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ROMANISM IN GEORGIA.
IDOLATRY.
Number two of the Southern Cross, Sep
etn ber 18th, 1875, contained the following in
eference to the work of Bishop Gross :
“ A few days ago the Bishop arrived in Dal
ton, and on Sunday, the 12th of September, he
preached before a magnificent audience. The
very elite of Dalton and surrounding districts
listened to the truly grand and eloquent
words. * * * No one need, therefore, be
surprised that Protestant ministers became
alarmed when the Bishop carried fire in their
own camp, or that they made every mean and
low eflort to prevent the people from attending
the Bishop’s sermons, or that they deposited
their venom in obscure country papers, and
attacked places like little puppies, who have a
tremendous courage to bark when sheltered
behind a fence,” etc.
From number seven, October 23d, we get
the following:
“The Right Reverned Bishop of the Diocese
reached Thomson, on his missionary journey,
on Saturday, the 9th of October, in the after
noon, and preached at night to a large and
highly respectable congregation, of whom the
majority was mainly composed of Protestant la
dies and gentlemen.” etc.
This number contains, also, an editorial
from the McDuffie Journal, from which we ex
tract the following:
“In a few most sensible and practical re
marks he endeavored to show that if it is right
to adore and reverence the Son it is but natural
that we should respect and honor the memory
of his blessed mother. He then alluded to
the prejudice that many honest persons have,
who imagine that the virgin Mary, or even
her image, is worshipped by Catholics ; and in
the most clear and forcible manner, explained
the falsity of such charges against the church.
His sermon throughout was so clear and consis
tent that many of his Protestant hearers won
dered greatly that they had not had such beau
tiful truths explained to them before, and were
fully convinced that the position of the Catho
lic church in this one particular, at least, was
the correct one,” etc.
The above are only specimens of the reports
regularly published in this new Catholic pa
per, of Savannah, of the sayings and doings of
Bishop Gross, and others. They are not the
only instances that come to our knowledge of
the fact that this Right Reverend Bishop is
in the habit of deceiving at least some of the
“elite Protestant ladies and gentlemen” of
Georgia.
Protestants do not object to any “ respect
and honor paid to the memory of Mary, the
mother of Jesus;” they all unite in calling her
“blessed among women;” but they do object to
calling her the “mother of God;” to making
her an object of religious worship, to “bowing
down’’ before her images and pictures, to assign
ing to her such titles and attributes and
offices as belong to God only, and thus paying
to her “ divine honois.” This is idolatry, the
crowning sin of the Bible. It is remarkable
that these men, when they make these har
angues, never seem to think that they are
really speaking to an intelligent people, who
have, at their fingers’ ends, the means of con
victing them of falsehood. The proof that
Bishop Goss, if he is correctly reported, falsi
fied the doctrine of his church in Thompson,
and that he is doing it wherever he goes, is to
be found in every Catholic manual, in every
bookstore. For instance, take the “ Familiar
Explanation of Christian Doctrine, No. 3,”
published by Kreutzer Brothers, Catholic pub
lication Society, Baltimore and New York,
1875, and you will, on page 422, see the fol
lowing definition of prayer:
“ Ques. What is prayer ?
“Ans. Prayer is the elevation of the mind
and heart to God.
“Q. How do we raise our mind and heart to
God.
“A. By thinking of God; by adoring, prais
ing and thanking Him, and by begging of Him
blessings for soul and body.”
Now turn to page 49 of the appendix, same
book, and you will read exactly as follows:
“ PRAYER TO CONSECRATE ONESBLF TO THE
BLESSED VIRGIN.”
“ Most Holy Virgin, Mary, Mother of God,
I, N. N„ although most unworthy of being
they servant, nevertheless, moved by thy won
derful compassion, and by a desire to serve
thee, choose thee, this day, in presence of my
angel guardian, and of all the Heavenly Court,
for my special lady, advocate, and mother;
and I firmly resolve to serve thee always, and
to do everything in my power to make others
serve thee also. I beseech thee, then, most mer
ciful mother, by the blood of thy Son, which
was shed for me, to take me into the number of
thy clients, as thy servant forever. Protect
me in my actions, and obtain for me grace to
measure my thoughts, words and works, that
I may never offend thy most pure eyes, nor
those of thy Divine Son, Jesus. Remember
me, and abandon me not at the hour of my
death.”
The most hasty reader will notice that this
is not simply “ a petition for the benefit of in
tercessions,” the common subterfuge of Catho
lics to get rid of this charge, but it is “a prayer
of consecration to the blessed Virgin,” offered
in solemn worship; and, although they read in
their own “Catholic Bible,” the command “the
Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and Him only
shalt thou serve, ” (Mat. 4 : 10; Deut 6 : 13);
yet the worshipper declares to Mary, not only
his “resolve to serve” her, bat “to do every
thing in his power to make others serve her
also,” and prays that he “may be taken among
her clients, as her servant forever.”
In a little book in common use among the
Catholics, by the same Catholic publishing
company, and called the “Key of Heaven,” (?)
on pages 61 and 62, you will read a most re
markable “Prayer,” addressed to Jesus and
then to Mary, in the fallowing words;
“ O blessed Virgin, listen unto me; Mother
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of the Saviour of the world, assist me; Mother
of God, Lady of Heaven, sweetly beloved
Queen, and advocate of all human lineage,
pray come; amiable and mild lady, lady of
angels, flower of the patriarchs, desire of the
prophets, treasure of the apostles, mother of
the confessors, ornament of virgins, O sweet
virgin Mary, pray for me; lady who art heard
above the company of angels, preserve me
from all evils, past present qpd to come; do not
abanden me this day, nor at the dreadful hour
when that my soul shall be separated from my
body; obtain for me, sweet virgin, in the hour
of my death and judgment, that my soul may
come to the heavenly paradise before your Son,
Jesus, and that I may be worthy to see His
grace and everlasting glory with you. O gate
of Paradise, palace of Jesus Christ, star of the
sea, consolation of mankind, beginning with
out end, take pity of me: O sweet and blessed
virgin Mary, daugh* ? Gwd the Father,
mother of Jesus Chris,,spouse of the Holy
Ghost, gate of Heaven, tIW of the firmament,
hope of Christians, fountain of piety, safe
guard of peace, glory of virgins, hon
ored above all angels, mother of mercy miracle
of virginity, Virgin above all virgins, temple
of the most holy Trinity, beautiful above all
creatures, O lady of meekness, abyss of mild
ness, comfort of the sorrowful, consolation of
the afflicted, in you the angels do rejoice. O
sweet lady of mercy, turn your merciful eyes
unto me, enlighten me with grace and hear my
prayers, unto the protection of Almighty God,
and your holy hands, O retuge of sinners, I
recommend my soul and body. Amen.”
Now, mark you, in the “Familliar Expla
nations of Christian Doctrine,” page 184, the
following questions and answers :
“Ques. Is it, then, wrong for any one to say
that Catholics, by praying to the saints, sub
stitute them for Jesus Christ?
“Ans. The idea that Catholics, by praying
to the saints, put them in the place of Jesus
Christ, is utterly false; because Catholics do
not ask the saints to grant them any graces,
but to obtain them from God.
Q. How do you prove this ?
A. Because Catholics, when praying to God,
never say to Him as they say to the saints,
“pray for us,” but “Grant us,” “hear us.”
“have mercy on us.”
Now, notice “the Catholics do not ask the
saintß to grant them any graces;” they say to
them, “pray for us,” they say to God “grant
us,” “ hear us,” “ have mercy on us.” And
now turn again to the above prayer and read,
“ O blessed Virgin, listen unto me ” (hear
me); “assist me,” “preserve me from all evils,
past, present, and to come,” (is not thiß asking
for graces ?) “take pity on me,” (have mercy on
me,) “turn your mercifuljeyes unto me,” “en
lighten .me with grace,” “and hear my pray
ers.” Look at these expressions, in view of
the questions and answers; and then turn
again to the titles by which Mary is called,
“advocate of all human; lineage," “desire of
the prophets,” “treasure of the apoßtles,”
“gate of paradise,” “gate of Heaven,” “conso
lation of mankind,” “temple of the most Holy
Trinity,” “comfort of the sorrowful,” “refuge
of sinners,” etc., and see how their Scriptural
application to Christ and the Holy Spirit is
transferred to the Virgin Mary.
What do you think of this ye “magnificent
audiences,” ye “highly respectable congrega
tions of Protestant ladies and gentlemen,” ye
“elite” of Dalton and Thomson ? Is this not
putting Mary, a saint, in the place of Jesus
Christ and of the Holy Spirit? Is the posi
tion of the Catholic Church, in this one par
ticular at least, the correct one ?”
But see again “Familiar Explanation, etc.,”
pages 113 and 114 :
“Ques. How may we commit sin against
the worship and adoration of God ?
“Ans. By worshipping false gods or idols,
or by giving to any creature, whatever, the
honor which is due to God alone, to do
which is always a mortal sin.”
Catholics are here taught that a “mortal sin”
is committed by “giving to any creature, what
soever, the honor which is due to God alone;”
and yet this is done in every prayer addressed
to Mary, by assigning to her —a creature —ti-
tles, attributes, honers, offices, and executive
powers which belong to God only. Bishop
Gross and his deluded victims are here convic
ted out of their own mouths, of what they
style a “mortal,” “unpardoable,” “deadly sin”
—even the dreadful sin of idolatry,—and of
that other sin, “bearing false witness;” which
is hateful both to God and man.
We propose to continue this subject, and
some others, in others articles.
T. B. Cooper.
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The Snnday-Sahnol Cause in Harmony with the
Mission of Messiah.
The Apoßtles, at times, were exceedingly
zealous men, but their zeal was not always
“according to knowledge.” On this account,
it sometimes received the merited rebuke of
Jesus. Once they wished to call down fire
from heaven to consume the Samaritans who
refused to receive their master. That master
rebuked them in these words; “Ye know not
what spirit ye are of; the Son of Man came
not to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
On another occasion, they saw one doing the
same beneficent work that they and their
•master were doing, and “they forbade him
simply because he was not of their number.”
Again the master rebuked them, “Forbid him
not, for he that is not against us, is for us."
In these words He gave a rule for the guid
ance of the church through all coming time:
Oppose nothing that is not opposed to me.
Put there are thousands within the pale of
that church who, either have never thought
out the rule from the rebuke of their Lord, or
have never for a moment supposed that it was
applicable to them. They cannot believe
.that they will ever be placed in a situation in
the slightest degree resembling that of the
over-zealous disciples. Or, they may suppose
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that, if ever the time should come when it
would be required of them to submit to the
rejection of Christ, they would manifest the
spirit of Him who suffered himself to be
arrested by a petty guard of soldiers when He
could have summoned “ legions of angels ” to
His deliverance. These excellent brethren
thus flatter themselves that they would act
very differently from the indignant disciples
under the same or even similar circum
stances.
But never were men more self-deceived
than they are. Never did a professor of reli
gion put a falser estimate upon his aharac ter
than these have put upon theirs. Never
have they seen their conduct toward the Sun
day-school cause in its true light. It is jus 4
what every warm-hearted, consistent follower
of Jesus would have it not to be. May it not
happen then, that, if these seemingly honest
opposersof a cause which has been produc
tive of an incalculable amount of good, could
clearly see that the attitude they have assumed
toward it, is one of real hostility to a noble
Christian enterprise, they would instantly
change that attitude and take their places in
the foremost rank of the ever-advancing host
of God’s elect? Could we but show them
that in all their opposition they are, never for,
a moment “with Christ,” we would show them
that they are most decidedly “against Him.’
We propose then, so far as we can, to show
the real nature of that remarkable opposition
to Sunday-schools which we find even in the
church itself, by showing the real character
of the cause against which that opposition
levels its most persistent blows. The task
we have assumed to perform is to show what
the Sunday-school cause really is, that, at
least to the Christian’s eye, it may not appea l '
“as a root out of dry ground, without form or
comeliness, or even with so little beauty that
he should not desire it. ” Far from it. Could
we attain our object, we would place it upon
a high and glorious pedestal, far above all
merely human institutions; side by side
with Christianity itself. Pointing to the two
adorned with supernal grace, we would show
in how many features they resemble each
other, andjthat they are consequently deserv
ing of our purest love, our highest considera
tion, and our warmest support. We shall
endeavor to prove that the Sunday-school
cause is in harmony with the mission of
Messiah, and that the obligation to cherish
and sustain it presses upon every friend of
that Messiah. Nay more. We shall try to
make it appear that all who oppose this
cause are enemies of the cross of Christ, and
that inasmuch as they are not gathering with
him, they are thoughtlessly and criminally
scattering abroad.
The conduct of these enemies of the Sun
day-school, contrasts very unfavorably with
that of the rebuked disciples upon the first
occasion, to which we have alluded. The
Jews and the Samaritans had no dealings
with each other. The intensest mutual hate
had been handed down from sire to son, from
that memorable day when ten of the chosen
tribes of Israel had declared to Rehoboan
that they had “no portion in David and no
inheritance in the son of Jesse.” They were
foes as irreconcilable as two long hostile
tribes of the Arabian desert, or two long
embittered clans of the Scottish Highlands.
Such beine the state of feeling between them,
how would the Samaritans receive the Jew,
Jesus of Nazareth, claiming to be the prom
ised Messiah ? As he looked upon that trav
eler “al 1 way-worn and weary” and heard
him announce that he had come “to restore
the Kingdom to Israel,” think you that he
would at once acknowledge the justness of
his pretentions and exclaim with the
delighted Nathanael! “Rabi, Thou art the
son of God, Thou art the King of Israel ?’
By no means. “He who came to his own
and his own received him not,” met wiuh no
kinder treatment at the hands of the “aliens
from the Jewish commonwealth.” The bara
utterance of his claim aroused the merely
smothered' hereditary hate and he was
rejected with contempt. That rejection in
volved the violation of the law of hospitality,
a law universally regarded by eastern
as sacred as “the first and great command
ment.” Are we surprised then,that this man
ifestation of enmity on the part of the
Samaritans should have aroused a kindred
feeling in the hearts of the devoted disci
ples ? They must have been either more or
less than men if, under such exasperating
circumstances, they did not feel, at least for
a moment, the spirit of retaliation. It was
an impulse that has often been felt by every
affectionate soul. And, if there ever was a
time when anger was excusable and revenge
justifiable on the part even of those who are
required to cherish a spirit of forgiveness,
it was on that day when the Samaritan vil
lagers shut their inhospitable doors in the
face of the wearied Messiah; it was on that
night when Judas revealed to a Pagan band
the sacred retreat of the man of sorrows
amid the shadows of Gethscmane ; it was on
that day when a ribald soldiery mocked the
pretensions of the Son of David with the
rod, the crown, the scarlet robe, the insulting
homage, and the contemptuous buffetings,
and, last of all, it was on that awful day
when Jewish hate, triumphant over even
Roman justice, nailed the Son of God “to
the accursed tree” and numbered “the
Holy and the Just” with the vilest trans
gressions. We are net sujrprised then, that
when the disciples saw their Lord so grossly
insulted, so unjustly condemned, and so
cruelly hanged, they forgot t o whom ven
geance belongeth, and that He in his own
time, would repay the wrong and avenge the
sin. We are not surprised that the whole
Aphstolic band wished to destroy the inhos
pitable) Samaritans, and jthat the impulsive
Peter struck off the ear of the servant
Ms lchus. But we are surprised beyond
measure when we see a professed lover of
Jesus, not only indifferent, but absolutely
inimical to a cause which is cheerfully and
vigorously sustained in alliance with His
kingdom, and is in sweetest accord with the
letter and spirit of His “glorious gospel.”
This man has no excuse for his hostility. It
is not like the seemiugly irresistible, out
hfeaWng anger of Peter when he saw his
Lordiso rudely seized by the heartless hire
lings of the Sanhedrim. By no means. That
anger was an impulse. Like “murder it
would out. ” This hostility has nothing of
impulsiveness about it. It is the result of
cool, sober, protracted deliberation ; and it is
a feeling that cannot be indulged but at the
cost of the prosperity of Zion 1 While,there
fore, the zealous Apostle seems almost justi
fiahte-fT using his sword in defence of his
Lorain the very moment of His arrest, the
-enemy of the Sunday-school, who calmly i
and constantly opposes and undermines a
cause so manifestly akin to Christianity, is
without a shadow of excuse. 8.
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WANTED, THE DEACONESS.
We have deacons enough in our churches.
These officers are almost invariably good men;
some of them are quite efficient. Asa class,
however, their history may be summed up,
somewhat, in this way. On the first Sabbath
of January, 1865, brother was set apart
to the office of deacon, at Fox Creek church,
from that time he has steadily handed around
the bread and wine at each communion season.
This is the history, in full, of most deacons-
They have been regularly performing a duty,
which may or may not belong to their work,
but their special work they have never touched.
One cause of this failure is owing to the
want of help-meets in office. Men are apt to
be sluggish in religious duties without the
stimulus supplied by the presence and aid of
woman. There is no deacon who would not
have anew life put into him if three or four ex'
cellent sisters were at his elbow to prompt him
to work, or were giving him the example of
activity in the diaconate.
In the Primitive churches there were deacon
esses; and until these female officers are re
stored the work in this department will contin
ue to drag. As in creation, so in the deacon -
ship, it is not good for man to be alone.
As financial agents deaconesses would be in
valuable. In all of our towns and cities, in
all our country neighborhoods, there are those
who are deaf to the appeals of men, whose
heart would readily respond to the voice o
woman. Many a close economist, who buttons
his coat over a freezing heart as he notices the
approach of a collecting brother, would thaw
into a genial, generous humor, when he was
met by the tact and kindliness of a collecting
sißter. The gentle sex have a wonderful pow
er of condensing an intense earnestness into
their appeals. A woman can ask for a ribbon
with more impassioned energy than a man
can ask for a hundred dollars. The request
that comes from her lips is repeated by her
manner ; intensified by the changing colors
of her countenance, and speaks from her eyes
with an eagerness that seems to give it a life
and death importance. When this natural
earnestness is conjoined with piety, and a sense
of duty, it would make a deaconess irresistible
as a collector of church funds.
Still, this is not the department of the dia
conate which she is best adapted to fill. The
poor and suffering members of a church should
be under the supervision of the deacon. In
this sphere Christian women would be unri
valled. None can minister like them to the
needy, the sick, and the dying. The skill with
which the Roman Catholics have officially
employed, in this field of labor, their female
members has been one secret of their great
success. Rome, without its Sisters of Charity,
would be comparatively weak. In this res
pect it has been far wiser than all Christian
denominations. Our Baptist churches have
not assigned to women any official position,
and, consequently, we have suffered loss.
Sometimes, as though to show us of what
aid a deaconess would be, God brings into
prominence some female worker. The writer
was once pastor of a church in which there was
a Christian lady, who, fora large,kind,loving
heart, was worth the whole membership—pas
tor, deacons and all. Everybody called her
sister, for she seemed to have for all a sister’s
tender, sympathizing feeling. You could read
it in her face and voice. You felt it in her
manner. Little children loved her; sinners,
under conviction, sought her counsel ; the
sick and the dying, though comparatively
strangers, would send for her to visit them.
Olten has she been seen, on wintry nights, to
leave the comforts of her home to minister to
sufferers, whose only claim upon her was their
sufferings. In all this labor of love, there waß
no unfeminine boldness. It was all done with
a woman’ delicacy and modesty—done as no
one but a Christian woman conld have done it
The Spirit of God had made her a deaconess,
though no church had inducted her into office.
And there are many ladies among us, who are
prevented only by timidity from rendering a
service like this to the cause of Christ. If
there was an office that devolved upon them
the responsibility of a special duty, their
conscientiousness would overcome their fears,
and we would have a band of working sisters,
who would give anew impulse to our church
es. We need deaconesses.
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GEORGIA NEWS.
We learn that Prof. Amend, of
Aiken, S. 0., takes charge of the musi
cal department of the Lucy Cobb In
stituto. He comes highly recommend
ed as a pianist and vocalist.
—The total debt of the State not
yet due is $8,005,500; but the State
has, at the lowest calculation, $5,169,-
880 of tangible, marketable assets as a
set off to ber debt of $8,005,500. This
would leave only $2,835,620 of actual
liabilities.
—Georgia has, through a number of
her most prominent citizens, requested
the executive committee of the Inter
national Sunday-school Convention, to
hold the convention of 1878 at Atlan
ta.
—The value of city and town prop
erty in the State sums up $57,930,353
against $57,218,248 for 1874; showing
a net increase of $712,000. Of all the
counties, Chatham claims precedence,
having $12,871,090 worth of city prop
erty, Fulton coming next with $11,486,-
294.
—Echols shows the smallest stock
of goods, her entire mercantile capital
amounting to but $1,150.
—An association has been formed in
West Point for the purpose of instruc
tion in Art, Science and Governmen
tal Theory.
—ln cotton manufactories in this
State $3,500,090 are imployed.
—The amount of capital invested in
our iron works and foundries amounts
to the small sum of $670,000, and only
$49,279 are invested in running opera
tions.
—The total number of hands em
ployed in Georgia in the various de
partments of labor in 1875 was 121,641
against 114,086 for the preceding year.
Total value of plantation and mechanic
tools, over $25 to each family, $1,337,-
232.
—Mr. Richard Cargill, living in
Harris county, near Blue Springs, in at
tempting to arrest a negro, was shot
dead by him.
—T. B. Binyon, Teller of the At
lanta National Bank, is under arrest,
charged with defalcation to the amount
of $16,000.
—The General Assembly has called
a convention for the revision of the
constitution, to meet on the first Wed
nesday in March, 1877. The election
of delegates will take place on the first
Wednesday in January next, the same
day on which county officers will be
elected.
—Rome now has a Reading Club.
—The Eagle and Phoenix Manufac
turing Company have declared a divi
dend of eight per cent.
—The Atlanta Herald is advertised
to be sold at Sheriff’s sale on the first
Tuesday in April.
—A negro aged 105 years died sud
denly in Savannah last week.
—lt is questionable whethe r the
bid made for the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad will be accepted by the
State.
—lndian Spring is to have anew
hotel.
—Another “body servant of Gen
eral Washington’* has been found ;
he is a remarkable colored gentleman
named Uncle Gus McLendon, living
in Meriwether county. This makes
the total of body servants to the
“Father of his Country” 1,999, with
the current year to hear from.
—Mr. A. A. Mooty, was elected
sheriff of Troup county.
—The vacancy in the Democratic
Executive Committee from Georgia, has
been filled by the election of Gen, A.
R. Lawton.
—The Carnesville Register of the
sth instant asks this pertinent ques
tion : “ There was no religious service
in our town on Sunday last, notwith-
$3 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
standing it has within its corporate
limits two pastors and three local
preachers. Verily, brethren, is it right?
We pause for a reply.”
—Rev. G. J. Pierce, a well-known
Methodist minister, died in Decatur a
few days ago.
—Sparta is to have anew court
house.
—A Reading Club is to he organized
in Sparta.
—J. M. Putnam, of Griffin, petitions
the Legislature for the passage of a bill
compelling all preachers, except those
engaged in some church, to
work on the public roads.
—Cuthbert is greatly troubled bv
burglars.
—The State Agricultural Conven
tion met in Brunswick, on the Bth inst.
—The Methodist Episcopal church
in Carnesville, is to be completed at
once.
—Mr. Mell Williams, living about
two miles from Carnesville, a short
time since killed a wild turkey gobbler
measuring five feet in height, and
weighing twenty-five pounds after
cleaning. The bones of its legs were
thirteen inches, and of its thighs ten
inches in length.
—Butler is to have anew Methodist
church.
—The Presbyterians of Dahlonega,
will build a handsome new church edi
fice.
—The mining news from the great
fields around Dahlonega, are very grati
fying.
—The citizens of Fannin county are
bestirring themselves in strenuous and
praiseworthy efforts to put the Marietta
and North Georgia Railroad through
that county.
—A bill is before the Legislature to
abolish the County Court of Putnam
county.
—The Sumter County Agricultural
Society has ceased to exist.
—Beavers abound in many places on
the Etowah river.
—A little girl in Cherokee county,
nine years old, weighs 128 pounds.
—Mr. Isaac H- Moreland, a very old
citizen of Houston county, died at his
home in Hayneville.
—The Hawkinsville Dispatch, of the
3d inst., says: “William Self, the
young man shot in Telfair county a
few days ago, died last week. It will
be remembered that a load of buck
shot took effect in his thigh. Reuben
Cummings, the young man who did
the shooting, has left the county.
—The leading farmers of Sumter
and adjoining counties unhesitatingly
say that they cannot afford to raise
cotton at the present bankrupt prices,
and for self-proteetion will have to
give, this year, the corn crop decided
preference.
—The mountains in the Northern
part of the State are now covered with
snow.
—A turnpike is to be opened from
Ellijay to Carter’s Landing.
—The value of the real estate in
Rome is $1,125.00.
i —A large number of emigrants have
left Worth and Irwin counties for
Texas.
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DOMESTIC.
A most daring burglary was com
mitted at Northampton, Massachusetts,
by masked robbers, the result of which
is almost appalling. The amount stolen
from the National Bank of Northamp
ton, is $920,000. The robbery was ac
complished by seven men, who had
been hanging about the town for at
least a month.
—The recent hurricane was the most
destructive that has visited the North
ern States for twenty-five y^ara.
—The Southern Life Insurance Com
pany has collapsed. Liabilities one mil
lion dollars.
—A number of women and children
were crushed to death in a public hall
in Cincinnati, during a stampede caused
by a false alarm of fire.
—A discrepancy of a million dollars
has been discovered in the United
States Postal Department accounts.
—The Texas Pacific Railroad project
will probably receive the indorsement
of Congress.