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Mr. H*eph*na belie too the adoption
<>f a metric *y»t*m io both public end
private sflxira to unavoidable, and that
Die longer it ia delayed the greaterwill
be tbe difficulties is the way of ita
adoption. He has, therefore, prepared
a bill making the aystfm obligatory in
all governmental transaction*. This
bill will be presented eoon after reoeea,
and will t e poshed to paaaege willi all
ot Mr. Hyphens' accoatomed seal and
ability.
Under the new ayatem the following
tables would supplant tbe complicated
fables that have perplexed old and
young from time oat of mind:
■OKBY.
TBK KAVIOATIO:y or ,ut ocmclou. d . ylu Th. same r.umher coaid pick
the other two crops in three days."
A matter great i tereet to our peo- j T he commUriorer gives many ex-
pl». and one which w desrined to citrt tr>cl#1 , run , writtcu by farawr ,
mo oTcrp«*wcncgii fl-icnceoo tbe future « that aisles nr med. These letters, in
progress of Georgia ia the work of im- the opinion of the comm eeioner.juatifv
pfOTia* our inland river*. W« have the „ t , it , ion th4t tiie placability of
heretofore, through the column, of The militating 'he tea-plant snceesafufij io
OtaaTiTCTiow, endeavored to ahow the this country U no longer n matter of
.rauir, of this work by piwnitg npr.n doubt. On the subject of preparing the
the attent on of the people and of con- tea iravrw f >r one the report ray.: “A*
greea the practical remit* that would a brurinera, and in competition with the
follow iu completion. O.ir attention ia ch eep labor f Chinese, it would be an
tees lied .o this .,ueatiou of internal im- j , XI , er |ment iu thi. country.**,«,ally ae
provemenla by an article in a rrcent \ r<!gar ,, 9 llie cnxrMr lrtlc!e . As the
ieaue of the Macon Telegraph ; fin „ „„ nTriy , Mve china, , nd th ,
recounting whet he. artery flnet . Mrer _ lbw woold ^ no c
i Ulna—..
•Ritter
ioo*iteiiter*...... .V........V.isaliaatickiootcr’
The decimal progression would do
away with all the inconsistencies, per
plexities and incongruities of the exist"
iug system of weights and measures.
The four first rules of arithmetic would
be all that tiie average student would
need, si:d it ia claimed that the adop
tion of the metric ayatem would. In
solving mathematical problems in our
schools, aave oje fail year's study in a
hoy or girl's collegiate course.
Mr. (Stephens' bill ia ao framed that
the puhdc use of the system would
soon he followed bv ita use among the
people. The real object of the bill ia
to advance the metric cause all over
the world. It ia the coming system of
the world, and Mr. (Stephens looks for
ward to the time when there shall be
no diversity of method in determining
the quantities of exchangeable com
modi lies. The metric systtui was
adopted by Fiance, after a long course
<f agitation, about twenty-five years
jg a (Vooe that time It haa been adopt
ed for use by more than half the in
habitants of the civilised world, ll
was legalised in Ureat Britain in 1864,
and in Germany in 1868. Its adoption
in the United Htatea would speedily
make it ihe world's system
Some of the department* do not like
it. The ancient mariner from the
Wabash thinks it would ruin his char
ami chart-mape, and the dtpertinent
of slate **ia indisposed to recommend
the obligatory use ot the metrical eye*
tom in all transactions between iudi-
viduats." Hut Mr. Stephens sayn that
whenever a destiny iiecomea manifest
ly inevitable it is the part of wisdom
to advance to meet it, rather than to
await the lingering process by which it
mud accomplbli itself. The only way
to remove the cumbrous system now
in use ia to adopt a common system.
Such a system is ottered in the metric,
according to which the- weight
arid dimensions of every
material thing, "whether solid
liquid, or gaseous, whether ou laud or
on water, whether in the earth or iu
the air, and whether determined by
the scale, plummet, balance, bar/mc
icr, or thermometer are ascertained by
a method absolutely uniforu', entirely
simple, and iqually suitable w the use
ot a 1 mankind, reetiug upon a single
invariable standard of linear measure,
with multiplies and sub-multipliea,
like those of our moiotary system, ex
clusively decimal, with appropriate
names, similar in all languages; and
itself secure against the possibility of
change or loaa through carrier sneer, or
accident, or design, by being construc
ted on scientific principles and copied
for distribution among the different
nations of the world. 1
We hope Mr. Stephens’ bill will be
come law, even if it uq advisable to
let a considerable period elapse before
it lake* effect.
been accomplished by Colonel
Frobel in tbe way of opening up
tiie Ocumo'gee rivtr to navigation.
Colonel Frobel, wbo is the engineer in
charge, began operations at the mouth
of the Oconee about the middle of Au
gust last, and bis working fores naa
reached Reuben's cut, a point about
orty miles from whare the work was
inaugurated. This cut-off haa always
been esteemed by pilots and riyer men
one of tbe moat serious obstacles to
navigation between Macon and Darien,
and the Tel« graph learns with satisfac
tion that the work at that point has pro
gressed sufficiently far to make the
navigation safe for rafts and steamboats
passing it at alt stages of water with or
dinary care on tbe part of the pilots
Below this point the navigaiion ia safe,
but additional work will be required in
removing the logs which have lodged
upon tbe bottom and in the bights.
Work will also be necessary at Tighl-
man's bar, which does not affofd suffi
cient depth for steamers drawing four
feet, at extrazne low water. It la ihe
object of the engineer to give the beat
possible navigation for the vessels ply-
og upon the river aa high op aa it is
practicable to push the work, by the re
moval of logs and fallen trees, which,
la fact, present almost the only obstruc
tion to the free passage of boats and
rafts at any stage of tbe river.
The Telegraph draws a -rigorously
glowing picture of tbe results likely to
ensne when this natural channel of
commerce ia opened between
Macon and Darien, but
in no essential ia the picture over*
drawn. Tbe whistle of the first vessel
that steams op the Ocmulgee to oar
city will, at one blast, add the
prosperity of a doxen year's growth to
her trade and to her commercial im
portance, and give her a pcsiiion of
commanding importance among the
business centres of Georgia. We join
with our Macon contemporary in urg
ing Georgia’s representatives in con
gress to keep a vigilant eye upon Geor
gia's interests in this important par
icular—not only with reepect to the
improvement of the Ocmulgee, which
ia now progressing so favorably, but
with respect to the improvement of
other streams which the hand of
providi nee ban fashioned into natural
trade channels.
tition in theee grades if the manipula
tion of the leaves were carefully and
aocceaafully attended to, while the
possibility that modern methods and
appliances might be substituted for the
tedious handwork of tbe Chinese seems
to promise sufficiently well to make
the experiment a w use one. The con
clusion I reach ia that, whether or not
the cultivation and coring of tea
can ever become an industry
among ns, it is plain that there are
thousands of families in our land who
y profitably cultivate the tea-garden,
and can at joy ita fruits as they do those
of the orchard or the berry-patch, and
have the agreeable sensation of drink
ing a beverage never before known in
this country, from a grade of tea worth
iu Ctt* and Japan from $5 to $14 per
pound.’*
Tbe culture of the tea plant is not a
new idea in this country, or an original
ore with the commissioner of agricul
tore. Dr. Juntos Smith made very
careful and extended experiments with
it at Greenville, 8. C., about thirty years
ago, and reports his success in the pat
ent office reports from 1848 to 1859.
In Liberty county, Georgia, the plant
has been successfully cultivated in a
limited way many years, and experi
ments ars now being made in California
by a colony of Japanese.
TUX COS Ft:DEM A TK A SUITS.
SKCMMTAXT SVAMTS" SPEECH.
The administration has concluded to
consider the unexpended balance of
the Confederacy in Ihe bank of Eng
land sour grapes and let it go at that.
Solicitor Raynor some time since called
the attention of Secretary Sherman to
the amount of these assets and urged
that steps he tskeu to recover them 16
ttie United States as being the legal
suoc« ssor to tbe Confederacy. Tue sec
retary, sensible of the delicacy of the
subject, referred it to the secretary ot
stale and to the assistant secretary of
the treasury for a decision. Mr. Con
nor, solicitor of the department of
state, wade an adverse report on
the ground that it would open
many delicate questions which
this government was not anxious to
enter into. The secretary o! state him
self objected lor the reason that he was
not willii g to ask any favors of the
British government. As to bringing suits
in their courts it was also remembered
that in the irquiries instituted by the
administration of President Grant,
through its agents, Caleb Cushing,
Judge Redfein and Jndge Titus, who
were seut thcie at different times, the
British government expressed u*c.i
perfectly wi ling to recoguixe the United
StattM as the executor oi the dMunc’
coufedetacy, and to turn over its assets,
provided the Uuited Stated were wil-
> assume the liabilities to
British subject*. Assistant Secretary
French, In an exhaustive opin
ion, also reported adversely,
concluding that iu view of the attitude
of the British government on the ques
tion, it woold be melees expense to
prosecute the claims. This may be n-
garded as the end of this question. The
amount of theee assets is estimated at
$10,000000, and they are probably in
the bank of England aa a permanent
deposit. As that bank is a joint stock
association, ita stockhalders are, there
fore, the perpetual beutficiaries, the
residuary legatees, of the conledcrocy
In another column will be found
report of Secretary Evartt* speech at
the Sew England society'* dinner in
Sew York. Mr. Hayes was |
and there ia therefore no doubt that
the speech expresses his present senti
ments. It is nothing more or leas than
a declaration of war against Messrs.
Conklin* and Blaine and their allies, or
rather it is an acceptance of the war
offered by the allied force*. When Mr
Everts asys the president never
entered on devious paths, ana
doee not mean to, he told the
Conkling crowd that be had no
compromise to offer—that he would
pursue the course he had ana' ked out
without deviation. He knows their
intentions, and defies theireff irta. Mi.
Kvarta* remarks indicate a fixed deter
miuation on the part of the adminis
tration to wear the Gonkling BUine al
liance out. It can do it.
LUCIEVS SCHOOLMISTRESS
JUDOS JSQ. L. UOTKlSa.
An article in Thk Cokctitution of
Tuesday morning relative to the appli
cation of Styles T. Bochins, colored, for
admission to the bar—written by one
of the reporters of this paper—does
Judge Jno. L. Hopkins, one of the attor
neys appointed to examine tbe appli
cant, great injustice. The impression
conveyed in the article is that Judge
Hopkins gave Hutchins a more rigid
examination than he would if the ap
plicant had been a w hite man. The ar
tide was handed in late at night, and
thus escaped the eupervUion that
would have prevented its appearance
i that shape.
From a personal knowledge of Jndge
Hopkins, and an intimate professional
association with him, we are well
tied that he could not be swerved from
what be considered a proper discharge
of duty, either iu this or any other
matter. He discharged the duty re
signed him ss be does all
ihiugs pertaining to his profession
or business'—thoroughly, competently,
aod without the slightest partiality.
That Jndge 11 illyer gave the report
made by Judge Hopkins preference
over the majority report made by the
attorneys associated with him, is evi
dence of the high esteem in which hn
opinion on legal matters is held. It is
not only so w ith the court, but with tbe
members of tbe bar, ami we do no<
doubt that the three gentlemen
associated with Judge Hopkins would
follow his legal advice sooner than they
would their own.
During the time he was judge of this
circuit a man who was not compe.ent
to dh charge the duties of an attorney
was not admitted. He rejected a con
siderable number, probably more than
any other judge in the state did. We
nformed that the examination
made by Judge Hopkins of Hutchins,
was taken down in short hard, and
that those wbo are curious to see it
can readily do so. We voluntarily
publish these remarks, as an act of jus-
l.
MAJOR S1^TT«'» Oim
On the night of the £hl of December,
!>TS the down train kfi l>u; one pa*etiiK«r a*.
Gu'tet’avtlU. and tfci* pajaccser didn’t appear
be ia a very xenial mood Oteyptog from t'i«
•Ieeplnc-c*r, be beckoned to a p»>ru*r—Gullette*
ville «u beioantt.* to put oa ciij air* in Ibtti
**1m »he tiurepM op- n V*
**Yasser. I’m de foy what ”
• Get my trunk, atd tur yourself about Ik”
Tbe >one was not gruff, but it was decidedly
impatient, so much so that It struck the attrit
ion of the porter, who, as he wheeled the trank
n the direction of the to r! In the hand-cart
that served all tbe purposes of aa exp'es* wagon,
remarked to hi* paru cr:
He's mighty ap* wld ’la moof—you hear me
honey!”
-Spec* he mlsi ’la dinner,’* responded tbe
other who was older aad more experienced.
Den I would’u’ like ter ter ketch ap wld ’Im
on fas’ day.” remarked tbe other 1*01601100X17.
-Look ter me like he’s wotmer deee yer kinder
w’lte men w’at you ain’t r* so texaim foolin’
longer—wunn< r dam koo k’.ux fellers w’at picks
you up unbeknownst an’ allies ’fore dey
puts you down sc in- Dat w’at bo look like ter
And yet the weather was enough to pat one oct
of humor. Wei ? You would have thought so if
Ton bad been iu the shorn of the traveler
wbo trudged along the streets of GnliettkTiUe.
It was worse ihtn wet. Tbe moisture seemed
to be a pan of the atm^rphere. It clone to the
treee and to the houset uuUl it cjuld no longer
dine, and then compromised by colkctiag into
exasperating little drops tt at ran along the over
hanging limbs a util tbe; <r>a!d .run no longer,
and then incontinently, and without any pre
vious warning worth speaking about, fell upon
-tonvoevtx and whatsoever might happen to
be iu the way. The coldly disagreeable mist
seemed to ocas? from Nowhere, and it was only
when the Demon of the Wind, * lumbering in
the vast and mysterious hoUowa of the night,
stirred his dusky wings uneasily, that you
oonld be persuaded U was going Anywhere.
the weather affect
ed the temper of the tail traveller, it certainly
did not ma erlaliy affect his powers of locomo-
tkio. He strode forward firmly and rapidly,
and had aooc cromi d the hospitable threshold of
the Plan tern hotel, kept (Vo quote from the lo
cal paper) by that moaigeuialof landlorcs,M» jar
Andy Iliads The entrance of the traveller in
to the apartment which waaat once the bar.
rux ptloa room and parlor, created quite a little
alir around the fixe. Ju >g-. Palm i* waa caught
with his ha .d in the air in the act of explain
log to Colonel Potte. at me atomise problem in
political economy, while Major Blaits himself
was found nodding In a chair; and then, with
one accord, they stared at the new
comer. Major Batts, puffy and othdois
r we at once to his feet with—
-Come in Kurnei! Taxe a cheer.”
The stranger divested himw.ll of bis heavy
overcoat, sho/k the water from the crow a of his
hat. and strode to the counter, looking pictur
etqnety tall by the side of the dumpy landlord
Drawing the dingy register towards him, he
wrote his name, and it stood out dear and casr
acuris'Jc among the cramped writing that pre
ceded it ss the nan seemed to stand ont among
other men. * Lic.xn Luc spin. Bar akto-
sio, Texas ”
•* Want a room, kurnei V*
-tab ably. What lime docs the Rockdale
coach leave f”
- Four o'cteck, knrn.-l. Shall I book you 7”
Th-; iu» jor pul* d his pencil in the air with quite
a business like fiuuriah.
” Yea.”
” All right, K« met. Draw up a cheer eu toast
your shins. You'll hc» c-.nap’uy in the u
Alt! Judge l’nibize-j, Kurnei Lumxduu, Kurnei
Potte, Kurnei Luin-dcu, of Texis—’low me lei
make you iuterdncml. geu'lcmcn. Jidge Pbius-
Jedge of our spetrt-or cote,” tho puff,
landlord added by way of explanation, * cc
Kurnei Potte Is our e’.ister geuci’i.”
Yea, sir J" c utinued Ihe msj* r. after a pause;
im’ll Rev comp ny. I bloeve—J-:ems! Jct-mr!
, Joems!" to one of the n>gro purlers who
waa nodding on Lain-tl>.u’a trunk— 1 ” Jecma,
didn’t tbe lady lu numb r ’Itres aav
wau'eltogo to Kuckviile in the momiu' 7”
- Y’asaer, dat> what she say. Kyarline
bo say she biot.-da.er go.”
E.i she’s got a young uu ’long, too," said the
major, Kupplemoutiug the negro's confirmation*
- 'Pears ter in>* thet *euce I lie <.* render wium-
hev gut to galdin”bmt by then-elf wu-aer'o
. You uovdu'l toil me genii- nun! ’taint
a gwineier do, on it oa^hter bd stoppui Wtor*
is witniucu's pmeo 7 i wy -bet wiuinscu’a place
teat home.”
” But suppose shch’S no home?** Lumaden
suggested. Ih-nking of the lady aud her ll:tlc
child in No. 11
’•Well, then.” responded Mr j >r Blaits, warm
ing with his theme, "they ou^hter hev homes
cn ef they haiut got uoae they oughter go ter
teach in’ in uric.
-Oh, of course! * raid fAuntrien, In a tone of
suen searching sarcasm that the others were im
pdlsd to take another look at him * On, of
course; that is a remedy lor homelessness lha.
never occurred to me before. It it Wurth
imin tiering. ’
Tue major, under tbe Impreasioj that his
guiuentb-td te-eu met with hearty approval
couuuutd loentarg- upon what he conceived
the sphere and duty o! women, and would
bmnllD' updiMlauatr- .xcUUn*l th, m.J*.
jumping up frem h»a chair in anua -menu J j
| -This la what Is k ft of him. major.” itplkd 1
Lumvden. with a smile. I
W* 1. I will j«’ be doggo! ed!” and the M
m*jor subsided again in his chair. * Tula bangs j •
ennything lately. I wish I may to everlastingly I
shot ef I ain't a good mind ter wake up the j
en all hands have a regtrier apree. r
Prae uaeter to go to sthoohwith your m* t n she’d '
to ding Nation glad ter see you.” The major’s I
enthusiasm wou’4 not down He snook I
Lac a with Lumsden several time*, mode him j
stand up, wa kei ail aroa> d him and gave him j j
number of thorough Inspections.
Well, dog my cate, Looah!”—after <
ae examination.- - ’Hit locks like provsder.ee. I
lot biu sctcely a week sente I got a letter I <
InwM*. carried
i: held himself well in
Ut left his trust lying
ill aud untimely places,
to vvery m«n. was a
tUs Lute* .en I epc*k of
props, br.ve aal Arue,”
c'V.am have different
a you hare enumerated.
>ahd well- enough. The
urt live brilfij <cough to
« rivcry fir,” s'ld the lady
-was ins resaUofcir*
pd bis natural nobility. I
__ believe Luden Lut»1.us as too true to himself
hr . B Mm eat I »<> circamatatcs^to Interpoae between his
Him 111 drxp down en P I ,, n » »„«t m« okiRm. Did von know him
Chris’mus fixlus. Brue s bin h’gh up fer gwlne I J
hut I’ve b’nsorter ho'dln’ Lack, but I’m done j
kickin' now ““JL a „"SS .*n»l lo be» ItokndBuTOcrtul- tee parted.
known to me an
[all the bosses In town.”
Thus th« Mr j ir, hospitably garrulous and
mlstakably gla l to see the man he fondly colled | 1
’ Loosb,” conUnncd to telk lor more than an
noar. and wn«» he finally suggested to the vie- I I
tiia of h e enthuvl&mn that it was bed-time, the | i
c ock pointed to an hour so far past mldidght I 1
that Lamsdcn concluded to sit by the die m- ’
stead ot retiring.
-Ail right, Looah,” ihe major remarked.
'Make that nigger keep up the fler.
Plenty er wood out here in the passigt. Dou’t 11
fergUter tell the genti’i ’bout me en Pruea
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THK UTTLX •CHOOLXtSTXXSS
The truth is. Laden Lumsden’s mind wa*
busy with the pasu He had no inclination to
sleep. He waa about to revisit scene* that for | ]
ten long years had existed f«»r him only in
ory. SU.ce the winter of lsCi, when he entered h _
the army a sixteen year old boy, be had never set I hie tone must inevitably have betrayed him had
foot within the corporate limits of Rockville I not hu companion torn to Intent upon deftnd-
where mil hte previous life had been spent. And ing Lnden Lomsden. "She was probably not as
yet, it seemed to him, as he sat there lx king at I '
the ember*, that the incidents and faces belong-1 <
iLg to those sixteen years were more precious in I i
hUcatxmatlon. and more vivid in Lis memory I t
than all Ur Varied experiences of hlsla’er life I i
It was curious how the most trivial things I«
pressed forward for recognition. In tbe vast I
rial proodnn that mastered before him I
in the glowing embers, he could perceive the j
asked quickly.
i young man that
bis I is dead and hurled'these several years. Should
friends, and re- I you ever meet yoar friend the schoolmistress,
call their "oddities and ptculiari'ks; but he I and, knowing heretoUmately os you do. feel
smiled grimly to think that among all the fair * '* “ “ ’
faces with which memory had contrived to or- | i
nament her sadly be wliching panorama, to not
tic* to a conscientious mu who w;s
discharging a duty h« CO ltd not wre i | doubtl aa nave comiuued
avoid, but who was ailling to " 1
any duty ase ^ued him without
shriukirg
16ca. Did you know him
il: eagerness in her'tone.
& he knew himself. Fate
ncllned to speak a little
jji to well, ma-lsm. He
'iulc n: of rldUrolous ro-
•cbofllmistiew, thiC6hcd a
disrespectfully of her,
was threshed by the ARwc^Urereres In tnru and
ran off to the ware. J fii.v. -jianlug, unly, fo:
our young Hotepur. Yti- knows but if he had
■ ffijra&i? 008
riatress you speak of wa*
ras only two years older
a little embirrs red laugh
toe other,
n?”
iu coaid ever have known
the unrealities of romance
id Lnmsdsn,” he coutin-
I am tokl, pretty much
her young ladies, and, as
hooka, lived happily foi-
Lumsden to toe day ol
turned as a lover ; wbe cat
turatully indignant, stood lor item
ed to stand) before him. jLotien Lumsden!
ied to say) why do you persist
in attempting to deceive yourself and m*7 Are
you a child, that you should thus endeavor to
away from tbs truth? Are you afraid
Memory said, or seemed to say) to trust mb
with a secret, that yon canro', hld-
from me 7 Are yon afraid for me to whisper in
your ears the name of Charlotte David sou, jour
schoolmistress? Yes, your schoolmistressl Are
you ashamed of it? Why. she was but two
years older than you, (Memory askl, or seemed
say,) but how Infinitely your superior! You
remember well enough when she took charge oi
the select high ic'iool in Kocaville in the spring
A 186!; you know well enough the plans that
the boys, of whom you were toe eldest aud the
leader, had formed io defy the authority
of the yackee woman, as all of you called
her; and you remember how astonished
you were when school opened to find a girl at
the teacher’s desk apparently bat little older
thsn your sister would have torn had she lived
—a modest, gentle girl, the music of whose
voice fairly took your breath away aa the ap
pealed to the pupils, (specially to the older
boys, to aid her in the performance of her du
ties. You re member. Luden Lumsden.(Memo ly
said, or seemed to ay), how you mentally
vowed to become the champion of that little
woman who waa ao far away from har home
and fr.ends; you remember how
well you kept
f her to to assured that
foolish enough to be faith
sy say as much on the au-
iew his inmost heart.' f
-a loug pause, as it teem-
, then toe lady gently re-
DAWNED.
SOSO or TUS CHATTAHOOCHEE.
Riverside Echo.
Out of the bllsl of Habersham,
Down the vailaysof Ha!i.
The hurrying rain, to reach tbe plain.
Has ran tbe rapid and leapt th*- fall.
Split at the rock and together araln,
Aorertad his tod. or narrow or wide,
A »d fljd from folly on every side.
With a lover’s pain to attain the plain,
"Far from the hills of Habersham,
Far from the Talleys of Hall.
AD down the hills or Habersham.
-All through the valley* of Hall,
The rushes cried abi U, abid*
Tbe wilful water weeds held me thrall.
The laurel, slow-laving turned my tid*.
Tr.e lams and the fondilLg grass said ofay.
The dewberry dipped far to win de'ay, •
And the H»t> reeds sir bed abbit, cbids.
r the hills of F abenham,
*’ i of Had.
> manifold
fair tatea ot enaae, toe poplar MU.
Wrought me her shadowy self to hold.
The chestnut, the oak. the walnut the pine,
Ovcrlcar.ing. with flickering meaning and sign.
Said, pou not»aid.UuM moai/re'd
Dtp UuuUm ofUu \ui*cf UaUr.ham,
Ttute s'.adu in Uu xalUyt of llall.
And oft on tbe hills oi Habersham,
And oft in the Talleys of Ball.
. The white quarts shone, and the smooth
brook stone
Barred me of passage with friendly brawl.
And mtby a metal lay sad, alone.
And toe diamond, the garnet, the amethyst.
And the crystal that prisons a purple.min
Showed fights like my own from each cordial
- m «4n»XUl*...' *1- 1 . .ebJUxe,
In the tods of the Talleys cf HalL
But oh, not the hills of Habersham,
Dices of duty call-
plain,
nr dowr
Downward t
main.
The dry fields bum and the mills are to tarn
And r thousand meadows mortally yearn.
And the final main from beyond toe plain
■’— **" *•*•*—“ ” .beraham,
valleva of Hall.
—fldnty Lanier.
IS GEXEBAIa.
—Gen. Sherman gets a salary of $18,-
000 per year and salts down $10,000 of
it.
—Gov. Connor, of Maine, who about
to enter upon his third term, is not 39
years old.
—The United States utilises in agri-
cnlture 10 per cent, of its area; Great
Britain 58 per cent, and Holland 70.
—Wallack’s, the Union Square, and
park theatres, hew York, have stop
ped advertising by bill posters.—Boston
Post
by the way of San Salvador, by which
route, Mr. Stanley says, they will reach
a larger j opulation than by any othei.
—The Consolidated Virginia mining
company last night shit• ped , .* , U>ars uf
bullion,” weL-lmi*: 12 671 pounds, and
worth $405,4SS 06. This gives as the
total shipment of the company for No
vember the sain of $1,417,103 4S. The
California company last night made
their firbt shipment for December.
There were shipped 35 bars, weighing
4.265 pounds, and worth $151,150 60.
This makes a total shipment la*t night
from the bonanza mines of 134 bars,
weighing 16,936 pounds, and worth
$555,638 66. More than eight tons of
gold and silver bullion is pretty good
for one night—Virginia City (Nev)
Enterprise, December 12
— Queen Victoria, if ia said, took no
notice of the Duke of Norfolk’s marri
age because the bride was a convert to
Roman Catholicism. The queen dees
not dihlike Catholics who have been
brought up in the faith, but she dislikes
converts exceedingly. The following
story, which may or may not be true,
is told concerning hen The eld> st son
of a Catholic peer married the daught
er of a former prime minister. After
they had been married some four or
five years the lady determined to join
the church of her nusband. The queen
■heard of this, ard the. rirst time she
saw, the Wife«*id to her: “I hope Mrs.
So-and-so, mat Wbs^-F-i.iJrela a*un;
1 hope you are not about to abandon
the faith of vour fathers." Thia mo
nition from the mouth of royalty had
the desired effect, and the lady has
rom that day to this remained a
staunch Protestant. When remonstra
ted with by some of her Roman Cath
olic triends she replied: “How could
1 become a Catholic when her majesty
wished me not to do so."
—Mrs. A. T. Stewart met with a se
rious accident at her residence, at
ThirtY'foarth street and Fif h avenue,
Saturday morni ng. She had dressed for
breakfast and was descending from her
bedroom to the first floor of the house.
Her foot slipped and she fell heavily
upon the marble steps, breaking one of
the bones of the left arm near the wrist,
and inflicting braises upon her right
shonlder. She walked to the bottom of
the stairs and called her maid. That
done, she sank into a chair, and was
with difficult} prevented from fainting.
Drs. White and Marcy, the family phy
sicians, were summoned, together with
ciouaa had cleared
ing had come. The
day hang in the
clatefque, every breeze
a colon into flame. Luclen
It fsalnx tola phantom of
layllxht searching through
secret. Placing the child
’s lap, he said:
ie outside,” and without
banks ol the lady, he open-
osch,called to tie driver,
ment had climbed to the
1 through valleys went the
following the muddy
slf followed swollen
loually pluuged through
es and country mansion*,
ad the negro huts and oddly
i, with grotesque lacking
d stand os sentinels oi
i that stretched away
bus the hours slipped away
e to the suburb# oi Ruck-
nr seized Lums-len to walk
ircupon he told the driver
; at the hotel, sprang to
i r : ground, the coach awing,
your word; you 1 down the hl£h»ay that was so familiar to his
of your schoolmates I youthi ^ t4 ^ leIl standing in the road, a
reinember how, when
said something dterepectful of Miss Lottie (as I Granger i n )£, native plao*- Th« sun shone
ih? children called her) you felled him with a I b.lghtiy. tbeA-ather waa genially bracing, and
bAll-bat; you remember h »w joa wore ko»t In | ne gtroiled iVturehr <
■fur reboot hours ia order that you might be
punished for flghliug; and yoa remember, oh,
bow well 1 Memory said, or seemed to say) how
proudly you held out your hand to receive the
harm'eaa Utile blows from Miss Louie’s ferule.
AGRICULTURAL.
ITFJf.l OF ISTJtCREHT TO TBS BAS
JL T THE FLOW UASltLB.
The State Axrlculfnrnl Department
—I'linCnM—Orunineniol Tree*—About
Poultry.
tbe giound
whereon his boyish feet had so often trod. It
all appeared to long ago that the fact that be
was only twenty-six years old came to him iu
the rbape of a mental turprise. Hia youth
gray in a night—his mun-
You remember tbe very words—they were I had vague and uncertain
th ‘ , “ 1 ,h * t between vou. “nucieu 1 • I w j lb j u ^ h our Journeying came into tbe
the last that passed between you. "nucieu I
•he arid—and, ah 1 to what influitenete U-nt
ness was her voice' attuned
have broken the rulre ” ‘'Y’er, Miss D>ttio
”Yoa did wrong ” ”1 did right, Mb* ltottio ”
”1 must i-unish you. Lucien.” And then, after
it war over, c*n you ever forget iM mnry said
oreeemed to aaj) what followed?-how you
turned and faced her. when you bad nearly
reached the door, your face tfl«me with the
overmastering power ol your feeling*, and
asked: ‘ Do you know why you have punished
me. Miss Lottie?” aad hex response. -Because
you did wrong, Lucien," and your rejoinder:
••You have wuippjd me because I k>vjj you,
aud you know it !’’-can you ever forget all
these things ? Can yo i forget iMe nary said, or
to uy.) hew utterly crashed aud crexed
village Here all waa new
strange. Ntw
Laden! you I l>a inhcg. lud been erected upon the public
tquare, and strange people locked cmiousiy at
him as be patted. The hand of improvement
hod even touched the old hotel, and the court
house was not he building under tbe eaves o
which he had stoned toe swift-winged martins.
A stranger had charge of the tavern, and,
instead o( th* bell that a negro used to ling up
and down toe pi»zz», vociterous y announcing
to the hungry that their hour had come, a con
sequential-looking daikey hammered away
upon i' noisy gong. To this appeal, Lumsden
was not s ow iu making a suitable response, but
among those wbo followed bis example, he
loosed in vain lor a woman aud her little boy.
The next morning—Cnriztmas bay—found
-Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, testified
in court the other day that he thought
be owed Horace Greeley's estate about
$40,000.
—Dr. Holland thinks the editor of
he Presbyterian Banner is a foo’, and
the editor ot the P. B. thinks Dr. Hol
land ia slangy- Now for wah.
— Secretary Evarts is credited with
the remark that David Davis was too
political on the bench and too judicial
in the senate.
—An enthusiast is'an individual who
believes about four times as mueh as
he can prove, and can prove four times
as much aa anybody else will believe
—The New York correspondent of
the Independence Beige introduces
European readers to two American
statesmen, M. Bruckner, of Missouri,
and M. Daniel Worhees, of Indiana
—Young man! write no more love
letters. Do your courting by telephone,
and if the course of true love does not
run smooth a breach of promise will
fall to the groond for want ot documen
tary evidence.
—Only three wite-murderera were
hung last week; one at Annapolis, Md.;
one at Canton, N. Y.; one at Nashville,
Tenn. Two others in Rhode Island and
Virginia received commutation to pen
itentiary confinement.
—As the acrobatic mosquito shoul
ders his valise and goes into winter
quarters in the stove oven the festive
bedbug laughs himself almost crazy
over the thought that he'll have it all u»
himself till spring.
—Hereafter the governor of New
York will be furnished with a house by
trie people. The mansion at present
occupied by the governor, for which
Mr. Tilden paid a rent of $10,000, has
been bought for $45,000 by trie stale.
— One of the saddest things to be
seen at the tabernacle is the lonely
father who enters his babe as a compe
titor for one of the prixei. homing
thereby to get means to bay necessary
Dr. John C. Minor. The injuries were
found to be confined to a simple frac
ture of the radius of the nght arm,
about two inches above the wrist, to
gether with the braises already men
tioned. The brt ken bone was set. In
the afternoon Mrs. Stewart was report
ed as able to walk about, though still
suffering from the pain and stuck of
the accident. Mrs. S„ewart is 70 years
old.
FOHUUA.L VVBBSST.
—General Gordon has l>een concilia
ted by the app< intment of his brother-
in-law to en important department
clerkship.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
rep.
—Iu the expectation that the row
won’t be patched up th* next time, the
Georgia legislature will give Gordon
another chance in the senate.—Chicago
Times, ind.
—Attorney General Devena recog-
nixes the fact that there are too many
lawyers, and his remedy is to turn a lot
of them into judges of a new Uuited
States court he proposes to establish.—
Boston Herald, ind.
—Judge David Davis, we are glad to
know, has come back to spend his va
cation at home. Ihe visit will recupe
rate his wasted frame, and he will do
well to feel tbe pnLlic pulse upon the
prairies and ascertain how his constit
uents stand upon the questions which
he will be required to dodge after the
| length Li
AM SILICAS TEA.
DceiMi ibe uu.1 usual jeer the inter
nal revenue hnreeu collected ue.rly .
million from tbe capital, oi banks, oi
which amount Georgia paid $17,742;
South Carolina, $6.«81; Tennessee,
JS.StiO, Alabama, $5,BUS, and Florida,
$;I00 About three million, war. col
lected from the dapoute ol bank.,
which amonnt Georgia paid, $13,8,9;
S'Uth Carolina, $5132; Tennessee,
$14 506; Alabama, $7,493,and Florida,
$2,096.
Tina at last reta all things even.
General Butler’, .on, who graduated
(rom Went Point last inuimer, ha. been
attached to a co'ored regiment on the
Rio Grande, the mm to which tl e
colored Cadet Flipper i« attached,
her ture. Cefote her do* aad iobhiug as General medeoe. where sreat pieparelwn.
it her heart weu.u break T Cau jou turret how I were urekirg ft.. « ot the ohKbne
i„u cos science .mote you I-how Jou mated | tesUvala ot St Nicholas Here ho
home, bed up a Uuie bund.e ot clothe., wrote I with a welcome at once heart j and
auotetojourecbonfmlalreia lull*,he wild*. | and here he met mary who
much greater | ytotesuUoas ol love and appeals for furgDcuees
tt. ludg-.‘ Pbiuaz.e and | j a *nutoer wet k was wiUi toe twc.fto Geor
gia regiment ia
comfirls for his sick wife.
—Texarkana is on the border of Tex
as and Arkansas. The line separating
the states runs through the centre of
the ton n or towns, for there are two,
with distinct, independent g vern-
ments.
—At the proposed celebration ot his
silver. weduing, the president will in
vite all who are still living of those who
were present at the nuptial ceremonies
on December 30,1852, at Cincinnati.
They then numbered forty persons.
holidays.—Chicago Inter-Ocean, rep.
— Senators Gordon and Hill very
effectually played thunder in giving
their reasons the other day for the con
firmation of Wade’s appointment to
the collectorihip of internal revenue
iu Georgia. They were so incompre
hensibly inditffeet as to declare that
they opposed Wade for the reason that
he waa not a m ;n« f good character, just
as if the radical majority in the senate
had not voted within the last ten years
to confirm hundreds oi other appoint*
mente for apn*reatlv no other reason.
—Louisville Courier Journal, dem.
To be Remembered Hr.
Why not beautify your farm house by
fruit trees and shrubbery ? Remember
that the tree one plants survives him;
the grape vine remains when the hand
that plant* it is cold ; the rose bash
blossoms when he who planted it in
the yard is alone in the quiet house of
death. Fruit, shade and ornamental
trei8 remain a monument to the name
and virtues of the departed.
Ornameaial Free*.
A co-respondent from one of tho
northwestern states wishes to know if
in Georgia forests we have anv orna
mental trees ? We can assure him that
we have sufficient numbers to give va
riety to our land scape scenery, giving
too variation of outline, and diversity
of foliawe. We boast of the verduae of
our forests in summer, and of their
glorious autumn coloring. We have a
large number of ornsmeutal -trees,
among Them trie'forma l i^and-headed
chestnut, and the pyramidal oak; the
maple, b?au iful as it is, and the mas
sive grandeur of the magnolia. The
flowing grace of the elm, and the exu
berant richness of the willow, not only
the stiffness of the poplar but, the ex-
quiaitenesa of the fringe tree; not only
the gaudy berries of the haw and dog-
woou, but the feathery foliage of the
aspen. We have some with light,
others with heavy foliage. Some with
beautiful Bowers, others with conspi-
cious fruits; each and all possessing
some wonderful characteristics which
make variety, and add to the expres
sion of every forest or ornamented
ground.
The Agriculture of Geoiil*.
Thia great interest is intimately con-
n< cted with the business and pleasures
of our people, but in a great degree the
main source <>f our wealth, ana a per
manent abundance, involving our com
fort and liappine s, and if we expect to
advance the state in prosperity aud
I»ower, we must do all we can to pro
mote her agriculture. As this great in
terest flourishes, the whole state flour
ishes, and as it declines the state must
suffer and decline.
Improve Ii
With a little labor and care, the far
mer's wife could greatly improve tbe
appearance of many of the little farm
houses, to be seen through the country.
The house could wi’h hut little trouble
be smothered in roses, swathed in
jessa nines, with uonev suckles tap*
ping at the window panes, and wiste
ria making tiie porch a bower of blos
soms.
New Mode* of Farming.
There are still many farmers in our
state who reject the modern improve
ments in farming, and will not use the
modern agricultural implements. This
is natural but not wise. Progress has
many impediments. Motion ever
meets with resistance. There is no ad
vance without friction. Conservatism
opposes innovation. The fossilized
ever regard with aversion the living,
and aggressive. The old man keeps up
the struggle with the new man; the
old natuie with the new nature.
Information Ahorit Poultry.
If farmers would tcllect they would
readily see that there is no cheaper
food than poultry. One bushel of corn
will keep a hen one year, and during
the year she will lay probably over
. . i th#. Hhrarv thev had half‘an honre’ talk I lion roubles a month, the gift of the
•ccmedtotejjbut ycu cranotdeceive | ^VgSa ol ^.udeI (xar. It is probable Milan wi 1 not
| and kisurly tested toe Bledsoe vintage, ’’there
j of my guest* you haven’t seen. You re-
| member Charlotte Davidson ?"
“You mean Mrs. Herrick. 1 presume, unde.’
••Yes; Mr* Herrick. She is here with her
I little boy. tibe came yesterday. Somehow the
had taken up the idea that you were dead,
j wa* compelled to show her your letter to o
vtnoe her to the onotrary. and when she read it
•OLD fcL”
JHJT KIYMKSIPK LCMO.
W« here received Ui.Sralmuiib.rol
TL. Kitereul. KcLo, e new mod immUt
little peprr, edited end pub-
liebed by Mia Lna!* O. Chieholm, oi
Wret Point It re not Meted whether
the publiceUcn ie to be ieeued weekly
or monthly, hoi we preeunte it u to be
A weekly- ll ie cmrefully edited, ertie-
licily nude ap, end cerrue ebont it
e ,.ry indication oi tuccce. Tbe moet
noteworthy leetnre of tbe number be
fore ne ieihe "Sir, of the Chelteboo-
rhM> - written by 8 duey lrenier, which
we produce elrewLere. It ie euted thet
lliae chi-holm re tbe --edilr.ee end
pnblieber,” bat thie ie probebly etypo-
.repbiral • "tor, for if .lie ie th* “edi-
* rr r w ajjc is th* publufiirmis. Th*
sub*3riP<i°» I***^ * W*
i!aewiaw *=• EM
~ ' V thi M * cot i*
Gen. L* Doc, the United 6ut« com
missioner ol agriculture, has prepared
a pamphlet ou trie culture of the tea-
plant in America. Ue is firmly con
vinced that the $20000000 in coin that
we send yearly to China and Japan
should be kept at home. Ue even de
clare* that w« should not only supply
the home demaud bat ahead compete
with the cart in supplying foreign mar
kets The pamphlet givee a detailed
history of the cu tivation of the tea-
plant in the east, and then coutinnee:
-Trie latitudes in which tea is srccetw-
folly cultivated in China, Aseam and
Japan correspond with those of the
state* of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia.
Weal Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia,
Tennemee, Kentucxy, Arkansas, Mis
souri and a portion of the Pacific
coast, and me conditions of
temperature, aoil, etc., are
elao about the a rate. Successful ex
per ments in tea cniture, already made
Mo Bobbluc I« Out.
While they were resting flora work
noon ytsteid iy, Amos said:
* 1 hcaAM er white assn reedia’ in «1e paper
als roncnlu’ dat Mum wax ’batin’ now w hander
dors wr zenny
"Shoes*r ssvd 014 Si: ’’You’se jot dal
'wrong ecad ta'mwl. sho! ’
- Ho, mb; dat wax what he red in de psprr!
- Whuddcr dere wux enny hell?’ ’ repeated Si
"Yes.sab: whuddrr when tx man rive
up hyai he went tax heii. «i jcee dissolved tar
due’ agin!"
- Lxkkic heah : 1 don’t want no Vpute
noboddy. but af enny man oome fooha' ’re
me wid dat sorter akrip’.ur he's xwiae ter Leah
me ait up yaader toier ahouiin’ tones!” said Si.
"Way is dat r*
•*K«se taint swine ter do! Yar Jfwa make
nipry belrto dar aint no heahartet an*
what yer comes ter Eb-^ry st con’ house'll to
needed no promptings to recognize toe boy whom
they hail known to well in the tale, retber grave
Colonei I'oCte expR-eect an .u'.eruper*to deair I rjl4 iciea; iu tiie val;ey ol Virgiui*. Y u aa) I y° u,l 2 t 4
to taie whai they called "a iuo»u-fl.tin* nij;ht- I ^, jlH ^ mot id. Lucien Lam deu, t Memory I as soon as all greetings were over, boreibimrff
C4p ' and reure-a oeaire whtaa tirey were no; j s ^ or My>) but yen ctunot deceivt I library where t oH half an onre
slow in grau'yioc. af er making several emus j ^ You remember how you refused furioa. h I sB toemscivcs . . „
batvsin appeals to Lumsdeu to join them (oxlouih. aud how. when you learned that wine. lh( . ¥ „ t , nwn 1
Maj jX Blatta showed them to their apartmienu I CbarloUe Davidaou hoa married a refugee t om I Lncien, said the general, as they sat down
with gieat ceremony, and then returned to the I r eUaeaMe you turned your steps towards Text*
bar. -The drip-drip ol the rain oontinned upon I wtterei from toe first prosperity naa been your
the ouuide aud the gutters seemed to never tire | guehl mid tenant.
of their uonct mons gargle-gurgio Lumsden 1 f a queer mood did Lucien Lnmsden sit
•at dreamily gazing lu to too glowing embers I aud commune wito his other self—that uyste-
endeavoriug. in a vague aud curiously careless I rumt presence which persisted 1* blowing th-
way—as it soemdd to him—to recall once more I t^tato of life upou the dry-bones that la>
to life the faces and aceacs which had b-«a fa- I blraching in toe shadows of the Vailey of the
miliar to his lost youth. Mi jor B attr sat ovc T | post—until the clumsy old clock upon toe
oq the other side, rubbing hts chin thoughtfully
and woodering wby toe new-somer. wbo .bad , Jt _ — .
w«ia»errtlas Lucien Lomsden. was going to I .. cliuntk;betn ig gernpw uh a dicker wood.” Laden. Her husband
Rockv.Ee Of Major BlaUs’s curiosity ton much I . ^ question arose from the I yearn”—Lamwlen rose abruptly from his chair
mntotneseid: ii It was cordial it aas also dis- I ^ u baggage upon which he had been t.eep- and strode “O and down toe room ’wd 1
interested; and it had made, in a small way. • iat _ wtm a yawn and shiver. p«ooeeded to thought 1 would tooonie a .
aiplomal of Ihe m,jjr. ^n,7nc«W old trend-Urettro.Mid w« .xn. by pvln« tt. poor ttln, . home. I thtaJ:
-■EUgnt hud timre oat juider, .i’n’t they, 1 ; the ueble. creating whet I ndght h»Te done won., Lncien. Lender the
knBKlV ladicMlng T.xo by pointing beck- ^fbenM -JL,n 8 de M*.M»w f -xclMmedthepnend. P-dhtiwre.
wauls with hia thumb toward an imaginary I cattle.” In anotner tan minute- I e ]m . the*'bro*d belt of sun-
map in the direction of the dingy old register. I Lomsden had bolted a couple ol oold bisculta, I , )i7ht lhal fl xxltKl toe avenue
hear teU.” be coatirued, withoat waiting for a pitce of fried ham. and a cup of hot oeff* ^ j hLexo ” said Lomsden. hurriedly, and
rep y to hia qatstion. "of a mighty sight er I and by that ume too coach waa at toe door. I tITin?T ln hi# V cice ; ’*1 believe I
folks packin’up toerduda an’ leak n’out fer Then there vu some delay waiting forjudge * renew my acquaintance with her,”
Taxes. Tears ter me that luck’s a long way* pbinazee and Colonel forts, who Anally couclu- ^ ^ from bbrary. down the star*
the comer fer a mm what’s got ter hia I ded te> wait over uutil noon; whereupon. Host- I portico and out after the slight figure
tip an’ rack off ter Ttxaa, aa* that’s what I tells I lex Jim, the driver. * 1 ‘ ow *^* he *4^*“ I that still walked brirkly forward. He was In
—The tramp ia the balance of power.
He is the “devil” that the policy of the
Tribune would loosen and let up the
national cr«diL Ouly the democratic
party, backed by the solid and con
servative south, stands between. De
stroy that and the national debt is
gone. It waa the conservative charac
ter of thi- (rreat party which secured
the slaveholder his right to his slave
property under the constitution. It :s
„ .,.• nv I the same conservative character which
—Poor Milan Obrenovitch has beeC no WMC u, . r8 bondholder bis proiierty
deposed by .Sultan Ham.d. And jet ja hj9 lKIIlda a ^ in9 t the wild l.e«tinc%
the impudent prince is pointing his — —
guns at Nitsch and pocketing one mil-
hundred eggs, and is then still suitable
for food.
Farmers do not pay sufficient atten
tion to their poultry. Should you have
hen houses, do not have them too high
from the ground. Have it well venti
lated, or so arranged that it can be.
Rye bran, mixed with wheat bran or
corn meal, is good for fowl stock. F-jwIs
are fond of water, ana they should at
all times have access to clear, sweet,
fresh water. Corn aad wheat meal
mixed, and about one-third vegetables, ■
is excellent for poultry, and to it add
occasionally a little pepper and salt will
improve it.
(leorgln Moral Items.
- Reports are favorable pretty gen
erally from all sections of the state
relative to farming operations daring
the past year. Fanners too are in a
better condition pecuniarily than they
were last season.
No longer’u ylstiddy Sid Griffin tole me I hiswtiip
he wux gwlne ter Texas soon • t be sole his cot- I leaden, awl
lupaen’atx ’aid.' area L ’you be tter I states Mali” marked in yellow
stay ’round here wher’ folks knows youer bon- I door, rolled across the pub.ic square
Ef you kin git rich in Ttxaa you king! | into toe Rockville road. The lady
rich in Georgy, er cunjwner'e else. A rollin' I with her little boy. was already iu the coach
L’don’tnever tether non*." 1 when Lumsden took bis seat but it was too
-And .totdM 8t.l«y" l. qaired Lnmrfen. | n.uk to ji.tias Uii-ir i.e-a. Tne Ume <><>f 1 2* ml thro «wT
aa’ de btu*e* twixt ’em ’U b»
jatehoursa Hit’s meushty hard ter keep ’<
urate now wld dc sheriff an’ he'll bofe ’fore dar
errs
•*Dcr yru'se eu de ride ob de fish an’ brtss-
*^TiIu*ss right, ho^ey! Ef yoa tink you**
gwiaeter teebed s wurid ter p ay snow
aomewhsr youse rung. Du's er w
pUce j as berant h.wh f«r
da frredmsn back an’ chkkin-
ne painted to foaruMl eqnnrter. TbeiewMno throngb »Ue IMnwd dewl .wey. Ae^ui! feinted
n^T.y\ M-jue E.en. n.l .n««led. to d«dewey. 8Le 1 n't here « .mere gnat
. w.wl " Lncien. Her huebendhM been c«d theee lour
o feu lignUyeero.eUie t»ce«ofhi« j ^ OTS|IU4e hte j. te . lt Memed tea neer
ing with gir.Uh grace upon its parasol, mt.de a
pretty silhonette against toe borixon. There
was something touching and appcsUns in the
attitude. Poor little ftoure! looking so long
irgiy toward toe wtst! Lorn, den came very
affecting lively interest.
was wide aw toe and taika-ive, but he soou
• Oh, Si.1! Well, Sid. h.-. tbe Jnnidct white I ^a» oi ,nccrmUj 4 to the eesy eweylrg I „ ,u°l.^e’fieire d!d
tan you ever run agin. He ups ca u t, -Major. 1 motioo ol tor iosch. , I tiehe called strain- “will 3
xhe. *ssettin’ hen don’t lay no x'ggs’ Hit’s j • Yoa wtil be mo re comfortable, msdair,’ I tie. necauca sgatn. wut 3
The parcsol fell to the
you not speak
r, aho's youer | Lumiden finally ventured to remark, "if you
will allow me to take roar utile boy.”
Silence ooce more reigned in the bar, and | "Oa,a thoua*i.d thstos! No. He would be
more toe m*j jt’s curiosity got the better of | too great a trouble
him. finally, he made another effort.
1 bkeva vou said you didn’t want your bag
else tuck up. didn't you kurnei T’remsxted
the major with gratnivore solicitude
-No. there's no need to bother about it," said
Lumsdeu. "I wan: to go to hocktil e to-mor
r. But it are ms to me tost four o'clock is an
y hour for toe coach to leave."
Youer m’Abty rtaht ’bout that, korneL Hit’
in several of the scales mentioned, uure graraliy, etas lj|rwtns ur swap my aim-
amply justify tho opinion that it can | ku lex« -
be made an industry in this country of i giraacr Bat Troi
immediate advanu«e and profit. A 7^,* n V es in the town of Norcross
little calculation will show the pn fi s J -^btiv. lnalhseat youth, fifteen y«ar>
which may be derived from an are* of I see. five tret tevta inches high, and wetgtu
Uhd rouraiaing 2,000 U. P l«ra ihr*
years old. Th. third year the yield J ^ ^ ., K i a ate Ufe. He basocr
would be 187 pound., the fourth jeer . .diL.kof ««nte. n«r» chew of obMon.
312 pound*, Ihe dfth year 500 pound*, w unohed. Hi* omni4c*toa u pud. h»
»ad .he mxth year 750 1 .. ,cd* per «re. j
When the leaves are abundant, one j ^ Abhorreoce lor strata, spirits
person can gather sixteen pounds per ( ^ aobseeo from his taUacy. This is certified
d*y. bus the »en«e reeuh of » day’* ; w he wnclf tree hy ni*
* , . . re L Turner, a popular mwchgat of oui
work may not * acred ten to twelve ^ Ua cf thta re-murkaole aad -Lumadsti! Lomsden: Lemme see — Lnms-
poonds. The letv.S are gathered witaeTamer. U there a psralU- den! 1 fitaremeiatecepny sica name*s Lus>-
fhrse different periftis, yanging from ( amr In to* mate? U so. let b.m or Usir nsa s
U«Lh u c^Ustter, oud. oa *o »tr*|
VjC 9Q3A4*. tit* r#l'*AlR£ . Q ^ om ^3 rt joy emrh atom re** usL-
«asli i»zOqBt?39 •:• - •-
,S» All***! *»f fRf ^NfSisiM in
••Not st all, ’ and he reached over and lifted
the tittle fellow from toe lsdy’s Up.
Who got
aroused by toe transfer.
•• x xind teatleuiAn, darting; yju must be a
very Lice bey, now."
Me dood, mun.ua,” whereat tae little
ncstied so coafiiingiy ia Lumsiieti’s arms that
the letter expentr.osd a thrill that was
account er that kussid tittle railroad down J peculiar and pleasing,
tber. Th, st**ei,*ct to hctch if. rain er thine ..Wh.ti*jottrn«ne, mjUlttenun?
They don't m-K’n git thoo chutgin- one *tad» **■*« hnoten Ln ttmen Hetw.c*.
tool'foie they flx upennuthcroce. Eon hit In | “He i» trying :o ~j.’ ein-med Itw with
Uie dedfetehid Nation they tranter do it fer I* I » little fl-itttrtng l.agti that aoanded aweetly
tnote'n I kin tail. Yr*. air !** continued the | mndoal in the old coecn. “that hi*
mai tr. after a pauae, daring which the emphatic Lnden Laauden Herrick"
Ttetiewoe with which he cnetrad hie toheeoe wa# I •-1 jtn-dea'a heart gare one leap toward* hia
anil* aa aSgtriicuit aa wocda-' Ye*. air 1 HU-. 1 thnwt and then fdl hick *lmo« paleclera Hera
a wnndallna fee-. Kn’ they're mighty high mint >*a the Chariot e Daridaon of hia yonth 1 Here
Doll Underwood'* homo*." wa* the one woman whora memory, beridm
“Underwood la at ll tunning the coach. 1 that of hia dead airier, waa de« to him 1 This
U^j- I child wa* her child 1 He had heard her TOice
The ancalioa aronred Major Bl.tta'e eurfoeitj. I —he had touched her ha: d 1
-Lotd b.cw row. yea 1 Dotph U jndetwood'r bin -oh! happy thoughtshe had remembered
haulin' the real's betwixi GnllettarUle and I hint well enough la rail her boy by hia name,
leek Trite nigh onto forty rrer Yo* tram like There and a hundred other thooght* Boahra*
yon know tm! iotcnLj km down aooat Keek throngh Lumtdct.'* mind In an lna.ant, and
rille. kurnei ? 1 aseti to uump 'rund them dig- I the midst of them all. he was humiliated by toe
right smut when 1 wni n young 'on." | knowledge that, with all hia coolnere and aalf
p«ttiaghM kaee sJfccnoaasMy and smi'.iag at
toe ssdirons.
"Ob. yo!” Lem ales replied, ”1 have a goad
With the tears streaming down her face, she
turned sod cried:
••Oh, Laciez! bow-covld you be so cruel
heart was broken yesterday.'* And then, as if
by that means to maud matters, she fled into
mamma 7 ’ asked to* child, I to arms.
The marriage, or, rather, I should say the
wedding took place that very night. Even toe
general instated upon it. and the gaeste—well
a> a matter of course toe guests insisted upon it.
and af»et It w- s all over Major Btatta who. wlto
hia wife, sad arrived in du~ time, remarked la
the presence of the whole oomoany:
"Dadfetch me ter toe dadfetchid Nation.ef I
did n’t feel jes like boo booin’ when I seed Loosb
a etannln’ out toer ard that little gal a hangin*
onto ’im, en I tell gents, ef I bad er open
ed up vou’d heeia beilcnn*. wouldn’t they
itoo?” and Prue, toasappes'ed to.remarked
qrietly but flrnuy:
—* how. Tf □ l a nan* a. rnnac m aware
J. C. H.
icy kiu-iolki down to that bailiwkk "
den.** said to*. cta.r n ^ vivdy.
“■yo® oogfet to k
Biedroeri’* r
"WeU. ,to*fetire, my tti4< tc to* dadfetrfcei
2141 f%*txat LUte Lx*h Iw^.iwrier. mbCL
•■umA i*f C -V wi’down (.rtseghtto
Ue could not control toe auer trejd-
as'ioa ol delight; toe fright:dly Hire* feeiicg I
oi ;oy if gave Him to teel tost ne was once more
in toe presence of nis tittle rchoolmistiww
The humiliation was keener, and he came to
bis senses sooner, when he remembered that
Abe was marned. The remembrance cooled him |
"Lacten Lumsdeu Herrick-a brsTe name 1
Only ”’ oe remartei. *1 o- ew had a fiieud .
i ‘* j ' ^ J - J • J
ALICE LA SEFS LOVE.
Twas a gem ol the brightest hue.
Pure as the diamond’s lustrious glow;
Kfcher by far than the mines of Peru.
Yet, soon it waa mingled with woe.
The plighted troth—toe solemn vow.
Was eoshrintd in her heart's deep core.
And aeaied with a kiss on tbe trow.
The warmest ever had preri it before,
Ob what a pure and holy thing.
Was toe love of fond Alice's heart.
Like the first of breathings of spring.
When the roaea theirsweetneas Impart
Twas a vision of beauty, too bright,
(Matchless light ot to* seraphs shore.;
Cl vtoed to ita robes of v«wtol white.
Was tod dream of her innocent love.
Theauulreht wax gilding her toy,
»LiL lb. tf.pe .Jt jove’a **?]/ day.
Il fahit&tu *ets haL.
Aud Dopr - tyKt AfU
—There are ninety-three democratic
membara of the Ohio legislature. It ia
estimated that on the first ballot for
senator in caucus,Pendleton will receive
37 votes, Ewing 24, Morgan 21, Hurd 4,
Ward 4. Payne 3. General Steedmau,
of Toledo, believes that Hurd will be
nominated.
—Dr. Dio Lewis is now astride a new
hobbv-horee. In feather pillows the
doctor has discovered the Herod of our
modern civilization. He attriDutes the
majority of deaths among yonng chil
dren to overheated brains, the result of
lying on feather pillows.
—The Dufaure ministry in France
sends Marquis de Banneville, a moder
ate Bjnapartiat, as embassador to Con
stantinople. The Bonapartiats of France
were once the strongest friends of Tur
key, and Banneville’s coarse will be
watched with interest.
—Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague paid
$2,000 a yard for dress maierial a few
years ago, and now her husband's paper
sell at 2J cents on the dollar. What a
sudden transition from affluence to pov
erty. The lady above named is the
daughter of Simon P, Chase, ex-secre
tary of the treasury, and her hnsband
an ex-United States senator from Ki »dfc
Island.
—It was at a charity ball; the girl
was pretty and exquisitely dressed. She
said: "Now, Mr. , don't yon pu’
my name in the paper, nor tell what I
had on. I have worn this draws once be
fore, and its horribly old. I was going
to have a French dress from Worths,
but it didn't get here, so I bad to wear
this. Now mind, don't pat my name
in the paper, but if you do, send me
—“Women have the mastery of
color,” said Sir Joshua Key- olds. Bu’
when a woman wears a green skirt,
with a brown overdress and a purple
necktie, with a brown or yellow ribbon
in her hair and a bine bonnet with a
salmon-colored feather and red flowers
on it, *nd * drab vail over her face,men
color haa the mastery of woman.
—Said Mr. Whittier once: “It was
a wonderiol thin* to tee one’s aelf in
print for the firet time. I ahall never
feel ao well again. * * * It a not
true, as has been said, that I dash ol
my writing rapidly, and send it to the
printer withoat any correction. I don t
believe anybody does that, or haa a
right to do it.
—In an account of the honre aod the
habit* of Lord Chief Justice Co; kburn,
of tramp suffrage. The slaveholder 1
fate is the bondholder's warning.
—There are one hundred and fifty-
two democrats in the house of repre
sentatives. Of these ninety-three came
from the south, as against fifty nine
from the loyal north. Of the ninety-
three from the south forty-four served
in the confederate army and eleven
other* served the confederacy in a civil
ian capacity. It ia very clear there
fore that, the one hundred and forty-
one republicans in the house rt present
the loyal eentiraent of the country.
And yet the democratic party claims
to be par excellence, the party of pa
triotism and the constitution.—Wash
ington National Republican, rep.
A BLESS ISO ON 7 US DANCE.
BY IBW1N K0SHELL.
Don't jeflge us hard for what we docs-you
knows it’s Cbristmuz night;
An*slide balance ob de yean,
rtebt’s we klr-
We laborers In de viceya’d—workin’ hard,
workto' u ae—
Now, ehurely you wont notus, 11 we eats a grape
or two,
takes a
spell—
Bekaae, nex* week, i
bor twloet as w
Remember, Mahar—min’ dta, now-de itoful-
Ix ’pendin’ ’non de iplrrit what we goes an’
*does lt in;
An* in a rigbehis frxn
dances.’ ".ng;
a material decrease in tho amount
of corn and cotton produced, but, on
the other hand, tbe wheat cron was
much better than last year, the amount
of home-raised pork ’is greater, but
above all and more than all, closer
economy has been practiced iu many
of the details of living, aud the aggre
gate of debt reduced.
ThiB improvement is not indicated
by any material increase of money in
the farmer's pocket, but has a deeper
and broader' foundation—upon which,
prosperity may be slowly but surely
built. The farmers are gradually real
izing their situation—their altered cir
cumstances resulting lrom the revolt
tion of labor and the loaa of property.
Speculative ventures iu planting cot
ton—to replace in a few years the loss
of the patrimony and the accumulations
of ball a life time- are becoming ex
ceedingly rare. Many are now begin
ning in earnest to adopt and practice
that policy they have long openly advo
cated but practically repudiated—rais
ing farm supplies on the farm. This
policy in years past has been advocated
by many to induce others to plant leas
cotton, whilst its advocates have quiet
ly enlarged. their cotton fields for the
greater harvest and higher prices. But
the higher prices have not been at
tained and their hopes have been dis*
appointed.
There is a decided and increasing
tendency to diverrifi-id farming, stock
raising, fruit growing and Final! grain
crops, and a disposition to develop the
minor resources of the farm —sorghum,
sugar cane, millet, chufas, Ac.
Id speaking of cotton raising, the
commissioner says: The farmer who
has made an average crop of cotton,
and prudneed at the (tame time a fnll
»upply of corn, fodder or hay, syrnp,
potatoes, vegetable*, bacon and lard,
etc., and a stock c f hogs and cattle for
next year, has done a profitable year's
work; and just in proportion as he has
neglected these supplies, his profit*
have been less and less.
Of stock growing he says: It is en
couraging to note the increasing dispo
sition to Improve the common breeds
of cattle, sheep and hogs, by the intro
duction of thoroughbred animals,
which is indicated in the correspond
ence of the department. There are
really no insuperable obstacles in the
way, to prevent success in the ordinary
stock husbandry. The farmers of
Georgia can and should produce all the
bacon, beef, mutton and wool, butter
and cheese, consumed in the state.
TIi© (.tillIn.
We take pleasure in laying before our
readers a letter on the subject of the
chnfa, received from Mr. & G. Wallace,
of Stone Mountain, and would say to
him we are always pleased to hear from
him, giving the results of his planting:
The earth almond, or more o mm n-
ly called the enufa, seems to be daily
gaining favor among our farmers. The
chufa was introduced into this country
through the agricultural department at
Washington in 1853. All kinds of
stock and poultry relish it, but its chief
value is a teed for bogs—for pork mak
ing. It is nutritious, sweet, oily and
pleasant to the taste. Hogs grow and
fatten rapidly on it; it is a cheap food
too for making pork. Hogs have been
seen leaving corn to eat the chufa. As
a flesh producer the chufa ia equal to
corn. The chufa is much more produc
tive on one acre of ground tyan corn.
The most suitable aoil for the chufa
is a light, loose, sandy loam, rich in de
composed matter. Have your ground
well prepared by deep plowing and
thorough harrowing. After preparing
the ground and planting yonr crop,
keep out all weeds and grass until tho
plants shall occupy the entire ground
in the drills. The tops of the chufa can
be utilized, as they make good hay.
Cut when fully grown, and before the
tips begin to die.
Stonb Mountain, Ga., Dec. 20, 1877.
Agricultural Editor Constitution: I
must, tell my brother farmers something
about tbe chufas. I had the good luck
to buy one gallon of the chufas from J.
Ben Wilson & Co. last April was a year
ago, at fifty cents per quart, which I
i bought was a big price, but I would
not take twenty live dollars a quart for
and not get any more, and 1 planted ’he
gallon about the 20th of April and tuado
twenty bu> hels of the chufa* of which
I sold some to my neighbors and they
are all highly pleased with them, and
some of them say they believe they can
raise 400 bushels to the acre. All that
planted thia year say that they are
again to plant larger patches this next
year. Everybody is highly pleased
with the chufas.
I am now gathering my crop of chu
fas. I will get 200 bushels to the acre
thia year on common upland that did
only make fonr barrels of corn to the
acre. The chufas will beat raising corn
.to fatten hegs on, or chickens, geese
and children, as all like the chufas.
think very strange about me
—Houston Home Journal: It is a , g^yjuj, tjj e geese k>ve them when they
notab e aud pleasant fact very few farm j ' w & n t h e ground, but I will tell you
laborers are prepan. g to change their * QW ^ t BlarUK i. My patch waa
«4darters for another yuar. The negroes i c j 09e roy house last year and the
nave learned that it is better, to keep a Sickens would scratch around the
good home than to seek a better. * '
Every sober, industrious farmer,
may in Georgia become a freeholder of
the soil, may have a house which he
may caU his own, and by reasonable
toil and frugality may rear, educate,
and comfortably endow a family, and
this withoat binderance.
—Georgia offers a climate in which
scarcely a vegetable, or fruit, or cereal
grain, may not in some portion of it be
successfully cultivated.
—Tbe lands of Georgia are good, the
air pure, health excellent, water sweet
and plentiful. What more is desired?
edge of the bunch to get the chufas as
they grow so thick in the bunch and
hing under the
ut the chufas did
orthegeeae. The
corn in the crib
Ice-house that I
hem on. I have
A Specially.
Col man’s Rural World thinks it bet
ter for farmers to select one good breed
of hogs, or sheep, or cattle, or horses,
or poultry, and make a specialty of it.
Secure the best of that breed, and give
it your special attention. He thinka
tbe farmer will soon become known in
that particular, get good prices and
make money.
Apple*.
Prof. Beal recently read an essay be
fore an agricultural college on apple
cultivation. Ue thinks young trees
should be treated very much as you
wou'd treat a hill of corn. Hoed crops
will answer in a yonng orchard. Sowed
crops will do more harm to young trees
He thinks it a good plan to keep young
trees mnlched.
the geese gol
bunches afte
no*, hurt the
chufas only
and meal iu
woold have
gathered a quart under one bunch and
the bunches only 14 inches apart. I
would advise all farmers to get the chat
fas and plant very largely aa it will
fill our smoke-houses with good meat
and much cheaper than it can be raised
in the west, and then we will have
meat at home and won't have to send
our surplus money to the west after our
Pffnn, T a G Wallace.
It seem to me—indeed ll do—I xnebbe mout be
That peopte^aly ought to dance, when Christ-
sob min’ we’xgwineto
We hs's no Uarp to soon* de chorda, toholp
to sin*: , . . ,
in’ tode girt we has we does de be*
know.*—
You biers ns, pleace sah, ebencf we’a <
wren; tr-ntant; , ..
y.rare den we’ll n ed de blenin’ more n ii
doin’ r’ght:
An' let de blesato’ stay wtd ns, untell we o
to die.
An* go<* u
iflal
Yes, teU dem preahta anjnla we’a a-fwine to
Osr voloai wt-’sadrainin' for to sto«de dory
the London World cites among the OMahw-!®;:
usual guests at his lordship s lively no “ •
1 yo’ chill en soon, an* take ’em
dinners the pleasant presence of the
eminent counsel who haa eclipsed hts
fame as an American statesman bv
those achievements which have plrced
| him in the front rank of English com-
j mercial lawyers, Mr. Benjamin, Q. C
! — Mr. Stanley’s discoveries on the
J - Congo are to be improved immediately.
Pfiris^ ror^pondent announced, that
ritoryTaudhave put the Rivs. C. Gren ex-Queen Isabella, ctf Spain Flatted
feu and W. Comber, who Mve been D >n Carlos: This causes much pom-
labiricg for aonje time in th* Came-* ment, notw^hstand ing'the statement*
room*.' at ihe bead ^ the £* jsdition. ’ published that the visit had DO polftl'Al
! Thsf V* to into lip inferior. » r *<**-
Dip yoar brash in BOZO DO NT,
Scour yoar teeth above, below;
In a week’s tiu e, Ma’am, you won’t
Find a speck in either row,
dec25 deodlwAwlt
Dob Oath, .net ttareo Ia.br! 1.
IyjMXjs, December 26.—Tbe Times’
Ind
i to Come.
Kegularity, older and syBtem are,
perhaps, as necessary in carrying on
armiDgasanyotherbnainesa. Farmers
should have a day and time for every
thing, and then see to it that the work
aet apart lor that day or time be done
Do not delay or pnt off, bat finith the
job at the time yonr beat judgment has
decided it ihould he done Yon will
find that it will reduce your work and
pay more for your labor.
Prom tbe atstlcnlmr.1 Department
Dr. Thomas F. Janes, commission*-
of agriculture, has just issued his sup
plemental report of comparative total
yield of leading crop*, cost profit* un-
Georgia offers every advantage and
inducement to northern or weatern
people who desire to oome south.
There is no better climate in the United
Sates, nor is there a healthier state in
tne union. The water cannot bo ex
celled. That ol middle Georgia ta cool
and abundant. North Georgia ia finely
supplied with pare freestone water, ao
cool and.pleas*nt that ice i*,not needed.
The mineral spring* are of the best
kind, and many seek them for medt*
cinal purposes, and are greatly bene«
fitted.
All througo the state are attractive
waterfalls, which affords power for
turning much machinery. Ita religious
and social advantages are rarely sur
passed. It* railroad facilities are excel
lent. Towns, villages, poet offices,
churches, and public roads, dot all sect
lions. Gold, copper, |ead, iron, marble,
limestone and granite are found in
quantities. The soil producee all the
necessaries and most of the luxuries of
life. In many localities there is a good
supply of fish and gune. In short,
Georgia is a good state to settle in and
with little capital, energy, and a fair
amonnt of labor, any one by farming
can work his way up.
General Mural Items.
—It is estimated that the amount ot
batter and cheese produced the year
past ia 428 860,000 pounds; valued at
$124,000,000.
—Tbe *ppna.l consumption of **.heeee
der different systems of labor etc.^ : n T b ^u“XsS« is lsSToOO OwT*
say^Thf .ho*rr^kht“ fO.OWuOO in^bitants, or4j pounds to
crease m the \ “^l^me^partments of France an
“«tb'c n S'^d“.ldor^eCo^ anneal bonnty gaM ^nca.i..gven to
I a lo thewmrimm. the owner of a fireteclass dairy huiL
report; a large increase in the sorghum,
and a small decrease in ground peas
and chufas.
Ia speaking of tbe condition of the
farmers, be sayK “The fanners are in
better condition in every section ex
cept eouth-weat Georgia, and particu
larly so in north and south east Geor
gia.' These have been favored with
better seasons snd have produced larger
crops of corn and cotton than tho other
sections of the state. For ihe state at
large, by average of the aecuoira-57
percent of the correspondent* indicate
their condition as “better,” 18 aa the
gome” aod 25 as “worse” than last
winter. On .lie whole it is aafe to say
that the fanners of Georgia are in pet-
fer'vondition in several respects, than
ifviata laot. year. There ha* lieen
the owner c.
—Fret Bouchardat, of the Parisian
council of hygiene, call* attention to
some oi the Cincinnati hams, imported
into France. He says that they are
enveloped in a cloth saturated with a
yellow substance which ia bichromate
of lead -a ready poison.
—Agriculture, said Socrates, is an em
ploy ment the moat worthy the applica
tion of man, tho moet ancient and the
most suitable to his nature. It is the
common nurse of all peraona in event
age aud condition ol life; it is the
Somme of health, strength, plenty and
richness; and of a thousand sober de
lights and hohest pleasures- It is the
mistress and school of sobriety, tem
perance, justice, religion, and, in short,
oj all the virtues, civil »thi military,
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