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VOL. XXIII.—NO. 45.
Tlsc Cartcrsvillo Express,
Established Twenty Years.
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Address 8. A. cUNMNUHAM.
BARTOW COC .YTV--OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Con my officers.
Ordinary—J. a. Howard—Office, court house.
Sheriff—J as. Kennedy.
Deputy siieiiil -A. M . Franklin,
Clerk ol Superior Court—TitoS. A. Word.
Treasurer—Huiuplirey Coho.
Tax CidLector— \> . W. Uich.
i • x lt< ‘.over— \V. W. Dina.
( omn;!. >n.ners —.J. 11. \\ ikle, secretary; A.
Kei-.ut; W. 1. Benliam ; A. Trimoie; 1 .
(_. Moore.
CITY OFFICIiIKS—CAR.TEItSVII.LE.
.Mayor—it. B. lrippe.
Boartoi Aluonnon—J. C.Wofflord, E. Payne;
li. A. Chapman, A. 1.. Barron; Jno. A. sum r,
M. li.Uilreath; W. C. Lihvaids, It. W. Satter
lleld.
clerii Geor#c Cobb.
1 reasurei - Benjamin F. Mountcastle.
♦iar .-hills- fionn A. Ghttiffcu. .lames I>. VYii
k ci son.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist—ltev. p. M. Uyburn, pastor.
I*if• .cltin.a ever,. Sui.ffny at 11 o'clock a in. aim
h o', lock, p. m. uuay school eveiy Sumluj at
'.(o’clock a. no Prayer meeting on iVetlncsda)
night*
l’lespyterian -Kcv. Theo. E. Smith, pastor.
!’■ caching i Vi. i) - i lidny at 11 o’clock, a. 111.
Si.mi y scliool every Sunday at 9 o’clock.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Baptist—Ucv. it. B. lioaden, pastor. Preach
ing every Sunday tit 11 o'clock, to m., ami 8 p
m. Sunu tv school every Sunday at 9 o'clock,
Prayer meeting on Wednesday nigni.
Episcopal —A W. Bees, Hector, services oc
casion ulfy.
SECRET SOCIEt , I£S.
A KMG ins ill HONOR.
\ Bartow Cos. Lodge, No 1-18, meets
./>a!wss every Ist and 3rd Monday night
K 11 Curry’s IJall, c ist side ol the
square, < artersvilte, Ua.
\Y. L, tvirkpatrick, A.C. Smith,
Reporter. Dictator
i MEBICAN LKUION OF HONOR, Carters-
J\ yiile Council, No. 152, nice .s every second
and lourth Monday nights in Curry’s hath
tiKO. S. COBB, J, W. HaBKIS, MR.,
Secretary. Commander.
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
Mails North open ’*:3o a m 4:5-2 p m
Mails South open ... ....10:13 a m 9:04 p m
Cherokee It. It. open 0:56 p in
Malls North close 7:00 a m 4:00 p m
vl ails South close 9:45 am 8:8u p m
Jaerokee It It. close 7:30 ant
JB@“Talking la ck Mail, via Fairmount,
leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
s:uu am. Arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays a 5:00 p m.
£6s“* Money Order and Registered Letter
Olltv e open Irom 8:45 a in to 5 p m.
L# r ’General Delivery open from 8 a m to G
p in. Open on Suuuay from 9am to 10:30 a xn.
J. it. WIKLE, P. M.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC K K
ON AND AFTER J une 20th, 1880, trains on
this road will run as lollows:
northw Aim.
STATIONS. So. 1. j No. 3. j No. il. j
Atlanta. 2 50pm 5 20am 7 60am 5 lOprn
Marietta, 3*6" liOfi " 8 43" 609 "
< artersv’e 4 30 " 7 23 “ 9 49 “ 7 22 “
Kingston, 500 “ 751 “ 110 18 “ 800 “
Dutton, 028 " 9~0 “ 12 03pm
ChatiH’ga. 825 “ to 50 “ | 140 "
SOUTHWARD.
STATIONS. No. 2. No 4, No. 0. 1
Lhalta’gu. 1 6 25pm i 7 05am 6 45am
Dalton, 715 • 837 ‘ lo 13 “
Kingston, jß43"| 10 16 " 1 01pm 5 30am
Cailersv’e 1 907 " 10 46 “ 202 " 604 *
Marietta,.. 10 12 “.11 51 “ 429 " 733 "
Atlanta, 1110 o“ 112 40pm 6i5 " 8 aU_‘‘_
Cli LROK bE HA I LliOA 1).
ON AND Ai i’Ht Mojhlun, October, 11, 1880,
trains on this road will run dull.' , except
Sunday, as follows:
IV £sl WARD.
STATIONS. | NO. 1. J NO. 3.
l.c .ve Cartersviiic, 10:00 a m 2:05 p m
Arrive :u stile.-boro. .0:36 a nr j 2:ol p in
" Taylorsvilie... | 10:.>7 a tu I 3:17 pin
•* Koekinart i li :36 a m t 4:07 p ill
' town, j 12:35 pm | S;BQ pto
EASTW AKD.
bTATION .. NO. 2. NO. 4-
Leave Cedartewn 3:10 pm 6:40 a m
Arrive at itoekmart 4:00 pin < :38 a i
“ i.ijlorsville... 4:45 pm 8:48 ain
•* Stileshoro. sa.fi p m . 9:14 <i in
“ Cartersville.... 5:45 p in | lu:tu p m
HOME KAH ROAD COMPANY.
On and utter Monel y. Nov. 17, trains on this
Load will run as tollovvs:
MORNING TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leaves Home C 50 a m
Arrives at dome. 1 0.00 a in
EVENING TRAIN—SUNDAYS EXCU’ibD.
Leaves dome 5:00 a m
Arrives utituaju t .00 i< m
Both train.* vvid make connection at Kings
ton with trains on tlio W. an i A. KaiLoaU, to
and irom Atlanta and points .South.
LCfcN iiIU.YER, l'res.
.1 ah. A. Smith, g. r Agt.
TANARUS, W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS. JR,
jams & mahkis,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CAKTEKSVILLK. (J.*.
Ofllco on .Vest Main >tro t, übovo Hnvin.
i. W- FlTlfi
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAKTERSVILLE, GA,,
Office:—With Col. A. Johnson, West side
public square. When not at office, can be found
at oltice of Curtoravillc Lxi’RE s, Opera House.
st. Jan £ s iiOT i: L,
(C AKTEKSVILLE, GIA,)
rpilE UNDERSIGNED IIaS RECENTLY
X taken charge ol this elegant new hotel. It
has been newly furnished and is first class in
all respects,
SAMPLE ROOM FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Favorable terms to traveling theatrical eotn
oompanies. L. C. HOSS, Proprietor.
SatiomaT7 motkii 9
DALTON, GA.
J. q. A. Proprietor.
rpilE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN THE
■ City. Large, well ventilated rooms, splen
uia sample rooms for commercial travelers,
* JO JI3-=jL v^ a, * ers uu d excellent pure water.
JgL#* Rates moderate. seplStf
P9 W W A year and expenses to agents.
'slll Outfit Woe. Address F. O. VlGli-
LEY, Augusta, Aluuiq,
The Cartersville Express.
YELLOW FEVER-Blaok Vomit.
Tt is too soon to forget the ravages of this
terrible disease, which will no do ibt return in
a m re malignant and virulent form in the fall
months ol 1879.
MkKRELL’S HEPATINE, a Remedy dis
covered in Southern Nubia and used with such
wonderful results in South America where tht
most aggravated cases of lever are tound.
causes Horn one to two ounces of bile to be 111
tered or strained irom the blood each time t
passes through the Liver, as long as an excess
of bile exists. By its wonderful action on the
Liver and Stomach the Hepatine not only pre
vents to, a certainty any kind of Fever and
Black Vomit, but also cures Headache, Consti
paHon <>l the Bowels, Dyspepsia and all Ma
larial diseases.
No one need lear Yellow Fever who will ex
pel the M alarial Poison and excess oi bile I om
the blood by using Merkixjl’s Hepatine, which
i- .-old ov all Dru gists in 25 cent undsl O’OlfOt
tles, or will he sem bv exm-ess bv (he Proprie
tors, A. F, HEKRELL & CO ,
Philadelphia, Pa,
Dr, Peileroi’s Sillinaia or Queen’s Del©
The reports of wonder hi 1 cures of Rheu
matism, Scrofula, Halt U-iicom,Syphilis, Cancel
Ulcers and Sores, that com irom all units o*
the country, are not only remarkable but so
miraculous as to be doubtou was it not lor the
ab sHid an se o 1 proof.
REMARKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA,&c.
Case ol Colonel *), C. Braitsoih
Kingston, Ga., September 15,1871.
Gents:—For 16 years 1 have been a great-suf
ferer irom Scroiula in iis most distressing
oi ms. 1 have been confined to my room aim
oed tor 15 years with scrotuluus ulceration,"
i he most approved remedies for such cases ha •
used, and the most eminent nliysieian
. on-ulted, without any decided benefit. Thu
prostrated, distressed, desponding, I was ad
vist-u by Dr. Ayer, of Floyd county, Ga., to
.oin me nee the use o*. your Compound Extract
-.tiilingia. Language is as insuilicient to de
scribe the relief t obtained from tb* u>e of tin
- tiliingiu as it is to convoy an adequate idea o
I he intensity oi uiy suilurtug belo*c using y oiu
medicine; >ulh int io say, 1 abandoned ui
other remedu;" and conlinued the use ol yout
Extract oi Htillmgia, uuui I can say truly, “j
tin cured ol all disease, with nothing to oi
truer iln active pursuit oi in. profession
More th. n eight months have elapsed sino
his rem.irkaolu cute, w itliont any leturn o.
the disc tse.
i or the t< utii ol the a novo statement, I refer
to a y gentleman in Bartow county, Ga., am;
*-o the member ol tht. ~-arof t herokee Circuit,
who are acquainted with me. I shall ever re
main. with the deepest grat-tilde, Your obedi
ent servant,
J. t. HR ' N-<>\, Att’y at Law.
A iYIIKAU-E,
gents:—My daughter w s taken on the 25th
day ot dime. 18(13, with what was supposed to
be Acute lineumatism, and was .rented tor thi
same with no success, in March, lollowinit.
pieces ot bone began to work out of the right
arm, and continued to appear till all tin
bone from the elbow to the shoulder joint came
out. Many pieces of bone came out of the
right loot and leg. The case was the upro
rtonucedone ox White Swelling. After hav
ing been confined about six years to her bed.
and the case considered hopeless, I was in
duced to try Dr. Pemberton’* Compound Ex
tract ot Stdlingia, and was so well satisfied
with its effects that I have continued use of the
it until the present.
My daughter was confined to her bed about
six years before she sat up or even turned ovei
without help. She now sits up *ll day, and
sews most oi her time—has walked across the
room. Her general health is now' good, and J
believe she will, as her limbs gain strength,
walk well. 1 attribute her recovery, witli the
olessing ol God, to the use of your invaluable
medicine. With gratitude, I‘am, yours iruly,
W. li. BLANTON.
West Point, ga , Sept. 16,1870.
Gents:—The above certificate o Mr. W. B.
Blanton we know aud certijv to as being true,
file thing is so; hundreds of the most respected
citizens will certify to it. As much reference
can be given as may be required. Yours truly,
CRAWFORD & WALKER, Druggists.
Hon. H. D. WILLIAMS.
figfc, Dr. PEMBERIOV" STILLING I A is
prepared by A. F. id ERR ELL tit eO-, Phila\
Pa. Sold by all Druggists in SI.OO bottles, oi
sent by express. Agents wanted to canvass
everywhere.
Send for Book—“ Curious Story”—free to all.
Medicines sent to poor people, paypu.o in in
stallments.
For suU’ by D. XV. Curry.Cartersville.Ga.
. ’ ~ •' - S */<,/"
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TO THEE I GIVE HEALTH.
Adapted in chro tc diarrhoea, constipation,
and sciotid-i.— iiy Latham, M. I).
Successfully us din Dyspepsia, Chronic Diar
rhoea and tee-rulula. —Prof. 8. Jackson, Univer
sity , Pa.
i liicu nt in unxmi.-t; excellent appetizer and
blood puriilef.— a . Fisher, JM. l>., Ga.
Valuable in nerv- us pro-tiation, indigestion
and chlorosis.- G. E Mathews, M. i)„ N.G.
A line teuic and alterative, very valuable iu
diseases pcculi ivto icmales. chronic lever and
■•;gi.e, broiichiti- no di-eases of the digestive
organs. —4. F Houghton, 'l. 1)., Ala
Ver In nefi -i.-tl in s: i engthc-ning nd improv
ing a reduced system.- Rev. Juo \V. Beck
with, Bishop of cot.
Invalu hie as a nervous tonic. —lion. I. (J.
Fow 'er, T'enn.
Recommended a pryphylactic in Malarial
dis'rcs.’ —D. R. Fairex. M I*. N. o.
Restores debilitated @3 stems to health. —T. C.
Mercer, M. I>., Ind.
•Used With great benefit in Malarial Fever
and liipther.it’—B. F Dupon, M I>., Ga
Rein eoi mineral tonics.— t rancis Gillam,
M. D,. N. C.
oi great curative virtue. Thos. F. Rumbold.
M. L>., St. ouis.
Beneficial in uterine derangements and rna
.nrious conditions - G. JVI. Vail, M. !>., Ohio
Best remedy ver used in diseases of the
throat..—l*, a Sifferd, M, l> , N. C.
tonic, alterative, diuretic; one of natures
greatest remedies.—Medical Association oi
Lynchburg, Virginia.
Adapted in certain affections of the kidneys
and bladder; d>spep'i, lupus, chlorosis,
scro'idous and cutaneous affections, —Prof. J.
J. J. Moorman, M, D., Va.
Relieves headache, promptly- both sick and
! nervous.—Rev. E. C. Dodson Va.
Sample supply sent free to any physician de
siring to test. Pamphlets sent free. Analysis
with eacn package. Water as it comes from
the Springs $4 per case of 6 gailous in glass—
I $2.50 tor 6 galons, $4 for 10 galons, $7 for 20 gal
: lons in casks. Mass 50 cents andsl; $2.50 ami
■ss lor half doz. Pills, pure sugar coated 25c
i 50c. and $1 package; $1.25, $2.50 and $5 half doz
j Sent postpaid anywhere. This Mass and Pills
contains in reduced space all the curative
powers of the water,and is convenient,palata
ble and soluble.
Springs open for visitors June Ist. Board S3O
per month. Special rates to families and par
ties. carriages meet visitors at Forest and
Lawyer’s depot, each lour miles from Springs,
upon adi ice of arrival.
Address
A. M. DAVIS, Pres, of the Cos..
72 Main St., Lynchburg, Va.
I Sold by D. W* Curry, druggist, Carterviile,
1 Ga, frldWHl.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1880.
THE LORD’S PRAYER.
Paiapkrased into an acrostic by Sturtevant, Jr.,
a soldier in the 20th regiment of United
States infantry, and prisoner of
war iu the province of
Upper Canada.
Our Lord and King, who reign’st enthroned
on hiirh,
Father of light mvsterions Deity!
Who art the great I AM, ibe last, the first,
Art righteous, holy, merciful aud just;
In realms of glory, scenes where angels eing
Heaven is the dwelling place of God, our
King;
Hallowed thy name, which doth all names
tran^eend;
Re Tlum adored, our Great Almighty Friend ;
Thy glory shines beyond creation’s space,
Name iu the book of justice aud of grace.
Thy kingdom Lowers beyond the starry skies ;
Kingdom satauie fulls, but thiue shall rise;
Comb let thine empire, oh, thou Holy one,
Thy great and everlasting will be done;
Will God make known his will, his power
d'snlay,
Be it the work of mortals to obey;
Done in the great aud wondrous work of
love,
On Calvary’s cross He died, but reigns above;
Earth bears the record in the holy Word,
As heaven adores thy love, let earth, oh Lord,
It shines transcendent in th’ eternal skies,
Is praised in heaven —for man the Savior dies.
Tx songs immortal angels land his nanv*,
Heaven shouts with joy, and saints his love
proclaim.
Give us, oh Lord, our food, nor cease to give
Us of that food on vvhi h our souls may live;
This be our boon to-day, and days to come,
Day without end In cur eternal home;
• )uu needy souls supply from day to day,
Daily assist and aid us when we pray,
Bread though we ask, yet Lord, thy blessing
send,
And make us grateful when thy gifts descend.
Forgive us our sins, which in destruction
place
Us the vile rebels of a rebel race;
Our follies, faults ami trespasses forgive,
Debts wh ch we ne’er can, or thou receive;
As we, oh Lord, our neighbor’s-faults o’erlook,
*Ve beg thou’dst blotoors from tby memory’s
book ;
Forgive our enemies, extend thy grace
Our souls to save, e’en Adam’s guilty race,
Debtors to thee in gratitude and love,
And in that duty paid by saints above.
Lead us from sin, and iu thy mercy raise
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways
Not in our name, but in His name who bled,
Into thine car we pour our every need.
Temptation fatal charms help us to t-hun,
BUT may we conquer through the conquering
Son.
Deliver us from all which can anuoy
Us in this world and may our souls destroy.
From all calamities which men beside,
Evil and death, oh, turn our feet aside,
For we are mortal worms and cleave to clay ;
Thine ’tis to rule and mortals to obey.
Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free?
The whole creation knows no God but Thee;
Kingdom and Empire in thy presence fall;
The King eternal reigns the King of all
Power is with Thee; to Thee be glory given,
And be thy name adored by earth and heaven
The praise of saints and angels is thine own ;
Glory to Thee, the everlasting one,
Forever be thy glorious name adored :
Amen! Hosanna, blessed be the Lord!
THE CHAIN-GANG.
Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Criminal Ijw-* that lo<k to tho ref
o mation ud the suppression of
crime are in harmony with a truiv
Christian civilization. Laws that tlo
not recognize the possibility of ref
ormation on the part of crimin Gs
und tend to reform them as well as
punish them, are out of harmony
with any civilization. Laws that
punish criminals and throw ohata*
cles in the way of their reformation
are inhuman and barbarous.
The idea of reforming our erimi
n ils does not enter into our laws that
organized the chain-gang system,
rhe. sy oem of punishment -orgiioiz
ed under our laws throws almost in*
sumn uuhtbio Believing
this to be <rue, I can Dut believe that
these laws are inhuman and barba
rous.
Everything is done under this sy>
tem i > degrade our criminals and
destroy their self respect. Whites
and bi teks are k *p cn ime I log ■! her
by day and by night. Pause bur
partially corrupted and thonebe ray*
ed by sudden pa-si on into the com
mission of crime, are chained to
thus * steeped iu iniquity. This hu
miliating and constant association
makes the chain-gang a school of in
iquity; educating criminals in crime
and inudng them to pollution and
degradation.
The law that our Savior gave for
the treatment of personal enemies,
if religiously obeyed, will convert an
enemy into a friend. If we will
love our enemies, return good for
evil and pray for them which
pitefuhy U3e us, the tiansformation
is inevitable ; our enemy will be
come our friend. All law breakers
are enemies of the state. If the state
will remove all appearance of vin
dictiveness from her penal laws, and
will so frame them as to punish and
at the same time develop self-respect
ami pride of character in her erimi*
inals and inspire them with hope ;
she would more frequently succeed
than fail in transforming her crimi
nals into friends of law and good
order.
Criminallaws can be made refor
matory. Such laws are said to oe in
successful operation in Germany
The criminal can be forced into hab
its of economy, industry and sobrie
ty. Incentives to moral reform can
be offered in the shape of milder
punishment, privileges in prison and
privileges out of prison. Upon cer~
tain evidences of reformation, a pari
of the net earnings might be offered,
to be bestowed, at the criminal’s op
tion, upon loved ones. Upon con
limitd evidences of reformation a
portion of his net earnings might be
promised, to aid him in providing a
home or in establishing himself in
some useful and profitable business.
Where there is the will, there can be
found a thousand ways to reform
poor fallen humanity. Criminals
against civil law as well ns criminals
against. God’s law, can repent. The
great Law-giver of the world, who,
in the agonies of death showed such
love towards a penitent thief, surely
did not forget to ordain moral forces
that might be made available by
wise legislators and Christian people,
to rescue the fallen from degradat
ion and despair.
The pub ic.execu*ion of criminals
for capital • Renees is Known to exert
a demoralizing influence upon tnose
who witness it. A similar influence
is being exerted upon o r people by
;he constant public exhibition of our
chained-gaogs and the treatment to
which they are subjected. This
method of punishment cannot fail to
have, at least, the most demoraliz
ing effect upon those who may be so
unfortunate as to hire the criminals
from the state and become volunta
rily the executors of the state’s unho
ly vengeance upou them.
I know, that in the consideration
of this subject, a question of economy
is involved. The unwise may urge
ia favor of our chain-gangs, that
they are a source of revenue to the
state and that any penitentiary and
reformatory system of punishment
would be expensive. I will not now
show the error of this view. Nor
will I urge in reply, that the state of
Georgia is unwilling to fatten on the
crime of her children. I only sug
gest for the present, that whatever is
wrong in morals, is unwise policy.
“I was sick and in prison and ye
visited me not.”
I have refrained from the state
ment of many known and deplora
ble facts connected with the history
of our chain gangs, Id sire that this
article shouid have no personal bear
ing. I have not attempted to dis
cuss or even designate the many so
cial, political and moral aspects of
this subject. I desired in this hum
ble way tv> call the attention and eon
sen nee of the many intelligent and
pious readers of the Wesleynn to
G orgia’s treatment- of her criminals.
This treatment misrepsesents our
states muit—hi, and <-i viozation Be
fore men-, and i loud, believe, our
humanity aud piety before God.
I also h -lia dto call, most n spent
fully, the alientit>n of the philan
thropic ire m hers of our legislature,
now in session, to this painful sub
ject I cannot beiievt that they will
assume the responsibility of perpet
uating this .oily and barbarism.
J J. Singleton.
Kingston, Ga.
PROSPERITY Or A “SECTION.”
Philadelphia Ledger.
The south sets a good example ju-t
now. The tone of southern newspa
pers is very significant. It show
tor the belter ot ihem, a determine
tim ti> leave fT“pribbb'S and brab
bles” arid get to Work upon thei,
own important- home affiirs. Instead
of standing off ia the attitude of at
injured section, still talking of “teat
raps” and Federal “minions” —this
is a g ind conversion for which events
have been quietly preparing the
way. It could not have been a sud
den one, or suddenly brought about.
But i; is refreshing, as a ready and
lrank business avowal now. The te
nacity of long hereditary habit Was
indeed shown, when even as late as
1876 the most emoittered “states
rights” men were not satisfied with
the clear field given them for admin
istering home affairs. Wade Hamp
ton left the governor’s chair of South
Carolina close upon his inauguration
to take his seat In congress, and that
upon the prevailing mutterings ol
the disasters of carpetbag and igno
rant rule. The atvppiug stone of state
leadership to placed of oatjoual prom-
ineuee was still the ruling ambition ; j
natural enough under other circum- ]
stances, but still showing the strong
faith that Federal ‘ intervention,”
control of Federal office and power
was the way to rub. Theory and ac
tion do not always go hand in hand,
and were widely ap rt in this.
In the mean time, under the ‘‘let
alone” policy of the present admin
istration and without the passage of
a single congressional act affecting
the south as such, the general resto
ration of business confidence and
prosperity over the whole country
has been bringing about a “change.”
The long inevitable prostration of
the war and of reconstruction has
been lilted, and Mr. ToorabJ men
ace to set. up a cotton mill is but
one of the significant signs of the
times. When the Charleston News
and Courier , shortly before election
day, predicted that if Mr. Garfield
were chosen president, all that had
been gained in the last four years
would be lost, it had no reference t<
the increased activity in marketing
the cotton crop, to the rice crop, tin
largest, so staled, since ’6l, the pros
parity of the cot toil factories in the
state, the lively export trade of
Cnaides!on in cotton, in phosphates,
naval -tor. g "to., the few business
failures of the year and the active
m trket in real e-tat". New Orleans,
w'ioso imports and exports for the
past year were set down at fifty per
cent, greater than the year before,
the sugar crop worth twenty mill
ions, the coiton, rice and grain ship
ments—grain shipments doubling
themselves over previous years; the
new industry in cottonseed oil, the
old one of leather tanning, both ac
t ve; the life among ocean steamers,
besides the fleet of river craft belong
ing to this port, are all so many in
dexes how things are moving. Sa
vannah, Mobile, even poor pestilence
stricken Memphis, makeup accounts
of similar promise, the latter town
reporting seven loan and building
associations with capital amounting
to a million dollars, showing a fair
beginning of prosperity among la
boring men. Norfolk is becoming
flourishing cotton port; the whole
southern Atlantic seaboard sends its
early truits and vegetables to north
ern markets makes a profit in ii.
The natural resources of the south
are beginning to have iheir healthfu
adjuncts, of manufacturers upon the
spot, and when another four years
nave gone over there will probablj
be no stronger argument for protec
tion than its own mill wheels and
factory chimneys will supply.
These evidences ot commercial ac -
tivity, agricultural prosperity arm
general progress, these manifesta
tions of good temper and business
like spirit, iu the midst of political
disappointments, are, as we look at
them, very wholesome, and certain
ly they are very welcome to that
o-verwhelming majority ol the north
ern people who are actuated by good
wiil to the south. They cannot fail
to have good effect over all other see
sio'-s of the country, arid are among
the things that wiil inspire the con
fidence and Invite the co-operation
and capital we believe to be needed
m a section of tno conn ry possessing
.o ai capabidties arid rich iu u ide
lojsed resources.
RETURNING TO CHINA.
When the city of Pekin left Sai
Francisco, on October 19*h, she car*
ieci iti her peerage 850 returning
v.'biiiaiijeri. The saiiing hour was
ixed at 2 o’clock in toe afternoon
tud each one of the 850 did his best
to be the first at the gate of the
wharf. To accomplish this, hun
dreds of them st ent tne previou.
got oil the vacant lots in the vicin
yad on or ur.der the wagons load
and with their baggage. At, sunrise
he'gfctes of the wharf were opened
oal the crowd, encumbered with
>undles of every conceivable size
oid shape, tumbled in pell-mell,
rhose iii the rear falling over those
who had lost their baggage and their
nalance, until nearly the whole mass
was piled together on the floor in a
howling, struggling heap. The offi
cers so >n restored order and ranged
the Chinamen along the side of the
wharf, where they stood for eight
hous patiently waiting to be allowed
to board the vessel. When the sig
nal to board was given the scenes of
the morning was repeated, and bun
dles, bedding, trunks and no end of
hats went overboard as the crowd
rushed up the narrow gang plank.
The cause of the unprecedented exo
dus is ascribed to lack of work and
to a demaud for killed Chinese labor
at home. I4 accordance with custom
S. A. CUNNINGHAM.
the steamer has among her stores a
supply of coffins, made of trunks cf
trees sawed in half, in which those
who die on the voyage are preserved
until China is reached.
—An idiot who, perhaps, surpass
es all rivals in memory, and in the
capacity to make mathematical cal
dilations in his head, was recently
examined before the students of the
medico-surgical academy of6t. Pe
tersburg. He is 27 years old. Iu his
youth he was noted for his brilliant
ability, but was addicted to the mod
erate use of liquors, and led a dissi
pated life. He was attacked by an
acme disease. When ho recovered
he was found to have lost all his
mental faculties except memory and
the power of mathematical calcula
tion. These increased proportion
ately as his understanding and pow
er ot logical thinking vanished.
Now lie is a living phonograph and
calculating apparatus. In the lect
ure room Prof. Merjexsky requested
niin to square numbers containing
live or six figures, to extract the
square roots of iike numbers, and so
on. All the questions were correctly
answered by the patient in a few sec
onds. No mathematician present
could do anything like it* Then the
professor requested some one to road
poetry aloud for several minutes,
and the patient repeated it as cor
reedy as a phonograph. The profes
sor declared to the audience that he
was unable to explain this physical
phenomenon. The memory and the
calculating capacity of the patient
are still growing, while in other res
pects he is becoming a more hopeless
idiot.
MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENT.
New Orleans, November 18.—In-lho
Mississippi valley inter-state river im
provement convention to-day the com
mittee on resolutions reported the follow
ing, which was adopted:
Whereas, the congress of the United
States, by an act passed, and approved
by the president June 28, 1879, created
the Mississippi river commission, com
posed of engineers and scientific experts,
whose duty it was to take into eonsidera
tlou and mature such plan or plans as
will connect, permanently locate and
deepen the channels, and protect the
banks of the Mississippi river, improve
aud give safety and easier navigation
thereof, and for other jwrposes; and,
whereas, said commission, after a careful
survey, have made a detailed report as to
the most practicable, feasible, and econo
mical method of improving the naviga
tion and commerce of the Mississippi
river; and, whereas, bill No. 6,326,
which has been introduced, and is now
pending in the congress of the United
tales, framed in accordance with plans,
estimates and speciileations, and drawn
in accordance with the report of said
commission, therefore be it
Resolved, That this convention cordial
ly approves the report of said commis
sion, and earnestly requests senators and
members of congress from the states in
cluded in the Mississippi valley to use
their best efforts to procure the passage
ol said bill.
Resolved , That we recognize the im
provement of the tributary streams as
second only in importance to the Missis
sippi stream and that it is the duty and
interest of the government to inaugurate
a general system of river improvement,
embracing the whole system of rivers in
the valley of the Mississippi.
Resolved, That the legislatures of the
states, chambers of commerce, boards of
’ ide, and other commercial and nmmi
< ipal bodies in every ami town on
he banks of the Mississippi river, and its
rioutaries be, and they are hereby, re-
P tested to take such action as may aid in
ne passage of bill No. 6,327, now pend
ug before congress, for the improvement
•t i lie Mississippi river.
Resolutions were also adopted as fol
lows :
A resolution submitted by Mr. Wood,
and Pennsylvania, that the department of
government having charge of snag boats
m the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, as far
is practicable, in short crossings, remove
snags and rocks so as to make clear a
channel of at least 800 feet.
By Mr. Mitchell, of Missouri:
Resolved, That with a view of facilitat
ing and extending commerce between
the states of the Mississippi valley, West
todies, Mexico, Central America and
>ther South American states and Brazil,
this committee do recommend to con
gress such legislation as shall establish
and maintain regular and continuous
mail service between New Orleans and
such ports and foreign countries herein
named as the postmaster general may
deem best suited to the interests of trade
and commerce.
After adopting resolutions of thanks to
the officers, the convention adjourned
, sine die.
—lt is reported that the religious
orders attacked by the French gov
ernment have lately been receiving a
good deal of sympathy from the peo-*
pie, who gee that a republic of force
is not a republic of lioerty. If the
government continues its course,
there will be reactionary sentiment
enough among the people to give
either the Bonapartists or the legiti
mists a chance to sit down on a re
puolican government. The conser
vative republicans in France see tlrtS,
and hence their opposition to tfie
campaign offeree.