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W. A. SINCfIJETCN.
Editor & Proprietor.
Wednesday moiinl a decfMuer, 13 iss.i.
Congress is now in fi ll blast.
Athsne, Ga , has tho only bobbin
mill In ibe South.
There Is n threatening outbreak in
Africa. War am ms inevitable bo
tween Egypt anil Abyssinia.
Texas is the Democratic TJannei
State, and the Hug won by Georgia
in 197(5 will now go to Texas.
All negroes, whether free oi for
cign subjects, are forbidden, by a roy
al decree, to land upon the island ol
Cuba. '1 hose nmli r furoign rule may
not land even temporarily unless se
curity be given.
About nine-tenths of tho business
portion of city of Pensacola was
burned on the night of the 10th inst
Loss over a lndf a midion debars.
from $250,000 to $300,000
An the custom house papers were
lost. The pof-t ofiice and United
Slates Court papers weio saved.
As early ns Nov 9, the Russian
river, Volga, was closed by ice and
many vessels tilled wi b grain arc im
prisoned. Winter came so early it
was impossible to sow wheat in tK
southern portion o! the country,
and ns this season crops ale short
there is a gloomy prospi Ct before the
Russians lor the incxt year.
Tho aggregate cost of the late war
between (ho North anl Sonlh is, by
the Secretary of the Treasmy, put ai
$(5,796,729,509. This is what it cost
the North to maintain the Union.
The cost ol tho South of effort to de
stroy it was not probably less than
$4,000,000,000. Add this to the first
item, and the cost to the whole coun
try is found t: b overton billions of
dollars, or $250 for each man, woman
and child in the United States.
The Census returns gives Georgia
1,187,769. An incroase of 302,194
over the census of 1870, Marion
c ninty’s population is 8,508. An in
crease of 598. Chattahoochee. 5,-
070, a decrease of BS9. Schley 5,302,
an increase of 173.
Tho Congressional Apportionment,
Atlanta Constitution.]
The first full statement of the new
census of Georgia appeared in yes
(erday's Constitution. For tho pur
poses of tliis arfi. le wc reproduce
its footings bj districts.
| 1870 | 1880
■First District.. 136.370 1 78,918
Second district 128,161 157,190
Third district.. 104.776 126,526
Fourth District [132.006 164,780
Fifth district.. 147,260 191,309
Sixth district.. 120 565 153 595
Seventh district 129,628 169.352
Eighth (listliet.. 157,120 212,947
Ninth distfict.. 132,083 183.784
Total 1.137,969 1,538,911
These differences in tho population
of the existing districts imperatively
call for a reappointment of tho state,
even if the state’s representation in
congress remains unchanged As tho
State is now ent Op a voter in the
third district has nearly twice as
much power over national legislation
as a voter In tho eighth district The
districts shou'd be made equal, or
vary nearly so, m population.
Whether this Can be done next
summer depends upon two tilings
upon the speedy sending in of the
returns from the census bureau, so
that congress will have n report of
the states in lime to act upon it at
this session, and upon the willingness
of congress to pass anew appor
tionment act after the returns arc in.
General Walker now says that he
■will be able to send in the full re
turns by the 20th Inst., and there
seems therefore to be no reason to
doubt that congress will have all the
figures it needs as soon as the fncm.
bers return after the holiday recess.
Whether congress will then agree
upon an apportionment act is a
somewhat difficult question—one
that cannot be forcasted with any
great degree of confidence; but the
better opinion is ihat it will. Hie
republicans arc not sure of controll
ing the senate alter the fourth of
March, nor are they sure they will
hereafter be able to control as many
legislatures as they do at present.—
It is therefore believed that they will
unite with the democrats in adopt
ing a just and reasonable apportion
ment act. j
v we. £eo7r£ siyuuwdx.
Wo publish tho following desois
ion of ►Supremo'Judge J. Jackson,
in tho case of Southwestern Kail
road Cos. vs. Singleton. Case from
Talbot county :
1. Ariitmail company in ilii*
state providing stiflieont train a a"d
ears to accomodate all tho ti'.ivel
ir.g pub ic over its line, has th<
!egi! right to inn spy ini (rain
over itswroad 1 v the |iirj of
e rrv ng pr-vi don-, and p y n it-;
I‘inphiyees. and to prohibit any
person from traveling on such ttinn
and if plaint If entered r ease
at ad.cd to the same knowing its
character, without tho coma and. ol
the corporation or its agent, be
becomes a treson-sor.
2 If injure a is sustains'! by such
person while so illy upon
such special train, the fact of be
ing oB such train wdl lie tin etc-'
ment in determining bis prudence
and want (if care, an , the liability
of the corporation.
3 It one enters a puy-train tor
the ] urposo of riding thereon,
•tad by the ruler, -mu regulation,-.
>f the company p issrniger-*
were not allowed to vide on such
trains, it would bo ids duty to
leave the train as soon ns lie pru
dently could, when notified of such
rule.
4lt one leaps from a train of
cars moving at tho rate of fifteen
miles per hour, on the advice or
; concurrence of the conductor, his
right to recover would insohie the
question whether lie priulcn ly
use the only means provide i bv
the company for him to get off,
that the course of tho e< inpuny
permitted him to use, and also bis
recklessness and want of ordinary
care, for if by' tho use of ordinary
care he could have avoided the in
jury. The company would not be
liable.
5. Where the damage alleged
was the breaking oi the leg of the
plaintiff resulting in permanent
injury, and the plaintiff being
twenty one years of age, real 1 zing
from S2OO to $3 )0 for four months,
and deprived thereafter of em
ployment, a verdict for $ 14,833 is
exeessive.
Judgment reversed.
W S Wallace; Peabody & Bran
non. for plaintiff in error.
Milter & Butt; Bland ford & Gar
rard, for defendant.
GERMAN CARP.
Much interest is now being mani
fested in the Culture of the German
carp, a (i.-h introduced into the Uni
ted States from Euiopo in the Inst
few years. This fish, for pond cul
ture, is no doubt the bet-t known.—
Among its good points may be men
tioned great fecundity, rapid growth,
giving largely on vegetable matter,
'not predacious in its habits and an
excellent food fish. Its fecundity is
extraordinary; a fish weighing from
4 to 6 pounds will produce four hun
(ired thousand eggs. In the month
of November last, about seven hun
dred of those young fish, weighing
about one-half ounce each, were re
ceived from the U. S. Fish Commis
sioner and distributed to various
parties in the St t-, in small qumiti
ties to each. They have done re
markably well so far as hoard from,
one coirespondent reporting by let-,
ter received 10-day that a fish of thi
distribution deposited in his pond on
the 21st of November hit, now
weighs four pounds; others report
growth nearly as large. These fish,
when well cured for, attain a great
weight, frequently from thirty to fifty
pounds. They are usually captured
at about four to six pnuruls us their
I able qualities are perhaps best at
about that size. I have now on filet
numerous apylicatons for the carp
from all parts of the State and am
promised a liberal shipment from the
U. S. carp ponds at Washington.—
Circulars giving instructions have
been sent to all applicants, and as
soon as ths shipment is received the
distribution wdl ire made. It is very
desirable to introduce this fish into
the large natural ponds of the State
as rapidiy a3 possible, and to inee„
all wants that may arise I sugges
that hatching ponds be established
iD this State as soon as practicable.
Respectfully submitted,
H. H. Cary,
Superintendent.
LaGrange, Ga., Oct. 16, 1880.
Vanilla, Cinnamon, Coacount.
The following interesting facts
concerning the cultivation of the
-above products in the island of Cey
lon, were given in Mr. 11. B. Brady’s
recent address boforo tho British
Pharmaceutical Conference at Swan
sea.
The vanilla plant is trained on
poles placed about twelve or eight
teen up.u t- .■
ino of plants übini three years, and
thou coiitin tea producing its pods
for an indefinite period.
Tho cinnamon ( Cinamon :ci/lani■
atm) is, as its name indicates, a riti~
livenf Ceylon, ft is cultivated on a
tight sandy S-.il about three mil. ►
In m tho >ea, on the south wo-1 const
of tho sandy Cou-t <d the i.-l.m i from
Xegiif.b.ito ,\‘ l‘tiii'u. In its enliivs
t dm aI a i hvontif, * ica ly produ t
ive aft u'sixty year.--. The superin
tendent of the Hit gent estate in tli
| neighborhood -tde.l that there wen
{ not loss tluiii lift.- on vnrieti-.s of cli.-
:i::ion, sufibfn’ii'.ly di -■•.met in ilivi>r lo
to be easily recognized. Tho pro -
duction of the best so injures Un
plants that it does not pay to eu:
tills at any price under -Is. (id. 5:-.
p.-r ib. Tbo estate alluded to above
\bids from 30,000 to 40,000 lb. pci
annum; u u iiUnn rale of finished
bark is paid lor tbfi labor, U r.t -
mon oil is produced Iron) this bark In,
distillation; “ ; m m. de is'vcry primi
tive and wastvf and About 40 lb. ol
bulk, j revinud.v m icei'ated in water,
from ono charge lor tho still, whicli
is he t.;d over a lire made of the
spent bark of a previous di-iiliaiion
Each charge of bark yh ids
about three < zs. of oil, and two
charges are worked daily in each
.-tilt.
Tim civtivntion of tho Vfilrfablo co
coanut oil are two important Cinga
lese occupation. These trees, ap
pears, do not grow with any luxuri
ance at a di- lance Irom human dwell
ings, a fact which may perhaps he
..ccountcd for by the benefit they do
rive from tin* fires in human habita
tions. The cultivation of cocoanuts
would scent to be decidedly profita
ble, as some 4,000 nuts per year are
yielded by each aero, the selling
price being ,C3 jr thousand, vv 1. 1• ■
the cost of cnltivation is about £2
per acre. In extract ng the oil, the
white pulp is removed and dried,
roughly powdered, and press in sim
dar machinery to the linseed oil
crushing nulls of this country. The
dried pulp yields about 60 per cent
by weight of liquid, colorless 01,
which in our climate forms the white
mass so well known in pharmacy.
A nimul food.
Ono man says, 1 don't like mutton;
another says. I never reiish beet; an
other remarks, I am tired of ham;
a fourth says, I find poultry dry,
feathery and insipid. But the plain
fact is, each one o! them is speaking
not of what God intended lue food
to b.*, and what it ought to be, butot
abase couttteife.il and imposture,
produced by neglect
In the llr.-t place, God would abet
the foily and penuriousm-ss of men
if a good [deco of meat, of any kind,
could bo produced on bad food. Na
ture nowr intended such a cheat and
a swindle any umre than that wed
ding eako should be made of saw
dust. The man v. ho expects tomaki
wrl flavored and tender meat if
leiice-oornc-r weeds and brambles, oi
evou of id flavored grass, is expect
ing the impossible. Tour incat u.u.-t
be well ted before ii can bo woll eat
en.
It is impossible to eat good meat
of nnv kind and not like it, and any
kind of meat in its 1>0:4 style of treat
ment is delicious to the hc.dthy pal
ate. As for beef, wo fancy halt our
people pass through life and never
see or iastea piece of that meat auti
, tied to the name. And fo of milk
and cream and butter—All these, to
bo good, must botue ro-ult of good
looil, tender care aud good manage
ment. Wiiliout these it is impossi
ble to have them though you in iy
bring stock from Europe, ft is not
till we gi t over the idea of reaping
where wc have not sown, and mak
ing something out of nothing, that we
cun ge t any good food. “The liber
al soul*ahull bo made tat.”
A SEW GEORGIA BOOK.
We have at length recieved a
copy of our friend //amis’ book,
the demand for which was so in
stant that the whole of the first
edition went off from the publish
ers’ counters before press copies
could be sent South. Uncle Remus
lias been well recived as the North
having elicited extended and flat
tering reviews from the leading
literary journals. The i eaders of the
news need no introduction to the
rich treat that awaits them in the
volume, comprising his “Folk
Loro of tho Old plantation, Songs
and Sayings,* 1
A fatal epidemic is prevailing
among tho fish on the Florida coast
again.
The cotton crop of Texas will not
bo picked before tho middle of Jan
nary; even then, thousands of pounds
will be lost. |
Tho Ilincsvillfa (jhizcttu snya: ‘‘The
outlook M that timber will cut nun
to bring good prices, and tboroforo
many of cut * fifnii rs are prejmrii g
in cut oil a largo ae 1 >.
Wrightsvi i,. cord, r: A Tit 11 •
'wight-i*y and buy, nbout live years <>’
iig., tho son <>f our Irmnd Mr. Jam.'s
\V. Davis,, wbilo p uyingn.ud r.tt.n'na' 1
i outid the yard w t ■ n sharp m l *-
<ttck In his tuoti'h luvideiita ly ft urn
bled and tell upon l.is face. The stick
pierced lih tor.<nt and inti < t I an
ugiy an I severe wound bom Ibo ed
it et of which, tetanus was produced,
and death soon relieved die sufferer.
Thj gr.ef. tlichen parents have our
henrll- It condolence in thin their sad
affliction.
Tito Pike County 'N.-ws reports r.
nmt-rions di-oippenrnneo ns folio vs:
■ Mr. Bat tow Rcivfpr, the young man
wl o purchased the saloon 1 1 Mr. A
M Fambro lit tie 1 hs than a month
ago, myst-ri.nts y diranpourccl from
the cily Tliu.'silry night. lie was at
his bar at a 'ate hour on Thursday
night, and close 1 Ins Iti mens.
Since then limiting hut* been mj. ii of
bin. No one seems to know where
lie Ims gone or why ha left, as 'here
is nothing ngdii-t him so far as we
can 1. arn.”
Fraitkfin 11 gistcr: "IV* rrgr.-t
to chronicle the death of fit. lion E.
P Edwards, Judge of tho G’omty
Coart of Klb.'i't,who died on tho 21st
:n-*t. Judge Edwards was otto of the
most prominent lawyers iu this sec
tion of the State, and pos-ossed n
high order of talent in every partic
ular. His was in the Legislature) of
1872 and was recognized as one of
die most brilliant young m--tt of ill ■
Home. In his private life ho was an
upright, dignified cßiz *n, and highly
prized by all who knowjik-i. And in
his de'atb he ieavo-t a faini'y, a host
■ 4 relatives anl friends to mourn t.i
loss.”
Says the WiregrnßS Watchman ‘‘lt
seems tbit not only tho cutting but
tlte stealing of timber is becoming to
lie ipiite n business on tits' waters ci
Octnufgee. Various hive been com
plaints afloat that, ‘tho pr. pi. '
w< re making raids on the timber ol
the Messrs, Dodge- infant, ve t>av.
been requested to give j übdeitv to
tho belief that in thin pofenlar this
company was grievously wronged
and cheated. Well we h• ve heard
both sid* s, and judging from what
lights we have t-c’bro ns, it s crus to
i.e a free fig'it, with the advantages
somewhat in lav..r (>f 'ho company.
Co'umbus Enqu rer: We leai-u
that, a (liili-alty occr.ve'l in Chat
•uhooehiv) county, on the plaufa
ti ai of Mr-'. D. C. Coily, iu whi.-h
one negro shot and kffed
another. Ihe two negroes
were spii'ting rails and began ti.
dispute about their work. Fr >m
quarreling they g"t to fighting,
when on- of them seized a alto
gun ami pouvctl a load of shot in
to the o'her, from the ( fleets of
whi h I)' died. Tho man wlm
did the shooting made g->od his cs
eap ■.
We have just learned of ano'h'-r
accident with machinery that oo
cured a few days since at Moro,
in Lee county, which has no paral
lel either in its horrifying details
or its t rrib'o consequences. Mr.
Vtrgil C. Bligham. a prominent
merchant at Moro, owns a steam
gin and mill in the town where he
is doing business, and bis little
daughter, Pearl, a beautiful little
child of six summers, walked
down to the gin with some of the ser
v-ants to summon tho' operators to
dinner. The child had beautful,
long, flowing, curls, which were
the pride of her parents’ hearts,
and had been preserved for years
on account of their sp ender. Alas!
' those beautiful curls were the
means of dragging that innocent
child to a horrible and untimely
death. In passing under a shaft of
the machinery the child’s head
came close to a nut which project
ed a little! below the shaft, and it
caught in her hair, and by the
rapid revolutions of tho shaft she
was instantly drawn against it, and
in tho twinkling of an eye rln was
whirled in to the air, and before
her screams for help could be
heeded by the engineer, her little
form had spun a dozen revolutions
ttnd been whipped to death by' the
ponderous machinery. 'The whole
setdp ’ was torn from the in ad, hoi
limbswro broken to pieces and
her body tom and mang o 1 in a
most horrible manner. —Macon
Herald.
notional council o: umieinapnpmj m
America held its annual session in
this city to day. Gen.lT. H Negley,
of Pittsburg, was. dieted president,
for next ioarf* Thu otlnr officers
were re-Trek-d. Hie report on tiio ,
Indian | the government was
was adopt'd ami r<su u ion ootigrni
utnlln;; 1a ’ country on tin el'mi mol'
Gtpli M and Arthur. Tim subject oi
rmii'giud/ation of tlw rcpi.b i;;in par
ty in the .South bv ioviti tin t -op
oration of til! progri s.-iifo 4JUMI with
out regard to their p.u.t. political af
filiations, wax warmly dbcu-aod ami
spot Chen worn made i. favor lhereof
by Col. J l 5 JJiyout, of <li otvi i,llon.
Jon T. lioicli, ol .Missouri, awl Hon.
J. |). [irmly, of Virginia. Thu coun
cil ntlj-aimed to m et in. ‘Washington
|in Mincli for the purpose of attend
iig thnp'it!. ugnr tion of President
‘lnifield in si body.
(d({!ii i.f Wioh.ii - ttii'hli.
In iho Itomitn rriiato elder f-oti.-
werc permitted to attend ihe sicr t
os.-ions of the pent.i-“. One tod
his mother the eubj. ct ponding deldi- (
oration whs jx-rm.tting every man to
have tivo wivetf, Next day 'he s n
nte chamber was surrounded by t. -
males who donmni’o 1 lint no sum.
law should bo pa st'd, but that pio
vi-i m should i.-s 1..- do lor one
woman to have two bn-bands. Tins
is reported as the origin of woman':
rights, Times have changed since
then, and we with them, but still dear
woman lias her curiosity and will
I’dicks'orro records that under old
Hng 'mh law a husband was privileged
to give Ids wife reasonable correction
with a switch no larger t hail a thumb.
Moral suasion ins cliiged 11 that.
The men now gallantly void gr.c-N
fully 1 1 the wish- sof the d< ar even -
1 urcs when they cannot help them
selves and before they arc spoken.—
Kxchango.
—*-<■•-*>-
Two m n on Sixth stmi t, Detroit.
i.Oit began threatening and calling
each other names, One finally called
toe oilier a bar, and the two were
about to grapple wnen n woman open
ed the d-or and said: ‘•Gcntlminn
are von about to fight?’ ‘We am !
they answered together, ‘limn Imvc
he kindness to wait, a moment, ‘ sin
continued. ‘My poor husband has
been sick for & To- and weeks, aim
'is now just able <o sit. up. He is very
down-hearted tins morning, and if
j you'll only wait ti 1 1 can draw him
up to the window i know he will he
grateful to both of you. 1 Bhe disap
peared into the house, and alter one
inok into <acti ether's faces tho men
sniiicd, shook hands and departed to
got her.
Rev !>r llnrri.sen, Chaplain of the
iJonse ol Representatives and Pastor
if tiC Mi Venom M E Cliurci) St. v<
,sf thsoi'y, preached a sermon on
the gold mini s of Georgia, on lhanks*
ivng and iv. lie said that m his opin
ion there ; t'n not loss than $5l)l),001),
000 ol e<> il and hill boneaili the .‘-'oil
in ih ol.Georgia, which i not
i idy nri>" .'i'.):r hut winch wu’d pay
or mining.—National Ci izen Soldier.
;32 if. 7” 1881.
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