor. Zion, at this place, seemed sadly on
the decline and a dissolution of the church
inevitable. But, in answer to the prayers of
the brethren and sisters, Gcd giaciously sup
plies them with a shepherd. Bro. A. T. Sims
accepted the pastoral care of this church in
August, and the 4th Sabbath in September
was uppoin ed for them to hold a series of
meetings and pray God that He would meet
with them and bless them. There was a
mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Saints
were comforted and made to rejoice with joy
unspeakable. Sinners were convicted and
brought savingly to a knowledge of God as
it is in Christ Jesus. Never have I seen a
meeting conducted more decently and in bet
ter order. Many Methodists were present
during the meeting, and all seemed to feel
and acknowledge the power and presence of
Almighty God through the operations of His
Holy Spirit. Owing to the Bethlehem Asso
ciation being convened at this time, Bro. Sims
could procure no ministerial aid. But “ Un
cle Henry” (Henry Smith, deacon of the
Georgiana church) was there. This much
loved old father in Israel is now 80 years old,
and has long and faithfully served in his Mas
ter’s cause. O, how the brethren and sii-tirs,
and the young folks too, like to hear “ Uncle
Henry” talk! They feel that the Lord is
speaking to them through this fa'thful old
servant. He has great experience, and we
believe he has faithfully enceivoredto dis
charge his Christian duties. No doubt he has
been the means, in the hands of God, of doing
much good. Few of us shall ever lorget his
parting words to the church in behalf of the
young converts—‘'Feed my lambs.” But
soon will he receive the joyful welcome of
his Father, and be permitted to join hands
with his dear companion and oliiidren and
friends in the climes of eternal glory, where
parting will be no more.
Bros. Seaborn Moore and Charles Mang
ham were present and united with the breth
ren and sisters, all of whom were faithful in
admonishing and exhorting sinners, in cheer
ing the saints, in praying to and praising
God. Bro. Sims faithfully talked to and in
structed this little congregation from Sat
urday morning until the ensuing, Friday
morning, when he went down into the Jordau
and buried with Christ in baptism, 14 young
believers in Christ. Eight more joined by
letter, etc., and we learn that there are several
more that will join at the next meeting —some
by letter, some by Christian experience. The
church now seems irf a prosperous condition ;
everything is encouraging, and the brethren
speak of building anew house.
I fear I have already been too lengthy, but
bear with me a little till 1 relate a Christian
experience in answer to the prayers of a faith
ful old mother in Israel. Sister Martha
Hightower, of Harris county, Ga., has a son
living near this little church of which we have
written, lie had been wandering far from
his God, somewhat dissipated. Ills dear old
mother receives this sad news and she ap
proaches a Throne of Grace in his behalf.
She writes to her son : “ Last night, my son,
1 slept none, but all night I prayed and ago
nized to God, that He would for Christ’s sake
have mercy on you and cause you to turn
from the error of your way and close in with
the overtures of mercy before it is everlast
ingly too late. And 1 now feel the assurance
that God will hear my prayers, and that the
next neivs I receive from you will be some
thing good.” God has answered her prayers.
Her son, almost Saul-like, has been made to
see the great danger in which he stood, and
has been made, through the mercy ot God, to
rejoice in hope of a blessed immortality be
yond the grave. The brethren and sisters
have strong hope that he will hold out faith
ful, as he enters immediately upon the dis
charge of Christian duties, family and public
worship. We would not neglect to state that
he has a loving and devoted wife, who went
down into the watery grave with him. We
feel satisfied that theic oldest daughter, little
Cora, will soon follow them. Press on, dear
little girl, till you find a hope in Christ. Pray
on, dear old mother Hightower. All Chris
tians, take courage and pray, for God will
answer your prayers, if you but pray in faith.
“ Praise ye the Lord.” J. T. Smith.
Notes by the Way—No. 7.
Dear Index: After a pleasant sojourn of
some two weeks or more amid the Green
mountains, we bade a reluctant farewell to
llutland, and on a bright, cool day. very much
resembling an October day at home, we set
out for Boston, distant 163 miles. Start here
on an excursion when you will, and you will
be apt J,o imagine that everybody has select
ed the day for their pleasure-seeking;
but you soon get disabused of this opinion."
1 noticed one precaution for safety which
they employ on this road. On all the express
trains, at every stoppage, three or four of the
employees jump off the train, and go around
and strike every wheel ot the cars with a
hammer, and by the sound they determine
whether the wheels are cracked, or whether
they are “ all right.” Twenty-six trains of
cars depart from Rutland during each day.
One of these trains is expressly devoted to
the conveyance of milk. Every morning at
6 o’clock, (Sundays not excepted,) a train of
cars loaded with milk, starts from Rutland
for New York City, distant 240 miles, to ad
in supplying the denizens of that mammoth
metropolis with the lacteal fluid derived from
the valleys of Vermont. From the first dawn
of day until the departure of the train, the
little Jersey wagons of the Vermont farmers,
with their quota of milk cans, are heard rat
tling along the stony streets. But to our
trip. A ride of 53 miles, winding through
valleys encircled by mountains, with neat lit
tle farm houses nestling wherever a few acres
of arable land could be found, brought us to
Bellows Falls, on the Connecticut river. This
is a beautiful and romantic place, well adapt
ed to manufacturing, and is much resorted
to by pleasure excursionists. In the early
spring, when the ice and heavy snows of the
surrounding mountains begin to dissolve, the
accumulation of water in the ravines pro
duces terrific freshets. We saw a notable
example on our way. On the banks of a
large creek that flows into the Connecticut
above Bellows Falls, a gentleman had invest
ed a large amount of money in erecting some
sort of a factory, when a tremendous freshet
tore away the banks of the stream, cutting an
entirely new channel and leaving the build
ings of the factory at some distance from the
water, high and dry, like a stranded whale.
From Bellows Falls, our way for some dis
tance wound along the valley of the Connecti
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SODTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19,1871.
cut. The meadows, covered with luxuriant
crops of grass aud clover, looked magnificent.
A considerable amount of tobacco is raised
in this valley, and in many places temporary
buildings were crammed full of the Virginia
weed, newly cut; the odor of which, as it
greeted our olfactories, wife thought was not
likely to be mistaken for “Lubin’s Extracts.”
On the wings of steam we soon reached
Keene, in New Hampshire, a considerable
town, thrifty in appearance and romantically
situated. Near Keene, we met with an arti
cle of commerce that was somewhat new to
us “ outside barbarians.” An old gentleman
entered the cars carrying a huge, black cov
ered basket, from which he ever and anon
drew forth sundry little paper bags, each
holding about a pint, and into these bags he
sprinkled a small quantity of a whitish look
ing powder, and then offered the bags for sale
at the reduced price of a nickel apiece. The
nickels flowed in apace, particularly from
“ Young America.” Anxious- to increase
our stock of knowledge, we concluded to in
vest a nickel ourself in the purchase of the
mysterious bags. We did so, and on inspect
ing our purchase, we found that we were in
possession of about a cent’s worth of pop corn
mixed with a little table salt.
Passing on from Keene, our road frequently
winding through rocky defiles, we reached
Fitchburg, quite a large town, celebrated for
various manufacturing operations. A ride of
a few miles farther brought us to the town of
Waltham, where there is a large establish
ment devoted exclusively to the manufacture
of gold and silver watches. The number of
watches yearly sent out from this establish
ment i3 almost incredible. The finer and
more delicate parts of watch machinery,
which, in Geneva and London, are manipu
lated exclusively by hand, in Waltham are
wrought out by machinery, with equal preci
sion and far-more expedition, and at much less
cost.
About 7 p.m., the thousand lights in front
of us showed that we were approaching the
city of Boston. Soon, we were surrounded
by a host of Jehus, each solicitous for our
comfort and anxious to carry us where we
could be taken care of—for a consideration.
In a few minutes we were comfortably located
at the Tremont House, one of the best hotels
at which we have ever sojourned. The best
bread that we ever saw in our life, we enjoyed
at the Tremont house.
A refreshing night’s repose and the light
of a bright, pleasant day prepared us to enjoy
a stroll on “ Boston Common.” Just twenty
years ago, we had strolled along the same
avenues, shaded by the same grand old elms.
Hundreds of persons, like ourselves, from
the millionaire down to the day laborer, were
walking along the various avenues enjoying
the exhilaration of cheerful sights and sounds,
or, sitting on the seats provided for visitors,
were engaged in pleasant conversation.
We also visited the “ Public Gardens,” an
enclosure of some 40 acres or more, adjoin
ing the Common, filled with flowers, grass,
shrubbery, lakes and statues, and indeed with
almost everything calculated to promote en
joyment. Beautiful gravelled walks, bordered
with flowers, led in every direction. Every
thing is kept in the neatest order ; the grass
plats are always neatly shaven, and where
they come up to the gravelled walks, they
are trimmed by a mathematical line. Near
the middle of the gardens is an artificial lake
of cqnsiderable extent, on which numbers of
gaily decked gondolas are frequently plying,
and for a dime you can have the privilege of
a sail around the entire circuit of the lake.
Here we met with quite a novelty in the way
of naval architecture. Its aquatic perform
ances amused us no little. It was a little
gondola propelled on the principle of the or
dinary velocipede. The proprietor of the
floating velocipede sat on a chair about the
centre of the hpat, and with bis feet worked
two cranks just as in an ordinary velocipede,
and steered it by a handle in front of him.
The axle, to which the cranks were attached,
was surrounded by a small wheel, to the outer
rim of which small paddles were attached,
like those of a steamboat. As the velocipedist
worked the cranks by his feet, the paddles
were set in motion and the boat was rapidly
propelled over the water, throwing the waves
back like a Tom Thumb screw propeller.
On a granite pedestal is a bronze statue of
Washington, mounted on a charger, with
everything almost as natural as life. Even
the veins of the horse's head can be distinctly
seen. In another part of the garden is a statue
of Edward Everett, standing on a granite
pedestal. The great orator is represented in
American costume, with his right arm ex
tended, as though in the act of speaking. The
gardens are free to all, and they are daily re
sorted to by thousands of the citizens, who
here find relaxation from toil and a respite
from the cares of life.
ln our rambles about the city, we 9trolled
into the hall of the Boston Public Library.
This is a large and beautiful building, filled
with thousands of books on science, litera
ture, useful arts, etc., and is intended to sup
ply the Boston public with facilities for read
ing. The library is free, and every citizen is
allowed to take out books and keep them a
specified time, free of charge. The books are
all classified, and arranged in neat alcoves,
where they are easily accessible to the libra
rian and his assistants. One gentleman, of
Boston, gave fifty thousand dollars to endow
this institntion, another gave a large library,
and almost yearly, large donations are given
to the enlargement of the library. I was
informed that, since the establishment of this
public library, works of sciehce and useful
literature were more and more inquired for,
while the “ yellow covered ” literature was
less eagerly sought after. Could our wealthy
men about Augusta, Savannah, Macon, or
Atlanta, make a better use of their wealth
than by establishing public libraries in their
cities, which would cultivate a taste for read
ing among the masses of our people?
While in Boston, we witnessed a feat of
engineering skill, which almost surpassed be
lief. We saw a block of brick buildings,
consisting of eleven different houses, three or
four stories in height, actually raised up ten
or twelve feet, and another story put under
neath, while the families remained in their
houses, eating and sleeping and carrying on
their daily business as usual. This was
effected by excavating under the brick foun
dations and inserting a large sill, upon which
the brick walls rested. Cross beams, about
five feet long aud about six inches square,
were placed under the sills, and at right angles
to the sills, and these cross beams were placed
about two feet apart through the whole length
of the block of buildings. Powerful jack
screws were then placed under each end of
the cross beams. Each of these jack-screws
was encircled by a nut, which was turned by
a lever in the hands of a workman. I sup
pose there must have been 1,800 or 2,000 of
these jack-screws under the building, and a
workman with a lever at each one. At the
sound of a whistle, each workman simultane
ously turned his lever a certain distance,
which carried the nut on each screw a quarter
round. He then withdrew his lever, and
inserted it in another hole of the nut. Again,
the whistle blew, and again each workman
turned his lever, making another quarter
round; and this process being continually
repeated, slowly but- surely, the vast block
went up, and when we last stfw it, it was
about 12 feet above its original position.
Another achievement, akin to the foregoing,
was that of the “Pelham Hotel,” a large,
valuable building, five stories, I think, in
height, which was moved back 10 or 12 feet
from the side-walk, in order to widen the
street. The means employed, were very
similar to those just described. S. P. 8.
JBotton, Mom., Sept. 8,1871.
3BiaqUancous Department.
J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
Yellow fever is prevailing at Tampa, Fla.
Mr. M. D. Looney, of Carnesville, is dead.
Athens, Ga., has been visited by a killing
rost.
Col. J. H. Logan has retired from the
Middle Georgian.
East Alabama fair opens at Opelika on the
7th November.
The finishing touches are now being given
the new passenger depot.
James’ new building, in bank block, is
being rapidly occupied by leading merchants.
The Fair at Rome last week was largely
attended, and all things passed off delightfully.
Thomas M Norwood is spoken of in con
nection with U. S. Senatorship of Georgia.
Cotton market here, closed weak on Wednes
day, the best prices for the staple being 17£
to 17|.
Rev. H. F. Buchanan has been selected as
missionary, within the bounds of Stone Moun
tain Association.
Gen. A. R. Wright is in the city, and is
prominently mentioned in connection with
the U. S. Senatorship.
Gens. Toombs, Dußose, and Judge Linton
Stephens are in the city, in attendance upon
the Supreme Court.
The public school buildings of this city are
being pushed forward to completion with en
ergy.
U. S. District Court, Supreme Court o»f
Georgia, and Fulton Superior Court are all
in session in this city.
The West Point (Ga.) Shield has been
changed to the News The new court house
of Rockdale county, Ga., is to cost $9,000.
Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Va, is writing
a book, entitled “Seven Decades of the Un
ion,” includinganarrativeof thelifeof Tayler.
A number of alleged K. Ks. were brought
to this city on Monday by U. S. troops. —
They are to have a hearing before the U. S.
District Court.
The fair at Macon bids well to be the grand
est ever held in the South. Buildings for the
reception of articles for exhibition opened oa
Monday last.
Georgia Legislature. —This body meets
on the first Wednesday in November, and
that is the first day of the month. Next Wed
nesday week is the day.
The Ladies of Wesley Chapel congregation
are holding a fair for the benefit of their new
church edifice, in James’ Bank Block Hall.
The success of the fair is most encouraging.
At the “Case.” —We would earnestly
urge every young man at the “ case” to tak i
and regularly read the “ Printers' Circular
It is a publication of great value to the “art.”
The President has suspended the writ of
habeas corpus, in certain districts in South
Carolina. The suspension extends to arrests
made by United States Marshal and his dep
uties.
Howard College has opened with pros
pects more favorable and promising than
formerly. About one hundred students had
registered up to the 12th inst., with others
yet to enter the list.
The Democrats of this city will hold aa
election at each ward on the twenty-seventh
inst., for the purpose of nominating candidates
for Alderman and Mayor. The polls will be
open from 2 to 7 o’clock, p. m.
Two beautiful narrow gauge railway loco
motives are on exhibition at our Atlanta fair.
They are little beauties, and win the admiras
tion of everybody. Their names are Gov.
Bullock, Jr., and IT. I. Kimball, Jr., and are
for the Cartersvillo and Van Wert Railroad.
The Second State Fair of the Alabama
Agricultural and Mechanical Association will
begin in Montgomery on Tuesday, Oct. 31,
and continue five days. We hope for it the
largest success. Our kindest regards are
tendered President Reid and Secretary Woods
for their attention. We hope to attend.
The work of reconstruction has commenced
in Chicago in real earnest. Contracts for
building are very numerous. Some of them
include whole blocks—first class buildings.
Banks all in operation. Deposits exceed the
drafts largely. Good order prevails, and
building material, goods of all kinds, and la
bor, fixed at old prices.
Plains of Dura, Ga., Oct. 17, 1871.
Dear Bro. Toon : Please inform me, through
the Index & Baptist, your method, in full, of
propagating the magnolia from the seed 1
H. D.
Will Bro. Stocks, of Graensboro, or other
kind friend, favor us with the information
requested above. An early response will be
highly appreciated.
• The Pair Chronicle is anew paper issued
during the Fair in this city for the benefit of
merchants and the public generally. Its daily
editions are large, and the contents of each
issue “ rich, rare, and racy.” By Messrs.
HufFord and St. Clair Abrams.
Mr. G. W. Hinkle, of this city, delivered
an agricultural lecture of much interest and
force, at Stone Mountain, on Saturday last.
The address was happily received, and, we
understand, will be published in pamplet
form. Mr. 11. is a gentleman of fine mind,
and is thoroughly posted on matters pertain
ing to the industrial and material interest of
Georgia.
R. N. Y.—The advertising rates in Moore's
Rural New Yorker, agate space, are: outside
pages, $1 a line ; inside pages, 75 cents; for
cuts and extra display, price and a half; busi
ness and special notices, $1.50 to $2 a line.
The Index & Baptist is unwilling to acknowl
edge its advertising space worth less than
one-fourth the above rates, though some busi
ness men think one-tenth as much as they
can pay.
We clip the following, concerning our es
teemed brother, Rev. F. M. Daniel, from
the Sun of Monday morning : “ The flatter
ing reception given Rev. F. M. Daniel by his
congregation in this city, (at West end,) is
highly gratifying to his old friends in and
around Newnan. The Herald says he is wor
thy of such a flock, and the church deserves
such a good .working pastor as he is known
to be.”
Minutes. —The Stone Mountain, the Mul
berry, (Ala.) have gone forward this week,
and Liberty (of Ala.) will be ready for dis
tribution on Saturday. The Canaan (of Ala.)
and the Friendship (Ga.) are in hands of the
printer, and will be printed without delay.
Our preparations this season for minute
work are complete, and brethren who favor
us with minute work shall have no grounds
for complaint. Let us have work, brethren,
if you wish it done well, correctly, promptly,
and at living figures.
The Anniversary exercises of the Ameri
can Bible Union will be held in the Baptist
Mariners’ Temple, corner of Oliver and Hen
ry streets, on Wednesday and Thursday, the
25th and 26th of October. The Union will
be addressed by speakers of eminence and
ability. Rev. Drs. Leavett, Simmons, Back
us and others are expected to be present and
to take part in the proceedings. Rev. Thomas
Armitage, D.D., President, will deliver a
discourse on Thursday evening, on the Verbal
Inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures. The
issue of the Book of Proverbs, and other
important circumstances, will add great in
terest to the Anniversary. The usual ar
rangements for the entertainment of dele
gates.
THE ATLANTA FAIK.
The Fair at Oglethorpe Park near this
city, opened on Monday last, under the
most favorable auspices. While the at
tendance on Monday and Tuesday was
not large, the masses tspk a lively inter
est in everything that was transpiring on
the ground, and on Wednesday a large
crowd attended. The display of articles
is very good, much better in fact, than
was at first thought would be made.
Many excellent products of our nurse
ries are exhibited, plants be
ing as perfect specimens as we have seen.
The mechanical department also displays
*a fine collection of machines of various
kinds, while the Fine Arts department
was made really charming to the eye by
the various articles which were exhibited.
We feel a pleasure in recording the fact
that during the three days past the ut
most order and decorum has been pre
served. Although the crowd was very
large on Wednesday everything passed
off" in the most harmom&us manner. The
Fair has, altogether, been a source of
pleasure and enjoyment to our people, if
it has not even been a great pecuniary
success to the managers. What success
has been achieved canl&pt, however, fail
to prove an incentive.fc&fliegetting up of
other industrial exhibitions of a like
character. _JL
Col. T. C. Howard, of one of the
brightest intellects in th® State, closed his
agricultural campaign at 'Madison, Ga., on
Saturday. His closing efToft is highly spoken
of by those present as befog eminently prac
tical, and well fertilized with the choicest an
ecdote. His subject at Madison was sheep
and fruit culture. We hope to see the Colo
nel continued iu the field; for, as a lecturer
on agriculture and kindred subjects, he is the
right man in the right place.
The twenty sixth annual session of the
Tuskegee Baptist Association, commenced
with the Salem church, Lee county, Ala., on
Saturday last. By special request, Rev. S.
R. Freeman, D.D., of Howard College, Ma
rion, Ala., preached the opening sermon; and
it was a sermon peculiarly appropriate, and
of singular power. At two o’clock, the
meeting was called to order by the former
Moderator—Rev. W. IT. Carroll—and much
valuable time was consumed in reading let
ters from 33 churches, after which the session
was duly organized by the election of W. H.
CarriHl, Moderator, Z. D. Roby, Clerk, and
O. D. Cox, Treasurer. The funds sent up
by the churches amounted to about S4OO,
Accession to the churches, during the year,
not the most encouraging, in numbers. The
interest was lively, in the enterprises usually
considered by the denomination. About $75
was contributed on Sabbath, for missions,
and a liberal sum was raised for Bro. Wil
liams, our young appointee for China, on
Monday morning. The meeting was largely
attended, and business waited upon with deep
interest. Preaching earnest and Scriptural.
There are but few religious bodies with more
valuable or interesting material. Its field is
large and inviting. One cent per week, from
each member of the churches, would give
them about $1,500, instead of S4OO.
The Goorgla Baptist Association.
The eighty-seventh anniversary of the
Georgia Baptist Association was held with
our church at Greenwood, Lincoln county, on
the 6th, 7th and Bth of October inst. It was
our good fortune to be present during the
session of that grand body of Baptists, and
we rejoice that we were tbfipe. The former
moderator being absent,-tira Association was
organized by the election of Rev. J. H. Kil
patrick, Moderator, and Rev. Thos. W. Cal
laway, Clerk. Then commenced the earnest,
heart-cheering work of the noble men and
women composing that Association ol Christ’s
followers. In all respects, it was one of the
happiest meetings we have ever attended.
All the interests of the denomination were
looked after. Our institutions of learning,
our missions,—Home, Indian and Foreign,—
our Sunday school work, Orphan Home, and
literature, all had consideration—deep, earn
est, prayerful consideration ; and where funds,
were needed, the brethren gave freely as the
Lord had prospered them.-The total amount
of money sent up during the year, and cash
paid over to the different interests, was $3,-
103.24. In future issues, the Index will have
much more to say concerning the dear old
Georgia Association. In conclusion, we re
turn our grateful acknowledgements to breth
ren for their kindness to us during our stay
in their midst. May God’s blessings ever
resit upon them.
The Chicago Losses.
The aggregate losses by the Chicago fire has
been estimated at $184,000,000. Os this
remount, $84,000,000 is reckoned for houses,
and the remainder goods, etc. Ten houses
lost, each, a million dollars of gold. The
following insurance losses are reported :
Losses. Assets.
American, New York $25,000 $''41,405
Citizens’, New York 25,000 694,872
Commercial Union, England 65,000 4,000,000
Columbia, New York 3,000 451,332
Firemen’s'New York Nothing.
Globe, New York.. Nothing.
Glen’s Falls, New York 10,000 571,123
Hoffman, New York 20,000 235,242
Imperial, England 150.000 8,000,000
International, New Y0rk...., 450,000 1,319,251
Importers and Traders’, New Y#rk 22,500 302,589
Lorillard, New York... 800,000 1,715,999
Lawrence, Boston '... 12,000 262,502
Merchants’, New York 15,000 442,690
Merchants’, Providence .TVv. 13,000 872,199
New Amsterdam, New York 40,000 432,638
North British Mercantile, England. 1,000,000 1,340,521
National, Bangor 17,500 241,398
New York Fire, New York 15,000 392,278
Phoenix, Brooklyn ; 850,000 1,095,557
Park, New York ;..... Nothing.
Queen, England Nothing.
Royal, England 98,000 9,000,000
Sterling, New Y0rk...., 7,500 247,027
Standard, New York.... Nothing.
Tradesmen’s, New Y0rk.,..20,000 423,181
Agency, New York 906,000 8,766,229
Republic.. ...... 225 000 400,000
Knickerbocker TjT.. Nothing.
Williamsburg City, New
v v ) These two lost heavily,
Homo \r v ** * 8 'lmpossible to ascertain
nome, n. i., j the amount, approximately.
The Chicago Custom-House vault has been
opened. One million of gold hoin was melt
ed into a solid mass. Two millions of Green
backs were burned.
-w
History of Chicago.
Chicago is situated on Lake Michigan, at
the mouth of Chicago river. The river af
fords the only good habor on the west side of
the lake near its southern extremity, and to
this fact the city owed its original importance.
The name is of Indian origin, and is mentioned
by the French Jesuit missionary, Marquette,
who first visited it in 1073. The town was
laid out in 1830, and organized in 1833, when
it contained only twenty-eight votes. In four
years the population increased to 4,000. The
rapid progress of
ably unparalleled in the growth of cities. As
early as 1854 it was announced that Chicago
was the largest primary grain depot in the
world. In all departments of trade it ranked
among the first cities of the Union. The co
lossal fortunes amassed by many of its citi
zens were freely expended In building up the
city in a style of unsurpassed magnificence
and grandeur. Chicagojrated as the fifth city
in the Union, according to the census of 1870.
The population, as ascertained by the mar
shalls, was reported to be several thousand
more.— lndex.
The Fair of the Southwestern Georgia Cen
tral Agricultural Association commenced at
Fort Valley on the 17th inst.
“The Star of Redeemption; or, Thoughts
on the Mediation,” by Rev; J. C. B. Quillian,
of Georgia. This is anew book of much
comfort to the Christian, in press at the
Franklin Steam Printing House. The au
thor is a Georgia minister, and a man of deep
piety, and his little book will find its way
into the hands and hearts of many of the
good people of his native State, and, we
hope, elsewhere.
THE NEWS.
GENERAL.
Texas is Democratic by an aggregate ma
jority of 40,000. All four districts have
returned Democratic Congressmen. The
Governor has issued a proclamation declaring
martial law in certain districts of the State,
because ot alleged lawlessness. The course
of the Governor is bitterly denounced by
many of his own party The K. K. Com
mittee, U.S. Senator Pratt, Chairman, closed
an eight day sitting at Huntsville, Ala., on
Saturday last. It is in session at Montgom
ery for part of the present week. Goes to
Demopolis next. The leading and influential
citizens of Huntsville testified to the peace
fulness of the country, as doubtless will be the
case elsewhere in the State Gov. Fair
cloth telegraphs that not less than three hun
dred persons have been burned at Peshtigo
and vicinity, and as many on the Eastern
shore, and that the appalling calamity occa
sioned by the fires in the woods of VViscon
sin has not been exaggerated. Over 3,000
men, women and children are now destitute.
....There was an unprecedented freshet in
the Penobscot river (Maine) on the 14th inst.
Immense losses and damage reported in eon
sequence... .Judge McKinney, for the South
ern District of Florida, died at Key Weston
Tuesday of last week A special from the
city of Mexico, dated Ist inst., says that a
formidable force of insurgents attempted to
take possession of the Capitol that day, but
were repulsed with a loss of upwards of 200
prisoners, who were summarily shot. The
leaders made good their escape, and the end
of the revolution is not yet. Poor Mexico !
....A dispatch from Chicago of the 14th,
states that laborers are taking advantage of
the profusion of provisions, and refuse to
work for less than a dollar an hour. Hun
dreds of shanties are going Up, and many are
making preparations to reconstruct their
buildings on more substantial plans than ever.
Gn the opening of the safes and vaults of the
banks, their contents are found, in most in
stances, more or less preserved, but in some
instances, heaps of charred leaves and melted
tin boxes are found together. The gold in
the Custom House was melted and the green
backs destroyed. The rain, which commenced
at midnight, still continues. It has stopped
the fire completely, saving many tons of coal
and quelling all apprehensions of further fires.
The Legislature at Springfield adjourned to
visit Chicago. The quarter million dollars
due the State by Chicago will be remitted by
the Legislature.... Dispatches from Paris,
London, St. Petersburg, Berlin and oiher
great European cities state that large sub
scriptions have been taken for the relief of
the Chicago sufferers The aggregate sub
scription from all sources for the relief of the
unfortunate of that city, will amount to mil
lions of dollars.... A dispatch from Halifax
says that the heaviest hurricane known for 20
years, occurred there on Friday last. Many
vessels were injured and several lives lost.
... .A dispatch from New York, dated 14th,
says that the steamer Portsmouth has arrived
from Rio Janeiro, with 28 returned emigrants
from Brazil The Manhattan Insurance
Cos. has suspended in consequence of losses at
Chicago. The insured will not suffer loss
thereby, it is believed, as the Company pos
sesses a large surplus besides its capital.
ALABAMA.
The Mobile-, and Girard Rail Road gets SSO
per month for carrying the U. S. mail....
Thirty were added by baptism to colored
Baptist church, Talladegee,a few days ag0....
Mrs. M. A. Baldwin, widow of a former At
torney-General of Ala., died at her residence
near Montgomery, last week The Rail
road from Altai ha to Gadsden, has been fin
ished Col. W. C. Griggs and Mr. Thomas
11. McGonigal, of Mobile, are dead... .Since
Ist September, Marion has received 3006
bales of cotton.
TENNESSEE.
Work on Custom House, Knoxville, pro
gressing finely... .Col. E. W. Cole, Superin
tendent of the Ga. & R. A. R. R. Co’s, gave
on Friday last, a a brilliant entertainment at
his|residencein Nashvillein honor of Gov. John
C. Brown... .Mrs. Sarah E. Car, of Chatta
nooga, died on the 13th inst Capt. James
J. McDaniel, a well-known printer of Nash
ville, died on Friday last.
Science and Labor
In his speech of welcome to the members
of the American Pomological Society, recent
ly in session at Richmond, Va., Mayor Kelly
said :
“ The union of science among labor is one
of the most characteristic peculiarities of our
age. The time was when philosophy marched
along the highways of the earth wrapped in
a lordly pride which disdained all association
with labor, and if it deigned to cast a look
across the hedge that divided it from the
field and the garden, it was to vent its scorn
on the dusty hand and less intelligent brain
there engaged. From this, two great evils
resulted, First: agriculture arid every oth
er form of fruitful labor lost the impor
tant aid of philosophy ; and, secondly, phi
losophy itself lost the powerful stimulus
which profit lends to every development
of human effort.
Almost within our memories all this has
been changed ; the white hand has clasped
the brown, the teeming brain has grasped the
plow, and the prunning-hook and the sickle,
and those great agencies for the betterment of
our race whom God hath joined are no longer
by man to be sundered. And with what
splendid results on every hand! Purely if
he may be claimed to be a benefactor of hi 9
race who makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before, your praise
should be a thousand fold greater who have
taken the bitter fruit of a thorny tree in the
wilds of Eastern Europe, unfitted for food
for man, or beast, and therefrom have devel
oped the most delicious fruit of our day in
more than five hundred varieties.”
The Rome Courier of the 14th announces
the death of Edward H., son of Rev. R. 11.
Stillwell, under the following ciroumstances:
“ Edward, who was but a lad, left home to
go on a chestnut-hunting. He did not return
at dinner, bat still his absence created no un
easiness until late in the afternoon, when the
family had gathered for the evening, when a
search was instituted and inquiries made, with
out any satisfactory results. During the
night the search was continued, and up to
yesterday at a 11 p. m., when his dead body
was fouud suspended by a small cord around
his neck, and his knees resting upon the
ground. He evidently did it himself, but
hardly with any intention of destroying his
life, as the cord would not have been con
sidered ot sufficient, strength to have borne
him.
The once beautiful Carlotta, widow of the
Arohduke Maximilian, of Austria, is no longer
beautiful. Her personal appearance has be
come repulsive. She has become obese, and
her face is covered with unhealthy eruptions.
Her physicians have officially announced, it
is said, that she cannot live for many months.
—N. Y. Herald.
Mississippi State Fair, at Jackson, will be
held on the 13th November.
r 7, HK Elections in Franck.— The returns
of the French elections come slowly in. A
dispatch gives 94 Bonapartists, 194 legiti
mists, 201 radicals, 494 moderates, and 567
liberal conservatives. The Bonapartists, it
will be seen, are the lowest on the list. The
Legitimists are the next. It is noteworthy
that the Orleanists are not mentioned. The
moderates and the liberal conservatives are,
to all appearance, omnipotent.
©ftifuarg.
- Obituaries containing ten lines will be inserted in
the Index & Baptist free of charge. After that a charge
of twknty cBNTsa line will be made.
Persons sending obituaries must provide so(, the
payment of the excess beyond the lines published gratis
EUGENE TYNER.— Died, near Marshalville, Setr
tember 16th, 1871, Eugene, sou of Mr. aud Mrs. J. Ty
ner, aged about four years.
“ Say, why should friendship grieve for those
Wno safe arrive on Canaan’s shore! 1
Released lrem all their hurtful foes,
They are not lost, but gone beibre.”
Pastor.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. —THE
next Sunday School Convention will be held at
Haynesville, Lowndes county, Oct. 27—29. Subjects
and speakers as fellows: 1. Is a Sunday School a
Nursery of the Church ; or, What relation does it sus
tain to the Church?—Elder D. Lee. 2. Does Sunday
School Instruction prepare the mind the better to un
derstand and receive the Gospel ?- R. M. Burt. 3. Are
Union Sunday Schools productive of Good?—Elder M.
Bishop. 4. Whit are the best means to stimulate and
keep up an Abiding Interest iu the Sunday School ?
Franklin Armstrong. 6. What is meant, in the New
Testamsnt sense, by being saved?—A. F. Goldsmith.
6. What should be the Qualifications of a Sunday
School Teacher?—G. W. McQueen. 7. The Importance
of the Sunday School Work—W. G. W. Powell. 8.
“Are there any circumstances under which one called
to preach the gospel may abandon the work and engage
in secular employments ?’’—B. A. Jackson. 9. What
do the Tares represent in the parable, Matlhew xiii:
24-30?—Elder T. J. Miles. 10. Are Sunday School
Conventions productive of good?—A. S. Stewart.
A good attendance is earnestly solicited.
B. A. Jackson, Chairman.
Pine Level, Ala., Sept 28, 1871. 25G0-2t
Ministers and deacons’ meeting
OF THE REHOBOTH|ASSOCIATION. —The next
meeting will be held (D.V.) with the Murshallville Bap
tist church, commencing at 11 o’clock, on Friday before
the sth Sabbath in October. It is earnestly requested
that brethren be punctual in their attendance. The
followi Dg are the names of the brethren, and of the sub
jects on which they are expected to speak or to prepare
essays: B. L. Ross —The relation that Good Works
sustain to Regeneration. W.J. Collins—How far ought
Christians to indulge in Worldly Amusements? IF.
C. Wilkes —To what extent should Females perticipate
in Church Business? W. A. Skellie— The Scriptural
Evidences of a Call to the Ministry. It. F. Tharpe—
How can our Churches best secure u Properly Quali
fied Ministry? IF. H. Rice —Ministerial Support. A.
J. Oheeves— What are the Scriptural Evidences of Cov
etousness iu the Churches, or m Individual Members?
F. V. Waite —What is meant, in the New Testament
sense, by being saved? F. AT. Blalock— The Scriptu
ral Importance of Practical Godliness. B. W. Whit
den—Why do we not regard other Denominations as
Gospel Churches?
Our brethren generally, are invited to take part in
the discussions.
September 22, 1871. 2558-4 t
The rural accountant, a simple
and Piaetical, yet Complete System of Plantutiou
and Farm Accounts.—Contents: A Plan of the Farm,
Inventory of Farm Investment, Time Rolls for each
month, Gestation Account, Cash Account, General Ac
counts, Crop Accounts, Memoranda; prefaced by a full
and complete explanation of the book. Also, compris
ing a Selection of Practical Information needed every
day on the Farm. Price : Small size, $1.25 ; per mail,
$1.40. Large size, $2; per mail, $2.80. The great
value of these books must be apparent to every farmer.
Orders for the size wanted, with the money addressed
to J. J. Toon, Atlanta, Ga., will meet with prompt at
tention. 2550
NEW" ADVERTISEMENTS.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
FORjYOUNG LADIES,
No. McCullough Street, Baltimore,! Md.
The MISSES NORRIS, Principals.
The Misses Norris have removed their Boarding and
Day School from 205 Madison avenue, to 32 McCul
lough street, between
The duties of this Sohool will
Sentcmhur, 1871.
For Circulars, with terms, apply to the Misses Nor
ris, at 32 McCullough street, Baltimore, Md.
References.— Rev. R. Fuller, D.D., Baltimore, Md.;
Rev. G. W. Samsou, D.D-, Columbian College, Wash
ington ; Rev. J. L. M. Curry, Richmond, Va.; Rev. J.
A. Broadus, Greenville, S. C.
I do especially commend this Bchool to all woo de
sire the best religious influences and the highest edu
cational advantages for their daughters.
2561-2 tn R. FULLER.
FOUR m % 1 h ,,s 50 CTS.
GREAT SUCCESS.
Mill SIM Sill WORKER.
An Evangelical, Undenominational
Monthly, for PARENTS, TEACHERS and SCHOL
ARS. With Sunday School Lessons, Exposition, Il
lustrations, Questions, Blackboard Exercises, etc., for
each Sabbath.
This publication is designed to develop a greater
depth and spirituality in the Sunday School work,
looking beyond methods to results.
Terms lor 1872—51.50 a year, in Advance.
CfLUBS of TEN or more (to one address) will re
/ ceive 6 Lesson Papers, free, with each Maga
zine monthly. Scholars’ Lesson Paper, monthly,
with Lessons for every Sabbath, 12 cts. a year; or per
hundred, $9 a year. Send 10 cents for Spe'cimen Copy,
Lesson Paper, and our own List of Lessons for 1872,
to jf. W. McINTYRE, St. Louis, Mo.
HEgf Bound Copies, for 1870 and 1871, $2
each, postpaid. Lesson Papers on Gospel of Matthew
for 1870, and on the Gospel of John for 1871, same
price as 1872. 2562-11
GET THE BENT.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
10,000 Words and Meanings not in other Dictionarut *
3,000 Engravings. 1,840 Pages Qnarto. Price, $3.
Glad to add my testimony in its favor.
[Pres’t Walker of Harvard.] .
Every scholar knows its value.
| W. 11. Prescott, the Historian.]
The most complete Dictionary of the language.
[Dr. Dick, of Scotland.]
The best guide of students of our language.
[John G. Whittier.]
He will transmit his name to posterity.
[Chancellor Kent.]
TTv tymological parts surpasses anything by earlier
Xt laborers. [George Bancroft.]
Bearing relation to Language, PriDcipia does to
Philosophy. [Elihu Burritt.]
Excels all others in defining scientific terms.
[President Hitchcock.]
So far as I know, best defining Dictionary.
[Horace Mann.]
Take it altogether, the surpassing work.
[Smart, the English Orthmpist.]
A necessity for every intelligent family, student,
teacher and professional man. What Library is com
plete without the best English Dictionary ?
ALSO,
WEBSTER’S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY.
1,040 Pages Octavo. 000 Engravings. Price, $5.
The work is really a gem of a Dictionary, just the
thin? for the million.— American Educational Monthly.
Published by G. A C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Masi.
Sold by all Booksellors. 256
FREE TO BOOK AGENTS.
We will send a handsome Prospectus of our New
Illustrated Family Bible, containing over 200 fine
Scripture Illustrations, to any Book Agent, free of
charge. Address, NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
Atlanta, Ga. Bo6 °- 4t
pHILLIPS & CREW,
BOOKSELLERS
AND
MUSIC DEALERS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Agents for Knabe and other Pianos.
Special discounts given on Itohiuson’s Nkw Casket.
2557-89-18 t
GREAT CHANCE FOR AGENTS^
Do you want an agency, local or travelling, with an
opportunity to make $5 to S2O a day eelling our new
7-atrand White Wire Clothes lines ! They last forever;
sample free, so there is no risk. Address at once, Nad
son Rimer Wire Works, cor. Water St. and Maiden
Lane, N. Y. ( or 18 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 2552
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, Etc.
IN HEAVEN.
A BOOK, under the above title, has just been pub.
lished by James P. Simmons, of Lawrencevtlle, Ga.
He holds that the soul* of men are Faiabk Aeiis—
“cast out” of heaven with 3 a tan, by Christ who
offers us pardon here - That the Bible so teaches—is
true, and, in this view, consistent with Science ana
Reason. _ , ,
314 pages Bvo., Tint. Price, $2.60. For sale by
Oakley, Mason A Cos„ 142 and 144 Grand St., N. *.;
Claxton, R. A H., 819—821 Market St., Phila.; J. A.
Gresham, 92 Camp St., New Orleans: J. W. Burke «
Cos., Maoon, and J. J. A S. P. Richards, Atlanta, Ga.
2544-ts
ATTENTION, AGENTS! THINK OF THIS!!
WONDERFUL SUCCESS!!! 30,000
copies of Brockett’s History ol the Franco-German
War sold first 60 days. It now contains a full history
of the Red Rebellion in Paris, making nearly 600 pages
and 150 elegant illustrations, and will sell five times
faster than heretofore. Price, only $2.60. Incomplete
works, written in the interest of the Irish and French,
are being offered with old illustrations, and, for want
of merit, claiming to be official, etc. Beware of such.
Brocket*, s in both English and German, is the most
impartial, popular, reliable, cheap and fast-selling work
extant. Look to your interests, strike quickly and you
can coin money. Circulars free, aqd terms excelled by
none. Address GOODSPEED A CO., 37 Park Row,
New York; or 148 Lake Street, Chicago. 2f 47
WANTED,
To sell the only Complete Unabridged People’s Edition
of DR. WM. SMITH’S
Bible
Dictionary .
It contains over 1,000 closelv printed, double-column
octavo pages, and is illustrated with over 200 engra
vings, and a series of fine, authentio maps.
This DICTIONARY embodies the results of the most
recent study and research of over sixty of the most
eminent Biblical schol rs in the world. Clergymen of
all denominations regurd it as the best work of the kind
ever published, and one which ought to be in the hands
of every Bible reader.
It is a great library in itself. The labor and learn
ing of centuries is gathered in this one volume, to
thiow a clear strong light upon every page of the in
spired word. Agents are meeting with unprecedented
success. One reports 55 orders taken the first three
days of his canvass; another 76 in two days; another
212 in ten days; another 29 Dictionaries and 28 of
our large Family. Bibles, in two half days; another
sold 27 Dictionaries and 24 Bibles in one day.
Send for circulars with terms, testimonials and a full
description of the work. Address, NATIONAL
PUBLISHING CO., 274 and 276 Second Street,
Memphis, Tenn. 2558-4 t
gU N DAY SCHOOL BOOKS.
Libraries, 75 vols , SB.
Hymn Books from 26 cents to $2.40 per dozen.
Question Books, from 26 cents to SI.BO per dozen.
Sunday School Repository,
Established 1837.
WM. H. BULK LEY.
158 Fourth St., Louisville, Ky.
Catalogues gratis. 2552-66-16
A GENTS WANTED
JLX FOR
THE COMPLETE HISTORY
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR AND
Red Rebellion in France.
The Origin, Causes, Battles and Results of the Great
War; and Full History of Paris Under the Commune.
Nearly 650 pages and 150 engravings. Published in
English and German. It tells of Battles that have
shaken Europe to its centre; of patriotism, heroism,
military skill, and statesmanship never surpassed in
history, and of the fall and rise of the mightiest em
pires of modern times. Caution.— lnferior Histories
are being offered. Bo sure the book yon buy contains
nearly 150 fine engravings, and the Red Rebellion in
France, and price only $2 50. Address, for Circulars
and terms, H. H. NATT & CO., Publishers, Cincinnati,
Ohio. 2550—62—13 t
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
In life for our
Boys, Young Men, and Men of Middle Age,
That assures a
SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. -
EASTMAN BUSI NESS COLLEGE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Jvistitution of Learning—devoted to the Practi
cW'Eaocation of Young Men, Boys, and Men of mid
dle age. The A. R. Eastman System of Actual
Business Training, by the novel and original plau
of combining Theory with Practice, is especially de
signed for those who desire to engage in active, suc
cessful business.
Its Character. —lt is a live, practical, common sense
school, suited to the wants of the tirncß, It is conduct
ed by able and competent teachers. It is endorsed by
the press, by prominent busmens men, by educators,
and by those who have been the recipients of its teach
ings.
Course op Study.— The course of study is short,
practical, useful, and is just whatevery man needs, and
what every successful man uses, no matter what his
calling or profession may be. It comprises every va
riety of Business and Finance, from Retail to Banking
Operations, by the great system of Actual Business
Instruction. Book-Keeping in all its various methods
Business Forms, Terms and Usages, Business Writing,
Correspondence, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial
Law, Partnership Settlements, Detecting Counterfeit
Money, and Business Biography.
Its Location. —It is located in Atlanta, the Capital
of the State—the Chicago of the South—famous for its
health and climate, its building enterprises, its rail
roads and its schools. It is centrally located, and is
easy of access from all the surrounding States.
Time op Entering. —There are no terms or divisions.
Students can enter any week day during the year with
equal advantage. There are no examinations at time
of commencing. For further particulars, address
A. R. EASTMAN, Principal,
2550-6 m Atlanta, Georgia.
gPALDING SEMINARY.
This young but flourishing Seminary is taking an
honorable place among our best institutions of learn
ing. The course of instruction is equal to that of other
Colleges. The Faculty are experienced and competent
Teachers. The Institution has two departments—one
for Males, the other for Females. For further informa
tion, apply for a Catalogue, to
W. C. WILKES, President,
2528—2573 Spalding, Macon county, Ga.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Under a Burning Sun, where Bilious affections
and Fevers of various descriptions so generally prevail,
Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient
has been successful beyond all parallel. Hence the
physicians of the tropics give it their emphatic sana
tion, prescribing it in preference to every other aperient
in use. The patients, of course, gladly acquiesce, for
this preparation is one of the most delightful, as well
as mild and cooling cathartics, chemistry has yet de
vised, and possesses every medicinal virtue of the far
famed German Seltzer Spa. It is a powder, that only
requires the addition of water to produce in an instant
a delicious, effervescent beverage, as well as an invalu
able medicine. Ask for and accept none but the
genuine.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PjrT^
2557-GO-4t
THE IfIENEELY BEITfOUNDRY.
(Established in 1826.)
BELLS for Churches, Academies,
-Splfc *°n Factories, etc., of which more have
been made at this establishment than
a * t * le ot * ler foundries in the
country combined. All bells war
ranted. An 'illustrated Cotalogue
sent free upon application to
E. A. A G. It. MENEELY,
T 2546—v* West Troy, N. Y.
T> IFLEB, SHOT-GUNS, REVOLVERS,
XU GUN MATERIAL. Write for Price Liet, to
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, PittsbOrg, Pa.
Army Guns, Revolvers, etc., bought or traded for.
Agents wanted. 2550-76-27
Q-E! '
That farmers will allow millions of dollars jrorth of
flue, luscious peaches to rot under the trees, when they
could, by a little effort, not only save them, but at the
same time make up for short eorn and cotton crons
Mcßride A Cos. offer an almost inexhaustible supply of
Victory Fruit Jars.
These Jars, everything considered, are, beyond all
question, the best and cheapest Jars in the market.
255 °- MoBKIDf A CO.
163