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The Christian Index. BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO. The Christian Index. Publication Rooms, 27 and 29 S. Broad. St. Masonic Bazar and Faik.—Wc call attention to the advertisement of the Bazar and Fair to be held in Savan nah for the benefit of Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, the oldest Masonic organization in Georgia. - A. 0. M. Gay & Co.—This popular Clothing, Hat and Furnishing House, No. 37 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, pub lish their business card in this issue. We take pleasure in recommending this firm and their excellent stock to the patronage of our readers. For ele gant and “nobby” goods, of this descrip tion, go to Gay & Co. Warrenton Hotel.—Mr. A. J. Ad kins, the new proprietor of the Warren ton Hotel, has made extensive improvements, and the Hotel is now one of the best and most popular in the State. Mrs. Adkins is an accomplished caterer, and the table is supplied with the best the market affords. We heartily commend the Warren to Hotel to the favor and patronage of the traveling public. The school law which recently pas sed the North Carolina Legislature is considerably in advance of the former law. County Superintendents are provided ; money is appropriated for teachers’ institutes; two normal schools for whites and two for blacks are established ; the tax is increased to cents on the SIOO, and local school support is encouraged by re quiring'county boards to lay a special tax to meet deficiencies in the school funds. House Furnishing Goods. —The at tention of our readers is called to the advertisement of Mr. G. S. Obear, 110 Cherry Street, Macon. This long established and reliable house offers a great variety of the most necessary ar ticles for housekeepers, at prices to suit the times. No house in central or southwestern Georgia sells cheaper or better goods. In the line of crockery and chinaware it defies competition. And, in the line of cooking stoves this house invites special attention to its stock, as probably the best in the State and at prices to suit all purchasers. Whatever you may wish in the way of house furnishing goods can be sup plied at this “emporium,” and be sent by railroad, if desired. Send for a circular and learn prices, addressing, G. S. Obear, 110 Cherry St., Macon, Ga. See the advertisement in this number. Personal. —Dr. H. C. Hornady paid us a visit last week. We are rejoiced to see him again well enough to be about. He has been confined to his home by severe sickness for two months past. He is quite feeble as yet, having lost forty odd pounds in weight since his confinement, but we feel as sured that the balmy spring weather, and exercise, will soon restore him to his wonted health and strength. —Rev. Charles A. Stakely, the talent’ ed pastor of the Elberton Baptist church, is on a brief visit to his mother in LaGrange. En route he paid The Index sanctum a visit, accompanied by Dr. Gwin of our city. We were glad to make the acquaintance of this genial and accomplished gentleman. —Mrs. Emily V. Battey,widow of the distinguished and lamented Dr. George Battey, of Rome, is visiting relatives and friends in Georgia. She is now in Atlanta. Mrs. Battey holds a very responsible position on the staff of the New York Sun, and her literary contributions to the leading magazines and other pub lications are highly prized. She is a very gifted and accomplished lady who, surmounting many obstacles, in her career at the North, has achieved the literary success and the renumnerative position to which her talents and her indomitable perseverance well entitle her. —We were glad to welcome to The Index office our esteemed brother McWhorter, of St. Mary’s, Camden county, who is on a brief visit to our city. —We had the pleasure of a call from A. Pope, Esq., the Chief of the Passen ger Department of the Associated Rail ways of Virginia and the Carolinas, and at present in our city on business con nected with the recent consolidation of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line with the former. This is a grand and complex system of important roads, re quiring extraordinary tact and remark able administrative abilities. To say that no man in this country is better qualified to fill such a position than Col. Pope, is simply to express a fact known for many years in railroad circles and by the traveling public. He is also assisted by a select corps of assis tants, thoroughly experienced in all the details of this vast railroad system. They have in their hands a very im portant work, of vital interest to our State. THE TRANS-ATLANTIC TIDE. The managers of the New York Bu reau of Immigration state that the tide of immigration already pouring into this country from Europe is extraordi nary, and that the year 1881 will unquestionably stand pre eminent, as to the number of persons seeking homes in the United States, over all the passed years. The pressure in the leading German ports is already so great that the lead ing steamship companies have been obliged to charter additional vessels to transport the applicants for passage to America, and the leading British ports also show unusual activity in the em igrant business. The German peasantry, especially, seem to be moved by the spirit of exo dus and thousands are on the march, whilst other thousands are preparing to follow the others in search of brighter fortunes in the “Land of Liberty.” There is good ground for the predic tion that at the port of New York alone five hundred thousand immi grants will land during this year. The other large ports will probably receive from fifty to one hundred thousand more. The number of immigrants landing in the United States last year was 327,- 371, the largest influx recorded since 1847. Unprecedented as this number was, it will be seen that the estimate for the current year doubles that num ber. The Germans predominated largely last year over other nationalities, the record at New York showing the arri val of 104,264 Germans; next the Irish 66,399 ; Sweden, 35,217 ; England, 33,- 768; Italy, 11,190; Scotland, 9,625; Norway, 9,937; Switzerland, 8,223; Russia, 7,693 ; Bohemia, 7,606 ; Hun gary, 6,672; Denmark, 5.577; Austria, 4,461; France, 4,087. This year the German ratio of in crease is already much higher. It is believed that this people will come 175,000 strong, many of them farmers with some means, mechanics, and oth er desirable classes. The Holland steamers are also very active, and a large number of thrifty Dutch are expected. It is also esti mated that emigration from Scandi navian countries will be thirty per cent, larger this year than it was last year. The emigration from Prussia is especially great. Ireland, too, will be notably represented, and by a better class than heretofore, in respect to means. But few of this immense host of im migrants come South, a mere drop compared to the flood streaming west ward and northward; and the majority of this small number go to Texas. The great Northern and Western railroad companies, and all the West ern and Northern States, are represen ted in all parts of Europe by active and well paid agents, who reap a golden harvest for themselves and their em ployers by this annual tide of immi gration. Every convenience for the personal comfort of the newcomers is provided in the Northern ports, and at the points of embarkation; and every inducement imaginable is held out to them on their arrival to settle on the fertile fields of the West or to secure employment in the large cities. The transportation system is siniply perfect, and is administered with rare tact and positive success. It is said that fully three-fourths of the immi grants on their arrival hold prepaid passage tickets to the different points of destination in the interior of the country. Speaking on this point, the New York Herald says: “Seventy five per cent, of the immigration to this port, the Castle Garden people say, goes to the Western States, and that chiefly of the most desirable class of immigrants, such as farmers. The entries regis tered of the avowed or intended destin ation at Castle Garden do not precisely represent the facts. For instance, 137,- 561 reported their destination as New York, when there can be no doubt that a large part of these afterward went to other States. Then the Western States, to which, it is well known, the bulk of immigrants go—as Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota—are credited in the aggre gate with less than 40,000. The Com missioners in their report say the lar gest and best part of the immigrants go for residence to the Western States. The land companies, or great proprie tors, and the railroads of the West which hold large land grants,do a good deal through agencies in turning the tide of immigration to one point or an other. If the 500,000 or upward of immigrants which the Castle Garden people estimate will arrive in 1881 be worth to the country, according to po litical economists, SI,OOO a head, we shall have the present year from this souice an addition to the national wealth of $500,000,000. •—Rev. S. Landrum, D.D., will de liver the address before the Historical Society at the meeting of the Baptist State Convention in Athens. General Literature —Domestic and Foreign Intelligence—Secular Editorials. ATLANTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 4, 188 I. Wide Awake makes the following announcement: “D. Lathrop & Co., the Boston publishers, have now in preparation a complete edition of the poetical works of Paul Hamilton Hayne, to be issued as a subscription work. It is to contain a fine portrait on steel of the author, with numerous illustrations, and an introduction by Margaret J. Preston. The work will be'printed on the best paper, and in a style similar to the Illustrated Library edition of Whittier and Longfellow. Mr. Hayne, by common consent, ranks first among the poets of the South, and is well known at the North, where he possesses a multitude of friends. He has written many exquisite short poems and songs; and his more serious pieces are characterized by fire and strength. His works ought to find a place in every household where a love of poetry exists.” JEWETT G. DEVOTIE. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun con tains a full and interesting account of the life and death of Mr. DeVotie, its editor-in-ohief, and whose recent de mise has filled many loving hearts with profound grief. Talented, noble minded,a forceful and agreeable writer, the place he occupied in Georgia jour nalism will be hard to fill again. The Index has already endeavored to express the profound sympathy felt by all for our venerated friend, the be reaved father,Dr. DeVotie; in addition we publish the following from the En quirer-Sun descriptive of the funeral services and alluding to the impressive remarks made be Rev. A. B. Camp bell: “Many dayshave passed since aduty bo sad has fallen to our lot as that which requires us to announce the death of Mr. Jewett G. DeVotie, chief editor of the Enquirer- Sun. He breathed bis last yesterday morning about 3:30 o’clock after a short but severe ill ness. He was the last of Rev. Dr. J. H. De Votie’s sons; and a more noble and gener ous hearted gentleman never lived. His mental and social composition was a rare combination, for with a warm hearted dis position, he was a man of great energy and positive habits of character. Asa friend he was as true as steel. A sketch of his life is published in our editorial columns. “The funeral service took place at four o’ciock in the afternoon from the First Bap tist church, Rev, A. B. Campbell, the pastor, conducting the services and preaching the funeral sermon. Mr. DeVotie and Mr. Cam pbell were in college together, and during the hours of study sat side by side. When he arose in the pnlpit and looked down up on the coffin which enclosed the remains of his dead fellow student, his heart was too full for utterance and the deepest grief was depicted in his countenance and the tears trickled copiously down his face. His ser mon was one of the moet appropriate of the kind to which we have ever listened, and tears came unbidden to eyes unused to weep, as he spoke in feeling tenderness of the goodness of God's mercy, and how it had been extended to us all. He spoke of the college life of the deceased, and how he was held in high esteem by all the teachers and students. How, after school days were over and years had passed away they were again thrown together, and" the cordial friendship of former years ripened into ar dor again. In closing his remarks he made a statement of the last few hours of the life of the deceased, in which he expressed himself ready to meet his God, and that he felt that he had a hope in the blood of Je sus. Looking down upon the coffin, in a burst of the most pathetic eloquence, he said, ‘Oh, my friend, I would rather know that you are in the hands of that God in whom your father and my father trusts,and where your mother and my mother are now with Jesus; I would rather know that you are in the arms of that blessed Redeemer, than to call you back to your parent again.’ The large audience was deeply moved, and there was not a heart present but went out in sympathetic feeling to the bereaved j father and in i imate friends of the decea: ed. “The remains were escorted from the church by the Columbus Guards, of which be was an honorary member, followed by the Enquirer-Sun office in a body. The fol lowing gentlemen acted as pall bearers : H. R. Goetchius, S. D. Moore, Dr. J. M. Mason. W. 8. Holstead, Louis Wells, D. H. Sumner and Will Redd. “A large concourse of friends followed the remains to their last resting place, where they were placed beside his mother, his sis ter and his brothers who have gone before. They were interred with military honors— the company firing the usual salute. Thus has the last sad tribute of respect been paid to one who had endeared himself to many friends, and whose loss will be seriously felt by the business men, as well as many others in this city. But those who knew him best loved and honored him most. His body has been consigned to the grave to await' the resurrection morn. May he rest in peace." From the same paper we quote the following deeply interesting incident: “At the funeral of Mr. DeVotie, on Mon day evening, on the front pew next the bier, sat Dr. DeVotie, the reverend father and on ly relative of the deceased present. A short distance to tee rear, and in the midst of the large audience, sat his long tried friend and brother, Rev. T. B. Slade, his head white with the snows of fourscore winters. Justas the notes of the closing hymn died away,the venerable form of Mr. Slade arose from the seat and stooping with the infirmities of age, tottered along the aisles toward the space in front of the pulpit. Rev. Mr. Campbell, the officiating minister, who was advancing to signal the pall-bearers to resume the proces sion to the cemetery, instantly paused mid way the spacious pulpit, and with bowing head awaited the movements of the venera ted patriarch. The latter advanced towards the solitary mourner, their arms were affec tionately twined around each other’s necks, and while they mingled their tears in silence the weeping audience gazed upon the specta cle with the solemn stfllnessof the judgment day. The holy spell of heart-melting sym pathy was not distured by a sound or a mo tion till the aged men calmly released each other and took their seats side by side. The pall-bearers, followed by the audience, then proceeded noiselessly from the house to "bear their precious burden to its final resting place, doubtless eveiy heart musing upon the ex alted nature of a religion that binds man to his brother in stronger and tenderer bonds as afflictions pelt more heavily and earthly hopes recede farther and farther from the fading vision.” LITERARY NOTES AND COMMENIS CARLYLE. When a mountain falls into the sea great commotion is caused thereby. From the spot of engulphment to the farthermost shores the vibrations of the mighty blow are felt. It takes some time before the disturbed balance of land and water is restored, and the usual order of nature prevails. So, when a mountain in the intellectual world, some literary Olympus topples and falls into the sea of Eternity, the shores of the Present are conscious of the vibrating fall, and the inky sea of literature swells and sinks, and by its unquiet throbbings manifests the po tent event. This figure applies, we think, to Carlyle and his recent death. The ponderous, Solomonic and altogether autocratic Reviews, and the dapper, nice, perfumed and altogether flippant “Society” papers, and the cross-road Buglehorns alike have had their say, and have printed their diverse opinions of the man and his works. The sea of literature has been stirred to its depths by a notable event. Rarely has one mind and its literary mode—one man and his dealings with the thought of his age —created livelier and wider dis cussion than the illustrious Scotchman and crowned English master. For the most part the thinking world thinks well of him and his work ; he is praised as an illustrator of spiritual heroism; as a very royal man in an age of royal men. But the minnows, as well as the whales, among the crit ics, have been incited to unusual ac tivity by the general disturbance. Sev eral have shown themselves among the shallows, wriggling themselves into notice by a proclamation of their opin ion of the mountain that has disap peared in death’s vortex. And they say (the minnows) that he was neither a great thinker nor a great writer, nor had he any sympathy with, or knowl edge of, human nature; that he Whs a most noisy, jargoning ranter, a jaun diced man-hater and slayer of respecta ble and well-beloved theories —in fact an uncanny, selfish fellow, who thought with a weak stomach, and wrote out his thoughts with a diseased liver 1 t Let us be charitable and believe that the minnows have either not swallowed and digested the "food for men” pre pared by Carlyle, or that it is too strong for them, being babes, and there fore confined by custom and the doc tor’s prescription to diluted milk and paregoric. We must bear with them good naturedly. It is natural for flies to buzz in the beams of the noonday sun. To the Liliputians the shoes, even, of the Brobdingnagians were monstrous and incomprehensible things—there was not tape enough in all Liliput to meas ure the circumference of such a shoe! If such was the case with this small statured people in their first experience with giants, what is to be said of our minnows of the milk and paregoric press? Or, in the apt words of Car lyle himself, “Can the’minnow under stand the ocean tides and periodic cur rents by which the condition of its little creek is regulated?” Nay, that were to ask too much of them. Let us be charitable, and heartily wish them safe deliverance from their unprofitable business. —“The rejection of the manuscript of an unfamiliar author,” says the Bos ton Herald, “is perhaps oftener on ac count of illegible handwriting than of lack of merit. There is no greater tor ture for an editor than to have to at tempt to decipher a bad manuscript, and the sense, especially of a poem, is frequently entirely lost in the tangled maze of wretched penmanship. Sir Francis Jeffrey knew so well the diffi culty of forming a correct judgment of an article by a reading in manuscript, that, when he sent in his first article after he had retired from the Edinburgh Review, he had an understanding with Napier, his successor, that it should not be read until it appeared in the proof. A few years ago the editor of the Saturday Review was accustomed to have every article which appeared as if it might be worth acceptance put into type before deciding upon it, for, as Charles Lamb says, there is no such raw and unsatisfactory reading as an article in manuscript. The same prac tice is followed by the editor of Har per’s Magazine, it is said. Even au thors of wide experience, like Thomas Moore and Macaulay, were seldom able to form a judgment of their own works until they had seen how they looked in print." —The fashion of publishing bio graphical and critical sketches of nota ble men and women in Series continues to spread. The latest announcement is of an “American Men and Women of Letters” series, to be edited by Mr. James T. Fields, and published by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The first volume will be on Washington Irving, and is assigned to Mr. Charles Dudley Warner. —To the question of a correspon dent, “What was the news to which Browning refers in his poem ‘How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix?’” Good Literature replies: “Since receiving this query we had searched for the answer faithfully, but without success, and had almost concluded that to write to Mr. Browning himself was the only resource; when we found, in the last number of the Literary World, that the enterprising Boston journal had done this very thing. Some time ago, in response to a query on the same subject, the Literary World had given the Pacification of Ghent as the sub ject of the poem; but it now says : ‘Renewed inquiry has led us to further investigation, the result of which is to demolish all historical foundation of the poem whatsoever.’ The following statement in a private note from the author of the poem, dated London, Jan. 23, will be accepted, of course, as final: ‘There is no sort of historical founda tion for the poem about “Good News to Ghent.” I wrote it under the bul wark of a vessel, off the African coast, after I had been at sea long enough to appreciate even the fancy of a gallop on the' back of a certain good horse, “York,” then in my stable at home. It was written in pencil on the fly-leaf of Bartoli’ “Simboli," I remember.’” THIS POET. CHARLES W. HUBNER. True Poet I great or least, How blest is thy vocation! Seer, Teacher, Prophet, Priest By holy consecration; Who can thy sway resist ? Who ranketh thee in stal ion ? A laik above the lea Her sheer flight heavenward winging, A wondrous melody Like silvery spray outflinging, Thy perfect pattern be Poet! in all thy singing. Sing true, and sing thy best! It is well worth thy doing To bld the honest breast Beware of Falsehood’s wooing, To sing of love and rest When hate and strife are brewing. Behold! the morning light Os a New Day is gleaming; O Poet I wing thy flight To greet its fuller beaming— When Wrong shall yield to Right, And Truth be more than Seeming. , The Georgia Pharmaceutical Asso ciation, of which Mr. Theodore Schu mann, of Atlanta, is President, holds its annual session in Columbus on Tuesday, April 12th. The druggists are making strenuous exertions to have laws passed by the General Assembly regulating in an enlightened manner the sale and manipulation of medicines in this State, and placing the execu tion of such laws and the control of all matters regulating their business in the hands of druggists, as it is in other occupations. This is the case in all the advanced or progressive States in the Union. They are supposed to be more familiar with such affairs than members of any other craft or profes sion, and they deserve to succeed. Druggists and apothecaries occupy an important and responsible position in our communities, and everything cal culated to perfect their work should be encouraged. This organization is in tended to do this, and they call for the co-operation of all interested. Drug gists and drug clerks who are, or are not, members are cordially invited to be present. A full, useful and pleas ant session is anticipated. The Broadway Tabernacle series of May meetings in New York, which will occupythe week from the Bth to the 15 th of the month, has been arranged. The following organizations will participate and in the order given: May B.—American Home Missionary Society, ■> a—Woman’s National Christian Tem perance Union. New York Port Society. “ 10.—New York Sunday-school Associa tion. National Temperance Society. “ 11.—American Female Guardian Society. American Tract Society. “ 12.—New York Institution for Instruct ion of Deaf and Dumb. New York Bible Society. " 13.—New York Society for Prevention of Crime. Foreign Sunday-school Association. “ 15.—American Board Commissioners foi Foreign Missions. —A Chicago Communist predicts that the red flag of the Commune “is destined in the near future to occupy a higher position than the Star Span gled Banner,” to which the Mobile Register cogently replies, “The Com munist forgets that ifhe had not sought the protection of the Star Spangled Banner he would perhaps have occu pied an elevated position in his own country.” —The new Land Bill introduced in the British Parliament by Gladstone seems to have been framed skillfully to meet the present landlord and ten ant troubles in Ireland. It has met the approval of the Conservatives, and can hardly fail in having a quieting and reassuring effect on all sides—the Communists excepted. ~A Society has been formed in New York for the prevention of street accidents. The organization numbers among its members Governor Cornell, Wm. M. Evarts and other prominent citizens. They purpose extending aid also to those who are injured by street accidents who are in need of aid. ESTABLISHED I 821. GEORGIA NEWS. —The Carnesville railroad will surely be built. —Partridges are sold for five cents a pieoe in Gainesville. —There are two hundred students at the North Georgia Agricultural College, in Dah lonega. —The route of the proposed Georgia Wes tern railroad is now being surveyed by an engineer from New York. —The colored citizens of Darien want the public schools in that city to be kept open nine months of the year. —From those who are in a position tn know, we learn that more guano will ba used in Meriwether county this year than perhaps ever before. —The Early County News says: “We are happy to announce that the money has been paid in to complete the railroad to Blakely; and that operations have commenced at both ends of the line.” —Savannah has exported largely of naval stores, during the year jmt closed, to Eng land, France, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, South America, Holland and Spain. —The cotton receipts of Macon, up to April Ist, were 61.422 bales, against 50,349 up to the same date last year. The receipts foot up 9,735 bales more than was received during the whole of last year. —Rev. P. T. Babbet, the pastor of the Episcopal church in Bainbridge, is dead. He was seventy years old, and had been a resident of Bainbridge for eleven years. He filled his pulpit the Sunday previous to his death, and preached an able an.d impressive sermon. He had been suffering from asthma for a number of years. —Ex Senator Gordon, of Geergia, who is getting liis engineers together for the build ing of the Georgia Western railroad, says that in the North there has been more inter est in the South during the last six months than was manifested in the last ten years. Everybody whom Gen. Gordon met in the North seemed anxious to invest in the South. —The North and South railroad is now called the Columbus and Rome railroad ; the Atlantic and Gulf railroad is now the Savan nah, Florida and Western railway ; the Sa vannah and Memphis railroad is the Colum bus and Western railroad; the Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad is now known as the Selma Division of the East Tennessee, Vir gil ia and Georgia railroad; the Atlanta Air- Line railroad is now the Atlanta and Char lotte Air Line railway. —The Augusta cow ordinance ha': been repealed, and now the cows are restored to their old privileges of promenading the streets, frightening women and children and destroying flower gardens in that city. The City Council of Atlanta, on the contrary, has just passed a stringent law against the nuis ance, much to the gratification of allintellis gent citizens. —Elberton Gazette: “We announced a few weeks ago that a small cotton factory would be put up in Elberton. We now be lieve that one will be put up in town and another in the country—that Elbert county will have two cotton factories in operation within a year. A SSO 000 factory is in cons temptation in the lower part of the county, and the stock is all taken but $15,000, ana this will be taken in a short while. The factory contemplated in Elberton is to cost about s3s,ooo—not less —to be run by steam, and the buildings are to be so constructed as to allow of an enlargement at a small ex pense." —S. C. Caldwell, Secretary of the Georgia Teachers’ Association, makes the following announcement: “The annual Convention of the Georgia Teachers’ Association, for 1881, was to convene in Atlanta on the first Tuesday in May. As the National Associa tion meets in that city on July 19th, it has been thought best that the meeting of the State organization occur at the same time and place. I therefore announce to the members of the Georgia Teachers’ Associa tien, and to our brethren throughout the State, that the annua) convention will be postponed from May until July 19th.” —Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist: “A gentleman from Elberton tells us there ia a settled determination in that town to build a railroad from Elberton and connect with the line at the Glade, as soon as it is comple ted to that point. If this be done, Augusta and Athens will have restored to them a splendid territory that the Air-Line road has taken from them. The Glade is only twelve miles from Elberton, and it does not seem reasonable that such a thriving town would permit an outlet to the Southern seaboard stop so near them without connecting. We only mention this fact to show the vital and growing importance of the Broad River rail road, to both Augusta and Athens.” —There is a fat prospect for in the winding up of the affairs of the defunct bank of Rome. The assignee says: “I deem it proper to state that I have been notified by the Slate Treasurer that the State claims a lien on all the assets of the bank for pay ment of the deposit due the State, and a priority payment over other creditors, and that I must not pay any money to other debts until the State's claim is satisfied. Other creditors hare notified me that this claim of the State will be contested. Various other complications will probably he involv ed, such as the right of depositors and others holding claims against the bank to a set off against demands of the bank upon them. My purpose is to collect up the assets as rap idly as possible, and as soon as a thorough understanding can be had of the condition of the bank, and of the various complica tions alluded to. to submit the matters to the court by a bill in equity for its adiudica tion upon the rights of all parties.” —Hamilton (Harris county) Journal- “The visit of a Harris county farmer to Mississippi to procure farm labor, of which mention was made in these columns last week, is big-with significance to this section of Georgia. For a while we have been able to stay the tide of emigration, and now we believe that there is to be a return tide, of which the little squad of Mr. Maddox is only a beginning, that is destined to aid materially our already recov ering agricultural industry. For years we have supplied the States west of us with Governors, Senators, legislators, mechanics and farm laborers, until the interior country has become almost a desert waste. That we have been able to withstand this constant drain upon our resources, and to gain in ma terial wealth the while, proves the wonderftri vitality of the old land, and now .that the tide has turned, we picture prosperous times for the not distant future. These hundreds of negroes, anxious to return, will be sup plied with means, and their experience has been such as to make far better laborers of them than they were before they went West. As it was, certainly the better class that left, and their experience has been such as to improve their usefulness, their return will result in much good to the country."