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®h* §unut f tetu 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. Tlw Christian Index AND— SOUTHERN BAPTIST. riimi: iii;d at Atlanta, Georgia, —AND — Edited By Sr. H. H. TUCKER, AND ASSISTED BY COUPS OE OUR ABLEST BAPTIST WRITERS, TEE INDEX is in the 53th year of ita existence, aud is regarded by Uie press and people, the ablest and cheap est first-class family newspaper in the Snuthern Slates. Single Subscription, $2.60 a year, with copy of our splendid engraving the Portrait Gallery 351 prominent Georgia Baptist Ministers, or for S3, will send THE INDEX, One Year, and copy of that speudid volume, The Story of the Bible. 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