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I ni: Christian Index.
BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO.
The Christian Index.
Publication Rooms, 27 and 29 8. Broad. St.
The French ministry is again in
trouble.
Work has been begun on the tunnel
beneath the St. Lawrence river.
France will be officially represented
at the Yorktown centennial celebra
tion.
One hundred and fifty persons were
killed by the burning of the Italian
opera house at Nice, France.
General Grant has resigned the
Presidency of the World’s Fair, and
Hugh J. Jewett has been chosen in his
place.
The emigration from Germany is
becoming so large that the steamship
companies have been obliged to char
ter additional vessels.
Readvilla Seminary, a flourishing
home school for girls, at Baton Rouge
Louisiana, is advertised in our col
umns. Parents will please notice the
same.
Baptist Sonos.—Mr. A. B. Cates, of
Newnan, Ga., advertises a choice col
< lection of standard hymns, which are
very popular. For prices see adver
tisement.
The Boers have definitely agreed to
the British terms of peace. The Lon
don Daily News says Sir Evelyn Wood’s
main object was to obtain guarantees
for the just treatment of the natives.
The British resident will be clothed with
the function of protecting the natives.
A large number of persons are now
under arrest in St. Petersburg charged
with being implicated in the plot for
assassinating the late Czar. It has
been ascertained that the assassination
was planned by Nihilist leaders in Paris
and Switzerland.
♦ The pressed gla-s ware manufacturers,
at a meeting in Pittsburgh unanimous
ly resolved to shut down their works
between May Ist and September Ist. It
is believed this action will reduce the
stocks of tableware to the extent of
nearly $1,500,000.
We have received a copy of Circular
No. 16 from the Commissioner of Agri
culture, giving analyses and commer
cial values of the commercial fertilizers
and chemicals inspected, analyzed and
admitted to'sale in Georgia to the 20th
of March, 1881.
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Thanks.—Wc return thanks to Sen
ator Brown for a copy of his able and
effective speech in the U. S. Senate on
the bill making appropriations for the
construction, completion, repair, and
preservation of certain works on riv
ers and harbors, etc.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
anarchy prevails on the Armenian
„ frontier. The Kurds openly defy the
Turks. A priest is traversing the coun
try preaching rebellion. Popular feel
ing is so strong that the authorities
are afraid to interfere with him. A
general outbreak is feared.
The Board of Aidermen of New York
city have authorized and empowered
Edison and his Electric Illuminating
Company, to lay tubes, wires, conduc
tors, and insulators, and to erect lamp
posts in the streets, avenues, parks
and public places in the city, for the
purpose of conveying, using and sup
plying electricity or electrical currents
for purposes of illumination.
Turkey is making preparations for
war on extensive scale. Greece is do
ing the same. The new Empress of
Russia is a sister ol the King of Greece,
and it is believed that her influence
with the Czar in behalf of her brother’s
government will lend a new aspect to
the vexatious Turko-Greek question,
and involve Russian diplomacy in an
active interference in favor of the
Greeks.
The Christian Index.—ln answer
to questions the publishers of the
Christian Index desire to reiterate
the offer heretofore made, to send the
paper to any address at half the sub
scription price, at the request of any
brother who will remit the other half
of the amount, stating that the person
to whom The Index is to be sent is
not able to pay the full subscription
price. Let our brethren continue to
send in the names of such.
♦
—The Columbus Times, alluding to
the recent presentation of the Peabody
medal to brother DeVotie, by the Trus
tees of the Peabody Educational Fund,
says; "Dr. DeVotie is much beloved
in this city, and our citizens are grati
fied to know that he is equally appre
ciated wherever he is known. He has
lived to do excellent work in the cause
of the religious and educational ad
vancement of mankind, and we hope
that he may be spared for many more
years of usefulness.”
LITERARY NOTES AND COMMENTS
Froude’s "Reminiscences of Thomas
Carlyle” has been issued by Scribner’s
Sons.
—Edward Eggleston's "Roxy” has
been translated into the Swedish, Dan
ish and Russian languages.
—Tennyson is quite sick.
—Lord Beaconsfield has another
novel ready for publication. It is said
to deal with events and characters in
English political and social life subse
quent to those narrated in "Endym
ion.” As the English publishers of
this brilliantly weak novel lost heavi
ly by it, the ex-Premier, we presume,
will find the London publishers a rath
er sensitive and cautious set in settling
the financial preliminaries of the book.
—194,000 copies of the four leading
editions of Mr. Longfello<v’s collected
works have been printed since 1867.
—Mr. George Smith’s “The Chal
dean Account of Genesis” has been re
vised by Prof. A. H. Sayce, who, by
means of the great advance in Assyr
ian scholarship made in the last five
years, has added much to the value of
the book.
—The third volume of Taine’s work
on the French Revolution is out.
—Mr. W. D. Howells, late editor of the
Atlantic Monthly, is at work upon a
dramatization of “The Courtship of
Miles Standish.”
—An unpublished manuscript vol
ume of poems written by Shelley is
said to be in existence, and will be
probably published soon. It will be a
refreshing breath from the land of true
poesy, and will be enjoyed by all who
are weary of the tinkling common
placeness and bizarre contortionism
which characterizes so much of the
metrical literature of to-day.
—Dr. Holland’s various books, it is
said, have attained to a sale of 500,-
000 copies in a little more than twen
ty years. His poem “Kathrina” takes
the lead with 90,000; “Bitter-Sweet”
comes next with 74,684, followed by
the “Timothy Titcomb Letters” with
61,182. New and revised editions are
soon to be published.
—Chatto & Windus, of London, have
in preparation a new illustrated work
by Captain Richard Burton, entitled
“The Book of the Sword,” being a his
tory of the sword, and of its use in all
times and in all countries.
Now, let this be followed by a work
on .the Pen, which is “mightier
than the sword,” and by another on the
Plow. The world can dispense with
the sword, but not with the pen and
plow.
—Speaking of Wordsworth’s love of
nature, Mr. Moncure D. Conway, in
Harper’s says:
It is doubtful whether any thinker
of equal culture will ever again feel a
passion for the beauty of inanimate
nature like that which Wordsworth
felt, or so strangely repeat the emo
tions under which ancient nature-wor
ship grew. The earth and air around
him were so populous with the crea
tions of his imagination—these being
exalted to the stature of the exception
ally grand natural objects amid which
he dwelt—that man and his affairs be
came petty, paltry, vulgar, in the pres
ence of his majestic images. Yet, af
ter all, a large part of nature is human
nature. WcJfdsworth once invited
Charles Dickens to visit him at Rydal
Mount, praising the glories of that re
gion. The novelist declined, and had
something to say for the glories of
London. “The wonder of these sights
impels me into night walks about her
crowded streets, and I often shed tears
in the rustling Strand from fulness of
joy at so much life. All these emo
tions must be strange to you: so are
your rural emotions strange to me.”
Wordsworth was not without human
sympathy and benevolence; it was his
hope and aim to console, to bless, to
uplift and encourage hearts and minds;
but he thought of these as individuals
undergoing the checkered experiences
of existence; the conception of univer
sal humanity, progressive, triumphant,
was a blossoming plant which the
French Revolution tore by the root
from his heart and brain. A primrose
by the river’s brim could give him
more tears in his old age than any
thing that concerned the masses of
mankind.
—Under the title “Round-Robin Se
ries,” Messrs. James R. Osgood & Co.,
of Boston, announce the publication of
a new series of anonymous novels.
These novels will be chiefly by Amer
ican authors, and will be chosen with
great care. It will be the aim of the
publishers that each novel shall be dis
tinguished for power, originality, and
interest, and that the successive vol
umes of the series shall be marked by
variety of'incident and treatment.
The mechanical execution of the se
ries will receive careful attention.
Good paper, type, and printing will al
ways be used, and an attractive cover
of unique and ornamental design has
been prepared.
Each volume will contain from 300
to 400 pages of 16mo size, and the
General Literature—Domestic and Foreign Intelligence—Secular Editorials.
ATLANTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 188 I.
price of the series is fixed atone dollar '
per volume.
Having thus the advantage of liter- i
ary excellence, convenient size, attrac
tive exterior, and reasonable price, it is
hoped that the Round Robin Series '
will commend itself to all lovers and
readers of the best fiction.
Two volumes are nearly ready; “A
Nameless Nobleman,” and “A Lesson
In Love.” Others will follow at suita
ble intervals. The series will be sold
by the Trade everywhere.
—Cassell, Petter, Galpin Co., of
London, have made arrangements for
the issue of a series of new and origi
nal volumes, by well-known authors, on :
subjects of general interest, to be pub
lished under the title of Cassell’s
Monthly Shilling Library. Among the'
volumes announced is one on “Amer
ican Humorists.”
“The very healthy natural increase
of our colored population,” says the
New York Sun, “was one of the most
interesting facts shown by the census
of 1880. From 4,441,830 in 1860 the
blacks advanced to 6,577,151 in 1880.
That is, the increase was nearly fifty
per cent in the twenty years. And
this gain took place in spite of the de
struction of the four years’ war which
occurred during that interval, and the
social revolution which followed the
emancipation of the negro slaves.
“Another suggestive fact shown by
the census is the persistence with which
the colored population cling to the old
States wherein they were held in bond
age. Out of the whole number of ne
groes, only. 479,670 were found in the
Northern States and Territories, while*
6,097,481 were in the former slave
States.
“These figures show how greatly the
negro exodus, as it was called, was ex
aggerated for political purposes. They
must also be regarded as evidence that
the reports of the ill-treatment of the
blacks in the South have been sensa
tionally colored for the same reason.
It is hardly possible that the negroes
would prefer Southern homes, and
would increase in the South at the rapid .
rate they have done since the abolition '
of slavery, if they were the victims ofl
the wholesale persecutions of which we
have read so much.
“The negro population of the old
slave-holding States, has increased from
4,215,714 in 1860 to 6,097,481 in 1880,
and in the Northern States and Terri
tories from 226,116 in 1860 to 479,670.
The gain at the South has been about,
45 per cent., while at the North the
total has been more than doubled.
The excess at the North is undoubtedly
explained by the emigration of negroes
from the South since the war; but the
number we have received is really
small. Allowing for a natural increase
among the Northern negroes of 50 per
cent, during the twenty years, immi
gration has brought us less than 150,-
000.
“This tendency of the colored popu
lation to remain in the South, and to
increase most in the very States where
their alleged ill-treatment has been
made the subject of so much party
thunder, is very remarkable and very
significant. In South Carolina, for in
stance, the blacks have increased about
50 per cent. In Mississippi, Louisiana
and Alabama, their gain has been about
the same, and in Georgia it has been
considerably more than that.
“The colored people like the South,
and evidently mean to remain there.
They prefer to enjoy their freedom in
the land of their former bondage. Only
an insignificant number of them have
manifested a desire to move northward.
They tend, instead, further toward the
Gulf of Mexico.”
A writer in the Augusta Chronicle
and Constitutionalist takes one of its
European correspondents to task for
some severe strictures on the Parnell
Land-Leaguers. He denies, in particu
lar, the statement “that crimes of the
worst kind were perpetrated” by the
Leaguers, saying that there have been
only seven murders committed in Ire
land within a year, and the population
is still close to five millions and a-half.
This is less than any year in the pre
vious twenty, and far below the aver
age for the United States or any other
country in Europe, according to popu
lation. He says it is the same with re
gard to other grave crimes. And that,
though the outrages reported show a
great increase in number, this increase
is due to the magnifying of trifling cir
cumstances into “outrages” by the local
magistrates, in order to justify the coer
cion law.
Per contra, Justice Fitzgerald, on
opening the Kerry assizes on the 16th
inst., said that four hundred and sixty
three crimes have been reported during
the last seven months. There was, he
said, some decrease in the record of
crime for the last week.
This is a terrible criminal docket for
the Superior Court of one county to
dispose of. It does not tally with the
general statement made by the Augus
ta writer.
Mons. Gambetta still maintains him
self as the de facto ruler of France.
NEW BOOKS.
South Carolina State Gazetteer and Busi
ness Directory for 1880—81.
To the courtesy of Mr. ft. A. Smith,
Charleston S. C., the compiler, we are
indebted for a copy of this work. It
contains the names, business, and ad
dress of the merchants, manufacturers,
professional and business men, and the
principal planters and farmers of the
State, together with a brief sketch of
all cities, towns, and villages, and how
to reach them. Also a new map of
North and South Carolina. As a ref
erence book it is invaluable to every
business man in the United States.
A similar work, embracing the State
of Alabama will be issued by Mr. Smith
during the present year.
A History of Greece. From The Earliest
Times To The Present. By T. T. Timayen
sis. With Maps and Illustrations. New
York, D. Appleton <fc Company. For sale
by J. J. A S. P. Richards, Atlanta.
We have here in admirable order,
and in clear and flowing diction, an
account of the life and fortunes of the
Hellenic nation, which will commend
itself for its intrinsic value to the
scholar and the general reader. This
history of Greece is based, as far as pos
sible, on the testimony of authorities
contemporaneous with the narrated
events. It is not, therefore, a mere re
compilation of the standard Greek his
tories, but an original, independent
work, the material for which has been
secured at the fountain heads of history.
In paper, type, printing and binding,
the work is a model of excellence.
The Power of Movement In Plants. By
Charles Darwin, LL. D. F. R. 8. Assisted
by Francis Darwin. With Illustrations. D.
Appleton & Company, New York. For
sale by J. J. & S. P. Richards.
A work full of curious facts and
deeply interesting investigations of
the wonderful life and mutations of
the Plant-world. The minutest life
processes of this plant-life are described
with great clearness and illustrated by
diagrams, which aid the readers con
ception of the context to a very great
extent. The work is especially devo
ted by the distinguished author to elu
■ cidation of the phenomenon of rotary
I movement, which Mr. Darwin calls cir
! cumnutation. To the scientific agri
culturist this work would be one of
fascinating interest. It is a very curi
ous and remarkable contribution to
this department of knowledge.
Life and Her Children; Glimpses Os An
mal Life From The A moeba To The Insects.
By Arabella B. Buckley. D Appleton A
Company, New York. For sale by J. J. &
8. P. Richards.
To the reader with a loving heart and
an attentive eye for Nature in all her
forms, this book will have the interest
of the most charming romance, whilst
the fact will obtrude itself continuous
ly on the wondering mind that “truth is
stranger than fiction.” The main ob
ject of the book is to acquaint young
people with the structure and habits of
the lower forms of life, and this com
mendable purpose is carried out with
fidelity and success. As the author
truly says; “If we could but know it,
all the history of Life’s Children, and
the thousands of different ways in
which the beings around us struggle
and live, we should be overwhelmed
with wonder.” Yes, and we would
reverently acknowledge the force of
Coleridges exquisite stanza:
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
Speaking of this book Nature
says : “None will read its introducto
ry chapter without advantage and few
will read the volume through without
enjoyment. Within its narrow limits of
three hundred small pages no candid
reader would expect to find all the de
tails that might be wished for,or all the
illustrations that might be desired.
What constitutes the book’s chief
charm is the marvelously simple yet
quite scientific style which runs
through it, the food for thought and
future study which it affords, and the
truly philosophic glow which lights up
its every page.”
The leading editorial in The Sanita
rian for March is on the National Board
of Health, which should be read by all
persons who would be informed on the
nature and value of its work, or who
may be doubtful of its utility. The
special advantages to the 25,000 res
cued well persons in the depopulation
of Memphis in 1879, and of the com
plete insulation of that city ; of the in
stitution of the inspection service at
and in the vicinity of New Orleans, so
effectual as to have stamped out the fe
ver in that city, and to have effectual
ly prevented the- transportation or re
currence of a single case of fever on
board of any one of the hundreds of
steamboats, barges and other vessels
clearing therefrom ; of the quarantine
inspection service of the whole Atlan
tic-and Gulf coast of the United States,
the changes effected in the locations
of the quarantines, and pecuniary aids
appropriated, greatly increasing their
efficiency; of the work of the Havana
Commission; of investigations and re
ports on the adulteration of foods and
drugs; of investigations of atmospheric
impurities; of investigations into the
etiology of diptheria and other infec- I
tious diseases now in progress—to any
intelligent and unprejudiced person
who will examine the work of the Na
tional Board of Health in relation with
an adequate appreciation of the pecu
niary value of health and commerce
which the Board has so signally pro
tected and promoted, it is safe to say
that the expenditures of the Board
have yielded more substantial benefit
to the well-being of the people of the
United States than tenfold the amount
of its expenditures under any other
appropriation of the government.
President Garfield has declared that
he will exercise all the power and in- i
fluence at his command to crush out I
the Mormon infamy. Those in close !
positions to the President declare that
lie has strong hopes of successfully dis- j
posing of the matter during his admin
istration. He is thoroughly aroused
to the necessity of throttling the evil
before it spreads all over the new Ter
ritories, where it is fast reaching out.
Already the influence of the Mormon
vote is felt in Colorado, while they con
trol Idaho, and will soon do the same
thing in Arizona and Montana, unless
polygamy is stopped.
It is understood that a bill will be
introduced in the next Congress, with
the President’s approval, to change the
form of government of Utah, as the
foundation for the reforms for which he
has declared. The bill will abolish the
present form of appointment of Gov
ernor and judges, and will provide a
commission of probably seven persons, j
who will administer all the affairs of
this refractory Territory, backed up
directly by all the power necessary to
enforce the reforms they will institute.
The commissioners will be named by
the President, and will be men who are
known to be sound on the polygamy
question. Their terms of office will be
continuous, under the pleasure of the
President. In this way it is believed
that the evil can be reached. It is pro
posed to pass the law disfranchising
polygamists, men and women. The
females now yote, and the Utah law is
such that an Indian or China woman,
if a Mormon’s wife, can vote.
—The wonderful scientific progress
of our age is illustrated by the follow
ing : In an interview which a reporter
of the Chicago Tribune had recently
with Capt. Archibald Forbes, the fa
mous English war correspondent, now
on a visit to that city, the reporter
spoke of the wonderful feat in tele
graphy recently performed—the ca
bling of the account of the battle of
Spitzkop, in which Gen. Colley was
killed,some twenty thousand miles—Mr.
Forbes however cited a far more curious
instance of journalistic enterprise, the
telegraphing of the storming of Khy
ber pass, Afghanistan, which was pub
lished in Chicago at 8 a. m. November
22,1878, whereas the storming really
took place at noon the same day, four
hours later, the telegraph having beat
the san around the world just four
hours. This is indeed one of the tri
umphs of journalism.
—The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist
says: “Dr. C. W. Benson, a practi
cing physician, at 106 N. Eutaw Street,
Baltimore, Md. (who has paid much
attention to nervous diseases), has dis
covered that extract of Celery and
Chamomile combined, in a certain
proportion, invariably cures headache,
either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous or
sick headache, neuralgia and nervous
ness. This is a triumph in medical
chemistry, aqd sufferers from all over
the country are ordering by mail. He
prepares it in pills at 50 cents per box.
The doctor is largely known and high
ly respected in Baltimore.”
See advertisement in The Index
advertising columns.
Mr. Parnell is rapidly losing what
influence remains with him, among the
better class of Irishmen. Whatever
may be claimed for his patriotism, his
discretion has been so faulty that his
leadership has brought much unnec
essary trouble upon his countrymen.
Ireland has been very unfortunately
represented in Parliament during its
present session, and instead of securing
relief, and a removal of burdens from
their constituents, the Irish members
have, by the violence of their course,
and their opposition to all offered
measures of amelioration, only intensi
fied the grievances that afflict the
home population.
The Russian press is urging, as meas
ures of reprisal against Switzerland, the
rupture of diplomatic relations, the
general expulsion of the Swiss from
Russia,a prohibitive tariff against Swiss
merchandise, and encouragement to
Germany to annex Switzerland, be
cause the Swiss authorities allow the
Nihilists and Socialists to hatch their
criminal plots in the Swiss cities with
out endeavoring to suppress and arrest
the conspirators.
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There is no doubt that the new
treaty with China will be ratified by the
government of the United States.
ESTABLISHED 18 21.
GEORGIA NEWS.
A cotton factory is to be erected in La-
Grange.
—Monroe county is to have a county fair,
and an association has been formed.
—One gentleman of Griffin offers to sub
scribe one fourth the amount necessary to
build a cotton factory.
—A vast amount of damage has been done
by the Hoods throughout the State. Many
costly bridges were washed away.
—The grand commandery of Knights
Templar of Georgia will hold its annual con
clave in Atlanta on the 18th day of May
next.
—The fourth annual Grand Lodge session
of Georgia, of the order of the Knights of
Honor, will be held in Savannah on the 20th
of April.
—The Executive Committee of the Atlanta
Cotton Exhibition h ive selected ex-Govern
or Bullock to visit Europe in the interest of
the Exhibition.
—Harris county was laid out from Troup
and Muscogee in 1827. Its length is twenty
miles, breadth eighteen miles, and contains
about 360 square miles.
—A portion of Augusta was Hooded last
week, the Savannah river being higher than
it has been since 1865. The river rose twen
ty-tour feet in twelve hours.
—The taxable property of Columbus has
increased in two years from $3,823,135 to
$5,131,072. There are few towns with more
enterprising merchants and capitalists than
Columbus.
—The Thomasville Times reports the fruit
trees in bloom in Upson county, and it
hopes an abundant crop will be realized. It
estimates the value of sueh a crop to the
county at $20,000.
—The Greenesboro Home Journal says:
“There is a good deal of complaint about
scarcity of labor and emigration. Sambo
loves full cribs and smoke-houses. This
may explain, iu part, the pending exodus of
white and black.”
—The Covington Star predicts that the
day is not far in the future when Georgia
will present a perfect net-work of narrow
gauge railroads. It thinks there will hardly
be two towns in the State not connected by
some kind of railway.
—The citizens of White Sulphur Springs
are making overtures to the Columbus and
Rome railroad regarding an extension to
that place. About twelve thousand dollars
have been subscribed to extend the road to
the Springs, four miles from Hood, the pres
ent terminus,
—The Guarantee Mine, in Oglethorpe
county, was last week bought by Mr. Cha'ues
11. Morehead, and is soon to be pushed to
development. The drawback to this proper
ty has been that it was owned by too many
men. It is a rich mine, and can now be
made to pay handsomely.
—The LaGrange Reportersays: “Through
out this section the peachtrees have been so
seriously damaged by toe cold weather that
but tew of them have bloomed, and for an
other year we will be deprived of this deli
cious fruit. In many instances the trees
have been killed entirely.' 1
—The planters of Southwest Georgia have
met with another enemy to crops in the way
of field larks. They have never before been
so mischievous. They go in great droves,
and pull up the young corn by the roots as
soon as it bsgios to come up, mid are doing
an immense amount of damage to the far
mers.
—The Dahlonega Signal reports increasing
activity in mining matters in that section.
Chicago capitalists are at Auraria, and New
York and Pennsylvania capitalists are at
Dahlonega. All the mines areon full work,
and much new machinery is being put in.
The Dawson county mines are being actively
developed.
—The Campbell County News-Letter states •
that Fairburn is on the eve of greater pros
perity than she has ever known. Within
the past two years,it state:, at least nine new
business enterprises have been located there.
It says this sudden impetus is doe to the in
crease of population of the surrounding
country, and to the fact that the people are
realizing that, as a trading point, Fairburn
cannot be excelled.
—Two years ago Mr. Smith took pastoral
charge of the Third Presbyterian church of
Atlanta, which then numbered fifty-three
members, and his sermon on Sunday was a
review of the work of the church and of its
condition. Organized on the fourth of
March, 1874, with sixteen members, the
membership now is 118. Seventy-three have
been added to the church within the past
two years. Only four members of the church
have died since its organization. The total
collections reach aboutsl,6oo, SI,OOO of which
is paid the pastor. Some improvements are
being made on the building, which will cost
$550 SIOO of which was donated by Mr. John
H. Inman. The pastor is furnished with a
good house and lot by Mr. W. A. Moore,
which cost $2,250.
—Macon Telegraph and Messenger: "We
are glad to see that the efforts of Senator
Brown and several of our Congressmen in
behalf of the preservation of the watercourses
in Georgia, are meeting wilh favorable no
tice by the Departments at Washington City.
It was our pleasure to meet, a few days since,
♦ith Mr. Charles Filmore Swain, from
Washington, an accomplished gentleman
and skillful engineer, who was visiting Ma
con and other places, seeking for the govs
ernment special information in regard to
our streams, their capacity to furnish water
for cotton and other factories, etc. Georgia
is peculiarly blessed with such water facul
ties, and the wonder is that our people have
not made them more extensively known to
Northern and Western capitalists and manu
facturers. There are many places on the
Ocmulgee that can furnish as much water
power as is used at Lowell, and over three
hundred miles of the best and most varied
woods of all sizes along its banks. The sup
ply is inexhaustible.”
—The following, which we clip from the
Columbus Times, certainly has a tendency
to indorse the dictum of Hon. A. H Steph
ens, that the masses of our State are growing
poorer instead of richer every day. The
Times says: "Almost every day we hear
some one speaking of the number of farmers
who come to town for supplies and go back
without them.. Yesterday we beard a busi
ness man say that a farmer told him he
would be forced to go home and turn out his
fields to grow np in grass. He had tried the
city over and bad not been able to find a
merchant who was willing to trust him.
This seems to be the sad condition of an un
usual number this year. The merchants
have made poor progress in collecting last
year’s accounts, and they do not feel In the
least inclined to supply a man who is in the
arrear. Who can blame the merchant ? He ,
does exactly right. No man wants to let ont
what goods he has in store without the least
prospect of ever receiving his pay. It is the
same way with the warehousemen. I n tereat
on money has been so reduced that it does
not pay to take any risks. The fact la, the
outlook is gloomy, and the farmer who has
no money or credit, stands a poor chance.”
