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tffgE JACKSON COUNTY l Relishing COMPANY. S lolume 11. |l| ( Iwsljftos. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, I |br JarkMon Conity I*ulli*l>ing ]J Company. I JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. , s. w. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. MALCOM STAFFORD, HANAGING AND BUBINKSB EDITOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ■wfOPT H months $2.00 6 “ 1.00 I. •* 3 “ 50 1 1 grFor pvel 7 flub of Ten subscribers, an ex ■,%.V of the paper will be given. I JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NEW MAIL SCHEDULE. ■iw Jtiftrton to Athens—William 11. Bird, ontractor. I Leave Jefferson, Tuesday, Thursday and at 2P. M. Arrive at Athens by p.M. I Lave Athens, Monday, Wednesday and ■Friday at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by 12 M. Ir. m Jefferson to Gainesville — J. N. Twitty , Contractor. Leave Jefferson, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at IF. M. Arrive at Gainesville by P.M. Leave Gainesville, Tuesday, Thursday and hturdny at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by P.M.' ‘>m Jefferson to Lawreneeville—William P. Betts, Contractor. Leave Jefferson Saturday' at IF. M. Ar -reat Lawreneeville Monday, by 12 M. Leave Lawreneeville Friday at 1 F. M. Ar -t at Jefferson Saturday by 12 M. 1 H’SICIPA L OFFKJEIiS OF JEFFERSON. 1 f. I. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr., G. lIS. Wilson, It. J. Hancock, F. M. Hailey. Al- I irmen; T. 11. Niblack, Esq., Clerk & Treasur- I n W. F. Hunter. Marshal. PR O FESS IONS. j Physicians... J. J. Dos ter. N. W. Carithcrs, 110, Hunt, Clt Giles, WII Grcenwade. (Indian j ktor.) I Attv’s at Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike, I Ik. B. Mahatfey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman, IF. Hinton, It. S. Howard. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass k Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley i Pinion. MECHANICS. Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Sen'r; P. Williamson, ,Jr.; Warwick Wilson, Ed. fihon. Mitchell Few, (col.) Harness Maker... John G. Oakes. W a<k)N Makers... Win. Winburn, Monroe hr. (col.) Hc(MY Makers...L. &A. J Gilleland. Blacksmith... C. T. Story, James Montgome- IT. Tinner... John H. Chapman. Tanners...J. E. k 11. J. Randolph, F S Smith. Bor and Shoe-Makers... X. B. Stark, under Unt .Vries office; Seaborn M. Stark. .J W bwe, shop.s in the ** Billy Thompson” corner >!rr-house; Henry Evans, (col.) Fcrnituke Makers... Warwick Wilson, A J Wlflind, HOTELS. Randolph House. l>y Mrs. Randolph. North-Eastkrn Hotel, by John Simpkins. Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth Grjhtm. Liquors, Sugars, Jtc...J. L. Bailey. Wrist and Saw-Mill and Gin... Long A Iwdolph. Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Lrtin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal; S. P"rr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant; **• Mjrtic McCarty, Music. *intre Rill Academy. —A G Strain, Principal. alilee Academy. —Rev. P. F. Lamar, Prin. Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin- Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. "fwk Creek Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. ltidcn, ■'ncipal. iadtny Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal. Mill. —W. P. Newman, Prin. •’"*mp*on Academy, J. J. Boss. Principal. ia ami Ornamental Penmanship—Col. A. L. Instructor. COUNTY OFFICERS. JLEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordinary. ?• M. PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Court. WH. XIBLACK, - - - Clerk S. Court. {JIN’ S. HUNTER, Sheriff. ir?? A-WORSHAM, - - - Deputy ,D.J. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax Collector. 'W. W. KROWX, -----** Receiver. JfMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor. 7 M WALLACE. - - Coroner. N. WILSON. County School Coniniiss*r. Sessions County Court, 2nd and each month. brs (Roads and Rkvenuk.)—Wm. yaour. w. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet on Fridays in August and November. T. 11. 7k,E S n.. Clerk. , l -oi'\'TY Ivi> of Education. —Robert W hite, J* G. McLester, James L. Johnson, J. L. :i ‘iwason. Wm. Thurmond. Medical Card. DM, P. DeLAPERRIERE having comnlet- T cd his Medical course of studies at the I ni- of Georgia—his native State—locates at w* lather** old stand, where he will practice f in all its branches, and will treat dis with the most approved remedies known to Profession. Returning thanks for the conti- J 'fe manifested by the liberal patronage bestow- during his past course of practice, he hopes by ln( j constant guarding of every possible r( f . re *t of patients, on his own part, together t assistance of his father, to merit a con lu, ce of the same. B*grSpceial attention giv- diseases of children and females. aplo F. P. TALMADGE, DEALER IN AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, BLOCKS, JE WELR Y, SIL VER & PLA TED WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, AC. Batches, clocks and jewelry repaired In a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Ornamenlal and Plain letter Engraving a Wpecinltjr. L() CAI lON—College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA. April Ut, 1870 ly THE FOREST NEWS. The People their own Rulers; Advancement In Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. |)cofeßßianaf Sc business Sards. J. O. HUNT, M. D. J. B. PENDERGRASS, M. D. TARS. HIJ.Tr A PF^DEKfiRASH Having formed a partnership for the pur pose of practicing medicine in all the various branches of the profession, respectfully tender their services to the citizens of the town and sur rounding community. Office at Col. W. L Pike’s old stand. july29 J. A. B. MAHAFFEY. W. S. M’CARTY. IyTAHAFFEY 4 WcCARTY, IYJ- ATTUR AT LAW, Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga., Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at tention given to all business entrusted to their care. Patronage solicited. OctJO ly DR. C. R. GILES Ot FERS his professional services to the citizens of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at the office recently occupied by Col. Mahaftcy. Jan. 22, 1876—tf J. J. FIX)YD, j J, B. SILMAN. F Covington, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga. LOYD A SIEMAY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. M ill practice together in the Superior Courts oi the counties of Jackson and Walton. junel2—ly WB* Attorney at law, • JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal. Prompt and thorough attention given to all kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining counties. J une 12, is7s WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD. Howard a Howard, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jefferson, Ga. Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack son ami adjacent counties, except the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 STANLEY & PINSON, JEFFERSON, GA ., Dealers in Dry Goods and Family Groce ries. New supplies constantly received. Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June 19 ly DK. W. S. AI.EYAYDEIt. SURGEON DENTIST, Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. July 10th, 1875. Gm THE REASON WHY J. H. HUGGINS Sells yoods cheaper now, is because he has adopted, the CASH SYSTEM! The ready cash enables him to buy goods very low. and consequently he is offering to the public every thing in his line, such as All kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware, Lamjts , Cham tellers, Farmers' Lanterns, Kerosene. Oil. at wholesale and retail; Family and Fancy Groceries. Dry Goods, Roots, Shoes, Hats. Saddles, Harness and Leather. And also a large stock of LIME, both for build ing and fertilizing purposes, all ven r low for the CASH. When you go to Athens don’t forget, to call on J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low est price. If you want CROCKERY and GLASS WARE. there’s the place to get it. If you want TOBACCO. FLOUR, BACON, LARI), SU GAR, COFFEE and MOLASSES, go there and you will find it. If you want LIME, for building or composting with fertilizers, go to J. 11. HUGGINS’, No. 7, Broad St., Athens. the place. marlS Q.EORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY. Whereas, Samantha Cowan applies to me in proper form for Letters of Administration on the estate of Stephen Cowan, late of said county, de ceased— Therefore, all persons concerned, kin and cred itors. are hereby notified and required to show cause, if any they can, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be held in and for said coun ty on the first Monday in October, 1876, why Let ters of Administration on the estate of said de ceased should not be granted as prayed for by the applicant. (riven under my official signature, this Sept. 7th, 1876. sep9 ’ W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y. FOR SALE ! A Valuable Plantation in Jackson County. X OFFER for sale my plantation in Jackson coun ty. Ga., lying on North Oconee river, Ilaynic's and Cabin creeks, containing 650 acres, more or less. 300 acres in cultivation, mostly first-class bottom ; about 100 acres in forest; 20 or 25 acres canebrakc; balance in good pine land. This is one of the most productive farms in the county— yielding B(K> to 1.000 pounds seed cotton per acie without fertilizing, and com. oats. &c.. in propor tion. Clover and all the grasses grow as well as in Kentucky. There are three frame dwelling houses, two double room and three single room log houses—well or springs of pure freestone wa ter convenient to each house ; giu and screw run by w ater power ; stables, cribs. Ac. I will also sell a large amount of corn, fodder, shucks, cotton seed, plantation tools, horses, mules, cows, hogs, sheep, kc I will make it to the interest of the purchaser to include all the above in a trade—giv ing twelve months time, with interest, except the value of the personalty and cash to cover one year’s rent of the farm. Churches, schools and markets convenient. Call on me near Nicholson, N. E. R. R., or address W. W. JACKSON, September 9th. St Jefferson, Ga. Atlanta Constitution and Augusta Chroni \ cle please give six weekly insertions, and send bill ! to tnis office. ' Blank Waivers Printed at this Office. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. OCT’R 28, 1876. SELECT MISCELLANY. Whittier’s Corn Song. Heap high the farmer’s wintry hoard, Heap high the golden com; No richer gift has autumn poured From out her lavish horn. Let other lands, exulting glean The apple from the pine ; The orange from its glossy green, The cluster from the vine. We better love the hardy gift Our ragged vales bestow, To cheer us when the storm shall drift Our harvest fields with snow. Through vales of grass and flowers Our plows their furrows made, liilc on the hills the sun and showers Of changeful April played. W c dropped the seed o’er hill and plain, Beneath the sun of May, And frightened from our sprouting grain The robber crows away. All through the long bright days of June Its leaves grew bright and fair, And waved in hot midsummer noon, Its soft and snowy hair. And now with autumn’s moonlit eyes, Its harvest time is come. We pluck away its frosty leaves, And bear its treasures home. Then richer than the fabled gifts Apollo showered of old, Fair hands the broken grains shall sift, And knead its meals of gold. Let vapid idlers roll in silk, Around the costly board ; Give us the bowl of samp and milk, By homespun beauty poured. Then shame on all the proud and vain. Whose folly laughs to scorn The blessings of our hardy grain, Our wealth of golden corn. Let earth withhold her goodly root, Let mildew blight the rye; Give to the worm the orchard fruit, And wheat fields to the fly : But let the good old corn adorn The hills our fathers trod ; Still let us for his golden corn Send up our thanks to God. A Curious Intimacy. A MAN WHO SLEEPS IN IIIS STABLE AND CLAIMS TO UNDERSTAND HORSE TALK. There is a retired trainer, named Long, residing on a small farm in Alameda county, who lives for nothing else but the pleasure of being near horses. He eats his meals in the stable, oftentimes passes the night in the stall with a favorite pony, and among his equine pets is a mare who whinnies in answer every time he speaks to her. Our informant relate? that the most perfect understanding evidently exists between Mr. Long and at least three out of the five horses in his stable. Two are recent additions, but even in their case the same affinity is seen in a lesser degree. The training of horses, their obedience, do cility, and tricks in a circus, arc no novelty ; all of us have seen a horse fire a pistol, stand on two legs, waltz, lie down with its trainer, and perform a hundred acts of sagacity, but these are simply the result of patient training and systematic correction. What Mr. Long claims is far more astounding. He asserts that, from a lifelong intimacy with horses, he understands their speech; he goes further, and declares that their nasal, guttural, explo dent and unobstructed sounds have a differ ent meaning, are used by a coallition of the brain and vocal organs, and that not only do his favorite horses understand him, but that every sound which they utter is perfectly plain to him. When arguing with him that, though he might comprehend the meaning of the sounds emanating from the vocal chords of a horse, yet it was a patent impossibility for a horse to understand the English lan guage, he replied : “Living, eating and sleep ing with my horses has given me the knowl edge I possess, and the same intimacy has acquired for my horses the power that I claim for them.” Here, turning to a slender, light built gray pony, he said: “Billy, we are talking of you ; if you understand what I am saying turn your head round on the off side.” The pony did so and then resumed its feed. “Billy,” he continued, **tell me your age, how long you have lived here, and ou which side of you is 3 ? our friend Vesta?” The Pony whinnied for about two minutes consecutively, and then, being loose in its stall, walked into the adjoining one occupied by the mare Ves ta. “Now,” he continued, “do you and Billy walk down together to the trough and drink while I make up your beds.” Vesta and Billy walked quietly out and proceeded straight to the trough. While they were out Mr. Long turned over the straw carefully with a fork, and carried on an animated conversation with a roan gelding about 15 hands high. Vesta’s neigh bor on the other side. The name of the horse was Poley, and after talking angrily to him for some minutes about some fault he had committed the day before, he ordered Mr. Poley to lie down and not to get up until after Vesta and Billy had returned. Our in formant saw but little in this to prove Mr. Long’s claims, as many a horse will lie down at the word of command ; but when, without a further word, Poley. arose and walked out to the water-trough after the return of the other two horses, the subject became as diffi cult of solution as before. —San Francisco News Letter. The increase of the membership of the Baptist churches in Michigan is greater this last year than in any previous year of their history, and will probably exceed 2,500. The Color Line in Nature. WHY THE CIVILIZED NATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE WHITE. Prof. A. R. Wallace said at the recent ses sion of the British Science Association ; Some very curious physiological facts bear ing upon the presence or absence of white colors in the higher animals have lately been adduced by Dr. Ogle. It has been found that a colored or dark pigment in the olfactory region of the nostrils is essential to perfect smell, and this pigment is rarely deficient except when the whole animal is pore white. In these cases the creature is almost without smell or taste. This, Dr. Ogle believes, ex plains the curious case of the pigs in Virgin ia adduced by Mr. Darwin, white pigs being poisoned by a poisonous root which does not affect black pigs. White sheep are killed in the Tarentino by eating hypericum criscum, while black sheep escape ; white rhinoceroses are said to perish from eating euphorbia can delabrum ; and white horses are said to suf fer from poisonous food where colored ones escape. The explanation has, however, been carried a step further, by experiments show ing that the absorbtion of odors by dead mat ter, such as clothing, is greatly affected by color, black being the most powerful absorb ent, then blue, red, yellow, and lastly white. For few, if any, wild animals are wholly white. The head, the face, or at least the muzzle or the nose, are generally black. The ears and eyes are also often black ; and there is reason to believe that dark pigment is es sential to good hearing, as it certainly is to perfect vision. We can therefore understand why white cats with blue eyes are so often deaf—a peculiarity we notice more readily than their deficiency of smell or taste. But though inapplicable to the lower animals, this curious relation of sense-acuteness with colors may have had some influence on the development of the higher human races. If light tints of the skin were generally accom panied by some deficiency in the senses of smell, hearing and vision, the white could never compete with the darker races, so long as man was in a very low or savage condi tion, and w holly dependent for existence on the acuteness of his senses. But as the men tal faculties became more fully developed and more important to his welfare than mere sense-acuteness, the lighter tints of skin, and hair, and eyes, would cease to be disadvant ageous whenever they were accompanied by superior brain-power. “Cheating the Devil.” A CLERGYMAN’S DASII AT GRANTISM IN AND OUT OF WASHINGTON. “Cheating the Devil” was the subject of a sermon in Unity Chapel, Harlem, by the Rev. William T. Clarke. He said that the preva lent idea of Christianity is that an elaborate trick is played on the devil in the interests of its believers ; that one may sell himself to the devil and take pay in the pleasure and prizes of the world, and when sick of the bar gain escape from its obligations by repent ance, roll the sweet bait of wickedness under the tongue until satiated and then spit out the hook and leave the devil with his rod and line ; buy the devil’s goods on a long credit without paying a penny for them, and then take the benefit of the theological bankrupt act, and leave him to whistle for his recom pense. This piece of theological trickery is a substratum for the frauds of business and the chicanery of politics. Bank directors who have squandered the savings of the poor, Judges who rob the orphans of trust money, municipal thieves, Congressmen and Cabinet ministers whose hands arc full of bribes, all are following the doctrine of cheating the devil. Even among the educated people there are hundreds who sympathize with the man who alwaj's took off his hat when the devil was mentioned, not out of respect but because he did not know what might happen. The idea that a man can cheat and lie until all virtue is squeezed out of his soul like the juice from a pressed orange and then shuffle off all the effects by some process of spiritual legerdemain and come out heroic, happy and holy is an insult to intelligence. Sounded Like Business. He wanted her, but she would not give her consent until he had consulted her parents. So he went into the room where they were and modestly stated the case : “And you really think }'ou love her enough to marr} f her?” said the father, after he ' had finished. “Oh. yes, Sir,” said the youth in fervent eagerness, “I love her with all my life. I love her better than Ido my life. She is my guiding star, the worshiped object of my ev er}' thought, every hope, every aspiration.” He stood there with clasped hands, his face radiant with the strength of his devotion. There was a moment of pause, and then the mother softly asked: “What do you think of that, old man T' “That sounds like business, old woman,” replied the satisfied father. And so it was arranged that the daughter should accept her suitor. —Danburry News. The average age of Congregational minis ters who died in Massachusetts last year were 69 years. Girls in China. THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING BORN IN THE CE LESTIAL EMPIRE. From a letter from Mrs. Julia F. W. Plumb, in China, to friends in this city, we glean some items relative to the treatment of girls in that far-away land. Mrs. Plumb, prior to her marriage, lived in Des Moines, and has many acquaintances and friends in this city. She is the wife of a missionary in that country, and is living near Foochow. The letter 9ays : Some time ago Nathan and I went out walk ing, and a man came out of a house with a tiny little black-eyed baby in his arm 9, about, two months old. “Two years old,” he called it, for it was born during the last month of the old year, and so had lived in two 3'ears. Thus the Chinese connt ages. It wa9 clean and bright, and almost pretty, and lie begged us to accept it. They were very poor ;• had no clothing or rice for it, and it was a girl. This last was the crowning misery. I was sorry there was no foundling asylum in the Mission, as there lias been at one time in its history. I think if it had been a white bab}’ we would have accepted the gift. As it was, Nathan exhorted the man to keep it and not drown it, as he was suggestively near the river. He told him how wrong it was to wish to kill babies because they were females, and much more which the man seemed to under stand, and promised us he would let the ba by live. It is not an unusual thing to find little girl babies cast out to die. Some time ago I was at Earl Street Chapel, attending my women’s meeting. A strange woman came in. and after services over I entered into conversation with her. She seemed to be quite an intelligent woman, and in good circumstances, the keeper of a shop. I inquired about her family. She said, “I had but one child.” I said, “Onty one child? No girls?” She replied, “Oh, 3'es. girls a plenty—five or six, I forget which. 1 drowned them as fast as they were born.” I had never heard such an avowal before, and I was shocked. I said, “How could you ? Wa9 it not hard to do?” She said, “Yes, it was hard. Some of them were unwilling to die, and one took hold of mv finger and held on to it; then I was frightened greatly.” I said. “But how could 3011 drown \'our own little babies, which 3’ou ought to love ami nourish ? Did you not love them ?” She answered, “They were girls. They must be clothed and fed, and if they had their feet bound like mine to make ladies of them, they could not work and bring in money like boys. I have one son. He eats opium, and gives me a great deal of trouble. It’s better the}’ were killed ! It’s better so.” —lowa State Register. Beauties of the English Bankrupt Law. With all the defects of the bankrupt law in this country, wc doubt if an instance of its bad working could be found to match a recent case under the English bankrupt act. A mid dle aged woman was in the receipt of an an nuity of $l4O per month. Requiring a loan of $250 she answered the advertisement of a loan sharper, and without receiving an}' of the loan signed papers that brought her in debt over $1,750. Then came the proceedings in bankruptcy. One of her creditors who in one guise was an accountant, in another a member of a legal firm, and in ahother a com mission agent, made her a bankrupt and be came trustee of her estate. A solicitor was also appointed, and a “committee of inspec tion” was formed to see that the trustee did his dut}\ The committee commenced opera tions by voting themselves each $250 for their trouble, and the trustee received the bank rupt's $l4O per month, that being the only asset of the estate The bankruptc}’ has been going on for three years, and the bankrupt had been allowed six dollars a week during that time to live on. The trustee has received in fees nearly $1,500, the creditors have been paid about sixty-two cents on the dollar, and the bankrupt is as much a bankrupt as ever. The trustee holds nine out of ten of the prox ies of the creditors, and the committee of in spection has dwindled down to one individual who has been sentenced toten}’ears’ imprison ment for personating a law} T er and getting money under false pretenses. The trustee has money enough in hand to discharge the whole debt with interest, and is anxious to resign when he is paid his additional costs to the tune of $750. We think this outdoes any United States bankruptc}' proceeding }*et re corded.—Man, Trade Jour. A Maine Woman’s Lonely Ride. Mrs. E. W. Neal, wife of Dr. Neal, of the Augusta Asylum for the Insane, took “Pat,” the family horse, and the buggy some week ago, and with her little boj r , four years of age, journeyed down through Belfast and Ells worth to Pembroke, a distance of 178 miles from Augusta, to visit her aged parents and other relatives and friends. After four weeks she returned over nearly the same road, in the same wa}', with her mother and little boy. One evening, getting belated in reaching the place at which she designed to remain through the night, and not knowing in the dark which of two roads to take, she got out of the carriage and lighted a match, by the ray of which she read the guide-board, and so was able to proceed on her way to the place of her destination. John Adams, colored, was elected to the Legislature from Lee county by a large ma jority, but a few days afterwards, the county surveyor, in the course of his rounds, found out that the Hon. John lived exactly seven teen feet out of the line, and hence could not take his seat from Lee county. The Demo cratic candidate, therefore, i3 elected, and the Hon. John lacks just seventeen feet of the State Capitol. S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. ) SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS. Gen. Bragg’s life was insured for $40,000. The Democratic majority in Arkansas is 33,092. A San Francisco speculator has purchased another man’s young wife for $300,000. Gov. Tilden is confident that his majority will reach 75,000 in his State. A gentleman in Quitman county lias a squash vine that bore, this year, 24 squashes, each weighing 30 pounds. The melancholy days are about to coraenh the saddest of the year to the man that's bought guano and provisions on a credit. The Richland (S. C.) Rifle Club has been disbanded and reorganized as a dancing club. Instead of drilling, the manoeuvres are danced, each man using his gun for a partner. It is stated on good authority, that Flint river fanners, in Crawford county, Ga., are offering to sell corn this fall from their crib* or fields, at 25 cents a bushel. Hon. Iliram R. Revels, the colored Missis sippi ex-Senator. is for Tilden and Hendricks, and estimates the Democratic majority in the State at from forty to fifty thousand. David Knittel, a Fond du Lac (VVis.) miser, died last week of starvation, leaving property to the amount of $50,000, of which $30,000 was in cash. The National Democratic Committee con gratulate the people of the Union on the re stilt of the late elections. Georgia sends greetings—we are coming, Uncle Sammy, “one hundred thousand strong.” The eye of the printer is on the man who says he will pa} T up his subscription when he sells his cotton, anti after selling it, sneak* by the office and out of town without keeping his word. The Italian papers have a story that Sec retary Robeson has stolen seventy or eighty vessels of war and disposed of them so com pletely that our Government can get no trace of them. A rich man in Anahiem, Cal., threatened to have a poor man ejected from a house be cause the rent was not paid; and the poor man’s mode of vengeance was to get into the ridi man’s hallway and die there of small pox. A sister of the late ex-President Polk died a few days ago at Columbia, Tenn. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family, which consisted of nine brothers and sisters, President Polk being the oldest. The Clerkship of the House will be a verit able bone of contention next January. Mr. Irwin, of Cobb, Mr. PM Hill, of Troup, and Mr. Speer, of Spalding, will contest Mr. Sweat’s re-election. The Christian at Work, for last week, con* tains the valedictory of Rev. T. DcWaitt Tal mage, who has accepted the position ofeditor in chief of the Advance, which journal will be published simultaneously in New York and Chicago. The physicians who went to Brunswick during the yellow fever were well paid. Dr. Bruns, of New Orleans, was paid SIOO a day for every day’s absence from New Orleans— s2,loo in all. Two other ph\ T sicians were paid $1,500 each. The nurses cost SI,OOO in all. Total for physicians and nurses, $6,000. Grant has issued a proclamation ordering the white ride clubs of South Carolina to dis band, so that the savage Radical negroes may burn gin houses, shoot down colored Demo crats, and murder innocent white women and children with impunity. Ballew. the postmaster at Dalton, has been arrested by a detective of the Department, for stealing monej' from registered letters. While Ballew was on the train, a crowd rush ed around the cars to see him ofT, and in the rush a Mr. Welch was run over and killed by the train. An army officer in South Carolina, who married a niece of Hamilton Pish, wrote to his uncle protesting against the dirty political work he had to do in the prostrate State, and said that unless he was transferred he would resign. In a few days he was ordered to New York in the recruiting service. Race Amalgamation. ITS PROHIBITION BY Till: STATE LAW TO BE TESTED IN THE FEDERAL COURT. A test of the Civil Rights bill is to be made in the Federal Court within the next few days. Levi Mallory, colored, and Ada Frazier, white, were indicted before the Davidson county Criminal Court for inter marriage in violation of Section 14 of Arti cle xi. of the Constitution, which says : “The intermarriage of white persons with negroes, mulattoes, or persons of mixed blood, descended from a negro to the third genera tion, inclusive, or their living together as man and wife, in this State, is prohibited. The Legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate legislation.” In accordance with this section, an act was passed by the Legislature in 1870, mak ing such intermarriage a felony, and the pen alty imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. The court may, in the event of a conviction, on the recommendation of the jury, however, substitute in lieu of punishment in the peni tentiary, fine and imprisonment in the county jail. A petition in the above case for its removal to the Federal Court having been grantod, ifc is taken before the Federal Court under the Civil Rights law, defendants claiming that it authorizes the intermarriage of whites and blacks as a civil right to which they claim to be entitled. As this is the first time such & question has been raised in the Federal Court, the case will attract a good deal of attention. —Nashville American. NUMBER 21.