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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 28.
tST Gold lias been discovered in Appo
mattox county, Virginia.
Of* Ilumplirey Mar.iliall.of Kentucky,is
a candidate for Congress.
127* New Yorkers arc complaining of
excessive beat in their latitude. .
tH~ President Grant’s assertions to the
contrary, Cuban vessels do ran to and fro
in aid of the struggling patriots.
BT Until recently, l he elective franchise
was restricted in Liberia to persons of Af
rican descent. Now a white-man can vote
there. *
IW Tlic question of the practicability of
n &liip canal across the Isthmus of Darien,
is one of the interesting problems of the
day.
tlT A great agricultural exposition is
to be held tills year at Grata, the capital of
the Duchy of Styria in Austria.
W The cotton crop in West Tennessee
has been badly damaged by the recent
rains. _
tST Governor Hoffman recently vetoed
a bill which discriminated inequitably
against foreign Insurance companies doing
husinessJn New York.
IV Some of the leading Radical jour
nals at the North, which in times long
agone favored Knownothingism, arc begin
ning to revive their opposition to foreign
immigration.
tW Republicans at the North are array
ing themselves in factions for and against
Grant, for and against protection, for and
against the Cuban patriots, for and against
San Domingo, etc.
ST A society lias been organized, hav
ing its headquarters at Montreal, "having
for its object the annexation of ail the
Urltlah possessions in North America to
Die United States.
tar Calculating and well-paid journals
at the North applaud Grant's position in
ills recent message on the side of tyranni
cal old Spain against freedom and the
straggling patriots of Cuba.
(V A leading Radical paper in the
North says that a-number of ofllcc-seekers
arc about to secure, by subscription, a paid
up policy for $50,000 on the life of the
President.
Grant always reciprocates substantial
favors, and men with their pockets full of
uionoy know how to get ofllcc at his hands.
IV The increasing strength of the great
nut-work of subterranean societies, uniting
the dissatisfied (or os they please to term
themselves tiio ‘•disinherited,’’) classes of
society, is alarming the hereditary aristoc
racy of the Old World.
iW The Now York Ucrald, having sud
denly become an ultra partisan of Grant
for the Presidency in 1872, is amusing itself
in digging lloraco Greeley under the ribs
about ills war record, particularly about
his profane abuse of Lincoln on a certain
occasion.
IV The cost of that paid up policy for
$50,000 on the life of General 'Grant Is said
to liavo been about $27,000. The New York
tiun (Uad.)«tatcs that tills latter sum was
extorted from employees iu the custom
house and post-office.
IV Chattanooga will soon have a big
rolliug mill in operation that will give
employment to fifteen hundred operatives.
A gigantic railroad car and car wheel fac
tory is also spoken of, that will employ
seven hundred hands. In two weeks, Mr.
tilanton will havo fifteen hundred China-
men at work on the Alabama and Chatta
nooga Railroad.
tV Captain Charles C. Crowe, who has
lately deceased, was a native of Giles coun
ty, Tennessee. He began his career as a
public speaker in advocacy of Know-Noth-
ingism. He was never elected to an offiae
in bis native State. For many years lie
iiasbecnacitizenofMarlon,Alabama. He
was a Captain in the Confederate army.
After the war be became a Radical recon-
slructionist. He was a brilliant declaim-
or on the stump, was erratic as a politician,
badly balanced intellectually, but withal a
kind-hearted man.
pretext is given to arm a militia force.
Above all, it is necessary that peacefully-
inclined people in every neighborhood
have a care that Radicals of the meaner
stripe do not put on the masks and dis
guises of Ku-Klux, that they may furnish
the legislature excuses to organize a mili
tia force.
It is assumed that the people of Georgia
have already suffered too much from the
machinations of the “ prolongationists
be guilty of indiscretions, except under the
most aggravating provocations. Rut they
have an ingenious and cunning enemy to
deal with. Hence this caution.
Kye as a Fertilizer.
Rye will grow and often yield largely
on a soil containing not more than one and
a quarter per cent, of organic matter. It
affords a fine winter pasture for stock. It
shonld be sown in the fall, as soon as tbe
son’s heat has so moderated as not to kill
the young plants.
After rye has advanced in age and
growth sufficiently to stool out, it is not
damaged by tbe tramping of a reasonable
amount of stock. Grazing it to a reasona
ble extent in winter and early spring is
said rather to increase than to diminish the
yield.
If it is not desired by the farmer to reap
and thresh ont his whole crop of rye, bogs
and cattle a re greatly benefited if turned in
upon it.
Tbe vitality of ttie rye crop is beyond
timate in the raising of hogs, for the rye
comes in at a time when swine cannot he
otherwise economically fed, and need to be
given a good start in anticipation of fall
fattening.
The rye straw, if allowed to remain upon
the ground, shades it, thus aiding in its
fertilization by preventing evapbration
and the escape of valuable gases from the
soil.
Resides this, the straw makes a positive
large addition to the organic matter in the
soil. It also improves its physical proper
ties. Turned under, it renders tbe ground
pulvcriiablc and permeable to the roots
of plants and to the rain.
In grazing land, it is all-important to
remember that tramping it by the stock in
wet weather is injurious. A luxuriant
rye-patch bears winter grazing with less
Injury to the soil than any other crop we
are acquainted with.
Shonld the farmer prefer to save bis
whole crop of rye, the grain always bears
a fair price In market.
It is important to be earcfnl in the selec
tion of seed for sowing. Much of the rye
found In the markets has been cut too ear
ly, or, from other causes, is defective in
germinating power.
After getting a start in rye culture, the
farmer shonld save his own seed from year
to year.
The Present and the Future.
sly. and apparently cautious. He is gen
erally a 111 ic ted with shortness of breath.
His step*, when locoraoting, arc slow and
measured. He prefers isolation. The
jostling of the busy world fatigues and an
noys him. Indeed, publicity is in the way
of his favorite employment, wbicit is the
munching and swallowing of delicate tit
bits of the articles above enumerated.
His enjoyments are not social. He de
lights in tbe eremitic luxury of a solitary
meal upon argillaceous or sooty matter, es
pecially if flavored with a little dirty
grease.” Nor does he object to a small
quantity of putrid dyestuff to giTe the (to
him) delicious morsel a delicate bouquet.
Capital Punishment.
The Riblical argument in favor of capi
tal jiunishmcnt, which we clip from the
New Orleans Times, is from tbe pen of a
reverend gentlemen, who, for many years,
was pastor of the Central Presbyterian
Church in this city.
Grass Culture.
Grass culture is always very much neg
lected in cotton planting regions. This is
due to the fact that the routine of cotton
culture is such as to absorb almost wholly
the attention of the planter.
The absence of meadows and grass plats,
in much of the cotton region, has produc
ed the general impressiqn that valuable
grasses cannot be grown there. The truth
is, very few judicious experiments have
ever been made in grass cultnre in the re
gion referred to, nor will the planter find
time to make them until he is content to
dcrotc a part of his plantation to stock-
raising and grazing.
The grapes are most successfully and
profitably raised on those farms where at
tention is paid to small grain rather than
Indian corn or cotton. The routine of to
bacco culture docs not so much interfere
with the small grain and grass crops as
does that of cotton.
Now that the free labor system forbids
the perfect control of farm operatives
throughout tbe year, agriculturists in the
cotton growing region should gradually
Increase the breadth of land to be appro
priated to' the raising of stock, small grain,
and the grasses. None should rashly at
tempt the change in a single year.
State Militia.
The recent action of Congress, reviving
the right of the States of Virginia, Georgia
and Texas to organize and call into active
service. State militia, has a partisan sig
nificance, which our people should remem
ber. it means no more nor less than that
Radical Legislatures may, atgreatexpense,
equip, arm and support military forces for
partisan purposes, and place them in com
mand of unscrupulous Governors, who,
upon the slightest evidence or pretesoa of
breaches of the peace, may use them to
keep honest people from the polls.
In short, so far as the Governors of the
States referred to are concerned, it is a per
mit (if the General Assembly will organ
ize piebald militia, composed of mean
whites and corrupted negroes) to repeat
the role of |x*or old crazy Rrownlow, of
Tennessee, and thus unrighteously prolong
. their terms of office.
Jjet, then, the people have a care that no
The following, after it was in type for
onr morning edition, was crowded out by
an interesting report of an important de
cision by oar Supreme Court:
That the Republican party in the North
is disintegrating is patent to every one ac
customed to study party expressions. Tiie
Republican party, having been inaugura
ted prior to the war, in obedience to the
suggestions of the ultraabolitionists, and
stolen the livery of Jeffersonianism to
servo fanaticism, has performed its mission
The act to enforce tho loth Amendment is
the crowning ono in its triumphal record.
As a party, it is “ effete, defunct,” dead,
past and soulless. Now,tho question which
every member of it addresses to himself is,
what shall'I do? What idea shall I cm
brace ? What policy shall I advocate ? The
answers to the queries are the wedges that
arc riving the party asunder. They are
the disintegrating causes that are compel
ling deliquescence and efflorescence of the
elements of which it is composed. This
disintegration is inevitable. A solution of
some elements is a necessity growing oqt
of tho progressive political and social doc-
trinesoftheday. The dcssiccation of others
Is equally inevitablo from the same causes.
Hence, while the progressive Democracy
(the demoshrateo of Tom Renton) will ab
sorb, dissolve and appropriate somo of the
elements of tbo so-called Republican par
ty, and assimilate and render them homo
geneous, others will effloresce and be pul
verized between tbe nether millstone (the
representative of a defunct period) and the
upper one, which is driven’by tbe progress
ive moral, social and political dynamics of
the age.
The dead past mast bury the past. The
living present has a mission to perform.
Tbe contingent future is uncertain. The
voxpopuli, that claims a divinity of origin,
decrees the continual and eternal progress
of man. It commands the uplifting of the
lowly, while it forbids the dragging down
of the worthy. It proclaims universal am
nesty, and forbids the disability or disfran
chisement of American citizens.
Well may the President, aided by the
New York Herald and other journals,
whether notable for age or just in the pro
cess of parturition, shout hallelujahs to
the name of Grant. A President, without
a party of ideas cr principles, seeking for
re-elcctlon, docs well to set about the or
ganization of a party, whose rallying cry
shall be bis military prestige. Neither he
nor his partisans have the gho3t of an idea
or principle upon which to rely for mate
rial for the formation of a new party.
They are now in the condition of Wilkins
Micawber, waiting for i'soniething to
turn up.”
The opposing faction of the Radical
party, so far as ideas arc concerned, are
without capital. They are “in,” and they
are simply playing a gatqe to keep them
selves “in.”
Whether the real people, whose ideas are
Democratic, and who hang their faith upon
the traditions of the fathers of the Repub
lic, will be deceived or circumvented by
the machinations and pretences of either
the Grant or anti-Grant faction of the
Radical party, remains to he seen. Their
sober second thought has never yet erred
Among the morbid changes resulting
from this deplorable habit may be enu
merated a decreased temperature of the
body, consequent npon the poverty of tbe
blood, which soon becomes so defficientin
red particles, that the patient’s checks
never become suffnsed with a blush, it
matters not how. trying, mortifying or
shameful may be the circumstances in
which be may be overtaken by his friends
and acquaintances.'
His tongue becomes white or pallid, re
minding one of the tongue of frogs and
other reptiles. His countenance has a
pinched np appearance, and his expression
is decidedly sinister. This latter symptom
isduetobisconstantde3ire to secretly find
and eat more dirt in private. The more
he loves it the less is he willing that others
shall know of or partake of his enjoy
ment.,
HIs.general appearance is indicative of
a griped condition of his alimentary or
gans. Particles of the dirt having become,
early in the progress of the disease, en
tangled in the mucous membrane of the
alimentary canal, his bowels become habit
ually costive.
An uniform symptom of the disease, and
never wanting, is the persistence of the
patient in denying that he does eat dirt.
This disposition to deceive is manifested
by the patient in various ways in supply
ing himself with morsels of dirt.
In cases almost in artieulo mortis, pa
tients have been known to conceal dirt,
clay, or soot under their bed-clothes. If
yon chain their hands and feet, they will
turn their faces downward and lick the
ground. Put npon them wire masks, and
tboy will manage to insinuate the dirt with
in the masks, and, supine, toss tbe head
abont until the craved morsels are brought
in contact with the lips and tongne.
The causes are, in general, poverty, bad
raising, and bad associations.
The cure is very difficult. Success can
only be hoped for in cases of recent origin
.Cases of long standing are rarely cured. If,
in cases of long standing, the habit of dirt-
eating is broken up, so vitiated docs the
whole physical organization become, it is
rare to find one once affleted with this dis
ease who ever recuperates up to tbe normal
standard. Such persons generally are phys
ical wrecks.
Our Athens Letter.
Athens. June 22,1870.
We arc laboring under a business
drought, but we are consoled that some of
our neighbors have something to do; for
instance, you Atlantians. We are now
willing to claim kin—yea, become socially
and commercially “thick,” if yon please.
We eannot help admiring the spunk of
your people, particularly the merchantile
class.
We have aiways'preferred Augusta as a
home market, and still desire to see her
prosper, but sufficient inducement will al
ways draw trade, and, to tell the truth,
speaking partly from experience and part
ly from observation, I notice many goods,
in all branches of business, comingto our
city being branded (on the packages) from
Atlanta. Go it, Atlanta, and if it do neces
sary, Athens will pipe for yon. Pitch in,
ye tobacco men, liqnor dealers, cigar
makers, crockery dealers; yea, even groce
ry dealers and dry goods men. You show
true courage—Georgia grit I _
We are dry to-day about Athens, bnt,
recently, we have had too much rain. 1
hear of no excessive damage tocropsyet,
except to corn by washing rains. We will
reap heavy this year in Clarke, and, as
nsuai, hear off the palm in amount of
wheat to the acre. Where are yon, Rar-
tow? We are after cotton, too, with an
earnest purpose, and will show well at
your fair. Somebody will have to pull
among committees very hard if they beat
us in cotton. We are coming, and if ye
Jones county don’t look ont; it will be,
“Alas I poorYorick!” with her this year.
Again, we intend to have the best turn out
of human beauties there (population con
sidered) that will be present, prize or no
prize.
Macon always furnishes much of this
Dirt-Eating—Physical, -Moral and
Political.
No disease afflicts frail humanity, that is
so distressing, so contemptible, and at the
same time so amusing, as that of dirt-eat
ing. This physical abnormity, having its
analogue in moral and political nosology,
deserves a description in a secular jour
nal.
The -peculiar applicability of the term
dirt-eating, to certain kinds of moral and
political degradation, can only be under
stood by one familiar with the morbid ap
petite and its consequent physical results,
popularly termed dirt-eating.
The disease is essentially a morbid ap
petite for outre articles of food. The pa-
ticnt,instcad of contenting himself with ar
ticles that arc in their nature nutritious,
acquires an abnormal appetite for clay,
burnt feathers, rich mould or dirt, for soot,
(especially if it be “greasy,”) slate pencils,
and in short fcp .earthy matters, tbe nearer
tasteless tbe better, and the filthier the more
craved for.
The symptoms of tbe disease arc unmis
takable, though such as are calculated to
mislead the inexperienced. A patient af
flicted with it is remarkable for his hungry
appearance. He looks -like be has lost
something and is thwarted in his efforts to
jjnd ‘it, fteqce, Ills movements are slow,
The Georgia Bill.
The House of Representatives has passed
the bill to admit Georgia to representation
in Congress. This bill, as reported by tel
egraph, leaves the question of future elec
tions for Governor and Assemblymen just
where the Constitution of the State of
Georgia places it.
It is generally believed that the bill will
pass the Senate in the shape it has passed
the House, and will bo approved by the
President. If this be the result, then tho
United States Government'will have de
clined to meddle in a matter it should
clearly let alone.
Congress will have recognized our State
Constitution, and thus very properly let it
govern in snch matters. That body shouid
not undertake to regulate, control or fix
tbe time of State elections.
It willow be the province of the mem
bers of the Legislature of tho State of
Georgia to carefully consider the rights of
tho people they claim to represent, and
weigh well the question whether it is bet
ter for themselves and the people to force
a far-fetched, technical interpretation of
the Constitution upon an unwilling con
stituency, or to act squarely and honestly
in tho definition of the Constitutional
rights of the people.
STThat the majority qf the members of the
Legislature will carefnlly consider before
rashly acting, there is no reason to doubt.
Homan nature, though often weak, is also
endowed with the instinct of self-preserva
tion. It is, therefore, preposterons to sup
pose that any set of men will voluntarily
sacrifice themselves at tbe command uf
Governor whose ambition to prolong his
own power has well-nigh brought tbe bet
ter class of the Republican party .in Geor
gia into remediless disgrace.
Candor compels us to assert that we be
lieve there are some men identified with
the party in power in Georgia, who would,
for any'consideration, scorn to sell theif
birthright for a miserable mess of pottage
who, though differing from the majority of
their fellow-citizens oh questions involved
in the reconstruction of the State, have
never yet entertained in their hearts the
design to steal away the liberties of their
neighbors by any jpegies of special plead
ing.
. Upon such men now hangs the decision
of the weal or woe of Georgia for two years
to come. Such as these have apologized
to their fellow-citilens for the active part
they have taken In promoting the recon
struction of tho Stato in obedience to the
commands of an usurping Congress. Thp
apology has been that they were seeking
the nearest road to pqapc.
Is it the shortest way to tbe restoration
of peace to defy the popular will, and to
prolong the power of the members of the
General Assembly beyond the period for
which the people elected them?- This is
the question.
The change of venne of the great Geor
gia case from Washington City to Georgia
may be for the better, and it is hoped that
it will prove so. Congress defers to the
Constitution of the State, and declines to
interpose its judgment in a question of in
alienable fight. Snch questions shonld he
tried at home, where 'corruption in the
jnry-box can be detected and exposed;
where an unrighteous jury most endure
the consequences of an nnjnst verdict.
Wc counsel .calm consideration and de
liberate reflection in the crisis now ap
proaching. As between citizens of the
Commonwealth and neighbors, whose lots
are cast in the same vicinage, (when Con
gress remands the Georgia ,ca;e Jjack to the
people of the State,) a just and equitable
conclusion must be arrived at, else prece=-
dents in the history of popnlargovernments
are without influence, and the doctrine of
force has usurped the place of reason.
fSf* pr- J. A. Fremont, of Montgomery,
is reported to have indented a roller skate
which is a great improvement on any here
tofore iu use. The Advertiser says that,
with the new skate, the skater glides over
tbe floor wltb an ease, grace, rapidity and
perfect action that only needs to be seen to
be appreciated.
article at stale expositions; but this year, 1
fear, Macon won’t dance to the music, as
9he can’t hold Atlanta on her stomach
well, judging by the way their journals
get after you lolks. Why can’t you and,
Macon agree ? Why do you fellows laugh
derisively in your sleeves at Macon so,
when she rails out at your enterprising
men and merchants for seeking her trade
and taking her state-house, that was to be,
and building her hotels in Atlanta that she
could have bnilt in Macon, if you bad
not have carried tbe joke so far as yon
have? If you Macon fellows desire to
make some money quick and easy, emplo
Kimball to go down and al:ow himself (!
be put on exhibition for a few days. His
name is more familiar, I dare say, in Ma
con than in Atlanta, though in a different
way. • “ Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first make mad.” Macon seems con
siderably irritated at least. And then
there is Milledgeville peeping over Macon’s
shoulder, and enjoying every thrust she
aims at Atlanta; and some of thgse days
you will all suffer with such opposition,
perhaps. Just call on we Athenians, and
we will pipe for you. We are ahead of
Milledgeville now, because we do not have
to give people houses and lots to get them
to come and live among ns aid patronize
onr colleges. This last is strictly confi
dential. And to finish, if your tobacco and
crockery merchants don’t let Macon alone,
and keep clear of her territorial trade, no
body will pity your drummers if they get
kicked out of Macon. Impudent fellows!
One more word about the fair. We de
sire to show babies at your fair from
Clarke, if anything of that kind be in order.
Look out, ye good matrons in Cobb, who
have been showing already, will you come
to Atlanta? Mr. Editor, please-ask
McRride & Co, or Kimball, one or theoth-
er, to offer a prize, and we will show you
some fair goods in this line also.
Now,don’t think us wishing to boast, but
just wait until we como over, and then
judge of our turn out.
You Atlanta chaps bad better not come
over here so much to see our matrimonial
market. Our young men,likelsaac of old.
will need companionship, and our supply
is not too great for the demand at
present. After wc get some of our young
men into business, then we will not object
to your application over here.
When Col. Acton comes over again, tell
him to bring along some other little dwarf
ish rant with him, and he won’t attract so
much admiration alone.
Very truly,
Merchant.
Things About Atlanta^.
Wc looked in npon Atlanta on Monday
evening last: aqd though there were
general complaints of dullness in that fa
mous city, wo saw evidences of steady
growth, if not prosperity, on every 'hand.
The towering brick fronts and church
steeples that mark the places where, a short
time since, stood tho blackened walls of
destruction, are indeed wonderful evi
dences of thrift and the foreshadowing of
the future greatness of tbe Gate City. The
mammoth hotel is steadily rising up to
stately dimensions, and will be ready for
fall business. Sharp’s new store will soon
be completed and thrown open to dazzle
the beauties with its shining elegance.
The different papers, (and their name will
soon be legion,) in that devo—wo liked to
have said devotional—in that devoted city<
arc still pouring an incessant Are into
Rollock, Angler, and each other from
masked and unmasked batteries.
We also found the Atlantees much exci
ted aboqt the acquisition of Merger.. The
committee is engaged in canvassing the
city, taking up subscriptions, and no doubt
a handsome sum will bo subscribed to get
it there. We have heretofore expressed
onr opinion on this subject, that Atlanta is
not the place to accomplish the ends for
which the institution was founded. With
due deference to the opinions of those in
favor of this move, we hold that Penfield or
Greenes boro is eminently more suited to
farther the objects of tbe founders of tbe
cherished old Alma Hater. Since nothing
short of a move will meet the approbation
of some, Stone Mountain, in our opinion,
is preferable to Atlanta, and more desirable
than any city in the State. And this re
minds us that this famous resort has now
all tbe accommodations necessary to meet
the wants of visitors. The King House,
which has just been re-opened,is large and
well ventilated, and is kept by a prince of
landlords. There is also fine mineral water,
S renounced as good as any in the South
y Dr. A. Means, which is kept in the
hotel. This, in connection with tbe pure
bracing air and the natural surroundings,
renders Stone Mountain a desirable resort.
Persons living alfing the Georgia Railroad,
in visiting Atlanta, will find it pleasant to
spend the night at the King House and go
into Atlanta in the morning at 7 o’clock
and attend to theirbusiness.—Qreenesboro
Herald.
The Georgia Bill.
Odr telegraphic dispatches are of unusual
interest. Vfe publjsh below so iqqch of
the Constitution of the State of Georgia as
bears upon tbe question of election of
members of the General Assembly, which
i3 of mnchimportanceat this time:
Article II, Section 5119. (p.1080.) The
election of Governor, Members of Con
grpss, and of tbe General Assembly, after
tbe year JSiJS, shall conjmcnee op the
Tuesday after the first Jjonduy in Novem
ber. unless otherwise provided by law.
Article IH, Section 5121. (p.lOSO.) The
members of the Senate shall be elected for
four years, except that the members
elected at the first election from the twen
ty-two Senatorial Districts numbered in
this Constitution with odd nnmbers, shall
only hold their office for two years. The
members of the House of Representatives
shall be elected for two years. The elec
tion for members of the General Assem
bly shall begin on Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of every second
year, except the first election, which shall
be within sixty days after tiie adjourn
ment of tills Convention; bnt-the General
Assembly may by law change the time of
election, and tbe members shall hold until
their successors are elected and qualified.
’
Personal,
The Grccncsboro* Herald suggests the
name of “Kimball House” for the new
hotel.
A monument in honor of Martin Lather
is projected.
Ex-Qaccn Isabella’s present lover is a
French Talct de chambro named Ionfron.
‘ J-atlier zf array, who has spent his life
among the Indians, says tlje !>ppear-
anee of anything in the nature of a heard
s an infallible sign of mixed blood.
A fellow in Rutland, Vermont, a short
time since, offered to sell his wife to an
other for $800, the woman consenting to
the contract.
4- grave-digger in Marysville, California,
has gone crazy,' Twice' he has csgappt}
from his keepers, and been found in the
cemetery resurrecting his former inter
ments.
Georgia News.
Corn is in silk and tassel in Pike county.
Crop- in Trninjiis county arc promising.
Thomasvillc boasts of twin eggs; one
contains the yelk, the other the albumen.
A copper foot adze has been found in Co
lumbus.
-Mr. Samuel Huron, of Jones county,has
mployed six Swedish laborers.
Rev. I. S. K. Axson, ol Savannah, is go
ing to Europe for the benefit oi his health.
_Hr. ilant Roberts, of Cobb county, has
imported a three-year old Hrahmin bull.
The religions revival at Marietta is still
progressing with deepening interest.
An Episcopal Church is to be built at
HawKinsvllle.
Musquitoes have made their appearance
in Savannah.
The Mayor of Augusta has directed the
Chief of Police to take a census of the
horses and mules owned in tho city.
The census of LaGrange-shows a total
populationof 2,253; dwellings4G6and fam-
lics 4S2.,
Dawson boasts'* of a beet 32 inches in
length, 27 inches in circumference, and
weighing 13>£ pounds.
Mr. James L. Rrown died Saturday, 18th
instant, at'his residence, about five miles
■from Rowdou.
Colonel Montgomery Cumming, a native
of Savannah, died at his summer retreat,
Red Clay, in Whitfield county.
Thirteen young ladies graduated at tiie
Southern Masonic Female College, at Coy
ington, on Wednesday last.
General Joseph E. Johnston, accompa
nied by Mrs. Johnston, has gone to the
Virginia Springs.
The yield of wheat in Whitfield county
this year is above average. Corn and oth
er cereals look promising.
Mrs. Alice Smith Lawrence, of Talbot-
ton, died at Wetumpka, Alabama, on the
19th
A ten-acre patch of Norway oats, in
Jones county, will yield about seven hun
dred bushels of oats, it is thought.
Rev. H. H. Tucker preaches the Com
mencement Sermon before the students of
the LaGrange High School on Sunday, the
2Gth.
Troup Superior Court, in consequence of
serious continued sickness in Judge Big-
by’s family, stands adjourned to the 4th
Monday in July.
Mr. Archibald Lmvhon, for twenty-five
or thirty years a resident of West Point,
died in that city on Tuesday mornlug last,
aged about 90 years.
The City Council of Savannah has pur
chased the old Confederate magazine for
$1,003,00, for the location of a powder mag
azine.
General Apathy is likely to make serious
raids on the general prosperity of Rome.
The machine shop enterprise has ceased to
be thought'oi or talked of.
A post-office has been established on the
Selma, Rome and Dalton Road, near Green
Cunningham’s, in Floyd county,- to be
known as Cunningham’s Station. Riley
V. Riclt has been appointed postmaster.
Gordon McCray, of Carroll county, was
arrested last week by parties from St. Clair
county, Alabama, and while attempting to
escape near Oxford, Alabama, was shot and
killed.
Joshua Keen, a well known ship carpcn.
ter, and a resident of Savannah for the past
fen years, but a native of Portland, Maine,
committed suicide on the 23d, while labor
ing under maniaaporlu.
Two deer hunters in Laurens county
killed seven deer in one day in seven con
secutive shots, and four out of a flock of
five—each two apiece. In the last four
years both have killed one hundred and
seventy.
Mr. John D.Gray has sold out his inter
est in the firm of John D. Gray & Co, con
tractors on the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad. Colonel Colt is the only remain
ing member of the firm.
Tho jailor of Richmond county refuses
to discharge a prisoner committed from
Jefferson county unless tho jail fees are
provided for the connty authorities of Jef
ferson.
The Thomasville Enterprise editor has
bargained for 5,000 bushels of sweet pota
toes at fifteen.ccnts a bushel, to be deliver
ed at tiie proper season next fall. A proper
precaution against journalistic bank
ruptcy.
Thos. L. Sa(tcr\vhite, % for
number of
years a resident of Randolph county, com-
ipittedsuieide, at his place in the southern
portion of the county, by hanging himself.
No cause assigned for this rash act. The
deceased;was in his72d year.
Mr. John Wilson, who lives about five
miles westof Talbntton,killed a large gold
en eagle which measured six feet and a
half from tip to tip of his wings. Mr. Wil
son was hunting a catamount which had
been seen on his farm, when he shot the
eagle.
A conductor on the Savannah, Skidaway
and Seaboard Railroad, while in the act of
handling a pistol, accidentally fired it off,
the ball taking effect upon and penetrating
the forehead of a negro, also an employee
of tho road, which resulted in instant
death,
John E. Martey, agent of the South Car
olina Railroad, at Augusta, has resigned,
and will be succeeded by Edward Hull,
Esq, of Pennsylvania, a brother of George
G. Hull, Esq, formerly of this city. John
Tames has been appointed Assistant Su
perintendent, vice Mr. Gilbert retired.
Andrew Washington, an old colored man,
about 90 years of age. who was one of the
first workmen on the South Carolina Rail
road, apd fqithfql in the discharge of his
duty, died at the Charleston City Hospital
on the 21st instant. The officers of the
South Carolina Railroad having been in
formed of bis death, made a handsome do
nation to defray his funeral expenses.
Pound was found guilty, at Wilkes Su
perior Court, of muraer in Hancock coun
ty. and sentenced to he imng'at Sparta, on
Friday,'the 19th of August. A motion for
a new trial wag submitted and overruled
by his Honor, Judge Andrews. A bill of
exceptions was then taken by counsel for
the (prisoner, and the case now stands sus
pended until after tbe December session of
the Supreme Court.
John H. Roberts, Esq., has some Egyp
tian corn *— *r* — 1 —1 * -
the
urfH ■ HHHMRL
and only slightly covered at first—earth
was gradually added. It is now about five
and a half feet high, and there are from four
to six Elioots on each stalk. He informs
us that where the stalks are close together
they mature much faster than when some
distance apart. It is claimed that (bp Egyp-
tain corn will make two crops a year. ■
The employees of the Port Royal Rail
road have bad a Convention in Augusta.
It seems that George D. Chapman & Co.,
principal contractors, failed to meet their
obligations to tliu bands employed. Tbe
amount due the employees is about 816,000.
An attachment was issued and levied upon
about $3,000 worth of the personal effects
of the contractors. Chapman telegraphs
from New York, that unless the bands re
sume work, he will supply their places
with Chinese laborers.
OCR VIRGINIA LETTER.
The Baccalaureate Sermon Deliv
ered by the Kcv. YV. T. Brantly,
D. D., at Washington College,
Lexington, ATrgiuia,
Correspondence Atlanta Constitutions
Lexington, Va, June, JS70-
The past session at this celebrated Insti
tution has been one of remarkable success,
considering th** great drought of last sum
mer. which so crippled the finances of the
Southern Suites, trom which this college
draws its principal suppoit. The number
of students in attendance was three hun
dred and forty-four; and they have shown
most satisfactory evidences of thorough
training and assiduous application. Geor
gia is well represented. Mr. W. A. Dabney,
of your city, is a distinguished student.
General R. E. Lee. the President of the
college, lias lately returned from a tour in
the Southern States, which the state of his
health has rendered necessary; and wc
are happy to say that lie was much bene-
fitteil by tiie healthful climate of your re
gion, and, with ids serene but commanding
countenance, forms the most attractive ob
ject of the commencement celebrations.
These opened on Tuesday, June 19th, with
the Baccalaureate sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Brantly. This sermon was exactly what
the circumstances demanded. The text
was judiciously selected, and handled in a
masterly manner; so that the whole was
eminently appropriate to the occasion, and
calculated to do much good. The text was,
“Show thyself a man;” and having de
scribed, in an interesting and attractive
manner, the circumstances under which
David gave this charge to his son Solomon,
Dr. Brantly proceeded to investigate the
question; “What did David mean by a man?”
And in ' clear and simoie language and
striking illustrations, which bis youngest
bearers could understand and appreciate,
he showed that man must possess some
thing more than mere physical energy and
activity—something more than personal
bravery and military skill—and eygn some
thing more than intellectual excellence
and rational endowment; that he must
possess some distinguishing characteristic,
which should make him entirely distinct
from the other animals which possess the
above qualities in a higher or lower de
gree; that a man is a religious animal—a
moral being that can discriminate between
right and wrong. The latter half of the
sermon consisted in tho application of the
text to the young men present,. who were
about to enter upon the realities of life;
and the text was interpreted for them as
meaning that they must conform them
selves, as much as possible, to tho image
of God, in which they were created: that
they must imitate all the excellencies of
the Redeemer; that they must be Chris
tians.
The sermon was universally admired
by tho many distinguished visitors pres
ent, and all others, not only as an excel
lent specimen ot clear and elegant compo
sition, and easy, graceful and energetic
delivery, but as a powerful appeal to the
better nature of the young men for whom
ft was intended, and for all others present,
and ns a powerful incentive to tho highest
moral excellence and complete mastery
of tho lower appetites of human nature.
Virginia.
■ _ Political.
C. O. Crowe, of Alabama, who was con
firmed last Friday as Secretary of the Ter
ritory of Utah, died on the following day,
at his home in Alabama.
It took the United States Senate twen
ty-five minutes, the other day, to give away
twenty million acres of the public domain
in the way of a railroad subsidy.
In Italy, when a young man joins tho
brigands his friends say he has gone into
politics. Here they speak right out in
such cases, and say he has joined the Radi
cals.
The Radical soldiers of Indiana arc com
plaining of the ingratitude of that party
in excluding them from the various tick
ets to he voted this fall. It is all negro
no white soldiers.
'The Northern Methodists of Cold Spring.
New York, on tho Hudson, have recently
erected a new church edifice, dedicated last
week under the name of tho “ Grant Meth
odist Episcopal Church.”
In the Mississippi Legislature, Moore, the
colored member from Lauderdale, said al
though lie was a blnok-lcg preacher, he
would vote against Jesus Christ if he ig
nored his rights.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette says:
“Shoals of deserters from tho Radical
ranks arc hovering just outside of the outer
guards of tho Democratic army. There is
danger from that source alone! Admit the
subordinates, but exclude the leading offl
ccrsi Political amnesty for all except the
prime culprits I”
The Cincinnati Chronicle (Republican)
says > “ It is reasonable to conjecture that
Charles Sumner would willingly accept a
nomination for the Presidency, if tendered
him by the Republican party. * * «
His course in the Senate, in public session
seems to betray a purpose of placing him
self in defiant antagonism with President
Grant.”
Capital Punishment.
r> m Iho New Orleans Times 1
My purpose is. by your leave, to present,
in brief, the biblical argument for capital
punishment. Thcaiithority to which I ap
peal will be scoffed at by some, no doubt;
ret the hope may be. indulged, that n very
arge portion of your renders will consider
it not only pertinent, but paramount.
I begin with the precept given to Noah
anil recorded ill the ix ot Genesis: "Whoso
sheddeth man’s blood by man shall ids
blood be shed.” These words need no ex
planation. That this divine precept was
ntended for human guidance in all ages
appears from two considerations. It was
o-iven immediately after tho flood to Noah,
the second father of tho human race, and
under circumstances plainly showing that
it was intended for all mankind. And fur
ther, the reason assigned for tho prohibi
tion of murder and tor itspenaity is a uni
versal and permanent one. “ Whoso shed
deth mans blood by man shall Ids blood be
shed,for in the image of God made lie man.”
Whether it be a principle ot common law
or not,' certainly it is ot common sense.
Manente rataione manet ipsa lex—tbe reason
of a law continuing the law itself abides.
True,in largemeasureof human codes, this
is absolutely true of the Divine; because
Communicated.]
Marietta, Ga., June 25,1870.
Editors Constitution: I notice your pa
per and my good friends of the Mont
gomery Advertiser have had inppjrcct jn-
fqrmatjqp as to the object o'f my present
visit to Georgia. I am sure it is a matter of
small consequence to the public why I am
here, but I protest against the impression
being mdfie that it is in any way connect
ed with the State Road Investigating Com
mittee. 1 am not here for the purpose of tes
tifying before that Committee.
‘I came here, after an absence of ten
months, to quietly spend a few days among
some cherished friends and relations.
Truly yours.
Campbell Wallace.
A Faithful Employer —“ Old Jimmie
Holland,” formerly of Limerick, Ireland,
so well known in the neighborhood of
Fort Mitchell, Alabama, was one of the
members of the celebrated Palmetto Regi
ment in the Mexican war. When the reg
iment was disbanded he accepted employ
ment under Colonel (now General) L'ayty,
and lias remained with him ever since.
Probabiy death alone will part them. A
compliment to both employer and em
ployed.
Feminine-
New Jersey now claims the champion
old woman—114 years old.
A lady in Montezuma, Iowa, has a baby
two weeks old that does not weigh quite
two pounds yet.
Boston has discovered a remedy for tiie
social evil by shipping its superabundant
women to Iowa. c
Miss Bateman is winning enthusiastic
praise as “Mary Warner,” at the Olympic,
London.
A young State woman has sewed up a
child’s nostrils because it wouldn’t uso a
handkerchief.
A St. Louis Census Marshal reports that
one woman told him to call again in a day
or two, when she could promise him a
larger lis(.
Filomena, the wonderful girl violinist,
has eloped and married a Spaniard, San
Juan Salcedo, formerly ono of Dodworth’s
band.
A New York belle broke her pledge to
her intended not to revolve ;n thq waltz
with any othep he, qqd she is now cast on
the market*
The latest development in woman’s
rights is the right of woman to lead an or
chestra, asserted by a Mrs. Dennett, in
Portland, Me.
Mrs. Henry Hathaway, of South Adams,
Massachusetts, tbe mother of nine daugh
ters in succession, gave birth to a son, last
week, in the 52d year of her age.
On the occasion of Miss Nilsson’s last
visit to Swoden, she purchased'six farms
for her six brothers and sisters, and has
also had buiitachnrcb at her own expenses
endowed it liberally, and provided a fund
for the support of a permanent minister.
The Lonisviilc Courier regards itself as
anxxpcricuccd authority in thq definition
of Indian names. It says that “Ogallalla,”
or rpore properly. ‘•Ogailallah.’Ms compos
ed of two English words, O and gal, and
the Arabic word Allah, and means a god
like gal—snch, tor instance,as Olive Logan,
or Susan B. Anthony.
There is a bit of romance connected with
Spotted Tail, the Sioux chief. It is said
that his daughter, when dying, clasped her
arms about his neck and made him swear
never to take tbe life of a white man.
Since then he has often averted the band
of rapine and murder from falling on the
defenseless settler.
Mme. Demorest, of New York, the Soro-
sian and queen fashionist, has formed a co
partnership with a lady whose name (not
yet permitted to be made public) is a syn
onym for practical good sense and success
in large financial operations. Sbp. like the
Madame, is enthpsjasUc in tier desire to es
tablish a mamm'ofli woman’s importing and
wholesale business, employing women in
all its offices and branches. She brings
into the enterprise an immense capital and
unbounded business experience, acquired
by personal attention to her previous nnan-
ciafoperations all over the United States.
The account comes to us from far away
Montana, of a Welsh girl named Gwen
Evans, having appeared before the Clerk of
the Court for that district to make a decla
ration of her intention to become a citizen
of tiie United States of America. After
it was received, certified, and sealed by (bat
functionary, instead of going to the Terri
torial Governor to ask ior a commission as
justice of the peace, or applying for admis
sion to the bar, or for any other Jike privi
lege, she went straight to the public land
office, and made ont in dne form her appli
cation for a homestead of ICO acres, and
proceeded energetically to work in im
proving, fencing, and cultivating it. Evans
has always itcetr a good, honost name, and
this young lady bid3 fair to add to the fame
which it has acquired in times past, through
the conduct of men and women who have
borne it in the old land and in tbe new.
the supreme law giver islnot subject tothose
whims and caprices which influence hu
man legislators sometimes to repeal a good
law, wlille the reason which originally led
to its enactment survives in full force.
In the xxxv of Numbers we have an ac
count of tiie cities of refuge, to which
every manslayer was permitted to flee. At
first sight, such an arrangement would
seem to shield tbe murderer, like the sanc
tuary of former ages, from justice; but tiie
context shows that the full benefit of it
was intended only for involuntary homi
cide. “The slayer may flee thither which
kilieth any man at unawares—that the
manslayer die not until he stand before
the congregation in judgment.” Murder
ers were to be put to dqath, a3 appears from
the following precepts: “And if he shall
smite him with an instrument of iron, so
that if he die, he is a. murderer; tbe
murderer shall surely be put to death.”
And if be smite him with throwlngastonc.
or if he smite him with a hard weapon of
wood, or if he thrust him of hatred or hurl
at him by laying of wait, etc., in every
such case he was to be put to death. They
were to permit no commutation of the
penalty. “Moreover ye shall take no sat
isfaction tor tbe life of a murderer which
is guilty of death; but ho shall be surely
put to death.” And the reasons stated for
these enactments were these: that tbe
blood of the murdered polluted-the land,
and could only bo washed away by the
blood of the murderer—“for blood itde-
fileth the land, and the land cannot be
cleansed of the blood that is shed therein
but the blood of him that shed it.” Here
arc some of tiie principles of tho criminal
jurisprudence, laid down by the author of
human life, given to a particular people,
but if correct and just then, given them in
trust for all mankind.
These divine precepts recorded in the
Old Testament arc not repealed in tbe New.
On the contrary, in the xiii.of Homans, an
inspired apostle enjoins obedience to mag
istrates as duty to God; and cnlorccs it by
language, which implies at least an in
dorsement or the deatli penalty as in some
cases proper: “For rulers arc not a terror
to good works but to the evil; wilt thou
not be afraid of the power, do that which
is good and thou shnlt have praiso of tiie
same. For he is a minister of God to thee
tor good, but if tiiou da that which.is evil
be afraid, for be beareth not the sword in
vain.” As the sword was the instrument
used in deenpitation, it is here put for the
power of inflictiqg death.
Permit me to Add, by way of it short an
swer to some of the plausible arguments
used on the opposite side, that the prin
ciple assumed by some people to be
axiomatic, viz: that “ the certainty of
punishment is of more influence in deter
ring from the commission of crime than
its severity,” is at least debatable; while
tiie assumption that some other punish
ment less than “judicial throttling,” yet
somewhat propertlonate to the crime,
would be inflicted with any greater cer
tainty, remains to he proved. The princi
ple in its broad statement is demonstrably
false. Any man would experience a greater
reluctance to commit a crime if the chances
were one in fifty that he would be hanged
tot it, than if the chances were fifty to one
that he would be imprisoned for it a twelve
month. And ns for the greater certainty
of conviction under milder penalties, I im
agine money and social standing would be
as potent influences in warding off the
prison for lito ns, alas, they are in.saving
trom tho gallows. After all, there is no
penalty so dreadful to men as the death
penalty. Bacon, in his Essay on Death,
remarks that we ought not to fear it, for it
has been conquered by the weakest pas
sions of our nature. Yet, as thorough an
observer of human nature, the Prince of
Evil has said: “Skin for skin; yea, all
that a man hath will ho give tor his
life.” Several States which abolished the
death penalty, I have seen it alleged,
have been driven to Its re-enactment by
the fearful increase of crime apparent
ly traceable to its repeal. There was
a great deal of hard sense, as well as
wit, in that remark of a Frenchman: “It
would doubtless be a capital thing to abol
ish capital punishment if Messieurs, the
murderers, would only consent to quit in
flicting capital punishment.” Until that
happy reform takes place, it seems to mo
that it were safer anil every way better to
retain a death penalty imperfectly execu
ted. If ricli criminals escape, why, the
rich are tow in number. If many a mur
derer escape through tiie tenderness of ju
ries, some do not. Now and then the ex
treme penalty is inflicted, and he who
knows of it or witnesses it needs nosccond
reminder of the fact, that if he murders, lie
may fill a felon’s grave.
It is not our Criminal Code which needs
remodeling, but public sentiment, so far as
it has been perverted by a false humanita-
rianism. Let public virtue lie improved
and elevated, then gold will not weigh so
heavily in the scales of justice. Let the
press address its really gigantic powers to
this task. It will be found difficult and
glorious enough to satisly the most exalted
ambition.
Oar Washington Letter.
Special Correspondence for The Constitution.]
Washington, June 22,1870.
Tiie Senate has refused to give up the
franking privilege, as every one predicted
it would. It was a long time coming to the
point, however. Monday evening tho Texas
Pacific Railway bill was taken up, but no
material action taken. This is an opposi
tion scheme to Fremont’s “Trans-conti
nental,” and it is believed it will get
■through tho Senate without difficulty.
Trouble is anticipated in the House,- how.
ever.
The door of the House was barred against
Wliitteraoro yesterday. The South Caro
lina delegation (Mr. Bowen is out of the
city) dodged the vote. Dawes and one or
two other prominent Radicals voted for
Whittemore’s admission.
Beast Butler’s contortions were wonder
ful. He wanted to address the House in
defense of Whittemore so much that he
could hardly sit still. The cowardly crea
ture feared Logan, however, and held his
tongue. Logan has twice handled tbe
Beast without gloves, and the Beast don’t
want Logan to do it again.
A SCENE IN THE HOUSE.
The^House was plodding quietly along
when the
(who desires the extension of a patent) was
reached. It will be recollected that this
bill was vetoed by the President, and that
it was passed by the Senate over the veto.
General Farnsworth charged that Butler
had been paid for getting this bill through
Congress. Butler replied in a characteristic
way, his manner snowing, however, that
he was bit in a tender place. He said
he had received a fee of $2,000 for pre
paring an elaborate brief when the matter
was before the Supreme Court, but denied
receiving anything for other services. He
stigmatized General Farnsworth as a “cow
ardly assassin ” who had stabbed an unpre-
B .red man in the back, and lavished upon
m the bitterest invectives and the most
unsparing ridicule. General Farnsworth
took It all very quietly and made no rejoin
der. He has sqch a mortal bate for Butler
that he doubtless feared to trust himself.
When Butler had concluded, a vote was
taken, and the House sustained the veto of
tiie President by 158 to,12.
butler’s general amnesty,
Butler’s general punishment hill, mis
named a General Amnesty bill, seems to
meet the approval of Democratic members
of Congress to this extent: that it is much
more than they had expected, as it had be
come tiie general opinion that no measure
of the kind would pass the present Con
gress. it is assumed that Butler’s bill will
pass. lYffil* it relieves some men of prom
inence in Iho South, it cxrludcs probably a
much larger number, nml is but a hair
way measure at best. Tbe people dr Band
hgoueraliimni'fty.Miul it will bn fur the
Democrats to give it if "the Radicals re
fuse.
WIIITTMIORK’S PROMISED DISCLOSURES.
Now let us have cadctship-pcddlcr
Wlilttemorc’s di-closures! It is said that
he lias declared that then; are worse men
in Congress tli^n himself, (docs any one
doubt it?) anil that in ease be was refusril
admission, lie should show ihcui up It {g
also understood that Whittcmoro claims
to have evidence of some very naughty
doings on tiie part of tho redoubtable John
A. Logan. Well, let us have them. But
stop; who will believe him? On the whole,
Whittcmoro had mucli better subside.
the bayonet senators.
Farrow thinks Bullock lias gone back on
lilmsclf and Whitclcy, and that lie don’t
care a d n whether they get in or not,
so long as he succeeds iu perpetuating tiie
I/egislature and extending bis own term
of office. Very likely.
BLODGETT
is said to bo lobbying with a view to pre
vent action by Congress this session in re
lation to Georgia. It is also said lie wants
twenty thousand troops sent to Georgia to
protect tho perpetuated Legislature, and
the extended Bullock from the Ku-Klux.
Shouldn’t wonder!
BULLOCK
ought to come on here. His face would do
more to kill his schemes than any tiling else.
If his “private fortune” is entirely deplet
ed, the Democrats of Georgia should get
up a subscription and send him on.
“MY PROrnETIC SOUL, MY UNCLE.”
A horrible rumor is in circulation, that
an cx-United States official in Georgia, now
here looking for another office, has been
reduced to such extremities as to be driven
to “put up” ids watch.
akerman’s arrival
is looked for with mucli interest by all
parties. Argus.
The Bibio ami Geology-
Great interest being always felt by all
classes in tho relative position of science
to religion, wo present tho appended state
ment as directly touching tho question:
The numerous attempts made, witii more
or less ability, to harmonizo the teachings
of geology with tho Mosaic account of tho
creation, havo hardly been considered com
plete successes by competent geologists.
Tho writers, not satisfied with disprov
ing any essential contradiction between tho
Mosaic account and tho geological record,
havo labored to find in Genesis a resume,
more or loss comprehensive, of geological
science, and failing in this; have not unfre-
qucntly substituted intolerant declamation
for argument Professor Molloy, in tho
very readable work before us, is guilty of
•neither of theso faults. Tho points of
contact,” ho says, “between geology ami
Revelations are chiefly theso two—first, tho
antiquity of tho earth; secondly, tho an
tiquity of the human race.” And in this
volume our attention is confined to tho
first point only. In carrying out his
schomc, tho author gives an interesting,
and, on the whole, fair account of present
geological teachings on his subject,, and
teachings which ho, in common with every
intelligent person competent to weigh phys
ical evidence, admits as conclusively show
ing that tho earth's ago must bo computed
in millions rather than thousands of years.
Ho then goes on to provo that the vast
antiquity, of the earth is not disproved by
the inspired record when intelligently in
terpreted, and is not inconsistent with the
views of many of tho early Fathers and
Divines. In the examinations of what
Palaeontology teaches concerning the an
tiquity of the earth tho argument so inge
niously rehabilitated somo years ago by
Mr. Go sse, that rocks and fossils were
mado and arranged as we find them by a
single creative effort, is wisely disregarded;
for wo can hardly believe that tho Deity
made this earth an intricate geological puz
zle for the simple purpose of educing the
reasoning powers of its inhabitants. * * *
After considering the geological evidence
in favor of the antiquity of tho earth, Pro
fessor Molloy goes on to look at the samo
subject from a Biblical stand-point Ho
finds, from a critical examination of tbo
Hebrew text and from the writings of va
rious divines, ancient and modern, that
there is room for an indefinite interval be
tween the creation and tho first day; and
moreover, that there is no insurmountable
objection to supposing that each of tho
days of creation was a period of indefinite
length. It seems to us, however, that tho
author is less successful in -fashioning a
schcmo of adjustment according to which
tho days are made co-oxtcnsivo with cer
tain periods of geology; the reasoning, wo
almost said, had tho special pleading, on
which tho scheme rests, is not conclusive.
Among the wcll-choscn quotations from
Patristic literature,-which Professor Molloy
f ives, there is ono from St. Augustine, well
nown, but littlo regarded, that seems to
deal in tho best possible way with tho diffi
culties of this subject As to the descrip
tion given by Moses, it is accommodated to
the capacity of a rude people, and the suc
cession there set forth is intended only to
exhibit tho several parts of a great whole,
in tho manner best suited to tho concep
tions of human intelligence.—Athcneum.
A Remarkable Corn Cnor.—In tho Mis
souri bottoms, opposite Cairo, Mr. William
Rodney raised a crop of corn that will do
to talk about On eight aerc3 he produced
one thousand and fifty bushels. This is
equal to ono hundred and thirty-ono and
ono quarter bushels to tho acre. Talk
about tho valleys of tho Nile and tho Am
azon, tho Scioto and Miami! They are a
barren waste compared witii our Missouri
bottoms. If anybody “wants tiie docu
ments,” Mr. Rodney can furnish them in
tho certificates of his neighbors and Mr.
Clark, to whom ho sold tho corn, and in
tho fact that ho stands ready to bet $50
that ho will raise the same quantity of com
on tho samo land this year.—Cairo (III.)
Bulletin.
Dried Fruits.—Tho return of tho season
for gathering fruits and preparing them for
market , makes it our duty to offer somo
suggestions to fruit raisers. To bring tho
best prices apples ought to bo sliced thin;
takiDg out tho core. There aro simple,
cheap machines for doing this at a great
saying of labor; but avoid that machine
which cuts tho apples into rings. They
aro scarcoly salable in that shape. They
should bo dried a bright straw color, tak
ing caro to keep them from wet. Peaches
should bo peeled and cut lengthwise of tho
peach, and great care ought to be taken to
dry them bright. Blackberries must bo
dried. thoroughly without breaking them.
Cherries, when pitted, sell better with red
and black mixed. Thoy must ho thor
oughly dried, and no sugar, molasses, or
syrup mixed with them.
The Atlanta Constitution.—Mr. J. H.
Anderson, of tho Atlanta Constitution,
is now visiting East Tennessee in tho in
terest of that paper, and for the purpose of
impressing our people with the mutual
advantages to be secured by cultivating
more Intimate business relations and trade
with our Southern neighbors. Wc wish
him success.—Morristown (Tenn.y Gazette.
A Committee of Bullock's Georgia
Legislature have given him an endorse
ment. This is as valuable as tbe endorse
ment Whittemore received from the car
pet-bag fraternity of South Carolina. They
are most approved rascals—and theirgang3
applaud them heartily.
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