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The Christian Index. BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO. The Christian Index. Publication Rooms, 27 and 29 8. Broad. 'St. Editorials. Sandersville Mercury: The Chris tian Index came to us this week with a very pretty and tasteful head. Rev. A. R. Callaway, of La Grange, will have charge of the Baptist church in Hamilton during the present year. A number of persons joined the Savannah Baptist church during the revival services which have been going on for some time in this church. The members of the Minnesota Meth odist Conference have agreed to do what they can to discontinue the read ing of Sunday newspapers, and express the hope that church notices will not be published in Sunday issues. The editor of the Swainsboro Herald says: Rev. G. W. Smith has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Baptist church at Garbutt’s, and we have been called as pastor. We will attend them at the next regular meeting. Dawson Journal : Rev. J. H. Corley, of Dawson, will preach a sermon in Fort Gaines next Sunday week on .the subject of the “Early Advent of Christ.” Mr. Corley is pastor of the Baptist church in that place, and is held in deservedly high esteem by all of his parishioners. The Rome Courier says that the Baptists of DeSoto contemplate buil ding a handsome brick church this season. Subscriptions for that pur pose are being made with a liberality that gives promise of an early com mencement of the work. Brother Shivers says in his Warren ton Clipper: Rev. L. R. L. Jennings, the beloved and popular pastor of the Baptist church, continues to serve by a unanimous call on the fourth Sabbath and Saturday before ; and the editor of the Clipper has been unanimously •called again on the second Sabbath of the present year. The members of the Baptist church in Social Circle recently gave their popular pastor, Elder J. F. Edens, a handsome “donation party,” at which much substantial aid was extended to him, and Lie heart was mode glad by the liberal evidences of their appre ciation. The Hartwell Sun says: A new Baptist church was organized with 35 members near John G. McCurry’s last Saturday. We learn they have given it the same name of “Bio.” They have called Rev. L. W. Stephens to preach this year. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. J. H. McMullan as sisted by Rev. I. H. Goss. A large con gregation was present and the new Church enters its career with bright auspices. It having been determined to celeb rate Mardi Gras in Memphis this year with the usual pageant and festivities, a meeting of ladies of that city was held a few days ago, whereat resolutions condemning Momus were passed, and a call made upon the people of Mem phis not to allow the celebration of Mardi Gras festivities in that city, as hurtful to morals, and unbecoming a Christian community. All honor to the good ladies of that greatly afflicted city! When will the ladies of New Orleans imitate the wholesome example of their Memphian sisters? The Chilians have captured Lima the capital of Peru, after a severe battle at Corillos, in which ' the Peruvians lost 7,000 killed and 2,000 prisoners. Thus in two years of warfare the Peru vians have been defeated at almost every step. President Pierola has fled. This victory practically ends the war of conquest, and leaves Chili the lead ing power in South America, not ex cepting Brazil in the matter of fighting ability. The Peruvians will not be likely to obtain peace on any terms that will not bind them as a subsidiary power to Chili, which has by this war ..gained possession of the rich mineral regions of Tarapaca and Atacama, so long coveted by her. The Reagan inter-State commerce bill is very stringent, prohibiting all •discrimination in rates and charges between individuals, all allowance of rebates and draw-backs, all pooling ar rangements to prevent competition and discrimination between places to the extent of charging more per car load for a shorter than for a longer distance. It does not assume to fix or to limit charges, but requires all railroads com ing within its provisions to keep their schedules of rates posted, which cannot be changed without five days’ notice, and to adhere strictly to the rates so published. These are the maiu fea tures of the bill, apart from very rigid provisions in regard to penalities for violation. THE NATION AL CAPITOL. As every citizen of the United States is a joint owner of the Na tional Capitol at Washington, D. C.,we present our readers with a handsome pic ture of this im posing edifice. Philadelphia was the seat of government un til thecommence ment of the pres ent century. In July, 1790, Con gress designated ' Washington as the future perma nent location of the Capitol, and ten years later the departments were removed - from Phitadel 1 phi i to Washing ton,then no je\en . a good sized town. : As there was • plenty of land to be had, and no ; great rush of s?t- —.. _ - ■ i -~ ~ ’ -* i/jd BIIf w 99 ■ B'nti sb ——— . r ' ---* JI ~ ——— —— • - '«■ ■' ~ I '.» ■ -■ 1 • n - w , y ™-—• 11 --• —~ 11110 II 11 II) ibi iwß •tj j> 11:. I r!?W I MWeMp!II I £■ IKSwiiflßlHSt jr-jC b®«'«l iKithi W'rr Ts llli MIT f■ ,< ’. , gjr <sy’ -r If JJj : ‘ **s*fll ' - ' L. --. tlers followed the removal, the city grew up dn a widely scattered con dition, and until after the late war was known as the “City of Magnificent Dis tances,” owing to the large amount of unimproved land within the more pop ulous portions of the city. The government buildings are scat tered about in various directions, and are reached by the public streets and avenues of the city. In this respect there is no “centralism” in the National government. The largest and hand somest of the buildings, the Capitol, is beautifully located on a slope at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue, called Capitol Hill, and strangers approach ing the city can see its massive dome long before any other building strikes tlw eye. The Old Capitol, which forms the centre of the present grand structure, was commenced in 1793, but in 1814, before its completion, the British troops destroyed it. The rebuilding occupied until about 1825, and gave to the country an edifice 352 feet in length, 290 feet in width in the centre, and 121 feet in the wings. The rapid growth of the country during the next quarter of a century made it necessary to greatly enlarge the Capitol, and in 1851 work was com menced on the new wings, each 324 feet in length and 152 feet in width, making the entire length of the build ing 751 feet. We have not noted the inches in any measurement, as the general public care little about such fractions. The style of architecture is Corin thian, and the finish and ornamenta tion are elaborate and beautiful. The new wings are of white marble, while the old building is of yellow sandstone painted white. A new dome, 241 feet higher than the edifice, which is 39G feet high, gives the Capitol a very im posing appearance. This dome is con structed of iron, and has a copper roofing. The entire cost of the build ing will foot up about $14,000,000, a pretty good sum of money to put into a single edifice. In this Capitol is the Hall of the House of Representatives, the Senate Chamber, the Supreme Court room, and such offices and roooms as are needed for those departments of the government. The old Representatives’ Hall is now used as a National Art Gallery, and is a centre of attraction for visitors. The War, the State, the Navy, the Treasury, the Post Office, and other departments occupy their own buildings, which are located near er the White House, at the other end of the Avenue. And now comes to the Patent office a New York chemical manufacturer, who applies for a patent for a process to manufacture sulphate of quinine from coal tar. A few years ago the tar product of the various gas works was not only worthless, but involved the expense of hauling it away. It was first utilized for paving and roofing. Carbolic acid was then manufactured from it, and afterwards the analine dyes. There is nothing improbably, therefore, in the statement that it will come to the assistance of mankind in enabling them to shake off the chills at a small cost. The cinchona forests are being rap idly destroyed, and the time is not far distant when, if the present demand for the bark is kept up, it will be too costly for people of moderate means. Rev. J. T. Carlton.—We will be under many obligations to any one who will send us a sketch of the life of Rev. J. M. Carlton for insertion in our Book of Georgia Baptist Minis ters. It is necessary that the sketch be forwarded at once, to prevent delay. Literature ATLANTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1881. THE NATIONAL CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D. CNQUIET EUROPE. The last number of the Nineteenth Century, which, by the way, is rapicky becoming the leading English montlLy in the excellence and practical valie of its articles, and the literary weight and influence of the pens that contl;- bute to its pages, contains a strong a. ticle by H. M. Hyndman, under caption, “The Dawn of a Revolution,! ry Epoch.” The writer discourses o>< the progress of socialistic ideas in Eci rope, and points, with prophetic singe to the lamentable results which will inevitably follow the general prevc lence of these ideas among the dissatis fled and unquiet masses. He says - Never, perhaps, has the certainty of approaching trouble, social and politi cal, been more manifest than it is io day. The issues are more complicate! than ever before, and that they can be settled without grave disturbances is hardly creditable. Os the political dangers by which Europe is threatened we hear daily. They are seri< ■? enough With the .whale Eas ’ t i question reopened in a most dangerous shape—with Russian Panslavism and German ambition to reconcile—with Italian aspirations and French yearn ing for the lost provinces to gratify— all the nations being armed for war as they never were before—it will be strange indeed if the next few years pass over peacefully. The era of re distribution of territory and power has perhaps even yet barely begun. In Germany, with the growth of the Social Democratic party; in Frane , with the increasing Radical Republic; in Russia, with Nihilist plots; in Aus tria and Italy and Hungary, too, he finds the signs of coming ills. And in the very facilities and improve ments of our advancing civilization he finds an aid to revolutionary tenden cies, as note: What, however, renders the situation in regard to all countries more hazard ous than would otherwise be the case, is that remarkable facility of commu nication which has been the growth of the present generation. Railroads, telegraphs, cheap newspapers, may all be said to date, for the Continent, since 1848. As we see, excitement is now in the air. It is felt and communi cates itself to vast masses of men without any apparent reason. A wave of political, social, financial distur bance passes from one great centre to another now as it never did before. And those who are concerned in Soci alist manißUvres are specially ready to take advantage of this. The two great centres of agitation are Geneva and London. There the exiled speed ily come together. The Socialist from Germany, the Communist from France, the Nihilist from Russia, each betakes himself at first to his solitary garret; but all soon get known to one another, suggest ideas for common action, and keep one another informed as to the progress made in each country towards the common goal. Thus has been re formed an international organization more formidable than that which fell into discredit by its participation in the Paris Commune. In this way the advance can be observed all along the line. .If baffled in Germany, it is making head in France; if in France, men’s minds turn from the new ideas, Austria or Italy affords encourage ment. And thus poor men, bound to gether by an enthusiasm for what is little more than an abstraction, resolve to carry out that programme which to most of us Englishmen seems a very mid-summer madness, of elevating the whole race of civilized men by a com plete change of the conditions in which man has yet been civilized. They re solve, we say, and when they see an op portunity they mean to execute. The Secular Editorials Current Notes and News condition of Europe may favor their plans. The principle of State management, Mr. Hyndman holds, is plainly mak ing way, while at the same time no tions which extend to dealing with all property for the benefit of the mass are gaining strength. BOOK’S AND MA GAZINES. Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History. 1840—1850. By Sir Charles Gavan Duify, New York: D. Appleton, <fc Co., pub lishers. There is a peculiar fitness in the pub lication of this book at this time, when Ireland has stepped to the front of the world’s great stage, as the most con spicuous actor in the mighty and rap idly developing drama of freedom, and her sore-oppressed and struggling people are “making history” as never before. Every thing relating to Ireland in its political and social connection with England is eagerly sought for by in-, quiring minds who desire to under stand the true rejatujqsr of the twocoun -.widr-4» Gapns'aU tho> rtghj from the wrong, and desire to have placed into their hands the means by which they can intelligently separate blind partizan zeal and the rancor of mere demagogism, from the claims of humanity in the forum of eternal jus tice and the eloquence of true patriot ism. This book is a contribution in this direction, and will be read by the friends of Ireland with interest and profit. The period which it covers with remarkable elaborateness, is one of the most important and suggestive in Ireland’s recent history. The stu dent, watching the rush of events in the British Parliament to-day, the gig antic struggle between the Past and the Present, now taking place, and the feverish excitement that has overcome millions, and who will then turn to these reminiscent and germinous pages and build with them a bridge of thought to connect the intervening years, will enjoy a philosophic employ ment worthily entertaining and intel lectually stimulating. It is both a his tory of notable men and of principles that appeal to intelligent men, and therefore, it justly demands wide rec ognition. The publishers have brought out the work in the elegant and taste ful style for which all their publica tions are noted. —Creasy’s extremely interesting vol ume narrating the history of the fifteen decisive battles of the world, those few battles of which a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the worid in all its subsequent scenes, is highly esteemed by all readers of history. It has a long time been on Harper’s list as one of their standard books, at the price of $1.50. Now it is issued in a very handsome cloth-bound volume, by the American Book Exchange, New York, at the nominal price of 35 cents. It forms one of their Acme Library of History. —From the same publishers we have C. F. Richardson’s “The Choice of Books,” a very neat and readable little volume. It is sold for twenty-five cents, and the paper edition for five cents. Its pertinent quotations and wise suggestions will be appreciated by intelligent readers of books. The Popular Science Monthly for Feb ruary, has as usual, a weighty and val uable table of contents. A glance at this feast of reason, science, and phil osophy will convince the reader of the interest and value of the different pa pers : The Development of Political Institutions. By Herbert Spencer. IV. Political Differentiation. Origin of the Plow and Wheel-Carriage. By E. B. Tylor, F. R. S. (illustrated.) Physical Education. By Felix L. Osward, M. D. ic Science en Fete. Sketch of Count Portales. (With Portrait.) Editor’s Table. Literary Notices. Popular Miscellany. Notes. Gambetta has been steadily rising in the affections of the controlling ma jority of the French people. His po litical principles are known to be mod erate, and he can now impose his policy upon France for some time to come. The recent elections show that there is springing up a large and sub stancial political party in France that is united on the best policy for Republic. This fact will diminish the numerous “groups” which have hith erto rendered a stable cabinet impossi ble, and will deprive Paris of her polit ical supremacy by giving the controll ing majority to the conservative middle classes outside that city. Another result of the elections will be to con firm the government in its war upon the religious communities, and to es tablish freedom of education. Thus far only the higher institutions of 1 learning have beeh affected by the de U twees. But M. Ferry, it is announced, proposes to present a bill for the refor mation of the elementary schools, which shall make education therein compulsory, free and secular. This law will, -if passed, work a radical change in the French people, and will i doubtless meet with strong opposition. But the ministry bring a grim reso- I luteness to the situation, and will try I and escape the dangers. Gambetta has ] shown great skill thus far in evading < the dangers of leadership; it is proba- i ble that the approaching Assembly will test his courage as well as patriot- 1 ism to the utmost. France is advan- ' cing rapidly in material prosperity, but | it is to be regretted that its political > prosperity should depend, as much as 1 it does, upon one man alone. His sudden removal would again create 1 general political chaos. The Griffin News, commenting on the action of the Griffin Baptist church in requesting Rev. J. W. Mitchell, to re turn to the pastorate of that church, says: We feel like congratulating the church upon its decision,and trust itwill result in keeping this talented divine in our city. Dr. Mitchell has a host of friends and admirers, who are not members of his church, who have deep ly regretted his recent resignation from the pastorate here, and will regard the prospect of his remaining with sin cere pleasure. As we have had occa sion to remark before, there are few, if any, ministers in Georgia who sur pass Dr. Mitchell in power, in force, in expression, in eloquence. He is a power in the pulpit, and we repeat, the Baptist church of Griffin is to be congratulated in having his services. In the death of Thomas Carlyle, the venerable and eminent essayist, histor ian, and scholar, the world of literature is deprived of one of its most potent sovereigns. His work lacks the polish and refinement to which our age is partial, but its rugged force, its granite consistency, the wise and heroic treat ment of vital questions and grand his toric themes, will insure to the larger portion of it an enduring fame. Rev. J. L. M. Curry, D.D.,” of Rich mond, Var., has been elected by the Trustees of the Peabody Fund, as suc cessor to Dr. Sears, deceased. His sal ary has been fixed at five thousand dollars a year, and expenses paid. Dr. Curry has accepted. He will fill his responsible office with credit to himself, and with great profit to the interests subserved by the Peabody Educational Fund. ESTABLISHED I 811. GEORGIA NEWS. 1 , —Oats in Sumter county were killed by the cold. Farmers are replanting. —The Roswell railroad is to be built from the 13th mile post on the Air-Line road. —There will be more melons planted for ’ market this year, in Brooks county, than ■ ever before. —The Waycross and Jacksonville railroad ■ will soon be completed. A grand feast will . celebrate the event. —The night trains between Augusta and . Macon, in both directions, have resumed their regular trips. —According to the late census there are more than twice as many colored people in Talbot county as white. —lt is claimed that the present has been the most successful business season Savan nah has ever enjoys d. Twelve business houses were recently destroyed by tire in West Point. The Young Mens’ Library was consumed. * ~'£ tie cit 7 ct >upcil of Cuthbert voted about $2,000 out of the city treasury to the im provement of the Bethel college property. —For the past month the almost impassa blecondition of the country roads has been a standing complaint in our State exchanges. —John W. Haney, who recently forged a note on the late Mr. Akerman, has been sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. The News says some fifteen or twenty new houses are going up in Waynesboro. Among them a large ana commodious ho tel. —A new post office, known as Magdale na, has been established in Meriwether countv, between Woodbury and Chalybeate Springs. —Since the sale of liquor was prohibited in Carrollton, five years ago, the annual trade of that place has increased from $200.- 000 to $500,000. —A few nights ago Mr. Ira Croft coughed out of his throat a minnie ball, which he re ceived in the cheek in the seven days battle before Richmond, eighteen years ago. —Owing to the prevalence of measles in Bainbridge, the State Agricultural Conven tion did not meet at that place The meet ing hai been postponed until farther no- 11. Diet (contin ued.) Horses and their Feet. By Sir Geo. W. Cox. Domestic Motors. By Chas. M. Lun gren. 111, Gas and Electric En gines. (Illustra ted.) The Value ; of Accomplish ; ments. By Wm. .A. Eddy. Dar win on the Move ments of Plants. By Eliza A. You mans. (Illustra ted.) Atmos pheric Electrici ty. By Professor H. S. Carhart. Optical Illusions lof Motion. By Silv. P. Thomp ! son, B. A., D. SC. (Illustrated. E volution of the Chemical Ele ments. By Les ter F. Ward. On ly a Vine-Slip. By Thomas G. Appleton. The November Me teors. By Profes sor Daniel Kirk wooa. Pre-histor- —lt is said that the work on the west end of the S. F. & w. Riilroad, from Bainbridge to Pollard, Ala., will be commenced as soon as the Waycross and Jacksonville road is completed. —A Harris county correspondent says hands are hard to get, and there is a general strike. Preparations for the crop of the coming year are impeded by the inckement weather, and a great deal of cotton if still in the held. —This has been an unusually severe win ter on cattle and sheep in the wiregrass ran ges in the lower counties. The range has been deteriorating for several years, and the present hard winter will result in much loss to stock owners. A railroad from Hood to Greenville will pour into Columbm 20,000 bales of cotton annually from Meriwether county. This ,wi .Jj benefit rbc merch dit, grocetvma>i and warehousmen. Therefore Columbus will lend a willing hand to the enterprise. —Fully persuaded that the cure of illegal voting is a State registration law, Hon. H. D. D. Twiggs, the senior member from Rich mond in the Legislature, will prepare for the next session of the General Assembly, a law which will cover the requirements and needs of the case. —The Waycross Reporter says: “We have been requested by the Rev. A. H. Harris, (colored), to inform thecitizens of Waycroes, that he desires to have built here a church edifice, and most respectfully ask that they contribute their means in proportion as God in his mercies has blessed them.” —lt is said by some of the old settlers that thirty years ago Emanuel county land could have been bought for five cents per acre. Now, some people are making as much cot ton and corn as they can gather, and would not begin to exchange land with the clay bill farmers of upper Georgia. —P/ofessor Riley says we are going to have a visit from the locusts in Georgia nextsum mer. He has given a gloomy prediction of their coming in swarms, but he kindly promises that Georgia will get only the stragglers in the vast, dusky army. He says our locusts will be of the thirteen year spe cies. —The New York Financial Chronicle, al luding to cotton manufacturing in the South, says : “Georgia is, of course, the banner State, but South Carolina, although later in the start (being harassed longer by incom petent officials), is now making rapid strides, and bids fair at the end of another ten years to show a very material advance. In fact, this is true of all the States.” —The farmers are hoping that our snows and freezes will prove a blessing in disguise. The effect on the soil, they say, will be more beneficial than any fertilizers could have been, and that the crops, especially the grain crops, will be heavy. The premature blos soming of the fruit trees has also been stopp ed, and the prospects for an abundance of fruit are very good. —Mr. Frank Donnelly, Assistant United States Fish Commissioner, passed through Charleston, for Southwestern Georgia, with eight hundred carp, to be distributed among the constituents of Congressman Smith. This fish can be procured by application through the representatives of the States in Congress to Prof. 8. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C. —The Atlanta and Alabama railroad, with a capital of $3,500,000, was organized at At lanta by the election of Anthony Murphy, President. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars have been subscribed, and the par ties interested say they intend to build the road at once. The members and directors are among the wealthiest and most enter prising business men of Atlanta. The road is to extend from Atlanta to Birmingham. —The Athens Banner, alluding to the res cent death of Rev. Caleb W. Key, at Auguss ta, remarks: “Wecannotforbdarmention ing something not generally known, which does honor to the noble heart that prompted it. It is this: For some years a wealthy gentleman in Georgia has been in the habit of sending Mr. Key five hundred dollars a year. This he did in recognition of the fact that Mr. Key had worn out his life in the service of God. As far as he could, the lib eral donor has kept this matter private, and we respect the delicacy of feeling which prompted his modesty too much to give his name. We publish this much because it does men good to know that there are men in our State whose purse strings are under the control of their hearts.”