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Sljf ^tljrn .«fii(noi% jindt£ liS H ii. CARLTON & CO. DEVOTED TO..OUR POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. . .MOTJKAO H ,H t ■ ./<,* IkilMfQift Two Dollars per anminL YOLL NO 2. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1875. T>nrspmrroL. wr~ it Jr |l%ns dtorgian. [ H. CARLTON & CO., Proprietors. overtaxed cities. How now do these unques- j atmosphere in and about the Fair grounds tionably unjustifiable, demoralizing and per* i should have been loaded with jeers, charges verted exhibitions of the previous years j of failure, uufounded and unjustifiable at- compare with the recent entertainment held tacks a nd discouraging remarks, coming under the established reformation of the 1 as they did from those who would have Fair Association. It is said the entries reflected more credit upon themselves and were short, and did not compare with those the people they represent, by trying to up- It is true the entries in hold the Association in the much needed TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: one copy, one Ye«r — 2 oo former jears. ivE > opies, one Year, 8 70 somo ofthe departments were rather short, lE s copies, one Year, to oo j but this was no doubt attributable to thefact • ; that the personstliroughout the State engag Rates Of Advertising : led in these departments had been so disgust- pleadin the Ir.miant advertisements, of one square or more SI 00 ed and outraged at the conduct of the pre- .tr square for ilteSmlaaeruoe, and SO cents for each sab- ° £q«cnl Insertion. e«. All adrerUtetnenU considered transient except eline special contraeuare made. Tru lines or 1U0 words taake one square. . I arf- Liberal contracts made with yearly adeertlaers. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation or Administration or.Oaardlamsklp.....--.-—S* 00 Appliolion tor OUmlmlon AdmlaleMmlerorGuardlaD 0 00 A pplication for Leave to Soli Lands — yiouce to Uebtursand t redltora 800 ■Sales of Land, Ac., per Httare... sale. Perishable 1-roi.eriy. 10 days, persq 1 50 E-tray Notice, AO day. — *“ I nbrntfaalea.iKTiquare - • • 80 I Tai Collector 1 ! Sales, per aquare. 500 1 “ Korecloaure Mortage, per aquare, each time. 1 00 Ft, motion Notices (In advance) 2 00 Hale Sul's, per square, each time 1 00 _1 lilt: STATS FAIR. WAS IT A SUCCESS f It wits our pleasure and privilege to be in attendance upon the State Fair which has closed its annual exhibition, and we un- oitatingly pronounce it a most complete jbl gratifying success. He are sorry to see the misrepresen- Siion, that it was not a success, going he rounds of the press, and in denial and itradiction thereof, we propose simply to e such facts as come within onr knowl- Igc and observation, feeling assured that only will the misapprehension be re ed, but that the people of Georgia who t.,1 an interest in the mechanical, industrial L,1 agricultural prosperity of their State, luder the guidance of honest, legitimate Iml moral influences, will be but too glad to idd their endorsement to our assertion that he Fair was a most complete and gratify- ng success. It must be known to many that our State ’air has been encouraged and sustained in io inconsiderable degree through the fos- ering care of the Legislature. It must be ijually well known that owing to the illegit imate and demoralizing introductions into the niiu.nl exhibitions of the Fair Association lie Legislature last winter seriously threaten- 1 its withdrawal of all aid or encourgcmcnt, id that alone through the efforts of Gen. 11. Colquitt, the able and efficient Pres et of the Association, promising for iinsclf and the Executive Committee iorir.ation in these exhibitions, was the gislature induced to continue its cncour- incut and support to the agricultural, hanical and industrial expositions of our 'AIRS. reform than by trying to break down and damage its President. We hope we shall not be understood as a prohibition of snch exhibit of speed of horses as is legitimate at vious Fairs that they were afraid and refus- our Agricultural Fairs and which will ed to bring their articles to the Fair. This tend to the improvement of onr stock of same cause to our certain knowledge, kept I horses. By lio means is this our intent, many good people away from the recent • nor do we understand the Fair Association exhibition at Macon. The statements as 1 as so meaning. It is only the exclusion of to the falling off in the entries only obtain- suc h racing as is illegitimate upon such oc- ed in a few departments. The exhibit of ^ casions, and could in no way encourage or Machinery was better than ever before, j S‘ vc the desired improvement to the stock The Fine Arts department was well filled. I horses in our country. The Agricultural department made up in j I n conclusion, let us entreat that the Press quality what it lacked in quantity. The of our State will no longer herald or give Stock show was not so large, hut well repre- \ P^ce to such misrepresentations as are not sented. The Mechanical and other Industrial j only without foundation, but reflect so great- departments were far from being secondjrate. j ty u P° n the intelligence, the refinement and The crowd, while comparatively small the j the morality ot our people. Rather let it first two days, which is the case’ every year, ! uphold and sustain that reformation which was on the following days very much increas- j will not only prove the sure check to vice ed, numbering on Thursday not less than “d immorality, but enable our Fair Associ- twelve or fifteen thousand people. Was it a ! ations to conduct their annual expositions in success ? Let the fact that the tax-payers of ' such “ w «y as so to build up, strengthen and Macon have not been called upon to pay one i encourage our agricultural, mechanical aud dollar towards defraying the expenses of the 1 ‘“dustrial interests as to make our Georgia Fair answer. Let the additional fact that trul y and >“ fi“* the Empire State of the the receipts of the Association, after all exs J ___________ penses have been met, will be between twenty- THE RECENT STATE ELECTIONS. five hundred and three thousand dollars, go . . , . - ,,, , . ® An election for state officers was held to prove to the intelligent people of Georgia . . 0 „ . .. IT . * , in ten States of the Union on the 2d rest the most gratifying fact that ourAgncul- The returns so far have n6t been sufficient- tural and Industrial exhibitions are m j ly f uU to determine the positive result, but extraoromary, or percv.vcw, xuruv no wise dependent upon horse racing, garab- ! _ _ - - , - their keen senses, the internal upheaval * 1 r ” fa j sufficient has been received to satisfy us ; t That animals Earthquake.—Mond^j night, abbot ten o’clock, it is confidently stated by several gentlemen in our-city, that a distinct quiv ering betokened a genuine earthquake. It lasted about ten second^ and was felt all over town. At the Newton House all of the guests were arouaedjsnd every one on the streets experienced the shock. Verily, was it an earthquake ?f We arc getting, scared. We arc. X Mr. R. T. Pittanl, was working at hisdesk and suddenly felt an ayful quivering and shaking, which at first ho attributed to the Georgian power 'preset but the rolling noise soon convinced jfe that it was an earthquake:*. Mr. Steffl£qiought that some scientific burglar was foisting around on roller skates in the upp< - M ,_ tory fhis store, while a crowd of mlumgiT revelers Iiad the beer shaken completely out of their flowing glasses. Ye local, not being used to any such lntnbcring. thought that somebody in Hoggins* store was roliing hogsheads up and down the floor, butsoon became convinc ed to the contrary. The whole town was aroused. This isbutone ofthose evidences of internal disorder which some days ago was felt at Memphis, Tcnn., mid which happeneverys where ouce in a while, aud when it is a well known fact that the sui face of the globe is nev er free from sensible evidence of the continued operation of earthquake agency that in some quarter or another tremors are always taking place, no special uneasiness need now be felt The cause of the earthquake seems to be the “actual pulsation of fluid matter in the interior of the earth in translated waves, from enormous ruptures caused by tension of elastic matter and pushing forward on its surface the superimposed rocky crust of the earth.” This is the accepted theory of Rogers' Several parties were out possum hunting Monday night, and all noticed that for some cause or other their dogs would not hunt. Sometimes they would get them started out on the trail, but pretty soon they would skulk in and could not be made to move from their masters. Could it have been tha*. these aniin Is experienced some thing extraordinary, or perceived, through misty us | ] ong before it occurred? That animals do ’ that there has been from some cause such a j thus become cognisant of these natural phe nomena long before they are apparent to men, is a well known fact. In deserts I “ change of front ” amongst the conserva- ling tents, circuses, and such other demora lizing institutions which have heretofore made the fair grounds of our State any other than: tiye a „ d a , lti . adminislration element8 in desirable places for the refined, intelligent thcge States sinc( . last &11> tllKt lo att t and moral people of our country. j at tbis Umc tQ divinc> as to what will bc the What a change m the moral aspect of our polilical dcterin i nalion in our next Presi . tate Fair! What a bright and cheering ^ dent i a | election would be just as uncertain prospect for the future of this Association, M the decision of a petit jury, the result of when their exhibitions shall no longer be j ^ ordinary 8crub ^ or what will be the overshadowed with those immoral and d* | pri ce of cotton twelve months hence. No moralizing innovations which made their an- ; donbt thc future 8trengtb aud SUCCC83 of I Was the promise complied with ? It was [Hilled in bringing about such reformation in late fair, as to inaugurate for thc first io in thc history of our Fair Associations, exhibition strictly in accordance with • purpose of its organization. Did this 'onnation, this exclusion of vile and de- bralizing introductions in the annual ex- bitions of our State Fair, damage its suc- K or impair its usefulness ? Let us now, answer to this inquiry, compare the fcir of this year, its conduct, its success its future prospects, with the exhibi ts of the two years previous. The ex- Ditions of this association, the one held i year in the city of Atlanta, and the one i year before in the city of Macon, being |tn over to thc direction and control of, city authorities of these respective lies, were in order to benefit their local [crests, stimulated by the introduction permission of such exhibitions on the minds as were altogether foreign to the irpnses of the Fair, and which could not sibly be permitted under the auspices of ■ Association, without serious damage to ■ efforts being made for the stimulation 1 progress of our agricultural, mechanical industrial interests. Thus large [•" ds were induced to attend these exlii- the larger proportion of which felt no best whatever in thc cause or success of ^cultural Fairs. (VTiat was the effect of these innova- Hie large and spacious grounds which 1 boon so expensively and so beautifully arid for the accommodation of an ex • Jit ion ofthe acquirements and progress Ihose interests and pursuits upon which f»the future welfare and prosperity of country, wero absolutely converted theatre of snch vice and immorality hot only to offend thc moral sentiment Ike lietter, but even to shock the mod- p of the less fastidious. Horse racing, f° hanks, Circuses and such entertain- could in no wise be claimed as |''tnate parts of an agricultural or indus- T ei position, so completely monopolized L,’ ccas ' on as to make the trne objects of a,r of secondary consideration. “ 1 '» right ? Did it so increase the _** lo make thc Fair a great suc- 1 Oslook into the matter fairly pipania!ly ln( jAs to the L } ° l '" s P r Mtitution of so valuable c “ anassotij.tion for the general good I* < f mtr ’ V ’ Wc ' eaTe the intelligent, re- r '|' ora l sentiment of onr people to . . 5 to l ^ c success of these enter- *> «t the tax-payers of Macon and , We were informed last prominent citizens of both these l * lat * Q the one instance thc tax-pay- to jiay not less than ten thousand ” to defray the extravagant and nn- 'lc expense of the Fmr held in the *ty, while the tax-payers in the other ' e * c *P° with a tax less than five or wand dollars. Thatthereceipts were for from reimbursing the heavily as^ nual expositions rather of the extent of vice | tho DemocraUc party> wiU be greatly de . lmcs: in our land, than of the advancement and tennined by the course of the Congre8s t0 improvement in our important and material conVene ia December next. The whole nation is looking anxiously to the meeting of this body, now so largely Democratic. Thc wisdom exercised by the representa tives in our National Council in settling •and determining those questions which are now so disturbing and dividing thc politi cal mind of this country, will, beyond doubt, prove that weight in the scales of our national destiny which must guarantee unto us a free and independent Republic, through a sure and speedy return to honest and constitutional government, or continue interests. How improved was this last Fair, when, instead of drunkenness, rowdyism, profanity and general demoralization, such ordec, such system and such genteel and re fined deportment pervaded the whole groun.Is, that even the most modest female or the timid mother with her little ones, instead of fearing, really felt a degree of protection and security by being present at such an enter tainment. Who among the good people of Georgia can fail to hail with pride and gratification such a reformation in the annual exhibitions lbat comjplion in our administration which, of our State Fair ? Why then has an attack been made upon the President, charging that the Fair has been ruined in its prospects and that the recent exhibition was a failure ? Will the good and intelligent people of our State credit this statement or endorse such an at tack, when the issue is simply, shall morali ty, refinement, decency and good order char acterize our State Fairs or shall they bc occa sions for the exhibit and encouragement oi vice and immorality, theatres for the demon stration and presentation of the accumulated demoralization of the nineteenth century ? Why, we repeat, is the attack made upon Gen. Colquitt? Is it because he, in accor dance with the wishes of the Legislature, the Executive Committee of the Association of which he is only President, and of the good people of Georgia, essays to become the Cham pion of morality ? Why not let the shafts and mnlignant darts of the envious and disap pointed be directed at the Georgia Legislature, the Executive Committee and the people of Georgia who seek and desire moral reforma tion in this institution of such importance to our State, and who will ever uphold Gen. Colquitt in the new order of things which he has inaugurated in our State Fail ? Is it personal animosity, or do they seek to break down thc association ? Is it or is it not true, that the Chief Exe cutive of our State complained that there was no horse racing or exciting entertain ments of a necessarily demoralizing charac ter at the Fair ? Is it possible, with such a fine exhibit ot labor-saving machinery as was present, with a collection of snch supe rior agricultural products as to show the improvement in this foundation interest of our land, with a display of fine arts which would have reflected credit upon an older country, with a presentation of mechanical and industrial results which should have filledjcvcry Georgian’s heart with emotions of pride, with such a gathering of the good and intelligent people ofthe State as should have made every native yf this soil feel glad that “his lot had been cast in such pleasant places,” that his dwelling was among such a people that our Governor could fiud no thing to interest him, and sighed as one whose ambition and taste could only be fed by such things as a Chief Executive should feel it his highest duty and proudest privilege to discountenance ? How mortifying to the people of Geor gia to know, while the distinguished guests from abroad were charmed and de lighted with the exhibition, bestowing much praise upon the Fmr and especially upon the wisdmn and good sense of tho Associa tion which had so excluded immoral and unjustifiable innovations as to make it truly an expomtion well calculated to stimulate the best interest of onr land, that the whole with constitutional violation and disregard as its chief characteristic, must prove at last the overthrow of this so-called American THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ON WHEELS, OB, A Pen-Picture of ‘the Menage,” FOR TUX BENEFIT of those who DID NOT VISIT THE CIRCUS “OB ass THE ANIMALS.” Presenting onr ticket at “ the door,” we ore ushered into a large pavilion flanked on both rides by diminutive tenements with iron fronts, vulgarly denominated “cages,” for the wild beasts ofthe forest ana the plumed habitants of the cerulean world. The first object which attracts our atten tion, is tha tender gaze of a mild-eyed Eland, (antilope areas) vulgarly called the u impoofoo,” a species of antilope and a na tive of South Africa. We immediately organized ourselves into a mutual admiration society, and at once looked at the Eland. The Eland in return looked at us, but as we did’t care w a continental” for the Eland nor did the Eland care a “ Confederate rag” for us, we passed on. Next we observe the grunting ox ot Penant, ( u bo* poephagus) commonly called “the Yak.” This wonderful animal is a native of Thib< t, and whilst it serves as one of the attractions of the peram bulating showman, its delicate fleece fur nishes the material for the exquisite laces which adoni ‘‘the Queens of society. A “happy family” of Kangaroos in an adjoiuing cage, present a group worthy of an artist’s pencil. The naturalist desig nates them under the euphonic title of (“macropas”) but as Shakespeare says there is nothing in a name, ye macropas would no doubt ejaculate •* lceno,” and be perfectly satisfied to be called by any o-.her cognomen—so the “small boys” threw them a peanut for an afternoon lunch. P. S., first cousin to “possum.” and takes ont naturalization papers in Australia. T.ie South American Lama, (aucheria) a na tive of the Andes—born of poor, but honest parents. Its habits arc similar to those of the “Gulielmus Capricoraus,” (vulgarly call ed the William Goat.) Tlie Ostrich, (struthio) wboishel A native of Africa, a bird of feathers, who fled from the simoons of Sahara, to rest neatli the shado of the tree of liberty, foeds exclusively on hard boiled eggs—has been known to board at a shot-tower, and dine on trible IPs, entered for the four mile races at Jerome Park next spring. The reliean (Pelicanus.)—Th. Pelican is a very unique bird. This is thc only live MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. has been found that camels give signs G f! fpeotmen now in existence--the carpet- - - baggers ot Louisiana having devoured the uneasiness at the approach of those awful storms, when they are yet fifty miles off; aud historians affirm that long before the rolling, rumbling noise of Vesuvius became noticeable to the reveling inhabitants ot Pompeii, the goats and cattle that browsed unon thc distant hills gave unmistakable signs of fear. It was this, indeed, 'that called ;orth from Macanlcy those famous Instinct, humble guardian, wakos and *avea: Proud reason sleeps nor knowa tho doom sue braves. Just before the earthquake Monday night a very large and briHia^ - matow-flashed across the starrv sky and was so bright as to attract the attention of many of our citi zens. Our devil swears that the shock struck him last night with such force as to cause him to drop bis composing stick, and says that he smelt sulphur strong. He says that hereafter he is going to be a good boy, and has been wandering around the office all day singing “ Who’s ou the Lord’s side.” But we are afraid that when the spell of awe now surrounding him .-hull be removed be will be as naughty as ever, thus sharing in the ca prices of that devil, “Who when sick a saint would be, But when well the devil of a saiut was lie.” .Somebody said that the noise was the rumbling of the great circus caravan on their way to Athens, the elephant perclianced try- Uuion. Let us hope for the best and for ing to cross the bridge, &c., &c., Ac. better times. Let us ever bear in mind the motto of our grand old commonwealth, and at all times exercise “ wisdom, justice and moderation,” but let us at the same time remember that it was the denied right of free and constitutional government which drove our forefathers to battle for their liberties, that it was thc outraged and dis regarded liberties of Southern freemen which instituted thc late sanguinary section al conflict, and that the liberties which once were so dear to our patriot sires arc still fresh burning upon the altars of the American heart, and for the maintenance of which we still will do or die. 1)00 CULTURE. The immense competition which now exists among the glove manufactories of America and E rope, has induced them to abandon the use of sheepskin, “kid,” and other high-priced material, and turn their attention to thc cultivation of the canine race as a cheap source of supply. A new “big bonanza” now bursts upon our impe cunious people. “No money in cotton!” “no money in iron !” “no money in rail roads !” “no money in sheep raising!” “ no money in pig culture.” Yet at last the scales have dropped from the eyes of our unhap py Southrons, and before the dose of the year millions of bench-legged fioe, “bob- tailed, yaller’dogs,” and varegated“speckled purps,” will, no doubt, be tendered as offer ings upon the altars of onr insatiable avarice. But, what mast be the struggle in the heart of the average freed man, in parting with his favorite “coon” or “possum dogs,’’ in exchange of the same for a handful of our “Rag Money.” Preference, it is said, is given by the manufacturers to the cinolient cuticles o‘ those barking quadru peds which have been nurtured exclusively “on sheep-meat,” fresh pork, and the fruit age of the poultry yard. For further in formation aud prices, sec New York quo tations in our next commercial report. The average question yesterday morning: “ Did you feel the earthquake, eh ?” A good lady in Cobbham thought that from the roaring noise, her chimney was on fire, but was very much relieved to find that it was “ only an earthquake.” She didn’t mind a little thing like that. entire family This bird was captured nine teen miles from any land ana thirty-four miles front any water, in the swamps of Lake Poncliartrrin. It wadeth into the water to its kneel, and then wadeth out again. Why it doeth so, the naturalist won’t tell. T;e lion—called “Leo” for short—(we onee had a dog by that name,) is a native STONEWALL JACKSON. Description or the Statue and Pedestal. [From the Richmond Dispatch.]; By the happiest of choices this noble work of art, the crowning achievement of the great sculptor’s life, is to be fitly placed in the very heart at once of our city and of _ our Com monwealth. The ground chosen is one right lovely in itself, just where the line of lindens being broken the sunshine falls on a plot of rich turf all aglow with flowers. It is easily approached, and under view from many points. It lies, moreover, in neighborly nearness to the chief centre of our State and city life. To the South, so close as almost to embrace the statue with its shadow, stands the Capitol, planned by Jefferson; withinthis building met not only the Legislature of the State that Jackson loved so well, but the great Convention that by its ordinance of secession called him to the field, and the Confederate Congress, under whom he conquered and died. To the north, across the street, lies the new open and unbuilt square upon which our city is to build anew its courts of justice and its council chamber. From tho east, through long lines of arching lindens, the statue will stand in the full view of our Gov ernors in their official homes. Westward from Jackson, sharp and clear against the sky, there stands, as if suggesting compari son and inviting companionship in glory, Washington amid the other heroes of that earlier rebellion which even fools have ceased to denounce as a crime. Surrounded thus by imposing presences, well attuned to the silent voices that speak around him of a glory older than himself, stands the figure of our Jackson, the inmost treasure of all our treasures. And the statue itself, as a work of deep and significant art, will he found right wor thy of the place it holds in our Capital and in our affections. Yet to enjoy or to under stand it, we must free our minds from the contamination that false and meritorious works of sculpture have spread widely in America. For among us, a people not prone to high artistic enjoyment, the art of sculp ture has been subjected to the cruelest treatment and to the deepest degradation. Washington is not the only one of our great cities that has, to the laughter of mankind, been dishonored, at huge expense, by bronze or marble monstrosities. There is no lack of praucing horses poised on their hind legs or held in stable equilibrium by the balance- weight of head and tail. There are Ameri cas, and Columbuses, and Washingtons, ,-clad or naked, in infinite variety of silliness. Of more recent construction, worse, f possible^ than anything older, the ape-like Lincoln, tool, that made up the great soul of Jackson. It is not beautiful; no bastard notion of Dress th English face, beauty of feature, the higher beauty o1 ral force and of intellectual vigor has plrill Yet, without suoh superficial , the r • • SHRINKAGE. Much has been spoken by our planters concer ing the great reduction in weight of their cotton bales duriug the period of stor age. Now, let careful experiments be made upon this subjfpl daring the winter, so that we may learn roe exact amount of contrac tion in a given period of time. Whilst engaged in this very lauadble undertaking, would it not be wise for our commission and pork merchants to furnish our farmers with a few live hogs from St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati, and allow the latter to keep the same for twelve months, in order that the great question of “shrinkage” may be tested in this direction aa well at with the cotton bales. Merc Mention. 5,000 people attended the circus in the af ternoon. Well how about those counterfeit bills which our exchanges say flood every city at* ter the circus has left ? Each boy at College this morning inanswer- iug the roll of bis class had to rise and ex plain, in fact, swear that he nouldu’t pay but $20.00 for board lodging aud light. The description of the Menagerie in our issue was gotten up by a prominent New York Zoologist now sojourning among us, and we claim to be the only journal in the Ssate which gives a lull and correct descrip of this wonderful hippodrome. Queer. Nearly every paper in the State when apprised of the advent of Howe’s Cir cus congratulated themselves and the people upon a treat in store. And every little place which was slighted on the route, drew along breath and res onded, “ What a blessing that we are spared such imposition.” Mr. E. K. Lumpkin had his buggy and horse stolen from him yesterday. Hi3 horse was tied to the rack in front of the Newton House and while Mr. L, was at the circus, some gentleman made way with them. Mr. L. suspects a negro who worked upon his place, Jake Mathews by name, and as. this youth hiw not boon heard of since the circus, suspicion resta very atrong upon him. Mr. JL. & Bowdye Lumpkin, Esq., went down to Lexington this morning to aee if they can trace op this gay youth. Last night as the elephantine quintette were wending their way to the depot, one of the five began to grow restless and finally became decidedly rampant, despite til of the efforts of his keeper. He, the elephant reared and pitched, he snorted and cavorted and finally concluded the ceremonies by a deafening roar, which scared off bis master and put two policemen to flight. These worthy “stars” had never before been known to turn their backs to the enemy, but tins terrific bellow sounded too much like a young earthquake for them, and so, abandoning their ahillalah’s they cut a bee line for their home. of Africa and a member of the Republica. party. He “ bars” the society of “ small boys” and is not fond Pea nuts. He is sometimes a male and aomet jnt a—'iemale. He wears full beard, bbt shaves his mus tache. He eats like a cross-cut saw, puts on lots of dignity, and roars like a cross road politician; also an amphibions animal and distant relative of the Daniel family. The Bengal tiger (Felis tiger,) is a native of Asia—sometimes ot Europe, America and the Faro Isles. The design of the Ameri can flag was taken from this wonderful ani mal—the stars from his eyes, and the stripes from bis skin. Were it not for his teeth and his claws, he would b.. perfectly harmless, and immediately substituted for Sir Thomas cat in our household economy. Joined the circus in his early years, a fol lower of Bliudda, or any other man—in a jungle. Takes an eagle by chance,| and heard of in primary political meeting-'. Said to be a bad bedfellow, as be snores in his sleep and scratches whilst awake. The Hyena (Gentis Canis) lives excliv sively on dead bodies—sometimes eats a live man—but then he is in a hurry. Re fuses a fifteenth amendment even “ or toast” Nervous temperament, and neve sits down except when asleep. The Monkey (genus Simia—A cosmo politan, born of its mother, and the special friend of “the clown” and the Shet land ponies. On lib father’s side was a near relation of the “Darwins;” can talk, but is wise enough to hold its tongue until the next Presidential election b over; evi dently moral in its chaicter, as the anti circus folks always pay special attention to thb ever-present attache of the “menage.” Sleeps well, especially when not disturbed by admiring adolescence duriug the day’s exhibition. The Elephant (ElepTias, order Pachyder- mata)—A native of Cent Yo-k; very social in its disposition, and usually takes five to make a tea-party; size of a house, sometimes larger, 5 smaller; no carpet-bagger—always carries lib trunk; shows lib ivory when he laughs; swift of foot, but can’t beat tho “Athens Branch” Railroad; tail serves as a “check” (balance) to hb trunk; indifferent to flies and “musketersgoes bare-footed summer and winter, and to advertise himself‘‘blows his own trumpet.” The Shetland Pony (Egtnis lillipuri- eus.)—It libtory b coeval with the primi tive circus; drew tho baby-wagons of the antediluvians; a city gent—its country cousins, more robust, are known by the vulgarisms of “mustangs” and “martih- tackles.” Its possession b coveted by every “young America;” its size b only .equaled by “papa’s purse.” Saith ye juvenile, juve “Them’s mighty nice ponies, bat they nothing to me.” To enumerate and describe thb entire collection, would fill » whole libraiy; therefore we dose by alluding to the Psitti- cus Erythacua. In Webster’s spelling book thb “bird of plumage” b put down a: “Poll Parrot.” When domesticated placed within the family circle, it reflects the moral and social status of its happy jkjs- its expressions and songs being either sacred or profane, in accord ance with its teachings. As it sometimes attains the age of one hundred years, we suggest “the Parrots’’ of General Washing ton, Jefferson, Hancock, and our other Revolutionary patriots of 1776 be furnished for exhibition at our great American Cen tennial celebration. figure of President Lincoln, made uglier still by a realistic striving after the bagginess of his trowsers and the vulgarity of his facial lines, disfigures the public squares of many American cities. Everywhere there is a tendency, jut. aiming at exaggerated force of action or exaeggrated fidelity of portraiture, to sink the noble conception of sculpture as a fine art into the mere vulgarity of heavy and colossal caricature. Between flashiness and feebleness our American sculptors have left us generally a sorry alternative. But Foley’s work takes us, all at once, into a purer and higher [atmosphere of art. His Jackson, overleaping contemporaay urt, takes its place worthly beside the noble Washington of Houdon. There is in both the same sim ple dignity, the same grand severity of treat ment. There is the same self-control in sub ordinating all details, in holding fast, not to the unwavering lines of photographic por traiture, but to the higher expression of character are individuality as idealized in form. When these great statues differ, it is difference of century, a difference in man kind itself as modified by the circumstances ofthe time. In Houdon’s work there is a quaint touch of the grave, old-fashioned manners, of the stately dignity and some what artificial precision of the eighteenth, century grandee. In Foley’s there is a freer, a more robust and outspoken person ality ; there is, indeed, an equal diguity, but it is a dignity derived rather from in ward nobility of character than from an ar tificial training in manners. Even at first sight, the statue shows us that the sculptor has scorned all trick and raanuerbm. His work is simple and true Like all the greatest sculptors, Foley has wisely abstained from representing violent action or bodily excitement. There is poise, and strength, and selfcontrol, most neroic of all virtues, in every line of the calm, easy figure. The soldier u standing with his right arm a-kimbo. The body b not stiff and upright, as in self-conscious attitudini zing, but it sways easily upon the hips. The bared head, neither drooping nor thrown back, but turned a little to the right, is look- somctimes ^ een i y> but without excitement, into the distauce; it is as if be were watching, with confidence in his subordinates, for tho fulfil ment of an order already given. The left hand, raised to the level of his left shoulder, is holding the hilt of a sword, whose point, without bearing any weight, is resting light ly upon the top of the low stonewall that symbolizes the heroic name. The legs, en cased in military boots, are wonderful in the perfect naturalness of their attitude and movement The left leg* thrown slightly forward, b bent at the knee, and relaxed by the absence of weight upon it The right leg comes down straight and strong, bearing the burden of tho body, but free from every sign of muscular strain of fatigue. The at titude combines ease and dignity; it has, moreover, the high merit oi endurance. It b an attitude—not, indeed for a second or a minute—bat one that a healthy man might maintain for hours without weariness and without essential change. In the treatment of the costume there b the same freedom from conventiontiitv on the one hand and from vulgarity on the other. The uniform of a Confederate general is un mistakably expressed, but there is no mil liner exaggeration of the details. The coat been seized with tin ascendant skill. There b earnestness in the face, a deep calm of soul, a steadiness of resolution that rises high above excitement There b tenderness and goodness, too. It b the face of a man wise and dutiful, sublimely unconscious, and he roically modest There is enormous power of will, and of that self-control whkh passes so easily into the power of controlling others. Such a face will harmonize well with til the traditions ofthe war and with all hb achieve ments. It will speak to coining ages of the high motives under which he took, up arms for the South, of the Christian spirit in which he led our armies, of the daring sa gacity with which he planned and executed our victories. This bronze statue will thus be a part of our history. It becomes a priceless treasure for our people, at ouce a model of art and a monument of our glory. As we look at it we cannot but feel deep sorrow that the great sculptor died before ho saw his work completed. Yet, with Foley as with Jackson, the last achievement was the greatest. For as Chancellorsville was to the soldier so is this Jackson to the sculptor—hb life’s master-piece, sealed and glorified by death. The statue will stand among statues as Jackson stood among men, simple, heroic, and sublime. Origin ofthe Name “Stonewall Brigade.” [Gen. Bewiregerd in the N. 0. Picayune, 22d.] In your issue of thb morning, I notice quoted a short statement from a Bowling Green, Ky., paper, giving the origin of the name “ Stonewall Brigade,” which b erro neous, as well os the iucident relative to the Confederate flag, which does not apply to Gen. T. J. Jackson, but to Col. R. E. Withers, of the Virginia regiment, now one of the distinguished U. S. Senators from that State. The correct version of both incidents b as follows: During tho battle of Manassas, about 11 o’clock a. m., when that gallant and merito rious officer, Brigadier-General Barnard E Bee, was endeavoring to rally hb troops in tho small valley in the rear of the Robinson house, he noticed Jackson’s brigade, which had just arrived and taken position a little in the rear of him, in a copse of small pines bordering on the edge of the plateau where was about to be fought the first great bat tle of the war. Bee, finding that hb ap peals were unheeded by hb brave but dis- organbed troops, then said to them: “Ral ly, men, rally! See Jackson’s brigade standing there like a stone walL’’ Those words gave the appellation to that brigade, and thence to its noroic commander. The other incident occurred at the deliv ery of the Confederate battle flag, to my forces QtCcntrcviUc, iu the autumn of 1861. Many of these flags had been made froih ladies’ red silk dresses, somo of which were much faded, but nevertheless, highly appre ciated by our troops. The brigade nad been drawn up in columns of regiments on. the plateau of Centerville, around a small elevation where were stacked til the flags for distribution. The coloneb of regiments marched to the front and formed a line near the colors. After addressing, a few remarks to these officers, I handed each one in succession a flag. When I came to Col. Withers, he remarked: • “ General, it b nearly white, and may be mistaken for a flag of truce.” I answered at once: 1 “Then, sir, dye it in the blood of our enemy,” which he promised, laughingly, to do. But he had occasion to dye it more than once in hb own gallant blood, and finally he was so desperately wounded that he had to be put on post duty towards the end of the war. G. T. Beauregard. Dead.—We are pained to learn the death of Mr. Jerry Gray, an old and highly re spected citizeo of Athena, which occured last Monday night Death of Mbs. Susan Golding.—-Thb most estimable lady died thb morning at 12 o’clock, at her residence on Dougherty street Her death—from organic disease of the nervous system was very sudden, and her departure will be mourned by our entire community. Funeral services will take place to-morrow morning at tho Pres- nor pnnea. It bulges and wrinkles, so as to reveal the figure of a man healthy indeed, but far from athletic. The belt too, i buckled so losely as not to dent the wabt it droops comfortably on the left, to show the weight of the scabbard. The boots, the doves, the chevrons, the army cap that hangs m the crook of the left elbow, all speak of real work and bard service. Every detail b homely, yet the general effect b graceful and Agricultural, < ! - . «n » Saving Siocet Potatoes.-*Construct a house on the following plan. Build a dou ble wall, with a space of ten inches between thc walls, and daub closely inside and ont, and then’fill up the space between the walls with dry dirt. At the proper height place- a lot of logs closely laid and daubed, leav ing a square hole two by thfee feet to ad mit air immediately over the door. The potatoes should bc dug as soon as ripe, which may be known by breaking and lay ing up for a few hours; if ripe, they will turn white where broken; if not, they will become dark. When ripe, dig and leavo them in the . path two or three days exposed to the son; if cold, throw vines over them from frost. They should remain in the sun a sufficient time to wilt, after which they may be housed. Potatoes should be sorted before being put up. Place in piles of thirty bushels and sift on dry sand until all crevs ices are filled. When the weather is warm leave the door open to admit of free circu lation of air. Tne hole in the loft should never be closed. Thb system will save sweet potatoes. The Cheat Firmer of the World.—A Sacramento paper publishes tho following respecting the farming operations of a man whom it denominates “the hugest former in the world,” which, considering that Mr. Glenn “rnns his farm of 500,000 acres, him- elf personally superintending it til,” the appellation is, perhaps, correct. Hb case illustrates a point often made that fanning may be conducted upon a larger scale as well as any other business, and that when it sha 1 be carried on with the same order and nice adjustment of means to the end aa cotton or iron manufacture, it will pay as well. “Tho great former of tho world, Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, of Jacinto, Colusa connty, California, has raised and harvested, the past season, on hb own form, 600,000 bush els of- wheat. Tins would load eighteen 1,000-ton ships, or three hundred canal liner exaggeration of the details, 'l he coat boats. All of this wheat he has now in his b buttoned, but it is not stiff with padding warebouse8j ready for shipment when the water in the Sacramento River rises suffi ciently. The doctor pays #90,000 freight to pat his wheat in the ash Francisco mar ket. The doctor is a wonder to the agri cultural world and to himself He runs ninety gang plows, and a whole county’s population m the harvest field, vrith si dozen threshers. Hfr firiiding 'is not confined to wheat alone. He lpa»taW c>IJ#Mm» -d; >? » *}«J» Sister Ignatius, known to the world Miss Ellen Clarke, died at the residence of the Sisters ot mercy, Charleston, on Sunday night, at eleveu o’clock, in the seventieth year of her age. She was a native of County Ca- vud, I relaud, but had been a resident of thb community for over forty years. She was oue of that band of noble and self-sacrificing women who came to this country, by invita- tion of Bishop England, to aid him m those good offices in which he acquired so much lustre. Up to within a few months she en joyed excellent health, but since that, time r r | _ - , . 19RIN gradually sank until she passed from earth mere portraiture into the phgwcaL type of he had left but few effects; to which a lady *iv It b the face, however, that is worthiestof study; worthiest, toe, of admiration. The trace and make a key to an ox-bow with lines of that countenance are so dear and so b ; 8 jack-knife, just as easily as drawing his familiar to onr remembrance ttot it would be chcck lor $1,000,000, which he can do every unfair %o demand of a foreign artist, working da _ the week. Dr. Glenn is a big* solely from bad photographs, so perfect a hearted man, and wa3 born in Augusta piece of realistio portraiture as many a can- CO n at y Virginia. rtusSWSv^ catunst could furnish. Bat the bearing and —— Q —— r expression are perfect; the face rbes above It was observed of a deceased lawyer that