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GERMAN EMIGRATION. We have not recently seen any clear er statement of the causes now operat ing in producing the unprecedented emigration of Germans than the one officially furnished by James T. Du * Buis Esq,, U. S. Consul at Aix la Cha pelle, to the State Department at Wash ington. The facts and figures are wor thy of the closest atention of all who take interest in the development of our country’s resources, and the promotion of its welfare. There are many facts in the report which should, arouse the progressive men of the South, and cause them to exert themselves in efforts to secure some of the benefits of this grand exo dus of industrious and frugal Germans for our section. Mr. Dußois says : “The following, from a Prussian land ed proprietor, was puplished recently in a German newspaper : ‘The condition of the people this year is worse than it was during the year that has just passed. Six of my labor ers have just left me. So it is every where. Whole families are leaving for America, and most of the males who remain are good-for-nothing idle fel lows. I want a good errand boy, bu« none is to be had. Everybody seems to have gone or is getting ready to go to America. By the end of another year our villages will be deserted.’ “Not having been instructed by the Department to make a report on the sub ject of emigration, and feeling that per haps the matter does not belong at all to the duties pertaining the consular ■office, I am somewhat in doubt as to the propriety of interesting myself in this topic; still the foregoing state ment, and many incidents which have occurred and are constantly happening around me concerning the startling exodus of the “Wearledofeuropers,” have induced me to venture to place before you a short report on this truly interesting subject. “Since the beginning of 1881 em igration has increased so much that a comparison of the months of January, February, and March of last year with the corresponding months of this year will prove that even the astounding figures of the former have been aug mented twofold. “Hamburg, Stettin, and Bremen are the chief ports of embarkation in Ger many. Many German emigrants em bark, however, in foreign harbors, es pecially at Antwerp, Havre de Grace, and Liverpool. A foreign harbor is the Mecca of those who leave the Fa therland under doubtful circumstances, such as escaping military duty, etc. These journey as ordinary travelers until they are beyond the power of the German police, who are savagely vigi lant in enforcing all laws which can in any manner place barriers in the way of the emigrant. “From 1820 to 1880 over 11,000,000 emigrants entered the harbor of New York. Over 3,000,000 ot these were Germans, which number is more than was our entire population at the close of the Revolutionary war. In 1794 only 0,000 emigrants found a refuge on our soil. During 1881 we shall un doubtedly welcome to our shores a half million of strangers who are coming to our factories, workshops, and fields, amply equipped and prepared to work out an honorable living. Os this num ber 200,000 will be Germans. “What a splendid sacrifice is this for Germany to make in the interest of American progress and civilization! Two hundred thousand of the best labor of the land. Most of these will be men having some good trades, or experienc ed tillers of the soil, or hardy, willing workers at whatever their hands may find to do. Besides a knowledge of mechanics, agriculture, or some u.eful , trade, they will bring with them an average of S7O each. Thus Germany is fated to lose and America is sure of gaining not only 200,000 industrious citizens, but those citizens are going to carry away with them $14,000,000 and put it at once in circulation in the United States. “There is still another computation to be made that is really significant. Each able bodied and industrious emi grant adds SI,OOO to the general wealth of the country in which he takes up his residence, so that in reality Ger many will lose and America will gain 200,000 valuable citizens, $14,000,000 of solid money, and $200,000,000 which the muscle and skill of these men represent. “When Germany has these start ling figures representing a dead loss to her material interests to contem plate, it is little to be wondered that she is excited and perplexed over the question of emigration. She feels that what was last year a lively emi gration will be this year an irresistible exodus. On every side she sees men who by economy and hard work have acquired a little property, throwing that property on the market at a great sacrifice in order to secure funds with which to reach the inviting plains that lie beyond the Mississippi. She is conscious of the fact that her mechan ics, who have been toiling years for from 50 to 75 cents per diem, are yielding by hundreds and thousands to the tempting prospects of good food and good wages which America offers to all. Everywhere she sees her sturdy farmers who have spent a good por tion of their lives tilling unproductive soil, and who have, as a result, empty purses and empty stomachs, sacrifi cing their love of home and Fatherland by departing to find new homes in the New World. Her miners who have drudged twelve hours a day for 50 Secular Editorials—Literature— <>S- v 1 Domestic and Foreign Intelligence. cents are hurrying westward, where the empire of labor is making each laborer a comfortable sovereign. Her weavers and spinners who here produced, at starving wages, the woolens which have clothed American citizens are becoming American citi zens themselves, and hope to weave and spin, at living wages, woolens for those whom they leave behind. Such is the picture which Germany has to contemplate today, and the contem plation of it has created a feeling of uneasiness" among all who have the best interests of the Fatherland at heart. “In some localities the alarm has become excitement. It is the topic of conversation in political and social circles. Officials are becoming very active in ens rrcing all local and national laws which can in any way hinder emigration, or make it a griev ous burden to those who attempt to seek a refuge on American soil. Scarcely a week passes but that some leader of a board of artisans or agri culturalists visits this consulate for the purpose of obtaining advice and infor mation concerning emigration. The knowledge sought relates to means of transportation, mode of conduct, cli mate, and soil of certain localities, and many other things which directly in terest the emigrant. Most of these men are well dressed, hardy, intelli gent, and deserving characters. Some of them have received pamphlets from different societies interested in emi gration, but they are not satisfied with the information which these docu ments contain regarding the details of transportation, the manner of se curing purchases of land, the cost of living, and the amount of wages paid for the various branches of industry.” The National Board of Health has sent the following notice to quaran tine officers throughout the United States: “Trustworthy information has been received at this office that vessels on which cases of yellow fever have re cently occurred are constantly leaving the port of Havana, and other infected ports, for ports in the United States, without the bill of health required by the statute and regulations of this Board. All our Southern ports especi ally are greatly exposed in consequence of this failure to comply with the law, and quarantine and other health of ficers are urgently requested to exercise the utmost vigilance in regard to ves sels from all ports within the yellow fever region. It is known, tod, that small-pox exists in epidemic form at many of the ports now infected with yellow fever, and to guard the people against the possible ravages of one or both of these dread diseases will re quire the most careful and determined efforts of health and quarantine officers in each of our Southern ports. All vessels, therefore, from ports liable to infectious or contagious diseases, es pecially those in which yellow fever prevails or is likely to occur, should be subjected to the most rigid examina tion, and be regarded as suspected ves sels unless provided with the bill of health showing a strict compliance with all the requirements of our law. No vessel should be allowed to dis charge its cargo until every precau tion has been taken to prevent the in troduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States.” Shorter College.—This justly fam ous college at Rome, Georgia, will open its fall term September 6 th. It is with out exception one of the finest colleges in the United States. Its beautiful and healthy location, its splendid col lege-buildings, its thorough curriculum and first-class faculty, give it superior advantages. It is doubtless one of the most prosperous institutions of learning in the South. The Minutes of the Coosa Associa tion have been printed and distributed from the Index office, within a week from the receipt of the order. This quick work will be the rule of the house throughout the present season. Brethren who favor us in this line will have their work executed with dispatch. Female Seminary, Georgetown, Ky. We call attention to this old and tried institution for the education of young ladies. You will find here every facili ty for the thorough education of your daughter. We call the attention of parents to the advertisement of the “Seaside Seminary,” Southport, Connecticut, a Seminary for young ladies, highly rec ommended. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 188 I. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. History of Georgia 1850-1881 Bv Col. T W. Avery. Brown & Darby, New York, Publishers. This valuable work will soon be ready for the public. An efficient corps of canvassers are ready to take the field at once. It will be sold only by subscription. A deeply interesting work containing six hundred pages, and il lustrated by more than sixty portraits of leading statesmen, financiers, schol ars, poets, journalists, and others who have made the Empire State of the South famous by thought and deed, will not appeal in vain to the literary taste and patriotism of our people. We predict for the work a very large sale in Georgia, and throughout the South ern States. In typography and bind ing the book will be superb. It presents the true story of the war between the States, and depicts, also, the phoenix-like uprising of our Com monwealth from the ashes of war into the grand Potency it now is among the progressive States of the New World. The men and the agencies that have been active in this rehabilitation of Georgia, and who have contributed, and still contribute, to its prosperity and glory, merit the honor of public recognition, and perpetuation of their names and their work by the historian. Col. Avery’s ability as a practised and very elegant writer is known to the country. In this history he gives the world a book which will always be a standard work in American history. It commends itself to every intelligent Southern man, and to all men every where, who desire “the truth of His tory,” to base their final judgment thereon. Parties who, from any cause,have not had the opportunity to subscribe for this book, may obtain it by direct ap plication to the Publishers, who will refer the order to the proper agent. In localities away from railroads and in accessible to canvassers, it will be sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers, Brown & Derby, 21 Park Place, New York. Sunlight and Shadow ; or Gleanings from my Life work. Comprising personal expe riencesand opinions, anecdotes and reminis cences, gathered from thirty-seven years' experience on the platform and among the people, at home and abroad. By John B Gough. With fulLpsge engravings, and steel-plate portrait of the author. A D. Worthington & Company, Publishers, Hart ford, Conn. We have received from the publish ers’ agent, now in this city, a copy of this remarkable book. It is elegantly bound and printed, and contains over five hundred pages of as interesting reading matter as can be found any where within the range of current literature. For about four decades the the name of Gough, the “Temperance Apostle,” has been before the people, and it is now a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. Such a life consecrated to the cause of tem perance, crowded with incidents of pa thos and of humor, full of strange events and striking scenes of public and private life, cannot fail to be of notable value and deep interest to the world. In this book this remarkable life is photographically portray ed by the author. It will move to tears or incite irresistibly to hearty laughter. It will do the reader good, it will promote the grand cause of tem perance, it will do the world good gen erally. We cordially recommend it to the public. As an incident peculiarly interesting to Baptists, we subjoin an extract from this book illustrating the grand char acter of Bpurgeon, as related by Gough : A beautiful day it was for London as we rode together, chatting all the way. The history ot the Orphanage is intensely inter esting The commencement was a sum of £2O 000 to Mr. Spurgeon, from a lady, to commence an orphanage for fatherless boys. All the money that has been expended has been raised by voluntary contribution, and the £20.000 is invested as an endowment. When we entered the grounds, the boys set up a shout ofjoy at the sight of their bene factor. I asked, “What are the requirements for admission ?” He said, “Utter destitution. Nothing de nominational. We have more of the Church ot England than of the Baptists. We have Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists —all sorts." After the boys had gone through their gymnastic exercises and military drill, I spoke a few words to them. Mr. Spurgeon was like a great boy among boys. He said, “There are two hundred and for ty boys—only think ! How many pence are there in a shilling ?” “Twelve.” “Right. How many shillings in a pound?" “Twenty.” “Right. Twelve times twenty are how many?" "Two hundred and forty.” “That’s a penny apiece for each boy.” “Here, Mr. Charlesworth,” handing him a sovereign, “give these boys a penny apiece;” when a shrill, hearty hurrah was ?iven, as Mr. Spurgeon turned away with a augh of keen enjoyment. “ Will you go to the infirmary ? We have an infirmary and quarantine; for sometimes the poor creatures we take in need a good dea of purifying. We have one boy very ill with consumption ; he cannot live, and I wish to see him, for he would be disappoint ed if he knew I had been here and had not seen him.” We went into the cool and sweet cham ber, aud there lay the boy. He was very much excited when he saw Mr. Spurgeon. The great preacher sat by his side and 1 can not describe the scene. Holding the boy’s hand in his, be said: “Well, my dear, you have some precious promises in sight all around the room. Now, dear, you are going to die, aud you are very tired lying here, aud soon you will be free from all pain, and you will rest. Nurse,did he rest last night? ' "He coughed very much.” “Ah, my dear boy, it seems very hard for you to lie here all day in pain, aud cough ali night. Do you love Jesus?” “Yes.” “ Jesus loves you. He bought you with his precious blood, and he knows what is best for you. It seems hard for you to lie here and listen to the shouts of the healthy boys outside at play. But soon Jesus will take you home, aud then he will tell you the reason, and you will be so glad." Then, laying hie hand on the boy, with out the formality of kneeling, h« said, “0 Jesus, Master, this dear child is reaching out bis thio baud to find thine. Touch him, dear Savior, with thy loving, warm clasp. Lift him as he passes the cold river, that bis feet be not chilled by the water of death ; take him home in thine own good time. Comfort and cherish him till that good time comes. Show him thyself as he lies here, and let him see thee and know thee more and more as his loving Savior.” After a moment's pause he said, “Now dear, is there anything you would like? Would you like a little canary in a cage to bear him sing in the morning? Nurse, see that he has a canary to morrow morning. Good-bye, my dear; you will see the Savior perhaps before I shall.” I bad seen Mr. Spurgeon holding by his power sixty-five hundred persons in a breathless interest; I knew him as a great man universally esteemed and beloved ; but as he sat by the bedside of a dying pauper child, whom his beneficence bad rescued, be was to me a greater and grander man than when swaying the mighty multitude at his will. The London Quarterly Review, for July,republished by the Leonard Scott Publishing Co., 41 Barclay St., N. Y. The leading article is “Madame de Stael: a Study of her Life and Times.” The brief account here given of her life and writings, and of the society in which she lived, is full of kindly ap preciation of the merits of that dis tinguished woman. In “Earthquakes, their Cause and Origin” we find a de scription of the phenomena attendant upon earthquakes, and a theory that they are the result of discharges of ter restrial electricity accumulated in the bowels of the earth. “English Trade and Foreign Competition” argues the failure of the Free Trade Policy. We have also from the press of the same company their reprint of Black wood’s Magazine for August. The principal contents are “Uncle Z,” a new story in which a young English man sets forth on a continental tour in search of an unknown uncle; “Hints for Vacation Rambles,by an Old Tramp” gives suggestions of pleasant spots among the hills of Great Britain, with side glances at the continent; “The Private Secretary” is drawing to a conclusion ; “The Land of Khqmi— Part 111. Old and New” —The ‘Old’ refers to the banks of the Nile between Cairo and Thebes strewn with the mounds of ancient cities, and the ‘New’ to the present condition of the people. The Autobigraphy of Edward Gibbon gives the story of an uneventful life. “The Meiningen Company and the London Stage” and “Besieged in the Transvaal—the defence of Stander ton” are both papers of much interest. The Magazine of Art, for August, has for frontispiece an engraving of Mr. F. W. W. Topham’s striking picture, “Renouncing the Vanities by Order of Savonarola.” Its other contents are : Pictures of the Year, with three en gravings; How Oxford was Built, with three illustrations; Our Living Artists —Keeley Halswelle, A. R. S. A., with portrait and engravings; The Black and White Exhibition at the Dudley Gallery, with three engravings; Christ Church, Hampshire, with illustrations; Art at the Antipodes; English Birds and Their Haunts, with five engrav ings; The Salon of 1881, with three engravings; Artists Recently Deceas ed—Richard Lane, A. R. A.; “Lost Riches,” The Pre-Raphaelite Brethren, by Wm. Rossetti; Fairford Windows, with an illustration; “The Miser,” and Art Notes. A new institution has just sprung up in our midst, and it affords us pleasure to in form our readers that a rare chance is now offered for all who desire to learn Telegraphy, and thus put themselves in a position to earn a good living with but slight effort or expense. We refer to the Southern Telegraphic Col* lege of E. I. Wilson & Co., located at 261 Peachtree street, under the supervision of Prof. Wilson, who for many years has been in the employ of the W. U. Telegraph Co. as daily press reporter. The extra demand now existing for operators has made it nec essary that such an institution should be opened, and we are glad that Prof. Wilson has been induced to open it here. We wish him and his enterprise success.—See his ad vertisement. BAPTIST HISTORY AND BIOGRA PHY. We take pleasure in announcing that this great work is finished. The work comprises the “History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia,” three hundred pages, and “Biography of Baptist Ministers and other Geor gia Baptists,” six hundred pages, with j nearly four hundred portraits, all in one splendidly bound volume of nine hundred pages. The book is now in the bindery of the Frankling Printing House, and will be ready for delivery in about one week. As an authentic and profoundly in teresting history of all the Baptist churches of Georgia, it is invaluable, and the illustrated biography of min isters and prominent Baptists is a treas ure-house of information which, for all time to come, will attract attention, and will be considered the most inter esting contribution to the denomina tional literature of our country. The book should be found in every Baptist family of Georgia and in the South. Commenting on the condition of the cotton crop in Georgia, and the false system pursued by our farmers in its cultivation, our able Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon. J. T. Henderson, in his last Quarterly Report with great force and pertinency, says: “Expen sive credit has been indulged in to such an extent by cotton planters this year that serious fears are entertained as to the consequences to result next fall both to planters and merchants. Cotton culture on the terms on which supplies have been purchased this year, is only a deception and a snare. “Farmers are noted for their adher ence to the teachings of experience, and yet there is not a county in the State in which experience does not teach the wisdom of a self-sustaining system of agriculture and the folly of maxing cotton on supplies purchased at credit prices, or even for cash. “The most prosperous farmers in every section of the State are those who have uniformly made their sup plies at home. Such farmers are to be found everywhere, and are conspicuous for their prosperity'; and yet their neighbors refuse to follow their exam ple and prosper, but are eagerly pur suing the ignis fatuus of all cotton on Western corn and bacon, with the road in front of them strewn with the wasted lives and wrecked fortunes of their exemplars. Remonstrances a gainst the suicidal policy have been uttered until they' have become pain fully monotonous. Example, obser vation and experience have taught their lessons in vain. Figures founded on false data lie, and the farmers are led to ruin by them.” Is it possible that our farmers will continue their mad career to destruc tion? Does not common sense demand a halt, and immediate reform? And now Switzerland, which has for years been a harbor for Nihilist, Social ist and Communist conferences, and where a majority of the plots for assas sinations have been organized, and which has been a safe asylum for So cialist assassins, is beginning to exper ience the results of its unwise liberality toward these criminals. A special dis patch from Geneva reports that the Socialists have addressed a threatening letter to the Federal Tribunal in regard to their appeal from the decision of the Grand Council of Zurich, prohibit ing the Socialist Congress there in Sep tember. The letter warns the Judges of the Tribunal that they will be the first to be blown up, and states that the Socialists have enough dynamite to blow up half of Switzerland, and that it is at Switzerland that the conflag ration will begin that will burn up the world. An extensive immigration of Ger* mans is reported to be taking place in Southeastern Missouri. A whole colo ny from Saxony has just settled in Perry county, where it has purchased a large tract of land. Among the pos sessions of this colony is a steam-mill, brought along to saw wood for build ing purposes. A second colony is ex pected soon to follow this one from the Fatherland. Chicago Inter-Ocean: “Reports from the interior regarding the yield of small grain and the outlook for corn are somewhat conflicting, but the gen eral impression prevails that the ag gregate crops will be materially smaller than last year, hence the largely in creased speculative movement.” —The railroad to Tallulah Falls will soon b; finished. GEORGIA NEWS. —Some of the farmers around Pow ier Springs. Cobb county, are now asking $25 per acre for their land. They are looking for the Atlanta and Rime railway. —The mill, lumber aud timber men of Southern and BlUtbeast Georgia will hold an important meeting at Waycross ou Wed nesday, the 14tu day of September. There is only a difference of nineteen in the population of Biob and Burke counties. The former has 27,148 aud the latter 27,127, but in Bibb the blacks are only rifue i to eleven, while in Burke they are twenty-one to six. —H. H. Hickman, of Milwaukee, Wis., has bought Catoosa Springs, Tne price paid was SIB,OOO. Mr. Hickman, the News states, will retit Catoosa and maintain it as a regular sanitarium and pleasure resort all the year round. —Judge Reese has furnished the State with copies of his work, "A Treatise ou the law of Executors, Ordinaries aud Guar dians,” which will be sent to the ordinaries over the State. Mr. Haralsou, the Slate Librarian, is now engaged in sending them out. —Dr. H. V. M. Miller, Foreign Commis sioner for the Expositiou, writes that two steamships, loaded witu English machinery, sailed for this country on the 15;u of Au gust. Tne English Manufacturing Company will send skilled operatives to demonstrate what their machiuery is capable of. Tuis will put the American aud European ma chinery in direct compe itiou. —Rome Tribune: “We learn that the washer women of Rome have organized a union and will shortly announce a determi nation to charge a dollar a dozen.' It is, therefore, likely that Rome will suffer the experience of Atlanta, aid that a steam laundry aud Yankee girls will be called on to remedy the affair. The move, judging from its fate in other places, will not prove a success in Rome." —One ot tne many attractions of the Atlanta Cotton Exposition will be an ensi lage cattlery under full operation. Ensilage pits ai e being constructed, aud horses, cows, sheep aud mules are to be fed during the Exposition from them. The importance of this new system of feeding cattle is obvious from the fact that it costs more in the South to feed a mule than to keep three held hands. And to see the system in operation is to be convinced of its practicability. —Atlanta is to have an improvement in her railroad facilities, which will ba greatly enjoyed by her citizens. The Union Rail road Company will construct a belt line arou. id the corporate limits for the transfer of freights, thus clearing the principal thor oughfare of an almost perpetual blockade. Tne new company is composed of men like Governor Blown, General Macßae and Wm. B Johnston, oi Macon, and it is unnecessary to say that it will succeed. —A correspondent writes: “Wilkes has many institutions that are the pride and boast of her citizens; prominent among these are her chuiches and schools. In Washington ou every Sabbath not less than half a dozen bells announce places of wor ship, aud before the chimes have died away a respectable audience has assembled at each church to receive instruction from the pul pit. Under these benign aud wholesome influences our people possess a refinement and elegance of character that few commus nities enjoy.” —Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal: "Now that the q lestion ot the Macon and Brunswick railroad extension to Atlanta and Rome is a fixed fact, and the Brunswick terminus is about to be built up and put in trim for a heavy business, the next thing in order will be a direct steamship line to New York.- The authorities of Macon have agreed to give the Macon and Brunswick railroad authorities the permission asked of entering the city on the Atlanta extension along the river bank, passing between the cemetery and tbe river, for the rental of $2,000 per annum.” Superintendent Elwards, of the Macon and Brunswick road, speaking of tbe pro posed changes at Brunswick, said to a repor ter of the Telegraph : “Three miles above it we will run off a branch road to Turtle river, just opposite the United States Station on Blythe Island. We have at that point a depth of twenty seven feet at high tide, and propose to build large wharves there for convenience in shipping naval stores and supplies. Vessels drawing no more than seventeen feet of water can approach that point all the way up from the Brunswick bar at low water.” —Orders huve been issued from the office of the General Passenger Agent of the Georgia railroad in reference to passengers on freight trains. On and after Thursday, September Ist, through freight trains will not stop, to take on or put on passengers, at any point between Atlanta and Decatur, or Augusta and Belair. Nor will they stop for like purpose at any other thau the regular schedule stopping places, as per schedule in force at time of service. Conductors will, before starting from stations, ascertain the destination of passengers on their trains, and are hereby ordered to refuse, positively, to accept passengers for points in the above described territory. —Captain Nobles, of Bangor, Maine, has been in Dahlonega for a few days past en gaging mechanics and looking after some interests connected with the new gold boat now being built down at Martin’s ford, six miles from there, on the Chestatee river. This boat is the property of the Boston com pany, Mr. Hull, President, with which, when completed, by some new plan the bot tom of the river is to be mined out by lifting the auriferous deposits upon the deck of the boat, thus separating the gold from the earth so brought up. Captain Nobles has charge of the construction work, and is to command the boat when ready for opera tions. If this new system meets with the success its friends claim for it, a revolution will soon take place in river mining. —Augusta Evening News: “It is reported on good authority that Gen. Gordon has been paid $700,000 cash for the charter of the Georgia Pacific railroad and all lands belonging to him, his brothers and Governor Colquitt along the line. Os this amount Governor Colquitt, Eugene Gordon and Walter Gordon, get one hundred and five thousand each, and General Gordon gets the rest. The Richmond and Danville has pur* chased all the franchises of the Georgia Pacific, and took full charge. A surveying party of two hundred hands for construction have started out. Two other parties are now at work. The Richmond and Danville do not propose to stop the road at Aberdeen, but will push it on co Texarcana, where it will connect with the Texas Pacific andiron Mountain railroads. Thesuccess of the road is undisputed. General Gordon remains President at a handionie salary.” —lt is a fact not generally known that Georgia has been a fertile field for tne Mor mons, and during the past ten years large numbers of her citizens have been enticed into the Mormon Church. The Mormon preachers have spent much time and labor among the people in the mountain regions of the State, and have made many converts, particularly among the women. To them their attention has been most directly turned, and the younger ones have been especially objects of their missionary work. They were so successful in the northern and mountainous portion of the State that they have been operating ot late in other sec tions, and with such boldness that the Leg* islature has determined to check their operation. Therefore, after a long discussion of the subject, a law has been passed which makes it a felony to propagate Mormonism or attempt to make converts to it. The feeling is so high that it is entirely safe to predict that the law will be enforced.