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The Christian Index. BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO. The Christian Index. Publication Rooms, 27 and 29 S. Broad. St. An interesting meeting is in progress in Curtis Baptist church. Rev. Dr. Landrum, of Savannah, has accepted the position of general travel ing agent for Mercer University. The business portion of the town of Plymouth, North Carolina, was recent ly almost entirely destroyed by fire, caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. Only one house and a ware house are left standing. Attention is invited to the notice of the prospective Rehoboth Sunday School Convention, given elsewhere, in the communication of brethren Smith and Boykin. The programme is an in viting one. —Kendall’s Horse Book.-To any one who pays full subscription price for whole, or half sheet, Index for one year, we will send a copy of Kendall’s Horse Book, if requested at time of re mitting. The book is very valuable. Mr. C. P. Knight, manufacturer of building paper, roofing paper, and roofing cement, No. 93 Lumbard Street, is also General Agent for the celebrated Liquid Enamel Paint manufactured by the New Jersey Enamel Paint Com pany, See advertisement. Rev. J. W. Ellington of Penfield writes: “I thank you for publishing Dr. Sha ver’s sermon last week. It is indeed goo'd. Oh ! that the churches would profit by its truths. Dr. Tucker’s ‘strong words’ on the same subject, were not stronger than true. Without a reforma tion, whither will we drift?” We are indebted to our esteemed brother Rev. E. R. Carswell, Jr., Au gusta, for the following cheering infor mation, and we cordially thank him for his highly appreciated services: “I sent through ‘Bro. J. M. G. Med lock a club of ten promised some time ago. I will continue to work for The Index. Our interests are looking up —the First Ward has changed name to Calvary Baptist church, and with a full corps of working deacons, every inter est is brightening.” Rev. John L. Girardeau, D.D.—This good and distinguished man preached in the Central Presbyterian church here on Sunday night last on the subject of “The Judgment.” This grand and awful theme was discussed with profound ability and eloquence. Few men are equal to Dr. Girardeau as a pulpit orator. He is now professor of Theology in the Presbyterian Seminary, located at Columbia, S. C. He is visit ing Atlanta in the interest of this in stitution. We bid him God speed in the good wojk. The Macon Telegraph and Messen ger says: We regret to learn from the Raleigh News and Observer that Rev. Dr. Skinner, the pastor of the Baptist church in that city, has been summon ed to New York to the bedside of his son, who is very ill. This a disappoint ment to the public, as the Doctor had consented to deliver the annual ad dress before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina. His plane, however, will be filled by Hon. K. P. Battle, the President of the Uni versity, who will perform the duty gracefully and well. “Atlanta Trade NoTEs.”-This is the title of a very neat and useful pam phlet just issued by the Franklin Steam Printing House, James P. Harrison & Co., Atlanta. In addition to the cards of a large number of the leading busi ness men of “The Gate City,” it con tains a handsomely ill ustraded Calendar each of the twelve months being given on a page filled with emblematic fi gures and scenes. The manual contains also pages devoted to valuable statisti cal information, prepared by Maj. Sid iley Herbert, the well known Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah News, and whoshas established a fine reputa tion for himself as a talented and ver satile writer, and as an indefatigable purveyor or of news and statistical infor mation. The Census returns and Court Cal •endar prepared by him for this publi cation are as accurate as it was possible to make them. The Court Calendar has been fully indorsed by Chief Jus tice Jackson, Associate Justice Craw ford and Speer, and Attorney-General Anderson, of the Suprem Court, and Judge Hillyer and Solicitor-General Hill, of the Fulton Superior Court, who say: “The Court Calendar prepared by you is correct, and will, no doubt, be valuable for reference, especially to members of the bar, containing, as it does, all the changes to date in time of holding Superior Courts, and an accu rate list of the presiding Judges and Solicitors-General.” A copy of this pamphlet should be found on every office desk in the city. "FAMILY MEMORIALS.”—A RE VIEW OF A BAPTIST BOOK. It is always a pleasant duty to com mend a book whose contents are pure and whose aim is high and noble. .This pleasure is enhanced when the volume is one wholly consecrated to religious subjects. Such a book is “Family Memorials," in prose and verse, including selections from the writings of Theodore J. El more, and the history and genealogy of the Elmore family, with biographical sketches, and extracts from their writ ings as far as attainable. It can be called a Baptist book, be cause the author is the son of a de ceased Baptist minister, and an active member of the Baptist church of Sa vannah. The volume is also dedica ted to an honored Baptist brother, Mr. A. P. Abell, a revered and loving friend of the author. Much of the matter in the book was written for Baptist Sunday schools and meetings, or has reference to Baptist people. “Family Memorials,” is an elegant volume of three hundred and fifty pages, printed on cream laid paper, and illustrated with a portrait of the author and a picture of the old family homestead at St. Charles, 111. The binding is purple and gold, and the whole publication reflects the highest credit on the Morning News publishing establishment, of Savannah. Mr. Theodore J. Elmore, the author, is the son of the late Rev. David W. Elmore, and was born at St. Charles, 111., but was educated with great care and flattering success at Chicago. After completing his classical studies he took up music and became thor oughly interested in the subject. This led to his connection with several mu sical institutions and firms in that city, and finally brought him to Savannah, Ga., where he is now a prominent member of the enterprising and exten sive music firm of Ludden & Bates. During the month of September, 1862, in answer to a dear Christian mother’s prayers, and as the result of her faithful teachings, he became an earnest Christian and a zealous member of the Union Park Bap tist Church, of Chicago. He was then eighteen years of age, and yet he filled more than a score of posi tions of usefulness and importance in connection with various religious or ganizations in that great city. This same zealous and laborious spirit has clung to him until now, and he brought to the Baptist church and Sunday-school of Savannah, in 1877, ripe experience and most efficient ser vice. Among the selections from his writings, which are the chief attraction of the book, are numerous pieces in prose and verse written for that church and Sunday school. Among these are his “Farewell Tribute to A. P. Abell,” in prose, and his “Welcome to Rev. Dr. S. Landrum,” in verse, which are perfect gems of their kind, and will long be remembered by those who lis tened to their tender and graceful de livery by the author. Outside of the church, Mr. Elmore has also done much good work for hu manity. In the temperance cause he has occupied conspicuous positions, and by his tongue and pen aided largely in giving success to the Good Templar organization. Quite a num ber of pages of the “Family Memori als,” are devoted to his chaste and beautiful addresses and poems and es says on the subject of temperance. No one can read these pages and not be deeply impressed with the author’s sincerity and purity of motive in his zealous labors for this cause. Mr. Elmore seems to have made an early consecration of his cultured pen to chaste and noble writing. He has written much, and while some of his pieces are hardly up to a high standard of merit, no one can be set aside for lack of pure sentiment, noble aims or kindly feeling. With a heart consecrated to the service of God, and a character moulded and trained into beautiful proportions by a devoted Christian mother, he has kept his pen and his tongue free from vain and pernicious influences, and from sub jects that do not commend themselves to Christian fellowship. No son, or brother, or husband can read “Family Memorials” without be ing made a tenderer son, a more loving brother, or a better husband. This is the tendency of Mr. Elmore’s writings, and when he presents his own family circle to view, as he does with much tenderness, the reader beholds a family where God dwells in the beauty of ho liness, and where all hearts, consecra ted by His grace, are bound together with cords of affections that no world ly changes can sunder. Only a hard ened heart can view unmoved such sweet pictures of domestic affection and Christian living. It was no small literary undertaking, not to speak of the pecuniary burden, for a young business man to undertake the publication of such a volume. It has been the work of years to gather the memorials of all the various branches of the Elmore family, and to thus record in a permanent form, General Literature—Domestic and Foreign Intelligence—Secular Editorials. ATLANTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 188 I. • their many virtues. Mr. Elmore may well feel proud to trace his descent from such a pious and honored ances try. Would that there were more 3 young men in these degenerate times, • that felt inclined to trace out and 3 bring to view their sturdy and pious 3 ancestors—the men and women who , laid the foundations of this Republic in prayer and patriotic devotion to high ’ and noble purposes. Young men who ’ love to study such characters, and to bring them into prominence in these days of political degeneracy, are safe men to trust in both Church and State. They will never prove false to the piety or patriotism of their ances tors, however tempted. ’ If fifty pages of strictly private matter were taken out of Mr. Elmore’s book, it could be given to the general • public with the best possble results. But it was prepared only for circnla ’ tion in the family and among a few ' friends, and much private matter was ' therefore inserted. It is is to be hoped, however, that the gifted author of ' “Family Memorials” will yet be able to revise this volume, and under a more ’ appropriate title, give to its best ’ thoughts in prose and verse to the young men of the South, for whom 1 they are so well adapted. Such books ’ are needed in every community, but ' more especially in our large cities, to ’ influence our young men to purer lives and holier aspirations. 1 Sidney Herbert. Markham House, Feb., 1881. Chamberlin, Boynton & Co.—This ’ firm, whose business is conducted at Nos. 66 and 68 Whitehall street, is ex t tensively engaged in the line of fancy and staple dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, carpets, etc. Their stock is ex ’ tensive, varied and well assorted, much 1 of it being directly imported from Eng ’ lish, German and French manufacto ries, and selected under the personal supervision of an experienced member ’ of the firm. Ample capital is employ ; ed in support of a first-class business, and the sales of the house extend over , a wide area of the South. Wherever the firm is known it enjoys the high ! est confidence of the people, and a rep utation for integrity second to no mer chants in the Southern States. Their trade is large both in the retail and wholesale departments, particularly so in response to orders from various sec ( tions of the country—it being known that selections to fill orders are made with good taste and scrupulous hones ty. Those who compose this firm are ’ all gentlemen of high moral and social standing. The Jewish Record published an ex tract from the first carefully made Jewish census, just completed. The Jewish population of the United States exceeds 250,000. In the year 1878, as far as ascertained, there were 278 congregations, with a membership of 12,546. About 13,000 children at tend t.:e religious schools. In addition to the Congregational schools, there are thirteen Free Schools for Hebrew and religious instruction, five in New York, four in Philadelphia, and one each in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Francisco. There are Jewish hospitals in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and New Orle ans, which >ire open, however, to the sufferers of all creeds. There are four Orphan Asylums and Homes for the Aged and Infirm in New York, three in Philadelphia, one each in Cleveland, Baltimore, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The estimated value of the hospitals and other public institutions is $1,695,000; of church property (not including cemeteries), $6,138,730. —A Washington correspondent de plores the procrastination apparent in the conduct of business before Congress, and the absolute waste of time indulged in by legisla tors. He says: If half the nec essary business of the session is done, therefore, it will, as is usual in short sessions, be hastily and crudely done, and much of it in the last days and nights before the fourth of March. Proper consideration cannot be given to the Funding bill, the Re-apportionment biD, the. Bank rupt bill, the Inter-State Com merce bill, the Ellis bill concerning government use of the telegraph, bills relative to the Electoral Count, the more important of the appropriation bills, or any of the other of the nu merous measures pressing for action. I say nothing of contested election cases, private claims, etc. This is not a state of things creditable to Con gressmen, or of advantage to the peo ple generally. It is our painful duty to announce the death of Mrs. Fophronia A. R. Cooper,consort of our venerable brother Hon. Mark A. Cooper. She was born on the 28th of June,lßoJ, married on the 6th of January 1825 and departed this life on the 6th of February 1881. She was the mother of ten children. We tender our sympathies to the deep ly stricken family. y CENSUS OF GEORGIA. Although the census returns from the various ‘ supervisors in Georgia have been twice revised 3 and officially announced from the Census Bureau 1, at Washington, the official returns which are [ here given, may be considered sufficiently accu rate and reliable for all ordinary purposes of ref erence They have been carefully revised and 3 corrected for this publication, and show that 1 Georgia, with all her tides of cniigation to Texas 1 and other States, has increased her population ) during the past ten years to figures that reach , over three hundred thousand, a showing of which every Georgian may justly feel proud. 5 Five new counties-Dodge, Douglas, Rockdale, 3 Oconee and McDuffie—have been formed since 1 the census of 1870, and on this account several > counties show a large decrease In population. Columbia has lost 3,064 ; Clarke 1,239; Newton 996 ; Chattahoochee 389. Several other counties have suffered a small decrease ; Dade having lost > 330, Bryan 323, and Stewart 206. 1 The new Constitution gives three representa [ to the six counties having the largest population. These have been Chatham, Rich mond, Burke, Houston, Bibb and Fulton ; but Houston now gives way to Floyd. Twenty-six r counties having the next largest, are entitled to 1 two representatives each. These have been Bar tow, Coweta, Muscogee, Newton, Stewart, Sumter, [ Thomas, Troup, Washington, Hancock, Carroll, Cobb. Jackson, Dougherty. Oglethorpe, Macon. 3 Talbot and Wilkes. Os these, Talbot, Macon, ) Newton, Dougherty and Stewart will probably , lose one representative each, which will be L gained by Hall, Pike. DeKalb. Putnam and Wai > ton if the census .eturns prove correct. These changes, if made, will be arranged by the Gener- 1 al Assembly during the July session of 1881. The ; Senatorial Dis dets can also be changed, but not increased in number; nor can there be more than t forty-four Senators for the entire State. Should , Congress give the South a new and liberal appor ' tloument, there may also be a change In the Con s grefeional Districts, and au Increase in the num bey of Congressmen. There will, at all events, hardly be any reduction in the present number, although the State may be re-districted by the General Assembly, in order to better equalize the population of the districts. FIRST DISTRICT. 3 " 3 a t COUNTIES. i! i I r I Appling 5036 5273 239 1 Bryan 5252 4929 323 . Bulloch 5610 8053 2443 ... Burke 17619 27127 9418 I Camden„... 4615 6483 1568 . Charlton 1897 2161 264 Chatham 41279 44995 3716 - Clinch 8945 4138 193 I Echols 1978 2553 675 1 Effingham„ 4214 5979 176,5 ■ Emanuel 6134 9759 3625 Glynn 5376 6497 1121 • Liberty.. 76«8 10564 2876 Mclntosh 4491 6241 1750 ’ Pierce 2778 4538 1760 1 Screven 9175 12786 3611 . Tatnall 4860 6985 2125 Ware 2286 4159 1873 - Wayne 2177 5980 3803 ... ’ Total 136370 178882 42805 323 ’ SECOND DISTRICT. 1 § r > COUNTIES. . . g £ MH 1 Baker 0843 7305 462 ! Berrien 4518 6619 2101 Brooks 8342 11727 3385 Calhoun 5503 7024 1521 i Clay 5493 6650 1157 I Colquitt 1654 2527 873 I Decatur 15183 19071 3888 Dougherty 11517 126 2 1106 Early 6‘198 7605 6»7 Lowndes 8321 11049 2728 Miller 3091 8720 629 Mitchell 6033 9382 2749 I Quitman, 4150 4392 243 Randolph 10561 13341 2780 Terrell 9053 10151 1398 Thomas 14523 20598 6075 1 Worth 3779 5892 2114 , Total 128.61 159960 33814 THIRD DISTRICT. — COUNTIES. . . £ 2 £8 g 8 22 oo q Coffee 3192 5170 1878 Dodge 5358 Dooly 9790 12413 2613 Irwin 1837 2696 859 Lee 9567 10577 1012 Macon 11458 11675 217 -.. Montgomery 3586 5381 1795 Pulaski 11940 14058 2118 Schley 5129 6302 17.3 stewart 14204 13998 204 Sumter 16559 18239 1480 Tavlor 7143 8595 1452 Telfair 3215 4828 158.3 Webster 4677 5237 560 Wilcox- 2439 3109 670 Total 104776 126738 17420204 FOURTH DISTRICT. ai i 3 g COUNTIES. . . 2 £ sial Campbell. 9176 9979 803 Carroll 11782 16903 5J21.... Chattahoochee 6059 5670 389 C0weta........... 15875 21109 5234 Douglass., 9934 Harris 13284 15764 2480 Heard 7886 8769 903 Marlon 8000 8598 598 Meriwether 18756 17651 8895 Muscogee 16663 19322 2659 Talbot 11913 14115 220*2 Troup 17632 20566 2934 Total 132006 165380 26826 389 FIFTH DISTRICT. ======= COUNTIES. § £ Bill Crawford 7557 8656 It 99 Clayton 5477 802- 2551 DeKalb 10014 14497 4483 Fayette- 8221 8605 381 Fulton 38446 46126 12680 Henry 10102 14193 4091 Houston 204C6 23251 2845 Milton 4281 6261 1977 Monroe 17213 18808 1595 Pike 10905 11849 4945 Spalding 10205 12585 2380 Upson -- 9430 12400 2970 Total 147260 189259 41999 SIXTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES. . . I £ if I I Baldwin..... 10618 12998 2.380 Bibb 21255 27146 f,891 Butts 6941 8311 1370 Jasper 10439 11819 1410 Jones 9436 11613 2177 Laurens 7834 10051 2217 Newton 14618 13619 996 Putnam 10461 14539 4078 Rockdale... 6838 Twiggs 8545 8948 403 Walton 11038 15622 4584 Wilkinson 9383 12061 2678 Total 120565 153595 26288 996 SEVENTH DISTRICT. 1 ——— — J’ COUNTIES. . . P u §g I I I - - Q Bartow 16566 18694 2128 Catoosa- 4409 4739] 330 Chattooga 6902 1002'. 3119 Cherokee 10399 1432a| 3926 • Cobb 13814 207481 6934 I Dade 5033 4703 330 Floyd 17280 21418 7188 Gordon 9268 1117" 1902 Haralson 4004 5973 1969 Murray 6500 8269 1769 Paulding 7639 10887 3218 Polk 7822 11954 4132 Walker 9925 11056 1131 Whitfield 10117 11901 1784 Total 17.1628 168858 89Mu_ 830 EIGHTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES. . . § E 11 J. I Columbia 13529 10465 3064 Elbert 9249 12957 3708 Glascock- 2736 3577 841 Greene- 12454 17547 6093 Hancock 11317 16989 5672 Hart 6783 9094 2311 ... Jefferson 12190 15669 3479 Johnson 2964 4800 1836 Lincoln 5113 6412 999 McDuffie- 9449 Oglethorpe 11782 15400 3618 Richmond 25724 34569 8845 Taliaferro 4796 7034 2238 Warren 10545 10885 340 Washington 15842 21964 6122 Wilkes 11796 159.-5 4189 Total-157120 212796 49291 3064 NINTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES. 3 £ S i a o_ Banks 4973 7337 2364 Clarke 12041 11702 1239 Dawson 4369 5887 1468 Fannin 5429 7245 1816 Forsyth 7983 10559 2576 ' Franklin 7893 11453 3560 Gilmer 6644 8386 1742 | Gwinnett 12431 1953 1 7100 i Hall ■ ■ 2607 15299 5692 Habersham 6332 8718 2396 Jackson 11181 16298 5117 I Lumpkin 5161 6519 13’8 Madison 5227 7978 2751 Morgan 10696 14034 3338 Oconee 6849 i Pickens 5317 6790 1473 1 Rabun 3256 4634 1378 , Towns 2780 3261 481 • White 4606 5341 735 Union 5267 6431 1164 ( Total 132083 183702 46509 1239 1 ————— I RECAPITULATION. j Population In 18801,538 983 Population In 18701.184,109 < Showing an increase of. 354,874 ( Note.—Since the above table was first prepar ed, It has been subjected to three revisions, made In accordance with as many separate reports from the Census office at Washington, D. C.; and It is announced that additional changes may yet be made. Nearly four thousand have been added to the first census report of Thomas county, and now Fulton county is claiming some three thous and additional. Owing to these changes the above table is not to be considered stiictly accurate, although It Is more nearly so than any table yet given to the public. The total footings from Washington, in last re port, are: Males. 761.152; Females, 777 831: Na tives, 1,578,673; Foreign, 10,310: White, 814,218; Colored, 724,765. Os the latter 17 are Chinese, 93 Indians and Half-breeds, and one Albino. Rich mond county has 11 Chinese and 6 Half-breeds; Chatham county has 13 Indians, and Harris coun ty 20 Indians. The rest are scattered about In other counties. The Albino is in Baldwin county. The Savannah News publishes the following warning: Our charity disposed people, and especially clergymen, whose indorse ment may be asked, are advised to interrogate closely an individual who seeks to obtain assistance for some struggling church in the Lake Superior region. He has been perambulating about the country on this mission, and a gentleman from Wisconsin, who is at present on a visit to this city, and who is informed in regard to the pro ceedings of the solicitor aforesaid, is certain that he recognized the “tramp” on the streets of Savannah. The party is apparently well fed, has gray hair and short whiskers, and a breath strongly perfumed with tobacco, which latter fact will be apparent as soon as he approaches. He has a plausible manner, and if his character is suspec ted will promptly produce numerous credentials as to his'high standing etc. It would be well to beware of him. The impression of our informant, the gentleman from Wisconsin, was apparently correct, as yesterday mor ning a travelling missionary was on his rounds, and called upon several of our merchants, one of whom chanced to be well acquainted in the region from which the missionary collector claimed to hail. He placed the solicitor on the interrogatory stool, as it were, and made it rather uncomfortable for him by his close questioning. ■ ♦ ♦ » ■' The growth of business in some of our cities is simply amazing. A sum mary of the trade of Chicago alone, during the past year foots up aggreg ates that are almost beyond our power to comprehend. In many respects they show Chicago to be one of the first commercial cities of the world. Here are some figures: The aggregate re ceipts of breadstuff during the last year amounted to 163,326,267 bushels; 7,059,194 hogs were received, of which 5,700,000 were killed in the city; and 1,382,397 head of cattle were shipped off. The total value of live stock re ceived was $139,900,000; the value of manufacturing products was $285,000,- 000; while the value of the various branches of trade and manufactures gives a grand total for the year of $900,000,000. Lord Beaconfield has followed the example of Mr. Gladstone in giving his tenants a remission of 20 per cent, on their rents. ESTABLISHED I 811. GEORGIA NEWS. —Lumpkin has a colored debating society. —Atlanta is henceforth to be a port of en try. —Measles and mumps are prevalent in Macon. Putnam county has raised the liquor lis cense to S3OO. —Hundreds of negroes are going to Texas from Southwest Georgia. ■ —The new academy building at Lumpkin will be completed in a few weeks. —Tlie State Agricultural Society will be held in Thomasville on the 23d inst. The Randolph county Agricultural 9o ciety has resolved to have another fair in July. —The license for selling spirituous and malt liquors in Geneva, has beeu placed by the town council at $3,000. Mr. R. H. Johnson, of Newnan, has in vented a plow for which he has been offered SIO,OOO for a half interest. —Mr. John Vickry, of Senoia, has invent ed a cotton chopping machine which, it is said, will do the work of six or eight hands. —Mr. L. B. McWhorter, of Walker coun ty, who was badly injured on the W. <fc A. R. R., some time since, has been given $5,000 damages. —There is to be a new post-office at Calla way’s, about midway between Sparta and Linton. It is to be known by the name of “Manda.” —The “Betty Crow Cut Silver Mine,” near Acworth, in Bartow county, has been sold to Northern capitalists for one hundred thousand dollars. —The bond commission of Macon have decided to retire SIO,OOO more of the city bonds. This will make $20,000 of the bonds retired in one year. —The farm laborers of Harris county are holding back for an increase of wages, and in consequence the crop prospects of this year in that locality are a little gloomy. —During 1880 there were seventy-seven failures in Georgia, with liabilities amounts ing to $1,018,763; and in Florida, twelve failures, with habilities amounting to $104,- 500. —Rev. J. E. Evans, D. D., and wife, of Rome, will celebrate their golden wedding in that city on the 28th of March. Dr. Evans has been a minister of the gospel forty-seven years. —Thecitizensof Murray county are taking steps to devise a plan by which a narrow guage railroad can be built from that county to some point on the Western and Atlantic railroad. —The Ocmulgee river at Macon only lacked one and a half inches of reaching the high est water-mark on record. Many houses in East Macon were overflowed, and the in j mates had to move. I —The Conyers Weekly says : “The rebuke . administered by Rev. Allen Thomas, on last I Sunday night, to those who attend church 1 to have a good, social time, was the most withering we ever heard. ’ ■ —The Sparta Ishmaelite says : “We learn ‘ that a number of our citizens intend to set . out for Louisiana very soon. —The Western - fever seems to be prevailing all over the ; State to a greater extent than ever before.” j —The Thomasville Times says the vegetas 1 ble and fruit business will have a boom in ' that section this spring. Large areas will be planted in vegetables, and the indications are that it will be a good fruit year. , —The Georgia Historical Society have a drum which was used at the battle of Cow pens, 17th of January, 1781. It is in good preservation and serviceable, and traces its . existence back to Major Cunningham’s Geor gia Battalion, which crossed the upper Sa vannah and joined Col. Pickens in time to share the glories of that eventful day. 1 —The five railroads in the State which 1 have formally protested against the order of . the Railroad Commission reducing fare to three cents per mile, are the East Tennessee, Dalton and Selma, the Macon and Bruns : wick, the Central, the Western and Atlantic, and the Cherokee railroad. All these roads will charge the three cents, however, until Judge Woods’ decision is rendered. [ —The McDuffie Journal says: “There is some complaint of the scarcity of farm hands this year—many having moved from this . county to some of the adjoining counties, and others have moved to the northern part oftheState. About twenty-five moved from two plantations alone in this county recent- i ly to North Georgia. Thev seem to be con gregating along the lines of the different railroads." —The Atlanta Constitution learns that on Saturday night an attempt was made to bum the town of Thomaston. Some party or parties had placed a lot of pine against the framed store of Matthews & Mcßory, and placing a live coal in the lot, the high wind was not long in creating a blaze. Fortu nately, the fire was extinguished before any great damage was done. The fire occurred at 2 o'clock, and is the third attempt within the past few months to burn the town. —The Hampton Weekly states that a sur veying party of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, under the charge of competent en gineers, are in the eastern part of Henry county mapping out a route for the exten sion. They crossed Ocmulgee river at a point near Worthville, in Butts county, ana ran up in the direction of Sandy Ridge and White House, cutting diagonally through the northeastern portion of Henry county. ’ This contemplated route will leave McDon ough lying about six miles to the west of it —The Central railroad authorities have issued a circular letter in which they state that on and after February Ist., they will ' issue no half rate cards to ministers. Giving ■ as their reason, that they have determined . to acquiesce for the present in the very low ' rates of passenger fare, promulgated by the > State Railroad Commission, which they be - lieve will very materially reduce the earn . ings of the road, and that, in justice to the stockholders, they will withdraw any reduc i tions that may have been extended as a i gratuity or voluntary contribution. I —The following extract', from Wagner & [ Avery’s Monthly Wool Circular, will be of interest to Georgia wool growers: “The ’ large demand for medium wools in 1879 I excited speculation in Virginia wool, where . by a large portion of the clip was bought in the spring at an extreme figure. This feel -1 ing did not exist to the same extent in > Georgia, so that the bulk of Lake and Geor f gia came more slowly to market. These medium Southern wools are very desirous for many purposes, and the supply is much below the demand. It would be of great ) benefit to the country if the millions of acres , of Southern lands adapted to sheep raising could be brought to the notice of those in 1 the North and elsewhere who are ready to put the capital into the business.”