The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, May 31, 1870, Image 2

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THU CONSTITUTION. BY W. A. II KM PI II Lb & CO. 1. W. AVKUY, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: WKRKLY CONSTITUTION, per annum... $500 MX month*.... 300 DAILY CONSTITUTION, per *nnmn 1000 »ix months 500 one month 1 00 f&ff* So name entered on the subscription book antii the money is paid, A PV BHTIsKM ENTS inserted at one dol lar |»rr»«|iiare often lines, or space to that amount, f the Omt, and fifty cents for each subsequent in sert ion, without regard to length of advertisement or time published. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MAY 31. Periodical Literature. Phillips &, Crew still continue to keep all the periodical literature. They have all the magazines for June—Godey, Harper, Dcmorcst. Leslie, and others that delight the ladies so much. C3T Senator Sherman says the strength of the Democratic party lies in the pest' houses of large cities. Better that than in their penitentiaries, where the Radical strength lies. Tlie Fenian Raid. Our telegraphic dispatches bring us daily many interesting particulars of the Fenian raid on Canada. Grant has taken a stand against it. O'Neil, the leader, has been ar rested by the United States authorities. The English troops are moving to the front. And the Indication is, that Uie affair will be a failure. The Value of Logs. In sixteen counties in this State, in March and April, dogs killed 2£33 hogs. In Missouri and Illinois in thirty counties over 10,000 hogs were killed. In417 coun ties In the Union nearly 100400 were killed. Agricultural Report. We thank Ron. Horace Capron for the Agricultural report for March and April. The April returns relative to the appear ance of wheat and rye and other cereals are very complete, and represent every sec tion of the country in which the crops are grown. They picture a small and slow growth, thinned in places by winter-kill ing, weak and unthrifty in spots from loss of vitality by long exposure under ice or to Convention. The Annual Convention of the Sigma i “ Let Us Have Peace.” The Southern Radicals are always yelling Alpha Epsilon Fraternity will meet in! at the disorderly propensities ot the Rebels. Memphis. Tennessee, on the sixth (Cth) of j Senator Hamilton, in the debate on the loth July, 1S70. At the same time and place, there will bea grand reunion of raembemof the Fraternity, both active and honorary, throughout the country. A Well-Merited Compliment. A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph freezing winds; but. with these exceptions, I and Messenger, writing from this city, vigorous, of gooo color, and ready to start, I pays the following graceful and justly- undertbeinfluence of agenisl spring, into merited compliment to onr esteemed fel- luxuriant and healthy growth. These I low-citizen, H. I. Kimball, Esq-, and speaks blemishes are neither general nor very in terms of high praise of the magnifi- raaiked in localities where they appear, cent hotel now being erected in this city with occasional exceptions of severe freez- by that gentleman, and which will be a ing. While the appearance of wheat is I lasting ornament of the Gate City. The by no means as promising as it was writer says: last year, the difference is due more to back-1 “The plans and elevation of the magnifi- wardness of growth, caused by late plant-1 cent hotel with which Mr. Kimball intends Ing followed by an early winter, which al- to supplant the old “Thompson’s” have not, lowed of little more than germination be-11 understand, been submitted to the eye of fore cold weather set in. than to injuries the public, but enough Is known to give from freezing. The mild weather and light I the assurance that there is nothing now ex snows of the winter-wheat region were ac- isting in the South, out of New Orlean so r compacted with few sudden changes in the I Louisville, that will at all compare with it, earlier winter months, while the colder I The remarkable talent which Mr. Kimball and rougher weather of later winter was I unquestionably possesses for the internal attended with heavier snows, which fur- and commodious adjustment of the various nished valuable protection at a critical part3 of a great building gives assurance that when this great hotel is completed, The regular returns were prepared about I that for comfort and convenience, nothing the first of April. The tenor of later in- formation gives assurance of a general and rapid amelioration, which may yet result, I in all his deportment, has nothing (o do the season favoring, in a fine crop of win ter wheat. Forty counties in Georgia have made re- is rapidly making him oneof the most pop- ports on the condition of winter grain, of ular men in the city. Out of a family of which but six represent the crop as unpro-1 six, brothers not one was ever a politician; pltious in appearance, viz: Clayton, Chat-1 the Democrats claim four, and tendered one tooga, Macon, Meriwether, Laurens and I of them the nomination for the Democratic Towns. As elsewhere, there is much that candidacy for Governor of Maine, which small but healthy and standing well. There Is some evidence of winter-killing I ty One of the KepubllcanSenators who voted for the bill that passed the Senate to enforce theIStlt Amendment, styled it “a mass of incongruous absurdities.” A hap py description of the mass of Radical leg islation. The Suit, We tender our congratulations to his Lltigilency, Governor Bullock, on bis re turn home, and hope he finds his legal baby in a buxom fix. While telegraphing, its birth did not shut the brakes on that bribery report in Wash ington, and scare Congress and the North ern press very badly; still there is no tell ing what a bobbery It may have stirred up among the non-reading African subscri bers of the Governor’s organ. The Kcarsage and Alabama. The House of Representatives passed a hill last Saturday that recalls the cele brated light between the Confederate steamer Alabama, under Scinmes, and the United States steamer Kcarsagc. under Winslow, on the 10th or June, 1861, near Chcsbourg, France. The Alabama was sunk. This bill gives $1110,000 to the commander and crew of tbe Kcarsagc. The Public Debt. The humorous Congressman from Ken tucky—Mr. Knott—in a late speech, thus described the public debt: “There Is one way, however, and only one way, by which the human Intellect can approach a realization of the magnitude of this sum; and that is by comparison. Each greenback dollar bill is about seven inches in length. Now, place two thousand live hundred millions of them in a line, and you will find it will be over two hundred and fifty thousand miles long! Geographers tell us it Is twonty-fivc thousand miles around the earth. Our public debt would therefore make a band of greenback dol lars that could encircle this globe more than ten times.' It is said to be two hun dred and forty thousand miles from the earth to the moon. If this is so, our debt would mako a rope of greenback dollars long enough to cable the moon to the earth, and have over tcu thousand miles to sag!” [Laughter.] Senator Sawyer, of South Caro lina, Spcakcth. “And permit me to add that 1 see no log ical connection between the removal of disabilities and tbe return of Jefferson Davis or Robert Toombs to their old places of honor and trust in this Government. If the public sentiment of Mississippi or Georgia is so thoroughly disloyal as to render the election of men like these prob able, then onr reconstruction is a failure, and time only will relieve us from the evils legislation has sought in vain to cure. But If, as 1 believe, the vast majority of the people of those States care little for Jeffer son Davis or Robert Toombs, or any other rebel leader, except as they arc compelled to think of them as under the ban of ineli gibility to public office, when yon remove from them the badge of distinction which they wear and parade, they will sink into that Insignificance which is tho common fate of the defeated leaders of a lost cause. 1 ' Tho Money Order System, The present money order system is about to supersede all of the methods of trans mitting small sums of money, lo 1S69 its transactions amounted ro fifty millions, or double the year before. The offices num ber over fifteen hundred. The largest amount that can be sent is fifty dollars. The cost Is ten cents for twenty dollars, and five cents for every additional ten dol lars. Wc have opened up connection with Switzerland In the money order system. New York City Ton-office issues five hundred orders a week and pays eight thousand. The small offices Issue more or ders than they pay, while the larger cities reverse it- The money order division at Washing ton belongs to the Treasury Department, though superintended by a member of, and carried on in the l’ostal Department. It costs nothing to the tax-payers, as it is self-supporting. The revenue from this source in lSO'J was $<15,000. The money order system is perfectly safe, and very cheap, and it is rapidly leaping to large proportions. places, and a diminished area in others, I future home, and if they are like H. I. consequence of the expense of fertlli-1 Kimball, we will open our arms and hearts zero, as in Hancock, is indicated, while in I as wide as the gates of tbe East to make Decatur more than usual was sown. In I them welcome. Murray it was as “ good as for ten years | “ Yes, let the Kimballs come—let them past;” in Columbia “better than for years.” I come with their energy and strong pur- The crop generally is “promising,” “better I pose. Let them choose a lot for weal or than usual,” or “an average,” is in Butts, woe among us, and in electing a common Bartow, Coweta, Cobb, Decatur, Effingham, I fortune with ns, unite in a common broth- Fulton, Floyd, Gilmer, Greene, Heard, erhood. Men of great soul can’t be long Johnson, Newton, Oglethorpe, Tike, Tu- in learning the good points in each other’s laskl, Tutnam, Pickens, Richmond, Stew- nature, and the day that finds the North art, Sumter, Taylor, Talbot, Tcrrell.Troup, I and South and West mingling their ener- Walton and Walker. The correspondent gies and sympathies together, will usher Carroll county says: “On account of in a Union stronger than one made of die cold and wet winter in March, the either chains or parchment—a Union of wheat, as a gencralrthing, looks poor and I hearts firmer than adamant.” backward; but the Tappahannock wheat,! —— Smell as Sweet! Editor* Constitution: I have before me a printed pamphlet, entitled “ Georgia be- cnlture, so far excels all other kinds that it will eventually be the only kind sown.” In Georgia, the drought of last season re duced both summer and winter supplies, which were supplemented, to some extent, k th(J Judiciary Committee, by increased stores of cotton seed. The lat- \y ashin „ ton D . c February 7,1870.” It ter part of winter was cold, increasing the |g nQ , . docnme nt, having its origin in discomfort and sufferings of farm an mals. ^ wUd braln of Mme reckless rebel , for Scarcely an average condition of stock can, came to me tbrou „ h thc , oyal post-office, therefore, be claimed in this State. The - n an e j egant cnV elope, so stamped as at Carrollcorrespondcntsays: “Owing to the once ludc thcp08sibmty 0 f its hav- cold, wet winters, and spring so far, cattle becn gfent t0 me elsewhere than frora are in a very poor condition. Grass and ^ Esecutive Department of Georgia. I vegetation are almost one month later.” 1 will excel it in the South, “Mr. Kimball is a thorough gentleman with politics, and is pursuing a course here I that, with all parties among honorable men, Volume II of tlie War Between the States. By Mr. Stephens. We have been favored with an advance copy of volume 2d of Mr. Stephens’ book, The War Between the States.” The work he declined. “They all speak of making Georgia their AMifrvclous Spring. A correspondent oFtlic Athens Watch-. document , n acything x 6ay . man gives to that journal some interesting namnhl J Dronuscs r n ..v r am particular in making tills statement, not having about me, at this writing, loose change amounting to $25,000; lienee, it be comes me to be well fortified by an official Georgia News. The “city ” of Covington is dull. The Dalton Debating Club Is a success, j Mr.Nathan Hawkins, a prominent citi zen, died near Milledgeville last Sunday, A child of Professor Looney, of Griffin, died recently. Tbe negroes of Americus intend jollify ing their amendment next Wednesday. It is tumored that a new paper will soon he issued in Dalton. Thc King coal mine is being developed successfully. A tombstone is offered at a bargain by thc editor of the Hawkinsville Dispatch The Hawkinsville brass band has been organized Splendid rains are reported from all parts ■of Georgia. A Loan and Building Association Is to be organized in Rome. • Gypsies are carousing in the vicinity of Greenesboro’. The railroad meeting at Hamilton takes place on Saturday next. The Republican says Mr. James Rumpof Americus had his leg broken on Wednes day A negro burglar was arrested in Ameri- Amendmeut, exhibited hi3 peaceable turn of Southern Radicalism, by saying that: “Instead of granting amnesty to the Rebel, we should take him by the throat and knock him in the head.” “ Let ns have peace.” Bullock. In 15 months, Bullock spent $3 to Jen kins’ $1 for Executive clerk hire. In 15 months, Bullock spent $3G to Jen' kins’ $1 for Executive “ incidentals.” In 16 months, Bullock spent $40 to Jen kins’ $1 lor extra printing' Tbe Legislature said Bullock drew $35,- 000 of State funds withont authority of law. He afterwards drew $20,000 more when he knew the Legislature deemed it illegal. A Famine iu Virginia. In Appomattox and neighboring coun ties in Virginia, there is a genuine famine, Hundreds arc reduced to beggary. The drought of 1869, the ruin of tbe country by Grant’s army sacking it, the inability of property-holders to give labor to thetcus, on"tbc~24ffi, for"robbing"'the” storeof people as the result of Government tneas- **" ures, and the social disorders, are the causes. Mr. Brake. The Griffin Star. 27th, says Colonel Peep les, of that place, is seriously ill with In flarainatory rheumatism. A cyprian of Macon attempted suicide by laudanum, but was restored to her sad life. General G. T. Anderson is iu Macon An Americus Amazon named Joyce cre- is now going through the press of the Na- r " eeBtt * ^ tional Publishing Company, of Philadelsl. ... , . ,. . , , i This pamphlet proposes (any phrenolo- rcimnislcenccs in tbe past history of thatl„j st wou j d fl nd my tump of “caution,” burg and vicinity, going back fifty odd a t this moment, as large as a hen’s egg. and . ara , thus I say proposes,) to give the arguments iv..ii n ii,.( n ii n »in» npnnnnf mniwn. used on both sides when the little matter We clip the following account concern- of Geor „ la wag being investigated before ing Mrs. Uriah Humphries, one of the first I tbe committee as aforesaid. It appears, on scttlcrsof\hatscction,and of the “ Hum-1 page 18, that Mr. Bryant had the floor, (in phries Spring,” a modern rival of Ponce de I the committee room,) and 1“ the course of . , » u in, .. p . I his remarks charged that “ General Terry LeonsfabledHorldaFountain of Youth. bad or j, a „j zed a military commission to Mrs. Humphries, wo3 the mother of I inquire into the eligibility of the members eighteen children, of which fact Rom- I of said General Assembly, and that it was phries was very proad, and when a little I ordered by said commission that certain excited, (he took a dram occasionally) members should not participate in the pro- made his boast of his wife’s won- ccedings.” derful success in that department of I Xbis was touching a sort of sore place, home industry, saying: “Sir, she had and y|r. Bryant was interrupted in this twins twice, and once she had three at a j w j se . breath,” (meaning at a birth, 1 presume—I “Governor Bullock—I would beg leave lie was an illiterate man.) And this brings I ( 0 interrupt you a moment. I tbink, in me to tbe reason why some of the ladies making use ot the term military commis- were desirous to visit Humphries’ spring. I s jon, you do a very great injustice to Gen- Mrs. Humphries’ very remarkable power I ora j Terry. It is well knowu by everybody ot reproduction was attributed by some, in U ba t it was simply an advisory board of part, to the use of a spring of exceedingly officers, convened for the purpose of in- delicious water, containing a little more of I quiring into thc facts, ana In no wise a carbonic acid than is usually found in com-1 military commission.” inon springs equally cold, and hence more Now, this nice “ distinction without a of it could be taken into the stomach with-1 difference ” is one of the very best jokes out producing oppression. Well, the puny, ever perpetrated by his Excellency, and sickly ladies from the miasmatic dis-1 ft ; 3 sa j d by outsiders that the learned tricts, who came to commencement, hear- gentlemen composing that Senate Judi- ingofMrs. Humphries and thospring, used I c i ar y committee had a big guffaw over to ride out to test the virtue of the water. | ft the next day; and, that army officers Our own healthy, strong up-country wo-1 ; n Washington and elsewhere said it was men did not seem to consider that they hugel And that Jomini, in dying at the needed any such adjuvant, and consequetly t ; me be did, was debarred the privilege of di«l not attach much importance to its use. using that splendid idea of an “ advisory But Mrs. Humphries, whether owing to the I board of military men,” in some of his spring water or to some other cause, was a | military books I hearty, strong woman at the time of her Advisory 1 and yet the issuance of sd husband’s death, and would dash into town arbitrary order, (No. 10, January 25.) as on horseback, and looked as if she were peremptory as any ukase of the Czar of abundantly able to bear half a dozen chil- Russia, followed that mild, cooing-dove dren more. 1 do not remember whether I •» advisory” amusement; and three men she married the second time, bat it was (Donaldson, Taliaferro and Nnnan) were supposed that sbo was not at all averse I positively prohibited from taking their to it. I seats, and sixteen others decreed ineligible — "*••“ I without any evidences other than that they Stewart County and tbe Atlanta had failed to take the oath. And here it Constitution—Vox Fopuli—Bui- will be remembered that the learned opin- lock’s Suit—Cotton to the .Rescue ion of the Attorney General of Georgia of tbe Right. had its effect in delaying perhaps the ma- _ „ ,, „„ jority of that sixteen, and ’ere a decision Stewart Cooiitt, Ga., May 23,70. I bad been arrived at in their own minds. Editors Constitution: I have never seen I they were nipped as by frost with the mild a copy of your paper, but learn from our I effects of that innocent “ advisory ” busi- staunch old Columbus Enquirer that Hon. ne “- lcanllken the mild-mannered pro- (?) R. B. Bullock has entered salt against ceedings referred to by our humorous you for “Libel,” In tho Superior Court of Governor only to a species of “advisory” Fulton county. If such be the cue. while tbe suit is entered in the name of “Libel,” t i eacce nts of “ Your money or your life,” we, in this section, are inclined to the be- 1 utterly fail to perceive it. That was, in- lief that truth, as Is nearly always the case,! deed, an excellent joke of Rufus’; and I. iMnitii.tims, when he gets his negro militia into opera- is the thing that hurts. tlon we may look for some more soft, ze- If Bullock be against you, wo want no I pbyr-like advisory board manipulations, better proof that you are of the right • “sump,” and that God and the people are - I Is called lor, that a$25,000 suit may be com- lor you. I menced, please say that I left last evening, The people of Stewart county desire to to (*> absent for an indefinite period.) present you, next fall, with a bale of fine -i mn cotton. Not that Its intrinsic value would stay 0 f Executions. be commensurate with your ability or in-1 clinations to tell the troth, but as a token Tbe following correspondence conccrn- ol C°nfi_dencein the trnths that, we have lng tbe resolution adopted by the Legisla- Tbcrc Is not a Bullock white man^n this turc of Georgia to stay executions on all county, and a genuine Bullock negro would claims prior to June, 1865, is published in phia. This company has a Southern depot in Atlanta, with Mr. J. K. Jamieson as agent. Mr. J. Henly Smith is agent for the sale of tbe work in Fulton and DeKalb coun* ties, is now taking subscriptions, and will have a supply on band for delivery to sub; scribers early next week. Persons wish ing the book can obtain it by applying to him, or addressing him through the post- office. Orion Dozier will also receive subscrip tions at his new depot at the post-office. We have simply glanced through tbe book, reserving a careful perusal and a full criticism for leisure hereafter. It is very handsomely bound and printed, and is filled with fine engravings of Mr. Stephens, General Beauregard, General Toombs, Mr. Douglas, President Lincoln, President Davis, General Lee, General Joe Johnston and President Grant. The personal experiences of these men arc not tbe least interesting part of tbe work. Mr. Stephens is a very close obser ver of men, and an acute judge of charac ter, and his opinions are full of weight and interest. Thc contents of tbe work are varied and interesting. One would imagine them to be dry, from the nature of the theme; but written in Mr. Stephens’ graphic and crystal style, and embracing the leading topics and characters on both sides of the great struggle, and utterly free from prejudice, the book is a most fascinating one for every class of readers. We close this brief notice with the fob lowing estimate of Grant. Mr. Stephens says of the President— then General Grant—in January, 1865, that he left “The conviction on my mind, that, taken all in ail, be was one of the most remarka ble men I had ever met, and that liis career in life, if his (lays should he prolonged, was hardly entered upon; that his character was not yet fully developed; that he him self was not aware of his own power; and that if he lived, he would, in the future, exert a controlling infiuencc in shaping the destinies of this country, for good or for evil. Which it would be, time and cir cumstances alone could disclose. That was the opinion of him then formed, and it is tbe same which has been uniformly expressed by me ever since.” BT GOETHE. Bc«t Is not quitting Tlie busy carver; Ec.t is tbe Uttlng or self to one’s sphere. •Tis tbe bmok’s notion, Cieir without strife; Fleeing to the ocean After this life. Tis loving and serving i ho highest and best; ’Tis onward, unswerving. And this is true rest. BT CHARLES V. UCESER. Visible spirits of lightand hope! Beaut'rul gifts of thc sky 1 Blcss’d bo tbe Klfln whoso music broke The sleep of yuur azure eye, Whcudrst thcsighingsouthwlndwoke. And Spring was nigh. Morning star heralds of dawning Spring! Sprites of thc young year’s dream 1 Xot in thc garrulous city’s din. Its rush and thunder of steam. Your odors scent thc zephyr's wing. Tour beauties beam. In Ihc deep hush ot thc woodland glens. On thc bright brink of the rills. Circling with azure and golden chains The breast or the royal hills; ’Tis there to yon our spirit bends, Sweet miracles! OUR PARIS LETTER. Expulsion of Ccrnuschl—Spaulsli Affairs — Japanese Journal in Paris—Forty-ninth Anniversary of tho Death ot Napoleon the First. Above you her silver wand. . • - y.strcama * ho land1 Tho Tribune on Bullock. be hard to find. J. B. G. Bitters and ''Tonics. Mr. Douglass, acting Commissioner of the Augusta Constitutionalist of the 26th: Augusta, Ga„ May 21,1870. To Col. J. 11. Taylor, A. A. General, De partment Georgia: Sir : It is a matter of controversy among Strong Words, Senator Hamilton, of Maryland, thus scored Senators Morton and llowc, and the other bloody fellows who have thundered at the South Ku-Klux slanders to influence reconstruction: And upon wbat occasion and for what object was all this said, and all these scenes enacted? Upon the consideration of the Mil to restore a sister State—^one of the old thirteen—the State of Georgia to her prac tical relations with the Union, and thus to make complete, in fact, at least, tbe great sisterhood of States. When sympathy and fraternal feeling, when peace and concord and joy should inspire all in doing this great deed for tbe whole country, and not for party; bat in the midst of all this, hoarse discord is heard denouncing a whole people, rejecting peace and harmony and wood will, and amid the passion and frenzy created by such appeals and by such details, whether true or false, handing over a gal lant people to thc military ruler and op pressor, or the still more hateful role and oppression of an impotent and unscrupu lous and malignant minority. Revenue, has issued the following decision the legal profession of this city as to wheth 7 " . . . ” , 7, er the General Commanding has complied concerning tonic bitters and other com-1 w j tb the request of the Georgia Legislature pound liquors containing medicinal quali- relative to the stay of executions on all ties. He says: (matters prior to June. 1865. Ibavecon- . , ,,, „ , I eluded, therefore, to apply to headquarters In view of the fact that the office had I for positive information on the subject. If somewhat modified its former rulings on I such order has been issued it will come this subject, at least to the extent that I within your knowledge, and the informa- cvery man who prepares a compound bit- I tion is respectfully requested from you. ters. using in their preparation rectified I spirits on which the tax has been paid, and who prefers to be placed in tbe class of manufacturers of medicine rather than that nf rectified distilled spirits, and to stamp the bitters which be manufactures, accord- Very respectfully, John L. Ells. Helixjr asters Military District Georgia,{ Atlanta, May S3,1SJD. ! Respectfully returned to Mr. Ells. I have ing to the provisions of schedule C, before not approved and shall not approve the res- selling the same or removin'; them from I olution within referred to. tbe place of manufacture, shall be allowed to pay any special tax as manufacturers, and shall not be required to pay special tax as a rectifier. Those persons who wish to | Alfred H. Terrt, B. H. General. t5f*The ordination of John Christian be taxed as manufacturers of medicines I Keener as a Bisbop of the Methodist Epis- mast not put them up as proprietary medi- copal Chureb, South, took place in the cines nor vend them os such. \3T Great Britain is about to lose one ol her colonies, tbe Andaman Islands, which, Second Street Methodist Church, Memphis, May 22.1870. Z3T There are nineteen candidates al according to the scientific men of Calcutta, ready in tbe field for next Governor of are sinking like a wrecked vessel, in con-1 Pennsylvania. sequence of the progressive giving way of TV , „ „ , „ , ihe earth in that part of its crust. HF The Batrak, or Supreme Head of the —... Coptic Church, the Patriarch Dimitrius, jy Wyoming Territory has only seven has died »t the early age of fifty-three. - - I He was the 111th Ittsuccession from Mark. hundred women. Horace Greeley proves to be very nnmal- lcable stuff in the bands of Rufus. He re fuses to look through Gov. Bullock’s spec tacles. He thus punctures Gov. Bullock’s pet egotism that he is the Bcpublican party of Georgia: Gov. Bullock presents his arguments against thc Bingham amendment to the Georgia bill and the points of his quarrel with Mr. Joshua Hill in a long letter, of which the noticeable passages we give else where. In the qnarrel the public have no interest, and it is rather impertinent in Mr. Bullock to thrust it upon the public atten tion. The point of the argument against the Bingham amendment seems to lie in the fact that its adoption will put an end to the official career of Gov. Bollock and the other members of the present State Gov ernment. Gov. Bullock asks us to believe that such personal fate will be the death of Republicanism in Georgia. Really, we can’t. We have a little too much faith in the ultimate triumph of true principle to be easily convinced that thc life of thc par ty depends on continued office-holding by any particular man. Challenged on tlie Pardon Subject. Two of Governor Bullock’s personal or gans, his Atlanta and Griffin concerns^eem galled by the way they wince at our allu sions to Governor Bullock’s abuse- of the pardoning power. The Atlanta sheet dares ns editorially, and the Griffin sheet dares us in a marginal note on a marked copy of the paper to copy an article from tbe Car- tersville Express. We have not the space, but will give fairly the substance of the article. The Sheriff of Fulton arrested Mr. R. L. Sellers and several other citizens for tbe murder of one Morris, who was accidentally killed in an attempt to arrest the notorious Jim Harerow. Upon petition Governor Bul lock pardoned the arrested parties. The Express compliments tbe Governor highly, and calls for more charity to the Governor in judging him abont thc pardoning busi ness, and Suggests that, to wipe out old scores, the liberal pardon policy is the best. We give the view, reserving comment for tbe future, in order that the Governor may have the benefit of Democratic good opinion. Sherman and Hancock. The papers are generally copying this rude reply of General Sherman to General Hancock’s request to be put in Thomas’ place in command of the Pacific: “ I am requested by the President to in form you that there is nothing iu your per sonal relations to General Grant, or In your official relations to his administration, that could justify your promotion now, or lead you to expect it hereafter.” The New York Tribune says that this is Incorrect. The true version is as follows: “The President authorizes me to say to you that it belongs to his office to select the Commanding Generals of Divisions and Departments, and that the relations yon chose to assume toward him officially and privately, absolve him from regarding your personal preferences.” This very materially alters the case, though it does not relieve Grant from a dis courtesy and injustice that is well stated in the following reply of General Han- “As tbePresldent leads me to believe that because I have not his personal sympathy, my preferences for command will not be regarded, notwithstanding my rank, I shall not again open the subject, bnt will add, in conclusion, that I think it is an unfortunate precedent to establish that military rank in time of peace, especially in the assignment of general officers to commands of divisions and departmentashall not have the consid eration hitherto connected to it.” The Tribune claims that Grant is now paying -Hancock hack In his own coin, Hancock having snubbed him sometime back. The dry goods stores of Savannah will probably close at 6. r. at. during the sum mer. . Newton county holds another railroad meeting on the first Saturday of next June. A temperance and debating society is to be organized in Covington soon. A protracted meeting of thc Methodist Church at Sandcrsville is going on, with fine results. New crop Irish potatoes are plenty in our market, and sell readily for fifty cents per gallon. The Union church and school of Ditt- mersville, near Savannah, was dedicated last Sunday. Father Ryan leaves Augusta on Satur day on a tour for his health, and expects to visit Europe. Superintendent Johnson, of the Georgia Railroad, left Augusta for New Y'ork on Wednesday. It is proposed to remove tho Augusta Orphan Asylum from the corporate limits of that city. Thomas Bacon, colored, accused of incen diarism, was declared not guilty by the Su perior Court at Savannah on the 25th. Mr. Thomas A. Walker lias received the appointment of Assistant Marshal for this State, and will take the census of Newton county. The Columbus Enquirer, 26th, records thc death of Miss Florence Dclphine, daughter of David Averctt, Esq., of that city. The Dalton Citizen says: Tlie first train from Selma reached here last Tuesday. Passenger trains will commence running next Tuesday, the 31st iffst. The Daltonites observe strange signs and wonders iu the air in the Western horzion at sunset. Rain is general in the vicinity of Dalton. Spalding Superior Court is still in ses sion. Barlow, (colored.) charged with the murder of McClusky, in Butts county, Is on trial. The Presbyterian church in Dalton is completed, and a Strawberry Festival will soon bo given by the ladies of that congre gation. It is reported in Savannah that Epstein the fugitive charged with the recent heavy forgery in that city, has been arrested in Macon. In Savannab.on the 25th, M. Miller Ivetch- iim, of the firm of Ketchum & Uartridge, was seriously wounded in the arm and hand at Beulieu yesterday. On and after Monday, May 30th, the train will leave Rome for Kingston at 10 a. m., and 9:30 p. m„ on return, arrive atRome-at 2:30 p. M., and 12:25 a. m. THE PLOW, LOOM AND ANVIL. The camp ha, had Us day of song; The sword, the bayonet, the plumo. Have crowded out or rhymo too long The plow, the anvil anti the loom. O, not upon our tented fields Are freedom's heroes bred alone; The training of tno workshop yields More heroes true than war has know nl Who drives tbe bolt, who shapes tho steel, May, with a heart as valiant smite, As he who sees a foeman reel In blood before his blow of mightl The skill that conquers space and time. That graces life, and lightens toil. May spring from courage more sublimo Than thatwhich makes the realm its spoil. Let toilers, then, look np and sec. Their craft no pith of honor lacks; The soldier’s rifle yet shall be Less honored than tho woodman's axe. Let Art its own apimintment prize. Nor deem that gold »>r outward flight Can compensate the worth that lies In tastes that breed their own delight. And may tbe time come nearer still. Whon men this sacred truth shall heed. That from the thought and from thc will Must all that raises man proceed! Though pride should hold yonr calling low. For us shall duty make it good: And we from truth to truth shall go Till life and death are understood. A DREAM OF THE SOUTH WIND IN JUNE. BY PAUL U. HAVRE. Ol Ircsh, how fresh and fair Thru’ thc crystal gulfs nf air, ThefairySouthwindfloatctUon bersubt'-o wings of balm. And thc green earth lapped in bliss To the magic of her kiss. Seems yearning upward fondly thro* thc goldcn- cres ted calm; From the dbtant tropic strand Where thc billows bright and bland Go creeping, curling ’round the palms In the liu&h of summer's noon. From its fields of purpling flowers Still wet with fragrant (lowers, jySouthwind " ■looms ol June. All heavenly fancies rise On the perfume of her sighs. That steop the inmost spirit in a languor rare and fine. And a peace more pure than sleep’s. Unto dim, half-conscious deeps, 'to me lulled on' light tides divine. [EXTRACTS.] Special Foreign Cor. Atlanta Constitution ) I’aris, May 7,1S70. Thc expulsion of tiic Italian Ccruuclii. has caused an expression of much regret, not only among the well-wishers of the government for the severity of the meas ure, but among that gen’-h-nanu’a circle of friends. He was a Republican, but not a socialist. In giving fr. 20900(1 to tlie irreconcilable earnp, to carry on the negative vote, his fault was not likely to be contagious, living as we do in a world even of millionaires. Tlie best proof is. Uni! no one lias imitated it. lie ought to be allowed to return, on condition that be would not give away a like sum, before tbe mass vote was taken. On tbe morning of liis departure, lie wrote to the Home Minister that he was leaving, as ordered, France, but that lie had a little dog, incapable of bearing long and sudden journeys, of new climates, and begged the Minister to givo “ Toto ” the benefit of na turalization, extended to French dogs, by placing him in thc Jardin d’acclitnatation. Fortunately Continental politics are not exciting. Tlie next move is generally ex pected Irom Spain, where the mutism of l’rini, is the subject of general observation. It is generally believeu he is going to make a dash for being a “ Savior of Society.” Political lampooning is carried on to a S cat extent, very publicly too, and at the arshal’s expense, at Madrid. The dons may laugh, but by and by, he will make them like Cardinal Mazariu and thc French, pay for the music. Apart from the shoal of political pham- phlets, tbe only new event in literature, is a “ Lire Journal” brought out in thc Ja- S ancse language, not by the natives resi- ent here, but by tbe professor of that lan guage iu tbe College of France. It will not have tho “ widest circulation in the world.” The 5th instant being tlie forty-ninth an niversary of the death ot the First Napo leon, in memoriam masses were celebrated in several chapels, notably at the Tuilerits. in presence of the Imperial family. There was a time when this epoch served also to display tho national hate against the great man’s “ gaoler,” Sir Hudson Low. whose name became the synonym for persecu tion, and whose “cruelties,” real or im agined, found expression in a moving drama or a screaming farce. In Eugland Sir Hudson was accused of the Lilliputian amusement of “ sticking pins And needles in tbe great man’s breeches.” Five days before his death Napoleon was seized with a shivering fit and nothing could restore the natural warmth of the body. The English doctors were honored by being consulted, but were not allowed to see the patient, whose last words were— “head—army.” In accordance with his wish thc autopsy was made to ascertain tlie cause of death, witli tbe view of preventing the same disease, if it existed, in liis sou. The father died of stomach complaint. Na poleon the Second, of consumption. The father’s heart, bequeathed to his wife, Ma ria Louisa, was deposited in a silver urn. On his coffin were placed his sword ami thc celebrated cloak he wore at Marengo, and now in possession of the present Em peror. The French do not forget the testi mony borne by nature to his greatness. At thc moment he expired a frightful Uurri cane shook tlie isle from its propriety. “When beggars die there arc no comets see" ; FOOD FOKFARMERS. A New i’lau to Kill tbe Caterpillar. Mr. Charles Steanman, of Assumption Parish, Louisiana, has shown the editor of the New Orleans Picayune a model fora cotton worm destroyer, whieh is thus de scribed by that paper: It consists of an ordinary steam boiler, provided with a novel arrangement of tubes or pipes for tlie distribution of tlie steam generared by it, and a reservoir or tank to contain thc fluid, which latter is a secret of the inventor. Tho reservoir is supplied with mechanical appendages for the proper distribution of tbe fluid. Tlie whole combination is placed upon a frame, with wheels, in order that the machinery may be easily trans portable in its operations against iliceot- ton worm. In regard to the operation of the machine we learn that after the boiler and heater have l»con supplied with water, ami the tank with fluid, steam U raised and tlie machine placed in position to begin work between two rows of cotton. The steam passes through the fluid and trail - forms it into vapor, which, intermingling and spreading out with thc steam, envelops Hie proximate rows of cotton plantsaand kills every caterpillar or other iuscct upon them. Its effect is said to ho so deadly that it also destroys the eggs of the worm, and leaves its mark, invisible to thc naked eye, upon every part of thc plants which have becu bathed with it. Through this agency worms which may afterwards conic into the field lrom other quarters arc kept off, tiius shielding the plant against further injury by any new comers of tho caterpil lar species. The machine, which has al ready been put under practical test by sev eral planters, will be ou exhibition at our State Fair. Strange if True. Tho Charleston News recently gave the following strange story: A few days since, there was a colored man in tlie city with a scar entirely around bis neck. It is stated that during theclos- ing days of the late war, lie was tried by a drum-bead court martial, found guilty, sen tenced to death, duly bung, ami prononneed dead by two surgeons In attendance, one of whom secured the body. He then restored the banged man to life. Although he was to all appearances dead, yet tlie vital spark was not quite extinct. Tho hanged man idd himself until thc war was over, mid then settled on a farm within thirteen miles of the city, where lie is now at work. The scar alluded to is but the marks nf thc rope by which he was suspended. The execu tion, it is alleged, took place in Kershaw county. It is also stated that the surgeon who restored the man to life is now a resi dent of this city. Whorcwita like soft heat-lightnings they gird their meaning round. And those waters, calling, calling. With a nameless charm enthralling. Like the ghost of music melting on a rainbow- spray of sound 1 Touch, tonch mo not, nor wake me 1 Lest grosser thoughts o’ertake me, From earth receding faintly with her weary din and jars; What viewless arms caress me. What Eden voices bless me. With welcomes dropping dew-like from thc weird and wondrous stars. Alas! dim, dim, and dimmer Grows the preternatural glimmer Oftbattra-ce the Southwind brought mo on her subtle wings of balm. For bohold! its spir : t flicth. The Rome Courier announces that thc Rev. D. B. Hamilton, of Cave Spring, has accepted invitation to deliver thc Masonic address in that city on the 24th of June. Although in these latter days the Revo lutionary party attack the fame ol “the glorious despot,” the nation will never for get Austerlitz and Marengo. For ages to come Napoleon will be a name to conjure with. Bourrieff. The Firm of Forucy and Bullock Tbe Romo Daily, 26th, says: “ Oats, which were so retarded by the drought, arc now growing finely, and there is still time for them to make a good crop.” The Savannali Advertiser, of Thursday, says nearly thc whole population of the city witnessed the grand regatta on the second day. The “Queen” and “King” were the winning beats. The Macon Journal, of the 27tb, states that Mr. Broughton is still improving and and will soon be out of danger. Ross, who shot Broughton, has not yet been heard from. The Annual Conclave for the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar for the State of Georgia will assemble in annual Conclave next year, on the 4th Wednesday in May, in Atlanta. The Dawson Journal, 26th, says The oldest citizens do not remember ever see ing so backward a spring, and we have heard of fields of cotton being planted in Webster county this week. The Spring term of Terrell countv Su perior Court convened last Monday. There are one hundred and thirty-eight cases on the civil docket and forty have been dis posed of. Tbe Court will probably hold over a part of the next week. The Marietta Journal says: “ Corn is growing finely. Cotton thrifty. Wheat excellent, promises abundant harvest. Good rains Tuesday and Wednesday above and below here.” The Covington Enterprise says: On last Tuesday night, the 24th, a negro by the name of Isnman Harper, while fishing on Yellow River, near the Georgia Railroad bridge, about four mile3 from Covington, was brutally murdered by some unknown person. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger. 26th, says tbe residence of Charles T. Ward, Ordinary of this connty, in Vine- ville, was struck by lightning yesterday evening, during the thunder-storm, but for tunately only tlie building and furniture were seriously injured. A communication signed “Many Tax Payers,” in the Macon Telegraph and Mes senger of the 27tb, asserts that if the ques tion of donating $125,000 to Mercer Uni versity to induce its removal to that place was submitted to the people, it would be defeated overwhelmingly. The Knights Templar parade and cele bration in Macon on Wednesday was a most brilliant affair. One hundred and fifteen knight3 were in tlie line, out of the 175 in the State. A magnificent banquet was given at Ayer’s Hall in the evening. Tbe colored axe companies of Macon and one from Griffin paraded on the same day. A communication in the Macon Journal of Friday, signed “Many Voters,” savs: “The City Council of Macon, before is- suing$125,000 bonds to Mercer University, or any other sectarian institute, should submit it to a popular vote on the question. The action of the very few tax-payers and voters indisposing of City Bonds may be laudable, but such is not thc wishes of many voters.” The Columbus Enquirer states that Cap tain John G. McKee, while hunting for fish-bait a few days since, spaded up a coin. It is black and rusty, and evidently been buried scores of years. At first it was thought to be silver, but a critical examin ation by Dr. Fogarty proves it to be a coun terfeit dollar of Charles VIII. of Spain, and to be composed of copper and zinc. It must have belonged to some Indian who formerly inhabited this section, showing how the poor Indians were swindled even years ago. The discovery of this coin brings to mind that many years ago nearly a bushel full of Spanish “ pistcrecns ” were dug np in the alley between tho “El Dorado” and Thompson’s stablo. They also turned out to be counterfeit. Tire Protestant Ecumenical. The Evangelical Alliance, under whose auspices it is proposed to hold in this city during the coming fall a sort of Ecumeni cal Council, in rivalry of, if not in opposi tion to, that of thc Vatican, is a voluntary organization, embracing members of va rious Protestant religious denominations. They came together ostensibly to effect certain objects held in common by all, at the foundation of which lies the promotion of what thc Alliance assumes to be evan gelical religion, in contra-distinction to Roman Catholicism, acknowledged irreli- gion, atheism, and infidelity. But indefi- ning-wbat constitutes evangelical religion the Alliance trenches on dangerous ground and discloses the weakness of its bond of union. The Alliance is based on wliat i3 sup posed to be the consensus of tlie various confessions of faith adopted by dillerent Protestant denominations mutually recog nizing each other as evangelical. This summary was originally adopted in Lon don in 1640. It embraces the following cardinal principles: I. The divine inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of thc Holy Scriptures. II. The right and duty ot private judg ment in tlie interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. III. The unity of the Godhead, and the Trinity of thc persons therein. IV. The utter depravity of human na ture conesquent upon the fall. V. The incarnation of the Son of God, His work of atonement for sinners of mankind, and His mediatorial interces sion and reign. VI. Tho justification of tho sinner by faith alone. VII. Tbe workoi the Holy Spirit in the conversion and sanctification of the sin ner. VIII. The immortality of thc soul, the resurrection of ;the body, the judgment of the world by onr Lord Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness of the right eous. and the eternal punishment of the wicked. IX. The divine institution of the Chris tian ministry, and the obligation and per petuity of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.—N. Y. Sun. Funny Mention. A.T. Kettle Is tbe only singer who nev er has a cold. A traveler writes home from Paris “The word I have stood most in need of iince n damn.’ The objects of men’s adoration change In the time of Moses they worshipped the golden calf; now they worship the Saw dust calf. A Boston musical critic, in descanting upon the superior musical taste of that city, says: “Our ears have been cultivated nntil they overshadow ail of our other or gans.” “Don’t beat your carpets,” says some kind-hearted person; “try kindness and firmness, and if that does not keep them down send for a policeman and have them taken up.” A little California boy, on being asked how Adam and Eve left the garden of Eden, replied that they were stampeded off the ranche. Western life insurance agents are accused of bribing grocers to paste their advertise ments on their customers’ kerosene cans. From Germany, we learn that Janau schek is coming to London to play in En glish. Also that a ballet corps is coming over to dance in Spanish, and an opera troupe, to sing phonographically, in Hin- doostanee. Rev. John Jackson, an English clergy man. has been suspended from his office just because a wench came into tbe church one day and said, “ Child, look at your dad dy. " An Indiana editor advises ia correspon dent not in future “ to snatch np his pen and go rip-snorting along in tlie style of an unconscionable ass. ” Some one put asafmtida in the witches’ caldron during a recent representation of Macbeth at a New Y'ork Theatre, and a great many people went home before the close of that act. The Washington correspondent of tlie Baltimore Gazette, under date of May tlie 23d. says: Forney and Bullock, the infamous Gov ernor of Georgia, who has been found guilty of “ using improper means to in fluence the votes of Senators on the Geor gia question.” have formed an alliance, “offensive” (so far as honor and decency and morality are concerned) ■* and defen sive,” (so far as endeavors to patch up dis reputable characters are concerned.) for tlie purpose of waging war upon tlie Senate Judiaiary Committee, and sucli other members of Congress as may venture to express a candid and impartial opinion. Forney, a day or two ago, leveled three columns of dishwater and drivel at the beads of Messrs. Trumbull and Edmunds, and this morning tho hired columns of tlie Chronicle groan under a four-column manifesto from Bullock, the champion cor ruptionist. Mr. Ferry is the principal ob- . ect of the carpet-bag Governor’s attack, jecause be had seen fit to make a statement in his (dace in the Senate which every hon est and impartial man knows to be true. As to the paragraph in which Buliock re fers to t he evidence of this correspondent, it may be simply said that he has grossly misrepresented what the writer did state to the Judiciary Committee. Bullock’s charac ter is such, however, that liis misrepresen tations may be permitted to pass without attention. The Republican of this morning says of Bullock’s manifesto: “ This statement will hardly convince any one that the present State Government of Georgia ought to be made perpetual. To do this and to defeat tbe Bingham Amendment is evidently the main purpose oj thc letter.” Forney has words of praise for Buliock, of course—at so much a linel The Butlers anil Stewarts of Congress, in advocating thc personal interests of Bullock, thc carpet-bag Governor of Geor gia, have sometimes endeavored to make it appear that Bullock had no intention of perpetuating the Legislature of the State, and that the Bingham Amendment was therefore wholly unnecessary. Against their special pleadings there may be put the words of Bullock himself before thc Judiciary Committee of thc Senate on thc 2d of March, 1870: “All that I have said upon that subject is that when the organization ot the Legisla ture shall have been accepted by Congress, and the State shall have been admitted to representation, and thereby becomes State in the Union, that then tbe members of tlm Legislature will enter as members de jure upon the constitutional term for which they were elected.” This Is conclusive enough as to Bullock’s designs and intentions. Political. Julian, having been disappointed in not receiving the regular Radical nomination tor Congress, will run independently on the 16th Amendment issue. The Rev. Horace Cook, being excluded from all decent society, has determined to run for Congress. An effort is being made in Tennessee to form a political party composed of the best men in the State. Such a party was formed years ago, and is still in existence. It is opposed to Radicalism, however. Iowa is talking of tinkering her con stitution. Fact. The coal-scuttle style of bonnets has gono wholly out of fashion among the young Quakeresses of Philadelphia, while the young Quakers have shaken the broad brim liat and taken to the stove-pipe. Shad-bellied coats are also getting out of vogue among thc ciders, who manifest a decided inclination for the claw-iiammer. In dressing for photographs it is useful to know that dark brown, dark green, ma roon and plain black goods, without gloss, will make a rich drab color. Silks of the sr.inecolcr will take considerably lighter. Snuff brown, dark leather, dark drab, scar let cherry, dark orange, crimson anil slatu will take a very rich drab color. Violet, blue, purple, pink and magenta will take very light, and should be avoided. The hair should never be very wet or glossy. It is said those who have made an ex amination of thc subject, that from two- aud-a-half lo three million of dollars can be saved to the South Irom manufacturing yarns and goods in that locality. Yarns, it is alleged, have been manufactured much cheaper there than in England, and at a profit of four-aud-a-half cents a pound at the South when there was no profit in tlm North. There lives a man in Cleburne county, Alabama, in which lie was born. He is now about 35 years old—lived ill Randolph county 32 years. A new county being made he was cut off into Cleburne county- lie has never becu to bis county town, was never sued, never sworn in any court as a juror or witness, lias a wile and four child ren, and is an intelligent and good citizen. Beat that if you can. An exchange gives us the following: Lard, or oil, is an antidote for the )>oisoii of strychnine, nux vomica, or. any |misonoiis effect of wild cherry, or the pcachtrec for fox glove or tlie deadly night-shade. Tim tea ol thc common garden touch-me-not root is a certain antidote for the bite of a rattle-snake, or any other snake—a poul tice ot the same lor tlie bite of a spider, or tlie sting of any insect. Thc following is a statement showing tho receipts from the several general sources of revenue from June, 1S3U, to March 31, 1870: Spirits $31,841.1 tfi Si Governor Davis, of Texas, having de feated an attempt to rob the treasury by several of the radical office-holders, much talk has arisen about reconstructing the State. A Radical paper In New Jersey says that a white voter has left that party for every colored one that has come in. If the Cullum bill passes Congress, it is said that Brigham Young will move his family to Mexico. The Cincinnati Gazette, radical, accuses Horace Greeley of a desire to divide the Radical party on the tariff question. It seems to be pretty well divided already. A Radical farmer in Wisconsin writes to the Free Trader that half the Radical far mers in that State are sick of the tariff. tST On and after this day thc cars on thc Montgomery and Eufauta Railroad will run to within two miles of Union Springs. This is an extension of trfo miles and a half, and by the 4th of July the cars will probably go into the town. Work on the route from the Springs to Eufaula is being rapidly pushed forward. Colonel Owen left for New York last Monday.—Montgomery Advertiser, 25!*. Tobacco .......... ao.raavai 27 Fermented Liquors... *»,<J>a.rzo7U Hanks ami iiaukers 4,<fi;,lil3 gl Gross receipts (i,7Sl,lll 34 Sale, s an,7.0 IS Special taxes not elsewhere cnuiu- cratol 8 122,8(3 1Z Income, including salaries ... ... 37.8Z3.SSS 13 Legacies 1,618,043 33 Successions ... 1,361,614 41 Articles in schedule A SOI ,818 36 Passports 03.614 <11 Gas 8,337,683 Si Source, not ciscwh.ro enumerated. 6is,i6i is 1’cnaltic; 661.373 81 Net receipts from stamps 13,768 SSI 31 Total »17a,::83,7MI CO The receipts for tlie year ending March will be increased by tlie returns Irom two districts, for that month, not yet received, estimated at $296,000. The Census ol' 1370. Thc ninth census of thc United States will be taken, under the provisions of tlie act of May 23d, 1S50, on the first of Jane next. The assistants are paid us fol lows : Two cents for each name taken; ten cents for every larm; fifteen cents for every pro ductive establishment of industry; two cents for every dead person, and two ]ier cent, of the gross amount of names enu merated for social statistics, and ten cents per mile for travel. It will be seen by the foregoing that the compensation allowed an assislaut or enu merator, provided the district allotted to him shall not contain less tiiau 20,000 per sons, will be about $600 or more. Tiie law provides that caeli assistant, af ter qualifying, shall perform his duties by a personal visit tocach dwelling house and to each family in his subdivision, and shall ascertain by inquiries made by some mem ber of each family, it any one can be found capable of giving the information— bnt If not, then the agent of such family, the name of eacli member thereof, tlie ago and place of birth of each, sex, color, eux, and shall also visit personally tlie farms, mills, shops, mines, orother places respect ing which information is required; and when such information is obtained and en tered in bis blanks, then his memoranda shall be read to the person furnishing tho facts for revision. There is a penalty for refusing to furnish thc required information to the assistant. Tlie net provides that every person more than twenty years of age belonging to any family, in the case of the absence of tho heads and other members of thc family, shall act as agent of such family, and is re quired to ren ler atruestatementof the in formation required, on pain of forfeiting thirty dollars, to be sued for and recovered iu an action of debt by the &ssisiant,to the use of the United States. W The Milwaukee female barbers are multiplying. She bad a baby the other day. The number of engines built in Berlin amounted in 1811 to 99; in 1S62 it was 158; in 1863, 124; in 1864. 146: in 1865. 149; in 1866,185; in 1SG7,194; anil in 1868,259. In tbe same years thc number of railway car riages constructed was 1.883, 1.263, 1.112, 95ft 1.486,1.710 and 1,917 respectively. Thc number of workmen employed in making machines is at present about 18,000, Br.ACKi.NC—Here is the very latest In ternal Revenue decision. Wc call that getting thc thing down very line: Boot-blacks are required to use their blacking just ns they find it when tlie box is opened, adding nothing to it whatever. The act of spitting in the box and smear ing thc contents witli thc brush, constitutes tlie boot-black a mixer, or rectifier, or manufacturer of blacking, ami he must pay tlie urninary manufacturers' license. C27* In tlie Idaho penitentiary tlie pris oners occupy their time with bible classes, whereupon a local paper says that tho “ moral atmosphere inside tlie walls is of a far higher tone titan that of the rest of the territory.”—Exchange. That is no doubt thc reason why Banl declined. He is particularly pious, and fears he might have to go to the penitentia ry for congenial company! In Rhode Island white citizens, nat uralized. cannot vote unless they own real estate worth one hundred and fifty dollars lint negroes can walk to the polls from the doors ot the Almshouse. £3TTlic capital stock of the Chattanooga. Tennessee, rolling mill, in consequence of thc purchase of tlie rail mill of the South western Iron Company, has been increased to $000,000.