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THE DAILY SUN. Saturday Morning June 24 Inciter from Foster Blodgett. GEORGIA STATE AGRICUL- RAL SOCIETY. THE^SUN OFFICE. Removal into a new Building. The Sun Office has been removed from its late stand on the corner of Broad and Alabama streets, to the adjacent new building on Broad street, lately erected by Chief Justice Loclirane. A lease for the term of five years has been obtained npon this entire building, and our pur pose is to fit it up substantially and con veniently for our business. The busi ness office is on the ground floor of the building, where business can be transact ed at any hour of the day and at all rea sonable hours of the night. The edito rial and composing rooms are in the third story. The press room will be in the basement. Taken altogether, we think we now havo one of the most desirable locations for a printing office in the city. The building is admirably adapted for it, and it is situated near to all the principal business thoroughfares. We are entirely pleased with our new habitation and, as it affords ns better fa cilities for work than we have had here tofore, we think we shall be able to make the Sun a better paper than it has hither to been. Atlanta, Jua-j 23, 1871. Editor Sun:—The erron<H>r , s statements' Its Conception and Foundation, in relation to the Dobbins case, which Interesting Letter from the have lately appeared in the newspapers, Hon. Mark A. Cooper, being calculated to mislead the public ' Below we give a most interesting let- and do me injustice, I feel that a full and ter from Hon. Mark A. Cooper, giving 1 ‘’Another ‘New Departure. 9 99 Under this bead, the Macon Telegraph and Messenger of the 20th inst, quotes from correspondents of the New York Herald and Tribune, now traveling in this State for the purpose of ‘‘interviewing” General Toombs and others, and con cedes with these words: “The NewYork Herald of Thursday has “a long report of another interviewer “who pursued Gen. Toombs from Wilkes “county on the 7th, and finally cornered “him in Hancock, and professes to have “extracted about a column and a half of “discourse from Mr. T. much like that “which was reported by the Tribune in- “torviower, only more so. According to “the Herald interviewer, Mr. T. was as “belligerent as a Tgame-cock—almost “spoiling for another fight. “Somethinghas happened to inspire the “whole tribe of Radicals with a new and “extraordinary interest in Georgia politi- “tics and politicians. Perhaps they see “that Georgia is the Key Stone of the “Southern Arch, and a solid Democratic “majority in the South is too much weight “for the Radical nag to carry on North •'em Turf. Bnt whatever they may say “about “Yallandigham’s new departure,” “their scheme to enlist any large and re spectable class of the Southern whites “in political copartnership with the ne- “groes, in behalf of Federal consolida tion, protective tariff robbery, the an “nihiiation of State rights and the final “subversion of the Constitution, contem “plates a departure from every principle “and predilection of the Sauthern heart, “too total and abhorent for possibility or “supposition.” We do not reproduce the reported “in terviows,” as our neighbor of Macon did, and on which these comments were made, because we know them to be untrue in sevoral important particulars, and believe them to bo untrue in others, bnt we publish the comments of the Telegraph and Messenger to give them our cordial endorsement. We cannot permit ourselves to believe that there is a Democrat in Georgia who will ever, while he claims to be a Demo crat-, endorse the declaration of the 9th resolution of the “New Departure” Penn sylvonia Convention, that all the usurpa tions attending Reconstruction so-called, were bnt the rightful exercise of power, and that they were all done “ in die man ner and by the authority constUuiionaUy ap- jioinied.” Thaddens Stephens said when he en tered npon them, that ho would “not Stultify himself by claiming that they were constitutional.” He rhH “ they were outside of the Constitution"--that is, nothing but conkbsed u nrpatious—acts in the very teeth and over the plain letter as well as spirit, of the Constit ution. We believe that no true Georgian will ever be abject enough to say that these monstrous outrages upon their rights and upon the organic law of the Union, were done “in die manner and by die au diority constitutionally appointed;” nor do we believe that any true Georgian will ever, even as a matter of choice between evils, vote for any man for the Presiden cy who does endorse such a mischievous untruth. THAT LEASE OF THE MACON AND WESTERN RAIL ROAD. impartial relation by me of the facts irf the case is required. The statements I make are capable of proof, and most-of them are matters of public record. When I took charge of the Western & Atlantic . Railroad as Superintendent, I found among the claims against the road one in favor of M. G. Dobbins, Esq., for forty thousand ($40,000) dollars, for lost and damaged cotton, and for loss in price in consequence of delay in delivering as per contract Messrs. McDaniel & Strong also had a similar claim for a less amount was approached by both parties for a settlement which was not effected. In the mean time the case of McDaniel & Strong was tried in Fulton Superior Court, and judgment was obtained against the Road for the full amount claimed. Soon after this Col. Gaskill called on me, as the Attorney of Mr. Dob bins, in relation to compromising his claim, which I promised to take into con sideration, and after a number of meet ings we finally agreed to settle the whole matter by my giving a note at sixty days in favor of M. G. Dobbins for fifteen thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and six ($15,548 06) cents, it be ing less than forty per cent of the claim. I gave the note, but before it become due the road passed out of my control, jmd I had nothing more to do with the trans action. I was of the opinion at the time I made the settlement that it was a favorable one for the State, and such was the opinion of others, whom I consulted. I am still of that opinion. I never received a cent of money, nor was there any collusion or arrangement whatever between CoL Gas- kill and myself. He acted as the Attor ney of Mr. Dobbins, and I as the Super intendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. The following papers are on file, and I publish them so as the whole transac tion may be known to the public, and I am satisfied, if the Grand Jury had had these facts before them, no indictment would have been found. The originals of exhibits B and D are signed by M. G. Dobbins in his own proper hand, and consequently it is rea sonable to suppose that he was conver sant with the wholo transaction, for his reputation ns a business man wonld not warrant ns in supposing that he would blindly sign important papers involving thousands of dollars. I was informed to day that there was some feeling on the part of Mr. Dobbins against Gaskill on account of the fee retained by the latter as attorney for the former; but with this I have nothing to do. I will add in condnsion that I have de manded in writing an early trial, feeling confident of acquittal of all censure or blame whatever. Very respectfully, Foster Blodgett, Sup’t W. & A. R. R. EXHIBIT A. Atlanta, Ga., 5th Nov., 1870, Western & Atlantic Railroad, . To M. G. Dobbins, Dr. For damages for loss of cotton and de lays and injuries on account of failing to deliver cotton in New York as per con tract, in settlement of snits in Fnlton Su perior Court. Damages alleged at $40, 000 in said suit. Actual loss $10,848 06, besides loss in price of cotton on account of delay. I, as Attorney at Law of M. G. Dob bins, certify that this is a fair statement of the cose above mentioned, and in my opinion, as an attorney, I believe the State would eventually have been made liable for forty thousand dollars or the greater proportion thereof. A. B. Culberson. Jan. 5th, 1871. EXHIBIT B. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7,1870. Western and Atlantic Railroad, To M. G. Dobbins, Dr. For damages for loss of cotton and for delays and injuries, $10,848 06. On account of failing to deliver cotton as per contract, $4,700 00. Total amount $15,548 06. Received payment, Approved M. G. Dobbins. Foster Blodgett, Snperitendent. Note given at sixty days, dated Nov. 7, 1870. F. B., Snp’L >ad, 1 3 ’ r SiO. ) EX HIBIT O. Western and Atlantic Railroad Superintendent’s Office, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7, 18' $15,648 06. Sixty days after date the Western and Atlantic Railroad promises to pay to M. G. Dobbins, or bearer, Fif teen Thousand Five Hundred and Forty- Eight 06-100 Dollars, for value received. The Western & Atlantic R. R. By Foster Blodgett, Supt. EXHIBIT D. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7,1871. I hereby authorize V. A. Gaskill to sign my name to a receipt for a warrant to be issued this day in my favor, based npon a Note given by Foster Blodgett, as Highly Important Decision— Tlie Lease can 9 t be Consum mated. Our readers are aware that the city of Macon and other stockholders of the Macon and Western Railroad have pray ed for an injunction against the comsum- mat ion of the proposed lease to the Cen tral Railroad and Banking Company; and that the case has been pending before Judge Alexander, in Macon, for several days. We learn that a decision was rendered by the Judge last evening, granting the injunction prayed for, upon the ground that the lease couldnot be made without the consent of the Sockholders and also . ,. . « ■ . ...... ... «... »/-. • -nr i 1.1 According to a French statistician, the of the State of Georgia. \\ e further avera g e man has, at the age of 50, slept learn that the decision was re- 6,000 days, worked 6,500 days, walked ceived in Macon with the liveliest satis- 800 days and amused himself 4,000 days, faction, and a general rejoicing was man- spent 1,500 in eating andbeen sick 500 . ’ ,, .. ; daps. He has eaten 17,000 pounds of itested all oyer the city. bread, 10,000 pounds of meat and 4,000 W e will give further particulars in our • pounds of vegetables, fish, etc,, and the origin of the idea that gave birth to the Georgia State Agricultural Society, together with a graphic sketch of its his tory up to the present time. As apropos to this subject we may state that there have been but thirteen life members of the Society, all told. We name them in the order of their selec tion: Mark A. Cooper, Thomas Stocks, John W. Graves,* William Terrell,* vid W. Lewis, George M. Troup,* Wm. C. Daniel,* William M. D’Antignac,* Benjamin H. Warren,* J. M. Davidson,* John S. Thomas, Richard Peters and P. M. Nightingale. Those marked with an are all dead, which leaves but six sur vivors of those who have been honored with life memberships in the Society. Here is Mr. Cooper’s letter: Glen Holly, Ga., JnnelO, 1871. Hon. jD. W. Lewis, Secretary Georgia Stale Agricultural Society—DeabSib: Yottr etter of the 21st ult. was duly received. [ cannot, from memory, give you the pre cise date at which I was chosen Presi dent of the Society. Maj. Thos. Stocks was elected at my instance at our organi zation at Stone Mountain. He was the first President. He served, and was re elected from year to year,until the Socie ty moved to Atlanta. I succeeded him, and was chosen when he declined a re- election. This, according to my recollec tion, was at the close of -the first session at Atlanta. You have the date of that meeting. /1 continued to serve by re- election until the year we moved to Ma con. At the close of that session I de clined a re-election. This was the year that Gov. Troup presented the Society with a flock of sheep. At this session Gov. Troup and myself were elected life members of the Society. From these dates you can probably make your record. This Society, now kuown in all the States, kuown and felt throughout Geor gia, and cherished by the people, to whom its benefits are habitually distrib uted, was in its origin the result of chance or accident. After the Georgia Railroad had reach ed its terminus, a house for a hotel was built at Stone Mountain, and Mr. Graves, from Newton county,noted for bis hospitality and good cheer, moved up and occupied it. It happeued at this time I passed by and stopped with him. In conversation, he wished to make the place prominent as a summer resort. He asked me how he could manage to gather a good company the next summer.- He also requested me to aid him. My fancy lor the locality and my liking for Mr. Graves prompted a ready promise to aid him. I was then engaged - in the iron business and running a good flouring mill at Etowah. I told him that in at tempting to build up bis place and bene fit him we might do much good for the country. I suggested tli9 formation of a State Agricultural Society. It was much needed, and that was the place to organ ize it and then the time. My object was tp get the planters of Middle Georgia and southern Georgia and the grain- growers and stock-raising farmers of Cherokee, Georgia, together annually in conference with each other 1 , that they might see and know how they were iden tified and interested to'cherish each oth er; that they might also foster the inter-' cstoi' manufactures necessarily associated with them. I particularly wished to see the growth of wheat and grapes promo ted. There was no one present but Mr. Graves and myself. I had not conferred with any one before. He had not thought of it before, but caught at i tas the move for him, and brightening at it, asked me how we could start and get the peo ple together. I told him that I would prepare a call through the papers that would bring very many good men there, if he would have it published. -He said that he would. We both kept our pledge. The result was the gatheriugat the Stone Mountain. The Society was* formed and organized. Your services were put in requisition. * * * 0n3 of the hap piest events of my life was that which called us habitually for so long a period into such a close communion on the in teresting topics. In drafting the call for a meeting it was agreed between ns that at all times and by all means, politics and statesmanship be kept out. I told Mr. Graves that people would come in crowds to hear public speaking. I took the liberty to name several distinguished gentlemen who might be expected to be present. The call was published, and you will examine the old files atMilledge- ville, Macon, Augusta and Athens, yon will find it. In organizing, the Chairman appointed a committee to draft a consti tution, with my name on it. This com mittee met and requested me' to draft a constitution. I did so. They adopted it, reported it, and it was adopted after amending it so as to change the name from “Georgia State Agricultural Society” to that of “ Southern Central Agricultural Association. This was done by motion of CoL James A. Whitesides, of Tennes see, who said there were gentlemen there, from Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. He was from Tennessee, and wished to join the Association. The motion was received and unanimously adopted. I have thus given you a portion of the nnwritten history of the origin of the so ciety. I am the only man living to whom these facts are personally known; there fore I have written. In regard to the photograph which you make the occasion of so many agreeable and pleasant reminescences, if it can serve to add to your gratification a pleas urable emotion or stimulate others fcofol- Superintendent Western and Atlantic | low yonr worthy example oL high-toned Railroad, in settlement of a claim agaiust feeling and devotional public spirit,'' Western and Atlantic Railroad. Witness, M. G. Dobbins. J. W. Goldsmith. will be content to have you appropriate it as you pi-opose. Unless prevented, by unavoidable causes, I will be at the meet ing in August at Rome. I see it is ap pointed for 8th August. Will that con flict with Commencement at Athens? With highest regards, I remain your friend. MARK A. COOPER. GEORGIA NEWS. Savannah is agitated over a case of attempted Bowen-ney. - f. Green county chickens are dying of the cholera. Augusta drown ed eighty dogs on "VSiednesdayrr\ > r v s i OheTiundfed'bushels of d£w wheat sold in Griffin on Wednesday, at *1.75. : CoL John’ it Stewart, of Griffin, will deliver the address before the Bamesville High School on the 30th. The Middle- Georgian intimates that certain Griffin - Jblks _ visit the cars just to get a glass of ice water. That is what might be called down right cool. We learn that Mr. Doc. Craver, Sheriff of Meriwether, died on Sun day last, from wounds received at the hands of Mr. Emanuel Finley. We are not posted as regards the particu lars.-—[oenoia Journal. We learn that Rev. Dr. Jessee Bor ing of the Methodist Church, who recently vissted Thomasville in com- r with Rev. Samuel Anthony^ has- ecided to leave Atlanta and become a resident of our more genial clime. This will be a great acquisition to so ciety and the church here, and we welcome him with open arms.— Thomasville Enterprise. The Rev. David B. Hamilton, of Cave Springs, Ga., has been appointed by the Agricultural Fair Association' of the Cherokee county of Georgia and Alabama to write an essay npon the educational interests within her borders, to be read before the State Agricultural Society, which meets in convention in this city on the 8th of August next.—-[Romo Courier. On last Saturday evening, at Plane- ville, Jesse Burnett deliberately and with malice aforethought, discharged the contents of a rifle gun at John Turner, a mechanic, while he was sitting unsuspecting in a car in which he was staying, having quit his work on the new depot being there erected. The hall broke his right forearm just below the elbow ana in dangerous proximity to she heart, inflicting a sore cut about the left breast. Bur nett escaped, hut his whereabouts is kuown, and lie will doubtless yet find that the affair will have to undergo judicial investigation.— [Calhoun Times. Mr. S. H. Ashbury* of Cave Springs, informs us that not long since his cat, having lost all her kittens but one, he happened to catch a young rabbit about the size of the remaining kitten, and gave it alive to the cat for food. But the cat, instead of killing the rabbit, carried it to her nest, fondled it with maternal affection, and it was soon -sucking her like one of her own kittens. The kitten and rabbit grew up together like brother and sister, until a horrid dog killed the adopted pet of that happy family. —[Rome Courier. A prominent and influential citizen of Cherokee county, writes a business letter to the editor and concludes with these remarks: “We are all excitement here for the Marietta - and North Georgia Railroad getting terribly iU eahiest; we are going to have a good old fashioned Barbecue and Railroad Meeting on the fonth of July. Now is the time to work. We must have the road ; we can have it, and we are going to help build it, and to this end we will sow*with ,a liberal hand. It is the road of our choice—we want to be linked to Marietta by the iron rail.— There are many reasons why we should not he separated—many why we should unite. I hope we will show our appreciation of your excel lent paper by an increased list of sub scribers, &c., for the bold and manly stand taken iu hehalf of our Road— ■hope it will long live to do battle for the right.”-—[Marietta Journal. . The Buenos Ayres Pestilence. A: correspondent writes the London Times, under date of June 1: I left Buenos Ayres on the 14th of April, and from the beginning of the plague until that date had sad experience of every phase and detail of the calami ty. I am, therefore, enabled to speak with accuracy on the subject. The population of Buenos Ayres is abont (from various causes it is difficult to take a census there) 200,000. The germ of disease was imported from Paraguay and Corrientes early in January. Up to the end of March the whole number of deaths was 20,000. The inhabitants who had the means removed in the country districts, which, without exception, were and continue to be, free from the disor der, and the accommodations in the little towns of Flores, Belgrano, Arc., were comfortable and decent in every respect, and there was an abundance of every class of food, Arc. There is no mystery as to the cause of this fatal malady in a city populated as stated above, and entirely without the most ordinary sanitary arrangements—no roads, no drainage, almost no pure water, no baths, and a system of cesspools which probably has no parallel in the history of civilization. The climate is, perhaps, the finest in COTTON CROP NEWS. A vast quantity of grass and clover hay cut, cured and housed. Corn growing finely, but considerably in the grass.— Rain continues with short intervals of sunshine. The weather delightfully hot. —Calhoun Times. We have received, through Mr. Thom as H. Moore, from Mr. Mat. Moore, two stalks of-cotton some fifteen inches in length. The leaves are broad, verdant and healthy. This is a “good show” for this season. . ■ " i Upland com is excellent, but 1 that* in the bottoms is almost a failure—too much rain.—Marietta Journal. From the Sandersvillo Georgian. Mr. Herman informs ns that he has al ready some 300 laborers engaged for planters in this county—staunch men— and new orders eonrtantly being received. He will leave for Europe in a few weeks, of which due notice will be given. He is in regular correspondence with parties in Europe who represent many of the la boring class in territory recently ceded to Prussia as exceedingly anxious to emi- j spate. They are said to be good people, left destitute by the late of war, and Oaly awaiting an opportunity to leave for the inviting homes offered them in'the South. They are honest tillers of the soil there, and would add greatly to the laboring force here. We would like to see abont 500 of them bringing back the waste places of Washington county. From the Griffin Middle Georgian. Our friends from the country continue to report the prospect for a large com crop as never more promising. Farmers are busily at work slaying grass and put ting their farms in good condition.— Wheat is being rapidly harvested, and on many plantations is turning out much better than was expected. No doubts are entertained now, but that plenty will be made to supply the reasonable de mands of the people and some to spare. Oats are also undergoing the pressure of the sickle, with a much larger yield than could reasonably have been expected a mouth ago. It is thought, everything considered, a fair average crop will be made in this section. Cotton continues in the grass, with little promise, of much outcome, unless immediate relief can be had from the frequent heavy rains, and a general cleansing, together with the genial rays of a summer’s sun, which is so essential to the growth of the staple. The peach crop which is now being gathered in Georgia and South Carolina is not only a large one, but a forward and healthy one. Columbus, Georgia, and Aiken, South Carolina, are large ship ping points; at the latter place thousands of crates are already en route to New York, where a sound bushel of peaches readily brings ten dollars. More than one thousand crates were shipped on Friday (16th,) and double that quantity were forwarded Tuesday (20th inst.,) from Aiken and vicinity. And this reminds us that the valuable property, advertised in another column, will soon be distribu ted to share-holders. Mr. Derby reserves sixty acres for a permanent residence. For full particulars call upon Mr. Derby, comer of Jackson and Reynolds streets. Do not delay. It will cost nothing to read an account of the beautiful town of Aiken, now known as tlie “Saratoga of the South.”—Chronicle and SentineL The wheat in this county has fallen short from one to two thirds of an aver age crop, at a rough guess we would say that from two to .four bushels will be about the quantity per acre. Too much rain is thought by the fanners to oe the cause, bringing on rust which will cause the small amount made to be made quite inferior. The oat crop is also materially injured from some cause, falling down and otherwise proving a failure that is serious. From what we can learn of the farmers, that some crops of cotton are now past redemption, owing to the con tinued rains, and their present grassy condition, which will evideniy make the next crop of this staple an exceedingly short one. The corn crop will suffer now very soon, should the rains continue. But should the rains cease to come as they have been, and come at the time and in quantities suitable for corn, with the present start of this crop we predict an abundant yield of this cereal—Chatta nooga Advertiser. The New Orleans Picayune of Sunday takes the following glowing view of the cotton crop prospects: While the report of the Agricultural Bureau makes due allowance for the ab solute reduction in the acreage put un der cotton this year, enough stress is not laid upou’the loss to result from a poor stand. The cotton that is up and alive, no matter how sickly, may grow and yield, but where tie stand is poor, the number of plants is small, and the yield must be below the average, no matter how the weather may be henceforth.—. That the stand over nearly the whole cot ton belt is unprecedcnily poor is a well attested fact, and. this deficiency m the stand is equal to a farther redaction in the acreage of fully fiye or six per cent., or 400,000 acres. In short, the prospects do not warrant the expectation of much over 3,000,000 bales even with a fair sea son from this time on. Butler Piclied Up. The following good story and true, about Ben: Butler lias, we believe, never before been published: Dr. Gottman, who was a resident of New Orleans during the war times and who bad signedbhe original ordi nance of secession, after having fought it with all his might in the Convention, bethought him of run ning for Congress during the reign of ; Butler. The Massachusetts warrior, ' however, heard of Cottman’s aspira tions, and sent for him, when the -> following dialogue occurred: Butler—“ Doctor, I hear you think of running for Congress.” . Doctor—“ You have been correctly informed, General.” Buttler (with an air of severity)— “Why, how can yon run for Congress, sir, when you signed the ordinance of secession ?” Doctor—“ Why, you see, General, I did sign the ordinance, but only as a witness.” Butler (very red in the face and very angry)—“As a witness, sir.— Look at that!” (suddenly unrolling a copy of the secession ordinance.— “Look at your signature there, sir! as plain and bold as that of John Ran dolph’s to the Declaration of Inde pendence.” Doctor (culm, but a spice of sar casm in his voice)—“Really, General, 1 I never knew before that John Ran- doip signed the Declaration of Inde pendence.” Butler (suddenly chapfallen, but still very mad)—“John Hancock, I meant, sir! John Hancock! But its all the same thing, sir; all the same thing!” It is scarcely necessary to add that Dr. Cottman did not run for Con gress.—[New Orleans Picayune. A Texas Snake Story. A Texas correspondent of a New York paper gives the following snake story: “One night my wife and my- seif were awakened by a noise from the shelf which contained our small store of crockery, followed by a crash, which showed^ thatj a great por tion of our cups and plates had been flung to the floor. Springing up to discover the author of this “ attack upon China,” I found a large snake in a somewhat unpleasant fix. He had crawled upon the shelf, attracted by a number of eggs which he saw scattered about. One'of these he had swallowed, and in order to get at the next, he had put his head and a por tion of his bodv through the handle of a jug which happened to stand between the coveted delicacies. The handle wa3 just open enough to let his body in the natural shape, slip through> hut not sufficient to lot it pass when puffed out by the egg. In this position he had swallowed the second egg. His snakeship thus found himself unable to advance or retreat; and in floundering about to escape from this novel stock, had caused the accident which had arous ed us. 1 of bourse proceeded at once to execute snmmary justice upon the interloper, but the eggs he had swal lowed were a dead loss. Social Cliit-Cliat. Advices concerning the cotton crop are still very discouraging. Rains are fre quent, und the grass has the advantage over nearly the whole valley of the Mis sissippi. Many of our factors console themselves with the reflection that better weather later on will insure a good crop, but it seems to us the young plants are now being injured beyond recovery.—N. O. Picayune. -i The information from the interior in reference to the growing cotton crop has bf eu variable; and in many sections there has been too much rain, the grass being troublesome, and the plaut in an. unsatis factory condition; while in others the weather has been genial, and the crop is progressing favorably. The reports up to this time indicate that, in large portions of the cotton belt the season has been -'sell .is to inunre the belief that an im- the world, and its beauty lulled the j.eo- i-oi Lmt «lixuiuution of the yield may take nlit ft AamlAwn nnfil tiw> filfk nloua f Dl» a — • • i Twelve hundred bushels of new pie into A careless security, until the filth and the crowds of the city were ripe and ready to receive and propagate the in sidious disease. The Indians and natives were the chief sufferers. These people live in a filthy and meagre way, hate soap and water, and do not know what venti lation means. The malady is no w gradually declining, and doubtless will die during the cold months, from Jane to October. Mean time the authorities are taking active , . .. . p , __i . . pleasures, to au>ke up for their previous’gloomy, the *u.-.u- uum.t m " s ° ' 1,1 lytersburg, Virginia, ufglect, and the wauts indu-au-d above gun. , ui.d .n .--oux* localities aiuio.-.t be- looking for her nighi cup after the 1 on lhursday at per bushel. * wiU soou be app.iej. 1 yoad redemption.—Mobile Register, 'lamp ha$ been put out. place. Tlie corn crop is promising, «nd an amplo supply of this valuable article of food is hoped for.—Charleston Cou rier. The crop prospect on the prairies of Mississippi was never more discouraging than at present. Excessive rains, cold nights, grass and lice have all contributed to a very sorry situation.—Memphis Ava- JauuLc. ► c * —— Accounts from the interior are still Linen collars are now worn square instead of pointed back and front, and are trimmed with lace insertion and edging. Ruffles and ruchi ngs of lace for the neck and sleeves are more in favor this season than they have been for several seasons. White kid gloves are no longer worn with full evening dress, the preference being given to lavender, light grey or yellow. Russia leather belts, with large buckles and small hags attached at the sides, are very much worn by ladies with all styles of dresses, par ticularly muslin. Very wide braid or velvet is now used for binding the edge of street co ,tume, since the new styles of wear ing long dresses in the street would otherwise ruin and discolor them very quickly. Very handsome toilettes ‘ are of black China crepe overdresses, elabo rately embroidered, and worn over black silk, with small ruffles. A sieveless jacket of crepe is worn over a black silk waist, with long sleeves. The new style of bonnets for next fall are said to be something really new, and many milliners think that they will have to hire a few people to wear them, so as to get people used to their decidedly unique appearance. Many young children and half grown girls are afflicted with curva ture of the spine, which is produced, the doctors affirm, by requiring, them to practice several hours a day on the piano without any support for the backs or feet. Young men who use perfumed note paper and gilt and red monograms, tinted cards, embroidered handker chiefs and shirt fropts, lace neck-ties, and fancy sleeve buttons, must not be surpised if they are considered effeminate and foppish. The old style of presenting each guest at a wedding with a box, con taining a liberal slice of wedding cake; to take home and dream on, has again come into fashion, and is much more sensible and agreeable to all parties than having an elaborate cake in tlie centre of the table for everyone to look. at and be aggravated by the smell of it—rNew York Mail. 1 drank 7,000 % gallons of liquids. It has just been discovered that nothing will make a woman so mad