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tv THE JACKSON COTJNTY ) fpUBLISHING COMPANY. $ loli'MK i. pfo ftotu. I PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, L ,hc Jack*°n County l’ubliMliing V 1 roni|Hiny. I jW'MS° N ' JACKSON c °; GA -1 v w. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE. UP-STAIRS. ■ OfKK k* * * * malcom stafford7~ I managing and business editor. TERIWS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ■ efo pvl2 months $2.00 ■ (i “ i-oo ■ •• 3- 50 livery Club of Ten subscribers, an ex copy of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. H )nk f&.AR per square (often lines or less) I*l thc |i rs t insertion, and Sevkxty-five Cents II each suhsequent insertion. ■ ■iv/f Ml Advertisements sent without spccitica number of insertions marked thereon, |vpi lie publisltfd TILL FORBID, and charged IHpaf or I’rofessional thirds, of six lines Hlesa, lifvEN Dollars per annum; and where |tb v do not exceed ten lines. Ten DOLLARS. (ViUriHt Llverlisiag. following will he the regular rates for con itra t and will be strictly adhered to Hdh - K,r vitvs. Iw . i hi. :t m. <> m. I’jiH. ■,>'Z 200 550 uoo 17 oo 22 00 Bfjur 100 050 1$ 75 25 00 36 00 ■ 000 12 00 24 25 33 00 48 00 BLlve II 00 21 75 40 00 55 00 81 00 ■keen.... 15 00 30 50 54 50 75 50 109 00 ■eutvtwo 17 00 34 00 60 00 90 CM) 125 00 y/unre is one inch, or about KM) words of used in our advertising columns. and obituary notices not exceeding ten will he published free; but for all over ten advertising rates will be charged. advertisements and announcing eun- office will be Cash. re." all communications for publication and on business to ■ MALCOM STAFFORD, ■ Managing ami Business Editor. l.oiWuiiuif Jc iotisiiicss (Tunis. ■ley C. HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD. ||OU VItl) A HOWARD, M ATTORNEYS AT LA AY, •Jefferson, Ga. ■' ill practice together in all the Courts of Jack- Brand adjacent counties, except the Court of Bimary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 MRS. T. A. ADAMS, B/lroaol Street, one door above National Bank, B ATHENS, G-/A-, BEEPS constantly on hand an extensive stock ■ of SEASONABLE MILLINERY GOODS, Baptising, in part, the latest styles and fashions I Ladle*’ Hal*, Itomiols, Ribbons, Buck, Flowers Doves Ac., which will be B*l at reasonable prices. Orders from the coun- B’ promptly tilled. Give her a call. B%3lst—3m. BjH. w. S. iLKWMH'.K, W SURGEON DENTIST, B. , Harmony Grove, Jackson Go., Ga. 8%J0t1L1375. 6m ■ 4. wiluvhsok, Bw n watchmaker and jeweler, * l'r. \\ m. King’s Drug Store, Deupree Block, ■aens. La. All work done in a superior manner, li warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi- JulyHHftn. B ( < ~ B* BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA., B • —dealers in B-OVES, TIANT-~W A- ZRE, B Bpp'fsit. Earth-East Georg iati Office.) ■^miß7s. S ’I'AXLEyT PINSON, ■ JEFFERSON , GA., ’ n Dry Goods and Family Groce- BF hpj 'V supplies constantly received. ],j^ r fash. Call and examine their stock. A, * ‘ "hl I'OIID, Attorney sit lanv, B.r ;]1 HOMER, BANKS CO., GA., B ( n r o Ctlee ni 1C adjoining Counties, and all business entrusted to ißjunAk Collecting claims a specialty. 19th, 1875. iy 6'] ■ x or ;’; MAKKK. JEFFERSON. (JA. f 00( ! '"’--y and wagon harness always n oo n X x:P a:r ! Il p ume, bridles, saddles, &c., u otiee, and cheap for cash. ■ ~ 7 P nr ; J. B. OILMAN, B'l-OVn' ton ' ( ’ a - Jefferson, Ga. ■ ~)A SIUIAA, ■ Will ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW. B ec onnti IIC to gether in the Superior Courts of ■jutiti.ijj' _ Jackson and Walton. Bi- ' V* , * SJ*JE Attorney at Law, B?iees in'! n f KRS( >N, JACKSON CO., GA. M^ r omnt si tae Courts, State and Federal. of leir 11 Rlorou gh attention given to all a!l ,Us ’ lu ‘*s in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875 ■ KN| 'Uti;i!Ass >V HANCOCK. ■ Poll]; I ' ls l )e, 'tfully call the attention of the 1 r/ Ult 0 elegant stock of ■it iff of all Kinds, 'III; (l.ollinc, A S ; lssl -MKHK.S, lIATS, CAPS, B n n Ks , : ladies’ Bonnets, Hats and S<-'C' i Nrdwaro. Hollow Ware. Earthen ■ Fh n , ’ . °°ks. Paper, Pens, Inks, Envel- B, ' 1 ’ Racon la.nl. Sugar Coffee, B'% found a ! CIR Medicines, in fact everything |H“' ln a General Store. Prices to suit || Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf l[V) y ? N ’ T UO BAREFOOT ! Bii^'leof' 1 ” 1 O< J Roots an 'l Shoes, neat fits, B n 1( . a , p'*°d st °ck, Clieap. tor B’ "’ill do 1 n!I er °/ Mrs - Cenahle’s residence, B r:.., , er R,r you than any one else, B N. B. STARK. THE FOREST NEWS. Hr I topic their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Now is the Time TO ADVERTISE!! CIRCULATION Still Increasing!! SUBSCRIBE NOW. Terms of subscription, $2.00 Per Annum. SI.OO For Six months. o CLUB RATES! To those wishing to get up Clubs, the fol lowing liberal inducements are offered : For Club of Five Subscribers, - $ 8.75 “ “ “ Ten “ - 15.00 “ “ “ Twenty “ - 30.00 With an extra copy of the paper to the per son getting up the last named Club. THE CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ALL CLUB ORDERS. OP To any person furnishing a Club of Fen responsible subscribers who will pay in die Fall, an extra copy of the paper will be civen. To Advertisers! TO FARMERS, MER CILIA * TS, TRADERS, Professional and Business Men of all classes, Desiring a medium through which to ADVERTISE, THE FOREST NEWS is respectfully commend ed. It is wide and extensive circulation is among an enterprising people whose wants are diversified, and those who wish to buy or those who wish to sell—either at home or abroad—in village, town, city, or the “Great Trade Centres,” will find the columns of the “NEWS” an appropriate and invi ting channel through which to become acquainted with the people of this section of the country. As an inducement to all those who desire to avail themselves of the advantages herein ottered, a Liberal Schedule Of Advertising Rates will be found in the proper place, to which the attention of all interested are most respectfully invited. Address all communications, &c., intended for publication, and all letters on business to MALCOM STAFFORD, Managing and Business Editor , Jefferson, Jackson Cos., Ga. SEND 50 CENTS FOR A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE “TYPOS GUIDE,” A VALUABLE PUBLI CATION TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE ART OF PRINTING. jfc'. V '•>.% if 2 IICHMOW3 v - fv FOUNDRY, M 1200-1208 sK MW *^gggJPrinting ALL THE TYPE ON WHICH THIS PAPER IS PRINT ED WAS MADE AT THE RICHMOND TYPE FOUNDRY. M. Bailey has just received from New York a beautiful lot of Mens’, Boys’ and Childrens’ Hats, which he offers 25 per cent, lower than they have ever sold in this section. Please come and examine, he charges nothing for looking, and be convinced that goods can be sold cheaper in Jefferson than any where. SdFT. M. Bailey has just received from New York a nice selection of Groceries, such as Coffee, both green and roasted ; Sugar, all grades ; Cheese, Spice, Pepper, Soda, and, in fact, a general assortment of things suited to the trade of this section. IdPWho has the largest stock of Kentucky and Georgia made Jeans ever brought to Jef ferson? F. M. Bailey. GPWho has one of the largest and best selected stock of Mens’, Womens’, Boys’ and Childrens’ Shoes ever brought to Jefferson? F. M. Bailey. IdPWho has Boots and Shoes to fit all ages, sizes and colors? F. M. Bailey. SdPWho sells best brands Prints from 8 to 10 cents per } r ard? F. M. Baile}”. KdPWho sells good brands Bleachings for 12| cents per yard? F. M. Bailey. tip Who sells Atlanta-made Brogan Shoes for $1.75 per pair? F. M. Bailey. tSPWho sells Athens Factory Checks at 12| cents per yard? F. M. Bailey. ypGents’, Ladies’, Misses’ and Childrens’ Lubber Over-Shoes, at F. M. Bailey’s. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, NOV’R 6, 1875. Miscellaneous Medici). THE VILLAGE BARBER. lie thought he recognized me the moment I entered the door, but I refused to encour age him in that belief. It was a strange town to me; all the people were strangers, and I was so far from home that I doubted if man, woman or child in that locality had ever met me before. The barber smiled tenderly as he pointed to the chair, and then led right off as famil iarly as if he had shaved me every dav for a month past. While mixing the lather he remarked on the weather, the crops, the panic, the lost balloonist, and other matters, and although I did not pretend to hear him, he was not to be beaten. “1 hope you'll do well here,” he said as he pushed my head over and daubed the lather on the right cheek, commencing at the butt of the ear. (Silence on my part.) “This town needs another dry goods store,” he countinued after a moment, “and I shouldn’t wonder if you just coined money.” (Long silence.) Perhaps it was the silence which convinced the barber that he had made a mistake, but he was not discouraged. As he lathered the left cheek he suddenly said : “There are three or four lawyers here now, but, as Christopher Columbus said, ‘there's room at the top of the heap,’ and 1 think you'll be full of business all the time.” He was looking right down into my face, and through the foam of lather he might have detected a faint smile, a frown, or some other expression which hurt his conceit. He instantly suspected that he had made another mistake. I was looking into the glass on the wall and I saw his countenance change. Some barbers would not have pursued the subject further, but he was the only barber in the village, and he felt that he had certain rights which I was bound to respect. He might have reasoned that I was mulish and obstinate, and needed coaxing and flattering, or perhaps he theorized that I was timid and hesitating, and wanted encouraging. At any rate he soon attacked me again, saying: “This is a nice village, but I never saw so much sickness in my life as we have had this year. Our doctors don’t seem to know enough to manage the diseases, and I'm glad you are going to open an office. lam pretty healthy as a general thing, but if I get sick I’ll give you my custom in preference to any one else.' 5 Still watching thc glass, I saw a self-satis fied smile ripple across his face. For about half a minuite he was dead sure in his own mind that he had boxed me up. Then a shade of suspicion crossed his face. Silence sometimes gives consent but in this case, after scrutinizing my face sharply for an instant, he interpreted it to mean that he had blundered again, lie was vexed. I had no right to sit there and treat his round-the corner queries with such contemptuous silence. He would pay me for such conduct. I saw the spirit of resolve creep into his lace, and he said : “ I was saying only the other day that this town was able to support another blacksmith shop. Old Jones is good hearted, but he knows no more about shoeing a horse than a coon dose about sailing a canal boat.” His eyes glistened, and he took no pains to keep down the chuckle of satisfaction bub bling up into his throat. He regarded it as a line shot—a crusher —and if he hadn't been shaving ray chin at that time he would have been unable to suppress a laugh. His razor crossed the chin, scraped up and down, and skipped around to the jugular vein before the barber’s smile faded. He had been watching me to catch a start of surprise or a look of displeasure, or some thing to guide his opinion ; and as he had been unsuccessful he renewed the lather on the left cheek and sighed drearily*. I hoped he was a man of determination, and trusted that he would not give up. Fearing he would, I was about to speak, when he smiled blandly and remarked : “ I can tell a school teacher the minute I set eyes on him !” (Lather and silence.) “And it’s funny, too,” he continued*, that I have shaved every professor in thcNormal school here the very first morning of his arrival, and have told each and every one that he was a professor before he had said a word to me.” (Silence and shave.) “ Well, I suppose teaching is a good paying business.” he went on, as he looked my face over to see if he had skipped a spot, “and Pm willing to help you all I can. I haven’t any children—am not married—but if ever I get married and have children I’ll send them to school to you.” Ilis persistence and flattery deserved some encouragement, but I was determined to hold out to the last ditch. He shut up his razor with a quick, vexed motion, tossed it on the stand regadless of damages, and he smiled maliciously as he got down his bottle of unadulterated bay- rum. I knew it would bite like a serpent and sting like an adder, but could I show less stoicism than lie had shown diplomac3 T and persistency'! Didn’t I commence the struggle? I shut my teeth, looked straight into the glass, and he sopped the fiery stuff over my cheeks and chin. He expected a squirm and a yell, and his surprise was great. The light of revenge had crept into liis eves, but it quickly faded away, and as he replaced the bottle and wiped in}' face with the towel, he said: “ I never saw but one other man who could stand bay rum like that, and he has returned to California. The climate of that country hardens the flesh, I suppose ?” I refused to reply. He got angry again, dug my scalp as he combed my hair, gave my head several unnecessary twists and knocks and pushes, and he jerked the big calico apron off my lap as if he hated me. However, cu riosity suddenly overcame his vexation of spirit, and as he brushed me off he said: “Thistown ought to support another un dertaker, and if I can be of ant' assistance in finding y*ou a shop, you can call upon me day* or night. “I wouldn’t speak, and I heard him gritting his teeth. lie also struck me several hard blows with the brush, and once tried to hit me fair on the nose. I thought I had dis couraged him, but just as I put on my hat and opened the door, he made a last desper ate charge. Smiling sweetly, he inquired : “Less see! Reverend—Reverend—what did you say it was ?—Reverend Mr. Brown !” I didn’t say, Stamps on Legal Documents. For the benefit of those who may perchance have inadvertently neglected a matter which may prove essentially important, we publish the following correspondence. It may be well for the people to examine their old deeds, and other legal documents, to see if they are properly stamped, and if not, to save expenses by supplying the omission while they yet have time to save costs. The correspondence is furnished us by Mr. Jemison : Central Georgia Bank, ) Macon, Ga., October 7th, 1857. Andrew Clark, Esq., Collector Internal Rev enue : Dear Sir : —ls the act requiring stamps on legal documents still in force? If not, when was it repealed ? And has there been any provision made for affixing stamps to such documents where it has been neglected by the makers or holders of the same ? Can either party affix the stamps ? An early re ply will oblige, Yours, very truly, R. \Y. Jemison, Jr., Cashier. United States Internal Revenue, i Collector's Office, 2d Dist., Georgia, [• Macon, Ga., October, 9th, 1875. ) R. W. Jemison. Esq., Cashier Centred Geor gia Bank: Sir :—ln reply to yours of the 7th instant, you are informed that deeds, mortgages, etc., dated between July 1, 1865, and October 1, 1872, require revenue stamps. An act of the Forty-third Congress, ap proved June 23d, 1874, extended the time to Januaty Ist, 1876, for stamping unstamped legal documents, and the stamps can be af fixed on or before that date without the pen alty prescribed by law. Under the act above referred to, the Col lector of Internal Revenue, a Judge or Clerk of a Court of Record can affix the stamps— the latter having to certify as to date of affix ing. Either the party making or holding the paper can have it stamped as indicated above until after January Ist, 1876 ; then they must ho affixed by the Collector, and the former law complied with. Very respectfully, Andrew Clark, Collector. Telegraph c)’- Messenger- Do Not Laugh. Do not laugh at that drunken man reeling through the street. However ludicrous the sight may he, just pause and think. He is going home to some tender heart that, will throb with intense agony; some doting mother, perhaps, who will grieve over the downfall of him who was once her sinless boy, or it may be a fond wife whose heart will almost burst with grief as she views the destruction of her i loi; or may be a loving sister who will shed bitter tears over the degradation of her brother, shorn of Ids manliness and self-respect. Rat lie r drop a tear in silent sympathy with those hearts so keenly sensitive and tender, yet so loyal that they cannot accept sympathy tendered them either in word, look or aet, although it might fall upon their crushed and wounded hearts as refreshingly as the summer dew upon the withering plant. As your eye follows the inebriate’s uncertain footsteps, record a solemn vow in heaven, that while your life endures, you will do all that within you lies to further the cause of temperance and to make it a crime to sell or drink intoxicants. A Fair Game, but Not Equal. —During the war a Georgian started to Marietta with some chickens for sale. He met a squad of soldiers, and they bought all his chickens but one rooster. He insisted they should take him, but they Avere out of money, and couldn’t buy. The old man said he hated to go on to town with only one chicken, and was greatly puzzled about it. At last one of the soldiers said : “ Old man, I’ll play you a game of seven up for him.” “Agreed,” says the old man. They played a long and spirited game. At last the soldier won. The old man wrung the rooster’s neck and tossed him at the soldier’s feet, and mounted his swab-tailed pony and started home. After getting some two hundred yards he suddenly stopped, turned round, and rode back and said : “You played a far game, and won the rooster farly, but I’d like to know what in the h —l you put up agin that rooster.” —filer id ia n 11omestecid. PP’TheSt. Charles Cosmos thus points out one of the annoyances attending the publicatoin of a newspaper in that city— and others : “There is a certain class of men who are continually running* to us and saying: ‘Why don’t you give h—l? If I was running a newspaper I’d do it.’ Our inva riable reply has been, if they feel anxious to excoriate any person, they can do so at the moderate price of twenty cents a line. This invariably quiets them. They are willing for us to get into trouble, but when we offer to let them fight their own battles, they sud denly discover that it is not their business, and then go off and call us afraid of our own shadow for refusing to do what they are afraid to do.” “Never fail to do that good which lies next to your hand. Trust God to weave your lit tle thread into the great web, though the pat tern shows it not yet. The grand harvest of the ages shall come to its reaping, and the day shall broaden itself to a thousand yaars, and the thousand years shall shovy themselves as a perfect and finished day.”- TREATING THE GIRLS. A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN TALKS WITH A DEAF CASHIER IN A RESTAURANT. People have noticed that one of the hand somest young men in Burlington has sudden ly grown bald, and dissipation is attributed as the cause. Ah, no; he went to a church sociable the other week, took three charming girls out to the refreshment table, let them eat as much as they wanted, and then found lie had left his pocket book at home, and a deaf man that he had never seen before at the cashier’s desk. The young man, with his face aflame, bent down and said softly : “I am ashamed to say I have no change with ” “Hey?” shouted the cashier. “I regret to say,” the young man repeated on a little louder key, “that t have unfortu nately come away without any change to ” “Change two ?” chirped the deaf man. “Oh, yes, I can change a five if you want it.” “No,” the young man explained in a terri ble penetrating whisper, for half a dozen peo ple were crowding up behind him, impatient to pay their bills and get away, “I don’t want any change, because ” “Oh, don’t want no change ?” the deaf man cried, gleefully. “Bleeged to y*e, ’bleeged to ye. Tain’t often we get such generous do nations. Pass over your bill.” “No, no,” the young man explained, “I have no funds ” “Oh, yes, plenty of fun,” the deaf man re plied, growing tired of the conversation and noticing the long line of people waiting with money in their hands; “but I haven't cot time to talk about it now. Please settle and move on.” “ But the young man gasped out, “I have no money “Go Monday?” queried the deaf cashier. “I don’t care when you go. You must pa\ r , and let these others come up.” “ I have no money !” the mortified young man shouted, read3 r to sink into the earth, xvhile the people all around him, and espe cially the three girls he had treated, were cU gling and chuckling audibly. “Owe money ?” the cashier said. “Of course 3-011 do ; $2.75.” “I can't pa3 T ANARUS!” the youth screamed, and by' turning his pocket inside out and yelling his poverty to the heavens he finally made the deaf man understand. And then he had to shriek his lull name three times, while his ears fairly rang with the half-stifled laughter that was breaking out all around him ; and he had to scream out where he worked, and roar when he would pay, and he couldn’t get the deaf man to understand him until some of the church members came up to see what thc uproar was, and recognizing their young friend, made it all right with the cashier. And the young man went out into the night and clubbed himself, and shred his locks away until he was bald as an egg. Sorrow Treads on the Heels of Joy. —Did you ever notice immediately after the “marriage” head, that the “obituary” fol lowed? Typical of the wedding happiness and grief in this life. The chants and songs, and glee of merry ones to-day will be broken by* wails to-morrow, for the sods will be piled on the breast of some we thought not so near the grave. AYe read who are mar ried and wish them joy ; a line below is the record of deaths, and we say*, mournfully*, peace to their ashes. Sorrow treads on the heels of joy*; songs are hushed by the foot falls of death; laughs a r e broken rudely— voices, no matter how musical, are stilled in a moment. The New York Observer says : The fol lowing incident is said to have occurred at Cape Girardeau, Mo. A character noted for frequenting bar-rooms was sitting in his usual place of resort with several companions about a card table. Suddenly his wife enter ed the room, bearing a large covered dish, which she deposited on the table with the remark: “Presuming, husband, that you were too busy to come home to dinner, I have brought you yours,” and departed. The husband invited his companions to share his meal, and removing the lid from the dish, found only a slip of paper on which was written : “I hope you will enjoy your din ner : it is of the same kind your family has at home.” I forget to say “good morning!” Say it to your wife, children, friends and fel lows, employers and emplo} T ees—and sa} T it cheerfully and with a smile. It will do you good and do them good all day. There is a kind of inspiration in every “good morning” heartily and smilingly spoken, that helps to make hope fresher and work lighter. It seems, early seems to make the morning good, and to be a prophecy of a good day to come after it. And if this be true of the “good-morning,” it is also of all kind, bear some greetings. They cheer the discouraged, rest the tired one, and somehow make the wheels of life run smooth ly- GP’During the recent flood in Texas, an old colored dame, who weighed fully 200 pounds, was the lucky possessor of a well filled When the water invaded her premises she launched the bed, placed herself in the middle of it, and was floated to a place of safety. CdPThe western hog crop for the present year is now estimated at $140,000,000. llow much of this immense sura will Georgia be called on to contribute ? Enough we know to leave us poor next summer. So it goes. Will we never learn wisdom from experience ? At. Constitution. prevent postage stamps from stick ing together while being carried in the pocket, rub the side with the mucilage on it over the hair. President Grant has taken to the use of spectacles. With other glasses he has long been familiar. GPAU kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for goods, at F. M. Bailey’s. S TERMS. $2.00 PER ANNUM. I SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS. A man in Georgia has a pocket knife which he has carried since 1821. There is no U. S. Senator to be elected by the new Legislature of Ohio. Chicago handles 90,000,000 bushels of grain annually. i'he Methodists of this country number 1,100,000. The Baptists number 1,761,171. A ship was wrecked recently off the east ern coast of Scotland, and fifty-five lives lost. A rattlesnake with 40 rattles has been kill ed in Wilkinson county recently. The latest edition of Webster’s Dictionary contains 3,000 illustrations, and nearly 105,- 000 words. The proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide for the taxing of dogs was lost at the late election in Ohio. The floods in Great Britain have not only caused considerable damage to property, but also the loss of many lives. A man in Dusseldorf, Prussia, lately mur dered his wife and daughter because they rid iculed his red hair. The sum of $750,000 in Confederate money and $50,000 in Confederate bonds was sold in Nashville last week for SSO in gold. Five inches of snow Monday of last week at Susquehanna, Penn., and snow and heavy gales at Port Jervis, N. Y., same day. In some parts of Texas the people are com plaining because their cotton crops are so large they cannot gather them. There are ninety-nine American missiona ries in China, and thirty-four American lady laborers, besides the wives of missionaries. Let everybody rejoice. Nol prosequis have been entered in all the suits growing out of the Beecher-Tilton scandal. The corner-stone of the first Methodist church in the world was laid at Bristol, Eng land, in 1739, and the first in America in New York, in 1769. A writer says that if Miss Alcott had spent her time in pinning back her dress and choos ing zebra stockings, she could not have earn ed $60,000 at writing. Carroll county, Ga., boasts of an old lady, ninety years old, who is still very spry, does more or less work every day, and has never worn spectacles. The election in California on Wednesday, apparently, had no political significance, and as a consequence the result is somewhat mixed. It is computed that 18,000,000 hogs will go into the pork barrels of this country between now and January. The figures bring a grunt of satisfaction from every corner of the land. We hear of a union protracted meeting among the Protestants in the City of Mexico, participated in by Baptists, Congregational ists, Methodists, Presbyterians and Episco palians. Col. Joyce, of St. Louis, involved in the Missouri whisky frauds, has been found guil ty on all the counts in the indictment against him. The penitentiary will open its doors for somebody. Elder A. C. Bussell, a Baptist Sunday school missionary in Indiana, reports 535 Baptist Sunday schools in that State, with a membership of 60,000. About three-fifths of the schools continue through the year. There was frost last week in Louisiana as far South as Pascagoula, and the yellow fever there is dying out. A Memphis dispatch re ports a killing frost, which probably damag ed late co'ttbn in that section. A Lewiston (Me.) man boasts that he trad ed horses nine times in a day, and at night he had the same horse he started with in the* morning, $45 in money, a watch worth S2O, a double-barrelled shot-gun, and four bushels of potatoes. The precious right of suffrage, as exercised in Utah, is even more interesting than it is it* the South. A writer speaks of a Mormon who voted the ballots of his three wives and. six children, and for two then unborn.. In 1790 there was one Baptist church, that at Columbia, with thirty members, west of the Ohio. Now there are- three- hundred, thousand members, excluding Texas and- Arkansas. This gives an increase of the de nomination in this territory two and a half times greater than that of the population* The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has just decided that the whipping of a child by a, public school teacher is an assault and batte-. ry, and that an offending teacher may be fin ed, as well as held answerable for violating the dignity of the law. The organ question is up in Texas. A great many good people there distrust instru mental music in conneetion with worship.— The “ knock-clown argument,” as a writer in the Texas Baptist Herald remarks, against the organ has always been that as soon as a revival begins the organ ceases to play. W„ E. Penn has found a case, even in Texas* that floors that argument flat as an Illinois prairie. At Tyler, in that State, a great re vival has been enjoyed, and many adults converted, in which an organ was actually used at every service ! NUMBER 22.