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The Christian Index.
Established 1821.
The Christian Index.
Publication Rooms, 27 and 29 S. Broad. St.
The North Carolina colored people’s
Fair at Raleigh last week was a tine
success.
It is stated on what is claimed to be
reliable authority, that a war between
Russia and England is imminent.
It is likely the rebellion of the stu
dents of Middleburg, Vermont, Col
lege, will result in‘breaking up tne
college.
The colored Baptist State Conven
tion recently in session at Opelika,
Alabama, adjourned to meet again in
Marion.
Governor Colquitt’s proclamation,
appointing this day (Thursday) as a
public thanksgiving day, will be found
on our eighth page.
Eight or ten of the leading Ute
chiefs are to be brought to Washington,
with a view to a conference and final
settlement of the Ute question.
The total receipts of the Baptist For
eign Mission Board, from Alabama,
from September 16th to October 14th,
were $162.40; total receipts from all
sources, $1,556.45.
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The village of Vitznau, at the foot
of the Rigi mountain, in Switzerland,
is threatened with destruction. A wall
of rock behind the village is showing
signs of falling.
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The Congressional Committee of
the National Green! ack and Labor
Party, has-issued a e:4l for a confer
ence of representaii'cs to be held in
Washington, Janutrrv 8,
The Chinese Imperial Embassy have
arrived in Havana. Their object is to
improve the condition of the Chinese
in Cuba. They have been received
cordially by officials and people.
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The new French cable was landed
successfully last Saturday at Cape Cod.
It will be operated in the new “Ameri
can Union’’Telegraph Company. The
Anglo-American Cable Company pro
poses to forward cable messages for 12A
cents per word.
The Turkish Government has agreed
to inaugurate the reforms that Eng
land demanded. It has also resolved
to have a responsible ministry, and it
has convinced Lord Salisbury that it
has no intention of going into partner
ship with Russia.
The unveiling of the statue of Gen.
George Thomas, in Washington, on the
19th inst., was a superb affair. Among
the features of the programme, was the
singing »f a hymn by a male chorus of 1
over one hundred voices with cannon
accompaniment, the cannon being
fired by electric wires.
Artificial Limbs.—We direct the
attention of maimed Confederate sol
diers in Georgia, who are getting
funds from the State to supply them
selves with artificial limbs, to the ad
vertisement of A. A. Marks, 575 Broad
way, New York. Read the advertise
ment, and then correspond with this
manufacturer, who is highly recom
mended as reliable in every respect.
The Daily Telegraph’s Vienna cor
respondent reports that a Rome tel
egram confirms the statement, that an
agreement has been reached between
Germany and the Vatican. If this be
true, Bismarck’s policy would seem to
be influenced by the excited and war
like condition of European politics.
He wants to go into the conflict free
from tiie embarrassment of clerical in
trigues ; a plan which he will attain by
making concessions to Rome.
France, England and Germany are
still pouring their gold and silver into
thia country, at the rate of six or eight
million dollars a week. Three millions
in gold left Havre a few days ago.
France has been an extensive purchaser
of a great variety of supplies from this
country, and her remittances are in
gold. The constant, steady influx of
gold and silver into the United States
for a year has had its inevitable effect
in reviving business, and with it, prices,
and much speculation.
The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year of the American
Health Association at the session, last
week, held in Nashville: President—
• John S. Billings, U. 8. Navy ; first Vice-
President—Samuel Choppin, of New
Orleans; second Vice-President—R. C.
Heazie,of Lansing, Mich.; Treasurer—
J. B. Lindsley,of Nashville; Executive
Committee—C. B. White, J. L. C'abel,
of Virginia; E. M. Hunt, of New Jer
sey ; J. B. Plunkett, of Tennessee; C. J.
Folsom, of Massachusetts; A. L. Gib
son, of the United States Navy. The
next session of the Association will
convene in New Orleans. i
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND
BAPTIST ILLUSTRA TED.
lhe issue of The Index next week
will contain ten portraits; life-like
picture< taken from our magnificent
“Portrait Gallery,” which will be ready
for delivery in a few weeks. The por
traits we shall give next week, are
those of the following distinguished
and honored ministers of our denomi
nation, who, though dead, speak with
I hrillingeffect through the artist’s pow
' er, in every line and feature: Rev.
! Sylvanus Gibson; Rev. Charles 1).
Mallary ; Rev. Humphrey Posey ; Rev.
' Henry Holcombe; Rev. B. M. San
ders ; Rev. J. 11. T. Kilpatrick; Rev.
Adiel Sherwood ; Rev. W. T. Brantley,
Sr.; Rev. V. R. Thornton ; Rev. Joshua
Callaway.
These portraits will give our readers
an idea of the beauty and perfection
of the likenesses which we propose to
give them in the complete “Portrait
Gallery”— of art
and never excelled,in this country.
; We earnestly hope that all whose
■ subscriptions are about to expire, will
I renew their subscription promptly, and
; that every subscriber will endeavor to
I send us a club of new subscribers, un
der our very favorable plan, whose at
tractions in the way of cheapness,
elegant and valuable premiums, and
other inducements cannot fail to con
vince the people that The Index is
the most attractive and valuable reli
gious family newspaper in the .South.
Dear reader! If you cannot send
us a club of subscribers, help us by
forwarding the name of one newsubscri-
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be grateful. Send us, if you please,the
name of every person in your commu
nity who would likely become a sub
scriber, and we will send a specimen
copy to that person.
We have perfected a very interest
ing programme for The Index for
1880, with many new and attractive
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“If the negroes in the South,” says
i the New York Herald, "were really in
the sad condition in Rich it pleases
i some of our Northern politicians to
represent them, if they were murdered,
oppressed, robbed and cheated every
where, it is not possible that they
would produce now a greater cotton
crop than the largest under slavery;
that the crop should be increasing
! steadily year by year, and that, besides
the cotton, they should produce, also,
as they do, a larger amount than ever
before of their own food supplies. I
Northern papers are full of complaints I
of Northern and white laborers who
are also wronged, often in ways which
it is difficult to prevent, and the ignor
ance, and more than that, the waste
ful and unthrifty habits of the South
ern negro expose him peculiarly to
become the prey of sharpers. But, in
the face of the immense and continu
ally and steadily increasing cotton
crop, it is nonsense to assert that there
is general terrorism, oppression, or
cheating of the blacks. We advise the
Republicans to give up that point in
their argument. But we advise the
Southern whites, also, to pass laws for
the more stringent protection of the
black laborers against men who cheat
them out oi their earnings. If they
neglect that, they may some day see a
real exodus of the blacks, which would
be a very embanassing event for
them.”
[And The Index hopes that all who
arc dissatisfied will make haste to get
away. The sooner they leave, the
better.]
Atlanta Public Schools.—Through
the courtesy of Prof. W. F. Slaton,
Superintendent, we have received a
copy of the Eighth Annual Report of
the Board of Education, for the school
year ending August 31st, 1879. The
pamphlet contains forty two pages,
printed in elegant style by James P.
Harrison & Co., of the Franklin Steam
Printing House.
The report gives a gratifying exhibit
of the progress and continued prosper
ity of this noble system of schools.
The schools are ably managed, and
taught by an exceptionally talented
corps of teachers. The system is pop
ular, and the educational advantages
offered are so well appreciated by the
people, that additional buildings will be
required to supply the demand for ad
mittance.
This report is the last official docu
ment from the hands of the beloved
and lamented Superintendent, Bernard
Mallon, deceased, to whom is due the
thorough organization and excellence
of these schools, and, to a very great
extent, their popularity and progress.
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The increase in the cotton crop of
the South is reported at 500,000 bales
more than in any preceding year. The
increase in cotton is expected to yield
$20,000,000 more than last year. The
tobacco crop is 22,000,000 pounds over
last year, and the sugar crop 200,000
hogsheads greater. This surplus is
valued at $40,000,000 over the product
of last year.
Literature Secular Editorials Current Notes and News
Atlanta, Thursday, November 27, 1879.
Art Exhibition at Concordia
| Hall.— For some time there has been
on exhibition at Concordia Hall, in
; this city, a series of art illustrations,
i embracing views of the great cities of
Europe and-Asia; lovely landscapes,
, historic edifices, famous works of art,
statuary, etc., of ancient and modern
times, presented in such a realistic and
superbly beautiful way, as to charm
the eye and elevate the mind by the
almost literal representation of the
1 scenes. All that is charming in for
i eign travel is brought vividly to sight,
| and the explanation by the intelli
gent lecturer that accompany the ever
: changing pictures, is itself a note
worthy feature. We advise all who
have not yet had the pleasure of wit
nessing this exhibition to go without
fail; a more pleasant and profitable
evening cannot be spent, than at this
Art Exhibition.
STORY OF THE BIBLE.
The Story of the Bible from Genesis to
Revelation, told in simple language for the
young. 704 pages, 8v0.272 illustrations. J.
B Lippincott & Co., publishers, Philadel
phia.
This is the title of an exceedingly
interesting and instructive volume for
young readers. The high esti
-1 mate of its value placed upon the
! book by competent authorities,may be
' seen by the following note to the pub
lishers, from President J. T. Murfee, of
1 Howard College, Marion, Alabama,
who says : “I thank you sincerely for
the copy of your ‘Story of the Bible.’
I have not introduced into my family,
in many a year, any book that has
pleased the children more, and I have
seen none calculated to do them so
much good. It is the Bible made as
attractive to children as the most
charming story book, filled with pic
tures and thrilling sacred narrations.
Every family which has a Bible for
the adults should have this book for
the children. Not only in every fam
ily does it deserve a place, but every
Sunday-school and every other school
should use it.”
Our readers will be glad to know
i that they can get a copy of this attrac
tive book as a premium through The
Index office, by forwarding the names
of three new subscribers to The
Christian Index.
Any one sending us three dollars
and sixty cents will receive a copy of
this beautiful book, and The Chris
tian Index for one year.
Get the book in this prompt and
cheap way for the children for the liol
lidaysl
The Postmaster General’s report
shows that during the past year, end
ing June 30, 1879, the expenditures of I
the Department have exceeded the re- :
ceipts by $3,407,000. It estimates for '
an appropriation to supply a defi
ciency of $7,710,000 in contemplation
of largely increased mail service in
Kentucky, South Carolina, North Car
olina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi and Alabama. The num
ber of post-offices in operation in the
country are 40,855, an increase during
the year of 1,597. The total number
of employes in the Department arc
56,844. The increase in the total length
of mail routes is 14,745 miles, and the
increase of money order officers over
last year is 369.
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The writer of a well written and
finely illustrated article in December’s
Harper descriptive of the city of At
lanta, having, with great temerity, ex
pressed the opinion that, with the ex
ception perhaps of Richmond, Va.,
Atlanta has the best kept cemetery in
the Sc • th, the Savannah • News and j
the Augusta News enter vigorous pro-|
tests in the name of their respective j
cities against this writer’s statement, j
and insist that their cemeteries are the
neatest, etc.
It is now in order for all the cities in j
the South to enter protests in the same
line, in order that the Harper man
may realize the enormity of his trans
gression in having dared to praise
something appertaining to Atlanta.
The statement of assets and liabili-!
ties of the United States govern
ment October 31st, 1879, shows 1
the following aggregates: Assets j
$274,897,574 ; liabilities $123,820,530 ;
amount available for resumption
$151,047,044; at the close of the fiscal
year 1879, the aggregate amount of
United States n >tes in circulation was
$346,681,000. Os such notes of all de
nominations there were redeemed dur
ing the year $64,107,01)0. The total
coinage of the standard silver dollars
is $45,206,000; of which amount
$32,203,000 is in the mints and treas
ury offices and, $13,002,000 in circula
tion.
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The Romish priests in France do not
pray for the Republic, and the French
Minister of the Interior has addtessed
a circular to the local civil authorities
to ascertain whether this slight is done
by order of the Bishops.
The Minister must be mistaken ; we
believe the Romish priests of France
pray very ardently for the Republic’s —
downfall.
. LITERARY NOTES AND COM
t MENTS.
—Rev. Charles F. Deems, D. D., pas
■ tor of the Church of the Strangers, in
New York, anticipates visiting the Holy
Land in the beginning of 1880.
’ His connection with Frank Leslie’s
I Sunday Magazine, as editor, has been
a happy one,both in the interest of that
, popular publication and in that of its
, readers. We trust that we shall be
able, before long, to announce Dr.
j Deem’s reascension of the throne edi
torial.
—Father Ryan’s volume of poems
I will be ready for delivery by‘December
, Ist. John L.Rapier & Co., of Mobile, are
I are publishers. In a recent issue of the
Register they say : “The publishers have
spared neither labor nor expense in the
endeavor to present a volume, of which
the Southern people may be justly
proud. So far we have received the
most flattering encouragement. Or
ders from all parts of the country are
coming in, and/rom*bne firm, alone, in
San Franciscb, we have received an or
der for one thousand volumes. We hope
that the people of Mobile will extend to
a Mobile enterprise a liberal encour- |
agement.”
—Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate of;
England, is announced to contribute '
to the pages of St. Nicholas two Child- !
Songs, written especially for it, which
the editor hopes to publish in the Jan
uary number. We believe this will
be the first contribution Alfred Tenny
son has ever made to an American mag
azine.
—The Christmas Holiday (Decem
ber) issue of St. Nicholas, which will
be ready December first ten days later
I than usual—is to be the largest num
ber of that mrfgaze ever published.
I Not only will it have a special
I Christmas Holiday cover, but it
: will contain one hundred and
four pages, ninety or more illus
| trillions, poems by John Greenleaf
Whittier and Luoy Larcom, a children’s
acting play by Edward Eggleston, the
opening chapters of Louise M. Alcott’s
| new serial, “Jack and Jill,” the second
j installment of William O. Stoddard’s
I serial, “Among the Lakes,” twelve
j short stories, by J. T. Trowbridge,
Washington Gladden, J. W. DeForest,
jJ. Esten Cooke, Maurice Thompson,
j Sarah Winter Kellogg, and others, an.l
| pictures by Gustave Dore, Knaus, Mary
j Hallock Foote, J. E. Kelly, Frederick
I Dielman, E. B. Bensell, W. L. Shep
pard, Jessie Curtis, and Addie Ledyard; j
|an illustrated art-paper on Thorvald-!
sen, .and an account, with twelve pic-:
tures, of the life and doings of the !
1 Telegraph-Boys of New York.
—Mr. Boyesen’s paper on Victor ;
j Hugo, in the December Scribner, will;
| give account of the poet's personal stir- !
roundings, and of the people whom one
meets at his levees. A remarkable in
cident is the revelation by the poet of
his ignorance of Che existence of an i
American by the name of Emerson!
Quite likely. The mountain of ego
tism upon which Mr. Hugo is perched,
is so high that men, even of un
common stature, in the world below
appear as pigmies to this great
Frenchman’s eyes, or are not seen .
■t all. If the altitude of Mr. !
Hugo’s vanity were attainable by any
common process of mental locomotion,
it might startle this Parisian Jupiter to
know that there are quite a number of!
people on this side of the Atlantic who
are ignorant of the existence of a
Frenchman by the name of Hugo!
—The editor of the Ch irlottc (N.C.)
Observer, in an > article on Paul H. i
Hayne, says that the poet’s health is by |
I no means good, he is recovering
from a severe hemorrhage-of the lungs.
I His recent tour at the North was one ,
;of great pleasure. His visit to Long- I
| fellow, Mr. Hayne describes as a delight-1
1 ful recollection ; he describes him as a
man of exceedingly unpretentious 1
manners and simple habits, “more like [
the type of the old Southern gentle
man,” said he, “than any one I met at
the North. He has none of that un
approachableness which some literary
men affect- —the habit of drawing a
I circle around themselves, and forbid
ding any one to enter it, as Tennyson
I and other literary English people are
! said to do.”
“Mr. Hayne,” says the Observer, "is '
among the few Southerners who, since
the war, have devoted themselves to
work exclusively literary, and a recent
public utterance attributed to him in
reference to the lack of appreciation in
the South of men of his profession, has
attracted considerable attention. He
was not asked if the remarks were
true, but in speaking of the efforts of a
talented and cultivated Southern au
thoress, ho said that the literary life
was a deplorably hard one.”
—A song by C. W. Hubner, “The
Hero’s Bequest,” which takes for its
theme the dying words of General J.
B. Hood : “I bequeath my children to
i the soldiers of the South,” has been
set to beautiful music by the best com
poser in the South, Prof. Henry
Schoellcr, of Dalton, Ga., and will bo
published shortly by Phillips & Crew,
iof Atlanta. The entire proceeds of
■ the sale of this song will go .to the
“Hood Fund,” as a contribution in aid
of the eleven orphan children of the
departed hero.
—“South-booke,” says the Mont
gomery Advertiser, “is the title of a
a work soon to issue from the press,
from the facile pen of Hon. S. S. Scott,
of Alabama, one of our most eloquent
’ and cultured public men. It has been
our pleasure to read several extracts
from the forthcoming work. They
display a high order of taste and of
literary ability. If our space permitted
we would gladly republish these ex
tracts. “South-booke” abounds in life
pictures of the South in ante-bellum
days, drawn with the skill of a true
artist; sketches of persons, places,
dramatic incident!, picturesque scene
ry, customs and institutions that can
not fail to prove of the highest interests
to all its readers. Col. Scott has writ
ten in thorough sympathy with his sub
ject, for the preservation of all that was
noblest and best in Southern life and
character as models for the present
. generation and as material for future
| historians. The spirit of the book is
genial and catholic. It is chaste in
| style and pure in sentiment. This
work will add to Col. Scott’s already
well-established reputation as a writer.
' It cannot fail to have an extensive
j popularity and take its place among
| the best literary productions of the
South.
i Christian Index.—That there may
be no mistake,we state the terms of The
Christian Index for one year: Single
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Portrait Gallery, $3.00. Renewals for
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um, $2.00 ; clubs of five new, cash sub
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! extra copy. Clubs of ten new cash
i subscribers,with Portrait Gallery, $2.75
each, and the one who raises the club
of ten will receive an extra copy of the
paper and the Portrait Gallery.
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Dispatches from Dublin announce
that incendiarism and agrarian out
rages are increasing throughout Ire
land. The Irish National Convention
has adopted an amended programme
j contemplating absolute autonomy for
Ireland, with nominal franchise quali
! fications, and increasing the system of
< county and borough representation.
British troops are under orders to pro
i ceed to Ireland.
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At a meeting of the railroad mana-
■ gers of the Southwest, held last week
I in Nashville, resolutions were adopted
that a committee be appointed to lay
before the several State legislatures the
practical defects of the present system
j of quarantine, that a more effective
system be enforced by proper legisla
tion, and asking Congress for an appro
priation for the enforcement of State
quarantines, to be expended under the
approval of the National Board of
Health.
The report of United States Treasu
[ rer Gilfillan speaks of the year just
passed as one characterized by great
transactions in connection with the re
funding of war loans, and the resump-;
tion of specie payments. It gives a
full statement of the condition of the ;
Treasury, and expresses, the opinion ;
that the recent rapid rise in silver
i will solve the silver problem in this
! country.
The Russian press is very violent in
its tone towards England, and the
Moscow committee for securing sub-
I scriptions to build volunteer cruisers,
l will have a fyiecial meeting to consider
a revival of the object of the organi
i zation.
Hon. F. C. Beaman, recently ap- I
pointed United States Senator to fill
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Chandler, has declined on account of
ill health, and Gov. Crosswell, of Mich
igan, has appointed ex-Gov. Henry P.
Baldwin, of Detroit, to fill the vacancy.
The ex-Confederate cruiser Shcnnan
doah, the property of the Sultan of i
Zanzibar, was wrecked recently off the
island of Socotra. Most of the crew
were drowned.
The majority of the colored vote was
cast against the debt payers in the
recent election in Virginia.
—Judge Daniel Pittman, Ordinary of
Fulton county, says that the estimate made
at the State House about the amount of
money it will require to pay off the maimed
Confederate soldiers under the recent act of
; the Legislature is certainly too large. He
says ti e smount necessary will not reach be
yond SIOO,OOO, if that much.
—The earnings of lhe Central Railroad
Comp my for the fiscal year ending August
31st, were $2,824,546.62, while the expenses
were for the same period $1,616 301.11,
leaving a net earning of $1,208,245.51.
There has been an increase of $lO2 922.57,
gross earnings over last year, and the ex
penses are $17,986 73 greater, leaving the
net earnings $84,935.84 over last year.
$2.60 a Year in Advance
GEORGIA NEWS.
—Athen has the telephone.
—Augusta is organizing a Merchant’s Ex
change.
I —The Universalists in Columbus are
i numerous, and espect to build a church
soon.
—Sweet potatoes weighing from five to
seven pounds erch are common in Talbot
county.
—Governor Colquit has made the Bank
of Rome the depository for the State taxes
in that section of the State.
Mr. John W. Drew obtained 1,200 tem
perance pledges in ten days in Atlanta. The
temperance revival is making fine progress.
For the purpose of taking the census next
year, the Census Superintendent at Wash
ington has divided Georgia into five dis
tricts.
Ground has at length been broken on
the Gainesville and Dahlonega Railroad,
and the work will now be pushed rapidly
forward.
—The Rome Tribune says that it is im
possible to get cars enough to haul iron from
Georgia and Alabama to fill Northern and
Eastern orders.
—The Northern Methodist conference for
Georgia, Bishop Harris presiding, adjourned
last week at Atlanta to meet in Gwinnett
county next yeai.
—A contest between the Central and
Port Royal Railroad in Augusta has resulted
in the rate of fare between that city and Sa
vannah being placed at $2 50 by both roads.
, —lt is calculated that the cotton crop will
bring into Wilkes county Irom one hundred
thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars more this . eason than i’t did last.
The crop is larger and it is bringing a bet
ter price.
—The United States government has put
in a claim for taxes under the internal rev
enue law against the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road, and the $300,000 which were recently
paid for this road will likely be swallowed
up by this claim.
—On Thun day last the cases of Messrs.
Jackson and Henry Paris, charged with hav
ing been tin ii.cuidiari«6 in the recent
Hawkinsville cot.fl = auott, were called.
After an exhaustive trial the innocence of
the accused was dearly established, and they
were disc i -6.
—The G.orgit Congregational Confer
ence, recei.tiv t session in Savannah, was
composed of delegates from fifteen churches,
who are under the American Missionary
Association of New York. This society ex
pended, last year, about $300,000 for school
and church work among the freedmen of the
South.
—The grand jury of Pulaski county have
found true bills against Jackson and Henry
Paris, of Reynolds, for arson. They are
now under indictment charged with setting
fire to Hawkinsville. The principal witness
against them is a negro. They expect, when
their cases come to trial, to prove an alibi.
—“lt is said,” says the Cartersville Ex
press, “that a narrow-gauge railroad will soon
be built from R gers’ Station out in the re
gion of iron ore beds in the northeastern
part of the county. In that connection, it
is Slid that Rogers' Iron works will soon be
started, to be run on a larger scale than for
merly.”
—The Rome Tribune thinks that some
effort should be made, and a little we'l di
rected effort will do it, to settle up the conn
:ry alongthe lineofthe Rome Railroad. It
says: “Small farmers, dairymen, apiarians,
stock raisers, shepherds, vine growers and
manufacturers should be induct d to look at
this section of country. Every settler would
become a permanent contributor in the
treasury of the company. Is not the matter
worth thinking about?"
—The Milledgeville Union and Recorder
says: Our local College Board at their meet
ing on Tuesday last, resolved to elect, on
the 3rd Tuesday in December, a Faculty
consisting of a President at a salary of SISOO,
per annum, and two professors at a salary
of SI,OOO each. They will also elect at
the same time, principals of the Preparatory
and Primary Department. The Secretary
h-salready quite a number of applications
i.n file for positions in the faculty, and there
will probably be many others.
The Griffin A'twa remarks: “Comptroller-
General \\ right has made a decision which
will put considerable money in the Treas
ury. The Tennessee people have a good
deal of railroad property in the State, from
Dalton to the State line. The tax imposed
by Tennessee is much smaller than by Geor
gia, and the people of the former State have
only been paying their State rate. This
ruling was based upon the idea that Geor
gia had a few miles in Tennessee, and paid
to that State what our State authorized. The
Comptroller held that there is no reciprocal
obligation under the law, and that the road
was subject to the tax imposed by Georgia.
The attorney of the Tennessee company
argued strenuously the other way, and pro
posed to arbitrate the matter, but'afn r look
ing into the law admitted the correctness of
our officer’s views. This wi 1 add from one
to two thousand dollars annually to our
State Treasury.”
—The first Fair ever held in Talbot county
by the colored people began on the 14th inst.
at the new Fair Grounds of the Talbot
County Stock and Fair Association at Tal
botton. The display in all departments was
moat creditable, and in the stock department
splendid. The attendan es >r several days
was large. The b'landaid says: “There
wire numbers of whites present at the Fair
and the great majority of our citizens sym
pathize with the movement and give it ‘ill
the encouragement which it so richly merits.
If there is anything that ought to make the
black man contented with this country and
take out of his head all ide<»s of emigration
these fairs are the things, and they should
especially be encouraged by the white people
of the country. This Fair was managed
exclusively by the colored people, with the
assistance of their white friends. The
judges in all departments consisttd of ha f
whitesand half blacks, this being the pref
erence of the m.mage's. And they a'l
worked harmoniously. Two of our best
I citizens acted as judges with the co'ored peo
. pie. If the stalwarts of die Noith could
‘ have been present th y would have hid
their heads in shame at the beautiful
I picture of pt nee, harmony, fraternity <f
! feeling and evidence iif thrift and prosperity
I presented here at the colored Fair on Friday
I and Saturday. Thu colored people hivtj
| determined to hold <i Fair every yeyi,”