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It b righlfunay, if aoftemf our Democrat-
Icfrkads will jsnna.B* to criticize them, to
comments otjomc ot tkc Dcao-
55ft d * uQdhMq
fidelity
to Dem^Mfc principle Mgc.bytboee of the
tnniili.irir~ J 'lTi osa*.
■.WW Viml"; J»^to T llwm.j» doe
. whatever «i drrotion toaB>« P*rty » Dm*
of UiCGrecleyt n.ay DOW
_ ednlinue by indirection to
they were the only pirt of the
bare had a proper conception of
Dt mocratic' principle,
t not time for tbl* sort of thief to
f It wlU be well lor all to ondentaod
' r Of the party in supporting Mr.
e nd deviation from Democratic
no (tcrlfioe of Democratic doe-
' 00 abandonment of Democratic
_Jeo. It wool) alao be well to cotn-
_ that the balk of tbe Democratic
r la true to Democratic frith now from
■ j,o lodsenca or agency of tbe “straight" or
any other dement, bat from that inherent and
t'JceridlcaL'.e belief of the party in the right-
; fulnra* of tu came, from which it hes never
j derived or wandered, either purposely or in
Weary this Is no onklndneu, hot aimply
to put right the .Democratic supporter) of
*' Yr. Orcilej, constituting the Taat mriority.of
the party, and to urge oar “Straight” friends
* to give other D mocreta a littlej credit for
sente and priccip’-c.
j__, % shad CDlinia
T: ' Tbcreaitripor. of tbe Commissioners of
FU-ciKsgI the State of New York recalls
• irtho interesting anl-jectof propagating titi*
-*#w*MMltEbta (tab in our owr waters. The
shad it certainly the beat table fish incxiat
eooe, except possibly the aprckled trout of
A few worda about their
may not be outo! place.
remain three or four yearn in the
fore attaining to maturity; but they
•m too “raaty deep,” preferring to
_ qoktiy near theatreausof their t/irlh
Ike lime cornea to aeek too frtah water,
pleto their duties of pro-cresibm.
usually enter the Florida riven in
sad as the reason advances ana
of the water increase?, tbe
their balance sheet, and add their profits and
subtract their losses. t
There are now 170,000 bales of American
cotton afloat for Liverpool, of which 100.000
will be doe and should br received there next
week.
Thero will be no overflow of the Hixsia-
rippi River this year. It b now falling quite
ft at and lbd dry weather which we are likely
to have for mvoal week* will make it fall so.
It will hardly rise again (hb spring to over
flow its banka.
For tbe information of our readers we give
here the weekly receipts far three months for
tbe pest three years, andoor estimate for thb
B .
We publish below all the information
nereisary to nndentsnd the new Eerenne
Law which goes into effect on tbe ltt day of
Hay, 1873. Parties may rely on this being
correct, as we get it from Major J. A.
Hollzdaw, Collector of the 4th District of
Georgia.
All special taxes on and after the 1st of
Hay, 1873, are to be paid by stamps The
ten.
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L*-prop leaking more nor* hern at reams arc matin
nwalftpy. Theab id wi.l grow and live in the
■cn, oat it Cauu-l twee i mere; and although
it ardi live ami breed t» the tuJ in the freth
ill it h doubtful whether that
lone will prudme fisb of lull pro-
.. When the mourn shod preparelo
i the duty of pfopag.tlog their race,
j turret kittlieu energies to overcoming
■ the obateciea that nntura and art may have
■apinced bi their way. Every flea thai c-scajie-
vaAsmsaeadenam at'heestuary goes atraieht
to the proper spawning grounds, without
•dtmeeato pmg to chat with the old-time re-
sfcknuif .he stream that he aenually visits.
The yriung fiah has to earn bis owu living
tram the Hist moment I.f his watery life.
They become the only harvesters of tbe
- fbhb of the aea that grow a vast amount of
vegetable food, Some species,
I aw the wbitelhb sod suckers, subsist
s alone on the meadows below uie tide; but
' the tub of our story, in common witn most
- other varieties, is of a canntlolisb turn of
l mind. He swallows his leaser finny brethren
! without compassion. And ifiuayt-u see that
l -the culture of -ah rubies us lo utilize what
-' would otherwise be last to mao’s profit.
Nor b the value of flab flesh rightly tin-
1 demtood. A pound of shad contains as much
t nutriment as -a pound of steak cut from Ibc
beat quarter of beef in tbe maikets, and
wilt auetaio human li'C rqually well. It
g pllw phosphorus to Uie brain and nettres,
ch b as essential to perfect health as
te or starch; and, at certain Masons of
Jtfc, it b far more wholesome than tbe
~ ftrowei food of Hvrestiii animals or birds.
A wise economy of natural resources, there
fore, will never overlook this easily-secured
“harvest of the tea.”
The principal work of llie New Yotk
Cotmninlonrn - who, by the way, arc
Horatio Seymour, Jas. Jl. Smith nnd Holier;
11 Roosevelt—was directed to stocking tbe
S er waters of tbe Hudson River with shad,
six weeks, beginning on the 17lh day of
f, they captnr.-d 4.M7 mature shad, and
from these 8,73H,'KK> spawn were extracted
. On account of tbe Interposition of nets st
every available twin’, the breeding of ihad
I>Vc.cclhicd until tbe ordinary yearly pro
duction ot tbe river, from its month to tbe
Troy dam. does not exceed one million full
grown flab. Tbe addition of “,700,000 of
young most largely increase the supply. The
Commbtlonen now proprse that a law be
I forbidding the use of nets from Bat-
hl until Monday morning of every
leceasfnl alrpa have also been taken
e ll stocking the Genesee River of that
with the same kind of fish. The
» b a small stream, full of impassible
falls, and the shad must live, breed and be
caught therein, without once seeing tbe
waters of the ocean, or even of the great
lake at tbe river's mouth
Now, gentlemen ot the jury, or rather of
the Geirgia Legislature, do yon perceive tlie
drift of tab article ! The expense la trifling;
the icautte are sure and ot incalculable
; to the people of the Mile; and the
I opportunities unsurpassed. Our oan
hooebee, that b almost barren of fish,
might easily be made to yield a large crop of
• this moat desirable and nutritious food. No
DM man, or act of men, can be expected to
do the work, because lhc,harv<st would glide
away from them iaio undeserving nets. It
b properly and rightly the work and duty of
the Slate. Please make e note thereof, ye
men la authority.
Catiess ho 34.
a The receipts this week arc 43,000 bales
13,000 more then last year, and 17,000 less
than two years since. It is likely the receipts
next week will be about 47,00) bales, com
paiedawith 40,000 last yen, and 03,00) tbe
a year before; and Ibc receipts at tbe interior
' towns8000 bales, compir.d with 8,000last
year, and 9.C00 the year before.
The weather Ibis week has been very piers-
ant and the wannest of tbe season.
The thermometer has averaged 73 degrees
at nooo, two daya 84 degrees at noon. Four
T ' «>?r» dear and w.rm, two days clear and
pleasant.one day cloudy and light rain, with
a good rain one eight, and a light white frost
one night, but tbe ground was so warm noth
ing waa injured by the frost.
For several weeks we shall expret dty
weather and as flee a time for planters as
they coo d wish for. Cotton seed that is not
• planted tom may be slow to come tip on ac
count of the dry weather. f->r we shall expect
“ r loud complains of drouth in two or
CS
So far nothing bxa been injured by th
frost in this section. Tbe fruit and all gerden
eegetebles are all right It s likely that a c
shall have two weeas of splendid weather,
dty. warm and pleasant, hut about the 2.7th
we shall bare acoed spe ll ami possibly a light
float Cotton planting is g ting e>n very fast
and the most of the seed will be put in tbe
ground in the nrxt two weeks, as the princi
pal time for planting c >tton is from the 10th
tolhetfth of April Planters have all their
land prepared, and c >n easily plsn: iu ten
daya aU they can cultivate.
There b srrport of a killing frost in Texas,
but ill- soear-y that eoen it there is much
cotton up, it will u»t affect the crop as ii will
be raptaeied anti grow gain in two weeks,
and there is a plenty of sc-ti ril over the
8ouib.Tbc •carcit> list year hu canned « \cy
one to be prvpaud *ith plenty o( si-vd in
time.
Tbe market In New Y^k lnsb?cn central
!y doll Salta of »p »u 9,400, contracts 7\0C0
On Saturday in const-qu.-cce of a run in
the gold market spua rose 13 of a cent and
iracts 1-3 of a cent, but at the close they
both settled back their normal con-
Tbe ceases arc the same
we gave last weak, so we will not report
them. The market in Lircip «ol has been
dull srfth tmati sales ril this week, with a de
cline of 1-3 of a cent iu the prlc -. The causes
are tbe tame as we gave Iasi wet k.
Manchester has taken Ls< American this
only »• 00 bales for fire days, oun-
whh 48.0U0 per week for fire weeks
II our receipts continue liberal fora month
or two, which now st ems likely, and the
prospects for the growing crip »re as good
lor this month as »r expect, they will be
likely to have a very quieting effect on the
Liverpool market. Manchester b well
‘ —’led with cotton, holding now 185,000
i, a larger portion of which b heave
rican, and if they wish, they can hold
off buying largely for tome time.
Amerieacs arc a busy people, always rush
Jo* -about looking for the last dollar.
Whilst the English enjoy more of the pleas
ure. of life, they have many more hollidaya
than we have. At Easttr they hare three
hollidaya—Friday; Stturdty and Monday,
at which time ail tbo cotton markets are
dosed. Bo tbb week the cotton market bad
hutflvedayi and next wok has but four
daya, aa the cotton week of Ragland b from
Friday morning to Tnursday evening. Next
‘ market began last Thnisdtv
_ will end Thursday night wiih
l closed for three day a
As the eouoo market waa very doll in New
York the buUa and bean agreed to adjourn
over from Thursday night to Monday morn
ing. It allows a leisure moment (o look over
April I!
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aar at
OOID AID XOSAT.
0.1 last Saturday there were M changes Id
theprieeof gold In New York in Use hours,
or from 10 a w. until 3 r. X., which b the
lime the Gold Iloo-e. is open for holiness. Tbe
price rose from 181 to 101, which b the
bigbe>t point touched since since August,
1870, at tbe time of tbe French war. The
price may go still higher, but we see no good
reason for its doing to. The money ms '
In New York is still working very tight,
we see no hopes of its relaxing its string)
for some time to come
The money market in Europe b working
easily at 4 per cent, per annum lo London,
but there b much uneasiness in commercial
circles ie consequence of the veiyhesvy pay
ments by France to Germany. Thsl govern
ment still owes three hundred millions o'
dollars to Germany, and hat agreed to pa; .4
as follows; one hundred mflHuu before May
15tb, and then fifty millions each by the Sin
ot June, July, August and September. These
are large pay menu to make and may disturb
the money markets of Europe lo some extent.
In our last weekly Liverpool circular,
published bv W. a Walts A Co., March
21st, they ask tbe question. ’’Will-not tbe
recent very heavy decline in the American
markets, coming aa it has, just before the
planting season commences, somewhat cur
tail tbe area planted in cotton and the use
of expensive fertilizers*”
Our answer to the above is, that it will nr-t
affect the crop ten thousand b .lea cither way,
for planters are always believers in higher
prices next year, and the price can fall lw.<
cents a pound lower and then pay very well.
Sixty to seventy dollars a lade will stimu
late every farmer to raise every pound of
cotlnn that is possible in any way, and as to
fertilizers, low price only effects the
manufacturer. They sell it on a credit to the
planter for low mid llieg cotton at 15 cents a
pound, so the farmer can pay for all bis
guano in cotton at 15 cents a pont.d, even if
the price b only ten cents, and lb minnfac-
turcr is satisfied; for this yen they have only
been able to supply 75 per cent, of the de
mend, and the profit of Ibis manufacture
is so very large they can wellafford to pay 15
cents for cotton And sell it (one year at least)
ut from lOtolScenlsaponnd. For the past
two yearn they have ril made profile far bo
yond their most sanguine expectations.
site am.
Tbe month of April is usually a dull time
in the cotton markets of the world,so we do
not expect much change either way for next
week, but as many persons may say cur ar
ticles are so bearish in tone just now, tbst it
might be a good time to sell short. So to
correct this impression we will add that we
think it would be very dangerous to sell short
just now without yon arc where yen cculd get
our, if yon wished, at any time, with a small
loss, the risk is more than the profit might
be. _
To lbs Public.
Publication has been made that the Public
. Printer hu overcharged for the last two j care
public printing. In rcgnrd lo it, I have sim
ply to say that the estimates ot all work
done by me as Public Printer were made
chiefly by foremen of the different depart,
ments in which the work was done. Being
not a practical printer myself, I of course
relied on their knowledge, satisfying myself
as much aspossibleof the correctness of their
cstim ties—Mr. Burke, of Macon, furnishing
the estimates for the part ol the public print
ing done by him, which was one-third of the
whole.
In the second place, a large pirt of the al
leged discrepancy, as Mr. Miller himself
states, consists in the allowance made for fuel,
lights, and similar items, which the present
Comptroller thinks ongbt not to be counted
in tbe cost, though, as I understand, it
has always been done heretofore in poblic
printing scconntsi
Again, the indexing of the Journals, (some
four or five hundred dollars in the bill,)
paid for by me. but the Comptroller construes
the law as rtqairing the officers of the Sen
ate and House to do the work, though he de
clares I ought to tic remunerated for my rut-
-ay.
In the third pixee, my account la still under
the ordinary examination nccearaiy with
public claims, and which I myself requested
of Governor Smith, the account having
been rendered several months since. As
yet the Governor has not even referred
the account back to me for ex
planation or correction, and I am authorized
to state that Governor Smith is in no wise
responsible for the publication that has ap
peared, as the casual reader might enppes:
the information upon which the article was
based not having bten obtained fr>m the
Executive office or any one connected
therewith.
When 1 have been officially informed by the
Governor, that my account needs expianstion,
I shall promptly justify the account, oi
correct nay mistakes which may have been
innocently made by my foremen, who
Tarnished tbe estimates.
Until the examination is completed, and I
have an opportunity of justifying my Account,
the public will ccriainly pay no attention
to ti jiirte statements, whose premature
publication of sn unfinished matter, mixed
up with numberless erroneous details, calcu
lated to convey an impression of wrong,where
there is no legitimate bash even (or suspi
cion, is unjust and inexcusable, whatever te
the motive; nor will I lie expected to notice
them.
I will simply add that there has b cn no
dispute or difficulty between Governor Smi h
and myself; tut on tbo contrary, our inter-
c urse, official and otherwise, hss been har
monious and plea ant. And farther, that
Mr. .Viiler has voluntarily famished me a
card, which is not at ril necessity now to
publish, in which he earnestly accords lo me
the fullest integrity in the nutter.
W. A. Hemphill,
Public Printer.
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The following isalist of delegates appiont-
c 1 to the convention by the Governor. The
• Jfctiou is cxec.lent:
Fiiat District—lion. Thomas 11. Foreman,
Brunswick; Hon. John Screven, Savannah.
Second District—Hon. Ne’son Tift, Al
bany ; Hon. C. J. MnnncrJyn. Thomssviilc.
Third District—Hon. u. C. Kibbce, Hawk-
insviiie; Uon. C. S. Cults. Americas.
Fourth District—Hon. Jose; h Pou, Colum-
bn; Dr. A. B Calh -an, Nswnan.
Fifth District—Colonel B. W. Frob.l, At
lanta; Hon. Krasins 7V. Beck, Griffin.
Sixth District—Hon. L. N. WhiKle, Ma
con ; Hon. John J. F.oyJ, Covington.
Seventh District—Hon. Daniel Printnp,
Rome; II n. Lewis Tnalin, Carterevdle.
Li-htb District—Hon. D. M. DuBosc,
Washington; Colon*I James Gardner, An-
Ninth District—Hon. 7V. P. Price, Dab
lorega; Hon. B H. Hill Athens.
j wosdeb wsrr
'tt&tfszsjeigs?
Z wonder wby the tnzaUce br;^!i:
£hon!d fall in ptllxa some people tread.
While other* Bhircr In the thic*
Of clou** that a&iher overhead?
I wonder why the tree* that fca*;j
Bo fn’l cf lc» sos* frail should grow
OaJywIw* eoaie nuj retch and e%\
While other* falctlnd thlmy go?
Why ahoaJd svatt flowers htoesa for rose.
For othera only then* be tonod ?
Andean* crow rich on fruit f si earth.
While other* till bat barren croond?
I wonder why tbe heart* of rooM
Onflow with joy and tappine**,
Whi e other* go their lonely way
Uobtettedwiihaamof tendtrnesa *
I wood^r why the eje* of tone
febonld ne'er be moistened withe tear,
WbUe other* weep from win till night.
Their heart* no crasocd with sorrow here?
Ah! weB. we may not know indeed
The whva. the wterefore* of each life!
Bat this we know—there** One who sees
a«h joy or strife.
aly tie may know th* end,
bam iuilnr him we may be atrong,
Tbo* storm or sunshine He msy sand.
“Etoj person or firm liable to special tax,
most, on or before tbo 80th day of April of
each year, or before commencing business, if
flifh business la subsequent to
April 80th, file with the collector, or deputy
collector, a (worn statement on form 11, and
at the same time pey to inch officer the
amount ol the tax, when he will be furnished
with a (pedal tax stamp, which stamp moat
be at ril limes coneptcnaoriy displayed in his
or their place of holiness.”
‘Any person who shall through negligence
fail to so place and keep aril stamp, shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a pen
alty equal to the special tax for which hit
business rendered him liable, and tbe costs of
the prosecution; but in no case shall said pen
alty be less than ten dollars; and where the
failure to comply with this provision shall be
through wilful neglect or refusal, then the
penalty shall be double tbe amount above
prescribed.”
These blsbk forms 11 have been, or will
be.sentto each person who has been en
gaged in any business requiring special tax
for the last twelve months, if known to tbe
collector. Those to whom they arc not
sent, can get them at any time by applying
to the collector or a deputy collector. The
affidavit on form 11 can be made before any
person authorized to administer oaths gener
ally, or before the collector or any deputy
collector.
Tbe co lector is allowed no discretion,but is
bound to prosecute every one doing business
even for a day, without the special tax stamp.
LIFE IN THE FRIGID ZONE.
A Laud That Few People
Ever Approached.
A DAY TEN MINUTES LONG
A Night of 135 Days.
The Dlacavery of the Op an Polar Sea.
Ur. Hayes’ Last Lecture.
From the New Yorkfa’aa ]
The last of a series of interesting lectures
on Arctic explorations was delivered last
night by Mr. J. J. Hayes at Association Hall.
The lecturer erid that as he had left bis au
dience as far aa their imagination could well
permit them to go into the thick-ribbed ice
bergs of Melville Bay, he would ibis time
glide by rapidly all of three paints that were
of minor importance, and cany them men
ially into tbe land that few had eytr ap
proached. He was inspired with tbe ides of
visiting the Polar Sea in the year 1857, and
realized his dream ia 1S00.
The expediton, consisting of fifteen men,
sailed from Boston in July, 1830. Tbo vessel
that conveyed the party was of 133 tons bur
den. In two weeks from the lime of sailing
the coast of Greenland was reached. Here
began Baffin’s Bay, where all the best whales
are csnghL No ice was encountered in this
bvy, because tbe current carried it further
North and detained it there. Smith’s Bound
was then entered, and it was in these ws’era
that larf o icebergs were first met Difficulty
was experienced in penetrating tbe thick
masses that were constantly accomulatinir,
but success rewarded perseverance, and mod
erate headway waa finally secured. Just as
they were floating along nicely, and as every
thing indicated that in a very short time they
might be in the
OPEN POLAR SEA,
a heavy gale set in from the north and
brought tbe ice down upon them in fearful
quantities. An anchor was cast, but this af
forded no security whatever. The gale in
ci eased, and the ice bccune massed around
the vessel, lilting it high in the sir and real-
ice ti finally on a sharp point from which ti
might have been precipitated any moment
and all on board killed. When the leclum’s
terror was at Its highest pitch, be sought for
sympathy from theirilorr, bat he found these
worthies playing “mamblo peg” In the fore-
of the
castle upon the chances of tbe farther
ascent or rapid descent of the ship. Sud
denly the ice beneath gave way, and tbe
vessel gently slid into tbe water. With men
at the pumps land was nearly reached, but
St the critical moment another iceberg
swept down upon them and fastened them
in too ice. From this position they coaid
not extricate tnemidvei, and decided to re
main all the winter.
A covering was rgged for the host, and
beneath its shelter the party remained
turonghcui tbe gloom of
AS AtIC no WISTEB.
The prominent features of this season eft
the temperature at £0 degrees below zero,
utter darkness for 135 days, and intense
monotony. To atntue lbcn.sc]vis they
played school, constructed phantom ccllu
uoorr, and ilid down on them, started news
papers, in which were reported proceedings
of Congress, said the lecturer, more interest
ing and praiseworthy than that body had
cv< r been guilty of. [Laughter.]
In this profitable way the winter dragged
by. One day in March they aaw the sun
itself. They climbed to the top of an i.-y
peak and cheered the whole day long. This
day lasted ten minutes. At length the weath
er moderated, mad they we.-e enabled to | u*a
further northward Their vessel they could
not take with them. They tied her to a
stationary iceberg, and traveled on over tbe
ice-clad sea until they reached a point of land
ia whose centre is a high mountain. From
the top of this mountain they had a view of
TUB GREAT POLAR SEA.
sad were ex icily 834 miles distant from tbe
North P-le. one man, siid the lecturer,
though', that he saw the pole. For bis ill-
timed wit he was ordered to cut a pole, fasten
the American flag to if, and unfurl it from a
height where no other man had ever le-en
The lecturer believed that that flag was still
flying, had not a stray whale, searching
around for something to eat, cast Lis eyes
upon ti and devoured iL A graphic do crip
tion was then given ol the auroral scenery
furnished by the glistening icebergs during
tbe darknerr, and with magic lantern views,
the lector r concluded.
Da .'lortuts.
dir. James R Barnet', of Reaaca, died
April Stb.
Captain Willis Seats, of Hamilton, died
suddenly of apoplexy April It lb.
Mr. John Westwood, of Harris county,
died suddenly on Wednesday last
Mr. J. J. Douglass, of Hmwetber county,
died one dav last week.
Mr. Jonathan G. Nelms, of Elbertecnaty,
died on Saturday last.
Mr. Daniel Lorchirt, of Tritot county,
died on Friday last.
Mr. W A. skUlie, of Fort Valley, died
suddenly on tbe 13th nut.
Mrs William Aldridge, of Jeffenon
county, died on Sunday lasL
Mr. John L. Orr, ol Washington county,
died on Sunday last.
CcL A. W. Daly died, at his residence in
Johnson county, on Wednesday last
The Salary Crab and she Csrsres-
sionat flection.
Correspondence Sew York Bcrxtd ]
Ricnii mu, Va., April 5,1873.
The Chief Justice called upon Governor
Walker this m-.-rnieg, not became of the love
he had for the Governor, but as an act of
official courtesy which he thought doe to tbe
executive of the Old Dominion. During tbe
call quite a lencthy conversation took place
on national affaire, in which the leading
topics of interest were diseased. Governor
Walker thought the tariff and free trade
would be the main questions in the West, and
that the support era of the latter were daily
becoming stronger in that section. Tbe
Chief Jusue dissented, and believed 1 e sal
ary question would be tbe strongest issue
that could be made fay the Democrats in the
next campaign. He thought if that parry
had tire firmness lo discard and throw over
board ail aspirants foe office who favored tire
increase of congressional salary and to nom
inate new men pledged to abolish that increase
Urey would cany tire next congressional
electi ns.
The Chief Justice will remain here for sev
eral days yeL
A sly old deacon, wishing to give hit
. tstor a hint to pat more life in his
sermons, said to him one day, *T mat get t
test nearer tbe pulpit, for by tbe time you-
words reach my can), the people .in front of
me have ao taken tbe pith onto! them that
they are aa dry aa dish-water.
summary •( state Metre.
CALHOUN.
Calhoun wants a barber, also a choir.-
Tec Baptists of Calhoun are making prepa
rations to build a handsome new church.
Timet.
FEEBT.
On the 6th last, the residence of Henry
Wallace, of Bryon, waa entirely consumed
fay lire. All bis furniture and clothing were
lo»L—Houiton Borne Journal.
■HU.
The farmers are bnsily engaged inxlsnt-
ing cotton and doing other farm work. Linda
have generally been well prepared. We look
for better times in the future.—Journal.
THOMASTON.
Iu tires ting religious services are going on
at the churches in Thomas ton. We have
in our office reverel fully developed heads of
wheat and barley, grown on tbe farm of
Eijah Lom.—Herald.
HAMILTON.
Quite a serious afftir occurred at Blue
Spring, in Harris county, last Saturday, be
tween Ur. Yancy Cantwell & Sou, and
Mr. Rogers & Sons. Sticks and rocks were
used quite freely on both sides. Six were
wounded, but none seriously.—Vitilor.
jones iiono.
The new hotel will he resdy for its occu
pant next week. Miss Lela D.iyri, daugh
ter of Colonel Doyri, fell Into tin creek
below the pond while fishing last Tuesday,
and would have drowned but for the fortu
nate presence of her friends.—Citizen.
CARROLL.
William R Albright, one of the parties
charged with being concerned in the murder
of John R Wood, some two years ago in
Carroll county, was arrested s few days ago
at Lebanon, Indiana, where be has been
living for a year.—Carroll County Timet.
NRWNAN.
Several more new buildings are ia process
of cn ction in our city. li e learn that crop
prospects are good. Corn is coming up and
growing rapidly, and the wheat and oat crops
arc very fine- Tbe mineral spring is get
ting to he quite a favorite placo of resort
Vitpa'ch.
MACON.
A letter received in this city on tbe 13th
instant, states that there are now twelve
cases of smril-pox in Monticelio.—Telegraph
ami 1Uuenyer.
There are thirty inmates st tbe jail in Ma
con.—Enterprise.
BANDERSVILLE.
Measles are very prevalent in Ssndcrsvllle
The meningitis baa broken out near Da-
vfabaro. Necessity compels cue doctors to
ride, for tbe the general sickness of the coun
try keeps them actively employed with but
liltie lest. It is a matter ot regret to see
that diseases are ao abundant.—Central
Georgian.
BOCKKART.
Several new houses are going up iu Rock-
mart now. The mineral mill in Rockmart
is fast becoming a popular retort. One
quarry man tells us that tbe demand for elate
is ao great that it is almost impossible to keep
a rii to on the yard. Wheat, we are in
formed, in this section, looks quite well —Re
porter.
BINGOOLD.
We bear ot but few farmers who have
planted corn, and many will be unable to
plant for a week or two to come. Ole); farm
ers say It has been thus far the most unfavor
able spring they have ever seen. Knowing
ones say that the wheat will be injured by
Ibc great excess of rain which we have hac.
The peach crop will bs short—Calooea
Courier.
GREENVILLE.
Tbe White Sulphur Springs are being
fixed up for the season. Last week a little
negro living on the plantation of G. L. l’ea-
vy,Esq, aged eight years, who had been
appointed nurse to a negro child of three
years of age, took an ax and cut off the arm
of the infant, and afterwards knocked ntr
its brains with the same implement On
Monday night last the house of Mr*. M. K.
Adams, of Greenville, was consumed by fire.
UeriteeUitr County Vindicator.
CUTUBkST.
Strawberries ore ripening hereabouts.—
From all appearance we will have an abut
dance ot fruit in this section Green peas
are becoming a common dish in our town.
The protracted meeting which has b; en
in progress at the Baptist Church for tbe past
two weeks, stilt continues with increased in
terest. Colton planting is tbo occnpstion
of r nr planters at present. Some are nearly
done. Tbe land has been generally well pre
pared. Corn it up and a good stand is re-
pored.—Appeal.
BLAKKL7.
Baxley is the new county site of Appling
county, the court boose having been lately
moved from Holmesville——On Sunday
morning last a wild eat attacked a negro iu
the lower part of Early county. The cat
caught tbe negro by tbe leg, just above tbe
knee, and held on with suen tenacity that be
could not get rid of it notil he drew nis
knife and cut its throat The storm on
Tuesday last blew down the only building in
the shape of acburch that there was In Col-
quilt.—Early County JVrtM.
cotuunus.
Some twenty persons in Columbus intend
visiting the Vienna Exposition this cummer.
Most ct them will leave in June. The pro
tracted meeting ol St. John’s Chapel, col
ored, Columbu*, has thus far resulted in
tLirty accessions to the church, and in addi
tion, thirty-nine have been converted.
The r entrri lino of boats propose, if the
Censed of Columbus will appropriate $3,000
for river improvement, the owners will ao
clear the river as to make it navigable to
Columbus the entire year, and run two boats.
Cilumiut tun.
The Eagle andfPhesix Manufacturing
Company will soon take initial steps towanl
building a new mill. Wes ey Chapel, situ
ated near Big Uchce Creek, was totall v dc-
s'royed by fire a few nights ago. The ston
of T. :*. Thomason, four mi ei from Colam
bus, was broken into and robbed cn Thurs
day night last.—Enquirer.
SAVANNAH.
The stables and some outbuiidiggs at Fort
Pulaski were destroyed by fire on Thursday
night—Satannah Eeict. s,
EL F. Train has been elected President of
Protection Hose Company of Savannah.
Moses brown, colored, of Savannah, killed
his brother-in-law Sam Murrav, in a fight
Saturday evening. A thief registering
himself at tbe Screven House, S-vanoah,
and afterwards at the Brown House. 3Iacon
as '-Hampton, soa of General MTada Uainp
too,” afur committing several robberies, has
been arreateil near Fort Valley, and lodged
in Fori Valley j dL Beef is worth from
fifiw n to twenty cents for the best in the Sa
vannah mirket; poultry is worth from ninety
cents to $l 50 a pair. The members of
the Ge- rgi» Central Kulroad Employes’ Be-
ue-vo’cut Society wi l have their annual pic-
rricMiy 7ii>.—Satannah Zdcattter.
AUGUSTA.
Atieuita had an 48- 0 firs on last Friday
night IVashiagton Fire Company, No. 1,
"t Augusta, has" presented tbe German
Scbtntzen Club with a splendid-flag. It is
seven fett in length and five feet and a half
wide, made of heavy silk aad composed of
the German National colorols—black, wi its
and red—in three hoiizontal bars, and pre-
sen's a rich appearance.—John Williams,
a well kn >wn colored barber in Au-
£ «». was accidentally shot last Fri-
y evening and killed. A freight
train on tbe Wilmington, Cclumbia and
Augusta Railroad, waa fcutntd about forty
miles from Wiuniogton on Wednesday
eight The Inin was loaded with rosin,
lamb*rand cotton, telegraph material, acids,
eta Tbe track bad accidentally canght fire,
the engineer, not aware of it, ran the train np
when the ties had been destroyed and tbe
ratn was thrown into a burning mass of
wood. Thu whole train wis loon in flames.
About $:0,M-0 worth of property destroyed.
Tbe engineer received a severe cm on his
head, and had his hands badly trarned, and
the wood passer, colored, had one ot his legs
broken.—ChrmieU and HtntincL
The Board of Education of Richmond
county, have adopted Stephen’s History of
the United Ststes as a text book in the public
—ConUitutionalut.
Three American gardeners will raise
vegetables at the Vienna Exhioitioq.
A book called “Verdant Green” hu told
100,000 copies in England.
A fEBBIBLE CONFLICT
WHITE MAH. AND AN INDIAN.
bt A/CtrrizEN .or wgirruuj county, a a.
From the North Georgia Citizen.]
In srabout the year 1843, the writer met
with Major John Seaborn, whose exploits
and adventures among the Cherokee Indians,
in the early settlement ol the Northern por
tion of Georgia, may be remembered by tbe
snrviviqg pioneers of that period. He re
lated to me many interesting incidents con-
ncctedjsith bis fife and travels among the
nativre; One of these was a hand to hand
conflict with a powerful Cherokee Indian,
the detail of which I well remember.
I was, said be, at the time of theoccnr-
renccAam about to relate, in my 25th year,
and incite prime of vigorous manhood. I
stood 6 feet It inches in my stockings,
weighed 1V0 pounds, and in the games and
alhletlUports ot the times I had never found
my lurch—nor was I deficient in those traits
ot courage and daring ao common, and, I
may say, ao necessary in those perilous times.
Possessing a wild, roving disposition, I had
left my home in North Carolina, hiving no
fr eed! or companion in my ramb'e save a
hnim fc*u1ln rtn n noble and faithful ani
mal, ever ready to do my bidding. By a pe
culiar whistle between my fingers, I could
call him fromagreat distance, and had taught
him runny useful tricks and performances.
On one occasion, when I was in the employ
of a surveying party, we camped st a point
on theJUnks of tbo Etowah river, in what is
now known as the 17th District of Bartow
county, and not more than 1 1 Smiles from
a large cave. Near our ctmp, at a large
spring, there was a missionary station and
with tSTmissionaries a party of pioneers who
were engaged in the manufacture of saltpetre,
which they procured from dirt hauled from
tbe cave to the spring and used in the pre
paration of gun powder. This station wu
betweefTonr camp and the cave.
One beautiful morning I concluded to vis-
thc missionaries, and started ont for this pur
pose along a dim trail through the forest. I
had pificeeded abuut the fourth of a mile when
tbe tfifnd^f human voice* attracted my at-
residi
ilk£. 'With the caution acquired by long
ideffee among a tricky and dangerous peo
ple, I qniekly stepped behind a large bush and
listened intently. The voices approached,
and two figures emerged into view not more
than thirty ysrda from me—the one an In
dian of gigantic siz«, the other the most beau
tiful female my eyes bad ever beheld. She
waaseatedonajetblack pony of fine metal
and proportion. Her position in the saddle
was most graceful. A blonde of faultless form,
features bemtiful beyond dercription, and
with long, golden, waivy tresses pro
fusely hanging down upon the back of ber
steed. As the savage held the bridle bit,
with Umahawk in hand, a glance sufficed to
show me that she was not a voluntary com
panion in the journey. Indeed, I hid scarce
had time to form this opinion of the situa
tion before all doubt waa removed by a sod
den and ineflectoal effort on the part of the
fair rider to extricate herself from his grasp
by a jerk of the bridle, which caused the pony
to rear almost erect upon his hind feet, where
upon the savage, still clinging to the bridle,
raised his tomahawk, and exclaimed:
“Hold, while fawn, or by tbe Great Bpirit
my tomahawk shall drink yonr blood I Me,
tbe eon of a great Chief, must have pretty
white squaw In his wigwam.”
Here tbe motion of his uplifted weapon
caused a violent surge by the pony, throwing
the ridefpwho was instantly grasped by the
ei co aavsge.
With an almost overwhelming impulse of
rage and fury, my heart tbrobbiDg and my
very brrath impressed with excitement of
the moment, I sprang forward with the leap
of a panther, and with a yell which so
startled the savage that he loosed his hold
upon the lady and made several bounds from
her towards the woods.
Seeing me, she exclaimed:
“Oh I sir, save me I Save me!”
The savage now turned and stood at bay,
not twenty steps distant.
The pony stood trftnbling near the
lady.
"Mount! Mount I” said I, “quick, and
fiyl” at the same time lilting her into the
saddle.
Aa she moved off, I faced the Indian, who
had turned and stood at bay, and recognized
him as the famous and blood-thirsty George
Took, known among tbe Indians as Unaka
yah-wah, (while man killer.) He was an In
dian of tremendous size and strength, and of
most desperate character. He stood motion
less for a moment, staring at me with a hid
eous expression of hatred and revenge. As I
looked afhis fiendish eye, and saw a large
tomahawk in bis brawny hand, there flashed
through my miml, for the first time, the im
mense disadvantage of my position.
I hud,wafortunau.lv, left the camp, on this
occasion ^Without my • pistol, and hauino
weapon except a short hunting knife, which
hung at my side. Quick in emergencies, and
accustomed tu perilous adventure, my plan
was instantly formed. It was -o in
duce pursuit in tbe direction to the
camp where aid could be procured.
I began to step backwsrd. 11c at once
divined my object, and, with a terrible
yell, sprang forward, trusting to reach ana
dispatch me at once. Being of swift fort, 1
turned, bounded forward, giving, as I started,
a loud, keen whistle through my fingers. He
followed with velocity equal lo my own, and
at a distance of about ten paces behind me.
For about one hundred yards bo-put forth his
utmost energies, and then, as if despairiog of
success, or fearing I might draw him into
ambush, he hurled his tomahawk at me with
such swift and fearful proximity to tnv head
that lay cap was carried off, an l the instru
ment, passing me, buried itselt inn tree some
forty leet b-.youd.
This was a contingency I had hoped for.
and I suddenly turned upon my foe.
As we came together I aimed a blow at bis
head with my fist. lie evaded me by a side
motioD, and stepping two or three paces
backward, ru-htJ upon me, attempting
to throw hia head between my legs. This
Indian nth
which, but a moment before, was so doubt- A TOTJKI OF
ful and desperate; and I even felt a sense of
admiration for the manhood and daring of
my powerful antagonist. So I accepted his
surrender, and palled off tbe dog. Taking
off my buckskin suspenders, I. bound him
tightly around the wrists, and exacted from
bun a promise that he would go asa prisoner
to the camp.
’ Noticing that his arm was bleeding pro
fusely I bound my handkerchief around it, at
which he gave me a grant of satisfaction. I
then stepped to tbe tree, withdrew the toma
hawk, and pointed him the direction to go.
Just at this juncture tbe fair damsel, whom
I had rescued, accompanied by two horsemen
from tbe missionary station, galloped up.
She had, with almost incredible tpe.d,
brought them to my aid.
Aa they looked at the stalwart form mqd
bloody visage of the savage, and at my own
somewhat braised and bloody appearance,
and listened to my narrative of the desperate
;le, they gave vent to expressions in re-
to my strength and process, which
brought the tinge of pride to my cheek, and
tbe beautiful girl, unable to express her
gratitude in words, looked sweetly down
upon me with her love-beaming eyes, while
largo pearly tear-drops trickled down her
soft and blushing cheeks.
And, now, friends from my own camp also
arrived, and greetings and congratulations
were extended and acquaintances formed
which time can never erase from memory s
^et I fell in love with the lady was to be
expected, and that she should reciprocate,
under the circumstances, was most natural.
She was the daughter of a missionary sent
out from tbe Church of England to introduce
the Gospel to the natives.
She had been accustomed to take her morn-
ing and.evening rides. On this occasion she
had ventured farther from the station than
was prudent, and tbe Indian, who had often
seen her at the compand was enamored b«
her charms, had been lying in wait to kidnap
and bear her away aa a captive to some dis
tant tribe, in which attempt be must have
succeeded had it not been for the providen
tial interposition just related.
Ini three months from the time of tbita re
gular introduction. Major S. and tbe lady
were united in wedlock, and may yet be liv
ing in tbo State ot North Carolina.
George Took, tbe Indian above referred to,
afterwards committed murder upon n whole
family in one ot the counties ot the Cherokee
Purchase—webelievelheconnty of Paulding
The dwelling was burned with the family in
it, and when a little child attempted to escape
from tbe burnifig building tbe fiend picked it
up and cast it back into tbe flames. He was
pursued by the Sheriff and his posse and
captured after a desperate resistance, in
which the Indian waa shot in the shoulder,
in consequence of which bis arm was after
wards amputated.
The writer, then a boy, has a vivid recol
lection of bis appearance upon the scaffold
when he was hung by tbe Sheriff of Cass
county, in 1835. He was convicted during
tbe Judgeship of John Vi ‘Hooper, Etq.t and
the Sheriff, we believe, was Colonel Lewis
Tumlln, now resident in Cartersville, Ga.
Among tbe parties referred to by Major
Seaborn, whose acquaintance he had msde in
the nation, were John Ridge, General An
drew Miller and Colonel James Word, the
latter being the officer appointed by the State
authorities to remove the Indiana t rota Geor
gia, which he did in the year 1838.
SUICIDE.
was a favorite feat among the
ietes, by which they often upset an adversary
throwing him over upon his head and crip
pling, or placing bim at a fearful disadvan
tage. I understood the move, and partially
avoided it—his head striking my knee,
knocking my feet backward, and staggering
me considerably.
Recovering, 1 deal: him a severe kick on
the head, aud threw myself upon fair hick,
pressing him to the ground, hia face down
ward. He arose upon his hands. 1 brought
bim down by jerking his bauds from under
him. 1 bethought myseif of ruy kuife, and
made an effort to grasp it, without success,
as tbe handle ha-1 caught under iny wain-
band -, and while in the effort to disengage it,
the savage seized one of my thumbs in his
vice like jaws, catting it to the b ine. This
enraged me intensely and I struck him sev
eral powerful blows with my flat on his head
and neck, which caused him tu let go my
thumb, and by an almost superhu
man effort sprang from beneath me.
He at once turned upon me, and a
fisticuff exercise ensued. In this, being a
£ noticed boxer, I was too much for him, as
e failed to hit me a single blow, while I
plaited several stunners upon bis short ribs
and face, bringing a free gush of blood from
his nose. Seeing thii. he jumped back and
attempted another run between my legs,
which I evaded by a side spring, tie then
rushed toward the tree where the tomahawk
was sticking. I intercepted bim, and we
clinched within three feet of the coveted
weapon; and now commenced a wrestle
wbicb, for skill, strength, and desperate con
tortion, was, perhaps, seldom equalled. His
whole effort war to force me against tbe tree,
that he might secure the tomahawk. Failing
ia this,he tried several of his Indian tricks
for the purpose of throwing me, while 1
forced him from tlie tree, and also attempted
to throw him We thus strangled for some
moments, swaying to and fro, and each seek
ing some advantage.
In one of these powerful struggles, in w-Lich
I was the receding party, my font became
eatangled ia a grape viuc, aad 1 fell, the In
dian upon me.
Having the tomahawk still in view,' ha at
tempted to spring away from me: but as I
held to him, he jerked me to the erect posi
tion, stiil pressing toward the tree. Throwing
my foot before him he fell, and l by his side.
We lay at arms length upon the ground
grappling each other's throats, and each pant
ing with exhaustion and foaming with rag .
Feeling that my wind was failing me, and
featirg tint in this respect tbe savage might
have the advantage of me, I now determined
lo secure my knife at all hszirds.
Quiliog myself cpm him by a mighty ef
fort, I threw my hand down, and grasped tbe
handle of my knife—acting which be ut
tered the exclamation wah, and clasped me
around the body, pressing me to him with
all his power, at the same time trying to bite
my face;
While in this position, my hind upon my
knife, and the Indian holding me around the
arms in a vice like grip, an ally came upon
the field.
Bruno, my faithful dog, with a fierce
growl, sprang to my slJe and at once fas
tened his teeth in the shoulder of tbe savage.
This coated him to loose his hold upon me.
In an instant my knife was raised and I
aimed a violent thrust at Isis neck, but bis
arm received the blow and tbe knife shivered
upon the bone.
As 1 raised to repeat the lick, the Indian
exclaimed:
“Kanurla! Karnirla!” which, in the In
dian tongue is enough! enough! and, in
broken English, added, “take off dog! quick!
Brave white man, no kill great Chlet. Me
give np”
I restrained myself with difficulty, at the
moment, but seeing that the victory was
mine, a revulsion of feeling ensued, in the
thought that I bad triumphed in ft struggle,
OFK-No. 10.
A Glance at London Palpits—Spar
geon’s Tabernacle—His Im
mense Choir—Personal
Appearanco—Tho
Power oftho
•Sian.
Dean Stanley and Tribulation
Cummings—A Sharp Bargain
—Tho Great Protestant Ca
thedral—Half aHUein
Circumference.
THE LOFTY DOlTOF ST. PAUL’S.
Written Exprctely for Tax Atlaxta Coxitucthw.
If you will study ft map of that vast in
land sea of yellow haze, called London—
a sea that is eleven miles across, lay the
line where you will, and that contains three
and one-quarter millions of two-legged
creatures, some of curious shapo and
character—you will see that our modest
hotel in Arundel street is in the very heart
of the opaque mass. It is only two blocks
from the Strand, a street that Disraeli pro
nounces the most interesting in tho world
within hailing distance of Templo Bar; a
half-way house between Westminster and
the City; and right at Temple Pier, and
near Temple station of the underground
railway. Here we slung down our bags
one Saturday afternoon, determined to con
quer a knowledge of tho gigantic city or
din a-Iooking. Wo gave three weeks of
indefatigable work towards it; and at tho
end I had to confess that the task was
hopeless: there were more places to visit
than I could count up in the beginning.
The sun was bravely trying to illuminate
the lower stratas of smoke, on the morning
after our arrival as wo started ont to find
An Old Citizen of Elbort Blows
His Brains Out in tho
Presence of His
Wife.
HORRIBLE DETAILS
From tleElberton Gazette, 9.6.)
By advices front Bonham, Texas, we have
accounts of the suicide, on the 23th ultimo, of
Mark A Knight, Esq., a former citizen cf
Elbert, but for the last few yean a resident
of the above named place. Mr. Knight, we
arc told, married one of the most charming
ladies in the section of the State in which he
resided. The relations between the two
since marriage were the most cordial and
amiable. The sufferings of tho wife since
the death of her husband arc said to have
been of the most intense nnd heartrending
character. Even the tolling ot the bell, at
the lime of interment, had to be suppressed,
so fearfully did its dismal sound increase her
anguish
Mr. Knight was known by this whole
community. He was the son ol Rev. John
Knight, the well known Methodist preacher
of this State. Mark Knight bad hia faults—
and who of us havo not?—hut let them be
l.uried with hia body in tbe grave, and let
judgment abide with Him who judgt s both
quick and dead. To judge mankind is the
prerogative of God: iu exercise by mania
but an exhibition of weakness.
We copy from a local paper a full account
of the tragic affair:
On last Tuesday, at 6:3), r. M.. Captain 31
A. Knight, of this place, oae of the ablest
and most promising lawyers of the North
Texas Bar, comm .tted suicide by blowing hia
brains out with a derringer pialoL We have
heard several accounts ol this sad occurrence,
but from the best information we can gain,
the following are the facta in the case: Fur
ten or twelve daya he had been drinking
deeply, bat on tbe evening in question,
was apparently in excellent humor, joking,
-talking pleasantly with his wife. In a
short time he requested her to bring his
derringer; noticing from bis manner
that he waa Intoxicated, she hesitated, but
he calmed her aopreheaskra by remarking
that in case burglars should enter the bouse,
or any danger approicb, be wanted the
pistol in retch, also adding: “ Kite, you
dare not disobey me.” the complied wi'h
his request, and laid the fatal weapon ou a
table within easy reach, and turning off,
started to leave the room, when she heard
the ominous click of tho Itijger. Turn
ing round 6be discovered his'fearful in
tent, and rusbiog lo him, attempted to
wrest the pistol from his maniacal grasp.
A scuffle c. sued, ending in hi. pushing ber
away from him, and with the words'
“Kate, you shall no longer live the wife of t
drunkard,” he placed the muzz’e to his tem
ple and fired the fatal shot which sent him
unbidden into the presence of his Maker.
Tbe heartrending screams of the fond wife
brought in some of tbe neigbors. Medical
aid was immediately summoned, but to no
purpose. He dicdauou: 11:30 r. u., wiL’iout
giving any sign of returning consciousness.
CapL u. A. Knight wss about twenty-
eight years of age, a native Georgian, teived
witn distinction in the army of Northern
Virginia, and a year or two after the cessa tion
of hostilities, removed lo Texts, lie was a re
gular graduate, had ruuisd law in Eibcrtou,
Ga, uoder Robert Hester, E-q, bat his first
vocation here was teaching school. He
taught for a short while io tbe Rogers
neighborhood, five miles west ot this
place, when he came ti> town and
opened Bonham High School. Twelve or
fifteen monlbs afterwards he was called to
the position cf Janice of the Peace and Pre
siding Justice of the conniy, one of the
most responsible and lucrative effleea within
tbe gift of the .people, when he gave up
school and entered upon tbe discharge of his
official duties and the practice of law. Sotne
tw i and a half yens ago he married one of
the most estimable young laditsof Bonham
society, with whom he lived happily, and to
whom he was devmrrdly atnicheil, and
whatever might have b-.-en tho cause of his
rash act of self-destiuction, domestic trouble
was not one of them
He was a member of the l*w firm of
Maxey, Knight & Ohcoweth, one of the
most eminent in this Congressional Di Uriel,
and was rapidly rising in I is profession and
into a liberal practice and competence when
this demon of strong drink look po.setsion
of him. Loved by those who anew him
b;st, and resitc; ted by all for hit learning
and ability, bis death has cast a gloom ever
this community.
Over his faults let the broad mantle of
charily be spread—buried under the sod that
covers him; and wb« n wc vi.it the little
mound of earth that marks Lis last ret-tieg
place in the English cemr cry, sc c. u at ieast
say with Byron:
Tennessee Nerve.
Memphis is discussing the advisahi-ity of
erecting another theatre.
Tennessee ha3 830 convicts.
Three car loads of spoke iamber have been
■hipped from Nashville tewDayton, Ohio.
Should the season prove favorable, Mem
phis will teceire and sell m re cotton than
ever before.
Lebanon is building a new birre-% factory
that will give employment to fifty hands,
and will turn out from three to five hundred
thousand barrels per year.
Stragglers.
Acity editor of a journal offered to send
LD girl the paper regularly, but she replied
in sweet innocence, that ber “ms didn't allow
her to wear 'em.” Tbe poor girl only knew
one use for a paper.
A school boy being asked by hi: teacher
how he should flog him, replied “if you
■lease, sir, I should like to have it upon the
Lilian system of penmanship, the heavy
irekes upward, and the down ones light
SFl-ROEON'8 TABERNACLE.
Have patience with a biographical word or
so at the start. Charles lladdon Sptfrgcon is
certainly the best known Englishman in pri
vate station; and yet he is only 38 years old.
But he always was a marvel. At tho age of
10, while engaged in teaching as an usher at
Cambridge, he was in the habit of conduct
ing religious meetings in the villages adja
cent; and at 18, he became the pastor of a
small Baptist congregation. His fame spread
rapidly, and at 30, he was called to a Baptist
chapel in Southwark, London. 7Vc all know
how the congregation waa driven by the
crowds that Hr. Spurgeon's popular preach
ing attracted, first to Exeter Hall, and then
to Surrey Music Hall, the largest public
room in London. The immense tabernacle
that wc arc seeking was built in 1801,—bold
ing no less than 0,500 people when all the
space is occupied.
Before setting out wc consulted the travel
ers’ Indispensable map; and it surely did not
look far across Waterloo Bridge, np Walcr-
loo-rnad, to that famous starting-plocc of
omnibusses, the Elephant and Castle, ncar
whlch, in Newington Batts, is the church;
but one soon learns to distrust distances in
the colossal city. The building is on the
south or Surrey side of tho Thames—the
poorer side of the two, as the New Cut and
other cross streets that swarmed with the
lowest forms of our poor humanity, plainly
evinced.
Tho early start brought us before the great
Grecian temple, with its immense portico
and lofty columns, in good season; and as
wc went up the steps, crowded with people,
a policeman hanfied us a ticket, or rather s
miniature envelope, on which was printed
in substance: this will admit yon, but you
will drop me into one of the convenient boxes
of the interior, with a contribution for the
Pastor’s College. Wc fell in behind a couple
who were very anxious to secure a scat in the
middle gallery. When wc got there the
usher was very particular in ascertaining
whether wc had placed a contribution in the
box or not, before he assigned us to a scat
in the tier against the wall—the only free
ones in the church. They have a keen eye
to business in the tabernacle, I assure you.
Wo were told to sit content; and just before
the service commenced, they gave ns scats
near the front rail about thirty feet from the
pulpit, and on a level with it—no better, in
the whole house.
The church is very large and very plain—
so large that the farther side of tbe circling
wall looks hazy. Two great galleries run
entirely around, behind the pulpit as well as
in front of it; and not a foot of available
space was unoccupied ! The number turned
nwny each Sunday is said to be venr large.
There is really no pulpit as we understand
the word,—rather a lofty platform enclosed
by a plain rail that runs in connection with
those of tho staircases at the sides. A com
mon stand; tumbler and decanter (water
pitchers are unknown across the sea) and two
or three chairs comprise the inexpensive
equipments of the platform.
Mr. Spurgeon came in promptly, showing
in a slight limp his rheumatic or gouty afflic
tions He is a short, stout, dccp-chccstcd
Englishman—no other nation would ever
think of claiming him; without a perceptible
neck between his heavy head and huge
shoulders; snubbish features; black hair and
brown whiskers, both closely trimmed. He
seemed unconscious of himself from the
start, and of all mannerisms, too.
After m prayer, and an interesting run
ning comment on the scriptural election,
be read a hymn. No organ or music box
of any kind is permitted ; tho choir would
drown the thunder of any instrument The
united voice of six thousand, or even of
ono thousand people, is something to re
member. It wss a powerful sing—pardon
the slang. At the t nd of tho third verse,
Mr. Spurgeon—who was an active partici
pant in tho whole Rong,—said, “ more
quickly, my brethren,” and then read with
a vim the first line of the succeeding verse.
Ilia favorito attitude is to place his fat
hands on the low rail, and thus braced, to
lean his short, stout unbending body for
ward at an angle of about fifteen degrees.
His sentences are plain, and well calculated
to reach all minds, even the commonest.
After a few words of thanks for tho offer,
ings of the Sunday before, JE133, he took
for a text, “ Yea, ho is altogether lovely.’
The sermon was an admirable one, dcliv
trod without notes, and yet without super
fluous words—direct, simple and forcible.
Tho illustrations were the best part of it,
even if they were of a homely nature. lie
docs not speak very rapidly; but the
smooth, round, kind, sympathetic voice
never lacks for a steady harmonious flow of
appropriate words. He may not be a poet,
he may never soar in the upper realms of
oratory; but he is practical, earnest, friend
ly, and deeply imbued with his mighty
work. I confess that lie secured my admi
ration on the spot, and a subsequent hear
ing did but increase the feeling.
This account is long drawn out; and I can
not forbear mentioning the noise that such a
vast congregation made when they rose from
prayer. It was like a sudden wind in a dense
fprest. In the collection, scores of men
sprung up all over the house, and for five
minutes the clink of the heavy English pen
nies drove away all religious thought.
THE DEAN or WESTMINSTER.
The rain in the afternoon did not prevent
onr going np to the world-renowned Abbey
to hear l)can Stanley preach. What a eon-
least! Instead of the Tabernacle, wc were
in an odd, irregular pile that was founded
in the year 010, by Scbcrt, King of tho East-
Saxons; instead of the plain hall we had n
profusion of ornament, rich compositions of
classic architecture, monuments of sover
eigns and princes, and all that art and his
tory can do to render a spot enchanting.
The tones of the great organ, and the rare
singing and the intonation of the prayers did
not seem out of place in. the venerable build-
riie small part of the building used for
public worship was overcrowded, mainly
with travelers. A hundred people, perhaps
stood during the entire service, including
many ladies, and your correspondent Seve
ral clergymen assarted in the service; but the
Dean did not appear until a small procession
escorted him to one of those queer little
boxes that cathedrals cherish, and that have
comedown from primitive times. He is a
slight, diminutive man of about GO years,
with a pole scholarly face and thin cold lips,
close-cut gray hair aud small side whiskers.
He read a noble paper on secular education,
in a distinct, rasping voice. The learned
speaker is guiltless of ontoiy, barely lift
ing his eyes for a second now and then
from tbe manuscript, to look over but never
at his audience. Directly in front of me
was the Poets’ Corner; and towards the
close of tbe beautiful time-sanctioned service
the sun broke through tbe clouds, lighting up
the richly pointed windows with a wondrous
effect, ana shedding a mellow light over the
tombs of royalty and genius. My thougths
would wander in spite of my best efforts.
The rare old building will claim our atten
tion again.
TRIBULATION CUMMINGS.
On another Sunday I heard this sent:
controversialist in his church in Crown
Court, Covent Garden. In the main, I be
lieve the canny Scotchman holds to the
creed of tho Scotch Church, with some apo
calyptic notions of bis own thrown promi
nently forward: at any rate his elegant sen
tences abound in continuous thought, con
vincing argument, and calm, yet sublimely
eloquent appeal. The Doctor 6 a tall grace
ful man, with a lofty white forehead andi
very black hair. Ho preaches in an odd
place that was suddenly tranformed into a
Church; and at the time, the success of ure
experiment was considered very doubtfuL
To lighten the pecuniary risk involved. Dr.
C. agreed to take the rent of the pews as his
salary; and it was so nominated In the bond
as a lasting arrangement All this in 1833.
The eloquent pastor has since gathered the
wealthiest dissenting congregation in Lon
don—even a duke or so being included; aud
he now enjoys the largest clerical income
outside of the Establishment.
st. rall’s cataedral
is, after all, the great ecclesiastical structure
of the Protestant world. Every view of tho
mighty city almost necessarily includes ita
immense uome and lofty towers. Situated
at the head of Ludgatc liill, wc had to pass
the smoke-begrimmed leviathan every lime
we went into the city. Familiarity bred
contempt, or rather an insufficient apprecia
tion, of its vast size; and yet the circumfer
ence lacks bnt a few feet of half a mile.
The elevation of tho Cross that surmounts
the dome is 404 feet! I respectfully hut
firmly declined all invitations to ascend the
six hundred and odd steps that lead to the
top.
The noblo building is reared over the
ashes of many churches. No ono knows
the ago of tho earliest church, that was de
stroyed during the persecutions of Diocle
tian. The Saxon heathens destroyed the
next one. The third was burned in 1063,
and tho one commonly called “Old St.
Paul’s” went down in tbe great fire of
1GS6. The present church was begun in
1675 and completed in 1710, under the su
pervision of Sir Christopher Wren, who
lived to see it finished. Over his remains
that rest insido of tho work he wrought, is
the Latin inscription—“ Beneath lies Chris
topher Wren, the architect of this church
and city, who lived more than ninety years,
not for himself alone, but for tho public.
Reader, do you seek his monument ? Look
around! ’’ It is built of the handsomo
Portland stone, in tho shape of a Latin
cross.
tVc went one Sunday to the Cathedral,
hoping to hear Canon Liddell, tho ablest
divine, perhaps, in the Kingdom. Dr.
Gregory, however, preached. The congre
gation was not large, and was composed of
people not well endowed with this world's
goods. St. Paul’s, remember, is in the City,
two miles from the fashionable West End.
Tlie scats were rude chairs temporarily
placed on a little patch of the immcncc acre
age of pavement. The majesty tones of the
organ filled all the rest as they rolled away
through 11 the long-drawn uisic and fretted
vnnlt **
vault.
The vast space is remarkably free of ob
struction, considering that it is a cathedral.
Except the monuments, commemorative of
military heroes, tho cathedral is very devoid
of ornament; and sorno of these were tem
porarily veiled to receive a scrubbing that
they sadly needed. At tho best the interior
must have a cold, formal, chilly look,—lack
ing, os it docs, the rich work and paintings
that adorn similar edifices on the Continent.
But the Dome 1 Eight immense piers sup
port it, each of them forty feet at the base.
At first you will not realize its magnificent
proportions—145 feet in diameter, and 3C5
feet in actual elevation above j-our head!
The oftencr I stood under it and the longer
I stayed, the more I confessed my admira
tion of the work of tho architect. On
the inside of the great arch, lifted high
above the tumult of the crowded streets,
the faithful Church of England has
caused to be written, in indcUible colors,
an emblematical history of the great Apostle,
whose sufferings and heroic martyrdom re
sulted from his zealous efforts to establish
the religion of his beloved Master. F.
japanTottings
A Ramble in the .Curious Country
of the Pig Tails.
A Graphic Description of
Tour in Japan
The Cities of ; Yokohama,Yedo,
Nagasaki,
The People, Living, Country,
Hotels, Customs, Cress,
Beauty, Etc., of these
Oiientals.
A Fine XjQtter.
Written Expi-ctRly for .The Cor.-
Ktitution Ryan;Atlanta Lad}'.
After a dreary, monotonous passage of
four weeks on one of the Pacific Mail ilcam-
era from San Francisco, the old ship—a float
ing pilace, by the way—dropped anchor
near the shores of Japan, where wc were, at
once, summoned by a multitude of
IULF NAKED, C irrER COL HIED C IOI.IBS
iu tiicir old lucking little crafts, whL Ii they
skull along—not row—all clamorous and
eager for their one or let passengers for
Yokohama. A walk through the streets of
this town bfiorls much amu-rment and in
struction to the traveler.
Here comes a cart heavily loaded with
merchandise propelled by coolies, two before
and two behind, and at every step a great
haloo ia mide by their s'rong voices in coc-
ert To one unaccustomed to thii feature of
Japan life I’, is a relief to have them far
out of bearing ns soon as possible.
Hundreds of '‘Curio” ston s line the narrow
streets, while the owner sits upon bis mat-
coveted floor and urges you with all hia pow
ers of eloquence to make a purchase. Porce
lain dishes and rases of the most beautiful
design and superb fini-h are in great varieties
from the factories of Nagasaki, carved 1 ve
ry and lacquer ware, crystals, amethysts and
many other beautiful atonca lot ltd and rntin
Japan are for sale at figures low enough t>
tempt the most economical
can cither ride'or walk without danger ft!
being smothered in dust.
TOE HOTEL”.
There aro two vety fair hotels iti Yoko
hama kept by Englishmen. Yc.lo boasts of
hut one and that one is dosed most of the
time. -W.
The houses aro consuudcd in suen a man
ner that tho numerous earthquakes, with
which they aro visited, shall not tumble
them down over their beads—they are mor
tised instead of being nailed, and are built in
a manner prculiar tothcm-c-ivea; The Japa
nese architect builds tbe roof Hist, rebel it to
its place, where it U supported on pole*, and
the home then built up to iL Farm houses
have thatched roofs, othera aretihd, and aro
seldom more than one story high. The win
dows are of paper, made of rice, the doors
or sliding screens are ot bamboo. The par
titions are also of paper and movable. By
day they are placed against the walls, aad the
room* all thrown Into oae. The floors
an corned with matting and are never
walked'upon except with the bare fee),
the sandals are left just outride the doot*.
Little or no furniture is used ia Japan. No
beds or bedding necessary; they sleep upon
the matting with a block ot wood covered
with a roll of silk or paper for a pillow, which
they place under the neck, never resting tbe
head upon IL
or THE J.irASKJE LA DIES
is very simple, generally composed wjjmt one
garment, a loose flowing robe, wtfkwide,
• *—■-—*—*—“—““Annuo
lined
k net
ted rath tied in a huge bow at the back, con
fine* It at the watt. Their hero ffcet are
throat into sandals of wood or straw. Great
taste is displayed in the elaborate arrange
ment of the hair, the puffs, roll*, fancy pin*
and bows adding a charm to ibc pretty face*.
Powder, rouge and false hair are n«ft un
known to them.
JAVANESE BEltTT. J
I have seen some very beautiful young la
dies in Japan, but the mart led women make
themselves hideously ugly br blacking their
teeth and plucking out their eyebrows, to
show their devotion to their husband.*. We
can hardly blamo the bmhtnds for casting
admiring glances at tho pretty face* ot the
unmarried ones.
Japan abounds la bronze statues, or Gods,
representing birds and beasts; many of these
are of a high order of antiquity, and show
that tho people of this land were no stran
gers to the fine arts, away back In the dim
twilight of the paste
TAMAiuaa.
Near the old city ot Yamsknra Is a bronze
statue or God called “ Dla Bools” more then
•lx hundred years old, and In workmanship
considered not infetior to the celebrated
brorzr iloois In Florence. This great “Budd
hist Got!” Is nearly fifty feet In height
THE TOOMBS .OF THE TYCOONS. .
The Temples, Jora houses and Tootfibs ia
which theTjcoots have been laid for six
hundred years, are msgnifleentin their gran
deur. The cabinets containing their Gods an
lined with so i l gol).
The beautiful groves, whh their firand old
forest trees, and the winding paths and mur
muring stream*: Ilia bowing priests, with
their clojely shaven heads and unintelligible
jargon; the weird-llke sthlness in tbe air-
tor it seemed a* <bouth even tho birds re
fused to sing—all combined to fill B* with
awe, wonder and surprise.
11 e reached the top of a high mountain
overlooking the city by means of stone steps,
nearly four hundred of them—end though
well-nigh exhausted, felt well repaid for the
trouble in tLe grand view pi be bad of Yedo,
Ibe city of over two miHi.nu of inhabitants.
It eceuts almost Incredible that so many hu
man souls can dwell in a city oowrrtog so
small a space of ground, jet when we notice
the narrow strceis, like our lanes or alleys,
and the closely built houses like solid bloats,
we can more read ily believe that such is tbs
esse.
We were not permitted to visit the
PALACR OF TUB MIKADO,
but the exterior was not so pleasing as to in
duce us to make any great effort to enter iL
It is a wooden structure, four stories high,
and built in the form of a pyramid, with a
green lattice around tlie flat top or root It
would not rank aa a founh-nte residence la-
New York.
TEDO.
Wc msde our pilgrimage around Yedo In
“cangoa,” or baskets carried by Coolies and
“genrick-a-slhas,” a cart like a huge body
wagon drawn by tbe natives, the only mods
of conveyance in this country, as there are no
horses bnt those brought by foreigners for
their own ore.
We were attended by a guard of soldiers,
each carrying two swords; Tho Daimio
Princes or Noble* all cany two formidable
looking swords, and know the use of them
too; The people, however, seem too amia
ble and kind for os to feel the last appre
hension of trouble on their acenuuL
Their “Ohio or good morning,” as wc met
them, was a pleasant greeting to us, and
“siaman” or “good bye” as we left them
was said in the moat musical tones.
In many respects it is a si range country,
and the people no lets so. It is miking rapid
advancement toward civilization. Let us
hope that the page to be filled by (his nation
In mod-rn history shall be one npon which
fuiure generations msy read lessons of pro
gress, and one that shall be nntarnhhtd by
selfishness and unwashed by tbe tears of Urn
weak. II
THE Altt-LINK RAILROAD.
Some time before 3 o’clock r K, on Mon
day last, a vast assembly of ladies and gentle
men were gathered near tlu track of the Air-
Line Railroad to greet the arrival of the first
train from Charlotte. As tbe clocZ struck
the boor, tbe train wss described in the dis
tance, and amidst ibe firing of guns, the
ringing of bells, the waving of handker
chiefs. and shouting of the multitude, the
beautiful engine, like a thing of life; glided
majestically through to tho point selected for
tho depoL
The train brought about sixty of tho prom
inent and substantial uiin of Charlotte to
n juice with us over ibis event, so impor ant
ia onr history, and which wo trust will msik
tlu beginning of a new era ot prosperity for
this whole section of country. Thiaevbitori
were welcomed in appropriate term* by the
Hon. Simpson Bibo, of our town, who, after
speaking of the vast importance • f litis great
continental highway, u dev.loping jbe re
sources of the country, and in resulting it to
even more than tis ltinnvr prosperity, paid
just and eloquent itiuro :■> Unload Buford,
the Prisidint; Cohmei tizgo, CLitf Eaglnter,
Jfi-j.ir )Vellfjrd, and *;■ associated with
them in this great wotk—not forgetting the
humble laborers with llitir picks and shovels.
Mr. Bobo closed by inviting the cxciugiontstF,
one a: d all, to the dinner provided for them
by tbe citizens of the tow n ut tbe Palmetto
House;
General Yeung, tbe Mayor ot Charlotte,
responded in a most chaste aud eloquent im
promptu, which was heard with the most
eager interest by the viat throng of ladies
and gentlemen prerenl, aid most vocifer
ously cheered uy cre y one. Although not
a professional man, (we believe,) General
> oung is a mostgraceiul and effective speak
er, and Charlotte baa reason to feel prim I of
hcrofficial representative oo this occasion.
IV o would not, even if we had the time and
space to do o.nitr the beauty of hi* Donor's
speech by any report which we ara'able lo
make of it—Unlim Vpartan.
„. T|, . B Ledger has opened war on the
Courier-Journal with a vigor that indicates
"business.” Whenever a newspaper an
nouuccs that il " will in a very short time
You enter a tea house, and a tiny cup of 1 i^T 0 ll, e *VSest permanent bout lids circu-
■his staple of Japan is placed before you—a I * at,on > > n ami out of the city, of any
flower peculiar to the country is dropped W er . now or cvcr published south of Ike
t* jj. *_ - - o . I: C linn nvrer " ilu nsvoRi,... ft.—**
into it which adds to ita flavor, and yields a
rich aroma.
The markets of Yokohama, Ycdi>,-N»ga'
saki anil either cities do not indicate a very
great fertility of soil, bring but poorly cup.
plic-I. Oranges are plenty, but not of fine
fiivor. Eggs, chickens and fhb are in great
abundance. Tbe fish markets area curios
ity—fi;h being ia a manner reverenced Inr
the natives, aa il is a basis of life and prosper
ity with them. Japan is said to be the beat
fishing ground io the world. Butter Ii all
imported, and that which I tasted wss ell
enough to tell its own stoty. Rice is culti
vated extensively throughout the whole
country; two crept are generally raised—the
first one being grain.
THE COAST OF JAPAN,
from Yedo to Van Dieman’s Straits, a dis
tance of four hundred miles, Is tugged and
monntuinouL Mountain peaks are thickly
scattered along, while “ Fusayama,” the king
mountain of tbe nation, lifts its snow-etapped
summit above them all, rising to a height of
more than twelve thousand feet aboie the
level of tbe sea. A sail through the inland
sea affords the traveler a tare opportunity of
viewing beautiful scenery, grand mountain
peaks and deep gorges. islands clothed in per
pettasl green dot the sea, and banelreeU of
villages, embowered in shade, line the shore,
while the ever
CHAKOISa PANOBAMA
charms with its beauty, and fills tbe mind
with wonder at itaextent Side by aide grow
fie persimmon and the palm, while the oak,
mmegraaate and feathery bamboo flourish
in equal beauty.
The Japanese have a curious process of
grafting and dwarfing trees or flowers and
ahipiog them Into castles, temples, birds,
beasts, or anything the fancy may dictate.
Trees several years old, and scarcely a foot
high, yet perfect in all its branches and
limbi, are to be seen in great variety.
Tbe road from Yokohama to Yedo—a dis
tance of twenty-five mile*—is through one
continuous village, and although very nar
row, being barely wide enough for teams to
pass each other, are kept exceedingly clean
and free from dust, and, unlike Atlanta, one
Ohio river,’’ its creditor* had better take
warning. The symptoms are unmistakable,
lie alwpys feel ssiel when wc read such
boasts, for we know that wc wifi be com
pelled to write an obituary notice of that
paper before many months.—LouMUe Com
mercial.
Personal licsu.
The Pope think* North Am'rica ritber
than any other exmatry. „
Pro'. Goljwin Smith doubts if newspa
pers hate the rijht to pub'i b lectures when
requested Lotto
Rev IV U. IVilLu n, the k.ijJ preacher,
hss • b aiae a divorce from bis wife, wbo
wss once u beautiful be!!c of Baltimore.
A. T. Sle*art is p»pnl*r‘y supposed to be
worth from $4O,O.U.0M> lo ftbO.i.oO.ODO. lie
bat no ch lilrca and no n] stives la this c'un
ify to whom he is psrticuisriy attached.
Fashionable milliners io New York have
a band of music ia attendance at their Spring
openings This is tbe latest
A table m a News.
Lawrence Bsrrett will fill au engogemen t
in Selma, on the 19th instant
A telegraph school baa been opened in
Selma. Nine pupils are in attendance.
The Grand Commandery of Knight Temp
ters of Alabama meets In HuaUvUle on the
8th of May.
Tbe legislature hu authorized Opelika to
establish and maintain a system of public
schools for the city.
Birmingham, which in 1871 was an old
field, numbers at present over 4,000 inhabi
tants, many brick buiidingR, and has eon-
traded for gas and wstes.mmbs. m
Hally Condensations,
Connecllcat tiler Is largely made ot
Salinas Valley, California, raised 15.000
sacks of mustard seed last year.
The colored people of Norfolk, Va, are
building a vessel to run to the Went India.