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VOL. XXIII.—NO. 45. Tlsc Cartcrsvillo Express, Established Twenty Years. KaTKS and tekms. SUBSCRIPTIONS. On.’ copy one j-car ,|j CO. One copy six months 75 one copy three months 50 Payments invariably in advance. APVEKTSUNG KATES. Advertisements will he inserted at the rates ot One Dollar per inch lor the lirst insertion, and Fifty Cents lor each additional insertion 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 */<,/" •-i • 5 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.